1130. Stress is motivation! (Part 3)

8 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals, Sun Ce looked at his data, and he didn't fight back with two steals, and he didn't score in the two positional battles, which is equivalent to no steals.

The Grizzlies scored just 18 points in 10 minutes, and if he hadn't scored five straight points in the opening game, the Grizzlies might not have had a chance to score 20 points in the first quarter.

Fortunately, their defense was better, and instead of sending out a sloppy run-and-gun lineup, they replaced Jimmy Butler when Tony Allen needed to rest, and Klay Thompson and Randolph when Gasol Jr. and Battier needed to rest, and they pressed the rhythm steadily, limiting the Nuggets to only 14 points in 10 minutes.

However, this style of play is very costly, and Paul George, who has played 10 minutes, also needs to go down and rest.

Seeing Coach Hollins replace Nash, Sun Ce knew he was going to run and shoot, and then Randolph and Jimmy Butler were called by name to be replaced and rested.

After the game with the Heat, Coach Hollins has a clearer way to use Randolph at this stage, and the center used to carry the basket is really good, of course, it can't deal with those technical players, but it is very easy to deal with ordinary centers, but it's a pity that I get tired after playing ten minutes per game.

But at least Randolph's ascent will not be entirely a side effect.

After the timeout, the Grizzlies sent a combination of Nash, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Yi Jianlian, and Lopets Jr.

On the Nuggets side, the lineup of Lawson, Evan Fournier, Wilson Chandler, Anthony Randolph, McGee.

It's still good to run! Sun Ce looked at the athletic interior duo opposite, and sighed that the other party exchanged Anthony and Billups for a bunch of draft picks and role players, and then left what George Karl wanted, and what he didn't want was replaced with what he wanted, although these high-quality role players and draft picks exchanged for the duo failed to exchange for a new superstar as Nuggets fans expected, but through more than two years of operation, the Nuggets have also become a strong team team.

Such an inside combination, with Wilson Chandler at the best sixth man level, and Fournier, a talented rookie, is still difficult to handle!

Sun Ce was very impressed with Fournier in the scouting report, a tall and skinny guard of 201 cm, a shooting percentage of 51 percent, a three-point shooting rate of 41 percent, a hard ball style but poor athleticism, not liked by George Karl, very efficient, but not focused on training.

But it's another lineup that fits Lawson well.

Fortunately, there is a teacher on their side who has stronger organizational skills and comprehensive ability similar to Lawson, and Sun Ce feels that he should not suffer when he fights against each other.

However, Sun Ce underestimated this team with a balanced offensive and defensive style of play, and in the last two minutes of the first quarter, Lawson led the Nuggets to score 4 goals in a row and score 9 points in a row!

On their Grizzlies side, they only relied on Yi Jianlian's mid-range shot, Nash's three-pointer, and Sun Ce's offensive rebound, missed the rebound, and missed the basket, resulting in a foul, and scored 6 points with one of two free throws.

At the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies only led the Nuggets by one point at 24-23!

Sun Ce thought that Nash and Lawson were similar in strength, and Klay Thompson was stronger than Fournier, and these two points were indeed confirmed, but Sun Ce thought that he should have an advantage over Wilson Chandler, but Sun Ce found that he underestimated the role of this characteristic player in the team.

After all, this style of play is not what Sun Ce is best at, and he is not bad at playing like this, but with Wilson Chandler, the top player in this area, Sun Ce is not an opponent.

It's rare to suffer such a big loss when fighting against each other.

However, Sun Ce also knows that the opponent started with an 8-2 record by relying on this style of play, and he couldn't play normally, and the Nuggets are probably going to break the regular season win record in team history this season.

Sun Ce stood in front of the bench, watching the coaches discuss, and in a few minutes, the right decision needed to be made, which tested the coaching staff's judgment on personnel rotation, and Sun Ce also fell into thinking.

One game with the Heat, one game with the Nuggets, both opponents are top teams, even if the Nuggets are just a strong team in the regular season, but now it's the regular season, and the Nuggets are also a top team.

Against both teams, neither of them had the advantage for the Grizzlies!

And the key to this is that there is no real absolute strong point, Sun Ce knows, don't look at his average of more than 30 points per game, if you remove the two games of 61 points and 47 points, it will almost not be an average of 30 points per game, which is still obtained by a large number of wasted throws per game.

That kind of unwilling emotion spread in Sun Ce's heart, and he felt that he had to become stronger!

In the past, Sun Ce rarely had such emotions, because he was basically the worst professional player at the beginning, so he has been very patient and calm to slowly train and polish his skills, and with Randolph, he doesn't have to take on the heaviest tasks, and he can be cool occasionally by hanging up.

Now, Sun Ce still won't give up patience and polishing his skills, but this unwilling emotion has appeared much more often than before this season.

didn't deliberately suppress it, Sun Ce didn't think it was a bad thing, his basic skills were getting more and more solid, and his physical fitness had also been improved, he should have become stronger, but it took time.

After winning the championship and two MVPs, he now needs this kind of motivation to push him forward, not only against the stars, but also to really become stronger!

Putting this aside first, Sun Ce re-engaged in the game, and the coaching staff also discussed it and asked about Sun Ce's situation, and after Coach Hollins got the response he wanted, he sent a combination of Nash, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Larry Sanders.

After listening to Coach Hollins lay out the tactics, Sun Ce and Larry Sanders walked on the court after high-fives, and the break was over, and the referee urged the players of both teams to play.

See the combination of Lawson, Brewer, Wilson-Chandler, Farid, McGee sent out on the opposite side.

Sun Ce found that there was a characteristic of the opponent's lineup, which he hadn't noticed before, because although the Nuggets had a good regular season in the past two years, they were not as good as they are now, and they were not enough to attract the attention of the strong teams in the playoffs.

But Sun Ce now pays attention to the other side, and he finds that the opponent's lineup is always a playmaking point guard, a scoring guard who can defend three positions, a small forward with a sharp ball style, and two athletic interior lines.

Hardly changed! No wonder it's so easy to be restrained when it comes to the playoffs.

This made Sun Ce's confidence in winning a big boost, don't think about how to improve himself first, now do what you should do and score more!