615.Eastern Kings Team (Second Month Guarantee)
James has been criticized in many places, but, in Sun Ce's view, James is truly worthy of the title of an era superstar in Jordan's mouth!
Although Jordan said that with an element of pretense, he said that only James could become a superstar in the 90s when he said that only James could enter the NBA in the 21st century, and this is now beginning to be confirmed.
At the beginning of the season, James played according to last season's style of play, and was continuously blown away, and it took more than a month to adjust, reducing the close-range play of using "foot" offense, and more with Wade to catch the ball and attack the basket, the close-range shooting efficiency was greatly improved compared to the beginning of the season, coupled with Wade's mid-range and close-range containment, James entered December, and the close-range scoring efficiency created a new career high!
However, in terms of offensive efficiency alone, James is still not as good as last season, after all, there were too many whistles last season, so far this season, James' average number of free throws per game has plummeted by 3 compared with last season, and he has averaged "only" 7.4 free throws per game.
The main thing is the improvement on the defensive end, the weight gained enough to carry some centers, and the speed and flexibility are maintained, allowing him to play the second most defensive efficiency in the league, behind Dwight Howard.
The Grizzlies really can only rely on the two advantages of defense and rebounding to compete with the opponent, mainly Sun Ce's rebounding......
Coming back from the timeout, the Grizzlies fielded a combination of Conley, Tony Allen, Morrow, Yi Jianlian, and Gasol Jr.
On the Heat side, Arroyo, Wade, Mike Miller, James, and Bosh have a lineup.
Black Fat Da played badly today, but fortunately White Fat Da played well today, he was the pillar of the interior defense, and together with a certain 1.92 meter rebounding pillar, he limited the Heat team from counterattacking.
It's just that the Heat team, which has a god operator behind it, obviously has a targeted strategy for the style of play with Sun Ce as the offensive core, and Coach Hollins wants to change it, using Conley and Gasol Jr. as the offensive core, Morrow shoots three points, and Yi Jianlian is responsible for cutting.
It is good to have adjustments, no matter whether the result is good or bad, as long as there is adjustment, there are new possibilities, and the most terrible thing is that when you are at a disadvantage, you can only look at the court with a confused face, and you can't make any adjustments.
It's just that this adjustment failed.
The change from Sun Ce's dynamic style of play to Conley's steady style of play is a good idea.
But Conley doesn't have that strength right now!
If Conley had been at his peak in the 2011-2013 season, when Randolph was at his peak from 30 to 32 years old, and he had the strength he had since he reached his peak in the 2013-2014 season, they could have made it out of the West in these three years, but he didn't!
Sun Ce can at least create a threat on the offensive end by relying on infinite dislocation, and there is also a rebounding guarantee, but Conley can't do anything in the face of Wade!
In the second half of the first quarter, it was Morrow and Yi Jianlian who supported it.
Relying on the three-point pairing of Morrow and Mike Miller, and Yi Jianlian, who played with Sakuragi with his own BGM, cut into the second offense, the Grizzlies were not opened up too much in the first quarter.
21-26, 5 and a half minutes in the second half of the first quarter, the Grizzlies scored 12 points, much better than the first half of the offense, but they were also scored 14 points by the opponent, and after the first quarter, the Grizzlies were obviously at a disadvantage.
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Coach Hollins' strategic adjustment, although it failed, was a good attempt all in all.
In the second quarter, the lineup of Sun Ce, Morrow, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Jordan Jr. came on.
On the Heat's side, Spoelstra is worthy of being Pat Riley's favorite protégé, and the three of Janwebo have all averaged more than 37 minutes per game this season, which is still the way they have often played crushing when they have played weak teams recently, and they can end the game at half time or in three quarters to reduce their playing time.
The Big Three continued to feature with Eddie House and Haslem coming off the bench.
Sun Ce took a deep breath and received a serve to advance and start the second round of the match.
It's time to start chasing points again in the case of disadvantage!
In the half quarter of the break, Sun Ce has been thinking about ways to deal with the opponent, there are some defensive loopholes that can be exploited, and after he got on the court, he began to focus on the problem that the opponent's interior defense needs to be supported by James.
Sun Ce's adjustment had a noticeable effect, and the Grizzlies played back and forth with the Heat at the beginning of the second quarter, but the Heat began to adjust after a few rounds, allowing James to return to the position of power forward, abandoning the center again, and letting James and James Jones form a defensive combination of large and small forwards that infinitely swapped defenses, so that James could stay in the middle and close range for a long time.
This adjustment was timely for the Heat, Sun Ce's response helped the Grizzlies improve their offensive efficiency back to normal again, although relying on the athleticism of the duo, the Grizzlies' offense was better than the first six minutes of the first quarter, but it was only a season average, and the defense was not as good as the starting lineup.
can only rely on the inside card position, the inside offensive rebounding threat, and the playing style with Sun Ce protecting the rebounding ball as the core grinds with the Heat team.
However, although the Grizzlies relied on the whole team to help Sun Ce grab rebounds and play some counterattacks and secondary offenses, this style of play was very uncomfortable.
In turn, the Heat team is used to it, and when they play teams with top big men like the Magic, Nets, and Clippers, they grind and play like this, and consume each other to death!
After the Heat were replaced by Big Z and Dampier was abandoned, the infinite defensive strategy with James as the central axis was the best way for them to defend when they were at an extreme disadvantage on the inside, and it was a very successful way to defend themselves!
While it was a way for James to squeeze potential, for the Heat they didn't care about that at all.
With Sun Ce and two of the four towers on the inside on the floor, the Grizzlies could still compete with the other team and keep the point difference from being pulled apart, but in the middle of the third quarter, after Sun Ce was replaced for a quarter and a half in a row, and Conley came off the bench, the Grizzlies collapsed.
Compared with Sun Ce, Conley, who is still in a long growth period, is much easier to deal with for the Heat.
In the second half of the third quarter, the Heat launched a wave of 13-5 scoring shockwaves, stretching the difference to 14 points in one fell swoop!
Although Sun Ce went up to cooperate with his teammates in the fourth quarter, he scored 3 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks in a single quarter, and once narrowed the gap to 7 points, but Wade and Mike Miller scored a three-pointer each at a critical moment to score 6 points in a row, curbing the counterattack led by Sun Ce.
In the end, even though Sun Ce played 36 minutes and scored 15 points, 26 boards, 6 assists and 4 blocks, the Grizzlies still lost to the Heat at home 93-101, and the two-game winning streak was ended! Won three in a row by the Heat!