One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixteen. Fantastic Offensive Lineup
Sun Ce was very focused. When he heard the whistle and saw the ball reach the highest point, he jumped up immediately...
Watching Sun Ce on the opposite side pass the ball to the back, Gasol desperately shouted in his heart, "If this is a position to grab the ball, I will never lose" while trying to retreat.
Gasol's 215 cm height and 230 cm wingspan advantage were too great during the game. He was able to play against the trend and play the league's top center performance at this age, relying on the technology supported by excellent static physical fitness.
But in terms of dynamic physical fitness, he is really not much better than his brother now.
Although he was very angry, Gasol had already prepared to retreat. The other four players of the Eastern team had good athletic ability and were also prepared early. Griffin blocked James in the first time, and the others also followed their defensive targets and did not let the Western team play a fast break.
James passed the ball to Sun Ce, who cut into the free throw line and then retreated. He glanced at Griffin and felt that the Bulls had become a more difficult opponent. Then he cut into the inside to help Sun Ce open up space.
When James passed the ball to Sun Ce and cut in, Griffin went to defend Sun Ce, and Gasol expanded a little to prevent James from rushing directly to the basket and catching Sun Ce.
Sun Ce observed the situation of teammates in other positions. Curry was followed by Lowry, Kobe was followed by Anthony, and Paul George was followed by Rose... Then let's play one-on-one!
Although the Tyrannosaurus Rex has short arms, it is at least a regular power forward. Sun Ce did not force a shot. In order to ensure the success rate, he began to pull the ball in the top arc to find a breakthrough opportunity.
Griffin "responds to changes with constancy", in fact, he knew it was difficult to keep up, so he waited for Sun Ce to have a real breakthrough and then stuck to him. In that case, although he could not stop Sun Ce's breakthrough, he could at least follow closely from behind and put pressure on Sun Ce.
This is the experience Griffin gained when playing LOL. When silver meets diamond, no prediction is the best prediction.
Seeing that the opponent did not move, Sun Ce took a step to the right and leaned forward when he stepped out. Griffin quickly stepped back, but Sun Ce's left foot was still in place!
Sun Ce, who had been prepared for a long time, took a large step back and dribbled the ball horizontally amid the exclamations of the fans on the scene. His right hand hit the ball on the floor and bounced it to his left hand. Sun Ce and Griffin opened up a huge space and broke through from the left!
"Fake butterfly step" triggered!
Lightning-like change of direction and acceleration!
At this moment, Kobe on the court seemed to see Iverson of the year, but he was super oversized. Gasol under the basket had no time to react and saw Sun Ce rushing towards him... James also had no time to react. He was fighting with Gasol under the basket, trying his best to give Sun Ce a better mid-range and long-range shooting opportunity. Who knew that Sun Ce rushed in all of a sudden.
At this time, the hearty laughter of the Grizzlies' inside players came from the sidelines. James also did it... No, James was also done!
Sun Ce smashed the ball into the basket through Gasol and James in the reasonable collision zone!
The start was so fierce that the fans at the scene were boiling!
There are still big differences in the different cities hosting the All-Star Weekend. This All-Star Weekend held in New York, the All-Star Game held at Madison Square Garden, the average ticket price reached US$713, and the most expensive non-courtside ticket reached US$5,000.
The few courtside tickets for sale cost US$35,000, which set a record for the ticket price of the All-Star Game.
Therefore, 70% of the people watching the game on the spot were wealthy people in New York. After Sun Ce's dunk, the atmosphere on the scene was like the All-Star Game held at the Grizzlies' home court.
Sun Ce's dunk this time was not very violent. Basically, he relied on his arm span to smash the ball into the basket before he had contact with the two people under the basket, but this was a dunk-two!
Fans who watched the live broadcast on their computers or mobile phones were crazy about "The Lord dunked his teammates again"...
But it doesn't matter whether it's fierce or not, what matters is the attitude of the Western team!
From James trying his best to block Gasol at the basket, Curry, Kobe, and Paul George all moving when Sun Ce broke through, playing a better role of containment, the Eastern team learned that the Western team is also serious this year!
Attack and defense change, the Eastern team attacked, Lowry received the ball and gave it to Rose. Although Rose now has a relatively stable mid-range and long-range shot, his off-ball play is just enough, not as good as Lowry. Rose with the ball in hand is obviously more threatening than Lowry with the ball.
After Rose advanced to the frontcourt, he saw James defending Gasol and Sun Ce defending Griffin... I don't know why, Rose remembered the Grizzlies' four-double against the Lakers Sun Ce a while ago, and chose to give the ball to Gasol for a low-post single.
In fact, there is no difference. Although Gasol couldn't knock James into the basket after receiving the ball, James had no choice when Gasol lifted the ball, and Gasol easily hit the hook.
In this offensive and defensive round, fans saw a lot of things. Fans who just watched the game for fun but didn't understand anything also learned something from the analysis of the TV commentator.
It is very important for a player to be in which team and which head coach he meets.
Griffin's awareness of fast break defense and switching speed are much better than when he was with the Clippers. Sloan and Malone's guidance made Griffin develop in the right direction in all aspects, because if they hadn't met Jordan, the Utah duo + Sloan trio would definitely be a perfect trio.
The main reason is that Griffin is already talented. In the original time and space, no one knows why the Clippers wanted Griffin to give up the inside space to Jordan, and let Griffin, a super genius with the height of a large small forward and the weight of a center, who could average 22+12 in his rookie year, practice outside shooting skills. As a result, he got injured year after year.
On the contrary, Griffin didn't get injured much when he relied on eating cakes and jumping to play, because that was the correct way to play. Playing change of direction breakthroughs is more harmful to the knees and ankles than jumping and dunking straight back and forth.
Now Griffin's low-post skills are becoming more mature. His pick-and-roll cutting and mid-range shooting after pick-and-roll are the best in the league. He is so fierce that he often surpasses James or Harden to rank in the top three of the MVP rankings.
Although he is not first-class on the defensive end, he will not be a black hole, and he has defensive strengths.
Like the Western team, the Eastern team also discussed how to play before the game, and assigned roles according to the characteristics of the players. The main focus was on the inside. Gasol and Griffin took turns. Both of them had mid-range shots and could pull away. No matter how the Western team accelerated, they played steadily.
On the Western team, James and Sun Ce took turns to break through the outside line.
Neither side could defend the other, and neither team double-teamed, especially the Eastern team. Curry, Paul George, and Kobe Bryant on the outside of the Western team shot in open space outside the three-point line... The Eastern team would rather let the Western team break through and score, and just hide from Sun Ce and James.
The Western team's double-teaming is not very useful. Double-teaming in advance will give the opponent's outside line enough time to adjust and shoot. When Griffin and Gasol receive the ball in the interior, it will be too late to double-team, because Sun Ce and James can't limit Griffin and Gasol much. Letting James defend Griffin can limit them to some extent, but that will make Sun Ce face Gasol. Don't say that James doesn't want to see such a situation. It's too miserable. Just think about it and you will know that it is a terrible situation.
More than 5 minutes into the first quarter, both teams have scored more than 20 points. At 5 minutes and 47 seconds, Sun Ce made a fake move to break through and tricked Griffin to retreat. Sun Ce slowly retracted his feet and took a step back for a three-pointer...hit!
23 to 21, the Western team led the Eastern team by 2 points. The head coach of the Eastern team, Budenholzer, called a timeout and entered the official timeout time.
Even if the East team wanted to play a positional battle, the offense of both teams was very fast, because it was too easy to score. In comparison, the East team had a slightly higher success rate, after all, they scored too easily in the interior, and Griffin was mainly defending Sun Ce's outside shooting at the beginning. The East team rushed into the interior to score, but the success rate was not as high as the two inside players on the opposite side sitting and shooting.
Fortunately, there was Sun Ce's three-pointer.
Both sides began to change players. On the West team side, Coach Hollins knew that Sun Ce wanted to fight for everything, and he felt a bit greedy, but it happened that he was the All-Star head coach this year, so there was no problem. Why not fight if he could fight.
Kobe and Paul George were replaced, and Coach Hollins sent out a combination of Sun Ce, Curry, Klay Thompson, James, and Love.
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Sun Ce and James played with three three-point masters. This combination, the TV commentators were all exclaiming that it was a perfect offensive combination.
If you want to force low-post, Sun Ce and Love have it, if you want three-pointers, they have it, if you want mid-range shots, they have it... everything.
The Eastern team replaced Paul, Korver, Hayward, Griffin, and Horford.
In comparison, the Eastern team's inside structure is much better than that of the Western team, and this combination is what Budenholzer likes very much.
There are many players in the Eastern team who want to win. As the head coach, Budenholzer naturally wants to win. After entering the rotation, he sent out his favorite combination.
After the timeout, the Eastern team attacked.
The 3-to-2 defensive formation of the Western team is very good. Even if Love has lost weight, he is not as thin as when he joined the Cavaliers in the original time and space. Among the players on the court, Love is the one with the largest tonnage, 3 kilograms more than James. In the original time and space, he lost a full 12 kilograms in the summer when he joined the Cavaliers! He only lost 4 kilograms to reduce the risk of injury when he stayed in the Timberwolves.
Love's tonnage under the basket, coupled with Sun Ce and James's help defense, and Klay Thompson on the outside keeping a close eye on Korver... After Paul received the ball, he observed the opponent's defense and found that there were not many defensive flaws that could be exploited. The opponent's group of people had to play seriously, and they were too strong on both offense and defense! The biggest breakthrough is Curry!
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