Seven Hundred and Thirty-Four. A Mighty 8-Game Winning Streak!
Wang Keying was sleeping soundly while hugging Sun Ce's arm, but Sun Ce was still asleep. He was thinking that he would never see the title of Mamba, but after taking a shower and lying down, he couldn't help but want to see it, and he couldn't sleep because of it.
Thinking that he would be with all kinds of Mambas, Sun Ce was devastated.
But he was really curious!
This is a B-level event!
He couldn't help it, and Sun Ce's mind moved, and the system screen appeared in front of Sun Ce.
"B-level temporary event: Back Wave.
Goal 1: In the next game against the Lakers, if the host encounters Kobe Bryant's defense, he must maintain at least a 45% hit rate when defending Kobe Bryant. (The host made 5 of 9 shots against Kobe Bryant, with a hit rate of 55%, which has been completed.)
Goal 2: In the next game against the Lakers, the host must complete at least 1 block when defending Kobe Bryant alone. (Completed)
Goal 3: In the next game against the Lakers, the host must help the team win. (Completed)
Congratulations to the host for winning the title: Mamba."
"Mamba: A title publicly recognized by Kobe Bryant.
Effect: If the host receives Kobe Bryant's guidance, the humble learning effect will be triggered.
Special event: Mamba Disciple will be activated."
"Nimma! What kind of reward is this!"
Not to mention the effect, you have to get Kobe's coaching to trigger the effect, not to get the opportunity to be coached by Kobe.
Sun Ce had to fight for the learning bonus props from Jordan, Iverson, James and others, instead of learning them after he had the props. Iverson and Jordan got the learning opportunities by chance, but James has not yet asked for advice for various reasons, and he doesn't know what to ask for advice.
And Kobe...
Sun Ce remembered that this guy was so arrogant in this regard. He remembered that after Kobe retired, he didn't even bother to teach the Lakers. He just taught whoever he liked.
Sun Ce felt that Kobe didn't like him very much. He made friends with him partly to prepare for his future retirement and partly out of respect, so he invited him to lunch.
So the effect was like a pie in the sky.
Forget about this. At least if Kobe is willing to return the favor or Sun is shameless and insists that Kobe teach him, there is a possibility.
What does that special event mean?
Returning to the Mamba disciples?
Sun Ce felt that this event might as well fail. At most, he would have Kobe's hairstyle for a while.
There was no introduction either, and Sun Ce fell asleep in depression...
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Similar to the games against the Nuggets and Thunder, the Grizzlies defeated the Lakers, a championship-level team this time. Sun Ce was not so dazzling personally. The most dazzling thing in the three games was Sun Ce's triple-double against the Thunder. The impact of the game against the Lakers was not very big, and the media was more discussing the team strength of the Grizzlies.
Sun Ce's performance against the Lakers was naturally the best on the Grizzlies' side, but compared with his usual performance, he only had a high hit rate and scored 28 points. His rebounds, assists, and blocks were slightly higher than his average performance this season.
Some experts analyzed that this was a good thing for the Grizzlies. Randolph, Morrow, Jordan, Yi Jianlian, and Conley had more roles on the offensive end. Sun Ce's performance was stable, and Gasol, Tony Allen, Battier, and Paul George maintained their performance on the defensive end. They were the key to the Grizzlies' path to a truly top team.
The next morning after playing against the Lakers, after sending Wang Keying to the taxi back to school, Sun Ce began to follow the team on a brutal 8-day 6-game journey.
After a long flight, the Grizzlies arrived in Washington, DC at noon and will challenge the Wizards tonight.
After lunch, Sun Ce saw the monthly best players of last month, which were postponed because the All-Star starting lineup was to be announced two days ago.
Although the Nuggets lost to the Grizzlies, the Nuggets team still beat Sun Ce and Kobe to win the Western Conference Player of the Month. In the East, although the Knicks suffered a three-game losing streak after Stoudemire was injured, Paul still won the monthly best player.
In terms of the monthly best rookie, Griffin won the monthly best rookie for three consecutive times in the West. In the East, John Wall of the Wizards lost to Gordon Hayward of the Pacers and failed to complete the three consecutive championships of the monthly best rookie.
The Nuggets' team strength was recognized, and Sun Ce also felt that the Nuggets were really awesome. They didn't have any top players, but they could play so well in January. It's true that they have a lot of people and physical advantages, but there are many teams with a lot of talent, such as the Timberwolves, Clippers, and Kings, but only the Nuggets can play well.
Sun Ce was a little regretful that he didn't get the second best player of the month this season, but he could still accept it. He put his mind on the next brutal schedule.
There was no time to prepare and there was no need to do too much preparation. Sun Ce and his teammates flew a long distance to Washington, DC to make up for an afternoon sleep. After getting up in the evening and warming up at the Verizon Center, the game between the Grizzlies and the Wizards started at 6:30 in the evening.
Gasol and Battier took turns to rest, and Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Morrow, Randolph, and Jordan started.
The characteristic of the Wizards is that they are bad!
How bad?
The last in the Eastern Conference!
The Nets' recent record has improved slightly, and the Wizards have directly dropped to the last in the Eastern Conference.
With 12 wins and 35 losses, they are tied with the Kings for the second-to-last record in the league. Only the Timberwolves with 8 wins and 40 losses are worse than them.
After the nightmare of last season, there are no more stars worth mentioning.
Arenas was replaced by Lewis. Arenas is capable after all, but the Wizards, from management to fans, hate him and sent him away. Lewis... If he gets two or three million dollars a year, even if he is a middle-class player, he can still be a substitute. He is still useful as a pure pitcher, but getting a salary of 20 million and having 20 million annual salary for two seasons is really eye-catching.
The best player of the Wizards this season is not their No. 1 draft pick John Wall, but the unlucky version of Kobe - Nick Young.
Nick Young is currently in the last year of his rookie contract, which is the contract year. He was not very good last season, but this season he averaged 17.6 points per game. He said he wanted a salary of 10 million per year and rejected the Wizards' 3-year 15 million early contract extension.
Young Master Yang had a classic battle recently. On January 22, when he played away against Miami, he led his team to double overtime and scored 43 points. In particular, he scored 10 points in the second overtime, helping the Wizards beat the Heat 136-133. His performance was extremely outstanding.
As for the No. 1 draft pick Wall, after watching his games, you will know that he is not as good as his statistics make him look.
Up to now, Wall has averaged 16 points, 4.6 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game, but his hit rate is only 39%, and he has almost no mid-range shots or three-pointers. If you want to talk about advantages, he has good vision and defense, and it is difficult to find anything else.
During the draft, he was called the bigger version of Iverson, and the lower limit was Marbury, but after entering the NBA, all the secrets were exposed, and it was just packaged.
Of course, Wall is definitely not a big shot. On the contrary, it is the No. 1 draft pick who has performed the best in the past five or six years... Griffin was written off in his rookie year. Although he is a rookie in the official calculation now, no one regards him as a rookie because of his performance.
Wall's performance is definitely not bad, just below expectations. For example, tonight, Wall's strong breakthrough was blocked twice in a row by Sun Ce at the beginning!
"John Wall, ability evaluation B+, offense B-, defense A, passing A+, three-pointer D-, mid-range shot D, layup B+, speed S-, strength A, burst acceleration S+..."
I didn't do much research. When Sun Ce saw Wall's ability evaluation at the beginning of the game, he knew that he would definitely choose to break through. So when his burst acceleration was far inferior to Wall, Sun Ce chose to defend the basket. And it can be expected that Wall will definitely take a lot of shots to ensure scoring. After all, Wall is the only player in the new generation of players whose shoe contract is higher than him, Sun. He signed a shoe endorsement with an annual average of tens of millions of US dollars as soon as he was selected.
However, Wall's stubbornness was even more stubborn than Sun Ce expected. He broke through with his head down, and Sun Ce blocked him twice in a row!
In terms of performance on the court, Sun Ce felt that Wall was not even the second best player in the Wizards, but the third. Their inside player Andre Blatche performed better than Wall. At least in the Wizards, a team with no discipline, the chaotic master Nick Young and the inside single player Blatche played better than Wall.
However, tonight, Gasol was not there. Blatche scored 24 points and 6 rebounds tonight, and performed well.
Nick Young was miserable. He encountered Tony Allen's single defense. Nick Young only played for 30 minutes in a game, and was pressed to the floor by Tony Allen.
Teacher Tony was rubbed by Kobe last night. Seeing Nick Young, who plays in a similar style to Kobe tonight, he had to fight for his life.
There was no suspense in this game. Even if it was back-to-back and rest, the Grizzlies played very easily. The Wizards were really bad.
Tonight, Sun Ce played for 24 minutes and scored 14 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks, 3 of which were given to Wall.
Wall was so upset when he met Sun Ce. The average speed of the two players was not much different, but Wall's burst speed was even faster. However, Sun Ce had a strong defense, and most importantly, he was two circles bigger than him!
The matchup between the strongest point guard of the 2009 and the strongest point guard of the 2010 that the fans in Washington DC expected did not happen. They only saw Wall rushing to the inside like a headless fly to avoid Sun Ce and throw the ball randomly, and he was blocked several times.
The best player of the Grizzlies was Randolph. He played 31 minutes in the first three quarters, scored 28 points and 9 rebounds, and helped the Wizards to beat the Wizards 94-69 and win seven consecutive games.
Sun Ce only played in the first three quarters. When he was still on the court, Wall only made 2 of 9 shots and scored 6 points and 4 assists, but when the game was over, Wall had 17 points and 6 assists...
In the garbage time of the last quarter, Wall scored 12 points and 2 assists, and dared to fight.
However, Wall also had highlights, stealing Sun Ce twice!
Sun Ce felt that Wall's ability evaluation seemed to be pulled up by defense and passing. He had a hard time playing against Wall's defense. When playing against Wall, Sun Ce's height advantage was not so good. Wall's defensive performance was really good.
Wall's average of 16 points per game was purely due to his long playing time and unlimited firing. He played 38 minutes per game. Nick Young had more shots, 14 per game, while Wall had 15.2 shots per game.
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After playing against the Wizards, the Grizzlies returned to their home court on the morning of the 4th. After a night's rest, they had four consecutive home games.
The schedule was cruel, but they still had to play one game at a time.
Rest was necessary, but Randolph was not rested. Coach Hollins also knew that this was the key to Randolph's selection as an All-Star reserve. On the 6th, he and the head coaches of each team would vote for the All-Star reserve.
In the evening of the 5th, the Grizzlies welcomed the first opponent of the four-game home game, the Houston Rockets.
The Rockets have played 50 games so far, with 27 wins and 23 losses, and are ranked eighth in the West, ahead of the Suns with 24 wins and 24 losses.
The Grizzlies are in the middle of a brutal schedule, while the Rockets are at the end of a brutal schedule, the fifth game of 6 games in 9 days.
In terms of physical strength, the Grizzlies have the advantage. Gasol and Battier just took a rest, and Tony Allen took a rest tonight, but Randolph still did not take a rest, and played well, but the overall hit rate of the Grizzlies dropped significantly.
Fortunately, the Rockets' hit rate was worse. Randolph played 18 points and 8 rebounds tonight, but no one could defend Sun Ce and Jordan. Sun Ce scored 15 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists, and Jordan scored 16 points and 22 rebounds. The Grizzlies continued their winning streak, 91 to 84, and defeated the Rockets without any danger, winning 8 consecutive games!