Paul George didn't want to work hard to show himself just because he was more valued.

Everyone is unique, and Paul George has a strong Mamba heart, a Maddie talent, and a unique personality.

He is not the kind of player who fights for his own opportunities when he has an opportunity, he has the desire of a Mamba player to keep getting stronger, and the mentality of self-knowledge and sacrifice.

He wants respect, respect from his teammates and the team.

is just like him in the original time and space, because the Lakers were unwilling to pay young players to trade him, wanted to prostitute him for nothing, and signed him naked, he chose to reject the team he loved since childhood; Instead, because the Thunder were willing to trade chips to get him, he chose to reduce his ball-handling opportunities as a pitcher when he was paired with Westbrook, and because of Leonard's respect and the Clippers' willingness to trade a lot of chips to get him, they were willing to reduce playing time and sacrifice stats......

Here, when the Grizzlies were ready to trade him, they gave him enough respect and gave him plenty of options to pick his next home within a reasonable range; When choosing to keep him, he didn't care at all whether the value of the transaction had fallen, because he believed in his strength.

Of course, more importantly, Sun Ce is willing to give up the ball to him.

Feeling respected and trusted, Paul George is more calm, he should give the ball to Sun Ce, at this stage, who is the strongest in the team, Paul George knows very well.

On the other hand, for Sun Ce and the coaching staff, Paul George's selection was something they didn't expect but were very excited about.

Paul George's improved possession and passing this season, as well as his willingness to break through to the interior against certain opponents, but not stick to the ball and are willing to share the ball, is undoubtedly a huge plus for the team.

However, both Sun Ce and Coach Hollins feel that it remains to be seen, people's hearts are the most difficult to figure out, and they can't easily test people's hearts.

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The Grizzlies brought on a combination of Sun Ce, Beverley, Klay Thompson, Yi Jianlian, and Randolph.

Paul George sat down and got ready to start the second quarter with the next rotation lineup.

When everyone makes a choice, there must be multiple reasons, for example, Paul George knows that he is the core of some rotation lineups, and when Sun Ce needs to slow down on the offensive end, he is the first candidate for the main offensive point on the outside, so when he partners with Sun Ce, he is more willing to assist Sun Ce with all his might.

On the Spurs' side, a combination of Parker, Ginobili, Danny Green, Dior and Split played.

Guy and Duncan both go down?

Sun Ce looked at the opposite lineup and learned that the Spurs had a stricter allocation of Duncan's playing time in the new season.

After the timeout, the Grizzlies started in the frontcourt, Sun Ce received Klay Thompson's serve and borrowed Yi Jianlian to block and break through, encountered Dior and Danny Green, and immediately passed back to Yi Jianlian on the left side of the top arc.

Yi Jianlian has long developed the habit of throwing when he has the opportunity, and he made a decisive three-point shot after receiving the ball...... In the first official game of the new season, Yi Jianlian scored three points!

17-18, the Grizzlies relied on offense to tighten the score.

However, in retrospect, Ginobili still attracted the defensive attention of Randolph under the basket even though he failed to pass Sun Ce on a change of direction, and Ginobili relied on Sun Ce's low hand to throw the ball to Split, who ate the cake and put the basket to score two points.

It's so hard!

I can't prevent it under the basket!

Gasol Jr. can't take it back in the face of the Spurs' flexible lineup, and the opponent can block it outside and then burst into the interior or mid-range jumper after guarding the basket.

Randolph has enough speed to play center, but he has bad awareness, and with Larry Sanders there, he can make up for it, but Larry Sanders is banned for 5 games!

As for Gobert, there is defensive talent, and the Grizzlies see him as the next Hibbert, but even Hibert, who was selected in the middle of the first round of the draft year in 08, played soy sauce in his rookie season, and everything about Gobert is too rough, especially the offensive means are completely absent, and he has not learned to eat cakes, and it can be seen in the preseason that it is a side effect to face Gobert, a better team on the inside.

Whether it is Randolph with Gasol Jr., or Yi Jianlian with Randolph, they have all entered the mode of 10,000 people stabbed.

Fortunately, on the offensive end, the old teammates from last season cooperated quite well, and the focus was that Yi Jianlian and Beverley scored a three-pointer in succession, forcing the Spurs' defense to expand outward.

Although the Spurs are one of the best teams in the league to change defense and chase defense, they don't have Duncan and Gay, and their mid-to-close defense is average, even if Split can rely on Kalandorff to attack rebounds and low-post singles, they can't limit Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian's close-range shots.

The margin was kept within 5 points by the Grizzlies, and at the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies trailed by 4 points at 28-32 and entered the break.

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With 32 points in a single quarter and a lead of only 4 points, it would be difficult for Popovich to accept if it was last season, or even more so against the Grizzlies.

However, this season, Popovich has calmed down a lot, no longer roaring on the sidelines in a hurry as soon as it doesn't go well, and he didn't replace Guy and Duncan in advance, just playing like that.

Because Popovich judged from the lineup that the opponent couldn't defend the inside!

And a team's defense, the interior line is particularly important, even the Heat team, which did not get the interior line before getting the interior line, did not give up the interior defense, but let James gain weight to be heavier than most centers, to fight against Duncan, Pau Gasol, Howard and others under the basket.

And the Spurs players also gave Popovich positive feedback, Dio played more than 5 minutes in the first quarter and got 3 points and 2 assists, which was so commorous!

Coupled with Parker's cut-in threat, Danny Green's three-point containment, Ginobili's offense, and Split's cake, although not as ferocious as the offensive firepower when Guy and Duncan were there, it was still a tie with the Grizzlies' offensive play.

On the other hand, things are not so good on Coach Hollins' side.

If it was last year, with the Spurs scoring 32 points in the first quarter, it would be good news for the Grizzlies to score 28 points.

But that's built on the back of the team, and you can change the tempo defensively.

Judging from the style of play in the first quarter, in the face of the Spurs' team offense, it is not enough for them to have outside defense!

It's not that they can defend the Spurs from the outside, the defense is a whole!

Another point is that the Spurs did not play the first quarter with the strongest lineup or lead the first quarter with the strongest core lineup, but they could maintain such a high efficiency when Guy and Duncan only played half a quarter!