One Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty-One. New York Is the Home of the Little Overlord!
“Epic Scoring Champion (A):
Goal 1: Score at least 39 points in tonight’s game against the Thunder, and raise the host’s career regular season total score to at least 10,000 points. (Completed)
Goal 2: Become the seventh player in NBA history to win at least three scoring titles before Kevin Durant.
Event Rewards: Complete Goal 1 and get a B-level lottery card; complete Goal 2 and get Kevin Durant’s season star experience card.
Failure Penalty: If Goal 1 is not completed, the host will enter a cold shooting state for as many games as the host is away from 39 points; if Goal 2 is not completed, deduct a star experience card of a player who has won the scoring title that the host currently has or will get in the future.
Complete the three consecutive scoring titles achievement, and this event will start the subsequent events.”
10,005 points. When Sun Ce entered the NBA, he was thinking whether he could score 10,000 points one day, and then save enough money to retire successfully, but who knew that he would score 10,000 points in just over 5 seasons.
Moreover, his scores in the past two years have been above 2,400 points, which means that almost half of them were obtained in the two seasons since he started competing for the scoring title.
If the average score in the future seasons is above 25 points, it means that he will increase by 10,000 points every 5 years at most. Sun Ce calculated that if he played against Xiao Wuhan or Xiao Nitian and entered the NBA, he would have to play against them and retire again. It is estimated that he would have to play for at least another 20 years? Even if he averaged 20 points and played 80 games every year... it would be more than 30,000! With the current 10,000 points, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record would be gone!
However, Sun Ce just thought about it. After entering the NBA, he also understood why the sons of those legendary superstars rarely gained a foothold in the NBA. Although they earned a lot, it was too hard. Which father really wanted his son to be so tired and so hard.
Unless the talent is as good as Wiggins, Glenn Robinson, and Gay in the Grizzlies period, who can score 20 points and easily get a big contract, the children of superstars do not necessarily have the talent to become superstars.
In addition to this event, there is another event hint.
"Artist's Fantasy (*):
Goal 1: Invest 1 B-level lottery card and win 20 consecutive victories at the beginning. (Completed)
Goal 2: Invest 2 B-level lottery cards and win 23 consecutive victories at the beginning. (Completed)
Goal 3: Invest 3 B-level lottery cards and win 25 consecutive victories at the beginning.
Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: 2 random lottery cards of the specified art type, special reward: 1 random special card.
Rewards to be obtained: 3 random lottery cards of the specified art type, special reward: 1 blessing of a legendary superstar at a random position on the special card.
Note: Choose to perform this skill Items, will be put into 3 B-level lottery cards at one time, and rewards will be calculated according to the completion progress. B-level lottery cards will not be returned if the goals are not completed.
Failure penalty: If all goals are not completed, after the rewards are calculated according to the completion progress, the host will deduct the number of lottery cards, special cards, and star experience cards that have been owned by the host according to the number of consecutive wins short of 25 consecutive wins, and deduct them in order. "
Sun Ce is no longer very worried about this event. Even if he fails to get 25 consecutive wins in the end, he only needs to deduct two lottery cards or special cards. He currently does not have a lottery card, but he has two special cards.
As long as he gets 25 consecutive wins, the "Blessing of a Legendary Superstar in a Random Position" card will be available!
As for tonight's game, watching Westbrook play 35 minutes and get 21 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, and 2 steals... This is simply a triple-double without a word. Sun Ce finally understands the feelings of other players when they met him and Westbrook in the game last season.
Last season, Westbrook might have been limited to get a triple-double, but now the Thunder has created a tactic specifically for Westbrook to block and move defensive rebounds. In addition, Westbrook himself has become stronger, his ability to grab defensive rebounds has improved, and his offensive strengths have become stronger and easier to pass the ball. As long as there are more rebounds throughout the game, he will definitely get a triple-double. And the Thunder happens to be a traditional positional offensive and defensive team...Sun Ce thinks Westbrook will definitely average a triple-double this season.
Thinking of this, Sun Ce silently felt sorry for the ancient superstar Big O, it was too miserable.
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Sun Ce's voice for the best defensive player suddenly rose, which was related to his fundamental change in single defense. He had not yet mastered the experience, verbal or action guidance skills learned from Payton and Jordan, but he had made great improvements on the basis. This was the defensive foundation he laid for himself by learning from Coach Hollins, Tony Allen, Kobe, Prince... Payton, Jordan and other players and retired defensive masters. To master it, it takes time to polish it bit by bit, and more basic training is needed, but in terms of basics, the guidance of the two best defensive players has brought him the most obvious improvement.
But the voice for the best defensive player is rising, and the key is the record!
Just like Hibbert last season, Hibbert's decline after the All-Star Weekend was mainly in offense and rebounding, and his defensive efficiency was still great. This season, the rules were changed, and Hibbert's defense was ruined.
But Hibbert was called for the best defensive player before the All-Star Weekend, 80% of which was based on the record. This time it was Sun Ce's turn to benefit from it. After the Grizzlies' defense became tough in late November, he quickly returned to the competition for the best defensive team. This time, he relied on his amazing performance in defending Durant, which made Durant miss shots in the last few minutes of the third quarter, and directly promoted him to the ranks of the best defensive player.
But with the precedent of Hibbert last season, the media gave a more objective wait-and-see description - if the Grizzlies can maintain their record and win the regular season championship, and Sun Ce can maintain his defensive efficiency and continue the improved single defense he played before, Sun Ce has the possibility of winning the best defensive player.
However, even if the media's praise is reserved, it is also exaggerated, because Sun Ce is currently the biggest favorite for MVP! Even if Sun Ce won the regular season MVP last season, Sun Ce is in the MVP situation, and he is still the biggest favorite for MVP.
The last time a player won both MVP and Best Defensive Player in a single season was in the 1993-94 season of Olajuwon!
In NBA history, only Jordan in the 1997-88 season and Olajuwon in the 1993-94 season have achieved such an achievement.
Extending to the players who have won both MVP and Best Defensive Player awards, there are only five people, Jordan, Olajuwon, David Robinson, Garnett, and James.
If Sun Ce wins the Best Defensive Player, in terms of personal honors in the regular season, only James can compare with him in active service!
When some media used the phrase "the lord will be on par with veteran superstar KING in terms of regular season honors" to describe what it means if Sun Ce wins the Best Defensive Player, the fans were surprised, but after a closer look, James, who entered the NBA in 2003, is already in his 12th year of his career, a veteran. Many superstars who were once very strong are about to fade out of the league by the 12th year of their careers.
The fans then realized that it was the era-level superstars such as Kobe, Duncan, and James who maintained a long peak period that spoiled their appetite. In fact, the era-level superstars as strong as O'Neal had already experienced a very obvious decline in their status when they were in their twelfth or thirteenth years of their careers.
This makes Kobe, Duncan, and James so special.
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The Grizzlies, whose crazy 23-game winning streak broke the third longest winning streak in NBA history, attracted all the attention of the fans, just like the Heat who won 30 consecutive victories in the 12-13 season. Now all basketball fans can't avoid the Grizzlies in the topic of discussion.
On Sun Ce's side, he and his teammates had no time and energy to pay attention to these. After the game with the Thunder, they rested for a day, and on December 7, they faced the challenge of the Toronto Raptors.
Having just broken the Rockets' third longest winning streak in history, Sun Ce and his teammates were very excited and performed very well on the offensive end!
The Raptors' defense with Gasol as the core was very good, but they still couldn't stop the irritable Grizzlies. Sun Ce played for 22 minutes, 7 of 13 shots, including 2 of 5 three-pointers, plus 10 of 10 free throws, scored 26 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, and clocked out after three quarters.
The key is that Paul George and Klay Thompson played too well tonight. On the defensive end, they hit DeRozan and beat him. On the offensive end, Klay Thompson scored 21 points in the third quarter, the third time in his career that he scored 20+ in a single quarter, and scored 33 points in the whole game. Paul George scored 15 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, and at the same time, DeRozan was only 13 points from 5 of 15 shots.
Although the Raptors have been trying to counterattack, Lowry scored 28 points and 9 assists, Vazquez scored 18 points, and Gasol scored 21 points and 9 rebounds, but Coach Hollins still didn't replace Sun Ce in the fourth quarter because the others were enough.
116 to 105, the Grizzlies beat the Raptors by 11 points and won 24 consecutive victories!
Gasol looked at his old club, which was resurgent, and he was helpless. Meeting the current Grizzlies was just like the feeling he had when he met the Heat during their 30-game winning streak two years ago - unstoppable!
After defeating the Raptors, the Grizzlies will play a back-to-back away game, away to the Knicks on December 9, and at home to the Timberwolves on December 10.
The morning after the game with the Raptors, Sun Ce set off for the Big Apple with his teammates. The annual trip to Madison Square Garden is coming!
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As long as you are an NBA player, you want to show your personal ability in Madison Square Garden, and Sun Ce is no exception.
And this idea has not faded because of the longer playing time, but has become deeper and deeper. The longer you play, the stronger the "sense of ritual" is, and the more you like to play on such a stage.
Fans also like to watch strong teams play at Madison Square Garden, especially those with superstars, because they can always see the wonderful performances of those superstars.
When the Grizzlies, who had set a historical record at the beginning and continued to make the record even more terrifying and won 24 consecutive games at the beginning, challenged the Knicks away, it became the most watched game by fans without any suspense.
Now, no matter whether the Grizzlies’ games were previously scheduled for live broadcast or not, as long as the Grizzlies’ winning streak continues, a TV station will immediately broadcast them. The Knicks’ home games are all 41 games of the regular season broadcast live. Who can blame them for the fact that American Cable TV is owned by their boss? Now, T.N.T Sports has also added live broadcasts, which has attracted a lot of attention!
China’s Imperial Sports Channel and Guangdong Sports have also added live broadcasts of this game.
After Sun Ce arrived at the hotel on Manhattan Island, he began to study the current situation of the Knicks. Knowing yourself and the enemy will ensure victory in all battles.
The Knicks are not easy to deal with this year. The competition in the East this season is as fierce as last season. The Hawks are ranked first in the East with 17 wins and 6 losses, and the Bulls and 76ers behind them are chasing closely.
And the Knicks, after these three teams, beat the Heat and Raptors and ranked fourth in the East!
Compared with the aging Pierce last season, the newly joined handsome guy Chandler Parsons is still working hard for the big contract in 2016. Ariza, as one of the best 3D players in the league, performed very well in cooperation with Howard and Dragic. With Shumpert, Bargnani, Calderon, Langston Galloway, Alex Shved, Sean Larkin, Lance Thomas... This bunch of high-quality role players who were bought with money, although not as good as the Grizzlies, have a very good lineup. This season, the average points lost per game have played very well.
The point is that the Knicks re-signed D'Antoni as the head coach, using the organization and offense of Dragic and Chandler Parsons to play an offensive performance.
Sun Ce thinks it's a pity that Dragic is not an organization point guard, but a scoring point guard, and can't play D'Antoni's run-and-gun tactics to the extreme.
But the Knicks' defense is not very bad, average.
Sun Ce watched Howard recover a lot this season, reaching a defensive efficiency of 4.1, limiting opponents to 104 points per 100 possessions, and reaching the lowest singles rate since the sophomore year, 11%, averaging only 12.2 rebounds, 1.8 blocks and 1.2 steals per game...
Sun Ce felt that Howard really wanted to win now!
It's just...the timing is wrong! When he was on the 76ers, the 76ers intended to use Iguodala and Holiday to exchange Howard for a shooting power forward and a mid-range defensive gate, but Howard himself had a conflict with Iguodala, breaking the plan of the 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie, causing the 76ers to passively exchange for Gasol. As a result, the twin towers were incompatible, and Howard finally chose to leave the 76ers and go to the Big Apple.
Howard now wants the joy of winning instead of pure happiness. His teammates have changed from Holiday, Evans, and Iguodala to Dragic, Chandler Parsons, and Ariza... Trying hard to win is fine, but Sun Ce doesn't think the Knicks have any chance of winning the championship.
But this team is not easy to deal with. Although Howard is not as strong as before, he works hard on defense. With Dragic, Ariza, and Chandler Parsons, three excellent defensive perimeter players, although the power forward position is a pit, at least the league average score loss is maintained. Under the Knicks' faster style of play, this is a very good defense, lower than their Grizzlies' score loss.
Their Grizzlies have an average score loss of 104.7 points per game.
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After studying the Knicks' scout reports and game videos for this season for a day, on the morning of December 9, Sun Ce followed the team to Madison Square Garden to prepare for the game against the Knicks in the evening.
The schedule at the beginning of this month was very tight, and the Grizzlies did not have sufficient preparation time. Sun Ce now finds that the schedule in December is not much looser than in the past. There are only 15 games this month, but there is more rest time before and after the Christmas game, which offsets it. In addition, the Grizzlies originally had a very easy schedule in December. At least for them, the schedule this month has become tighter.
Fortunately, the Knicks also had a tight schedule at the beginning of this month. The Knicks also have to play the Christmas game. The 10 teams playing the Christmas game have a tight schedule this month, with 3-4 back-to-back games.
After the morning tactical meeting and the response training against the Knicks' run-and-gun, Sun Ce accepted an interview with the American cable TV station.
I thought the reporter from the American cable TV station would be very aggressive and unfriendly, but the question he asked was: "Lord, you have won 24 games in a row, which is rare. Including you, there have only been three such long winning streaks in NBA history. Do you think there is hope to break the longest winning streak in NBA history?"
The question was quite sincere, and Sun Ce even heard the excitement and expectation in the other party's tone, which surprised Sun Ce.
This made Sun Ce not know how to answer. In the past, he always made the reporter not know how to continue asking questions.
After thinking about it, Sun Ce replied: "We will try our best to win. You can look forward to it. For example, in tonight's game, you can help pray that we can beat the Knicks."
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Sun Ce just said that, who knew that the official website of the American cable TV station really made a vote, asking New York fans whether the Grizzlies can beat the Knicks and win 25 consecutive games!
After lunch at noon, Sun Ce came to the guest team lounge of Madison Square Garden to take a nap to recharge for the game at 8 pm New York time. Before going to bed, he habitually checked the news and saw this.
He found that the New York team, media and fans were really special. The TV station of the Knicks owner could actually come up with such a vote, and in the vote of New York fans, more than 80% supported the Grizzlies to win 25 consecutive games!
Even if many votes were not cast by New York fans, the majority of people in the New York basketball forums were discussing the strength of the Grizzlies and Sun's strength, as if the Grizzlies were their home team and the Knicks were the visiting team!
The reason was also very simple. Sun Ce had scored 70 points here last season, and he clocked out after three quarters of 70 points, breaking Kobe's historical record of clocking out after three quarters of 62 points. Even if it was expanded to the three-quarter scoring record of players who played the whole game, it also broke Chamberlain's three quarters of 69 points!
New York fans had long been defeated!
As for the Knicks, if Sun Ce didn't come, they would be the home team of New York fans. If Sun Ce came... who are the Knicks?
Just when Sun Ce sighed for the Knicks and was about to go to bed, the system prompt came!
"Faced with the aggressive host, the Knicks players are angry about the attitude of the media and fans. The crowd is excited. A-level challenger event: Strong Dragon is triggered..."