1616. Super giant! (5000 words(1/2)
Curry's thinking is different from that of most stars, but it is precisely because of this that he has practiced three-pointers to a level that is difficult for anyone in NBA history to achieve.
Even Sun Ce, the first player in NBA history to average 4+ triple-doubles per game, is one dimension behind Curry in terms of three-pointers.
Curry's three-pointer, if you push it forward 30 years, or even 30 years back, it may be difficult for anyone to reach his current level.
His talent and unique thinking perspective allowed him to turn the three-pointer from a scoring method into an art of scoring, similar to Jordan's fadeaway jumper.
The preparation time before the game passed quickly. At 7:58 in the evening, Sun Ce came to the technical stage, put on his equipment, and applied some magnesium powder. Curry also came to apply magnesium powder at this time.
The two looked at each other and said nothing.
Curry wanted to beat Sun Ce anyway, but Sun Ce was helpless. He cared about his younger brother who was a primary school student. He won all the first three games this year. There was nothing he could do, he just won!
Who knows that when the Grizzlies were so miserable this season, the Warriors were also in trouble for a long time. The Mavericks seized the opportunity to beat them three times, but the younger brother, a primary school student, just couldn't live up to the expectations.
Tonight, the Grizzlies returned to the starting lineup they have used for a long time this season. The starting lineup of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian appeared.
For the Warriors, the starting lineup of Curry, Harden, Iguodala, Speights, and Thabeet appeared.
"Curry is S-, averaging 36 minutes per game, 25.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists...
Harden S-, averaging 34 minutes per game, 23.5 points, 6 rebounds, 7.5 assists...
Iguodala A, averaged 32 minutes per game, 9 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists...
Speights B-, averaging 25 minutes per game, 7 points and 5.5 rebounds...
Thabeet is B+, averaging 22 minutes per game, 7.6 points, 8 rebounds, and 2.6 blocks..."
When he came to the sideline, Sun Ce looked at the evaluation of the opponent's top five starters. What made Sun Ce feel the most awesome was not the fantasy backcourt that he had known for a long time, but Thabit... 2.6 blocks in 22 minutes of playing time.
This efficiency is also due to the patience of the Warriors. After three years of training, Thabeet became one of the best centers in the league in terms of rim protection starting from last season.
With a height of 221 centimeters, a wingspan of 229 centimeters, and a weight of 125 kilograms, Sun Ce has an excellent shot-blocking sense shown in college, plus the mobility of an ordinary 210-centimeter meat-shield center. Purely from the perspective of physical fitness, Sun Ce
I really feel that in 2009, apart from Griffin's lock as the No. 1 pick, Thabeet will definitely be in the top five, and some teams want to take a gamble.
However, Sun Ce estimates that apart from the fact that the Warriors have been bad for many years and have the determination and patience to slowly build a championship lineup, it is difficult for any team to have the patience to train a purely defensive center for three years.
The rise of the Warriors did not happen overnight, but accumulated year after year!
On the other side, what the Warriors players are afraid of is the Grizzlies' perimeter trio.
After trading away Gasol from the Grizzlies and strengthening Paul George's second core position as a ball-handler, this year's Grizzlies perimeter trio has made a name for themselves in just one season.
As for the rest of the Grizzlies, after Randolph was reimbursed, Gasol was traded, and Valanciunas was reimbursed, the Grizzlies have a lot of players inside, but they are all functional players.
This is not to say that the Grizzlies are not good inside. No matter how strong the team is, it is impossible to have too many powerful and comprehensive players inside or outside. On the contrary, a strong team will have a very clear core and many functional players to avoid problems.
The ball possession situation is so chaotic that even players like Jordan and Kobe can be described as "functional" players when they win championships.
For the Warriors, they are very confident tonight. The Grizzlies have the best perimeter trio in the league, and so do the Warriors. Moreover, they are in better shape recently!
At 8 p.m., the Grizzlies started their third game in six consecutive away games against the Warriors.
Yi Jianlian beat Thabeet to win the jump ball, and the Grizzlies took the lead.
Unable to play a fast break, Thabeet was like Yao Ming back then. He didn't think much about how to help the team score the ball after winning. From the beginning, he thought about how to defend if he lost the jump ball. In a few years, it has become early
I had a very good retreat experience.
Sun Ce reached the frontcourt and received a pass from Paul George, and immediately looked for Klay Thompson to pick and roll.
Curry feels that he has an unexplainable relationship with the Timberwolves!
Since Sun Ce started calling the shots, other teams have begun to follow suit. As long as the opponent's ball-carrying player knows how to play a pick-and-roll, he will advance to the frontcourt and first find the player Curry is guarding to play a pick-and-roll, without even considering what to do after the pick-and-roll.
No matter how you call, you can never go wrong by naming them first.
But Curry had long expected that before Sun Ce had used the pick-and-roll, and before he even had the chance to use Klay Thompson as a gun mount to shoot directly, Curry moved towards Sun Ce.
After Sun Ce finished the pick-and-roll, he immediately chose to run over Curry and rush inside. Curry's upper body strength was strong and his footsteps were fast, so he could follow him closely. Sun Ce originally had a chance to get rid of Curry with a mid-range sideways step jumper, but he didn't.
Coincidentally, Speights followed Yi Jianlian on the right side of the three-second zone. When Sun Ce rushed to the basket, Thabeet retracted from the left baseline. At that height... Sun Ce felt like he had seen a thin version of Omen Sun and Moon.
Quickly pass the ball to Richard Jefferson in the left corner, who shoots a three-pointer...
It missed, but Sun Ce grabbed the ball faster than Thabeet and Curry. He wanted to pass it to Yi Jianlian who rushed in, but Speights also took it back. The inside was too crowded, so Sun Ce gave it to Clay -
Thompson ran out of the open Paul George in a pick-and-roll, and the latter hit a two-pointer!
In transition between offense and defense, the Warriors attack.
Harden advanced to the frontcourt, Iguodala pulled away, Thabeet came out to help Harden in the pick-and-roll, and Yi Jianlian stepped out to defend. At this time, another Curry used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Klay Thompson, forcing Richard Jefferson to switch defense.
, Harden immediately handed the ball to Curry, and Speights used Curry to contain Klay Thompson and Richard Jefferson and cut inside.
At this time, Curry passed back to Harden who was getting rid of Yi Jianlian. Harden attracted Sun Ce to cover and passed to Thabeet who cut in. Yi Jianlian was restrained by Speights who cut in. Thabeet easily dunked and scored two points!
After this attack and defense, Curry was very excited.
Although the two sides were tied, their strategy was successful from the beginning!
When the Grizzlies attack, Paul George encounters the focused Harden, who is not easy to beat in singles. In the last match against Paul George, Harden was very defensive in two singles, so Sun Ce still attacked with the ball.
The Warriors continue to implement their defensive strategy of defending the basket, guarding Sun Ce and Klay Thompson's three-pointers, leaving Richard Jefferson open, and selectively letting go of Paul George's long-range shots.
This defensive strategy was implemented very well. Although the Grizzlies' outside shots felt okay at first, as the Grizzlies strengthened their confrontation on the defensive end, the outside shots gradually became less accurate.
As for the Warriors, the offense runs so smoothly! 14 wins and 3 losses in the past 17 games is not something you get casually. The Lakers in the same division, the Thunder in the Northwest Division, the Mavericks in the Southwest Division, and the Southeast Division
The Heat... they have defeated all the strong teams in all major conferences after the All-Star Weekend!
The Grizzlies didn't dare to let go of either Curry or Harden, and then they were penetrated inside by the Warriors' pass-and-cut coordination!
The game started for more than 5 minutes. After the Grizzlies fell behind by 4 points 11-15, they quickly replaced Whiteside.
The Warriors were initially wary of the big man who returned to the NBA and averaged 6.6 points, 11 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in three games. However, Harden asked Ezeli, who came on the bench, to play a pick-and-roll and found that the opponent did not extend! Harden
An easy jump shot from the free throw line. No matter how good Whiteside's interior defense is, if Harden can't get in, there's nothing Whiteside can do.
The Warriors' defense against the Grizzlies is still clear, blocking Sun Ce and Klay Thompson from shooting! Whiteside's offensive rebound protection is very good, although the Warriors are trying their best to prevent Whiteside from getting offensive rebounds.
Still couldn't stop it, but as the game progressed, Whiteside couldn't convert the rebound into a score when he passed it out, and he himself had no other means of scoring except for making up dunks or getting the rebound to get up and dunk directly.
After the first quarter, Sun Ce scored 3 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block, but the team only scored 24 points, while the Warriors scored 33 points!
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The Warriors took the initiative at the beginning of this game, and then advanced step by step and played steadily. In the end, with Curry's 22 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, and Harden's 26 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, the Warriors defeated 114 to 106.
Defeating the Grizzlies gave the Grizzlies their first three-game losing streak in more than 4 years!
The last time the Grizzlies suffered a three-game losing streak was on January 5, 2010. Since then, in more than four years and 358 games, the Grizzlies have only lost two consecutive games at most.
There were no three-game losing streaks in 358 games, breaking the record of 204 consecutive games without three-game losing streaks set by the Bulls from March 11, 1994 to December 19, 1997 since detailed statistics were available, and it was far ahead of the previous record.
got this record.
This season, the Grizzlies have lost two games in a row at least four or five times, but they have held on every time. In the third game, they worked hard and maintained the record of not losing three games in a row. However, the record will eventually be broken one day.
Just like Chamberlain's records that people thought could never be broken were broken by Sun Ce, Sun Ce's longest consecutive game record without three consecutive losses was broken by the Warriors!
In this game, Sun Ce made 8 of 21 shots and scored 21 points, 12 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal. Paul George scored 19 points, Yi Jianlian 11 points, Beverley 9 points, Richard Jefferson 9 points...
...Whiteside also had 12 points and 12 rebounds, including 8 offensive rebounds. The offensive rebounds caught the Warriors off guard. However, of the 8 offensive rebounds, Whiteside had 4 put-back dunks, but the pass was
Of the 4 goals, only 1 was converted into a score by teammates!
The Warriors' defensive strategy was too good. They would rather allow Sun Ce to pass to Beverley, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, Hardaway Jr. and others to score, or even let Klay Thompson score 27
He didn't let Sun Ce score so much, let alone pass and cut to block the inside line.
The Warriors' own offense has made good use of Curry and Harden's three-point threats. The two took only 8 three-pointers tonight, 3 of 8, and Klay, who made 5 of 9.
Thompson alone scored more three-pointers, but the two of them, plus Iguodala, and Draymond Green who came off the bench, combined the passing and cutting skills very well!
It's not that the Warriors are not afraid of Sun Ce sorting out the Grizzlies' offense. In the second half of the third quarter, the Grizzlies once narrowed the point difference to 7 points when Klay Thompson scored two points and scored 11 consecutive three-pointers.
The Warriors were also scared.
Fortunately, they held firm and did not blindly block Klay Thompson. Instead, they guarded Sun Ce. Sun Ce only made 1 of 6 three-pointers tonight.
It’s just that compared to Sun Ce sorting out the offense, the Warriors are more afraid of Sun Ce’s surge!
In the last game the Grizzlies played the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers were in such good shape, but after Sun Ce started going crazy, the Trail Blazers were almost defeated by Sun Ce alone.
Before the Warriors played against the Grizzlies, they studied the games this season in which the Grizzlies were obviously at a disadvantage but eventually completed a comeback. They found that in those games, although Sun Ce sometimes got a triple-double, most of them were unsuccessful.
It was Sun Ce who scored high points and got a triple-double at the same time. The key to the game was how many points Sun Ce scored, not how many balls Sun Ce passed.
On the contrary, in those games against strong teams, in which Sun Ce didn't score high but had many assists, the Grizzlies had mixed wins and losses!
Therefore, the Warriors resolutely implemented the strategy of reducing Sun Ce's shots, or allowing Sun Ce to only take difficult shots. Although they were frightened by Klay Thompson's 11 points in 3 minutes and 11 seconds at the end of the third quarter, the Warriors finally completed it.
Goal, refuse to be swept by the Grizzlies!
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“The Strongest Three-Point Combination 2 (Humility): A Splash Upgrade Event.
Goal 1: The Splash Brothers formed by the host and Klay Thompson need to average more three-pointers per game this season than the Wave combination of Stephen Curry and James Harden. (The Splash Brothers formed by the host and Klay Thompson average three-pointers per game.
To be continued...