It's true that their Mavericks didn't send Yao Ming, and the other party didn't send Gasol Jr. either!

Although in terms of strength, Yao Ming has been selected for the best team since the second grade, and Gasol Jr. can't compare to him, but in terms of importance, Gasol Jr.'s importance in the Grizzlies is no worse than Yao Ming's in the Mavericks!

Gasol Jr. didn't play, and the Grizzlies were able to withstand their Mavericks' counterattack every time with their resilience and some of the players looking rather weird.

A team that is always ahead, the opponent is chasing points, repeatedly narrowing the gap to two or three points, there will definitely be pressure on the leading side, and the pressure is increasing.

But on the other hand, a team has been chasing points, and every time it chases two or three points, when it is suspended, the opponent makes adjustments, and it is immediately pulled to five or six points, and the psychological pressure on the side behind is no less than that on the side that is leading!

At this time, it depends on the ability to resist pressure to see who can grind better.

Since the beginning of the new century, except for the Pistons in the Five Tigers era, the Spurs before 08, and the Rockets in the Yao Ming era, no other team can grind better than the Grizzlies, not even the Celtics in the past two years, not because the Celtics are not tough, but because the toughness shown by the Grizzlies this season, that is, the ability to never let go of the victory as long as they can take the lead, is too good!

In the second half, Randolph used Sun Ce's containment of the center to play consecutive singles to help the Grizzlies play a wave of 9-4 starts, and when Carlisle called a timeout, the Grizzlies had already taken a 10-point lead!

Carlisle knew that he couldn't be at a disadvantage from the start against the Grizzlies, and he was well prepared at the beginning, scoring 31 points in the first quarter, but he didn't expect the opponent to score 32 points in the first quarter.

Carlisle didn't give up, he made a lot of adjustments, and every time he was at a disadvantage, he always managed to get it back.

However, it was always a little bit worse, and every time it was about to overtake soon, it was just a little bit of a moment before the Grizzlies pulled it back!

No, playing to the last offense in the third quarter, Sun Ce took advantage of the threat brought by Jordan Jr., who had already scored 20 points in the third quarter, blocked and broke through to the inside line after the fake fax shot, accelerated and changed direction in the march to the bottom line to the left three-second area sideline reflexively hooked up to score two points, 87-76, with Sun Ce's hook score this time, the Grizzlies led by 11 points to end the first three quarters!

Nowitzki was helpless, he scored 14 points and 2 assists in a single quarter in the third quarter, which was higher than Randolph's score in this quarter, and Sun Ce only scored 6 points in the third quarter, only 2 of 5 shots, but the last time in the third quarter caused Marion to foul the defense of the two free throws, and finally used Randolph who scored 12 points in a single quarter to force him not to dare to attack, and used the threat of 20 points in the third quarter to trick Chandler into turning around and blocking Jordan Jr., and slipped the bottom line in three steps and scored reflexively hook hands.

This kid is so good at taking advantage of his teammates! Conley's pass from the outside, Battier's three-pointer from the bottom corner, and two big inside threats...... In the third quarter, the Grizzlies did not make any substitutions from point guard to power forward, Yi Jianlian and Jordan Jr. took turns on the court, and they were stunned to play a single quarter score of 31-25!

Moreover, when this kid watched the video, it was obvious that his physical strength had declined after playing 323 minutes in many games, but today, after playing 31 minutes in the third quarter, it felt like he had only played half a game, and it was in the third quarter of the desperate change of defense, blocking and dismantling breakthroughs, it seemed that he could go all out for another section!

However, there was still one quarter of game time, an 11-point difference, and Nowitzki didn't want to give up!

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On the other side, Coach Hollins saw a chance to win!

Not only did they lead by 11 points, but they also saw the hole they wanted to cover up - with Nowitzki as the main attack, they didn't fully integrate into the system!

In the third quarter, Nowitzki scored 14 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, to be precise, he got 14 points and 2 assists in 9 minutes, he was replaced in the fourth minute of the third quarter, and two assists were one was passed to Kidd for a three-point shot, and one was 2+1 when Mashinmi received the ball and caused Yi Jianlian to foul, that is, Nowitzki alone made 20 points, and the Mavericks only scored 25 points in the whole quarter!

After Nowitzki was replaced, he couldn't help but get out of the system and returned to the singles and ball-splitting style of play that he had played for many years, indeed Nowitzki wanted to play singles, and Randolph couldn't do anything to Biao, but in this way, the Mavericks' smooth offensive system stalled, Nowitzki was okay to divide the ball, and if he was pinched and didn't succeed in splitting it, it was like the second half of the second quarter, Sun Ce repeatedly counterattacked!

Such a loophole, of course, Coach Hollins has to catch it!

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Coming back from the break, the Grizzlies fielded a lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Yi Jianlian.

On the Mavericks' side, Kidd, Jason Terry, Brewer, Nowitzki, and Ratliffe came on the court.

Sun Ce had 12 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal! He played 5 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, 1 block and 1 steal in a single quarter in the third quarter, and his performance was very good.

Kidd finished the third quarter, 12 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, and he was also a quasi-triple-double, he played 28 minutes in the first three quarters, scored three three-pointers, and played at a super level, but he was still pressed by Sun Ce!

The main thing is physical strength! Tonight is not like the last time the Mavericks took a big lead, Kidd can wantonly squander his aging physical strength, this time he controlled the play, did not take advantage of it, not to mention, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, he had to continue to play, instead of resting until the critical moment to play, because the kid on the opposite side was in a bad state in the second half!

The reason why Kidd feels that Sun Ce's state is off the charts is because Sun Ce's performance did not fluctuate much throughout the game, he was very stable, and he was almost stable without being affected by his physical strength, while others, even Kobe Bryant and James, had a time when they slowed down, and he Kidd had such good physical strength when he was young, and there was a period of stagnation in a game, but Sun Ce didn't!

At the beginning of the final quarter of the game, Sun Ce received the serve and advanced quickly, and in order to target Nowitzki, the Grizzlies once again sent a large and four small lineup.

Sun Ce has already scored 14 points for Jordan Jr., Chandler's side only scored 10 points after the third quarter, and only 8 points were scored by Kidd's pass.

In terms of rebounds, Sun Ce was 14-8 Kidd.

Up to now, Sun Ce's attention is no longer on the competition with Kidd, but on winning!

After advancing to the frontcourt, Brewer defended up, Sun Ce moved sideways to the right, Brewer was also moving sideways, and he didn't suffer in the face of Sun Ce's speed in Brewer, but Yi Jianlian didn't need Sun Ce to summon him, and took the initiative to help Sun Ce block Brewer, and the ball blocking expert level 1 triggered!

Sun Ce quickly rushed to the right middle distance, Ratliff did a good job of changing defense this time, not fully expanded, and the defensive awareness of the top ten and three-time block kings who had won the best defensive player votes many times was shown, and when Sun Ce burst into the middle distance, Ratliff appeared in front of Sun Ce!

When Sun Ce broke through the block, he judged that he would be blocked here according to Ratliff's position and lateral tendency, and when he made contact with Ratliffe, Sun Ce took the initiative to lean sideways and right-click towards Ratliff, pulled the ball to the left with his left hand, turned 270 degrees to the left, dodged Ratliff, jumped, and shot a jumper from the free throw line at a 60-degree angle on the right side......

Sun Ce turned himself a little dizzy at this time, mainly because he was hi, and he couldn't help but make a commotion.

However, this is so complacent that he stunned himself with a 270-degree back-turn jumper, and a hollow hit!

The voices of the fans at the scene may not be better for three or five days, this ball is so beautiful!

This fluid turn, Jordan-esque turnaround and back-and-shoot action...... The scene exploded again!

At this time, there is also a very embarrassing picture, Novitsky stands at the bottom line and stretches out his arm towards Sun Ce, who is more than a meter away from him......

Nowitzki, who was defending against Battier's bottom corner three-pointer, shrank back, but he thought that Sun Ce was going to break through the bottom line, who knew that Ratliff blocked Sun Ce in the middle distance, and he didn't expect Sun Ce to play such a windy turnaround jumper!

In the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies scored first, 89-76, and the margin stretched to 13 points.

Nowitzki couldn't stand it, and when it came to the Mavericks' offense, Nowitzki leaned on Battier directly outside the three-point line to ask for the ball to avoid being pinched inside the three-point line...... Hit!

Nowitzki 31 points!

Nowitzki is not the kind of high-scoring player, his kind of ball, which should be thrown at a critical moment, but used to chase points, in the eyes of Coach Carlisle on the sidelines, is a waste!

Nowitzki played like this in the chasing stage, and his physical strength was ...... at critical moments Coach Carlisle really feels like this game is going to be handed over by now.

When it came to the Grizzlies' offense, Battier mentioned receiving the ball outside the three-point line in the top arc, and Sun Ce went to the inside to lean on Brewer and play a low single!

Sun Ce easily turned around and hooked his hand to hit a two-point shot, the action was swift, Brewer's weight, and the outside defense could also rely on the advantages of height, arm span, movement speed, enthusiasm, and defensive awareness, but the low-post defense couldn't even hinder Sun Ce's turn, 89 kilograms, just like Sun Ce's defense of Kidd last season couldn't prevent it.

Nowitzki scored a three-pointer, and Sun Ce immediately returned a low-post single!

Sun Ce didn't choose a low-post single when he met Brewer in the first three quarters, firstly, because there were other scoring means at that time, and secondly, it was to exert his strength at such a critical moment!

It's time for the Mavericks to attack again, Nowitzki is another long two-point shot, this season's long two-point average shooting rate of more than 50% shooting god, to the stage of strength, the shooting is accurate!

When it came to the Grizzlies' offense, after Sun Ce advanced to the frontcourt, he found that the opponent's position had an obvious tendency to wait for him to fall into the low position, and Sun Ce chose to break through!

It's not that you have to play if you have an advantage at a certain point, that point has an advantage that poses a threat, and it is also to take advantage of that advantage, Sun Ce took advantage of the block and broke into the middle distance, and before Ratliff's defense was in place, he moved sideways and jumped to shoot......

Again!

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, with Nowitzki's strength, Sun Ce came up and scored 6 points in a row!