Top pitchers are too important for a team!

There are many people who say that the most important thing for the Heat team to play such a good record this year is not the introduction of Nene but Ray Allen, not that Nene is not important, but that Ray Allen is too important.

In the past, the Heat's shooters were fixed catchers, but Ray Allen, who will take the initiative to pull away to the farthest end and can judge when to approach James or Wade, who has the ball, will bring his defender to the space where he can contain the ball and create more favorable opportunities for himself.

Kobe Bryant is like that, he thinks about how to create better scoring opportunities for himself without thinking about anything else.

The Grizzlies use Klay Thompson to defend Kobe, which is not easy to lose, but there will be another problem, that is, 4 defense 4, which is more difficult than 5 defense 5.

But this is already the best defense that the Grizzlies have come up with, and it is better to shoot the rest of the Lakers than to shoot Kobe Bryant, who has the highest shooting efficiency of his career.

After Jordan Hill dunked, the Lakers quickly retreated, and Gasol Jr. pulled his teammates to quickly exchange defenses before serving.

The Grizzlies have to slow down, if they play fast-paced offense and defense, the Grizzlies may not have the Lakers to defend well, it's not that the Grizzlies don't defend as well as the Lakers, it's just that the Lakers are better at playing good defense in the offense, similar to the Nuggets.

Paul George advanced to the front court and hoisted the ball to the basket to meet Randolph who was changed by Ci Shiping, Ci Shiping is now difficult to defend against Randolph, and the weight loss made his low-post defense drop a lot, Jordan Hill immediately pinched the past, Randolph divided the ball Gasol Jr., Kobe Bryant quickly changed the defense, and Ci Shiping also judged Paul George's running route, and blocked it in place at the first time.

As the playoffs approach, there have been noticeable changes on the Lakers' side, with better defense than before the All-Star weekend, faster and more pressing!

Obviously, the Lakers have also entered playoff mode, Sun Ce went up to receive a pass from Gasol Jr., and there were only 8 seconds left in the offensive time, so Sun Ce could only come by himself.

Josh Smith's weight of more than 110 kilograms actually has A+ level speed and S- level explosive acceleration, Sun Ce is not good at dealing with this kind of defender with excellent height and strong arm span and strong movement ability, but he can only push the bottom line with his head shut.

When he suddenly reached the middle distance, Sun Ce still didn't think of a way, and was about to prepare for a strong throw, when suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, changed the ball to his left hand and pulled the ball from behind, stepped into a position close to the bottom line, and narrowly received the ball, stopped and turned around!

Josh Smith thought that Sun Ce was going to change direction, and immediately took half a step back, Sun Ce's pull-up jump shot was not a conventional offensive means, and Sun Ce did not have room to move sideways to the right side in this area, and Josh Smith's defensive awareness at the second defense level was vividly displayed.

However, Sun Ce stopped and turned around and jumped directly!

"Dribble behind and turn jumper level 1 (Irving) trigger ......"

Although it looked rushed, the jump was sufficient, and with Josh Smith stepping back, Sun Ce focused on turning and shooting a shot!

That is, Josh Smith did not post it, otherwise even if he triggered Irving's back dribble and turn jumper, Sun Ce would have choked enough to shoot.

But it's not a goal, it's a good goal!

Watching Sun Ce retreat, Kobe, who had been paying attention to Sun Ce's side, widened his eyes, this action was ...... Seems to be one of the signature singles moves of his fans!

He remembers that when they practiced together on All-Star Weekend, his fans came to visit the class and taught Sun Ce this, and at that time, Sun Ce practiced the same as Xiang, and he couldn't find a place to get started.

Sun Ce has studied several games before tonight, and Kobe has studied it many times, and he has not seen Sun Ce use this trick.

I actually used it tonight!

With Kobe's understanding of Sun Ce, this guy, as long as he finds the feeling of getting started, he can learn it!

When it came to the Lakers' offense, Paul quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and this time Paul faked the block, judged the defensive changes that the Grizzlies wanted to do to change the defense and cut off the pass, and created a three-point opportunity for Ci Shiping in the bottom corner.

The opportunity was good, but it didn't go in, and Sun Ce collected the defensive rebound.

Sun Ce advanced to the front court by himself, looking at the opponent's defensive formation, Randolph was very restrained in the low post, giving the outside a better chance to shoot in the middle and long range, but Randolph himself is not easy to play, and the Lakers' ability to shrink and expand is too good to lose to the Nuggets.

It was not so easy for Sun Ce to single Josh Smith, so Sun Ce looked for Klay Thompson to block and dismantle, and after dismantling, he faced Paul's strong defense!

Paul was very stable in the lower game, Sun Ce was not able to successfully accelerate, but relied on his height advantage to move sideways on the right side of the three-second zone and shoot a jumper...... It's a pity I didn't get in.

Kobe Bryant defended the rebound and passed it to Paul, and the Lakers went on offense.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Kobe Bryant asked for the ball directly at a 45-degree angle on the right side, without spending extra strength, Kobe Bryant faced Paul George's defense and directly leaned back to shoot a three-point shot...... Entered!

5 to 2!

The Lakers take the initiative!

As it turned out, the Grizzlies' starting adjustment tonight was not very good, and in the next few minutes, the Grizzlies played offense and defended hard, but they didn't defend well, and they were hit twice by the Lakers.

Tonight, Sun Ce and Klay Thompson scored six points in a row, but the Lakers held on to their lead.

At 6:44 of the first quarter, the Grizzlies fell behind by four points at 15-19 and called a timeout and entered the official timeout.

Paul George was replaced by Tony Allen in the 3rd minute, but the Lakers' offense was already on the rise, and it was really hard to play against the league's leading scoring team.

Entering the official timeout, Coach Hollins also knew that there was a problem with the change of lineup he wanted, if he grinded the defense as steadily as in the previous two meetings, although his side could not score 15 points in the first half of the quarter, the Lakers side would definitely not score as many as 19 points.

Coach Hollins just wanted to try and see if he would find an easier way to deal with the Lakers after entering the playoff rhythm and changing the opening style of play.

Obviously, the change of formation failed.

Isn't that what the game at the end of the regular season is for when there's no pressure on the record?

It's just that tonight's game will be difficult, and the Lakers' offense has already played a feeling!

Although there is no record pressure, if you can sweep the Lakers in the regular season, then if you meet the Lakers in the second round or the Western Conference finals, your side will obviously have a greater psychological advantage.

How do we solve the current problem? Coach Hollins patted Sun Ce on the shoulder.

This unreliable attempt to change formations, Sun Ce also felt a pain in the egg, and after being patted on the shoulder, seeing Coach Hollins' inquiring eyes, Sun Ce nodded.

"Hey...... Why is it that the stronger the strength, the greater the pressure? I'm still a kid! ”