Although no one can prevent anyone, the Grizzlies are at a loss!

After playing 4 minutes in the opening game, the Grizzlies played lively, Randolph had it in the low post, Gasol Jr. was not as fierce as the first attack, but it was not easy to block it when he held it high, and Sun Ce sat in the low post to play Bill Walker easily.

But there are three points on the opposite side!

The Grizzlies scored 10 points in 4 minutes, which was efficient and scored more than 100 points.

However, the opponent scored 14 minutes in 4 minutes!

The Grizzlies were all two-pointers, and the Knicks made two three-pointers in the first four minutes!

This back and forth, after the Knicks' last offense before the timeout was hit by Paul, the difference has been stretched to 4 points.

The Knicks don't pay attention to defense, it's not that they don't defend, they also have a focus, block three-point shots, close the basket, and today Paul's defense of Conley and Fields's defense of Battier's bottom corner three-point defense are all very good.

And Sun Ce saw that the opponent had no overall defensive discipline, and the single defense was focused on the thief.

The Knicks players are not stupid, everyone is saying that defense wins the championship, the Knicks are playing so well now, their players naturally want to win the championship, even if D'Antoni doesn't pay attention to defense, but these people are not born to accept D'Antoni's idea of not paying attention to defense, most of their players have played in other teams, they themselves are willing to defend, and they have a good record, and the defense is actually very positive.

The Knicks' defensive strategy is two points, blocking cuts, blocking threes, their players are motivated, and there is no team to cooperate with the defense, so they don't go to make up for the defense and don't go to the pinch.

With this defensive style, the Knicks' interior line was undoubtedly chiseled through, but they did not shrink, Fields and Paul defended well on the outside, and the Grizzlies did not make a single three-point shot in the starting lineup.

With such a defense, replacing it with a team with a bad offense is looking for death, but the Knicks are the first in the league in offense!

The Knicks threw in two three-pointers at the beginning of the game, plus Stoudemire's 6 points and 1 assist, and Paul's 2 points and 2 assists, the Knicks stretched the gap to 4 points in one fell swoop.

What does it mean to be in good condition?

Sun Ce really felt that the Knicks' current feel, competitive state, confidence and other aspects are ridiculously good!

Fortunately, the Grizzlies have been preparing for a long time, from the coaching staff to the players, they are well prepared, and the opponent is in such good condition that they are also mentally prepared.

Coach Hollins called a timeout in time to make personnel adjustments between the margin and the deficit.

Two point guards are enough, but Randolph, who is so good in speed and flexibility, is slow to play power forward in this game, not to mention Gasol Jr., but it is more than speed......

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After the timeout, there were no substitutions on the Knicks' side, and in D'Antoni's mind, eight players in basketball were enough.

On the Grizzlies' side, Coach Hollins sent a rotating lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Yi Jianlian.

The Grizzlies serve from the midline position.

"What do you mean by Noah, you go and take your teammates to run up and fight the offense?"

Sun Ce sneered in his heart and came to the midline position to receive the serve, is this what a serious coach should say?

Pushing beyond the three-point line, Sun Ce saw Paul switch to him.

Unlike most teams that don't dare to let point guards defend Sun Ce, the Knicks do not have specific defensive details, and players on the court can be very "free".

Other teams don't dare to use point guards to defend Sun Ce, mainly because they are afraid that Sun Ce will play in the low post, and not every team has a good point guard like Paul's defense, and the coach is not so good on the defensive end.

But Paul has strong defensive ability and reads the opposing lineup better than many coaches, knowing that the Grizzlies lineup is unlikely to let Sun Ce sit in the low post, and definitely let Sun Ce attack from the outside.

After Sun Ce was outside the three-point line, Paul immediately posted it and wanted a pressing steal......

"Get out of the way!"

Sun Ce pulled the ball to the right side when Paul pressed up, and his butt went up towards Paul, Paul's stomach was pushed against Sun Ce's ass, and his left hand still maintained the action of wanting to press up and rush a wave, and the little short hand looked so helpless.

Sun Ce turned right, trying to break through from the left, but Paul didn't get angry or frustrated after being pushed by the ass, and stepped fast in small steps, blocking Sun Ce's side.

Sun Ce was blocked outside the three-point line!

On January 1st, some media gave a top five ranking of the strongest players in each position, and Paul beat Evans, Bledsoe, Westbrook, and Rose to the first place in the list of the strongest point guards!

And no one questioned it!

Coach Hollins played more ruthlessly than Sun Ce expected, Sun Ce simply returned to the top arc, pouted Paul with his ass and looked sideways at the inside, quickly thinking about how to solve the problem that the lineup positional battle offense could not be attacked.

Suddenly, I saw Yi Jianlian move a step to the upper line on the left bottom line, and took the initiative to stick it towards Stoudemire, Stoudemire's body made an undisguised action of lowering the center of gravity, Sun Ce's heart was horizontal, and he grabbed the ball directly and hooked it towards the top of his head.

"Watts?"

Paul's eyes widened, this kid was actually hooking his hands in the top arc?

It doesn't make sense if this goal is scored!

Paul was shocked when Sun Ce hooked the ball out, his eyes shifted with the ball, his head turned with the ball's flight, and he saw that the arc of the ball flying out was so deviant that it was amazing......

Then I saw Yi Jianlian appear on the left side of the basket, receive the ball in the air and press the ball into the basket!

Yi Jianlian smashed the ball into the basket and rushed back to the top arc excitedly to high-five Sun Ce in celebration.

What is tacit understanding?

It's called tacit understanding!

Yi Jianlian saw that Sun Ce didn't seem to be able to handle it, and immediately tried to create a cutting opportunity, he now likes to play like this very much, in the face of Stoudemire's paper-like defense, Yi Jianlian easily thought of a way to cut in, and when he reached the three-second zone, he had the opportunity to catch the ball and play high.

But Yi Jianlian didn't expect Sun Ce to pass the ball in advance - this trust, I, Yi Muhualian, accepted it!

But on the other side, Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian were a little weak when they high-fived......

He was in order to avoid being stolen by Paul when he grabbed the ball because of the big gap in the center of gravity, so he used a hook shot to prepare to hit the iron to grab the offensive rebound for Yi Jianlian, but he didn't expect the top arc to hook a three, it was indeed too far away, and it was not in the rhythm of running the hook, otherwise it should be no problem to touch the basket.

But everyone thinks it's an assist, Sun Ce just thinks it's a pass, and if he picks up a bargain, he will make a fortune.

With 2 points and 2 assists, Sun Ce's and Paul's stats were level after this offense.

Paul returned to the inside line to receive the serve and advance quickly, he really felt that Sun Ce's "pass" just now was a shot, as one of the best defensive players in the point guard position, he could see the difference between the opponent's power action when passing and the force action when shooting, he really felt that Sun Ce was shooting just now, but Yi Jianlian's cut made Paul very surprised, compared to the beginning of the season, Yi Jianlian's first cut tonight surprised Paul.

Paul also had an impression of Yi Jianlian before, mainly because of Fagan's operation when Yi Jianlian was drafted that year, and later whenever he went to China or played with Yi Jianlian's team, he would be asked Yi Jianlian's questions, and he was annoyed by the questions.

This is not to say that discriminating against anyone does not discriminate against anyone, an NBA role player-level player, ask a superstar repeatedly, let alone ask a superstar, an ordinary fan is asked repeatedly, even if it is an ordinary domestic fan will be annoyed if he is asked too much.

But this also made Paul very impressed by Yi Jianlian, but it has only been less than half a season since the last meeting, and Yi Jianlian's style has changed, and it seems that the transformation of the style of play has almost been completed!

"Am I strong when I'm red? Kidd seems to have dyed a golden retriever, or I'll try it too......"

In his thoughts, Paul quickly pushed forward to the frontcourt, which was a lot more pressure than he had at the beginning.

Yi Jianlian's speed is not much slower than that of Stoudemire, and it is still possible to keep it between Stoudemire and the basket without considering the help defense.

Sun Ce has no problem chasing Fields, Paul George chasing Bill Walker, and Battier defends Sean Williams very well, the key is that the three of them are extremely fast in blocking and dismantling and high-speed wheel conversion!

The focus is on the defender in front of you, though, Tony Allen!

Tony Aron's vicissitudes of life, fierce eyes, and strong body are stunned when they are replaced by ordinary outsiders, and Paul has a headache when he looks at it.

It's called blocking!

Stoudemire came out to help Paul block Tony Allen, Paul broke through by blocking and dismantling, and found that the opponent did not use the big man to change the defense, Yi Jianlian followed Stoudemire, who cut in from the left side after the block, and retreated, Sun Ce expanded from the baseline direction, and Tony Allen was also retreating, quickly switching to Fields.

This speed of changing guards is simply amazing!

This is one of the small tricks that Coach Hollins was originally going to use against the Spurs, and when he encounters the Knicks, try his hand first.

Paul looked at Sun Ce, who was a lap bigger than him and faster than himself, shocked, took a step back, stepped on the three-point line and began to dribble under his hip continuously.

Paul will be afraid of Sun Ce's defense, but Sun Ce's single defense is average in Paul's opinion.

Paul dribbled continuously, adapted to the rhythm of Sun Ce's footsteps, seized the gap, and broke through to the right!

The rhythm was quite well mastered, and Paul burst to the right free throw line to shoot a jumper!

Paul shot very decisively in this ball, and he didn't worry about being capped at all, he believed that Sun Ce could pounce on it, but if Sun Ce didn't foul, with his experience in the last time he played against Sun Ce, Sun Ce would definitely not be able to cap this distance and shooting speed......

"Smack"

As soon as the ball left Paul's hand, it was slapped out of bounds by Sun Ce's sturdy slap!

"How is that possible!"

Paul looked at Sun Ce in surprise, he was sure he had calculated everything!

The referee's whistle blew, the Knicks had the ball, and ran to pick up the ball, Sun Ce saw Paul with a shocked expression and spread his hands and said, "I'm sorry, I seem to have improved again." ”

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Sorry for being late, I infused an afternoon of fluids in the hospital, and I started writing when I got home, and there is a chapter before going to bed, and there will be no less 10,000 words today~

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