1635. Water Splash VS Kuhao Part I! (3 more 15,000 words for subscription)
After the warm-up, at 6:40 p.m., the players of both teams entered the court.
When the Warriors players entered, the cheers of the fans resounded across the court, they were going to win! It's time to defeat Sun Ce! The voices of the 20 percent or so fans who support Sun Ce and support the Grizzlies are completely masked.
The more unwilling they were to lose Sun Ce back then, the more they wanted to win! Only by winning, only by defeating Sun Ce, can they heal the pain of the year.
Just as Mavericks fans were unwilling to lose Nash before 2011, 10 years later, current fans can't imagine how badly Cuban was scolded after Nash was the MVP twice.
At that time, Cuban already had the title of fanatical boss, but in the year that Nash won the MVP for the first time and led the team to the Western Conference finals, Cuban was pointed at and scolded for eating at a restaurant in Dallas, and a basketball fan chef refused to go to his house to cook dinner for him.
When it was time to be blackened, he reached the peak stage of being scolded, and there was still scolding until the 09-10 season.
But after winning the championship, everything was not a problem, and now the rhetoric has become "the MVP of the two of them", which was not the case back then.
Although Nowitzki also won the MVP, he was hacked the year he won the MVP......
Warriors fans are now holding the same mentality, making Sun Ce stop in the first round for the first time in his career!
And that's what Curry wants to do.
He was more bitter than anyone else about that trade, and that deal, now it seems, is equivalent to trading Sun Ce and Paul George for Thabit, although they themselves will not pick Paul George, but the draft pick is given by them.
Tabit is very good, the good mobility and rim protection ability shown in college, and now they are very comfortable to use, but Curry is still very sad, that guy is like he doesn't remember the roommate back then, every time he meets them, as long as he has the opportunity, he will beat them to death.
Now, Curry wants revenge back!
This year's opportunity was so good that Randolph was reimbursed, causing the Grizzlies to have to send away Gasol Jr. to make changes in exchange for more functional interior linemen, and as a result, Valanciunas, another player with interior singles, was also reimbursed.
It can be seen that the Grizzlies are missing the league's best interior offensive player Randolph plus a best defensive player Gasol Jr.; It can also be seen as the Grizzlies missing the league's best offensive player Randolph, plus the Grizzlies' full-fledged center Valanciunas.
The former can be seen as the Grizzlies being weakened by at least three percent, and the latter can also be seen as the Grizzlies being weakened by one to two percent.
If it weren't for Sun Ce's progress beyond everyone's imagination, Paul George and Klay Thompson also made steady progress, and the three of them were good both offensively and defensively, especially Paul George's first-level defense, their Warriors might have solved the problem in 5 games, and the second game really relied on Sun Ce's big triple-double.
Curry believes in his abilities, but he also thinks Sun Ce is the best player in the world, and he feels that this year is the best opportunity!
Looking at Sun Ce, who was pursing his mouth and biting his lower lip and biting his dry mouth with his teeth, Curry had a feeling that it might be difficult to have such an opportunity in the future.
The outside threesome on the opposite side is simply amazing! Paul George in the fourth grade and Klay Thompson in the third grade can be so good, and both of them are a good match for Sun Ce! With Sun Ce, it was an explosion, and this year's Grizzlies relied on this brother to play a 56-win record.
On the other side, Sun Ce bit his lower lip and thought about how to deal with it today.
In the first few games, because of the long time played by their three major outside players, except for Beverley at the point guard position, their other outside players played less time, and Livingston, Tony Allen, and Prince did not get much playing time.
There is also a clear rotation method on the inside, whoever is not good will be replaced, and whoever is easy to use will play more, this can't be helped, their inside line is so lame, except for Yi Jianlian's three-point cut-in style of play, there are problems with the use of Whiteside, Aamir Johnson, and Larry Sanders, and there is no way to match!
Sun Ce looked at the two interior linemen opposite Speights and Draymond Green, who has no future first-hand defense ability, and if there is Randolph now, he must not chisel these two people to cry.
But no, no!
Now we can only continue to just do it, take a look at the situation in the first quarter, and if Curry is still playing so strongly, then go straight to the hanging!
In this playoff match, Sun Ce knows why the Thunder team can be overturned by the Warriors, and the referee's blowing scale may have an impact, but Curry's high-level performance that will hardly break the gear after the Warriors rise is the key! When Curry is on the court, the Warriors players are confident, just as his teammates are not discouraged when the Grizzlies lose three games in a row.
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At 6:58, Sun Ce pulled Olajuwon's bandage, Howard's arm guard, and Magic's balance bracelet and walked onto the court.
The first two have been integrated into Sun Ce's strength, the cover bonus of Olajuwon's hand band, Howard's arm guard to protect his arm from injury, the rebounding ball bounce height increased by a small grade, and the effect of amplifying emotions, all have a bonus to his strength, even for Howard himself, once he is depressed, he is easy to be depressed all the time, and the effect of emotional amplification will become as long as he decides to fight.
Tonight, the Grizzlies are still the starting lineup of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian.
On the Warriors' side, the outside trio of Curry, Harden, and Iguodala remained the same, with Draymond Green and Tabit starting together.
In terms of defense, although the 24-year-old Draymond Green is not yet in his prime, he is on the top in this round of the series, and his performance is obviously better than Spetts, and Speights is also better than Ramon Green in mid-range shooting and offensive rebounding.
The players of both teams came on the field, and there seemed to be sparks in their eyes, and both teams were going to fight tonight!
The Grizzlies had their backs to the ground, and the Warriors wanted to take advantage of the victory to chase down the Grizzlies directly.
At 8 o'clock, the referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game on time and threw the ball into the air, Yi Jianlian won the jump ball, and the Grizzlies attacked first!
Since the fourth game, Sun Ce no longer has any physical reserves, the past two games have been played full, and the same decision was made tonight, when the ball reached the highest point, Sun Ce rushed directly to the front!
This is just like the trust in Yao Ming's jump ball in the previous national team games, Sun Ce is full of trust in Yi Jianlian, a big guy who can win 8 games out of 10 jump balls in the regular season!
Sun Ce rushed to the front court, Iguodala didn't stop it for the first time, Paul George received the ball and hung the ball directly, Sun Ce had already entered the low post when he received the ball, and was blocked by Draymond Green, this guy Sun Ce is very unaccustomed to it, but I have to admit that this guy's defensive awareness is really good.
Sun Ce, who received the ball in the low post area in the three-second zone, shook a shot, Draymond Green jumped up directly, Sun Ce ignored Draymond Green who was pressed down, and burst out to dunk!
Draymond Green hurriedly hugged Sun Ce and prevented Sun Ce from dunking directly, Sun Ce struggled to throw the ball out, but he didn't score, but the referee's whistle blew and he got two free throws!
Sun Ce didn't fall when he landed, he was also surprised, Draymond Green seemed to be very gentle with the foul this time, so he hugged him hard this time, and protected him when he landed.
But when Sun Ce turned around and high-fived Yi Jianlian, who ran over, he saw Randolph standing up on his bench...... This guy has entered the rehabilitation stage and is recovering well, although he has gained a lot of weight...... This time, Randolph came from a nursing home in Miami to cheer on his teammates.
From flamboyant and domineering to second-mindedness, Sun Ce feels that Draymond Green is really a fucking character!
It's not unreasonable to be successful, and you can see from the details that this guy is very smart.
It's like catching Durant for a big contract but not spraying the team's other two highest-paid players, and his eyesight is very good.
Sun Ce walked to the free throw line, and this time it felt good, and both hooks were scored.
The Warriors are used to the Grizzlies' ferocious start, Iguodala advanced to the frontcourt, using Harden to cut in to contain Yi Jianlian, Curry borrowed Draymond Green to block without the ball, Richard Jefferson went directly to change Curry, Klay Thompson also guarded Curry from running back, Iguodala distributed the ball to Draymond Green, who cut in Draymond Green, who threw and hit before Sun Ce received the position!
The Warriors scored very solidly! Tabit has an absolute height advantage at close range, although he can't score on his own at 221 centimeters, and he doesn't have the ability to play high, but he eats cakes very steadily, scoring 7.9 points on 71 percent shooting in the regular season, and his shooting rate is second only to Jordan Jr. among players who have played more than 10 times.
The center stood at close range, had the ability to catch the ball, hold the ball and take a step and dunk directly, and did not dare to let go.
The big center is always useful, just like Boban Marjanovic in the original time and space, the movement is not as good as Tabit, there is no mid-range shot, no block smell, and even a game can only play for 10 minutes, but it is by virtue of height that he can eat cake on the inside, and he got 21 million in 3 years when the salary cap skyrocketed in 2016...... Tabit took a 4-year contract of 30 million, and his performance was worthy of this salary.
At the start of the game, both teams had no way to attack each other, as in the last three games.
The Grizzlies want to take advantage of the fact that the opening confrontation has not yet been completely up, and the feeling has not yet been slumped because of the decline in the confrontation, and the Warriors are attacking with all their might, wanting to avoid being played by the Grizzlies in the opening game with too big an advantage.
However, the offense played by the Warriors was not just a confrontation, but excellent!
For the third game in a row, Curry exploded again!
Shooting 3 of 4 in the first quarter, scoring two three-pointers, plus a layup 2+1 score, and one of two free throws that caused a foul, Curry scored 10 points, 1 board, 3 assists and 1 steal in the first quarter, helping the Warriors score 32 points in a single quarter!
On the contrary, the Grizzlies only scored 28 points in the first quarter, trailing by 4 points in a single quarter!
Sun Ce has worked hard, but this time he couldn't beat Tabit like last time, and with a player of this height who can defend from close range and under the basket, the Warriors' outside defense is very reassuring.
This makes the Grizzlies very depressed, they have a player who is as horizontal as Tabit under the basket, and the blocking efficiency is almost the same as that of Tabit, and the defensive efficiency of both is slightly higher than that of Sun Ce, but they are not physically strong.
But Tabit has the consciousness to help defend at close range, Whiteside can't, Sun Ce thought Whiteside was unwilling, of course, Whiteside was unwilling, but the bigger problem is that Whiteside's position at close range is not as good as the basket, and he moved out and was slipped by Curry to play a 2+1 on the bottom line!
It's far easier to deal with Whiteside, an interior player with outstanding strengths and weaknesses, than to deal with Tabit, a center who doesn't have so many but plays honestly.
In the first quarter, Sun Ce scored 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 4-of-9 shooting, and they scored 28 points in the first quarter, but the opponent scored 10 points in a single quarter in Curry, and others scored 22 points in a single quarter with Curry's threat!
This gave Curry a chance to rest in the first half of the first quarter, which was a bad sign for the Grizzlies.
After the break, the Grizzlies fielded a combination of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Amir Johnson, and Larry Sanders to just defend.
Tony Allen played 3 minutes in the first quarter, Paul George played 7 minutes in the first quarter, Amir Johnson and Larry Sanders just came on the court, they were full of energy, and they played defense just right, and Sun Ce, continue to be strong!
In the first half of the second quarter, the Grizzlies limited the Warriors' offense okay, but their own offense was also guarded enough by the backcourt combination of Harden + Iguodala on the other side.
In particular, the Warriors, who are now focusing on taking advantage of Harden's tonnage advantage on the defensive end, is a half-head shorter than Sun Ce but weighs the same weight, and can carry the strengths of Amir Johnson and Larry Sanders, which is being exploited by Mark Jackson.
Although he didn't dare to try those whimsical ideas, Mark Jackson made good use of what he had shown, and he could lay a solid foundation for the Warriors' offense and defense, and he had two brushes.
In the first half of the second quarter, the Grizzlies tried to replace Tony Allen with Beverley and Amir Johnson with Prince to strengthen the offense, but it didn't work well, and only scored 9 points in 5:47.
The Warriors' offense didn't play well either, and Harden didn't break out tonight and focused on defense.
Because he didn't need to play the offensive end for the time being, they maintained the lead.
When entering the official timeout, although the Warriors only scored 8 points in more than 5 minutes, they still led the Grizzlies by 3 points 40-37, creating enough rest time for Curry, and they still had the ball!
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The official timeout returned, and the Warriors switched to a lineup of Curry, Harden, Harrison Barnes, Draymond Green, and Tabitt.
The Grizzlies re-brought the combination of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian.
The Warriors attacked, Curry came up with a three-point shot, advanced to the front court and shot directly against Klay Thompson, Klay Thompson's face was bruised, the opposite side was too crazy!
Facing the strongest three-point combination in the history of their Grizzlies, Curry played too arrogantly in this series!
As for why Klay Thompson doesn't consider himself the best three-point shooter...... This is still a bit of a force, but he is very persistent in the title of "the strongest three-point combination" formed with Sun Ce.
But in this year's playoffs, Curry singled out their Grizzlies' splash brothers!
Curry alone averaged 5.5 three-pointers per game in the first four games, and he and Klay Thompson and Sun Ce combined even more!
Is it tolerable or unbearable!
The switch between offense and defense, Klay Thompson can't bear it, and Sun Ce's side can't bear it either!
37 to 43, 6 points behind!
When he got to the frontcourt, Sun Ce took over Paul George's pass and went directly to Klay Thompson to block and dismantle, Curry had pressed to the three-point line when Sun Ce borrowed the block, and Iguodala stood on the left and right sides of Klay Thompson, no matter which side Sun Ce wanted to score three points, they could all stick it, Sun Ce wanted to burst into the basket, there was a thabit under the basket, Sun Ce wanted to shoot, the two admitted, it was impossible to lock Sun Ce, this round of the series they played to prevent Sun Ce, Sun Ce's shooting rate was still 48%.
But this time Sun Ce was not calm, and he was stuck by Curry with the help of blocking and dismantling, and there was no restriction on the jump of the cylinder, and Sun Ce directly shot a three-point shot when he was stuck by Curry......
It was an outrageous shot, and the ball should not have been thrown in theory, but the ball hit the rebound and bounced into the frame!
Luck-ball! The balloon can also be called the fairy ball, Sun Ce responded to Curry's three-point shot just now!
Curry watched Sun Ce quickly retreat and took a sip, this can also enter!
But he has scored all the goals against the sky, fearlessly, and runs forward with him.
This time, Harden took advantage of Curry's threat, burst to the baseline and no one followed, turned around and jumped to shoot...... It's a pity that I didn't enter, but the opportunity came out, except that I didn't enter, and it was a good positional battle on the whole.
Tabit also doesn't grab offensive rebounds, and his teammates shoot straight back from defense, which is the key for the Warriors to limit the Grizzlies' fast break.
Sun Ce accepted the defensive rebound, advanced to the frontcourt, and saw that Klay Thompson was running exceptionally positively, he naturally knew what Klay Thompson was thinking, a cross step changed direction, this time Sun Ce was in an extremely nervous state, but the action was very smooth, after the step, according to Iguodala's horizontal movement to make a subconscious big stride to change direction and move horizontally, he got a gap in the position, the "pseudo-flowering butterfly step" was triggered, and the burst speed was increased to S-!
This is rare, and Sun Ce has triggered no more than 10 times this season.
Because Sun Ce did not borrow the block and dismantle, nor was he forced to walk to the lower limit by Iguodala, but broke in directly, his outside teammates knew that it was too late for Tabit to move, and Speights did not follow Yi Jianlian out and retracted to block Sun Ce.
Sun Ce was forced to stop one step inside the free throw line, and was caught between Iguodala who turned to defend himself and Speight, who shrunk, and jumped! At this time, Klay Thompson took advantage of Yi Jianlian to block and dismantle an empty position, and Sun Ce jumped to share the ball.
Because Sun Ce hit a three-point shot in the last round, Klay Thompson, who received the ball, wanted to fight against Curry, but his confidence soared and at the same time he found the best shooting feeling, and the three-point shot scored!