Although it went in, Ibaka's defense was too beautiful!

Originally, because of Klay Thompson and Yi Jianlian's off-ball blocking and pick-and-roll running, and Adams's contraction, Ibaka let go of Richard Jefferson, the Grizzlies' worst three-point game, to make up for Klay Thompson's shot.

As a result, when Richard Jefferson ran back, Ibaka still seized the opportunity to retract and successfully made up the hat.

In the first two encounters, Sun Ce felt that although the number of blocks in Ibaka has declined this season, his athleticism, defensive awareness, and defensive execution have ...... And so on and so forth, it seems to have reached a peak, that is, the feeling of reaching the pinnacle of strength on the defensive end!

As can be seen from the defensive efficiency and the efficiency of limiting opponents' scoring per 100 possessions, Ibaka has been on a par with Duncan, Noah and Chandler in these aspects this season.

After grabbing the offensive rebound and running the hook scored, Sun Ce quickly retreated back.

The Thunder don't have a lot of fast breaks, and from a tactical point of view, they're a very, very traditional team, and unless they have to, there's always a big center on the court.

I didn't feel much when I played last time, that time their Grizzlies were in too good shape, this time against the Thunder, watching Durant at the top of the scoring list, Ibaka, one of the best defensive players in the league, and Westbrook, who averaged a triple-double per game, led the team to press, Sun Ce seemed to feel the scene depicted in a poem - black clouds crush the city and want to destroy it!

Westbrook's sharp breakthrough, coupled with Durant's super strength to have a shooting opportunity without too much running, Westbrook came up with a breakout, Durant stepped on the baseline to get a chance to catch the ball, and before Paul George followed up to interfere with the shot, Durant had already lifted the ball!

Lifted by Durant, defenders can only expect Durant to miss the shot.

However, Durant, who was fully prepared and at the beginning of the game, hit a steady long two-point shot!

When he shot, Durant knew that he would definitely score, he didn't just rely on his physical condition to play misposition, the overall position analysis of the whole court, the judgment of the movement of the ball, the creation of passing space, and the grasp of timing were all top-notch.

Sure enough, as Durant expected, Sun Ce, who was retracted to the basket, immediately picked up the ball and withdrew from the baseline and sent it to Paul George, and the Grizzlies started a fast break!

Positional warfare The current Paul George can't deal with a defensive player of the same level as him like Seiflora, so he doesn't fall into the positional battle offense, although the Thunder retreated quickly, and Adams judged that there was no offensive rebound when Durant made a move, but he was still played by the Grizzlies with the advantage of the bridging section - misalignment!

Sun Ce went straight to the opposite side from the middle after serving, Adams came up to block Sun Ce in the process of retreating, and Sun Ce turned around and dodged without the ball, Paul George burst to the left side of the middle distance and was blocked by Westbrook, and immediately passed to Sun Ce who entered the top arc into the three-point line, Sun Ce went straight to the basket!

Ibaka blocked Yi Jianlian, Durant retracted and chased Sun Ce behind Adams, Sun Ce split the ball, left bottom corner, Klay Thompson received the ball and shot three-pointers...... Didn't go in, Adams blocked the rushing Richard Jefferson, and Durant grabbed the defensive rebound before Sun Ce, who wanted to rush.

Although Klay Thompson didn't score, the Grizzlies' ability to grasp this transition between offense and defense was very good, and they used the quick multi-player to create good opportunities.

The first shot on the trial didn't go in, but the chance came in, and Klay Thompson made a decisive shot.

When it came to the Thunder's offense, Sun Ce could see from the first ball what the Dewey duo wanted to do, and in the last round of attack, Westbrook had a chance to pass to Sefrosa, but he didn't!

Sun Ce estimates that it may be related to the decline in Saifrosa's three-point shooting, which reached 44 percent in the 11-12 season, and 42 percent last season, but this season it plummeted to 32 percent...... This decline may also be related to the fact that for a long time this season, the Thunder's outside players were required to shoot decisively when receiving the ball, and the players received the ball, even if they were empty, they may not be sure, because sometimes they are not in the area they are good at.

But Sun Ce feels that this is not the main reason, the main reason is that the Dewey duo really wants to compete with him Sun for the scoring title and the triple-double king!

In terms of triple-double rankings, Westbrook currently has two fewer triple-doubles than Sun Ce, and he can't overtake them in one game.

But in the scoring list, Durant has overtaken, and the two want to hold on!

Sure enough, this time Sun Ce found that Westbrook still wanted to pass to Durant, Ibaka ran positively, and Adams was also looking for an opportunity to cut into the basket, but Durant was too positive!

Generally speaking, after Durant makes a shot, he will use his threat to contain and maximize the effect of his scoring, and Durant actually spends a lot of time on the offensive end taking a walk and waiting for the pot ball.

But today is too positive, after Sun Ce shrank to the inside, when Westbrook was blocked by Yi Jianlian and Klay Thompson who defended alone, Sun Ce did not change Adams like in the previous round, went around to prevent Adams from receiving the ball, but rushed directly in the direction of Durant's movement!

Sure enough, Durant, who was looking for a position at a jogging speed but was very active, immediately sped up when Yi Jianlian went to hit Westbrook and strode to the left side of the free throw line!

Paul George worked hard, but Durant's big stride was too powerful, and Durant's outburst with sufficient physical strength accelerated, and Paul George, who was already in the passive pursuit stage, didn't catch up!

got a catch-and-shoot opportunity and also created an opportunity for Adams to rush for a rebound, and Durant received Westbrook's split shot and turned and jumped...... Durant jumped up and found that someone had already pounced on him!

Unprepared, Durant's jumper from the free-throw line that temporarily increased his backing missed!

The ball is actually in the right direction, but Durant temporarily leaned back and subconsciously increased the shooting force, did not grasp it well, hit the inside of the basket, and bounced out to the outside line, Adams was in an excellent offensive rebounding position and couldn't grab the ball so fast, Sun Ce landed before Durant, turned around and stuck Durant, and grabbed the defensive rebound!

Seeing that Sun Ce was about to turn around and start a fast attack, Durant directly hugged Sun Ce when Sun Ce landed on the ground, and the tactical foul!

This foul awareness is very good, although Durant is unlikely to make the best defensive team, but the defense is not bad, and he is the best among the players in the A-level defensive evaluation.

Sun Ce's defensive choice this time was indeed beyond Dewey's expectations.

With the Grizzlies not having a tower to protect the rim, Klay Thompson will have a hard time defending Westbrook, and they expect Sun Ce's defensive focus to be more focused on shrinking.

And Durant's ability to fire in all directions, as long as he has enough physical strength, unless he has the ability to defend his actions before shooting like Tony Allen, there is almost no way to limit Durant's physical strength when he has enough energy.

And now, the most terrifying point on the Thunder's side is not that Durant shoots accurately, but that Durant can complete the offense with minimal attrition!

Westbrook has the strength to win the assist title, and also has the strength to compete for the scoring title, although he does not have the strength to win the two awards together, but he can compete for two awards alone.

Westbrook's progress can play a role in covering all offensive things except shooting, Durant just catches the ball and shoots, and doesn't have to help tandem offense like when Westbrook was not so strong before, which led to the highest mistake in the league.

Durant has the ability to organize offense with the ball, and he has developed it in the seventh year of his career, but this is not what he is good at, and what he is good at is undoubtedly shooting.

As for Westbrook, his strengths are that he has plenty of physical strength, is also "willing to pass", has solid ball control, and really has the league's top breakthrough scoring ability to help him attract pinch shots......

So they decided from the beginning, Westbrook sudden, and stared at passing the ball to Durant until Durant was tired of throwing and resting, allowing Durant to score more.

I didn't expect Sun Ce to be so keen, and he judged it after only one round!

After the foul, Durant quickly stepped back to the defense, and the Thunder fell into a defensive position.

The Grizzlies continued to attack, after Paul George advanced to the frontcourt, he continued to find Sun Ce, who leaned on Durant in the low post, Sun Ce received the ball, judged that the opponent was affected by his left-handed pull ball and turned right, and suddenly chose to turn right, did not cut, but took advantage of Durant's half-step back when he got up directly to hook his hand...... Hit!

Two hooks, 2 of 2 shots and 4 points!

Watching Sun Ce run back and high-five Paul George, Westbrook looked into Durant's eyes after receiving the ball from Durant, Durant shook his head, and Westbrook immediately understood.

On the other side, after Sun Ce retreated and went back, his brain quickly thought about what the other party would do next, and when Westbrook continued to force Klay Thompson, Sun Ce still chose to make up for Durant.

However, Westbrook and Durant directly interrupted their thoughts, Westbrook crossed to the left baseline, and Adams, who cut in, received the ball and hit the basket!

Paul George contracted quickly this time and chased after Adams, but Adams was really physical, a big man, he could actually twist and change hands in the air, dodging Paul George's left hand to put the ball into the basket!

Sun Ce's ability to help defend is undoubted, but why is Klay Thompson defending Westbrook and Paul George defending Durant without the ball tonight, rather than Klay Thompson, who has better defense without the ball, defending Durant? It's because Paul George is also better than a single defense...... Of course, the gap between Paul George and the two is not so big, but the help defense is slightly stronger than the single defense, and Paul George has an overall defense and plays a defensive level, and Klay Thompson is better at defending Westbrook, a player with strong straight-line acceleration ability.

In this defense just now, Sun Ce and Paul George have almost done their best, and if they change to other physical fitness streams, Paul George is really likely to interfere with it or even complete the hat.

Both teams are making adjustments and trying to get the details right.

Although the current Thunder record is only 30-23 and ranked eighth in the West, this is from 14-15 all the way to 30-23, that is, after Durant's return, the Thunder have a record of 16-8.

In terms of strength, the Thunder team with Durant is still the favorite for the championship, and there is not much difference between the strength of the Grizzlies and the Grizzlies.

So the details are very important, and it is likely that the final result of the game is the seed planted in the previous details.

Durant and Westbrook, the duo that may eventually fall out but may indeed be the most suitable, made Sun Ce feel the strength of the duo that could play 3 to 1 with the 73-winning team in the original time and space, and the defensive efficiency of Ibaka around the duo has been forced back due to a major injury, and the defensive end has dropped significantly!

The current Ibaka defense has entered its peak, although the offensive end was not forced to become an offensive power forward after a major injury because of the defensive collapse and developed a three-point shooting rate of nearly 40 percent, but the mid-range shooting was fully developed last season, who was the first in the shooting percentage last season?

It's not Kobe Bryant, Nowitzki, or Durant, but Ibaka, who averages 2.1 mid-range or long-range shots per game with a 54 percent shooting rate! Even from close range, Ibaka has a 49 percent shooting percentage, and of course, it's basically only catch-and-shoot shots.

But the containment of catching and shooting allows the Thunder to play well the three-man offense of Westbrook, Durant, and Adams, even if Sefrosa is ignored by Sun Ce on the offensive end, and is ignored by the other four members of the Thunder team, the Thunder's 3-on-4 offense is still playing very well!

On the offensive end of the Grizzlies' side, once they fell into a positional battle, they didn't play a misalignment, and the first shot was really bad, and Ibaka defended it too well!

Just like the Grizzlies were blocked by Ibaka in the first offense of the opening game, Ibaka's active and strong defense gave the Grizzlies a strong sniper attack from close range and under the basket!

However, Yi Jianlian and Richard Jefferson opened up a wide space, and Sun Ce played half a quarter and actually got 3 offensive rebounds! Once was Richard Jefferson hatted at the beginning, once was Yi Jianlian missed a two-point shot, and once Paul George missed a three-point shot, Sun Ce all converted into points.

And Sun Ce can have such a rushing opportunity, and it has something to do with Klay Thompson's first three-point shot not scored, and the next two three-pointers were scored!

Klay Thompson was blocked for three points, Sun Ce was also blocked for three points, and Sun Ce took the initiative to drop low to attract Ibaka or Adams to make up for the defense, and then split the ball.

When Yi Jianlian and Richard Jefferson rushed, Adams or Ibaka could play two cards at all, but Durant really couldn't defend the rebound every time under Sun Ce's rush.

Even if Sun Ce doesn't have teammates in the card position, he still has the ability to average 10+ rebounds per game!

In the first half of the first quarter, the Grizzlies and Thunder went 18-19, and after Durant cut in and hit a pick-and-shoot to increase his personal score to six points to help the Thunder take the lead again, the Grizzlies called a timeout.

18 points, Klay Thompson 6 points, Sun Ce scored 6 points on the second offense, two points in singles, missed the shot in the catch but caused Adams to shoot foul and hit both free throws, the Splash Brothers scored 16 points out of 18 points, and only Yi Jianlian scored two points on a baseline jumper.

This score is also a little too concentrated, Sun Ce started too hard, and he scored 10 points personally, which Coach Hollins didn't think was very good...... He didn't worry about Sun Ce, this guy had scored 70+ twice, and 10 points in 6 minutes and 48 seconds was nothing.

Mainly others, because the opponent's offense is too good, they have seized the defects of weak interior defense on their side, and they keep using Westbrook and Adams to impact the basket, and Ibaka and Durant have extremely accurate mid-range shots, the Grizzlies really didn't defend 5 and 4, and Richard Jefferson and Yi Jianlian's weakness on the defensive end was infinitely amplified by Westbrook and Adams, who had a strong offense under the basket...... So the whole team is fighting very hard defensively, which may also affect the shooting feeling.

Fortunately, Sun Ce was really fierce tonight, scoring 10 points, 5 boards, 2 assists and 1 steal in a little more than half a quarter, biting the score to death.

Sun Ce is definitely going to fight tonight, looking at the situation, Coach Hollins feels that it is possible for Sun Ce to play the whole game tonight, but it is not easy for their Grizzlies to bite the score, and they can't make any mistakes!

Replacing Paul George with a rest, Coach Hollins sent Beverley to this point that can be promoted, as the so-called capable people work hard, and now in this situation, Coach Hollins is ready to let Sun Ce control the overall offense.

Klay Thompson and Sun Ce continued to play, and on the inside side they were replaced by Prince and Larry Sanders.

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Westbrook looked at Sun Ce's side and rebounded 7 rebounds in the first quarter...... Envy and jealousy! Played almost 7 minutes, got 5 points and 3 assists, but only 1 rebound!

The Grizzlies played 11 offensive rounds in 6 minutes and 48 seconds, and the first shot in each round was actually only 4 balls, but the remaining 7 rebounds were snatched by Sun Ce, and three were scored by the second offense, so Durant didn't dare to let go in order to keep the rebounds, and snatched two, Ibaka kept 1, and Westbrook only had 1 rebound......

The Thunder made a lineup of Westbrook, Andre Robertson, Durant, Ibaka and Perkins.

Unlike the Grizzlies, on the Thunder's side, when it comes to important games, their head coach Scott Brooks uses the three young to death.

Durant has not averaged less than 38 minutes per game since his sophomore year with the Thunder, and he hasn't played that long.

But now Westbrook, who has the current style of play, has solved this problem very wonderfully.

The official timeout came back, and the Grizzlies served from the halfway point.

Sun Ce sent the ball to Beverley, and instead of falling into the low post, he came to the top arc to receive the ball from Beverley and started to play singles!

The current lineup of their own team has the advantage of being able to open up the space; Disadvantage - purely relying on the Splash Brothers, no tactical coordination.

And if the Splash Brothers want to open it, naturally he and his grandson must open it singles first!