I'm really not a 3D player

Chapter 109 An upset victory
Pause back, and the game continues.

The Warriors replaced Sun Yi and Randolph with Reggie Williams and Anthony Toliver, and Curry returned to the No. [-] position to organize the offense.

The Grizzlies replaced Gasol and Randolph.

The two brothers were really tired from running back and forth on the field and needed to rest for a while.

Darrell Arthur and Thabeet replaced the black and white bears.

The head coach of the Grizzlies, Hollins, still did not give up on Thabeet and gave Thabeet a chance to prove his strength.

After all, Hollins doesn't want to take the blame for not being able to develop rookies.

But Thabeet's strength simply couldn't match his draft position, and he couldn't play even if he had the chance to play.

The Grizzlies had the ball, and Conley dribbled forward without rushing, slowing down the pace.

When he came beyond the three-point line, he didn't rush to attack, but pointed his fingers and directed his teammates to move.

Under Conley's command, the Grizzlies' players moved quickly.

Gay acted as a feint and quickly rushed to the basket to attract the Warriors' defense.

Mayo used Arthur's off-ball screen to get rid of the defense, received Conley's pass, and hit a jumper.

On the bench for the Grizzlies, head coach Hollins nodded with satisfaction. This was the effect he wanted to see.

The players of the Grizzlies are too young, and only by constantly reminding and emphasizing them can these guys control the rhythm of the game in their own hands.

It was the Warriors' turn to attack. Without Sun Yi as a booster, Xiao Gongju was injured again, and the rhythm also dropped.

Curry dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, beckoned inside, and called for a pick-and-roll.

Toliver quickly ran forward to set an off-ball screen and firmly blocked Conley.

At this stage, Conley's physical strength is quite satisfactory. He can only play more than 30 minutes in a game, and he cannot maintain high-intensity defense throughout the whole process.

Therefore, this time Conley didn't squeeze through the screen, and the Grizzlies had to switch defenses.

Curry used the screen to face Thabeet, using a small one to beat the big one. He made a forward change of direction and shook Thabeet away. He easily broke into the basket and scored a layup.

Looking back, Gay resisted Maggette's defense and missed a mid-range jumper.

The Warriors protected the backcourt rebounds and launched a defensive counterattack. Curry failed to hit a three-pointer.

Conley received the pass, suppressed the tempo, and didn't pass the ball when his teammates had a chance. He dribbled the ball beyond the three-point line steadily.

On the other side, Mayo ran to the right three-point line and reached for the ball.

Now that Randolph is off the court to rest, Mayo has become the first offensive point of the Grizzlies. At this time, how can he be the core of the Grizzlies if he doesn't show.

Conley saw this and immediately passed the ball.

There is no way to let Mayo be trained as a core player by the management.

After receiving the pass, Mayo made a three-threat move. Seeing that Morrow didn't step forward to defend, he immediately retracted his tentative foot, pulled up and threw the basketball in his hand.

Morrow reacted quickly and rushed to interfere.

"when!"

The basketball bounced out of the hoop and missed!
Toliver grabbed the rebound and passed it to Curry to advance, and then ran to the frontcourt.

As a short center, he has excellent mobility and easily gets rid of Thabeet's pursuit.

Curry quickly dribbled the ball forward. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Toliver, who came from behind, and immediately passed the ball to the ground.

Toliver, who was on the move, received the pass, rushed into the penalty area, and made an easy layup.

Looking back, Mayo singled again and hit a jumper against Morrow's defense.

The Warriors served quickly, and Curry received the ball and launched a fast break.

Maggette cut towards the basket, received Curry's pass and rushed to the basket. Seeing Thabeet coming to help defend, he faked a layup.

As a rookie, Thabeet was still too immature, and he was directly shaken.

Maggette didn't expect it to be so easy. After shaking Thabeet away, there was a time difference and he easily hit the board.

Grizzlies coach Hollins on the sidelines shook his head helplessly.

Thabeet's defensive awareness is so poor that he cannot be reused.

Originally, Hollins wanted to give Thabeet a chance, but after playing two or three minutes, he gave up the idea.

With Thabeet sitting under the basket, the Warriors were almost outnumbered. This guy didn't guard the next ball.

After being completely disappointed with Thabeet, Hollins could only send Gasol Jr. to strengthen the inside defense.

After Gasol came on the court, the Grizzlies improved on both ends of the offense and defense. They were inseparable from the Warriors and did not let the point difference widen further.

In this way, the first quarter ended, the score on the big screen was 28 to 33, and the Warriors entered the second quarter with a 5-point lead.

Not long after, the intermission ended and the second quarter began.

The Grizzlies replaced Conley, Mayo, Gay and others with Randolph and Gasol Jr.

The Warriors replaced Curry, Moreau and others and replaced them with Sun Yi, Laga Bell and others.

As soon as the second quarter started, Sun Yi and Anthony Randolph played a pick-and-roll, hollowing out the inside of the Grizzlies.

Reggie Williams took the opportunity to cut to the basket, and received a pass from Sun Yi to complete a one-handed dunk.

There were continuous cheers and shouts from the audience.

The Grizzlies responded immediately, and Randolph came to the low post on the right and leaned against Sun Yi for a post-up single.

Marcus Williams immediately passed the ball after seeing Zach Randolphka in good position.

After Randolph caught the ball, he leaned back against Sun Yi. The huge force directly pushed Sun Yi back a step.

Anthony - Randolph see this situation, immediately stepped forward to double-team.

Rotten Tofu would not give the Warriors a chance to double-team. He immediately used force to knock Sun Yi away, and then turned over and shot a jumper.

"Shh!"

The basketball is hollow into the net and hits steadily!
Anthony Randolph immediately picked up the basketball on the ground, quickly retreated to the bottom line, and passed the ball to Sun Yi.

"Fuck! If you really think that I'm a soft persimmon and don't care about courtesy, then let me help this damn fat guy lose weight."

After Sun Yi received the ball, he started to advance towards the frontcourt at the fastest speed, trying to bring the offensive rhythm back up again.

This time after Randolph scored, he immediately rushed back to defend.

Sun Yi advanced quickly while observing the running positions of his teammates. Seeing that there was no chance, he passed the ball to Lagabel, and then rushed into the three-point line to quickly run.

"Damn it! Those guys on the opposite side are playing so many tricks."

Seeing this situation, Randolph found that the Warriors had changed their attacking method again, cursed inwardly, and then chased after Sun Yi.

In this round, the Warriors did not rush to play fast, but fought against the Grizzlies.

Sun Yi led Randolph to run quickly without the ball, consuming the fat man's energy.

"Zach, are you happy? You have to thank me for giving you free weight."

After Sun Yi finished speaking, he showed extremely "sincere" eyes and looked at Randolph who was sweating profusely in front of him.

"Then should I say: Thank you, because you have warmed the four seasons?"

Randolph doesn't have such a high level of education, so naturally he can't say these words. These are all translated by Sun Yi's brain, and the meaning is basically the same.

Sun Yi didn't have time to answer. When Randolph relaxed his vigilance, he immediately broke out at the fastest speed, ran to the middle distance area on the right, and made a jump shot after receiving the pass.

Zach Randolph looked at the Warriors No. 9 going away and clenched his fists.

This round, he was teased badly by this rookie, and he had to regain his face.

The Grizzlies attacked, and Zach Randolph ran to the low post to get the ball for a single.

"Damn rookie, die!"

Randolph raised his butt and sat back, pushing Sun Yi back a step, and then reached out for the ball.

When Rotten Tofu received the pass, he was double-teamed before he even made a move.

"Zach, if you have the strength, you can play singles with two people on your shoulders!"

Sun Yi deliberately angered Rotten Doufu and made him act stupid.

Randolph felt a little unhappy when he saw the hateful rookie asking for help and making sarcastic remarks.

"My uncle will let you, a rookie, open your eyes!"

After Randolph finished speaking, he pushed back hard, then turned around and threw the ball against the defense of the two.

The result is obvious, the basketball bounces out of the frame.

After Sun Yi grabbed the rebound, he advanced towards the frontcourt, took advantage of the Grizzlies' failure to get into position, rushed into the basket and scored the ball.

Looking back, Randolph was furious and hit two again. He just couldn't swallow this breath!

When he struggled to push away the two double-teamers, when he turned around, Sun Yi cut off the basketball.

After a successful steal, Sun Yi quickly dribbled the ball and launched a counterattack, assisting Lagabel to hit a three-pointer.

On the Grizzlies bench, head coach Hollins couldn't sit still seeing the situation and immediately requested a timeout.

After returning from the timeout, both sides deployed the main lineup.

The Warriors are still running and trying to mess up the Grizzlies.

But the Grizzlies players were fully prepared and didn't get caught up in the slow pace they were familiar with.

In this way, in the remaining time of the second quarter, the two teams played inextricably, and the point difference remained within 10 points.

At the end of the first half, the score on the big screen was 54 to 62. The Warriors led by 8 points entering the second half.

After a short 15-minute intermission, the second half began.

As soon as the third quarter started, Curry hit a three-pointer from beyond the three-point line, giving the Warriors a good start.

In the following rounds, the Warriors picked up the offensive rhythm. Sun Yi assisted Morrow and Maggette to hit three-pointers one after another, and a wave of "three-point rain" began.

The Grizzlies hastily adjusted their defensive strategy and expanded their defense.

Seeing that the Grizzlies have changed their tactics, the Warriors naturally have a way to dismantle them.

Curry and Morrow remained threats from beyond the three-point line, and Maggette and Anthony Randolph cut toward the basket.

Sun Yi brought Randolph to the outside line, and only Gasol Jr. was left on the inside line, which was very weak.

Gasol Jr. was tossed back and forth by the Warriors in the first half. He was not physically strong enough to maintain a high-intensity defense, which made it difficult for him to protect the frame.

Therefore, Sun Yi assisted Maggette and Anthony Randolph to successfully attack the frame many times, widening the point difference in one fell swoop.

In this way, the Grizzlies failed to withstand the Warriors' strong firepower in the third quarter and suddenly collapsed.

At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors led by 22 points and entered the fourth quarter.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies players adjusted their mentality and controlled the rhythm, but failed to complete the reversal.

Just relying on two points to grind slowly is not the way, but the Grizzlies don't have a three-point shooter, and chasing points is very slow.

In this way, the Warriors maintained their lead to the end.

When the harsh buzzer sounded, Oracle Arena began to boil.

This is undoubtedly an upset!
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Grizzlies 112-96.

Not long after the game ended, the best player of the game was displayed on the big screen.

There is no suspense, Sun Yi won this honor again.

在上场的32分钟内，获得了21分8篮板15助攻3抢断2盖帽的准三双数据。

The main reason was that Sun Yi wanted to lead the team to launch a counterattack and did not deliberately grab backcourt rebounds. Moreover, the Grizzlies were strong inside and it was not so easy to grab the basketball.

Other Warriors players also performed very well.

库里三分球13投7中，砍下27分3助攻2抢断的全面数据。

马盖蒂17分4篮板；安东尼-兰多夫10分9篮板；莫罗15分2盖帽。

For the Grizzlies, the best performer was Zach Randolph.

In 38 minutes on the court, he scored a double-double of 24 points and 11 rebounds.

The rest of the Grizzlies' players have been solid.

康利11分5助攻；小加索尔14分8篮板；梅奥19分2篮板；盖伊16分4篮板。

After this game, the Warriors currently have a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, and their ranking has risen to fourth in the Western Conference.

Although this ranking cannot be maintained, it does not prevent Warriors fans from being ecstatic.

This year's Warriors team is indeed different, and fans are looking forward to it.

……

Not long after the game ended, as the best players of the two teams, Sun Yi and Zach Randolph naturally became the focus of interviews by media reporters.

"Zach, can you accept the upset loss of the Grizzlies tonight?"

"It's normal for a game to be won or lost. I think the Warriors played very well and deserved to win this game."

"Sun Sun, who is playing against you, got a near-triple-double. What do you think of this?"

"Sun's performance was very good. He is very talented and caused me some trouble. I will attach great importance to him next time we play against each other."

What this means is: "In the first match, I didn't pay attention to it and didn't use my full strength, so I let the rookie produce good data. When we face each other next time, I will understand the characteristics of the rookie's play style and I will definitely beat him." !"

After Zach Randolph finished his interview, he squeezed through the crowd with his extremely large body and walked towards the tunnel.

"Next time we fight, I will definitely defeat that nasty rookie! It's a duel!"

Rotten Tofu didn't know what it would be like to fight Sun Yi again.

On the other side, Sun Yi was also being interviewed by media reporters.

"Sun, congratulations on your quasi-triple-double and leading the team to an upset victory. How do you feel about this?"

"Winning the game is not due to me alone, it is the joint efforts of all the Warriors."

Sun Yi did not take any credit and answered the question very calmly.

"At this stage, you are temporarily ranked first in the rookie rankings. Do you think you can maintain this ranking until the end of the regular season?"

Sun Yi knew that the reporter who asked the question was trying to trick him again, and he would not let these troublemakers succeed this time.

"I'm not a prophet. I don't know what will happen in the future. And my goal now is to play every game well. As for the ranking on this list, I don't really care."

The media reporters were disappointed after hearing this. They thought that Sun Yi would be young and frivolous and promise something, but it seems that they underestimated the young man in front of them.

Afterwards, Sun Yi answered a few irrelevant questions, and the post-match interview ended here.

After the interview, Sun Yi squeezed through the crowd and walked towards the players' tunnel.

In the player tunnel, Maggette, who had been waiting for a long time, stopped Sun Yi.

"Sun, thank you for sending me some wonderful passes today.

Don't take what happened in the tactical meeting to heart. We old people just want some respect, and it's not directed at you newcomers.

Sun, let's just keep going this season, shall we? "

The purpose of Maggette stopping Sun Yi was to resolve the previous conflict in private and to recognize Sun Yi's status in the team.

"Okay, Corey, let's keep playing like this and make the playoffs!"

After hearing this, Sun Yi smiled, nodded, and gave Maggette a high-five.

This is the result he wants to see. Only when all the unstable factors in the Warriors locker room are resolved, can all the Warriors players be united and work hard for the same goal.

After the matter was resolved, Sun Yi and Maggette walked towards the locker room talking and laughing.

(End of this chapter)