Nine Hundred and Fifty-One. Crazy Back to Back

At 12 noon on April 2, the NBA officially announced several major awards for March.

Isaiah Thomas won the Western Conference Rookie of the Month in March with an average of 16.4 points and 5.1 assists per game, breaking Irving's monopoly. The main reason is that Irving himself has serious health problems. He has missed 12 games so far this season, including 8 games in March.

The Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month is interesting. It doesn't look like he should win the Rookie of the Month. Cavaliers rookie Tristan Thompson won the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month in March with an average of 8.8 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.

The rookies in the Eastern Conference this season are very mediocre. Brandon Knight, the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month in January, averaged 11 points and 5.4 assists per game, and Kemba Walker, the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month in February, averaged 14.2 points and 3.9 assists per game...

Judging from the current situation, those scouts can take a breath for the time being, and don't have to worry about losing their jobs. Since 2007, the rookies every year are different from the draft reports they give.

In terms of Coach of the Month, Lakers new coach Mike Brown beat the Grizzlies and Spurs coaches to win the Western Conference Coach of the Month in March; the Eastern Conference Coach of the Month was Spoelstra.

James' former coach and current coach have led the team to the same performance in the past month.

As for Player of the Month, Sun Ce failed to continue to win the Western Conference Player of the Month, Kobe won the Western Conference Player of the Month, and James won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month Defensive Player of the Month after a month.

When Sun Ce saw the announcement of the awards, he had already followed the team to Milwaukee, and a brutal back-to-back-to-back game was about to begin!

Although it was only three consecutive away games, this three-game away game was the most brutal schedule for the Grizzlies this season, three games in three days!

The March Player of the Month was snatched away by Kobe, who played the most efficient shooting performance in his career. Sun Ce was a little unhappy, but he held back. Now he has to point at Kobe to fight James from a distance.

Sun Ce looked at it and found that he had won two Player of the Month awards and five Player of the Week awards. He tied with James for the first place in Player of the Month award. As for the Defensive Player of the Week award, his five Player of the Week awards were higher than James' four.

Sun Ce discussed with Bill Duffy and Nash and analyzed the situation of MVP this year.

The three MVP candidates are considered to be mutually balanced. If James really wins the scoring title, then the MVP may really belong to James.

If Sun Ce wants to win the MVP, it is very important that James cannot win the scoring title.

Kobe has the greatest difficulty in winning the MVP.

Winning the scoring title is not enough. He may have to win the regular season championship. To keep the hope of winning the MVP, Kobe must win the scoring title.

The situation is complicated and Sun Ce can only suppress the mentality of worrying about gains and losses.

Who could have expected to win the MVP in the second season? Sun Ce wanted to comfort himself that "I am lucky if I win the MVP for two consecutive seasons", but this is not something that can be calmed down by self-consolation.

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Sun Ce and James competed with 50+ points, igniting the smoke of the last month of the regular season.

The Grizzlies came to Milwaukee and were about to start a back-to-back game. On the night of the 2nd, Kobe scored 45 points in the game against the Warriors, raising his average score to 29.5 points, surpassing James again and occupying the top of the scoring list.

James and Kobe have both played 51 games so far, and the difference in average score of 0.2 points per game has made fans more and more enthusiastic about the competition for the scoring champion.

It has been many years since there has been a scene of competing for the scoring champion, or in other words, it has been many years since there has been a competition for the data champion, so there are so many people paying attention to the competition between Sun Ce and Ibaka for the block champion.

Sun Ce currently plays 50 games per game, ranking first with 3.86 blocks per game, and Ibaka ranks second with 3.63 blocks per game. This has been discussed by fans for most of the season, and there are fans who expect Ibaka to have a wave of seven or eight blocks in a single game for two or three consecutive games to surpass Sun Ce.

And the competition for the block champion is obviously not as attractive as the competition for the scoring champion.

Over the past decade, the scoring champion has been determined early, and not many people are willing to compete. The last time there was a competition for the scoring champion was when O'Neal competed with Iverson and Jordan at the end of the last century. In the 1998-99 season, O'Neal and Iverson competed for a season. In the end, Iverson scored 49 points in the last game of the season, widening the gap. He won the scoring champion with an average of 26.8 points per game, beating O'Neal's 26.3 points per game; in the 1997-98 season, O'Neal and Jordan competed for another season. In the end, Jordan won the scoring champion with an average of 28.7 points per game, beating O'Neal's 28.3 points per game.

Before that, there was the famous scene of David Robinson scoring 71 points in the last game and surpassing O'Neal at the last moment.

But after the 1999-99 season, the major super scorers seemed to be uninterested in the scoring champion. They decided who the scoring champion was after almost a month of playing, and did not compete for the second and third place.

Durant and Anthony competed for half a season, Kobe overtook in the third month, and James joined the scoring champion in the fourth month... This situation has not appeared in more than ten years, and it is normal for fans to be enthusiastic.

Sun Ce watched the game between the Lakers and the Warriors broadcast by Time Warner and wanted to join the competition, but looking at his own strength... he should just fight for the block king and hold the second place in the rebounding list.

The block leader is okay, this advantage is relatively large. After playing 50 games, the gap of more than 0.2 blocks means that Ibaka must get at least 11 more blocks than him in the remaining games to have a chance to surpass him.

But the second in the rebounding list has been threatened by Love, who can't win the game after losing Rubio. Howard is currently averaging 15.5 rebounds per game, almost locking the rebounding champion, but his average of 13.8 rebounds per game has been almost caught up by Love. Since Rubio was reimbursed, Love has started the brush mode again in March, from 12.2 rebounds per game at the end of February to 13.3 rebounds per game!

In addition to the competition for the data list, the competition for playoff seats and rankings is becoming more and more fierce.

The competition between the Bulls and the Heat for the first place in the East, the competition between the Lakers and the Spurs for the second place in the West, and both teams are waiting for opportunities to try to impact the first place in the West. The Thunder, the fourth in the West, is also ready to steal a wave of towers from the top three.

Sun Ce focused on the fifth to eighth teams in the Western Conference, the Nuggets, Clippers, Mavericks, and Jazz. The four teams have similar records, and the Rockets, whose winning rate remains at 50%, may also come up at the last moment. It depends on the state of Anthony who is about to return.

What surprised Sun Ce was that after the Mavericks secured their playoff spot, that is, after widening the gap with the Rockets, they did not continue to rush up. Although Conley, Yao Ming, and Chandler were affected by minor injuries, they should not have played so mediocrely in the recent period. They are currently 29 wins and 22 losses and have been surpassed by the Clippers. They are only one win ahead of the Jazz.

The situation in the shortened season is always confusing...

On April 3, the first game day of the Grizzlies' back-to-back away games arrived.

Playing against the Bucks, the Grizzlies rested a lot of people, including Nash, Tony Allen, Gasol Jr., and Paul George.

Ridnour, Sun Ce, Jimmy Butler, Randolph, and Aaron Gray started.

The reason why Coach Hollins dared to send out such a lineup was because Bogut was once again out of the regular season. In the first three months of this season, Bogut played a total of 32 games. Before April started, it was confirmed that he was out for the season due to lumbar disc herniation.

No one was surprised. Bogut was originally a glass man. Starting from the 08-09 season when he missed more than 40 games, he missed 20 games every year in the following years.

This game was won easily. Although the Bucks are currently the ninth in the East, they are far behind the eighth. The ninth in the East has only 20 wins and 31 losses, which is a big gap from the ninth in the West with 26 wins and 26 losses. The eighth in the East, the Hawks, and the eighth in the West, the Jazz, have the same record of 28 wins and 23 losses.

Sun Ce scored 24 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 blocks, Randolph scored 30 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 assists, and Ridnour scored 6 points and 11 assists. The three led the team to easily beat the Bucks 104-91 and won four consecutive victories, raising the record to 42 wins and 9 losses.

Sun Ce and Randolph played very well in this game, but Ridnour was also crucial, and he got 11 assists. Although Jennings only shot 2 of 7, Jennings was also very close to Ridnour, giving Sun Ce two blocking opportunities. Although Ridnour was not very good, he had good execution on defense. Together with Sun Ce, he prevented Jennings from shooting 2 of 12 and only got 8 points and 6 assists.

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The game against the Bucks was just an appetizer for the Grizzlies' back-to-back games. The game against the Bucks ended very early, at 3:30 pm Eastern Time. At 7 pm, after finishing the game, post-game interviews, physical therapy, etc., the Grizzlies left directly from the Bradley Arena in Milwaukee to the airport and arrived in Oklahoma City that night.

After a night of rest, March 4th was the game day between the Grizzlies and the Thunder.

At 6 pm, the Grizzlies' away game against the Thunder started.

The Grizzlies have a brutal schedule, and the Thunder have a similar schedule. Last night, the Thunder just beat the Mavericks 106-105 on the road, and their current record is 35 wins and 17 losses.

However, in last night's game, the Thunder's victory was mainly due to Westbrook's triple-double performance of 33 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists. It was also Westbrook's fourth triple-double this season, tying James' triple-double this season.

Durant has a big problem with physical strength, not just a single game. It is not visible in a normal season, but it is very obvious in the shortened season. In the early and middle stages of the season, Durant's hit rate once reached 54%, but now it has fallen below 50%, and his average points per game has also dropped to 28.5 points.

In addition to the fact that the Grizzlies had slaughtered him by 45 points before, Durant played very rashly this time. Although the Thunder led the Grizzlies by 12 points, 35 to 23, in the first quarter thanks to Durant's 16 points in a single quarter, but in the second quarter, Durant's scoring efficiency dropped significantly. After making 5 of 6 shots in the first quarter, Durant quickly changed his shooting percentage to 7 of 14 in the second quarter... The Grizzlies' pursuit of points began!