One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety. Uncle Mu? YES!

During this period, Sun Ce scored more than 40 points in 7 of 10 games! Moreover, after the All-Star Weekend, the Grizzlies played 15 games, 14 wins and 1 loss. In these 15 games, Sun Ce scored 40+ 8 times. In the game against the Timberwolves, Sun Ce scored 40+ for the 29th time this season, tying his own record of 40+ in a single season in NBA history, which is the sixth highest!

When it comes to the performance of the Grizzlies after the All-Star Weekend, it is not difficult to think of the Warriors who were equally crazy after the All-Star Weekend.

Currently, the Warriors have 66 wins and 7 losses, and their record after the All-Star Weekend is also 14 wins and 1 loss. Originally, people thought that the Warriors were stronger, but if we only look at the performance after the All-Star Weekend, it is really hard to say who is stronger and who is weaker!

This is indeed an incredible thing in people's eyes. Last summer, the Grizzlies lost three main players, Livingston, Pierce, and Larry Sanders. Richard Jefferson, the main player of the running and gunning lineup, retired. Stoudemire and Blake also retired, and six players were missing at once.

Therefore, the strength of the Grizzlies' running and gunning lineup has declined a lot. JaMychal Green does not have the stable three-pointers and excellent cutting awareness like Richard Jefferson, nor does he have that handy pass. Nance Jr. has physical fitness, but it is still weak. Of course, there has been some progress. In theory, his strength is stronger than Richard Jefferson, but his experience and awareness are far behind.

The defense also has a great impact. The Grizzlies used to have the strongest defensive lineup in the league, but this year, no matter how they line up, they don't have a lineup with the strongest defense.

But in this case, relying on the progress of young players and the adjustment of playing style... The Grizzlies have hit a new high in team history in terms of average points per game. So far, after playing 73 games, the Grizzlies have averaged 117.7 points per game, which ranks seventh in NBA history. Only the craziest offensive era that Pat Riley started with the Lakers in the late 1980s and early 1990s can be compared with them.

The key is that the strength of the Grizzlies has been improved little by little! Fans can see that the Grizzlies were not as good as the Warriors at the beginning, and their record was once tied by the Spurs.

But now, the Grizzlies seem to be back to the top of the best teams! Only lost one game after the All-Stars weekend!

Of course, some fans also pointed out that the Grizzlies have hidden dangers, that is, the main lineup has too much playing time. Tony Allen is old and his defense has declined, so Paul George and Klay Thompson have more playing time; the backup point guard is functional, but his regular strength is not up to the level of the first substitute of the championship team, and Sun Ce's playing time has increased...

But who cares about these at this time?

Some people refute this, saying that the Grizzlies' inside playing time is well controlled. Aldridge and Randolph are the only two players in the Grizzlies this season who have remained healthy and uninjured throughout the season, except for Sun Ce.

Others, even Klay Thompson has missed two games due to injury, and Paul George has missed one game.

Moreover, there are many fans who make calm judgments. Judging from the playing time of the three main players on the outside, the Grizzlies do have hidden dangers, but these three brothers are in the golden period of their careers. What's wrong with playing a little tired? They are at the peak of their physiology and technology. They should have played more and taken responsibility.

Some people have criticized them for having more playing time. In the eyes of calm judges, this is because the Grizzlies were spoiled when they won the championship three times before. The Grizzlies can do so much better now. From the perspective of rotation and ensuring health, except for old coach Sloan who can compare with coach Hollins, there is no one in the league who can do better than coach Hollins in this regard. Coach Hollins is a professional in this.

The Grizzlies' outstanding performance has further enhanced the impression of Sun Ce's data.

39 minutes of playing time per game, a career high, 39.9 points per game, a career high, and it is still improving at the end of the season.

11.8 rebounds per game, this is very stable. The highest year was when Randolph was injured and Gasol was traded. It has been like this in other seasons since Sun Ce's sophomore year, and it has been stable for a long time.

5.2 assists per game, 8 triple-doubles this season.

With an average of 2.9 blocks and 2.4 steals per game, no one competes with Sun Ce for the block king this year. Whiteside is focusing on defense instead of brushing up his stats. Anthony Davis has to play center more often to defend the opposing center because of the wise operation of the Pelicans management. He has less help defense time and fewer blocks. Ibaka plays more single defense on the defensive end. His athletic ability has declined due to injury and he can't defend as he used to, but he is really good. He adjusted his playing style. Although he doesn't have the best defensive player level defense, he still has first-class single defense. Jordan's block number has also dropped after Antetokounmpo helped defend him... Sun Ce's average of 2.9 blocks per game is 0.5 more than the second-place Whiteside's average of 2.4 blocks per game, basically locking in the block king.

Steals can also be ranked second, the first place is really unexpected. Curry ranks first in the league with 2.4 steals per game. This also proves that Curry is not a black hole. He works very hard on defense. Most of the time he is beaten because Sun Ce started a trend of everyone naming Curry. In this case, Curry can still have a defense slightly above the average level, which is already very good.

However, Curry can have so many steals, which is inseparable from his need to match up with the ball-handling player for a long time. In addition, with Harden, he has almost no pressure to attack with the ball, and can invest more physical strength and energy on the defensive end...

Looking at Sun Ce's average data of 39.9 points, 11.8 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 2.9 blocks, and 2.2 steals per game, his hit rate is 52%, his three-point hit rate is 39%, and his free throw hit rate is 87%... Fans don't know who in the current league can compare with Sun Ce in personal ability.

Curry can't do it, James can't do it, and maybe the last basketball god... can't do it either!

Many people are praising how strong Jordan is in the last three consecutive games. Of course, it is indeed worth praising. In the 97-98 season, Jordan can basically be regarded as a single core leading the team to win the championship and complete three consecutive championships when Pippen was injured continuously. But if you want to talk about strength, Jordan in the first three consecutive games is definitely the strongest and most invincible.

Sun Ce is now about the same age as Jordan in the first three consecutive games. He is 26 years old and at the peak of his career. Jordan, who won his first championship in the 90-91 season, was 28 years old and also at the peak of his career.

In the year when Jordan won his first championship, he played the second highest efficiency in his career, second only to the MVP+DPOY season, and his hit rate was the highest in his career. Two people outside double-teaming + center blocking inside defense, he can play the highest hit rate in his career. It was theoretically the strongest year of his career.

Even Sun Ce last season is difficult to compare with Jordan in the 90-91 season, because no one thought Jordan could win the championship at that time. Pippen didn't even make the All-Star team that season, and there was only one second defense. Pippen won the championship this season and entered the All-Star, Best Team, and Best Defense Team candidates in the minds of fans, media, and coaches.

Many people saw Pippen's later honors and naturally thought that Jordan had the opportunity to win the championship after Pippen. In fact, it was Jordan who won the championship with Pippen and grew up with Pippen.

Last season, Sun Ce's teammates were too strong. Although Sun Ce played the best efficiency in a single season in history, it is still difficult to compare him with Jordan in his first championship season.

Moreover, in the past, no one would compare a star with Jordan in this season. Jordan in this season is most suitable for the nickname "Old Rogue", but now there is!

Who is stronger, Sun Ce this year or Jordan in his peak season at the age of 28?

This is because Sun Ce is not an American player. Otherwise, Sun Ce, who won three championships, would have been praised as one championship surpassing Kobe, two championships surpassing Jordan, and three championships in history with his performance last season.

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On March 23, it was a rainy day. Early in the morning, a young man dressed in rich clothes and looking like a young man on a construction site appeared outside the FedEx Arena. The security guard took out an umbrella from the storage box very skillfully and handed it to the young man with unique temperament.

In terms of who cares most about media evaluation in NBA history? It must be Durant from Goose City.

Durant has been very depressed recently. He played very well. Currently, the Thunder team has 58 wins and 15 losses, surpassing the Spurs with 56 wins and 17 losses and ranking third in the West. The Thunder team was 3 wins behind the Spurs before the All-Star Weekend. After the All-Star Weekend, they took advantage of the time when the Spurs rested too long and the veterans were slow to enter the state, and completed the reversal and firmly maintained the third place in the West. This is not an easy task, but they did it.

But even if he played so well, he didn't make the headlines twice after the All-Star Weekend. The only time he made the headlines was when he beat Sun Ce, Curry and James to win the Player of the Week.

He was depressed. Kobe was the only one in his peak period, and O'Neal's inside line began to weaken in his peak period. Why did Durant encounter the strongest player in basketball history when he reached his peak?

Watching the media discussing who is the strongest between Sun Ce and Jordan... a feeling called "born at the wrong time" lingers in Durant's heart...

Standing outside the Grizzlies' arena, Durant seemed to understand why James liked to stand outside the arena of Sun Ce's team so much. This feeling cannot be described in words.

Only by winning the championship can this feeling be eliminated.

Durant suddenly envied James, who had Kobe at the end of his peak to assist him.

Shaking his head, Durant knew that they still had hope this year. Although he envied others and didn't understand why his team didn't value him at all and felt resentful because of this, he was not the kind of person who would give up on himself on the court.

His cooperation with his teammates, if you put aside the bias of the management and coaching staff, is actually very pleasant and tacit, otherwise he would not be able to play the third record in the league after the All-Star Weekend, second only to the two teams of Xiong Yong.

Shaking his head, he entered the stadium and returned the umbrella to the security guard. In a while, his teammates would also come to prepare for tonight's game. People with fragile hearts often don't like others to see their fragile hearts, and Durant is the same.

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After a day of preparation, at 7:40 p.m., the two teams that had finished warming up entered the stadium.

It is generally recognized that the Grizzlies players are pandas outside the stadium and iron-eating beasts on the stadium. When the visiting Thunder saw the Grizzlies players entering the stadium from behind, they felt a pressure like a mountain pressing down on their heads.

Westbrook was okay. He was quite stubborn and had the character of a standard old-time player, that is, the so-called Kobe-like player.

But Durant was thoughtful. He couldn't understand why Sun Ce had so many shots, averaging 26.9 shots per game, most of the time he shot 23 or 24 times, and sometimes he could shoot more than 30 or even 40 times. His teammates didn't complain at all. Was it because of the record?

Durant thinks not. The Thunder team has always had a good record, but occasionally when Westbrook has a brain twitch and throws more than 30 times, he still feels uncomfortable, and it is not just him, other teammates will also have complaints.

But it is normal for Sun Ce to start playing when there is a disagreement!

Durant can't understand it.

People can never empathize with each other. If we have to say a similar mentality, it is the mentality of Jordan's teammates in the championship season. Jordan was the scoring champion in all 6 championship seasons.

Sun Ce's teammates' goals now are very simple, just two points-first, help Sun Ce get good data, and second, win all the remaining games as much as possible!

If these two points can be achieved, Sun Ce will most likely win three consecutive MVPs.

Sometimes the media's hype can really make a team more team-oriented and more consistent in goals.

Helping the strongest player in history to complete three consecutive MVPs, if it really happens, it will be an honor!

Although the two teams did not deliberately create a hostile atmosphere, Sun Ce and Westbrook had a good relationship outside the court, but after years of fighting, the grudges on the court were deep, and on the court, the two teams had no friendship to speak of.

The pre-match preparation time passed quickly, and at 8 o'clock in the evening, the game between the Grizzlies and the Thunder began.

Gobert lost the jump ball almost without suspense, and the Thunder attacked first.

Watching Westbrook slowly advance into the positional battle after receiving the jump ball, the TV commentator said to the TV audience in confusion-Why didn't Westbrook play a fast break?

The starting lineup of the Thunder team was Westbrook, Andre Robertson, Durant, Ibaka, and Adams. This lineup was perfect for playing a fast break against the opponent's lineup of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Aldridge, and Gobert.

There was less confrontation and although the running was more, the overall consumption was less, which was more conducive to the performance of Durant and Adams, two players with less physical strength.

The commentator was right to think so, but he overlooked some problems, and the Thunder immediately used practical actions to show that they could not play a positive role in fast breaks.

Ibaka received the ball at the beginning and was blocked by Paul George. The Thunder relied on the stability of the offensive formation of the positional warfare to retreat in an orderly manner, preventing Sun Ce from counterattacking after grabbing the rebound!

Playing fast breaks will inevitably mean that the players without the ball on the offensive side have to find shooting opportunities quickly, so they cannot guarantee their positions, and there will be big problems when retreating.

The Thunder's choice is reasonable. Maybe there are fewer flexibility, but they are stable because they have good enough offensive and defensive strength in positional warfare.

Tonight, the Thunder's strategic goal is simple-to play defense!

As a positional warfare offensive and defensive team, it is time for the playoffs, and the referee's whistle standards are gradually approaching the playoff standards. Of course, they have to play defense, which is also one of the ways to try to see if defense can beat the Grizzlies.

Adams guards the basket, Ibaka defends Aldridge's high-post back-to-back and mid-range shots, Aldridge can only play a role of distraction tonight, and on the outside, Andre Robertson defends Paul George, and Westbrook chases Klay Thompson.

As for Sun Ce, after his core strength was enhanced last summer and his physical fitness improved, he was not as restricted as before when playing against Durant, but his playing style is there, and it is really difficult to play against such a fast, tall and excellent forward.

It can be said that the Thunder's strategy tonight is quite good!

However, the Grizzlies are not afraid of anyone if they want to grind defense. Although they don't have the strongest defense in the league that year, they are also a top five defensive team in the league. They can be tough! After the first half of the first quarter, the Grizzlies directly started the defensive battle mode.

The Thunder was prepared, so they were not panicked. The defensive battle between the two teams became more and more intense.

After the first quarter, the Grizzlies led the Thunder by two points 24 to 22 and entered the intermission.

In the second quarter, in order to relieve the physical pressure of Sun Ce and Gobert, Coach Hollins tried to use the combination of Sun Ce, Carter, Klay Thompson, Nance Jr., and Yi Jianlian to attack.

As a result, not only did they fail to attack, but they were also beaten by Kanter, who came off the bench.

With a wave of 12 to 5, the Thunder overtook the Grizzlies by 5 points with 34 to 29. The Grizzlies had to change to a defensive lineup again, but at this time the Grizzlies were already in a passive position.

But the Grizzlies adjusted quickly. Seeing that the offense was indeed difficult to play, Sun Ce adjusted his style of play and no longer thought about getting the "guaranteed 40 points". Instead, he returned to his style of play before he hit the scoring champion, monopolizing the ball, organizing the offense and passing the ball, and shooting when he should.

To ensure such a style of play, you need extremely strong concentration, because you have to grasp every detail on the offensive end.

This strong concentration is a very striking feature of Sun Ce's early career. This feature is strongest in James and Paul. Sun Ce at that time was not as good as the two in this respect, but it was also surprising.

From 3 minutes and 44 seconds in the second quarter to the end of the half, Sun Ce scored 4 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal, helping the Grizzlies to keep the score close during this period!

Even if Sun Ce reduced his shots, the opponent dared not let him go, as he was a player who could score 90 points in a single game.

With Sun Ce's performance of 11 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 blocks and 2 steals, the Grizzlies entered the halftime break with a 4-point deficit of 47 to 51 over the Thunder.

Although the score in this half was not particularly low, if you consider that Klay Thompson, Randolph, and Yi Jianlian all shot more than 40% of their mid-range and long-range shots under defense, you can imagine how bad the role players' open shots are because of the impact of confrontation!

Sometimes we are used to going all out when we play, which is a problem for the Grizzlies. Once the overall strength is not that strong, such as an absolute main player is injured... we will encounter the situation in the 13-14 season.

But most of the time this is not a problem, because they have Sun Ce!

"Physical potion? NO! Uncle Mu? YES!"