One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-Two. The Tragic First Person in the Quasi-Alliance
62 points, Sun Ce broke his own All-Star Game scoring record.
60+ triple-double, he refreshed his own All-Star Game triple-double highest score.
Sun Ce won the AMVP for three consecutive years and became the first player in NBA history to win the AMVP for three consecutive years.
However, what was discussed most after the game was the various changes that Sun Ce brought to the All-Star Weekend.
This All-Star Game showed the fans how terrifying the performance of the 24 best individual and team players this season was under the NBA rules!
Of course, because this was the first time to play like this, the two teams must have done better in offense. Even with a dominant defensive combination like Sun Ce, Duncan, and James, it was difficult to play their strongest defense in theory, so the score was so high.
If both sides had been more prepared before, and the league gave them a little more time to prepare... Now the All-Star Weekend has a full nine-day break, and there is also such an opportunity for them to prepare, it may be difficult to see such a high score on the All-Star Weekend in the future. In the future All-Star Games, the side that is at a disadvantage in overall strength or has an advantage in lineup structure may start with defense.
This requires the All-Stars to have a strong desire to win in the All-Star Game, and this desire to win is brought by Sun Ce.
His unparalleled dominance among his contemporaries makes his contemporaries want to defeat him, and coincidentally, those stars of his contemporaries have begun to enter their peak period.
So, perhaps the All-Star Game in the next few years will be very intense!
Fans have found that Sun Ce's influence is getting bigger and bigger, and there is a feeling of infiltrating all aspects of the NBA.
But for fans, many people think this is a good thing.
Many things have become more competitive, such as the scoring champion competition. Before Sun Ce hit the scoring champion, there was really no competition, just like in the 11-12 season, when Kobe occupied the top of the scoring list, Durant didn't fight for it. When the regular season reached a certain stage, no one fought for it.
But when Sun Ce started to compete for the scoring champion in the 12-13 season, Kobe and Durant were both fighting!
This situation occurs because Sun Ce has obvious opposition and competition with many stars, which is a situation that rarely happens in recent years. I don’t know when the league has become a situation where everyone is happy.
So the feud between the Cavaliers and the Celtics in those days was talked about by so many people,
because obvious feuds are rare in today’s league.
But Sun Ce competes with others in many aspects, and Sun Ce’s strength is getting stronger year by year, and he has the ability to compete with others. Such a superstar with distinct personality characteristics, strong competitive spirit and willingness to compete with others without concealing it, can be said to be the most special one in the past ten years.
When the quasi-league No. 1 has such personality characteristics, Sun Ce has a large number of fans, but also a large number of black fans.
When the fans discussed the quasi-league No. 1, they couldn’t help but start to "sympathize" with James again. During Kobe’s two consecutive championships, James was the quasi-league No. 1. Before the league No. 1 officially took office, Sun Ce had already begun to wreak havoc on the league.
If James hadn't won the championship and the Finals MVP last season, he might have been removed from the list of quasi-league No. 1 players before he officially became the recognized No. 1 player in the league.
Moreover, judging from the current trend, perhaps this situation will really happen. Perhaps this winner of three regular season MVPs, one best defensive player, and one Finals MVP may not be able to become the truly recognized No. 1 player in the league throughout his career.
This season is very critical. If James can complete the defense, he will definitely become the real No. 1 player in the league in public opinion temporarily. Maybe the time will be short, but he will definitely have such a title for at least one year.
After all, if James now wins two consecutive championships, it is after winning three regular season MVPs.
But if James does not complete two consecutive championships this season and the Grizzlies regain the championship, then James's "road to the No. 1 player in the league" can only be in... the future?
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The day after the All-Star Game, Lily Collins and Zu Ge chartered a plane to take their two elders and three children back to Memphis. The All-Star MVP trophy was also snatched away by Zu Ge last night. Sun Ce went to Los Angeles with several teammates and coaching staff.
After the All-Star Weekend, the Grizzlies' first opponent is the Lakers!
This game has continued the popularity of the All-Star Game. The All-Star Weekend has just ended, and the two teams will play the day after tomorrow, which is the 22nd. Fans have already started to discuss this game, and the attention is very hot.
At noon on the 20th, Sun Ce and his team arrived in Los Angeles. After meeting up with a small number of teammates who did not go to New York, they came to the Lakers' training hall, the Toyota Center training hall, to start recovery training.
From the 13th to the 19th, there was a total of 7 days of rest. Except for the four guys who played in the All-Star Game yesterday, the other players may not have played for several days. They rested well, but they may not be able to get into the right state. Therefore, they have to train well in the two days of preparation today and tomorrow. Coach Hollins wants to reduce the side effects of resting too long.
However, he obviously underestimated the determination and drive of the old players who lost the championship last season, and underestimated the desire for honor of the old players who joined the Grizzlies at a low salary.
Even Randolph did not fall behind in training during the days he played in New York. Under his organization, Livingston, Carter, Pierce, Gobert, and Yi Jianlian all practiced every two days. After a good rest, they maintained a good state.
In the tactical training on the afternoon of the 20th and the morning of the 21st, their performance was even better than before the All-Star Weekend. The key point was that they took a good rest during this longer All-Star Weekend holiday than before.
Sun Ce looked at the state of his teammates in training and was extremely excited!
He felt that this season was the season with the best chance of creating greatness in his career.
He just won the three consecutive AMVPs. Although there was no achievement reward in the All-Star Game, and the events related to the All-Star Game only surpassed Kobe Bryant's 5 AMVPs, this MVP was a very good start for him.
Sun Ce and his teammates all thought that the game before the All-Star Weekend was over. Now, they had to play better than before to achieve that goal!
After entering February, Sun Ce and his teammates felt the improvement of other teams' strength. Other teams have entered the sprint stage of competing for playoff spots and higher rankings. In the next 27 games, they must win at least 22 games to break the Bulls' 72-win record in the 95-96 season.
In the case that the opponent will definitely play harder and compete more actively for rankings, they must also play better than before to continue their dominance!
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On February 22, Sun Ce followed the team to the Staples Center, and the Grizzlies' first game day after the All-Star Weekend arrived.
Yesterday, the Thunder had already started a hot game with the Warriors after the All-Star Weekend, 106 to 102. Relying on Westbrook's organization and Durant's key ball, the Thunder narrowly defeated the Warriors.
The game was very exciting, but in terms of attention, fans are more concerned about the Grizzlies' away game against the Lakers tonight.
After a day of preparation, at 6:30 in the evening, the Grizzlies' away game against the Lakers began.
The Lakers' aristocratic disease is back!
On the Grizzlies side, even Randolph trained for three days during the All-Star Weekend break. On the Lakers side, except for James, Kobe, Leonard, Nick Young and other players who are less than half of the Lakers' active list, the other players are in average condition.
Although Kobe scored 31 points tonight, James scored 30 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, and Nick Young also scored 19 points, although Leonard only scored 5 points, he did a good job on the defensive end, with 4 steals and 1 block, and Paul George was robbed of two rounds.
Kobe, James, and Nick Young scored 80 points, but the Lakers only scored 101 points, that is, except for these three brothers, the other Lakers players only scored 21 points in total!
2 hours and 27 minutes later, the Grizzlies beat the Lakers 114-101! Avoided a losing streak!
Sun Ce clocked out in the third quarter, 9 of 17 shots, including 2 of 5 three-pointers, plus 7 of 7 free throws, easily getting 27 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals.
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When the All-Star Weekend just ended, some teams may not be able to get into shape immediately, which is normal. Teams like the Lakers, who suffer from aristocratic disease every other day, are more likely to have such a situation.
The morning after the game with the Lakers, Sun Ce flew back to Memphis with the team. At 7 o'clock tonight, they will play a back-to-back game alternating between home and away games, and the opponent is the Cavaliers.
Although the opponent is not strong, Sun Ce still studied the opponent's scout report carefully.
The Cavaliers' hope of hitting the playoffs this year is getting slimmer and slimmer. After James left the Cavaliers, they played badly for two years, and then from the 12-13 season, they spent money to build a team around Bradley Beal and played well for two years.
But this season, with Asik's departure, the Cavaliers' interior defense began to collapse. After Varejao was injured, he became Asik's assistant instead of the interior defense pillar. Without Asik, he couldn't support the interior defense.
Jeremy Lin played well, averaging 14 points and 6 assists per game, a good starting point guard. Bradley Beal made great progress, averaging 23.1 points per game in his third year.
But Bradley Beal's progress is not enough to make up for the lack of the team's best center. Mozgov failed to meet expectations. He averaged only 10+6+1 in 30 minutes per game, while Asik averaged 10+10 in the past two years.