Four Hundred and Ninety-Two. If You Don’t Buckle, You’ll Be Sorry for Yourself.
"The tenacious Rockets have once again assembled a three-star lineup and are very likely to become a strong opponent in the first round of the host playoffs. A B-level incident: the meat grinder of team history is triggered."
“Team History Meat Grinder (B):
Goal 1: The host needs to help the team defeat the opponent in the next game against the Rockets and tie the team's opening winning streak record;
Goal 2: In the next game against the Rockets, the host needs to complete at least two blocks on Carmelo Anthony;
Goal 3: In the next game against the Rockets, the host needs to make at least 4 non-hook mid-range shots.
Event reward: Complete goal 1 and avoid failure penalty. On this basis, complete goal 2 and be rewarded with a B-level lottery card; complete goal 3 on the basis of completing goal 1 and be rewarded with a skill card: King of Three Threats Level 1. .
Failure penalty: If goal 1 is not completed, if the Rockets can enter the playoffs, the host needs to help the team reach the top half of the playoffs and convince the team to deliberately choose the Rockets as their first-round opponent. If the Rockets are not completed, the failure penalty , B-level random punishment will be carried out. "
Seeing the B-level incident, Sun Ce knew that there was more than one goal in affirming the incident, but the name of the incident had nothing to do with the event description and event rewards?
What is this failure penalty like? Are playoff opponents so easy to pick? Do you really think that like the Spurs, they can only lose 7 games before the All-Star break and can pick their opponents after the All-Star break? The last time they could do that was back in 1997 when the Bulls won 69 games! Even the Mavericks, who were hacked in 2007, lost 9 games before the All-Star break!
Also, could the Rockets be a first-round opponent?
Sun Ce thought about it carefully and realized that it was really possible for him to ride a horse! In his memory, McGrady was traded, Yao Ming retired due to injury, and even Ariza and Brooks later left. The Rockets were still able to reach ninth place in the Western Conference and were the team with the best record outside of the playoff teams. , sometimes even better than the seventh or eighth record in the Eastern Conference.
Now we have spent a lot of money to bring back Billups and Al Jefferson, as well as Anthony who is in his prime... It seems that entering the playoffs is not too difficult...
Some media and fans now regard the Grizzlies as a "playoff troublemaker" whose playing style is a headache.
But now Sun Ce feels that the Rockets are the trouble... No, he feels that the Rockets are like barefoot people who are not afraid of wearing shoes. The Lakers and Mavericks are two teams. Sun Ce feels that the Rockets will meet them even if they enter the playoffs. It’s basically a first-round trip; the Rockets’ encounter with the Thunder is not enough; it’s hard to say that the Grizzlies will beat the Rockets in a game, but Sun Ce is confident in the series; except for the Spurs, who have just begun to use the Spurs system and are not yet stable,
The Rockets have no chance of winning against the other four of the top five in the Western Conference.
However, with a team with three major stars like this, the Rockets' overall advantage is so tough that it makes people mad... Let alone picking the Rockets to play in the playoffs, if they have a record advantage, Sun Ce would even want to avoid them. .
But the reward... Sun Ce wants it very much, the King of Three Threats. Looking at the name of this skill card, Sun Ce knows that it is a skill that adds bonus to the three-threat play style.
I am getting better and better at high post-up mid-range shooting. While I have improved my mid-range shooting accuracy, post-up proficiency, and lateral jump-step mid-range proficiency, if I want to continue to develop mid-range skills, the three-threat station Zi is undoubtedly the best choice.
Who uses the triple-threat style best in the league today? Pierce and Anthony!
Win! Enter the mid-range shot!
In the first three games, Sun Ce made a total of 7 mid-range shots. He is still 157 short of getting Boss Qiao's skills. He must work harder!
As for capping Anthony, Sun Ce feels that Anthony has been discriminated against by the system... Hasn't Anthony been capped 16 times in the four games since the beginning? As for giving an event back?
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The pre-game performance was over, and Anthony, as the boss of the Rockets, came over to say hello to the visiting team players.
In terms of personal charm, Anthony is very boss-like.
Anthony found Sun Ce first: "Hi, Noah, long time no see."
"Carmelo, I'm really happy to play against you again." Sun Ce and Anthony hugged.
Anthony smiled and said: "I'm very happy too. I watched your game and your shooting has improved a lot. We can compete today."
"I've been watching your games to learn how to get shots from the mid-range..." As he spoke, Sun Ce suddenly thought of the event he just triggered and immediately turned around: "But my mid-range shot is not very good. I still prefer to attack at the basket. , I feel like my offense at the basket is better."
Anthony looked Sun Ce up and down and said, "Noah, your feeling is right."
Seeing Anthony's eyes... What does Sun Ce think of you?
Instead of continuing the conversation on this topic, Anthony went to say hello to the rest of the Grizzlies team.
Sun Ce just wanted to lure Anthony to go to the basket more, but the probability of this happening was low.
The Rockets now have Al Jefferson. Al Jefferson is not as easy to talk to as Yao Ming. When he joined the Rockets, his request was for inside space. He did not want to compete with Love like he did when he was with the Timberwolves. Inside space.
Al Jefferson is interested in having superstar teammates. In a big city like the Rockets, the Jazz and Bobcats have offered him larger contracts.
Soon, the pre-match preparation time was almost over. After the head coaches of the two teams made the final tactical arrangements, Sun Ce came to the technical table, applied some magnesium powder, and came to the court with his starting teammates.
The Grizzlies still fielded a starting lineup of dual point guards + Panda combination + Gay.
The Rockets sent out a starting lineup of Billups, Wayne Ellington, Anthony, Kendrick Patterson, and Al Jefferson.
The Rockets' starter...the only one left in Yao Ming's era was Anthony, and Sun Ce was very emotional.
This starting lineup is basically the "Big Three" with two weak chickens.
Sun Ce looked at Ellington, whom he had to defend tonight. The Timberwolves gave Al Jefferson a bonus to balance the contract when they packaged the trade. He was the 28th pick of the same class, a shooting combo guard with little athletic ability. , the defense is particularly poor.
"Wayne Ellington, ability evaluation D+, offense C+, defense D-, three-pointer A-, mid-range shot D+, layup B-..."
Sun Ce doesn't know how to describe the ability of this impressive rookie of the same year. He has nothing but three points.
Sun Ce's impression of Ellington is that he is very unique. Before 2014, he could hardly play ball, and he also received a minimum basic salary of US$460,000.
But after Adam Silva came to power in 2014, he began to crazily encourage offense in the 14-15 season and changed the defensive rules to suppress defense. Ellington had a very good performance for two years, that is, pure three-point shooting, and the overall shooting percentage was Only 37% of the time, he shot 39% of the three-pointers in the 14-15 and 15-16 seasons. In the summer of 2016, he received a three-year, 20 million contract. In the summer of last year, he even received an annual salary of tens of millions, which aroused ridicule from public opinion.
At this stage, Ellington can't even play in the Timberwolves, but in the Rockets, he is quite good. He is useful in stretching the space. The three-pointers are really good. He will average 2+ three-pointers per game for several years in the future.
"Carmelo Anthony, his ability evaluation is S-; Al Jefferson, his ability evaluation is A+; Chauncey Billups, his ability evaluation is B; Kendrick Patterson, his ability evaluation is C..."
The Rockets' strongest player is, of course, Anthony. He has an S- (peak) ability rating, S-level offensive ability, and the kind that dares to shoot. He is a scoring champion, but his defense has declined again compared to last season. Last season, he still had a B rating. The level has now been reduced to B-level.
Looking at Anthony's shooting measurements of "A+ for three-pointers, S for mid-range shots, and A+ for layups", it's really unusual, like a embossed character.
However, Anthony's three-point shooting has improved a lot this summer, and his mid-range shooting has entered its heyday, so his layup evaluation cannot break through the S level, otherwise Sun Ce feels that another S+ offensive master will appear.
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At half past five, the referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air.
Gasol and Al Jefferson, two floor players, struggled to take off...
Height is the most important thing. Gasol easily won the jump ball. Sun Ce received the ball and advanced towards the frontcourt.
As he advanced, Sun Ce discovered that the person guarding his path was Anthony!
Anthony is fast and has excellent lateral movement, but he has no defensive motivation. However, this is the most suitable one for the Rockets to defend Sun Ce from the outside. Adelman really has no choice. He dares to sit in the low post and let Billups defend Sun Ce. Brooks was almost psychologically beaten by Sun Ce this season. At that time, Sun Ce didn't have very good low-post skills, and his body was much weaker than now. He just relied on his height to hold down Brooks.
Seeing that it was Anthony, Sun Ce became energetic! After passing the center line, it starts to accelerate slowly. When it is close to the three-point line, the speed increases to the fastest!
Anthony made a gesture of reaching out and pulling, but then nothing happened. Sun Ce circled around from the right side of the top arc and rushed straight to the inside from the middle!
At the same time, Gasol, who was under the basket, saw the situation in the direction of the top arc and quickly ran away from the low post. He was originally planning to use his height advantage of nearly 10 centimeters to hit one high at the beginning.
Al Jefferson was struggling to get in position with Gasol. When he saw Gasol suddenly run away, he didn't know why. He turned around to check the direction of the top arc before deciding whether to follow Gasol. When Sol went out, his vision suddenly went dark!
Sun Ce rushed into the three-second zone and flew low, hanging on Al Jefferson and smashing the ball into the basket!
Sun Ce was shocked when he landed. He knew how bad the Rockets' starting defense was. They lost an average of 104 points in the first four games. This was only reduced to 104 points after playing a low-scoring game against the Celtics. They gave up an average of 109 points in the first three games.
But no matter what, I never expected them to be so bad! And the opponent's defense from front line to inside defense is so bad!
Seeing Al Jefferson's wide-eyed expression, Sun Ce had no choice. Al Jefferson was still standing in the reasonable collision area after Gasol was pulled out. Sun Ce felt sorry for himself if he didn't buckle!
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After get off work, next meal, I visually read a chapter before going to bed at 11 o'clock.