1631. Defensive Battles (5000 Words for Subscription)

Fans and the media have slammed Mark Jackson, and the Warriors have naturally heard it.

On the afternoon of April 23, Sun Ce and his teammates returned home from training for tomorrow's game, and saw the news that Curry, Iguodala, and Harden were in support of Mark Jackson in an interview.

"Juanjuan, you see, the internal atmosphere of the Warriors is really united and more affectionate."

"That's right, that's right, the atmosphere in their team is really good, and they stand up and support together, for fear that others will suspect that they have conflicts within the team."

The iron rooster brothers and sisters began to arrange opponents as soon as they disagreed, and Zu Ge has been watching the ball for two or three years, and he has long become a member of the Emperor who understands the ball.

The Warriors' lineup is so reasonable and strong, but they haven't really played the strongest level they can play, fans and the media have long complained, and the Warriors have also exposed the news of conflicts between players and coaches in the early season, but after the All-Star weekend, they played 10 consecutive wins, and that voice was gone.

Sun Ce felt that Curry, Iguodala, and Harden took the initiative to speak out for the sake of their internal stability, and they didn't dare to let the rumors ferment in the playoffs.

However, it also means that the Warriors players are truly united, and Sun Ce is not surprised by this.

The Warriors' group of players are not stupid, they naturally know Mark Jackson's ability, the team's offensive and defensive system, perfect training system, and excellent pre-game preparation...... These are all Mark Jackson's strengths, and it's not that Mark Jackson's rigid rotation can negate it entirely.

At this moment, the Warriors players will definitely work harder to unite with the coaching staff, they are not bad, but they didn't play well in those six and a half minutes and lost the opportunity.

After heartily praising the excellent coach of the Warriors and the friendliness of the players with Zu Ge, Sun Ce did not practice tonight, but went to help his father make a little Trojan horse for Little Gohan.

In the memory that Sun Ce obtained, he had the impression of playing handmade Trojan horses when he was a child, but he didn't expect it to be made by his father who was five big and three rough.

After beating and being disgusted for a while, Sun Ce still went to practice the Nash training method......

The day flew by and soon came April 24, the game day of Game 2 between the Grizzlies and the Warriors.

Regarding the schedule, Sun Ce wanted to complain.

Since signing a sky-high broadcast deal in 12, the NBA has been working on schedule reform, but it is not quite the same direction as the media predicted, and the season start time has not been adjusted, and the schedule has been slightly extended.

In the past, the Finals ended in mid-June or even early June, but now the NBA's longest-expected schedule is the extreme case of seven games in every series, and the final schedule can be until June 26, two to three days before the draft.

However, that is only an extreme case, and the real extension of the schedule to the playoffs is still very small, and this is just the beginning, and it will eventually start with an early start to the season, but at least it has begun to reduce the pressure on the players.

To put it simply, the first and second teams in the East and West will have an extra day off between the first and second games of the first round; If the third and fourth teams can play the fifth game, then there will be an extra day of rest between the fourth and fifth games.

Instead of before, there were only two days off when the home-and-away game alternated between the second and third games, and only one day off the rest of the time.

However, the slight changes now are more to give the top two in the east and west a little more advantage, the third and fourth places want to get an extra day of rest in the first round, only to play the fifth game, the third and sixth, fourth and fifth matchups with a smaller difference in strength, an extra day is beneficial to both sides.

The first and second teams play eighth and seventh, and get an extra day of rest at the beginning of the series, which can reduce the probability of the first and second teams being upset.

For such a change in the alliance, Sun Ce doesn't think there is a problem, and there should be some advantages in the event of a good record.

Except for a few changes in the first round, the league guarantees at least two days of rest for the teams that advance after each round.

The league's first consideration is the playoffs.

As far as Sun Ce knows, the start of the playoffs will definitely be advanced in the future, and this postponement is only a temporary solution, after all, such an operation compresses the operation time of the strong team after the playoffs.

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After a day of preparation, at 7:40 p.m., Game 2 of the Grizzlies vs. Warriors series is about to begin.

Before the start of the game between the two teams, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Mavericks 99-97, thrillingly holding on to the home court advantage, Carter's final equalizing dunk failed to fully jump to the basket, and the aging Flyer was still able to fly, but he could not fly as wantonly as he did ten years ago, and finally lost his strength.

This scene made headlines after the game.

Another game between the Trail Blazers and the Thunder in the West, this time the Trail Blazers won, beating the Thunder 103-91 to hold on to their second home court, not allowing the Thunder to start the game directly 0-2 on the road.

Compared with these two games, Sun Ce is more concerned about the Nets' 89-90 loss to the Pacers last night, Garnett failed to hit the key free throws, and missed the last two free throws, missing the opportunity to win an away game.

Sun Ce knows what a blow this is for a team that has been fighting hard to win the whole game!

Sun Ce is looking forward to seeing the playoff matchup between Delon and Paul, the two have been in the NBA for nine years and have never played each other in the playoffs.

Pre-game preparation time ended, and at 8 p.m., the Grizzlies' second home game of the first round began.

The game was a very different match than expected, and tonight the Warriors played a dominant defense!

The Warriors put Draymond Green in the starting position, with the forward and guard combination of Iguodala and Harden, plus the tabitt who protects the frame, and the four drags one with Curry, who is not good at defense but is very active in chasing Klay Thompson without the ball, five people played the first quarter and only allowed the Grizzlies to score 15 points in a single quarter!

Although the Grizzlies only allowed the Warriors to score 18 points, the key thing is that in the second quarter, the Grizzlies still only scored 16 points, and at the end of the half, the Grizzlies trailed the Warriors by 15 points at 31-46, and the Warriors soared in the second quarter, Curry used better stability than Sun Ce and Klay Thompson to shoot 3 of 3 three-pointers in the second quarter!

The Warriors played hard today, they planned to play defense from the beginning, they were well prepared before the game, the team executed strongly, and then relied on Curry's personal ability to drive the whole team in the second quarter, leading the Grizzlies by 15 points at halftime into halftime!

Sun Ce played a full game in the first half, scoring 11 points, 9 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks on 4-of-14 shooting, and his mentality was about to be shattered.

After returning to the bathroom in the locker room to calm down, Sun Ce began to concentrate on thinking, and in the end, he chose to use Uncle Mu's card!

The confrontation has already started, Curry is completely 3 of 3 three-pointers in a single quarter without a cylinder, plus two free throws and 1 mid-range shot to hit 13 points in a single quarter, helping the Warriors play a pass and cut cooperation, it is he who shoots this point, and the Warriors have a chance.

But the defensive confrontation between the two teams is still the same, which is a big reason why their Grizzlies still only scored 16 points in the second quarter.

Under the brutal confrontation, their Grizzlies side did not have players who could maintain the same consistency as Curry, and Sun Ce and Klay Thompson were both a little bit worse.

But in terms of three-pointers, Curry, who averaged more than 4 three-pointers per game with a shooting rate of 43.00 percent in the regular season, is the most stable of all three-point shooters in the All-Stars!

The confrontation is expected to continue in the second half, the feel has been affected, and any card used will be affected, in this case, it just now happens that with the Magician's balance bracelet, the center position gets a 20% match bonus...... Then use the center card!

"Dibaken-Mutombo 1995-1996 Edition, Ability Evaluation A+ (Peak), Offensive C+, Defensive SS, Three-Point None, Mid-Range Shot None, Layup B+, Secondary Offensive A, Speed A-, Power S, Endurance S-...... Averaged 11 points, 11.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.5 steals and 4.5 blocks per game......"

Seeing Mutombo's offensive evaluation, Sun Ce felt a pain in his eyes, in addition to his physical fitness, his offensive skills were not as good as Hayes he saw at the beginning!

It's purely an evaluation of the ability to lift it up on defense!

But the all-time record holder for consecutive blocks before his grandson is really fierce, averaging 4.5 blocks per game...... Limit opponents to 92 points per 100 rounds!

Sun Ce remembers that in Howard's peak year, the opponent was limited to 94 points per 100 possessions, which is a record for defensive efficiency since the new century, and it is not much different from Mutombo.

However, after using Mutomboka, Sun Ce saw a hint of how to add a match......

"Every time the host shakes his finger after completing the block in the match, the match will be increased by 10% until the match is 100% in perfect use......"

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"Host Temporary Capability Evaluation A+......"

At the end of the intermission, Sun Ce, who returned to the court after changing into a clean jersey, was very painful, the matching degree was only 40 percent, and with the bonus of the balance bracelet, it was only 60 percent of the matching degree, and then the shooting was almost completely wasted.

Fortunately, Mutombo's physical fitness and athleticism when he was young were top-notch, so Sun Ce's athleticism was not affected too much, but his skills were gone.

Now Sun Ce can only point to the block and shake his finger to increase the match, weakening the impact on shooting and technique.

However, Sun Ce was already mentally prepared when he used this card, and the first thing to do was to defend!

After the start of the second half, the first block came sooner than Sun Ce expected!

In the second half, Coach Hollins was requested by Sun Ce to replace the combination of Beverley, Tony Allen, Klay Thompson, and Whiteside, plus his grandson to play defense together.

Trailing by 15 points at halftime is really no way, just like the last game when the Warriors didn't have a way, it was too bad.

I can't think of a way, so I just follow what Sun Ce said, what if I see the hell?

The Warriors, for their part, redeployed their starting lineup in the third quarter, with Curry, Harden, Iguodala, Draymond Green, and Thabit on the court.

The Warriors, who have a 15-point lead, are naturally playing steadily, mainly with blocking, picking, passing, and cutting coordination.

So, after the pause, the Warriors' first offense, Sun Ce fanned Draymond Green's three-second zone with a stop-and-shoot throw!

This time the block was fanned firmly, directly into the player's tunnel, and the referee was about to pick up the ball sadly, when he saw Sun Ce, who had completed the block, wagging his finger at Draymond Green!

Draymond Green was stunned, and Sun Ce actually shook his finger!

15 points behind, you actually have the heart to shake your fingers? Draymond Green is not stupid, but very smart, at this time he did not go as violent as Sun Ce feared, and looked at the referee very calmly.

The players on the field were also stunned for a moment, and the referee forgot to blow the whistle for the first time!

But the whistle didn't blow for the first time, and after the referee reacted, he really didn't blow the whistle, ran all the way to get the ball picked up by the staff in the player's tunnel, and continued to play.

Different people have more or less different views on the same thing, Sun Ce is ready to only increase the matching degree by 10 percent, he is worried about shaking his fingers and eating technical criminals, and he is also worried about causing conflicts.

But I didn't expect it!

And after the referee's first leniency, there is a small probability that this game wants to blow the behavior just now!

And so, the nightmare on the Warriors' side began...... They saw with their own eyes that Sun Ce's protection under the basket in the third quarter was getting stronger and stronger!

It is Sun Ce's protection under the basket that can be seen by the naked eye is getting stronger and stronger!

Whiteside and Amir Johnson took turns squatting under the basket, Sun Ce ran frantically at close range to make up for the defense, the Grizzlies specifically blocked Curry and Harden on the outside, and the others wanted to cut in to block and dismantle, so they handed Sun Ce to the close-range defense and the basket to Whiteside.

In the middle, Paul George replaced Tony Allen midway through the third quarter to keep the outside defense on the line.

During this time, the Warriors' role players scored 10 points by shooting from the outside, but the Warriors scored only 4 points inside, two of which were scored by Harden who broke through and caused Sun Ce to foul and hit both free throws, and the other was a layup cut by Curry in the offensive and defensive transitions.

And Curry and Harden only scored 6 points together in the third quarter!

Because Sun Ce and Whiteside or Aamir Johnson are too good to defend under the basket, so that Beverley and Klay Thompson can focus all their attention on defending Curry's three-pointers, both without the ball, just not allowing Curry to have a three-point shot.

In this quarter, the Grizzlies collapsed the Warriors' offense! The Warriors scored only 17 points in the third quarter!

In turn, the Grizzlies' offense exploded, because in the first half of the third quarter, Sun Ce couldn't catch the three-point shot of the pot and shot a three-point non-stick, a smash the frame, and then didn't dare to shoot, but in the 7th minute and 11 seconds of the third quarter, Sun Ce got the 4th block in the single quarter, and shook his finger after flying Harrison Barnes tossed, and after the matching bonus was full, Sun Ce regained the muscle memory of shooting and technology, and after Klay Thompson made a strong three-point shot, Sun Ce began to borrow the block to shoot three points, triggering the effect of "holding the ball and blocking expert level 5", The three-point evaluation was temporarily upgraded to S-level, and the "Splash Momentum Level 4" was triggered, and Klay Thompson started a three-point frenzy together!

After scoring only 9 points in the first 7 minutes, in the last less than 5 minutes, Sun Ce and Klay Thompson worked together to help the team score 13 points and play a wave of 13-6.

22-17, the Grizzlies chased the score to 53-63 after the third quarter, only 10 points behind!

Sun Ce had 6 points, 8 boards, 5 blocks and 2 assists in a single quarter in the third quarter, raising his personal data to 17 points, 17 boards, 8 blocks and 4 assists!

And in this quarter, the Grizzlies set off a defensive counterattack frenzy!

The Grizzlies finally have a real top-of-the-line rim player!

Whiteside's defense under the basket is good, but the frame is not very good, compared with the opposite Tabit, the frame is not the opponent can defend the three-second area is called the frame, the opponent's close-range shooting, and even the opponent's defense that expands to the middle distance after blocking and dismantling, can play a limit, to be considered a successful frame, at least it must be extended to close range, otherwise it is just a pillar under the basket.

Larry Sanders is undertonnage, Aamir Johnson isn't tall enough, Whiteside can't expand, and the Grizzlies are even weaker in rim protection after Valanciunas is reimbursed.

But now, they have a big central defender!

In the fourth quarter, Coach Hollins was very direct, Sun Ce and Larry Sanders partnered inside, Sun Ce went to defend the basket, Larry Sanders assisted in the defense from the middle distance, Beverley, Klay Thompson, and Paul George continued to play and continue to defend themselves!

In the final quarter, the Grizzlies continued to maintain a strong defense, and in turn, Sun Ce played with a feeling! After the 100% match allowed him to avoid the impact of shooting and technique, he began to grab rebounds in a row and counterattack!

In this game, the "king of counterattack propulsion" finally played its power, the last game the Warriors shot very well, their Grizzlies can only fall into the battle most of the time, and rarely can trigger this skill, and Whiteside played well in the second half of the first quarter and the first half of the third quarter, it is difficult to get up fast, Whiteside is too slow, and the Warriors retreat quickly.

But tonight, Sun Ce's strong rebounding in the frame is completely different!

The Grizzlies had fewer blocks in the fourth quarter, and the players on the Warriors' side tried their best to avoid Sun Ce when they received the ball on the inside, although Sun Ce did not complete the block, but the defensive effect was better, and Sun Ce actually couldn't prevent the ball that the opponent had.

The Grizzlies scored 27-17 in the final quarter!

80 to 80, the two teams played a super low score game!

With 23 points, 22 rebounds, 9 blocks, 5 assists and 2 steals, Sun Ce played the iconic 4 times 5 data...... also got the second playoff double-20 in his career, helping the Grizzlies drag the game into overtime after trailing by 15 points at halftime!

The Warriors' side was beaten in the second half!

In the first half, they played desperately to limit the Grizzlies to only 31 points in the half, but Sun Ce exploded in the second half, with 7 blocks in the half, helping the Grizzlies in turn prevent their Warriors from scoring 34 points in one half.

The Grizzlies chased a 15-point deficit in the second half!

looked at Sun Ce's 23 points, 22 rebounds and 9 blocks...... It's just devastating!

However, it was their Warriors who brought up the confrontation first, and it was they who sent Sun Ce to the situation where he was forced to defend with his life, and the fire bag he made about was finished with tears!