176 Rival Memphis Grizzlies!
As the largest city in Tennessee, Memphis is located on the banks of the Mississippi River, where cotton was once the source of cotton and was once a huge trading market. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, Memphis, which was not destroyed by the flames of the Civil War, was almost engulfed by a plague, and in 1878, due to the yellow fever epidemic, Memphis lost nearly eighty percent of its population, and its citizens either died and fled!
Perhaps the city's genes and blood have a tenacious factor, more than ten years later, the survivors established a new Memphis, using the advantages of the canal, Memphis became the world's largest cotton market and hardwood market.
Perhaps the bustling flow of tourists has brought prosperity to Memphis, as well as various ideological conflicts.
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When witnessing the white people treating black people as animals, Martin Luther King Jr. raised his arms, and the black movement rose up, anti-discrimination, anti-persecution, and the cry for equality was endless, however, the great man was always hated by Xiaoxiao, Martin Luther King Jr. could not escape the fate, a gunshot in Memphis, the black leader died in the end.
He may not have seen racial discrimination, reconciliation, and equality, but every black person would be proud to have such an effort as Martin Luther King.
Today, Memphis, under the double blow of industrial relocation and economic depression, is regarded as one of the most dangerous cities in the United States!
The high crime rate has discouraged big-name players, and the Grizzlies have come up with a weird trick to deal with the current situation in the city, and those who turn in their guns can get free tickets to watch the game.
Behind this almost hilarious approach, there is actually a deep helplessness.
Memphis is a city that once flourished and is now in decline.
The label of the city may also become the brand of the team, the Grizzlies used to be a team that everyone feared, and the so-called "feared people" refers to the fact that people come and go here, but the big-name players have fled.
Everyone saw Memphis as a daunting prospect, so much so that when Gasol struggled for years and learned that he was going to be traded but the Lakers were excited.
Yes, there are no big names here, there is no attraction, only the path of painstaking cultivation of internal strength can be taken, just like Memphis back then, rebuilding from the ruins, trading Gasol's grizzly bear, and gradually coming out of the haze.
Interestingly, the main players of this team, almost all of them, are discarded and despised characters.
Conley? Oden's little brother back then, Gasol Jr., was only selected in the second round, and the Lakers placed him and Sun Yue at the same time, so that the Grizzlies could choose one of the two!
Randolph? The former stalwart of the Portland prison team has been immersed in the big dye vat of New York for many years, and everyone thinks that this fat man is finished.
But this seemingly patchwork team has played its own style, its own style, their own style, their own style of play, never bells and whistles, relying on defense and strangulation across the league.
Everyone knows that the Grizzlies lack a star-studded superstar, but everyone also knows that the Grizzlies are not easy to gnaw on, from the Clippers to the Thunder, these talented teams have suffered from the seemingly unpretentious Grizzlies.
Surprised?
Grizzly bears abide by such a style, abide by such a tough nature!
This puts them on a grudge with the league's most successful team in the past 20 years~ San Antonio Spurs! Once it was hard to solve!
And for the San Antonio Spurs, there's no doubt that the Memphis Grizzlies have been one of their fierce rivals in the West over the years!
In particular, the matchup between the two teams in the playoffs in recent seasons is even more attention-grabbing and resentful!
Looking back at the playoff history of the two teams in the last decade, the Grizzlies and Spurs can be said to be familiar with each other, and in the 2010-11 season, injuries were the Spurs' worst enemy, and their heroic performance led the Grizzlies to create the fourth Black Eight Miracle in NBA history. In the 2012-13 season, the Grizzlies and Spurs met again in the Western Conference Finals, and the Spurs successfully got their revenge and swept the Grizzlies 4-0.
The "fate" between the two teams continued, and in the first round of the 2015-16 playoffs, the Spurs once again welcomed the injury-ridden Grizzlies and swept the Grizzlies again.
And with Duncan's departure this season, we can no longer see his silent figure on the court, the legend who can still rank first in the league in terms of defensive true win-loss value at the age of 40, the old Shi Buddha who fights with the Grizzlies "Double Bear" on the inside!
Duncan is the main backbone of the Spurs, and on the defensive end, whether it is Pau Gasol or Dedmon, they cannot replace Duncan, and the Grizzlies "Double Bear" obviously has a lot of say in this!
The Memphis "Double Bears", who have been competing with the "Stone Buddha" on the inside for many years, will definitely be disappointed by the "Stone Buddha's" departure first, because they are great opponents, and their competition is also enough to go down in history.
On February 7, Beijing time, Memphis, FedEx Arena, this season, the Spurs and Grizzlies, the old enemies, ushered in the first showdown.
"San Antonio clown, get back here!"
"This will be the end of your winning streak..."
"Memphis is the place where your bones are buried..."
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One of the most dangerous cities in the country, even the home fans are so wild and rude.
When it was the Spurs' turn to play, when Jin Feng walked from the players' tunnel to the court, the stands on the left and right sides of the passage also resounded with an endless stream of insults from the home fans.
This also made Jin Feng frown, this is the fifth devil's home team that looks very terrible since he entered the NBA, in addition to the Warriors, Cavaliers, Celtics, Raptors, and Spurs.
This season's Grizzlies, the league's highest-paid $153 million renewing Conley's contract, signed the "rich handsome" Parsons from the Dallas Mavericks for $94 million, and also hopes to make a breakthrough in the playoffs and even touch the championship.
However, Conley, who got the league's highest salary, did play a performance worthy of the top salary, but Mr. 94 million "rich and handsome" Parsons was only responsible for the coach, almost playing three games a game, which is considered to be a pit for the Grizzlies, which is one of the main reasons why the Grizzlies have barely made the playoffs so far this season.
However, for the Spurs, this game still does not dare to take it lightly, because the Grizzlies like to do what they like to do most this season is to "rob the rich and help the poor".
They can lose to teams like the Lakers and Magic, and they can also win favorites like the Warriors and Cavaliers.
In this game, Jin Feng was pressed on the bench by Popovich and did not let him continue to start.
Since Jin Feng was reborn in Nirvana, he has also played a few starters, but more often, he still plays as a substitute, for this reason, Jin Feng specially asked Ginobili, why did the old man "suppress him"?
"Because you are no longer the "successor of Kobe", you will be the first Chinese Jin" was Ginobili's answer.
"So in other words, did the old man say to you that you are no longer the Jordan of 20 minutes, but the first Ginobili"?
Ginobili laughed without saying a word!