763. Slam Dunk to Win! (1st update 5.5K)
There are traces of whether Sun Ce broke out that night or not.
According to Coach Hollins's observations, including the outburst of the hand, Sun Ce has a certain pattern every time he breaks out, firstly, Sun Ce will play hard, there will be more enthusiasm than expected and even some excessive positive unnecessary physical exertion, secondly, he will shoot more, or have extra achievements on the defensive end, or he will have an amazing attack in the cold.
In the absence of these conditions, Coach Hollins is very calm about Sun Ce's use, a good knife should be used on the blade, and Sun Ce's physical strength distribution is very good.
After returning from halftime, the Grizzlies sent a lineup of Sun Ce, Morrow, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Gasol Jr.
On the Hawks' side, the lineup of Teague, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Marvin Williams, and Horford appeared.
As Battier jumped to win over Horford, the Hawks took the lead at the start of the second half, and Teague received the serve to advance quickly, and the Hawks moved faster than in the first half.
Sun Ce waited at the top arc for Teague to advance, and the opponent's tempo change put him under a lot of pressure.
Teague had the nickname of a weakened version of Noah last season, with little speed, excellent ability to change direction in the process, relatively average bounce but a keen sense of smell for attacking the basket, these characteristics are very similar to Sun Ce, especially the passing when switching offense, similar to Sun Ce, and is regarded as a genius with the potential to average 5+ assists per game, and these games after sitting in the starting position this season have proved this.
And Teague is consciously learning Sun Ce's style of play, and after crossing the middle line, he begins to accelerate directly! Rushing outside the three-point line, he dribbled with a cross-step and broke through from the left side with a high-speed change of direction.
Fortunately, Sun Ce predicted it, and Sun Ce used the acceleration change technique to lean forward to the right in advance, using the inertia of the body to increase the starting speed, although it could not trigger the skill bonus, but the small skills that he usually found out when using the skill were used.
However, when Teague changed direction, Gasol Jr. under the basket had already made a move towards the left side of the three-second zone, because in the second quarter, Teague singled Conley twice, and relied on the outside acceleration and direction change similar to Sun Ce's close-range acceleration and direction change to pass Conley, and broke into the inside line to shoot 2 and shoot 1, as long as Teague broke in, the small throw was unguardable.
Teague has a good vision, after all, he is a passer who will average 7+ assists per game in the future, and quickly divided the ball when Gasol Jr. moved his feet.
Josh Smith, who cut in after a wide run, received the ball, pushed past the pursuing Paul George, and threw the ball to the basket before Gasol Jr. turned back......
Josh Smith before he completely became a mid-range shooting boy is really good, he has what he wants, he is strong and fast, averaging 165 points, 85 rebounds, 33 assists, 17 steals and 19 blocks per game so far this season.
Hawks rookie coach Larry Drew brought a fantastic change to the Eagles' offensive end by moving Josh Smith to the small forward position.
This time, Josh Smith's movement and Teague's breakaway move attracted the footsteps of Gasol Jr. on the inside and created very good shooting opportunities, but ......
As soon as the ball left Josh Smith's hand, Yi Jianlian, who rushed in from the bottom line, slapped him away!
The Grizzlies' defensive aggressiveness was beyond the Hawks' imagination and more aggressive than in the first half!
The ball was fanned by Yi Jianlian to the left side of the three-second zone, and Gasol Jr. failed to react to the incident between lightning and fire, Joe Johnson squeezed Morrow to grab the offensive rebound, and immediately jumped after winning the rebound, sticking up to Morrow and shooting a jumper...... Morrow defended well this time, his feet did not move, his hands were stretched straight up, and he did not give Joe Johnson a chance to make a foul, and Joe Johnson did not jump enough in the confrontation and shot short.
Gasol Jr. finally had a chance to play at this time, and the card was dispatched!
Gasol Jr. pressed to the right side of the three-second zone, spread his hands out, blocked Josh Smith and Marvin Williams' rushing route, and Sun Ce, who received it, won the defensive rebound and counterattacked!
Yi Jianlian and Paul George were already fast when they saw Gasol Jr. moving to block people, Sun Ce rushed out in the middle, Morrow followed up in the right rear, and the defensive counterattack formation was beautiful.
However, the Hawks did not rush to grab rebounds, they have long known the strength of the Grizzlies' several big card forwards, these people don't care about the number of defensive rebounds at all, focus on the card position, Sun Ce's rebounding sense is good, and the Hawks, including Horford, quickly retreated from the beginning.
Horford and Marvin Williams blocked the scary-looking Yi Jianlian, Paul George was stuck by Teague, and when Sun Ce rushed to the frontcourt, Josh Smith was at the free-throw line, and Morrow, who followed up on the right, was guarded by Joe Johnson.
The Eagles' lineup is too fast!
Sun Ce restrained the pace of the fast attack, Yi Jianlian rushed in and didn't get a chance to eat cakes, pulled out towards the outside line, and waited for little Gasol, who had just run to the middle line, to come in.
Seeing that the defensive counterattack led by Sun Ce was blocked, the Eagles slowed down, waiting to fall into a positional battle.
At this moment, Josh Smith saw Sun Ce make a wave to the right side of the three-second zone, and immediately looked back to avoid being blocked and demolished by Yi Jianlian...... There is no one on the right side of the three-second zone!
Josh Smith screamed and quickly moved sideways to the right...... Then Josh Smith saw Sun Ce break through from his left side!
Sun Ce's tactical feints deceived Josh Smith, whose body reacted faster than his brain's thinking speed, and "blocked" with the air, passed Josh Smith, and burst into the inside!
When Josh Smith subconsciously moved to the right, he saw that Yi Jianlian was still standing on the right side of the three-second zone, and hurriedly chased after Sun Ce.
Sun Ce didn't have a mid-range pullup jumper, which he wasn't good at, and Josh Smith chased him closely, he rushed all the way to the right side of the three-second zone and jumped to the hook...... Horford pounced and hit Sun Ce, but Sun Ce had already hooked the ball out, and at the same time that Sun Ce was knocked to the ground, the referee's whistle blew and Horford defended a foul.
The ball falls into the basket with the referee's whistle! 2+1!
Josh Smith felt his IQ humiliated.
Seeing Sun Ce beckoning to the air and actually tricking Josh Smith's reverse traverse, the bottom line fans all stood up and cheered with an exaggerated "oh oh oh" sound, which stung Josh Smith's young heart......
Morrow and Paul George came over and pulled Sun Ce, who walked to the free throw line and the fans began to chant "V".
After adjusting it and not being affected by being knocked down, Sun Ce hit a sideways hook free throw, and the fans at the scene cheered again.
After 11 minutes of confrontation in the first half, long observation of the opposing defense, and detailed analysis by defensive assistant coach Dave Jogle, head coach Hollins and offensive assistant coach David Fitzdale at halftime, Sun Ce's attack made better use of the gaps in the direct defense of players and the opponent's positioning.
Today's game was difficult to play from the beginning, and it felt like the opening game against the Magic, and Sun Ce felt that the Eagles were really better than the Magic team this season.
The Hawks have a bad record, but they lack pitchers, and their regular season record is not good, just like the Grizzlies team that did not have his grandson, no double emperor, and no Morrow in the original time and space.
But the Hawks are very capable of tossing opponents, originally the Hawks only lost to the Eastern Conference finals team in the three playoff games in 11-13 years, and they won at least two games, and they are indeed a very good playoff team, but they are too unexplosive, not many people notice their strength, but some people ridicule them for the second round every year, but no one notices that their playoff performance is no worse than the Grizzlies, who are known as the Western-stirring sticks.
Tonight's game, although difficult to play, but it is very exercise the players' will and mental flexibility, because it is difficult to complete the attack easily, and at the same time, the defense can not be relaxed, and do not have to think about how to seize the fleeting opportunity on the offensive end.
Sun Ce has obviously improved in this game!
As soon as the third quarter came up, Sun Ce played a 2+1 and chased the score to 38-40, only two points short!
After Sun Ce scored this time, the defensive enthusiasm of the two teams improved again, it was Josh Smith who raised the defensive intensity to a new level, and was humiliated so badly by Sun Ce, he began to go crazy, the offensive end was very active in running and receiving the ball, and the defensive end was desperately defending.
Josh Smith, who has not been played bad by the Hawks coaching staff, is still that strong all-round warrior, with a 45+ shooting percentage, an average of 15+ steals and blocks, what do you want, the Hawks let Josh Smith practice three-point shooting in the first two years, although this season suddenly let Josh Smith change to practice mid-range shooting, but the three points practiced in the past two years are not bad, and the three-point shooting rate of 33% averages 08 three-pointers per game......
Josh Smith's aggressiveness has allowed the Hawks to improve on both ends of the floor.
But the Grizzlies' side is also very active defensively, Sun Ce played less time in the first half, and he could help defend everywhere in the second half.
Sun Ce and Josh Smith are the most outstanding players on both teams, Sun Ce constantly wants to start a fast attack, even if he can't score, he must raise the speed and consume the opponent, Gasol Jr. stayed in the Grizzlies' own half for a long time, and there were not many opportunities to fall into the front court, the speed of the Hawks was not bad, whether it was Teague, Josh Smith or Jamal Crawford, who came off the bench, could keep up with Sun Ce as a defensive arrow in the top arc, which had a great impact on Sun Ce's counterattack.
In turn, the Hawks' offense did not play well, the Hawks did not play well in the fast break during Teague's possession of the ball, Gasol Jr. stayed under the basket for a long time, and Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian's protection under the basket, they could only float and shoot, and Josh Smith scored a three-pointer in the fast break, and most of the time the Hawks' fast break fell into positional warfare.
When Jamal Crawford replaced Teague on the court, the Hawks' fast break was gone, and there was a bigger decline in offensive efficiency.
In the 9th minute of the third quarter, Randolph, who was replaced during the official timeout, grabbed the offensive rebound that Tony Allen couldn't throw and passed to Sun Ce, who was vacated in the middle distance on the right side of the bottom line, Josh Smith and Joe Johnson, who had just retracted to grab the rebound, both pounced on Sun Ce in the middle distance on the right, Sun Ce threw the ball to the right side of the basket, Jordan Jr. slipped the bottom line from the left side of the three-second zone around Horford to the right side of the three-second zone, jumped on the spot, touched the ball in the air and smashed it into the basket, The Eagles managed to overtake the Eagles by one point at 54-53.
Hawks head coach Larry Drew calls a timeout!
In the defensive battle, in the end, it was the Grizzlies who had stronger defensive strength that had the upper hand!
After going into the timeout, Sun Ce was replaced to rest, Conley was replaced, and the lineup of Tony Allen, Paul George, Randolph, and Jordan Jr. continued to play the rest of the third quarter.
Sun Ce played well in these 9 minutes, taking advantage of the advantages he could take advantage of, better space and the opponent's defensive tendency, these two points are very important.
Defending Sun Ce is very embarrassing for the Hawks, Sun Ce's height advantage is there, they need to use Josh Smith to defend for a long time, Josh Smith is highly motivated to defend, outstanding in defense, and often shrinks in, which makes the Eagles obviously attach great importance to Sun Ce's defense, but they always let Sun Ce vacate the shot, Sun Ce made 5 shots in the back, almost all of them were empty shots, 2 of 5 shots, plus the 2+1 at the beginning of the third quarter, and the counterattack after the official timeout in the third quarter caused the foul to hit both free throws, Sun Ce scored nine points in nine minutes in the third quarter.
It's mainly defense, playing 20 minutes, Sun Ce has 5 blocks, and the official timeout came back to cap Jamal Crawford twice, which is a very important node for the Hawks to overtake the score.
In the third quarter, Sun Ce has so far shot 3 of 6, 3 of 3 free throws, scored 9 points, 4 boards, 3 blocks and 3 assists, and in 9 minutes, the Hawks played a score of 19-13.
During this period, the defensive arrangement of the coaching staff and Sun Ce's independent offensive changes on the court played very well, relying on Randolph's offensive rebound, and successfully overtook the score in this quarter.
Once the score is overtaken, the advantage on the Grizzlies' side will come! And there was a sense of panic on the Hawks' side.
The Grizzlies have a better record than the Hawks, in addition to the overall defense is indeed much stronger, and more importantly, the Hawks often have people who stand up at critical moments.
Randolph, Sun Ce, Battier, Conley, Morrow and even Yi Jianlian have all had outstanding performances at key moments this season.
And the Hawks pointed to Joe Johnson alone, Josh Smith is easy to get hot-headed at critical moments and wants to bet on his feelings, and Jamal Crawford's playoff level defense is rarely able to reach 40 percent shooting in a season, whether it is past, present or future.
Every time it comes to a critical moment, the Eagles can only point to Joe Johnson,
No, after the score was overtaken, Hinrich, who replaced Crawford, handed the ball to Joe Johnson in the first half.
But at this time, Tony Allen, who had been resting for a long time, came up and put huge defensive pressure on Joe Johnson, who was forced to pass the ball to Josh Smith first and prepare to go to the low post.
However, the Josh Smith gambler's mentality came, and he met Battier's three-point ...... outside the three-point line.
Larry Drew stood on the sidelines and covered his head in pain, the first attack that came back from a pause was too important, and it was originally arranged for Joe Johnson to play alone, but Josh Smith threw it directly and didn't throw it in yet!
Looking back, Conley made a beautiful pass, which made the opponent and teammates not react, fortunately Randolph was in a good position, Conley's smashing pass just bounced into Randolph's arms, and Randolph received the ball and scored a foul on Marvin Williams, another 2+1!
After Randolph added a free throw, the Grizzlies stretched the deficit to four points and led 57-53!
Although Josh Smith didn't get hot-headed again, that one hot-headed gave the Grizzlies a clear lead!
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In the next time, the Grizzlies played steadily, and there was rarely time to stretch the difference to more than 5 points, but it didn't give the Hawks a chance to chase back the difference between the two goals, slowly grinding and playing.
By the time of the official timeout in the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies still maintained a three-point lead, leading 77-74, and still had the ball!
Sun Ce rested for 10 minutes of the game, that is, nearly 20 minutes, re-entered the game, and the starting lineup of Conley, Battier, Randolph, and Gasol Jr. came back to play key moments.
On the Hawks' side, Hinrich, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Marvin Williams, and Horford's strongest lineup is also on the lineup, and Larry Drew still trusts the veteran Hinrich more at critical moments.
Jamal Crawford was dropped at another crucial moment, and today he shot 1-of-7, how bad it was, and Teague was too young.
The official timeout came back, and the Grizzlies attacked.
Gasol Jr., who came back after a break of more than a quarter, came up with a fierce first attack, took the initiative to fall to the low post, received a pass from Conley, and hit a high shot, helping the Grizzlies to score 79-74 and lead by 5 points!
Looking back, Sun Ce's single defense of Joe Johnson was good, Joe Johnson's shot was missed, and Sun Ce grabbed the defensive rebound himself.
This time, the Grizzlies played a successful game with one offense and one defense!
won this rebound, Sun Ce has 14 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, 5 blocks and 1 steal! It is very important that in addition to his two turnovers in the first quarter, two minutes in the second quarter and nine minutes in the third quarter, although there are not many assists, there are no turnovers!
After grabbing the rebound, Sun Ce immediately advanced the counterattack, and caught the Hawks off guard, the Hawks did not expect Sun Ce to counterattack without running and bombarding his teammates, when Sun Ce rushed to the frontcourt, only Josh Smith retreated in place, and the rest of the Hawks also retreated quickly, but they were all disciplined retreats, orderly falling into defensive positions, and only Josh Smith could play a defensive role against Sun Ce.
Sun Ce rushed all the way to the right side of the three-second zone, suddenly accelerated and changed direction, and rushed to the left.
Josh Smith followed Sun Ce's footsteps, Sun Ce rushed to the left side of the three-second zone and turned one and a half steps to face the bottom line, failed to get rid of Josh Smith, just when Josh Smith was very calm and stretched out his arms to stand in the air above Sun Ce, Sun Ce changed direction again, and the second stage of the skill effect of accelerating the change of direction in the march was triggered, Sun Ce jumped to the right side of the reasonable collision area, this time Sun Ce hit high, jumped on the spot, picked up the ball with his right hand, and smashed it into the basket with one hand!
This is not over, Marvin Williams, who rushed in from the right side hard, rushed over his head and touched Sun Ce, who picked up the ball, the referee whistle blew, and Marvin Williams was whistled for a foul!
The fans jumped up when they saw the ball, and they thought that Sun Ce was going to make a big windmill layup again, but it was really buckled!
Although Sun Ce didn't score the free throw, relying on Sun Ce's counterattack and dunk this time, the Grizzlies stretched the difference to 7 points, leading 81-74 and locking the win!
Joe Johnson tried to lead the counterattack, but with little time left and the opposition already on the rise, Joe Johnson didn't have a chance to drag the game into a crunch moment to show his stunner.
Sun Ce seized the opportunity, a successful defense, a key dunk!
In the end, relying on Sun Ce's 16 points, 11 boards, 5 assists, 5 blocks and 1 steal in a single game, as well as an excellent performance of only two turnovers, the Grizzlies defeated the Hawks 86-81 and won six consecutive victories!
At the end of the game, the big screen on the scene showed the camera to Sun Ce's family on the sidelines, and Sun Ce's mother and girlfriend were still chattering Lori's excited looks, which made Memphis fans feel the warmth of the family.
But Sun Ce's father's strong thick body, cold expression, and vicissitudes of life are ...... Fans have the same idea as Wang Keying when she first met Sun Ce's father - it seems that Xiaobawang's father seems more suitable to play in the NBA...... Especially compared with Sun Ce's image......
I don't want to be the boss