957. Lefou! (Part 3)
7 games in 11 days, although the schedule is tight, fortunately, there are not many strong teams, and only three strong teams were originally arranged for the 7 games: the Trailblazers, Magic, and Mavericks.
But before the start of the season, the Magic traded Howard away, and the Trail Blazers naturally collapsed by relying on team doctors, and only the last game of the current seven games is difficult to play against the Mavericks.
The biggest problem is the two back-to-backs, because the last game against the Mavericks has two days off, which is to play six games in the first nine days.
Although the 9-day 6-game game is not as brutal as the past wave of 8-day 6-game and the 6-day 5-game at the beginning of the month, in an ordinary season, 9-day 6-game is already the tightest schedule that each team can experience in the regular season.
The shrinking season has left teams unable to prepare for the playoffs.
There was no way, Sun Ce suppressed the excitement, nervousness and a little scared, and prepared for the battle.
By noon, the NBA officially announced the Eastern and Western Player of the Week for Game Week 16 of the season.
On the Western side, the Lakers won 4-1 last week, and Paul, who averaged 14.2 points and 13.2 assists per game, won the best of the week.
In the East, Andrew Bynum helped the Knicks to a 3-1 record in the past week, averaging 24 points, 14.5 rebounds and 3.25 blocks per game.
Sun Ce is very concerned about this, which is likely to affect his competition for MVP this season, and when he saw that the best of the week in the West was not him, his heart was half cold, but he didn't expect Bynum to stand up and stand up and overpower James who was racing at the end of the season.
Looking at Kobe Bryant's average of 30.3 points per game and James's average of 30.1 points per game, these two guys have been fighting recently, if you are 30+, I will have a game of 40+, and after that, both will average more than 30 points per game, and dominate the hot news every day.
Sun Ce tried to suppress the restlessness in his heart, this restlessness did not mean that he wanted to be separated from them, but the restlessness brought about by the restlessness and wanted to express it urgently......
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After an afternoon of rest, at 5:40 p.m., after the warm-up, Sun Ce and his teammates entered the court together.
The regular season is coming to an end, and the first regular season championship in team history and Sun Ce's second MVP are only a stone's throw away, and the enthusiasm of Grizzlies fans can be imagined.
In the past, they were all chasing stars from other teams, but in this part of the United States, the team honey is really harder than the star honey, and of course, the star honey of the local team is also counted in the team honey.
And Memphis fans couldn't really stiffen their waists before, and they have been rotten for so many years! Although he has made the playoffs three times before, he has been swept all three times.
However, since Sun Ce's arrival, local Memphis fans feel like their basketball world has been lit up!
In recent years, Memphis fans have some bulls to brag, although they didn't win the championship, but every year there are 29 teams that can't win the championship, and they don't win the championship, and other that can be bragged can still continue to blow.
For example, replacing Sun Ce with a center forward on the list avoided Tabit who needed to be trained for a long time and was just a defensive center with average physical strength in his hands, and also got back a sophomore MVP.
For example, Randolph used to be really a bad guy, but after coming to Memphis, he became the team's top insider.
Now the team is not far from the first regular season championship in team history, and Sun Ce is also attacking his own Lianzhuang MVP......
Watching the players on the Grizzlies' side appear one by one, listening to the cheers of the fans at the scene, Lefu on the Timberwolves' side is envious, jealous and hateful!
This season, they were already on the verge of getting back on their feet, not to mention making the playoffs, it was impossible, but there was still hope of hitting a 50 percent win percentage for the first time in their careers.
Lefu also doesn't like to lose all the time, after all, he is an inside player, without a good coach and good outside teammates, even if he doesn't brush the data, he can't lead the team to win by himself.
And this season they really had a good coach, a good point guard, and at one point they reached ninth in the West, tying the Mavericks, who were ninth at the time, but Rubio reimbursed them, and everything was over, and they became a big bad team again.
Watching Ellis lead the team to the ninth place in the West and wait for an opportunity, he dare not compare with others, he has not even won 30 wins in his career, but the Warriors who have been a bad team since he entered the NBA, he can't help but compare Ellis with himself, which makes him feel like a failure.
And some people really compare the two teams, the Warriors look like they are about to get out, and his team has been dubbed a super bad team.
And the Grizzlies, who were worse than their Timberwolves......
At six o'clock in the evening, the Grizzlies and Timberwolves game began.
On the Grizzlies' side, Nash, Sun Ce, Paul George, Randolph, and Gasol Jr. started together.
On the Timberwolves' side, the starting lineup of Wayne Ellington, Martell Webster, Wesley Johnson, Love, and Pekovic came on.
After the game began, Sun Ce easily won the jump ball from Pekovic's head, and the Grizzlies attacked first.
In order to cooperate with Sun Ce's entry direction, Nash's choice of blocking and dismantling broke through to the left, and when Sun Ce cut in from the right side, Gasol Jr. helped Sun Ce block Ellington who changed Sun Ce's defense, and Pekovic could only go to Sun Ce's defense and run to the bottom line.
At this time, Gasol Jr. pulled a step to the free throw line, Nash immediately passed the ball to Gasol Jr., Lefu hurriedly made up from the inside, Gasol Jr. hoisted to the basket, and Randolph cut in from the baseline to catch the ball and scored two points.
With two simple pick-and-rolls and two passes, you can easily get a pass cut.
Compared with the chisel of one ball after another, or the chisel of Lefou, a 122-kilogram fat power forward, Randolph is not stupid, and there is no need to sit and play to show his star power.
Pekovic looked at Lefu and was helpless, he just kept the basket, Gasol Jr. was willing to shoot and let him shoot? This defensive judgment is simply inferior.
Offense and defense transitioned, the Timberwolves attacked, and Wayne Ellington advanced to the frontcourt to organize the offense...... In fact, it is just holding the ball and dribbling a few handfuls, as the MOP of the semifinals of the 2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament, it is not for nothing that he was selected with the 28th pick, and his breakthrough is a scum in the NBA.
Unsurprisingly, in the face of Paul George's defense, Wayne Ellington didn't have any chance to break through, stepped back sharply, and shot a three-pointer from a big step from the three-point line......
Miss!
But Lefu was stunned and stuck in the position, carrying Randolph's card position and squeezing away Sun Ce, who pounced, to make a basket and score two points.
At the beginning of the game, Lefu began to play with his life!
The Grizzlies had trouble at the beginning, Lefu worked the offensive end, good defensive rebounding, good singles in the low post before no weight loss, good passing, in fact, even the defense has bright spots, he can't change defenses and assist defense, but he does a really good job in the low post.
Under the guidance of second-year Pekovic, Lefu finally left Randolph casually and followed Randolph closely.
When Rubio was there in the early part of the season, the Timberwolves actually defended very well, conceding only 98 points per game at one point, with Pekovic and Milicic at the center, Wesley Johnson at the front, and Rubio at the guard.
It's just that after Rubio's reimbursement, the back line has no defense, and there is no playmaker on the offensive end, and it slowly collapses.
In fact, this is mainly because there is no motivation to defend when you lose, and Lefu has returned to the mode of data brushing.
But tonight, Lefu looked at Sun Ce, unspeakably jealous!
Why is Sun Ce strong and strong when he fights the Grizzly Bears? There are a lot of drafts and free agents who have been drafted well, and even Nash has got them......
And the Grizzlies pay attention to every game at the end of the season, and Lefu is very confident in his own strength, and wants to show his strength by playing against the Grizzlies, so that the stars of other teams will pay attention to him.
Although he hooked up with James, Lefu found that James was a bit of a and messed around with flowers, and this guy was not necessarily reliable.
Lefou's low-post defensive ability is really good, he made a mistake in the first ball with an active pounce, and then listened to Pekovic's words, this is a big center who is very aggressive at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, Adelman quickly tapped his talent after he came, Lefu blocked the basket, Pekovic blocked the bottom line and the basket; Wesley Johnson on the outside is a waste of wood on the offensive end, except for countering dunks and catching three-pointers, but the defense is excellent, with good single defense, help defense, blocking, and steals.
Sun Ce and his teammates were fighting, and found that it seemed as if they had been floating on the outside for a long time!
Because the start was in accordance with the tactics, using the block to find a vacant position to shoot, the result was that the opponent's defense was very targeted, blocking the basket and the bottom line, Nash was changed to defense, Paul George's three points were defended by Webster, Gasol Jr. and Sun Ce were empty, Sun Ce blocked and dismantled as long as he received the ball from the middle distance, no one guarded, and if Gasol Jr. gave his teammates a chance to shoot after blocking and dismantling, no one defended.
It's okay to throw in, but it can't be thrown, Randolph faces Lefou, and he really doesn't have a good offensive rebounding opportunity, Randolph rebounds very well, but Lefu is even more powerful!
The point is that there were no counter-attack opportunities, and the Timberwolves' offensive success rate was also high, scoring 16 points in the first half of the first quarter.
By the time of the official timeout in the first quarter, the Timberwolves led the Grizzlies by two points, 16-14!
The Timberwolves' offensive success rate is high, not because of how accurate the shot is, but they dare to throw, and they are accurate when they throw it, and the reason why they dare to throw it is because of Lefou's 3 offensive rebounds in the first half of the quarter!
Love has a lot of offensive rebounds, which means that the Grizzlies can't play the outside trio + Randolph's counterattack, and as the season comes to an end, the Grizzlies' core starting five's style of play is becoming more and more abundant, among which Gasol Jr.'s four-man counterattack after holding the basket is one of the tactics that makes the starting lineup's offense look less cumbersome.
But I didn't make it today! The start was suppressed by the Timberwolves!