One Thousand Two Hundred and Four. The Beginning of the Battle in the Air

I haven't paid much attention to the Thunder for a while, so Sun Ce checked Durant's recent performance.

It seems that after Kobe issued the challenge, Durant's number of shots has increased dramatically, from an average of 18.2 shots per game in the previous month to an average of 22 shots per game. Although his average score has increased from 29 points to 31 points, his hit rate has dropped from 51% to 49%.

Durant's characteristics are also revealed. When his number of shots is controlled between 16 and 20, he is very stable, scoring 25 to 30 points per game, as stable as it can be.

But recently, Durant has thrown 25 or 6 shots per game, and 3 times 30+ shots, raising his average number of shots per game to 22. Along with this, Durant's scoring has been extremely unstable during this period, and he has even had 11 of 31 shots in a single game, 20 irons, and 8 of 29 shots in a single game, 21 irons.

In the first five years of Durant's career, he only missed 20 shots twice in a single game when he played against the Lakers and Kobe. In just a dozen games, Durant tied the single-game miss performance of the previous five years.

In addition to Durant's personal performance being affected, the Thunder's record is not as stable as at the beginning of the season, and was once surpassed by the Nuggets and Spurs.

However, after entering the new year, Durant's number of shots has stabilized again, about 20 shots per game. He is unwilling to reduce it, but he has not deliberately increased it...

This makes Sun Ce a little regretful. Durant's brain is really good when playing.

Currently, the Thunder ranks first in the West with 26 wins and 8 losses, the Spurs rank second in the West with 26 wins and 9 losses, and the Grizzlies rank third in the West with 24 wins and 8 losses.

The gap is not big, but it is not small. Other teams have 15 to 17 games each month in November and December. The Grizzlies had too easy time in the first two months, which means that the schedule is very tight every month from January to March.

After playing this relaxing game with the Kings, the Grizzlies came to Houston the next morning, rested for a few hours, and arrived at the Toyota Center at 4 pm to start warming up.

At 6:30 pm, after 2 hours and 47 minutes of play, the Grizzlies narrowly defeated the Rockets 104-99 through overtime, winning 4 consecutive games and improving their record to 25 wins and 8 losses!

Anthony... Sun Ce always felt that he was very strong, and Anthony performed very well tonight, or in other words, as long as he played against top teams, Anthony's performance this season has never been bad. Anthony will become a free agent this summer, so he fights every time he meets a strong team.

Anthony played 50 minutes tonight, scored 44 points on 15 of 32 shots, and his average score per game increased to 31.9 points.

On Sun Ce's side, he played for 37 minutes, thanks to the coaching staff who let him play only 32 minutes in regular time, and he still had the strength to continue defending in overtime.

In 37 minutes of playing time, Sun Ce made 12 of 26 shots, including 4 of 10 three-pointers and 5 of 6 free throws, just 33 points, maintaining his average score of 33 points per game.

Sun Ce played only 32 minutes in regular time. Originally, he was leading by 16 points with 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter, and he felt very stable. Who knew that Anthony scored 15 points in the next 8 minutes and tied the score.

However, Anthony only scored two points in overtime and missed all 4 shots.

Sun Ce scored 33 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 blocks and 2 steals to win the game!

After this game, Sun Ce's average number of blocks per game increased to 3.6, surpassing Ibaka!

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In the scoring list, Sun Ce, who averaged 33 points per game, ranked first, surpassing Kobe, who averaged 32.2 points per game, and Anthony, who averaged 31.9 points per game.

In the rebounding list, Sun Ce, who averaged 13.6 rebounds per game, ranked first, ahead of Griffin, who averaged 12.8 rebounds per game, and Howard, who averaged 12.6 rebounds per game.

In the block list, Sun Ce, who averaged 3.63 blocks per game, ranked first, ahead of Ibaka, who averaged 3.61 blocks per game!

This performance, even ESPN can only be jealous.

After entering 2013, Sun Ce's performance was impeccable.

In terms of record, 5 wins and 1 loss, Sun Ce stabilized his average points and average rebounds per game, and the block list is still improving... You have to have a record, and you have to have a personal performance.

The official Twitter of Sports Illustrated put the photos of Sun Ce and Larry Bird, who won the three consecutive MVPs, together without any text.

Sports Illustrated is considered half of the Lakers' official media. James is the top favorite for MVP this season. If you can make things difficult for James, you will naturally not miss the opportunity.

At this time, ESPN also stood up. After entering the new year, the Heat won 6 games in 10 days! Including the last game against the Knicks last month, the Heat have won seven games in a row again.

In these seven games, James averaged 30.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 8.6 assists, 2 steals, and 1.7 blocks per game... He showed an invincible attitude!

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Under the leadership of Sports Illustrated, the Internet began to discuss how difficult it is to win three consecutive MVPs.

Originally, because Sun Ce won two consecutive MVPs last season and the season before, people no longer put Sun Ce in the MVP discussion in the new season.

But in the middle of the season, Sun Ce's fierce performance during this period has made him return to the ranks of MVP contenders.

It's just that it's very difficult. The requirements for two consecutive MVPs are already much more difficult than MVP. Three consecutive MVPs are even more difficult than two consecutive MVPs!

As strong as Jordan, Magic, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, they have never won three consecutive MVPs. When Jordan won three consecutive MVPs, he won the scoring title and was selected to the first team. His three-year record was 72 wins, 69 wins, and 62 wins. He won the MVP with 62 wins. It seems that they intentionally gave Jordan a year off. Malone performed better in the year with 62 wins, but they intentionally gave him a chance to prevent Malone from winning two consecutive MVPs, because with Malone's performance, he had a chance to continue to compete for the MVP next year...

The media and NBA officials seem to have an obsession with three consecutive MVPs. They don't want anyone to win three consecutive MVPs so easily, even if he is the god of basketball.

The public opinion was very lively, but Sun Ce, one of the parties involved, didn't care too much about it. He was on a cruel trip to Texas.

In the game against the Rockets, the Grizzlies played with all their main players, but they were dragged into overtime when they almost locked the victory, which consumed a lot of energy.

After playing against the Rockets, the Grizzlies came to Dallas on the 11th, rested for a night, and started the third game of 4 games in 5 days on the 12th, challenging the Mavericks away.

The Grizzlies naturally have to win the Kings and Rockets, two non-playoff teams. These are the few non-playoff opponents this month.

But against the Mavericks... they can only fight hard.

Nash and Gasol rested in this game.

The offensive core of the rotation lineup and the defensive core of the positional lineup rested. The Grizzlies played a bit miserably in this game, 93 to 104, and the Grizzlies' 4-game winning streak was ended.

Yao Ming, who played 28 minutes tonight and scored 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks with 7 of 12 shots, finally laughed out loud. That smile made many domestic fans feel that it is not an easy thing for Xiao Bawang to surpass Yao Ming!

At least Xiao Bawang's current emoticons are difficult to surpass the dominance of the three giants in Yao Ming's emoticon world!