Eight Hundred and Seventy-Five. Little Overlord's Super Backup Point Guard

Sun Ce had neither physical potion nor reliable star experience card today, so he sat on the bench honestly during the rotation stage.

Sun Ce was not worried at all about assists initiated by Rose's pick-and-roll offense. If he received such a request at this stage, he would not even play the ball.

He occasionally had assists initiated by pick-and-roll, but that was only occasionally. His average of 96 assists per game did not come from that.

Except for the assist he gave to Boozer and Luol Deng when he attacked around Korver just now, under normal circumstances, his assists were concentrated in the next stage.

Looking at the Bulls' lineup of Rose, Korver, Ronnie Brewer, Gibson, and Noah, Sun Ce knew that the biggest change between the Bulls this season and last season was coming!

On the Grizzlies side, Nash, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Jordan were replaced.

Talent is very important. Maybe Klay Thompson can't play in the critical moment like Neal, but Coach Hollins is obviously more willing to focus on training Klay Thompson instead of Neal, a pure role player whose strength has been fixed and has reached the peak.

The Grizzlies' run-and-gun tactics started.

But just as Sun Ce expected, the Bulls launched a brisk transition offense to compete with them!

Rose has reduced the ankle-breaking breakthroughs this season, so why did his assists increase? Sun Ce watched the Bulls' first three games and found the changes in the Bulls this season.

Sloan, who started as a head coach in the 1970s, why could he lead the team to the Western Conference Finals in the first decade of the 21st century?

Because he would follow the trend.

He met the Zen Master twice when he had the strength to compete for the championship. This is bad luck.

But Sloan has more than just the pick-and-roll system. Of course, the pick-and-roll will never go out of style. Sloan wants Rose to have a unique skill, not the kind of skill that relies on physical fitness to work under the basket, but the skill that can connect the whole team, that is, the pick-and-roll to organize the offense.

But Rose doesn't have those basic skills now, and Sloan won't force Rose to play like Deron immediately, that's unrealistic.

But this doesn't mean that there is no way to bring out Rose's characteristics. In the late 1990s, Stockton's playing time was limited to 30 minutes. Who controlled the ball for the rest of the time?

It wasn't Hornacek. Hornacek was the end point and setter, and the commander of the team was Howard Ellis, the 188-centimeter point guard of the Jazz at the time!

The offensive scoring and passing of the defensive transition is Howard Ellis's forte, and Rose can obviously do better, and the defensive transition can greatly reduce Rose's unnecessary changes.

In Sloan's view, many of Rose's balls are unnecessary changes.

Rose wants to change his style of play, and Sloan also has to create opportunities for him to change his style of play, and cooperate tacitly.

Following the trend of the brisk offense brought by the Spurs last season... It's not a trend yet, but Sloan thinks it will become a trend. He has been a head coach for more than 30 years, and he was still a top coach in people's minds when he resigned from the Jazz. He relied on following the trend, adapting to the times, changing his playing style, and adapting to the rules.

There is a fast center Noah, an athletic power forward Gibson, a pitcher Korver, and a forward-guard swingman who can cut in, coupled with Rose, working hard on defense, and playing offense and defense transitions, which is perfect.

However, since Sun Ce of the Grizzlies knew that the other side had this tactic, the coaching staff must have known it and had been prepared for it. Nash was ready to fight against Rose.

Nash played very excitedly, and he thought he would slowly wither in the Suns. Who knew that the kid who wanted to get in, who he had never played before, suddenly got it one day and ran to him and said: Dare to go with me to the new era?

Then he had the current group of teammates.

The old ones are still the best!

Sloan tried to drive the team with Rose's impact,

playing offense and defense transition, but unfortunately met Nash.

Nash started to select teammates who could play run-and-gun with him at the end of September and started training early. The double emperor combination is seven feet tall, and Noah, a defensive stalwart who is not inferior to Gasol, felt his scalp tingling when they rushed.

Noah couldn't get excited even if he wanted to. The two men with weird hairstyles on the other side were more passionate and scary than him.

In 5 minutes and 21 seconds, Nash scored 5 points and 3 assists, helping the team to play a wave of 16 to 12!

A three-pointer after a pick-and-roll, a horseback archery breakthrough, plus 3 assists, Nash taught Rose a lesson who began to use his impact to lead the team to play defensive counterattacks.

Although Rose also got 6 points and 2 assists, his role was really not as good as Nash.

Nash's running and gunning style can compete with Westbrook and Durant's counterattack offense. Rose has just started to play this style of play, and he is still far behind Nash.

After the first quarter, the Grizzlies led the Bulls by 5 points 29-24 into the intermission.

Sloan was convinced!

The Grizzlies can actually trade Conley for Nash!

Sloan watched the opening game video of the Grizzlies and Spurs. The Grizzlies were able to suppress the Spurs during the scoring period because of the orthodox running and gunning style brought by Nash, because it has been proven last season that Sun Ce's running and gunning style is no match for the Spurs' offensive system.

Although it is not true that the Grizzlies will become the Grizzlies or the Suns after Nash, with Nash, Sun Ce is freed from the pick-and-roll ball-handler in the rotation stage, and has an All-Star-level substitute who is several times stronger than Conley at this stage!

Look, after the intermission, Sloan saw the lineup of Sun Ce, Nash, Neil, Klay Thompson, and Jordan on the court!

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Sun Ce feels great with Nash!

Last season, when playing against the Bulls, if the Grizzlies failed to open the score difference by defense in the opening stage, Sun Ce would have to do it by himself in the rotation stage, and he would probably have to play the whole first half, leaving hidden dangers for the third quarter. In the third quarter, Randolph could only open the situation with personal offense.

Moreover, he suddenly adjusted from the positional battle defense at the beginning to the counterattack ball-handler. Once Sun Ce did not have the opportunity to pass the ball and did not go deep into the basket, his baseline hook and mid-range shot would also be affected.

But now with Nash, Sun Ce can rest for a few minutes, and can also use this period of time to adjust his playing mentality and break away from the single pass and assist defense.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Rose went to rest, and the Bulls sent out Earl Watson, Hamilton, Luol Deng, Boozer, and Asik to play defense.

Sun Ce met his old rival Earl Watson, who played in the summer league for the only time.

In the first three games, Earl Watson averaged 9 points and 4 assists.

There is a terrible thing about the Bulls at the beginning of this season. They averaged only 98 points in three games, but averaged 246 assists!

Earl Watson wanted to compete with Sun Ce when he saw Sun Ce.

Back then, they competed for playing time in the summer league. Now, they are already. Watson is still a substitute and a pioneer in chaos, but he just wants to fight with Sun Ce.

Sloan felt that he couldn't win the offense, so he started to suppress the rhythm and grind the positional battle. Nash led the team to speed up. With Sun Ce, the counterattack pioneer, he can directly attack the basket, catch the ball and shoot, and pass the ball. It's a completely coordinated big... guard style.

Although the Grizzlies failed to widen the gap at this stage, and Asik made four consecutive high-profile shots before the official timeout in the second quarter, the Grizzlies wanted to speed up. They didn't care if the success rate was average or if they couldn't defend. They just wanted to lead.

Halfway through the second quarter, the Grizzlies led the Bulls 43 to 40 by 3 points and entered the official timeout.

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With a 3-point lead, Coach Hollins felt that he still underestimated Nash's ability.

Generally speaking, veterans who change teams at this age will gradually fade out of the rotation when they arrive at the new team, even if they played well last season. For example, David West, who gave up a million-dollar annual salary to hug thighs, suddenly went from averaging 157 to 43, and soon had no ball to play.

Originally, Coach Hollins only hoped that Nash could do a good job of shooting open three-pointers when partnering with the starting lineup and sorting out the running and gunning during the rotation phase.

And he deliberately sent the best and most suitable teammates to Nash so that Nash could continue his form.

Wow, Nash played like an All-Star!

After playing for almost 12 minutes, Nash scored 7 points and 5 assists, and then went off the court to rest.

In these 12 minutes, the Grizzlies scored 30 points!

Although they lost a few points in the first half of the second quarter and were beaten by the opponent Asik who scored 8 points in a row for several rounds, the score was not overtaken!

In addition, Nash tried his best to lead his teammates to reduce confrontation with the opponent and score easily, mainly using the pass to help Sun Ce avoid excessive physical consumption. Sun Ce's 6 points and 2 assists in this half of the quarter were easy to get.

At present, Sun Ce has 10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, but he feels that his physical condition is not much different from when he just came on the court in the second quarter. In these few minutes, he ran and played in Nash's forced fast break style, and blocked one shot, but it felt like a warm-up, and he found the feeling of shooting.

And Nash didn't feel that he needed to surprise others.

If he was five years younger, and Klay Thompson, Neil, Paul George, the two emperors were given to him, and two shooters who could run, he could change teams and compete with Sun Ce, Rose, James and others!

Now he doesn't need to consider the physical strength problem in the last quarter, and he can focus on playing well in the rotation stage and helping Sun Ce save physical strength. It's too easy for him.

Watching the lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Battier, Randolph, and Jordan, Nash lay leisurely on the way to the player tunnel to relieve the pressure on his back. He had to continue running for a while in the third quarter.

After playing for a while, he lay down. Nash wanted to be a handsome guy who really won by lying down.

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The Bulls also sent out the main lineup, with Rose, Korver, Luol Deng, Boozer, and Noah on the court.

Sun Ce was ready to play the rest of the time, keeping an eye on Rose!

The game continued, and it seemed that the Grizzlies had judged that they would focus on Rose's passing and scoring. Noah began to play the role of organizing the offense, passing the ball in the high post, and Boozer, Luol Deng, and Korver became the main scorers.

The game was always changing rapidly. It happened that Randolph's shooting was not so accurate in the second half of the second quarter. At the end of the half, the Bulls led by two points with 54 to 52 and entered the third quarter.

Randolph's importance is unquestionable. He played poorly, and the Grizzlies only scored 9 points in the second half of the second quarter. Sun Ce and others' offense was also affected. The Bulls' defense was very strong. Randolph couldn't make a shot. The Bulls relied on Boozer's tonnage and Noah's help defense to keep Randolph from entering the inside line, giving Randolph a chance to shoot in the middle and defending other people.

The Bulls also played well in positional warfare. With Rose being targeted, other people started to attack.

Although Rose only had 12 points and 4 assists after half the game, he still played a very positive role for the Bulls.

This is a situation that Sun Ce has never encountered before. Last season, even in the second half of the season when Sloan joined the Bulls, as long as Rose didn't play well, the entire Bulls team didn't play well.

But after half a season of adjustment, a summer plan, and preparations before the start of the new season, the Bulls are already very different from before.

During the halftime break, Sun Ce discussed with Coach Hollins and changed the style of play in the second half!

Since Randolph needs time to adjust, we can only start with him!

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After the third quarter, Nash needs to rest for a while. The Grizzlies are ready to suddenly change the rhythm and rush in the second half of the third quarter.

Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Battier, Randolph, and Yi Jianlian are on the court.

Still continue to play positional warfare.

On the Bulls side, Rose was replaced to rest. Earl Watson performed well in the first half of the second quarter and was replaced again. Hamilton, Korver, Gibson, and Noah are on the court.

This Bulls lineup is very good at defending fast breaks. Noah guards the basket and has enough speed. From Earl Watson to Gibson, they are all the type who can run and can block three-pointers.

However, the Bulls did not expect the Grizzlies to send out a positional lineup in the second half!

This is different from the three games in the first four games of the Grizzlies in which Nash was not rested!

Earl Watson is a chaotic battle maniac. He has passed the ball this season, but he still focuses on personal scoring. He took advantage of Gibson's pick-and-roll to break into the inside and made a flying jump shot. He was blocked by Sun Ce when he was blocked by Yi Jianlian.

And Sun Ce also grabbed the ball himself!

The Bulls' lineup retreated very quickly, and Sun Ce did not think about starting a fast break, and steadily advanced to the frontcourt.

In the frontcourt, Sun Ce passed the ball to Randolph who came to the top arc and no one was watching. He ran to the three-second zone on the right side of the free throw line and asked for the ball from Korver. Randolph passed the ball to Sun Ce and entered the inside, maintaining the threat of rushing into the offensive rebound.

Sun Ce waited for Klay Thompson to come to the 45-degree angle outside the three-point line on the left, Battier came to the right bottom corner, and Yi Jianlian pulled to the right low post. After the space was opened, he began to dribble and back-to-back Korver.

Korver's defense was not very good, but he defended very seriously. Sun Ce suddenly turned around and Korver quickly retreated.

But Sun Ce's turning movement was a fake move!

When Korver took a step back, Sun Ce turned around and shot a jump shot...

A beautiful turnaround jump shot hit.

Sun Ce made his 12th turnaround jump shot this season!

Sun Ce helped the team tie the score with 1 block, 1 rebound and 1 mid-range shot.

When the Bulls attacked, Earl Watson calmed down and passed the ball to Noah. Noah passed the ball to Hamilton who ran out of the open space with Neil. The opportunity was good, but Hamilton did not make the shot.

With Yi Jianlian and Randolph helping to block people, Sun Ce received the defensive rebound.

Pushing to the frontcourt, Sun Ce continued to play in the high position.

This time, Sun Ce waited for his teammates to open up space and hit Korver from behind, and turned around again... This time Korver did not retreat, but Sun Ce really turned around!

Korver hurriedly wanted to catch up, but was blocked by Yi Jianlian who took the initiative to pull up from the low position on the right.

Noah didn't switch defense in time, and he played a high-post pick-and-roll, which is still very rare. When Sun Ce broke into the inside, Gibson blocked him, and Sun Ce passed the ball to Randolph at the left baseline...

The mid-range shot still didn't go in, and Gibson overpowered Sun Ce to grab the defensive rebound.

Fortunately, the score was tied, and the Grizzlies returned to the backcourt and began to defend hard.

Rose and Boozer were not there, and the Grizzlies' defense was enough. Klay Thompson and Korver followed closely, Hamilton was in poor condition, and Sun Ce was mainly responsible for assisting in the basket, successfully defending the Bulls' attack this time.

Randolph picked up a defensive rebound that fell directly into his arms like a blessing from heaven. After receiving the pass from Randolph and going to the frontcourt, Sun Ce directly played a pick-and-roll breakthrough with Yi Jianlian. Yi Jianlian cut in after the pick-and-roll, and with the threat of Sun Ce's hook shot at the baseline, he attracted the defense of Gibson, Noah, and Korver. Sun Ce passed the ball back to Randolph who ran to the free throw line!

Just to feed the ball to Randolph and let Randolph find his touch.

The trust was rewarded. This time Randolph caught the ball from mid-range and made a mid-range shot!

Randolph only got two points from offensive rebounds in the second half of the second quarter, and finally made a mid-range shot again.

Sun Ce alone can't handle the opponent with singles. For example, Korver can ignore Sun Ce's cutting in and only defend the shooting. Sun Ce has Noah to defend at the baseline and Gibson to defend at the basket. If Randolph can't make an open shot, Sun Ce can't do anything. In the first attack, Korver hasn't reacted yet. Sun Ce turned over and made a jump shot.

But Randolph was able to score, and Sun Ce took advantage of Randolph's threat and started to score at the basket or pass the ball to his teammates with Yi Jianlian's pick-and-roll.

The Grizzlies started to attack at this stage, and they did a good job on defense.

In 5 minutes, the Grizzlies scored 12 to 6!

The offensive efficiency is average, but the offense of this Grizzlies lineup is average. The purpose of this lineup is to suppress the opponent by defense when Rose and Boozer are not on the court. This is the experience of the first half of the second quarter. This lineup has the ability to defend against run-and-gun and the ability to play high-profile offensive battles, so the Grizzlies do not play run-and-gun.

The Bulls called a timeout!

In these 5 minutes, Sun Ce scored 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, and the data increased to 16 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks!

The comparison of Sun Ce's performance in the last 5 minutes of the second quarter and the first 5 minutes of the third quarter made the fans feel too weird.

When his teammates did not play well on the offensive end, Sun Ce's performance declined rapidly. Except for rebounds and blocks, he did not play well in other aspects.

But when his teammates felt good on offense, Sun Ce's scoring and assists increased across the board!

Sun Ce played for a total of 24 minutes, which is almost 4 times 5!

Sun Ce's characteristics of relying on the team and the system were fully demonstrated. It seems that he is a player with many weaknesses except when he explodes.

However, the Grizzlies can't stand the 11-man rotation this year!