Depend on!

Sun Ce played with Klay Thompson, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Aldridge, and Gobert, and ten thousand alpacas were racing in his heart.

Looking at the opposite lineup of Westbrook, Waiters, Durant, Ibaka, and Nick Collison, Sun Ce was so sad. Just before going on the court, coach Hollins asked him to face off against Durant on the defensive end!

Sun Ce suddenly discovered that the team had reached the state of "looking to the lord for problems that cannot be solved".

However, although he was sad and his balls ached, Sun Ce was still a little excited!

In the summer, he learned defense with Payton and Jordan. After the Basketball World Cup and preseason training, he has made considerable progress in single defense.

Of course, it is impossible to say that these two people will be as good as these two people right away. This will take time to settle. Just like Kobe was beaten by Iverson in his rookie year. He started practicing defense in the summer of his rookie year, and he only started practicing defense when he was 22 years old, which is his fourth grade.

It was the first time I was selected for the first defense, and I was mainly focused on defense. When I was selected for the first defense in the fourth grade, I only made three teams. It also took me several years to study, practice, and accumulate.

But dueling with Jordan... Being challenged by Jordan so many times, Sun Ce was already good at defending against players with poor skills, but now he has made obvious progress, and he definitely wants to face off against top scorers like Durant.

It's just that after the start of the new season, Sun Ce has not had such an opportunity. When he encounters top-notch players such as Irving and Ellis, Paul George, Klay Thompson, and Tony Allen will defend him. The team must defend them.

Use his physical strength to do what he does best - connect the team's offense and defense.

He naturally knows what is important and what he is best at, and he must take what the team needs most as his first goal.

But he really wants to go one-on-one with the top scorers. Although it is a bit against the trend, if no one can guard him, the Thunder will not let Durant guard him. In this era, the functionality of players

He is getting stronger and stronger, and players who can combine offense and defense are becoming more and more rare...

However, when he defended the strongest outside players who were not his opponents, he defended very well. His single defense efficiency was close to that of Paul George. When the discussion for the best defensive player began in December, Sun Ce ranked higher than Paul George and Adams.

All are high.

This means that his single defense effect is indeed better, but he has not yet accepted the challenge of a real top scorer.

The referee blew the whistle to start the second quarter, and the game started in the last 5 minutes and 37 seconds of the first half. Sun Ce put away his messy thoughts and finished the offense first!

The Grizzlies tried their best to increase the rhythm, but the rhythm was still suppressed by the Thunder. It is always easier to suppress the rhythm than to increase the rhythm. In the past 6 minutes and 23 seconds, both teams only scored 10 points.

Sun Ce received the referee's serve and sent it to Paul George. After reaching the frontcourt, he received the ball again and continued to attack with the ball.

With the experience in the first quarter, Sun Ce's task became simpler in the second quarter, singles and singles defense, these two goals.

Watching Sun Ce advance, Durant also knows his own importance, limiting Sun Ce's scoring and scoring himself. His task this season is also very simple, guarding the opponent's big-headed outside players with high skills, and switching to guard the opponent's inside players with bamboo poles.

, and then he scored, and his playing time was reduced. He took a full 9 minutes of rest in the first half, just to maximize his role.

Observing Durant's defense, Sun Ce decided to play the pick-and-roll. The Thunder seemed to have an idea, wanting to block the mid-range between Sun Ce and Aldridge, and then limit the three-pointer between Klay Thompson and Paul George.

Points, Gobert's pie.

This defensive tactic is to not follow Sun Ce's three-pointer, take a gamble, and use regular defense.

This is a good idea, and it must be tried, otherwise the rhythm that the Thunder finally suppressed will be useless. If the Grizzlies can score stably in positional battles, the Thunder will have no way to play and can only play like before the first quarter.

Attacking the Grizzlies like that for more than 9 minutes was too unfavorable for the Thunder. Although it was difficult to suppress the rhythm and force the Grizzlies to defend, the Grays played an integrated offense and defense.

The Bears are scarier.

However, Sun Ce borrowed Gobert's pick-and-roll and found that Ibaka was not approaching. Sun Ce directly pulled out a three-point shot...Ibaka quickly pounced on him. If it were other defenders, Ibaka's defense would be enough, but in the face of

Sun Ce, this is not going to work. Ibaka's defensive shot was not high enough after his regular defense change. Sun Ce hit a three-pointer after the pick-and-roll!

"Splash Wave is triggered at level 4. The teammate named Klay Thompson will be more confident when taking a three-point shot in the next offensive round. If his three-point shot is a catch-and-shoot, it will be easier to find his shooting touch..."

Seeing the system prompt that appeared, Sun Ce retreated excitedly. This was his first three-point shot in this game. He had never had a good chance before. The opponent's pick-and-roll also blocked his three-point shot. The first

The shot goes in, which can definitely put more pressure on the opponent's defense!

But the most important thing now is defense!

Sun Ce retreated to the backcourt. Westbrook didn't care about the triple-double in this game. He didn't lack a triple-double, and Sun Ce didn't compete for triple-doubles this season. Westbrook didn't care about this even more.

After playing against each other for several years, he knew that sometimes it was really because he wanted to get a triple-double against Sun Ce that led to the loss. Now that they are in the championship period, he put this matter aside.

Westbrook went to the baseline to prepare for a rush. He still had a certain mid-range shooting ability at this position. Coupled with his excellent physical fitness and rush ability, Paul George did not dare to let him go.

Klay Thompson is guarding Dion Waiters, Gobert is guarding Nick Collison at the basket, and Aldridge is chasing Ibaka.

After Durant served the ball and saw Paul George leading the defense against Westbrook at the top of the arc, he felt something was wrong. He immediately understood when he reached the frontcourt because Sun Ce was coming to guard him!

Durant's body was shaken. Even if he defeated Tony Allen, Paul George, and Klay Thompson in the first quarter tonight and easily scored 11 points on 4 of 5 shots, he was not as excited as this moment.

!

When Sun Ce faced Durant, he felt his palms were sweating. In the past, he was not the main defensive player on the perimeter. Even when he switched to defending against players such as Durant, Kobe, and Harden who were difficult for him to guard, he did not feel any pressure.

, If you can guard against it, guard against it; if you can't guard against it, pull it down.

But now, the coaching staff and teammates expect him to be able to limit Durant!

Durant came to the left side of the free throw line and leaned on Sun Ce to ask for the ball.

"This despicable and shameless guy who lied about his height actually beat me from behind!"

After a wave of slander, Sun Ce cautiously stayed behind Durant. When Durant received the ball, Sun Ce did not stick to Durant like other defenders. His size is sufficient, with a wingspan of 220 centimeters.

Although he is not as long as Durant's wingspan of 228 centimeters and is a few centimeters shorter in height, he has enough size to defend Durant compared to other outsiders.

Durant didn't feel any resistance after receiving the ball. He felt that Sun Ce was very smart on the defensive end and was worthy of being an All-Defensive Team player. If Sun Ce had been close just now, he could turn around and break through after receiving the ball and standing firm, let alone Sun Ce.

, Tony Allen, Jimmy Butler and other players who compete fiercely cannot stop him.

Facing Sun Ce, Durant stepped out with his right foot and clicked.

Sun Ce was not fooled, but he was very confused. This position was not Durant's test position. The Thunder's style of play was very traditional, or the Thunder's head coach Scott Brooks was very traditional. The center position always maintained a high level, at least.

, which means that the Thunder's opponents also maintain a high level inside. Now that Gobert is under the basket, even if Durant goes in, he will encounter a lot of pressure, because the opponent is bigger than him.

Suddenly, Sun Ce understood what the opponent was thinking. When Durant took another step, Sun Ce pretended that his center of gravity was shaken, stepped his foot, and took half a step back with his left foot. Durant immediately retracted his foot and made a shooting motion.

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Seeing Sun Ce making up for it in a hurry, Durant retracted his second fake move, then moved towards Sun Ce and lifted the ball!

Durant's body is so big, and he can make such movements so smoothly, he is really talented. Seeing that Sun Ce, who hastily made up for it, was about to be fouled by Durant, the fans at the scene were already screaming. Suddenly

, Sun Ce stopped his movements!

Not only did Sun Ce stop his movements, but Durant seemed to have been hit and stopped. He grabbed the ball and swung his hands upwards, but without the ball in his hands, he almost lost his balance and pounced forward.

go out.

Sun Ce grabbed the ball that bounced off the floor and counterattacked!

Dion Waiters quickly caught up with him. The former high-ranking rookie of the Wizards was indeed in good physical condition and played very hard. However, he had the reflexes of a standard black player. Sun Ce rushed to the frontcourt and stopped abruptly.

Turn around, speed up and change direction while traveling!

Sun Ce took the first step out, and Dion Waiters flew away. Sun Ce took the second step out, landed on the ground, took off, and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!

43 to 38, Sun Ce scored 5 points in a row to increase his personal score to 13 points. He overtook Durant and became the highest score in the game, helping the Grizzlies expand their lead to 5 points!

In the past, it would have been fine for Sun Ce to do a fast break layup, but now, he will definitely dunk when he has the chance.

This counterattack was very beautiful. The fans at the scene had already burst into cheers when Sun Ce counterattacked. However, most of the fans at the scene did not see clearly what happened just now, and the big screen did not have time to play the replay of Sun Ce's defense.

Sun Ce changed direction on the fast break and cut in for a dunk, and the Thunder team had already served and attacked.

But the fans in front of the TV saw it, and it was a very clear close-up of the high-speed motion lens. The commentator analyzed Sun Ce's defense in slow motion - using a fake move to deceive Durant who used a fake move.

When Te thought his fake move had knocked Sun Ce away with a big loop, Sun Ce cut off the ball raised by Durant with a quick palm and completed the steal!

This single-defense awareness has improved again compared to before!

"Is this an accident or has the Lord's defensive ability really improved so much? I heard that the Lord learned defense from Payton and Jordan in the summer. I don't know how he managed to let these two people teach him together. Maybe it was

His unique personal charm...if the Lord's single defense really reaches the top level, he will definitely become the best defensive player..."

Time Warner Cable Sports commentator Hubie Brown started to praise the superstar of his old club again, and Bill Walton next to him didn't know what to say.

But Bill Walton also admitted that Sun Ce deserves any praise, this player is terrible!

For other stars, in the sixth or seventh year of their careers, there is basically no clear progress. For example, Durant and Westbrook, both of them have improved this season compared to last season, which refers to what they know.

It has become better, and it is no longer easy to develop new skills. Just like Gay, who has not improved qualitatively after joining the Spurs. The fastest improvement for players is during the rookie contract, and after that, they basically master the skills they have learned.

Become more skilled.

Even Kobe Bryant said he wanted to learn post-up play from Olajuwon. In fact, he was already good at post-up play, but he just strengthened his ability in this area.

Unless his athletic ability is damaged like Ibaka's, he has to change from the physical quality stream to the technical stream.

And Sun Ce, even though he has played for 5 seasons and is about to turn 25, has still made great progress after one summer...

When Hubie Brown was praising Sun Ce, at the game scene, Durant once again received the ball and hit Sun Ce with his back.

Being intercepted just now, Durant and the rest of the Thunder team felt it was more like an accident.

Based on Sun Ce's consciousness and reaction when he was defending Durant alone last season, Durant felt that Sun Ce's steal should be a coincidence. Otherwise, Sun Ce's offensive skills have become more and more sophisticated this season, and the defensive end can still improve like this. Durant felt that it would be impossible to play.

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However, as the saying goes, whatever you fear will come to you, and Durant immediately discovered that what he had just thought was true!

Although Durant then turned around and forced a sudden stop jumper from close range and hit a strong shot, he was forced to force a sudden stop jumper. He found that Sun Ce's defense against back-up play and the breakthrough under strong confrontation could bring him huge benefits.
To be continued...