966.Playoff Preview (Part 1)
From the East and West Weekly nominations, Sun Ce saw that Howard, Rose, and Roy Hibbert were nominated on the East side.
On the Western side, Kobe Bryant was also nominated, along with Jazz power forward Millsap.
The Lakers have also won all four games in the past week, and also defeated the Spurs, and Kobe Bryant also scored 55 points in the game against the Spurs; The Jazz have won all five of their games this past week.
But Sun Ce's performance was better, the data was furious, and he stole the limelight when Kejan was competing for hegemony.
Although the eggs hurt and the Mavericks were a bunch of scumbags on their side, the game still had to be played one game at a time.
He had to play well in each of the next three games.
You can take turns not to play, but if you play, you must play well, although you have locked the regular season championship, but in terms of MVP voting, now he is one of the three candidates who are observed by a magnifying glass, if you play well, others take it for granted, if you don't play well, you may become the one who falls behind at the last moment, such as in 2008, Kobe Bryant won the MVP by defeating Paul head-on.
In fact, it is a good choice to take a rotational break, and based on the feedback Sun Ce received from Coach Hollins, it seems that the team would like him to take a rotational rest.
However, seeing that it has already tied the number of triple-doubles of the Magicians, another triple-double will give him the third-place position in the history of the single-season triple-double rankings.
In this year, accomplishing such a feat can play a bonus role in the MVP competition, of course Sun Ce can't take turns to rest, and he has to make a triple-double in three games.
Playing the Magic and the Hornets is an excellent choice.
At 5 p.m., the Grizzlies vs. Magic game begins.
In this game, Sun Ce didn't have a good chance to get a triple-double, and he needed to defend the basket and get rebounds desperately.
The Rookie Nikola Vucevic that the Magic team got from the 76ers is really good, and he was directly trained by the Magic team, averaging 10.3 points and 11 boards per game, the only pity is that the schedule is too tight, almost every month because of some minor injuries to miss most of the game, the regular season is about to end, this is Vucevic's 30th appearance this season, so he was not listed as the best rookie candidate, nor did he get the rookie of the month, and even the rookie game was withdrawn because of injury.
With the addition of Ryan Anderson and Turkoglou, the Magic team is actually playing very well on the inside, and it can get 25 wins this season, relying on the three major interior lines of old, slow and tender.
Sun Ce didn't have a chance to get too many assists in this game, and contracted more, playing 35 minutes and scoring 22 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 blocks and 4 turnovers, and the Grizzlies defeated the Magic 91-84 without danger and won five consecutive wins.
Finally, when the Grizzlies challenged the Hornets away the next day, Sun Ce did his best in the first half, played 18 minutes and got 7 points, 11 boards, 7 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals, and finally had a chance to get a triple-double!
When playing the Magic team, Sun Ce was preparing, if the data in the first half was good enough, he would use physical medicine in the second half.
But the Magic team only had two assists in the first half, and the opponent's Vucevic was not afraid of the superstar, before playing the Heat team 24 rebounds in a single game gave him a lot of confidence, Sun Ce temporarily gave up the plan to get a triple-double, and cooperated with his teammates steadily, after all, this is the four big teammates really playing in a playoff posture, the whole team is playing defense, he can't mess up the team's preparation for the playoffs, it just so happens that the Magic team is playing very well.
But when playing the Hornets, he led by 13 points 26-13 in the first quarter, and Sun Ce naturally passed more from the second quarter and worked hard to grab the board.
After a round of physical potion at halftime, Sun Ce came back and taught rookie champion Owen a good lesson, desperately defending Owen on the defensive end, who let this guy secretly yin them last time when they were at the worst of their schedule?
In fact, Sun Ce's two blocks in the first half were given to Irving, one of the two steals, and it also gave Irving, who was not deeply involved in the world, a perfect regular season ending to let him know the cruelty of the NBA.
And the Hornets with low combat effectiveness are only twice as many as the Bobcats in their current victory, and Sun Ce has such tacit teammates, what to do the Hornets can't stop at all.
In the end, Sun Ce, who played 38 minutes, made 8 of 14 shots, 0 of 2 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, and got 21 points, 18 boards, 13 assists, 5 blocks and 3 steals.
While scoring a triple-double, he frantically targeted Irving, so that Irving didn't know what he had done wrong, shooting 2 of 14 in a single game, only scoring 7 points and 4 assists, and once again ushered in a nightmare night......
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18 triple-doubles, third all-time!
Sun Ce has reached another milestone in this shrinking season, and as he expected, some people have compared him to the Magic, and obviously, this is definitely a huge boost for him to compete for MVP.
Most fans, media, and experts think that when the Grizzlies can lock up the regular season championship with only three wins in the last seven games, they will choose to play casually, and it is enough to beat three weak teams to recharge for the playoffs.
In fact, the Grizzlies are really doing this, they are ready to lose two or three of the first four games, and it is enough to win one, after all, the rotation of those four games is really like looking for a loss.
And the last three games, this time against the Magic and the Hornets, only the games that must be won have been prepared for a long time, plus the first four games to find one to win, lock up the regular season championship, and then have a curtain call with the Mavericks.
But the plan can't catch up with the changes, in the first game, he relied on Sun Ce to win the Timberwolves with 65 points in a single game, and the Grizzlies coaching staff in the second to fourth games simply didn't think about how to win, honed tactics in the first half, it didn't matter if they were behind, and let Sun Ce play casually in the second half.
As a result, it is now six wins in a row......
With 54 wins and 11 points, the Grizzlies have a chance to win 55 in this shrinking season!
It smashed the faces of the pundits who had predicted at the start of the season that there would not be 50 wins this season.
Moreover, not only the Grizzlies, but also the Lakers, the Heat, the Bulls, and the Spurs all have hopes of winning 50.
At present, the Lakers and Spurs are both 48-16 and have two games left, the Heat are 49-16 and have one game left, and the Bulls are also 48-16 with two games left.
The point is that none of these four teams played each other in one or two of their last games, which means that in this shrinking season, there could be up to five teams to get 50 wins.
That's even crazier than last season, when there were six teams with at least 60 wins.
Sun Ce's 18 triple-doubles in a shortened season and the team's hopes for 55 of 66 games have undoubtedly brought him a huge reputation.
When Sun Ce got the 18th triple-double of the season and surpassed the Magic, the Magician congratulated Sun Ce again, and he didn't know that Sun Ce had joined the Lakers.
Sun Ce was also quite puzzled, he had not met the magician a few times, and because of the wise operation of the magician as the management, Sun Ce would be far away if he really wanted to be familiar with the magician, so as not to be infected with bad luck and spread it to his own team.
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The regular season has entered the final stage, the day after playing the Hornets, that is, on April 25, the Grizzlies are not in a hurry to go to Dallas, and the Mavericks are still 35 wins, and they do not want to participate in the battle for sixth place in the West between the Jazz and the Clippers.
The Mavericks still have two games to play, and their current record is 35-29, playing the Warriors tonight, and the day after tomorrow, that is, the 27th, is the day when their Grizzlies play the Mavericks on the road.
Since the Mavericks' penultimate game is against the Warriors on the road, there is no need for the Grizzlies to rush and enjoy the sand, waves, and cacti of the South Coast......
Coincidentally, the Lily Collins crew was finished and flew to New Orleans at noon today.
After a fun day, on April 26, Lily Collins went back to Memphis first, Sun Ce followed the team to Dallas, and the Mavericks flew back to Dallas from Oakland.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Ce followed the team to the American Airlines Center to prepare for the game.
After the team's tactical practice, Sun Ce received an invitation from Yao Ming to have dinner with Yi Jianlian at Yao Ming's Yao restaurant in Dallas.
After sitting down and ordering food this time, we talked about things related to the competition.
"Little Overlord, we're going to play each other in the playoffs again." Yao Ming said with some excitement.
"I'd love to play you in the playoffs sooner, but I didn't expect you to come to the door yourself." Sun Ce is also looking forward to it.
Sun Ce's egg pain Mavericks picked them up, but the egg hurt was picked to beat the matter itself, but playing against the defending champion, especially against Yao Ming, Sun Ce was very excited about this matter, and the two things did not conflict.
Last night, the Mavericks lost 109-92 to the Warriors, changing their record to 36-29.
The Clippers are currently 37-28, and the Mavericks' eighth place in the West is not very stable, and they have a head-to-head advantage against the Clippers.
After briefly expressing their expectations for the first round, Sun Ce and Yao Ming tacitly did not continue to talk about their two teams, controlling the victory was very embarrassing for Yao Ming, and very unhappy for Sun Ce, they chose to discuss other teams.
At present, on the West side, the top four rankings are basically determined, the Grizzlies, Lakers, Spurs, Thunder, the Nuggets are also sitting in fifth, the Mavericks definitely want eighth, the Jazz and the Clippers are still uncertain about the sixth and seventh places, the Clippers are currently 37 wins and have not played one game, the Jazz side is also 37 wins, but only lost 27 games, and the Jazz have a back-to-back tonight and tomorrow night.
In the East, the Heat and Bulls are still competing for the first place in the East, while the third-place 76ers, the fourth-place Pacers, and the fifth-place Knicks have all locked up the rankings......
After dinner, Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian returned to the hotel, this small dinner was the last dinner they and Yao Ming had this season, and then the friendship and compatriot friendship were put aside.
Since the Mavericks are sure to finish eighth in the West and enter the playoffs, the playoffs for both teams have already begun from the curtain call!