So Popovich replaced Split with Dejuan Blair, who has the best athletic ability. Since Blair is a small inside player, the Spurs have also replaced a lineup of one big and four small.

Failed to seize the opportunity to play a small big shot in the previous round, it was Sun Ce's mistake. Nash originally wanted to find Paul George to attract Duncan to the top arc, so Sun Ce had the opportunity to play Guy from a low post.

Fortunately, when he turned around, Sun Ce returned Parker with a block. Yi Jianlian grabbed the rebound and the Grizzlies rushed in to counterattack. Sun Ce cut in and picked up Duncan when Nash and Yi Jianlian pulled Duncan out from the outside.

Yizhui's curved body leaned forward and made a layup.

Too difficult!

Every ball feels too difficult!

With Duncan here, even if he pulls out the pick-and-roll, others don’t have to worry. They can do their own jobs and do what they should do, because Duncan will definitely defend the areas he wants to defend.

Maybe Duncan has never been the best player in the league in a certain season. He has never won the best defensive player, but except for being tortured by sole fasciitis in 2005-06, 2007-08 and 2009-10.

The defensive efficiency declined due to injuries and age in the past three years, due to his unabated playing time, and over the other decades, his defensive efficiency has always been one of the five best players in the league.

Fortunately, the Grizzlies were fully prepared and directly started the offensive mode in the first quarter. With Sun Ce's physical strength playing style, the Grizzlies maintained the score and did not allow the Spurs to continue to widen the gap.

When the first quarter ended, Sun Ce felt that the time spent in one quarter was more than the normal halftime game than the normal halftime game.

But now it's the playoffs, and it's another opponent like the Spurs, so he's willing to fight like this.

After the first quarter, the Grizzlies fell 7 points behind and entered the quarter break.

Finally, I have survived the time Duncan has been there!

Because it did not start with defense like the first three regular season matches, the Grizzlies scored 36 points by the Spurs! Four three-pointers in a single quarter and three-pointers with 4 of 6 shots. The Spurs used this to cut the pass and hit the mid-range shot

By the time of flying, Duncan scored 8 points in the first quarter, plus Guy's 12 points, don't be too strong!

On the Grizzlies, Sun Ce scored 17 points in 8 of 13 shots in the first quarter, only 1 three-pointer, but he still failed to make a strong shot. He seemed to score a lot, but it was very different from his playing style this season.

A season has passed, and he is no longer the first three years of playing style of playing with hooks and attacking the basket, with mid-range shots as the auxiliary, and three-pointers are very important in his playing style.

This made Sun Ce worry about his team's outside shooting. Nash made a three-pointer in the first quarter, and the remaining 26 points were all scored at the close range and at the basket. If this continues, if the opponent really takes their

The touch was consumed, and then the defense suddenly contracted... Sun Ce felt a feeling called fear.

This is an open conspiracy, but with such a strategy, they can only use the gap between the opponent in the close range, otherwise they have to invest in the outside line, which will be even worse.

Fortunately, they didn't fall behind in the first quarter, unlike the first three regular season matches, which they sent out a defensive lineup not only failed to defend against the opponent's attack but also played badly, resulting in more than ten points behind in the first quarter of two games.

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Now that Duncan went down to rest, Sun Ce felt that he had a chance, but Nash and Paul George were going down to rest.

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After returning from the break during the festival, the Grizzlies sent Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler, Randolph and Gasol Jr.

On the Spurs side, George Hill, Ginobili, Guy, Dior, and Kwame Brown's lineup came on.

Sun Ce looked at the opposite side. The outside trio was fine. The two inside players were players with obvious flaws that other teams didn't want. However, in the Spurs, not only did they play well in the regular season, but they also played very important in the playoffs.

effect.

For example, Kwame Brown, in the series against the Warriors, averaged 7.5 points and 6.5 rebounds, with a shooting percentage of 75%. Dior even averaged 5 in 23 minutes of playing time in the first round of 6 games.

Assisted.

However, Sun Ce is confident in this lineup, and they are stronger overall!

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Spurs attacked, and Sun Ce took advantage of the prediction of "out of food" to steal Dior's high-level pass, without giving Kwame Brown a chance to eat the cake, and directly counterattacked and dunked to score two points.

Sun Ce counterattacked one-stop to help the Grizzlies narrow the gap to 5 points.

This is a good sign for the Grizzlies. With Duncan away, Dior's threat is not as good as Duncan. Without Parker, Sun Ce was also liberated and could assist in defense. Klay Thompson defended Ginobili and Jimmy

-Butler's defense against Guy may not necessarily put any restrictions, but Sun Ce can assist in defense.

With Dior's missed another mistake, Randolph missed the singles, the Grizzlies leaned on Gasol Jr. to support him at high positions, Jimmy Butler was mid-range when Sunce, Klay Thompson and Randolph attracted defense.

The Grizzlies narrowed the gap to 3 points!

Seeing the momentum was getting better, Ginobili stood up!

Popovich did not call a timeout as usual once the score difference was narrowed, and Ginobili gave a positive response!

Ginobili singled Klay Thompson for two consecutive rounds, and during the period, Sun Ce passed Klay Thompson to fail to make a three-pointer on the sideline, and the Grizzlies were beaten 6-pointers and 9 points behind the Spurs.

Instead, the Grizzlies called a timeout!

After a 4-0 wave, he was counterattacked 6-0 wave, which was a huge blow to the Grizzlies!

Fortunately, the Grizzlies have a tough mentality and have the desire to become "great" that Sun Ce mobilized before the game. The confidence has not suffered much damage, but morale will definitely decline because of this.

Back on the bench, Sun Ce watched Ginobili suddenly erupt... There was no sign at all!

Also, in the second quarter, he was not emptied by the opponent. Since Randolph was generally a scoring player at the basket, the Spurs assisted with defense at the basket, and passed it to Klay Thompson just now.

It can be seen that the goal is successful, but Klay Thompson did not score.

The Grizzlies did not make any adjustments this timeout, just to interrupt Ginobili's touch.

The offensive cooperation was good, Klay Thompson had the opportunity to catch the ball and shoot, and even made the first two offenses, defending the Spurs for two rounds.

They did nothing wrong and even did everything very well.

Ginobili rarely missed the defense against Klay Thompson and scored two consecutive three-pointers. With this probability, they didn't even have a way to deal with it.
Chapter completed!