The pre-match preparation time was over, and the starters of both teams took to the field.

The Grizzlies fielded a starting lineup of Sun Ce, Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Randolph and Gasol Jr.

Tony Allen played a long time in the first half of the season and his health was already mediocre, and Coach Hollins communicated with him to reduce his playing time to around 20 minutes in the second half of the season in preparation for the playoffs.

Sending Jimmy Butler to start instead of Klay Thompson, first of all, Klay Thompson needs to be paired with Nash to play the Run-and-Shooter, and then there is the All-Round Sixth Man......

Who wouldn't want to win a prize?

At this stage, Klay Thompson's strength, the All-Star is not expected, the best team is even more impossible, and there is no hope for the fastest improvement award, Klay Thompson has only missed two games due to injury this season, and has been on the bench in 37 of the 42 games he played.

The most popular players for the Sixth Man of the Year are Yao Ming of the Mavericks, Ellis of the Thunder, Wilson Chandler of the Nuggets, Louis Williams of the Hawks, and Jamal Crawford of the Clippers...... and Klay Thompson of the Grizzlies.

Among them, Yao Ming and Klay Thompson are the most efficient!

If there is a chance to fight, of course you have to fight.

On the Thunder's side, the starting lineup of Westbrook, Seifrosa, Durant, Ibaka, and Perkins came on.

Sun Ce and Perkins came to the middle circle, Perkins showed a vicious expression and wanted to scare Sun Ce, thinking that he was also a high school rookie back then, and his running and jumping ability was good, how could he be afraid of Sun Ce, a small defender, when jumping the ball.

But Perkins, who has just turned 28 years old, has fallen off a cliff in athleticism, mainly in weight, 208 cm, he weighs nearly 130 kilograms, and he is not a talented player like Randolph.

However, Perkins's fierce expression only reminded Sun Ce of how he had blocked Perkins twice back then...... Griffin smashes the basket through Perkins......

At 8 p.m., the referee, under the entanglement of Randolph and Durant, chose a standard inflatable basketball, came to the center circle and blew the whistle at the beginning of the game to throw the ball into the air.

Sun Ce won the jump ball from Perkins' head steadily, Paul George received the ball and advanced, and the Grizzlies attacked first!

Durant is now very unhappy with Perkins, who has declined too quickly, was one of the league's best low-post defensive centers last year, and his form has plummeted this year, and Perkins just signed a two-year, $18 million contract extension last summer, which only expired in 2015.

How good is this money for Harden to let Harden stay?

Watching Perkins jump the ball, Durant felt that he might as well get on it himself.

After pasting Sun Ce, Durant put away his distractions and wanted to defend Sun Ce well, the last time they met, he did a very good job of defending Sun Ce, although he let Sun Ce score 33 points, but Sun Ce's shot was very low, and his single defense allowed his teammates to rest assured to cut off Sun Ce's connection with the rest of the Grizzlies.

But this time, Sun Ce didn't ask Paul George for the ball when he got to the frontcourt, and Paul George hoisted the ball to Randolph, who was stuck in Perkins in the low post to ask for the ball!

If it was Perkins last year, he was indeed one of the best interior lines in the low post, and Duncan, Pau Gasol, and Randolph would have had a hard time playing him.

But when the Clippers beat the Thunder this year, they relied on Griffin's low post to turn around again and again to ravage Perkins, and the high-spirited Griffin even turned around and pressed Perkins to smash the ball into the basket.

Randolph is not so grumpy, nor does he have the ball control and bounce like Griffin, and now he can't compare with Griffin's mid-range shots, but the feeling of the low post has been returned, and the self-throwing and self-stealing singles are sacrificed, easily ravaging Perkins to get 1 offensive rebound and two points.

Watching Randolph retreat after easily scoring two points, the referees no longer wanted to blow Randolph's technical foul, and they conceded it, which became Randolph's signature celebration.

Many chubby fans at the scene, both men and women, young and old, followed Randolph to shake the fat meat, just drooling...... It's hard to learn.

Thunder head coach Scott Brooks, who doesn't know how to describe his feelings, signed Perkins to a two-year contract extension last summer...... Who would have thought that a defensive player like Perkins could collapse at the age of twenty-seven or eighteen?

Conceding 113 points per 100 possessions, this defense, you must know that Perkins limited opponents to only 98 points per 100 rounds last season! A level of defense in the low post that is about the same as Gasol Jr.

When the Thunder offense, Westbrook pushed in, and Jimmy Butler went up to give Westbrook attrition.

Westbrook's chances of finding teammates' open spots this season are very good, and accurately judging that Perkins has a tendency to be vacated by the Grizzlies, Westbrook took a step back and forced Jimmy Butler!

The league's strongest straight-line acceleration ability, Jimmy Butler could not withstand it, and could only chase Westbrook into the basket from behind, Westbrook attracted Gasol Jr. to the left side of the basket after the defense, Perkins received the ball and threw a shot......

"Bang"

Sun Ce, who was released by Sai Rosa on the left side of the baseline, slapped him on the basket!

The ball was slapped and bounced off the basket by Sun Ce, and Gasol Jr. pouted Westbrook to protect the defensive rebound and passed it to the nearest Jimmy Butler.

Although when Westbrook grabbed the ball, Sun Ce received a system prompt that Westbrook's pass was aimed at Perkins, but it was too far away, and when Perkins jumped, Sun Ce's jump distance was beyond his range, but fortunately, Olajuwon's tie effect was triggered to complete the block.

After Jimmy Butler went to the frontcourt, Sun Ce came to the right middle distance, Gasol Jr. went to the right baseline, Paul George went to the left bottom corner, the space was opened, Jimmy Butler faced the Westbrook defense, now he can't play, and continues to pass to Randolph who is in the low post and leans on Perkins to ask for the ball.

Ibaka has a tendency to shrink this time, and Randolph is still decisive in singles.

Ibaka follows the route that can cut off Randolph's ball to the baseline Gasol Jr. to shrink the pinch!

As soon as Ibaka entered the reasonable collision zone, Sun Ce immediately turned around with Durant's back without the ball and cut into the inside!

Durant did not lose his position, followed closely behind Sun Ce, and when Sun Ce received a pass from Randolph and jumped up behind Ibaka for a layup, Durant reached out to cover Sun Ce's shooting space.

However, Sun Ce jumped up and pouted his buttocks, retracted his body in the air, stretched out the ball with his left hand, exerted his waist and abdomen, and turned his head to look at the moon and throw...... Hit!

Sun Ce's folding lever layup!