One of the best things about Paul George is that he can play in the playoffs just as well as he did in the regular season, or even better.

This is not an easy task.

Such players, also known as big-hearted players, are not small in the NBA, but they are not too many, accounting for about 30 percent of the entire NBA's 450 players.

These 30 percent or so players, except for stars like Paul George, even ordinary players, have this trait, and almost all of them can get middle-class contracts.

The most important thing is that players with this trait have a similar proportion among stars and ordinary players!

In other words, Paul George is still a minority among the stars, and many stars who played better than him in the regular season are not as good as him in the playoffs.

At this stage, it's not that the top players in the regular season are weaker than him in the playoffs, but that he can maintain his form.

It's important that it doesn't make the role players feel like they're under pressure, because role players are very susceptible and they can clearly feel the pressure when the core isn't playing as well.

Therefore, there are many stars who have the top performance in the regular season and have a good record in the playoffs, but they are still doing well, but they can't lead the team forward, because his teammates feel that he is not as good as the regular season.

This is especially true when the opponent has a stronger star.

But Paul George didn't!

Harden is currently one level better than him, and because of the change in career trajectory, the style of play continues to develop according to the characteristics of the Thunder period, he does not need to play for a long time like in the original time and space, and does not have to carry the team alone on the offensive end, and then continue the original skills, although the playing time is not as much as in the original time and space, but the shooting rate is not as low as in the original time and space, and the scoring skills are more comprehensive and not limited to the three points and free throws under the basket......

This season, in addition to the fact that the statistics are not as good as Westbrook's terror and the scoring is not as good as Durant, many fans feel that Harden is not losing to Westbrook and Durant.

And in the past half quarter, Paul George and Harden have played back and forth!

The TV announcer gave Paul George only one word - superstar portrait.

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Heading into the second quarter, the Warriors were having a hard time.

Paul George had two Finals games with James last year, and he was no surprise to the Warriors when he was able to compete with Harden.

Originally, the lineup sent by the Warriors in the first half of the second quarter was not very powerful, and when the Grizzlies did not have Randolph and Sun Ce, they could not ensure the offensive stability of the grinding defense and still hurt each other, and the Warriors scored 14 points in a little more than half a quarter, and Harden can be said to have played very well.

This stage of confrontation is what the Warriors expected.

The starting period didn't play well as the Grizzlies, which was something the Warriors were expecting.

But the difference is 7 points behind! It's too much for the Warriors!

The intention was to keep up the fight between the first half of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter, and the second half of the first quarter was when they should create a lead, and then try to open up a little bit in the second half of the second quarter to create a solid lead at halftime.

But now, it's the Grizzlies who are going to play with a half-time advantage!

Whiteside became a surprise player in this game!

Moreover, the Warriors obviously feel that the Grizzlies' momentum has been played!

After the official timeout, the Warriors brought on the lineup of Curry, Harden, Iguodala, Harris Barnes, and Thabitt.

The Grizzlies fielded a small lineup of Son Ce, Beverley, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Amir Johnson.

At this stage, Sun Ce, who came up after a half-quarter break, took advantage of three outside teammates who could shoot three-pointers, and the mid-range shot was high!

Klay Thompson can't let go, Paul George can't let go, sitting on the home court, Paul George shot so well today, Klay Thompson has the trait that Sun Ce shoots and he plays better, Beverley scores a three-pointer after Sun Ce...... The space is very open, and Sun Ce has a good chance in the middle-distance singles.

The point is still momentum!

The small but clear lead gave the Grizzlies outside trio a head-on blow when the Warriors tried to counterattack! Sun Ce had two blocks in the first half and Paul George also had a steal, and although Curry made three three-pointers in the last five minutes of the first half, the Grizzlies still beat the Warriors in the second half, and after a wave of 15-11, the Grizzlies led the Warriors by 11 points at 63-52 and went into halftime!

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In the first half, the Grizzlies established a clear advantage, and the Grizzlies are also a team dominated by young players, and like other teams, the momentum has risen and cannot be stopped!

Sun Ce played 17 and a half minutes in the half, scoring 21 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal on 7-of-13 shooting, and his performance was extremely good, and he did not score three points in the second quarter, but made as many as 4 mid-range shots.

Add in Paul George's 15 points and Klay Thompson's 11 points, and their outside trio scored 47 points in the half!

On the Warriors' side, Curry scored 23 points on five three-pointers in the half, and Harden also scored 17 points in the half, and the two combined for 40 points, but the rest of the Warriors couldn't help more tonight.

The focus was on the rotation time in the second half of the second quarter, when the Warriors role players were sniped by Whiteside when it was time to score.

However, the Grizzlies don't dare to be careless because they have an 11-point lead, they don't have the same stable attritional lineup as they used to be, and if the original lineup is not traded, there may be more injuries, and the previous three seasons were too tired.

Without the attritional lineup of the year, Curry still has a three-pointer shot 5 of 9 in the half! In the second half, Coach Hollins brought Whiteside up from the beginning, with the outside trio, plus Yi Jianlian, to recreate the lineup in the second half of the first quarter.

Coach Hollins predicted quite accurately this time, and the Warriors wanted to rely on Curry's three-point threat in the third quarter, Harden to organize the offense, with Iguodala and Harrison Barnes, who can shoot and cut, plus O'Neal Jr.'s big four small combination to block and dismantle passes.

Not to mention Coach Hollins, even the TV commentators are saying that they can see Curry's stats and close their eyes and think of the personnel changes that Mark Jackson is going to make.

It can only be described in one word - rigid!

Sun Ce feels that if he becomes the head coach of the Warriors, he will create a three-point opportunity for Curry now, and let Harden take the opportunity to find a personal scoring opportunity and send a defensive lineup.

In the playoffs, just catch two stars who are in good shape and use them to death, just like their Grizzlies, the three outside players only rested for half a quarter in the first three quarters, and scored with all their might on the court.

The main team is very important, but too much attention is paid to the team, and the more important thing in the playoffs is superstar, which belongs to picking sesame seeds and losing watermelon.

In the first three minutes of the third quarter, the Warriors wanted to play team passing, wasting Curry's hot hand in the last few minutes of the first half, and in the second half of the third quarter, Mark Jackson sent a Thabit frame, and Curry, Harden, and Iguodala, one of the league's three outside trio, plus Speight's starting lineup tried to chase points with the style of play at the beginning of the game, and had missed the best time.

Curry, who made five three-pointers in the first half, made just two threes in the second half.

Although the Warriors also narrowed the gap to 6 points in the first half of the fourth quarter, Sun Ce came back after a half-quarter break in the second half of the fourth quarter and opened the "splash mode" with Klay Thompson, scoring 4 three-pointers in a row, and the Warriors were beaten 12-5 in more than a minute!

The margin was opened again, and the Warriors lost hope of a comeback.

In the end, the Grizzlies defeated the Warriors 116-104 and won the first game of the series!

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Win the fun!

After Sun Ce's game, he felt that it was too cool to win tonight, and the feeling of crushing tactically was no worse than the feeling of his opening and outbreaking!

The coaching staff took the time and effort to study the Warriors and then gambled at the right time, and it worked!

After the game, Sun Ce returned home after an interview and physiotherapy, and watched the full video of tonight's game that he brought back before going home.

During the match, Sun Ce's energy was focused on the situation on the court, and when he was in the lead, he focused on the current offensive and defensive rounds, focusing on how to maintain the lead and how to play well in the round.

After the game, I watched the video analysis from the perspective of a "bystander" and found that winning tonight was not only the good work of my own coach, but also the poor response of the opposite coach.

Or that Mark Jackson is too rigid and always wants to use the same routine to deal with different situations, the key is that his tactical test recording is not really unsolvable, the main thing is that there is no change.

Curry played 42 minutes tonight, only resting for half a quarter in the first half of the second quarter, and while scoring 33 points on 11-of-23 shooting, it gave people the feeling that he was tied down.

Sun Ce doesn't feel that Curry is playing badly, Curry is close to 50% shooting tonight, shooting 7 of 14 three-pointers, in addition to 33 points, there are 4 boards and 6 assists, playing very well.

But when Sun Ce watched the video, he felt that Curry didn't get the opportunity to fully show his abilities!

He thinks fans will feel the same way if they watch the live broadcast.

The focus is on the second half, Curry shot 5 of 8 three-pointers in the first half, and in the second half, he didn't get the tactic of creating three-point opportunities for him for a long time! Although he also made six three-pointers in the second half, he basically singled out strong shots, and only shot 2-of-6 from the field under the defense of Beverley, Klay Thompson, and Tony Allen.

Harden played normally, with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

But the two of them did not get the right support in terms of tactics when the situation was unfavorable.

On the other hand, on the Grizzlies' side, Sun Ce, who played the least three minutes in this game, Klay Thompson, and Paul George, all played 37 minutes, and Klay Thompson and Paul George both played more than 40 minutes.

It's just a point, the important thing is that their Grizzlies have playoff winning experience, and all of Coach Hollins' offensive arrangements revolve around the three of them scoring.

The first is to create scoring opportunities for the three of them, and then it's the role players to score.

Sun Ce played 37 minutes tonight, made 27 shots, and averaged half a quarter of rest in both halves, but took four more shots than Curry, who played six minutes more.

He scored 38 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal on 13-of-27 shooting.

Paul George had 25 points, four rebounds, seven assists and three steals on 9-of-17 shooting, and Klay Thompson had 18 points on 7-of-16 shooting...... The Grizzlies made a total of 88 shots in this game, and the guys combined for 60 shots, accounting for more than two-thirds of the team's shots!

The right to shoot is highly concentrated, but the three of them have this strength! Because their brothers scored 79 points, from the percentage of shots to the percentage of points, the average score of the three of them per shot is more efficient than the role players who have better shots!

Of course, Whiteside's 8 points and 12 rebounds in a single game and grabbing 8 offensive rebounds were important so that the three of them could shoot more.

Theoretically speaking, the duo of Curry + Harden, with Iguodala, is not inferior to their Grizzlies outside trio, but Curry shot 23 times, Harden shot 20 times, Iguodala shot 7 times, and the three of them shot 10 times less than their Grizzlies outside trio!

Sun Ce clearly felt the difference in coaching philosophy between Coach Hollins and the Warriors' Mark Jackson.

Coach Hollins clearly understands that the most important thing is when a star reaches the playoffs, and the reason why role players are role players is because they don't necessarily have a higher grasp of shooting in open positions than a star shooting when they are defended.

Vote for the star, vote for the star.

And Mark Jackson is too obsessed with the so-called "team first".

In Sun Ce's view, the star bears the responsibility and throws the ball that should be thrown, which is the real team, and everyone has a different division of labor, not that every player must score.

The Spurs and Mavericks don't have the kind of style of play that you can learn if you want to, and people don't know how many years it took to adjust the lineup and adjust the tactics, and the head coach has that ability.

What you want to do, you have to consider the reality, not have to copy it.

The most important thing is that the team philosophy is suitable for the current squad, and the team philosophy of each team is different.

Just like their Grizzlies, Whiteside played 22 minutes tonight and got eight offensive rebounds, and it turned out that their Grizzlies' rebounding leader was his grandson......

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The Grizzlies held on to their first home court, which did not surprise fans, media, and pundits.

In the pre-playoff analysis, the general public opinion is that the two teams are about the same strength, and the Grizzlies, who have home-court advantage, should hold on to the first two home courts.

And the process of the game can also be seen, although Curry and Harden's performance is not inferior to Sun Ce and Paul George, Iguodala is not as good as Klay Thompson in offense and defense.

Then there's the coaching of Mark Jackson...... After the game, Sun Ce analyzed what Mark Jackson did not do well in this game from the perspective of fans, and fans, experts, and media can also see those things.

As a result, the Warriors lost, and the coach was sprayed after the game.

When Sun Ce saw the news, he felt that it was normal for Mark Jackson to be sprayed.

The head coach may be better at building the foundation of a team, but he doesn't have the ability to control a championship-level team.

However, after winning the first game, the next morning, Sun Ce worked intensively with the coaching staff and teammates to prepare for the second game.

In the first game, the Warriors lost because they were not adaptable enough, and they did not try to change after encountering trouble, but rigidly rotated tactical adjustments, and they won the game safely.

And their Grizzlies were able to make this happen to the Warriors when Whiteside exploded with eight offensive rebounds in a single game.

In the next encounter, the opponent will definitely make changes, and the opponent's on-the-spot adaptation is not enough, but the pre-match preparation is very good.

If it weren't for the fact that they had an 8-point lead in the second half of the first quarter, had a psychological advantage, and controlled the situation, otherwise the Warriors' steady and steady strategy would most likely drag on to the critical moment, in that case, the result would be difficult to say.

Winning the first game of the series, the Grizzlies did not careless, because it was not easy to win, and the coaching staff emphasized in the tactical meeting that Klay Thompson played 41 minutes last night, Paul George played 42 minutes, Sun Ce 37 minutes, and the next game still needs to be fought with all their might.

The opponent is the strongest opponent they have faced in the first round in five years, and there is no one!

And after the first game of the playoffs, they really felt that their overall strength was indeed not as good as before.

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In another game last night, Sun Ce got up this morning and watched the news.

thought that the Jazz team could create some trouble for the Spurs, not only Sun Ce thought so, but public opinion also thought that this round of the series could have good highlights.

As a result, the Spurs won the first game by 25 points, 116-91 against the Jazz.

Gay had 29 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists and 4 steals, Duncan had 16 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 blocks, Parker had 9 points and 11 assists, and Ginobili had 24 points and 6 assists...... George Hill both had 10 points and five assists.

In the face of the performance of the four stars of the Spurs, the Spurs had 30 assists in a single game, and the Jazz team had no time to play and was beaten!

It's all about hitting!

Of the four series in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, only the Spurs won the easiest and crushing power suppression.

Playing a 51-31 team like this, the Spurs were stunned at the start of the playoffs.

Two days into the playoffs, people have a preliminary judgment about the situation in the first round of this year's playoffs.

The Bulls and Spurs, who are the first in the East and West, completely crushed their opponents.

The Heat and the 76ers both have huge advantages, the former is the overall strength advantage, and the latter is Evans' crushing of DeRozan.

The Nets and Pacers are close in strength, and it is impossible to predict who will have the last laugh in the matchup between the old man and the young team, and it is important for the Pacers to have home-court advantage for now.

Lakers, Mavericks, Trail Blazers, Thunder, Warriors, Grizzlies, and the second to seventh teams in the West are in a three-group series, and at present, it seems that either side can win!