Sun Ce came up and hit 6 goals in a row!

At the beginning, he scored 4 shots in a row, and then Perkins blocked out to prevent Sun Ce from receiving the ball, Sun Ce and Gasol Jr. cooperated with the free throw line to catch the ball Ibaka did not dare to help defend again, Sun Ce rushed to the free throw line and made a layup, and then it was another time for the opponent to prevent Sun Ce from receiving the ball in a high position, Sun Ce took the opportunity to reverse the hook of the bottom line, and hit all 6 shots!

After that, Sun Ce also used the reverse run to attract Durant's defense in the bottom right corner, and scored a three-pointer for Battier.

Although Conley and Gasol Jr. missed one shot each in this half of the game, and Randolph also missed a mid-range single, the Grizzlies still shot 8 of 11 in 6 minutes, scoring 17 points in the first quarter!

And the Thunder team, failed to seize the opportunity of the Grizzlies' three shots, Westbrook shot 5 of 8 outside, he missed three times, in terms of long-range shooting stability, Westbrook is much worse than Sun Ce, purely a feeling of explosion, the Thunder team once led, but Westbrook himself missed two consecutive shots, and gave the advantage back to the Grizzlies.

After Battier hit a three-pointer to tie the score to 17-16, the Thunder called a timeout.

Thunder head coach Brooks wants to make a contingency, and he can't play like this!

First of all, the Grizzlies are very grinding, and if the Grizzlies keep biting the score in regular time, it will be over in the final quarter.

Second...... Sun Ce scored 12 points in half a quarter, this is going against the sky!

Thunder head coach Brooks seems to have seen the picture of his team being scored more than 50 points by Sun Ce.

Indeed, Sun Ce's shooting today was too scary, and he didn't concede a single goal.

Moreover, the two teams are playing like this, which is consuming the physical strength of Ibaka and Perkins in vain, and they must make contingencies.

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On the Grizzlies' side, Sun Ce was cheering wildly when he returned to the bench, and they agreed with Thunder head coach Brooks that the Little Overlord was about to explode again.

But Sun Ce himself ...... He didn't know how good he felt today, but he felt very comfortable when he threw it, even if he could throw it continuously, he couldn't help it!

It's just 1 rebound in the half quarter......

12 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, this statistic looks a bit weird.

Also, Sun Ce feels that the Thunder team's talent is really good, although Durant and Ibaka's physical strength is average, but their recovery ability is strong, young and strong, and they can't see that they are back-to-back, their physical strength is generally just that the physical strength in a single game is average, and back-to-back has no effect on them, and the geographical advantage of the Grizzlies has not been shown much.

The Thunder are anxious, and the Grizzlies can't be relaxed.

Westbrook had 11 points and 2 assists in the first quarter, and Durant didn't play, and Harden came off the bench!

The most important thing is that in the first half of the two teams, except for Perkins, who was tired of running, the consumption of others was very small, and the confrontation was even smaller because the two teams played very simply and did not fight.

This has pros and cons for both sides, but comparatively, it's a bit more disadvantageous for their Grizzlies, and Battier hasn't been able to make much of a drain on Durant!

Durant shot twice in 6 minutes, once to catch the ball in a running position, and once to shoot against the defense, shooting 1 of 2, and is now in good physical condition.

Sun Ce obviously felt that Durant was very different from the last time they met, when the two teams met for the third time this season, Durant did not consider the distribution of physical strength at all because of emotional problems, which buried the hidden danger of the collapse of the Thunder in the last quarter, but this time, Durant played in regular time, and his teammates handed it over to his teammates if they played well, and his mind became clearer.

Sun Ce clearly felt Durant's progress at a certain level, and felt so much pressure - why didn't the Thunder take Durant away? The media in Russia is not strong enough!

However, Coach Hollins was still there, and there was no change in his expression.

He didn't expect the starting lineup to open up the difference, but now the score is already very good, and it was with Westbrook's weakest shot in the first half that they also tightened the score, which was already beyond expectations, and the team shot 8 of 11...... If it hadn't happened, Coach Hollins wouldn't have dared to think about it.

Regardless of the process, the score was in line with Coach Hollins' expectations, and Coach Hollins began to make personnel adjustments, seeing that Sun Ce's shooting was relatively easy, Coach Hollins kept Sun Ce on the court and replaced the lineup of Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Randolph.

The purpose is obvious, to strengthen the perimeter defense.

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The Grizzlies' rotation lineup has become a highlight of the Grizzlies' game, and seeing the Grizzlies field a lineup where no one is taller than two meters and six, fans in the stadium and fans in front of the TV set widened their eyes to see how the Grizzlies would attack and defend.

On the Thunder's side, they sent a combination of Westbrook, Harden, Durant, Ibaka, and Muhammad, who are also short in height, and both inside lines are two meters and eight, but their athleticism is much stronger than when Perkins was there.

Sun Ce analyzed the offensive routines that the opponent might play, and waited for Harden to defend himself after he arrived in the frontcourt.

Harden's running position is really not good, standing on the side and not moving, Tony Allen defended towards Westbrook who was advancing, Paul George once again began to defend Durant's sad work, Battier defended Ibaka very tightly and was not afraid of the opponent's excellent movement ability in the big forward position, Randolph's defense was average, but Muhammad's independent offense was almost none, and Randolph was enough.

In terms of defense, Coach Hollins is very good in terms of tactics and targeting, and now even the prediction is very good, and he has changed to a lineup dedicated to restraining the Thunder team with great foresight.

Westbrook advanced to the frontcourt, and he wanted to come again, but Mr. Tony gave an extremely strong physical confrontation as soon as Westbrook reached the three-point line, which caught Westbrook off guard and the ball was out of his hands!

Fortunately, Westbrook reacted quickly, fell to the ground, hugged the ball, and threw the ball to Durant, who pulled it out to answer.

Tony Allen's defense caused cheers from the audience! It's so hard!

Durant received the ball and was clearly dominant in the face of Paul George's defense, but Tony Allen didn't dare to pinch and chased after Westbrook, who got up and ran to the right sideline, and Westbrook's shot was not accurate today.

Paul George sticks Durant's shot very tightly, not close, no! Although the official statistic is that he is the same height as Durant, Durant is half a head taller than him, and he can't defend if he doesn't stick to the opponent and lift the ball.

Durant doesn't shoot many three-point shots, he rarely shoots a season with an average of 2+ three-point shots per game, his three-point shooting is mainly used as an auxiliary offensive means, attracting Paul George's sticky defense, and after Westbrook opens and does not cut inside, Durant breaks through with long legs to the inside!

With a stronger body and longer legs, Durant dribbled and ran two steps before he was already at the free throw line, rushing straight to the basket with his long legs, and throwing his hand before Sun Ce's defense was in place......

The ball flew almost to the height of the top edge of the rebound, landed on the rebound, and bounced into the frame.

Here's a new trick!

Sun Ce didn't predict it!

Durant failed to make the playoffs last year, when Harden didn't have much playing time, Westbrook was always limited in ball control alone, Durant felt that he needed to strengthen his ball control, and he has been working hard to practice the ball-handling offense, after the All-Star weekend this season, Durant finally began to have a new trick to break through the basket!

In the past, Durant was prone to mistakes when he burst inside to pick up the ball, and of course, it is easy to make mistakes now, but with Westbrook being able to open up space, he has a lot fewer defenders who burst in, and there is enough space to lift the ball up and throw it out.

It's not just Sun Ce who has improved significantly this season, Durant has shown his genius side, improving this thing...... He can do it too!

Durant's small progress is very stressful for opponents, because Durant is already difficult to defend, and even a little improvement will become more difficult to defend.

However, when it comes to the Grizzlies' offense, the Thunder team is not easy to defend, Sun Ce already has the ability to shoot, and today he is even more explosive, with 12 points in the first half of the quarter, and it is nothing more than this when Durant breaks out.

After Sun Ce advanced to the front court, Durant defended up, although Westbrook was strong defensively, but the height difference was too much, Sun Ce did not use the height difference to single Durant, but passed the ball to Randolph who was leaning on Muhammad in the low post on the left side, and ran to the right side of the middle distance to contain the defense.

Randolph relied on Muhammad to receive the ball and turned around and threw it directly, missing! But it wasn't Randolph who caught the ball, but he noticed the movement of Ibaka shrinking on the left baseline.

Randolph himself grabbed an offensive rebound between Muhammad and the receiving Ibaka, and after the top of the pressed Ibaka, Randolph made a second offensive shot...... It was photographed by Mohammed, however, Ibaka was fouled!

The referee's whistle blows, Ibaka charges and fouls, and Randolph gets two free throws!

Without Perkins, Randolph's advantage on the inside line suddenly came to the fore, and he worked hard to do it, but the opponent's two inside lines couldn't stop him.

When Ibaka contracted, he had a good sense to block the passing path of Randolph and Battier, and Randolph simply chose to go one-on-two, although he did not score, but caused a foul.

As his weight dropped to around 124 kilograms, Randolph felt better and better at shooting, approaching peak form, and recovered well from the free throw line, hitting both free throws from the free throw line!

Soldier against soldier, king against king, Sun Ce and Westbrook are a competitive group, Randolph and Durant are on the bar!

When Westbrook has a shooting threat, he can only use Tony Allen to defend Westbrook, Durant has no way to defend it, Paul George consumes Durant at most, and the defense must be unstoppable, so Randolph stepped up.

Fans watch the game, and there is one point they will never get tired of watching - superstar heads-up!

Tonight, the Grizzlies and Thunder turned the game into a heads-up for a variety of reasons.

The team defense of both teams is too good, very restrained tactical flow play, both teams avoid each other's team defense when the core attack, and under this tacit understanding, the top four players of the two teams began to take turns against each other!

In the second half of the first quarter, the main singles on the Thunder's side became Durant, and the Grizzlies became Randolph, but Sun Ce and Westbrook occasionally played their own singles, so that the two could be swapped.

Unlike Westbrook and Sun Ce, their two shots are sometimes released, because they are not super scorers, and Randolph is undoubtedly a super scorer among the interior players, Durant is the scoring champion last season, the second in this season's scoring list and the super scorer who has a chance to overtake, Randolph and Durant encounter defensive confrontation and pressure that Westbrook and Sun Ce cannot compare, and the consumption is also greater.

At the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies trailed the Thunder by one point 33-34 and went into the break.

Trailing by this point, mainly because Ibaka scored two points in the last minute, in fact, the game has been very anxious, and the four scorers of the two teams have been battling each other.

Sun Ce scored 12 points in the first half of the first quarter, 6 points in the second half, and 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting in the single quarter! It's a pity that a layup was interfered with by Ibaka, and he almost had 20+ in a single quarter, but 18 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter are already very eye-catching.

Randolph scored 8 points and 4 rebounds in a single quarter, including 3 offensive rebounds.

Westbrook scored 15 points in the first quarter and Durant scored 14 points in the first quarter.

In the first quarter, the two teams were almost singles, and they felt good or had good offensive rebounds, and the single-round success rate was very high, although the Grizzlies did not have a shooting rate of more than 70% at the beginning, but after the first quarter, they also had a high shooting rate of 56% on 13 of 23 shots, and the Thunder team had a shooting rate of 58 percent, 14 of 24 shots!

However, comparatively speaking, the Thunder scored more centrally.

Twenty-nine of the Thunder's 34 points came to Durant and Westbrook, and everyone else was watching the show.

And the Grizzlies have a clear defense, coupled with the one-defense confrontation against Westbrook and Durant, and don't want the two to bring the team offense, of course, which makes the two shoot super high shooting percentages.

However, Coach Hollins was pleased with this, and his players stuck to the defense set up by the coaching staff, although the process was somewhat unexpected, and the two opposing stars exploded, but fortunately, Randolph and Sun Ce also combined for 26 points.

Didn't fall behind too much, played anxiously all the time, and completed the task of cutting off the Thunder duo from role players by defensive assistant coach Dave Jogle, and the results were good, and since the results were good, then the process was not so careless.

Coach Hollins glanced at the opposing head coach, this head coach is easy to deal with, so easy to take the bait.

Although their Grizzlies' role players also shoot less, and it is obvious that their role players are also affected by the same shooting touch as the opposing team...... But they're the Grizzlies, just defend it!