One Thousand Two Hundred and Five. Durant, Can You Give Me some More Strength?

The Mavericks did a good job on both offense and defense tonight.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Grizzlies were missing Gasol, a key high-post passer, and Nash, a core player in the rotation lineup, they restricted the Grizzlies very well.

In addition to Sun Ce, who scored 27 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal on 9 of 20 shots, the Grizzlies only had Paul George, who scored in double figures on 5 of 13 shots. The Grizzlies played a lot of players tonight and used all kinds of tricks. There were a lot of players with six or seven points, but because of fatigue and the slack mood after entering the mid-season, the last game went into overtime, and the fatigue level increased.

The Mavericks played a beautiful team offense. The Mavericks have many veterans this season, and many of them are veterans who have not won the championship and have strong adjustment capabilities.

Although the Grizzlies tried hard, they still lost.

After the Grizzlies lost to the Mavericks with 25 wins and 9 losses, some media joked that it was unlikely for the Grizzlies to surpass the Bulls' 72-win record.

But this is not over yet...

After playing against the Mavericks, Sun Ce and his teammates came to San Antonio the next morning...

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We arrived in San Antonio at 9:30 in the morning. The coaching staff asked the players to rest in the hotel for the whole morning and go to the ATT Center to prepare for the game in the afternoon.

Sun Ce was going to take a nap on the sofa. He did not participate in the interview after the game last night. He practiced the Nash training method. Sun Ce was not tired physically, but he was very tired mentally.

In the past 12 days, he played 7 games. Tonight, he was about to play back-to-back. Not to mention his teammates, Sun Ce himself was in a slack mood.

At this time, Zu Ge got into Sun Ce's arms and handed the mobile phone screen to Sun Ce: "Brother, the Spurs are first in the West!"

The Spurs are first in the West?

Fuck!

Sun Ce looked at it and saw that the Thunder lost last night and were defeated by the Heat. The Heat won 8 games in a row; but the Spurs slaughtered the 76ers 131 to 101 in the first game of the home back-to-back last night.

The Thunder's record became 26 wins and 9 losses, falling to second in the West, while the Spurs' record improved to 27 wins and 9 losses, surpassing the Thunder and becoming first in the West!

Sun Ce quickly opened the event section prompted by the system.

"Top Sniper (A):

Target: The host must win the game every time he encounters the first place in the East or the West.

Event Reward: Every time the host defeats the first place in the East or the West, he can get the star experience card of the random player of the team this season.

Failure Penalty: When the host loses the game against the first place in the East or the West, this event ends. The host will enter the same number of games with a cold hand state according to the number of points the host's team loses in the game.

New opponent triggers: San Antonio Spurs."

This... There is already an event of "Peak Big Devil". In the next three games with the Spurs, they must win, otherwise they will not be able to trigger the final event of "being the enemy of the strongest system", and they will not get Ginobili's characteristic transformation skill "Demon Sword Out of the Body".

Now, the importance of this game with the Spurs has been further enhanced!

It's not just about whether there is a chance to trigger the final event. If it really fails to trigger, Sun Ce will only regret it, but the degree of regret is quite deep.

But if the "Top Sniper" event is not completed, it will lose 1 point, and the hand feeling of 1 game will be cold. What if it loses 10 points?

Sun Ce dare not think about it any further!

"What does Durant do? Is he beaten by James again?"

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In the lunch incident, Sun Ce chewed beef as if it were Durant, and he wanted to eat it alive.

It can't be overtaken by the Spurs at any time, it has to be now!

After lunch, Sun Ce and Zu Ge followed the team to the ATT Arena and held a tactical meeting.

When playing against the Rockets, they replaced the main players with a 16-point lead, and played against the Mavericks to rest two core players, all for tonight's game.

Tonight, on the Grizzlies side, except for Tony Allen who was affected by a shoulder injury and could not play, Coach Hollins was ready to let all other main players play!

This is good news for Sun Ce.

Of course, such an arrangement by the team was something Sun Ce expected.

Unlike the Mavericks, the Spurs are the Grizzlies' most direct rivals in defending their title.

Compared with the young Thunder and the Lakers who have lost their dominance in the interior, the Spurs are obviously more difficult to deal with in the playoffs.

The Mavericks have shown their strength in the playoffs, but like the Celtics in the past two years, they are strong, but they may not be encountered.

Tonight, the Grizzlies are playing the second game of a back-to-back, so the disadvantage is not very big. The Spurs are also playing back-to-back, but the Grizzlies are playing back-to-back away from home, and it is the second back-to-back in a back-to-back of 4 games in 5 days.

Coach Hollins is very attentive in making rotation adjustments, trying to minimize the impact of the tight schedule and the impact of injuries.

As for the defensive tactics, the coaching staff has also tried their best to think of the best way they can think of for the time being.

Sun Ce was very satisfied with the team's situation, but could they win...

After the tactical meeting, Sun Ce and his teammates had a defensive running training class. This was a defensive coordination training that the Grizzlies coaching staff adjusted to deal with the Spurs' passing and cutting style after the game against the Warriors.

It's hard to say how well it can be defended, but this is the best way that the team coaching staff and defensive players have come up with.

After the training, we started to rest, eat at 4:30, and warm up at 5:30, in preparation for the 8pm national live broadcast of the game.

Sun Ce opened the prop space. The probability of obtaining props that directly play a role this season, that is, the star experience card, has become lower, and more props such as skill cards have greatly helped their own strength but cannot have an explosive effect.

Sun Ce didn't know why this change occurred. He guessed that it might be because he had passed the "novice period" and now entered the growth period, so the rewards he received were also different.

Of course, this is a good thing for Sun Ce. Under such great pressure and heavier responsibilities this season, he can still maintain the speed of progress, relying on the changes in the prop types rewarded by the learning machine.

But when it really comes to life, there is no better way except to rely on yourself.

At present, Sun Ce has physical potions to use, as well as a Jordan card and an A-level designated type lottery card.

Jordan card, Sun Ce doesn't want to use it so much. This card is going to be saved for the playoffs against the Lakers, Spurs, or Thunder.

Sun Ce had never used the A-level designated type lottery card. He originally wanted to designate a skill upgrade card, but the skill upgrade card was a special card, not a separate type, so Sun Ce kept it as a backup, in case there was a more needed type of item.

"Let's take a chance, if I can upgrade the ball-handling pick-and-roll expert to level 5..."