Vol 18 Chapter 1951: The mid-season of this season is not average

There are many ways to change a person's thoughts, and subtle changes are the most common, and it is not uncommon for Harden to change his mentality once a major event occurs.
Harden’s first mentality change was when he first entered the NBA. He saw Durant and Westbrook were so awesome, Ibaka was not bad, and Jeff Green... So Harden chose to be a good player. Little brother.
The second time, the Thunder refused to give him ten million in annual salary and forced him to cry...
Then there was the need to take responsibility during the Warriors period, and the attitude on the court changed dramatically.
The most recent time was when Curry told Harden that he was desperate for the Warriors management and coaching staff and was not planning to renew his contract and applied for a deal.
The 27-year-old Harden really has the mentality of "I want to carry the team forward", giving people a sense of sharpness...just a bit hard.
I'm used to partnering with Curry. Harden's mid-range singles are usually one-on-one. Sun Ce dare not easily help defend, otherwise the interception of the cut line or the supplementary defense of Curry will be affected.
Mainly here is Curry, who has averaged around 5 assists per game. The three-point performance is the strongest in history. Anyone who plays with him will play more easily. Harden can play with Curry so quickly after joining the Warriors. The chemical reaction, apart from Curry taking the initiative to give up the ball, and Curry and Durant offensively are very similar, it is the type that can be plug and play under most systems.
Curry was replaced by Russell, who averaged 14.2 points and 5.4 assists per game. Russell was okay. He didn't have to be delayed by Kobe in the tour season for a year like in the original time and space. He started turning potential into strength early. All-star embryo, but obviously a big gap with Curry.
After Sun Ce used Sun Ce to make a layup and hit the iron to get to the next city, the Warriors did not take the initiative in the beginning. Sun Ce directly defended Harden here, which created a very big impact on Harden's single.
Harden's strategic thinking was simple and clear. He opened up first and then led his teammates. However, Sun Ce could easily see through what Harden wanted to do from the attitude of the opponent and the determination of the first attack and took the initiative to switch defenses with Paul George.
The "mistake" was upgraded to level 5, and there was "in progress to accelerate the change to level 5". These two skills are Sun Ce's defensive footsteps and keep up with the change. As long as the judgment is correct, his explosive acceleration is only a first-class defect. Can make up, the key is to predict.
As for the power gap with Harden, the height gap between Sun Ce and Harden will meet the requirement of 10 cm, triggering the "Death Coil" skill. The trigger condition for the limit effect of this skill is that the height difference reaches 10 cm and the body is more important than the opponent. Although Sun Ce's strength is not as good as Harden's, he is heavier, and then gets two small grades of strength bonuses, so he doesn't suffer a loss in one-on-one!
After Harden successfully started the counterattack, the Grizzlies played a wave of 14 to 9 in less than half a quarter! Sun Ce's defense is indispensable! The Warriors called a timeout!
Many people's impression of Sun Ce still rests on the title of "the strongest defensive expert in history". Tonight, Sun Ce defended Harden alone. He defended Harden with 2 of 5 shots in the half quarter, and put aside the counterattack layup, Sun Ce When he defended Harden alone, Harden only made 1 of 4 shots. Many fans only realized that Sun Ce's single defense was so fierce!
Among them, there must be factors such as Sun Ce's infrequent single defense and his defensive intensity and awareness and ability beyond Harden's expectations. However, it is Sun Ce who has defensive intensity, awareness and ability to show.
Harden was shocked in the game, but after entering the timeout, based on his golf quotient, he quickly understood that Sun Ce rarely showed single defense ability when playing their Warriors before, and occasionally had single defense. Generally speaking They are all going to defend Kuri. It's not that Sun Ce can't defend against others, but that Kuri cannot be released!
In terms of running ability and stability in catching and shooting, Russell is too far behind Curry. Wiggins's off-ball ability needs to be exercised... Sun Ce can ignore those two people and focus on guarding him, the third child!
Harden felt very excited about this. He could feel that Sun Ce focused his attention on Curry when he played against the Grizzlies. It seemed that as long as he restricted Curry, he could delay their Warriors team. The offense is average.
Now, playing against the Grizzlies, Taha Lao San has become the strongest opponent in Sun Lao San's eyes!
On the other hand, Sun Ce entered the official timeout and sat down to rest. Next, he will be sent in a rotation lineup. Coach Hollins does not seem to have the tendency to let him continue playing.
After all, the Warriors without Curry may have won the future in people’s eyes. When Russell and Wiggins reach their peak in five or six years, will Curry, who will be 29 years old, return three months later? Playing is a problem, but at this stage, without a superstar like Curry, the strength is definitely down, and the Grizzlies are not placed in the first opponent sequence, but the second sequence.
Sitting on the bench, Sun Ce watched the lineup of Brogdon, Carter, Paul George, David West, and Gion on the field with Russell, Iguodala and Nick Young on the side of the Warriors. , Drummond Green, Mozgov's line-ups offensively.
Generally speaking, the Grizzlies have the advantage. The coaching staff was very well arranged in the tactical meeting yesterday morning. As Coach Hollins said, the biggest problem with the Warriors is not that Russell is far inferior to Curry, but It's the play of Russell and Wiggins.
Russell has an off-ball talent and is very good at catching and shooting. In terms of catching and shooting, he is better than his or her son, but his ability to escape from defense such as running positions, pick-and-rolls, and slings is mediocre; Wiggins The side-off ability is even worse. In addition to standing on the three-point line, it is cut into play.
The Clippers have a slow positional battle, and the ball-holding core can adapt to Wiggins' style of play, but the Warriors, who pay attention to dynamic offense, dragged Harden's back.
When Curry was still playing in the Warriors before, Sun Ce kept staring at Curry because he didn’t want Harden to successfully borrow Curry’s containment power to easily create three-pointers and cut opportunities for other Warriors players, as well as Iguoda. Either La or Drummond Green is the key to the transfer.
Although it cannot be completely contained, it can have a restrictive effect.
Compared with Harden's singles, Sun Ce is more afraid of the Warriors team's offense. After all, Sun is not afraid of scoring him, but the opponent's team is scoring.
But now, things are very different! Without Curry, the Warriors were fine when they played against teams that weren't as strong in defense. Playing against the Grizzlies, the top five team in the league, it would be difficult for the Warriors to form a three-man team.
Sun Ce has always felt that the "triangular offense" tactic is very rogue, because most of the small-scale cooperation, insisted, can be involved in the triangle offensive thinking.
The start took the initiative. By the end of the first quarter, the Grizzlies scored 33 to 24, leading by 9 points in the first quarter. If Harden had not been replaced with two minutes left in the first quarter, the Grays The Bears have widened the point difference.
Look at the pickled peppers in the wind, and look at the Buddha against the wind. The start relied on Sun Ce's defense to play an advantage. Coach Hollins had a very good rotation in the second half of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Sun Ce still had not been dispatched immediately. He had an advantage, and of course he had to let the main force rest for a while.
Brogdon, Jaylen Brown, Paul George, Jae Michael Green, Gobert, the Grizzlies sent a tank lineup in the second quarter.
The Warriors have replaced Harden, Troy Daniels, Wiggins, Kevin Rooney and McGee.
Two rushing inside lines and three ball-holding outside lines have the ability to catch the ball and shoot at fixed points. The Warriors' style of play is very simple and rude, without the complicated and ineffective extras that were early in the season. Simply hit directly and rudely.
To compete with the Grizzlies, few teams are willing, even the Lakers and Bulls are unwilling, only the young team like the Suns or the team with the core players like the Thunder. Every time I play against the Grizzlies, I can easily be led by the Grizzlies in the scoring session.
With the personal ability of the soaring star, the Grizzlies have a high probability of winning!
But tonight, after the start of the second quarter, the Warriors did it too!
Steve Kerr is definitely a very good coach in general. If the change of play at the beginning of the new season failed, it was just a failure. Any attempt, there is a possibility of failure.
In terms of coaching, Steve Kerr is capable. He knew after the first quarter that his brand-new three starting outside lines were facing the Grizzlies. They couldn't play as well as the weak teams in the previous two games. Does not come out.
That being the case, send three outside lines with strong singles ability and two rush-type inside lines to fight each other!
The five players on the Warriors side, seeing Sun Ce and Klay Thompson still not, even Aldridge did not, want to drag the score with a pure defensive lineup, and look down on people!
Who can stand this?
Faced with Sun Ce in the first quarter, he was very active in defense so that Sun Ce chose to devote more physical energy to the defensive end of Wiggins, and took the lead in the second quarter!
Wiggins is a very amazing player. He has played with James 6 times in his career. Although the team has only 2 wins and 4 losses, Wiggins averaged 27.3 points per game against James, which is better than James’ average. 23.5 is a lot higher! The key is that the shooting percentage is still very high. The average shooting percentage in the 6 games is 57%!
This is one of the reasons why Wiggins’ average points per game have declined this season. People still feel that Wiggins is super talented. Tonight, Wiggins was still playing with the resentment being sold and saw the Grizzlies. They wanted to hold the score with such a lineup. They were very upset. When they saw Paul George, they were beaten by James!
So, coach Hollins, who wanted Sun Ce to rest for half a quarter, caused Paul George to be blown up by Wiggins... When Sun Ce came up, Harden and Wiggins on the Warriors side had already been hilarious. Yes, the scoring speed is not fast, but very stable! Daniels was also replaced by Iguodala, Drummond Green and Thabeet played, the star played in the state, of course, the star must be decisive!
The Warriors, which trailed 24 to 33 in the first quarter, scored a score of 29 to 21 in the second quarter. The Grizzlies played too bad offensively at the beginning of the second quarter and did not defend well. Sun Ce and others were directly in a passive state when they went up.
At the end of the half, the Grizzlies' lead was reduced to only 1 point!
During the intermission, coach Hollins made targeted tactical arrangements with only one goal, which is to suppress the opponent's momentum.
The Grizzlies players all focused their attention on Sun Ce. The intermission was almost over. When Sun Ce and his teammates returned to the court together, the attention of the opponents, the eyes of the fans on the scene, and the live TV footage were also given to Sun Ce. Body.
Sun Ce had a good rest in the first half. Although the point difference was forced to close, he had to rest more for this goal, and the Grizzlies achieved it.
Sun Ce was also ready to start the second half, but Klay Thompson became dry before he started the wave! After receiving the ball twice in a row, the Warriors player Yan Ye made a three-pointer!
Sun Ce was also driven to feel, and followed Klay Thompson to score a three-pointer. The two teamed up to play a wave of 9 to 5 at the beginning of the second half, opening the point difference to 5 points.
Harden and Wiggins have already felt that it is impossible to prevent the death of a superstar like Harden, and Sun Ce can't do it. He can only try to interfere. Wiggins and Klay Thompson are also working hard. interference.
The defensive end is unstoppable, the Grizzlies play offense here!
Sun Ce and Klay Thompson scored 3 three-pointers hand in hand, scaring the Warriors to defend more on the flanks. There was a vacuum in the basket. Yi Jianlian, Aldridge, and Carter all got a lot of cut-in opportunities and hits. Investment opportunities.
Finally, at 8:22 of the third quarter, Harden and Drummond Green played a pick-and-roll, Sun Ce switched to Drummond Green, and Klay Thompson, who defended Wiggins, quickly went to help. Wiggins cut from the weak side!
Sun Ce cut in from the weak side of Wiggins and recovered from the baseline when receiving Harden's score. He seized the opportunity and slapped the ball that Wiggins raised and was dunking!
Yi Jianlian grabbed a defensive rebound and passed a long pass to Sun Ce, who was blocked and landed and started the fast attack. Sun Ce rushed to the front, followed by Russell and chose to give up...Sun Ce rushed to the opponent's basket and turned 360 degrees for a dunk. Parted.
This time, blocks and counter-attack dunks blocked the Warriors' hot momentum from the beginning of the second quarter to the middle and late third quarters.
The Warriors’ offense gradually cooled down and gave the Grizzlies time to breathe. After three quarters, the Grizzlies led the Warriors by 4 points at 85 to 81. In this quarter, the Grizzlies and the Warriors finished. It's 31 to 28!
When the game entered a headwind state, the Warriors had already begun to reduce the point difference to 1 point, and seeing that they were going to be overtaken, Klay Thompson stood up and ignited Sun Ce's touch, which then led the team's offense!
In such a situation, from Wiggins's point of view-he has tried his best, but the strongest person on the opposite side is comfortable!
In the fourth quarter, Sun Ce seized the opponent's defensive loopholes as soon as he came on the court. During the breakthrough, he used the pick-and-roll to get into the basket and scored three goals. The hook also caused Thabeet to cover the foul, and the penalty was added. When the festival came up, it went 7 points!
The Warriors seem to have been beaten for more than a minute. Both offenses ended in iron. The Grizzlies directly stretched the point difference to 11 points from 7 to 0, leading 92 to 81!
Wiggins watched them work hard for two quarters. When the point difference was the smallest, they were reduced to 1 point. At the end of the three quarters, they were only 4 points behind, but they were immediately pulled to 11 at the beginning of the fourth quarter. The points difference is different from Harden’s hurried concentration and anger trying to help the team come back. Wiggins looked at the almost omnipotent Sun Ce, and the first thought that came to his mind was-I Can you beat it?
Then Wiggins gave himself an affirmative answer-can't beat it.
He played hard for 30 minutes in the first three quarters, and scored 28 points in his fate. The lord of the family paddled for a long time and seemed to cast a shot casually. In the fourth quarter, he played hard and got 30 points.
Wigginston thought it was more important to maintain health, so when the Warriors were offensive, Wiggins no longer asked for the ball in singles, but stood on the sidelines on both sides and waited for the ball.
Without the efforts of Wiggins, who scored 28 points on 10 of 18 shots in the first three quarters, Harden immediately felt the pressure doubled!
Wiggins is the third game after being traded to the Warriors. He scored 31 points in the first game and 25 points in the second. Tonight, seeing 28 points in three quarters is expected to break his career high of 39 points. Wiggins was hitting a sudden misfire... I can't say a misfire, Wiggins has no desire to cut inside.
This is a heavy blow to the Warriors' offense!
Seeing the combination of Harden and Wiggins, there is a feeling of double guns at the beginning, who knows that when the crucial end is reached, Wiggins is invisible!
Throughout the fourth quarter, Wiggins made 0 of 3 shots, and I couldn't tell if he was frustrated because he was capped by Sun Ce twice. He came suddenly and suddenly became invisible. In the eyes of others, there was no sign.
Relying on Sun Ce's 11 points and 3 assists in the final quarter, the Grizzlies scored a 29-19 score in the final quarter.
Played 34 minutes and made 14 of 23 shots, including 4 of 6 three-pointers and 8 of 8 free throws. Sun Ce scored 40 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 blocks, and 2 steals. The large triple-double data helped the Grizzlies. Defeated the Warriors 114 to 100!
Harden had 37 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists. Wiggins had 28 points in three quarters. As a result, he still had 28 points after the game. Harden's mentality was about to explode.
That who, the one with the cuckold hairband, was rushing to vote at the critical moment! It's like this guy, who stood outside the three-point line at a critical moment and didn't even take a run.
How come this has changed when you encounter some setbacks?
What Harden thinks of his teammates will not be mentioned for the time being, Sun Ce's side, the game was so easy tonight! Easily got a 40+ triple-double, and also won the game.
Facing the onslaught of the Warriors, although the lineup led by Paul George did not play well, when the two teams played smoothly before, Paul George's stability in the tailwind state was indeed excellent.
And when the opponent was already on the move, Klay Thompson made another three-pointer.
His Son and Aldridge's scoring were focused on regular scoring.
Although the point difference was once reduced to only 1 point, Sun Ce felt that the game was very stable and he played very easily.
Sun Ce clearly felt the progress of his teammates! Compared to before the All-Star Weekend, their tactical execution was significantly more stable. Although it was because the Warriors declined in strength, they played so steadily, but Sun Ce didn’t look at this, but the whole, even though there were some surprises in the process. Circumstances, but they all steadily played the performance that they should have. Only when the team performed well, did the stars seize the opportunity to open the point difference and open the point difference again.
One more thing, let alone Harden’s anger, Sun Ce was shocked to see Wiggins’ performance!
After the first three quarters, his grandson was ready to smash the opponent in the fourth quarter. After hitting that wave of 7-0, he also guarded against the Harden + Wiggins double gun combination to continue maddening, who knows Not only did Wiggins fail to help Harden like the first three quarters, but he also became a drag...
However, even if Wiggins continues to fight, Sun Ce is not afraid. The Warriors are not in the third quarter, but their Grizzlies still have to be even better. They are really not afraid of anyone!
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25 wins and 9 losses, after the Christmas game, the Grizzlies and other teams officially spent the pre-season, came to the mid-season.
Voting for the starting lineup for the 2017 New Orleans All-Star Weekend has begun.
Originally, this All-Star was held in Charlotte, but because of strange things happening there, the local blacks opposed the construction of new road signs and signs, saying that this affected their freedom to drive and honk the horn... and even Parade, gather crowds to demonstrate... Go directly to the platform and talk about discriminating against them, because many of them don't understand the meaning of the sign.
The blacks Sun Ce usually comes into contact with, no matter how stupid it is, enter the NBA with an annual salary of several million dollars, and over time will be separated from the black community in a broad sense.
Sun Ce was so speechless and speechless when he saw this, but the Pelicans hosted the All-Star Weekend, which was also very good. They were all on the beach, and the South Coast was warmer than the East Coast.
And compared to where to host the All-Star, Sun Ce cares more about who of their Grizzlies can make it to the All-Stars, whether they can make it to the All-Stars, or whether they are outside the trio, and Aldridge, the four of them may be selected for the All-Stars. .
Sun Ce is confident that he can become an All-Star starter. In terms of popularity, Paul George is also possible. From the data point of view, Klay Thompson, who averaged 18.8 points per game, is also promising.
Aldridge depends on luck.
As for Gobert, if Sun Ce remembers correctly, even though this guy later won the best defensive player, he made very few All-Stars. He didn't make the All-Star when he was the best defensive player in two consecutive years.
Compared with the original Randolph's mentality of earning once, Gasol's mentality of not making progress, and Sun Ce's mentality of "How can I not make progress", Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Aldridge three People still care about whether they can make the All-Star substitute.
These things are difficult for players to control, and it is even more difficult for a team like them to control the championship level, because the team must be ranked first.
After a day off after the Christmas game, on December 27th, the Grizzlies ushered in the final game of the four-game winning streak with the Hawks.
At 6:10 in the evening, after the players of the two teams entered the field, the opposite substitute point guard Anfenni Hardaway came to greet him before the game, because Hardaway was unwilling to accept the Trail Blazers' ten-million-year salary extension. Contract, the Trail Blazers traded it to the Eagles, and relying on the 15.5 points per game this season so far, Hardaway Jr. got a four-year, $72 million pre-renewal contract he was satisfied with, which will take effect next season. , An annual average of 18 million US dollars.
This made Sun Ce slap his tongue!
At 6:30 in the evening, the Grizzlies and Hawks game started.
Aldridge and Klay Thompson took turns, and the Grizzlies sent Sun Ce, Carter, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Gobert's starting lineup.
The Hawks sent a starting lineup of Schroder, Korver, Bazemore, Millsap and Howard.
It may be that it has been too difficult to win the Grizzlies in the past two years. Every team saw that the Grizzlies had lost 9 games this season and they all played very hard.
Regarding the fact that each team wants to win against the Grizzlies, Sun Ce has become accustomed to this season. Every opponent plays them like Teddy, and wants to give them a shot at the Legion.
The same goes for the Hawks. The Hawks have won the Grizzlies once in the past two seasons. Of course, that’s already remarkable. The Grizzlies have only lost 17 games in the regular season over the past two seasons.
Sun Ce saw the thought of "we are going to be upset" from the faces of the players on the opposite side. It was too obvious.
However, although the Grizzlies took two rotations and the Hawks performed fiercely, the Grizzlies can bear the offensive firepower!
Relying on Sun Ce's 34 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, Paul George's 14 points and 12 assists, Gobert's 15 points and 11 rebounds, Yi Jianlian's 12 points and 7 rebounds, Brogdon's 16 points... the Grizzlies... A steadily defeating the Eagles 116 to 108, improved the record to 26 wins and 9 losses, temporarily avoiding the coming of the 10th loss of the season so soon.
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On December 29, the Grizzlies narrowly beat the Timberwolves 95-92; on December 31, the last day of 2016, the Grizzlies beat Irving and the Kings led by Randolph and Randall 116-104. The boss is face-off, and the ring will not be given until the Kings go to Memphis to play... mainly because the Randolph championship ring doesn't have that atmosphere at the Kings' home court.
Sun Ce can see that Randolph was not very happy playing for the Kings, and the results of the Kings' unsuccessful performances are as if they were unsuccessful.
However, if Randolph is given another chance, he will still choose the Kings.
No way, the Kings gave too much, and he couldn't refuse.
After the game against the Kings, the Grizzlies still have an away game to play back to back.
And the opponent is very difficult, this time back to back away to play the Suns and Lakers.
However, the situation of the game is different from what the Grizzlies expected and Sun Ce's forecast. On January 2, 2017, in the Grizzlies away game against the Suns, the Grizzlies defeated the Suns 109-97 smoothly. team.
It may be the first time that many young players on the Suns have had such a good record. By mid-season, they became impatient.
Because the middle of the season is a time period that consumes a lot of physical strength, energy, patience, etc., and the heart is tortured, which will magnify some negative emotions.
To be too positive to do something is actually a negative emotion.
This is the experience gap. The Grizzlies have too many old fritters, and they have made good use of the Suns' eagerness to quickly end the regular season and lock the rankings after the mid-season.
On January 3, the second day after playing the Suns, the Grizzlies came to Los Angeles and played the Lakers back to back.
107 to 92, the Grizzlies scored in front and the Lakers scored in the back.
This game was broadcast live throughout the United States. If it was the first time for fans to watch the game, they thought it was the Lakers' second back-to-back away game.
Sun Ce played 22 minutes and scored 19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Klay Thompson had 17 points and 5 rebounds, Aldridge had 11 points and 3 rebounds, Paul George had 10 points and 7 assists, Brogdon had 14 points, and Yi Jianlian had 14 points. Gobert has 12 points, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks... Seven Grizzlies scored in double figures, none of them scored 20.
In the middle of the season, the Lakers had a weak inside line. Several of their inside lines had too much burden in the early part of the season, mainly because of the few rotations. Although James had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, Leonard There are 26 points, Louis Williams has 17 points, but the Lakers did not have a fourth player to score in double figures, including Kobe and Lopez.
The current situation of the Lakers and Suns is a very typical mid-season situation.
Fatigue, physical fatigue and mental fatigue, the Lakers have both.
Impatient and impatient, the Suns are very clear.
Because they played well early in the season, it was very obvious when this happened at this time.
Not only these two teams, but the Celtics, Bulls, Trail Blazers, Raptors...etc. The performance of the teams after the All-Star weekend fluctuates, and some stars play hard, such as Weiss Brook, some start paddling, such as Wiggins who gets 20 points per game...
Compared with many teams, the performance of the Grizzlies is very surprising!
Since the start of the Christmas War, the Grizzlies have won 6 consecutive victories! From 24 wins and 9 losses before the Christmas War, all the way to 30 wins and 9 losses!
In Barkley's words-the Grizzlies still maintain the possibility of 72 wins and 10 losses surpassing the second in history.
Normal commentators are marveling at the Grizzlies' mid-season stability.
The Grizzlies are quite experienced in dealing with the rhythm of the mid-season. Their performance in the mid-season this year, instead of the obvious fluctuations in their strength in the mid-season like other teams, has become more stable!
The point is that other teams have changed a lot since the end of last season, nothing has changed. Probably only the Bulls are the strong teams.
Experience, the stability of the core lineup, and the hard work in the early part of the season have allowed the Grizzlies to reach the mid-season and their winning percentage has risen instead of falling!
Even last season and last season, the Grizzlies fluctuated significantly in the mid-season. Perhaps it was because the rotation came earlier this season, perhaps because Aldridge was injured at the start, and has been reducing the playing time of the main players. , Including Sun Ce, so the players maintained better physical condition, played fewer games or played less time. By mid-season, the desire for the game was stronger than in previous years...
The combination of this series of reasons makes the Grizzlies look like a peacock on the screen in the middle of the season, and it's hard for others not to notice them.
On January 4, Sun Ce returned to Memphis with the team. At noon, the statistics for the first stage of the All-Star Weekend voting came out.
Obviously, this wave of 6-game winning streak has brought their Grizzlies a good heat. The league has always promoted the Grizzlies in the middle of the season. Most of the arrangements are popular teams. The Lakers and Suns are all last season. After the end, it is determined that the new season will be the favorite team, at least there are favorite stars, like Cousins ​​and Howard... Cousins ​​has become Owen over there, which does not affect the live broadcast, anyway, the Kings have always been like that.
At the end of the first stage of voting, Sun Ce led the league with 690,000 votes, followed by James, Paul George, Durant and Antetokounmpo in the Western Conference.
In the Western backcourt, the No. 24 player on the West Coast who played 2 of 7 shots for 19 minutes last night continued to occupy an All-Star starting position. Westbrook, Harden and Curry got close votes.
In the eastern frontcourt, Griffin, Evans, Gasol Jr. and Porzingis ranked in the top four. Gasol Jr. and Porzingis have close votes.
In the Eastern backcourt, Rose and Paul are temporarily in the top two.
Looking at the results of the first round of voting, Sun Ce thinks that he can probably see the final votes. There may be the possibility of a continuous outbreak of such and such, but the possibility is very small. The real candidate list has almost come out.
Sun Ce's attention was attracted by the Eastern Frontcourt's votes. The fifth player in the Eastern Frontcourt is not the old players who have played for many years, such as Love. Love's votes are not high, and the fifth place is New Embiid, who has played 21 times since the season...
Sun Ce is curious, can Embiid's rookie year attendance rate be half?
Paul has made it again. After the fans lost patience with Wall and Lowry was crowned the Trash Brothers ranking, Paul, who had fallen out of the All-Star starting two years ago, is now back in the All-Star starting lineup.
On the western side, Sun Ce feels that Paul George is going to be selected for the All-Star starter. His Sun and James must occupy two positions, the third position in the frontcourt, Durant and Antetokounmpo are competing with them. , Really hard.
Then you have to increase the probability that their Grizzlies will be selected as an All-Star substitute.
Considering the good state of his own team recently... That kind of excellent state Sun Ce has felt since the beginning of the Christmas game, accumulated years of experience plus this season's outstanding rotation and playing time arrangement results.
In such a good state, do you want to try a corner overtaking-finish the ranking in the middle of the season?
At the end of the regular season, it’s not important to rank in the top four. But when the head coaches of each team vote for the All-Star substitute, their Grizzlies rushed to the first place in the Western Conference. Affect the votes of those coaches!
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Looking at Sun Ce with an expression of "seeing that I have another crooked idea, you are not surprised", Coach Hollins felt his brain hurt again.
But he has become accustomed to this kind of pain. For how many years and when his head does not hurt a hundred or eighty times, he may choose to retire, earning a lot of money and getting enough honor.
Coach Hollins still attaches great importance to Sun Ce’s proposal. He analyzed that although the situation has been very good recently, compared with other teams’ players, they have a rotation in the early part of the season and their main players’ playing time has decreased. Now the rotation is more certain. When the main players are not in rotation, the playing time has increased significantly, so they play more actively, excitedly and more focused.
But this kind of "stimulation" will definitely become more and more ineffective over time and will get used to it.
In the middle of the season, there is more than a month, almost 20 games.
If their Grizzlies are in general, coach Hollins will not care about this, but if they are in good form, they can rush for a higher ranking or provide better rotation opportunities for the late regular season after the All-Star weekend. .
Also, this season their Grizzlies have been "low-key" for too long. Although Sun Ce is still in the news, he has been low-key for a long time. It should give the players some extra motivation.
Looking at the 6-game winning streak, 30 wins and 9 losses, he has already rushed to second place in the West. The Lakers are only two wins away from 32 wins and 7 losses. Now there are conditions and a certain necessity.
Then try it?
And if you really rush to the first place in the Western Conference before the All-Star Weekend, since the Warriors were No. 1 in the Western Conference before the All-Star Weekend last year, then their Grizzlies were ranked first in the Western Conference before the All-Star Weekend this season. Coaching the All-Star Game again!
Ever since, coach Hollins was moved...
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Paul George, Klay Thompson, Aldridge, and Gobert were called by coach Hollins for a small meeting. UU reading www.uukanshu.com discussed how to maintain a stable and excellent state. In terms of enthusiasm and other things, and that is, their goal is to rush to No. 1 in the West before the All-Star Weekend.
It’s easy to understand how to maintain state and motivation. Players like them all hope that this good chemical reaction will continue, and it’s best to continue until the end of the season to win the O'Brien Cup again...
But rushing to the first place in the West...This matter, the Grizzlies coaching staff has been emphasizing not to care about the record.
The reason for emphasizing is that I don't want the players to compare this season's record with last season and last season. Compared with that, the gap is too big.
But at this time, we have to hit the first place again, which makes a few core players feel weird.
At this time, Klay Thompson said the least but the first to react.
"Striving for No. 1 in the West... is it to create a higher probability of being selected for the All-Star?"
As soon as this was said, the other three teammates felt reliable! Otherwise, there is no other reason.
Paul George immediately reacted: "Probably it was the idea of ​​the third brother! He may occupy a starting position as long as he plays like Kobe, but we are not the same, so he will help us find a way at this time."
Paul George is habitually playing the bully, and he is suspected of being dog-legged, but this is indeed the case. For Sun Ce, what is the difference between their teammates being selected for the All-Star? And this season is crucial for Sun Ce to defend his two consecutive championships. Dynasty is the most important to Sun Ce, but Sun Ce can still think of them at this time...
As Sun Ce expected, the excitement of these core teammates was about to decline due to the increased playing time. At this time, they were stimulated by the goal of "rushing to the All-Star"!