Avengers' Thanksgiving Gift (Exclusive to Little Ben): The second phase of the Avengers' ambition event, the host needs to help the team complete revenge against the Mavericks in the playoffs this season.

Goal 1: The host needs to beat the Mavericks in the playoffs this season, if the host team advances to the next round, but the Mavericks do not advance, the goal is considered complete; If the Mavericks advance to the next round, but the host team does not, it is considered a goal failure. (Ongoing)

Event Reward: Skill Card: Golden Rooster Independence.

Progression Bonus: If the host helps the team beat the Mavericks in 5 games, a 2011-2012 Dirk Nowitzki Star Experience Card will be awarded. (Advance failed.) ）

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Lying on the hotel bed, looking at the reminder of this incident, Sun Ce could only listen to Dong Chou's nocturne to soothe his grief.

He played 35 minutes tonight, 26 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals on 9-of-17 shooting, and his performance was actually very good, Nash played 31 minutes tonight, part of which was played at the same time as Sun Ce, and he also played very well, with 12 points and 8 assists, and the team scored more than 100.

But the opponent's offensive performance was too fierce, and their side was forced to put more energy into the offensive end.

However, Sun Ce's mentality is quite peaceful, and he has already figured it out at halftime, and they never thought about winning two away games in a row to get the match point 3-1.

In the face of an opponent like the Mavericks, there is a chance to win, of course, you have to do your best to win, but even if you can't win, you have to play the characteristics of their Grizzlies, and if you lose, you have to be disgusted by the opposite wave.

Although he was ridiculed by fans on the Internet after the game, Sun Ce felt that they were like sticks!

It's a pity that I didn't have a chance to get the Nowitzki star experience card, but after the first game, Sun Ce didn't expect much from this star experience card.

Now it's time to be able to grasp exactly what kind of situation you have in each game, and not let these things get you affected.

Sun Ce feels that the current situation is not particularly bad, although there have been many unexpected situations, such as the Mavericks used a completely different style of play in the first two games of the series than the second half of the regular season, and the third game of the role player outbreak, but their Grizzlies have a core goal, and they have not fallen in all three games, and they have all completed.

The goal is to drain the Mavericks' stamina!

No matter what the reason is, what kind of coincidence, their Grizzlies have done it, the first three games, let the game play to the last moment, each game forced Yao Ming to the limit of physical strength, Nowitzki also played to the last moment every time, the first and third games of Nowitzki played the fourth quarter.

If Nowitzki and Yao Ming hadn't been affected by such attrition throughout the series, Sun Ce would have admitted it, but they did their best to do it, and they did it every game, which made Sun Ce feel that the current situation was not very bad.

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On May 7, the first two teams to advance were released, the Lakers and the Clippers, the Heat and the Bucks, and the Lakers and the Heat did not make too much effort to easily sweep the opponent to advance.

The Lakers played very easily throughout the series, the Clippers had no talent, but there was no way to transform it into strength, first of all, the coach was not good, there was no organizational core, and it was really purely the talent of the players to enter the playoffs, and the Lakers in this series were led by Paul, who averaged 14 points and 13.5 assists per game, proving that he is the league's No. 1 point guard.

There was no suspense about the Heat playing the Bucks from the beginning, at least some people on the Clippers side thought that they could steal such a two-game win by impact, no one in the Bucks felt that they had a chance to win in the playoffs, they entered the playoffs purely by accident, and there were only seven teams left in the East with playoff strength.

However, the situation in the East is not too surprising, the seventh and eighth in the East often have a winning rate of less than 50%, this phenomenon has been a phenomenon for a long time, Jordan's rookie season, the sixth to eighth teams in the East have a winning rate of less than 50%, and the seventh is Jordan's Bulls.

People have been used to it for decades.

After another day of rest for the Grizzlies and Mavericks, on May 8, Game 4 of the series between the two teams came.

After Game 4, the two teams were still evenly matched, and DeSean Stevenson seemed to be shooting with a feeling, he had already planned it, and if he won against the Grizzlies, he could say "I'm so-and-so finisher" again, and he had already said "James finisher" last year.

But DeSean Stevenson shot well, Conley and Chandler, Barria and Masimmy or Brandon Knight played well, and Nowitzki's side looked okay, but Yao Ming's weakness was very obvious!

The first to be affected was Yao Ming, Nash accurately seized the opportunity, took Klay Thompson, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Jordan Jr. to rush in waves, and ran and bombarded from the second half of the first quarter to the end of the first half, and Sun Ce and Randolph also rotated in the middle of the game, and did not change their style of play.

There is a premise for using Yao Ming to fight against running and bombing, which is the key to the Mavericks not being afraid of running and bombing in the first three games, that is, when the Mavericks have enough squad depth, Yao Ming has enough physical strength!

The depth of the Mavericks' lineup is good, this will not change, but Yao Ming can't bear it! I played half of the first quarter in the second half of the first quarter, and I didn't play so well in the second half of the second quarter.

This is where there is a ripple effect, and Nowitzki needs Yao Ming to play an efficient 20-minute performance to get plenty of rest to compete with the Grizzlies in the time period when he is the main scorer or containment point, and the Mavericks can play key shots without crushing the advantage and without opening up the gap in regulation time like Game 3.

And Sun Ce's side, with the experience of the first three games, knew that the other party would go all out to defend him, so at the beginning of the game, he attacked a few with all his might, in fact, he shot averagely, 5 shots and 2 hits in the half quarter, but the Mavericks didn't dare to bet on Sun Ce's state today, this is a crazy demon who they saw with their own eyes two consecutive 50+ outbursts, and when they saw Sun Ce's style of play, they thought he was going to break out again, so that Sun Ce scored 4 points in 5 shots and 2 shots, and got 2 boards and 3 assists in the first half quarter.

Sun Ce took advantage of this to help the Grizzlies carry the starting lineup of the Mavericks led by Nowitzki, who is in good shape on the Mavericks' side, in the first half of the first quarter.

When it came time to rotate the lineup, Nash, who went down early, came up to lead the team to run and bomb, and established a 4-point lead in the second half of the first quarter, leading 28-24, and Sun Ce went up in the second quarter, Nash continued to take Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Yi Jianlian, and Randolph to play and run, and carried the ferocious attack of the Mavericks led by the combination of Nowitzki and Jason Terry.

Finally, the Grizzlies' strategy, which has been implemented for three games, has not stopped for any reason, regardless of the state of the game, and it has finally paid off!

On the Mavericks' side, Nowitzki and Yao Ming also had a rotation break in the regular season, but it was forced by the Mavericks, they spent half a season to restore Yao Ming and Nowitzki, the two superstars affected by the suspension, at this stage, it is not that they want to let the two of them take turns to rest in order to recuperate, but there is no way, the two were not in good shape for a long time before the All-Star Weekend, and Carlisle had no choice but to give up the fight for the top four in the West, and would rather let the team be outside the top eight in the West before the All-Star Weekend, It is also necessary to get back into form with these two of the team's strongest stars who have been out of form for too long.

If he can make it to the top four, even if he can fight for fifth without too much effort, Carlisle's brain will only fall to eighth on his own initiative.

It was because he felt that even if he won the fifth place, he would be greatly injured in the second half of the regular season, that Carlisle chose the most difficult path.

Although the Mavericks have prepared to enter the playoffs as the eighth place, and even played the strange trick of playing abruptly at the end of the regular season and the beginning of the first round of the playoffs, they still almost did not steal the home-court advantage.

Who would have expected Sun Ce to get 50+ in the first two games? If it weren't for Jason Terry's shot, even if Nowitzki tied the score with a key three-pointer, the Grizzlies would have been dragged into overtime if Son Ce and Klay Thompson didn't score a three-pointer in the last 55 seconds, which would have been extremely disadvantageous for their Mavericks.

All three games were played to the final moments, and the second game Yao Ming was exhausted in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter, and in the third game the night before, the Grizzlies were still playing at the end, and they were going to consume Nowitzki and Yao Ming, although the Mavericks relied on Deshawn Stevenson to play the form of last year's Finals and laid a huge advantage in regular time, allowing Nowitzki and Yao Ming to hold on to the victory with a 12-point lead, but it also made the Mavericks rejuvenated.

No more than two days off between Game 2 and Game 3, this time only one day, the Grizzlies finally ushered in the advantage they were looking forward to and planning and implementing after three games - fitness!

During this time period, Sun Ce mainly focused on catching and shooting and counterattacking to the basket, reducing ball holding and consumption, and in the second half of the second quarter, Sun Ce went down to rest again, and Nash led the team to play the rest of the first half.

At the end of the first half, the Grizzlies managed to stretch the margin to more than five points, leading the Mavericks by eight points at 57-49 and going into halftime.

Sun Ce was replaced in the second half of the second quarter, and Coach Hollins actually used a dangerous move, because on the Mavericks' side, Nowitzki only played the first three minutes of the second quarter, and Yao Ming also played three and a half minutes in the first half of the second quarter.

Therefore, in the second half of the second quarter, when the Mavericks used Conley, Jason Terry, Marion, Brandon Knight, and Marcinmi's blocking lineup to play a good team offense, Coach Hollins insisted on replacing Sun Ce and using Nash with a double 3D and double emperor combination to fight Biao, which was actually not stable, although I was confident that under Nash's leadership, the opposite lineup could not be defended, but their lineup could not prevent Conley and Masinmi's blocking offense, and in case Jason Terry broke out, no one on their side could respond.

However, the result was good, and Nash was a veteran who taught Conley a good lesson.

Sure enough, in the third quarter, the Mavericks' playing style changed abruptly, Nowitzki, who had only played 9 minutes in the first half, came up and attacked half the quarter, and Yao Ming, who played 9 and a half minutes in the first half, came up and attacked half the quarter.

From the middle of the second quarter to halftime, Yao Ming and Nowitzki both rested for more than half an hour, ready to help the Mavericks score 29 points in a single quarter in this quarter, and their performance was very ferocious, especially Yao Ming, who fought in the second half of the third quarter, and did not think about the fourth quarter, he had to chase points.

Fortunately, the Grizzlies were prepared, and Sun Ce, who only played 12 minutes in the first half, came up in the third quarter and led the team to attack together with Randolph, who played 14 minutes in the first half!

Sun Ce has a posture of going crazy, and the Mavericks naturally put the defensive focus on him, because Randolph's role in playing without the ball is very simple, only catching the ball and shooting and secondary offense, his age, the 11th season of his career, it is basically impossible for him to develop a no-ball running position now.

But Randolph wants to play alone, there will still be a threat, the Grizzlies let Randolph go up to a single posture in the third quarter, every time he receives the ball to attract Chandler to shrink, he passes the ball to Gasol Jr. in the direction of the free throw line, Gasol Jr. passes to Sun Ce who bypassed from the right side of the three-second zone, and then blocked Marion who was chasing and gave Sun Ce a chance to break in the middle.

Sometimes things are relative, Sun Ce is too threatening, and at this time, Novitzki and Chandler both pounced when they burst in, so as to prevent Sun Ce from using his low post to change direction at high speed, and then Sun Ce had a chance to pass the basket!

Use Randolph's singles to make the opponent unable to pinch Sun Ce in advance and block Sun Ce's passes, and in turn create opportunities for Randolph to eat cakes in a row!

In the third quarter, Randolph and Sun Ce, Gasol Jr.'s three-man cooperation is the main offensive means, Neil, Klay Thompson, Paul George three good three on the court to open up space, if the opponent Chandler can't pinch Sun Ce in advance from the outside, the outside pitcher on the court has a chance, and Gasol Jr. can choose to divide when he receives the ball.

Although the opponent scored 29 points in a single quarter, their Grizzlies also scored 26 points in a single quarter!

At the end of the third quarter, the Grizzlies still led by five points at 83-78 into the fourth quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Yao Ming's side couldn't hold on, because Jason Terry's shooting performance today was average, Nowitzki played the whole quarter in the fourth quarter, and his performance was really good, once at 4 minutes and 26 seconds, he relied on a mid-range shot to help the Mavericks overtake by 1 point, but then Brother Hu took the initiative again, Sun Ce received Nash and Jordan Jr. twice in a row on the inside to block and cooperate with Chandler to pull out the pass after Nowitzki dunked and scored, helping the Grizzlies to take a 3-point lead, and the Grizzlies completely took the initiative, In the seventh minute of the fourth quarter, Sun Ce divided the ball to Klay Thompson to attract the defense and then gave Paul George a three-point shot, and the Grizzlies stretched the difference to 10 points in one fell swoop!

After the Mavericks called a timeout, they had a 10-point lead, and with 5 minutes left, the lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Gasol Jr. was on again!

This made Carlisle about to collapse, Rao is that he has a thousand calculations, but he can't help but meet a group of scoundrels!

He had long guessed that the Grizzlies would choose to grind their style of play to death and have no pride in the regular season championship, so he played a trick from the beginning, but he was still consumed by the Grizzlies to this point.

What should he do when he encounters such a team?

Just like the Grizzlies encountered a lore in the first and third games, and couldn't think of a good solution when they encountered the opponent's role player outburst, Carlisle had nothing to do in this situation!

With a lead of more than five points and only half a quarter remaining, the Grizzlies can win eight out of 10 games, at least the same consistency as the Grizzlies have been in the regular season for the past two years, and they can win unless the opposing shooting explodes.

But tonight, the Mavericks didn't make it!

Mr. Tony and Gasol Jr. took Sun Ce, Paul George, and Batur to grind the last 5 minutes with defense!

Sun Ce played 33 minutes in the game, playing a new low after the start of this year's playoffs, and his scoring was also a new low, 19 points, but he also got 14 boards, 7 assists, 4 blocks and 1 steal!

In this game, Sun Ce's passing and due singles did a very good job, helping the team win the Mavericks 106-97 away and regain the home court advantage!