Entering the second quarter, Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Larry Sanders, and Gobert went up to just a wave of defense, mainly trying, with a nearly 10-point lead, Coach Hollins was ready to try defense.

Compared with the previous two games, the Grizzlies continued to foul once they were on the intensity, and the Grizzlies have made a significant improvement tonight, learning from the Mavericks' side, switching defenses to keep defenders in front of the defenders, and ensuring enough confrontation before the opponent makes a shot...... Many fans and pundits ignore a problem, they only see that the Grizzlies have a lot of troubles to solve, but ignore that the Grizzlies can be regarded as overflowing Paul George and Larry Sanders, two highly talented all-around point guards and defensive centers, Sun Ce feels that his teammates are adapting faster than he thought!

The duo of Gobert and Larry Sanders can be considered offensive and incapacitated, but not on the defensive end!

The combination of Larry Sanders and Randolph is definitely stronger, both offensive and defensive, and can also play fast offense, but in terms of defense alone, Larry Sanders and Gobert adapt to the new rules quickly, Larry Sanders has good talent on the defensive end, and used to like stalking confrontations, but now he is restrained, mainly to change defenses to keep defenders in front of opposing players, Gobert, who has anti-impact under the basket and a much better frame than Randolph, and Sun Ce, who assists in defense, locks the middle and close distances!

The combination of Barria, Harris, Ellis, Nowitzki, and Bosh sent by the Mavericks at the beginning of the second quarter wanted to rush a wave of offense, but found that they could only be forced to fly for three points!

But even Nowitzki, the three-point is not the most commonly used offensive weapon, he shoots three-pointers accurately, but he keeps shooting three-pointers, which is not in line with his playing habits.

The Mavericks can certainly find opportunities outside the three-point line, after all, Gobert can't get out, but the problem is that they are not the kind of players on the team who can score all the time when they have the opportunity, and they are not at their best.

In the second quarter, the Grizzlies just defended for 5 minutes and 8 seconds, and in this short period of time, the Grizzlies only relied on Sun Ce and Paul George to score 9 points alone, but the Mavericks only scored 8 points!

Only Nowitzki and Harris each scored a three-pointer, Bosh made two of three free throws with a three-pointer fouled, and no one else scored!

47-37, the Grizzlies' lead extends to 10 points!

In the second half of the second quarter, Sun Ce took the combination of Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian to play the remaining nearly 7 minutes, and the Mavericks, who were tossed by the Grizzlies for half a quarter, finally found an opportunity, Nowitzki and Chandler partnered on the inside, Conley and Aminu, Harris partnered on the outside, and played a 17-point performance in the first half quarter, the Grizzlies ran and bombed the lineup today, Sun Ce and Klay Thompson did not shoot, mainly relying on offensive and defensive rotations, and scored 14 points.

At halftime, the Grizzlies led by seven points at 61-54 going into halftime.

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Sun Ce played less than 18 minutes in the half, scoring 12 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, both of which were in the first half of the second quarter.

After halftime, Sun Ce was put on the bench to rest for a while, and Coach Hollins asked the combination of Livingston, Klay Thompson, Pierce, Aldridge, and Yi Jianlian to support the offense, and by the way, to run in the play of the multi-minute inside partner.

Coach Hollins also saw that they were in better shape than the opponent and had an advantage in strength, and they were still ahead, and it just so happened that the Mavericks were good enough for this opponent, even if they were tossed like that in the first half of the second quarter, they shot 2 of 9, and they could still play 6 of 13 shots in the last 7 minutes, and the stability and tactical execution were not comparable to ordinary teams, and even better than their Grizzlies.

Such an opponent is excellent for honing and honing the lineup.

Isn't that what the pre-season is for?

It's good to have a lead in terms of the early season, but it's even more important to run in to meet the challenges of the middle of the season.

However, no one could have imagined that Aldridge took a full break in the second quarter and continued to soar in the third quarter!

The coaching staff and teammates seemed to see the Aldridge who scored 45 points on their heads last season to help the Trail Blazers finish them, and Aldridge still felt hot in the third quarter!

In the third quarter, the Mavericks can be said to have played very well, scoring 31 points in a single quarter, but Aldridge scored 15 points in a single quarter and helped the team score 33 points in a single quarter! Bosh, who had been pressing Aldridge before, scored 13 points in a single quarter in the third quarter and performed very well, helping Conley and Chandler to revitalize the team's offense, but tonight Aldridge was pressed in turn.

At 94-85, the Grizzlies narrowly missed out on extending their lead back to double digits.

In the fourth quarter, Livingston, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Aldridge, Gobert came on.

The Mavericks sent a combination of Conley, Ellis, Aminu, Nowitzki, and Chandler.

The Mavericks wanted to fight for a wave, but in the third quarter, they fought with Bosh for a quarter, and still failed to narrow the score but were pulled apart, and the momentum of the Mavericks has been lost, and the Grizzlies played a wave of 17-5 in the first half of the fourth quarter!

The Mavericks called a timeout, it was useless, they just couldn't shoot, and the Grizzlies won by 12 points in the second half of Aldridge's 9-point performance in the second half and extended their lead to 21 points in one fell swoop! 111-90 lead over the Mavericks!

Faced with the Grizzlies, who realized that their team was in good shape and began to do whatever they wanted, Carlisle announced his surrender.

The Mavericks replaced their core players and sent a pure bench, and the Grizzlies also let the combination of Livingston, Blake, Pierce, Yi Jianlian, and Stoudemire play the rest of the time.

In the end, the Grizzlies easily defeated the Mavericks 126-107 to start the game with three straight wins!

Sun Ce looked at Aldridge's 25 shots of 17, 8 of 8 free throws, and soared 42 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, although he Sun did not play in the second half, sat and watched the whole process, and only got 12+7+3 data, but he didn't care!

Aldridge's performance far exceeded Sun Ce's imagination, Sun Ce thought that Aldridge would score a 30-plus score and the highest in the game, just anger the Mavericks fans.

I didn't expect Aldridge to soar so fiercely, he played a total of 30 minutes, threw 25 times, and scored 17, which is basically equivalent to two for every three!

Didn't the Mavericks do a good job offensively and defensively?

They were very good in the first three quarters, with a strong consistency, falling behind by 9 points in the first quarter and 10 points after the first quarter and a half, but they were still able to ensure tactical execution, firm team play, and finally narrowed the gap to 7 points before halftime.

In the third quarter, the Mavericks also played well with key shots, and Bosh scored 13 points in a single quarter.

But Aldridge used an extremely efficient performance to collapse the Mavericks, and the Mavericks collapsed in the fourth quarter, but they didn't feel able to beat them psychologically.

Tonight, Sun Ce felt that he had a deeper understanding of the current situation of his team and his new teammates, and he used two first-round players plus five rotation players to replace Aldridge, no loss!

Especially the interior combination of Aldridge and Gobert, both offensive and defensive, Aldridge also fed Gobert twice, he is really good at working with this kind of big tall man, because he doesn't like to go inside to attack.

After the final whistle, Sun Ce was about to leave the stadium, and the person who was interviewed today must be Aldridge, who was scolded by the fans in his hometown.

But Sun Ce didn't expect a reporter to come to interview him, and a reporter from Time Warner Cable Sports asked Sun Ce: "Lord, what do you think of Aldridge's desire to leave the Trail Blazers last season?" ”

Sun Ce didn't expect him to be asked here, don't answer, people make it up, answer, it's not easy to answer...... Suddenly, Sun Ce had a flash of inspiration: "Radmarcus is in a very difficult period now, he came to our team, everyone will want us to win the championship, and we have won the championship before he came, if we don't win the championship in the future, there will definitely be many people who put the responsibility on him, this is a kind of pressure for him, instead of coming to our team to play easily, he has taken on more than you think."

And he needs to adjust his style of play, he's the leading scorer with the Trail Blazers, he's got the most shots, but when he's teammates with the rest of us, he doesn't have that much freedom, and he needs to adapt to that.

He is not getting any easier, but the troubles he is about to go through and are going through are harder than you think.

In my opinion, Radmarcus is ready to be traded to our team, and he is on a path that will be the toughest of all. ”

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Looking at the interview video of Sun Ce on the Sports Illustrated website, Aldridge was really moved.

Playing the Mavericks' game, Aldridge was in good shape, but he didn't play in the second quarter, he was worried about whether he shot too much, after all, he threw 10 times in a single quarter in the first quarter, but the team replaced Sun Ce in the third quarter, allowing Aldridge to play the whole third quarter, constantly creating scoring opportunities for him to feel good.

In the fourth quarter, he still played, and Sun Ce sat on the bench for the entire second half!

This was seen by Aldridge as Sun Ce's genuine desire to let him breathe a good breath in front of the fans in his hometown.

Aldridge's frustration is that he is aggrieved, he has a contract, and it is not up to him to decide which team to change to, and even the Trail Blazers did not notify him in advance of this trade, and when he was notified, he was already sure that he was going to be sent away.

Although he was very happy to be on the Grizzlies, he was said to be "betrayed" by his hometown fans, and he really felt wronged.

Also, whether he voluntarily applies for a trade to the Grizzlies or is traded, over time, he will definitely be burdened with the name of "abandoning his parent team and hugging his thighs to compete for the championship".

Because he joined a top team with the best basketball player in the world, Sun Ce.

This Aldridge is ready to accept it, and there is no way to defend it.

At this time, Sun Ce stood up to help him speak, and everything spoke to his heart!

Coming to the Grizzlies, Aldridge is ready to score more than 10 points per game, ready to rank behind Randolph in the main offensive power of the interior, and even ready to help Sun Ce score according to the style of play of the Grizzlies in the past two years, such as the opening game, Sun Ce has a chance, Aldridge will pass immediately, regardless of whether there is an assist or not, regardless of whether his position is in the shooting area he is used to.

As Sun Ce said, after Aldridge joined the Grizzlies, the Grizzlies were once again considered the favorites to win the championship, and the Grizzlies had won the championship before, and Aldridge knew that if the Grizzlies didn't win the championship after he joined, he would definitely take the blame.

Aldridge felt that Sun Ce's phrase "he is taking the most difficult path" was too much in line with his current situation.

There is also the game against the Mavericks, before the game, he said that he would feed him the ball, and he really kept creating shooting opportunities for him, Klay Thompson and Yi Jianlian's running containment, Paul George and Livingston were all passing the ball to him, and the whole team was helping him!

"The third brother is still very good, but his mouth is too much to owe, so he must refrain from beating people......"

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Aldridge's sense of belonging to the team has increased suddenly, but he is a stuffy gourd, he will not take the initiative to become more enthusiastic, he is still like that, when someone talks to him, he chats, and when no one pays attention to him, he just sits on the side and reads a book and brushes the pad.

He is not withdrawn, he just likes to be quiet, and he does not refuse to be friendly with others, but he does not take the initiative.

The morning after the game with the Mavericks, the Grizzlies returned to Memphis, and then got two days off, starting 5 consecutive home games on the 24th, with 10 days left in the month, only 4 games, although they are not used to this rhythm, but the players are very happy, starting the regular season half a month early, and the rest time is really more abundant.

It looks like it's just two or three days off each race month, but the schedule is noticeably more relaxed.

On the 22nd, back in Memphis, Coach Hollins did not arrange training tasks today, so he simply rested, but let several core players go to the arena for a meeting.

After the first three games, a lot of people on the Grizzlies team have learned about their current advantage - they are in better shape than other teams!

Then the strategy at the beginning of the season has to be changed according to the actual situation.

Originally, Coach Hollins felt that his team did not start particularly well, except for Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Gobert, and Yi Jianlian, who were in the best condition almost from the beginning, and the others did not play as well as the start of the season in previous years even if they maintained training in the summer, because of factors such as unaccustomed rhythm of the schedule and not enough preseason games.

Therefore, Coach Hollins' strategy at this stage of the season is to focus on stability in every game, work hard to run in, and strive for victory.

But now it can be so easy to play against the Mavericks, although Aldridge has exploded...... But they also took a turn in Randolph!

Take a look at the Spurs, who have won three straight games in the opening game, and the Mavericks can play the Spurs until the final moments in the opening game...... The point is that Coach Hollins felt that in last night's game, the Mavericks showed much the same form as the opener, maybe a little better, and there were more changes on the defensive end.

Then the next strategy will have to be adjusted......

The five stars of Sun Ce, Paul George, Aldridge, Randolph and Klay Thompson discussed with the coaching staff all day and clarified the changes in their style of play in the coming period.

After a detailed discussion, Sun Ce felt that this season they are very hopeful to enter the best state earlier than other teams, lay the advantage of the regular season earlier, and then prepare for the playoffs earlier!

This step is ahead, you have to grasp it!

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"Aldridge is taking one of the toughest paths"

This sentence is on fire!

Some fans joked that there will be a reasonable excuse for hugging your thighs in the future.

When a player hears this and a fan hears it, it feels different, even if the fan hears the same sentence between the fans, the feeling is very different.

Whether it was Sun Ce, who said this, or Aldridge, who felt better about Sun Ce because of this sentence, he didn't care about the ridicule of public opinion.

Preparation is still as usual, adjusting the details of the defensive end, strengthening the offensive coordination training, is to practice the foundation, the strength of their players is strong, the tactical foundation is the most important.

On October 24, the Grizzlies' first opponent in a five-game home team, the Rockets, arrived, playing against teams in the same division for the fourth time in a row.

There was no suspense, and the Grizzlies easily slaughtered the Rockets 119-95 to get four straight wins in the opening game.

Sun Ce shot 14 of 24 tonight, including 4 of 6 three-pointers, scored 40 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks, and by the way, he also led Klay Thompson, Klay Thompson shot 5 of 5 three-pointers tonight, and scored nothing else, so he took 15 points to rest.

Klay Thompson now has fewer touches than last season, he played 26 minutes tonight, the ball was in his hands, a total of 26 seconds, and the probability of receiving the ball was either a second pass or a direct throw, so he tried to receive the ball and dribbled in, and fell with his left foot and right foot......

Aldridge played well in the last game, but in this game he didn't deliberately want to shoot more, he pulled away when he should pull away, passed when he should pass, and shot again when he had a good opportunity.

And in this game, the Grizzlies have a clear difference from the previous games - confidence!

Role players don't really have that many ideas, just go up and play as hard as they can, it's mainly the big five, they are the teammates who rely on, they think about more things, worry about this and worry about that.

When they found that their side seemed to be in better shape than other teams, that psychological burden was gone, and they played more confidently, and this self-confidence that spread from the core to the role players changed the temperament of their entire team.

And whether it's a star or a role player, they are more decisive when doing actions and play better!

After playing the Rockets, the Grizzlies took their fifth straight game to the same division, the Mavericks.

This time, the Grizzlies played more resolute and confident, and the Mavericks' problems found in the previous game, such as some players not being in good shape, the opponent's fear of Aldridge, and other favorable conditions for their Grizzlies, established the lead from the beginning!