After playing the first half, Sun Ce discovered a problem with the Warriors under Steve Kerr, not a weakness, but a strong point.

Unless a power forward with a very long range is fielded, there must be a strong point on the perimeter to score from close range, and even then, it will be a tie with the Warriors at best.

Just like in the first quarter, although there are multiple groups of triangle offenses to choose from, the main ones are Sun Ce, Paul George, and Aldridge, and Aldridge is good at two points, but the three points can be said to be completely absent now, and the two-point and two-point score cannot overpower the Warriors' passing and cutting play, at most comparable.

And in the second half of the second quarter, after Klay Thompson rested and lost his absolute three-point containment, the Grizzlies fell to the upper hand.

If you send one big and four small, it is not enough for mid-range interceptions, and you can't change it when you encounter an interior change of defense, after all, Draymond Green is a real power forward even if he is a little shorter.

The period when they had the advantage was when Harden, the Warriors' strongest single player on the perimeter, was not there, and when Harden was there, the single threat was much stronger than Iguodala.

Sun Ce suddenly discovered that Director Lu was really powerful.

Why not try what Tyronn Lue did in the 2016 Finals?

Try it, it's just the regular season anyway, the point is to try, and there are a few more encounters to come.

If there is not much difference between this season's record and the Warriors, and they are both one of the two teams with the best records, they may win or lose each other, which will affect the MVP competition between him and Curry, but it is only the first game anyway, so you have to try.

Before the teammates returned, Sun Ce gathered among the coaches and discussed ......

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Towards the end of the break, the players of both teams returned to the field.

With only five points behind, the Warriors are confident that they have the league's highest net win in the third quarter of this season, higher than the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies started the season because they were in better shape than their opponents, and except for the Lakers and Mavericks, the teams they have played against have a much worse lineup than them, often knocking each other apart in the first half, and narrowing the difference in the second half.

Whatever the reason, the players on the Warriors' side are confident.

Tabit is almost 28 years old, at the peak, with a quasi-second-defense level defense, the main thing is that the physical strength is not good enough, the physical strength is still the same, even Duncan, who is almost 40, is not as good as Duncan, if he fights with all his strength, he will play 24 minutes in a game, and if he moves more, it will become slower, and if he eats cakes, the stability of the dunk will be affected, so the Warriors are ready to use a five-small lineup in the third quarter.

A combination of Curry, Harden, Iguodala, Harrison Barnes and Draymond Green plays.

On the Grizzlies' side, a combination of Sun Ce, Carter, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Gobert played.

The lineup sent by the Warriors was not expected by the Grizzlies, but the lineup sent by the Grizzlies was really beyond the expectations of the Warriors.

The Warriors thought the Grizzlies would send a run-and-gun lineup, because the Grizzlies played an advantage in the first half of the second quarter with a run-and-gun lineup, and the Warriors wanted to take advantage of this and break down the opponent with five small shots.

But unexpectedly, the Grizzlies sent two benches to start in the third quarter, and the two starters Randolph and Aldridge were resting on the bench!

Obviously, the big man lineup is not dominant, and Aldridge and Randolph are not dominant, and the Grizzlies actually sent two big men who are obviously weaker, which Warriors head coach Steve Kerr really didn't expect.

The third quarter began, with the Warriors taking the lead.

The Grizzlies defended a pseudo-team, with Paul George defending Curry, Carter defending Harden, Sun Ce defending Iguodala, Yi Jianlian expanding out to defend Draymond Green, and Gobert being between Harrison Barnes and Harrison Barnes, but not leaving close range.

It looks like Sun Ce or Paul George have a chance to defend Harrison Barnes, but the Warriors can see at a glance that Harrison Barnes is being ignored by the Grizzlies!

Draymond Green gave the ball to Curry, then pulled away to the right side, freed up the left half for Curry, Iguodala also took Sun Ce to the basket and, Harden went to the right side of the 45-degree angle to contain, and the left half only Curry, Paul George, Harrison Barnes, Gobert and Iguodala and Sun Ce who cut to the basket.

Instead of passing directly to Harrison Barnes, Curry chose to break through!

Curry's breakthrough is not easy to defend, the explosion speed is not fast, but the rhythm is very good, Paul George did not defend alone, at this time Sun Ce and Gobert quickly changed defenses under the basket, Gobert closed the inside line and stuck to Iguodala, Sun Ce did not go to change Harrison Barnes in the bottom corner, but blocked in front of Curry who burst in!

Curry gave the ball to Harrison Barnes, completely helping Harrison Barnes create an empty three-point opportunity, if it is a direct pass, then Sun Ce, who is chasing Iguodala, will definitely be able to pounce in front of Harrison Barnes for the first time, since he wants to create an empty space for his teammates, and it is not troublesome, Draymond Green and Curry have chosen to help Harrison Barnes create an absolute big gap.

As soon as Harrison Barnes received the ball, the boos from the fans immediately mentioned the highest!

At this time, Paul George rushed towards Harrison Barnes, and although it was far away, it was completely impossible to interfere, but he just rushed through.

With the anticipation of his teammates, listening to the boos of the fans at the scene, and Paul George who pounced ferociously...... Harrison Barnes made a shot, but he wasn't determined, and the pressure was too much for him!

Harrison Barnes came up with his first three-pointer of the third quarter!

Gobert collects defensive rebound!

The opponent has a big gap, this Sun Ce is quite unexpected, a proper surprise, he just wants to create a single opportunity for Curry, and then go with Paul George to consume Curry, and not give Curry a chance to shoot, he is ready to be scored by the Warriors.

Sun Ce received the ball and wanted to attack quickly, but the four people on the outside of the opponent had already retreated, and Harrison Barnes was too late to be annoyed when he hit the iron, and his professionalism allowed him to block Sun Ce here for the first time.

Instead of forcing a fast attack, Sun Ce passed the ball to Paul George and landed in the battle.

After Paul George arrived in the frontcourt, he met Harden's defense, Curry defended Carter, Iguodala defended Sun Ce, Harrison Barnes defended Yi Jianlian, and Draymond Green could really withstand Gobert under the basket, and Gobert had no independent offensive ability at all.

Paul George beckons to Carter to block and dismantle!

After the pick-and-roll, Paul George met Curry to switch defenses, was sticked, had no good jumping opportunities, and the opponent's elbow strength was too strong.

But Paul George didn't force the shot, all he was ready for was a pick-and-roll break!

Harrison Barnes on the wing came over to attack, and Paul George split Yi Jianlian on the sideline, Yi Jianlian was ready to receive the ball and make a decisive three-point shot...... Don't hesitate to shoot three-pointers and hit them steadily!

The sidelines on both sides are Yi Jianlian's three-point strong point! It is also the key for him to break through to the first-class level of A-level in Sun Ce's systematic evaluation and get a big contract of 8 million before his salary skyrockets!

74-66, the Grizzlies' lead extended to 8 points!

After the offense and defense switched, the Warriors attacked, and Iguodala advanced to the frontcourt to Draymond Green, who found that the opponent had the same defensive strategy as in the previous round.

It can't be said that Harrison Barnes didn't create a chance for him with a three-point iron, and Curry didn't have 4 three-point shots in the first half, and if he didn't give a chance, the opponent could defend better.

Draymond Green and Curry helped Harrison Barnes create a three-point chance again, but they overestimated Harrison Barnes' heart, and this time Harrison Barnes threw the ball out of his hand even more hesitantly than in the previous round, and Paul George pounced on him.

Miss!

Fortunately, this time it bounced far, and Iguodala took advantage of his flexibility to grab the ball first, pass the blocked Gobert in one step, and hit a layup to help the Warriors stabilize the situation.

Harrison Barnes' teammates are a little confused, in their opinion, Harrison Barnes has improved a lot this year, and he is no longer the weak chicken with a shooting rate of more than 30 percent last season, and they feel that it is a wrong decision for the Grizzlies to let Harrison Barnes go, because Harrison Barnes has shot 51 percent from the field and 42 percent from three-point range so far this season, although he has averaged only 11 points per game, he is already a defensive small forward with excellent space control.

But when Harrison Barnes faced a strong opponent like the Grizzlies and served as an important shooter who overtook the score in the crucial third quarter, he proved to his teammates that he couldn't do it at critical moments!

There was no time to delve into what happened to Harrison Barnes, and the Warriors quickly stepped back.

Sun Ce received the serve to advance, this time Paul George and Carter, Yi Jianlian opened up space, Sun Ce pressed the rhythm and advanced to the front court before the 8-second violation, waiting for Gobert to get to the basket, Sun Ce continued to roll call, hit Curry!

Curry wanted to scold the street, but he had no choice but to post it as soon as possible, at least not to give Sun Ce a chance to fully jump.

Sun Ce doesn't plan to take advantage of his height under the basket to shoot, although Gobert's offensive rebounding is very powerful, don't look at the numbers, just look at the comparison with other offensive rebounding masters, Gobert averaged 19 minutes per game this season, got 4.5 points and 5.9 boards, of which 2.4 are offensive rebounds, and the probability of offensive rebounding surpasses most centers, but Sun Ce still chose to be strong!

This time Harrison Barnes didn't take it back, Sun Ce rushed to the right side of the three-second zone and took a step within the free throw line, stopped suddenly, turned around, and accelerated to change direction while traveling!

The acceleration change to level 5 was triggered during the march, Sun Ce's original sprint momentum was old, and suddenly he broke out again, and it was even faster than before, and the explosion acceleration that soared to the S-level was directly thrown away by Curry, who could barely keep up.

Sun Ce stepped into the three-second zone one step at a time, took a step, and jumped against Draymond Green in the midst of Draymond Green's scrambling!

Draymond Green sang in his heart "I want to escape, but I can't...... He was held up by Gobert, and together with Gobert, he was pressed by Sun Ce, and watched Sun Ce smash the ball into the basket on their heads!

Watching Sun Ce, who dunked like a big spider spreading his limbs, high-five Gobert who was dunked, Draymond Green didn't even want to be angry.

The center forward on the other side, can he have a little dignity as a center forward? All of them were blocked by their teammates! If it weren't for that guy, he would have avoided chasing his dreams!

As for plugging up...... Sun Ce rushed in like that, and he rushed in from the right side of the three-second zone with a sudden change to an explosive speed that he couldn't react to, and he wasn't Tabit, so it was useless to pounce on it!

After taking a deep breath, Draymond Green picked up the ball and gave it to Iguodala, who realized something was wrong!

The situation in front of them seems to be very unfavorable to them, and their extremely strong third quarter has not been able to play well from the beginning!

And the key is that Harrison Barnes can't shoot three-pointers, while Yi Jianlian can shoot three-pointers.

That's not a small problem!

In terms of ball quotient, among the players on the court, Draymond Green may be the one with the highest ball quotient, he is not the best ball handling among players of the same height, passing is not the best, let alone shooting, but he is a very important part of the Warriors' offense, and ball quotient plays an extremely key role.

Just as Draymond Green expected, they were in big trouble next!

They hesitated to pass the ball to Harrison Barnes, and the Grizzlies took advantage of this to let Gobert guard the close range and under the basket, whether it was Curry with the ball or Harden with the ball, they were close to the defense of mid-range and long-range shots, and loved to be abrupt.

As for the passing and cutting combination of Draymond Green or Iguodala in the high post, Curry singled Paul George and Harden singled out Katt, and the advantages of these two points are so obvious, far worse than the high post or top arc ball to create opportunities for role players or the wave combination to score independently.

And, no matter how you play, the Warriors feel like they're playing 5 on 4!

In turn, the Grizzlies are addicted to roll call, and Sun Ce and Paul George take turns to hit Curry!

Originally, because the Warriors had Thabit inside, Sun Ce had given up the roll call tactic, because they did not have a strong body like James, and the roll call Curry was not as easy to crush as James.

Curry's defense is not good, but it is not bad, one of the things that is great about his defensive end is that his unicorn arms that I don't know how many years I have been single to find a girlfriend can very well limit the opponent from jumping fully, and he has a clear mind, and he is very adaptable to the defense of the new rules.

However, after Sun Ce discussed with Coach Hollins, according to the analysis of the relatively difficult situation that the opponent has played in the past dozen games, the opponent may not replace Tabit for most of the third quarter, but "learn from what they used the Grizzlies have used" with the death five small impact score.

At this time, you can play a dozen names and make Gobert play, the most important thing is not defense, but Gobert's height containment, just as Thabit is 221 cm on the court and no one dares to let him move casually at close range and under the basket, Gobert's height of 216 cm has a similar effect.

The key is the third point - Yi Jianlian!

Their Grizzlies have nothing else, they just have various types of interior lines, more people can do whatever they want, three-point space power forwards, they also have them!

Harrison Barnes is a very good defensive player, he can quickly close in to block Sun Ce or Paul George to block and break through, at this time it depends on Yi Jianlian's mid-range shooting, three-point or mid-range shooting, this has to be Yi Jianlian's own choice, he has to know clearly which position he shoots more accurately tonight.

Yi Jianlian's three-point shooting tonight was really good, and the success rate was very high, which made the Grizzlies play well offensively.

And the Grizzlies' purpose is not to do this, but to consume Curry as much as possible!

Hit Curry on the spot, Paul George on the defensive end who is not as good as Klay Thompson on the outside to defend Curry, and Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian are ready to pinch Curry at any time...... Consume Curry from all sides.

And it worked.

As for Harrison Barnes, who played halfway through the third quarter and entered the official timeout, there were 3 three-point hits, which was purely a beautiful accident, Sun Ce didn't expect that Harrison Barnes, who had an average of 1.2 three-pointers per game with a 42 percent three-point shooting rate since the beginning of this season, could actually play more and more panicked!

Sun Ce just wanted to consume Curry, and tried his best to ensure that the score difference was not quickly caught up by the opponent in the third quarter, but he didn't expect to play 5 minutes and 56 seconds in the first half of the third quarter, and their Grizzlies played a wave of 16-11!

At 87-67, when the Warriors called a timeout, the Grizzlies had extended their lead to 10 points!

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Steve Kerr gritted his teeth and replaced Curry to rest, originally with Curry's slow play in the first half, which was only responsible for catch-and-shoot and key shots, and there was no big problem in playing the second half.

Compared with when Curry first entered the NBA, whether it is the thickness of the body or the physical strength, he has made great progress in all aspects when he is close to his prime, and the physical distribution has also become better, knowing how to distribute physical strength in what kind of game, such as last season's playoffs, Curry played an average of 44 minutes per game, scored 28.3 points, 45 percent shooting and 43 three-point shooting percentage, and 5.6 assists.

But Curry was so miserable in the first half of the third quarter that Steve Kerr clearly noticed the difference in defensive treatment between Curry and Harden, even if Paul George didn't defend Curry as well as Klay Thompson and Sun Ce, he was better than Carter.

When Curry and Harden break through, Sun Ce or Yi Jianlian pinched Curry's speed was obviously faster and more decisive than that of pinching Harden.

Forget it, Curry can be targeted on the defensive end, once Gobert shot Sun Ce's offensive rebound with a baseline hook to Carter, Carter received the ball, did not shoot directly, but waited for Curry to pounce and then passed to Sun Ce, Sun Ce continued to roll call...... By the time the Warriors found out, the Grizzlies were already playing with momentum.

The 10-point difference is not tight, and there is still a quarter and a half of game time, Harrison Barnes is pitted, this can't be helped, everyone has a pit.

The key is the tactics of the other side! Let Steve Cole want to go over and pull Huo Bald on the other side and ask - where the hell did you come up with these weird tricks!