Pau Gasol, with an ability rating of B+ (alongside Dwight Howard), averaged 13.4 points, 7 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game......

Dwight Howard, A+ ability, averaging 16.2 points, 12.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game ......"

These two people, there are no injuries, Howard's back injury was cured by minimally invasive surgery, and Gasol is 32 years old as a top interior lineman in the technical stream, but he is in his prime of play.

But when they come together, it really doesn't fit, Howard has no skills and his physical fitness has declined, and Gasol has become more and more technically sophisticated, but his mobility has declined.

As a result, the duo always had a negative effect, and the 76ers obviously put more emphasis on Howard, and Pau Gasol's performance opportunities were greatly reduced, and he only played at a quasi-first-class level.

Moreover, there is no normal effect of a quasi-first-class performance of a power forward and a quasi-top center, but the data looks good, not to mention that when the two men separated, they were both regarded as championship-level centers, especially Pau Gasol, who is now only playing at a quasi-first-class level.

Also delayed is Thaddeus Young, who averaged 12 points, 5 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game last season, and averaged 4 points and 2 boards per game this season, and his playing time is unstable.

However, Nick Young and Jason Richardson played well, and Sun Ce and his teammates focused on defending the opponent's perimeter, not to mention Howard's average of 16.2 points per game, ranking first in the league with 4 turnovers per game.

The 76ers averaged 102.5 points per game and conceded 101.9 points per game......

It may be one thing that Iguodala has gone away and his outside defense has declined, but Howard has slipped directly from the best defensive player level defense to the 11th in the league in center defensive efficiency, and from the league's third-highest level of limiting opponents to score 96 points per 100 possessions to the mid-range level of 104 points per 100 possessions, which is the key to the 76ers' defensive collapse this season, from the lowest in the league in points conceded last season to the current average defense.

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At 6:55 p.m., Sun Sunce learned from the staff that relying on Yao Ming and Nowitzki's low-post singles at the last moment, Nowitzki received Yao Ming's score and hit a quasi-three-point shot with 3 seconds left, but Duncan made an empty shot in the last 3 seconds, and the Spurs narrowly defeated the Spurs 110-109......

Duncan actually received it empty, could it be that it was an empty pick-up at the Gale Station in situ?

Thinking that Duncan was going to keep his tail hair as a whip after the Christmas concert and continue to lead the fashion trend, Sun Ce shuddered.

Two or three minutes later, at 6:58, the referee signaled for both teams to start.

On the Grizzlies' side, the starting lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Gasol Jr. came on.

The 76ers fielded a starting lineup of Evans, Holiday and Jason Richardson, Pau Gasol and Howard.

After the game started, Howard easily won the jump ball, although the explosive power declined, but the bounce and speed Howard was still the top one.

It's just that after the game starts, Howard's first attack is going to be a low-post single!

Evans had Kobe Bryant-style helplessness after advancing to the frontcourt, and he knew that if Gasol Da was the core center, even if Howard was replaced by Thaddeus Young, the interior line at least would not face most teams to suffer.

Of course, Howard is not unable to play at the real top level, but he needs to play well to block and dismantle and cut without the ball, but these two points, Howard really can't block and dismantle, and he is not happy to cut into Howard without the ball, so he loves to stand under the basket and rush to grab offensive rebounds, otherwise he will have to play alone.

However, although Gasol is hardworking, very ethical, and technically good, he is 32 years old, and even Evans feels that Howard is the future pillar of the team, so he panders to the team and accommodates Howard.

After all, Howard has not yet renewed his contract and will be a full free agent next summer.

No way, Howard had to start the game again, and Evans hoisted the ball to Howard.

After receiving the ball, Howard wanted to directly hit Gasol Jr. for a dunk like last season, but he couldn't squeeze for a long time!

Sun Ce took advantage of Howard's attention to the singles, sneaked in quietly, and slapped the ball off!

The ball flew to the left of the three-second zone and Tony Allen grabbed the ball before Holiday did!

Offense and defense switched, after arriving in the front court, Sun Ce looked for Tony Allen to block and dismantle, the opponent's Evans and Jason Richardson both came up to block the three points, Sun Ce took two steps into the inside, Howard made up for the defense, Sun Ce accelerated and changed direction in the low-post frame in the process, changed the ball to the left hand in the process of stepping, and hit an easy layup.

It was easier than expected!

Sun Ce feels that Howard's defense has now become similar to Jordan Jr., okay, the efficiency is good, there are many rebounds and blocks, Jordan Jr. played an average of 29 minutes per game and got 9.8 boards and 1.9 blocks, and Howard played an average of 37 minutes per game and got 12.4 boards and 2.4 blocks.

The reason why Jordan Jr.'s defensive efficiency is good but not effective is because of his own awareness; As for Howard, his physical fitness has declined, he has a good consciousness, just now when Sun Ce accelerated and changed direction in the middle of the march, he saw that Howard wanted to rely on the explosive speed to move sideways and defend the small as before, but it was obviously a beat slower than last year.

The thing between the lightning and the fire, you lose your defensive position if you slow down!

If Sun Ce's left-handed layup is not developed, and he can only hook his hand with his right hand, he will be very limited as in last year's Finals, and Howard's slow shot will be compensated, but now Howard's defensive efficiency has fallen out of the top ten center defenses in the league, and Sun Ce has developed a left-handed layup...... The point is that Howard still thinks of himself as the best defensive player!

The defensive habits remain the same, and Howard's decline on the defensive end will be more obvious!

But it seems that the media and fans have not really recognized the fact of Howard's decline, and even their Grizzlies coaching staff has not recognized this problem, and only thinks that Howard and Pau Gasol do not match to have such a problem.

Public opinion is like this, and Howard himself didn't recognize this problem, because the 76ers were about to take him to the sky and wanted him to renew his contract.

But tonight, Howard wasn't happy again!

was originally unhappy to see the Grizzlies, the team that swept them in the Finals, Howard didn't score an offensive and was stealed, and Sun Ce didn't change hands and hit a layup on the defensive end, Howard went to the frontcourt to continue to play singles!

Without O'Neal's life and O'Neal's illness, this is the biggest gap between the first center cultivated by the two Magic teams.

This time, in order to avoid being stolen, Howard chose to force a shot without getting space, and was interfered with by Gasol Jr., who is currently the league's first center defensive efficiency, and Howard's throw crossed the bridge!

Gasol Jr. picked up the ball by himself and made a long pass to Sun Ce, who was about to go, and Holiday chased back and was hit by Sun Ce with a layup...... Holiday misses Iguodala so much now, so much......