One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ten. The First Round of Extremely Harmonious Atmosphere

On the morning of the 15th, the Suns came to Memphis. After a day of rest, Sun Ce and his teammates prepared for the series against the Suns again.

Players have circles, and there may be many circles. For example, in the Grizzlies, in addition to the small circle of people who like to play together, the old players and the new players also have a circle. Of course, many of these are mixed together.

Mo Williams, David West and Sessions are veterans who have just joined the team. Unlike JaMychal Green and Nance Jr., who have played for the Grizzlies from the beginning, the three have had many years of professional careers.

They have played in the playoffs before, but their original teams have obviously different levels of attention to each opponent.

But when they arrived at the Grizzlies, they felt very different! Playing against the Suns, the team was also very focused on preparing for the game. That feeling was a bit strange, because the opponent only had 46 wins and 36 losses, which was far from their Grizzlies' record of 72 wins.

But it is precisely because of this difference that the three veterans feel that there is a good chance of winning the championship this year!

Gerald Green and Bargnani... They haven't played since the All-Star Weekend. They can only shout "666" in the playoffs. But as sparring partners, they are also happy to see these main players preparing so attentively. They will be even happier if they can get a championship ring without lying down.

As for other things, these two people can't control it...

Although the Grizzlies and the Suns are about to play in the playoffs, the two teams seem to have no smoke of competition. After the afternoon training, Jordan took Antetokounmpo, Payton, Booker, Clarkson, and invited five old teammates, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Randolph, and Tony Allen, to have dinner together.

This harmonious scene was not strange to the players of both teams.

As the starting center who helped Sun Ce win the championship, Jordan knew too well the gap in strength between their Suns and the Grizzlies. It can be said that they are not in the same dimension, but two completely different worlds. In Jordan's impression, the Grizzlies were much stronger than the current Suns in their weakest year.

Jordan wanted his teammates to have more contact with Sun Ce. Sun Ce's contract will expire in 2017. If they get to know each other well, they will have something to look forward to.

Just when most of the core players of the Grizzlies and the Suns were having a friendly and harmonious dinner, the two first-round opening games of the Eastern Conference had ended.

The Raptors slaughtered the Pistons 128-95 to win the first victory of the series.

Jennings and Drummond once again proved with their strength that the two brothers can only lead the team to the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

And this,

is actually very impressive. In a certain period of time, there are only a few teams that can enter the second round of the playoffs every year. Being able to enter the playoffs for two or three consecutive years is actually a proof of strength. Of course, relatively speaking, being in the first round of the Eastern Conference for consecutive years is still worse than being in the first round of the Western Conference for consecutive years.

But it is definitely better than not entering the playoffs for consecutive years. At least you have experienced the playoffs.

When the dinner ended, the second Eastern Conference playoffs had just ended. The Celtics won the Nets at home with a score of 94-92.

The Nets saw the Celtics as if they saw their enemies. Now everyone can see that the Nets were cheated by the Celtics. The trade between Garnett and Pierce almost made the Nets fall into the abyss. If Microsoft tycoon Ballmer had not joined and Ballmer had not recruited the logo man with a salary that no NBA team consultant could refuse, the Nets would probably be miserable in the next two or three years, and every high draft pick until 2018 would be given to the Celtics.

The Nets played hard, but the Celtics were still better. Thomas couldn't defend and scored 37 points and 6 assists in a single game. The Nets currently have no key players who can compete with them. Pierce is completely gone, and they didn't get Dragic last summer.

After a formal acquaintance, the players of the two teams separated. Sun Ce brought Zu Ge back home. Lily Collins was installing the newly bought 100-inch TV with the maid and Sun Ce's father.

Obviously, it was impossible to install an IMAX-type large screen. Even if they drilled through the two floors of their house, they couldn't put it there. However, Lily Collins agreed to install a 100-inch TV in the living room, which was like a wall. She knew that Sun Ce would come back to watch the live broadcast. After the TV was delivered in the evening, Lily Collins was busy installing it. She first planned the field of view, and then asked Sun Ce's father to drill the hole in the wall. She was busy for a long time. When Sun Ce got home, the network was debugged. After logging into the account and completing the payment, the first game of the series between the Spurs and the Mavericks had already played one quarter.

Bosh really failed to play in the playoffs. The strength of the Mavericks was greatly affected. The Spurs beat them 37 to 22 in the first quarter and they were 15 points behind after the first quarter.

However, as the game progressed, the Mavericks showed their resilience. Conley, who was in his peak period, and Nowitzki, who averaged 20 points per game and could maintain his strength for a long time, led the team to chase points. Ellis's breakthrough pass also played an important role.

The main reason is that the role players are good. Last summer, the Mavericks relied on Nowitzki's further salary cut, and they had money and resilience to accumulate a very deep bench lineup.

In the fourth quarter, the Mavericks once overtook by two points at 118 to 116, but Rondo stole the ball from Ellis and Conley in the final moments, and also grabbed two offensive rebounds, helping the Spurs to play a 13-2 wave!

In the end, Rondo, who played for 38 minutes, scored 11 points, 17 rebounds, 16 assists and 5 steals, helping the Spurs beat the Mavericks 129-120 and win their first series victory.

Parker, who will be 34 years old, has declined severely this season. He averaged only 9.5 points per game in the regular season and has become a pseudo starter, but Rondo performed well. His substitute playing time has always been more than Parker, who started. He played 75 games in the regular season, averaging 28 minutes per game, scoring 7.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, 8.8 assists and 1.8 steals. Many people believe that if Rondo played more time in the regular season, he would probably win the assist king.

In the first game of the playoffs, Rondo broke out! Obviously, Rondo in the playoffs is stronger than in the regular season. He was born for the playoffs.

However, the performance of the Mavericks also surprised Sun Ce. They fell behind by 15 points in the first quarter and actually overtook them in the final quarter, which showed a lot of things.

The Mavericks' strength is one thing, but the Spurs' flaws were also exposed. They were invincible in the first quarter, but became weaker as time went on. If it weren't for Rondo's three steals and two offensive rebounds in the final moments, the Spurs might have been overturned. Fortunately, Rondo performed well and finally turned the game around.

Patiently watching the live broadcast and analyzing, the things shown at the moment are indeed more intuitive than watching the video, and it is easier to analyze some things that cannot be obtained through the video.

For example, Danny Green, his role is far stronger than the data seems.