1614. The Brutal Epilogue (5000 Words Subscription Requested)

"The host has reached 23 times in a single game 40+ times this season, surpassing Michael Jordan's 22 triple-doubles in a single season in the 1989-1990 season, and the Challenger Series**: Epic Scoring Champion Prologue reward has been upgraded to Michael Jordan's 1989-1990 Star Experience Card."

When the final whistle blew, the Grizzlies defeated the Timberwolves 120-107, and although the Grizzlies only scored 10 points in the last 5 minutes and 49 seconds, the Timberwolves scored 17 points, but still won the game steadily.

In terms of talent, in addition to the explosive talent of the Grizzlies at the center position, the talent of the Timberwolves is better than that of the Grizzlies in terms of outside benches...... Aside from the Kings, there are not many teams in the league that have so many high-pick young players from the Timberwolves.

Sun Ce feels like winning tonight! And the system prompt is here after the game is over! From the optional star experience card of McAdoo and Kobe Bryant in the front, it has become a star experience card for the last year before Jordan won the first championship.

Sun Ce looked at the details, and felt that it was difficult to continue to improve the ranking, the seventh-ranked Kobe Bryant had 27 triple-doubles in a single season, and Sun Ce had to get 5 times to complete the surpass.

After beating the Timberwolves, their Grizzlies improved their record to 48-21 and have 13 games left to get five 40+ ...... Difficult!

The good news is that his triple-double tally this season has increased to 35! The number of 40+ triple-doubles in the regular season has also increased to 17.

What is the concept of 17 times 40+ triple-double in the regular season?

Since detailed statistics are available, Larry Bird and Jordan have each won 3 40+ triple-doubles;

Maddie, Carter, Michael Adams, Webb, and Evans each got a 40+ triple-double;

James and Westbrook each had four 40+ triple-doubles.

In other words, Sun Ce is infinitely close to the sum of all players who have won 40+ triple-doubles except him, just two times!

Before the All-Star Weekend, Sun Ce had 14 40+ triple-doubles, which was far from 19, and no one would have thought that Sun Ce would have a chance to surpass this season.

In the past few seasons, in addition to Sun Ce's rookie season, the next three seasons have been about 4 times a season, and the performance in the first half of this season is also similar to last season, who would have thought that in the past almost 30 days, Sun Ce got 3 40+ triple-doubles!

If it was before, Sun Ce got such data, the cliff headlines were hot, 30 days, 17 games, Sun Ce's crazy March lord show still hasn't been broken, 17 consecutive games are either 40+ or triple-double, and it is the third time in 30 days that he has won 40+ and got a triple-double at the same time.

But tonight, the headlines were robbed!

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Playing time: 25 minutes; Scored: 4-of-5 shooting, 2-of-4 free throws to score 10 points; Rebounds: 10 offensive rebounds, 5 defensive rebounds, 15 rebounds total; Caps: 3 times; Assists: 1.

10 points, 15 rebounds, 3 blocks and 1 assist, this stat is ...... It's not particularly good.

But this is the first game in which a player who last played in the NBA returned to the NBA on February 4, 2012!

10 offensive rebounds were still grabbed on Lefou's head!

Not only was Sun Ce stolen the limelight, but Lefu, who scored 41 points, 17 boards, 7 assists and 1 steal, also became the worst background!

No one cared about Lefu and Sun Ce's soaring points, and the fans' attention was all on Whiteside snatching 10 offensive rebounds from Lefou's head.

In fact, I have to say that Whiteside didn't have a few offensive rebounds that were grabbed head-on on Lefford's head, and most of them weren't, but Lefu grabbed one more offensive rebound on Whiteside's head.

But who cares?

The stats are there, 6 offensive rebounds from Love and 10 from Whiteside!

Because of Sun Ce, two consecutive championships, this year played the league's strongest offense, the Grizzlies have been the focus of fans' attention this season, when the Grizzlies temporarily signed from China's lower league players came up to play such a performance, naturally sparked heated discussions.

Why does Lin Crazy make so many fans crazy?

People love to see counterattacks!

When Whiteside's professional basketball resume was dug up by the media, the fans went even crazier.

Freshman won the All-American Defensive Player, Best Rookie, chose to participate in the draft, and then fell to the second round due to personality issues.

After being selected, he was given up by the Kings because of personality problems, and later went to Europe and went to the CBA to play without a team, and he was afraid of his character, so he could only play in the NBL...... He returned to the NBA more than two years later, and as soon as he came back, he grabbed Lefu in rebounding.

Grab the ball of the hat Lefou, it's on fire!

What Whiteside said in an interview after the game made Sun Ce's data popular even when it didn't make headlines.

Whiteside said in a post-game interview: "I'm finally back here to play, I'm very grateful to the third brother for letting the team sign me, if he hadn't given me the opportunity, I might have to go to the world next year to find a job, I went to the Timberwolves for a tryout on the 4th, obviously they did well but they didn't sign me, I think they will regret it, I definitely belong to this league!" ”

The tryout was rejected by the Timberwolves...... Not many people care about this, what the media cares about is this guy who came out of the crack in the stone, and Sun Ce asked to sign it!

That's the hot news!

As a result, Sun Ce's vision was also on fire!

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The heat of Whiteside exploded!

On the morning of March 24th, Sun Ce packed his luggage, ate breakfast and read the news, and Whiteside, who became popular in the basketball circle overnight, made him feel the madness of this traffic era.

Last night's game was very happy, but the media blew it too much, and the heat was not as high as Lin Madness and Sun Madness, but the two of them were phenomenal performances at that time, both of them played MVP-level dominance during that time, and Whiteside was not qualified enough.

But the media touted it even more than it did back then!

At that time, it was still at the intersection of the old media era and the new media era, and the cost of hype was not as cheap as it is now.

And it's more undisciplined than the previous title, as long as it can attract attention.

I don't know and think that Whiteside has blown up Lefou.

As the saying goes, a dog can't change it...... When Sun Ce thought of this, he felt that it was not appropriate to describe his teammates in this way, and felt that the word "easy to change" was more suitable.

Sun Ce was a little worried, when Whiteside felt that he had received enough attention from the team, would he float?

Whiteside worked hard to help him, Paul George, and Richard Jefferson get a defensive rebound last night, and they did a really good job, but after floating, they just wanted to get their own stats for the future big contract......

Sun Ce didn't expect this worry to come so early!

He thought that Whiteside would be startled in the face of Lefou, but he didn't expect Whiteside to explode so violently, so worry also followed.

"Let's see the situation first, then ......"

Sun Ce is not in a hurry for the time being, the opponent has just played a good game, the first thing is for Whiteside to play with confidence, in order to make a better contribution, and the rest of the things will be talked about later.

In terms of personality, Whiteside has been reformed in the Great Celestial Empire, and if the obsession with playing style can't be shaped well from his return to the NBA, he will still become a pure basket defender who can only defend the three-second zone as before, and that will be a matter for the future.

is still the same sentence, a base-salary player, or a defensive center, with B+ level strength, and more than two months to turn 25 years old, almost at the peak, no matter how you use it!

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After breakfast, before Sun Ce left for the airport, he wanted a loving hug from Lily Collins or Zu Gee, or his mother, but coincidentally, Xiao Gohan woke up and cried, and he was about to go out to fight 6 consecutive guests and couldn't go home for 11 days......

With a sad mood, Sun Ce came to the airport to meet his teammates and start a six-consecutive passenger journey.

With 13 games left in the season, there are just four home games, with more than two-thirds of them being away.

Although the past wave of 7 consecutive wins has allowed them to temporarily stabilize the fifth position in the West, they can't relax yet!

The next 13 opponents, most of them are strong teams!

Jazz, Warriors, Trail Blazers, Thunder, Timberwolves, Spurs, Heat, 76ers, Lakers, Mavericks, 10 of the 14 opponents are playoff-caliber powerhouses.

Although the Timberwolves have lost their playoff hopes, they have playoff strength.

And the Jazz, Warriors, Trail Blazers, Thunder, Timberwolves, Spurs, and Lakers in these opponents are all away from home!

To get 55 wins, the Grizzlies need to win at least seven of their remaining 13 games, which is not that difficult, but it will need to win more games if they want to be outheld by the Warriors, who are currently 45-24 and the Thunder, who are also playing 69 games, and the Thunder, who are 44-27.

The next wave of brutal Western 6 consecutive visitors will largely determine their Grizzlies final ranking!

And this wave of 6 consecutive visitors includes 5 playoff opponents!

At noon on the 24th, Sun Ce followed the team to Salt Lake City, which was finally no longer icy and snowy, and after the weather warmed up, there were more pedestrians on the road...... So unrestrained! It is not uncommon to see a man surrounding two or three women...... It's not a little young man next to a little girl, it's not a middle-aged man or an old man around a group of young girls, I see a lot of men in their 40s hugging two, three or four women of the same age, but no one thinks it's strange on the road, and there is even a man with two or three women of the same age and several children...... Family?

Sun Ce then remembered that it seems that polygamy here only needs to pay fines ranging from dozens of dollars to hundreds of dollars, and the government doesn't care! The fine, which is not even as high as the fine for traffic violations, and there have been councillors here who have been promoting polygamy.

It's really been a long time to live and you can encounter anything, Sun Ce scolded Fǔ Bài of the capitalist country and followed the team to the hotel.

Although Salt Lake City has the lowest crime rate in the United States, Sun Ce and his teammates are used to not going out to hang out when they come to play here, and God knows if the girl in the bar has a husband...... Even multiple husbands, why do some parliamentarians apply for a legal system of polygamy? It's just because it's too open, and sometimes I don't know how many times the woman I met has been married, or even several times without divorce.

It's okay if it's okay, but there have been cases where NFL players have come here to find a girlfriend and it turns out to be a sad urge of an illegal married woman**.

Even the philatelic brothers Klay Thompson and Paul George don't fool around in the city.

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This wave of away games, there is almost no time to do targeted training, the season has reached this stage, most of the adjustments to be made have been made, new players need to be adjusted, and only new players need to be adjusted to join the whole team, not the whole team will be alone, otherwise the run-in of the previous nearly 70 games is equivalent to nothing, unless it is a superstar level player.

In the next game, the coaching staff will draw up a big strategy, and make targeted adjustments in the game, and the specific details will be played according to the players' previous experience in dealing with opponents, and there are not too many other moves.

After a night's rest, on March 25th, the Grizzlies started a brutal West Six Consecutive Tour!

The first game against the Jazz, the Grizzlies won the first two meetings this season, and they already know a lot about the current Jazz team.

However, tonight, the Grizzlies had two players rested, Coach Hollins did not let Paul George and Tony Allen play, the latter is an old injury, the former suffered the impact of left shoulder pain, and Paul George fell to his left shoulder in the game with the Timberwolves, resulting in a slight strain of the shoulder muscles, which does not affect the game, but cannot be taken lightly.

They can't afford to hurt the Grizzlies! And Tony Allen played back-to-back, it's time to rest.

In tonight's game, the Grizzlies' starters became Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Hardaway Jr., Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian.

Without Paul George, the Grizzlies' offensive lineup has been affected no less than Yi Jianlian's absence, and their original starting five is the strongest offensive five-man in the league this season, scoring 124 points per Lily round...... Of course, they were on the pitch for more than ten or twenty minutes at the same time.

This combination is interlocking and tacitly coordinated, and whoever lacks it will affect the whole.

The opponent is the Jazz, who have conceded only 98 points per game this season, and although the Jazz, who are currently 42-27, are temporarily ranked seventh in the West, they have only one win lead with the Pelicans, who are ninth in the West with 41-28, and they are playing very hard!

The main thing is strategy, which is very well executed, the Grizzlies are missing a key second playmaking point, and the Jazz team blocks Sun Ce to score, let Sun Ce pass out, and then cut off Sun Ce and then catch the ball.

And Klay Thompson and Hardaway Jr. are both masters who throw the ball when they receive it, and when they find that they can't pass back Sun Ce, Richard Jefferson and Yi Jianlian can not play the opponent's inside line alone, the two can only receive the ball and throw it all the time.

Klay Thompson and Hardaway Jr. were on the floor in the starting stage, the two kept throwing, and they were not bad at first, but in the face of the desperate Jazz team, the Grizzlies team who lacked a major general and just played a back-to-back in front of them slowly became inaccurate, and when Coach Hollins replaced Livingston to enhance the organization offense, the other party saw that Hardaway Jr. went down, one less three-pointer, and began to shrink more.

Extremely strategic! And the desperate Jazz defense is doing very well, especially Jimmy Butler, who spares no effort in Sun Ce's defense!

Fighting, the Grizzlies began to float outside to throw, Sun Ce threw it himself, passed it out to his teammates, and Yi Jianlian also pulled it out and threw it...... There was a wave of highs, but the Jazz were very determined to defend like this, and in the end, the Jazz also reaped the results.

With Sun Ce's performance of only 24 points, 10 boards, 11 assists and 3 blocks on 8-of-21 shooting, the Grizzlies lost to the Jazz 91-100 and ended their seven-game winning streak.

There was no way, the fourth quarter was played to the last minute, and he was still 10 points behind, and Coach Hollins could only announce his surrender after Sun Ce got the 10th rebound.

In tonight's game, the Grizzlies were able to hold on, thanks to Yi Jianlian and Whiteside when they were on the floor at the same time, the former pulled out three points, and the latter grabbed the offensive rebound and threw it to Sun Ce, 8 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, Whiteside, who played 17 minutes tonight, is still strong, and his 5 offensive rebounds are very sharp.

But the Grizzlies also performed well in the highlight moments, and the overall offense and defense were not good.

On the other side, Jimmy's little brother got 26 points, 6 boards, 5 assists and 3 steals, and he won the game, and he was so excited that he was about to cry, this time he was finally not bullied by the pair of former teammates!

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Lost to the Jazz, the Grizzlies played 70 games, and the record became 48-22, looking at the number of negative games after more than ten days, Sun Ce felt a lot of pressure, but he could only hold on, and now, that momentum can't be lost! Especially his grandson!

Sun Ce obviously feels that the reason why his teammates still maintain confidence now is not because the record is far worse than the psychological gap between the Pacers before and after the All-Star Weekend this season in the past three years, that is, he is always full of fighting spirit and confidence.

Even, he is now forced to not even dare to break 40+ or triple doubles.

"The light of an A-level leader", which makes his self-confidence can infect his teammates, but in turn, it is also a huge responsibility and pressure on him.

After playing the game against the Jazz, the Grizzlies flew to Portland the next day, on the morning of the 26th, and after a day of rest, they will challenge the Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers have become the fifth team in the league to win 50 after the Spurs, Lakers, Bulls, and Pacers, and currently ranks third in the West with 51 wins and 19 losses, and retains the opportunity to hit 60 wins.

On the way from the airport to the hotel, Sun Ce saw a huge poster on the wall of a large shopping mall, with a huge poster of the Trail Blazers' starting five - Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Aldridge, Okafor, and Mo Williams.

The title of this huge poster – Rose City is back in full bloom.

These five starters + the sixth man, Sun Ce knows that it is very powerful, the Trail Blazers have five starters alone, except for Okafor's absence of 12 games and Aldridge's absence of 10 games this season, the other three are all attended, and these five people together have an average of 84 points per game, while the average score of the Trail Blazers team is 105.4 points per game!

Of the more than 21 points per game that the bench averaged, 9.7 points were scored by Mo Williams, and the others combined for less than 12 points......