Playing the Bucks, the Grizzlies messed up their own rhythm and lost unexpectedly.

Playing the Trail Blazers, the rhythm has been chaotic, and I want to adjust temporarily, but it's too late, the other party has successfully risen this year, and the record once surpassed their Grizzlies.

But playing the Rockets, after the Grizzlies adjusted their mentality, they focused on maintaining their current strength and slowly exploring new defensive rotation methods, played hard, and scored 129 points in a single game!

Sun Ce played 33 minutes, scored 40+ in three consecutive games, and also got 12 boards, 11 assists, 3 blocks and 4 steals, and got his 21st triple-double this season, and also got the 13th regular season 40+ triple-double in his career.

In this game, the Grizzlies don't care how the defense changes, they play very naturally, how comfortable they play, they are not willing to accept three consecutive defeats, starting from the 10-11 season, for four consecutive years, they have not suffered three consecutive defeats, so fight first...... But unexpectedly, it is natural to defend, but there is a feeling of playing the Thunder team.

However, on January 22, when the Grizzlies challenged the Kings back-to-back away, their Grizzlies tried "natural remedy" again, but failed, and were tied by the Kings in regular time, 109-109, and entered overtime!

The Grizzlies' "natural remedy" was scored by Cousins with 38 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists, and in overtime, Cousins also got 2 points and 1 assist, scoring the third triple-double of his career and the first 40+ triple-double!

Thomas Jr., Rondo and others also played well.

Fortunately, in overtime, Beverley, Klay Thompson, and Yi Jianlian each scored a three-pointer, plus Sun Ce's breakthrough 2+1, the Grizzlies played a score of 12-6, 121-115, and the Grizzlies narrowly defeated the Kings and improved their record to 28-13!

25 points, 11 boards, 14 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal, when Cousins got the first 40+ triple-double in his career, Sun Ce also scored the 22nd triple-double of the season!

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4 consecutive away games 2 wins and 2 losses, although it is 6 days and 4 games, but their Grizzlies are currently in a period of excitement after the trade, relieving psychological fatigue, and they are all working hard, such a record, at least Sun Ce and his teammates are not very satisfied.

But it's already over, and Sun Ce chooses to look forward.

The older you go, the more games you play, the more you experience, the more you can adjust your mentality.

To Sun Ce's surprise, he won 2-2 in the past week, but he won the 4th weekly best of the season! Overtook Westbrook's 3 weekly bests!

In the past week, 3 single-game 40+, two triple-doubles, and a mixed 40+ triple-double, Sun Ce was stunned to rely on the data, interrupting James's weekly best for two consecutive weeks, and alone dominating the first place in the weekly best times this season.

On the morning of the 23rd, Sun Ce and his teammates returned to Memphis, and then ended the January game with three consecutive home games, 3 days of rest from the 23rd to the 25th, the 26th against the Rockets, the 27th rest, the 28th and 29th back-to-back games against the Kings and Pelicans, and the 30th and 31st rest.

Sun Ce looked at the schedule, obviously there were 5 days of rest, and the results were still back-to-back...... Moreover, just played the Kings and Rockets on consecutive away games, and immediately played at home in a row - how much does this care about the mood of the Rockets?

However, this time I took three days off in a row, so I could have a good team training.

From the second half of mid-December, the successive home and away changes, to the relatively compact consecutive home games, to the consecutive away games, for more than a month, their Grizzlies really did not have a good tactical training.

It's not their Grizzlies, it's the league-wide situation.

Their Grizzlies are okay, relieving mental fatigue through the pressure of the trade, and the trade also brings vitality to the interior.

Other teams, by the middle of the season, are physically and mentally exhausted and do not have the time and energy to train tactically.

Therefore, the middle of the regular season is regarded as the "strength display stage", this view Sun Ce feels that there is nothing wrong with it, the pre-season, the run-in, the middle of the season, the basic run-in is almost over, relying on the strength of the hard, to the All-Star weekend, through the observation of other competitors in the middle of the season, targeted tactical adjustments and training.

It seems to be clearly divided, but there are very few teams that can actually accomplish these goals successfully.

On the 24th and 25th, the coaching staff arranged tactical training days, and on the 23rd, no training was arranged, and Sun Ce did not practice, staying at home to accompany Zu Ge and Lily Collins to prepare for the birthday party for Gohan, who will be 1 month old, book a hotel, buy gifts, and prepare game shows......

This year, the Grizzlies ended the first half of the regular season on February 13 and played the Thunder at home.

The 14th is just right to celebrate Gohan's first birthday.

Sun Ce's parents will come to Memphis in a few days, and this year, January 31 and 30 in the United States and 30 in China are Chinese New Year's Eve, which happens to be New Year's together, and the Grizzlies happen to have no games that day, so they can celebrate the New Year together.

On Gohan-chan's birthday, Lily Collins' parents also come...... Sun Ce heard that Lily Collins' father had changed her stepmother, and she was only three years older than her...... Collins Sr., the famous prodigal son of love, is also awesome.

This time Gohan's birthday is very lively, Yao Ming and his wife will also bring their daughter, teammates and team members will definitely be invited, and the members of the orchestra will also come over at that time, and on the 13th, basically all the league's teams have finished the first half of the season...... During this time, Lily Collins has already started to work on this matter, and she wants to hold a good first birthday party for Gohan.

After a busy day, Sun Ce felt pretty good, and relieved his troubles caused by various changes in the team during this time.

When he returned home in the evening, Sun Ce looked at the situation of each team.

So far, teams have played 41 to 43 games, and their Grizzlies regular season schedule is exactly halfway through with 41 games and a 28-13 record.

First place in the West is the Lakers, 34-8, beating the Spurs who are 33-8.

The third-place Trail Blazers are 30-12 and their Grizzlies are fourth with 28-13.

The Jazz are 26-15 in fifth, 26-16 in sixth, 24-17 in seventh, and 23-18 in eighth.

The ninth-placed Pelicans didn't hold on midway through the season, a common problem for young teams, and are currently 22-18 ahead of the Thunder.

At one point, the Pelicans rushed to third place in the West.

The 10th-place Timberwolves began to fall behind, with a 20-21 record, falling below a 50% win rate.

The Nuggets are 15-26, the only bracket, and the bottom four in the West, with 11 wins, 9 wins, 7 wins, and 4 wins...... The Nuggets couldn't go on and couldn't make the playoffs, and Brian Shaw was basically sure that he would never be a head coach again as long as he ended his contract with the Nuggets.

In the East, the Pacers continued to be brutal, with a 36-5 record and a solid record of leading the league.

The Bulls are 32-9, which is not much different from the Lakers and Spurs in the first group in the West.

The Heat are 29-12 and are firmly in the top three in the East with the Pacers and Bulls.

After the Raptors got Gasol Jr., they got a wave of strong impact based on positional warfare, and rushed to fourth in the East with 26 wins and 16 losses!

The Knicks, Nets, Wizards, Cavaliers, Hornets, Hawks, Pistons, the second half of the Eastern Conference playoffs are very hotly contested, even more so than in the West.

Sun Ce took a look at the next schedule of this month, their Grizzlies only have 3 games left, while the other teams are about 5 games, which means that their Grizzlies will be "behind" other teams at least two games in terms of schedule, because some teams have played 42 or 43 games, which means that they will play two or three more games than other teams in the next February and March.

There is no way, as a team with two Chinese players, it has to play the role of a team that pulls ratings during the period of sluggish domestic ratings after the Chinese New Year.

Their Grizzlies currently have a 28-13 record and were able to maintain a winning percentage by relying on momentum in the middle of the season, which is directly related to the relatively easy schedule in the first three months.

After enjoying the easy schedule in the early stage, it was even harder in February and March.

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After a busy day, practicing the Nash training method, and getting a good night's sleep, on the morning of the 24th, Sun Ce started training at 3:58, and after triggering the insistence at 4 o'clock in the morning, he came to the FedEx Arena at 8 o'clock in the morning.

The new squad has played five games with a lot of ups and downs, but it has taught the coaching staff a lot.

If you can't rush it, but you can't do a lot of things, then set short-term goals and adjust them little by little.

Before the All-Star Weekend, the coaching staff didn't want to make much progress, and the short-term goal was to stabilize the team's offense and defense.

Even a defense that's just slightly better than the league average is based on stability.

This one let the other party only score more than 90 points, and one let the other party score more than 110 points, the players are okay, and they are fully committed to the game, which is the advantage of their Grizzlies.

What's more important is stability on the offensive end, and when the defense isn't so good, it's extremely important to maintain offensive firepower.

Making mistakes is the only way to find a good way, and the problems encountered by the Grizzlies in this wave of four consecutive road trips have made the Grizzlies coaching staff more calm.

Coaches are the soul of a team and what they ask them to do has a huge impact on the players, and when the coaching staff is no longer aggressive, the players feel a lot more relaxed when they train.

In the past 3 games after playing the Thunder, the pressure is really not small, and the time when they played the Kings, if it weren't for Yi Jianlian, Beverley, and Klay Thompson in overtime who seized the opportunity and threw open three-pointers, they almost lost 4 games and 3 losses!

Two days of tactical training went on in an orderly manner, and on the 26th, the Grizzlies ushered in their fourth and final meeting with the Rockets this season.

The Grizzlies did not prepare for the Rockets in the past two days, and the tactical training on the morning of the game was also defensive coordination training and small-area offensive coordination, trying to integrate Valanciunas, Gasol Jr., and Randolph's different low-post offense into the team.

In the evening, let's go straight to the fight!

This time, the Grizzlies played solidly, easily beating the Rockets 111-98.

Not too grumpy, but steady!

Last night, Durant, in the game against the Clippers, soared to 50+ in a single game for the second time in his career, scoring 52 points, raising his personal average points per game back to 31.7 points.

Sun Ce, who averaged 32.51 points per game, chose to shoot more tonight!

As for Westbrook, who played the Clippers last night and got 17 points, 23 rebounds and 15 assists, got his 20th triple-double of the season and regained his data to an average triple-double per game, Sun Ce didn't care, he Sun Someone still led with 22 triple-doubles.

In the game against the Rockets, Sun Ce played 32 minutes, shooting 13 of 30, including 7 of 20 three-pointers, plus 7 of 9 free throws, and scored 40 points, 9 rebounds and 4 hits, increasing the average score to 32.7 points per game, and steadily suppressing Durant.

To compete for the scoring champion and the first place in the triple-double list...... Although the game was over and after practicing the Nash training method, Sun Ce was not tired the next day.

But every time I compete, the pressure is even greater than in the last few years!

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After a day of rest, the Grizzlies had their second game in a three-game row.

The Kings look full of talent every year and occasionally play amazing games that are impressive.

However, every year at the end of the season, you will find that why are they competing for the top pick?

In fact, the Kings have always had a bad record, currently 13-30, fourth from the bottom in the West, but their bad, people are used to it, used to ignoring how bad their record is, only when they occasionally play amazing games, people can notice them, and at the end of the season, they suddenly found out how their record is so bad.

The Grizzlies almost got upset by the Kings the other day, but not this time.

Not only that, but the Kings are fighting and fighting!

Rondo, Cousins, Wazquis, Jason Thompson...... and other players, I have not been very good with Isaiah Thomas, but it was okay before, this season the Kings have got Rondo and Vazquez two selfless players, although Isaiah Thomas has the strength, but he needs the whole team to cooperate with him, and it is to cooperate with him to score, there are Rondo and Vazquez who are more willing to pass, and teammates naturally prefer to partner with these two.

It's all about blocking and pick-and-rolling, and with Rondo and Vazquis, there are more catch-and-shoot opportunities...... What player wouldn't like to score more points on their own? Mr. Tony has to shoot one or two three-pointers every game, and he can't get into the sky.

Towards the end of the first half, Cousins and Isaiah Thomas blocked and dismantled, Sun Ce took it in to defend Thomas Jr. and gave Thomas Jr. a big hat, and when Thomas Jr. made a strong shot, Cousins was open at the free throw line...... Then the two quarreled, and both were replaced.

There was not much suspense in this encounter, and the Grizzlies did not have a "natural way of playing" like the Thunder and Rockets, but honestly defended step by step and went all out on the offensive end.

103-94, the Grizzlies won steadily, improving their record to 29-13 and stabilizing the fourth position in the West!

Sun Ce easily got 33 points, 13 boards, 7 assists and 4 blocks, and stabilized his average of 32.7 points per game.

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On the day of the Grizzlies and Kings game, the Pelicans were already in Memphis.

Owen watched the game last night with Round Face, Thick Eyebrows, Younger Brother, and Station Mamba.

Irving had to admit that a perennial powerhouse is a perennial powerhouse, and he thought that the Grizzlies, who had been extremely chaotic and had been playing in the past four games, were in trouble after the mid-season trade.

However, last night the Grizzlies played the Kings and stabilized again.

Although it is not as strong as the past few years as long as the lineup is formidable, the strength is still very strong, and the strength of the top four teams in the West is proper.

Sun Ce tried his best to improve, and he always felt that it was not enough to improve himself and the team.

But in the eyes of others, it's terrible that the Grizzlies can maintain such a level after two consecutive championships!

It's the same as the Spurs' 55 wins in eight consecutive years starting with the 00-01 season, which made fans of that period feel like the world is dark.

Duncan has been elected as an All-Star starter for 12 consecutive years, in addition to his own strength, the team's good record year after year is also very important, for the rest of the Spurs, the Spurs' record during that period did not help them increase their popularity, but for a player of Duncan's level, the record has greatly improved popularity.

And Sun Ce already has that feeling.

This season, the Grizzlies have another chance to get 55+ wins, so they will have 55+ wins for 4 consecutive seasons, including a shortened season.

Sun Ce's personal performance is also exaggerated, at present, Sun Ce is averaging 32.7 points, 13 boards, 9.4 assists, 3.09 blocks and 1.4 steals per game...... Average quasi-triple-double per game, and have a chance to compete for the block king!

Irving has seen the gap between their Pelicans' Anthony Davis and Sun Ce's blocks getting smaller, and Anthony Davis has gone from averaging 3.7 blocks per game in the early season to 3.3 blocks per game.

Moreover, Owen feels that if Sun Ce is ruthless, he will not have a chance to win an average triple-double if he still averages 9+ assists per game in the middle of the season!

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On the 29th, the Grizzlies' last game of January, the day of back-to-back home games against the Pelicans arrived.

Playing the Rockets and the Kings, the Grizzlies are not very concerned here, but playing the Pelicans, the Grizzlies are very serious.

The Pelicans can also be considered strong, and this year, Irving, Anthony Davis, and Eric Gordon have fewer injuries, more than half of the schedule, and the cumulative number of absences for the three is only five, which is much better than last year.

Only when there is a chance to play can we verify our strength, find the direction of progress, and better run in.

In addition to these three core players, the Pelicans also have Ryan Anderson, Anthony Morrow, Lopets Jr., Rivers Jr., Jason Smith, Aminu, Babbitt and other excellent role players, who can be said to be quite good, to say that the flaw is too young, the main players are all players who started to play in the NBA after 08, and there is no one who can press the lineup, so by the middle of the season, the record fell sharply, from the highest in mid-December to the third in the West, and now the ninth in the West.

However, according to the progress rate of Anthony Davis, who averaged 21 points, 10 boards, 1.6 assists, 1.3 steals and 3.3 blocks per game in the second year, plus Irving, who averaged 22 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists per game in the third year, as well as a good enough role player lineup, and the attraction brought by this combination, the Grizzlies, including Sun Ce, regard the Pelicans as future rivals!

It may be difficult for the opponent to have a chance to win the championship, but it is definitely not to be underestimated!