Eight Hundred and Sixty-Four. Little Overlord’s Christmas Eve Carnival Part 1

"Christmas Eve Carnival (B):

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Goal 2: In this Christmas game, the host needs to complete a dunk on Tim Duncan, who has the best background. (completed)

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It was completed so easily. Sun Ce turned around and wanted to give Guy a high-five to celebrate, but Guy actually raised his hand... But Guy immediately reacted, passed by Sun Ce's world, and patted Duncan on the back, wittily relieved. An embarrassing situation that almost occurred.

At this time, it was Sun Ce's turn to be embarrassed, but wit is contagious, and his old teammates were also indirectly infected. He took his hands back and clapped himself...

This ball means that Duncan has good defensive habits. Someone else might have pulled Sun Ce's back in panic and fouled him.

Sun Ce was completely frightened when he saw Duncan's body shape that was still 110 kilograms after losing at least 10 pounds twice, and Guy's near-perfect swingman figure similar to Tracy McGrady. He forgot that his explosive power was not inferior to this. Two people.

But when "Overlord deducts 1 level" was triggered, Sun Ce reacted immediately.

"Overlord Dunk Level 1: If the host receives the ball in the three-second zone and uses feints to successfully trick the opponent into taking off, the host will take off and dunk within 2 seconds, and the bullet speed will be increased by a large level to S, and the opponent's confrontation will be greatly reduced. The interference generated can be ignored by opponents within 1 level higher than the host's strength rating unless it is a vicious confrontation."

The effect of ignoring the confrontation cannot be triggered. The strength of these two people, Guy's A-level strength, is much higher than his grandson's B-level strength, but it is still possible to significantly reduce the confrontation.

The triggering skill mainly depends on Guy being knocked away. Sun Ce didn't think he could knock Duncan back. Although he was more explosive, his weight difference was more than ten kilograms. At most, Duncan could not continue to take off and block shots, but Duncan was also He didn't expect Sun Ce to be so fierce. He was ready to judge when Sun Ce raised the ball again and directly took off to block Sun Ce's layup. From this position, Duncan was fully confident that he could block Sun Ce's layup.

Who knew Sun Ce could have such a strong explosive impact!

Fortunately for Guy, he was used to watching Sun Ce explode from the sidelines. He just felt that he was stupid for being knocked away. He was a little too excited. Otherwise, Sun Ce would not have such a good opportunity to dunk after the confrontation. If Duncan hadn't had good defensive awareness, Even if Sun Ce didn't dunk the ball, another insider might have fouled him.

Duncan's heart was broken. Hearing the cheers of Duncan's fans at the scene, there were also children making faces at him and taunting him...

He can stop Sun Ce.

It was just that when he saw Sun Ce retracting the ball and making a powerful move, he thought Sun Ce was about to get up again, so he stood on tiptoe to block the shot, but he failed to keep his center of gravity and was knocked back by Sun Ce.

Before the game, the hairstyle was suppressed by the double emperor combination, and now it is in the background as soon as the game starts.

Under the double background blow, Duncan silently ran forward.

The fans' boos, boos, and taunts... did not affect Duncan's mood at all. He felt that the main reason for his misfortune was that his hair style was not good enough!

The two teams played vigorously at the beginning. The Grizzlies' starting lineup is generally much stronger offensively than last season. Nash is a better passer than Conley and a greater shooting threat than Conley. Although Paul George is not as stable as Battier in fixed-point shooting, The shooting range is wider, and he can shoot from every point outside the three-point line, which has a better containment effect. The Spurs have not underestimated this. His talent is really great.

These two containment points played a role. The play style centered on Randolph's low-post singles, Gasol's high-post second pass or shooting, and Sun Ce's running, catching and shooting was simple, rough, and effective.

In the first half of the first quarter, Sun Ce dunked once. At the beginning, he unexpectedly and easily completed the "Christmas Eve Carnival" goal of dunking on Duncan. In addition, he also made a catch-and-shoot shot from the right side and another The second pass to Nash made a three-pointer, which was also Nash's first goal on behalf of the Grizzlies.

Coupled with Randolph's 6 points and 3 rebounds, and Gasol's 2 points and 2 assists on 1-of-2 mid-range shooting, the Grizzlies scored 15 points in the half.

It's just that the Grizzlies' lineup is really not that good defensively. Sun Ce relied on his endurance evaluation to be promoted to the A level and is relatively good in the A level. He also has the last game of the playoffs last season and two preseason games to recharge. There are plenty of physical potions that can be used, and the defense is very hard, and they work hard to expand and contract, but the Grizzlies' overall defense is still average.

Sun Ce's defensive connection point is very important to his teammates. Randolph's defensive performance is average and his defense is average. Nash's side is simply a black hole! The kind that is so dark that it has no edge.

Nash also worked very hard, but he was in the same type as Vujacic. Sun Ce had only seen two people who worked so hard but still failed to defend so well, it was these two people.

And the Spurs' offense is really good. Gay is just as Sun Ce expected. His style of play that doesn't greedy for the ball or the right to take shots fits the Spurs very well, and it can be seen that the Spurs really regard him as their best outside shooter. A good player, from shot power to tactical position, is better than Parker, who is currently stronger. Gay scored 8 points in the first half of the quarter! The Spurs also scored 18 points in the first half, beating the Grizzlies.

After Gay made his third goal, a three-pointer to give the Spurs a 3-point lead, coach Hollins called a timeout and the game entered the official timeout.

If it was last season, if Sun Ce played so hard and fell behind in the score, Sun Ce would definitely continue to play and lead the running and gun lineup.

But this time was different. Sun Ce returned to the bench and sat down. Seeing his 4 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 block, he recalled the Spurs' performance in the first half of the first quarter. The coaching staff had a good defensive strategy, and Sun Ce and his teammates executed it very well. However, Danny Green made a three-pointer first, which ruined the idea of ​​Sun Ce and Gasol to defend the opponent's pick-and-roll offense. Danny Green could make a shot at this point, and the Spurs became very difficult to defend.

Coach Hollins was speechless. Just when they were about to leave Gary Neal, their key role player in the regular season last season, Danny Green appeared on the other side!

What is the situation with this team? A marginal player who only played 28 games in the first two seasons of his career, it seems that he should not stay in the NBA. Good guy, he has transformed in the new season, and he seems to be very defensive. He did a good job of defending Sun Ce's catch and shot.

Sun Ce's pain is not Danny Green's point, but Popovich said that he hates pick-and-roll and three-pointers the most! As a result, the Spurs system is to find offensive breakthroughs around pick-and-roll and three-pointers!

Thinking of Popovich's trick last season, he met one of the Lakers and Mavericks in advance, and used up his star experience card early. Otherwise, Battier could have played a lot of time last year, Morrow was in such a good state, and the whole team worked so hard, it was not impossible to beat the Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals.

If he hadn't won the MVP, Sun Ce would have cursed this old monster.

Sun Ce, Randolph, and Gasol returned to the bench, Nash and Paul George continued to stay on the court, and Neil, Yi Jianlian, and Jordan were replaced.

Klay Thompson still suffered a little as a rookie. Coach Hollins chose Neil, who had NBA experience and looked more stable, to partner with Nash, wanting to give Nash the easiest lineup to show his ability at the beginning of the season.

Nash continued to stay on the court. He consumed very little on the offensive end in the first half of the first quarter. He just passed the ball, stood at a 45-degree angle, and shot once after receiving the ball, and made it. He worked hard on the defensive end... He actually worked very hard, but he just couldn't defend, which was not considered extra consumption.

And running back and forth for a few minutes like this actually made him active, ready to go for a big fight with a few teammates who can run and shoot!

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After the timeout, the Spurs sent out Parker, Ginobili, Richard Jefferson, Matt Bonner, and Boris Dio.

Sun Ce sat on the sidelines and looked at the opposing lineup...I really didn't expect it!

Did the opponent give up defense?

After the game continued, Sun Ce found that his guess was right. The opponent really didn't care about defense. Parker led the team to compete with Nash!

The Grizzlies' offensive tactics were still simple. Nash pushed forward and played run-and-gun. Unlike Sun Ce, Sun Ce mainly counterattacked after grabbing rebounds. Even if he counterattacked by serving, he used his own speed and body size as a threat to run-and-gun.

But Nash's run-and-gun is very different. Paul George's excellent second pass, Neil and Yi Jianlian's good second passes are all used. Jordan is the only one to eat the cake. When others have the opportunity to pass the ball or score, Nash will pass the ball. Even if the opponent retreats to the right position and falls into a positional battle, Nash can rely on his own shooting threat to start a fast attack.

This is not comparable to Sun Ce's half-baked run-and-gun that he explored by himself! Sun Ce's run-and-gun is purely due to his strong counterattack and advancement ability and the strong impact of the two emperors. Nash's run-and-gun is really unique in Sun Ce's opinion! Even Paul, who was so powerful last season, Sun Ce thinks that Nash is better with run-and-gun.

But the Spurs' offense is too stable!

Unlike the Grizzlies' two passes and seven or eight seconds to solve the offense, the Spurs have a brisk rhythm, but not pure fast, but end an offense between 12 and 14 seconds, using running positions, pick-and-rolls with or without the ball, and Parker's passing ability to launch an offense.

Unlike the running and gunning lineup led by Nash, the Spurs feel stable! Their athletic ability is far inferior to that of the Grizzlies, but they can always get relatively better shooting opportunities through seemingly complicated running and passing, which is neither fast nor slow, but brisk and smooth.

This is mainly Parker's point. His pass after the breakthrough is amazing, just like the ability evaluation seen by Sun Ce. The passing evaluation of Parker at the age of 27 and 28 is A-level. This year has reached A level, which is the best year Sun Ce has seen Parker pass.

Coupled with the increasingly perfect Spurs system, Parker's offensive performance is extremely efficient, even better than Gay in the first half of the first quarter, and he played on par with Nash with such a sharp running and gunning lineup!

The bombardment continued until the middle of the second quarter. During this period, Klay Thompson replaced Paul George, Battier replaced Yi Jianlian, and Tony Allen also went up to replace Neil and ran for two minutes. The effect was okay. Such a muscular man rushing into the inside is still quite bluffing.

In the 13 minutes of the run-and-gun lineup, only Nash and Jordan did not rest for the Grizzlies, and these two played the best.

Sun Ce also replaced Battier as a power forward at the end of the first half of the second quarter, and was lucky to receive a dunk from Jordan's threat, and scored a dunk under the desperate expression of Patrick Mills who switched to defend him.

Patty Mills was pushed away by Sun Ce, who didn't even make a fake move, but relied on his A+ explosive power to directly hit the opponent and dunked quickly, and got a free throw, but unfortunately he was too excited and missed it.

In these 13 minutes, the Grizzlies scored 31 points and the Spurs scored 29 points. The offensive efficiency of the two teams was frighteningly high.

Nash scored 4 points and 6 assists, DeAndre Jordan scored 11 points, Paul George and Yi Jianlian each scored 5 points, Neal and Klay Thompson each scored two points, and the opponent's three-pointer was blocked, so Paul George After scoring a three-pointer, Neal, Klay Thompson, and Battier all had no good three-point opportunities. Fortunately, the Grizzlies made accurate shots today, and the Spurs shot 56.5%. With a high shooting percentage, the score difference was reduced to 1 point, forcing the Spurs to call a timeout first.

Nash's performance made Sun Ce very sure that if he gave Nash a double king with this season's strength last season, he would definitely not be as simple as eighth in the Western Conference. Even eighth, if he upgrades to a double player in the interior with those veterans God, I guess it's really possible that Nash is in such a good state.

It's a pity that at Nash's age, his physical strength has also dropped to the A-level. He was replaced after playing for 19 consecutive minutes. The next time he plays will probably have to wait until the second half of the third quarter.

Originally, Nash should rest in the second quarter and play in the second half, but he played so well that coach Hollins was reluctant to replace him, and with Sun Ce and Neal, there was no need to specifically control Nash's appearance. Timing, when you perform well, you should play more.

With 5 minutes left in the first half, the Grizzlies were 1 point behind the Spurs 46-47. After a discussion with his coaching staff, coach Hollins said to the players: "Noah, Tony, Paul, Sean , Mark, you five come on, Mark, guard the three-second zone, Noah, you are in this position..."

Coach Hollins draws on the tactical board and arranges the defense. As for how this lineup is going to play on the offensive end... he has no control over it. There are so many tactics in the team's tactical framework, and the players have to decide for themselves.

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With the coaching staff's carefully prepared defense and extremely unreliable offensive arrangements, Sun Ce played with Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Gasol.

This lineup of four small and big players is based on brisk defense and is used to deal with the opponent's equally brisk offense.

On the Spurs' side, Duncan rested for as long as the Grizzlies played running and gunning, and finally came on the court.

Joining Duncan on the court are Patrick Mills, Corey Joseph, Gay, and Richard Jefferson.

There was indeed no center available, so Popovich had no choice but to continue to let Duncan play center.

Coach Hollins saw that the other side had another player he didn't know. It wasn't that he didn't know this person, but the scouting report didn't have any information. The Spurs spent $500,000 to buy this player in this year's draft. The Canadian player Cory Joseph was selected with the fourth overall pick in the NBA draft. If there is any information, this guy averaged 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game in his sophomore season, and he did not enter March Madness.

"This insidious guy really dares to use it on anyone!"

Coach Hollins couldn't help but make a comment, which made the players and assistant coaches next to him feel very reasonable.

However, coach Hollins does not dare to underestimate any player on the Spurs. He saw it last year and dared to use anyone, and everyone has their own characteristics.

After the official timeout came back, the Spurs attacked. Gay came up and tried a shot, but the mid-range shot failed. Duncan tried to use his flexibility and rebounding awareness to rush for the ball, but was blocked by Gasol. Sun Ce quickly moved in and grabbed it. Defend the rebound and counterattack immediately!

The Spurs retreat very quickly. In this lineup of four small and big players, the four players on the outside can also switch defenses infinitely. However, retreating quickly does not mean that they can defend well every time. When Sun Ce advanced to the frontcourt, he defended in front of him. It's Cory Joseph!

Sun Ce immediately handed the ball to Gasol, who followed up inside the top arc, and came to the right side of the three-second zone to rely on Corey Joseph to ask for the ball.

After receiving the ball passed back by Gasol, Sun Ce turned over and shot a jumper without hesitation, without even dribbling the ball...

Gay immediately rushed over to cover the ball, trying to block the shot.

but!

Sun Ce's jumping height was higher than Guy expected!

Sun Ce had already expected that Gay would come to cover up the defense, but he seized the opportunity. When Gay pounced on him, he had already jumped to the highest point and threw the ball, without giving Gay the speed and jumping height to dunk at the free throw line. Interference occurred, and he hit a mid-range turnaround jumper!

"The King of High Posts is triggered at level 1, and the host's jump shot speed is temporarily increased to A+..."

"The King of Jump Shots is triggered at level 1. The host's jump height of this jump shot is temporarily increased to B+..."

So cool!

The bonus of these two skills is so cool. Since the defender, Corey Joseph, is not tall enough and weighs only 88 kilograms, Sun Ce can complete the turn and take-off action with almost no interference, and the effect of his usual hard training is suddenly reflected.

And because the opponent will always have a cognitive bias towards his bounce and bullet speed... Mainly because he himself has changed too much, the opponent is used to his A-level bullet speed, but cannot get used to his sudden increase to A+ level bullet speed. The speed and jumping height are greatly increased.

When playing against the Spurs, Sun Ce has always felt that there is one trick that will never lose its effectiveness. Even if the Spurs system becomes more and more perfect and the overall defense improves a lot when Duncan is on the court, this trick will never go out of style, and that is the mid-range jump shot!

It's really possible that Sun Ce's high-post jump shot wouldn't be that effective against other teams, but against the Spurs, he didn't know when his mid-range shot had become his strongest offensive method, and the effect was very good!

This Grizzlies lineup is very easy to play the transition between offense and defense. The Spurs switched defense very well, but Sun Ce, the ball-handler, was too big. Except for Gay, Sun Ce was out of position against anyone. Today, he had a good touch and made two mid-range shots after the official timeout.

In another attack, Sun Ce turned around to attract Richard Jefferson to jump, then turned around and broke through to the basket, causing Duncan to foul. Popovich called another timeout!