One Thousand One Hundred and Fourteen. Sniping James, Part 1!

Sun Ce did not plan to use the star experience card. First, this game was the first match of the new season, which was to test the strength of both sides. It was more appropriate to use physical potions, which could see the problems of his own team more clearly.

More importantly, the problem now was not offense, but defense. From the 4th minute and 33 seconds of the first quarter to the end of the first quarter, the 7 minutes and 27 seconds, the Grizzlies scored 17 points, and the offense was good.

But there was really no way to defend. Even if Jordan card was used... Jordan himself could not defend James. The two could not be regarded as players in the same position. James was heavier than most centers. In terms of top defense against strong forwards, Pippen was still better.

There was also a possibility of drawing a star experience card of 20,000, but the probability problem... In this game, the process and finding the advantages and disadvantages against the Heat were relatively more important.

So Sun Ce chose to start with the team itself and look for possibilities from itself.

I didn't think of Jimmy Butler at first because he was not in the tactics tonight.

The opponent is the Heat, so of course the two best rotation lineups will fight to the death. If they reach the finals and the opponent is the Heat again, the psychological advantages and disadvantages brought by the regular season matchup are very important.

So Randolph may not have playing time tonight, and he will not be allowed to play for 15-20 minutes to affect the team's offense like he did against the Warriors, Jazz, and Rockets.

And the strongest player on the Grizzlies' perimeter is Jimmy Butler!

With a height of 201 cm and a weight of 107 kg, Jimmy Butler truly interprets what it means to be thin but full of muscles.

According to statistics at the beginning of the season, if no one lied about his weight, Jimmy Butler is the heaviest player at the shooting guard position, and he is also strong, with an S-level close to the S-level, mainly because he is heavy enough and moves very quickly.

I don't know if I can defend James, but I have to try.

But with this barrier on the perimeter, what about the inside?

Gasol is very good, with good awareness, and can expand in advance to defend James' breakthrough, but this kind of defense is very useful when facing James two years ago, but now that James is at his peak, Gasol's movement is still a little slow, so he can only expand in advance, and he can't seize the opportunity to confront and oppress like Duncan and Garnett. Gasol's expansion in advance is equivalent to a chance to turn around for James who already has face-to-frame footwork, even if there is only one face-to-frame footwork.

As for the other centers, Larry Sanders is not good at confrontation. He is very good, but not good enough compared to James. Lopez is good at confrontation, but his awareness is a little worse. Lopez's style of play is fierce but he is not a top defensive player.

As for Yi Jianlian, he should avoid playing in this regard. Although he just dunked over Bosh in the first quarter, he bullied Bosh with Nash.

At this time, Sun Ce felt the vacancy brought by the departure of Jordan. If there is Jordan, a center who dares to compete with Howard at his peak in physical fitness, there will be no problem.

At this time, who else in the team is faster than Gasol and Lopez, and there is a confrontation between the two?

Sun Ce suddenly had an idea and looked at the black panda who was worried about his weight on the sidelines...

Thinking about it, Sun Ce walked to Coach Hollins. Coach Hollins was writing and drawing with Dave Joerger to discuss how to rotate, and suddenly the tactical board was taken away...

Teammates and assistants have become accustomed to it. When Sun Ce got the tactical board, a group of people surrounded Sun Ce.

Coach Hollins was squeezed away by his assistants and players. Someone even said when he was pulling him: "Sorry, let me block you from listening to the tactics..."

Coach Hollins was messy in the wind-I am the coach! I am!

But there is no way. Coach Hollins knows that this is his habit. He found an opening and stood on tiptoe to watch Sun Ce drawing tactics and explaining.

"Zach, come here, go guard the basket, just take care of James breaking in, when he comes in, press forward to confront him,

Be careful of his turn, Klay and Paul pay attention to the switch defense of the outside shooter, I'll help and make up for the defense in the mid-range, Jimmy, you go to the outside to fight James!"

It's a very rough tactic, there are no skills and coordination arrangements, but these are no problem, the other members of the team have already had a tacit understanding of defense, which is what Coach Hollins and Dave Joerger have worked hard to cultivate for more than three years.

It has to be said that although the ability to arrange tactics is very rough and there is no coaching ability to speak of, Sun Ce's wonderful ideas... Coach Hollins praised with tears...

Jimmy Butler's eyes lit up when he heard that he was going to play. Although he was a little nervous about defending James, who was bigger than Gasol, he really wanted to confront James!

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The second quarter is about to start.

On the Heat side, James played the entire first quarter but did not go down to rest. He has played for the Heat for more than two years and his playing time has never been low. Today, against the Grizzlies, they have an advantage. James has to defend to win the game. He is ready to play the whole game.

The four teammates who partnered with James are Norris Cole, Ray Allen, Lewis, and Chris Anderson.

Lewis did not exercise the player option, which saved the Grizzlies 2.6 million US dollars in salary and 2.6 million US dollars in luxury tax. After winning the championship, he did not want the remaining 2.6 million US dollars to leave and go to the South Coast to enjoy the sunshine. Lewis also returned the championship ring given to him by the Grizzlies before the game tonight.

After the intermission, the referee blew the whistle to start the second quarter and passed the ball to Sun Ce, who passed it to Paul George, who pushed forward.

In the frontcourt, Paul George passed the ball to Sun Ce, and he opened up the space with Klay Thompson and Jimmy Butler.

Sun Ce received the ball and saw that Randolph had an advantage under the basket against Chris Anderson, who was 208 cm tall and weighed 108 kg. Sun Ce passed the ball to Randolph who was stuck in position.

Although Randolph was not in good condition, he still had an advantage in the Heat's inside line when Nene went to rest. Randolph received the ball, turned around and squeezed Chris Anderson, and shot before James's help defense arrived... He was lucky and scored.

25 to 33, Randolph helped the Grizzlies to ease the pressure and did not fall into the crisis of being widened at the beginning of the second quarter.

Attack and defense changed, the Heat attacked, James pushed forward to the frontcourt, and saw the skinny Jimmy Butler. His impression of Jimmy Butler was still the rookie who didn't even know where to use his strength in the summer of 2011.

He didn't take Jimmy Butler seriously. According to the scout report, Jimmy Butler was the weakest defender in the Grizzlies' perimeter defense group. James started a crushing breakthrough again!

But... In the past summer, Jimmy Butler, who was hanging out with Paul George, Klay Thompson, Tony Allen, and Sun Ce in Los Angeles, improved the most in confrontation!

James, who started to break through, was suddenly attached, and the confrontation he encountered was more intense than he imagined. James was mentally prepared for the improvement of Sun Ce's confrontation, but Jimmy Butler seemed like a different person compared to last season!

But this was not enough to stop James from moving forward, it just slowed down James' speed, and James started again and rushed straight to the basket!

Jimmy Butler slowed James down a beat, giving Randolph a chance to prepare. When James rushed to one step outside the reasonable collision zone, Randolph rushed out and collided with James. Randolph relied on his 130-plus kilograms of tonnage, and James relied on his 126-kilograms of weight plus the inertia brought by the fierce sprint, and the two held each other!

At this time, James wanted to pass to Birdman, but Jimmy Butler immediately rushed to the baseline and stuck to Chris Anderson after being passed, fearless of confrontation.

James immediately grabbed the ball. He was about the same height as Randolph. He raised the ball and jumped high... Just as James jumped up, he found that Randolph was just holding him to avoid being turned around by him. He secretly cried out that it was not good, and it was too late to pull the lever!

The ball that James raised was fanned out of bounds by a hand stretched out from behind!

The cheers that had been suppressed for a long time finally broke out. Sun Ce blocked James for the first time in this game!

The ball in his hand was blown away. James jumped sideways for two steps before he stood firm. When he jumped up, he felt something was wrong and thought of the joint defense of Sun Ce, Jordan and Battier.

Watching Sun Ce, Randolph and Jimmy Butler high-five to celebrate the successful defense, James walked out of bounds to serve.

He thought that Battier was one year older and Jordan was gone, and no one on the Grizzlies could help Sun Ce to defend him. He thought that Randolph was overweight and his team would have a greater advantage because the opponent's strongest player in the interior was not in good condition.

But I didn't expect Jimmy Butler to make such great progress this season. He may not be good in other aspects, but James has a strong fear of Jimmy Butler in terms of top defense.

And Randolph's weight can actually be used for defense. Although Randolph's speed is not as good as before, he is still the fastest in the interior and has extraordinary talent.

The Heat continued to attack.

The referee passed the ball to James, who passed it to Ray Allen. Ray Allen received the ball and missed a three-pointer from Klay Thompson... This caused cheers again. Klay Thompson was evaluated as a genius with the potential to become a three-point king. His defense of the historical three-point king's shot excited the fans at the scene.

When the Grizzlies attacked, Randolph seemed to feel good about the offense tonight. Sun Ce passed the ball to Randolph again. It was a bit difficult for Randolph to play against Nene, but facing Chris Anderson, who had better help defense and average single defense, Randolph made a beautiful turnaround hook shot.

In the next round of offense, James, who was blocked by Jimmy Butler and Randolph from going straight to the basket, seized the opportunity of Sun Ce's contraction and passed it to Norris Cole, who cut in from the left baseline and made a layup.

The score difference was still 8 points, and the Heat maintained their lead, but the Grizzlies held on and did not let the opponent widen the score difference again!

In this situation, both teams strengthened their defense. James began to shrink more to the basket, relying on the three-pointer of the double 3D combination, Jimmy Butler and Sun Ce took the opportunity to score in the mid-range.

Sun Ce mainly played singles, Jimmy Butler started his 2D player career. Now Jimmy Butler's goal is very clear, he wants to become a defensive version of Hamilton.

When Sun Ce received a pass from Randolph in the mid-range and was sandwiched by Norris Cole and James, he passed it to Jimmy Butler who was left open by Norris Cole. The latter seized the opportunity to shoot, giving Sun Ce a better mid-range singles opportunity.

At 4 minutes and 49 seconds in the second quarter, Sun Ce made a three-pointer from the top right of the arc after a pick-and-roll, narrowing the gap to 6 points, 35 to 41. The Grizzlies played a wave of 12 to 8 in nearly 5 minutes, and the Heat called a timeout!

With the lead and the initiative, James returned to the bench and saw Spoelstra replace Wade, which made him feel more at ease.

But thinking of Sun Ce's desperate defense after the start of the second quarter, James was overwhelmed. James studied every game of the Grizzlies several times. In his mind, once Randolph successfully lost weight and regained his form, the Grizzlies would still be the biggest imaginary enemy in the finals.

In the past three games, Sun Ce played 34 to 36 minutes. Even in the game against the Jazz, Sun Ce did not fight so hard and only played 36 minutes, 7 to 9 minutes in each of the first three quarters and the full last quarter.

But tonight, Sun Ce has not rested for a second, and he is obviously fighting harder than when he played against the Jazz!

For this, James felt the same feeling Kobe had when facing Sun Ce - why did he fight so hard against me?

Where is the brother you promised?

In addition, the Grizzlies' response strategy... James looked at the Grizzlies coach on the bench opposite - this bald guy is really amazing!

They actually thought of using the poorly-conditioned Black Panda to bully Birdman while the Heat's only big center, the Lone Testis Warrior, was resting.

And Randolph seemed to have found a little feeling by playing randomly in the past few games.

Now, James' strong confidence after the first quarter was mostly dispelled, and his fear became stronger.

Especially for Sun Ce, Sun Ce fought so hard in the first half, and there is a high probability that he will explode in the second half. This is already a consensus among all the stars. This guy rarely explodes against weak teams, and he almost always scores high and gets terrifying data against strong teams!

James feels terrible for this characteristic of getting stronger when facing strong teams.

On the other hand, Coach Hollins estimated that he would be praised again after the game. James, who played invincible in the first five games, actually thought of a way to restrict him, but he didn't know whether to be happy or... happy... In the end, he thought he should be happy. Being angry with that dead kid hurts his liver!

After restricting James for the first time, Coach Hollins immediately started discussing with Dave Joerger how to improve the defense of this lineup. Sun Ce's arrangement was obviously too monotonous, and it became a 3-2 defense, which was not done to the extreme.

Since it is impossible to vent your anger on Sun Ce, then vent your anger on the Heat. With Sun Ce's inspiration, the defense was done to the extreme! ()