1357. The Stone Buddha is still the Stone Buddha (the 14th full 400 monthly ticket plus change)
No matter how big the teammates are, they were unwilling to be depressed after being tackled by Sun Ce in the last game, and the troika adjusted the emotions of their teammates before the game.
Duncan is the anchor of the sea, especially Duncan's performance in recent years, so that teammates do not need to pay attention to his statistics and on-court performance, teammates believe that as long as Duncan is in the team, the team will not fall.
Even, even Sun Ce, a player who is an opponent, believes that Duncan is here, and the Spurs will not be weak.
Although it failed to hit the morale of the opponent, there is nothing to regret on the Grizzlies' side, the opponent is so easy to crush, they are not the Spurs.
At the beginning, the Grizzlies continued to compete with the Spurs with an offensive lineup.
After the first game, the Spurs made quite clear adjustments to Sun Ce's defense.
In the last game, Vicky wanted to use their regular season defense against James, Rose, and Paul by cutting off Sun Ce's passing route, but the effect was worse than expected, Sun Ce did play a lot worse in the second half, but he scored too many points in the first half, and Sun Ce's key ball was very good.
This made the Spurs simply defend Sun Ce in the normal way, just like Kobe Bryant.
Why did the Spurs never defend Kobe Bryant by cutting off the pass? Because it will really be killed by Kobe Bryant's score.
If you look at Sun Ce's scoring efficiency in the last game, the Spurs would rather give Sun Ce the opportunity to attract a pinch pass than give Sun Ce the opportunity to shoot all the time, this guy is the same as Kobe, he will shoot when he has the opportunity, and Sun Ce passes out to his teammates to shoot in the vacant position, and the shooting rate is not necessarily as high as Sun Ce.
And the focus of defending Sun Ce is still to stick to Guy's mid-range and long-range shots, guarding the basket, but it has become a pinch-and-shoot shot, instead of being shot by Sun Ce constantly hooking his hands on the bottom line in order to cut off Sun Ce's passing like in the last game, causing Sun Ce to shoot a key bottom corner hook three-point shot with a three-point shot of 1 in 7.
And tonight, the Spurs' defense in the first quarter was much better than the last one! The main thing is that the Spurs don't dare to lose again, and they are even more desperate than the last game!
Although the Spurs themselves scored only 28 points in the first quarter, they defended the Grizzlies with only 20 points in the first quarter.
The Grizzlies didn't coerce either, but the opponent didn't stretch the difference to more than 10 points in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Sun Ce continued to play, saying that there were 3 chances to lose in a round series, but he had to win every game, and the attrition strategy arranged by Coach Hollins was also based on the premise of trying to win, otherwise he would not even be able to consume the Spurs.
Playing the Spurs in this round of the series, Sun Ce is ready, it is necessary to play the whole game in every game, and the prop space is in stock!
As for using too much of the last two rounds of star experience card reserves...... First of all, we have to pass the Spurs to have the next round.
The Spurs sacrificed their offense in the first quarter to defend against the Grizzlies, apparently fully prepared.
On the Grizzlies' side, the focus of preparation is naturally defense!
In the second quarter, the Grizzlies' score was still not high, but Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Beverley, Battier, and Gasol Jr. started, Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Larry Saunders, and Randolph were on the bench, and 9 people rotated to fight defense throughout the quarter, and only scored 22 points in a single quarter on their own side, relying on the Spurs Duncan only played 4 minutes in the second quarter, and the score was still better than the first quarter, and more importantly, the Spurs only scored 18 points in a single quarter in the second quarter!
At 46-42, the Spurs' lead was narrowed to 4 points!
But in this quarter, Sun Ce always feels that the opponent deliberately reduces the playing time of their offensive players, for example, Guy played 43 minutes in the last game, and only played 16 minutes in the first half today, even if the second half is full, there is not as much playing time as the first half, and Ginobili only played 4 minutes in the first half before being replaced, and in the unfavorable situation, the Spurs insisted on using George Hill to play point guard, and did not need Parker to come up to contain Sun Ce, but used a lineup of role players with better defense to grind.
At halftime, Sun Ce thought about it for a while, and used Sessionska, after the bonus, the speed was slightly faster than he originally was, but he failed to get the perfect bonus, counting the effect of the balance bracelet, it was only 85% of the bonus, fortunately, the shooting impact was not great, and with Sessions' A-level physical strength, it was used as a physical potion.
Finally, in the third quarter, Guy and Ginobili paired Parker, plus Dio and Bonner, and soared in the third quarter!
In the second half of the third quarter, Duncan replaced Bonner, and the other four played the third quarter, and when the Grizzlies only scored 46 points in the first half, the third quarter broke out, with 33 points in a single quarter, and the Grizzlies picked up their offense under Nash's adjustment, scoring 27 points in a single quarter, but the difference was still stretched to 10 points by the opponent!
This time the Spurs established an advantage, and the Grizzlies launched a counterattack in the final quarter, but Duncan and Guy hit key shots one after another at the critical moment, focusing on Duncan's two rebounding hands, which continued Guy's inability to shoot, and Duncan himself hit and a low-post back-to-back jumper.
Although on the Grizzlies' side, Son Ce, Klay Thompson, and Paul George each scored a three-pointer, and Randolph also completed a layup, one more point than the Spurs scored at a critical moment, and played an 11-10 score in the last three minutes, but the Spurs led the Grizzlies by 4 points at 97-93 before that......
In the end, Sun Ce played 48 minutes, shooting 13 of 31, including 3 of 9 three-pointers and 6 of 7 free throws, and got 35 points, 12 boards, 6 assists, 5 blocks and 1 steal.
But at the last moment, Duncan's astonishing key shot on the opposite side, Duncan's astonishing critical moment scored 6 points in a row, and turned the data into a quasi-20+10+5 performance of 21 points, 13 boards, 4 assists and 2 blocks, helping the Spurs defeat the Grizzlies 107-104 and keep their second home court!
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With a 1-1 record, the Grizzlies returned to Memphis, and although they lost Game 2, the Grizzlies' morale was generally high.
Winning an away game is already a very good situation for the Grizzlies, and although they work hard and want to win both, they won't be so frustrated if they lose on the road.
After all, the opposite side is the Spurs, so easy to win is a ghost.
Sun Ce for the second game, unfortunately, the opponent's strategy in the first three quarters worked very well, but in the fourth quarter, it seemed that he had reached the end of the strong crossbow, and the defense could not be prevented, and he only scored 18 points in the first 9 minutes of the offense...... Although it is not bad, for the Spurs' normal offense, the Spurs should not have scored only 18 points in nine minutes in the fourth quarter when they sent an offensive lineup from the Grizzlies.
Sun Ce felt that ** Vicky was gambling!