On April 17, 2012, 11 days had passed since the Grizzlies crushed the Clippers head-on.

During this period, the regular season battles were still fierce. The two Los Angeles teams still have almost the same record, and on the Eastern side, the battle for the first place in the East between the Heat and the Bulls continues.

The Grizzlies have continued to move forward with a strong progress, and by this point, the Grizzlies have a 44-16 record. The Lakers and Clippers have a 37-23 record and a 38-22 record, respectively.

In other words, as long as the Grizzlies can win this game on April 17, then even if the Grizzlies lose all the games after that, they will still be able to maintain the third place in the West.

So for the Grizzlies players, this game is the key to whether they can get out of the way. If you win, then you can paddle the last six games and prepare for the playoffs.

If they don't win, the Grizzlies players will have to continue to be scared when the playoffs approach.

Today, the Grizzlies' opponents aren't too strong. The Portland Trail Blazers have had a bit of a bounce since losing Roy and Oden.

Aldridge has finally developed into a true leader, but has been plagued by injuries this season. As a result, the Trail Blazers' record this season has not been ideal. So far, they are nine wins away from the Jazz, who are eighth in the West, and have lost the possibility of advancing to the playoffs.

So today, Memphis fans are cheering. This game will definitely be won, and after this game, it means that the Grizzlies will end the season with the highest ranking in team history!

But in the Grizzlies' locker room at this time, the Grizzlies players are not most concerned about the team's all-time rankings, nor their opponents, the Portland Trail Blazers.

At this time, they are most concerned about their beards!

"Don't say it, it's finally time to shave my beard, but I'm a little reluctant." Gasol Jr. looked at himself in the mirror, as if he was quite proud.

His long hair and beard covered almost his entire face. Except for the eyes and nose area, the whole head is covered in hair!

"Come on, Mark, you look like you've crossed over from medieval Spain right now." Link smiled, the image of little Gasol is simply not too sloppy.

"Where do you think you're going to go? I don't know, I must think you're at the age of retirement. Gasol looked at Link and couldn't help but laugh.

Link's hair doesn't grow fast, but he hasn't shaved his beard in months, and his chin is still full of beard. Rachel has texted more than once to complain about Link's current appearance, "You look almost the same age as Tim Duncan." ”

I have to say, Link is really not very suitable for growing beards. After the beard grows, the appearance is not high, but the age looks much higher. The beard and beard are really more suitable for the face shape of Europeans and Americans.

Just as Link and Gasol Jr. were complaining to each other, Randolph, the big black bear, also walked into the locker room.

"Uh, what are you looking at, did you see me on the first day!?" Seeing that Link and Gasol were staring at him, Randolph waved his hand in feigned anger.

Randolph had a round face, but after growing a beard, he lived like a strong man who played black boxing.

It is certainly not beautiful, and Randolph, who was already full of flesh, became a little more vicious after growing a beard.

Ever since Randolph grew a beard, he was rarely referred to by the nickname Z-O. One of the names that Hubbie Brown has called Randolph the most this season is "Zach the Big Villain".

It's not just the three of them, but the entire grizzly locker room is full of bearded rough men, and the entire locker room is bursting with male hormones

After staying up for so long, I finally survived to this day. If the Grizzlies win today's game, then they have completed their bet with themselves and can go and shave their beards happily.

This game has nothing to do with honors, not even rankings.

Grizzly generals, will fight for their beards.

Looking at the group of teases in the locker room, one by one, Hollins felt a little incredible.

If people on other teams knew that Memphis' "big villain" team was so naïve in the locker room, they would have fallen through the glasses.

Half an hour later, the Grizzlies players came out en masse to warm up. The fans were as enthusiastic as ever, while Robert Pera and "Penny" Hardaway, sitting in the stands, covered their foreheads.

The Grizzlies came out like homeless people. It's like the Grizzlies owe them a lot of wages, no wonder some people on the Internet ridicule that the Grizzlies should be called the Memphis Rovers.

Negotiations between Robert Pera and Grizzlies current owner Michael Hasley have basically been agreed, and the league has basically agreed to the team changing hands. Now, once all the processes and formalities are in place, the team will change hands in the offseason.

In other words, Robert Pera is already the owner of the Grizzlies, and he and the Grizzlies are just one step away from "getting a certificate" to confirm the relationship.

As the new owner of the Grizzlies, Pera is now naturally concerned about the Grizzlies' situation. As a result, he appears more and more frequently in the Federal Express Arena.

"How? After a month of observation, do you see the potential of the Grizzlies? Before the start of the game, Pera and his co-shareholder Hardaway struck up a conversation.

"What are your plans this summer to take the Grizzlies to the next level?" Hardaway didn't answer, but he acknowledged the magic of the grizzly bear.

"The plan is still in the works, but I think the Grizzlies are a little too conservative right now."

"What do you mean?"

"Leave that alone, let's talk about it in the summer. It's about to begin, and it's a historic day for the Grizzlies, Anferne. I bet the Grizzlies can beat the Trail Blazers by more than 10 points. Robert Pera smiled meaningfully, and it seemed that he couldn't wait to start his game of basketball.

The game started quickly, and the Trail Blazers were really struggling without French forwards Batum and Aldridge.

What's more, the Grizzlies are in high morale today and are not holding back because their opponents are weak. The Grizzlies players have been waiting for this day for a long time, and they can't be calm.

So at halftime, the Trail Blazers trailed the Grizzlies by 9 points. If it weren't for Wesley Matthews, another undrafted pick who earned more than the top pick, the Trail Blazers would have fallen behind by double digits in the first half.

Good things are not too late, and after five minutes of play in the second half, the difference has become 13 points. Randolph was very excited in the second half, presumably because he no longer wanted to be ridiculed by his teammates and fans because of his beard, so he grabbed JJ Hickson and beat him.

Tony Allen was also very active today, frequently receiving passes from Link and Conley to cut into the scoring. Facing the penalty area guarded by former teammate Thabit, Tony Allen took what he wanted. Thabit is too slow, and the help defense is basically equal to nothing. As long as Gasol Jr. takes Tabitra out of the box, he can't get 100 percent back.

In the end, the Grizzlies defeated the Trail Blazers 103-92 with a devastating offensive to win their 45th game of the season at home. At that moment, countless streamers floated down from the Federal Express Arena.

Third in the West, this is the highest ranking the Grizzlies have ever won since the establishment of the team!

"Today is another day to remember for Memphisians! After defeating the Trail Blazers, the Grizzlies are locked in third place in the West! This is the first time the Grizzlies have finished in the top three of the division since they entered the NA in the 1995-1996 season! This is the first time in their 17-year history that they have won home court advantage in the playoffs! ”

At the end of the match, Hubby Brown swung his fist hard. In the past two years, the Grizzlies have improved just too much. Last year, they reached the Western Conference Finals for the first time. This year, it won the best record in team history.

As a former meritorious veteran coach of the Grizzlies, Brown Sr. is also extremely pleased to see the team become what it is today.

All Memphis was cheering on their team, and the Grizzlies took Memphis from an obscure town to the limelight.

And the Grizzlies players were even more ecstatic, hugging each other and shouting wildly.

But when the reporters got closer, they were dumbfounded. The shouts of the Grizzlies players are very different from what they imagined.

The guys were actually yelling, "We can finally shave, we can finally shave!" ”

At this moment of making team history, all they thought about was shaving their beards!

Well, the Memphis team is really different.