One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-Four. The Spurs' Last Fight

Compared to the Grizzlies who felt that they had a hard time playing until now, other teams were actually quite surprised by the Grizzlies' performance this season.

Randolph is getting older, with more potential injuries and more rest times.

In terms of signings, Gerald Green and Bargnani are not good, rookie Nance has obvious advantages and disadvantages, only Sessions and David West are qualified signings, Mo Williams can be used sometimes but is a bit of a pit most of the time, fortunately Mo Williams has a big heart and a very good scoring explosiveness.

Under such circumstances, the Grizzlies started with 15 wins and 2 losses...

Other teams know very well that the Grizzlies will definitely not use Gerald Green and Bargnani in the playoffs, just like Stoudemire and Blake did not have a second of playing time in the playoffs last season. These two, and even Sessions, are used to fill in during the regular season rest.

Their role is to help Tony Allen, Sun Ce and Paul George, the inside line, create rest time.

The Grizzlies' own coaching staff also understands this, and they naturally won't express such ideas to the players openly, so the Grizzlies' coaching staff is very stable. As long as Mo Williams, David West, and JaMychal Green can better integrate into the team, there will be no problem of insufficient rotation depth in the playoffs. It is not as strong as in the past when they enjoyed the rookie bonus, but at least it is enough.

But these players are really needed in the regular season, so the running-in still needs to be done, after all, there is still a difficult mid-season and the second half of the regular season that needs to ensure continuity.

In the eyes of the Spurs' head coach Popovich, the Grizzlies are still the team that puts the most pressure on them. The Lakers' inside strength has declined and is in an adjustment period. No matter how well they adjust in the future, Popovich is not afraid of the Lakers at this stage.

The Warriors are very strong, but Popovich still thinks the Grizzlies are more terrifying.

Because compared to the Warriors, the whole team has been in good shape, and the Grizzlies have to rely on Sun Ce for a long time.

The key is that the playoffs are the time to compete for stars. Sun Ce has proved himself many times in the playoffs. There is no doubt that the playoffs will magnify Sun Ce's star role.

Popovich is under unprecedented pressure this season. Duncan has revealed his intention to retire after this season. After all, when the playoffs start this season, Duncan will be 40 years old.

Popovich understands Duncan's importance better than anyone else. This season, Duncan averaged 28 minutes per game, 13.9 points, 9.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 0.7 steals, and 1.9 blocks. He has top basketball IQ and god-level ability to use his own strength.

He is also the soul of the team...

For this reason, Popovich rarely persuaded the management last summer and was willing to pay the luxury tax.

Gay, who opted out of his contract, was renewed for 4 years and 90 million, Danny Green was renewed for 4 years and 40 million, Tony Parker was renewed for 3 years and 56 million. Duncan opted out of the last year of his 10 million contract and chose to renew it for two years and 10 million. He lobbied Ginobili, first giving up the bird rights to make room, and finally used the remaining space to renew Ginobili's contract for 1 year and 2.86 million US dollars after the signings were completed.

On the basis of Duncan changing his one-year 10 million to two-year 10 million to free up 5 million in space, Ginobili's salary cut of 4 million, and the second-round pick to send Split away, the Spurs successfully renewed Rondo's contract without bird rights for 1 year and 8 million, traded Belinelli for Miles Leonard of the Trail Blazers, signed Cole Aldridge for 8 million in two years, signed Matt Barnes for 3 million in one year, and signed Courtney Lee for two years with full mid-level salary and player options.

The renewal of Danny Green and Tony Parker was completed last, directly bringing the total salary of the Spurs to 91 million.

Popovich has achieved so much, and his only goal this season is the championship!

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After resting for a night in San Antonio and watching the live broadcast of the Warriors' 19-game winning streak, it was November 21st, the day for the Grizzlies to challenge the Spurs away.

This is the first time to play against the Spurs in the new season. Sun Ce saw the Spurs' various trades and signings in the summer. He believes that the Spurs have changed greatly, and the scout report and video analysis also prove this point well.

This team should not be underestimated, and Sun Ce also saw the opponent's ambition from the opponent's operation!

It is difficult to truly understand the opponent just by watching. You have to really fight to understand the opponent's strength.

After a day of preparation, at 7:40 in the evening, Sun Ce and his teammates walked into the court after warming up.

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"Duncan A+... This is a bit too much..."

Sun Ce looked at the ability evaluation of Duncan, whose style has become very fresh this year, and he didn't know how to describe it.

Duncan has a fresh style this year, with a short haircut and bright blue hairstyle, and a visual art outside the mainstream. He has begun to transform from an exaggerated style. The NBA fashion godfather continues to guide the direction for fashion lovers outside the mainstream.

It is said that this was the advice from Duncan's new girlfriend. Duncan, who lost tens of millions of dollars in his last marriage and his last agent, will not give up this off-court income. He also loves the hairstyling business. It is said that in addition to the motorcycle modification shop in Texas, Duncan also opened a chain of hairstyling salons, and the key is that the business is still very good.

In addition to Duncan continuing his excellent form since the 10-11 season, the Spurs' lineup this year is also more interesting than before.

Sun Ce looked at the group of people opposite, Rondo, Parker, Ginobili, Gay, Danny Green, Myles Leonard, Cole Aldridge, Diaw, Boban Mayano Veach, Patrick Mills, Jonathan Simmons, Kyle Anderson…

It can be seen that the Spurs are desperate to win the championship this year! Salary expenditure reached the highest level in team history!

The Spurs are currently ranked fourth in the Western Conference, surpassing the Lakers. The top three in the Western Conference are the 19-0 Warriors, the 15-2 Grizzlies, and the 14-3 Thunder. , the Spurs are currently 14 wins and 4 losses.

In terms of record, apart from the fact that the Warriors are far ahead, the gap between their second and fourth records is not obvious. The only difference is that the Grizzlies are better able to grasp critical moments and cannot complete the reversal if the situation is unfavorable.

As a player, Sun Ce is used to the strength of the Spurs, but he is not afraid of it. The Spurs have strong wing defense and basket defense...especially Boban, who is 221 centimeters tall and 130 kilograms in weight. With Duncan, positional warfare The defense at the basket is unbeatable.

But the way to deal with the Spurs is still very simple - mid-range shot!

The mid-range shot is the most difficult part of all shooting areas to practice, but coincidentally, the Grizzlies have no shortage of mid-range shooters!

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At 8 p.m., the game between the Grizzlies and Spurs started.

For the Grizzlies, tonight Gerald Green, Bargnani, and Nance Jr. were placed on the inactive list, and the other 12 official roster players and development player JaMychal Green entered the active list.

The starting lineup of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Aldridge and Gobert appeared.

For the Spurs, the starting lineup of Parker, Danny Green, Gay, Duncan, and Boban appeared.

In order to deal with Gobert of the Grizzlies and the low post play of Sun Ce and Aldridge, Popovich started Boban for the first time this season.

After the game started, the Grizzlies' Sun Ce and Aldridge's mid-range shots felt average at first, and they couldn't hit the low post. The Spurs took the initiative at the beginning.

Watching Boban put the ball into the basket on tiptoes while eating the cake... He really put it! With a height of 221 cm and a wingspan of 234 cm, he can dunk on tiptoes! That is, the basket is placed a little further away from the basket.

After being beaten 9-4 at the beginning, the Grizzlies began to make substitutions early, putting Aldridge at the center position and replacing him with Yi Jianlian. There were no changes on the outside.

The original intention was to use a high post to launch a triangle offense. Positional warfare is the style of play that the Grizzlies like, and their overall style of play is still very retro.

But the high post shot didn't open up, and the Grizzlies decisively accelerated.

Coach Hollins did a good job with this change. Even if Aldridge missed two mid-range shots in the first 3 minutes of the game, the Spurs still didn't dare to let go. Yi Jianlian averaged 1.6 three-pointers per game this season, 100. With a 39-point three-point shooting percentage, the threats on both sides of the line were great. Although they could not guard against the strong Spurs in the first quarter, the Grizzlies took advantage of Boban's slow speed, Aldridge and Yi Jianlian's long-range shooting ability contained the opponent's wing. Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, and Paul George had three-point opportunities, and they seized them!

The Grizzlies began to narrow the point difference, and Popovich also made timely adjustments. Parker, Gay, Duncan, Danny Green, and Myles Leonard played for a few minutes, and then replaced four up and four down. Joined the five-small lineup of Rondo, Danny Green, Ginobili, Matt Barnes, and Diaw.

The Grizzlies also followed suit. Tony Allen, JaMychal Green, and Carter came on the court and played with Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian until the 9th minute of the first quarter. Sun Ce went to rest, and then Sessions, Paul George, Carter, and David -The lineup of West and Gobert came up and the position battle took place for a while.

After the first quarter, the Grizzlies, despite a bad start, relied on the three-point opportunity brought by the change of formation to cling to the score and narrow the point difference to two points at the end of the first quarter, 30 to 32. The Bears trailed by two points heading into the break!

The Spurs' starting performance is still strong. Even if the Grizzlies won 75 games last season, it would be difficult to get an advantage in the first quarter against the Spurs. This year's Spurs starting lineup has improved defense. .

However, Paul George did an excellent job on both offense and defense tonight, especially on open three-pointers, making 3 of 3 shots! Help Sun Ce get enough breathing space!

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