1564. The Strongest Outside Trio (5000 Words for a Monthly Pass)
"Oh, don't do your job every day, run to be a singer and an actor......" Kobe Bryant scolded in his heart, and he couldn't help but read it out loud.
But as he read it, he suddenly stopped, and Kobe Bryant found that even if this guy didn't do his job, he didn't seem to delay training, and those things should really be purely talented...... Depressed......
James listened to Kobe's fragmented thoughts, got along for a long time, and knew that Kobe was not complaining that Sun Ce didn't do his job and didn't play well, but pure envy and jealousy.
is like envy and jealousy of O'Neal who played so well back then, and at the same time, he sold more than 80,000 records, just got the glory of platinum records, and fans rushed to watch him in cameo movies.
James puts his focus on the opposing players.
18-8, although not as good as their Lakers' 22-6 record in the West, but considering that the Grizzlies have been plagued by injuries over the past month or so, this record is already very good.
The day before yesterday, relying on 70 points in the third quarter, Sun Ce won the second weekly best of the season this season, second only to Westbrook, who won the weekly best of the week three times, in the West.
The key is that the 70 points in the third quarter, exaggerated to the extreme, and the 62 points of Kobe, the record holder of the three-quarter scoring record who only played in three quarters, were broken, because Chamberlain's 69 points in the third quarter, which is generally not included in the three-quarter scoring record in the fourth quarter, were actually broken.
Sun Ce's original average score of 33.2 points per game soared to 34.6 points through a battle a few days ago!
Durant, on his side, came back and played 1 game, scored 25 points, and his condition was okay, but James felt that it was a little difficult for Durant to compete with Sun Ce for the scoring title.
is about to enter the middle of the season, and the average points per game can not fall but rise, the last time there was such a mid-season high score player, it was Iverson, Maddy, and Kobe Bryant at the beginning of the century.
Thinking of this, James looked at Kobe Bryant and at Maddie on the bench...... Of the four players with this ability since the turn of the millennium, three appeared in tonight's game.
In addition, Sun Ce's average of 12.8 boards, 8.6 assists, 2.8 blocks and 1.2 steals per game is simply explosive!
Fortunately, on their Lakers side, there is also Kobe Bryant, who averages 28 points per game, and he James, who averages 25.5 points, 8.6 boards and 10.3 assists per game, has a chance to compete with Westbrook, Rose, and Paul for the assist king.
Role player lineup, Nene , Leonard, Nick Young, J.R. Smith, Boozer, Mike Miller...... This bunch of people is also a little stronger than the Grizzlies on the opposite side.
When he arrived at the Lakers, although James was not very happy when he was scolded by fans at the beginning, but then the team continued to strengthen and free agents came, James finally understood what a real big city team is, with him and Kobe, from the first year of the partnership, at least for the next three years, they will be the favorites to win the championship!
And Kobe's style of play is very continuous, next season and next season or pay reduction to renew the contract, maybe by 2016 Kobe Bryant can renew his contract for two years, even if he is only a pure pitcher who averages 20 points per game, it can also bring great help to the team.
And there's Leonard! James can afford to wait, wait three or four years for Leonard to reach his prime, he can afford to wait, and he is willing to play point guard and reduce shooting.
The ball market and management, these two points are too important, and James finally has the feeling of "no need to be afraid of no good teammates in the future" in the third stop of his career.
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At 6:28 a.m., both teams started the game.
Sun Ce put on the gear and appeared in the starting lineup with Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian.
When I played, the system prompt came.
The first tip is the advanced event tip of the balance bracelet, to win at least two of the remaining three meetings with the Lakers this season, and at least two triple-doubles, tonight, is the first of the remaining three meetings!
In addition to this, there are new events to trigger!
"The host has made a name for itself with the outside trio of Klay Thompson and Paul George; The trio of LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Kawhi Leonard got the title of the strongest outside combination, and the Challengers series event: Getting Better was triggered. ”
"Getting Better (Challenger):
Goal: In the next game with the Lakers, the host's trio must have at least 3 of the 5 data in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks, which is higher than the Lakers' strongest outside combination.
Event Reward: Mystery Shard*1.
Failure Penalty: Deduct Mystery Shard*2. ”
The competition for the strongest outside combination, Sun Ce has long heard of it.
But the Lakers got into the groove first, and the 23+24 title was loud again, and their Grizzlies outside trio was indeed a head down.
Looking at the starting lineup of James, Kobe, Leonard, Ci Shiping, and Nene sent from the opposite side, Sun Ce felt like he was going to explode on the spot!
The advanced event of the balance bracelet, it doesn't matter if it can't be completed this season, but you can specify the event of choosing a reward, or the mystery fragment reward of the 5 mystery fragments to fight the wheel draw, and if you fail, you will deduct two, and he currently only has two mystery fragments.
Although James has passed his peak, he still has S+ level strength...... It's just past the peak year; Kobe Bryant relied on James to be a greater threat than Paul, and maintained his condition better, in other words, he didn't decline so fast and played an S-level performance, averaging 28 points per game; Leonard, who has A-level strength but S-level defense, has a second-level defense, which is slightly inferior to Paul George, who played a first-defense performance this year, but it is not too far behind; B-level Ci Shiping; A-level Nenei.
The opponent's starting lineup is stronger than their Grizzlies' current starting lineup!
Even if you use the combination of Larry Sanders and Randolph, or the combination of Prince and Gasol Jr., it is a bit stronger on the opposite side, and Randolph is suspended for five games and will not play until next month.
At 6:32 p.m. Eastern time, the game between the Thunder and the Bulls was over, and Durant's second game of his comeback found a better feeling for the game, scoring 38 points! Westbrook also recorded a big triple-double of 20 points, 12 rebounds and 18 assists, taking his triple-double tally this season to 15.
Durant and Westbrook combined for 58 points, 20 rebounds and 22 assists to help the Thunder beat the Bulls, and the Thunder's record also improved to 16-14.
After 11 triple-doubles in 18 games in the first month, Westbrook has "only" four triple-doubles so far in December.
In fact, this is normal, in the original time and space, Westbrook averaged triple-doubles per game for three consecutive seasons, but one of them "only" 25 triple-doubles in one season, and about 5 triple-doubles a month, is normal.
After the game between the Thunder and the Bulls, the Grizzlies and Lakers waited two more minutes for the game to begin.
Yi Jianlian and Nene stood in the middle circle to jump the ball, the referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game and threw the ball into the air, Yi Jianlian jumped hard...... Flip the ball backwards!
Yi Jianlian narrowly defeated Nene in the jump ball!
The moment Sun Ce was moved to the back by Yi Jianlian, he immediately went down, James blocked it in time, and the Lakers retreated quickly, and when Sun Ce rushed to the left side of the three-second zone, the Lakers were already in place.
However, the defender is not defending the right target!
Paul George saw that Sun Ce didn't run out of the fast break opportunity, suppressed the rhythm and advanced to the frontcourt, encountered Leonard's defense, it was not easy to play, but on the low side, Sun Ce relied on James to ask for the ball!
Yi Jianlian pulled away to the right mid-range of the three-second zone and brought the inside out, Klay Thompson was stared at by Ci Shiping on the left sideline, and Richard Jefferson was in the bottom right corner, stared by Kobe.
After the space was opened, Paul George hoisted the ball to Sun Ce, who leaned on James in the low post to ask for the ball.
Sun Ce received the ball and leaned towards James, seeing that Ci Shiping and Leonard had no tendency to contract, they exerted force violently, and they couldn't hit James, but it didn't matter, Sun Ce followed the force of the collision and rebounded back, turned over, and threw backwards...... Miss! But James didn't stand still and pounced!
"The low-post back-to-body technique (Randolph) level 1 is triggered, when the host misses a low-post back-to-back single shot, if you choose to rush to grab the offensive rebound, the impact of the previous shooting action will be greatly reduced, and the burst acceleration will be increased by 1 small grade to S-, and the bounce speed will be increased by 1 small grade to S-......"
After throwing it upside down, Sun Ce skipped past James who jumped up and pounced, entered the basket, grabbed the ball before Nene retracted it to grab the rebound, and then hit the basket!
What a rare move! Even those fans on the scene who have not fallen since Sun Ce's rookie year and have come to the scene to watch the game at every home court, they can't make up the number of low-level singles like Sun Ce.
Sun Ce didn't choose to go to the right side of the low post, because it was not easy to turn around and hit James, the opponent had a wide body and moved quickly, and the last time they met, Sun Ce had already found that James's defense in the low post had strengthened a lot.
Obviously a targeted defensive change, with Leonard as a defensive slug on the outside, James can work with the center to build a better interior defense.
Therefore, Sun Ce chose to go to the left side of the low post singles, which is different from when he played the low post on the right side of the three-second zone, in the low-post singles on the right side of the three-second zone, Sun Ce mainly focused on hooking hands and turning into the basket; On the left side of the three-second zone, Sun Ce also mainly turns and cuts, but his shooting, there are few hooks, and most of them shoot in a Randolph-style upside down shot, which is more accustomed to it, which can trigger the skills of learning low-post techniques with Randolph at the beginning.
But in the past, whether it was a low-post hook on the left side or a shot that turned over to an angle, it was not as accurate as the right side, so it was rarely used.
Now, although the left side is getting better and better, I still prefer the right side of the low post singles because it is more familiar with it.
But this time when he met James, Sun Ce took the initiative to play in the low post on the left side, changed the opponent's unfamiliar way, unfamiliar position, and even unfamiliar defensive angle, and scored a self-throwing and self-grabbing rebound.
After the goal, Sun Ce quickly retreated, James was a little dizzy by Sun Ce's ball just now, and he felt like Randolph used a low back hit when he defended Randolph last year!
Even if you can play low-post singles on both sides of the three-second zone, it's still a different type of play.
However, no matter what kind of performance Sun Ce plays now, no one thinks it is strange.
James received the serve and advanced, did not rush to start the fast attack, just play slowly, play the starting lineup of the Grizzlies, and do not need to rely on the fast break to create the opponent's defensive holes.
Paul George stayed at the top arc, waiting for James to advance over, looking at James's unhurried appearance, Paul George felt his palms sweaty, he didn't know what Jimmy Butler's mood was like to defend James almost all the time on the court in the finals last year, anyway, he was really nervous.
But the team sent Jimmy Butler away in order to keep him, and Paul George knew he had to take that responsibility and relieve the pressure on Sun Ce, otherwise Sun Ce would have to defend James.
It's not just Paul George who is nervous, but the rest of the Grizzlies are nervous as well.
James + Kobe!
After James arrived in the frontcourt, Kobe Bryant began to run, and Klay Thompson followed closely; Yi Jianlian of the inside line followed Nene to the left middle distance of the three-second zone, ready to pinch or make up for the defense at any time, the effect is not good, but you have to work hard; Richard Jefferson defended against Ci Shiping very well, and he didn't suffer a loss in body and movement; Sun Ce defends Leonard.
James, waiting for his teammates to run, seized the opportunity, and burst out!
Yi Jianlian immediately moved to the middle to pinch James in advance, and Sun Ce also moved his position, between James and Leonard, and at the same time had the opportunity to cut in and receive the ball in the defense.
Nene was also prepared, and he didn't try to see if he would be blocked by the three-time block king, so he chose to move next to Sun Ce, take a step, and block the space for Sun Ce to go to the bottom line, Leonard took the opportunity to cut in!
James in the top corner of the right free throw line divides the ball, Leonard receives the ball, dribbles a step, and enters the three-second zone, Sun Ce was blocked on his side and failed to prevent Leonard from cutting into the bottom line, but Sun Ce reacted extremely quickly and went straight to the basket at the first time.
When Leonard entered the three-second zone and jumped, Sun Ce pounced hard......
"Olajuwon's Hand Strap effect is triggered, and the host's bounce speed is increased by 1 small grade to S-, and the bounce height is increased by 1 small grade to B+......"
When the system prompt appeared in Sun Ce's sight, Sun Ce's left hand happened to slap on the ball that Leonard lifted up and smashed down!
Although it didn't fly, the ball that Leonard's big hand was holding was also out of his hand!
The ball smashed into the neck of the basket with the force of the two, bounced high, leaped over the rebound, and fell out of bounds.
Bounds!
The referee wasn't sure who touched the ball last, so he had to go to the technical table to watch the replay.
The game has just begun, and the fans at the scene are already restless, Sun Ce started with 1 board, 2 points and 1 block!
Leonard's eyes widened for two seconds without a hat, he hadn't been hated by Sun Ce, but every time he felt incredible, because he felt that Sun Ce shouldn't be able to cap the ball just now, and with his understanding of Sun Ce's dynamic and static physical fitness, it should be a little worse.
But Sun Ce relied on the "Olajuwon's hand tie" to smooth out that little gap, and relied on the sense of smell of the cap to accurately complete the cap!
Sun Ce watched the referee watch the replay and felt a lot of pressure.
This defense just now, it can be said that their Grizzlies defense is how bad and how bad!
Too easy to be played by the opponent to cross and cut the cooperation.
This time it's the cap that arrives, but next time? If the opponent chooses to enter the three-second zone, he will throw it...... Seeing that the referee signaled that it was Leonard who touched the ball last, Sun Ce didn't think about it first, and attacked well!
Since the defense is not guaranteed, then play the offense.
Randolph is not there, and he can't build a defensive system against James with Larry Saunders and Paul George, so he can only start from the offensive point.
The Grizzlies baseline ball, Paul George receives the serve and advances.
Sun Ce arrived in the front court and met Leonard, maybe compared to the current Leonard and James, Leonard, who is only in the third grade, is close to James who is about to be 29 years old and at his peak.
James has better physical fitness, stronger frame protection ability and help defense ability, and single defense, Leonard is already the best player on the Lakers' outside single defense!
Not as physically good as James, but Leonard also has an advantage, with better reach, better movement, and better movement judgment...... There are many, many defensive details, and Sun Ce didn't get a good chance to catch the ball in the high and low positions!
Leonard's defense in the high and low posts is very different from others, he starts defending from the opponent's position.
didn't continue to force the position, Sun Ce decisively gave up this and chose to cut around the bottom line!
Paul George immediately transitioned from fish-to-fish to playmaking forward mode, with Klay Thompson starting to run.
Sun Ce slipped the bottom line, borrowed Yi Jianlian to block and dismantle it, and it was Nene who came out of the defense, Sun Ce continued to run outside, and Paul George distributed the ball to Sun Ce.
At this time, James pounced directly on Sun Ce from Paul George, who passed the ball, and Nene switched to Paul George for the first time, Paul George chose to cut in, easily got rid of Nene and entered the inside line, Sun Ce received the ball and had no chance to throw, and passed back to Paul George.
Yi Jianlian pulled away, Paul George received the ball, Leonard pounced and wanted to block it, but even if Leonard had better strength, he stood still, and Paul George rushed in to receive the ball.
In the face of Leonard's defense, Paul George smashed the ball into the basket through Leonard!
Playing offense, with Klay Thompson contained, 4 to 4 positional battles, the Grizzlies are also very strong on their side!
But the Lakers are also very strong! Although the Lakers can't defend the offensive lineup of the Grizzlies, the Lakers are very sharp on offense.
It's still the same way as before, James and Nene help Leonard block and dismantle.
Leonard was not discouraged by being capped in the last round, and James did not stop giving the ball because Leonard was blocked, but Leonard also cooperated with Kobe Bryant, when Leonard cut in, Kobe also cut, Leonard received the ball and cut inside, passed to Kobe Bryant, and then blocked Klay Thompson.
Kobe Bryant came to the bottom line, and Sun Ce had the opportunity to go directly to the basket, but the space where the baseline went directly was blocked by Nene!
Kobe Bryant's left-side baseline turnaround jumper...... Hit!
Both sides showed strong offensive defeats, excellent teamwork, and full trust!
In the face of the strong offense of the Grizzlies fighting at home, the Lakers were not in a hurry, playing slowly one ball at a time, consuming first, and the Lakers, who had a deeper and healthier lineup, had nothing to fear!