One Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty-Eight. The Little Overlord Who Was Surrounded by the Superstars of His Time (5,000 Words)

Lost once at home to the Grizzlies, lost once again away from home to the Grizzlies, and now have to challenge the Grizzlies away again... Westbrook doesn't want to lose!

But Sun Ce... is just like a devil! He has occupied the top spot in the triple-double list for several years, but he just refuses to come down!

He has played 53 games, averaging 216 points, 103 rebounds, 123 assists and 16 steals per game... Westbrook looked at his own data. He didn't expect that he could play such data, but he didn't expect that he would not be the first in the triple-double list with such data!

On the Sun Ce side, he averaged 327 points, 13 rebounds, 92 assists, 32 blocks and 16 steals per game, and once dominated the triple-double list and the scoring list!

Now, Durant has finally surpassed the scoring list after desperate efforts, and Westbrook thinks it should be his turn now!

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At this time, Westbrook's thoughts represent the expectations of many fans who are not Sun Ce fans or Grizzlies fans.

It's been four years!

If it weren't for James, who had the second longest winning streak in history last season, no one could beat Sun Ce in the regular season in the past four years!

In this era where rookies only represent talent, Sun Ce can actually show dominance in his second year after adapting to the NBA for a year, just like the players in the 1980s.

Such Sun Ce has attracted a large number of fans, but he has also been excluded by fans who already have their favorite stars.

Because, in this era, players like him are too special!

Anthony Davis's progress in his second year is very impressive, and James's progress in his second year is also very impressive, but compared with Sun Ce, they are completely overshadowed. Since the new century, no player has been able to perform like Sun Ce. The last player like Sun Ce can be traced back to a No. 1 pick in 1997 who started to lead the NBA fashion trend after playing for more than ten years.

Now, someone can finally beat Sun Ce!

Durant is responsible for competing with Sun Ce for the scoring title, and he is really capable. Westbrook is responsible for competing with Sun Ce for the triple-double title, and he is also capable of competing... Although it is two to one, there is nothing we can do!

Sun Ce quickly became the strongest player of his generation within three years after entering the NBA.

Not to mention his generation, there are few players in the Mesozoic era who can be compared with Sun Ce. This season, Anthony Davis and Sun Ce compete for the block king, Drummond and Jordan lead the rebounding list, Durant and Sun Ce compete for the scoring king, Westbrook competes for the triple-double king...

If Sun Ce wasn't too big,

Many predicted pass block success rates are higher than steal success rates, and Sun Ce can't win the steal king. Non-Sun Ce fans and non-Grizzlies fans are really worried that one day Sun Ce will lead all the charts!

No, if Westbrook, Rose, James, and Paul didn't average 10+ assists per game this year, Sun Ce once averaged 96 assists per game for a period of time. At the beginning of the century, Kidd had two assists per game with less assists than this!

The Grizzlies' record this year is not satisfactory. Although fans and media think it's okay, they don't think it's that good.

On this basis, Sun Ce has ranked first in the VP rankings 7 times this season and ranked first in the league in the weekly player award 5 times, which means that his performance is really terrifying!

This year's three-point king per game, Sun Ce does not seem to chase, Curry is a bit ruthless; Sun Ce has no chance to win the assists king, and it seems that he has not forced it; the same is true for the rebounding and steals rankings.

But even so, Sun Ce still has the blocks, scoring, and triple-doubles to compete for!

Many fans are eager and looking forward to Durant, Westbrook, and Anthony Davis, the three top stars and superstars who entered the NBA in the same era as Sun Ce, that is, within three years before and after him, to join forces to defeat Sun Ce!

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The preparation time for a day passed quickly. At 5 pm, after eating a nutritious meal and resting for nearly an hour, Sun Ce and his teammates began to warm up for tonight's game.

After the massage and stretching, Sun Ce and his teammates shot to warm up their hands.

The fans' attention to this game and the media's enthusiasm for this game exceeded Sun Ce's expectations, and the popularity was much higher than the half-time curtain call game in previous years!

This put Sun Ce under great pressure, but also made him more excited.

If he could win such a highly anticipated game, and do the thing he had been thinking about for a year but didn't have the chance to do at the same time last year after the game... Sun Ce wanted to win this game even more urgently.

Originally, Sun Ce didn't plan to tell anyone that he wanted to do that thing after winning the game, but now, he decided to tell his teammates about it.

First, it would increase the fighting spirit and enthusiasm of his teammates, and second... after the game, with this group of teammates cheering and helping behind him, he would be more courageous.

Indeed, it takes courage to do that thing. If it weren't for such a day, he really didn't have the courage to make such a decision.

In the past, he always thought that the thing was simple, but when it fell to him, he hesitated for a year and didn't dare to speak.

But now, Sun Ce feels that he needs to give himself a motivation from all aspects to push himself to do it!

The situation is too delicate now. Lily Collins is pregnant with her second child, which really disrupts Sun Ce's plan. If he doesn't do something exciting now, the other party might think that he was forced to do that because he had a second child. Otherwise, what would he have done before?

Before, he was just afraid...

After making up his mind and waiting for the time to enter the venue after the warm-up, Sun Ce called his teammates together and said a few words...

"Cool! So cool! Brother San, why didn't I think of such a romantic thing?" Paul George exclaimed.

"You should collect your stamps! How many of the 12 constellations are missing?"

"..."

"Brother San, I will definitely help you with all my strength! Try to make the ball and open up space!" Klay Thompson was more serious, mainly talking about stamp collecting... He is also a stamp collector.

"I will try my best to defend Westbrook, brother San, don't worry!" Beverley vowed.

"I will try my best to defend Durant..." Prince rarely spoke.

A group of teammates chattered to Sun Ce to express their feelings of wanting to help Sun Ce with all their strength.

In this kind of thing, no teammates on the same team would not want to help, unless the relationship is as bad as Anthony and Garnett, otherwise even if they are at the peak of contradictions and the peak of strength, they will help each other.

A group of people were chattering, and suddenly the tallest player on the team said, "Brother San, do you want me to go out and buy you some ribbons and flowers?"

Gobert's words instantly attracted the attention of the other 12 teammates. The 24 gazes made Gobert sweat... But there was nothing he could do! In such a game, he, a French black center with pure physical fitness who was still strengthening his basic defensive position, would definitely not be able to play. This was already what he thought he could do.

He couldn't just watch others "show loyalty" while he stared blankly!

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At 7:40 in the evening, the players of both teams entered the court!

The half-season is about to end, and the All-Star Weekend is about to begin. Memphis fans are full of enthusiasm for this game. For a little over a week, they won't be able to see their own team play.

Moreover, this game has become more and more popular since Durant surpassed Sun Ce to top the scoring list the night before. For this game, the court TV, ESPN Asia, ESPN London, London Broadcasting and Television, French Matisse Cable TV, ESPN, TNT... many TV stations in major countries in the world originally planned to broadcast or temporarily broadcast this game.

There are more and more topics, and the ratings are expected to be very high. In North America alone, before the game started, ESPN received more than 6 million live broadcast purchases, TNT received more than 8 million live broadcast purchases, and American Cable TV and Columbia Broadcasting and Television received more than 4 million live broadcast purchases. It is expected that North America will have no problem breaking 20 million live broadcast purchases, which is comparable to the hot series of the playoffs. Even the number of people who bought the live broadcast of the finals played by the Spurs in 2003 and 2005 was far less than this game.

In addition, the number of people who paid to watch the cheap online live broadcast is also very high!

Under such popularity, fans are also very enthusiastic about discussing various topics. Among them, the combination of players of the same generation to deal with the lord has become the hottest topic.

The fans of the Grizzlies naturally didn't want Sun Ce to lose!

When the Thunder players came out, the scene was full of boos. When it was the home court of the home team, Sun Ce, as the first starter to run out, enjoyed the cheers of the fans, and everyone was shouting his name.

After entering the court, Sun Ce saw his parents, two girls and a son, and his national team teammates on the sidelines.

There were also retired or active former teammates such as Nash, Jordan, Neil, Ridnour, Gasol, etc.

And Anthony, Rose, Antetokounmpo, Love, etc., who are not playing tonight.

After all the Grizzlies players came out, when the big screen gave them the camera, especially when it was given to Nash, Gasol, Yao Ming and others, the scene cheered again.

There were also some Hollywood stars that Sun Ce knew or didn't know, but had only heard of or even hadn't heard of. Among them, the Marvel superheroes led by Black Widow were very eye-catching.

Guardians of the Galaxy 1 had a good box office, and there will definitely be a sequel. Sun Ce may not be in the sequel, but Sun Ce's performance in Guardians of the Galaxy 1 for just over two minutes was very popular with fans.

Combined with Sun Ce's acting skills and dominance in the NBA, Marvel fans feel that Sun Ce is like the incarnation of Thanos in the real world!

Then, Sun Ce will most likely become the spokesperson for Thanos in this generation of Marvel series stories, and the next movie in which Thanos appears will definitely be shot by Sun Ce.

They will all be work partners in the future. When Lily Collins invited Scarlett Johansson to attend Gohan's birthday party, Scarlett Johansson invited the actors who played Marvel superheroes, some producers and directors from Disney together.

And most of those producers and directors came here for the sake of Scarlett Johansson and Lily Collins.

In addition to these, some singers who like Sun Ce's songs and want to try to let Sun Ce write songs for them also came here.

Although Sun Ce missed the Grammy Awards this year, the song he sang this year left a very deep impression on those professional singers. Even after ten years, they don’t think that song will be outdated!

The tickets for nearly a hundred seats in the first few rows across the technical table were all taken by Sun Ce, which made the Grizzlies owner Robert Pera feel painful!

But when will there be so many celebrities in Mengcun to watch the game?

Even the least famous retired Chinese national team players in the United States had their names called out by some Chinese fans who came to watch the game.

For this popular game, the ticket prices for the first few rows have exceeded 10,000, more than 1 million US dollars... Robert Pera looked at the group of celebrities, although it hurt, but it felt worth it!

On the other side, the third young master of Goose Village looked at the group of people opposite the technical desk and was envious.

In terms of attention, Goose Village is not as good as Meng Village, because the Grizzlies have to rise first and rush to the top, which is not comparable to the momentum of the Thunder's rise.

The title of the first person of the same generation is quite important!

Usually, there are more or less singers, celebrities, and actors who go to the scene to get attention at the Grizzlies' home games. At the Thunder's home games, there may not be many celebrities who go to the scene in a season, and they go to the private rooms.

Durant did not receive an invitation from Sun Ce. If he was invited, Black Widow would definitely not attend this party.

But Westbrook has a good relationship with Sun Ce privately. He received the invitation and knew that most of these people came because of Sun Ce's son's birthday party tomorrow.

This face... is too much!

Sun Ce was frightened by the scene. He didn't care about Gohan's birthday party, mainly because his parents and the two girls didn't want him to be distracted by it. They were responsible for it and let Sun Ce focus on his work, which was basketball.

Sun Ce only knew that Lily Collins had booked a group of holiday villas, and he didn't expect so many people. Moreover, a small number of players who had games tonight didn't come, and some artists who had announcements today didn't come!

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"Russell Westbrook, ability rating S-...averaging 216 points, 103 rebounds, 123 assists, 16 steals and 04 blocks per game...

Kevin Durant, ability rating S...averaging 329 points, 53 rebounds, 23 assists, 1 steal and 13 blocks per game...

Serge Ibaka, ability rating A+...averaging 16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 28 blocks per game...

Sabo Sefolosha, ability rating B-...averaging 65 points and 17 steals per game...6th in defensive efficiency among guards...

Steven Adams, ability rating C+...averaging 54 points and 44 rebounds per game...averaging 26 offensive rebounds and 18 defensive rebounds per game?"

Looking at the ability rating of the Thunder's starting lineup, Sun Ce felt that the Thunder's three youngsters were really strong!

Especially Ibaka's defense before his serious injury, it was so good!

Although the Thunder had little chance of entering the top four in the West this year due to the poor performance in the early stage, it was precisely because of this that the top four teams in the West were all worried, and no one wanted to meet these three brothers in the first round!

The same goes for Sun Ce.

The two teams did not communicate much before the game. At 7:58, the referee signaled to notify the two teams to start.

On the Grizzlies side, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian started.

On the Thunder side, Westbrook, Sefrosa, Durant, Ibaka, and Adams started.

Yi Jianlian and Adams came to the center circle for a jump ball.

Yi Jianlian tried hard to prepare for the jump ball. The handsome center on the opposite side, although white, started in his rookie season with his athletic ability. With his excellent rebounding speed, he had more offensive rebounds than defensive rebounds. In the last jump ball, he lost to the opponent.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the focus battle that basketball fans all over the world paid close attention to began. The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air...

Yi Jianlian and Adams jumped at the same time. Yi Jianlian's jumping height and wingspan were slightly weaker than Adams. Yi Jianlian's wingspan was 222 cm, and Adams's was 224 cm, but Yi Jianlian's jumping speed was slightly faster!

Adams lost to Yi Jianlian by a hair's breadth, and the Grizzlies attacked first!

Ibaka and Adams were not sure to win against Yi Jianlian during the jump ball, so the Thunder had already prepared to retreat and did not give the Grizzlies a chance to start a fast break. Sun Ce was directly stuck by Durant.

Unlike the Grizzlies, whose defensive level dropped sharply this year, the Thunder's defense is still online, with an average of 983 points per game, the sixth lowest in the league. Only the Pacers, Bulls, Lakers, Bobcats, and Heat have lower average points per game than the Thunder, and the Spurs' average of 985 points per game is higher than the Thunder.

Paul George pushed forward to the frontcourt and encountered Sefrosa's defense. It was difficult to play. Usually, Sun Ce attracted the opponent's best defensive player. Even if it fell into a positional battle, Paul George still played like a fish in water. But tonight, the Thunder had Durant defending Sun Ce, and Paul George had to face the Thunder's best perimeter defender.

However, Paul George couldn't play, and he was not in a hurry, waiting for Sun Ce to go to the low post!

Sun Ce came to the right low post and leaned on Durant to get the ball. Richard Jefferson went to the left bottom corner. Yi Jianlian went to Klay Thompson to pick and roll without the ball and find the opportunity to shoot on both sides of the three-second zone or the baseline, as well as the sideline three-pointer opportunity.

Sun Ce leaned on Durant steadily, Paul George hoisted the ball in, and Durant failed to complete the front steal.

This was the second time that Sun Ce and Durant played against each other after training with James. There was not much reference last time. The Grizzlies broke out on both offense and defense because of the big trade, and the Thunder were beaten without fighting back.

This was the first time the two of them had a good matchup, and Durant found that his strength advantage over Sun Ce was already very small! This surprised him greatly!

On Sun Ce's side, the reason why he chose to back up in the low post was because Durant was A+ level in strength and static confrontation, and he, Sun, was not afraid!

Sun Ce received the ball, swung the ball to the right with his left hand, and turned right!

The opponent had a hard time adapting to the low post and turned to the middle. Durant was a beat late, but Adams took it back! Sun Ce passed the ball to the left side of the baseline. Richard Jefferson cut in and tried to dunk from behind Adams, but Ibaka, who was chasing him, slapped him onto the backboard!

Fortunately, Sun Ce reacted quickly to grab the ball, ran to the free throw line and hooked the ball...hit!