Eight Hundred and seventy-seven.1 Accidentally Took a Pair of 4
The break is over, and the final battle is coming.
Bulls coach Sloan is ready. In the second half of the third quarter, Sun Ce blocked three shots in half a quarter, which made them want to finish the third quarter and narrow the gap. They can only fight in the fourth quarter.
But he is not afraid. He sent out a combination of Rose, Korver, Luol Deng, Gibson, and Noah. He did a good job of rotation in the first three quarters. Now these five players are very strong. Even if these five people play the whole fourth quarter, Noah, who has the highest playing time, only has 38 minutes.
Rose's poor pick-and-roll organization offense, Sloan will not use it for the time being. He is not without other tactics. He is ready to attack around Korver and Luol Deng's outside shooting and go all out on the defensive end.
This lineup has great defense. Rose was the best defensive player in the state in college. He is not so outstanding in the NBA, but he has never been a loophole. On the contrary, he is still very strong. Similar to Westbrook, the template Payton is not given casually.
Luol Deng and Noah are at the second-level defense level, Gibson is active and hardworking with good defensive awareness, and even Korver's switching and assisting defense abilities are good, but no one noticed Korver's pick-and-roll defense and assisting defense abilities. Just remember that he was beaten every night in single defense.
With such players in hand... If you only look at role players, this is the best time for role players in Sloan's entire coaching career.
He is willing to continue to be the head coach and accept the trade to come to the Bulls. In addition to the request of the team management, the fans and media in his hometown and the politicians, the Bulls retired his jersey and his old club where he started his coaching career, and more importantly, the lineup. He doesn't want to lose his reputation in his later years.
But when he was fully prepared to confront the Grizzlies' defense, which is known as the strongest in the league, Sloan saw Nash continue to play!
The lineup of Nash, Sun Ce, Neal, Randolph, and Jordan played!
This lineup, even Klay Thompson and Paul George, the front-line defense combination that surprised Sloan, are gone, and it feels like giving up defense.
After the fourth quarter started, the Grizzlies continued to charge!
Sloan wanted to play a positional war, and the offense and defense he arranged were both positional warfare offenses, but he met the Grizzlies who gave up overall defense.
Randolph does not have the impact of Yi Jianlian, nor does he have Yi Jianlian's flexible cutting ability, but he shoots more accurately, and can catch the ball and layup quickly, with a higher success rate. Although the effect is not as good as Yi Jianlian, the impact combination of Sun Ce + Jordan is enough.
The Grizzlies caught the opponent off guard. With the help of Randolph's mid-range shot and Jordan's impact, he received the ball and dunked twice in a row in the fourth quarter.
Gibson, who came to defend Sun Ce, was dunked to the point of doubting his life... He was shaken off by Sun Ce twice, and Sun Ce, who was forced to jump after a fake move in the air, dunked twice, and both times he was beaten 2+1!
Sun Ce only made one of the two free throws, but helped the team to play a 5-2 wave!
84 to 75, the Grizzlies are leading by 9 points!
The Grizzlies, who attacked first in the fourth quarter, only took 1 minute to get 5 points.
The Bulls did nothing wrong. They relied on the threat of Luol Deng in the first attack. Rose cut in decisively and avoided Sun Ce's defense and shot, but the score difference was widened.
It was the Bulls' turn to attack again. Rose kept his composure and rushed into the inside with the pick-and-roll, passing the ball to Gibson. This ball scared Sun Ce. Rose passed the ball decisively, and Gibson had a better chance to run out than Boozer who was unwilling to run, and successfully received the ball.
Fortunately, Gibson's mid-range shot did not go in.
However, Noah passed the ball over Jordan's head, and Rose received the ball. This time he did not pass it and rushed into the inside again.
Sun Ce's Jordan was actually stuck in position just now, but the ball bounced too high and too far, and the direction was towards Noah, so Noah shot it out.
At this time, Sun Ce happened to stay in the inside, and when he saw Sun Ce rushing in, he immediately stuck to him.
Rose would be helpless if Sun Ce defended him. He had used up most of his energy to avoid other people's defense.
Sun Ce came out of nowhere and Rose was unable to defend.
But facing Sun Ce head-on, Rose turned his body sideways towards the baseline in the air, giving the feeling that he was lying sideways, and made a low layup behind Sun Ce's left...
Sun Ce tried his best to turn his body sideways and stretch the ball to the angle where Rose might make a low layup.
At this time, Sun Ce's terrible size advantage among point guards was revealed!
If it were any other outside line, even James, who is 206 cm tall and has a wingspan of 214 cm, would have no way to deal with this ball.
But Sun Ce turned his body sideways, and when Rose was lying sideways and throwing the ball up with a low layup, his finger poked the ball!
Rose's excellent shot was touched by Sun Ce. Although it still flew to the basket, it was touched by Sun Ce and deviated towards the backboard and landed on the neck of the basket!
Randolph alertly blocked Gibson and grabbed the ball that fell on the neck of the basket, protected it, and handed it to Nash.
Rose, who flew out of the baseline and stood up with the help of the sponge on the basket, ran back quickly, but he was blocked! It would be better to dunk directly through Sun Ce, which might cause a foul.
Fortunately for the Bulls, Sun Ce missed the layup after receiving Randolph's pass, and Noah held off the rushing Jordan and protected the defensive rebound.
But the score difference was still 9 points. The Bulls were forced to speed up the offensive rhythm. They needed to score quickly. It was the fourth quarter and the time was running out. There was no time to waste.
In the third quarter, the Bulls not only failed to widen the gap, but were overtaken and fell behind by 6 points. This was a big blow to the Bulls' confidence. They lost 8 points in a single quarter, which was considered to be a collapse.
In the fourth quarter, Sun Ce scored 5 points in a layup. Sloan yelled on the sidelines, wanting the players to calm down, but they couldn't calm down.
A few rounds later, Sun Ce seized the opportunity again. Noah received a pass from Rose and made a close-range jump shot at the baseline, but was slapped away by Sun Ce!
This time, Sun Ce's block reduced the Bulls' offensive time to only 6 seconds. Luol Deng received the ball and forced a strong attack but failed. The Bulls had just narrowed the gap to 6 points. The Grizzlies immediately counterattacked with Sun Ce's block. Mature players are useful. Neil received a pass from the sideline and made a three-pointer. The gap returned to 9 points.
The Bulls played a bit messy. Boozer had no leadership qualities. The best leader of the Bulls was Rose, who was in his fourth year. Hamilton, a veteran, was not as good as Nowitzki and Yao Ming of the Mavericks due to the lockout. These two were at least tall and threatened when they stood there. Hamilton had no chance to play at this time. Korver was capable but not a leader...
Rose was blocked by Sun Ce and his mentality exploded. He became uncalm, and the others also played messy.
On the Grizzlies side, although the offense was mainly run-and-gun, Sun Ce or Randolph played singles occasionally, but they seemed more stable and calmer to find better shooting opportunities before shooting.
With a leading advantage, the Grizzlies had a stable mentality.
Coach Hollins' substitutions worked wonders! He didn't consider whether the offense could be played well or whether the players could maintain their status. He couldn't control these and didn't have the ability to command on the spot.
Coach Hollins made such a rotation based on the situation of tonight's game. It was the first time that he encountered an offensive style centered around a three-point shooter. He had no way to deal with it for a while, so he used offense to fight back.
At 8:04 in the fourth quarter, the Bulls attacked fiercely and narrowed the gap to 4 points. The Grizzlies missed a three-pointer. When the Bulls attacked, Boozer, who was on the bench, cut in and caught the ball and shot... Sun Ce, who was defended, caught the ball in the air!
Yi Jianlian, who replaced Jordan, grabbed the defensive rebound. This time, Sun Ce pushed forward and passed the ball to Nash who followed up at the top of the arc. Nash received the ball and faced Rose who rushed over, and shot a three-pointer from behind...
This technical feature that made Sun Ce feel like a chicken rib after being transformed into a skill looked too cool when it came to Nash. Nash faced Rose's defense and hit a three-pointer from behind!
With 3 minutes and 29 seconds left, the score was 103 to 96, and the Grizzlies led by 7 points again!
Sloan called a timeout!
In the past 7 minutes after Sun Ce received the ball and dunked twice in a row, Sloan has tried his best to rotate, tried various methods, and played many beautiful offensive attacks. In 8 and a half minutes, the Bulls scored 23 points, and the efficiency could not be higher.
But the Grizzlies were steadily carrying out the transition offense. Even when Nash was chased to 4 points, he was not calm, but Nash scored, which was a good shot. The Grizzlies continued to be calm. They have Nash, Randolph, Sun Ce, and three All-Stars!
On the Bulls side, Rose was severely restricted. He only scored 4 points in the second half. The data is not bad. He has a lot of assists. The Bulls' offensive power is mostly from Noah's high-position pass. He has 16 points, 13 assists, 4 rebounds and 1 steal.
This data is really not bad, but Sun Ce got 29 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, 10 blocks and 2 steals!
Seeing this data, Rose is going crazy!
Don't play like this!
Rose scored and got assists by his personal ability, and his data rose steadily, but Sun Ce's team added bonus. His teammates created opportunities for him to shoot, block, and grab rebounds. Now with Nash, he even had assists. Nash found that he had a second pass opportunity and gave it to him immediately. He got assists. In the past, Sun Ce helped his teammates get assists and sent a first pass to his teammates. Now Sun Ce has enjoyed the last treatment that he could not enjoy.
Rose had to give his teammates opportunities by himself, while Sun Ce on the opposite side had the whole team helping him alone!
This made Rose feel like he was stuck in his chest and couldn't breathe.
It was so annoying!
It would be fine if Sun Ce couldn't grasp the help of his teammates, but this guy was thinking about how to use the help of his teammates all day long.
Rose knew he was stronger, but he was angry when he was suppressed by Sun Ce.
But he had no choice. There were several stages when the Bulls had the opportunity to overtake, but he didn't grasp it, especially the three times he was blocked by Sun Ce, which made Rose regret it.
If those three shots had gone in, or if they had been passed to teammates in better positions, there would not have been a 7-point difference!
But in a strong match, the Grizzlies should pay attention to details. With Nash, the Grizzlies have a good grasp of details, but Rose is still too young. At the age of 23, he does not have the same strong ability to control details as Nash.
Just a few times of poor grasp of details made the Bulls lose the initiative!
The timeout is about to end, and Sloan's last desperate attack tactics have been arranged. Rose sees the opposing lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Gasol Jr.... He can only fight!
It’s just that it’s already at this stage. In 3 and a half minutes, we have to chase 7 points from the defensive combination of Tony Allen, Paul George, and Battier, who switched defense from the outside; Sun Ce helped defend; and Gasol guarded the basket...
It’s too difficult!
At 11 minutes and 3 seconds in the fourth quarter, the historic moment came. Sun Ce received a pass from Gasol, attracted Gibson and Rose to help defend at the bottom line, and passed the ball to Battier in the bottom corner. Battier received the ball and hit a three-pointer.
Sun Ce got his 10th assist in this game!
29 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 blocks. Sun Ce got a quadruple-double for the second time in his career!
Battier’s three-pointer hit this time, expanding the Bulls’ difficult 5-point gap to 8 points again.
There are 57 seconds left, chasing 8 points...
Unless Miller’s moment and McGrady’s moment reappear, the Bulls have no chance!
Seeing this, fans who understand basketball discovered one thing. Even though the Grizzlies played run-and-gun for most of the time before the fourth quarter, they were still mainly stable. They didn't think about widening the score difference, but just kept the score difference. They played very steadily.
In other words, the Grizzlies didn't mess around, but just turned defense into offense. They played like this only because they had Nash, a 38-year-old veteran who still maintained the strength of an All-Star and the strength of the assist king, and they were confident that they could play a stable offense!
The characteristics of the Grizzlies have not changed. They still tried to seize the advantage in the first three quarters and played steadily in the last quarter.
As long as they don't rest and have a leading advantage after the first three quarters, the Grizzlies are too stable!
But most fans didn't care too much about this. Most fans were shocked by Sun Ce's performance.
Rose played very well, with double 15 data of 16 points and 15 assists.
But Sun Ce got a quadruple-double!
In the end, the Bulls failed to create a 57-second miracle. With Sun Ce's performance of 29+15+10+10, the Grizzlies beat the Bulls 108-103 and won five consecutive victories!
However, most people didn't care about the outcome of the game this night. Sun Ce's second quadruple-double grabbed all the attention. Rose's outstanding performance of 16 points and 15 assists pales in comparison to Sun Ce.
As soon as the final whistle sounded, the media on the scene could no longer care about the obstruction of the league staff. They were willing to pay the "violation tax" later. The scene became like Sun Ce had just won a big prize, and a group of reporters surrounded him.
Sun Ce didn't notice that he had already had a quadruple-double. He just remembered that he was still two assists short after three quarters, so he was very excited when Battier made a three-pointer at the last moment.
He didn't realize it until he heard the reporter say he had a quadruple-double, but pretending to be cool had become a habit: "10 blocks? I didn't count, I just remember I was standing there and someone offered me a block, and I accidentally blocked 10 shots..."
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