Attacking at the beginning is a kind of self-confidence, but it is also a gamble.

And the Lakers won the bet this time, and Leonard's offensive rebounding is also very important, it can be said that Kobe Bryant scored 8 points in a row and was lucky, but this is luck based on strength and state, without strength, you can't grasp good luck.

After discussing it, Coach Hollins decided not to rush to make lineup adjustments, the style of play they wanted at the beginning had just begun to be implemented, and it was not yet time to verify, but there was an accident at the beginning, and the main purpose of calling a timeout was to interrupt Kobe's continuous scoring.

After the timeout, there were no substitutions for both teams, and the Grizzlies attacked.

In fact, the Grizzlies started the offense very well, scoring two goals in three offensive rounds, and both of them were scored by Randolph, Sun Ce hoisted the ball to Randolph, and immediately cut in, Randolph attracted Jordan Hill's shrinking defense, and gave it to Gasol Jr., who was one step outside the free throw line.

At this time, Sun Ce just took Leonard to cut in, Leonard saw that Gasol Jr. received the ball in the vacant position and immediately made up for it, and Sun Ce took the opportunity to go straight to the basket!

When Sun Ce was about to enter the three-second zone from the low position on the right side of the three-second zone, Gasol Jr. seized the opportunity to give it to Sun Ce, and Randolph ran directly when he saw this.

Josh Smith followed, Jordan Hill didn't block up to avoid a foul, and Sun Ce scored two points on an easy layup.

Sun Ce's deterrent power is getting stronger and stronger!

The so-called deterrence is not only to attract flanking attacks, but also to make the opponent give up blocking in specific situations, and can easily score.

For example, James or Kobe Bryant and Wade when they were young, if they were not blocked on the outside, they would not normally stick to it like Duncan if they couldn't defend it and avoid eating fouls or being in the background.

This season, Sun Ce has gradually played such a deterrent!

Very smooth tactical coordination, this lineup is not fast, and it is difficult to get a high score of 30 points if there is no explosion on the outside in a quarter of the game.

But it's better to be stable! Every point can be passed and shot, and there is also defense, which can play a certain limit on the Lakers' side.

The Grizzlies are mainly teamwork, and when it comes to the Lakers' offense, Kobe Bryant still wants to continue playing, only 4 shots, and it is rare to play like this at the beginning of the game, and he is not happy enough.

But Klay Thompson started the front defense, and Sun Ce also closed in the middle range and prepared to pinch the attack.

Paul took advantage of this and beckoned Leonard to the high post, allowing Sun Ce to move from the baseline to the three-second zone close-range, and Josh Smith took the opportunity to cut back to receive Paul's ball, and pulled the rod for a layup with Sun Ce retracted......

The opportunity was good, but Josh Smith was too jealous of Sun Ce's block, and deliberately pulled the rod and didn't score, and Sun Ce guarded the defensive rebound.

Sun Ce grabbed the rebound and slowly advanced, thanks to Josh Smith's extra lever, if this guy dunked directly, he really couldn't prevent it.

If you want to block Kobe, the rest of the Lakers have more opportunities to score.

But the Lakers' opening hand is really powerful, if you know it in advance, it's nothing, the key is that this is a game, and it has already played an effect, the Lakers have taken the initiative, and Sun Ce's side is quite passive.

Continuing the previous style of play, this time Leonard did not make up for Gasol Jr., and pressed close to Sun Ce, who cut in, and Gasol Jr. missed the shot in the Randolph ball.

The Grizzlies immediately fell back to the defense.

Obviously, Klay Thompson started in place of Tony Allen, and the Grizzlies' offense was much more fluid, and their shooting opportunities became better, mainly depending on the ability to take advantage of them.

And this lineup defends very well, although it is slightly inferior to the defense when Tony Allen was there, but it can still play some restrictions on the Lakers, but it encountered Kobe Bryant, who was flying at the beginning, and encountered some trouble.

This adjustment is based on the difficulties encountered in the first and third games, as well as the first two meetings of the regular season, the difficulties encountered in the first quarter, and the failure of the third meeting in the regular season.

There are not many lineups that other teams can compete with the lineup of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Yi Jianlian with Nash, but there are always ones.

And two of them happened to be back-to-back games for the Grizzlies in the playoffs.

The Grizzlies' strongest offensive lineup may not outpace the Lakers...... There is even a high probability that there is no more than the core combination of Paul and Josh Smith + Kobe's Lakers; And defensively, the last game lost by 8 points in the first quarter, and with Paul and Josh Smith in excellent form, it was necessary to strengthen the offense, but at the same time not to ignore the defense, so this lineup was sent.

But there are many good things to grind, and they fell behind by 5 points at the beginning, and the Lakers momentum came out, and the Grizzlies could only work hard to chase points, and they had to work hard to adjust their mentality, not in a hurry, and grind slowly.

Fortunately, grinding rhythm is the characteristic of the Grizzlies, and they are steady and steady, but they don't let the Lakers further stretch the difference.

With 9:11 left in the first quarter, the Lakers, who led by seven points at 26-19, called a timeout.

Kobe Bryant was replaced, and the lineup of Paul, JR Smith, Ci Shiping, Jamison, and Josh Smith was replaced.

On the Grizzlies' side, Nash brought a lineup of Jimmy Butler, Sun Ce, Yi Jianlian, and Lopets Jr. to the court.

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The timeout was about to end, and he was forced to start running and banging again, Sun Ce felt that it was too difficult!

In more than 9 minutes, their Grizzlies scored 19 points, compared to the previous game, obviously their offensive stability this time is very good, and from the first two minutes of the first quarter in these seven minutes, the Lakers scored 16 points, and their Grizzlies scored 15 points, which is evenly matched.

But the Lakers scored 10 points in the first two minutes, and the Grizzlies only scored 4 points.

In the minute and a half of Kobe's outbreak, their Grizzlies started the game in a passive state.

The Lakers, on their part, took advantage of Kobe's threat to beat the feeling out.

Looking at the poor version of Kobe Bryant + Ci Shiping's forward and guard combination on the opposite side, there is also Jamison at the best sixth man level.

Let's go ahead and just do it!

Now they can only bite the score, the game has only played less than a quarter, and they need to be patient, play hard, and look for opportunities to fight back.

After the pause, Jamison came up to make his first shot and missed the two-point shot, Lopez Jr. won the defensive rebound and passed to Nash, and in the counterattack, Yi Jianlian took advantage of Sun Ce's threat to catch the ball and cut in to receive Sun Ce's ball, eat cake and put the basket to score two points.

5 points difference!

But in retrospect, J.R. Smith scored a three-pointer against Jimmy Butler's defense!

Kobe Bryant is still thinking about the feel, and JR-Smith is doing it!

Fortunately, Sun Ce hit a three-point shot immediately afterwards, narrowing the difference to 5 points again.