952. Conspiracy Theory
After the first half, the Grizzlies narrowed the gap to 50-58, and the second quarter scored 27-23.
Randolph was not in good shape in the first quarter, which hindered the Grizzlies' offensive positional warfare. When Nash, who was rested yesterday and started today, played with a running and gunning lineup, Westbrook + Durant + Ibaka's counterattack lineup was powerful again. The Grizzlies did not take advantage in the first quarter, but in the second quarter, Nash and Sun Ce played together, with Klay Thompson, Paul George, and Jordan, and scored 27 points in a single quarter against the Thunder.
Durant only made 2 of 8 shots in the second quarter. Durant wanted to perform well, but he exerted too much force. Not only did he not make the shot, but he also consumed his energy in vain.
In the third quarter, Westbrook, who scored 11 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists in the first half, was closely watched. The Grizzlies bet that Durant would not make the shot, and they were right! The Grizzlies let Paul George defend Durant alone, and the others blocked Westbrook. When the Thunder's touch was almost worn out, Nash, Neil, Klay Thompson, Yi Jianlian, and Jordan came on the court and scored 22 to 8 in the first half of the quarter.
In the third quarter, the Grizzlies scored 31 to 19 in a single quarter, and surpassed the Thunder 81 to 77 and entered the final quarter.
In the last quarter, both teams started to play defense. On the Thunder side, Westbrook + Sefolosha's backcourt combination had excellent defense, Ibaka + Perkins in the interior, and Durant's defense was also good, defending Sun Ce very well.
But the Grizzlies' lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Battier, and Gasol were not vegetarians either.
The score of 81 to 77 in the third quarter looked good, but in the end, the scores of both teams did not exceed 100!
Sun Ce played for 34 minutes, 13 shots in 5, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 blocks and 2 steals, including 5 rebounds and 3 blocks in the last quarter, which was very crucial for the Grizzlies.
In this game, Sun Ce devoted himself to defense. Although he did not defend well at the beginning, Durant made 5 of 6 shots in the first quarter, and Sun Ce fouled Durant, giving Durant a chance to make 3 free throws.
But later, as Durant's physical strength declined and his touch gradually cooled, Sun Ce's defense played a role, and he did a great job in assisting Westbrook and Ibaka. Harden now only scores 16 or 17 points per game, and he can't do more, and he doesn't have much ball possession. Their head coach trusts Fisher, who has just signed, more than Harden.
In the end, the Grizzlies scored 17 to 15 in the last quarter, and defeated the Thunder 98 to 92 to win five consecutive victories!
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“I am the block king (A-level season event):
Goal 1: In the game against Serge Ibaka this season, the host's total number of blocks must be higher than Serge Ibaka. (Host's number of blocks: 18 times, Serge Ibaka's number of blocks: 13 times, completed.)
Goal 2: The host's total number of blocks and average blocks per game this season must be higher than Serge Ibaka. (In progress)
Goal 3: Defend the title of block king. (In progress)
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“This woman is my second-stage event (exclusive to Xiaobenben):
Goal 1: The host needs to help the team win in the game against the Thunder this season Gain a record advantage. (The host's team played against the Thunder: 3 to 1, completed.)
Congratulations to the host for winning the reward: an A-level lottery card.
Goal to be triggered: The host needs to help the team beat the Thunder in the series. Trigger conditions: 1. Complete goal 1. (Completed) 2. The host team meets the Thunder in the playoffs. (To be triggered)
Goal 2 reward: Kevin Durant 2011-2012 version of the star experience card.
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After playing the game with the Thunder, Sun Ce returned to the hotel and lay down, looking at these two events related to the Thunder, and finally got the most important goal done.
In the game against the Thunder, Ibaka had a stable 2-4 blocks in four games, and tonight was no exception. However, the Grizzlies were already very good at playing against the Thunder. Sun Ce devoted himself to defense and seized the opportunity. He blocked Westbrook twice, blocked Perkins, Cole Aldridge and Muhammad once, and blocked Deng once. After 4 games, Sun Ce's total number of blocks exceeded Ibaka's stable performance by 5.
Moreover, he won 3 of the 4 games!
Although they won, this game was really exhausting. Durant scored 16 points in the first quarter and 27 points with 9 of 24 shots. The restriction was only relative. Westbrook scored 18 points, 7 rebounds and 13 assists, Ibaka scored 12 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Harden scored 15 points...
The Grizzlies were behind for a long time. When they were still 8 points behind at the end of the half, Sun Ce planned to use Bosh's star experience card to experience the left-handed star's style of play, but the coaching staff made adjustments based on his main defense in the first half, and his tactical role was arranged as a defensive connection point.
This is different from the original intention of using Bosh's card, so Sun Ce did not use it for the time being. He believed that his teammates played well in the second quarter. Fortunately, the team's efforts to grind people to death did not fall. The previous loss to the Lakers made them learn a lesson. This time they did a good job. They did not panic because of Durant's outbreak in the first quarter. They strictly implemented the tactics and slowly grinded the Thunder to death.
I looked at the three random rewards for my new A-level lottery card today, and they are not that good. I will not draw Sun Ce tonight, and will wait until later. It is also a good idea to save a card and wait for the good stuff to come out.
Now Sun Ce is very tired. He has finished playing back-to-back games and has to play another game tomorrow, and it will still be an away game.
The only things that can make Sun Ce happy in such a schedule are the record of 43 wins and 9 losses and the completion of two important goals.
If the playoffs start with the current ranking, the Grizzlies have a good chance of playing against the Thunder in the second round, and they may be able to get Durant's star experience card!
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Sun Ce has Nash's training method. In the back-to-back-to-back games, the emotions are mainly affected. Such a schedule will bring deep anxiety to the players, but this is still good.
Sun Ce's teammates are not only anxious, but also in poor physical condition!
Three games in three days, on March 5, the Grizzlies came to Oakland. After a day of rest, they played the last game of the season with the Warriors at 8 pm. In the first three games, the Grizzlies won two and lost one. It seems that the Grizzlies have an absolute advantage.
However, tonight, the Grizzlies' 5-game winning streak was ended!
Randolph didn't perform well in the first quarter of yesterday's back-to-back game, but fortunately he was in good shape in the next three quarters, scoring 17 points in 21 minutes in the last three quarters, but Randolph was not in good shape throughout the whole night.
Nash didn't play, Ridnour performed well, scoring 8 points and 4 assists, and Sun Ce also performed well, with 25 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks.
But he couldn't stand up to others, including young players such as Klay Thompson and Paul George, who all collapsed.
In addition to Sun Ce, the Grizzlies only scored in double digits with Yi Jianlian and Jordan, one with 10 points and the other with 11 points.
As for the Warriors, Ellis has entered a manic period since late March!
Ellis actually played very aggressively at the beginning, but after he was publicly sold by the Warriors, his mentality exploded. He once averaged 24 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists per game, and by the All-Star Weekend, he had fallen to 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists per game.
But in the end, the Warriors did not complete the deal. Ellis started to play badly. Curry was injured. The Warriors were supposed to compete for Anthony Davis in theory, but Ellis did not! He wanted to win! With David Lee, Leonard, Dorell Wright, Richard Jefferson, Thabeet and others, they have achieved a record of 7 wins and 3 losses in recent times.
Tonight, taking advantage of the Grizzlies' poor form, Ellis scored 33 points and 8 assists. Leonard defended Sun Ce well. Although Sun Ce scored 25 points with 9 of 16 shots, he did a good job of blocking and limited Sun Ce to only 8 rebounds.
David Lee, Wright and Richard Jefferson performed well on the offensive end, and Thabeet blocked Sun Ce and Paul George on the defensive end.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Grizzlies 104-85, shattering the Grizzlies' hope of breaking the Bulls' lowest loss in history and reducing the Grizzlies' record to 43 wins and 10 losses.
As for the Warriors, their hopes for the playoffs are slim, but after defeating the Grizzlies, with their recent 8-3 record, the Warriors went from 19-24 to 27-27, surpassing the Rockets, who currently have 26-27, and came to ninth in the West!
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The winning streak will eventually end. Facing his teammates in such a bad state and the opponent's crazy revenge on the management, Sun Ce had no choice.
Crazy back-to-back-to-back, a record of 2 wins and 1 loss is not bad.
Sun Ce felt Ellis's idea of crazy revenge on the Warriors management, but Sun Ce felt that Ellis's "revenge" would not only not give the Warriors management and head coach Mark Jackson a headache, but would be very happy.
This is to lead that group of role players and teach them how to win!
Although the Warriors did not make the playoffs in the 2007-2008 season, Ellis led the team to 48 wins, which was a good performance. It was just bad luck that the Western Conference playoffs started with 50 wins that season. In the 2008-2009 season, Ellis was killed by his own will, but the performance of Ellis' team was not as bad as expected.
At least Ellis, who was in the black eight with Brand, Baron Davis, Stephen Jackson and others, knew how to win better and was more motivated than Leonard, David Lee, Thabeet and others.
Sun Ce felt that Ellis' revenge... was what the Warriors management was happy to see!
Sun Ce even suspected that the Warriors knew from the beginning that the Bucks would not agree to trade Ellis for Ilyasova, but they still applied for the trade, just to use Ellis's personality to polish their gradually deep team of role players!
Sun Ce himself felt that this idea was a bit too conspiracy-theoretic, but judging from the results, the result was really like this. If the Warriors were aiming for a high draft pick, this situation would definitely not be good.
But if the Warriors' goal at the beginning of this season was actually the playoffs?