1616. Supergiant! (5000 words for subscription)
Curry's thinking is not quite the same as that of most stars, but it is precisely because of this that he has practiced three-point practice to a point that is difficult for anyone in NBA history to achieve.
Even Sun Ce, who is the first in NBA history to average 4+ triple-doubles per game, is one dimension behind Curry in terms of three-pointers.
Curry's three-pointers, pushed forward by 30 years, or even pushed back by 30 years, may not be able to reach his current level.
His talent, unique perspective of thinking, allowed him to turn the three-point from a means of scoring into an art of scoring, similar to Jordan's step-back jumper.
The pre-game preparation time passed quickly, and at 7:58 p.m., Sun Ce came to the technical table to put on his equipment and wipe some magnesium powder, and Curry also came to wipe magnesium powder at this time.
The two looked at each other and did not speak.
Curry just wants to beat Sun Ce anyway, and Sun Ce is very helpless, he cares about his younger brother who is a primary school student, and he won all the first three encounters this year, and he can't help it, he just won!
The Warriors were in trouble for a long time when their Grizzlies were so miserable this season, and the Mavericks seized the opportunity to win them three times, but the schoolboy just didn't get angry.
Tonight, the Grizzlies returned to the starting lineup that has been used for a long time this season, with Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian coming on.
On the Warriors' side, Curry, Harden, Iguodala, Spetts, and Thabit started the lineup.
Curry S-, who averaged 36 minutes per game, 25.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists......
Harden S-, averaging 34 minutes per game, 23.5 points, 6 rebounds and 7.5 assists......
Iguodala A, averaged 32 minutes per game, 9 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists......
Spetts B-, averaged 25 minutes per game, 7 points and 5.5 rebounds......
Thabit B+, averaging 22 minutes per game, 7.6 points, 8 rebounds and 2.6 blocks ......"
Coming to the sideline, Sun Ce looked at the ability evaluation of the opponent's five starters, and what made Sun Ce feel the most awesome was not the dream backcourt that he had known to be very powerful, but Thabit...... 22 minutes of playing time and 2.6 blocks, this efficiency, thanks to the patience of the Warriors, three years of training, Tabit has become one of the league's best rim-protecting centers since last season.
With a height of 221 cm and an arm span of 229 cm, a weight of 125 kg, an excellent sense of sealing and smell shown in college, and the ability to move an ordinary meat shield center in his early 210 cm, purely from the perspective of physical fitness, Sun Cezhen feels that in 2009, in addition to Griffin's locked top pick, Thabit must be in the top five, and some teams want to gamble.
It's just that Sun Ce estimates that except for the Warriors who have been rotten for many years and are determined and patient to slowly build a championship-contending lineup, it is difficult for any team to have the patience to cultivate a pure defensive center for three years.
The rise of the Warriors didn't happen overnight, it was cumulative year after year!
On the other hand, what the Warriors players are afraid of is the Grizzlies' outside trio.
After trading away Gasol Jr. from the Grizzlies and correcting Paul George's second-hand core position, the Grizzlies' outside trio made a name for themselves in just one season this year.
As for the rest of the Grizzlies, after Randolph was reimbursed, Gasol Jr. was traded, and Valanciunas reimbursed, the Grizzlies don't look at many people inside, but they are all functional players.
It's not that the Grizzlies are not good inside, no matter how strong the team is, it is impossible to have too many players on the inside or outside; On the contrary, a strong team will have a very clear core, and there are many functional players to avoid confusion of ball possession, and even players like Jordan and Kobe Bryant can be described as "functional" players when they win the championship.
For the Warriors, they're confident tonight, the Grizzlies have the best outside trio in the league, and they're the Warriors too, and they've been in better shape lately!
At 8 p.m., Game 3 of the Grizzlies' six-game game against the Warriors began.
Yi Jianlian pressed Tabit to win the jump ball, and the Grizzlies attacked first.
Failed to play a fast attack, Tabit was like Yao Ming back then, he didn't think much about how to help the team score the ball after winning, and he thought about how to defend after losing the jump ball at the beginning, and he already had a very good experience in retreating after a few years.
Sun Ce received a pass from Paul George in the front court and immediately found Klay Thompson to block it.
Curry feels like he has an unexplained relationship with the Timberwolves!
Since Sun Ce began to roll call, other teams have begun to follow suit, as long as the opposing ball-holding player can play blocking and dismantling, advance to the front court and first find him Curry's defensive player to play a blocking and dismantling, and then talk about it, without even thinking about how to play after blocking and dismantling, anyway, it is always not wrong to roll out first.
But Curry had long expected that Sun Ce hadn't finished borrowing the pick-and-roll, and he hadn't even had the opportunity to shoot Klay Thompson directly as a gun mount, so Curry posted it towards Sun Ce.
After Sun Ce blocked and dismantled, he immediately chose to grind Curry to the inside, Curry's upper body strength is strong, his feet are fast, and he has to follow him to death, Sun Ce originally had the opportunity to get rid of Curry with a mid-range horizontal step-up jumper, but unfortunately, Speights followed Yi Jianlian on the right side of the three-second zone, and when Sun Ce burst to the basket, Thabit retracted from the left bottom line, and the height was ...... Sun Ce hurriedly passed to Richard Jefferson in the bottom left corner as if he had seen a thin version of the female Zhao Sun and Moon, and the latter shot a three-point shot......
missed, however, Sun Ce grabbed the ball faster than Thabit and Curry, and wanted to pass it to Yi Jianlian, who rushed in, but Speights on the opposite side also took it back, the inside line was too crowded, Sun Ce gave Paul George, who borrowed Klay Thompson to block and run out of the vacant position, and the latter hit a two-point shot!
Offense and defense transition, Warriors offense.
Harden advanced to the frontcourt, Iguodala pulled away, Thabit came out to help Harden block and dismantle, Yi Jianlian expanded out to defend, at this time another Curry got rid of Klay Thompson by blocking and dismantling, forcing Richard Jefferson to change defense, Harden distributed the ball to Curry for the first time, and Speights used Curry to contain Klay Thompson and Richard Jefferson The two cut inside.
Curry passed back to Harden who got rid of Yi Jianlian at this time, Harden attracted Sun Ce to make up for the defense, passed to Thabit, Yi Jianlian was restrained by Speight, who cut in, and Thabit easily dunked and scored two points!
After this offense, Curry was excited.
Although the two sides were tied, their strategy was successful at the beginning!
When it came to the Grizzlies' offense, Paul George met a focused Harden, and it was not easy to play alone, and Paul George was choked by Harden twice in singles last time, so Sun Ce still held the ball and attacked.
The Warriors continued to enforce their defensive strategy of defending the basket, guarding Sun Ce and Klay Thompson's three-pointers, allowing Richard Jefferson to be free, and optionally letting go of Paul George's mid-range shot.
This defensive strategy is very well executed, although the Grizzlies' outside shooting feels okay at first, but as the Grizzlies themselves strengthen the confrontation on the defensive end, the outside shooting slowly becomes less accurate.
And on the Warriors' side, the offense ran too smoothly! The 14-3 losses in the past 17 games are not obtained casually, the Lakers in the same division, the Thunder in the Northwest Division, the Mavericks in the Southwest Division, and the Heat in the Southeast Division...... The best teams in every major division, they have beaten after All-Star Weekend!
Curry and Harden, none of the Grizzlies dared to let go, and then they were stabbed through the interior by the Warriors' crossing!
The game played more than 5 minutes into the game, and after the Grizzlies trailed by 4 points 11-15, they quickly replaced Whiteside.
The Warriors were very jealous of this big man who averaged 6.6 points, 11 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game in three games back in the NBA, but Harden asked Azeli, who came off the bench, to play a block and found that the opponent did not expand! Harden's easy free-throw line jumper hit, no matter how good Whiteside's interior defense is, if Harden doesn't go in, Whiteside has nothing to do.
And the Warriors' defense of the Grizzlies is still clear, blocking Sun Ce and Klay Thompson shots! Whiteside's offensive rebounding protection is very good, although the Warriors tried their best to prevent Whiteside from taking offensive rebounds, but they still couldn't stop it, but as the game deepened, Whiteside took the rebound and passed it out and couldn't convert it into a score, and he himself, except for the dunk, or the opportunity to get up and dunk directly after taking the rebound, there was no other means of scoring.
After the first quarter, Sun Ce got 3 points, 3 boards, 4 assists and 1 block, but the whole team only scored 24 points, while the Warriors scored 33 points!
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In this game, the Warriors took the initiative at the beginning, and then advanced step by step, steadily and steadily, and in the end, relying on Curry's 22 points, 3 boards and 5 assists, and Harden's 26 points, 7 boards and 6 assists, the Warriors defeated the Grizzlies 114-106, giving the Grizzlies their first three-game losing streak in more than 4 years!
The last time the Grizzlies suffered a three-game losing streak was on Jan. 5, 2010, and since then, the Grizzlies have lost only two in a row in more than four years and 358 games.
There were no three consecutive defeats in 358 games, breaking the record of 204 consecutive games without three consecutive defeats set by the Bulls from March 11, 1994 to December 19, 1997, since detailed statistics were available, and far opened this record.
This season, the Grizzlies have lost four or five times in a row, but they have survived each time, and in the third game, they have maintained a record of no three consecutive defeats, but the record will eventually be broken one day, just like Chamberlain's records that people thought would never be broken were broken by Sun Ce, Sun Ce's record for the longest consecutive game without three consecutive defeats was broken by the Warriors!
In this game, Sun Ce scored 21 points, 12 boards, 13 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal on 8-of-21 shooting, Paul George 19 points, Yi Jianlian 11 points, Beverley 9 points, and Richard Jefferson 9 points...... Whiteside also had 12 points and 12 boards, including 8 offensive rebounds, and the offensive rebounds caught the Warriors off guard, but Whiteside scored 4 of his 8 offensive rebounds, but only 1 of the 4 balls passed was converted into scoring by his teammates!
The Warriors' defensive strategy is too good, preferring to score Beverley, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, Hardaway Jr. and others who pass to the outside, and even would rather let Klay Thompson score 27 points than let Sun Ce score points, let alone let Sun Ce play up the pass and cut and block the inside.
And the Warriors' own offense made good use of the three-point threat of Curry and Harden, the two of them only made 8 three-point shots tonight, 3 of 8 shots, and Klay Thompson scored more than 3 points alone in 5 of 9 shots, but the two of them, plus Iguodala and Draymond Green, who came off the bench, played the pass and cut together!
It's not that the Warriors aren't afraid of Sun Ce sorting out the Grizzlies' offense, the Grizzlies were scared enough when Klay Thompson scored two points and three points in the second half of the third quarter to narrow the gap to 7 points.
Fortunately, they stabilized and did not blindly block Klay Thompson, but stubbornly defended Sun Ce, who only shot 1 of 6 three-pointers tonight.
It's just that compared to Sun Ce sorting out the offense, the Warriors are more afraid of Sun Ce's soaring!
In the last game, the Grizzlies played the Trail Blazers, and the Trail Blazers were in such a good state, after Sun Ce soared, the Trail Blazers were stunned and almost overturned by Sun Ce alone.
Before the Warriors played against the Grizzlies, they studied the games in which the Grizzlies were obviously in an unfavorable situation this season but finally completed the comeback, and they found that in those games, although Sun Ce sometimes got a triple-double, most of them were Sun Ce who scored high scores and got a triple-double at the same time, and the key to determining the game was how many points Sun Ce scored, not how many balls Sun Ce passed.
On the contrary, in those games against strong teams, Sun Ce's score is not high and there are many assists, and the Grizzlies have mixed wins!
Therefore, the Warriors firmly implemented the strategy of reducing Sun Ce's shots, or letting Sun Ce only make difficult shots, although they were scared enough by Klay Thompson's 11 points in 3 minutes and 11 seconds at the end of the third quarter, but the Warriors finally completed their goal and refused to be swept by the Grizzlies!
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"Strongest Three-Point Combo 2 (Humility): Splash Escalation Event.
Goal 1: The Splash Brothers, a Splash Brothers with Klay Thompson, will need to shoot more three-pointers per game this season than the Wave duo of Stephen Curry and James Harden. (Host and Klay Thompson are averaging a combined 6.95 three-point attempts per game, to be completed.) )
Goal 2: The highest number of three-point hits in a single game this season, to be maintained by either the host or Klay Thompson. (Klay Thompson hit 12 three-pointers in a single game, leading for the time being, to be completed.) )
Goal 3: In the next two meetings between the Warriors of the host team this season, the Splash Brothers will need to shoot more three-point shots than the Wave combination in each meeting. (Completed)
Event Reward: Skill Splash Momentum Level 3 upgraded to Level 4.
Note: Unfinished this season will carry over to next season, and Goal 3 will be changed from remaining matches to all meetings next season, including playoff encounters......"
After the game with the Warriors, Sun Ce looked at the prompt that the progress of the event was completed, and he was always happy.
Looking at the news headline on the Internet, the headline was "The March Madness Lords Show is not over, the Grizzlies regret losing to the Warriors"
But Sun Ce personally felt that this game was a fiasco!
Although they only lost by 8 points, Sun Ce discovered the opponent's very targeted defensive strategy against them in the middle of the game.
And there is no way to solve it for a while, the opposing side is very well defended, Mark Jackson is best at coaching defense, and the Grizzlies have encountered such a targeted and effective defense of the Warriors for the first time, and they can't think of a solution in a game.
Lose three in a row...... What an unfamiliar noun......
This season, Sun Ce has really endured all the hardships he hasn't suffered in the past few years.
The media is still crazy about his individual performance, and fans are still talking about his stats, and in most people's opinion, three consecutive losses are just like that, with more teams losing three in a row, and the Lakers also suffered a three-game losing streak in mid-March and were opened up by the Spurs to a two-win gap.
It's just that Sun Ce himself is a record maniac, and he is unwilling to break this kind of record.
However, no matter how unwilling, no matter how much pressure there is, when facing the media, he still has to show ease, this season from the middle of the season, he rarely almost every game will not escape the post-game interview, Randolph reimbursement, Gasol Jr. was traded away, Sun Ce did not escape the post-game interview.
The little brother of pickled pepper is still tender, so he can't throw any pressure at him.
And this is also the key to their Grizzlies not falling after so many hardships this season.
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After a night's rest, Sun Ce's mood calmed down.
Looking at the three consecutive defeats on the Internet, even some black fans who remembered the name of Sun Someone expressed "regret", and Sun Ce's unwillingness also turned into regret.
Indeed, such a record is not a record at all, but it can be described as great.
Greatness will not be unwilling, and it is difficult for black fans to hack a great thing, even a great thing is black, that is not worthy of the title of black powder, it can only be said to be a troll.
When greatness ends, there is only regret.
Although Sun Ce regretted that this achievement was interrupted by this achievement that is not a record but can be called a great achievement, but he still regained his enthusiasm, Sun Ce watched his team's record become 48-24, tied by the Warriors, with 10 games left, as the current pillar of the team, he must stabilize!
Fortunately, they have a 3-1 record against the Warriors in the regular season, and they still maintain the fourth place in the West for the time being.
But after three consecutive defeats, the situation has reached its most critical point, and they urgently need to win a game to stabilize their standings.
It's just the next opponent, the last game of March, and the opponent is - the Thunder!
The Thunder are currently 44-28, and the Warriors are 15-3 so far after the All-Star weekend, the best in the league and the second-best record.
From 30-24 all the way to 44-28, the Thunder have gone 14-4 in the last 18 games!
In addition to losing to the Lakers, Warriors, Heat, and Jazz, the Thunder have won against other strong opponents, including the Spurs, the Trail Blazers, the Pacers, and the 76ers......
After breakfast, Sun Ce flew with the team to Oklahoma City for a night's rest and tomorrow will play the Thunder for the last time of the season.
After arriving in Oklahoma City, instead of catching up on sleep or playing games to relax like other teammates, Sun Ce contacted the management of Ford Center and went to their arena to train.
My own woman is pregnant, I can't talk to them about the pressure, I can't let my teammates feel his pressure, and I play LOL and am abused, training is the best way to relieve pressure.
While recalling the offenses that still have an impression of not playing well this season, thinking about what to do in the face of such a defense, and then practicing, until the body can react naturally when encountering the same situation after practice...... While practicing the action of making a layup after a cross-step breakthrough, practicing and practicing, the system prompt suddenly came......
"Congratulations to the host for improving the layup rating from A+ to S-......"
"Because the host's layup evaluation has broken through to the top level, comprehensive A-level three-point evaluation, A+ level mid-range shooting evaluation, congratulations to the host for improving the overall shooting evaluation to A+ level."
"Based on the evaluation of physical fitness, technology, and shooting, the host has surpassed the first-class level, and congratulations to the host for breaking through to the S-level in comprehensive ability evaluation."