Chapter 976: The True Strength of Supersound!!
After the first quarter of the game between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies, the two teams were tied at 34, which really surprised many people.
The Grizzlies were strong in the first quarter.
In terms of performance, the first quarter of the supersonic was suppressed by the Grizzlies' steady offensive and defensive ends, and in the case of being suppressed and completely unable to hit their own things, the supersonic could actually draw with the Grizzlies.
After watching the first game, the Grizzly Bears fans on the scene really wanted to scold their mother, and Nima couldn't be reasonable at all!
The Grizzlies have gone all out, and the SuperSonics have been suppressed, but Yes still hasn't attacked, using his playmaking and passing to organize Rondo and Durant into a bunch of Maddy and Battier.
In this game against the SuperSonics, the Grizzlies' goal is to prevent Yes from continuing to score 20 points, and this goal is based on the premise that the Grizzlies can win.
If the Grizzlies can't win, there's no value in that goal.
In the first quarter of the game, the Grizzlies could only tie with the SuperSonics when they went all out, which really gave the Grizzlies a great sense of crisis.
It doesn't matter how dominant you are in the game, a tie is a draw.
Now that the first quarter is tied, the Grizzlies have to get the game back in the second quarter.
This season's Grizzlies, Lakers and Heat are called superteams.
The Grizzlies, Lakers and Heat are super not only the starting super, but the bench rotation lineups of these three teams are equally super.
The players who remained on the court at the beginning of the Grizzlies' second quarter were Pau Gasol, Hakeem Varik, Mike Miller, Lowry and Andre Miller.
The Grizzlies' rotation this season is generally a main player with four benches.
Tonight's game, because Gasol played Millsap very easily, he brought a substitute in the second quarter rotation.
Although the Grizzlies' nine-man rotation is not as frustrating as the supersonic ten-man rotation, it is still a very large rotation for a strong team of this level.
And the Grizzlies' remaining four rotation players, Varik, Mike Miller, Lowry, and Andre Miller, are all extremely high-quality role players who are now capable of averaging 10 points per game in the NBA.
Varik has been in the Grizzlies for five seasons, and in the past three seasons, he has averaged more than 11 points per game, and this season because of Maddy, his scoring data must have declined, but as a 27-year-old player, his strength is naturally impossible to decline, he is still the super bench who averaged 24 minutes per game last season and can get 12+5 all-round forward, this Anthony Pippen at Syracuse University is now one of the best all-round forwards on the league's bench, Typical player whose strength is greater than his fame.
Mike Miller, in previous seasons before Maddie came, he has been a starter, and his average points per game are also above 15 points, after Maddie came, he played off the bench, and his average points per game were only about 10 points, but Mike Miller's shooting rate this season has risen sharply, especially the three-point shooting rate, this season's three-point shooting rate is as high as 50% so far, which is terrifying, of course, for him, 50% three-point shooting rate is not too unusual, after all, he is the league's leading shooter, He shot 40 percent from three-point range in his rookie season, and has been shooting above 40 percent from three-point range for the past four seasons with the Grizzlies, and now that he's off the bench, it's no surprise that he's shooting stronger with less defensive pressure.
Andre Miller, this is the meat that the Grizzlies snatched from the mouths of the Lakers and the Heat this summer, the former Nuggets and 76ers star point guard, chose to leave the 76ers to chase the dream, was moved by the sincerity of the Grizzlies, and came to Memphis, last season in the 76ers, Miller can get 16 + 7, this season Miller's playing time has declined, but his data can still reach 8 + 6, it can be seen that his strength and state are maintained quite well.
Lowry, this young guard is definitely the biggest surprise of the Grizzlies this season, the Grizzlies' starting lineup has a lot of unreasonable players, but the Grizzlies' bench rotation players have been lacking a stable explosive player, and the Grizzlies can't let Maddie or Carter bring the bench every time, these two are actually the Grizzlies with the least number of substitutes.
In this case, the Grizzlies need a real super sixth man who can be an offensive all-in-one, a player like the once-supersonic Barria.
But how can such a player be so easy to get, this summer did not win with the Mavericks Barria, did not win with the Lakers against Bibi, made the Grizzlies quite uncomfortable.
It's just that I really didn't expect that Lowry this season seems to have opened his mind.
The fact that the Grizzlies were able to use the nine-man rotation so calmly this season has a lot to do with Lowry's explosion this season.
Lowry has grown into a super sixth man who can take charge on his own, so the Grizzlies can be very casual to let any of their starters lead the bench in the bench lineup, and the starting core player who leads the bench will not be too stressful, and even sometimes just stand there in the bench and be a wingman for Lowry.
In fact, this season's Grizzlies' rotation is the style of play in which the other four players play as wingmen to maximize the power of Lowry's small steel cannon.
Andre Miller passes the ball for Lowry, Mike Miller opens up space for Lowry, Varick uses his all-round skills and explosive body to cover for Lowry, and the core player under him is a strategic containment point for Lowry, if the opponent puts heavy troops on Lowry's body, this containment point can also be swapped with Lowry.
The Grizzlies' rotation of this style of play is simply invincible this season.
The Grizzlies' pace is not that fast, the offense is not so vigorous, and the scoring efficiency is actually not too high.
But the Grizzlies can explode so many points per game, which is inseparable from the Grizzlies' style of play with this rather characteristic bench rotation lineup.
Even, among the rotation lineups of the three super teams of the Heat, Lakers and Grizzlies, the Grizzlies' rotation lineup is the highest rated by experts.
"The Grizzlies' rotation is the most disciplined of the three superteams."
Not just the pundits in the newspapers and on television, Kenny Smith is also appreciative of the Grizzlies' rotation.
The rotation lineup of the Lakers and the Heat is indeed stronger.
The Heat's sixth man is All-Star Ben Gordon.
The Lakers' sixth man is Odom and Mike Bibby, players of O'Neal Jr.'s level.
The Grizzlies' sixth man is a fledgling Lowry, who is only in his fourth NBA season.
But if you really want to compare combat effectiveness, the rotation lineup of the Heat and Lakers may not be able to play the combat effectiveness of the Grizzlies.
Of course, whether it is supersonic or Heat or Grizzlies, the combat effectiveness of the rotation lineup is, of course, stronger than supersound.
"The rotation lineup for this game of the SuperSonics is still full rotation, Gasol Jr., Ibaka, Tucker, James Harden and Sessions, and the SuperSonics have not changed their rotation because of the special opponent tonight."
Kenny Smith's evaluation of the SuperSonics' rotation lineup is actually good, and after Barria is gone, it is difficult to estimate what kind of performance the SuperSonics' rotation lineup will have in the face of strong teams and key moments.
But after James Harden replaced Barria as the sixth man, he was really strong when he was abusing vegetables, and he was better than when Barria was there.
In fact, James Harden showed his good abuse ability in the second half of last season, but when it came to the critical moment like the Finals, James Harden really pulled his hips......
Although this season the league is focusing on cracking down on all kinds of free throws like James Harden and Kevin Martin Durant.
But seriously, in the regular season, it is actually difficult for the referee to be so strict.
Especially in some ordinary regular season games, the referee actually has a lot of his own scale.
This gives players like James Harden and Kevin Martin a lot of room to create.
Just like Kevin Martin was able to average 25 points per game last season, no one will admit that Kevin Martin has the strength of an All-Star.
Even if James Harden averages 15 points per game this season, no one thinks that his true strength can compare to Barria or the Super Sixth Man in other leagues.
You can't say it's bias because that's what it is.
This season's superSonics' ultra-high cadence and super-high points per game average cover up many, many real things, but some real things can't be covered up by high statistics.
Just like Kevin Martin, no matter how many years he averages 20+ per game, no one will treat him as a player with All-Star strength.
So, when the bench rotation lineups of the Grizzlies and the SuperSonics were laid out, it wasn't just Kenny Smith who felt that the Grizzlies could blow up the SuperSonics.
Many people in front of the TV think that the Grizzlies are going to explode the supersonics, and the supersonic are facing a strong team like the Grizzlies, and it is a risk or even a mistake not to have a starting core player on the rotation lineup.
Even Barkley thinks so.
YES felt that he and his superSonics had been underestimated by the league's pundits this season.
Those expert media were biased against him and his team.
In fact, it is not only the media pundits who are biased against the supersounds, even die-hard coconut fans like Barkley are biased against the superSonics and other players.
So Barkley shares Kenny Smith's concerns.
Because in his mind, James Harden is the defensive player who can only defend by selling PP to defeat Barria to get the SuperSonics sixth man.
Barria was taken away by James Harden, and now there are many supersonic fans and coconut fans who are very unhappy.
Can't you James Harden be a defensive titan in the SuperSonics? You have to be so ambitious to be the sixth person, and you are not afraid of being supported!
With your strength, how can you be worthy of the burden of the sixth man?
Even if you eat too much garbage time dividends this season, your average points per game will explode, but it won't change the essence that you can only defend!
There is a lot of garbage time, the intensity of the game is not high, and James Harden is the kind of player who brushes up 'shameless', so his average of 15 points per game this season has not brought him a reputation improvement, and even his reputation has declined.
James Harden has such an evaluation, and Ibaka, Sessions' evaluations are naturally not good.
On the contrary, Gasol Jr. and Tucker have good reviews, after all, James Harden and Ibakacesses have been swiping data in garbage time this season, while Tucker and Gasol Jr. have not swiped data.
Especially Tucker, for Tucker, if he can shoot three-pointers in the NBA, it is not a data, for Tucker, the data should be an empty basket under the basket.
Under such tinted glasses, the supersonic is Gasol Jr. and Tucker, two players who are still visible.
James Harden, Serge Ibaka and Sessions are all unworthy and unworthy data brushes.
And the other side is players like Pau Gasol, Mike Miller, Andre Miller, Varik, Lowry.
The SuperSonics are going to be run over by the Grizzlies in the rotation, so that's right, right?
Whether it is in terms of talent or fame, it is not a grade.
Yes, no matter how amazing the ability to develop players, it is impossible to elevate them to the same level as players like the Grizzlies in such a short time.
These supersonic players can be used as data brushes in the NBA, which is already a strong ability to cultivate Yes, and most of these people don't even have the potential to be brushes in the NBA!
The second quarter begins.
Grizzlies fans, who were choked by Yace for a whole quarter in the first quarter of the game, are finally resurrected.
The sultry of the first quarter will finally be fully released in the second quarter.
In the second quarter, the supersonic attacked, James Harden received a baseline pass from Gasol Jr. and advanced through the halfcourt.
Facing James Harden, Lowry was a little dismissive.
No player with a style of play and a strong personality would dislike players like James Harden and Kevin Martin.
"Kyle, this beard!"
"Kyle, let this bearded beep beep beep for you!"
"Kyle, you're the best sixth man in the NBA this season!"
Ignoring the mania of the Grizzlies fan next to him, Lowry's gaze has been on this person who has a dull-eyed look and looks honest, but in fact has a very obscene style of play.
He is not as tall as this obscene beard, and defending him, he can't be given space to shoot, and he needs to be pasted up.
Just stick this guy and then pay attention to his little tricks that are offended, and this big beard is a four-beard.
Lowry is confident!
It's just that......
When Lowry posted it and was about to stick it on James Harden, the beard in front of him was actually ......
Gone?!
When the originally manic Grizzlies fans saw James Harden disappear from Lowry, the exploding arena instantly became extremely quiet!
This lewd bearded guy didn't use his beard to dump Lowry when Lori was sticking it up?
Instead, I chose to break through!
And it's still such a difficult European step breakthrough!
With such a close distance, such a clean way to pass Lowry, James Harden's European step this time is really unprecedented crisp and beautiful!
"James can, that's what James said, the European step of three turns?"
"What a three-turn European step, don't listen to that bearded man's nonsense, he doesn't have a word of truth in his mouth."
James Harden's European step over Lowry was beautiful, very beautiful.
However, hearing the words of his teammates, Ye Si also had a smile on his face.
James Harden is really unreliable at times.
This kid divided the European step into four levels, one turn, two turns, three turns, and a kaleidoscope of European steps above the three turns.
Kaleidoscope is a kind of toy, a toy about optics and symmetry, the perfect European step, is like a kaleidoscope, with the defender as a mirror, in an instant, the perfect seems to disappear from the front of the defender to the back of the defender.
Of course, it's a beautiful thing to say, and what James Harden really wants to say is that the European step that makes the defender can only react like a mirror is the strongest European step.
This time, although Lowry was crossed, he still reacted.
It's just that Lowry is still too late to react.
James Harden had already hit Warrick's help defense and scored a two-point layup.
James Harden's confrontations are very good, especially under the basket, and his layups habitually like to lean with the help defenders.
Although the body is a little staggered, it will not lose its rhythm, and after leaning on it, James Harden's layup shooting percentage is even higher.
Regarding James Harden's performance on the court, Yees and the SuperSonics players feel that it is normal.
But for the Grizzlies players, Grizzlies fans, commentators, reporters and experts in front of the TV, this time James Harden is definitely not the James Harden in their minds!
"One man and one dragon through the Grizzlies' defensive ......"
Looking at the supersonic player on the court who was 'throwing salt' to celebrate, Kenny Smith's eyes in the commentary box were glazed.
As the queen commentator of the supersonic, he is definitely the one who knows James Harden best.
I don't know if it's the other players who watched the SuperSonics before, when they looked at Yes's teammates, the colored glasses were too thick, and when he saw James Harden so calmly pierce the Grizzlies' defense just now, he really couldn't believe it.
The defense of these five players on the Grizzlies court is indeed not so strong, but it is definitely not something that a player of James Harden can pierce!
If it was Barria who did this, he wouldn't be surprised.
But this man is James Harden!
He has also had some abusive European steps on the court before, but this time the opponent is the Grizzlies, one of the strongest in the NBA!
Kenny Smith admits that he is indeed biased against the superSonics, but as the commentator who knows the supersonic best, he dares to say that he is absolutely the least biased.
For example, some of the most controversial players of the SuperSonics.
For example, many people now think that Durant is an ordinary player, just lucky, favored by Yes, and the real strength is the strength of the quasi-All-Star level, but in his eyes, Durant is a quasi-superstar with All-Star strength, not a superstar like Guy is almost, and it is even more incomparable than a supergiant like Maddie Kobe, maybe Durant is still underestimated by him, but the underestimation is limited, after all, it will definitely not be stronger than Guy, since there is no Guy strong, he is naturally not a superstar, The highest is also a quasi-superstar.
There is also Rondo, many people think that Rondo is a role player with special functions, and his comprehensive strength is not even a quasi-All-Star, but in the eyes of Kenny Smith, Rondo still has quasi-All-Star strength, his passing, defense and organization can make up for those offensive shortcomings, All-Star players do need to attack, and Rondo's offense is several grades lower than Kidd, of course, it is impossible to become an All-Star, so even if Rondo is underestimated in his eyes, he will definitely not underestimate too much, anyway, they are all quasi-All-Stars.
There is also James Harden, a player who averages 15 points per game, in the public opinion of fans and experts, just like a piece of garbage, of course he will not think James Harden is garbage, in his eyes, James Harden is a very good defensive player, but he is just a defensive player, if he just does defensive things, he will be very good, but on the contrary, this guy is a defensive player with the heart of the scoring king, which makes people don't know what to say, James Harden is even less likely to be the scoring champion than Rondo.
Rondo is a hero at the moment, Yes wants to keep him because of his passing, organization and defense, although James Harden's defense is very good, but it is not as valuable as Rondo, Yes is impossible to keep him as a scoring champion.
It can be said that in the eyes of Kenny Smith, James Harden should learn from Bowen throughout his career, and it is okay to be a defensive titan with a good three-point hand, scoring and offense, which really has nothing to do with him, not to mention, he is not so hard working and aggressive.
But now......
Watch the Grizzlies and SuperSonics rotate on the court as they play.
Kenny Smith feels like he's on the verge of a supersonic player, and he's on the verge of a cliff!
Even Kenny Smith, who prides himself on being objective and rational in evaluating supersonic players, is collapsing in three views when he sees the game between the supersonic and the Grizzlies rotating lineup, not to mention other viewers who are more interested in the colored glasses of supersonic players!
"This season's performance is very good, Lowry, the biggest favorite in the sixth man, was actually beaten by James Harden at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends?!"
"Varik, who has been very versatile in the Grizzlies for five seasons, actually has no way to be affected by Ibaka's shooting?!"
"Mike Miller, who shot 50% of his three-point shooting rate this season, failed to hit all three shots after being entangled by Tucker?!"
"As an All-Star, Gasol Jr. is only playing with his younger brother Gasol Jr. in the center position, and he can't even beat Gasol Jr. like he did against Millsap?!"
"Such a powerful grizzly bear can only rely on Andre Miller to beat Sessions on his back to maintain the point difference?!"
"The Grizzlies rotation lineup, which should crush the Seattle supersonic rotation lineup, was defeated by the supersonic rotation lineup so easily?!"
The Grizzlies' home stadium, Federal Express Arena, is silent after the boil!
The audience in front of the TV was stunned as they watched the close-up of the supersonic 9 on the TV.
Even Bryant was staring wide-eyed.
This season, the Lakers have lost to the Grizzlies, and he knows that the Grizzlies have a strong rotation lineup.
"It's not a level, the Grizzlies' rotation lineup is actually not the same level as the supersonic rotation lineup!"
These supersonic rotation players are not the likes of Durant and Milicic.
Supersonic rotation players, these are really some real garbage with not so high picks!
And this garbage can now beat one of the strongest rotational lineups in the league!
Yes, this kid's ability to pull out seedlings is too strong, right?!
68 to 60!
When the first half of the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies ended, and the SuperSonics actually led by 8 points into the second half, many people in front of the TV were not calm.
"We need to really understand the power of hypersonic this time!"
The amount of information in the first half of the supersonic and grizzlies is simply too much!
"Maybe the hard power of hypersonic is not the eighth in the league, but the top three in the league!"
The world off the pitch is very, very lively right now.
In stark contrast to the world outside the stadium is the world inside the stadium.
The entire Federal Express Arena was really quiet at half-time.
Before this game began, no Grizzlies fan would have expected such an outcome.
The starters pressed the opponent to play, but the score could not lead.
The rotation lineup, which is known as one of the strongest in the league, was blown up by the opponent's rotation lineup!
In the end, the Grizzly Bear, who is known as the strongest in history, was led by the SuperSonics by 8 points at halftime with the advantage of the field!
At the end of the first half, Grizzlies head coach Hollins and Grizzlies players and Grizzlies fans felt like they were not dreaming.
"This is supersonic?"
"Am I really not dreaming?"
Looking at the score on the scoreboard, Kenny Smith froze.
And Barkley next to him was roaring.
Not far away, David Stern and his assistant clapped wildly in the silence......