In the matchup with the Lakers, the inside advantage of the two bears was already obvious in the last meeting of the regular season, when Randolph had found his form, and in the case of Sun Ce's forced rush, he was able to withstand it in the first half, relying on Randolph's interior offensive threat and the defensive support led by Gasol Jr.

Randolph, who just played the best single game of 40+10+5 in the playoffs in his career in the game of eliminating the Spurs, brought a huge boost to the Grizzlies tonight, Randolph received the ball, Kobe Bryant had to shrink in and fight Randolph with Josh Smith, and Sun Ce could single Ci Shiping on the outside!

This lineup is Sun Ce and Randolph, and if the three points feel good, Sun Ce will play three points, and if not, the two can play at close range or even in the low post.

The purpose is to suppress the rhythm of the Lakers and settle down in the battle.

Randolph or Sun Ce is not in a good state, and this style of play will not work, but Randolph is currently in a state of hard work, and Sun Ce feels good here, and he is stunned to suppress the rhythm little by little.

In the half quarter, relying on Randolph's 5 points and 3 boards, two offensive rebounds, Sun Ce's 5 points, 2 boards, 1 assist and 1 block, plus Paul George caught the ball and hit a three-point shot when Paul went to pinch Sun Ce, the Grizzlies and Lakers tied at 13!

On the Lakers' side, facing the lineup of Randolph, who is four to the average defense of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, and Gasol Jr., Kobe Bryant feels very lucky when the opponent successfully suppresses the rhythm by relying on defensive cooperation.

A layup and an open three-pointer from Ci Shiping, Josh Smith and Jordan Hill combined to score 5 points, plus a rebound he hit in a pull-up shot, and tied with the Grizzlies' irascible defensive lineup, Kobe Bryant already felt that he was playing very well and thought that their side had the advantage, because Randolph played very hard, and Sun Ce also played very hard, maybe Sun Ce would not be consumed, but Randolph would.

Kobe Bryant really felt that they were playing to the advantage, but Paul looked at the joy on the other side and felt uneasy.

He also feels that they have an advantage, if the Grizzlies' lineup of Sun Ce + double 3D + Randolph + Gasol Jr. in the last moments is the strongest lineup of the Grizzlies at a critical moment.

So now, there is a lineup of Tony Allen in regular time, which is definitely the strongest defensive lineup of the Grizzlies, and the defense of the lineup at key moments is not as good as the current lineup of the Grizzlies, but after Randolph recovers his form, the lineup at key moments has Klay Thompson, and the offense will be greatly improved to a first-class level.

And the Grizzlies offered the strongest defensive lineup to directly press the rhythm just defended, and Sun Ce and Randolph also broke out in the half quarter to cut 10 points, in this case, they were forced to tie the score by their Lakers, it should be their Lakers happy, their rotation lineup defense may not be so good, but the rotation lineup offense may be better than the regular lineup, but Paul really feels that the other side seems to be happy.

How can Lakers players understand the joy of not falling behind in the first quarter after playing 6 games against the strongest Spurs?

After being tortured by the Spurs in the first quarter for 6 consecutive games, Sun Ce and Randolph were both in good shape and scored 5 points in the first quarter, and Sun Ce felt very happy to draw with his opponent!

I was so happy to stick to the game when I was used to the big disadvantage in the first quarter, and now I can tie it.

"Is that the mentality of a Western Conference championship team? Confident in any situation? ”

Paul didn't understand what happened to the Grizzlies, so he couldn't empathize, and what he learned from it was the strong self-confidence of the Grizzlies players, and this is the confidence of a championship team.

Not only did the five people who had just played half a quarter walk back to the bench talking and laughing, but Paul also seemed excited when he saw Nash, Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler, and Yi Jianlian on the court.

Paul wondered why a thought crossed his mind—was the West so horrible?

This is the idea that Paul, who is playing the Western Conference final for the second time and has not yet reached the finals, suddenly flashed to him.

In a flash, Paul immediately returned to the bench at the call of head coach Bickerstaff Sr. and got back into the game.

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Of course, Nash was happy, and the third game against the Spurs began, and due to the change of lineup, from games 3 to 6, Nash played more in the rotation stage.

But when he plays, the score is usually more than 5 points behind, although it is not big, but most of the time he comes up to chase the score.

Now playing in a draw, and it is the defensive lineup that consumes the opponent's Kobe Bryant and Paul in the middle of the quarter, of course happy.

On the Lakers' side, there was really something to do, Kobe Bryant was replaced and rested, and JR Smith, Leonard, Josh Smith, and Jamison played with Paul.

As the timeout drew to an end, the two teams rotated their lineups onto the field.

Sun Ce looked at Leonard, who was starting to show his grandeur in the second grade opposite, so far in the playoffs, he has played an average of 19 minutes per game, scored 10.3 points, 3 rebounds and 1.9 steals, and his defensive efficiency is so high that he can beep!

Since he played for the Lakers, once he played well, the exposure rate has already made many people discover that the Lakers trained him as Kobe's successor.

The progress is a little slower, compared to the same position of the same era Klay Thompson and Paul George, it is true that they are not as good as these two for the time being, but they have been able to improve, which means that there is still potential! And now there is Kobe, Leonard can slowly develop obscenely, and when Kobe is old, he will continue to do so.

Before the official timeout, the Lakers relied on Kobe's counterattack to tie the score, and the timeout ended, and the Grizzlies attacked.

With 5 minutes and 31 seconds left in the second quarter, the Grizzlies played the ball in the frontcourt, Sun Ce sent the ball to Nash, ran to the inside, and the first offense after the pause was definitely a positional battle, and Sun Ce wanted to go to the mid-range high back to play.

Leonard quickly posted up, and the defense with speed, confrontation, and height and arm span made it difficult for Sun Ce to easily ask for the ball in the high post!

In terms of the current defensive comprehensiveness and overall defensive ability, Paul George, who was almost selected for the first defense, is better, but in terms of single defense, Sun Ce feels that Leonard is improving rapidly! It's not much worse than Paul George!

When I was in the Warriors, I felt that Leonard's progress was not so obvious, and the Warriors mainly discovered Leonard's talent for learning ability and steady progress on the offensive end, but when he arrived at the Lakers, with the guidance of Kobe Bryant and Ci Shiping, Sun Ce could feel Leonard's progress on the defensive end almost every time he played against the Lakers.

At this time, if you don't beat Leonard, who has not fully grown up, when will you wait? Sun Ce pulled out to block and dismantle Nash!

In the face of Paul and Leonard's anti-blocking and dismantling, Sun Ce and Nash's blocking and dismantling were almost ineffective, and Sun Ce cut in to face Leonard after the blocking.