Nine Hundred and Ninety-Eight. Double 1 Defensive Back Line!
On May 25, the fifth game of the series between the Grizzlies and the Thunder arrived.
After the pre-game meeting and tactical training in the morning, several Grizzlies players did not go to lunch, but stayed in the lounge to check the NBA official website.
Finally, the official website announced the best lineup and best defensive lineup of this season's regular season.
Sun Ce became the biggest winner of this season's regular season! When he saw his name, his face was full of smiles.
Sun Ce, Kobe, Durant, James, and Howard were selected for the first team of the best lineup.
Rose, Parker, Rondo, Love, Gasol, and Bynum were selected for the second team of the best lineup, with Rondo and Parker tied.
Evans, Westbrook, Wade, Randolph, Griffin, and Bosh were selected for the third team of the best lineup, with Westbrook and Wade tied.
Gasol was a bit unlucky, and his score at the center position was 11 points lower than Bosh.
In terms of the best defensive lineup, Sun Ce, Tony Allen, James, Ibaka, and Howard were selected for the first team of the best defensive lineup.
Rondo, Kobe, Iguodala, Garnett, and Chandler were selected for the second team of the best defensive team.
Gasol was unlucky again, and he was 9 points behind Chandler in the center position.
If the list of players who received votes was not listed, it would be fine if Gasol didn't know about it. The key is that it was listed, and he was only 10 points behind in both lineups!
Moreover, Gasol's best lineup score was higher than Westbrook and Wade, and the best defensive lineup score was higher than Iguodala...
But there is only one spot for the center, and it is difficult to tie, and Gasol was not selected in both lists.
It is also regrettable that Paul George ranked sixth in the best defensive team forward voting. In fact, Paul George and Luol Deng, who ranked fifth, are not far behind Iguodala.
But even so, their Grizzlies team also had 4 people selected for the double team! Sun Ce was selected for the first team and the first defense for the first time in his career, Tony was selected for the first defense, and Randolph was selected for the third team, and won four trophies!
Gasol and Paul George can't compete, there's nothing we can do about it, but Sun Ce thinks it's really unfair that Randolph is only in the third team, and Love is in the second team. Of course, Sun Ce knows that Love has strength, averaging .5 rebounds per game, which is very impressive, but that record... But who let this black fat man in his family be called Randolph? Being selected into the best team for three consecutive years is already very good.
Sun Ce remembers that Gasol was only selected into the best team twice in the original time and space, and the best defensive team was only selected as the second defense once, and it was the season when he won the best defensive player.
Even if there are fewer and fewer good centers in the league now, but this season there are two big guys, Howard and Bynum, and it's still difficult for Gasol to compete for the third team.
Fortunately, although Gasol is regretful, it doesn't seem to affect his mood. He is discussing where to go to play in the UK during the Olympics.
After all, he is a team player from Europe. Although he wants personal honors, he can quickly adjust his mentality if he doesn't get them.
Paul George is still young, mainly because he is young. He is in his second year and is not used as a defensive vanguard next to Granger since his rookie year like he was in the Pacers. In the Grizzlies, he is only the third best defensive player in the team, and he is just a little short of being selected. Paul George has adjusted his mood with the comfort of his teammates. After all, he still has a bright future.
As for the best lineup guards, Sun Ce saw a lot of point guards... Curry, Lawson... and other competitors may be added next season.
The era of the suppression of shooting guards is coming. This season, only Kobe and Wade are left to maintain their dignity. If nothing unexpected happens, Harden can continue.
Sun Ce feels that in the future, most shorter shooting guards will call themselves combo guards, and then point guards, and taller shooting guards will say they are small forwards.
Yao Ming, Nowitzki, Duncan, Garnett and others were not selected for the best team, which made Sun Ce a little sad. Garnett was only selected for the second defense. An era was almost completely over, and then... Sun Ce suddenly found that Duncan's era would come again?
However, the Lakers won last night. The Lakers won the home court after an overtime last night, which made Sun Ce a little regretful.
But it doesn't matter. Whether it is against the Spurs or the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, it is difficult to play, which also makes Sun Ce excited.
The Heat lost again at home, 2-3 behind the Knicks, but this time the Heat lost unfairly. Wade was provoked by the Knicks' veteran Mike Bibby in the first quarter and was sent off. The Heat also lost with regret. James scored 22 points in the last quarter, but finally failed to catch up with the gap in the third quarter.
When watching this game last night, Sun Ce felt that the Heat had found a way to deal with the Knicks. The Knicks relied on their inside advantage and pitchers to win. The point guard line was Baron Davis and Mike Bibby, two old men. Jeremy Lin missed the entire playoffs due to injury. In the case of a series, it was not particularly difficult to find a way to win against the Knicks.
It was just that the James-Wade combination was missing one player, and the rebounds could not be guaranteed. The third quarter collapsed. After three quarters, James' 22 points in the fourth quarter became a tragedy.
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After the announcement of the best lineup, Sun Ce and his teammates discussed in the afternoon break about going to the UK in the summer. Sun Ce and Nash, Randolph, and Tony Allen paid for their teammates to watch the Olympics together, and of course there were other entertainment activities.
The discussion about the best defensive lineup on the Internet was crazy!
Sun Ce and Tony Allen were both selected for the first defense. The last time this happened was when Jordan and Pippen were selected for the first defense 9 times and Pippen was selected for the first defense 8 times, 5 of which were in the same season.
In the past 13 years after Jordan and Pippen, no other defensive combination could do it, but now the Grizzlies have done it!
Moreover, Sun Ce became another player who was selected for the first defense and the first defense at the same time, tied with James and Howard. Coincidentally, Kobe slipped from the first defense and only got the second defense, which gave him a sense of successor.
In addition, among Sun Ce's titles of "major successors", there happened to be Kobe's successor, and Kobe also said that Sun Ce was the player who was most like him...
The fact that Sun Ce and Tony Allen were selected for the first team of the best defensive team at the same time is crazy enough. This means that the Grizzlies have the strongest backcourt defense, but in fact it feels awkward, which has caused some controversy.
Under the defensive system and excellent defensive lineup of the Grizzlies, Sun Ce played very well on defense. Among the players who played more than 20 minutes per game and played more than 10 games this season, Sun Ce ranked sixth in defensive efficiency and third in limiting opponents' points lost per 100 rounds, limiting opponents to only 97 points. Only Chandler and Iguodala were higher than Sun Ce.
However, Sun Ce's defensive characteristics are not like Iguodala on the perimeter, but like Ibaka and Chandler, and even not like James.
No one thought it was wrong for Sun Ce to be selected as a guard in the first team. On offense, Sun Ce is indeed a shooting guard and point guard.
No one thought it was wrong to be selected as a first-team defense. Even if there is a team bonus, Sun Ce's defensive performance this season is indeed good. He ranks second in the rebounding list and first in the blocked shots list, but he was selected as a guard in the first-team defense...
While arguing endlessly in major forums on the Internet, at 4 pm, the fifth game of the series between the Bulls and the 76ers started.
At 6:30 in the evening, the two teams decided the winner. Rose did not fall in the fifth game. He led the team to defend the home court and tied the score to 2 to 3. There is still hope.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, the fifth game of the series between the Grizzlies and the Thunder started.
Unlike the Bulls who fought to the death, the Thunder collapsed in the fifth game!
The Thunder only made 34 of 92 shots in this game. In addition to Durant who scored 27 points, Westbrook who made 8 of 20 shots and scored 19 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, and Harden who made 4 of 9 shots but had 7 free throws and scored 15 points, the rest of the Thunder only scored 27 points in total, and the Thunder team only scored 88 points!
It’s not that the Thunder’s low score was caused by how good the defense was in this game. From the 92 shots, it can be seen that the game rhythm is not slow.
The main reason is that the Thunder's mentality has collapsed. They are young and aggressive, but they were beaten twice in one series, and both times they were beaten right after they had gained confidence...
The first time was after they beat the Nuggets in the first round. They were full of energy and wanted to give the Grizzlies a hard time in the first game of the second round, but they were beaten by the Grizzlies.