1547. The Mysterious Phone Call (Part 3)
After an afternoon of preparation, at 8 p.m. on the 3rd, the Grizzlies ushered in the second game of a back-to-back at home.
Beverley and Randolph, who played well last night, are rested today.
If you should take a break, you can win, you can win, you can't win and pull down, Coach Hollins doesn't care about that anymore.
However, the opponent was really not good, and Sun Ce fought Antetokounmpo for the first time, pressing Antetokounmpo to the ground and rubbing it......
The pass was broken, the layup was capped, and Sun Ceyan was inched.
The only place where Antetokounmpo became popular tonight was the nickname that Sun Ce gave Antetokounmpo to the media, which was revealed to the media by Nash.
The highlight is Sun Ce's triple double, as well as the unexpected duel between Yi Jianlian and Little Jordan, the former aristocratic brothers.
109 to 101, the Grizzlies didn't win very easily, the impact of back-to-back was more or less there, and it became an 11-man rotation again.
But Klay Thompson could shoot at the critical moment, but the opposite side couldn't, and the Suns didn't score a point in the last 3 minutes, and the Grizzlies won the game thrilling but solidly.
Because the opponent's defense is not good, and the defense can't be prevented, Sun Ce devoted himself to grabbing rebounds, scoring, and passing, Sun Ce played 40 minutes and got 28 points, 16 boards, 12 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, officially tying Chamberlain's historical record of winning a triple-double in 9 consecutive games!
This has something to do with the fact that the new head coach of the Suns, Jeff Hornacek, did not deliberately target Sun Ce, and Sun Ce had a triple-double with ease.
If you are like the head coach of the Timberwolves, who knows that Westbrook is going to brush up on a triple-double and sends the combination of Love + Pekovic to play 40 minutes, then he targets Sun Ce, who wants to get a triple-double, it is enough to choke, and he has to become a brush.
But when the Grizzlies' physical strength was affected and the two important rotation players were rested, Sun Ce ignored the data, and it was really possible to lose.
Hornacek is looking at the face of Pendulum + Nash + Stockton, since it is the goal of cultivating Antetokounmpo + Pendulum Bo a forward genius for the season, Hornacek can't target Sun Ce.
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are also all earthlings, why is the gap between people and people so big?
Westbrook is going to vomit blood after watching the Grizzlies and Suns game!
Since his five consecutive triple-doubles, back-to-back games at the end of last month and the first game against the Timberwolves this month, the opponent seems to have a grudge against him, trying to prevent him from getting a triple-double.
And Sun Ce, the opponent didn't stop him from getting a triple-double!
Westbrook couldn't figure it out, and many fans and media also expressed their confusion, but there were also a small number of experts, media, and fans who calmly analyzed the reasons when most of them had fallen into a "pathological" pursuit of a triple-double.
That is, if Westbrook gets a triple-double, the Thunder will have a winning rate of 75 percent!
Including the Thunder's loss to the Timberwolves, Westbrook has won 9 of the 12 games in which Westbrook has a triple-double!
In turn, Westbrook didn't get a triple-double in the game, and the Thunder went 1-9.
This comparison of results is one of the reasons why Westbrook is touted.
But this is certainly not a good thing, and the victory or defeat of the Thunder team is all dependent on whether Westbrook can get a triple-double.
On the Grizzlies' side, Sun Ce had a triple-double in seven consecutive games last month, with 4 wins and 3 losses.
In the first eight games of the Grizzlies, Sun Ce only got one triple-double, with a record of 6 wins and 2 losses.
Whether Sun Ce gets a triple-double or not is not the key to winning or not, and in most cases, Sun Ce gets a triple-double or not, depending on whether the team needs it or not.
Of course, in the past two games, it can be clearly seen that Sun Ce wants to "brush" a triple-double more than he wants to "brush" after getting a triple-double in 7 consecutive games.
But the Grizzlies' record is not directly related to Sun Ce's triple-double.
It's just that no one cares about these niche voices now.
What people care about is that Sun Ce has had a triple-double in 9 consecutive games, tying Wilt Chamberlain!
Sun Ce has already broken some of Chamberlain's records, this time, does Sun Ce have a chance to break another Chamberlain record?
In addition to this, Westbrook, who has scored a triple-double in 8 consecutive games, followed Sun Ce to become the focus of attention.
On December 4, the night after Sun Ce's ninth triple-double, the Thunder came to Salt Lake City to challenge the Jazz on the road.
Before the game began, Westbrook had a sense of foreboding.
The person on the other side wants to get him!
And the most malicious is Jimmy Butler, who has skyrocketed by 9 points per game after changing teams and has become a candidate for the Most Progressive Award!
Thibodeau and Jimmy Butler, in a sense, are a perfect match!
He averaged 15.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.9 steals per game.
Unlike Jimmy Butler in the original time and space, who was completely ignored in the first two years, and in the third year of Rohr Deng's season, the Bulls' forward line was unavailable, so he was allowed to play as a starter, and he began to be valued.
In the Grizzlies, Tony Allen taught him to defend at the beginning, and he took the initiative to choose to strengthen the catch-and-shoot and polish his skills, and Jimmy Butler became one of the important rotation players of the Grizzlies last season, and also took on the responsibility of defending James in the Finals.
With more solid fundamentals, a better stage, and teammates who are suitable for his defense-oriented teammates, the head coach is Thibodeau, and Jimmy Butler led the Jazz team who lost Millsap to first place in the West after the start of the new season.
Jimmy Butler was already very excited about playing against Westbrook, one of the most popular players of the season, and the reason for the malice now is because Jimmy Butler received a mysterious phone call before the game.
In this call, Jimmy Butler and the other party had a good discussion about how to deal with the Thunder, and the Jazz, who were originally good defensively, now have a clearer routine for dealing with the Thunder.
After the start of the game, the Jazz team implemented a style of play based on rushing baskets and rushing from the beginning, restricting Westbrook from taking rebounds!
The reason why Westbrook has a high winning rate with a triple-double is actually easy to analyze.
Westbrook's rebounding is similar to Sun Ce's, most of them are defensive rebounds, and there are more defensive rebounds, which means that the opponent throws more balls and less offensive rebounds.
This is the strategy on the offensive end, the defensive end, maybe that for other players, but for Westbrook, who is determined to get 10+ assists, it is very useful, that is, single defense!
Westbrook has a very strong single-player ability, but this season he has often been in a situation where he wants to pass the ball in order to get an assist, get a shot.
A normal team may not be able to complete such a defense, but the Jazz can!