One Thousand Six Hundred and Seven. Crazy March Part 1

NCAA's March Madness has already begun, and the NBA's March Madness, which is crazier than in previous years, is also in full swing.

On the Grizzlies side, on March 8, the Grizzlies played the Hornets in the first back-to-back game at home, and the Grizzlies successfully avenged the Hornets 105 to 94.

As the coaching staff said, Sun Ce didn't pay attention in the previous two games, but now he feels that Klay Thompson, Paul George, and even Livingston, Tony Allen, and Hardaway Jr. have all played harder after Yi Jianlian and Larry Sanders were injured.

And Sun, who didn't notice it before, now deliberately paid attention to it. After the game, he found that his playing time and number of shots increased significantly after Yi Jianlian and Larry Sanders were injured, even though he had a certain strength advantage.

In this game, Sun Ce played 39 minutes, 14 of 29 shots, including 4 of 10 three-pointers, plus 10 of 11 free throws, and got 42 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks.

Klay Thompson scored 25 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 block, and Paul George scored 18 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. The three brothers scored 75 points together!

At the end of the game against the Hornets, Sun Ce successfully surpassed Kobe with 20 40+ in a single season, and dominated the tenth place in the single-season 40+ ranking!

The guaranteed reward of "Epic Scoring King Prologue" - 02-03 season Kobe Bryant Star Experience Card, has met the requirements.

But Sun Ce definitely wants more than just this card. If he can get Boss Joe's card or a 20,000 card, of course he will go for it.

Then on March 9, the Grizzlies won the second back-to-back game at home, 116-111.

In this game, the perimeter defense was obviously slow to move, and Sun Ce was not affected, but Paul George, Klay Thompson, and Tony Allen were tired on the defensive end.

Fortunately, the offensive touch was hot, mainly because Sun Ce was hot, making 13 of 25 shots, including 4 of 4 three-pointers. When the opponent tried his best to block Sun's three-pointer, he made three three-pointers and ignited Klay Thompson's three-pointer, which fed back to Sun's counterattack three-pointer.

The follow-up shots and layups of Hardaway Jr. and Valanciunas during the counterattack played an important role. Valanciunas was really useful, with good pick-and-roll in positional battles and able to seize the opportunity to follow up in counterattacks.

In the end, relying on Sun Ce's triple-double data of 35 points, 12 rebounds, 13 assists, 1 block and 2 steals, plus the other 11 players of the team scored 81 points, the Grizzlies won this offensive battle.

Fortunately, the Trail Blazers had a weak bench lineup in this game. The Trail Blazers' five starters, Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Thomas Robinson, and Aldridge, scored 95 points in total, and the bench lineup only scored 16 points in total. The Trail Blazers led for most of the time, but when it came to rotation time, they were overtaken by the Grizzlies. After the Grizzlies scored 14 to 4 in the middle of the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers could not turn the tables.

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43 wins and 19 losses, the Grizzlies played a winning streak despite the lack of soldiers!

This is the pressure brought to them by the Warriors!

After the Grizzlies played 6 games in 9 days at the beginning of March, the schedule finally caught up with other teams.

Currently, the Warriors have 41 wins and 21 losses, and have won 9 consecutive games!

Although they defeated the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers still have a record of 45 wins and 17 losses. The Grizzlies can't surpass them for a while, and the Warriors, who have won 9 consecutive games, are nipping at their heels.

Sun Ce and his teammates all felt tremendous pressure, and there was really no way and they dared not relax!

Sun Ce has been observing the Warriors' battle reports recently, and found something that surprised him.

During this wave of winning streak of the Warriors, Curry and Harden's data was not outstanding, but more stable!

Curry averaged 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game, and Harden averaged 22 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists per game. The efficiency of the Warriors has improved due to the offensive and defensive performance of the role players.

Without David Lee, it is almost equivalent to abandonment. Mark Jackson's lineup of one big and four small players played very well!

Sun Ce discussed with others in his previous life that the reason why Steve Kerr won the championship in his first year with the Warriors must be that this coach's coaching ability is excellent, but the foundation laid by Mark Jackson on both offense and defense is the foundation. With the foundation, there is a more daring and capable head coach, and the Warriors will soar.

However, in this time and space, the talent and strength of the Warriors are even stronger than in the original time and space!

Top rim protector Thabeet, perfect second-in-command Iguodala; although Klay Thompson was not taken, Leonard and Ellis were traded for Harden; plus Curry, who was pushed forward by Sun, averaged 4+ three-pointers this season; coupled with role players who can shoot and cut, now just need to wait for Draymond Green to develop, and it will definitely be the top team!

This wave of nine consecutive wins, the Warriors have begun to realize their talent!

Another week has passed, and Sun Ce's two consecutive weekly best players have been interrupted. In the East, Raptors' DeRozan won the weekly best player award in the past week. In the West, Curry and Harden won the weekly best player award together with this wave of nine consecutive wins.

The top three in the West are hard to catch up, and the fifth place is coming fiercely. This pressure, the Grizzlies win every game, but it becomes greater, because they play so hard to win the game, but the Warriors keep winning!

And the hard work and state brought about by this kind of pressure will always have a limit. Even if the hard work has no limit, the state will be affected by objective factors.

After playing 6 games in 9 days, the Grizzlies got two days of rest. After a day of rest in Memphis, on March 11, the Grizzlies started a four-game road trip, which started with back-to-back away games, the 76ers and the Heat. Team.

After arriving in Philadelphia on the 11th, we conducted simple tactical training in the afternoon.

Sun Ce has been watching the game highlights of Evans and Gasol since he came to Philadelphia.

Relying on the duo of Evans and Gasol, the 76ers have regained their vitality this year.

Judging from the record, this year's 76ers are not much better than last season, with 37 wins and 26 losses, ranking fifth in the Eastern Conference.

However, this has far exceeded the expectations of the media and fans at the beginning of the season!

The 76ers lost Howard last summer. For the sake of the future, they traded Holiday for the retired rookie Noel. In order to have money to renew Gasol's contract next summer and also compete for a free market, they bought Spencer for almost free. Cy Hawes was given to the Cavaliers... 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie chose to drastically clear space in the painful season of losing a superstar like Howard and focus on the future.

The 76ers sent away Spencer Hawes after the All-Star break to create salary space for next summer. They were not prepared to do so from the beginning. At the beginning, the 76ers were prepared not to renew Gasol in 2014. In preparation for the appointment, although Gasol did not play well last season because he did not play well with Howard, a wasted year is a wasted year. The 76ers no longer have expectations for Gasol.

But damn, Gasol actually played so well, and he actually played at the level of the league's No. 1 center.

No matter which team loses a center who averages 16+13 per game and the team's best defensive player on the perimeter, its strength will definitely decline significantly.

However, Gasol has a second spring and Evans has made steady progress. The 76ers are still standing in the top five in the Eastern Conference despite losing two starters and all-star starters.

With Evans averaging 29.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game, and Gasol averaging 18.4 points, 12 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.6 blocks per game, the value of the 76ers' role players has doubled!

James Anderson, a 10th first-round pick who was given up by the Spurs, averaged a few points per game in the first three seasons and averaged 10 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game this season; Tony Wroten, averaged 2 points per game in his rookie season last season. , only played 30 games. As the sixth man of the 76ers this season, he averaged 14 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists per game. After the 76ers lost Howard, the happiest person was Thaddeus Young. Without Howard, His cutting ability and rushing ability have been fully demonstrated, and his cooperation with Gasol is very sharp, averaging 16 points, 7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game.

Even if other players are worse, Howard left the team last summer, Gasol performed poorly last season, and many high-quality role players that the 76ers saved with rookie bonuses in the past two years left, but the performance of the 76ers It's surprising enough.

The duo of Evans and Gasol can often be in the top ten of the MVP rankings at the same time, which proves how good their performance is.

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After a night's rest, on the 12th, the Grizzlies began their four-game away trip, starting with the first back-to-back away game against the 76ers.

After a few games, the Grizzlies failed to continue to advance tonight. Although Sun Ce scored 17 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, 1 block and 1 steal, except for his low scoring, the other Grizzlies' offensive performances were not bad. Can.

But the defensive end failed to hold on. They scored 103 points, but the 76ers scored 111 points.

The 76ers ended the Grizzlies' 5-game winning streak.

Facing the extremely powerful Evans, the Grizzlies lacked the ability to protect the frame inside and could not withstand Evans' strong body on the outside. Evans scored 37 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Gasol He was really strong, scoring 26 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, beating the Grizzlies inside.

They lost the first game of back-to-back away games, but there was no time for the Grizzlies to be sad about the loss. Early the next morning, Sun Ce flew to Miami with the team, and at 8 p.m., he challenged the Heat back-to-back.

Larry Sanders finally returned tonight. When the 76ers played, Larry Sanders went to Philadelphia with the team, but did not play.

But when playing the Heat, the Grizzlies' defensive improvement was just okay. The focus was fatigue! While the defense didn't improve much, the offense suffered a big decline due to back-to-back games.

Although Sun Ce used the physical potion tonight after three games to recharge his energy, he made 17 of 35 shots and scored 47 points, 17 rebounds and 5 blocks with a shooting rate of nearly 50%, but he only had 3 assists. His teammates really Can't make a shot!

The Grizzlies team only scored 92 points and lost to the Heat 92-99.

The core lineup of Paul, Wade, Josh Smith, and Chandler played extremely well on both offense and defense. If the Pacers and Bulls hadn't played so well in the first half of the season, the Heat would have been fully capable of competing for the division championship. .

Of course, the Bulls also played well after the All-Star Weekend, surpassing the Pacers' record and becoming the third 50-win team after the Spurs and Lakers. They are currently 50 wins and 14 losses.

After defeating the Grizzlies, the Bulls improved their record to 41 wins and 23 losses. With 18 games left to play, the Pacers' record has dropped to 49 wins and 16 losses. It is not impossible to surpass the Pacers.

It is hard to say who will be the top two in the East.

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After losing two back-to-back games, the Grizzlies' record has become 43 wins and 21 losses. With 18 games left to play, it is difficult to hit 55 wins. At least 12 games must be won in the remaining 18 games!

Grizzlies fans feel very distressed. The situation this season seems to be worse than Sun Ce's rookie year!

That year, they were in good health. They had the young Conley, Gay who averaged 20+ per game, Randolph who averaged 22+10 per game, Gasol who averaged 14+8+3 per game, and the strongest rookie Sun Ce. In comparison, the strength of the Grizzlies this year may not be stronger than that year.

The lineup is actually deeper this season, but the health is incomparable.

Since Sun Ce joined the Grizzlies, this is the first time they have been so miserable as this season, and Grizzlies fans are not used to it.

After living a good life, who can bear it when they suddenly have to live a hard life?

But Grizzlies fans and Sun Ce fans feel lucky that although the team did not play well... Mainly compared with the past four years, especially the 10-11 season and the 11-12 season, this year's performance was really not good, but they still have something to be happy about and cheer for.

After playing 64 games, Sun Ce's single-game 40+ times this season has increased to 21 times! Tied with the ninth in history... Kobe again, and the famous Bob McAdoo, tied for ninth in history!

Moreover, Sun Ce's triple-doubles have increased to 31 times!

Westbrook's triple-doubles have stagnated for a long time after reaching 26 times.

At this stage, Westbrook is not allowed to mess around, and Westbrook did not mess around. He should grab more rebounds, get more assists, and score points. If he cannot do the first two at the same time, he should focus on what he can do in the game that night.

Although Westbrook's triple-double data of 20.8 points, 10.6 rebounds and 12.2 assists per game is very stable, according to the current situation, Westbrook should have about 30 triple-doubles this season, and no more.

In the eyes of fans, Westbrook may eventually have more than 30 triple-doubles, which is normal. Westbrook's triple-double frequency is very similar to that of Magic Johnson, who averaged 18.6 points, 9.6 rebounds and 9.5 assists per game that year.

And Sun Ce, who averaged "only 9.4 assists" per game, got 31 triple-doubles, which is abnormal...

However, the more this is the case, the more awesome Sun Ce appears!

The key is that after the All-Star Weekend, the Grizzlies have played 12 games, and Sun Ce has scored 40+ 8 times and 5 triple-doubles, one of which is a 40+ triple-double.

Either 40+ or ​​triple-double, Sun Ce has been getting such data since the All-Star Weekend!

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After the game with the Heat, on the morning of the 14th, Sun Ce followed the team to Toronto, where the weather was starting to warm up. After a night of rest, on the 15th, the third away game of the four-game road trip to challenge the Raptors started.

Klay Thompson and Paul George, the two brothers who bully the weak and fear the strong, were weak when playing against Paul and Evans, but they were instantly revived when playing against DeRozan!

This year, the Grizzlies' offense has improved. They scored 99 points in the whole game, which is not high, but they defended the Raptors to only 81 points, defeating the Raptors with an 18-point lead, ending their two-game losing streak.

Sun Ce played for 38 minutes and scored 27 points, 19 rebounds, 10 assists and 6 blocks. When the fourth quarter was halfway through, the Grizzlies were already 20 points ahead of the Raptors. Sun Ce was still two assists short. Coach Hollins waited until Sun Ce got his 10th assist before replacing him...

Ending the losing streak is good news, and there is another good news next. Yi Jianlian has been allowed to return! When the four-game away game ends and he returns to his home court to play three consecutive home games, Yi Jianlian can return to the game!

However, there is also bad news. Stoudemire sprained his knee and left the court in the game against the Raptors. He is likely to be out for the season!

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The morning after playing against the Raptors, Sun Ce flew to New Orleans with the team and will play against the Pelicans tomorrow.

Sun Ce is very tired now. Fortunately, he has the Nash training method, so his body is not tired. Otherwise, if he is exhausted physically and mentally, he really can't hold on.

It's too difficult!

After the game last night, March is already halfway through.

The Grizzlies' record has improved to 44 wins and 21 losses. Sun Ce looked at the upcoming schedule and found that there are still 8 games left this month... The good news is that Yi Jianlian is coming back and Beverley's hamstring injury has also recovered well.

But Stoudemire has been diagnosed with a recurrence of an old sprain and will not be able to play the rest of the season.

Stoudemire and season-ending injury, these two words are linked together and no one really feels out of place.

But this was originally unnecessary for the Grizzlies, but Yi Jianlian's injury forced Stoudemire to play more. He had to take on the role of center in the running and gunning team, but his current body is really only suitable for playing 12 to 15 minutes in a game, and more is prone to injury.

In the past two weeks, the schedule has been tight and the intensity is high... The sprain is just the introduction, and the point is that Stoudemire can no longer play the role of the running and gunning main force of the year.

It's painful, but there's nothing we can do. Fortunately, there's only one back-to-back left this month. There are 8 games in 15 days from the 17th to the 31st, which is easier than playing 9 games from the 1st to the 15th.

After feeling annoyed about the situation of his own team, Sun Ce adjusted his mood and looked at the performance of other teams.

First of all, the Warriors had 43 wins and 22 losses. After winning 10 games in a row, the Lakers ended their winning streak. Then they won another game and played 11 wins and 1 loss after the All-Star Weekend.

Overall, the West has played half of March. Except for the Warriors and Thunder who rushed forward and performed amazingly, the performance of other teams in the West was within the expectations of the fans.

But in the East, half a month later, there has been a dramatic change!