At the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies trailed the Pelicans by 3 points 24-27 and entered the intermission!

In 5 minutes and 16 seconds, the Pelicans made four three-pointers!

It was during this time that the Pelicans made only one two-pointer without making free throws, but they scored more points than in the first half of the quarter.

On the Grizzlies' side, they scored 13 points in the last 5 minutes and 16 seconds, and the offense improved compared to the first half of the quarter.

To say that the defense is okay, but Ryan Anderson has two three-pointers, Morrow and Babbitt have one three-pointer each, and the opponent's open three-point efficiency is too high, and Irving easily has five assists in a single quarter.

This half quarter was mainly supported by Gasol Jr.'s 5 points and 2 assists, playing Anthony Davis in the low post and passing in the high post, and Gasol Jr. did a good job.

In addition to his inability to expand to the three-second zone, Sun Ce had to shrink more to deal with Owen's breakthrough, resulting in a gap on the outside.

Sun Ce returned to the bench and sat down, with 9 points, 3 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks, he played reasonably well in the first quarter, and his shooting percentage of 3 of 7 was not bad, and he also grabbed an offensive rebound.

But the other party rushed too hard.

However, when he was replaced, he didn't insist on going up, and he had to trust his teammates.

Sun Ce saw Coach Hollins switch to the lineup of Beverley, Tony Allen, Paul George, Prince, and Gasol Jr.

It's time to start smashing defense in the second quarter.

Gasol Jr. only said that he only defended the basket, but he still did a good job, at least Anthony Davis, who was not particularly good in the middle of the shot, and Lopez Jr., who did not shoot in the middle, it was difficult to score when he encountered Gasol Jr.'s defense under the basket.

The premise is that the outside line must guard the cutting forward line and the breaking outside line well.

Before, Livingston was not well defended, so Sun Ce needed to shrink, and now that he was replaced by a tank corps, Sun Ce sat down with confidence.

On the Pelicans' side, Irving and Anthony Davis both went down to rest after playing the full first quarter, and although playing against the Grizzlies, Kidd intentionally increased their playing time, but it was not unrestrained.

Rivers Jr., Eric Gordon, Babbitt, Ryan Anderson, Jason Smith were substituted in the lineup.

As the second quarter began, the scene became ugly.

On the Grizzlies' side, the offense pointed to Paul George's outside singles, and Gasol Jr. relied on his height to play high in the low post, and he had to deal with Tony Allen's pinch after he was released.

However, the Pelicans' offense is also choking enough.

7-6 in the first half!

The Pelicans replaced Aminu with an enhanced cut-in in advance, but they didn't improve much, and the passes of Rivers Jr. and Eric Gordon were far worse than when Irving and Anthony Davis were there, and some of the passes and cuts that these two could grasp, they couldn't grasp.

At 31-33, when the official timeout entered the second quarter, the Grizzlies narrowed the deficit by one point and trailed by only two points.

As the outside core of the rotation, Paul George still lacks the experience and ability to do so.

Unlike in the original plane, Paul George here is very good at partnering with Sun Ce and Randolph as the second and third scorers, and can do very well, and even occasionally plays a better role than Sun Ce and Randolph.

But he didn't have the experience of leading a team in the original time and space.

You can't win 'em all.

However, Sun Ce felt that Paul George had done a good job, and the second rotation led by Paul George and Gasol Jr. did a pretty good job defensively.

With 5 minutes and 38 seconds left in the first half, Sun Ce was called by name and was ready to play.

Looking at Owen and Anthony Davis, who also took off their training uniforms on the other side, Sun Ce also felt the pressure brought by the "latecomers" this time.

He knew that this day would definitely come, after all, he was also in the fifth year of his career, and he began to face the challenges of many new generation players like Paul, Delon, James, Wade, Howard and other Mesozoic players back then.

He was excited about it.

It's just that there are multiple caps to be done on these two people...... Difficult!

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The combination of Sun Ce, Hardaway Jr., Klay Thompson, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian was replaced.

At halftime, the Grizzlies had put out their fourth lineup.

In the face of the Grizzlies' strange rhythm change, Rao is ahead, and Pelicans head coach Kidd still feels a brain pain.

It's torture!

It's okay to be behind, but Kidd feels very uncomfortable when he is ahead.

The Pelicans re-put the core combination of Irving and Anthony Davis on the line, with Lopets Jr., Morrow, and Aminu on the court.

When Anthony Davis came up, he stuck to Yi Jianlian to catch the ball and turned around and made a layup.

Sun Ce didn't have time to shrink, he remembered that this guy was a fat point guard before his junior year of high school, and he grew to more than two meters in his junior year, becoming the tallest among players of the same age, and was forced to play center.

This outstanding flexibility really feels like little Garnett, more like Bosh!

Attacking first, Sun Ce went to the front court, handed the ball to Richard Jefferson who pulled to the top arc, and then entered the basket and leaned on Aminu to ask for the ball!

Randolph, Gasol Jr., and Larry Sanders are not there, so Sun Ce naturally has to go to the inside to sit and play.

Aminu's name is Al Farouk, and in his hometown, the name means - the coming of the monarch.

The crown prince of Nigeria saw the Memphis lord with his back to him asking for the ball, and he wanted to scold the street!

From time to time, the outside line can cross and change direction like Irving, and the inside line can play low back like Randolph, should it be so excessive?

Anti-low position, Aminu can't do it, when Sun Ce wants the ball, his fingers clenched his fist and only left his index finger, pointed back, while Aminu lowered his center of gravity, Sun Ce turned around sharply, went around the inside line, Richard Jefferson passed the ball straight to the basket, Sun Ce reasonably hit the area and received the ball!

At this time, Anthony Davis was brought in, Sun Ce shook a shot, Anthony Davis quickly jumped, and he regretted it when he jumped up!

Sun Ce's overlord dunked 2 levels to trigger, pushed Anthony Davis away, and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!

Turn low and catch the ball and open the inside dunk...... No matter how many times I watched it, the fans at the scene were still instantly ignited with passion and crazy cheers!

The fierce game is loved by everyone, and in the fierce competition, the core players of the two teams go head-to-head, which is even more exciting.

Tighten Sun Ce and score such a beautiful goal!

Switching offense and defense, Owen doesn't have too much pressure to serve!

The advantage that has been created so hard is about to be erased, 35-33...... Thinking that Sun Ce just now relied on the high and low positions to open up the space to score, if their Pelicans didn't score a single goal, the opponent might equalize the score or even overtake!

Irving was ready to come on his own, and when he got to the frontcourt, he borrowed Anthony Davis to block and shoot a turnaround jumper in the face of Richard Jefferson's switching defense...... When he jumped up and threw the ball out, Irving regretted it, he saw Anthony Davis cut in and no one cared!