During the tactical meeting, Coach Hollins predicted that one of Yao Ming and Nowitzki would most likely choose to play as a substitute tonight, so Sun Ce was not too surprised when he saw that Yao Ming did not take off his training uniform after entering the court, but Chandler took off his training uniform.

For the combination of Conley + blocking player + Nowitzki + two pitchers, their Grizzlies side has already prepared, so Sun Ce is quite calm.

At 7 p.m. sharp, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game and threw the ball into the air, Chandler won the jump ball, and the Mavericks took the lead.

Sun Ce immediately retreated after landing, and he worked hard when he jumped the ball, in case he won? But he knew that the Mavericks sent the Nowitzki + Chandler interior combination first, instead of Brandon Knight and Yao Ming, just to win the jump ball.

Once the game began, the Mavericks unleashed Nowitzki's offensive play for the diversion point and the main pitcher, Conley + Chandler's pick-and-roll combination, and Marion and DeSean Stevenson's two wing pitchers.

Conley, Nowitzki, and Marion all have passing ability, and Chandler is solid in blocking and cutting, which is basically the strongest play in the regular time of the Mavericks playoffs in the 10-11 season.

Nowitzki played the entire regular season in the regular season, and his playoff state is really no worse than the regular state of last season's playoffs, and the kind of god-like terrifying singles ability is gone, but as a containment point and catch-and-shoot pitcher, Nowitzki has not declined much in this regard, he is a technical player, as long as his physical strength is enough, this aspect may not decline too much in two years.

However, the Grizzlies did a good job of defending on their side, Nash followed DeSean Stevenson closely, and let Nash defend the ball-handler, and he may be able to play at a super level at any ball-handling outside line, but Nash's aggressive defensive attitude is still quite troublesome for the handball shooter, and after three rounds to replace Tony Allen, Paul George went to defend DeSean Stevenson and limited it better.

Sun Ce mainly shrinks the defensive basket, and when a player cuts in, he enters the pursuit, as for Marion...... If the Mavericks really point to Marion and shoot a three-pointer, it will be the same as if the Grizzlies pointed at Gasol Jr. and won the game.

Marion really didn't serve as the main attacker, after all, he wasn't the super power forward who averaged 19+ per game for four consecutive seasons.

Marion opted to give Conley a second pick-and-roll when Sun Ce was shrinking to create better scoring opportunities for Nowitzki or Conley.

The Grizzlies' defensive focus is clear, which is to let Conley and Nowitzki take on the offensive duty, and the start of the game will be attrition for the two, and the Grizzlies will start the game against the Mavericks according to the defensive strategy discussed yesterday and afternoon, and this morning.

The defense is quite ideal, at least it didn't let the Mavericks play a particularly good team offense, the shooting power was mainly concentrated on Conley and Nowitzki, the two scored 9 points in the first half of the quarter, Chandler relied on the block and Marion's second block and dismantle to Conley, and got 3 opportunities to cut into the basket and catch the ball, but was capped by Sun Ce, and one was scared by Sun Ce to dunk and turned into a pull rod and missed, only 1 of 3 shots, plus a long two-point shot from Marion, the Mavericks scored 13 points in the first quarter.

However, the Mavericks' defense is also doing a good job, Randolph falls low, Chandler shrinks, the weakest offensive threat on the Grizzlies' side is Gasol Jr., as long as Randolph receives the ball, Chandler shrinks back, if Randolph passes to Gasol Jr., Chandler pounces again, if he can make up for it, he will make it back, and if he can't make it up, he will pull it down, put Gasol Jr. to throw, and he will not give Randolph a chance to play in the low post.

Nowitzki's defensive end focuses on the card position and doesn't grab rebounds, Chandler has a good ability to protect the board, and Sun Ce doesn't have much chance to rush.

However, this is also expected by the Grizzlies, who also defended Randolph in the last game if Sun Ce did not play alone.

Gasol Jr. threw a mid-range shot of 1 of 3 shots at the beginning, which was not bad, after all, the opponent Chandler frantically gave Gasol Jr. physical contact before Randolph was about to get to the position, and consumed Gasol Jr.'s touch.

One of the two balls Gasol Jr. conceded was Randolph's struggle to grab the rebound, causing Nowitzki to foul, and Coach Hollins replaced Nash with Tony Allen with a dead ball.

Sun Ce began to take control, his single threat was huge, and the 57 points in the last game made the Mavericks dare not let him single like in the last game, and began to rely on Conley, DeSean Stevenson, Marion, Chandler's super high-speed wheel conversion defense to Sun Ce's mid-range shooting and high-speed change of direction below the free throw line, so that Tony Allen and Gasol Jr. got a lot of cutting opportunities, and Paul George also had a chance to shoot.

Relying on the threat played in the last game, Sun Ce scored 2 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block in the first half of the quarter, helping the team score 14 points in 6 minutes.

When Chandler, who was cut in by Conley's drop ball, Chandler was interfered with by Sun Ce and did not receive the ball, and the ball went out of bounds and the dead ball entered the official timeout, the Grizzlies led the Mavericks by 1 point 14-13!

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Back on the bench, Sun Ce heard Coach Hollins call his and Nash's names at the same time, as well as Jordan Jr., Yi Jianlian, and Klay Thompson, and knew that he was going to play next.

That is, the planned tactics are about to be implemented!

After Nash pulled four teammates who were about to play together and emphasized the need to be quick to counterattack and run wilder against Yao Ming, the timeout ended and the referee signaled for players from both teams to come on.

Sure enough, Sun Ce saw a combination of Conley, Delonti West, Marion, Brandon Knight, and Yao Ming sent from the opposite side.

The Grizzlies played the ball in the frontcourt, Sun Ce sent the ball to Nash and quickly cut inside, Jordan Jr. pulled out to block Nash, Yao Ming did not go out, and it was Brandon Knight who expanded out.

After Sun Ce cut into the inside line, Yi Jianlian helped Sun Ce block Marion who was chasing the defense, Sun Ce came out around the bottom line, Yao Ming changed the defense and followed out, Nash blocked and passed to Little Jordan who cut in, Conley couldn't withstand it, Little Jordan cut into the inside line and received the ball and glided and scored two points.

Marion watched Jordan Jr. take off under Nash's command, full of his own shadows.

If he had been five years younger, he would have jumped up and given this guy a big hat, but unfortunately he couldn't jump that high anymore.

Switching offense and defense, Yao Ming was very excited to fall to the low position, and when he saw Little Jordan defending himself, he decisively squatted on the inside line and didn't come out.

It takes some effort to play Gasol Jr., and he has to play the aristocratic player Jordan Jr...... Yao Ming said: Another nobleman will go together! Yao can fight two!

After four rounds, Coach Hollins called a timeout when Yi Jianlian fouled Yao Ming to the free throw line and replaced Randolph.

Let's settle for a positional battle...... Watching Yao Ming effortlessly help the Mavericks shoot in 3 consecutive rounds, and the 4th round also caused a foul, if it wasn't for Yi Jianlian's foul and ruthlessness, he was almost beaten to 2+1!

Their Grizzlies played well in these four rounds, scoring 8 points on 3-of-4 shooting, Jordan Jr. had a split dunk, Nash had a chase three-pointer, Klay Thompson hit a catch-and-shoot three-pointer, and only Sun Ce's counter-attacking basket throw was interfered with by Brandon Knight and didn't shoot.

But the opponent's 4 attacks were all successful!

Yao Ming started with a low-post single and dunked directly on Jordan Jr.'s head, and Jordan Jr. had no way unless he fouled; The second time, Yi Jianlian pinched in advance and did not let Yao Ming pass the ball, but as soon as Yi Jianlian pinched Yao Ming, Brandon Knight rushed in, and Conley hung the ball Brandon Knight easily hit an empty dunk; In the third ball, Yi Jianlian continued to pinch Yao Ming, while Sun Ce contracted early, Marion's side ran to the line when Sun Ce contracted, and Conley, who singled Klay Thompson, took advantage of Marion's blocking and demolition to the free throw line and threw it to score two points.

In the fourth ball, Yao Ming's brutal moment came again, Yi Jianlian didn't dare to hit in advance, and when Yao Ming received the ball, he went up to cover it, and then Yao Ming made Yi Jianlian foul with one pick two......

If it hadn't been for the Grizzlies who had made two three-pointers, the score would have been overtaken!

In fact, if they can be anxious all the time, it is not a particularly big problem for their Grizzlies, and the key is that they may not be able to compete with Yao Ming's style of play.

Carlisle's side was prepared for the Grizzlies' run, Conley, Delonte West, Marion, and Brandon Knight retreated quickly, blocking the basket and the wing pitcher, not blocking the advancing Nash or Sun Ce, Marion and Brandon Knight relied on the athleticism of Yi Jianlian and Jordan Jr. to retreat to the basket, Nash scored a three-pointer, and Sun Ce counterattacked and broke into the basket without scoring.

To deal with running and bombing, there is Yao Ming, if the worry of physical strength is solved, it will be too easy.

Carlisle didn't expect Yao Ming's lineup to pull away the score, and it was enough to keep the scorching situation.

Little Jordan or Yi Jianlian's single defense, how easy and easy is Yao Ming to play, they just need to defend the basket when they retreat, can Yao Mingqiang eat Little Jordan or Yi Jianlian is efficient in shooting outside?

It would be better if the Grizzlies flanked Yao Ming in advance, and the Mavericks could play 5 to 4 without having to run and run.

Carlisle would love to have such a situation, they are not the Rockets, there is no situation where Yao Ming is tired and jumped by the Suns, when the Rockets played the Suns, when Yao Ming had physical strength, he was present The Rockets' offenses were all in a state of explosion, but the Rockets had nothing but two superstars, and now Yao Ming is not afraid of physical exertion.

If the Grizzlies keep playing and running, don't be too friendly to Yao Ming, Yao Ming doesn't have to retreat directly, just 4 defense 5, block the basket, and the outside shot loves to score, and he doesn't have to waste his strength on the defensive end, and devotes himself to singles or pins down the opponent's multi-person defense to give his teammates a chance to play 4 and 3.

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Sun Ce saw that the current score was 22-19, and Yao Ming still had two free throws, and the situation was fine.

Back on the bench, Coach Hollins didn't make a substitution immediately, but called Sun Ce and Nash over and asked, "Shall we continue to play like this to tighten the score, or will we change the lineup for the positional battle?" ”

"I think I can continue!" Sun Ce was the first to respond.

"That's right, you can continue to consume like this and keep the score tight." Nash agrees with Sun's views.

Although the opponent scored in four consecutive rounds, at least for the time being, they relied on Nash and Klay Thompson to maintain the score with a three-pointer, and even if Yao Ming hit both free throws after the timeout, they still maintained the point difference at the official timeout, and they still had the ball in possession of the Grizzlies.

It's just that the 4-minute run-and-bomb attempt is not a success, this is the way Sun Ce and Nash discussed this morning to try to deal with Yao Ming, trying to use the run-and-bomb to consume Yao Ming, who knew that the opposite side was so rigid, seeing Yao Ming and easily ravaging the Shuangdi on the inside line as if drinking water, Sun Ce knew that this strategy was not successful.

Yao Ming plays like this, there is no problem at all in sitting and playing for 20 minutes, but their Grizzlies team will most likely not be able to run for 20 minutes.

But if the strategy is not successful, it does not mean that it has failed, and playing like this may allow Klay Thompson, who was very self-blaming to shoot 0 of 3 three-pointers in the last quarter of the day before yesterday, to get more opportunities to shoot in the open position and raise his hand.

Coach Hollins nodded and asked Sun Ce, "Can you hold up your physical strength today?" ”

Sun Ce shrugged, looking indifferent.

In fact, he was dripping blood in his heart, he knew that he wouldn't need Roska the night before, and it was good to get 57 points, but he lost! And Roska is an absolute star experience card that can be greatly improved, if there is such a correct tactical preparation for tonight the night before yesterday, it will definitely increase the probability of winning!