968. Dry up, playoffs! (Part 3)
89-82, the Grizzlies defeated the Mavericks on the road and won seven in a row.
This score, I don't know how fierce the two teams are.
In fact, it was Klay Thompson, Tony Allen, Jimmy Butler, and Paul George who scored in double figures, and the Grizzlies won the ......
Sun Ce sat on the sidelines and watched his team lose if they wanted to, and watched Aaron Gray play 30 minutes and get 8 points, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks......
When the final whistle blew, the system prompt came.
"The Avenger's Ambition (Small Ben Exclusive):
Phase 1 event: 2011-2012 regular season sweep of the Mavericks. (Completed)
Congratulations to the host for winning an A-level raffle card.
Stage 2 Event: Avenger's Gift triggers. ”
"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 this season's playoffs.
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.
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.
Failure Penalty: A random deduction of the host's skill card. ”
Seeing that there were already two A-level lottery cards in the prop space, Sun Ce didn't know whether to be happy or regretful.
However, this untied the knot in Sun Ce's heart.
Although, in all respects, he didn't meet the Mavericks in the first round, even if this incident failed, Sun Ce felt that this choice was right.
But! Being able to play against the Mavericks a little faster, Sun Ce is very excited!
After looking at the event goals, I don't care about the description that followed, it was a situation that I didn't encounter in the first round, such as the Mavericks sixth or seventh, and they were eliminated in the first or second round, and they Grizzlies entered the Western Conference finals.
Now it's easy, take out the Mavericks in the first round and you can get new skills!
And there are also advanced rewards, last year they were killed by the Mavericks 4-1, and this year if they can get revenge by 4-1 or sweep, they can get advanced rewards.
That is, the star experience card of the Silver Horn King who is matched with the skill of Golden Rooster Independence!
However, one thing to say, seeing the poor field control skills of his coaching staff, Sun Ce himself couldn't stand it.
Mr. Tony scored 18 points on 7-of-16 shooting and 4-of-6 from the free-throw line, which was nothing short of spectacular.
The Mavericks don't seem to have many traces of their control of the court, they just don't let the offense play well, they don't let the defense play well, they are good on their side, Mr. Tony 18 points, Jimmy Brother 15 points, these two have the highest scores......
But there was really no way, they all let Lewis single, but Lewis shot 2 of 2 from beyond the three-point line, and quickly replaced ......
When a player is on the court, he will definitely play hard, and he will not say a few blind shots, even if he is blind a few shots, he will go all out to shoot, and he will not say random throws.
Due to their Grizzlies team's multiple rotations, Nash, Randolph, Gasol Jr., and Tony Allen have all played between 51 and 56 games this season, which means that other players who do not rotate have more opportunities to play and are in good shape.
Seeing that the Mavericks were losing one by one and laughing, Sun Ce scolded angrily in his heart: shameless!
Coach Hollins is also quite helpless, but the matter has come to this, he can't help but be happy, this can be won, play the Mavericks, just play the Mavericks! Preparations for the first round with the Mavericks have already begun.
Just had a chance to avoid the Mavericks, so try it, but didn't, then face the challenge!
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The last game between the Grizzlies and the Mavericks, although not spectacular, was well rated, and fans saw a lot of footage that they wouldn't normally see.
For example, Mr. Tony counterattacked with the ball and made a layup, Klay cut into the ball and dunked on the neck, Barria flew to dunk and dunk the net, and Marion turned around for a layup in the low post......
This is a Shaq five embarrassment competition, and the ratings are still very high, with more than 14 million people paying to watch it. The live broadcast of this game was much more than the expected 10 million payers.
When the Grizzlies defeated the Mavericks, and the Mavericks locked up the eighth place in the West, the Lakers played with all the main forces, Paul got 14 points and 14 assists, Kobe Bryant got 38 points and 6 boards, Odom got 19 points and 19 boards, Brand scored 22 points, and the Lakers slaughtered the Warriors 113-93, improving their record to 50-16, relying on the advantage of winning and losing to overtake the Spurs and lock the second place in the West!
Now the Western Conference standings are officially determined, and the Grizzlies, who are 55-11, won the first regular season championship in team history; The second-place and third-place Spurs are both 50-16; fourth, the Thunder, 46-20; fifth, Nuggets, 43-23; The sixth-place Jazz are 38-28; The seventh-place Clippers are 37-29; The eighth-eighth Mavericks are 36-30.
In the East, after the Heat defeated the Magic 95-86, they overtook the Bulls to win the Eastern Conference regular season championship with a 51-15 record; The 50-16 Bulls are second; Third, the 76ers are 45-21; fourth-place Pacers are 42-24; fifth, the Knicks, 38-28; The sixth-place Celtics are 36-30; The seventh-largest Hawks are 33-33; The eighth-place Bucks are 31-35.
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The day after the Grizzlies finished playing the Mavericks, when fans were still talking about their most embarrassing battle with the Mavericks, Sun Ce had returned to Memphis with the team.
Last night's last game was the end of the Lakers and Warriors, and the schedule was out after the Eastern and Western standings were all confirmed.
The four-group series between the Heat and the Bucks, the Pacers and the Knicks, the Lakers and the Clippers, and the Spurs and Jazz will begin on April 30.
The Grizzlies and Mavericks series will begin on May 1, with the Thunder and Nuggets, Bulls and Hawks, 76ers and Celtics series set to start on the same day.
When he arrived in Memphis, after Sun Ce returned home, he first looked at the schedule, and the first four games were on May 1, 3, 6, and 8, which was similar to previous years, but the playoffs started 10 days later than in previous years.
Then add that there are three days to prepare today, there is no training schedule today, there is training tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and the first day next month will start playing the Mavericks in the playoffs for the third time in three years at home.
Suddenly remembering that this was the third time he had played against the Mavericks in the playoffs, Sun Ce suddenly found something that had not happened to him before, they seemed to be "old enemies" with the Mavericks!
The main thing is that he is a grandson, after entering the NBA, every time he plays the playoffs, he meets the Mavericks!
Thinking about it, Sun Ce felt quite energetic......
After looking at the discussion of last night's game on the Internet, Sun Ce found that the fans were quite happy to watch.
Indeed, what Kenny Smith said during the commentary on last night's game was also found interesting by Sun Ce.
Kenny Smith said at the beginning of the game: "Actually, in the last game of the regular season, these two teams played each other, it doesn't matter if they win or lose, they are going to play the playoffs soon, and the playoffs are the most important ......"
Most fans and the media also have the same opinion, this game is a very hard game between the two teams, that is, the regular season, and the playoffs are the real thing.
And this did not affect Sun Ce's evaluation in the minds of fans and the media, because he didn't play in the last round! In the six games before this game, he had two triple-doubles, two 50+ and one of them was 60+, and the end of the season was extremely crazy!
By 12 noon, the East-West Player of the Month for April was announced.
In the East, Pierce averaged 25.3 points, 6 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game in April, leading the team to a 12-5 record, helping the Celtics recover from a 24-25 win rate of less than 50% and enter the playoffs with the sixth place in the East.
On the western side, the last 7 consecutive wins, mainly the 6 consecutive wins played by Sun Ce in the front, allowed Sun Ce to win the 3rd monthly award this season!
The ultimate ranking of MVPs in the major lists is also out,. In terms of T, Sun Ce ranked first, Kobe Bryant second, James third, Rose fourth, Parker fifth, Durant sixth, Evans seventh, Hibbert eighth, Howard ninth, and Lawson tenth.
On the ESPN side, James is first, Sun Ce is second, Kobe is third, Parker is fourth, and Rose is fifth......
In terms of Sports Illustrated, Kobe Bryant is first, Sun Ce is second, Rose is third, James is fourth, and Parker is fifth......
Sun Ce looked at the rankings given by the three major lists, and all of them were ranked in the top five along with Kobe, James, Rose, and Parker.
The tendency of the three major lists is also very clear, Time Warner's Sports Illustrated naturally supports Kobe, they gave the Lakers a 20-year broadcast fee of 5 billion, Kobe has a chance to take it, of course, praise Kobe.
ESPN has been praising James and Rose. T is to praise his grandson and Parker.
However, Sun Ce has no bottom in his heart, and it seems that ESPN and Sports Illustrated have ranked him second, and some voters on ESPN's side may give him the second vote, or would rather give it to him than Kobe; Sports Illustrated is about the same, preferring to give him a second vote rather than James......
But the final result still depends on the actual vote.
Now everything is unknown, he does have a lot of advantages, but if he wins the MVP, he will be a two-time MVP, which is more difficult than Kobe Bryant and James.
After the Lakers' game last night, the data leaderboard also determined the rankings.
This makes James less likely to win the MVP, because after Kobe Bryant scored 38 points in the last game, he averaged 31.1 points per game, beating James, who averaged 30.9 points per game, and won the scoring title this season!
Howard played 60 games and averaged 15.6 boards per game to beat Sun Ce, who averaged 13.8 boards per game, to win the rebounding title.
On Sun Ce's side, he played 65 games and averaged 3.8 blocks per game, beating Ibaka, who averaged 3.6 blocks per game, to win the block king.
In terms of assist kings, Rondo is the only one who averages 10+ assists per game and 11.7 assists per game, more than two times higher than Westbrook, who averages 9.1 assists per game in second place.
In terms of steals, Conley is amazing, averaging 2.4 steals per game to win the first data king award in his career.
The regular season has ended, and this morning fans have been hotly discussing a few games from last night, and after the best of the month, the list of the three authoritative media outlets came out at noon, and the data king was officially determined by the NBA, and so on, the fans' attention has also shifted to the major awards of the regular season.
The hotly discussed data king, MVP, best defensive player, best rookie and other personal awards, the prediction of the best team and the best defensive team, etc., have become the focus of the latest heated discussions among fans.
Sun Ce watched the news for a while, turned off the computer, and stopped paying attention to what the fans and the media said.
No matter what they say, it's not that important to him and his team, and now, the most important thing is the next playoffs!
It is possible to be eliminated in the first round, of course, he is definitely unwilling, and this year's shrinking season is his chance to reach the top, and he must fight!
There are Double Bear, Double Emperor, Double 3D, Teacher Na, Teacher Tony...... He doesn't think they're worse than anyone else!
Even if he is not worthy of MVP, he is also working hard, trying his best to play his own characteristics in the team and help the team win more games.
Moreover, now his "arsenal" is full!
After the NBA's official website confirmed the data king award and the team sent a message informing him that he was going to accept the "prize plate" of the block king tomorrow, the system prompt came, and there was another star experience card!
In the first round, he will fight the Mavericks, or he will succeed in revenge, or he will be hacked...... This feeling of facing the dripping blood, Sun Ce became dry!