One Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty-Five. Goal: The Longest Winning Streak at the Start!

On the morning of November 5th, the Grizzlies players who won the game easily last night came to the Toyota Center training hall of the Lakers to prepare for the game.

Compared with the Clippers, they could only use the gym on the day of the game, and had to go to the training hall rented by the Clippers to train before the game. Sun Ce felt that the treatment before the game against the Lakers was much better.

Sun Ce and others have been preparing for the game tomorrow night for several days, and have been adjusting according to the changes in the Lakers' state.

When observing opponents, it is of course best to know yourself and the enemy, and seeing how other teams adjust can also bring some help to the Grizzlies.

After a few days of preparation, the Grizzlies have tried their best to come up with the best way to deal with the Lakers at this stage. As for whether it is useful or not... just try it in the game.

At the home team's training ground, preparations are also in full swing.

The Lakers currently have a record of 7 wins and 3 losses. In the second half of October, the Lakers played 8 games, one more than the Grizzlies.

After the morning training session, Kobe took the scout report and looked at Sun Ce's performance so far in the new season. He played 31 minutes per game, averaging 31 points, 11.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 3.3 blocks per game... The 63 points in the opening game greatly increased Sun Ce's average score, allowing Sun Ce to maintain an average of 31 points per game, ranking second in the league, even though he scored more than 20 points in the past few games.

Kobe knew that the Grizzlies would definitely become stronger this season, but the Grizzlies were a little too strong at the start.

Sun Ce's hit rate in the first 9 games was 57%! The three-point hit rate was 43%!

Of course, Kobe knew that Sun Ce's hit rate would return to normal as the season progressed, such as Sun Ce's improvement in free throws. In the first 9 games, Sun Ce got a total of 80 free throws, made 66 free throws, and had a free throw hit rate of 82.5%.

This hit rate increase was normal in Kobe's view. Compared with the free throw hit rate of 79.0% last season, the increase was not large, but it was normal.

It would be abnormal if Sun Ce could maintain a hit rate of 57+43+82 this season.

If a player is already strong enough, even if he has made great progress in an offseason, perhaps in the game, from the data, there may not be any obvious improvement.

Because Sun Ce's previous data was good enough. Last season, Sun Ce was the only player in NBA history to be unanimously elected as the regular season MVP. Apart from those dazzling data in the 1950s and 1960s,

people can no longer imagine anyone who can play better than Sun Ce in the regular season last season.

Now Sun Ce has reached the time to pay attention to details, reduce mistakes, and strengthen his performance to help his teammates. He is no longer the player who needed good teammates to play well.

Sun Ce can do it by himself and get good data, but it is not necessary for winning!

Kobe can guess Sun Ce's thoughts this season, and he doesn't know how to describe his opinion of Sun Ce.

Say Sun Ce is mature... How can this guy look mature at all?

But say Sun Ce is immature... He is very good at playing.

Kobe is excited to think that he is in his 19th year of career and can still compete with players like Sun Ce for the championship!

Kobe, who already has 6 championships, is now more eager to win the championship!

Last season, he won the 6th championship with James. Although he did not win the Finals MVP, he got a new nickname after winning the 6th championship.

Jordan is the God of Basketball, which is a deep-rooted impression in people's minds.

Kobe got the nickname of the God of Basketball in the New Century. Although this nickname is weaker than the God of Basketball in NBA and sounds a bit fake, it has made Kobe very satisfied.

However, satisfaction does not mean that his pursuit is over. He still wants to win another championship with James and Leonard. If he can establish a dynasty again, it will be even better!

...

Kobe, who is already 36 years old, has ambitions that are as obvious as Sima Zhao's heart. Everyone knows that Kobe wants to surpass Jordan in the number of championships.

At the visiting team's training ground, Sun Ce also watched the performance of the three major outside stars of the opponent with the scout report after training.

Since the Grizzlies' strong opponents in the first nine games were the Mavericks and the Pelicans, except for Sun, the Grizzlies' other players' playing time may be more mixed, because they will try tactical coordination again. Only when they are about to lose or need to widen the score, they will use the outside triangle, Aldridge + Gobert or Randolph + Larry Sanders or Yi Jianlian + Richard Jefferson to rush.

And because the opponents are weaker, they are often overwhelmed by a wave of impact.

So their Grizzlies' data is relatively scattered, and as the season progresses, it will definitely be gradually fixed, but their current data opponents are really hard to study. We only know that Sun Ce can score more than 20 points in every game.

The data on the Lakers side is very easy to study.

James played 10 games at the start, averaging 24.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 10.8 assists per game, ranking second in the league in assists, second only to Derrick Rose's 11.1 assists per game, and higher than Westbrook's 10.5 assists per game and Paul's 9.8 assists per game.

Leonard only played 6 games in the first 10 games, averaging 17 points, 7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game. His performance improved again, but his shooting percentage dropped, only 45%, while Leonard's shooting percentage last season It's fifty-three percent.

Sun Ce can analyze the reason. James will be 30 years old at the end of the year, and Kobe is one year older. The Lakers will definitely let Leonard take more responsibilities, mainly in singles.

Leonard is the type who makes steady progress. With his big heart and strong endurance, although he has not been overwhelmed by the increased pressure, he can't do more for the time being and can only do his best.

Kobe played in the first 10 games, averaging 21.6 points per game. In fact, looking at efficiency, Sun Ce found that Kobe's efficiency was not much worse than last season, with a shooting percentage of 48% and a three-point shooting percentage of 37.5. .

With Kobe's pure pitching style of play, the efficiency has been maintained well, but the playing time has been reduced. Kobe's average playing time this season is 28 minutes, which is the least playing time since Kobe became a starter.

James is comprehensive, and giving him a group of shooters can ensure the team's lower limit; Kobe's stable shooting and key balls; Leonard is strengthening his singles ability and has been improving, and he has talent...

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At noon, James made an appointment with the Grizzlies' three top perimeter players and took Kobe and Leonard with him to have lunch.

No one else was called, just the six of them. This was the dinner date for the "strongest trio".

Everyone is familiar with each other. Double 3D is a stamp collector, James is a good family man, Kobe is good at flirting with women, Sun Ce is flirting with women unconsciously, Leonard and his teammates don’t know what he is thinking...

While chatting, we somehow ended up talking about the characteristics of each team's perimeter combination. When it came to this, Sun Ce started to complain: "Kobe, LeBron, Kawhi, your Lakers' perimeter trio are learning from the three of us. Are you going to follow us when you see us winning the championship like this?”

Learn from you?

Leonard didn't react at all, and Kobe and James were confused.

But when I think about it, James has become a pure organization forward after joining the Lakers, with passing as his first goal. Although he has become the team's scoring leader this season, it is mainly because Kobe Bryant's playing time has decreased and Leonard has not fully grown up. , the role players are very good, and their team's average points per game are spread out.

In terms of playing style, James feels that Paul George is quite similar to him.

Klay Thompson, who plays without the ball, is very similar to Kobe Bryant's current style of play, but Kobe prefers to look for mid-range shots, while Klay Thompson prefers three-point opportunities. The difference between the two is that James is more likely to take advantage of Kobe's mid-range shots. Movement control creates three-point opportunities for the outside; Paul George can more easily use Klay Thompson's three-point containment to help his teammates create cutting opportunities. Kobe will definitely score higher, but Klay Thompson has better skills than the current Kobe. defense.

Leonard and Sun Ce are both the team's main singles players...

Thinking about it this way, both Kobe and James felt that the characteristics of their two teams were quite similar!

The key is that the Grizzlies' perimeter trio came out first, and after winning two championships, the Lakers' perimeter trio came together!

The order is correct, but Kobe and James want to vomit blood. Why do they want to imitate these young people from the Grizzlies?

In the past few years, it was obviously Paul George who went to his old James to learn how to organize offense; it was obviously Sun Ce who went to Kobe to learn techniques...

Kobe was so angry that he didn't want to look at Sun Ce, but James felt that the current atmosphere was so familiar - every year Sun Ce could come up with a hundred ways to annoy Kobe, and it was never the same every year!

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Game day is here when the Grizzlies take on the Lakers away from home!

Today, Sunday, many fans have been looking forward to this game since they woke up in the morning. There are children pestering their parents to watch the game with them. Those who are rich go to the scene, and those who are not rich spend money to buy live TV broadcast...

Everyone, whether they are Sun Ce fans, haters, or even trolls, all know that Sun Ce, who failed to win the championship last year, will definitely make a comeback this year.

No, the Grizzlies started the new season with a 9-game winning streak, and they were invincible along the way.

In the eyes of the fans, the Grizzlies are in better shape than the other 28 teams, which was ignited by Sun Ce's 63 points in the opening game.

The game between the Grizzlies, who have won 9 consecutive victories, and the defending champion Lakers, on game day, all basketball fans who have time are discussing this game.

At present, "Lakers fans" occupy an absolute dominant position online. Anyway, public opinion generally hopes that the Grizzlies' winning streak will be ended.

After winning the championship last season, fans of Kobe and James are in the honeymoon period. The God of Basketball in the New Century + the Little Emperor, their fans have come up with nicknames such as the "God-Emperor Combination" and "Di Mamba" combination.

The strength of 23+24 was very intuitively demonstrated to the fans in last year's playoff series with the Spurs. The two were paired with Leonard, a top defensive player who already has the ability to defend the perimeter and protect the rim. A center with 3D wings, he is so strong.

Fans have enough reasons to believe that the Lakers can defeat the Grizzlies. Grizzlies fans seem so small in front of the two major fan groups of Kobe and James, and there is also hope that the Grizzlies will be affected by public opinion and win the game in the middle. of Warriors fans…

However, on the night of November 6th, after two hours and 28 minutes of play from 7:30 to 9:58, the Grizzlies defeated the Lakers 119-105 and won their 10th consecutive victory!

Nothing else, just the difference in status and the depth of preparation for the game.

The current overall status of the Lakers is almost the same as that of the Grizzlies after the first three regular season games, and the Lakers have adjusted to this level from the impact of not adapting to the schedule rhythm and the shortened preseason, which is already very good.

But the Grizzlies have passed this stage, and have even found many problems in their own team, and are beginning to prepare to make changes in the next game.

In terms of preparation for the game, the Lakers' 7 wins and 3 losses are not so easy. They have a lot of games to fight for with their unstable start, and they have aristocratic disease. In the first 10 games, there were 4 cases of falling behind in the third quarter and turning the game around in the last quarter.

As for the Grizzlies, they had already begun to study the Lakers' style of play before playing against the Magic. After each game, the Lakers analyzed the changes in the Lakers' status and made targeted defensive arrangements.

Tonight, with Sun Ce's 19 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, Randolph's 11 points, Aldridge's 17 points, Paul George's 26 points, Klay Thompson's 12 points, Yi Jianlian's 9 points, Carter's 8 points... the Grizzlies made a full effort to defeat the Lakers with a crushing momentum in the unexpected attack initiated by Sun Ce!

The Grizzlies played very unrestrained in this game. Because of their accurate shooting, after Klay Thompson scored two three-pointers at the beginning, the Lakers dared not let him go, and Sun Ce took the opportunity to connect the offense.

The process of the game was that the Grizzlies created a leading advantage at the beginning, and the Lakers tried their best to counterattack, but the effect was not obvious. Because they were too anxious, their offense was not very good.

The first triple-double of the 14-15 season came later than in previous seasons. It was not until the 10th game that Sun Ce got his first triple-double.

Westbrook, on the other hand, has had 4 triple-doubles in 10 games, and his averages of 22.6 points, 9.5 rebounds and 10.5 assists are still impressive.

It was easy to win against the Lakers, and Sun Ce felt that the strongest outside trio on the other side had lost their temper.

But Sun Ce knew that this was just a difference in status. As the season progresses, this advantage will become smaller and smaller until it disappears. When everyone finds the best status they can find and enters the middle and late stages of the season, they will have to compete with their true strength.

But no matter what, the Grizzlies won! Win more games first, and then there will be better opportunities later.

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The day after the game with the Lakers, Sun Ce followed the team to Portland.

Originally, Sun Ce thought that Lily Collins would give birth in the next few days, because the due date coincidentally included the few days when he went to Los Angeles to play away games, but no, Lily Collins was still alive and kicking, eating everything with relish.

Sun Ce and the team have agreed that after playing against the Trail Blazers, he will take two games off. He will not play the last two games of the five-game road trip against the Rockets and Bucks, and will go to Los Angeles to accompany Lily Collins. The team also agreed.

Sun Ce was really anxious this time. On the evening of November 8, in the game between the Grizzlies and the Trail Blazers, Sun Ce was obviously not in good shape and was blocked twice by his teammate Whiteside last season!

Fortunately, Aldridge and Randolph both broke out tonight. Randolph is very fierce whenever he plays against the Trail Blazers, and Aldridge was very surprised that he was booed. He was traded, not leaving on his own initiative... Then Aldridge chose to listen to Sun Ce's words. Since the fans of the former team hate him, let them hate him even more!

Randolph scored 21 points and 14 rebounds, Aldridge scored 30 points and 7 rebounds. With the strong performance of the two, although Sun Ce was in poor condition and played 33 minutes with only 6 of 15 shots and scored 15 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals, the Grizzlies still played an excellent second half with Paul George's reasonable distribution of the ball. After falling behind 46 to 55 at halftime, the Grizzlies finally reversed the Trail Blazers 107 to 101 and won 11 consecutive victories!

Sun Ce's offense was pitted in this game, but the Grizzlies still had unexpected gains. They were pitted on the offensive end, but they did a good job when they had to play defense!

Although Whiteside scored 16 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks, and Lillard scored 31 points, when they had to defend in the second half, the pressure came, and the execution and effect of the defense were enhanced.

Sun Ce also invested in the defense in the second half. He played 16 minutes in the second half and had 2 blocks and 2 steals, and also blocked Whiteside once.

Coach Hollins almost thought that the Grizzlies would lose their 10-game winning streak to Portland. He had never thought that the Trail Blazers' performance in the new season did not meet expectations. Their player data was good, but the performance was not very good.

Fortunately, Aldridge scored 19 of his 30 points in the second half, and Randolph scored 11 points and 8 rebounds in the first half. The two teamed up to lead the team to victory.

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The night after the game with the Trail Blazers, Coach Hollins helped Sun Ce book a plane ticket and sent Sun Ce to Los Angeles. Out of sight, out of mind.

In the first half of the game against the Trail Blazers, Sun Ce might as well not be on the court for the 15 minutes. Blake would probably play better than Sun Ce if he was on the court.

However, Coach Hollins can understand Sun Ce's situation. Who can be calm when a father is about to give birth?

So, instead of letting Sun Ce stay on the court to drag his feet, it is better to let Sun Ce not play and accompany the mother in peace.

Moreover, the next two opponents are not very strong. The Rockets are in the race for the No. 1 pick, and the Bucks started with 4 wins and 8 losses.

The focus is on the first opponent back in Memphis after five consecutive away games. On November 16th, they will face the Warriors at home!

The Lakers did not enter the state as quickly as the Grizzlies, but the Warriors were also one of the first two teams in the league to enter the state.

Even if Sun Ce doesn't play, coach Hollins will definitely let the players go all out to win in the next games against the Rockets and Bucks.

Already on an 11-game winning streak, the Rockets are just 4 games short of their first 15-game winning streak. It would be foolish not to fight! By coincidence, the 15th opponent was the Rockets again. The game against the Rockets tied the Rockets' record... Coach Hollins was very happy just thinking about it.

Although he has always stated in interviews with the media that he is not interested in things like winning streaks and that running-in is the most important thing, in fact, both he and his team members are working hard in this direction!

It's just the 14th opponent, the Warriors... This is the most troublesome!

The Grizzlies have never played against a team in such a good state this season except for the Pelicans who are in excellent form. Compared with the strength of the Pelicans and the Warriors, the Warriors are definitely much stronger. The Pelicans By the middle and late stages of the season, at most they would be only a team in the bottom half of the Western Conference playoffs.

Moreover, after watching several game videos of the Warriors this season, Coach Hollins feels that the Warriors are really strong!