927. The Lakers Attack (1st Update 5K)
Won the 4th Weekly Championship and 2nd Monthly Championship of the season, Sun Ce and his Grizzlies became the spotlight, and after a day of rest, on March 3, although the Knicks signed with Carter, they wanted to use Carter to regain their attention, and defeated the second-to-last Cavaliers in the East 110-93 that night, stabilizing the 22-14 record and stabilizing the fourth place in the East after being overtaken by the 76ers.
But the Grizzlies won again that night, playing the 10th Pistons in the East in the first game of a back-to-back home and away game, and although Nash and Gasol Jr. and Tony Allen were rested in turn, the Grizzlies, who had a deep roster and had just rested for a week, still beat the Pistons 100-91 to win nine in a row.
When encountering Prince, Sun Ce played really badly in terms of scoring, just like his restraint Conley's type of opponents, Prince and Marion's long-armed monsters, he had to fight them alone, and the key Prince defense was also very good, sticky to death, sometimes Sun Ce couldn't play the block at all, no chance, Yi Jianlian and Jordan Jr., who blocked Sun Ce in this game, were each blown once to move the block.
Prince, who is currently 32 years old, is really good, many teams are interested in him, but he is personally unwilling to take the initiative to leave, after the shutdown ended, the Grizzlies have retained the rights to Sun Ce and Gasol Jr. before the contract extension is completed, but the salary has not exceeded the luxury tax threshold before the full middle class offer Prince, Prince did not agree, and the Pistons did not live up to Prince, and provided Prince with a 4-year 30 million contract that was almost 32 years old.
Facing Prince, Sun Ce scored 15 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal, and there were several defensive errors in this game.
The skill of "Cutting Food" has just been advanced, and he has obtained a new effect "Siege", and he couldn't wait to flank at the beginning of the game, but several times it was useless, and his defender leaked out.
After a few defensive mistakes in a row, Sun Ce calmed down.
The skill of "cutting off food" itself, is the opponent's all passes, he has a five percent probability to predict the passing object, the trigger probability is not high, he used to assist him in predicting the skill of the defense object, and he did not particularly rely on it.
But the effect of "siege" made him a little anxious, this effect seems to have a very strong probability of 10% prediction, but there is a premise, it must be a player with the ball, only by clamping the player with the ball, there is a 10% probability of prediction, not the trigger probability of "food break" is directly increased to 10%.
At the beginning, Sun Ce was anxious to steal the opponent, not only did he not succeed in the steal, but he also made many defensive mistakes.
After calming down, he found that this skill can only be used as a means of auxiliary prediction, you have to defend normally first, if it is necessary to pinch the ball holder, and then pinch it, if you have the opportunity to trigger it, you can trigger it, forget it if you don't have a chance, you can't force it, it's useless to force it.
Thankfully, that didn't affect the end of the game, and the Grizzlies won nine in a row.
With this, the Grizzlies became the first team to win 30 this season, improving their record to 30-6, losing 4 games less than the 27-10 Spurs team in the West, and 6 games less than the 27-11 Heat team who are currently first in the East.
On Sun Ce's personal side, the "Crazy Fight with Lin" event was completed, and he got a precious S-level point guard random player star experience card.
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The morning after beating the Pistons, the Grizzlies traveled all the way to the North to play the Raptors on March 4, the second game of a back-to-back home and away.
Once a year back to play in Canada, Nash played tonight, Gasol Jr. and Tony Allen also returned, but Randolph was rested, Yi Jianlian, who had thigh muscle tension in the last game, and Paul George hit his head last night when he faced off against tough guy Jason Mark Hill, and the two guys with iron heads both had a slight concussion today and had to rest for a few days.
This game was more difficult than expected, there was no cold upset, there was no easy big win, if you won or lost well, it was not difficult, but it was not so, it was very anxious.
The Grizzlies are missing three frontcourt players, with Redno and Jimmy Butler both on the active roster, 11 players playing, 10 of them in rotation, and the lineup is okay, but it is a little light-footed, and the interior offense did not perform well in the first half.
Fortunately, Gasol Jr. was powerful in the second half, scoring 18 points in the half, raising his personal score to 21 points, and getting 21 points, 6 boards and 3 assists, Sun Ce's side also steadily got 24 points, 17 boards, 5 assists, 5 blocks, 2 steals The iconic 4 times 5 data, the reason why Gasol Jr. broke out was that Nash and Redno took turns to feed Gasol Jr., the Raptors lost Aaron Gray, the interior height did not exist, Jordan Jr. did not take advantage of his height, but Gasol Jr. took advantage of it very well, Nash played 25 minutes with eight points and eight assists, while Redno played 22 minutes with 11 points and four assists.
On the Raptors' side, there was also a good game tonight, as the Raptors' sixth man, the former Grizzlies bench point guard Wazquis, 18 points and 4 assists in a single game, and Calderon with 10 points and 12 assists cooperated very well, the Raptors' two major physical flow forwards Amir Johnson and James Johnson both scored 15 points, with Banyani, who scored a game-high 26 points, the Raptors once suppressed the Grizzlies inside.
But DeRozan was only 4 points tonight by Sun Ce and Tony Allen, played 35 minutes and shot 1 of 12, really trying to meet a playoff-level defense, averaging 17 points per game in the regular season like a data record error.
In a scorching back-to-back battle, the Grizzlies defeated the Raptors 103-99 and won 10 in a row!
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The Grizzlies won 10 in a row, and the entire basketball world went crazy, and in such a shrinking season, the Grizzlies were able to win 10 in a row!
Other teams have the longest winning streak, the Knicks have won 8 in a row, followed by the Heat, Spurs, and Lakers in a 6-game winning streak, and the longest winning streak among other teams is 5 consecutive wins, such as the Bulls, Thunder, Nuggets, 76ers, Mavericks, Hawks, and Bucks.
But the madness continues, playing the Raptors is the beginning of a four-game road trip, the day after the Raptors play on March 5, the Grizzlies came to Oakland, and after a night's rest, they challenged the Warriors away on the night of the 6th.
Yesterday, it was the trade deadline, and the Warriors peddled Ellis for most of the season, but they didn't get the desired return, the Bucks wanted Ellis, and wanted to form Jennings and Ellis's backcourt double gun, but the Warriors got better and better, Thabit who averaged 9 points, 7 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game, looked down on Bogut given by the Bucks, and wanted Ilyasova to shoot the big forward The Bucks didn't give it, and it didn't work out in the end.
Ellis had a huge impact in the trade turmoil, averaging 24 points and 6 assists per game at the beginning of the season, but dropped to 18 points and 4 assists per game around the All-Star weekend, and his shooting percentage dropped from 46 percent to 38 percent.
In this game, Nash and Randolph were rested, Paul George and Yi Jianlian were suspended due to injury, and it did not affect the Grizzlies' victory, Sun Ce 26 points, 12 boards, 11 assists, 2 blocks and 3 steals, Reedno, who rotated between the starter and the rotation, scored 4 three-pointers and scored 15 points, plus Gasol Jr. and Jordan Jr. both had 15 points and 8 boards, Gasol Jr. also had 4 assists, and the Grizzlies easily defeated the Warriors 100-83 and won 11 consecutive wins!
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The Grizzlies' 11-game winning streak has continued to dominate the headlines since the All-Star Weekend, and Sun Ce's ninth triple-double of the season narrowed the gap between career triple-doubles and James to one, which has also become the focus of attention.
However, on March 7, James got his third triple-double of the season and the second player to have at least three triple-doubles this season, increasing his career total triple-doubles to 34, and widening the gap between him and Sun Ce to two.
This has given fans another hot topic to discuss.
There is always an end to a crazy winning streak, let alone such a shortened season.
On March 8, the Grizzlies challenged the Suns away, 95-100, and their 11-game winning streak came to an end.
On March 10, the Grizzlies played the Nuggets in the last game of their four-game streak, 106-122, and the Grizzlies suffered their second two-game losing streak this season.
As soon as Paul George returned, Klay Thompson was injured, Yi Jianlian just came back, and Jordan Jr. was injured again.
In fact, they are all minor injuries, but it can't stand that many players have insisted on playing because of minor injuries this season, and eventually became major injuries, and more than 140 players have missed at least 3 games due to injuries this season.
Even Kobe Bryant missed a total of 7 games due to a broken nose bridge and knee ligament strain; Rubio was just rightened by the Timberwolves as the core outside, but because of the sudden increase in playing time, it was another rookie season, and Rubio, who has averaged 10.4 points and 8 assists per game so far this season, has performed quite well in the first game after the All-Star Weekend, injured his knee in the first game, insisted on playing a few games, and torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on March 6, although there was no structural injury, and it had little impact on his career, but the 8-10 week recovery period from surgery was determined to be reimbursed for the season.
This makes Coach Hollins, who is aiming to break through the West, have to be cautious.
Sun Ce played okay in these two games, playing the Suns Sun Ce played a physical fitness potion, played 45 minutes in the whole game, got 35 points, 16 boards, 6 assists and 2 blocks, but Paul George and Yi Jianlian, who had just returned, were in average condition, and Nash took turns to rest, and finally lost by 5 points.
Playing the Nuggets, he was run to death by the opponent, Nash had 15 points and 14 assists, Sun Ce had 26 points and 8 boards, and Paul George and Neil each scored 15 points and still failed to win.
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"Clay, DeAndre, you just need to take care of your injuries, don't worry, there are more than 20 games in the regular season, and there is still time for you to recuperate."
"I know, but if I can score two three-pointers against the Suns and score more points against the Nuggets and keep up with the pace of the opponent's interior and not let Otters fight alone, we still have a chance to win."
Hearing Little Jordan's self-blame, Sun Ce pouted: "This is also part of the NBA, isn't it, we are very lucky, the Spurs have been injured for 20 games on the Ginobili side, and they are not still so tenacious." ”
suffered two consecutive defeats, Sun Ce didn't particularly care, 11 consecutive wins are so dreamy, it's really time to cool down, the first 5 games after the All-Star Weekend played too hard, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, Klay Thompson, and Jordan Jr. were injured one after another, so you have to be vigilant.
As for losing, they lost, and now they are still the first in the league with 32 wins and 8 losses, and the only team to lose less than 10 games.
And there are a lot of injuries to other teams during this time, on the Spurs' side, Ginobili has not played since the All-Star Weekend, and Duncan has also begun to rest; On the side of the Heat, Wade has missed 10 games so far this season, and basically said goodbye to a period of competition, let alone a while, the second team is not very likely, and can only compete for three teams.
There is also the Lakers, Paul also entered the rotation to prepare for the playoffs, Kobe Bryant is strong, with two recoveries from a broken nose and two concussions, a ligament strain, and five recoveries, it doesn't look like a person, there is a picture that is very popular, turning Kobe P into an Iron Man.
Other teams have more or less injuries, including the 11-man rotation of the track and field team Nuggets, such a good rotation, except for the two point guards, the other players play so evenly, there are 5 players who have missed at least 10 games due to injuries.
Sun Ce felt that Coach Hollins was right, he didn't increase the playing time of players who were not injured because of the absence of players, Yi Jianlian or Jordan Jr. was absent, so he let Aaron Gredo play, and did not stop the rotation plan of Randolph and Gasol Jr., which had been done a long time ago, and did not let Yi Jianlian and Jordan Jr. increase the playing time of the uninjured one; Paul George and Klay Thompson were injured, so they put Reedno and Jimmy Butler on the activation roster, and let the two of them play Nildo, without stopping Tony Allen and Nash's rotation schedule, and not letting the uninjured one of Klay Thompson and Paul George play for too long.
Although the injury is still injured, at least it does not increase the risk of getting worse.
Now it's time to prepare for the playoffs, and it's important to be able to get 50 wins and stay in the first place, but health is even more important.
In this year's playoffs, there is a high probability of fighting who is healthier.
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After the four-game trip, on the morning of the 11th, the Grizzlies returned to Memphis from Denver, and next, the sweetest wave of the schedule came, so that the Grizzlies, who had played a wave of 10 days and 6 games just after the end of the All-Star weekend, could take a breather.
Three days of rest from the 11th to the 13th, followed by three consecutive home games, the 14th against the Lakers, the 17th against the Raptors, and the 19th against the Wizards.
Sweet 9 days and 3 battles, a dream-like schedule.
On his first day back in Memphis, Sun Ce took a day off to relieve his tense nerves.
Sun arrived on the 12th, Sun Ceyou resumed his previous efforts, got up at 4 o'clock in the morning to exercise, and after eating breakfast at 8 o'clock and sending the ancestral goose to school, he returned home to prepare for individual training.
It is said that Paul is ready to play in the game against their Grizzlies, Sun Ce is quite motivated, Jordan Jr.'s shoulder injury is likely to be unable to play, but Klay Thompson only twisted his ankle, no big problem, and Nash, Randolph, Tony Allen, Gasol Jr. and others have been in good health, after all, these four have a rotation and will not affect the treatment of playing time.
After returning home, Sun Ce came to his own training gym to train.
Let's take a look at the scouting report for the first seven games after the Lakers' All-Star Weekend when the team returned to Memphis yesterday.
The Lakers are currently playing 41 games with a 28-13 record.
Sun Ce looked at the Western rankings, they ranked first with 32 wins and 8 losses, and the Lakers actually rose to second! surpassed the Spurs who had just suffered three consecutive defeats because of back-to-back Popovich who directly rested Duncan and Parker and did not let the two play 3 games in 3 days!
Sun Ce took a closer look at the Lakers' scouting report.
After Paul's return, he played 10 of the Lakers' 14 games, which did affect the response of Pau Gasol, but improved the efficiency of Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, Brand mentioned the starting position, enhanced the tonnage of the basket, and the mid-range shot was better than Odom, and Odom, who returned to the sixth man position, performed better, playing the sixth man with more balls.
Kobe Bryant averaged 29.1 points per game, surpassing Anthony, who averaged 29 points per game, and Durant, who averaged 28.9 points per game, to temporarily become the scoring champion!
Moreover, Anthony's side just suffered a big injury a few days ago, tearing his rotator cuff, and he can only return in early April, and his condition after recovery cannot be guaranteed.
In other words, there is a high probability that Kobe Bryant will step into the scoring championship again!
Sun Ce saw that in fact, on March 3, Kobe surpassed Durant on the scoring list and tied Anthony, but it didn't attract much attention at the time, and they were all paying attention to their Grizzlies' 10-game winning streak.
Paul, who has obviously completely become a floor-flow organizational point guard, has greatly improved the Lakers' offensive efficiency, and in the 10 games after his comeback, Paul averaged 13.1 points, 8.8 assists and 2.2 steals per game.
From the scouting report, Sun Ce noticed that the Lakers lost Bynum, even if they added Brand and Murphy, the interior defense also plummeted, but after Paul's return, Paul and Kobe, who have defensive strength, exploded in the guard line defense! It's a bit of a Janway combination or an Iguodala + Holiday combination.
After learning about the recent situation of the Lakers, Sun Ce put down the scouting report and began to practice left-handed layups and slowly practice left-handed shooting.
"Humility:
Self-created skill: Shoot left and right.
Stage 1 Event: Complete 10,000 left-handed shots in training (Effective left-handed shots in training: 9,100 times.) )
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It's almost over, it's almost over, and the second stage event is about to be triggered, and in the past two days, Sun Ce wants to complete the remaining 900 left-handed shooting training.
If you can't be in a hurry, you can only take your time, if you are in a hurry, it doesn't count if you don't shoot well, effective training means trying your best to throw, it's one thing to go in or not, you have to throw the best feeling for every ball.
On the day of the 12th, Sun Ce practiced 7 sets of left-handed layups and 3 groups of left-handed shots, and his left hand was already too tired, and training non-dominant hands was always more tired than his dominant hands.
A day passed in a flash, and on March 13, the Lakers, who had just beaten the Clippers last night to win five in a row and improve their record to 29-13, came to Memphis.
A spotlight battle is coming!