1495. Popovich's Greatest Regret (Part 3)
What is Talent?
You can see it from this detail!
Paul George is trying to adjust every time he doesn't score, and he won't be discouraged the next time he has the opportunity, but will continue to shoot in the way he feels he should adjust.
Sun Ce gave Paul George enough trust, and Paul George finally entered!
72-74, the Grizzlies narrowed the gap to two points, and the Spurs called a timeout!
With 4 minutes and 14 seconds left in the third quarter, less than 5 minutes, the Grizzlies went on a 14-8 offensive spree!
The bench has already exploded!
For Sun Ce's commotion at the beginning of the second half, his teammates said that his waist could bear it!
22 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 1 block and 1 steal, Sun Ce's data once again blinded the eyes of his teammates, in the past 4 minutes, Sun Ce got 7 points, 2 boards, 2 assists and 1 block!
If you don't accept it, you can't do it! The teammates can endure Sun Ce's convulsions from time to time, and they can endure this guy doing things twice for three days without beating him, and that's because of this.
Coach Hollins made quick substitutions, Tony Allen and Prince, down, Klay Thompson and Yi Jianlian!
Coach Hollins thinks that Randolph should still be able to play, Yi Jianlian should be fine for the rest of the third quarter, and the second half of the fourth quarter may have to rely on this pair of interior combinations......
Thinking of the next 4 games, maybe the inside combination of Randolph and Yi Jianlian is the strongest inside combination of the team, and Coach Hollins feels a little sad.
It's not that he doesn't know that this interior combination is quite easy to use, mainly on the offensive end, and the athletic power forward will play well on the offensive end with Randolph's defensive basket or positional basket containment.
But one of these two is fat and the other has average physical strength, so you can't point to these two people to play the whole 48 minutes, right?
That's why he tried to experiment with various interior partners as much as possible in the first half.
At this time, if one of Larry Sanders and Stoudemire can play, the situation will be much better...... Of course, this problem can be so troublesome because the opponent is the Spurs, and if you change to an ordinary playoff team, there are not so many problems.
But at this time, Coach Hollins knew that he couldn't take care of it so much, and he didn't have time to try it again, so he finally relied on Sun Ce to narrow the difference, and now it's time to give it a defensive shot!
However, looking at Sun Ce's appearance, Coach Hollins still wanted to hit him......
On the other hand, Popovich couldn't calm down.
Unscientific!
It's just a bug!
George Hill and Richard Jefferson didn't trade the rookie with the Warriors back then, and Popovich felt that this was their biggest mistake in more than a decade.
But now, Popovich felt that he was willing to send Parker out at that time!
But the matter has come to this point, and it is irreparable.
Popovich swapped Danny Green and Dio with Parker, Gay and Duncan, and it was their strongest offensive combination.
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Back from the timeout, the Grizzlies are starting to take the upper hand!
And the source of the advantage is Sun Ce!
Sun Ce's outburst tonight, his teammates are very used to it, and they don't adapt to it at all.
It's not the feeling of being mental, it's the feeling of playing.
Because Sun Ce used the Big Bird card, using this card was the one that had the least impact on his playing style except for Sun Ce using his own card.
Big Bird is like Sun Ce, who has weakened athleticism, enhanced shooting, and enhanced technique!
After the Spurs sent out the strongest offensive lineup, the firepower was ferocious.
However, on the Grizzlies' side, Yi Jianlian cut in and was a huge threat, Randolph was fat to fat under the basket, and Dio was difficult to limit Randolph's rush alone, and Duncan had to help.
So, Sun Ce, who shot a threat from the outside, and Paul George, who just made a three-pointer, helped Klay Thompson create 3 consecutive three-point opportunities, Klay Thompson shot 2 of 3, and after the official timeout came back in the third quarter and threw the second three-pointer, the personal score was increased to 20 points At the same time, the Grizzlies also tied the Spurs 80-80 in 7 minutes and 15 seconds in the third quarter!
Immediately afterwards, Duncan turned around and cut in to receive a pass from Dio and hit a layup before Sun Ce's defense was in place, but this time, Klay Thompson hit the sixth three-pointer in a single game, triggering a splash!
Sun Ce got the opportunity to play one-on-one singles on the outside, and borrowed Yi Jianlian to block and dismantle, and shot Duncan with a three-point shot......
"The splash is triggered at level 3, and if the host's three-point shot is not blocked, the shooting interference will be greatly reduced......"
"The ball-holding blocking expert is triggered at level 5, and the host chooses a three-point shot within two seconds without passing the ball after blocking and dismantling, and the three-point evaluation is temporarily increased by two small grades......"
S-class top arc three! With the bonus of relying on the momentum of the splash, Sun Ce hit a three-point shot against Duncan's defense!
83-82, after two quarters and 8 minutes, the Grizzlies finally overtook the score!
With 25 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block and 1 steal, watching Sun Ce's stats continue to rise, the Spurs players seem to have returned to the first game of the second round of the playoffs last season.
No matter how you try to find a way, you can't stop Sun Ce's rising data!
And it's not the data that is brushed out, Sun Ce really helped the Grizzlies play a super performance!
When it came to the Spurs' offense, this time Sun Ce relied on the judgment of the opponent's pass, moved his steps in advance, and the "food shortage" was triggered, and after determining the opponent's passing line, Sun Ce, who had already moved his feet in advance, stole Duncan's split of the ball against Gay!
Sun Ce was about to fight back, but was hugged by Danny Green, the Spurs tactical foul, and organized the Grizzlies to fight back!
This foul was the Spurs' third foul in the quarter, and before the number of fouls was reached, the Spurs called a timeout.
Popovich took Duncan off hard, and without Duncan, their defense would have dropped a lot, but he didn't want to break the agreed rotation plan from the beginning just because of one game.
Facing the Grizzlies' three new outside stars who can compete with the Warriors and Lakers, or they have already shot away, Popovich made a decision to let go of the offense!
George Hill, Ginobili, Gay, Jeff Ayres, Dio played with a lineup.
In this lineup, the two interior lines are both 206 cm tall, and the defense is not good, but the speed is fast!
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After the pause, Popovich looked at the combination of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian on the opposite side, and he knew that he was right, and the opponent would definitely strengthen the offense regardless of it, and the bald man on the opposite side was a madman.
Grizzlies backcourt ball, Sun Ce sent the ball to Paul George, to the front court began to run without the ball, around the baseline and ran out, at this time Paul George forced George Hill, distributed the ball to Sun Ce, Sun Ce ran out to attract Ginobili's defensive attention, Sun Ce received the ball from the player and distributed it to Klay Thompson.
Splash Brothers!
Klay Thompson catches the ball and hits a three-point shot!