However, this also made Durant calm down and began to play slowly, wanting to retain the remaining physical strength to play at critical moments.

That is, in regular time, Durant has no other role except for medium and long-distance containment, in order to save physical strength, he even exempted the running position, and did not take the initiative to defend Sun Ce, and handed it over to Saiferosa.

Originally, Sai Florosa couldn't guard against Sun Ce, and Sai Florosa was a poor version of Tony Allen on the defensive end, of course, he was not particularly poor, he was weak, and the characteristics were very similar, the defenders were very good, but the defense of taller players was not good.

Now the league almost uses strong athleticism to fight against good small forwards to defend Sun Ce, in order to have a good effect, Sai Rosa can't prevent it, the current situation is that Sai Frosa himself played for more than ten minutes in the half and consumed part of his physical strength, but Sun Ce is full of physical strength!

Sun Ce continued to block and dismantle mid-to-long-range jumpers, Perkins couldn't prevent it, and Sefrosa couldn't reduce Sun Ce's success rate after sticking to it like Durant, and Sun Ce scored 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting as soon as he came up in the second half.

However, Westbrook's side exploded! He had five points and three assists, created two opportunities for Perkins and a catch-and-shoot three-pointer for Ellis.

At halftime, the Grizzlies went 15-13.

Westbrook knows Durant's characteristics very well, and if Durant continues to play alone at this time, Westbrook really doesn't know what to do, but Durant is completely relinquished, Westbrook plays more freely, and he doesn't want to disappoint Durant.

71-72, Sun Ce played so well in the first half of the quarter, but the Grizzlies still trailed by 1 point.

But Westbrook's outburst did not continue, and the official timeout came back, and the Grizzlies sent a lineup of Nash, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Yi Jianlian, and Lopez Jr. to play a wave of 16-11!

Sun Ce worked very well as a pick-and-roll executor, but this time Coach Hollins didn't let Sun Ce serve as a pick-and-roll executor, but went on the court with Klay Thompson as a scorer!

Coach Hollins can't control the course of the game, but he has a good point, he has long been accustomed to assigning tasks and arranging rotations according to the performance of the players, and the specific play is up to the players to decide, but this aspect of the arrangement is very in place!

In the second half of the third quarter, the Grizzlies deliberately gave Durant, who was physically exhausted but still unable to go down to rest, a chance to shoot.

In addition to blaming himself and his own team when he encounters trouble, Durant also has a characteristic that he is not good at refusing.

If you change stars, when the physical exertion is heavy and unbearable, you will choose to refuse, but Durant will not, he chooses to bear it silently.

This characteristic can be said to have a good character, but it is often easy to suffer a big loss.

For example, now, obviously the first half consumed so much, you can rest for half a quarter in the third quarter and come up again, which is much better than running back to open up space.

But Durant didn't have this idea at all after the half, he was thinking about how to slow down on the court, how to hold on to the critical moment and still have physical strength.

Because he was used to the decisions of his own team manager and never resisted.

As a result, he scored only 1 of 4 shots in the second half of the third quarter!

On the contrary, Sun Ce's side shot 8 of 14 in the third quarter, scored 12 points in 4 of 6 in the first half of the quarter, scored 11 points in 4 of 8 in the second half of the quarter, and scored 23 points in a single quarter, helping the Grizzlies to score 87-83 at the end of the third quarter, surpassing the Thunder by 4 points!

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During the interval, Sun Ce was very excited.

The feeling of stability and power similar to last season's playoff days is back!

This game was the first time that the Grizzlies sent a full 13-man main lineup after more than a dozen games since playing the Heat in early March.

The progress of the young teammates, the recovery of the veterans and the feeling of finding better and better, the tacit understanding of the teammates is not diminishing...... All in all, Sun Ce felt that his team played the most beautiful first three quarters of the season.

It's not about how much ahead, but with the Thunder's side performing so well tonight, Sun Ce and his teammates worked together through adjustments, through tactical changes, through the control of details, and the grasp of opportunities...... Blah bla

And Durant turned back and ran half a quarter in the third quarter, and only shot 1 of 4 in the second half of the quarter, and their Grizzlies had a clear advantage!

In other words, with both teams in good shape, they Grizzlies are not as good as the Thunder and have a clear advantage!

However, Sun Ce didn't dare to be careless, the other side still had Ellis and Westbrook, and Durant didn't dare to give Durant a chance like that in the second half of the third quarter, even if he was 1 of 4 in the second half of the third quarter.

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At the end of the intermission, the fourth quarter of the game began, and Coach Hollins once again sent a lineup of Nash, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Yi Jianlian, just to run!

The Grizzlies only scored 13 points in the first half of the quarter, but the Thunder only scored 9 points, and Thunder head coach Brooks didn't know what to think, so he spent Durant's last physical strength on defense, and Durant accepted the arrangement again......

Durant is good at accepting this trait and is too easy to hurt himself, and he has even played 40 minutes with a calf muscle strain before.

100-92, with more than 5 minutes left, the Grizzlies led by 8 points, and with a clear advantage, they once again started the rogue battle!

Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Prince, Battier, and Gasol Jr. are on the court and defending!

At this time, Ellis couldn't play, Westbrook couldn't find too good a passing opportunity, and he couldn't score, and the whole team pointed at Durant again.

However, Durant, who has not rested for a minute, and Durant, who has scored 37 points, is no longer able to solve the dilemma, he is not the kind of player who can score fifty or sixty points a game, and may occasionally get 50+, but it is better to develop Westbrook's ability to solve the problem by letting him score points throughout the whole process.

Compared to the OK combination, Durant is obviously more suitable for O'Neal's role, used as a king bomb, rather than throwing him out as a four-two at the beginning.

Sometimes, the key ball is not necessarily the final lore ball, and the key point in this game is Sun Ce's two successful defenses in the last 3 rounds in the first quarter.

Relying on Sun Ce's successful defense in the first quarter, and Sun Ce's inability to defend Durant's inability to score 23 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, the Grizzlies gradually established an advantage, and finally, defeated the Thunder at home 109-100!

Sun Ce played a full 48 minutes, shooting 14 of 30, 5 of 11 three-pointers, plus 10 of 11 free throws, scoring 43 points, 13 boards, 7 assists, 3 blocks and 3 steals.

There weren't many blocks, not as many as Ibaka's five blocks tonight, but it played a vital role in giving Ellis a big hat each in the first and fourth quarters!