1593. The Man Who Shouldn't Be (5000 Words)

It's a blast!

The fans in front of the TV feel crazy, Sun Ce is about to break the record of an active player again!

Even if the Thunder team did their best to prevent Sun Ce's offensive rebounds and scores, Sun Ce still grabbed 4 offensive rebounds in the third quarter, and Sun Ce's offensive rebounds increased to 15, which was only 3 short of the 18 offensive rebounds in a single game since Rodman maintained the NBA with detailed statistics!

This may not be broken, but Sun Ce, who has 29 boards in the third quarter, is 5 short of Rodman's 34 rebounds in a single game! In terms of Sun Ce's 5 defensive rebounds in the third quarter, in the fourth quarter, which is bound to be more intense and confrontational, fans have almost seen Sun Ce break the single-game rebounding record since 1990! Even, the 35 boards in a single game created by Charles Oakley in the 80s seem to be unstable!

As for the single-game rebounding record held by Lefu for active players, no one doubts that Sun Ce can break it.

The whole Grizzlies team is sparing no effort to grab defensive rebounds for Sun Ce's card position, Sun Ce has an advantage in grabbing rebounds, the inside line is not as fast as him, the outside line is not as high as him, and Durant, who is not too much of a loss than him...... 14 defensive rebounds in the third quarter, Sun Ce almost 5 defensive rebounds per quarter, steady!

Moreover, Sun Ce scored 46 points, while Durant's side scored less than 33 points, at least for now, Sun Ce's average points per game have surpassed Durant!

And, judging by the course of the game between the two teams, Durant has little chance of regaining his points per game average tonight.

Durant is mainly based on containment, when it is time for him to shoot, he will shoot, and he will take the pot when he should take the pot, but the main thing is to leave his physical strength at the critical moment and come up to cut a wave.

The Thunder team also took advantage of this to play an offense that the Grizzlies couldn't prevent even if they worked hard, even if Sun Ce had 4 blocks in a single quarter, he couldn't stop the angry Thunder team.

But on the other hand, the Thunder team really relied on the overall defense to give the Grizzlies a lot of restrictions on the overall offense, but Sun Ce couldn't prevent it, and then the Grizzlies' overall offense also played well, the key is that Sun Ce's personal score really can't be stopped, and the third quarter still has 12 points in a single quarter! If it weren't for the good effect of the Thunder's defensive strategy, Sun Ce would have almost reached 50+ in the third quarter!

What made the players on the Thunder's side feel most helpless was that their strategy had been executed well, and Sun Ce scored 12 points plus 4 offensive rebounds in a single quarter.

The TV commentator didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, and Barkley laughed: "Do you want to lock up the lord and prevent the lord from playing crazy statistics or try to win?" Maybe this is what the Thunder players think, they should be very tangled and confused, but I don't think it's necessary, because the lords have already played crazy statistics! ”

The result of the game, the commentators of the major TV stations did not dare to make a conclusion, in the third quarter, if it wasn't for Sun Ce's hook at the beginning, and then Sun Ce made up the deduction to score two points, the Thunder team really could overtake the score, just because of the 4 points that came and went, so that the Thunder team chased the score after the official pause in the third quarter, failed to overtake the score, and the Thunder team narrowed the difference to two points at the minimum, if there were no 4 points, the situation may be very different now.

Maybe the morale of the Thunder team will come up after overtaking the score, and they will not be hit by the Grizzlies who scored 12 points in a row.

Durant, who is fully committed to scoring and defense, Westbrook, who does most of the work on the offensive end, and Ibaka, who is the top three in the defense league and has strong mid-range shooting...... Fans in front of the TV and in front of the computer are starting to complain again - the Thunder have chosen a big three themselves! And in the case of selling Harden, the remaining players can still form the Big Three......

The most uncomfortable thing for Thunder fans is Harden's trade, after a year has passed, it is equivalent to sending Harden out for nothing, Ellis is gone, Leonard is exchanged for Odom As a result, Odom is scrapped when he leaves Los Angeles, which is equivalent to exchanging Harden for air!

And Harden, this season, has been ranked in the top 10 of the MVP list for a long time.

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Fans, TV commentators, and fans at the scene are all talking about the data, the stars of the two teams, and Harden.

The players of the two teams are not thinking much differently now, and their focus is all on winning or losing.

Based on the defensive strategies of the two teams and the difference in Sun Ce and Durant's scoring, Sun Ce is now less worried about his average points per game being overtaken by Durant, and he only needs to score no less than Durant in the fourth quarter in the fourth quarter.

Now, it's more important to win!

Durant scored eight straight points in the last two minutes of the third quarter...... The Grizzlies, who scored 12 points in a row, were taken aback, and if it weren't for Yi Jianlian and Klay Thompson who threw three points, they might have been overtaken by the Thunder.

Durant has greatly raised the ceiling of the Thunder!

Without Durant, only Westbrook and Ibaka lead the team, the Thunder are on the verge of the Western Conference playoffs, and there is Durant, who are the top teams that can lead 73 teams 3-1!

The minimum score difference is reduced to two points...... Sun Ce felt the pressure of being chased closely by the other party and not knowing when he would be bitten.

The Grizzlies have felt that pressure on the whole team, but fortunately, most of their players have felt more pressure and can withstand it.

And the players who just joined the Grizzlies this year are also confident because they have the best players in the world!

At least, in the minds of the Grizzlies' own players, Sun Ce is already the strongest in the world, and the gap between Kobe Bryant and Duncan is only the gap between the cumulative number of honors and the number of championships.

Of course, this gap can't be erased by just talking, but they feel that Sun Ce will surpass these two one day!

Because Sun Ce's performance is incredible, even Duncan, who entered the NBA and began to write legends, is not as crazy as Sun Ce.

On the other side, the Thunder bench once chased the difference to two points, which made them feel extremely excited, and when the opponent played an offensive climax and was blocked by Sun Ce's block, Durant scored 8 points alone, and they were not defeated by the opponent's sudden offensive outburst, although the difference was still stretched to 6 points, but the opponent scored 12 points in a row and they still maintained the possibility of turning the tables, which made the Thunder players see hope, they have Durant!

Merely...... Durant's thoughts are not quite the same as his teammates and others think.

Teammates are glad that he can close the score with him, and he is excited that he will have a chance to turn the tables with him, but Durant himself, seeing that Sun Ce is only 24 years old, feels too much pressure!

He also felt the trust and dependence of his teammates on him, but for him, the joy was far less than the torture brought to him by the pressure.

He doesn't like the pressure, but for now, it hasn't affected his morale, and now that Durant just wants to win, he's trying to get rid of that pressure.

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The intermission was almost over, and after the head coaches of the two teams made personnel adjustments and tactical arrangements, the players who started the fourth quarter of the two teams came on the court at the signal of the referee.

On the Thunder's side, Westbrook, Durant, Ibaka, and Adams are ready to play the second half, and the position of shooting guard has been replaced by Andre Robertson, a sharper cut-and-shoot and better off-ball shooter.

On the Grizzlies' side, the lineup of Sun Ce, Beverley, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Yi Jianlian continued to play.

Defense is not a very good way to defend, the inside line can't hold at all, and you can't just rely on Sun Ce's blocking to solve the problem, in the third quarter, Sun Ce blocked 4 times in a single quarter, and still can't stop the opponent from using Durant and Ibaka as a containment point, and the other three inside score offense.

Then the choice is simple, keep fighting!

At the start of the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies took the lead.

Beverley pushes forward and teaches the ball to Paul George.

Beverley, Klay Thompson, and Yi Jianlian pulled away, and Sun Ce sat in the low post to lean on Durant to ask for the ball!

The Thunder team still wants to try it, can Durant, who defended Sun Ce so well before, limit Sun Ce in the fourth quarter, Sun Ce's consumption in each of the first three quarters is comparable to the consumption of other players in a game, and at this time, there should be a decline, right?

Sun Ce received the ball, the opponent had a height advantage, he did not choose to be strong, but half-turned and threw a shot...... Miss!

Sun Ce's shot was very interfered with, when he shot, he knew that the ball was going to be iron, and when Durant's action of pressing up and interfering had not been retracted and failed to turn around, Sun Ce, who jumped up and landed first, pressed up directly, bypassed Durant, jumped high before Westbrook retracted and grabbed the defensive rebound, and scored two points with a self-throwing and self-grabbing dunk!

One-on-one just can't be prevented! The Thunder players immediately gave up on the head coach's strategy of trying single defense, which is suicide!

In the next round of defense, the Thunder team immediately resumed the main defense of Sun Ce and Klay Thompson, and prevented Yi Jianlian from cutting, relying on the speed of changing defense to interfere with the defense of Yi Jianlian, Beverley, and Paul George three-point shooting.

This kind of defense is very passive, but the Thunder players have no choice but to defend like this.

And the reason why they still maintain their fighting spirit is because their offense Grizzlies can't be prevented!

On the Grizzlies' side, there is no way to do it, they have to attack.

In the 1st minute and 16th of the fourth quarter, Sun Ce collected a defensive rebound and got the 31st rebound of the game, breaking his personal career record of 30 rebounds in a single game, and tying the record for the highest single-game rebound of a suspected player held by Lefou!

At 2 minutes and 31 seconds, Sun Ce once again collected a defensive rebound and successfully set a new record for the highest single-game rebounds in active service!

Playing to the 2nd minute and 43 seconds, Sun Ce pulled to the outside line and turned around and ran back to cut in, caught the ball and dunked to score two points, the Thunder team didn't dare to go up to block it, Sun Ce was too fierce! After playing three quarters like that, the fourth quarter was like no one, and Westbrook just broke through the dunk to compare.

With this dunk success, the Grizzlies once again stretched the lead to 5 points, and at the same time, Sun Ce's data increased to 50 points, 32 boards, 10 assists, 9 blocks and 3 steals, and he is about to get a 50+ quadruple-double!

The four pairs were not late, looking back, the Thunder attacked, Andre Roberson received Durant's second pass, cut into the flying body and split the dunk, and was slapped down by Sun Ce, 50 + 32 + 10 + 10, Sun Ce's most terrifying four pairs in history have arrived!

But this time the Grizzlies didn't grab the rebound, Westbrook rushed to the three-point line and grabbed his 7th rebound, there was no time, and the three points were thrown directly!

It's also in!

96-98, the Thunder narrowed the gap to two points!

Offense and defense switched, the Grizzlies attacked, this time Yi Jianlian played a clever game, cut in and received the ball to attract the defense, jumped in the air to the right rear pass, Beverley received the ball and shot three points...... Miss! But Yi Jianlian cut in and jumped to attract the opponent's defense, Sun Ce grabbed his 17th offensive rebound, scored two points with a supplementary dunk, and caused a foul on Westbrook who received it, and the goal was effective and a penalty was added!

17 offensive rebounds, tying Charles Barkley's second-place spot in offensive rebounds in a single game in the regular season!

The only offensive rebounds in a single game ahead of Sun Ce are Rodman's 18 offensive rebounds in a single game in the regular season and Moses Malone's 21 offensive rebounds in a single playoff game.

As for why there are more rebounds in the playoffs than in the regular season, because the two points of scoring and rebounding king, the regular season and the playoffs are reversed, and Chamberlain also has more rebounds in the playoffs than in the regular season.

This time he made a free throw, Sun Ce carefully threw it, and the penalty also went in!

The fans at the scene were helpless, if Sun Ce's free throws could be accurate tonight, they might have killed the game, it doesn't matter, it is precisely because the score is tight that they can see the miracle of 50+30.

However, Sun Ce made 13-of-22 free throws tonight...... The most helpless thing for fans is that they don't know whether they should shout "MVP" when Sun Ce makes free throws, because they often don't score!

Fortunately, the performance in the previous 21 free throws and 12 was not good, nor was it too bad, and the opponent did not dare to carry out shark slashing tactics, after all, Sun Ce is usually an excellent free thrower with a free throw shooting rate of close to 80%, which is not top, at least not bad.

Cutting a player who is known for shooting basketballs is something that even old Nelson can't do.

The scores of the two teams continue to be anxious, the Thunder team is ferociously chasing points, and in general, the Grizzlies are in a passive state, but whenever the other side plays a counterattack, there are always people on the Grizzlies' side who stand up and pull the difference apart again!

Both teams were tired enough, but neither team dared to make easy substitutions, and the Grizzlies were no different.

In the second half, the Grizzlies rotated Beverley, Klay Thompson, Sun Ce, Paul George, Amir Johnson, Yi Jianlian, and Larry Sanders, because these people are fast enough and the outside rotation is good enough.

The focus is on keeping the offense, and in the face of the Thunder team led by the Dewey trio in a furious state, the Grizzlies are forced to fight offensively.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, before entering the official timeout, Westbrook's stats had improved to 27 points, 7 rebounds and 20 assists!

From the beginning of the fourth quarter, the two teams played back and forth, and for the Grizzlies, it was enough to maintain the lead and not be overtaken, and this, Sun Ce was the most critical!

After the official timeout, the Thunder relied on another strong three-point shot from Durant to narrow the gap to one point.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Ce hit a baseline long two-point shot, and then Sun Ce's cut toss to Adams to complete the block, and he also grabbed the ball, increasing the number of individual rebounds to 35, breaking the record for the highest rebounding in contemporary basketball held by Rodman since the 90s, and tying the record for the most rebounds in a single game held by Charles Oakley since 1976!

After grabbing the rebound, Sun Ce advanced to the middle line and made a long pass!

Paul George received the ball and rushed to the basket to avoid the chasing Westbrook layup and scored two points, and the difference was stretched to 5 points!

Not again!

Every time it comes to a critical moment, Sun Ce can stand up and complete the block!

Efforts again and again have been in vain because of Sun Ce's strong performance...... The Thunder's mentality was about to explode.

But the Thunder team still didn't give up, withstood the pressure and continued to fight!

This also gave Sun Ce the opportunity to get the 7th single-game 60+ in his career!

In the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies have played two offensive climaxes, but these two offensive climaxes were caught up by the Thunder's ferocious offense, if the Thunder team's performance is not so good, the point difference is widened, Sun Ce may not really be able to get 60+, but the opportunity is here!

Playing 9 minutes and 43 seconds in the fourth quarter, Sun Ce hit a mid-range shot on the right side of the free throw line to help the team stretch the score to 124-120, and the Grizzlies led by 4 points again, while Sun Ce's personal score increased to 60 points!

Tied Kobe Bryant's record of 7 active players with 60+ in a single game!

Sun Ce's 60+ single-game has improved to the second-place in history, only 25 times short of the first-place Chamberlain's 32 single-game 60+ times......

I don't know how many times this has happened, the Thunder players gritted their teeth and continued to fight, every time it was like this, every time they were about to turn the tables, Sun Ce stood up when he was dying.

As the saying goes, hard work may not necessarily pay off, but if you don't work hard, you won't be able to grasp the opportunity that appears in front of you.

Because of the humiliation, the Thunder team still withstood the pressure even in the face of Sun Ce's crazy performance like a dimensionality reduction, and the mentality of the state of mind on the verge of explosion still did not explode, and finally, it was rewarded!

At 11:03, Westbrook grabbed a defensive rebound and rarely started a fast break, and Durant caught the ball and hit a three-point shot, raising his personal score to 40 points and helping the Thunder tie the score at 128-128!

Durant's stats have increased to 40 points, 5 boards, 4 assists and 2 blocks, and Westbrook's stats have also increased to 31 points, 9 boards, 25 assists and 3 steals, one rebound short of a triple-double!

When it came to the Grizzlies' offense, the Thunder team was full of defense, and they were about to turn the tables, they were excited to have an adrenaline outbreak, and their steps were much faster, and after Sun Ce ran out of position with all his might, he was caught by Durant and Ibaka on the left side of the three-second zone!

On the other side, Yi Jianlian and Paul George didn't have a chance to catch the ball, Klay Thompson was stuck to death by Andre Robertson, and when they ran out of position, Sun Ce, who had stopped the ball, felt that he had already been robbed!

But at this time, Sun Ce saw a player who shouldn't have appeared in the three-second zone - Westbrook!

Sun Ce hurriedly turned around, and sure enough, Beverly was empty, and Sun Ce immediately split Beverly at the top arc!

Beverley is a bold man who catches the ball and shoots three-pointers...... Hit!