Three Hundred and Forty-Seven. The Tone of the Game

After halftime, 37 to 36. Relying on Sun Ce's second sports goal in the half, the Grizzlies still maintained a 1-point lead before halftime.

Sun Ce looked at this score and thought it was excellent!

With two minutes left in the second quarter, Sun Ce was replaced because Ray Allen came up with a three-pointer to overtake the score. The Grizzlies need a speed player who can prevent Pierce from running. Conley is very important today. His physical strength There is nothing better than Sun Ce to go there, this time we need Sun Ce's help.

Sun Ce came up and scored a goal at the end. During the period, neither team scored any other points, and there were no free throws. Sun Ce grabbed two rebounds in two minutes, and Rondo also had one rebound. The two teams defended absolutely!

It doesn't take into account the feelings of the fans at all. Of course, the fans at the scene don't matter. The main reason is that Time Warner Cable Sports is probably going to cry. Although it is not a national broadcast, it is also a live broadcast in Massachusetts, Tennessee, and California!

With 6 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Sun Ce played 12 minutes in the half, and his rebounds were almost in double figures.

Rondo had 4 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in the half, and the two point guards combined to get 14 rebounds in the half.

In other words, when Rondo played Kidd last season, Rondo had 6 points, 13 rebounds and 14 assists, and Kidd had 7 points, 12 rebounds and 15 assists. The alternative double-double pairing can be compared. As far as rebounding is concerned, it can be called a miracle through the ages!

Looking at the data of the two teams listed on the big screen, Sun Ce and Rondo are currently the rebounding leaders of their respective teams...

"10 to 11..." Sun Ce cared more about this. His own assists are really not as easy as Rondo.

Sun Ce did not have many assists in positional battles, but Rondo had a lot of assists in positional battles!

"Why not compare points? We all average 13 points per game, why not compare points and assists?"

Sun Ce returned to the locker room with resentment.

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Coach Hollins said loudly in the locker room that he must maintain the style of play in the first half and boost the morale of the players. This tone cannot be vented!

The Grizzlies maintain a negligible two-point lead, but they have actually tried their best.

As for the Celtics, Pierce, who has not lost to Kobe, Roy, and Anthony in key balls this season, has not yet exerted his strength...

Looks evenly matched,

In fact, the Grizzlies are just trying to support it.

But it's not that the Celtics don't want to open the score in one fell swoop, but...it can't be done!

Pierce was already 32 years old at the beginning of the season. Like Carter, who was 32 years old last season, he would maintain an average of 20 points per game even if he played his best. Strong teams also reduce singles and put more energy on key shots.

These two top stars who are about the same age and entered the NBA in the same session are very close in terms of career trajectories and statistical changes. Apart from the championship, the personal honors of the two are also similar. Most of the peak period is the second to fourth player in the same position. Can enter the second team and the third team.

But everyone has their own destiny. Pierce has the two giant teammates who are most suitable for him. The decline of the Big Three and the sudden emergence of Rondo; and Carter, ecstatic to join a team that won the championship, found that the core of the team ran away. My old club went to take a big contract.

Carter joined the Magic because the Magic used Alston, Courtney Lee, and Tony Batty to balance the contract. The Magic retained Turkoglu's bird rights, but they were unwilling to give 50 million for five years and wanted to lower the price. It's not that the Magic don't want to keep Turkoglu. No matter how smart they are, they know the importance of Turkoglu. They just want to lower the price, just like O'Neal. They didn't give Hardaway a maximum salary. But the price reduction failed again, and the Raptors were willing to give 53 million for 5 years.

As the runner-up team, the team did not give the real core big contract and was poached by other teams with a total salary of several million more. The Magic's manipulation of Carter last summer may feel familiar. At that time, he was still a college student...

When the Big Three were still expected to compete for the championship, the Celtics did not hesitate to keep Glenn Davis, who was offered by the Magic for 5 million for two years, with 6.6 million for two years, and offered the highest middle-level contract offer. Rasheed Wallace, signing Daniels, trading an expiring contract at the end of the bench for long-term Nate Robinson...

Two people of equal strength have different encounters.

Pierce should keep his physical strength at the critical moment, so as not to use too much strength at the beginning to widen the point difference and then lose his physical strength after being caught up... and the Grizzlies' starting defense is so fierce, Pierce may not really be able to open the score with his strength.

When the Grizzlies started, the Celtics relied on pure defense.

When Sun Ce came up with the Grizzlies lineup with better space and better offense, the Celtics put in a space lineup, and it was an excellent defensive space lineup, targeting the Grizzlies while ensuring defense. The team's rotation lineup is poor in defense, and the scoring ability should be improved as much as possible.

It seems that the Grizzlies have always maintained the advantage on the scene, but in fact the Grizzlies are already exhausted. No matter how they change their style of play, the Celtics have corresponding countermeasures.

The salary of more than 83 million, and the lineup with a salary of more than 500,000 from the salary cap of 56.77 million, is indeed too big.

The Celtics currently have no so-called junk contracts. There are 9 players who can start if they change teams!

Moreover, when Coach Rivers has powerful players on the team, his rotation ability, tactical framework layout, and chicken soup ability are really leveraged.

At present, the Celtics still have high-quality substitutes such as Nate Robinson and Finley, and they are temporarily maintaining a 9-man rotation.

Didn't Coach Hollins find any problems here?

Of course he found out, he could see that his team only had a slight advantage right now.

The opponent went all out today and is in good condition.

The Grizzlies can only rely on the ability to block rebounds to protect the rebounds, rely on the starting defense to wear down the opponent's touch, and rely on Sun Ce's average of 17+7+10 in the past seven games. Only by attracting pincers can they barely maintain this little lead.

These Hollins coaches know it, but this is the best their team can do.

No matter how you adjust, you won't be able to do better. On the contrary, you may not even be able to maintain the current situation. Coach Hollins can only hope that it will be delayed until the critical moment.

The opponent has excellent key players such as Pierce, Ray Allen, Rasheed Wallace, and Finley.

But the Grizzlies also have Gay, Conley, Randolph...and the most incredible rookie-Sun Ce!

Who is afraid of the key ball, just afraid of missing the critical moment...

So the tone of the game was set.