One Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty-Five. How Can One Pretend to Be Fresh and Refined?
The invitation list for the 2014 All-Star Weekend Three-Point Contest was announced on January 31, 2014, and it was the league that took the initiative to announce it.
But on February 1, 2014, just one day later, the list of participants had been determined.
The players who accepted the invitation included Curry and Harden of the Warriors, Irving and Morrow of the Pelicans, Lillard of the Trail Blazers, Sun Ce and Klay Thompson of the Grizzlies.
Yi Jianlian and Paul George, Beverley, Hardaway Jr., Ryan Anderson, Kevin Love, and Belinelli declined the NBA's invitation.
Curry said in an interview: "I want to participate in the three-point contest every year, yes, every year. If possible, I hope that the league will still invite me to participate in the three-point contest when I retire in the season."
Harden said in an interview: "Do you know? I have never beaten Stephen in training! This time I must beat him... What do you mean I want to win the lord? I didn't..."
Morrow said in an interview: "I really hope I can win the three-point contest again."
Klay Thompson said in an interview: "It's a pity that I didn't participate in the three-point contest last season. It feels very special to be an opponent with Brother San. This is the first time... Who is Brother San? Lord... Why is he called Brother San? I don't know, he asked me to call him that..."
Irving said in an interview: "I think my three-pointer is very good, and I want to try it too."
Lillard said in an interview: "This year I want to participate in all the games of the All-Star Weekend, yes, all the games. I have participated in the dunk contest, skills challenge, and three-point contest. I think I will definitely enter the rookie game. I hope the coaches will select me into the All-Star Game. I think I am an All-Star level player."
Sun Ce refused to be interviewed.
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On February 1, the day when the Grizzlies challenged the Timberwolves away, Sun Ce received the invitation yesterday and received the notification from Bill Duffy and Chris Wallace, and chose to accept it.
This morning, when he and his teammates came to the Target Center in Minneapolis to prepare for the game, they saw that the league quickly announced the list of the three-point contest.
Especially after he accepted the invitation last night, the league announced his acceptance of the invitation as soon as possible, which was so fast that it was faster than thunder...
The media naturally moved, and the interviews with the contestants were completed at noon.
Sun Ce saw that Lillard and Irving, two contestants who did not participate in the three-point contest last year, had normal answers when they were interviewed.
But Harden and Klay Thompson, the two newcomers, spoke obviously wrong, especially Harden!
On the contrary, Curry and Morrow seemed quite normal... But Sun Ce felt that these people participated for him!
When Sun Ce saw the invitation list announced by the league yesterday, he knew that the league was "taking advantage" of his popularity!
If Nash and Battier had not retired, and Yi Jianlian, Beverley, Paul George, Hardaway Jr. and others had not chosen to not participate, Sun Ce estimated that the league would have to come up with such a crazy thing as his teammates and his former teammates continuing to compete with him.
After the worst performance in the three-point contest last year, this year's three-point contest has become the most watched game of the three-event day of the NBA All-Star Weekend, because the league has long been rumored to continue to invite Sun Ce to participate in the three-point contest.
Fans are very curious whether Sun Ce will continue to participate and whether he wants to avenge his previous shame?
And Sun Ce has always given fans the impression that "there must be revenge". Such a shame... Sun Ce has made great progress in three-point shooting this season, and his performance has been getting better. Compared with the beginning of the season, both the number of hits and the hit rate have been greatly improved. So far, he has averaged 3.9 three-point hits per game and launched a fierce pursuit towards Curry. The hit rate has also increased by almost four percentage points compared to last season, reaching 38.6%!
Sun Ce's three-point shooting this season is almost two less than last season, but his average three-point shooting per game is only 0.2 less than last season so far!
He worked so hard to improve his three-point shooting.
Many people linked this to the shame of the three-point contest.
Last night, after the league announced that Sun Ce accepted the invitation to the three-point contest, the fans were excited!
Before Sun Ce joined the NBA, the All-Star Weekend became more and more boring. The rookie game was like an amusement park, with rookies on both sides dunking. There was no highlight in the three-point contest before last season. The champions of the 11th year of the three-point contest were Morrow, the 10th year was Pierce, and the 09th year was Daquan Cook... It was completely unimportant. The dunk contest became less and less interesting after Carter stopped participating. The attention of the skills challenge was higher than that of the three-point contest and the dunk contest. In the early years, Kobe, Wade, Nash, Kidd, Deron, Paul and others all participated in the skills challenge.
This is very miserable. The skills challenge, which has always been regarded as an extra for the All-Star Weekend, has more topics than the three-point contest and the dunk contest.
In the years before Sun Ce joined the NBA, the All-Star Weekend was just a formality except for the main game, with lukewarm ratings and average topicality.
But in 2010, after Sun Ce participated in the Rookie Game, he immediately set a new tone for the Rookie Game!
The Rookie Game has also become a game that first- and second-year players have to fight hard.
Although I don’t know how long this trend will last, wherever Sun Ce goes, there is a world of martial arts!
Last year, Sun Ce participated in the three-point contest, although the result... but it greatly increased the popularity of the three-point contest!
Watching netizens discuss how many points Sun Ce can get in this year's three-point contest... Sun Ce is so angry! He must take revenge this year!
The reason for his poor performance in the three-point contest is simple. Last season, his three-point shooting points were concentrated in the top arc area within 45 degrees on both sides, and he averaged 9 shots per game from this position!
Thanks to the wide top arc area, he can shoot three-pointers normally in the game.
This year, his bottom corner three-pointer has improved a lot, and... there is also a powerful special card! There is a chance for revenge!
However, the way to use that special card makes Sun Ce very entangled. What kind of pretentious way should he use to be very pretentious and unconventional? This must be thought about carefully...
Fortunately, the requirement for using this special card is to issue a declaration of victory at any time before the start of the three-point contest, and there is more than half a month to think slowly.
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With the announcement of the starting lineup of the All-Star Game and the list of participants in the three-point contest, fans' enthusiasm for the All-Star Weekend began to rise, and they gradually came out of the aesthetic fatigue and viewing fatigue in the middle of the season, and the attention to NBA games began to increase.
The NFL playoffs are about to end. This year's Super Bowl will be held on February 3rd. With the end of the NFL season, some basketball and American football fans will turn their attention back to the NBA, and the All-Star Weekend will be at its peak.
Fans are now looking forward to the announcement of the list of participants for the Rookie Game and the other two events.
At 6 pm on the 1st, the Grizzlies' away game against the Timberwolves started.
Stoudemire couldn't play before the All-Star Weekend, so the Grizzlies called back Hardaway Jr. to enhance his outside shooting ability.
The Grizzlies have a record of 31 wins and 13 losses, while the Timberwolves have a record of 22 wins and 25 losses. As the season progresses, the gap in strength between the two teams is becoming more and more obvious.
The Grizzlies have become a strong offensive team due to various factors. Due to a previous experience of a series of away games with a 1-3 record, the Grizzlies coaching staff's goal before the All-Star Weekend is to stabilize the offense and gradually try to strengthen the defense. They have done well in the past few games. At least the offense has not been adjusted for the sake of adjustment like the 4-game away game, which caused the team's strength to plummet.
In tonight's game, the difficulty for the Grizzlies lies in rebounds. Love and Pekovic's rebounding protection is too strong! Drummond and Jordan, who are the top two in rebounding per game this season, have both experienced rebounding not reaching double digits in the game against the Timberwolves.
The Grizzlies also lost badly in rebounds tonight, only getting 38 rebounds, while the Timberwolves got 46 rebounds.
Fortunately, the Grizzlies performed well on both offense and defense tonight. Although Love got 28 points and 16 rebounds and Pekovic got 12 points and 14 rebounds, Sun Ce also had 26 points and 12 rebounds.
In addition to Paul George's 12 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Yi Jianlian's 16 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, Klay Thompson's 21 points and 5 rebounds, Valanciunas' 9 points and 6 rebounds, Amir Johnson's 5 points and 3 rebounds... The Grizzlies fought for the game, at least they didn't let the opponent widen the gap in rebounds.
They defended many rebounds that had to be defended, which also gave the Grizzlies a chance to win.
In the final moments of the game, Paul George made three consecutive assists, benefiting Sun Ce, Klay Thompson and Yi Jianlian, who played an 8-4 wave and finally defeated the Timberwolves 104-100, raising their record to 32 wins and 13 losses!
In addition to 26 points and 12 rebounds with 8 of 20 shots, Sun Ce also had comprehensive data of 4 assists, 4 blocks and 3 steals.
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The Timberwolves played very hard. They wanted to continue to impact the playoffs. This is not an exception. All teams that have the opportunity to enter the playoffs want to rush into the playoffs before the All-Star Weekend; and teams that are already in the playoffs naturally do not want to be surpassed and want to enter the rest stage of the All-Star Weekend in a good mood.
The Grizzlies, who are currently in the second sprint stage of the regular season, encountered a strong impact from their opponents.
The morning after playing the Timberwolves, the Grizzlies returned to Memphis and faced the Hawks that night. The Grizzlies lost at home 98-105.
This game made the fans discover something strange. Westbrook has a very high chance of winning with a triple-double, while Sun Ce has a triple-double... The winning rate cannot be said to be low, but it is not that high either. Three or four out of ten triple-doubles are losses. Sometimes it seems that he has no choice but to get a triple-double.
In the game against the Hawks, Sun Ce scored 22 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 block, and 1 steal... The team's defense is really bad! If his teammates don't defend well, Sun Ce's defensive role will be greatly reduced.
However, there is no way to play this game. After two days of back-to-back rest, it will be back-to-back away games. The regular season has been played for more than half, and fatigue has long accumulated. The Grizzlies did not seem to be affected by the mid-season in January. The main reason is that the players have pressure and motivation. Now in February, with the announcement of the All-Star starting list and the three-point contest list, the Grizzlies also feel that the mid-season break is coming. The pent-up energy has begun to slowly relax and prepare for the All-Star Weekend...
This change in thinking is normal. For players, rest is too important!
After getting the 24th triple-double of the season, they lost the game, and the record became 32 wins and 14 losses. Sun Ce felt that this number was poisonous!
But the schedule continued. After playing the back-to-back away games, on the morning of the 3rd, the Grizzlies rushed to Dallas without stopping. After a night's rest, they challenged the Mavericks on the 4th.
The Grizzlies played well tonight. Sun Ce had a huge triple-double of 35 points, 17 rebounds and 11 assists, plus 2 blocks and 2 steals.
Paul George had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Klay Thompson had 16 points, Valanciunas also had 12 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks. In order to deal with the opponent's inside line, Yi Jianlian and Amir Johnson, who came on the bench, also scored a reasonable 17 points. points, the Grizzlies team scored 106 points.
However, for the Mavericks, Nowitzki scored 26 points and 6 rebounds, and Bosh had 28 points and 10 rebounds. The key is that Carter, who came off the bench, went crazy and scored 30 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. It was as if he was dreaming of returning to the top, plus stability Conley scored 15 points and 8 assists, and the Mavericks scored 114 points.
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After suffering a two-game losing streak, the record became 32 wins and 15 losses. On the 6th, the Grizzlies returned to Memphis and went wild!
It's not a runaway in the regular sense of the season. This season, the Grizzlies have scored more than 130 points in a single game, but they have never scored particularly low points. It is completely different from the past few years when they scored 70 points at a disagreement.
And this time, the Grizzlies did it again!
In the home game against the Bucks, the Grizzlies only scored 75 points, but only allowed the Bucks to score 68 points... In fact, it was simply a matter of poor touch. Sun Ce scored at least 22 points in a single game in his career. With 20 irons, he scored 38 points on 15 of 36 shots. He alone accounted for half of the team's scoring... Moreover, the team took 86 shots! That is to say, others threw 50 times, 14 times more than him, and scored one point less than him.
Fortunately, their desperate defense also made the opponent miserable!
The Bucks have failed to rebuild, ranking last in the league with 6 wins and 34 losses, surpassing the Clippers... Their signings last summer can be said to be terrible, O.J. Mayo, Neal, Caron Butler , Ridnour, Sessions...compared to last season's performance, they all took a huge dive!
The only thing the Bucks can be happy about is that Monroe, Middleton, and Brandon Knight have pretty good statistics.
Sun Ce scored 38 points, 23 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 blocks and 2 steals in a single game. He scored his eighth double-20 in the regular season of his career, helping the team narrowly beat the Bucks 75-68 and avoid a three-game losing streak.
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With 33 wins and 15 losses, after the Grizzlies finished their game against the Bucks, they set off again the next morning, heading to Orlando to challenge the Magic, the second-last team in the Eastern Conference this season.
These two games really gave the Grizzlies a good cushion, because the Grizzlies also felt bad against the Magic. Of course, it was much better than against the Magic. The Grizzlies scored 86 points in the game. 81 narrowly defeated the Magic, improving the record to 34 wins and 15 losses.
Sun Ce scored a game-high... 20 points tonight. Compared to the night before yesterday, when the Grizzlies scored in double figures alone, Sun Ce was much better tonight, although Klay Thompson only scored 1 of 7 shots. 5 points, but Klay Thompson had 17 points, Amir Johnson had 12 points, and Livingston had 14 points.
Livingston played well, but Sun Ce played less time. The team also wanted him to rest. He played 30 minutes and scored 20 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 blocks on 7-of-14 shooting. Due to his high rebounds, His rebounding efficiency is extremely high. If he hadn't played less time, he would have had a chance to double 20 for two consecutive games.
If there is any bad news, Tony Allen was injured in the confrontation with Nelson. His wrist was crushed when he fell to the ground and sprained.
So Coach Hollins saw that Livingston's scoring efficiency and assists were good and his lead could be stabilized. From the second half of the second quarter to the first 9 minutes of the third quarter, he let Sun Ce rest. In the fourth quarter, Sun Ce only played in the back. 9 minutes.
Fortunately, the game was won without any danger.
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On February 9th, the morning after the away game against the Magic, the Grizzlies came to Cleveland. Gobert was also recalled today. The available players for the Grizzlies just made up the 13-man roster... In fact, this is already very good. At this time, several teams have four or five players who cannot play. This year, the league further encourages offense, and the return time for fouls, defensive violations, etc. has been shortened to 14 seconds. The impact has further expanded, the pace of the game has improved a lot compared to last season, and the number of injuries in the league has almost doubled compared to last season!
In the regular season last season, an average of 2.2 players per team per game were absent due to injuries. This season, the average number of players per team per game was absent due to injuries!
For example, in the Grizzlies, Tony Allen will be injured for a week. In the remaining games before the All-Star Weekend, the Grizzlies will have three players who cannot play. This is already considered very good, below the average... Although this year's Grizzlies The Bears did not continue the rotation strategy, but the 13-man rotation still played a great role in reducing injuries.
There is a lot of bad news for the Grizzlies and Sun Ce this year, and they come one after another.
However, his personal progress did not stop!
At 3:30 pm on the 9th, the Grizzlies began to warm up for tonight's back-to-back games. Sun Ce finished stretching and was doing some shooting warm-up training when the system prompt came!
"Congratulations to the host for improving his left-handed mid-range shooting rating from the A level to the A+ level in the three-second zone.
Because the host's mid-range shooting in the five areas of the left side of the three-second zone, the left baseline, the right side of the three-second zone, the right bottom line, and the direction of the free throw line all reached the A+ level, the host's mid-range shooting evaluation was adjusted to the A+ level.
Because the host's overall mid-range shooting evaluation has reached A+ level, congratulations to the host, the skill: High-post post-up king level 2 (Kobe) has been upgraded to level 3. "
The left side of the three-second zone shot has finally reached A+ level!
Sun Ce was still yawning, and instantly became energetic!
Open the skill section, Kobe's high-post post-up king skill has finally been upgraded!
But Boss Joe's turnaround jump shot skill requires a mid-range shooting area to reach S-level!
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