Five Hundred and Thirty-Five. Weird Salt Lake City

The Grizzlies' 11-game winning streak came to an end, and the popularity of the topic about them decreased rapidly. Of course, the popularity is still very high, but it has shifted from the Grizzlies team itself to the two topical players Sun Ce and Randolph.

The Grizzlies themselves... are similar to the Cavaliers. The team itself does not have a nationwide fan base.

This year, except for the Cavaliers' spectacular start with a miserable start of 2 wins and 11 losses, which is eye-catching, no one is paying attention at all.

Some people paid attention to the Cavaliers' win in the opening game. The Cavaliers' victory made James curse his mortal enemy the Celtics in circles. The Celtics beat the Heat bloodily in the first game of back-to-back games, and were defeated by Mo Mo in the second game. -Williams knocked it over, making it look like it was intentional.

The Cavaliers did not mess up as Sun Ce remembered, because...their draft picks are with the Grizzlies. What can they do? Try to win.

According to reports, the Cavaliers wanted to trade their draft picks back like the Warriors did, but the Grizzlies rejected it.

After just a few games, the Cavaliers were determined to be among the bottom ten teams in the league. Even if they didn't mess up, this draft pick would be at least the top ten or even the top eight or five. The Warriors can turn the 2011 When the picks were traded back, they gave them a high-ranking pick like the sixth overall pick, and the Cavaliers... they would not be willing to part with any of their picks in the next few years.

Draft picks are easy to give away. If you want to get them back, you have to trade high picks for low picks like the Warriors did.

The news section vacated by the Grizzlies gave two talented rookies inside.

Griffin started the game averaging 22+10+3, and Cousins ​​averaged 15+9 and scored a triple-double against the Grizzlies' interior twin towers, showing his talent.

Sun Ce returned home after training. When he was reading the news after taking a shower, he saw these two rookies who were hotly discussed by fans...

Sun Ce believes that these are the two most talented insiders among his contemporaries, and they are also one of the few talented insiders in the NBA who can develop their potential.

But the ending of these two people... made Sun Ce's belief stronger, and he would not sacrifice himself to give up some bottom line things.

Such as ball rights and playing time.

After finally getting these, he would never let them go.

Evans' original career trajectory made Sun Ce understand that position cannot be changed casually, and not to believe too much that his talent can adapt to everything.

Griffin... In the original time and space, after Coach Rivers joined the Clippers, Coach Rivers focused on training DeAndre Jordan. In order to meet the needs of the coach, Griffin developed to the outside and gradually became a small forward. , became more prone to injury, and the interior dominance that he initially showed in his rookie year was completely gone, and he became a small forward who shot freely.

Jordan has been trained for several years, but his style of play has not changed at all. He is still a cutting-edge, pie-eating rebounder. He does not need the inside space for singles, which is a waste of the inside left by Griffin. The Clippers lead the Rockets 3-1. Being overturned, in addition to the surge of Josh Smith, Ariza, and Jason Terry, the more important thing is that Howard, who has entered the stage of hard work, scored double 20 data in the sixth game and 16+15 in the seventh game. The team's interior line was penetrated; while the Clippers' interior line had no data but no lethality.

Griffin's lesson to Sun Ce is that even if you are willing to give up the position and change your playing style to make room for your teammates, your teammates may not progress as you expect, and you may even...you gave up in vain.

In this case, Sun Ce was determined not to compromise on these bottom lines.

He can imitate Liu Xing and score 2 points in a game, but he will never give up his most comfortable position.

The lessons Cousins ​​gave Sun Ce... deepened his beliefs. Cousins ​​is so talented and has developed his potential. He became the first center after Yao Ming to average 25+10 per game in a single season, but he suffered an injury. Once the disease comes, it's over.

The NBA is originally a place full of surprises, and it is so dangerous. Sun Ce will not give in to some of his most fundamental rights.

…

The morning after playing the Kings,

Sun Ce flew to Salt Lake City with the team.

Salt Lake City is a good place for white people, with good education, good environment, and good conditions in all aspects, but it is not friendly to people of other skin colors.

So even though this is one of the cities with the highest quality of life in the United States, few free agents are willing to go.

This is a gathering place for believers of the religion. These believers are usually boring, don't like to socialize, and don't even like to go out.

When Sun Ce and his teammates came out of the airport...it felt like they were the only people in the entire airport besides the airport employees.

It feels strange every time I come here. The people here are not keen on socializing and having fun at all, but when it comes to games, this is the most famous home stadium of the NBA.

Sun Ce found this place boring, and others found it even more boring.

Many NBA players go to play away games, and even if they don't spend the night in a nightclub, they still go to pick up girls. In Salt Lake City... except for international students, there is no local flavor.

After arriving at the hotel, Sun Ce returned to the room and never went out. Originally, this city can be called a place of bitter cold in winter. On weekdays, there are no ghosts on the streets, which makes it look even more deserted. If it were not for traveling to see the scenery, it would be a cold place. It might as well be playing games, watching TV, and playing games in the hotel.

After resting for a while, Sun Ce took out the team manual and looked at the schedule for the next few days.

Tomorrow we will play the Jazz on the 22nd and the Spurs on the 24th, two consecutive away games.

After playing two consecutive away games, he returned to Memphis and played three consecutive home games. On the 26th and 27th, they played back-to-back games against the Jazz and Spurs. Finally, on the 30th, they played against the Thunder to end the first game month.

Originally, these games were the most important schedule for the Grizzlies this month.

With 11 wins and 1 loss, the Grizzlies now have no pressure on record and are still No. 1 in the league.

Who knew they could have such a record before the season? The winning goal in the first month before the start of the regular season is 10 to 12 games, with a winning rate of about 60%. From the management to the coaching staff, the Grizzlies Everyone from the players to the fans are very satisfied, and now they have started a winning streak and achieved the goal...

Now it has become a game where you can win if you can, and the coaching staff will comfort the players if they lose.

However, Sun Ce and his teammates did not have the same thoughts as the coaching staff.

Of course you have to win!

After such a good start, even if Gay is retired, they still want to win more games!

It's time to beat Deron again. This time the opponent's strength has plummeted after losing Boozer. The revenge of last season can be avenged!

…

On the first day of the game, Salt Lake City seemed like a dead city, but on the day of the game, the atmosphere changed!

At nine o'clock in the morning on the 22nd, when Sun Ce took the team bus to the Energy Solutions Arena, fans were already crowded outside the arena!

"These people... Shenjing Bing!"

Looking at the fanatical Jazz fans holding signs that read "Go back" and "This is a bad team forever"... Sun Ce felt like these people were even crazier than last year?

There was a sense of internal strife. After Boozer left, the Jazz fell directly out of the playoff ranks.

For more than 20 years, the Jazz's lineup has been built around the "double evil system". The most important power forward in the double evil system is gone, and the Jazz's internal conflicts have begun to intensify again. They have played 12 games in the new season with 5 wins and 7 losses. , currently ranked 11th in the Western Conference, completely missing the top four in the Western Conference last season.

Jazz fans want to help the team from the side and interfere with their opponents. This is their favorite thing to do.

Although blocked by police and security, these fanatical fans did not interfere with the Grizzlies entering Energy Solutions Arena, but it was still effective.

Even if Sun Ce knew that the other party was trying to influence their emotions, he would still feel irritated, his emotions would be affected, and he would want to defeat the other party even more.

This eagerness to defeat the opponent will definitely increase their motivation, but it may also make them more impatient during the game.

After arriving at the Energy Solution Arena, we rested for a while and started tactical training at 10 o'clock.

This is where the role of a head coach who has been a player comes in.

Before the training started, Coach Hollins said disdainfully: "Don't take those flies to heart, they are afraid of us. The more afraid they are, the harder they boo, afraid that we are better than them. There are so many clowns in the world." , but no matter what they do, we are already stronger than them..."

The team members felt happy hearing this!

This is a former superstar who won a championship, the best defensive team, an All-Star... and even retired his jersey during his playing days. His words are so convincing.

The Jazz's tactical training is mainly on the defensive end. On the offensive end, they have not yet figured out how to do their best without Gay.

However, compared to the original time and space, it was not until Conley grew up that he found the most suitable offensive style. In the original time and space, when Conley grew up, Randolph was already 33 and almost 34 years old. The strongest player on the inside and outside had not reached his peak. Come together.

Now their general direction is clearer - the core of the outside line is Sun Ce!

But this kind of thing doesn't mean that they decided to play around Sun Ce on the outside. Everyone knows that Sun Ce's strength in regular state is not as strong as Guy's, but he is better at utilizing the abilities of his teammates than Guy, and his statistics are good. Sun Ce He has the ability, but he has to make good use of Sun Ce's ability. There is no way to do it for Guy as simply and crudely as Guy does. Guy is the kind of guy who can shoot and average 20 points per game without any system bonus. players.

But with clear goals, everything is moving in a good direction.

Tactical training, rest, and warm-up during the day... At 6:58 in the evening, Sun Ce entered the court with his teammates.

Feeling the frenzy of the fans at the scene...Salt Lake City! Since getting a triple-double against Deron last season, I have been abused every time I come here! The atmosphere here once scared Sun Ce...

When the home team's star Deron Williams entered the court, Sun Ce's system prompted.

"It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. The opportunity for the host to avenge the grudge he had with Deron Williams last season has arrived..."