At 6:40 p.m. on March 27, the Trail Blazers' home game against the Grizzlies was about to begin.

The players of both teams have already entered, and Aldridge saw Whiteside, who was listening to Sun Ce and pay attention to the quick ball after grabbing the defensive rebound, Aldridge definitely couldn't hear what the other side was saying, but he didn't care.

What he cares about is that there will always be a good center on the opposite side!

I don't know where this guy came from, playing Lefu 10 points, 15 rebounds and 3 hats, playing Kante 8 points, 8 rebounds and 2 hats, if the first game is lucky, then the second game is a stable performance.

Aldridge's eyes are so red that they explode!

Next to him, the center is Okafor, who averages 8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game...... And this, for him, is already the best center forward he has partnered with so far in his career.

There have been Oden and Camby before, but neither of them has played consistently in a season with the Trail Blazers, and during that time, the center he partnered with was actually Purzbilla, who averaged 3.6 points and 6 rebounds per game in his career...... In fact, he said 100 times that he didn't want to play center, but he has been playing center since the beginning of his rookie season.

It wasn't until this year, with Okafor, who averaged 8+10+2 per game, that Aldridge had more time to play power forward, and thus played the best performance of his career so far, leading the team all the way to third in the West with Lillard.

Returning to the power forward position, he averaged 24 points, 11 boards, 1.7 assists and 1.2 blocks per game this season, scoring is easier, and the average rebounds per game have not become fewer because of playing power forward, but because of teammates who have become more stuck! He is expected to be named to the All-Star team this season!

But look at the substitutes...... Okafor, who played an average of 29 minutes per game, went down to rest, and he still had to carry a center for about ten minutes, after he played an average of 37 minutes per game.

On the opposite side, Gasol Jr. sent away, Valanciunas was reimbursed, Gobert was still young, Yi Jianlian and Larry Sanders were recovering from injuries and now have to reduce their playing time to prepare for the playoffs...... But he immediately signed a big center with a rebounding efficiency comparable to Jordan Jr. and Drummond.

That is similar to Olajuwon's perfect center forward body, Aldridge drools when he looks at it!

"Do you want to suggest the team get him back? Yi, Valanciunas, Sanders, Gobert and this guy, the Grizzlies have five centers, and they will definitely have to trade at least two after this season, this guy and Gobert Our team can always get one back at a cost, right? ”

Aldridge was a little excited to think that he might have a tall and imposing center like Gobert or Whiteside next to him.

On the other side, Whiteside, who was listening to Sun Ce say that he should pay attention to his teammates when winning rebounds, suddenly felt a chill, and turned his head to see that the big forward opposite was looking at him with-like eyes, if he knew the idiom, he could see that it was salivating.

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The Trail Blazers really don't love their fathers, no one voted for them as an All-Star starter, and the backup coaches were not willing to vote for them, and in terms of the number of live broadcasts in the United States, the Jazz got as many as 8 live broadcasts in the United States after the All-Star weekend, and the Trail Blazers added two games, and the originally scheduled and final broadcasts throughout the season were a total of 11 games......

Tonight's game against the Grizzlies didn't get a national live broadcast, and the ratings of the Trail Blazers' game, major TV stations have despaired.

The main reason is that the reputation of Portland Jail was too famous back then, and the two generations of veteran stars Roy and Lillard have completely changed this team, but many old fans still have a preconceived impression of them, that is, they don't want to watch their games.

Moreover, it is said that the Timberwolves and Denver have black faces and no stars want to go, but the Trail Blazers really no one wants to go!

Even when Sabonis pressed the formation and rushed to the Western Conference finals with a group of talented teammates to play a tie-break with the Lakers, I didn't see any stars running to them to cooperate, and the ones who hugged their thighs were not powerful.

There's also not much movement in the Trail Blazers' free agency, and it's even less noticeable.

But the current strength of the Trail Blazers is really strong!

Coach Hollins didn't have any idea of keeping his hands in the face of his old club, and went all out!

The starting lineup is Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Aamir Johnson, Larry Sanders, and the purpose is very simple, to defend hard!

Amir Johnson goes hand-to-hand with Okafor for a basket, and Larry Sanders defends Aldridge from mid-range.

The idea is very good, but the Trail Blazers' starters plus the sixth man accounted for more than 80 percent of the team's scores, which is really no joke, just like the last meeting, the Grizzlies were beaten by the Trail Blazers in the first quarter with a wave of 31-21!

Originally, Coach Hollins planned to look at the situation, first send a defensive lineup to just wave, and then continue to use a defensive lineup to consume, and finally replace the core combination of Sun Ce, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian, and bring the two pitchers to the opposite side.

However, the past three meetings with the Trail Blazers have been 2-1, which makes the Grizzlies too careless, especially since they only beat the Trail Blazers at home once in the middle of this month, forgetting that the Trail Blazers are famous home dragons!

The Grizzlies lost once to the Trail Blazers in the first three meetings, and the time they lost was in this arena!

Instead, their Grizzlies were defeated by the Trail Blazers! 10 points behind in the first quarter!

The Trail Blazers are really strong! French Pippen Batum averaged 7.5 boards per game, Aldridge averaged 11 boards per game, Okafor averaged 9.8 boards per game, and under the leadership of their brothers, the Trail Blazers averaged 46.5 boards per game so far this season and the league's third-place average, not much worse than their Grizzlies' 47.2 boards per game and the Bulls' 46.8 boards per game!

Whiteside couldn't get an offensive rebound from the guy in the second half of the first quarter.

Moreover, the Trail Blazers played very well on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends under the tandem of Batum, who averaged 13 points, 7.5 boards, 5.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, Aldridge, Lillard, and Matthews can pass the ball.

The Trail Blazers not only rank in the top three in rebounds per game this season, but also rank sixth in the league with 24.1 assists per game, second only to the Grizzlies' 25.5 assists, the Spurs' 25.2 assists, the Lakers' 24.9 assists, the Hawks' 24.9 assists, and the Timberwolves' 24.5 assists!

In the first quarter, the Grizzlies were very injured, and in the second quarter, Sun Ce began to fight to the death without using physical energy potions in the previous game! The last game was really not a chance, and it would have been too big for them if Paul George didn't play.

But tonight, all the staff are in order, and they must fight!

Next is to play the Warriors, and if you lose one more game, you will only have one win advantage over the Warriors!

Sun Ce began to play with his strength at all costs, and the overall performance of the Grizzlies improved a little, but the Trail Blazers had long been accustomed to dragging three of the five starters with two pits.

Sun Ce, who only scored 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist in the first quarter, scored 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block in the second quarter to help the Grizzlies chase the score to 52-59.

In the third quarter, Mo Williams and Matthews came up with Aldridge and Batum, bringing white center Meyers Leonard up, and Lillard, Okafor, and Dorrell Wright rotated.

Under Sun Ce's performance of 18 points in the third quarter, the Trail Blazers still played a score of 29-31, and after the third quarter, the Trail Blazers still maintained a 5-point lead at 88-83.

In the last quarter, the strongest lineup of Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Aldridge, and Okafor came on the court and played the whole quarter directly!

Sun Ce scored 14 points in the final quarter, helping the team score 25 points in a single quarter, while limiting the Trail Blazers to only 23 points.

But the Grizzlies, who trailed by five points before the start of the fourth quarter, couldn't complete the comeback.

111-108, the Trail Blazers narrowly defeated the Grizzlies at home, improving their record to 51-19, further widening the gap between them and the Grizzlies, and at the same time giving the Grizzlies two consecutive defeats, allowing the Grizzlies to be tied by the Warriors!

In this game, Lillard shot 9 of 23, including 3 of 8 three-pointers and 6 of 6 free throws, and scored 27 points and 6 assists; Aldridge scored 41 points on 15-of-24 shooting, Batum had 11 points, 4 boards, 11 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks, Matthews 13 points, Okafor 2 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Mo Williams both had 10 points......

The starting five + sixth man combined for 104 points...... It is said that the Trail Blazers won the game purely by six people, and Sun Ce felt it this time.

In the face of such a performance of the strongest six-person group, his grandson's 54 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks were also difficult to parry.

Moreover, the saddest thing is that he shot 20 of 40, including 5 of 13 three-pointers, plus 8 of 10 free throws, and still hit 20 irons with a 50 percent shooting rate......

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Losing to the 6 main teams with 104 points, Sun Ce was also convinced, the opponent's starter + sixth man is really too strong!

But Sun Ce is also a little puzzled, where did the former local tyrant Trailblazers go? They are the starters, but if they are paired with a few more high-quality role players, they can compete for the championship!

But in this game, the Trail Blazers only had 8 players on the court, of which Meyers Leonard only played 10 minutes, Dorrell Wright is no longer as brave as he used to be, and the substitute who played soy sauce on the court was only Mo Williams, and the rest of the time purely relied on the starters, Matthews, Batum, and Aldridge played the whole game.

Sun Ce admits that they are awesome, but this is the regular season, and when it comes to the first round of the playoffs, he feels that this lineup will not be able to hold on!

After the game, Sun Ce, who returned to the hotel, curiously looked at the salary of the Trail Blazers and found that after the end of this season, the Trail Blazers can reduce the salary space to 50 million!

"Are they trying to dig up a superstar? Who is the superstar who expires in the summer? Duncan? By the way, there are Lowry, Parsons, Pierce and Deng, Bosh are also free agents, and Pau Gasol's contract has expired......"

Sun Ce thinks that the Trail Blazers have an idea and want to form a giant combination, in addition to the core four-man group of Lillard, Batum, Aldridge, and Matthews, he also wants to take advantage of Lillard and Matthews' low salary bonus to get an All-Star level player back.

But...... Sun Ce thought about it if he wanted to change teams in a team with no future, would he go to the Trail Blazers?

The answer is no.

On the other hand, he doesn't have any dislike for the Trail Blazers, and he doesn't want to go, and other stars are probably the same, so Sun Ce really doesn't understand why the Trail Blazers suddenly "picked" the role players.

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The morning after playing against the Trail Blazers, Sun Ce followed the team to Oakland.

It's time to play the Warriors again, and tomorrow is the 29th, which is the fourth and last time the Grizzlies will play the Warriors this season.

The Grizzlies won the first three meetings, but those three meetings were all before the All-Star Weekend, when the Warriors were in two phases, one was David Lee's delay in integrating into the team's style of play, and then the Warriors lost the pain period after losing the strongest player on the inside.

However, after All-Star Weekend, the Warriors were completely different!

The Warriors currently have a 47-24 record, and their Grizzlies' 48-23 record is just one win ahead of the Warriors.

After All-Star Weekend, the Warriors have 14 wins and 3 losses in 17 games so far! That's the first place of any team after All-Star Weekend!

Although the Warriors suffered a two-game losing streak after 11-1, the Warriors have set sail again in the last three games with a three-game winning streak.

The Grizzlies are in Oakland, and the Warriors are not back in Oakland, and last night they beat the Celtics in their final game of a three-game road trip to win three in a row.

So this time, Sun Ce didn't ask Curry and Harden to go out to get together, and stayed in the hotel to study the opponent.

There's an important event in tomorrow night's game - the second stage event of the strongest three-point combination in the Humility Learning section, the escalation event of the Splash Momentum!

There are three goals for the event, the first of which is to compete for the highest three-point hits in a single game.

The highest three-point shooting in a single game this season is held by Klay Thompson, 12 three-pointers in a single game, which is in the remaining 10 games, if Curry or Harden can break it, Sun Ce can't do it.

12 three-pointers in a single game, he has not had a few times, and there is a high probability that there will be no chance this year.

The second goal is to average more three-point shots per game than the Splash Brothers.

He is currently dominant, averaging 3.94 three-pointers per game, and after the game against the Trail Blazers, his total three-point shooting this season reached 280, second only to Curry's 298 three-point totals and 4.2 three-pointers per game.

Sun Ce's side is a little behind, but Klay Thompson is averaging 3 three-point shots per game, which is ahead of Harden's average of 2.55 three-pointers per game, which is more than Curry's advantage over his Sun someone!

The third goal is to play in the next two meetings, and their Splash Brothers' total three-point shots in a single game are higher than the wave combination.

The last game relied on Klay Thompson's 12 three-pointers, and it was just a game away from tomorrow night.

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This wave of away games is a two-game losing streak, which has brought huge pressure to the Grizzlies players, and the next four opponents are the Warriors, Thunder, Nuggets, and Timberwolves...... But no matter how much pressure you have, you can withstand the pressure and play game by game.

After a night's rest in Oakland, on March 29, the Grizzlies' third game in a six-game game was up.

For this opponent who is likely to meet in the first round, the Grizzlies coaching staff has been preparing to play against the Warriors all the way to fifth in the West, and is even ready to lose home-court advantage.

This is an objective reason, and the coaching staff should not blindly expect the good to happen, but should start preparing for the worst.

Not only did the Grizzlies coaching staff prepare for this, but the media and fans also regarded this game as the last regular season meeting between these two teams with the league's best outside combinations as a playoff rehearsal.

The Grizzlies and the Warriors played each other, and in the eyes of the fans, the sense of ceremony was bursting!

Sun Ce and Curry were selected by the Warriors in the same year, and one was left behind and gradually built into the core of the team. One was sent away, and on the other team there was already a call for the first man in the league.

Some expect Curry to end Sun Ce's dominance among his contemporaries, and some expect Curry to change the league...... There are also those who expect Sun Ce to continue to rule.

And the performance of these two made fans can't help but exclaim that the Warriors management hadn't had cataract surgery at that time? So blind?

Not to mention the excellent cooperation between Sun Ce and Klay Thompson, as far as Sun Ce and Curry hit three points in a row during the All-Star Weekend, if these two guys had been on the same team...... Some fans also feel that the two of them are on the same team, and they may not be able to play the effect of Sun Ce and Klay Thompson in the early stage, compared to Klay Thompson, who has been more mature in the NBA and entered the NBA two years later than Sun Ce, Curry and Sun Ce need a lot of shots in the early stage, and in the same team, it is really not necessary that both of them can be cultivated.

Curry plays pure 3D, which is 100% less effective than Klay Thompson, and defense alone can't solve it.

And now Tabit is also quite easy to use, one of the best rim protectors in the league.

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After a day of preparation, at 7:40 p.m., the players from both teams entered the pitch.

Curry is now on a smug note, and after 17 games since All-Star Weekend, they're finally on track!

Compared to the Grizzlies, who have 11-8 in their last 19 games, their Warriors are much better.

It's just that they still have something to be afraid of - Sun Ce!

In the past four weeks, Sun Ce has won three of the Western Conference Player of the Week awards, and the number of weekly awards this season has increased from 5 to 8 in just one month!

In these 19 games after the All-Star Weekend, Sun Ce got 10 40+ times, two of which were 50+, and 12 triple-doubles, three of which were 40+ triple-doubles...... At first, there would be a crazy March lord show that the team wanted to do in the middle of Sun Ce, but now, no one wants to do such a thing.

Can't stop it at all!

And some strong teams, on the contrary, were full of injuries and illnesses on the Grizzlies, and these strong teams tried to stop Sun Ce's individual performance when they had an advantage, but they were used by Sun Ce and defeated by the Grizzlies, and at the same time failed to stop Sun Ce from continuing to soar.

For fighting with Sun Ce for data and overall strength, Curry didn't have this idea since the first game of his rookie season, and he didn't have it after becoming an opponent, he just wanted to win, and now there are Harden, Iguodala, and Tabit, he thinks that he just needs to play his strengths to help the team!