Playing the Mavericks and Spurs, there is a sense of powerlessness on the Grizzlies' side, not that they can't beat it, but they don't feel comfortable even if they win, and they feel like they're ready to punch each other with all their strength but hit the cotton.

Maybe that's what the managers of both teams want, or maybe it's not necessary.

Although he is very unhappy with the head coaches of these two teams, Sun Ce doesn't have time to care so much, and the next schedule is still tight.

And defeated the Spurs, his 15 + 9 + 6 + 3 + 3 data, Dior played 20 minutes tonight and got 7 points, 6 boards, 2 assists and 1 steal, which is an all-round encirclement of the opponent in the internal test!

At the end of the game, the system prompts that it arrived as scheduled.

"Balance Bracelet Advanced Event (B):

Goal 1: In the new season against Boris Dior, the host must be higher in points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and steals than Boris Dior. (Completed)

Goal 2: In the new season against Josh Smith, the host must have more rebounds, assists, and blocks than Josh Smith. (Completed)

Goal 3: In the new season against LeBron James, the host needs to score + rebound + assist more than LeBron James. (Completed.) ）

Congratulations to the host, the Oscar Robertson's Balance Bracelet has been upgraded to LeBron James' Balance Bracelet, a Tier B gear. ”

"LeBron James's Balance Bracelet (B): The host will be perfectly adapted to the three positions of point guard, small forward, and power forward, and if you choose to change positions, you will be evaluated with a high degree of adaptability."

After having completed all the objectives related to Josh Smith, James, and Dior, the balance bracelet has finally been upgraded! Sun Ce worked so hard to assist in defense tonight, in order to ensure that all five statistics continued to be higher than Dior.

Although I don't think about playing the third or fourth position for the time being, if you want to use the star experience card of the inside player, the bonus will be higher!

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There was no time for the Grizzlies to relive this uncomfortable feeling, and the 12th returned to Memphis for a night of rest, and the home team came back-to-back to play the Jazz and Hornets.

When playing the Jazz, the Grizzlies 89-79, relying on defense to defeat the opponent thrillingly, the opponent's defensive routine is to lock up the rest of the Grizzlies and let Sun Ce shoot, fortunately, Sun Ce played 38 minutes, 26 shots and 12 got 33 points, 17 boards, 4 assists, 5 blocks and 2 steals, the performance was very good, not crushed by the opponent's targeted tactics, and withheld.

But in Game 4 of 8 days and 6 games, the last game of two consecutive back-to-backs, the Grizzlies did not hold up, 79-88, and were upset by the Hornets.

It's purely that they can't shoot on their side, Hornets head coach Byron Scott works hard, except for Irving, who plays well and replaces them, but the players on the court are still very hard, they are not working for Byron Scott's bad plan, but for their own contract to work hard, seeing that except for Sun Ce and Gasol Jr., the Grizzlies feel bad, and decisively pinch the two, and the others love to shoot or not.

And Irving got 28 points and 4 assists tonight, beating Sun Ce, who had 20 points and 5 assists, in scoring and assists.

Led by Irving, the Hornets beat the Grizzlies in an upset.

The Grizzlies' four-game winning streak was ended, and their record became 48-11, ending the Bulls' goal of tying the lowest loss in a single season.

Interestingly, although the game was not broadcast live, the live photos that circulated after the game, Byron Scott's desperate expression was distressing......

Before this game, the Hornets were 18-31, and the Bobcats, who were "chasing" the bottom of the East, would definitely not be able to catch up, and the opposite side was 6-52, swinging the king, and a posture of refreshing the Grizzlies' all-time lowest 8-game win.

But the Hornets, who were originally the second-to-last in the league, have now beaten the Grizzlies and improved their win tally to 19 games, tied by the Wizards and Suns!

Scott, the master of the field, can't beat the schedule suppression.

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The Devils schedule of 6 games in 8 days continues, and after playing two back-to-backs, another back-to-back is coming soon, home and away against the Timberwolves and Bobcats.

The day after playing the Hornets, No. 15, the Grizzlies did not schedule a practice.

But the coaching staff still has to work, and we have a meeting today to discuss how the remaining seven games will be played.

The new LED screen in the FedEx Arena conference room shows the results so far this season.

With only six to eight games left for each team, the current standings are fiercely contested.

In the West, the Grizzlies are in first place with 48 wins, the Lakers are 45-15 in second, the Spurs are 44-16 in third, the Thunder are 42-17 in fourth, the Nuggets are 40-20 in fifth, the Clippers are 35-25 in sixth, the Mavericks are 33-26 in seventh, the Jazz are 33-27 in eighth, the Warriors are 30-30 in ninth, and the Rockets are 29-29 in tenth.

In the East, the Heat are 45-14 in first place, 45-15 in second place, 40-19 in third place in the 76ers, fourth in fourth place Pacers 38-21, fifth in fifth place Knicks 38-21, sixth team Celtics 37-23, seventh Hawks 30-30, eighth team Bucks 27-31.

This year's top-eight record in the East and West has been generally good, but it has also led to a particularly poor record for non-playoff teams, with 10 teams in the league winning around 30 percent.

The rankings of the top few are still uncertain, and the rankings of the last few are also uncertain, and if you win more than you lose, the ranking will change greatly.

The Grizzlies have maintained the first place in the league for so long, and now it is not so stable, starting tomorrow, 7 games in 11 days, if they really lose a lot, theoretically speaking, it is really possible to be killed in the end.

Coach Hollins analyzed the current standings and switched to the next fixtures.

No. 16 home game against the Timberwolves, No. 17 away game Bobcats, No. 19 home game against the Trail Blazers, No. 21 home game against the Cavaliers, No. 23 home game against Magic, No. 24 away game against the Hornets, No. 27 regular season game away to the Mavericks.

Coach Hollins said to his colleagues: "The next seven games are very important, we need to ensure our health and record in this tight time, and we also need to prepare the team for the playoffs in the final part of the schedule, we rely on the rotation to keep the players from experiencing too many injuries, but it also leads to the coordination is not as good as the pre-season, and it needs to be adjusted, you can say what you want to do about the next part of the schedule." ”

This is a task that has been assigned last night, and the meeting today is to come up with a plan, and it must be implemented immediately.

It's not easy to stay healthy, to keep your stamina going forward, to prepare for the playoffs, and to keep your record.

Dave Joggle started by stating his plan: "We continue to rotate Steve, Mark, Zach and Tony in back-to-back games, and stick to our strategy that if we can win at least three games, we can win the regular season on a consistent basis and stay healthy." ”

It's a guaranteed strategy in the absence of a way, it's stable, but it's conservative, most of the things are taken into account, but the crucial run-in at the end of the season hasn't been done.

Chris Wallace, as the general manager, also understands the ball and also put forward a plan: "We can let Zach, Mark, Tony, and Steve just stop playing in the first four games, rest well, and give it their all in the last three games." ”

It's a good idea, but it's too aggressive, and if you really take too long to break your form......

After some discussion, there is still no concrete solution.

After all, not all problems can be solved, and if you encounter a problem, you can solve it...... There will be no change in the NBA, strong or strong, weak or weak, everyone can solve the problem, which means that all the problems have not been solved.

Stockton, who was brought in to the meeting, thought for a while and began to analyze: "Actually, I don't think our players have much physical problems now, their back-to-back performances in the past few months have fluctuated a lot, I don't think it's just physical problems, our rotation plan is doing well."

The problem now is that with such a tight schedule, we have them play as long as they are supposed to play, even if they have one game off, and when they play in the next game, they actually only have two days off......

After Stockton's analysis, Coach Hollins took the initiative to ask for advice: "Then John, what is your advice?" ”

Stockton pondered for a moment and said: "We can play directly according to the playoff lineup, but we need to reduce the playing time of the players we need them to rest, such as making Steve and Mark play a little shorter in each quarter, don't have to let them play more because of the score and the win, let the young players play more, and let them play for 3-5 ......minutes in each quarter."

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Sun Ce's side, after fighting a 5-day 4-war battle, he had a good rest for a day, lying down to watch the crayon Xiaoxin, and Lily Collins had a two-hour phone call, accompanying the ancestral goose to do manual work...... And so the day passed.

After a day of rest, on April 16th, the last back-to-back of 8 days and 6 games came, a home-and-away back-to-back, Sun Ce regained his spirits, and in the last 7 games, he had to keep the regular season championship!

This is the first regular season championship banner in his career, thinking that he won 65 games last season, and he didn't even have a regional championship flag, so miserable, this time he finally had the opportunity to hang the first flag in the team's history over the arena.

sent the ancestral goose to school, and the text message instructed the driver's eldest sister to go directly to the FedEx arena after receiving the ancestral goose in the afternoon, and Sun Ce came to the stadium to prepare for tonight's game.

If there is anyone in the league like Sun Ce, who has played 59 games in 3 and a half months, and still seems to be a nobody, he wakes up early in the morning and goes to the arena at 8 o'clock to practice shooting after a morning run...... Maybe not this season.

Tim Hardaway, the technical assistant coach's mentality, is about to collapse, watching Sun Ce practice shooting energetically again, Tim Hardaway sadly serves Sun Ce, and from time to time he has to guide Sun Ce on the connection of catching the ball and jumping......

Sun Ce is not tired, he is tired!

At the pre-match meeting in the morning, the coaching staff announced that all the next seven games would be played with full squad.

Just when Sun Ce was puzzled and wanted to ask questions, Coach Hollins continued: "Due to the tight schedule, Steve and Toney's playing time will be limited to 12 to 15 minutes, and Mark and Zach will be limited to 15 to 20 minutes, and we will arrange the lineup and tactics in the first half of each quarter with their play, and they will not play for the rest ......of the time."

After the tactical meeting, Sun Ce finally straightened it out and found that this was a pit!

Tony Allen and Gasol Jr. are the inside and outside defensive gates, and they only play the first half of each quarter; Nash is the run-and-gun commander, and Randolph is the strongest offensive player in positional warfare, and he only plays the first half of each quarter, 12 to 15 minutes, Sun Ce estimates that it may be 12 minutes, 15 to 20 minutes, or 15 minutes......

In other words, in the second half of every quarter of every game, maybe these four bigwigs won't play!

So if there is a crisis, who does the team need to rely on?

asked Nash, who gave him a blank look: "Rely on you!" Our MVP. ”

“……”

Sun Ce just asked Mr. Na to express his uneasiness in his heart, indeed, this arrangement, the team has a feeling of pointing to him to contribute more, there has really been no such situation before, even if he takes turns off, the four bigwigs will always leave two for him, and let him find a way to solve the problem around these teammates.

But at the end of the season, it's up to you!