The Spurs, one of their strongest opponents against the Grizzlies, have caused them the most trouble in the past few years, ending their two consecutive championships, and when they met the Spurs in the playoffs in a championship year, they were also in the top two of the playoffs that year.

Sun Ce has studied the Spurs many times and how to deal with the Spurs' defense.

In terms of defense, the Spurs are actually not the strongest in the league, and it is difficult to rank in the top five, even if it is the Spurs team with Leonard in the original time and space, it will not be better to defend 6-10, Duncan's Spurs at the peak of the third peak are not a defensive team in the traditional sense.

The current Spurs defense is not as good as the Spurs team that had the second peak in the 04-05 season, Duncan, Ginobili, Muhammad, Bowen, Malik Rose, and Nesterovich.

But the current Spurs defense is also a first-class defensive team, and the key is that their defense is suitable for them now, with high-speed rotation of defenses, Danny Green and Guy who defend the wing and top arc singles well, and Rondo, who defends most guards well.

At least you can give the opponent restrictions, you can use the high-speed wheel to convert the strong points of anti-blocking, put the weak points, and you can also use this to lure the opponent to make a quick shot.

Originally, their Grizzlies also ate this set, and unconsciously followed the Spurs to raise the rhythm.

Before last season, Sun Ce didn't care much about the Spurs raising the tempo or pressing the tempo, they could deal with it, and at that time, the Spurs had not yet reached the strongest form of Duncan's third peak.

But last season, the Spurs were in their prime, and this season they have made up for the worst defensive point guard line, making it even more difficult to deal with.

Under the Spurs' strong team offense, it is impossible to completely defend it, and at this time, the Spurs' first-class defense also played an important role.

If you want to find a breakthrough, you have to find a breakthrough from the opponent's weakness, and the opponent's weakness is defense.

But the brisk offense that is popular in this era happens to be the best defended by the Spurs, and it can't be said that the brisk offense is still limited by the Spurs.

Singles tactics are a good way to deal with the Spurs, but it is not reliable to win alone, the Lakers were able to beat the Spurs last season, relying on James's ability to ensure the lower limit of the team's strength in NBA history, combined with Kobe's stable singles scoring ability when he was still at the end of his peak last season.

And on their Grizzlies side, do they have the ability of the Lakers?

Theoretically, there is!

However, after the start of the new season, Sun Ce discovered something.

It's that when a team has two All-Star-level players, and a third All-Star-level player comes in, there may be a qualitative change, as long as the three of them are really compatible, or are willing to accommodate around the strongest one.

But three All-Star-caliber players ushered in a fourth All-Star-caliber player, and even a suitable fourth All-Star can only play the role of icing on the cake, and the promotion effect may not even be one-tenth of the third All-Star-caliber player.

Just like the Grizzlies in the 12-13 season, his grandson, Randolph, and Gasol Jr. are All-Star level, and Paul George gradually has All-Star level strength, but Paul George's role in improving the Grizzlies is far less than the improvement brought by his grandson's improvement.

His playmaking ability, combined with the singles of Randolph or Aldridge, could play the role of James's ability to keep the team at the bottom and allow Paul George and Klay Thompson to play the same singles scoring effect that Kobe Bryant has done over the past two years...... Forcing the two to death, they can't do it.

However, playing the Warriors in the playoffs last year gave Sun Ce an inspiration, and the triangle offense, which combines individual ability and team cooperation, may be the best way to deal with the Spurs' defense!

The biggest change for the Spurs over the years has been offense, not defense, and defense has always been built around Duncan's best defensive level in 18 years.

The last time they played the Spurs, their Grizzlies were ready to try to see if they could break through the opponent's defense with a triangle offense under the offensive lineup and play a better offense than the opponent, but they were "overshadowed" by the Spurs that day, and this time they finally had a chance!

And, it really works!

The Grizzlies' five starters, the initiation point, the end point, the receiving point, and the containment point of the triangle offense can be rotated infinitely!

Of course, their Grizzlies can't play a smooth triangle offense with an infinite rotation of four points, which takes time to run in, and what can be played now is the clear cooperation of the established roles, which can be rotated, but it needs to be discussed in advance.

But in the case of a sudden sacrifice of this trick, it is enough!

In the first quarter, the Grizzlies' lineup played the whole quarter, and it also forced the Spurs' Parker, Gay, and Duncan to play the whole quarter, because their Grizzlies were desperate to play positional battles, and the success rate was huge! The shooting rate reached 60 percent, shooting 14 of 23, including 4 of 6 three-pointers, plus 4 of 6 free throws, and the team scored 36 points in a single quarter!

Rao is the Spurs relied on Parker, Gay, Duncan to play the first quarter full, relied on the three-point rotation of Danny Green and Belinelli, and relied on the ability of Split and Aaron Baines to eat cakes, scoring 32 points in a single quarter, and the Grizzlies still almost took a clear lead in the first quarter!

Popovich's reaction was quick, and if he hadn't replaced Danny Green with Belinelli, who was more consistent with three points, and replaced Split with Aaron Baines, who was more efficient at eating cakes, the margin might have been widened by the Grizzlies.

After so many years, Popovich will at least find a way to narrow the disadvantage when this kind of situation arises that he can't solve.

It's just that entering the intermission and watching the Grizzlies' five starters excitedly high-five and celebrate walking to the bench, Popovich felt a lot of pressure!

The triangle offense, which requires at least two superstars, is a game that the Grizzlies have played!

If you want to say who is a superstar on the Grizzlies at this stage, in Popovich's opinion, only Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Randolph, and Aldridge are not counted.

However, the structure of the Grizzlies allows them to make up for this very well, combining Klay Thompson's containment and catch-and-shoot shots, Paul George's shooting strategy, Aldridge's shooting and high-post passing ability, Randolph's low-post singles and high-post ability, and Sun Ce's singles ability are well combined!

On the other side, on the Grizzlies bench, Sun Ce, who returned to his seat and sat down, was indeed excited.

In the first quarter, he got 8 points, 2 boards, 4 assists and 1 steal, and all the statistics were not high, after all, he played the whole first quarter.

However, this is a rare time for a team to score more than 35 points in a single quarter when he scores in single digits! The last time this happened was when Klay Thompson soared to 20+ in the third quarter.

How to combine the offensive abilities of the two when Aldridge and Randolph don't fit together on the defensive end is something that their Grizzlies have been considering, and they can't always play one alone and the other person watching the equals, which is too passive.

What if the opponent doesn't flank the shot, the singles don't feel good, or if you encounter an inside combination like Ibaka and Adams?

It's a good idea to use it separately, but you can't just let Randolph play as a substitute this season, right?

Moreover, such a lineup has been formed, and Aldridge and Randolph can't always be separated from each other to play with an inside line, although it is okay, but I feel unwilling to think about it.

Now, together with the question of how to deal with the Spurs' strong offense in the first quarter, there is a way to deal with it!

The scoring efficiency of the run-and-bomb lineup was played with a positional battle lineup, which was simply explosive! Truly bring out the strength of the five All-Star level stars!

Although it was a surprise to the Spurs, it also proved useful, and what they need to do now is to make the starting lineup more diverse, and the rotation of the four major roles should be more tacit.

Then, integrate this tactic into the team like the previous tactics, and use it at any time!

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Entering the second quarter, the Grizzlies' lineup of Livingston, Tony Allen, Paul George, Pierce, and Gobert came on.

On the Spurs' side, Rondo, Ginobili, Danny Green, Dior, and Aaron Baines played.

It's a bad game for the Spurs, who couldn't take the lead in the first quarter, and the second quarter was not going to be easy, especially when Duncan played the full first quarter and the second quarter and probably didn't play until the last two or three minutes.

Rondo is very sensible and wants to take advantage of Ginobili's Jordan moment, that is, the demon knife state, but unfortunately, Ginobili is a demon tonight, but it hurts himself!

A three-point shot and a turnover, Paul George seized the opportunity to play a counterattack dunk, and a point to Pierce, who hit a solid three-point shot.

By the time the second quarter reached 3:28, the Grizzlies had already led the Spurs by 10 points at 46-36, and in these two and a half minutes, the Spurs only scored 4 points, and the Grizzlies played a wave of 10-4!

Rondo couldn't count on Ginobili anymore, and began to connect with Dio to attack, Popovich also took advantage of the defensive foul to replace Ginobili with Danny Green in time, and scored with Rondo's blocking and breaking basket, Dio's high and top arc two-pass and three-point containment, Danny Green's catch-and-shoot three-pointer, Aaron Baines's cake-eating, and the Grizzlies' outside Livingston, Pierce, and Paul George's singles.

The Spurs' cut-off style of play is not good, Aaron Baines sees that Gobert, who was abused by him in the European League, already has NBA-level first-class defensive ability and top-level rim protection ability, and can only sigh that 99% of the effort is not the same hard work but one percent more talented genius!

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