After entering the tactical meeting, the players also put away the mentality of wanting to pretend to be forced in front of the camera and focused on preparing for the game.

After the two assistant coaches explained the recent changes to the Mavericks, the Grizzlies players felt the pressure coming for tonight's game.

They want to win!

With Yao Ming, Sun Ce, Yi Jianlian, there are hundreds of millions of people watching the game in Asia alone, which is more than the entire population of the United States, and football in Europe is in the winter break, with Nowitzki, the ratings in Europe will be good, who doesn't want to win when so many people watch them play?

But, as professionals, knowing that the Mavericks' adjustments are paying off, they know tonight's game is going to be tough.

The other side will definitely want to win this game!

The reasons for wanting to win are exactly the same.

Their Grizzlies have a better record, right, their Grizzlies are 22-5, a full five more games than the Mavericks.

But the record does not fully represent the strength!

In the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs last season, the Celtics' record was more than a dozen wins worse than the Cavaliers, but the Celtics could abuse the Cavaliers by 32 points!

Unlike their Grizzlies, a newly rising team that will fight every game from top to bottom, the Mavericks, a multi-year strong team with at least 50+ wins in the regular season, often have a greater need for tactical adjustment than a few regular season wins.

For example, Yao Ming played 23 minutes, did he chisel all the time for 23 minutes?

Of course it can't be, Yao Ming averaged only 11.2 shots per game in these 11 games, made an average of 6.5 shots per game, and averaged 5 of 6 free throws per game, that is, 13-15 throws per game, and at least a quarter of them caused the opponent to shoot fouls.

And after watching some video clips, the Grizzlies players learned that the Mavericks were at the stage when Nowitzki was transformed into a containment force, and Yao Ming had a lot of shots that could be received in a very comfortable position after moving through a small area, and he could hit directly with his height.

Even in many games, Yao Ming played very easily, and there were not a few singles, and the whole team played around his ball quotient, height talent, and hand feel.

The key is Nowitzki, who averaged 24 points per game at the beginning of the season, has now slipped to an average of 22 points per game, and has averaged 17 points per game in recent times.

Tactical meetings, tactical arrangements, the coaching staff made exhaustive preparations, and it looks like there is a way to deal with the Mavericks.

But there's a good saying – all tactical planning is perfect.

It also depends on the on-the-spot operation.

After the tactical meeting at 9:40, the players did a simple warm-up and started two tactical training sessions at 10pm.

Time is tight, but that's all it can be.

Yesterday and the day before yesterday were good preparation times, but there are always a lot of things that take time, and the concert is necessary for the team to expand its popularity or improve the cohesion of local fans, and there is a need for this in all aspects, and the players themselves are the biggest beneficiaries.

As for the fact that the players have to accompany their families, if the players came to Dallas with their families yesterday, there will definitely be no way to train on Christmas Eve.

Life is always bigger than basketball.

After the training, the players returned to the locker room to shower, and then until 3:30 p.m., it was time to rest.

At the end of the day, it's just a regular season game, and what's the big deal about losing a regular season game, and there's a high probability that it will be shut down next summer.

Testing the strength of the Mavericks is the most important thing, and it is still uncertain who will play the best in the three teams of the Lake, Horse and Niu, and there is time to adjust in the long regular season.

It's not a big deal for Coach Hollins as a head coach, it's just that the opponent is the Mavericks, and many people on the team are playing the Christmas game for the first time, and they are obsessed with this, but for Coach Hollins, it's right to play as hard as you can.

Unlike other opponents who are unlikely to meet in the playoffs, playing the Mavericks, of course, it is better to win, but for strategic considerations, he would rather play anxiously and push the Mavericks to the limit to see how strong the opponent can be, even if he loses, rather than win easily when the opponent is not in good condition.

For the Mavericks, winning or losing a regular season game is also not critical.

Coach Hollins really wants to do something in the playoffs, at least touch the floor of the division finals!

Coach Hollins said to the players before the disbandment: "We all want to win this game, but we don't have to carry too much burden, Christmas I hope we can play this game with a relaxed mind, Christmas, happiness is the most important thing, by the way, it's about to be the New Year, hi Pi Niu one or two......"

"Poof......" Sun Ce couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

The words that Coach Hollins said earlier did not make Sun Ce's mentality relaxed, after all, it was the main Christmas war in China.

But that happy New Year hit his laugh.

Looking at Sun Ce, who was fascinated by laughter, his teammates were speechless, and Coach Hollins was even more speechless, he just wanted to make the players relaxed, who knew that Sun Ce actually laughed so excessively.

Although he Hollins doesn't care about the win or loss of this game itself, this is the first Christmas game in the team's history, so it's okay to be serious! He's a coach talking!

"Is the future of our team all dependent on such a second goods? Why do I feel like my coaching career is dark? ”

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After returning to the hotel for lunch at noon, Sun Ce, his teammates and their respective families gathered in the boss's room.

In the first Christmas battle in the history of the team, Robert Pera naturally wanted to go to the scene to see it, and lived in the largest room in this hotel, the kind that is as big as a heated swimming pool, and today he gave up the room and let the players and their families have a Christmas party in it.

The women, the children, with the help of the hotel staff, set up the venue, and after the game, Christmas will be celebrated no matter what.

Sun Ce and most of the other players gathered in a smaller living room to watch the live broadcast of the game.

At two p.m. Central Time, the Magic and Celtics kicked off their Christmas game opener.

may be partnered with the Double Bears when he enters the NBA, Sun Ce feels that Howard is just like that, when Gasol Jr. was very fat last year, although he couldn't beat Howard, Gasol Jr., who had top defensive awareness under the basket, didn't want to defend Howard.

Although Gasol Jr.'s low-post defensive efficiency has declined this year, the team's defense has become stronger, and I don't think Howard is too difficult to deal with.

But now watch Howard play the Celtics......

Sun Ce finally knew why Howard's Magic team in the 10-11 season was only ranked fourth in the East, but almost won the MVP.

Except for a few centers Howard can't deal with, playing others, the peak Howard is playing as if it's playing!

In the first quarter, Howard scored 8 points and 8 rebounds with a top salary, and he had two blocks in a single quarter, one to fly Rondo, and one to the outside to give Ray Allen a big hat.

Athleticism, Defense, Rebounding...... Before Howard, who did not suffer a bad injury such as a back injury, he had his own defensive system, the best defensive player in Lianzhuang, and the strongest defensive player in the new century...... Blah blah blah, not blown!

The inside combination of Garnett + Perkins was strong, but it was destroyed by Howard with one hand!

Mainly because of Garnett's decline, the Celtics defense is still very good this year, but not like last season, where they can compete with the Bobcats for the first place, last year's Bobcats defensive efficiency is similar to this year's Grizzlies, but this year's Grizzlies defensive efficiency is much better than the Celtics.

Sun Ce seems to have seen the picture of the Knights being beaten by the magic in the 09 East Final Knights.

Although the Magic as a whole is not as strong as that Finals-level team, the Celtics of the old Big Three led by Rondo are estimated to be not as strong as the Cavaliers in 09.

The analysis is true, but it is still amazing to watch, last year's Eastern Conference finals, the Celtics almost swept the Magic, this year is only a year later, Garnett's defense is dwarfed in front of Howard.

One is at the peak, and the other is past the peak of the 09 major injury.

The main thing is that the Celtics used to deal with Howard's O'Neal was injured after a few games this season, and O'Neal couldn't play such a cheerful game as the Christmas game.

Perkins, who they had high hopes for, looked great when Garnett was in good shape in the past three years, but Garnett slipped and found that Perkins was not easy to use, and he was not as good as O'Neal Jr.

Sun Ce watched this game and remembered that this season, the Celtics traded Perkins Garnett to the Thunder for Jeff Green because O'Neal Jr. played well, and I don't know if this will happen.

Howard is getting happier and happier the more he plays, and his performance is getting better and better, with 28 points, 22 boards, 5 blocks, 2 steals and 5 turnovers in the game, he played high today, it's useless to cut the shark, 6 of 12 free throws, and one point for one offense, the Celtics would rather not cut the shark.

In the end, the Magic easily defeated the Celtics 107-88 to win the Christmas game.

This game is Howard's solo dance, just like the Magic team killed the Cavaliers in '09, Howard was in the limelight.

After watching the game between the Magic team and the Celtics, I received a notice from the coaching staff that Sun Ce and others took the team bus to the Mavericks arena.

They won't be able to watch the next game between the Bulls and the Thunder.

While it's a shame to not see two of the three superstars of the younger generation play each other, the Grizzlies are more excited on their side.

In less than three hours, it's their Christmas war!

The first Christmas battle in team history has set a record in team history!

When I arrived at the training ground of the American Airlines Center, there was a live broadcast of the Imperial Court TV in the warm-up, and a group of people were as serious as anything.

After Sun Ce's stretching, massage and other work are done, he is ready to shoot and try his hand.

Randolph may have come to Sun Ce to practice next to Sun Ce in order to rub the camera, just rub the camera, Sun Ce saw that this guy's shooting action had changed, and deliberately moved closer to the standard posture, which is okay, after Randolph threw one, he said to Sun Ce: "Lord, we have to work together tonight, the grizzly bear will win!" ”

Sun Ce looked at Randolph speechlessly, looked at it for a long time, and said, "Zach, our country doesn't speak English. ”

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On the first day of rework, I was a little busy, so I waited for a while and went to squeeze the subway home.

Say three words.

As long as I am allowed to write, I will continue to write, as a writer still has to have the professional ethics, writing basketball is not because of the NBA, but because I grew up watching Yao Ming basketball when I was a teenager, and that era is the memory of youth.

Second, don't watch the NBA, it's not how good the previous NBA was, but I haven't watched the NBA for a long time, and the happy player is gone.

Thirdly, I love my country, everything determines that I support it unconditionally, and I am not allowed to write about the NBA, and the work ethic is very important, but on top of that, there is the country.

Above, I will delete it here when the next chapter is written,