991.The Thrilling Battle (Part 1)
On May 18, tonight, the Grizzlies will usher in the second game of the series against the Thunder.
Yesterday also played two games, and the Lakers beat the Spurs 114-105 to hold on to two home courts.
Paul 28 points, Kobe Bryant 25 points, Sessions 23 points, the three of them combined to score 76 points, the Lakers' interior performance today is average, mainly because Duncan retracted to defend the interior, but Duncan retracted to defend the interior line can not interfere with Kobe and Paul's mid-range shooting, can only be sandwiched from the outside, and was shot by Sessions 5 three-pointers.
There was the first 2-0 in the second round of the West, but on the Eastern side, the Heat lost to the Knicks 75-88 at home, and the Janway combination had a very poor sideline in this game, Wade only scored 5 points on 2-of-13 shooting, James scored 19 points on 8-of-20 shooting, and the two did not score more than Bosh who scored 30 points combined, Bynum played very well, getting 28 points, 26 rebounds and 5 blocks, Bosh scored 30 points and only had 2 rebounds, and the rebounding gap in the game was 22, The Knicks had 53 rebounds, but the Heat had just 31.
Sun Ce has watched these two games, it has reached the second round, 2-0 does not mean that he will definitely win, 1-1 is robbed of a home advantage, nor does it mean that he will definitely lose, the strength gap in the second round is much smaller than the first round, and anything can happen,
Now Sun Ce's attention is on his side and the Thunder team.
After a day of preparation and yesterday's tactical planning and training, Sun Ce and his teammates were fully prepared, and today Sun Ce and his teammates were full of confidence to defeat the Thunder in one fell swoop and want to go to Oklahoma City with a big score of 2-0.
At 7 p.m., the Grizzlies vs. Thunder game begins.
The Grizzlies had a good plan, but often the plan couldn't catch up with the changes, and this time they made a mistake on their side, trying too much to seize the advantage of the first game, and the opponent took advantage of it!
There is a law of adversarial sports, that is, the winner generally does not take the initiative to adjust, the winning side has an advantage, there is no need to adjust, the main reason is that the adjustment will not be effective, and those who need to be adjusted are losers.
This is an obvious comparison of advantages and disadvantages, because the loser may not have an effect if he adjusts, and the winner will naturally grasp the advantages of the previous game and continue to play.
If this advantage and disadvantage are balanced, then the side that won before will definitely have a greater chance of winning overall.
But if there is an imbalance, for example, if the winner is very eager to seize the advantage, and the loser makes drastic tactical adjustments that work well, the format will be reversed.
Just like tonight, after the game started, the Thunder seized the Grizzlies' defensive focus on the Dewey duo to target the offense, and Durant was not as impulsive today as the night before, shooting not so anxious, steady and steady.
The defensive end also began to pay attention, Durant is very effective in defending Sun Ce, Sun Ce is not good at dealing with long-handed and long-legged defenders like Durant in singles, and the Thunder team reused Muhammad, a veteran, to defend Randolph tonight, so that Ibaka can be freed up to help defend.
In the first quarter, the Grizzlies played okay, tied 24 with the opponent, and although they did not have a 12-point lead in a single quarter like in the first game, they did not fall behind.
But in the first half of the second quarter, Westbrook, Harden, Daquinn Cook, Durant, and Ibaka performed very well on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the Thunder took a five-point lead in the first half of the second quarter, while Harden scored 10 points in the second half of the second quarter, helping the Thunder to play a 14-11 half-quarter score, stretching the difference to 8 points in one fell swoop.
At halftime, the Thunder led the Grizzlies by 8 points at 56-48 into the second quarter!
Sun Ce played 15 minutes in the half and got 9 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 fouls, he didn't play this well, but it wasn't bad, Randolph played 17 minutes in the half and also scored 14 points, they really played well offensively, 48 points are okay, after all, in the playoffs, the opponent's defense performance tonight is good.
But their own defensive end played badly, especially in the second quarter, when the opponent scored 18 points in the first half of the game, and Harden scored 10 points in the second half of the quarter.
Sun Ce's two fouls were both caused by Harden in the second quarter, and 5 of Harden's 10 points were free throws, and 5 of 6 free throws in the half quarter!
And Durant, on the other side, played the whole first half, shooting 9 of 14, 3 of 4 three-pointers, and 5 of 5 free throws, scoring 26 points!
Harden and Durant alone combined for 40 points in the half, and their scores were only eight points less than their Grizzlies as a team.
Fortunately, their Grizzlies team did not mess up, insisted on the defensive strategy, and although the opponent's counterattack was fierce, after discussion at halftime, they felt that there was a hidden danger in playing like this on the opposite side.
Sure enough, the insistence was right, and in the third quarter, the defense on the opposite side dropped significantly, and Durant played too both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in the first half, and he also scored 26 points while defending Sun Ce from 3 of 9, which was too much.
Sun Ce seized the opportunity in the third quarter, continuously used the block to break through the interior to score, and scored 14 points and 3 assists in 8 minutes, plus Paul George and Jordan Jr. played well in the third quarter to help the team play 28-22 in the third quarter.
At the end of the third quarter, the Grizzlies trailed the score to 76-78, trailing by only two points.
The final quarter entered a scorching defensive battle, Durant, who only scored two points in the third quarter, played well in the final quarter, walked for half a quarter in the third quarter, rested for half a quarter, and Durant, who was well-rested, was full of firepower in the fourth quarter, with 11 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, and has been helping the Thunder to bite the score.
Fortunately, Sun Ce and Paul George still felt very good in the final quarter, Randolph had 6 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter, and Paul George played 7 minutes in the final quarter and made 3 three-pointers.
On the Thunder's side, Westbrook and Harden did not perform well in the final quarter, Battier and Klay Thompson alternately played against Harden, Paul George and Tony alternately played against Westbrook, both of them did a good job of defense, Durant only passed two assists to Ibaka, and the Thunder only scored 17 points in a single quarter!
In addition to Durant scoring 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting, Serge Ibaka scoring four points, Westbrook and Harden both scored only one free throw in the final quarter.
And the Grizzlies, who scored 20 points in a single quarter, won on the defensive end!
Sun Ce was used to defend Durant in the last quarter, and the defense was very poor, the opponent shot 4 of 6 in a single quarter, and 3 of 3 free throws, Sun Ce was completely blown up.
But when Durant rested for so long in the third quarter and the half-quarter defense on the court was also walking, the Grizzlies predicted that they would definitely not be able to guard Durant in the fourth quarter, so they used Sun Ce to defend Durant alone, and let the other two groups of outside players rotate to deal with the other two outside talents of the opposing team.
Randolph took the initiative, Randolph had 6 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, both of which were Paul George who scored three points, Paul George also made a single three-pointer, Sun Ce's side only scored two points in the final quarter, but gave Klay Thompson a three-point assist.
Relying on Paul George and Klay Thompson to make 4 three-pointers in a single quarter, the Grizzlies relied on a single-defense strategy to cut off Durant and his teammates in the final quarter, and played a score of 20-17 in a single quarter!
Durant scored 39 points in a single game, in fact, more than 11 minutes before the end of the quarter, Durant was 4 of 5 shots, and the last shot was not thrown, not only Durant, Fisher and Sefrosa did not come up and could not shoot the ball that overtook the score, although Fisher was a key shot, but no one would always count on him, really always counting on him, and would find that what could not be scored was more than twice as much.
In the last minute or so, the two teams did not score a point, and the score of 96-95 was frozen in the last minute or so!
In the end, the Grizzlies narrowly defeated the Thunder by 1 point to tie the score to 2-0!
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The fans watched this game against the wind, especially the fans on the spot, who were crazy to see Durant score 26 points in the half at the beginning, and felt very cool when he won in the end.
Sun Ce and the others also felt very cool when they won, but it was too thrilling!
After the first three quarters, he was still two points behind, and Durant almost rested for a whole quarter, and in the third quarter, Durant played more than 5 minutes on the court, only shot twice, and basically opened up space, and the defensive end was also walking on the inside, and the fourth quarter was definitely going to explode, and they Grizzlies expected it during the break.
Fortunately, Coach Hollins is very routine in the defensive area, and the defensive strategy in the final quarter is executed correctly.
He scored 25 points, 16 boards, 6 assists and 3 blocks on 9-of-24 shooting, and Sun Ce had 9 rebounds and two blocks in the final quarter, and with the cooperation of the whole team, he successfully limited the Thunder to only 17 points in the final quarter.
However, this strategy is actually not very good, this kind of defense, the offense is basically wasted, you have to press the rhythm, you can't play fast, you can't let the opponent's five-man team of Westbrook, Harden, Durant, Ibaka, and Muhammad rush up, and their Grizzlies' own offense is also very bad, if they play a whole game, they may not lose too much, but it is difficult to win, which is the so-called-stirring stick play, tossing people, and injuring a thousand and injuring the enemy eight hundred.
The Thunder had very few late quarter scorers, focusing on Durant and Ibaka, and their Grizzlies scoring was similarly focused on just two.
Fortunately, while the defensive strategy was well executed, the 3-and-D shooters of Klay Thompson and Paul George made 4 three-pointers, especially Paul George's 22 points in a single game and 6 three-pointers in a single game, otherwise it would be over!
This game was really thrilling to win, in the last 1 minute or so, Durant and Sefrosa threw a three-pointer alone, and Fisher had a breakthrough, but fortunately, they were all blocked, and Sun Ce's last three rebounds were held, although he failed to fight back, but he didn't make a mistake or foul.
But no matter what, winning is winning! No one cares about the process, the result is the most important thing, and with a 2-0 score, the Grizzlies are ready to go to Oklahoma City!