1607. March of Madness (5000 Words for Subscription)

The NCAA's March Madness has begun, and the NBA's March of the year, which is more frantic than in years, is in full swing.

On the Grizzlies' side, on March 8, the first game of the home back-to-back game against the Hornets was played at home, and the Grizzlies successfully avenged the Hornets 105-94.

As the coaching staff said, Sun Ce didn't pay attention to the previous two games, and now he feels that Klay Thompson, Paul George, and even Livingston, Tony Allen, and Hardaway Jr. have all played harder after Yi Jianlian and Larry Sanders were injured.

And his grandson, who didn't notice it before, now deliberately paid attention to it, and only after the game did he find that after the injury of Yi Jianlian and Larry Sanders, his playing time and number of shots with a certain strength advantage have increased significantly.

In this game, Sun Ce played 39 minutes, made 14 of 29 shots, including 4 of 10 three-pointers, plus 10 of 11 free throws, and got 42 points, 12 boards, 6 assists and 3 blocks.

Klay Thompson 25 points, 3 boards, 2 assists and 1 block, Paul George 18 points, 5 boards, 8 assists and 3 steals, they combined for 75 points!

At the end of the game with the Hornets, Sun Ce successfully surpassed Kobe Bryant with 20 40+ times in a single season, and dominated the tenth place in the 40+ times list in a single season!

The guaranteed reward of the "Epic Scoring King Prologue", the Kobe Bryant Star Experience Card for the 02-03 season, has met the requirements.

But Sun Ce definitely doesn't just want this card, if he can get Boss Qiao's card or a 20,000 card, of course he has to rush it.

Then on March 9, the Grizzlies narrowly defeated the Trail Blazers 116-111 in the second back-to-back game at home.

In this game, the outside defense was obviously sluggish, and Sun Ce was not affected, but Paul George, Klay Thompson, and Tony Allen were tired on the defensive end.

Fortunately, the offense is hot, mainly because Sun Ce has a hot hand, 13 of 25 shots, including 4 of 4 three-pointers, in the case of the opponent's full force blocking his Sun someone's three-point shot, he made three three-point shots, and also ignited Klay Thompson's three-point shot, feeding him Sun someone a counterattack chasing three-point.

Hardaway Jr. and Valanciunas played an important role in the follow-up catch-and-shoot and catch-up layup when they counterattacked.

In the end, relying on Sun Ce's triple-double data of 35 points, 12 boards, 13 assists, 1 block and 2 steals, plus the other 11 players on the team combined for 81 points, the Grizzlies won the offensive battle.

The loss of this game is the bench lineup of the Trail Blazers, the five starting Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Thomas Robinson, and Aldridge scored 95 points, and the bench lineup combined only scored 16 points, and the Trail Blazers led most of the time, but when it came to rotation time, they were overtaken by the Grizzlies, and after the Grizzlies went 14-4 in the middle of the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers failed to turn the tables.

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With 43 wins and 19 losses, the Grizzlies have played a wave of consecutive victories despite the lack of major generals!

That's the pressure the Warriors are biting at the back!

After the Grizzlies' opening nine days and six games in March, the schedule has finally caught up with the rest of the team.

Currently, the Warriors are 41-21 and have won nine in a row!

Although they defeated the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers still have a 45-17 record, and the Grizzlies can't surpass it for a while and a half, and the Warriors are biting at the back with a crazy nine-game winning streak.

Sun Ce and his teammates all felt the huge pressure, and they really had no way or dared to relax!

Sun Ce has been watching the Warriors' battle reports lately, and he found something that surprised him.

During the Warriors' winning streak, Curry and Harden during this winning streak, the data is not outstanding, but more stable!

Curry is averaging 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game, and Harden is averaging 22 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists per game.

Without David Lee, it is about the same as abandonment, and Mark Jackson's big four small lineup is playing very well!

Sun Ce has discussed with others in his last life that the reason why Steve Kerr was able to win the championship in his first year with the Warriors is that the coach's coaching ability must be excellent, but the foundation laid by Mark Jackson at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is fundamental, and in the case of a foundation, with a more capable and capable head coach, the Warriors soared.

However, in this time and space, the talent and strength of the Warriors are even stronger than in the original time and space!

Top rim protector Tabit, perfect second leader Andre Iguodala; Although he didn't get Klay Thompson, he actually traded Leonard and Ellis for Harden; Coupled with being pushed forward by his grandson, Curry, who averaged 4+ three-pointers per game this season; Paired with a role player who can shoot and cut, now you only need to wait for Draymond Green to develop, and it is properly the top team!

With this nine-game winning streak, the Warriors have begun to cash in on their talent!

Another week passed, Sun Ce's two consecutive weekly awards were interrupted, on the eastern side, the Raptors' DeRozan won the Player of the Week award in the past week, and on the western side, Curry and Harden won the Player of the Week award together with this wave of nine consecutive wins.

The top three in the West are difficult to catch up, and the fifth place is menacing, and this pressure, every time the Grizzlies win, it becomes greater, because they play so hard to win the game, and as a result, the Warriors have been winning in a row!

And this kind of pressure pushes the hard work and state, there will always be a limit, even if there is no limit to the hard work, the state will be affected by objective factors.

After playing 9 days and 6 games, the Grizzlies got two days off, and after a day of rest in Memphis, on March 11, the Grizzlies started a four-game road trip, coming up with an away back-to-back, 76ers and Heat.

After arriving in Philadelphia on the 11th, a simple tactical training was conducted in the afternoon.

Sun Ce has been watching the highlights of Evans and Pau Gasol since he arrived in Philadelphia.

With the duo of Evans and Pau Gasol, the 76ers have come back to life this year.

Judging from the record, the 76ers are not much better this year than last season, with 37 wins and 26 losses, ranking fifth in the East.

However, this has far exceeded the expectations of the media and fans at the start of the season!

The 76ers lost Howard last summer, traded Holiday for the reimbursed rookie Noll for the future, and gave Spencer Hawes to the Cavaliers for almost free in order to have the money to renew Pau Gasol's contract next summer and fight for free agency...... 76ers general manager Sam Singkey has opted to make a big move to clear space in the throes of losing a superstar like Howard and look to the future.

And the 76ers sent away Spencer Hawes after the All-Star Weekend to create salary space for next summer, not prepared to do so at the beginning, at the beginning the 76ers were ready not to renew the contract with Pau Gasol in 2014, although Pau Gasol did not play well last season because he didn't play well with Howard, but a wasted year is a wasted year, and the 76ers no longer expect from Pau Gasol.

But hell, Gasol played so well that he played at the level of the league's No. 1 center.

Any team that loses a center with an average of 16+13 per game and the team's best defensive player on the outside will definitely drop significantly.

But with Pau Gasol in his second spring and Evans making steady progress, the 76ers are still in the top five in the East despite losing two All-Star starters.

With Evans averaging 29.2 points, 7.2 boards, 7.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game, and Pau Gasol averaging 18.4 points, 12 boards, 4.4 assists and 1.6 blocks per game, the 76ers' role players have doubled their value!

James Anderson, a 10-time first-round pick who was waived by the Spurs, averaged 3 points per game in the first three seasons and 10 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game this season; Tony Rotten, who averaged 2 points per game in his rookie season last season and only played in 30 games, averaged 14 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists per game as the sixth man of the 76ers this season; After the 76ers lost Howard, the happiest was Thaddeus Young, without Howard, his cutting ability and rushing ability were fully displayed, and the cooperation with Pau Gasol was very sharp, averaging 16 points, 7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game.

Even if the rest of the team is a little worse, Howard left last summer, Pau Gasol didn't perform well last season, and the 76ers have left a lot of quality role players saved by the rookie bonus in the past two years, but the 76ers have played surprisingly enough.

The fact that Evans and Pau Gasol are regularly in the top 10 of the MVP rankings at the same time is a testament to just how good they are.

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After a night's rest, on the 12th, the Grizzlies began a four-game road trip, starting with the first game of the back-to-back away game against the 76ers.

After a few games, the Grizzlies didn't continue to soar tonight, although Sun Ce got 17 points, 11 boards, 13 assists, 1 block and 1 steal, their Grizzlies team except for his low score, everyone else's offensive performance was okay.

But the defense couldn't hold on, and they scored 103 points, but the 76ers scored 111.

The 76ers snapped the Grizzlies' five-game winning streak.

Facing Evans, who was a beep, the Grizzlies' interior frame protection ability was insufficient, and the outside line couldn't bear Evans' strong body, Evans got 37 points, 7 boards and 5 assists, and Big Gasol was really strong, scoring 26 points, 11 boards and 4 assists, which broke the Grizzlies' interior line.

The first game of the back-to-back on the road was lost, but there was no time to grieve the Grizzlies' loss, and the next morning, Sun Ce flew with the team to Miami, and at 8 p.m., he challenged the Heat back-to-back.

Larry Sanders finally came back tonight, and when he played the 76ers, Larry Sanders went to Philadelphia with the team, but he didn't play.

But when playing the Heat, the Grizzlies' improvement on the defensive end is okay, the focus is on fatigue! The defense didn't improve much, and the offensive end also had a big slide because of back-to-back.

Although Sun Ce used physical potion tonight after three games of charging, he scored 47 points, 17 rebounds and 5 blocks on 17-of-35 shooting with a shooting rate of nearly 50%, but he only had 3 assists, and his teammates really couldn't shoot!

The Grizzlies scored just 92 points as a team, losing 92-99 to the Heat.

The core lineup of Paul, Wade, Josh Smith, and Chandler played extremely well on both offensive and defensive ends, and if it weren't for the Pacers and Bulls playing too well in the first half of the season, the Heat would have the strength to challenge for the division championship.

Of course, the Bulls also played well after the All-Star weekend, surpassing the Pacers' record and becoming the third team to win 50 after the Spurs and Lakers, currently 50-14.

The Bulls, whose record improved to 41-23 after beating the Grizzlies, still have 18 games left to play when the Pacers' record has slipped all the way to 49-16, and it is really not impossible to surpass the Pacers.

It's really hard to say who the top two in the east will end up being.

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Having lost two games in a back-to-back, the Grizzlies' record has become 43-21, with 18 games left to play, and it will be a bit difficult to hit 55 wins, at least 12 of the remaining 18 games will have to be won!

Grizzlies fans feel very worried, this season's situation seems to be even worse than Sun Ce's rookie year!

They were in good health that year, with Conley, who was still immature, Guy who averaged 20+ strength per game, Randolph who averaged 22+10 per game, Gasol Jr., who averaged 14+8+3 per game, and Sun Ce, the strongest rookie.

The squad is actually a little deeper this season, but the health is not comparable.

Since Sun Ce joined the Grizzlies, it was the first time they had been so miserable this season, and Grizzlies fans were not used to it.

I'm used to living a good life, and suddenly I'm going to live a hard life, who can stand it.

But Grizzlies fans and Sun Ce fans feel fortunate that the team didn't play well...... Mainly compared to the last four years, especially the 10-11 and 11-12 seasons, this year is really bad, but they still have something to be happy and cheer about.

After playing 64 games, Sun Ce's 40+ times in a single game this season has increased to 21! tied the ninth-place in history...... It's Kobe Bryant again, and Bob McAdoo, tied for ninth in history!

Moreover, Sun Ce's triple-double times have increased to 31 times!

On the Westbrook side, after the triple-double reached 26, it had been stagnant for a long time.

At this stage, Westbrook is not allowed to mess around, and Westbrook is not messing around, he can grab more boards and more boards, he can get more assists and more assists, and he should score points, the first two, if they can't do it at the same time, just focus on what they can do in the game that night.

Although Westbrook's current triple-double data of 20.8 points, 10.6 rebounds and 12.2 assists per game is very stable, according to the current situation, Westbrook should almost be about 30 triple-doubles this season, which is not much more.

In the eyes of fans, it is normal for Westbrook to end up with a triple-double in his early 30s, and the frequency of Westbrook's triple-doubles is very similar to that of the Magic in the season when he averaged 18.6 points, 9.6 rebounds and 9.5 assists per game.

And Sun Ce, who averaged "only 9.4 assists" per game, got 31 triple-doubles is abnormal......

However, the more this is the case, the more awesome Sun Ce becomes!

The point is that after All-Star Weekend, the Grizzlies played 12 games, and Sun Ce got 8 40+ and 5 triple-doubles, including one 40+ triple-double.

It's either 40+ or a triple-double, and Sun Ce's data hasn't been broken since the All-Star Weekend!

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After playing the game with the Heat, on the morning of the 14th, Sun Ce followed the team to Toronto, where the weather began to warm up, and rested for the night.

Klay Thompson and Paul George, the two brothers who bully the soft and are afraid of the hard, wilted when they beat Paul and Evans, beat DeRozan, and instantly resurrected with full blood!

This year, the Grizzlies' offense has improved, scoring 99 points in the game, which is not high, but the Raptors only scored 81 points, defeating the Raptors with an 18-point lead, ending a two-game losing streak.

Sun Ce played 38 minutes and got 27 points, 19 boards, 10 assists and 6 blocks, halfway through the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies were already 20 points ahead of the Raptors, Sun Ce was still two assists, and Coach Hollins was stunned until Sun Ce got the 10th assist before replacing Sun Ce......

Ending the losing streak is good news, and there is another good news next, Yi Jianlian can come back with permission! When this wave of 4 consecutive away games returns to the home court to play three consecutive home games, Yi Jianlian can return to the game!

However, there is also bad news, Stoudemire left the court with a sprained knee in the game against the Raptors, and there is a high probability that he will be reimbursed for the season!

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The morning after playing the Raptors, Sun Ce flew to New Orleans with the team to play the Pelicans tomorrow.

Sun Ce is very tired now, but fortunately, with the Nash training method, his body is not tired, otherwise if he is physically and mentally exhausted, he will really not be able to hold on.

It's so hard!

Last night's game was over, and it was already halfway through March.

Their Grizzlies improved their record to 44-21, and Sun took a look at the rest of the schedule, with eight games left in the month...... The good news is that Yi Jianlian is coming back, and Beverley's hamstring injury is also recovering well.

But Stoudemire, after being diagnosed, will not be able to play the rest of the season due to the recurrence of the old sprain.

Stoudemire and season reimbursement are two words that are linked, and no one really thinks it's inconsistent.

But this was originally unnecessary for the Grizzlies, but Yi Jianlian's injury made Stoudemire have to play more, and he had to take on the role of the center of the running team, but his current body is really only suitable for playing 12 to 15 minutes a game, and more are prone to injury.

In the past two weeks, the schedule has been tight and the intensity has been high...... The sprain is just the introduction, and the point is that Stoudemire is no longer able to take on the role of the main force of the running and bombing back then.

Thankfully, there is only one back-to-back left for the rest of the month, 8 games in 15 days from 17 to 31, which is a little easier than playing 9 games from 1 to 15.

After hurting for his own team's situation, Sun Ce adjusted his emotions and went to see the performance of other teams.

The first is to use the book, the Warriors, 43-22, got 10 consecutive wins and was ended by the Lakers, and then won another game, and played an 11-1 record after the All-Star weekend.

Overall, on the West side, halfway through March, except for the Warriors and Thunder, who rushed forward with their lives and played amazing performances, the performance of other teams in the West was expected by fans.

But in the east, half a month has passed, and there have been drastic changes!