1020. The situation is sinister! (1st Update)
Seeing that Sun Ce could still shoot successfully with Louis Williams on his body and maintain stability to throw the ball into the basket, many fans in front of the TV thought they were wrong.
It's been three years, and fans other than Grizzlies fans still have the impression of Sun Ce as a thin bamboo pole, because except for being elongated, it can't be seen that Sun Ce has gained as much as 15 kilograms of weight in the past three years.
After superstars such as Maddie, Iverson, Carter, and Webb grew old or even retired, many older generation fans may have watched very little in the regular season, basically only watching Kobe, Duncan, and James games, and those fans born in the 70s and 80s are the main force of regular season ratings, and most of the post-90s generations are not financially independent and don't have much money to watch all the games they want to watch, so they only watch the live broadcast of their favorite stars' games.
Therefore, it is difficult for fans outside the Grizzlies to pay attention to Sun Ce's growth in the past two years, and many people on the Internet discuss Sun Ce, but in fact, most of them compete with others, sometimes support this player, sometimes support that player...... Anyway, when you need to use a player to set off your favorite player or a competitor who needs to use Sun Ce to suppress your favorite player, you will use him as a weapon, discuss his data, and discuss his performance, but you may not even have seen much of his highlights, and the impression of Sun Ce in your mind is what the media promotes-players who play by the system, explosive players.
Even many fans think that he just relies on the system and explosion, but they don't see that even when Randolph, Gasol Jr., Tony Allen and others are resting, even if he doesn't break out, he can play 18+8+6 first-class star-level data.
And it is true that Sun Ce is still thin because his limbs are too big, and he really can't be stronger than Westbrook, Durant, Seifrosa, Kobe, Ci Shiping, Marion, DeSean Stevenson, etc., and in the entire Western Conference playoffs, I can't see the improvement in his impact and tonnage.
But when it came to the finals, compared with Louis Williams, those non-Grizzlies fans in front of the TV and those who didn't watch the Grizzlies live broadcast much found that Sun Ce was too different from the inherent impression in their minds!
The opponent seems to be afraid of him entering the inside, tonight Sun Ce held the ball into the inside line 3 times or received the ball inside, and the opponent chose to foul twice!
Sun Ce stood at the free throw line, and after the player who grabbed the rebound stood still, the referee sent the ball to Sun Ce.
Sun Ce slapped the ball and hooked his hand sideways...... Hit!
This time, Louis Williams couldn't even make a big move and foul, and Sun Ce's rush was not something that Louis Williams, a short scoring guard, could stop.
9 points and 5 boards!
Sun Ce surpassed Evans' 7 points, and currently has the highest score in the game!
The score was also tied at 18-11, and Evans did his best to help the 76ers narrow the gap to four points and help Howard create an opportunity to narrow the gap to two points, and the result was suddenly stretched to seven points.
Sun Ce's counterattack 2+1 this time has boosted the morale of the Grizzlies!
In the next few minutes, the 76ers implemented a one-star four-shot style of play on the offensive end, and the offense was indeed okay.
Louis Williams is the core scorer and playmaker of this lineup, and the 76ers were ready to give up Louis Williams, and wanted to trade him for Jamal Crawford of the Trail Blazers after the All-Star weekend, but one day when Howard + four pitchers were sent to the lineup, Louis Williams played a role similar to Turkoglou, with sharp three-point points and solid passing, which surprised the 76ers coaching staff, So he became the tactical core of this lineup.
Defensively, the 76ers implemented the three-point blocking style, Howard guarded the basket, and tried their best to retreat, and the Grizzlies did not have many opportunities to play a fast break.
The 76ers and the Grizzlies have a similar characteristic, the starting lineup offense is not as strong as the rotation lineup, but the 76ers rotation lineup defense is also very strong, very targeted, if the opponent does not have a mid-range shooting master, it is difficult to deal with the one-star four-shot lineup with the peak Howard as the core of the defense, which is the core play style that has defeated the Celtics without Garnett 4-3 and defeated the Cavaliers 4-2.
However, after Sun Ce fell into the position, he continued to block and break through the mid-range step-by-step jump shot after the battle!
The 76ers' current lineup can't be prevented by blocking and dismantling the move of breaking through to the middle distance on the right side, and Holiday , Louis Williams, and Meeks can't interfere when Sun Ce makes a decisive move, so he can only block Thaddeus Young on the three ways and another person to block the three lanes, giving Sun Ce a chance to divide the ball.
Due to Jordan Jr.'s impact, Howard didn't dare to extend out of close range, and he played a lot tonight because of something he didn't want to go into detail, helping the Grizzlies play a pretty beautiful positional offense.
However, the Grizzlies don't defend well on the defensive end, and it can only be said that the offense under the basket is well limited by Sun Ce, and the outside shooting really can't be stopped, and there is also rebounding, there are no double bears, Jordan Jr. and Howard are struggling to grab rebounds head-on and peak Howard, and the card position is very difficult, which makes the 76ers have continuity on the offensive end.
After the first quarter, the two teams did not change their style of play, and the 76ers maintained this good offensive style of play, and they didn't even change the lineup, after all, the 8-person rotation and the time for each player to play is not short, especially the inside duo.
On the Grizzlies' side, Coach Hollins wants to see the other side play offense, so he only rotates the pitcher positions of Klay Thompson and Neil, and rotates Jordan Jr. and Yi Jianlian on the inside.
When the official timeout reached the second quarter, the Grizzlies led the 76ers by 8 points at 40-32 and entered the official timeout.
In the past 10 minutes, the Grizzlies played a 22-21 score, and the 76ers called a timeout when Louis Williams was almost tired.
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Back on the bench, Sun Ce feels that it is okay at present, thanks to the fact that the opponent doesn't know why he sent a one-star four-shot lineup, so that he can play easier on the offensive end, so that he can run around on the defensive end and can not prevent it to ensure that he has enough physical strength, enough to play the first half.
The pressure is really too much! Since Sun Ce found out that the 76ers did not lose to any of the teams they played against the Grizzlies in the West, the pressure came, and the danger was that the other party didn't let Iguodala, who was not very stable in three points, come up and play a one-star four-shot shot, otherwise he really couldn't hold on.
18 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, only two rebounds in the past 10 minutes, but 9 points and 2 assists in the past 10 minutes! Two mid-range shots and a baseline hook shot combined for 3-of-4 shooting, forcing changes in the opposing defensive structure and helping the Grizzlies extend the margin by one point.
Coach Hollins began to rotate and prepare to use Nash, Sun Ce, Paul George, Randolph and Gasol Jr., a lineup that can defend and organize positional offense, to establish an advantage before halftime.
On the other hand, why didn't 76ers head coach Doug Collins consume Sun Ce?
He gave up on what the Mavericks, Thunder, and Lakers had tried while studying the Grizzlies, and he felt that the three teams with better roster depth had failed and they couldn't.
So Iguodala and Evans, two players who can keep up with their mobility and are not particularly disadvantaged in height, Doug Collins just let them rest a little more and hold up the offense.
With five and a half minutes left in the first half, Doug Collins sent the lineup of Evans, Meeks, Iguodala, Lavoy Allen, and Howard to finally make a splash.
After the pause, the two teams began to attack and defend positionally with their own goals.
Evans watched Sun Ce dominate the way, and even relied on the mid-range shooting opportunity to overpower Howard, who scored 6 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block in 10 minutes, and couldn't hold it back for a long time, and it was a wave of onslaught when he came up.
The Grizzlies thought they could establish an advantage at halftime, but the 76ers led by Evans had a terrible impact on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends!
At halftime, the 76ers played a 12-8 score in the last 5 and a half minutes, the Grizzlies only scored 8 points in 5 and a half minutes, and the 76ers scored 12 points, narrowing the difference to 4 points in one fell swoop!
Evans got 6 points, 1 board, 2 assists and 1 steal, and that rebound was still a rebound, and his performance was amazing!
At the end of the half, Sun Ce was going to be tired, but fortunately, he had an 8-point lead before, so that he and his teammates did not panic when the 76ers were crazy about chasing points, and played well, and maintained stability on the offensive end when the 76ers were desperately defending.
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Back in the locker room, thinking that Evans played 12 minutes in the first half and scored 13 points, 3 boards and 5 assists, which is better than his own data of 18 points, 8 boards and 5 assists in 24 minutes, Sun Ce is under a lot of pressure!
Although they are all S-level ability evaluations, Sun Ce feels that Evans is very close to the real S-level!
Evans is like the Cavaliers Peak 1.0 version of James who is shorter and less impactful, but shoots much better! There is no physical advantage in the point guard position, Tony Allen and Paul George can't defend it, and the strength is only comparable to Delon.
Before Rose developed his shooting ability, Sun felt that Evans was a little stronger.
The word genius makes Sun Ce feel unaffordable, although he has improved faster than Evans, but he can't stand Evans entering the NBA is an A+ star who can get 20+5+5 data, only a small grade in three years, but the starting point is high, he has improved three big grades in three years, but the starting point is too low.
Fortunately, his teammates on his grandson's side are better, and when he fights, they still have an advantage!
When he came to the bathroom to dry up, Sun Ce thought for a while......
"Uncle Learning Machine, use the Cap King Card!"