This fast attack played beautifully, except for Gasol Jr., who was slow and couldn't go fast, the other four cooperated very well, Sun Ce used fast moves to prevent Yao Ming from losing the jump ball and immediately returned to the inside, Paul George was pinned down on the side, Randolph was ferocious and fast, and Nash's beautiful long pass.

Just the first ball made the originally focused Mavericks players more vigilant.

Their Mavericks are very serious and hard to prepare, and the opposite side is the same, just an opening offense, and the Grizzlies are fully prepared.

Switching offense and defense, Sun Ce retreated to the backcourt, and the first attack was beautiful, but what was more important in this game was defense!

Conley pushed forward with Paul George on guard, Nash followed DeSean Stevenson to the bottom left corner and Sun Ce followed Marion.

Just when Sun Ce was ready to cooperate with Paul George to defend Marion and Conley's blocking and dismantling cooperation, Marion pulled to the right sideline, Conley handed the ball to Yao Ming, who asked for the ball in the low post, Yao Ming received the ball and fiercely knocked back Gasol Jr. One step, turned around and hooked his hand directly, without jumping, hollow hit!

The Mavericks did not cooperate with Conley and those frontcourt players who were good at blocking and dismantling at the beginning of the regular season, but it didn't make Sun Ce feel wrong, and at the beginning of the game, Yao Ming, who had sufficient physical strength, had no problem opening the game.

2-2 draw, offense and defense transition, Grizzlies offense.

Nash advanced to the front court and saw Sun Ce running out with Marion around the bottom line, Marion did a very good job of blocking and dismantling, not being blocked by Gasol Jr.'s blocking, and followed Sun Ce steadily, his single defense is similar to Prince's, and he is very restrained by Sun Ce and Durant.

But Marion chased closely, and Sun Ce had a chance to run back and cut in after he ran out.

Seeing this, Nash did not play a single in the face of Conley's defense, but looked for Gasol Jr. to block and dismantle, trying to create space for Sun Ce to run back and attack the basket, but when Gasol Jr. pulled out to block Conley and Sun Ce suddenly stopped and ran back in the middle distance on the right side, Marion did not follow Sun Ce to run back, and put Nash directly.

Nash immediately passed the ball to Sun Ce, who was running back, Yao Ming stepped out, took a step outside the right side of the three-second zone, and interfered with Sun Ce's close-range catch shot or baseline hook, Sun Ce cut in to receive the ball, seeing that the momentum of accelerating from the position close to the three-point line into the inside sprint was old, and he made a decisive slap of the ball, facing the expanded Yao Ming, turned left suddenly, leaned forward, kicked his legs back, and used the inertia of leaning forward to accelerate the sprint in the direction of the side of the three-second zone.

Acceleration on the march triggers at level 4!

Sun Ce's burst speed was temporarily increased to S-, and Yao Ming's contraction defense after the expansion was not good, so he could only watch Sun Ce enter the three-second zone in two steps.

At this time, Nowitzki had already withdrawn, but Sun Ce did not pass the ball, because Yao Ming, who had passed the inside defense, accelerated to the second stage of the acceleration and exploded in the middle of the march, and directly pasted it towards Nowitzki, who was still moving laterally, and threw it by relying on Nowitzki......

Hit!

At the same time as the ball hit the rebound and bounced to the basket, the referee's whistle sounded, Sun Ce's goal was effective, and he had to add a penalty!

The physical consumption of this move is relatively large, and it is the most expensive move in all Sun Ce's skills, but in the face of Nowitzki and Yao Ming's interior defense, it is quite a lethal move.

Sun Ce walked to the free throw line amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, and his ball was aimed at making a kill, and he made a decision based on the position of Yao Ming and Nowitzki when he received the ball.

caused a foul and scored at the same time, which made Sun Ce feel very happy.

However, just when Sun Ce stood on the free throw line, he heard a message from the technical desk that there was a team substitution.

On the Mavericks' side, Nowitzki was replaced and Brandon Knight was replaced!

What does this mean? After only 46 seconds, Nowitzki was replaced?

Sun Ce pressed the confusion, hooked sideways and steadily added a penalty shot.

In the next game, Sun Ce knew what the Mavericks were going to do.

For the Mavericks' team offense, the Grizzlies already have a very clear way to deal with it, but the game is going completely differently than expected!

The Mavericks' side is very different from the regular season, in which the Mavericks focus on team offense, and Nowitzki and Yao Ming are just the endpoints, which are part of the offensive puzzle.

But tonight, Yao Ming attacked fiercely at the beginning, shooting 3 of 4 in the opening game, and also caused a foul and hit both free throws, scoring 8 points alone.

Low post back play strong eating, turnover jump shot, dream foot layup...... There was everything, and after Yao Ming played 5 times singlely, he needed to slow down before Conley and Brandon Knight began to block and dismantle.

Moreover, during the break in Yao Ming's singles, he also used Randolph's pinch attack on him to pass a beautiful assist to Conley, who was cut in by Brandon Knight's off-ball blocking, so that the long-lost fans saw Conley's incredible bounce; also took advantage of Sun Ce's contraction to receive Yao Ming's pass to Marion and gave it to Conley, and Conley's empty three-point shot.

This makes the Grizzlies not dare to easily wrap up Yao Ming, who has a vision advantage for everyone, this guy can pass!

In the more than 4 minutes that the Mavericks used Yao Ming as the offensive arrow, Yao Ming and Conley combined for 13 points!

And because the Mavericks replaced Nowitzki early and replaced it with Brandon Knight, a top mobile power forward, which greatly strengthened the Mavericks' opening defense, the light defensive combination composed of Conley, DeSean Stevenson, Marion, Brandon Knight, and Yao Ming's defense of the basket, the Grizzlies' offense encountered difficulties.

After playing for more than 4 minutes, the Grizzlies only scored 9 points, of which 7 points were scored by Sun Ce, only Randolph had a fast break at the beginning and scored two points, and the others were blocked to death!

And Sun Ce's last two goals were both mid-range shots, and he performed very well in 2 of 4 shots, but the basket and three points were blocked by the opponent's defensive strategy!

Finally, it was only when the Mavericks played a regular match that the Grizzlies breathed a sigh of relief, and when the official timeout reached the first quarter, the Grizzlies trailed the Mavericks by 4 points 13-17 and entered the timeout phase.

……

During the pause, Sun Ce returned to the bench, he saw Coach Hollins' grim expression, obviously, the course of tonight's game is not what was expected before the start of the playoffs!

In other words, the Mavericks predicted that their Grizzlies' defense was focused on defending against team offense, so they did the opposite!

The Mavericks started the game with star tactics, using Conley and Yao Ming as the main offense first, and without thinking about how to make Nowitzki and Yao Ming cooperate, just replace Nowitzki.

Sun Ce secretly sighed that Carlisle was really good, but fortunately, the coaching staff also thought of a way to deal with it in this half quarter, and began to arrange defenses and make personnel adjustments.

Coming back from the timeout, Sun Ce and Tony Allen, Klay Thompson, Battier, and Randolph came on the court, with a maximum height of not enough, but an average of very tall and good lineups.

In the first half of the first quarter, Sun Ce played hard both offensively and defensively, shooting 3 of 5 and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 9 points alone, but apart from him, Nash made a mid-range shot and Randolph scored a fast break at the beginning, and no one else scored.

The coaching staff set up the defense, but now what they need is offense!

On the Mavericks' side, a combination of Conley, Jason Terry, Marion, Nowitzki, and Chandler played.

After Sun Ce advanced to the frontcourt, he observed the opponent's defense and felt that the opponent did not seem to be strict with his defense at this point, so he decisively borrowed Klay Thompson to block and force Conley and Marion to switch defenses.

Sun Ce burst into the middle distance, turned around and leaned against Conley, who was very close to him after switching defenses, and turned over and made a jumper...... Hit!

15-17, the difference narrowed to two points, and Sun Ce's personal score also increased to 11 points.

7 minutes and 11 minutes, Sun Ce threw very well, but he felt very bad.

Suppressing this feeling of unease, Sun Ce continued to devote himself to defense, and he was already prepared to continue to defend with all his might.

After Conley advanced to the frontcourt, Sun Ce and his teammates were ready to pinch Nowitzki's singles, and were ready to rely on the mobility of the current lineup to change and supplement the defense at high speed.

But unlike the expected Mavericks who relied on Yao Ming and Nowitzki to take turns on the court and chisel stars all the time, Conley and Chandler's pick-and-roll offense began to cooperate!

Fortunately, the Grizzlies' lineup moved quickly, changed defenses well, and didn't give the Mavericks an offensive climax.

Nowitzki mainly plays a leading role, Conley and Chandler's pick-and-roll offense is dominant, and when the pick-and-roll offense can't be opened, it's Jason Terry who stands up and is responsible for the singles, not Nowitzki.

However, the Mavericks' defense is better than the starting lineup, Nowitzki does a good job guarding the basket, and the defense under the basket is the best point of the defensive end of Nowitzki, who is also average, but Chandler's ability to assist, supplement, and switch defense is much better than Brandon Knight.

At the end of the first quarter, Sun Ce scored 16 points alone, but the Grizzlies only scored 22 points as a team!

The Mavericks, despite being limited, did not score as much as the Grizzlies in the second half of the first quarter, scoring only eight points, but still led by three points at 25-22 heading into the second quarter.

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After the first quarter and entering the intersection, Sun Ce had already understood the opponent's tactics and strategies.

Yao Ming may be the most consistent scoring point on the Mavericks' side, and the most lethal scoring point, the stronger must be Nowitzki's stronger, but Nowitzki is a pitcher after all, so the tactical roles are very different.

Yao Ming is responsible for the singles strong chisel, and Nowitzki takes advantage of his better movement ability and wider shooting range than Yao Ming to cooperate with his teammates to play team offense.

With Yao Ming's star tactics and Nowitzki's team offense as a containment point, this is the Mavericks' tactical strategy tonight.

Nowitzki may still be the best power forward in 30 minutes of physical strength, and Yao Ming may still be the best center in 20 minutes of physical strength!

As for the cooperation between the two, the Mavericks really didn't seem to think about it, but used a high-quality role player lineup to stagger the physical strength of the two of them at this age.

The point is that both lineups are great!