Seven Hundred and Thirty-Five. Black Bear Returns

It was easy to play against the Rockets. The opponent's perimeter defense was too bad. Billups was no longer as brave as he used to be. It was not easy for him to distribute the ball to JR Smith, Anthony and Al Jefferson on the offensive end. JR Smith was okay if he was willing to defend seriously, but he was terrible if he was not willing. Anthony's defense was hard to describe...

After winning eight consecutive games, the Grizzlies have 38 wins and 9 losses, and it seems very likely that they will lose less than ten games before the All-Star Weekend!

The next morning after playing against the Rockets, Coach Hollins participated in the voting for the All-Star Game substitute list organized by the league. Each head coach will select seven All-Star substitutes from the East and West in his mind, one center, two forwards, three guards and two random players. The highest number of votes in each option will be selected. If the number of votes for the designated position player is higher than that of the random player, it will not be postponed.

If someone is unable to participate due to injury, the league president David Stern will designate a substitute player.

There is also a rule that you cannot choose players from your own team.

Coach Hollins really wants Randolph to be selected for the All-Star Game, so he gave a list of Western Conference forwards and two free players with selfish motives. The two forwards he chose are Nowitzki and Duncan. Most head coaches would choose these two, so of course he gave them to these two. He gave all the two free players to the guards.

Everyone is trying to feed the ball to Randolph and let Randolph play more. Randolph himself is working hard. Sun Ce is still canvassing for Randolph, trying to use his status as a quasi-free agent to make other team coaches sell him face. Coach Hollins will of course help.

Anyway, it's not against the rules, and there's no random selection.

For Randolph, the chances of winning are quite high now!

Randolph has made great contributions to the Grizzlies' recent eight-game winning streak, and today, the Player of the Week for last week was announced.

Sun Ce failed to win the Player of the Week for the third consecutive week, and the number of Player of the Week this season has temporarily stopped at 6 times.

But the Western Conference Player of the Week did not escape from the Grizzlies. With 4 consecutive 20+ games, 4 wins in the past 4 games, and averaging 25 points and 10.25 rebounds per game, Randolph received the second Player of the Week award this season.

This is a huge benefit for Randolph, and it will definitely affect the choice of head coaches of each team.

In the East, James won the Player of the Week with 3 wins and averaging 29.3 points, 6 rebounds and 9.6 assists per game. James has won the Player of the Week three times this season.

Everyone has worked so hard in the past period of time. Coach Hollins feels that he has done his best. Now the votes have been cast and the results will be announced tomorrow, so Randolph has also started to rest.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, when the Grizzlies played against the Clippers, Coach Hollins sent out a combination of Sun Ce, Morrow, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Jordan. Randolph, Tony Allen, Battier, Gasol, and Conley took turns to rest, and Vazquez, Sam Young, and Darrell Arthur were all called back from the Development League.

However, the entire Grizzlies team underestimated the Clippers!

Mo Williams was an All-Star player in the 2008-09 season. His average of 17 points and 6 assists per game should not be underestimated, especially since the Clippers have such a talented lineup, including Eric Gordon, Foye, Kaman, Bledsoe, Griffin, Ryan Gomes, Aminu, Rasual Butler...

They really got an upset tonight!

The Grizzlies underestimated their opponents too much. All five defensive players were rested. Of course, it is understandable. After winning eight games in a row, the players were very tired. Coach Hollins was really worried that someone would get injured, and someone did get injured. Conley had soreness in his right thigh muscle, Battier had a slight sprain in his ankle when he collided with Anthony against the Rockets, and Gasol also had shoulder pain. None of them were serious injuries, but they definitely needed rest.

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Sun Ce and his teammates all looked very good today, better than usual. Sun Ce scored 24 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, Jordan scored 17 points, Yi Jianlian scored 20 points, Morrow scored 16 points, Paul George scored 13 points... Even Darrell Arthur, who came off the bench, scored 11 points. 6 people scored in double figures, but they lost.

The point of losing was not that the offense was not good, but that they failed to maintain it during the rotation phase!

Vazquez can be seen to have talent and pass well. The three-point guard rotation between him, Sun Ce and Jason Williams was still good, but the offense was not maintained when they entered the rotation.

In the process of Yi Jianlian, Jordan and Griffin's abuse of the basket, the Clippers' outside touch was unstoppable and they played well in the cut. The Grizzlies lost to the Clippers 115-126.

Mo Williams relied on the pick-and-roll cooperation with Griffin and Kaman to get a season-high 29 points and 11 assists to help the Clippers win.

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The Grizzlies lost to the Clippers, and their 8-game winning streak was ended.

Sun Ce was a little depressed, because he lost to the Tyrannosaurus Rex team tonight, but fortunately he had more rebounds than Griffin.

And after losing the game, he felt a little relieved.

It’s not that he wanted to lose, but it broke some of his previous fantasies.

When the number of losses is only 9, there will be a mentality of more or less worrying about gains and losses, just like when you draw cards in a game, you always think "what if I win next time".

The record became 38 wins and 10 losses, which is not bad, and when Sun Ce returned to the apartment after playing the game and practicing the Nash training method in the evening, he saw good news.

The Spurs finally lost!

The Spurs lost to the Bulls 99-109, and their 13-game winning streak was ended.

Old Sloan has someone available, even stronger than when he was with the Jazz, and he started to beat Popovich again.

13 consecutive wins...

The Spurs have made big news quietly again. No one noticed them before, but when they lost, they made a big noise! ​​The Spurs have won 10+ games for the third time this season, which seems too crazy. So far, the Spurs have only 44 wins and 5 losses! The Spurs have two games left before the All-Star Weekend, and both opponents are not good, the Wizards and the Nets...

The Spurs are on fire!

Sun Ce thought that the end of his team's 8-game winning streak would be a hot topic, but no one noticed them at all.

The Spurs, a team that makes a lot of money quietly, harvested fans like crazy tonight.

The Grizzlies' loss tonight did not cause any topic, but Sun Ce was mentioned again. The name "Spurs System" given by Sun Ce for them began to become the "official name" and was cited by the NBA official website. Popovich and other people in the Spurs did not mention the name "Spurs System", but the official news used this name, and Sun Ce was very proud.

David Stern has not paid attention to the Spurs for a long time. He hates the Spurs very much. In the 2005 finals, he wanted to kill people.

Suddenly found that the Spurs suddenly became a team with such a beautiful offense, and took the opportunity to lift Sun Ce.

The Spurs became so popular overnight that it was enviable. Sun Ce was a little envious, but thinking about it carefully, this was a good thing.

No one discussed the fact that their eight-game winning streak was ended, so it was difficult to affect the emotions of him and his teammates.

But Duncan really became popular again!

It's a pity that the Spurs are too low-key. They won so low-key. In a season, no Spurs player got 30+. Everyone's data looks very ordinary. There is really no explosion point.

If the Spurs had a little more explosive points before, Duncan might have been able to grab an All-Star starter, after all, it's not that different.

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4 games have been played in 8 days and 6 games, and there is one back-to-back left.

On the 7th, the Grizzlies had a rest day. After a tactical meeting in the morning, Coach Hollins let the players move freely and do whatever they want, and also limited Sun Ce's training time.

8 days and 6 games, after playing four games, Sun Ce actually practiced extra last night. Coach Hollins is really scared!

Although I heard that there is a guy in Los Angeles who often practices shooting for two hours after losing a game, Sun Ce is more ruthless. As long as there is time after the game, he will practice extra whether he wins or loses.

Fortunately, Sun Ce didn't have much desire to practice today, and his body was not tired, but he played 4 games in the past 5 days, and the first back-to-back was still an away back-to-back. Today he also plans to take a day off to rest.

However, after the meeting, most of the players did not leave. Today is the day when the All-Star reserve list is announced!

At 11:30 in the morning, the NBA officially began to announce the list.

First, let's look at the list of players for the Rookie Game. For the Grizzlies, Sun Ce and Paul George were selected for the Rookie Game.

The Rookie Team consists of Eric Bledsoe and Griffin from the Clippers, Cousins ​​from the Kings, and Derrick Favors from the Jazz; Wesley Johnson from the Timberwolves, Monroe from the Pistons, Paul George from the Grizzlies, Wall from the Wizards, and Gary Neal from the Spurs.

The Sophomore Team consists of Sun Ce from the Grizzlies, Curry from the Warriors, Evans and Holiday from the 76ers, DeRozan from the Raptors, Jennings from the Bucks, Matthews from the Trail Blazers, Blair from the Spurs, and Ibaka from the Thunder. Since DeRozan has to rest for a month due to an injury, Harden from the Thunder will take over.

In terms of fame, most of the sophomores have already made their mark. Except for Blair from the Spurs, who is a little behind, the other eight are the main players or even the core of their respective teams. As for the Rookie Team, in terms of fame and strength, except for Griffin and Cousins, the others are far behind the sophomores.

However, Sun Ce feels like he is going to lose!

The rookie team has everything they want, inside players, point guards, pitchers, and defensive stalwarts... This lineup can be used in the regular season, and they are talented. If they are given a good coach, they may be able to train a top team's main rotation lineup.

And their sophomore team has five point guards, two shooting guards, and two short inside players! If Harden is also considered a point guard, that's six point guards...

Five of the top ten point guards have played well, and there is Harden, who has started to rise in his sophomore year. Sun Ce feels that his players are awesome, but how should he play this game? The situation was similar last time, and Blair was almost exhausted.

We'll talk about what to do when the time comes. He definitely wants to win. Sun Ce doesn't want to be stepped on by a rookie, but there is really no way and he can't force it.

Next is the dunk contest list. The official NBA Twitter updated this tweet, and the number of replies and reposts was much higher than the rookie list. The attention is obviously not at the same level.

Griffin of the Clippers, McGee of the Wizards, Ibaka of the Thunder, and Paul George of the Grizzlies were selected for the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest.

Paul George was actually selected! He was so excited, mainly because DeRozan of the Raptors was injured. None of the high-profile candidates participated, such as Sun Ce. As the No. 1 guard dunker this season, Sun Ce was unwilling to participate in this, which gave Paul George a chance.

Paul George was very excited to discuss the dunk contest with the two emperors, and also consulted Sun Ce to see if Sun Ce had any good ideas. He had to prepare well.

Next was the three-point contest. Ray Allen of the Celtics, Morrow of the Grizzlies, Wright of the Warriors, Daniel Gibson of the Cavaliers, and Durant of the Thunder would compete for the three-point king of this All-Star Game.

The list of the skills challenge was Curry, Rose, Westbrook, Wall, and Sun Ce.

Sun Ce turned down the first two competitions. He could understand the dunk contest. He thought that many of his dunks were great, but he would definitely not embarrass himself. However, he was also invited to the three-point contest... He was invited to all three events, but he still gave the league face and accepted to participate in the skills challenge as entertainment. Moreover, this event was very unexpected. If those guys made mistakes, he would have a chance.

After the list was announced, the highlight came.

Randolph didn't want to blink, and kept urging Sun Ce to refresh the webpage.

Finally, at 12 o'clock, the official NBA Twitter account updated its tweets. The first was the All-Star substitute lineup of the visiting Eastern Conference team.

Wade, Evans, Rondo, Ray Allen, Pierce, Garnett, and Bosh were selected as the All-Star substitutes, and together with Howard, Stoudemire, James, Rose, and Paul, they formed the Eastern Conference team.

Four Celtics All-Star substitutes! This is quite exaggerated. The last time this happened was the Pistons in 2006. That Pistons team had a better record than the current Grizzlies. They only lost 8 games before the All-Star Weekend and ranked first in the league. They eventually won 64 games and won the regular season championship.

Currently, the Celtics are temporarily ranked first in the Eastern Conference, surpassing the Bulls and Magic. This must be related.

The Heat also have 3 All-Stars, and these two teams in the Eastern Conference account for more than half of the All-Stars.

Five minutes later, the official NBA Twitter account updated the tweet again, releasing 7 names.

Randolph looked for it and his expression was ecstatic!

Duncan, Nowitzki, Westbrook, Roy, Gasol, Randolph, and Ginobili were selected as All-Star substitutes!

Randolph was so excited that he screamed. Just when Sun Ce saw Randolph's name, before he could make him happy, the system prompt came.

"Congratulations to the host for the special achievement: Black Bear Returns...

Congratulations to the host for the achievement reward: Random Entertainment Card.

Special event: Shining Los Angeles has been opened..."