666. The Beast is Coming! (Part 2)
Said a good duel between the strong and the bayonet?
Said to be a good reproduction of the opening game, defensive battles, MVP battles?
As a result, the situation after the start of the game was completely different from what I imagined!
Sun Ce had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 blocks in the first quarter, helping the Grizzlies to a 26-11 single-quarter score!
Relying on an 11-2 lead of 9 points in the opening game, plus the unstoppable Sun Ce, Jason Williams, who spent a few minutes of physical strength on the blade, finished the first quarter, and the Grizzlies led by 15 points!
Arenas came up and made two mid-range shots, plus two assists, to help the Magic team score 9 points in the last seven and a half minutes of the first quarter, otherwise it would be difficult for the Magic team to score a double!
Sun Ce didn't expect this to be the case.
He overestimated the strength of the Magic, a team that has reached the Finals!
Nelson + Turkoglu + Howard, in 09 can be called the Big Three, and all three were selected to the All-Star team at the same time.
But in fact, the peak of the Magic team was only that season, and last season it was almost swept by the Celtics, and after the Celtics slackened, the Magic team won two games by chance, and after the Celtics tightened up their defense, the Magic team only scored more than 80 points in the sixth game.
During the intersectional break, Sun Ce was replaced to rest.
He saw Howard finish with just two points and two rebounds on 1-of-3 shooting...... The more you play, the more frustrated you become, how do you feel like seeing Howard who was swept in the first round of the Lakers in 2013?
Sun Ce suddenly remembered that in the playoffs in 2011 and 2012, the Magic team was defeated in the first round!
The seemingly powerful Magic team, but in fact, it is strong on the outside, and it really depends on Howard to win alone, and once Howard does not perform well, the entire Magic team will collapse!
It's just that Howard has played at his peak this season, and there are very few cases of bad performances.
Sun Ce analyzed it, his own team was originally stronger than the Magic team, and he broke out...... They Grizzlies put the Magic on the hammer!
Sun Ce watched the lineup of Conley, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Gasol Jr. on the court, and it looked like he was going to officially grind his defense.
The Magic sent a lineup of Nelson, Redick, Quentin Richardson, Turkoglou, and Howard, and Sun Ce estimated that Van Gundy was ready to rely on offense.
Sun Ce feels that there is a problem with Da Van Gundy's substitution!
The Magic team only scored two points in the first four and a half minutes of the first quarter, and their Grizzlies replaced Gasol Jr. and Conley, and did not replace Tony Allen, an offensive lineup, but Van Gundy replaced it with a better defense and a good shot, but it is not the most powerful lineup at present, and there is no Turkoglou, relying on Arenas to break through the score, and Arenas's strength is okay, otherwise he will not be able to score 11 points in a single quarter.
But when it came time for their Grizzlies to send a pure defensive lineup ready to grind to death, Big Van Gundy's side actually sent the best offensive lineup......
This on-the-spot command problem is also too bad!
He felt that if he went to coach, at least the on-the-spot command would be better than Duda Van Gundy.
Sure enough, after the game restarted, the Grizzlies steadily suppressed the opponent's offense.
Sun Ce was very strange about how the operation of the big Van Gundy was so bad, but thinking about it, he suddenly felt that if it wasn't the big Van Gundy, it was really bad!
Maybe Van Gundy's on-the-spot command is really ordinary, but he is the head coach who led the team to the finals, so that he will not be completely restrained by the opponent when he is replaced.
Looking at it from another angle, that is, the substitution on my side is just opposite the gram!
This is a change in the way Coach Hollins directs on the spot!
In today's game, Sun Ce did not hear the tactical details of Coach Hollins after two pauses, Coach Hollins and David Fitzdale are both emphasizing the running position without the ball, and the ball carrier organizes the attack and the selection of the end point is left to their players!
After thinking about it carefully, Sun Ce found that in the recent games, the coaching staff has become more and more detailed in the overall strategic layout of the game, and in the event of emergencies, the adjustment of substitutions and tactical system has become better and better, but the command of details has become less and less!
Is this change good? Or is it bad?
Sun Ce didn't know, but he knew that he seemed to be able to press the other party today!
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At 3:51 of the second quarter, Paul George received a second foul, and Coach Hollins saw that the difference was already 19 points, and he might not be able to play in the fourth quarter, so he replaced Sun Ce.
The Magic team wanted to test the offensive rush, but in more than three minutes, the Magic team only had Howard score two points with a rebound, and the Grizzlies' big and four small lineups blocked the Magic's three points!
Even if Turkoglu hit both free throws next, it would take nearly four minutes to score 4 points!
And the Grizzlies scored 6 points in these four minutes!
The Grizzlies currently have a 19-point lead at 32-13!
After thinking about it for a while, Coach Hollins replaced Morrow, Yi Jianlian, and Jordan Jr., leaving Conley.
The Magic also made a changeover.
But Big Van Gundy just replaced Petrus Bass, two defensive players, with Turkoglou, Nelson, and Howard ready to play defense, and saw that the opponent actually changed to an offensive lineup!
Big Van Gundy almost vomited blood!
It seems that the other party has predicted it again!
Coach Hollins has changed his coaching philosophy for the better!
He only needs to focus on the big picture, strategy, substitutions, and defensive system, and he has to do these four points well, but he still has to spend some of his energy on adjusting the details.
It's hard for a manager to think everything through.
There are coaches like that, there must be, Popovich, Carlisle, Larry Bird, but that kind of person is just like those true geniuses, just a few out of thousands of coaches.
Even Phil Jackson, who has 11 crowns in hand, focuses on certain aspects, except for key moments, rarely adjusts details, and then achieves the most basic aspects such as the overall situation, strategy, substitutions, and defensive system!
Coach Hollins is also starting to gradually become a Buddhist coach.
Turkoglu walked to the free throw line, and the rebounding players on either side of the three-second zone stood up.
Howard looked at himself standing on the left and right with Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian, there was nothing wrong with this, the other party would definitely not go to the Bass, and the Grizzlies' frontcourt trio was better at grabbing rebounds than Bass.
However, Howard looked at Sun Ce next to the bottom line on his right! Next to the free throw line on the left is Yi Jianlian, who is tall and athletic at the center!
"I don't have a ...... like this"
Fortunately, Turkoglu hit both free throws, and the Magic chased the score to 15-32, without letting Howard go to grab rebounds with Sun Ce, and did not make Howard worry about the situation.
After Sun Ce hit the second free throw, Sun Ce immediately picked up the ball and handed it to Conley, and sprinted towards the front court!
The Magic team has a very good defensive lineup, and it is their most efficient and effective lineup, with good physical fitness, athleticism, and very fast defense.
When Sun Ce rushed into the three-point line without the ball, Petrus came up and was knocked away by Sun Ce!
Turkoglu hurried over to make up for the defense, and Conley, who had just advanced to the top arc, distributed the ball to Morrow, who followed up at a 45-degree angle on the right side, and Morrow received the ball and shot a three-point shot......
Miss!
Howard was ready to grab the rebound, and when he saw it, he was going to scold his mother!
Yi Jianlian's flexible movement avoided Bass and rushed into the inner line, facing the cherry wood, Yi Jianlian made rapid progress in this regard!
Howard was stunned and relied on his strong body to jam Yi Jianlian and Jordan Jr., who also judged the landing point of the rebound, at the best landing point of the rebounding ball, but at this time, Sun Ce rushed in with Tekoglou, jumped behind the three people, pressed on the heads of the three and smashed the ball into the basket!
"Shovel!"
“FUXK!”
“SHXT!”
The three of them under the basket are squirting dirty words!
The three people under the basket are moving their feet in the card position, Sun Ce is so dunked, if the three are opponent players, there will definitely be a penalty, but two of them are Sun Ce's teammates, if it weren't for these two and Howard card position, Sun Ce would not have such a chance to make up the dunk, in line with the principle of offensive advantage, the referee did not blow the foul.
Listening to the crazy cheers at the scene, the three people under the basket glanced at each other, at this moment, the three of them had no opponents and teammates, and they were all fallen people at the end of the world......
Yi Jianlian and Little Jordan didn't expect that this bastard would even deduct his teammates! One buckle and two buckles!
The Shuangdi combination is okay, but it is their own side to dunk, but for the Magic players, Sun Ce's "bang" when he dunked just now seemed to be blowing their death knell!
This is the second quarter!
Magic players don't want to give up!
However, sometimes giving up is actually a better choice, the Magic team played harder on the defensive end, not as fast as it collapsed, but it also gave Sun Ce more opportunities to perform!
After Sun Ce came on the court in the second quarter, he played more irritable on the offensive end than in the first quarter!
In the next three consecutive attacks, Sun Ce exploded!
Carrying Pietrus in the low post hits a small hook;
Howard changed defenses, Sun Ce received the ball and pulled it out, and Howard, who was moving in the breakthrough, suddenly turned sideways and hit a small hook;
Conley missed two long points, Sun Ce grabbed an offensive rebound on Buss' head, turned to meet Howard and smashed the ball into the basket......
On the offensive end, as long as he gets the ball, Sun Ce is like a strengthened version of Randolph with bounce, explosiveness, and explosive speed in the three-second zone, which cannot be stopped, and no matter how good Howard is, he can't defend Sun Ce while taking into account the threat of the double emperor.
On the defensive end, Sun Ce has to be as ruthless as he is, and that ruthlessness alone makes all the Magic players except Howard float outside, which is the block king of this season! And the block king who is more than 0.5 ahead of the second place in the block list! But the Magic can't shoot, not to mention, and offensive rebounding is not guaranteed.
Today, Sun Ce changed the way he grabbed rebounds and took the initiative to get into the position.
Because today he needs to make sure his team has more rebounds than the other team! More caps, too!
In the second quarter, Sun Ce came up and scored 9 points in a row, helping to beat the Magic team to the point of calling a timeout and entering the official timeout, without considering physical strength at all, and temporarily getting O'Neal's S-level physical strength, he was enough to just complete the first three quarters, as for the fourth quarter......
Wouldn't it be okay to turn the fourth quarter into garbage time?