One Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty. Suffocating Pressure

With 31 wins and 11 losses, the Grizzlies are ranked fourth in the West, ahead of the Nuggets with 32 wins and 12 losses.

The difficult mid-season continues. On the 29th and 30th, the Grizzlies ushered in the last back-to-back in January. The most difficult period in the first half of the season is finally over.

Although there is still 14 days and 7 days from February to the All-Star Weekend, at least there is an average of one game every two days, and there is only one home back-to-back. "Dawn" is coming!

In the past 15 games, 11 wins and 4 losses, overall it is not bad. Currently, 31 wins are achieved, which is much better than the expected record after playing in January!

Due to obesity, injuries, schedule and other factors, the Grizzlies have prepared for the possibility of falling out of the top four in the first half, or even slightly away from the top four, but unexpectedly, when the other four teams in the top five in the West have soared to make the top four teams in the East, except the Heat, ashamed, they can still sit in the fourth place, and the gap with the first Thunder in the West is not that big.

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On the 29th, after a day of rest, the Grizzlies welcomed the game against the Nets at home.

A few days ago, they finally scored more than 130 points in a single game, but they gave it all back tonight.

73 to 77, the Grizzlies lost to the Nets at home, and once again failed to continue their winning streak.

It seems that the cold hand feeling against the Trail Blazers continued. Sun Ce only scored 22 points with 7 of 20 shots tonight. Although he also had 21 rebounds, 4 blocks and 4 steals, he was the only Grizzlies player to score in double digits.

Moreover, only two players from both teams scored in double digits!

On the Grizzlies side, Nash, Randolph, and Paul George, who had a finger injury, did not play, and no other player scored in double digits.

On the Nets side, Deron was defended by Sun Ce, Jimmy Butler and Gasol Jr. and scored 9 points in a single game, but Joe Johnson scored 28 points with a mid-range shot to help the Nets win the game.

Fortunately, on the 30th, when playing against the Hornets, Sun Ce's touch warmed up, making 13 of 24 shots, including 5 of 7 three-pointers, plus 5 free throws, and got 36 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists. He raised the assists to double digits before leaving the court.

Relying on Sun Ce's big triple-double, the Grizzlies beat the Hornets 107-91 and gave Irving a belated welcome ceremony.

With a record of 32 wins and 12 losses, the Grizzlies have achieved a beautiful ending this month.

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With a record of 12 wins and 5 losses in January,

it's not very good, but Sun Ce's personal data is irritable!

This month, Sun Ce has 5 triple-doubles. Relying on this triple-double against the Hornets, Sun Ce's triple-doubles this season have increased to 10 times, tying Westbrook again!

In this difficult month of competition, Sun Ce stabilized his declining average points per game, and the decline was not as large as that of the other two competitors.

Currently, Sun Ce is averaging 32.9 points per game, still ranking first in the league. Anthony surpassed Kobe and ranked second with 31.9 points per game. Kobe ranked third with 31.7 points per game, and Durant ranked fourth with 31.2 points per game.

After that, there was a gap. James ranked fifth with 28.1 points per game, Curry ranked sixth with 25.4 points, and Griffin ranked seventh with 25.1 points.

In terms of rebounds and blocks, Sun Ce is relying on the defense played by the team this month, and is about to open up the gap with the opponents behind!

Averaged 13.9 rebounds per game, just a little bit short of 14 rebounds per game. Randolph recovered and played more time. Sun Ce has the most stable teammate for positioning. Compared with positioning, no one on the Grizzlies can do better than Randolph. He had 7 offensive rebounds in a single game against the Trail Blazers, but only 9 rebounds. His ability to position in the backcourt rebounds is evident.

In the block list, Sun Ce averaged 3.66 blocks per game, leading the second Ibaka by more than 0.1 blocks per game with an average of 3.54 blocks per game!

In other words, Ibaka must get at least 9 blocks in a game and maintain the current average number of blocks per game to catch up with him.

While Sun Ce's record was still good, his data soared, averaging 32.9 points, 13.9 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 3.6 blocks, and 1.95 steals per game, with a hit rate of 43.7% and a three-point hit rate of 36.8%. Overall, it was considered to be stable and maintained the crazy performance played in the easy schedule in the first two months of the season, which was eye-catching.

However, on the night when the Grizzlies defeated the Hornets to end the January game, the Heat won 15 consecutive games...

It broke the new 10-year record of 14 consecutive wins set by the Spurs and the Grizzlies in the 10-11 season!

Sun Ce vaguely remembered something, as if James' peak season had created the second consecutive win in history at that time!

In the past two weeks, James has continued to dominate the MVP rankings, winning the Player of the Week for four consecutive weeks, raising the number of Player of the Week in a single season to 7 times, just two away from the historical record of 9 Player of the Week created by Sun Ce...

The opponent's performance is shocking! The Heat won all 14 games this month, plus the last game last month against the Knicks, winning 15 consecutive games.

The Heat's winning streak and James' personal performance have brought a suffocating sense of oppression to Sun Ce, Durant, Rose, Evans, Kobe... and Duncan, the MVP competitors.

Maybe not as dominant as O'Neal's strongest season in the 1999-00 season... Of course, it is estimated that there are no two players in NBA history who are more dominant than O'Neal in that season, and Jordan may not be able to do it.

But with good teammates and personal abilities at the peak, James has demonstrated what a true superstar of the era is!

Just like Kobe in the 07-08 season overwhelmed Paul, who played the best performance of his career before the serious injury, and Duncan overwhelmed Kobe, who had a crazy monthly average of 40+ for the first time in the 02-03 season, SS-level James made Sun Ce feel a suffocating sense of oppression.

On January 31, Sun Ce watched the news of the Heat's 15-game winning streak last night. Thinking of James and Duncan winning the weekly best yesterday, I don't know what words to use to describe my mood.

Sun Ce doesn't pay attention to this, just do his best to fight for it. Three consecutive MVPs are a dream. As a foreign player, the difficulty can be imagined.

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In the morning, Sun Ce called Lily Collins and his mother, sent Zugoose to school, and then came to the stadium to prepare for the game.

The games in January are over, but the schedule is still going on. There are still 7 games before the All-Star Weekend. Tomorrow, the first day of the new month, there will be a game with the Thunder.

Unlike the Spurs, who only needed to tie the regular season, Sun Ce had to win all three games against the Thunder.

But there was another big thing today. Randolph was not in shape in the morning training. Coach Hollins knew why and ended the training early. He could practice again in the afternoon.

Yesterday, the NBA All-Star starting voting ended. At 12 noon today, the NBA will announce the starting lineup for the All-Star weekend!