Nine Hundred and Twenty-Eight. Strong Reinforcements Are Coming!

The Lakers came to Memphis and stayed at the Trump Hotel, which just opened last year.

The Lakers, who just won 5 consecutive games, are in a very good stage, mainly because the running-in has been effective.

As soon as they arrived at the hotel, Paul and Kobe came to Gasol's room to discuss the game against the Lakers tomorrow night. The focus was on the details of the cooperation between the three of them. They had a deeper discussion on the good cooperation in the 10 games they had played together before, and exchanged and communicated on the problems that arose.

Paul, Kobe and Gasol are all willing to make sacrifices from different angles.

Kobe's average assists per game has dropped to 4.4 in recent times. This is the lowest year for his average assists per game since 2000.

Gasol's average of 3.2 assists per game is also a new low since joining the Lakers.

But correspondingly, Kobe's scoring efficiency has far exceeded the past three years since Paul's playing time has gradually stabilized, as if he has returned to the peak of the 07-08 season.

Gasol's average of 20.4 points per game this season is also a new high in the Lakers' career.

Both of them made concessions in terms of ball possession, but it also made their scoring efficiency higher.

Paul is not without sacrifice. When he encounters a team with strong defense under the basket, such as the Mavericks, Knicks, and Bulls, he will choose to let Gasol go to the high post to assist, give up the ball, and use Gasol's ability to assist in the high post to pull out the opponent's strong defensive center.

This is what Paul would not do before.

If Paul meets an inside teammate like Griffin who is still in the stage of developing technology, he will not care about Griffin's ideas. It must be that he has better ball control. When Griffin is 25 or 26 years old and his technology is polished, the opportunity will be cold.

But if it is a teammate like Gasol who has proved himself to be a championship-level center in the playoffs, Paul is willing to accommodate. He is not yet 27 years old. It would be great to win the championship early at the end of Kobe and Gasol's peak. If he can win the championship within three years, he is not yet 30 years old, and there is a lot of room for him to attack.

Paul's mentality is related to what he has experienced in the past three years.

One word - injury.

Although Paul recovered well from the two serious injuries, he has a strong sense of crisis. Winning the championship early and getting a big contract are Paul's most urgent needs.

If you have not experienced the crisis of destroying your future twice in three years, you will not understand Paul's sense of urgency. Both serious injuries took more than six months to recover. The difficulties Paul encountered in his heart during that period are unimaginable to ordinary people.

However, as they discussed, they somehow talked about the strongest opponents this season and in the next two years.

The three people had different opinions. Paul thought the Thunder were terrible, and Gasol thought the Mavericks were the most difficult to deal with.

"I think Nowitzki and Yao will definitely get better in the playoffs." This is Gasol's opinion.

"The Thunder? Westbrook's breakthrough is too difficult to defend." This is Paul's opinion.

But Kobe shook his head on both opinions: "If it was the Mavericks in last year's playoffs, they would be the strongest enemy, but I think Paul, you are in better shape than Nowitzki this year. The Thunder are very strong, but we are not inferior to them in terms of strength. The handling of key balls is very important. We have a chance to win against both teams. There is one team that I feel is difficult to deal with in the playoffs."

"Duncan?" Paul and Gasol asked in unison.

"No, it's our opponent tomorrow."

"Lord?"

This made Paul and Gasol look at each other puzzled. In their opinion, Sun Ce is a bit like James in the Cavaliers period, not in strength, but in the state of leading the team.

James relies on personal strength, while Sun Ce relies on the performance of the team. He has the greatest chance of winning the MVP and has a good regular season record. If the Spurs' record last season hadn't been so terrible that it overshadowed everything, the Grizzlies' record would have been shocking enough.

But in the playoffs, neither of them was very optimistic about the Grizzlies' chance to make it to the end. It's not that they look down on the Grizzlies' strength, and they don't want to play against the Grizzlies in the playoffs.

But if they really say they are afraid of the Grizzlies' strength, they are not.

"Paul, have you forgotten how we lost to the Grizzlies last year?" Kobe asked.

"We already have Chris this year, so we don't have to worry about the Lord." Gasol responded.

Gasol was very surprised by Paul's performance after his comeback, which was also the key to his willingness to give up his core position in the organization. In his opinion, Paul adjusted his playing style very well and is still the No. 1 point guard in the league.

"If the Lord was just a point guard, I wouldn't worry much. Chris is the strongest point guard, but when he beat us in the playoffs last year, there were few real point guards. He called himself a two-way guard and established a position called a big center guard." Kobe's scalp tingled when he thought of the situation in the second round against the Grizzlies last year. "Chris, you have been injured for a long time in the past two years, and you may not have paid much attention. The Lord may be an epoch-making player."

Without being able to see Sun Ce's face, Kobe still had a high evaluation of Sun Ce.

Before, Paul and Gasol agreed with most people that Sun Ce had first-class strength and played MVP-level performance under the team bonus.

Although he is very powerful, there are always some prejudices. People always use Sun Ce's true strength in people's minds to determine how Sun Ce will perform next, and thus make a wrong judgment on an objective fact.

Although Paul was beaten by Sun Ce in direct confrontation, he always felt that if he had teammates like Sun Ce, he could do better. This is indeed a recognized fact.

Gasol listens to Kobe, and everything Kobe says is right. Seeing that a proud person like Kobe speaks so highly of Sun Ce, Paul also began to pay attention to him.

Looking at Sun Ce's data in the scout report used in the previous discussion on the coffee table.

23.6 points per game, sixth in the scoring list this season; 13.6 rebounds per game, second in the rebounding list this season; 5.3 assists per game, 24th in the league; 3.9 blocks per game, first in the league; 1.6 steals per game, 15th in the league...

This data is too buggy, Garnett couldn't do it back then!

Gasol played so well this season, averaging 20.4 points, 12.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.6 blocks per game. He is very strong, but compared with Sun Ce...

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On the other hand, the Grizzlies were still holding a tactical meeting about the Lakers when the Lakers arrived in Memphis, which was 11 a.m.

This tactical meeting was relatively long, because there were only two games left in the regular season against the Lakers this season, and both were this month. After playing against the Lakers tomorrow, after three consecutive home games, the last game of the three consecutive away games will be against the Lakers again.

These two games are very important. The Lakers, Mavericks and Cowboys are still the most important playoff opponents for the Grizzlies. In any case, they will play against at least one of the teams, and it could be anyone.

The Spurs and Lakers both have the probability of falling to fourth place, or both teams are in second or third place, and eventually have the opportunity to play against each other in the Western Conference Finals. The Mavericks may also end up in fifth place.

It's just that there is one more Thunder team, and there are more variables, but for the Grizzlies, this is a difficult variable, so they have to prepare for the playoffs against four teams.

But this is the road to the championship, which is extremely difficult.

Paul is in very good condition after his comeback. In 10 games, he averaged 13.1 points, 8 assists and 2.2 steals in 28 minutes per game, and he only played for 12 minutes in the game after his comeback.

This efficiency is better than Nash, who played 30 games and averaged 10.5 points and 8.8 assists in 26 minutes per game!

In these two games, Coach Hollins wanted to find out the bottom of the Lakers and prepare for the playoffs. After all, there are only two opportunities to play against each other.

From the current media and fans' recognized point of view, Kobe is the best scoring back this season, and Gasol is the best power forward this season.

And Paul's performance after his comeback is the same as Kobe and Gasol's views on Paul. The Grizzlies also think that Paul is still the league's top point guard. Even if they have Sun Ce on their team, they still think Paul is the strongest, just like in the original time and space, when Rose won the MVP, not many people thought Rose was the strongest point guard. This is two different things.

So, at first glance, the Lakers, who have been relatively low-key this season, now have a scoring champion, a top power forward, and a top point guard.

Originally, when the Lakers traded Bynum for Paul, the Grizzlies coaching staff crossed the Lakers out of the playoff competitors, but the Lakers' performance changes in the past month after Paul's comeback, from the initial compatibility difficulties to the gradual tacit understanding, made them regard the Lakers as a strong opponent again.

And it is a very difficult and tough opponent to deal with!

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After the team meeting in the morning and the tactical training for the Lakers in the afternoon, Sun Ce stayed and practiced left-handed shooting. He practiced 500 shots yesterday and came to the gym at 7 o'clock this morning to practice 200 shots. There are still 200 shots left. Sun Ce wants to complete the first event of his self-created skill "shooting with both hands" today.

After Sun Ce finished his team practice and accepted interviews from Sports Illustrated and Chaoting TV, he returned to the training ground to warm up again and continue training. Others were fine, they were used to it and left on their own. Even Paul George, Klay Thompson and Jimmy Butler, who trained very hard, could not continue training with Sun Ce.

But Ridnour, who had just arrived, couldn't accept it and said to Sun Ce: "Lord, don't you want to rest? We will play against the Lakers tomorrow, and we need to keep our strength."

"It's okay, I will recover after a good sleep, I have a strong recovery ability."

I will be fine after a good sleep... When Sun Ce played against the Suns away, he played for 45 minutes. The next day when he arrived at the Denver Plateau, he ran to the park to practice two-handed ball control under the guidance of Tim Hardaway. When he played against the Nuggets, he was still full of energy... Ridnour said he would leave.

The world of genius is so hard to understand!

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After his teammates left, Sun Ce began to practice left-handed mid-range shots. He took his time. It took several seconds for one shot, but he still didn't choose to practice layups. It was the last two hundred. Sometimes the sense of ritual is very important. Although most of the time, the sense of ritual has no specific effect, in life, the spiritual needs are sometimes more important.

Each set of 50 took about 10 minutes. Including rest, thinking, and adjusting the feeling of the left hand, it took a full hour. It was almost 6 o'clock before Sun Ce finished practicing these 200 left-handed mid-range shots. It was far from the 100 training shots that the right hand could easily complete in two seconds and five minutes.

But Sun Ce was very happy to practice. When the last left-handed mid-range shot was thrown out and turned around the basket and fell into the frame, Sun Ce jumped up and the system prompt came!

"Humility:

Self-created skills: shooting with both hands,

The first stage event: Complete 10,000 effective left-handed shooting training. (Completed).

Congratulations to the host for triggering the second stage event: the world of left-handers."

"The world of left-handed people:

Humble learning section self-created skills: two-handed, second stage event.

Goal: The host needs to collect four left-handed players and use the star experience cards to experience the world of left-handed players.

Completion progress: Left-handed players have been collected and used: James Harden 15-16 version, Lamar Odom 10-11 version.

Note: Multiple uses of the star experience card by the same left-handed player will not be accumulated. When the host encounters a left-handed star, an exclusive event will be triggered."

"Huh?"

Sun Ce was about to vomit blood when he saw the target. There were few left-handed players, and they had to be "famous players", which meant they had to be stars, which were even fewer!

But when he saw the progress, Sun Ce remembered that he had used the star experience cards of Odom and Harden.

Wait, Sun Ce remembered something and asked in his heart: "James is also left-handed, right?"

This time, the answer appeared on the system screen: "LeBron James is left-handed, but he plays basketball with his right hand in the game, so he is not considered a left-handed star."

"I'll go... let me see, which other left-handed stars are there? Does Conley count? Count, Ginobili? I don't know if he will play against the Spurs next month, can Beasley be considered a star? Not really... Who else? The emperor's uncle? The little assassin? Are these two considered stars now? It's not easy to collect two!"

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When the second stage event was about to be triggered, Sun Ce was looking forward to it. After it was really triggered... he felt that he might as well practice left-handed shooting every day, at least there was something to look forward to.

This second stage event felt a bit endless, and I really didn't know when it would be completed.

Nothing happened overnight, and on March 14th, the day for the Grizzlies to play against the Lakers at home arrived.

Three days of rest, this is simply too wonderful for the Grizzlies.

After a nap, Sun Ce put aside the event of developing "both hands and left hands". When the opponent who is determined by the system to be a "famous general" appears, an event will be triggered. In addition, if you get a star experience card of a certain team, if you can randomly get a left-handed famous general in the history of their team, it should also count.

For example, if Sun Ce draws Boozer from the Bulls' 11-12 season random player star experience card... Sun Ce thought about it and felt a little frustrated. There are Luol Deng, Hamilton, Rose, and Korver, why must he draw a slow-motion power forward...

But Sun Ce first focused on tonight's game. He came to the stadium at 8 o'clock in the morning and practiced two sets of three-pointers and mid-range shots. At 9 o'clock, the Grizzlies held another team meeting to make some adjustments to yesterday's tactical arrangements, mainly based on yesterday's training. Some defenses were tried in training and could not be done.

Although it was a bit troublesome, Sun Ce and his teammates discussed with the coaching staff very attentively.

Klay Thompson passed the team doctor's examination yesterday morning and can play tonight. DeAndre Jordan will miss one more game, which is another big problem.

But at the end of the team meeting, coach Hollins announced a good news: "We have reached an intention with Rashard Lewis. He will reach a buyout with the Wizards and join us before the 20th at the latest!"

This news is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the Grizzlies players. Due to injuries and rest, mainly injuries, Yi Jianlian and DeAndre Jordan are absent in turn, and Randolph and Gasol can't cancel their rest for the playoffs, which often leads to a shortage of inside players on the Grizzlies side. Battier is not a serious power forward after all, just like when playing against the Nuggets, let him play against players like Faried...

Aaron Gray is similar to Ostertag of the Jazz back then. He is great, but you can't expect him to do too much.

After sending Speights away, although he pursued Carter, after entering the injury period after the All-Star Weekend, Sun Ce and his teammates are more eager to have a new inside teammate join.

However, Sun Ce thought of many people, such as Okur who played well in the Suns last year, Austin Daye, the third-year center of the Pistons, and Ryan Hollins who the Cavaliers wanted to cut.

Sun Ce did not expect to get a very good center, just a little bit of characteristics.

Who knew that the management would hook up with Lewis! He had seen the Wizards open up Lewis' right to communicate with other team managements before, but it was conditional. Since the league has not yet issued new regulations, it will take a collective meeting of the owners of each team in the summer to modify the rules, that is, the "claim" clause. The Wizards put forward similar conditions to Lewis.

Lewis must be pardoned, but the buyout fee must be negotiated to be less than the amount of money Lewis gets from his new team, otherwise he will be pardoned after March 30, so that Lewis cannot represent his new team in the playoffs.

The Wizards' actions were criticized by many media and fans, but Sun Ce felt that it was understandable. Lewis did not make any contribution to the Wizards. The Wizards wanted to save money, which was nothing wrong. It was not that Lewis would get less money, but they did not want to pay Lewis more than 20 million while letting Lewis play for other teams. They were playing badly now, and it didn't matter if they used Lewis for another two years, because they had to pay him anyway.

When Sun Ce saw that the Heat, Spurs, Lakers, Knicks, and Bulls were all exposed to have contact with Lewis, he lost all hope for Lewis.

The Spurs and Knicks were excluded by Sun Ce, but the Heat, Lakers, and Bulls are strong and big city teams, so they should not join in the fun in Xiaomeng Village. There is no need to lick their boots.

But unexpectedly, the management actually did it!

That's Lewis! A 120 million pitcher with a career-high three-point shooting rate of 39.4% and an average of 1.9 three-pointers per game! An average of 2.8 three-pointers per game in his peak period!

If this contract is reached, their team's offensive tactics will be more diversified!

Although I don't know how the team managed this, snatching Lewis from the Lakers, Heat, and Bulls...

Sun Ce feels so happy now, and feels that his life has reached its peak...

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