One Thousand Four Hundred. BEAT-LJ Sixth Update. 96W Recommendation Votes Plus Additional Update
A new month has arrived. After a day of rest in Los Angeles, Sun Ce and his teammates went to Staples Center to challenge the Lakers away.
There are still fans who expect the Lakers to turn the tables, and public opinion has changed again. Those "want to be different" keyboard warriors who just said good things about the Grizzlies have turned to the Lakers.
However, this can no longer prevent the Grizzlies from entering the finals for two consecutive years.
Paul completely collapsed tonight, shooting 4 of 14 shots, without any idea of fighting. He played for 31 minutes and got 10 points and 5 assists.
Kobe made 8 of 24 shots in the first three quarters, got 23 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 6 fouls and 5 turnovers. Without Paul's help, Paul himself did not play well. Kobe encountered the strongest defense in this series. Without the outstanding performance in the first four games, his hit rate was only 33%. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he was fouled out because of overly active but incapable defense!
The Grizzlies played very steadily. The previous loss made the Grizzlies not dare to be careless no matter how much advantage they had. They played steadily.
Sun Ce played for 30 minutes, 6 of 11 shots, 17 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and 1 block, including 3 steals from Kobe's pass. He began to rest after the third quarter.
When the Lakers' tactical core was unwilling to fight and wanted to take a holiday early, the Grizzlies did not give the Lakers a chance. The Grizzlies beat the Lakers 95 to 77 and advanced 4 to 1!
Randolph scored 23 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, and became the MVP of the game to accept the post-match interview.
Randolph performed the best in the team tonight, or in other words, if Sun Ce had not scored 40+ triple-doubles and 50+ triple-doubles in two single games, Randolph would have performed the best in the entire series, averaging 24.2 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.4 steals in 5 games. If you only post a height without a weight, people will believe that this is Sun Ce's data.
The fans left the court disappointed after the game, and many Lakers players also left after the game.
However, Kobe, who fouled out after 27 seconds in the fourth quarter, did not leave in a rage like he did after the previous loss, but hugged his old friend Nash.
Maybe this was the last time he played against Nash.
Sun Ce did not leave either, as he was about to hand out the Western Conference championship trophy.
Sun Ce thought that Kobe would ignore him for a while after the loss, just like before,
but he did not expect Kobe to walk towards him after talking to Nash.
"What? Fighting? No, this guy is so bad at fighting that he always gets beaten. It's unlikely..."
Just as Sun Ce was complaining, Kobe stopped in front of him and said, "BEAT-LJ."
After that, Kobe turned and left, leaving Sun Ce in a mess because of his words...
"BEAT-LJ? Not LA? Oh! It's James! Who said this guy doesn't care about competing with James? He cares more than anyone else, okay!"
After a while, NBA Vice President Stu Jackson came to the scene with the Western Conference Championship trophy. Zugo, who came with the team this time, also wanted to ask for the trophy, but he had already taken one, and the team didn't have one...
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Sun Ce and his teammates were very excited to reach the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive years.
Now no one says that the Grizzlies are a small city team and it is difficult to defend the title. At this time, the Grizzlies have played a super dominant force in the Western Conference playoffs, with 12 wins and 3 losses! The Grizzlies have only lost 3 games in the playoffs this year.
By 8:30 p.m. on May 2, the two teams in the Eastern Conference Finals had lost three games each in this round.
The Chicago Bulls narrowly defeated the Heat 101-100, tying the score!
Rose scored 35 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals in a single game, and performed very well, especially in the last attack. When the Heat left Rose open at the top of the arc, Rose, who had only made 10 three-pointers in the playoffs this season and had a hit rate of only 30%, beat the Heat at the buzzer!
Sun Ce had experienced this scene before, as he was defeated by Rose once in the past.
Sun Ce felt that the Heat's defense was fine in this round, but Rose just made the shot.
After returning to Memphis to rest for a day and watching a game, on the morning of the 3rd, Grizzlies owner Robert Pera made a decision to go to Miami to prepare for the game.
The game 7 between the Heat and the Bulls was scheduled for the 5th, and the first game of the finals would start on the 7th regardless of which Eastern team advances.
After discussing with the Grizzlies boss and coaching staff, they felt that the Heat had a better chance of advancing. Moreover, no matter which team advances, the Eastern Conference Finals will go to Game 7, and most of the games will be within 10 points or even within 5 points, which is good for the Grizzlies.
Even if the judgment is wrong, going to the scene to watch the game on the 5th and resting in Miami with a good climate are both good choices.
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On the afternoon of the 3rd, after arriving in Miami, the Grizzlies immediately held a tactical meeting and discussed the training that would start tomorrow in the hotel conference room.
Coach Hollins did not blindly prepare for the game with the Heat as an imaginary enemy, but focused on training to defend against pick-and-roll, pass-cut, and running shots.
Sun Ce was surprised to find that the Heat and the Bulls had many similar characteristics during the tactical meeting, but he had not noticed it before.
"Perhaps this is the reason why the Bulls were able to play against the Heat in Game 7 when they were at a disadvantage in strength. Old Sloan is good at using pick-and-rolls, and naturally he is also good at defending pick-and-rolls."
Sun Ce made his own judgment after his team's coaching staff conducted a comprehensive analysis of the two teams.
Sun Ce always listened to the coaching staff on major strategies such as training direction and tactical guidelines. They are much more professional.
In the evening, Sun Ce accompanied Zugoose, who came to Miami together, to the beach to step on the water... just step on the water, both of them are not very good at swimming.
After a day of rest, on the 4th, he came to the basketball hall of Florida State University and started training for the game against the Heat.
The intensity was not high, mainly training the details of cooperation. James and Rose are both among the best players in the league in using pick-and-roll. The former has always been good in this aspect, and Rose has been very good for more than two years.
But the Grizzlies also have Nash and Stockton, two big guys who are very good at pick-and-roll in NBA history. With these two people, the training plan is very good.
Training in the morning and rest in the afternoon, the Grizzlies have done a good job in combining work and rest.
After the training on the morning of the 5th, Sun Ce went shopping with the two girls in the afternoon. After dinner, Sun Ce and the two girls and one child went to the American Airlines Center to meet up with their teammates. Tonight, several players from the Grizzlies came to watch the game.
At 6:10 pm, Rose and James entered the court one after another and saw Sun Ce in the third row opposite the technical table. They were not playing against Sun Ce, but they felt the pressure!
Pressure about the game outside of this game!