One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-One. People's Expectations

This match against the Warriors fully exposed the lack of continuity in the Grizzlies' defense!

This was a problem that Sun Ce discovered during the game and when analyzing the video after the game.

Sun Ce found that there was really nothing wrong with their offense this season. Even though they changed so many people, their offense actually improved. The rules, more pitchers, and the improvement of old players all made it easy for them to run in on the offensive end.

But the continuity on the defensive end was indeed not enough!

In the game against the Warriors, the Grizzlies sent out all their main players, and JaMychal Green completely pushed Bargnani to the inactive list after the game against the Suns.

However, Bargnani will still be on the active list in the future. JaMychal Green can only play 41 games in the regular season, but there is no limit in the playoffs.

This is a cruel thing. JaMychal Green plays better than Nance Jr. and Bargnani. Putting aside the ability and simply speaking from the role and function, David West's offensive effect is almost the same as JaMychal Green's defensive effect. But the more so, the more cautious the Grizzlies have to be in using JaMychal Green. For example, when playing against weak teams, they may not let JaMychal Green play. They should keep him for strong teams. The more strength they can improve, the better.

This shows that JaMychal Green, a development player who can defend from the third position to the mini center, is more effective than Bargnani and Gerald Green, but it may also make him lose the opportunity to exercise when playing against weak teams, and may expose his shortcomings when encountering strong teams in the interior.

Without Larry Sanders, Richard Jefferson, and Pierce, their forward rotation defense has declined, and this must be the case.

Just like playing against the Warriors, the continuity is indeed not enough. When both sides have a center who can protect the frame, the Grizzlies will not suffer. But when they enter the rotation lineup, they have lost the advantages of previous years. There is no way. Four of the five starters of the Grizzlies get the maximum salary, and Randolph also has 15 million. Just their brothers are close to 90 million. The salary of the rotation lineup this year is less than 30 million, which is incomparable to the past few years. In those years, they really took advantage of the rookie contracts of double 3D and Larry Sanders.

In fact, Sun Ce thinks that it is not important whether the rookie contract ends or not. What is important is whether they can sign long-term contracts with high-quality role players during the rookie contract. The key is that the Grizzlies have never had such an opportunity. After the first championship, their signings were not smooth and missed the best time.

But Sun Ce thinks that they are now in the best state they can do. Now they can only tap their potential from within and start with the arrangement and adjustment of the rotation lineup, so that the three outside players and Aldridge can have more time to make mistakes in the regular season, ensure that there are at least two starting members on the court, and maintain the continuity of strength.

It's just that because of the rest, it will become more difficult and more challenging for the coaching staff...

At the beginning of the new season, Sun Ce felt the pressure of the defending season.

In fact, if it was the season when he didn't win the championship last season, he wouldn't think it was a big deal, but because it is the defending season, everything wants to be perfect, but in the end, you will find that perfection is impossible.

With his own problems to be solved, the strength of the Warriors also makes Sun Ce very vigilant.

In the first 9 games of the new season, Curry averaged 28 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.3 steals, and 5.3 three-pointers per game, ranking second in the scoring list. The key is that his hit rate is better than Sun Ce's, 53+46+92... temporarily ranked in the 180 club!

Harden averaged 23 points, 7.9 rebounds, 8.9 assists, Draymond Green averaged 8 points, 10 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 1 block, 1.3 steals, and Thabeet averaged 10.3 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.7 blocks.

These four people, with Harrison Barnes, and Iguodala on the bench, the Warriors became the only team in the league that has not lost a game after the game with the Grizzlies!

Curry has entered his peak period, and with an average defense, he has an S-level ability evaluation. Harden has also entered the golden period of his career. If he does not share the ball rights with Draymond Green,

he will average 25+8+10 per game. Of course, since the ball rights were shared with Draymond Green, Harden did very well on the defensive end and in the offensive moments. There are gains and losses.

Also, the Warriors' tactics... Since Curry started the new season very hot, since Sun Ce won the first week of the week, Curry won the week's best for two consecutive weeks. The Grizzlies are naturally very afraid of Curry, and Curry also wasted a few balls at the beginning of the game.

But then the Warriors focused on Harden, and it seemed that it was not because of the on-the-spot changes after Curry was strictly guarded, but the changes that had been there from the beginning, and there was also the third point Nick Young!

Under Draymond Green's tandem offense and Curry's organized offense, Harden and Nick Young scored 68 points together!

The Warriors' core lineup has not changed at all compared to last season. Thabeet has maintained the strongest three-second zone and close-range guarding ability in the league today. Draymond Green has made great progress, with 3 triple-doubles in 10 games at the beginning of the new season. Curry has entered his peak period and Harden is also in the golden period of his career.

The role player lineup is even deeper than last season. The Warriors' salary has reached 99.73 million US dollars. The addition of Looney and Nick Young has made the Warriors' inside and outside lines more diverse.

Interim head coach Luke Walton is really good when coaching this kind of full-level account that has been built for five or six years.

The Warriors are very strong, and Sun Ce clearly felt the pressure. In addition to the pressure he felt, there was also the impression that the Warriors had won 73 games this season in the original time and space...

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On November 7, the Grizzlies defeated the Jazz 110-100 in the last game of the three-game road trip. All teams in the league have played 10 to 11 games, and the strength of each team has been more or less demonstrated.

After the Warriors defeated the Spurs 110-99, they ranked first in the league with 11 wins and 0 losses, and naturally first in the West.

The Grizzlies ranked second in the West with 9 wins and 1 loss, the Spurs ranked third with 8 wins and 3 losses, the Thunder ranked third with 8 wins and 3 losses, the Mavericks ranked fourth with 7 wins and 3 losses, the Trail Blazers ranked fifth with 7 wins and 4 losses, the Lakers ranked sixth with 6 wins and 4 losses, and the Jazz, Pelicans, and Suns ranked seventh to ninth were all 6 wins and 5 losses. These three brothers are also unlucky. In the recent few games, they happened to be the three teams playing against each other, and their records dropped from fourth, fifth, and sixth to seventh, eighth, and ninth.

The most surprising thing is that the Trail Blazers, who lost four starters in the past two summers, have improved their record instead of declining. This is mainly due to the improvement of Lillard and Whiteside, as well as the improvement of McCollum, who averaged 7.6 points per game last season, and Allen Crabbe, who averaged 3.3 points per game last season. The former averaged 18 points per game in the new season, and the latter averaged 10.6 points per game in the new season.

The Lakers' performance was also amazing. After losing three games in a row, they played a record of 6 wins and 1 loss. The only team with a better record than the Lakers during their winning period was the Warriors, which was the same as the Grizzlies.

As for the Grizzlies, they started with 9 wins and 1 loss, but not many people said that they had a good record, as if they should have 9 wins and 1 loss. Some people even thought that their record was not good because the Warriors had 11 wins and 0 losses.

But this is not a bad thing. What the Grizzlies need now is not praise, but to understand their problems from many aspects.

Because they know that their overall performance is definitely not bad, but there are always people who like to compare their performance last season with this season, and the Grizzlies really can't be one step ahead of all other teams in terms of lineup, running-in, and strength like last season. At present, they are the same as the first Bulls in the East, with 9 wins and 1 loss.

The second Raptors in the East have 9 wins and 2 losses, the third Celtics have 7 wins and 3 losses, the fourth 76ers have 7 wins and 3 losses, the fifth Nets have 6 wins and 4 losses, the sixth Knicks have 6 wins and 5 losses, the seventh Heat have 6 wins and 5 losses, and the eighth Pistons and ninth Hornets are both 5 wins and 5 losses.

It can be seen that after the top four in the East, there is a tendency for the record to be interrupted. The top four may be strong playoff teams, and the bottom four may just be ordinary playoff teams.

In terms of the team strength rankings, after three weeks of play, the Warriors have risen to the first place in the league, and the Hawks have the biggest drop, falling from the highest fourth place to 13th.

In the rookie rankings, Timberwolves' Towns is unsurprisingly ranked first, but Nets' Porzingis is also dazzling enough, ranking second for three consecutive weeks.

Porzingis is already surprising enough, but what is more surprising is the third place, Clippers' 14th rookie Nikola Jokic, averaging 12.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1 steal, and 0.5 blocks per game. A "swollen fat man" with a small tonnage and no muscle lines, he has surpassed Russell, who averaged 14 points and 5 assists per game, and Okafor, who averaged 15 points and 7 rebounds per game!

In the MVP rankings, Sun Ce has always been ranked in the top two, averaging 36.2 points, 10.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 2.6 blocks, and 2.2 steals in 10 games. This is not surprising.

But before the start, no one could have thought that after the first three weeks of the game, Curry would be the first in the MVP rankings, surpassing Sun Ce!

Some fans felt that Sun Ce was very miserable. After winning two consecutive MVPs, he met James, who was in his peak year, and lost the chance of winning three consecutive MVPs, although Sun Ce won the scoring title and 30+10+5 for the first time in the 12-13 regular season.

This time, Sun Ce averaged 36 points per game, with a hit rate of 52%, a three-point hit rate of 39%, and a free throw hit rate of 86%. With such an outstanding performance, he met Curry, whose play makes people amazed.

It is not surprising that the Warriors played so well, because the Warriors also had a winning streak at the beginning of last season, but they met the Grizzlies and ended it. This season, the stars have become stronger and the reinforcements are also in place. It is not so surprising that they started with 11 consecutive wins.

However, the more this happens, the more fans hope that Sun Ce can continue to win the MVP and complete three consecutive MVPs, because 30 years have passed since Bird completed three consecutive MVPs, and the fourth three-time MVP has not appeared. After Duncan won the MVP in 2002 and 2003, his strength reached the peak in the 03-04 season and he played a career-high efficiency of 27.1, but he failed to complete three consecutive MVPs and was snatched away by Garnett. It has always been a pity, and this is the second time that Sun Ce has the hope of hitting the three-time MVP!