One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-Four. Yimuhualian’s Highlight Moment!
The Magic are now active in the public eye mainly because of Embiid's tweets about licking Rihanna. Vucevic's average of 19+10 per game can no longer attract people's attention. He became popular all of a sudden because he only averaged 4.8 points and 5 rebounds per game in his rookie year with the 76ers. After being spotted by the Magic, he became a center with an average of 14+11 per game.
It's not Vucevic who became popular, but the Magic's vision in selecting a center.
When the popularity brought by Vucevic's initial surprise passed and he didn't have any new highlights, he naturally became "outdated".
However, Embiid, the center newly selected by the Magic, is now very promising.
If a different team selected Embiid, such as the 76ers in the original time and space, it would definitely be questioned. It was not until Embiid played well that people praised Sam Hinkie's vision.
But Embiid was selected by the Magic, which is completely different. "Patient" and "not impatient"... These adjectives are applied to the Magic by fans.
Some fans also joked that after Embiid plays well, which one of Vucevic and Embiid will the Magic send to the Lakers?
On March 2, the Grizzlies challenged the Magic away. There was no big suspense. Even if Randolph, Tony Allen and Pierce did not play, the inside combination of Aldridge and Gobert was enough to deal with Vucevic. With Klay Thompson's 20 points in a single game, Aldridge's 25 points and 10 rebounds, plus Sun Ce's 30 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, Paul George's 11 points, 10 assists and Yi Jianlian's 15 points, the Grizzlies beat the Magic 117-104 and won the 55th win of the season!
Recalling that they fought for 55 wins in the last two games last season, this time they only played 60 games and already won 55 games. Sun Ce himself felt incredible.
On March 4, the Grizzlies challenged the Bulls away. Sun Ce thought that a series of events of "Little Overlord's Authority" would be triggered, but it didn't.
In this game, the Grizzlies played with all their main players. Sun Ce made 11 of 20 shots and only scored 1 three-pointer, but he had 15 free throws. The opponent looked like he was going to keep a close eye on their three-pointers, giving Sun Ce, Randolph, Aldridge, Pierce, Paul George, Yi Jianlian and others a lot of mid-range shooting opportunities.
Among Sun Ce's 15 free throws, there were even two fouls on his three-point shooting by the opponent!
With 13 of 15 free throws, Sun Ce got 36 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block and 4 steals with only 20 shots. Yi Jianlian was the most ignored point by the Bulls today. He made 9 of 15 shots, plus 2 of 4 free throws, and got 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.
With Paul George's triple-double performance of 17 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists,
the Grizzlies' offensive firepower exploded!
Although Rose scored 30 points and 14 assists, and Griffin scored 41 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, allowing the Bulls to score 112 points in a single game, they still lost to the Grizzlies, who had explosive mid-range shooting tonight.
119 to 112, the Grizzlies narrowly defeated the Bulls and won three consecutive victories!
Yi Jianlian made a great contribution in this game. The Bulls' defense is really good, and they consciously left Yi Jianlian, Gobert, Larry Sanders and others open, but Yi Jianlian made 7 mid-range shots, which made the Bulls lose their temper.
When the opponent's fourth and fifth scoring points can make 7 mid-range shots, it is difficult for any team to beat them, unless they score more fiercely.
After this game, Sun Ce received a system prompt that the completion rate of the "Rose Disaster" event this season has become (1/2). If Sun Ce wins the second game against the Bulls this season, he can get this season's Derrick Rose star experience card.
This event has been triggered for three years, and Sun Ce has not been able to get Rose's star experience card through this event. Now he has a chance!
Thinking that he will definitely not get the Turtle Turtle card this year, Westbrook, who has played 60 games, has already had 24 triple-doubles, while Sun has only had 7 triple-doubles this season.
He has no chance to get the Turtle Turtle card, but he has the opportunity to get the Ross card, and it is completely different from what he remembers... or in other words, the Ross card that has not been ruined by Thibodeau and has made normal progress. Sun Ce also wants to experience it.
Using the Ross card to find the feeling, Sun Ce wants to see if he can find a way to further improve his pick-and-roll breakthrough, regular breakthrough, and scoring skills under the basket. These three aspects are where Rose is better than him.
Thinking of Westbrook, Sun Ce thought of the number of triple-doubles, and then thought of his 108th triple-double in the regular season of his career this season. When he got the 108th triple-double before, it was also on the hot news, because his triple-double number has surpassed Kidd's 107 times and ranked third in history.
However, the hottest topic at that time was whether Westbrook, who had already achieved 68 triple-doubles, had a chance to surpass Sun Ce, because the two were players of the same era, and direct comparison was always more topical than comparing historical superstars, because the two could really compare their performances in the same year or several years.
Now, the only players who ranked ahead of Sun Ce in terms of triple-doubles were Big 0 with 181 triple-doubles and Magic Johnson with 138 triple-doubles.
From the perspective of fans and the media, judging from Sun Ce's Buddhist performance this season, even if Sun Ce no longer pursued triple-doubles, he could still get 10 triple-doubles every season. With Sun Ce's static physical condition and increasingly perfect skills, it is unlikely that he would collapse at 30. Many people believe that Sun Ce can maintain his condition until 32-33 or even 34-35, so Sun Ce has a chance to compete for the triple-double king.
In people's opinion, Sun Ce's opponent for the triple-double king is not Big O, but Westbrook!
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To compete with Durant for the scoring title, to compete with Westbrook for the historical triple-double king, to compete with Harden for the MVP...Sun Ce found that his opponents this year were all selected by the Thunder!
This vision is really amazing!
The day after playing against the Bulls, Sun Ce came to San Antonio with his teammates. Including today, there are two days of rest time. On the 7th, he will play against the Spurs.
After yesterday, another week ended. DeRozan won the Player of the Week in the East, and Durant won the Player of the Week for the second time in the new season in the West. After the All-Star Weekend, he won the Player of the Week for two consecutive weeks in the West and topped the MVP rankings.
Sun Ce rarely fell to the second place in the MVP rankings. He did not win the Player of the Week for two consecutive weeks. This is the first time that Sun Ce has encountered such a situation since the new season. He has won the Player of the Week 8 times, tying his personal career single-season high of 9 times. There is only one more time left, and it is not far from the highest single-season Player of the Week 11 times created by James in the 12-13 season.
Harden ranks third in the MVP rankings.
However, although Durant temporarily tops the MVP rankings, in people's opinion, the biggest favorite for MVP this season has nothing to do with Durant.
Sun Ce, Harden, and Griffin are the favorites for MVP in people's eyes, and Durant, Curry, Rose and others are just runners-up.
Even, most people think that there is no so-called MVP competitor this year. As long as the Grizzlies' record does not collapse and Sun Ce's personal performance does not collapse, even if he does not break the Bulls' winning record, Sun Ce can win the MVP without any suspense.
So far this season, Sun Ce's advantage is too great!
After a day of rest in San Antonio, the Grizzlies began to prepare for two consecutive away games in Texas. The Spurs and the Mavericks are not easy opponents to deal with. They have many stars and deep lineups. The Spurs would rather pay the luxury tax to sign Rondo first and then renew Dio with 27 million for 3 years, just to deal with the Grizzlies.
After signing Chandler, the Mavericks also signed many high-quality role players, who were stimulated by the outrageous depth of the Grizzlies' lineup in recent years.
On March 7, the Grizzlies' fourth game of the five-game road trip came.
This time, the Spurs did not rest again. During the All-Star Weekend, the NBA officially held a meeting of the owners, and even the Spurs owner voted in favor and unanimously passed the new regulations called the "Popovich Clause" by the media. The content of the new regulations is relatively complicated. The core meaning is probably that in a game broadcast live across the United States, if the head coach of a team lets the star player rest without being refused to play by the team doctor, the head coach will be fined directly.
As for how to judge the star player of a team... there is a lot of room for operation.
Some fans analyzed that this is to target Popovich. The league has never managed other teams' rest. The key is that Popovich's set is too excessive.
And now the Spurs don't want to rest. Even if they play against the Grizzlies, they want to win!
Currently, the Spurs have 45 wins and 17 losses. Regarding the winning streak, people's attention is on the Thunder, which has won 7 consecutive games after the All-Star Weekend, and 10 consecutive games with the 3 consecutive wins before the All-Star Weekend. No one noticed that the Spurs, who also won 6 consecutive games without losing a game after the All-Star Weekend, also won 10 consecutive games!
Currently, the top five teams in the West have a record of 56 wins and 5 losses, the second Warriors have 47 wins and 14 losses, the third Lakers have 45 wins and 16 losses, and the fourth Thunder has 44 wins and 18 losses. The Spurs are ranked fifth with 45 wins and 17 losses, and there is hope to catch up with the Warriors and the Lakers!
The Thunder is the first in the Northwest Division, so there is no way. The Spurs can only directly attack the second and third.
The Spurs naturally want to fight for the home advantage!
Moreover, Popovich no longer needs to help the Grizzlies "maintain possibilities". The Grizzlies have 56 wins and 5 losses. Even if they lose one or two games next, they will definitely strive to get 73 wins, because there is still a chance. With 21 games left, the probability of the Grizzlies winning 17 games is not very high, but there is definitely a chance.
However, it is too difficult for the Spurs to win this time!
The Grizzlies are in good form after playing away games until now!
The other players' state is routinely improved after the All-Star Weekend, and Yi Jianlian has exploded in these games!
At 7:30 p.m., after 2 hours and 51 minutes of competition and an overtime, the Grizzlies defeated the Spurs 129-125 and won 4 consecutive victories!