The inter-section break is over, and the decisive battle in the final quarter is coming.

The Bulls' head coach Sloan was prepared. In the second half of the third quarter, Sun Ce blocked 3 shots in half of the quarter, which disillusioned their idea of ​​narrowing the point difference after the third quarter, and they had no choice but to fight for the fourth quarter.

But he is not afraid. He sent out a combination of Rose, Korver, Luol Deng, Gibson, and Noah. He did a good job in rotating in the first three quarters. Now these five players have sufficient physical strength. Even if these five players are full

In the fourth quarter, Noah, who played the most minutes, only played 38 minutes.

Rose's clumsy pick-and-roll offense was no longer used by Sloan. It's not like he didn't have other tactics. He was preparing to launch an attack around Korver and Luol Deng's outside shooting, and he went all out on the defensive end.

The defense of this lineup is very good. Ross was also the best defensive player in the state in college. He is not so outstanding in the NBA, but it has never been a loophole, but it is still very strong. Similar to Westbrook, Payton is not given the template casually.

Luol Deng and Noah are on the second level of defense. Gibson actively works hard and has a good defensive awareness. Even Korver's defense switching ability and assist defense ability are good, but no one noticed Korver's pick-and-roll defense and assist defense capabilities.

I remember he was beaten every night on single defense.

With such players at hand...if you only look at role players, this is the best time for role players in Sloan's entire coaching career.

He is willing to continue to be the head coach and is willing to accept a trade to come to the Bulls. In addition to the request of the team management, the fans and media in his hometown city, and the push from politicians, the Bulls are the old club that retired his jersey and started his coaching career.

What's more important is the lineup. He doesn't want to lose it late in the season.

But when he was fully prepared to face off against the Grizzlies' defense, which was known as the league's strongest, Sloan saw Nash continue to play!

The lineup of Nash, Sun Ce, Neal, Randolph and DeAndre Jordan is on the field!

This lineup, even the forward defensive combination of Klay Thompson and Paul George that surprised Sloan, is gone, and it has a sense of déjà vu that they have given up on defense.

After the fourth quarter started, the Grizzlies continued to charge!

Sloan wanted to play positional warfare, and his offense and defense were both positional warfare offenses. As a result, he encountered the Grizzlies who gave up their overall defense.

Randolph does not have the impact of Yi Jianlian, nor the flexible cutting ability of Yi Jianlian, but he shoots more accurately, and can catch the ball and layup quickly, with a higher success rate. Although the effect is not as good as Yi Jianlian, the combination of Sun Ce + DeAndre Jordan

The shock combo is enough.

The Grizzlies caught the opponent off guard. Sun Ce used Randolph's mid-range shot to contain him and Jordan's impact to contain him. In the fourth quarter, he caught the ball under the basket and dunked twice in a row.

Gibson, who defended Sun Ce, was dunked to the point where he doubted his life... Twice he was sent flying by Sun Ce. Twice he was feinted in the air and forced to take off for dunks by Sun Ce. Both times he was beaten 2+1!

Sun Ce only scored one penalty after two extra penalties, but he helped the team score a 5-2 victory!

84 to 75, the Grizzlies lead by 9 points!

The Grizzlies, who attacked first in the fourth quarter, only needed 1 minute to score 5 points.

The Bulls did nothing wrong. Their first attack relied on the threat of Luol Deng. Rose cut decisively, avoided Sun Ce's defense and made a shot, but the point difference was widened.

When the Bulls were on offense again, Rose calmed down, used the pick-and-roll to break into the paint, and passed the ball to Gibson. The ball shocked Sun Ce. Rose passed the ball decisively, and Gibson had a better chance of running out than Boozer, who was unwilling to move.

OK, successfully caught the ball.

Fortunately, Gibson didn't make the mid-range shot.

However, Noah pushed the ball away from Jordan's head. Rose received the ball. This time he stopped passing the ball and broke into the paint again.

On Sun Ce's side, Jordan was actually stuck just now, but the ball bounced too high and too far, and the direction was towards Noah, and Noah shot it away.

At this time, Sun Ce happened to be staying on the inside line. When he saw Sun Ce rushing in, he immediately followed him.

Rose would be very helpless when being defended by Sun Ce. He had spent most of his energy avoiding other people's defense before. Sun Ce appeared out of nowhere and Rose was unable to guard against him.

But facing Sun Ce head-on, Rose turned his body sideways toward the baseline in the air, giving the impression that he was lying sideways, and made a layup from behind Sun Ce's left...

Sun Ce tried his best to turn his body and stretch the ball towards Rose's possible underhand layup angle.

At this time, Sun Ce's terrifying size advantage among point guards was revealed!

If it were another outside line, even James, who is 206 centimeters tall and has a wingspan of 214 centimeters, would not be able to hit the ball.

But Sun Ce turned his body sideways, and when Rose lay on the lever and threw the ball up with an underhand layup, his finger poked the ball!

Rose's very good throw was hit by Sun Ce. Although it still flew towards the basket, Sun Ce's hit caused the flight path to deflect towards the backboard and landed on the neck of the basket!

Randolph alertly blocked Gibson and grabbed the ball that hit the neck of the basket and dropped it, protected it, and handed it to Nash.

Rose flew out of the baseline and held on to the sponge of the basket to stay steady. He quickly ran back and was actually blocked! He might as well have dunked directly across Sun Ce, which might have resulted in a foul.

Fortunately for the Bulls, Sun Ce missed a layup after receiving a second pass from Randolph, and Noah protected the defensive rebound from Jordan's rushing attack.

But the point difference was still 9 points, and the Bulls were forced to speed up their offensive pace. They needed to score quickly. It was already the fourth quarter, and the time was decreasing little by little. There was no time to continue to waste it.

In the third quarter, not only did they not widen the point difference, but they were overtaken and fell behind by 6 points. This was a huge blow to the Bulls' confidence. They lost by 8 points in a single quarter, which was considered a defeat.

In the fourth quarter, Sun Ce scored another five points in a row with a layup. Sloan yelled from the sidelines, wanting the players to calm down, but they couldn't.

A few rounds later, Sun Ce seized the opportunity again. Noah received the ball from Rose and made a close jumper from the bottom line, but Sun Ce slapped him away!

Sun Ce's block this time reduced the Bulls' attack time to only 6 seconds. Luol Deng missed the ball and missed. The Bulls had just narrowed the point difference to 6 points. The Grizzlies immediately took advantage of Sun Ce.

This block was used as a counterattack, which is easy for mature players to use. Neal accepted Shi's advancing pass, received the ball from the sideline and hit a three-pointer. The point difference was still back to 9 points.

The Bulls are playing in a mess. Boozer has no leadership qualities. The Bulls' best leader is fourth-year Rose. Hamilton, a veteran, is not as good as Dirk Nowitzki and Yao Ming of the Mavericks due to the lockout.

After all, the two of them are taller and are a threat standing there. Hamilton has no chance to play at this time. Korver is not a leader despite his ability...

Ross was so angry at being criticized by Sun Ce that he became irritable and irritable, and the others were also beaten into chaos.

As for the Grizzlies, although their offensive style is mainly run and gun, with Sun Ce or Randolph occasionally playing in isolation, they appear to be more stable and calmer, looking for better shooting opportunities before taking action.

With a lead, the Grizzlies have a stable mentality.

Coach Hollins' substitutions worked wonders! He didn't consider whether the offense could play well or whether the players could maintain their condition. He couldn't control these, and he didn't have the on-the-spot command ability.

Coach Hollins' starting point for making such a rotation was purely based on the judgment of tonight's game. It was the first time he encountered an offensive style of play centered around three-pointers. For a while, there was no way to deal with it, so he used offense.

to fight.

At 8:04 of the fourth quarter, I watched the Bulls attack to narrow the point difference to 4 points, and the Grizzlies failed to score a three-pointer. When the Bulls attacked, Boozer took the rotation.

Cutting in to catch the ball and throw... Sun Ce, who was being defended, caught the ball in the air!

Yi Jianlian, who came on as substitute for Jordan, grabbed a defensive rebound. This time, Sun Ce pushed forward and passed straight from the baseline to Nash, who was following up from the top arc. Nash caught the ball and met Rose who was rushing towards him, then lay down and shot a three-pointer...

This technical feature that made Sun Ce feel like useless when turned into skills, when it came to Nash, it looked too coquettish. Nash lay back and hit a three-pointer in the face of Rose's defense!

With 3 minutes and 29 seconds left, the score is 103 to 96, and the Grizzlies lead by 7 points again!

Sloan called timeout!

In the past 7 minutes or so since Sun Ce caught the ball and dunked under the basket twice in a row, Sloan has tried his best to rotate, tried various methods, and also made many beautiful offensive impacts. In 8 and a half minutes, the Bulls

The team scored 23 points, and the efficiency could not be higher.

But the Grizzlies were steadily carrying out transition attacks. Even when they were chased to 4 points, Nash took a shot, which seemed uncool, but Nash scored, that was a good goal. The Grizzlies continued to be calm.

They have Nash, Randolph, Sun Ce, and three All-Stars!

On the Bulls side, Rose has been severely restricted. He has only scored 4 points in the second half. The data is actually not bad. He has a lot of assists. The Bulls are very offensive. Most of his assists come from Noah's high-post supporting secondary.

Pass, currently has 16 points, 13 assists, 4 rebounds and 1 steal.

This data is really not bad, but Sun Ce scored 29 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, 10 blocks and 2 steals!

Seeing this data, Ross is going crazy!

Don't play like this!

Rose relied on his personal ability to score goals and assists, and his statistics increased steadily, but Sun Ce's team added bonuses. His teammates created opportunities for him when he shot, and when he blocked shots, his teammates created opportunities for him, and he grabbed rebounds.

Someone creates opportunities for him with the ball. Now with Nash, even assists are provided by Nash. When he finds out that he has a second pass opportunity, he immediately gives it to him.

The last person can enjoy all the benefits that he cannot enjoy.

Rose has to rely on himself to give his teammates opportunities, while on the opposite side, Sun Ce has the whole team helping him!

This made Rose feel like his breath was stuck in his chest and he couldn't come out.

So irritating!

It would be okay if Sun Ce couldn't grasp the help from his teammates, but this guy was thinking about how to use his teammates' help all day long.

Ross knew that he was stronger, but being beaten by Sun Ce like this made him angry just thinking about it.

But he couldn't help it. There were several stages where the Bulls had a chance to overtake, but he failed to grasp it. Especially the three times when he was blocked by Sun Ce, Rose regretted it endlessly.

If those three shots had been scored, or passed to a teammate in a better position to make a shot, there would have been no 7-point difference!

But in a strong matchup, what you have to pay attention to is the details. With Nash here, the Grizzlies have a good grasp of details, but Rose is still too young. At 23 years old, he does not have Nash's ability to control details.

The Bulls lost the initiative just because they failed to grasp the details a few times!

The timeout was about to end, and Sloan's final desperate attack tactics had been laid out. Rose saw the opposing lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Gasol... and had no choice but to fight.

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It’s just that we have reached this stage. In three and a half minutes, we have to catch up with the defensive combination of Tony Allen, Paul George, and Battier on the outside; Sun Ce assists in defense; and Gasol guards the basket.

7 points…

It’s so difficult!

At 11 minutes and 03 seconds of the 4th quarter, a historic moment came. Sun Ce received a pass from Gasol and attracted the defense of Gibson and Rose at the bottom line. Battier and Batty passed the ball in the bottom corner.

Er caught the ball and hit a three-pointer.
To be continued...