781. A Dangerous Situation (Part 2 5K)
Usually the Grizzlies' own three-point shooting effect is not good, their stable three-point shots are only Morrow, Conley, Battier, Conley and Battier's three-point shooting area still has limitations, Paul George is still a rookie, the stability is not good, in the real sense only Morrow alone can cover the entire three-point line, so usually Morrow has a bad hand, and the Grizzlies are not good at three-point shooting.
But this time Paul George started with a good three-point shot, and this time it was the turn of the Heat, a Heat team that brought together six three-pointers of Bibby, Eddie House, Chalmers, James Jones, Mike Miller, and Arroyo, and had a bad hand!
Battier and Jordan Jr. defended the basket, actively contracted on the outside, and took advantage of the Heat's poor outside feel and the advantage that one big and four small can switch defenses at high speed, and began to suppress the Heat, not long ago, the Spurs slaughtered the Heat team by 30 points, relying on this style of play.
In turn, Morrow, Battier, and Conley threw up under Sun Ce's pass!
After the Grizzlies created a 13-point lead in the rotation period, although they couldn't pull it away, James played 42 minutes and got a quasi-triple-double of 29 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists on 11-of-25 shooting, but the 10-point difference was maintained until the end.
Sun Ce played 41 minutes in the whole game, got a triple-double of 15 points, 11 boards and 14 assists, won the 14th triple-double of the season, and 2 steals, 2 blocks and only 4 turnovers, Randolph 18 points and 19 boards, the two worked together to win 30 rebounds, Randolph 8 offensive rebounds in a single game, Jordan Jr. 4 offensive rebounds, thrown out to Sun Ce's second setter to his teammates and threw a lot, and his teammates threw them without scruples, and the more they threw them, the more they brought in.
With Jordan Jr.'s 6 rebounds, the three of them have the same number of rebounds as the Heat's entire team! They won 13 rebounds 49-36!
Coupled with Morrow and Battier each made 3 three-pointers, Conley scored 15 points, five scored double-doubles, Paul George also scored 8 points, shooting two three-pointers, and the Grizzlies were all soldiers, defeating the Heat 98-91 and refusing to lose in a row!
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After beating the Heat, the Grizzlies improved their record to 55-14, winning the first 55-win game in team history!
I was looking forward to winning 55 victories, but after winning 55 wins, Sun Ce felt that it was not an important thing, because he would definitely get it, and he was even happier that he did not suffer a losing streak, and the event that was just triggered would not fail for the time being.
A-level lottery card, Sun Ce remembered that he only got it twice, and he wanted to win this reward, and he didn't want to change it to the same hairstyle of the guy next to him!
"Noah, you've had 14 triple-doubles, that's amazing, unlike me, where you're missing two or three rebounds and two or three assists every game." James said as he sat on a beach chair next to Sun Ce.
After playing the Heat, the Grizzlies had two more days off and did not immediately go to Sacramento, the capital of California in the West, playing back-to-back games against the Kings and Trail Blazers on the 28th and 29th, and the Warriors on the 31st.
On the 26th and 27th rest days, the Grizzlies owner suggested enjoying the sun and relaxing on the South Coast, and Coach Hollins took that advice, playing four back-to-backs this month, which was really too stressful, and then another back-to-back, relaxing.
There was no hard and fast requirement for the team to play together, and Sun Ce and Randolph were invited by another member of their dance troupe, James, to his beach villa in Miami to bask in the sun.
Although he just lost to the Grizzlies, James doesn't particularly mind, the regular season is only, the East and West teams don't have such a big grudge, and the Lakers and Celtics have deep grievances, and other East and West teams rarely have sworn enemies, generally the teams in the East and West are mortal enemies, such as James's team and the Celtics, Bulls and Pistons.
Wade and Bosh also came, Bosh and Randolph were discussing the matter of taking him to play with the All-Star next year, Wade was so speechless that someone actually made such a request.
Bosh is also quite miserable from a certain point of view, it seems that no one took the initiative to play with him, he took the initiative to get in......
Sun Ce heard James say a triple-double, and remembered James's data, starting from the 07-08 season, to now for four consecutive seasons, the average rebounds and assists per game are more than 7, but the season with the most triple-doubles is also "only" 7 times.
Westbrook, a third-year student, has already had 8 triple-doubles after he began to pursue a triple-double king, and there are still more than a dozen games to play.
Sun Ce felt that James seemed to be a little envious, and said: "LeBron, if you grab two or three more rebounds and two or three more assists per game, you will average a triple-double per game, do you want to try?" ”
Hearing Sun Ce's words, James laughed and said, "Haha, don't tempt me, then we will lose at least 20 more games a year, so I won't be so stupid as you plan." ”
"No, no, no, your strength, I want to lose 15 more games at most, and I can still make the playoffs in the East, do you want to give it a try?"
"Why don't you try it? You're so good at rebounding, just get a few more assists. ”
"No, I'm going to win."
"Haha, I'm going to win too......"
Brushing a triple-double, sometimes in order to get one or two more rebounds, it is likely to cause the team's defense to collapse, not every team has four towers like the Grizzlies, and the interior guards well, because to get one or two more rebounds, it is not a matter of one or two rounds, you may take care of shrinking and grabbing rebounds throughout the game, and the object of your defense has countless opportunities to block and dismantle teammates or simply catch and throw the ball.
Sun Ce and James both take a triple-double, and it doesn't matter if they don't.
Of course, Sun Ce should be a little special, when the game is determined to be won, if there are one or two data differences......
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The Heat side is a home game tomorrow, and the Heat Big Three are fine, Sun Ce and Randolph spent a day with the Heat Big Three, and on the morning of the 27th, Sun Ce followed the team from the South Coast to Sacramento, the capital of California.
Since the Princeton era passed, the Kings have been playing a lot of draft picks for several years, trying to pick a talent they want to cultivate, Evans they don't like to train, and sent it away, in exchange for a roster who averaged only 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in 25 minutes per game, there is no doubt that the water is over.
But the Kings management doesn't think there's anything, and the fans are used to it, and they didn't draft parallel goods once or twice, but many, many times, and this time the two top-five picks were not all watered, Cousins played out, and they went all out to develop Cousins.
Although the fans and even their players don't understand, the Kings management insisted that Evans play a point guard to force Evans away, Cousins' rookie year is much worse than Evans' rookie year, but they are so attentive to cultivating Cousins, why doesn't the Kings have a brain circuit to let Cousins play power forward?
So far in the season, Cousins has performed well overall, averaging 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, but it is much worse than the amazing at the beginning of the season, once averaging 20+8 per game at the beginning of the season, and Griffin competed for the rookie of the month in the West...... He was even sent to the bench for a month at one point.
At the beginning of the season, Gasol Jr. was also blown up by Cousins once, but this time when the Grizzlies and Kings played against Randolph on the rotation, Gasol Jr. broke out, and in the face of Cousins' sparse defense, Gasol Jr. with the help of Sun Ce, got 30 points, 7 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks, and beat Cousins, who got 15 points and 6 boards, plus Sun Ce's 19 points, 14 boards, 10 assists and 5 blocks of the iconic 4 times 5 data, the Grizzlies defeated the Kings 106-81 and won two consecutive wins.
Sun Ce's triple-double in two consecutive games was also a surprise for him, and Gasol Jr. contributed five assists to him alone, four of which were easy catches and high-flying shots.
It's a pity that the score didn't go up to 20, Sun Ce was replaced by Coach Hollins after the assist in the second minute of the fourth quarter, and he was already ahead by more than 20 points after the third quarter, Sun Ce played 31 minutes in the first three quarters, and he had 19 points, 12 boards and 9 assists, Coach Hollins sent him up to brush an assist and came down, Sun Ce also grabbed two rebounds from Jordan Jr. and Yi Jianlian.
In the game of defeating the Kings, Sun Ce scored a small milestone, tying Jordan with 15 triple-doubles in a single season, and tied with Jordan for fifth in history in the number of triple-doubles in a single season.
Sun Ce didn't care much about this number of rankings, and after the triple-double king really hugged the sewer, he had 15 triple-doubles in a single season...... It is estimated that in the end, he will not even be able to enter the top ten in the list of triple-doubles in a single season.
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On the night of the Kings game, the Grizzlies came to Portland, rested for half the night, and after most people made up for sleep the next day, they faced the Trail Blazers back-to-back at 7:30 p.m.
As the regular season enters the countdown, the battle for the playoff standings is in full swing, the Trail Blazers have won a wave of six consecutive wins, and have the feeling of sitting firmly in the fourth place in the West, and the current record has reached 45 wins and 25 losses, and it is not a big problem to get 50 wins, two wins ahead of the sixth-place Thunder.
Before and after the All-Star weekend, the record of the top seven in the West has changed greatly, originally those media predicted that in addition to the Spurs, the second to the seventh is very likely to appear at the same time 6 teams with 55 wins, but after the All-Star weekend, the Lakers and Bears lost too few games, the same Western team, the second to seventh teams have played a lot of games, the Thunder, Nuggets, and Trail Blazers naturally have to have most three or four games, and the chance of 55 wins looks small, of which the Nuggets have lost the hope of 55 wins, The Nuggets have only 42 wins with 12 games remaining, and even if the 12-game winning streak ends, they will only have 54 wins, unable to break the franchise all-time single-season win record.
The Trail Blazers relied on the incredible victory of the horror schedule of the previous 8 days and 6 games, and the sixth game was back-to-back to kill the Grizzlies to keep the hope of hitting 55 wins.
But it's a bit difficult to win 10 out of 12 games.
This time the Grizzlies came to Portland back-to-back to challenge the Trail Blazers, ready to go, yesterday the Grizzlies played more than 30 minutes on the whole team of Gasol Jr. and Sun Ce, because the two were in good shape, and the two played more than 30 minutes in the first three quarters, when there was an opportunity to knock down the Kings in the first three quarters, Coach Hollins let the main players play longer in the first three quarters, and defeated the Kings in one fell swoop, not wanting to drag, in the fourth quarter Conley, Battier, Tony Allen, and Gasol Jr. all rested, Only Sun Ce brushed two minutes of data and got 2 boards, 1 assist and 1 block.
This time, the Grizzlies came to Portland with a vengeful mentality, and immediately began to slam the defense as soon as the game began.
The Trail Blazers have a chance to win 55 wins, although the chance is slim, but the chance is certainly to be sought, and it is expected that the Grizzlies will focus on defense, with Batum and Gerard Wallace as the defensive core, Aldridge as the center, Roy and Matthews as guards, and they also defend very well.
Both teams were scared of the steel mill, for fear of being robbed of their jobs, and the sound of striking iron continued to sound throughout the night, and the pace of the game was slow, the confrontation was large, and the score was low...... The most important thing is reflected in the rebounding of the two teams, in this game, the two teams got a total of 98 rebounds, almost breaking 100 rebounds.
In the end, the Grizzlies defeated the Trail Blazers 82-76 with 53 rebounds and won three straight games with 53 rebounds over the Trail Blazers with 45 rebounds.
Sun Ce and Batum's "all-around matchup" is very eye-catching, Batum played 31 minutes and got 9 points, 11 boards, 4 assists, 5 steals and 3 blocks, Sun Ce played 34 minutes and got 11 points, 22 boards, 4 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks, both of them are a little bit worse than 5 times 5.
Randolph was blown up by Aldridge in the last game, and this time he is back, Aldridge was targeted and his performance of at least 30 points in 6 consecutive games cannot continue, only 12 points and 6 boards, Randolph got 21 points and 11 boards, 5 of which are offensive rebounds, and continues to beat Love to maintain the style of the king of offensive rebounding this season.
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Playing the game of the Trail Blazers, Sun Ce rebounded 20 in a single game for the fifth time in his career, this time he purely relied on the opponent to give him a chance, and his teammates were willing to let him take the defensive rebounds, so he could counterattack, plus he already had the advantage of size + speed and excellent rebounding awareness.
With three straight wins, the Grizzlies improved their record to 57-14 with 11 games remaining, and if they can win eight games, they have a chance to play the top regular season in history!
After playing the Trail Blazers, the next morning, Sun Ce followed the team to the familiar and unfamiliar Oakland, where he challenged the Warriors away in the last game of the month.
After arriving at the hotel, Sun Ce sent a message to Curry and Ellis.
After a while, Curry replied to Sun Ce's message, asking Sun Ce to call Morrow and have dinner together in the evening, Ellis was even slower, and only replied: I'll come with Stephen.
Sun Ce felt that his old teammates were so awkward......
After informing Morrow, Sun Ce returned to his room and played the Warriors, but Sun Ce really couldn't find anything to study.
The characteristics of the Warriors are obvious, that is, they fight chaotically, soar, no one can win, and no one can win when they get pitted.
There is no regularity and no logic, the Warriors, who have played 72 games, have 32 wins and 40 losses, and there is no hope for the playoffs.
This kind of opponent is very troublesome, and if they really break out, there is a high probability that they will lose a battle, but they are chaotic and can't find a place to start, so they can only rely on their strength to fight when it comes to the game.
But it should be studied, Sun Ce also wants to see what scouts say about Curry's little brother, Curry is amazing this season, averaging 22 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game, and ranking first in the league in three-point shooting per game.
Especially Curry and Sun Ce have different impressions, the impression is that Curry was a glass man in the early stage of his career, but until now, Curry has only missed 15 games in two seasons, normal injury situation, Durant also missed 10 games in the first two seasons, and there were no injuries in the third year, just because he was banned for helping Harden get out, and he missed 5 games this season, one of which was to help Harden get ahead......
However, Sun Ce was shocked when he opened the latest scouting report and saw the current ranking and winning streak in the west.
"How so?"
Sun Ce hurriedly turned on the computer and turned it on. Sure enough, the headline was that the Spurs had won seven in a row, improving their record to 60-13, becoming the first team to win 60 this season.
Sun Ce remembered that after they lost to the Celtics, he deliberately checked the Spurs' record and schedule, when the Spurs were 56-13, their Grizzlies were 54-14, and the Spurs were 2.5 wins ahead of their Grizzlies, and then the Spurs had to meet the Rockets, Thunder, Pacers, and Hawks, two home and two away, from the 24th to the 30th in 6 days and 4 games, in terms of the Spurs' rotation strategy, it should be impossible to win them all.
Sun Ce searched the battle report and saw the Spurs' roster......
Really...... The Spurs didn't continue to rest!
This Sun Ce understands that after 18 games of rotation and rest strategy, the Spurs suddenly did not take a turn to rest, this time it was the opponent's turn to be unprepared, and the opponent couldn't guess whether they would take turns to rest or not, and it was not easy to prepare for the game.
The Grizzlies are now 57-14 in 71 games and have 11 games left to play, and the margin of victory is stretched to three by the 60-13 Spurs!
"They're poisonous! Chance to win 70 and not rush, and now lose 13 and start the sprint? ”
Seeing that the deficit was only one game, the Spurs suddenly started to sprint, and won two games first, throwing the pressure on them Grizzlies...... Let Sun Ce want to point at Popovich's nose and scold!
Originally, if the Spurs had lost the second half of the game without injuries after the All-Star Weekend as Sun Ce remembered, it would be a matter of time before the Grizzlies overtook the Spurs.
But now, it's time to fight!
There are the Lakers at 56-16, the Mavericks at 55-17 and the Spurs at 60-13 in front...... Sun Ce feels that his own team, which is currently 57-14, is like a pitiful little ......
"Doesn't my grandson just want to be the first in the league? Your brothers have won the first place in the West 9 times in the past 12 years, and all of them have won the regular season championship, can you compete with a rural team like ours in a big ravine? ”