One Thousand Five Hundred and Seventy-Nine. More Powerful than Dewey 2!

Playing against the Bucks, the Grizzlies lost their rhythm and lost unexpectedly.

Playing against the Trail Blazers, the rhythm was already messed up. They wanted to adjust temporarily, but it was too late. The opponent has successfully risen this year and once surpassed the Grizzlies.

But playing against the Rockets, the Grizzlies adjusted their mentality, focusing on maintaining their current strength and slowly exploring new defensive rotation methods, playing well, and soaring 129 points in a single game!

Sun Ce played for 33 minutes, scored 40 in three consecutive games, and also got 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 blocks and 4 steals. While getting his 21st triple-double this season, he also got his 13th regular season 40 triple-double in his career.

In this game, the Grizzlies didn't care about how to change their defense. They played naturally and played as comfortably as they wanted. They were unwilling to accept a three-game losing streak. Since the 1011 season, they have not suffered a three-game losing streak for four consecutive years, so they fought first, but unexpectedly, they naturally went to defend, but it felt a bit like playing against the Thunder.

However, on January 22, when the Grizzlies challenged the Kings back-to-back away, they tried the "natural therapy" again, but failed. The Kings tied the game 109-109 in regular time and entered overtime!

The Grizzlies' "natural therapy" was 38 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists by Cousins. In overtime, Cousins ​​also scored 2 points and 1 assist, winning his third triple-double and first 40 triple-double in his career!

Thomas, Rondo and others also played well.

Fortunately, in overtime, Beverly, Klay Thompson and Yi Jianlian each scored a three-pointer, and with Sun Ce's breakthrough 21, the Grizzlies scored 12-6, 121-115, and the Grizzlies narrowly defeated the Kings, raising their record to 28 wins and 13 losses!

25 points, 11 rebounds, 14 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal. When Cousins ​​got his first 40 triple-double in his career, Sun Ce also got his 22nd triple-double of the season!

The Grizzlies got 2 wins and 2 losses in 4 consecutive away games. Although it was 4 games in 6 days, they are currently in the excitement period after the trade. They have relieved their psychological fatigue and played very hard. At least Sun Ce and his teammates are not very satisfied with this record.

But it has passed, and Sun Ce chose to look forward.

The longer the age, the more games played, and the more experience, the better you can adjust your mentality.

What surprised Sun Ce was that he won the fourth weekly player of the season with 2 wins and 2 losses in the past week! Surpassing Westbrook's 3 weekly players!

In the past week, 3 single-game 40s, two triple-doubles,

and a mixed 40 triple-double. Sun Ce relied on the data to interrupt James' two consecutive weeks of weekly players and occupy the first place in the number of weekly players this season.

On the morning of the 23rd, Sun Ce and his teammates returned to Memphis. Next, they played three consecutive home games to finish the games in January. They rested for three days from the 23rd to the 25th, played the Rockets on the 26th, rested on the 27th, played the Kings and Pelicans back-to-back on the 28th and 29th, and rested on the 30th and 31st.

Sun Ce looked at the schedule. There were clearly 5 days of rest time, but there were still back-to-back games. Moreover, they had just played the Kings and Rockets in consecutive away games, and then played consecutive home games immediately. How much do they not care about the Rockets' mood?

However, this time with three consecutive days of rest, they can have a good team training.

From the second half of mid-December, the home and away games were changed continuously, and then the relatively compact home games were played continuously, and then the away games were played continuously. For more than a month, the Grizzlies really did not have a good tactical training.

This is not unique to the Grizzlies, the whole league is in this situation.

The Grizzlies are still good. The pressure brought by the trade has relieved the psychological fatigue, and the trade has also brought vitality to the inside line.

Other teams, by the middle of the season, are exhausted physically and mentally, and have no time and energy for tactical training.

Therefore, the middle of the regular season is regarded as the "strength display stage", and Sun Ce thinks this view is correct. In the early stage of the season, the team will run in, and in the middle of the season, the basic running-in is almost done, and the team will rely on strength to fight hard. After the All-Star Weekend, the team will observe other competitors in the middle of the season and make targeted tactical adjustments and training.

It seems to be clearly divided, but there are very few teams that can successfully complete these goals.

The 24th and 25th are the tactical training days arranged by the coaching staff. On the 23rd, there was no training scheduled, and Sun Ce did not practice more. He stayed at home with Zu Ge and Lily Collins to prepare a birthday party for the little Gohan who was about to turn one month old, book a hotel, buy gifts, and prepare game shows.

This year, the first half of the Grizzlies' regular season schedule ends on February 13, and they will play against the Thunder at home.

The 14th is just the right time to celebrate the first birthday of the little Gohan.

Sun Ce's parents will come to Memphis in a few days. This year, January 31st in the United States and January 30th in China are Chinese New Year's Eve, so they can celebrate together. The Grizzlies don't have a game that day, so they can celebrate together.

On Gohan's birthday, Lily Collins' parents will also come. Sun Ce heard that Lily Collins' father has replaced her with a stepmother, who is only three years older than her. Old Collins, the famous playboy, is also awesome.

This time, Gohan's birthday was organized very lively. Yao Ming and his wife will also come with their daughter, and teammates and team members will definitely be invited. Band members will also come at that time. On the 13th, basically all the teams in the league have finished the first half of the season. During this period, Lily Collins has been busy with this matter, and she wants to give Gohan a good birthday party.

After a busy day, Sun Ce felt pretty good, relieving the troubles caused by the various changes in the team during this period.

When he returned home in the evening, Sun Ce looked at the situation of each team.

So far, each team has played 41 to 43 games. The Grizzlies have just played half of their regular season schedule, 41 games, 28 wins and 13 losses.

The first in the West is the Lakers, 34 wins and 8 losses, overpowering the Spurs with 33 wins and 8 losses.

The third Trail Blazers have 30 wins and 12 losses, and the Grizzlies are fourth with 28 wins and 13 losses.

The fifth Jazz have 26 wins and 15 losses, the sixth Warriors have 26 wins and 16 losses, the seventh Mavericks have 24 wins and 17 losses, and the eighth Thunder have 23 wins and 18 losses.

The ninth Pelicans did not hold up in the middle of the season, which is a problem often encountered by young teams. They are currently 22 wins and 18 losses and have been overtaken by the Thunder.

Once, the Pelicans rushed to third in the West.

The tenth-placed Timberwolves began to fall behind, with a record of 20 wins and 21 losses, falling below a 50% winning rate.

The Nuggets are 15 wins and 26 wins, the only team in the bottom four of the West, with 11 wins, 9 wins, 7 wins, and 4 wins. The Nuggets can't continue to be rotten, and they can't enter the playoffs. Brian Shaw's first time as a head coach, basically determined that he would never be a head coach again as long as his contract with the Nuggets ended.

In the East, the Pacers continued to be brutal, with 36 wins and 5 losses, ranking first in the league.

The Bulls have 32 wins and 9 losses, which is not much different from the Lakers and Spurs in the first group in the West.

The Heat have 29 wins and 12 losses, and they are firmly in the top three in the East with the Pacers and Bulls.

After the Raptors got Gasol, they mainly played positional warfare and got a strong impact, rushing to fourth in the East with 26 wins and 16 losses!

The Knicks, Nets, Wizards, Cavaliers, Hornets, Hawks, and Pistons, the competition for the lower half of the Eastern Conference playoffs is very fierce, even more intense than the Western Conference.

Sun Ce looked at the schedule for the rest of this month. The Grizzlies only have 3 games left, while the other teams have about 5 games, which means that the Grizzlies will be "behind" other teams by at least two games in terms of schedule, because some teams have played 42 or 43 games, which means that they will play two or three more games than other teams in the next February and March.

There is no way. As a team with two Chinese players, they have to play the role of a team that pulls ratings during the period of low domestic ratings after the Chinese New Year.

The Grizzlies currently have a record of 28 wins and 13 losses, and can maintain their winning rate in the middle of the season with momentum, which is directly related to the relatively easy schedule in the first three months.

After enjoying the easy schedule in the early stage, February and March will be harder.

After a busy day, practicing Nash training methods, and having a good sleep, on the morning of the 24th, Sun Ce started training at 3:58. After triggering the persistence at 4 a.m., he arrived at the FedEx Arena at 8 a.m.

The new lineup has played 5 games since it was formed. There have been many ups and downs, but the coaching staff has learned a lot.

There is no rush, but many things cannot be done, so set short-term goals and adjust little by little.

Before the All-Star Weekend, the coaching staff did not think about how much progress to make. The short-term goal is to stabilize the team's offense and defense.

Even if the defense is only slightly better than the league average, stability is the main focus.

This game only allowed the opponent to score more than 90 points, and another game allowed the opponent to score more than 110 points. The players are okay. They are fully committed to the game. This is the advantage of their Grizzlies. They trade and sign players with that kind of energy, but the coach is worried about watching from the side!

What is more important is the stability of the offensive end. When the defense is not so good, it is extremely important to maintain offensive firepower.

Only by making mistakes can we find a good way. The problems encountered by the Grizzlies in this four-game road trip have made the Grizzlies coaching staff more peaceful.

The coach is the soul of a team. What they ask to do will have a huge impact on the players. When the coaching staff stopped being aggressive, the players felt a lot more relaxed during training.

The pressure in the past three games after playing against the Thunder was really great. In the game against the Kings, if Yi Jianlian, Beverley, and Klay Thompson had not seized the opportunity in overtime and made an open three-pointer, they would have almost lost 3 out of 4 games!

The two-day tactical training was carried out in an orderly manner. On the 26th, the Grizzlies ushered in the fourth and last match with the Rockets this season.

The Grizzlies did not prepare for the Rockets in the past two days. The tactical training on the morning of the game was also defensive coordination training and small-scale offensive coordination, trying to integrate Valanciunas, Gasol, and Randolph's different low-post offense into the team.

At night, we started playing directly!

This time the Grizzlies played very steadily and easily defeated the Rockets 111 to 98.

Not too irritable, but very stable!

Last night, Durant scored 52 points in his second career 50-point game against the Clippers, raising his average score to 31.7 points.

Sun Ce, who averaged 32.51 points per game, chose to shoot more tonight!

As for Westbrook, who scored 17 points, 23 rebounds and 15 assists against the Clippers last night and got his 20th triple-double of the season and brought his data back to an average triple-double, Sun Ce didn't care, he was still leading with 22 triple-doubles.

In this game against the Rockets, Sun Ce played 32 minutes and made 13 of 30 shots, including 7 of 20 three-pointers, plus 7 of 9 free throws. He unexpectedly pushed the score to 40 points, scoring 40 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 rebounds. , increasing the average points per game to 32.7 points, steadily suppressing Durant.

He wanted to compete for the scoring title and the first place in the triple-double list. Even after the game was over and he practiced the Nash training method, Sun Ce was not tired the next day.

But every time I compete, there is more pressure than in the past few years!

After a day off, the Grizzlies ushered in the second game of three consecutive home games.

The Kings look talented every year and can occasionally make amazing plays that are impressive.

However, every year at the end of the season, you will find out, why are they competing for the No. 1 pick again?

In fact, the Kings' record has always been bad. They are currently 13 wins and 30 losses, fourth from the bottom in the Western Conference. It's just that people are used to their bad record. They are so used to it that they ignore how bad their record is. Only when they occasionally play amazing games can people make people laugh. I noticed them and suddenly discovered at the end of the season why their record was so bad.

The Grizzlies were almost upset by the Kings a few days ago, but not this time.

Not only did it not happen, but the Kings also started fighting among themselves!

Players such as Rondo, Cousins, Vazquez, Jason Thompson, etc. have long been at odds with Isaiah Thomas. It was okay before. This season, the Kings have acquired two selfless players in Rondo and Vazquez. Although Isaiah Thomas is a strong player, he needs the whole team to cooperate with him and score with him. With Rondo and Vazquez who are more willing to pass the ball, teammates naturally prefer to partner with these two people.

They are all playing pick-and-rolls. With Rondo and Vazquez, there are more opportunities to catch and shoot. Which player wouldn't like to score more points? Teacher Tony has to shoot one or two three-pointers in every game. Whether he makes it or not depends on the sky.

At the end of the first half, Cousins ​​​​and Isaiah Thomas separated after a pick-and-roll. Sun Ce moved in to defend Thomas and gave Thomas a big block. When Thomas made a strong shot, Cousins ​​​​was at the free throw line. There was an open seat and then the two got into an argument and both were substituted.

There is not much suspense in this match. The Grizzlies did not play "naturally" like they did against the Thunder and Rockets. Instead, they defended step by step and went all out on offense.

103 to 94, the Grizzlies won steadily, improving their record to 29 wins and 13 losses, stabilizing their fourth position in the Western Conference!

Sun Ce easily scored 33 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks, stabilizing his scoring average of 32.7 points per game.

On the day of the game between the Grizzlies and Kings, the Pelicans have arrived in Memphis.

Ou went to watch the game last night with Round Face, Thick Eyebrows, Younger Brother, and Standing Mamba.

Ou had to admit that a perennial strong team was a perennial strong team. He originally thought that the Grizzlies, who had played extremely chaotically in the past four games and had good and bad performances, were in trouble after the mid-season trade.

However, the Grizzlies played the Kings last night and stabilized again.

Although it is not as powerful as in the past few years as long as the lineup is complete, it is still very strong and can be considered a top four team in the Western Conference.

Sun Ce worked hard to improve himself and the team, but he always felt that it was not enough.

But in the eyes of others, it is terrible that the Grizzlies can maintain this level after winning two consecutive championships!

Just like the Spurs had at least 55 wins for 8 consecutive years starting from the 2001 season, fans during that period felt that the world was dark.

Duncan has been elected as the All-Star starter for 12 consecutive years. In addition to his own strength, it is also important for the team to have good records year after year. For other Spurs, the Spurs' record during that period did not help their popularity, but for someone of Duncan's level For players, performance greatly improves their popularity.

And Sun Ce already felt that way.

This season, the Grizzlies have another chance to win 55 games, and they will win 55 games for four consecutive seasons, including the shortened season.

Sun Ce's personal performance is also exaggerated. Currently, Sun Ce is averaging 32.7 points, 13 rebounds, 9.4 assists, 3.09 blocks and 1.4 steals per game. He is averaging a triple-double per game and still has a chance to compete for the shot-blocking title!

Ou watched as the gap in blocks between Pelicans' Anthony Davis and Sun Ce became smaller and smaller. Anthony Davis had dropped from averaging 3.7 blocks per game in the early season to 3.3 per game.

Moreover, Ou felt that if Sun Ce was more ruthless, he would have a chance to average a triple-double after playing half of the season and still averaging 9 assists per game!

On the 29th, the Grizzlies last game in January, back-to-back home games against the Pelicans arrived.

When playing against the Rockets and Kings, the Grizzlies are not very concerned about it, but when playing against the Pelicans, the Grizzlies are very serious.

The Pelicans can also be considered strong, and Ou, Anthony Davis, and Eric Gordon have fewer injuries this year. More than half of the schedule has been played, and the three of them have missed only 5 times in total, which is much better than last year. .

Only by having the opportunity to play can we verify our strength, find the direction of progress, and get better at running in.

In addition to these three core players, the Pelicans also have Ryan Anderson, Anthony Morrow, Lopez Jr., Rivers Jr., Jason Smith, Aminu, Babbitt and other excellent role players, who played very well. The flaw is that they are too young. The main players are all players who started playing in the NBA after 2008. There is no one who can hold the team, so the record declined sharply in the middle of the season, from the third place in the West in mid-December to the ninth place in the West now.

However, according to the progress of Anthony Davis, who averaged 21 points, 10 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.3 steals and 3.3 blocks in his second year, plus O'Neal, who averaged 22 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists in his third year, and a good enough lineup of role players, as well as the attraction brought by this combination, the Grizzlies, including Sun Ce, regard the Pelicans as a strong rival in the future!

It may be difficult for the opponent to win the championship, but it must not be underestimated!