One Thousand Six Hundred and Three. The Lord Is so Miserable 1 Male
Originally, Sun Ce's 50+ triple-double in the All-Star Game locked the headlines, and he won the All-Star MVP for two consecutive years, becoming the second player to win the All-Star MVP after Hawks legend Bob Pettit.
However, when the league announced that the All-Star MVP would be named the Kobe Bryant Cup... Sun Ce's headlines were taken away!
In the past, Sun Ce always grabbed the headlines of others, but now it is finally Sun Ce's turn to grab the headlines.
50+ triple-double in the All-Star Game, if it is a major event in basketball itself, there are really few things that can grab the headlines of such performance. Coincidentally, the naming of the All-Star MVP trophy is just enough to attract attention.
This is the second time in NBA history that an award is named after a player. The last player to receive this honor was Bill Russell. Although the All-Star MVP cannot be compared with the Finals MVP, this is also the second person in history.
The NBA trophies named after people include: All-Star MVP Trophy Bryant Cup, Finals MVP Trophy Russell Cup, Best Coach Trophy Auerbach Cup, Championship Trophy O'Brien Cup, Regular Season MVP Trophy Maurice Podoloff Cup, nothing else.
Some experts once suggested that the scoring champion trophy be named Michael Jordan Cup to reward him for his highest average score and the highest number of scoring champions in history, but there were Zhang Liangwan who scored 100 points in a single game and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who ranked first in the total scoring list, so it was finally abandoned.
Some experts also suggested naming the block champion trophy after Olajuwon, but there were no statistics in ancient times, and there were all kinds of opinions, including Chamberlain and Russell averaging 5+ blocks per game.
As for the Most Improved Award, the Best Sixth Man, etc., it is hard to say who is the most inspirational or which sixth man is more representative. For the time being, there are really not many trophies suitable for naming stars.
After the Finals MVP trophy was named after Kobe, fans online began to think about which trophies could be named after them. When there were almost no trophies to be found, they actually found some, but they were basically the trophies of the All-Star Weekend.
Some fans voted on Twitter and Facebook, and the ones with the highest votes were: the three-point contest champion trophy - Reggie Miller Cup, the dunk contest champion trophy - Vince Carter Cup, the skills challenge champion trophy - Steve Nash Cup, and the rookie game MVP trophy - the Lord Cup.
In addition, the most improved trophy - the Lord Cup... This is even more recognized by fans than the naming of the All-Star Weekend trophy. The three-point contest, the dunk contest, and the skills challenge are all debated, but the most improved award is considered to be Sun Ce, who is the only player who has won the most improved award multiple times.
Based on the experience of Russell and Kobe, the naming should be related to the number of awards won.
Kobe's name was used to title the All-Star MVP, which triggered waves of topics. As a result, Sun Ce was miserably robbed of the headlines and became a hot topic on Google and Twitter...even hotter than the topic of him getting 50+ triple-doubles in the All-Star Game and winning the Kobe Bryant Cup!
"Lord is so miserable"
After the All-Star Game, this topic became popular.
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Looking at the online discussions, Sun Ce also felt that he was so miserable.
The three-point contest championship trophy and the All-Star MVP trophy, two trophies were taken home, but there was nothing to be happy about.
But this has little to do with the name of the All-Star MVP trophy. It was very painful last night, but I didn't feel it after I woke up from a sleep. What can I do about this kind of thing?
Kobe is indeed one of the key players who supported the ratings and popularity of the NBA in the first ten years after Jordan retired. He deserves this honor, but the time he came made him feel sad and Wang Hua for a while.
However, winning an award is winning an award. Winning a three-point contest trophy, although there is no reward, but it is still a relief!
And it is a bit legendary. The lowest score in history last year and the highest score in history the next year, both of which are unlikely to be broken.
Also,
Won the second All-Star MVP trophy, only 4 away from surpassing Kobe. I just don’t know if James will find a way to help Kobe get another one before Kobe retires. With Sun Ce’s understanding of James, this is possible.
This is something that cannot be controlled. Sun Ce knows that it is incredibly difficult to surpass Kobe’s 5 times, which may be more difficult than three consecutive championships. In NBA history, there are only two players who have won 4 All-Star MVPs, which is much less than three consecutive championships.
What is annoying for Sun Ce is that after recording a new song this afternoon and returning to Memphis, he just got home and saw Zu Ge flying over. He was about to hug him, and Zu Ge passed by him. When he reacted, Zu Ge had already opened his suitcase, snatched the two trophies, and ran to the Hall of Fame like a fly.
When I returned to the room, I saw Lily Collins listening to the live version of "Sugar" during the All-Star Weekend, laughing as she listened.
Lily Collins and Sun Ce knew each other well, so of course she knew what Sun Ce wanted to express.
After his parents came back, they also surrounded Little Gohan and Lily Collins.
Sun Ce felt like he had no desire to live. Sure enough, a man with a child had no status to speak of, and struggling was useless!
Sun Ce could only come to the training hall sadly to practice the Nash training method, and tomorrow he had to prepare for the 30 games at the end of the regular season.
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The All-Star Weekend ended, and the NBA resumed operations in an orderly manner.
The Grizzlies got two days off after the All-Star Weekend and started the game on the 22nd. Sun Ce and the team returned to Memphis for a day of rest and started preparing for the next home game against the Knicks on the 21st. The Knicks also arrived in Memphis on the 20th, and Dragic took the Grizzlies' chartered plane to Memphis.
On the 21st, some teams had already started the game.
Sun Ce looked at the schedule of other teams. In the remaining 8 days of this month, other teams have 3 games, and some teams even have only two games. And teams like the Hornets and Pelicans, which have only two games, will start the game on the 21st.
But the Grizzlies have 4 games, which have to start on the 22nd, one game on the 24th, and back-to-back games on the 26th and 27th...
The schedule is like this, and we can only accept it.
After the All-Star Weekend, Tony Allen and Stoudemire returned. These two are very hard-working players, but both of them have suffered serious injuries. Tony Allen is fine, but Stoudemire, as a high school rookie, has practiced ball control and mid-range shooting from no skills... but injuries still did not let him go.
The return of these two people made Sun Ce more confident about the 30 games after the All-Star Weekend.
At present, the Grizzlies have 36 wins and 26 losses, and the probability of winning 60 games is not high. To win 60 games, they have to play 24 wins and 6 losses after the All-Star Weekend, which is an 80% winning rate... The winning rate of the Spurs and Lakers before the All-Star Weekend is about this level. It is a bit too difficult for the Grizzlies to play such a record.
Sun Ce estimates that the only teams in the West who have a chance to win 60 games this year are the Lakers and Spurs, and there is only one team in the East that has the possibility. In Sun Ce's opinion, it is not the Pacers with 46 wins and 7 losses, but the Bulls with 41 wins and 13 losses.
After the morning training and lunch break, Sun Ce looked at the Eastern Conference record rankings. The competition is fierce!
The Knicks, with 30 wins and 24 losses, are only ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference, but they are not weak. Dragic, Pierce, and Howard are all healthy, and the role player lineup is not bad.
However, they are not very strong. Generally speaking, they are unstable. They have defeated the aggressive Lakers at home, and they have also lost to the Kings at home, where the star Cousins ran away and beat Howard.
The Knicks do not have a truly dominant player. The best player is Dragic, who averages 21 points, 3 rebounds, 6.7 assists, and 1.5 steals per game. They have playoff strength, but whether they can enter the playoffs is not very safe.
After analyzing the situation on the Knicks side, Sun Ce took a nap for an hour, got up at two o'clock in the afternoon, and trained defense with his teammates under the guidance of the coaching staff.
The All-Star Weekend has passed, and the Grizzlies' goal of improving their defense must be launched as soon as possible. They can still maintain their record by averaging 111.5 points per game in the regular season, but in the playoffs, they still have to fight for defense!
As far as Sun Ce knows, in the original time and space, even the Warriors, who have completely entered the small ball era and have the three best pitchers in the league, are also a team with strong defense. Klay Thompson, Durant, Iguodala, and Draymond Green, the defense of this four-man team is very strong! When the three of them play together, with a rim-protecting center and Curry who has a defense of about average level, they are definitely one of the best defensive teams in the playoffs.
So, when some experts criticized the Grizzlies for being "stubborn" and always wanting to find their defense and not knowing how to change with the development of the times, Sun Ce directly criticized them.
Defense wins the championship, and it will always work in the playoffs!
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After a day of preparation, on February 22, the game day between the Grizzlies and the Knicks arrived.
At 5 pm, the game started.
The Knicks' efforts tonight were far below the expectations of Sun Ce and his teammates!
The Knicks had only one goal tonight - to double-team Sun Ce!
On the Grizzlies side, Coach Hollins seized the opportunity to make adjustments, allowing Sun Ce to use his vision advantage to pass the ball.
The Knicks' approach, the commentator Arroyo of Time Warner Cable Sports, which broadcast live in New York and Tennessee, guessed the reason why they played like this.
First, they lost the idea of confrontation after being beaten by Sun Ce; on this basis, the second reason extended, two days ago, Sun Ce got a 50+ triple-double in the All-Star Game, three days ago, Sun Ce had a hot hand in the three-point contest; on the 13th, Sun Ce 64+37... The Knicks players were mentally prepared. Even if they lost miserably tonight, they didn't want to be the background of Sun Ce's outbreak. They were beaten by Sun Ce for 70 points at home, not only breaking the historical record of 62 points in three quarters in the conventional sense, but also breaking Chamberlain's 69 points in the first three quarters of 100 points in a single game, which is generally not regarded as the highest score in three quarters!
Regardless of whether Sun Ce explodes tonight or not, the Knicks team dare not take any chances and just lock Sun Ce.
So, Sun Ce won the game without any effort, and his teammates scored so much. In the first three quarters, Sun Ce played for 29 minutes and got 11 points, 13 rebounds, 15 assists, 4 blocks and 3 steals. On the offensive end, he just needed to protect the ball and pass the ball when he had the chance. On the defensive end, he grabbed rebounds, blocked shots, and stole the ball. He played hard and easily got double-digit rebounds and assists. In the 11th minute of the third quarter, Sun Ce made two free throws after a difficult offensive rebound and was fouled, raising his score to 11 points. Then Coach Hollins signaled Beverly to foul and was replaced.
The 27th triple-double of the season!
When Sun Ce went to rest, the Grizzlies led 85-63 by 22 points.
In the end, the Grizzlies easily defeated the Knicks, who had no hope of survival, 113-95.
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After playing the game against the Knicks, they took a day off. On the 24th, the Grizzlies welcomed the Clippers, who were last in the league.
This game was not won easily, mainly due to the Grizzlies' own operations. Coach Hollins did not care about the score at all and just tried to adjust the defense.
Anyway, the probability of hitting the top three in the Western Conference is not high, and the probability of falling out of the top five is not high. When encountering an opponent like the Clippers, they are neither a strong team in the playoffs nor a direct competitor. The Grizzlies spent the first three quarters with The experiment focused on defense, and they did... well, but the offense was affected. They only scored 63 points in the first three quarters, and entered the fourth quarter trailing the Clippers by 8 points, 63-71.
In the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies became nervous, but the Clippers' Jamal Crawford and Motiejunas also felt it.
In the last quarter, the Grizzlies and Clippers started to attack again, scoring 37 to 29 in a single quarter, and the score was 100 and entered overtime!
The overtime was ugly. The Clippers only scored 1 point. After Larry Sanders received a technical foul, Redick made a free throw. The Grizzlies scored 4-1 in overtime. narrowly defeated the Clippers 104-101.
Sun Ce scored 41 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 blocks and 1 steal tonight, an iconic 4 times 5 data, raising his 40+ times in a single game this season to 15! After almost being overtaken by Durant in scoring average, the scoring average returned to 33 points per game, beating Durant who scored 20 points in the first game after the All-Star Weekend and dropped to 32.9 points per game.
After returning from the All-Star Weekend, they won both games. The Grizzlies' record improved to 38 wins and 16 losses, which was very gratifying. However, injuries came again, and Beverley was injured again...
There's no way to stop this. We can't ask Beverley to stop playing so hard, right?
No one would do this, not even Sun Ce, because Beverley relied on this hard work to gain the appreciation of Coach Hollins and Tony Allen. The former chose to sign him, and the latter joined Beverley. Later, he patiently guided him and allowed him to perform at the level of the best defensive team in his second year.
People rely on hard work to earn a living, and they also rely on hard work to win the respect of their teammates. The core of the defense that he relies on for survival is the strongest hard work in the league. Without hard work... With Beverley's short stature, he has no The only skill he has is unstable open three-pointers, and there is no way he can survive in the NBA.
Sun Ce knows that Beverley misses nearly 30 games due to injury almost every year. This teammate is very useful in the game, dares to shoot, and defends well, but the team has to bear his injuries.
Fortunately, Tony Allen is back and the team can survive.
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After two home games, the most difficult game at the end of February is the back-to-back away and home games against the Hornets and Lakers!
In view of the fact that players were injured during the game against the Clippers, and they had to play against the Lakers, one of their direct competitors, Coach Hollins seemed particularly cautious in this game in Charlotte.
Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Richard Jefferson took turns to rest. Coach Hollins put 11 players on the active list for this game. These three people did not go to Charlotte and stayed in Memphis to rest.
Two of the team's four top scorers did not participate in the game. The Hornets are strong this year, with a starting lineup composed of Kemba Walker, Henderson, McGeege, Josh McRoberts, and Al Jefferson. They played quite strongly in this game, but their strength lies in their defense. The Grizzlies did not fall behind significantly!
All 11 members of the Grizzlies played tonight, including Gobert. Only 7 members of the Grizzlies team scored, but 5 scored in double figures. Except for Sun Ce who threw 37 times, the others The scores are all 10 points, 11 points...
Sun Ce made 16 of 37 shots, including 5 of 14 three-pointers, plus free throws, soaring 42 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 blocks, but the Grizzlies only scored 89 points!
Klay Thompson had 11 points, Motiejunas had 10 points, Hardaway Jr. had 11 points, and Amar'e Stoudemire, who came off the bench, had 10 points... The other two scoring players were Tony Teacher with two points and Amir Johnson with two points. …
At the end of the game, Sun Ce couldn't move anymore. He played 40 minutes and made 37 shots...
In the end, the Grizzlies lost to the Hornets 89-95, and their winning streak was ended.
In this battle, Sun Ce reached two more milestones in his personal record. He reached 16 times with 40+ points in a single game this season, tying his 16 times with 40+ points in a single game last season. Then, he reached the 20-point mark in a single game. 23 times.
Sun Ce has the impression that McRoberts is very suitable for the Bobcats' style of play. Cooperating with Al Jefferson, McGeege, and Kemba Walker, he played a very good offensive and defensive performance. In this game, Sun Ce felt that McRoberts was a real thigh! On the offensive end, McRoberts has such a strong presence with 9 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. It feels like McRoberts is everywhere on the offensive end of the Hornets.
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Losing to the Hornets, the Grizzlies' record became 38 wins and 17 losses, losing the chance to win 40 games before entering March.
In four years, excluding the shortened season, this is the first time the Grizzlies have failed to complete four game months and win fewer than 40 games.
For other players on the Grizzlies, even Paul George and Klay Thompson, they all think this is normal. There are always good and bad records, and 38 wins and 17 losses, ranking fourth in the West, is already a very good record.
Only Sun Ce is used to good records and has never experienced failure in college, so he thinks this record is not good.
The reason why those superstars in the 1980s and early 1990s wanted to play four years in college before entering the NBA was not only because they wanted to hone their skills and shine in the NBA, but also because college basketball is actually just as cruel. If you lose in the knockout round, you will be eliminated directly, and most stars will not win the championship during the NCAA period, so they can use this to hone their character.
In this regard, Sun Ce still has a lot to practice!
On this point, Sun Ce was also helpless after consulting the veterans and getting feedback. He won 50+ games in his rookie year and had never experienced too bad a failure, so he couldn't get used to it...