807. Veterans Don't Die (1st Shift 5K Monthly Pass)

Reason, no matter how much logic is pulled, no matter how blind the content is, as long as there is logic and why, it is a reason.

Therefore, the three reasons of the Spurs and the first three reasons of the Grizzlies can at least be regarded as "distraction", and if you have to take it seriously, those things are not impossible, even if the probability of happening is only 0.00 percent...... Countless zeros...... The probability of zero one, at least there is a probability event, so it gives a head.

But Sun Ce is ......

The news anchors of the TV station all joked in the live news: What is wrong with the Grizzlies management to issue such a reason for resting?

Grizzlies owner, general manager, head coach...... Even the team employees and even the security guards who saw the news were shocked, their own team can play better than the Spurs!

Coach Hollins stayed for a long time after seeing the post, general manager Chris Wallace and the owner were out having dinner with representatives of those team sponsors, celebrating winning the second place in the regular season, celebrating home court advantage in the first two rounds of the playoffs, not that the sponsors who didn't win the regular season championship will be disappointed, the Grizzlies can get 50 wins to meet their pre-season expectations, 55 wins is already the best state expected, 60 wins have far exceeded expectations!

But after receiving the secretary's notice at 12 o'clock, the two immediately apologized to the sponsors and rushed back to the stadium.

In Coach Hollins' office, the two saw the sluggish Coach Hollins and the specific details of the "reason for the rotation" given by their own team on the computer screen, and they were also sluggish......

"What is that bastard doing with Chris! Wait, it seems that we are looking for the reason given by the lord for rotation, am I in the sea with my brain? Half a head rested during the day like a dolphin?

But Chris, you bastard, dare to send out such a reason? Didn't you just not take the reason you gave? ”

There was another roar from the manager's office......

However, the entire Grizzlies management and coaching staff, including owner Robert Pera, can't do anything about press officer Kyle, at most two sentences of blame and fines.

This is a veteran employee who has worked in the team for more than ten years no matter how the team changes, and has a high reputation in the local basketball community in Memphis, and even the owner admires this old employee of the club.

This made Chris Wallace and Coach Hollins, who was awakened by Chris Wallace's roar, angry and aggrieved.

As for Sun Ce's side...... It was they who took the initiative to find Sun Ce to think of a reason, who can blame? Not to mention that they sent it out without review, let's just say that the current team situation, it is impossible for them to blame Sun Ce for this matter......

And what makes the two even more angry is their own team owner.

After being stunned for a while, the boss actually began to savor the reason given by Sun Ce: "Chris, Lionar, it used to be the Spurs' group of despicable villains who stole the limelight during the rotation, and now it's finally our turn!" ”

Chris Wallace and Coach Hollins were about to vomit blood when they heard the boss's words: Boss, you're going to be fined, and you're going to be hyped up as a joke by fans and the media, you know?

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For the Grizzlies, the rotation break must be taken in rotation, and the fine is estimated to be inevitable, and the league is so angry that there is no way to jump to the feet, and the ridicule of the fans can't hide.

For the TV station, the Suns and Grizzlies will not cancel the national live broadcast, this game is different from the game between the Bulls and the Heat, the game between the Bulls and the Heat, there are things to watch, and it is regarded as one of the alternative tracks for the Eastern Conference finals, but the two teams have locked the regular season rankings, Rose will not play if he doesn't play, and ESPN is left to continue the live broadcast.

But the Suns and Grizzlies will not cancel the live broadcast this time, and it is the same as the live broadcast of the Mavericks and the Rockets game that will not be canceled no matter what.

The Suns and the Rockets have the same current record, and the penultimate game of the two teams will most likely determine the eighth place in the West, if the Suns lose to the Grizzlies and the Rockets beat the Mavericks, the Rockets can almost advance to the playoffs.

Tonight's game between the two teams is their "playoff life and death", no matter what, they must win, whether it is the Suns or the Rockets, they must win, because the Rockets guessed that the Spurs, who have locked the regular season championship, have a probability of resting, of course, the Spurs who are resting in rotation will not necessarily lose to the Suns, but the Rockets hope that the Grizzlies will definitely beat the Suns, and they also believe that the Grizzlies can kill the Suns in back-to-backs.

Once this is the case, this game will be for the TV station, if the Grizzlies take turns to rest, it may give the Suns a chance to win, just to say that without Sun Ce, the live broadcast ratings may be affected by Sun Ce's fans, but the Suns have a greater hope of entering the playoffs, and the fans of Nash, Carter, and Hill, the three popular veterans may have a higher desire to watch the live broadcast.

Moreover, it is not only the Grizzlies who are resting in rotation, even the Spurs have confirmed that they are resting, and the Spurs announced the rotation two days in advance, which means that the Spurs are very likely to let the Suns enter the playoffs in order to avoid the Rockets with Anthony, a mid-range shooting master, and Al Jefferson, a low-post beast.

So if the Suns can beat the Grizzlies, the Spurs will most likely release the water!

In the end, it seems that the injured team is not a TV station, but has not done anything, lying down and taking a Memphis fat punch!

Because the Mavericks are likely to go all out to fight for a possible home-court advantage in the Western Conference finals!

The media and fans couldn't have imagined that last night they were still discussing whether the Rockets might be black eight Spurs, and this morning the situation changed abruptly, and the Rockets became the worst one!

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Office of the President and Head Coach of the ATT Arena in San Antonio.

Popovich looked at the Grizzlies' reason for resting, and the tissues in his hands were torn.

This time there was a big showdown of the reasons for the rotation, and they actually fell behind!

The finishing touch is the reason for Sun Ce's turn.

It looks ridiculous and ridiculous, but after six seemingly well-conceived reasons for taking a break from rotation, it seems so abrupt and conspicuous, but there is no lack of slots......

Popovich likes to play these strange things very much, purely for his own amusement, he didn't expect someone to "break heads" with them, but he was so experienced that he actually lost in the duel!

Old men are also men, and men's happiness is always very simple, and this kind of little joke that does not hinder work and is harmless is very fascinating.

Popovich plans to read more at the end of this season and be sure to win the next time he faces the Grizzlies!

This kind of trivial thing aside, the Spurs took out the Hornets and Magic back-to-back the day before yesterday and yesterday, locked the regular season championship in advance, and only the No. 17 played the Suns, and it didn't matter if they won or lost.

Popovich not only has to take a rotation, but also let everyone know in advance that they are resting, to give the Suns motivation, to give the Rockets a blow of confidence, to make the Suns more motivated to beat the Grizzlies, or to make the Rockets unable to complete the upset when they play the Mavericks, as long as the Suns can win when the Rockets win, or the Rockets can lose when the Suns lose, that's it! In the last game, Popovich must lose to the Suns to ensure that the Suns have at least the same record as the Rockets, so that the Suns, who have a head-to-head advantage, can finish eighth.

Popovich wants to make sure that he meets the Suns in the first round of the playoffs and can avenge his sweep last season!

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American Airlines Center, Dallas.

Carlisle felt that the management of the two teams in the same division really knew how to play, and the brain circuits of the two managers made him feel that it was not too fresh.

This kind of thing is usually the head coach's reason, and he naturally thinks of it as a strange reason for Coach Popovich and Hollins.

And like the fans and the media, it feels like Coach Hollins just wants to compete with Popovich......

But Carlisle will not be affected by this, their goal is to win the championship, and the biggest imaginary enemy is the Lakers.

Don't look at the fact that they are only fifth in the West, if the Lakers lose their last two games and they win the last two, they will most likely have a two-round home-court advantage in the playoffs!

It is true that the ranking is based on the regional system, but the home advantage is based on the record, even if the probability is extremely low, Carlisle will fight for it, and it is better to fight for it than not to fight for it.

As for the Rockets in the same division...... Carlisle didn't know them well.

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On the night when Sun Ce was stunned by his own handsomeness, this strange reason for taking a break was almost hyped by the fans, the penultimate game of the Grizzlies started.

The Grizzlies fielded starting lineups of Conley, Morrow, Paul George, Darrell Arthur, Jordan Jr.

Wazquith, Darrell Arthur and Sam Young all have a chance to feature in tonight's game.

The Suns are still big and four small, with Nash, Hamilton, Carter, Hill, and Frye starting lineup.

Just as Coach Hollins thought, in order to give the other side enough respect, the players on their side will play hard as long as they play.

Conley turned on the chocolate mode tonight, how much to be sassy, and the ability to organize the offense is not enough, so he relies on Sao passing to make up!

Darrell Arthur was extremely uncomfortable, but the other three were already very experienced, and the Grizzlies played hard and playfully.

However, the two teams ran and fought, Sun Ce was not there, or the Suns had the absolute upper hand, even if Sun Ce was there, if he ran and bombed, he could only rely on the power of the two emperors on his side to compete with Nash, and it was impossible to take advantage.

Although it was back-to-back, the veterans who swore that they had to win didn't seem to be affected by back-to-back, and they played very well, especially the Grizzlies' defense plummeted, although the defensive discipline and defensive coordination awareness are still there, but the ability has declined a lot, and the Suns are better than the last game!

In a big battle, the two teams played a very high score, the Suns made 17 three-pointers in a single game, Carter scored a game-high 33 points, Nash got an assist, Hamilton scored 22 points, Conley assisted, Yi Jianlian and Jordan Jr. both scored 15+, and Morrow and Paul George each made 3 three-pointers......

Eventually, this . In the game where the Grizzlies were fined $150,000 and the ratings did not drop as much as expected, the Suns defeated the Grizzlies and won their 45th win of the season!

But...... The Suns didn't immediately lock up eighth in the West, and if the Mavericks beat the Rockets in the games that followed, the Suns could advance early.

However, in the Rockets' away game against the Mavericks that started at 8 o'clock Eastern time, Anthony exploded, scoring 55 points in a single game, 7-of-12 three-pointers, 8-of-10 free throws, and leading the team to defeat the Mavericks who were all in the game and went all out, keeping the hope of competing for eighth place in the West.

Anthony's grievance, he feels that the whole world is targeting him, and he was relieved last night that the Suns failed to upset the Grizzlies, they still have playoff hopes, he will not suffer the embarrassment of not being able to make the playoffs, you must know that he has not missed the playoffs since the beginning of his rookie season.

However, just as he was about to follow the vines to heaven immediately, he was kicked into hell.

So tonight Anthony exploded and won the second 50+ in his career.

After the upset to take out the Mavericks, Anthony still had a glimmer of hope, he felt that even if the Spurs were rested, they could beat the Suns.

However, another day later, on April 17, the Rockets returned to their home court to beat the visiting Timberwolves and improve their record to a negative record, and the Rockets players did not leave immediately, and owner Alexander and the general manager were also watching around the TV in the lounge. T plus the game between the Suns and Spurs.

At 9 p.m. Western time, the Suns-Spurs game begins.

Anthony watched as the Spurs bench Ginobili was alone in a suit as the other two giants were rumored to have banned them from the arena that night......

A group of people are expecting that in the absence of a troika for the Spurs, Iverson, Al Jefferson, and George Hill can rely on the team system to lead the team to take out the currently losing Suns.

However, after the game started, the Spurs stopped playing the system and let Iverson go to Nash to go to the heads-up!

Iverson turns on singles mode!

Naturally, Nash won't go head-to-head with the first MVP of the same class, he wants to win.

The game seems to be back to the 05-06 season, Iverson's 76ers have declined, and the Suns led by Nash, the second MVP of the 96 generation, are at their peak, and the two started a heads-up VS team matchup.

Moreover, when Popovich saw who on his side received the ball and shot well, he replaced him with the one with the worst feeling and partnered with Iverson, so that Iverson fell into a sandwich......

In the end, Iverson's age and physical strength are actually excellent, and it has something to do with playing in the Spurs, hitting, Iverson scored 30 points and 6 assists, setting a new season high in points and assists, but the Spurs did not have the demeanor of the strongest team offensive team in the league this season, only 91 points.

The Suns scored a high score of 107 points, defeated the Spurs, and improved their record to negative!

With the wailing of the Toyota Center in Houston and the carnival of the four veterans of Nash, Carter, Hamilton, and Hill in the ATT arena, the Suns relied on the regular season to face the Rockets to have the advantage of winning and losing, and advanced to the playoffs with the same record!

Even the Spurs home fans cheered the Suns' four veterans.

With the departure of Stoudemire, Jason Richardson, Barbossa and others, the Suns had such a poor start to the season, everyone thought that that amazing running and bombing would disappear from the league, and no matter how beautiful the Knicks' offensive play was, it could not be compared with the Nash + D'Antoni in their memories of the running and bombing storm that swept the league.

However, Nash, Hill and Carter were stunned, slowly catching up with the record, and after getting Hamilton, they overtook the Rockets in one fell swoop and maintained it until the end.

The opponent is not a force to win...... Who cares?

To enter the playoffs is to enter!

Lost, this time Iverson did not leave the court early, he knew that the players were still playing very hard, just like the Grizzlies, the Spurs players on the court did not release the water, who saw such a core lineup of four veterans to impact the playoffs, will be admired from the bottom of their hearts.

It's just that he Iverson no longer has the strength to turn the tide and pick up the peak OK combination alone.

And Iverson is no longer the core, and he is already very satisfied with such a performance in the regular season curtain call.

After the game, Iverson took the initiative to hug Nash, an old rival, and Nash was surprised, but seeing Iverson's rookie hairstyle, the two did not have the grudge of "who gets more first", looked at each other and smiled, and hugged each other.

"See you in the playoffs."

"That's right, see you in the playoffs ......"

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The Suns won the eighth-place prize in the West, and Sun Ce and the team have come to Philadelphia to wait for tomorrow's away game against the 76ers in the regular season.

In the past three days, Coach Hollins has not dared to appear in public, and it is impossible for him to push the pot on Sun Ce's head, although Sun Ce should be responsible for the blame, but people think that he came up with these strange reasons.

In particular, the Grizzlies management did not deny that he, the head coach, was on his back!

And what makes Coach Hollins sad is that the four players under him who were "arranged" by Sun Ce are not only ashamed, but also proud, because they are on fire!

I have long seen Duncan lead the trend with his hairstyle and Popovich doesn't know which tendon is wrong, and the more and more sassy makes Duncan more and more angry and envious, and now it's finally their turn.

Fortunately, after the Suns advanced to the playoffs, they finally diverted the attention of fans and the media, and the topic of "veterans don't die" became the hottest hot spot in the basketball world.

Although the last two games were rested by the opponent, the players on the court did not let go of the water, they were all going all out, and they were able to have the same record as the Rockets with Billups, Anthony, and Al Jefferson with two games left, which was enough to make the whole Rockets team ashamed.

Coach Hollins can finally wake up from his nightmare......

But these two points "stay at home", study how to deal with the Nuggets in the first round every day, there are still some breakthroughs, and it may be easier to win, Coach Hollins can only comfort himself like this, hypnotize himself, lest he see Sun Ce want to strangle this dead child......

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