One Thousand One Hundred and Forty-One. I, Old Deng, Am at My Peak Again!
In the last 3 minutes, he threw the ball 5 times and got 6 points, raising the score to 40 points.
Knowing that he couldn't play in the fourth quarter, Sun Ce had to throw the ball as many times as he could.
The score was 91 to 63 in the third quarter, and the Grizzlies scored 0 points in the final quarter, so the opponent had no chance of turning the tables.
40 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks and 3 steals in the third quarter. Sun Ce didn't have any assists in the third quarter. He shot 15 times in a single quarter and got 19 points, bringing his personal score to 40 points.
The opponent felt so desperate, watching Sun Ce's hit rate in the third quarter from nearly 60% to less than 50%. Two outside players double-teamed this guy outside the three-point line and threw the ball...
In the final quarter, Beverley, Jimmy Butler, Crowder, Randolph, and Lopez played garbage time, allowing Randolph to play more and find the feeling of low-post back-to-back.
In the end, the Grizzlies easily defeated the Pistons 108 to 87, improving their record to 11 wins and 3 losses, and stabilized their fifth place in the West.
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Averaging 33.4 points per game, Sun Ce's average score has recovered. Kobe scored 31 points in the game that night, and his average score dropped to 32.4 points. Sun Ce was just 1 point ahead.
He knew that the early stage of the season was just about enduring, and who would not be able to endure first and whose average score would drop first.
In this day and age, it is not so easy to average more than 30 points per game. Even the scoring champion may not have an average of 30 points per game. Players who start well may have an average of 35 or 36 points per game, but they will drop later. If there are multiple players competing, players who drop more slowly will have a better chance of competing for the scoring champion in the middle and late stages of the season.
Durant survived the 09-10 season and the 10-11 season in this way. Durant relied on stability to beat James and Anthony. In terms of stability, Durant may be the strongest player in the league today.
Anyway, Sun Ce has made up his mind. He will score as many points as possible against weak teams, and ignore this when playing against strong teams.
As for not looking good... who cares? If the Grizzlies are the team that laughs last, who cares how he got the title of the scoring champion.
The day after the game with the Spurs, Sun Ce took Zu Ge and the team to San Antonio, and then they were going to challenge the Spurs away.
When they arrived in San Antonio, they took a break at noon. At two o'clock in the afternoon, Zu Ge stayed in the room to do homework, and Sun Ce followed the team to the ATT Center to prepare for the game tomorrow night.
The Spurs have also lost three games so far,
but they have played three more games than the Grizzlies, and currently have 14 wins and 3 losses, ranking second in the West.
At the ATT Center's main team training ground, Gay knew that the Grizzlies had come to the stadium, and his mood was complicated.
If he hadn't asked to leave last year, the Grizzlies would have chosen to trade Paul George for immediate combat power. Gay knew this. Although Paul George was talented, under the circumstances at the time, the Grizzlies wanted to compete for the championship, and they would definitely prefer to keep him who was stronger.
If he didn't leave, Gay estimated that he would have worn the championship ring. Last season, he was better than Paul George in all aspects.
But what has passed is past. It has been a year since he left the Grizzlies. Grizzlies fans have almost forgotten him. They may think of him occasionally, but now, Sun Ce, Randolph, Gasol, Nash, double 3D, Yi Jianlian, Battier... these people are the players that Grizzlies fans will not forget. They are the core members of the first championship in team history. Even Jordan who left the team and Aaron Gray who retired reluctantly have a higher status in the hearts of Grizzlies fans than Gay.
Last season, Gay still had thoughts about the Grizzlies, the team he had been with for 5 years. Now, except for the regret of not getting the championship ring and leaving, there is nothing to miss.
Looking at his teammates, thinking about the team's defense returning to the top ranks after strengthening the defense under the basket this season... Although Gay is not so competitive, he wants to beat the Grizzlies this year and become the champion!
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The Grizzlies are fully committed to preparing for the game against the Spurs.
Last year, the Spurs and the Lakers played to a tiebreaker. This year, Duncan and Ginobili, two of the three players, got a year older, but their efficiency actually increased instead of decreasing!
Especially with Kwame Brown and Split, two centers with good defense and tons, Duncan almost played a first-defense level performance!
Not the kind of first-defense role that could be played on the court last season, but a real first-defense level. As for the overall performance, although Sun Ce felt that he had known it for a long time, he still felt incredible. When Gay was fully integrated into the Spurs and had a good defensive center, Duncan's performance at the power forward position this season ranked first in the league...
Even if the scope is expanded to all forward players, only James can suppress Duncan. Duncan has played 13 games so far this season and rested 4 games. He averaged 18.6 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 0.7 steals per game. His turnovers were a new career low of 1.6 times per game, and his fouls were the second lowest in his career, 1.7 times per game.
As for playing time, he averaged 32 minutes per game...
Duncan's performance was incredible, and he even won the Player of the Week. If he hadn't rested for 4 games in the first month, he would have almost snatched Durant's Player of the Month.
Duncan will be 37 years old in less than half a year!
Although the Spurs' performance is not as exaggerated as the Thunder and the Heat, it is still the third best team in the league so far, averaging 106.5 points per game and conceding 97 points per game. The offense is strong and the defense is also top-notch. The average points lost per game is more than 5 points lower than the league average of 102.2 points!
The Grizzlies came to a conclusion through discussions of the coaching staff and team meetings that the Spurs might be their strongest opponent in the Western Conference this season.
The Grizzlies attach great importance to the regular season game against the Spurs, especially the first match. Winning or losing depends on performance, but we must try our best to force out the opponent's strongest strength, so as to see who is stronger between us and the opponent, how big the gap is, and what needs to be changed in a targeted manner.
For the current Grizzlies, it is no problem to enter the playoffs. If you can compete for the ranking, you can compete. If you can't compete, it doesn't matter. The most important thing is to adapt and adjust to several major opponents.
After the training, Sun Ce returned to the hotel gym to practice Nash training method, returned to the room to take a shower, enjoyed Zu Ge's head massage, continued to study the Spurs' scout report, and watched the two fierce battles between the Spurs and the Lakers and the Spurs and the Mavericks brought back from the editor.
The Spurs have played 17 games. Duncan played the best, followed by Gay, who played all 17 games and averaged a career high of 24.3 points per game. This season, there are 4 players who have not scored less than 20 points in a game, Sun Ce, Kobe, Durant, and the fourth is not Anthony or James, but Gay.
What Sun Ce wants to complain about is that among these four players, Gay is the only one who averages less than 29 points per game, and even 20+ in 17 games, but his average score is less than 25 points per game.
Just when Sun Ce was complaining to Zugoose, the system prompt came...
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