Seven Hundred and Eighty-Six. Tonight's Opponent Will Be Beaten Severely

Grizzlies general manager's office.

"We made a huge mistake in our strategy," Chris Wallace said.

"Who would have thought that the Spurs would do this, Chris, do you think they did it on purpose?" Coach Hollins was a little depressed.

He only lost 5 games before the All-Star break, and has lost 8 games since the All-Star break, and it was not because of injuries or because the opponents figured out the new tactics. It was simply because of rest. Otherwise, he would have lost at least 4 fewer games. games, if the Spurs lose 4 games less, their Grizzlies team will not fight for the first place with all their lives, and the huge gap will not make the Lakers, Bulls and Bears three teams have daydreams.

But although he was a little depressed, Chris Wallace was not depressed: "What should we do, Lionel, are we going to drop directly to fifth? I still think your tactics are very good, and I insist on your judgment." That’s right, it’s better to play the Spurs in the second round.”

Being praised, Coach Hollins was a little happy, but he rejected the proposal: "No, we can't do this. If we give up the fight for first place early and directly lose to fifth place, it doesn't matter, but now we are gone. Now that we are here, we can only go one way to the end and see where the road ahead leads.”

Chris Wallace nodded, and the two agreed.

You can't lose casually now, you can fight to lose, but you can't take turns to intentionally lose to control the number of wins.

First of all, it's morale. The playoffs are about to begin. If the Spurs didn't go so far as to rest for more than a month after the All-Star weekend, the Grizzlies chose another plan for the second half of the season early. If you decide to fall to fifth place and play against the Spurs, you can already take a break and lose all the games you should lose. Then try your best to win in April. The playoffs will start in mid-to-late April. This month's performance will have a great impact on confidence and final success. Break-in is very important.

The second is more important, Sun Ce’s MVP! This was unexpected. The plan was started at the beginning of the season. Who knew that Sun Ce could play so well in the team system? Especially in March, Sun Ce’s performance can be said to be better than that of all players this season. There is no one with the best performance in a single month. Even the 15 wins and 1 loss led by Yao Ming and Nowitzki cannot overshadow Sun Ce's performance.

Under such circumstances, Sun Ce has a high probability of winning the MVP, but the premise is that even if he cannot surpass the Spurs and win the regular season championship, he must try his best to win more games. Every victory is important.

If Sun Ce loses the MVP because he wants to play the Spurs... Regardless of whether this is the decisive factor, it will be unforgivable in the eyes of others, Sun Ce and even themselves.

Originally, Sun Ce had already bought a house.

He is probably willing to stay for a few more years, because he lost the MVP due to choosing an opponent, and Sun Ce is probably selling his house that night and preparing to move.

So for Chris Wallace and Coach Hollins, the next choice is very simple, just go to the end.

Try your best to win, even if you lose the game, you must go all out to fight to the end to help Sun Ce increase the impression points of the media, announcers, experts and other people with voting rights.

Of course, you can also have fantasies. For example, if the Spurs lose three in a row and lose four in a row, falling to second or third place, coach Hollins and Chris Wallace predict that the Spurs are absolutely not willing to do so. If you encounter the Lakers and Mavericks, who both have three terrifying towers, you will definitely lose one or two more games and fall to fifth place...

But this is just a fantasy. The Spurs’ schedule at the end of the season is much easier than that of the Grizzlies. It’s just back-to-back, a total of 8 games, and only 5 playoff-level opponents. And their Grizzlies , there are 9 playoff-level teams with 10 games left.

Since it is a strategy, you have to accept failure. Besides, putting aside the fact that you can't pick your opponent, the team is actually in such good shape now, with 58 wins and 14 losses, and there are 10 games left. If anything, if they win 7 games, they will have 65 wins. Got it!

There is nothing to be disappointed about. I will try my best to win 60 games this season.

Therefore, the general manager and the head coach are a little regretful. It cannot be said that they are uncomfortable or unhappy, but they are definitely not in a happy mood. After all, the strategic mistake, even if it is a good thing, the final result of planning for a season is completely different from what they imagined, although it is definitely Okay, but I can't say I'm happy, just not sad.

On the contrary, a young man among the people attending the meeting made the two of them very depressed.

Robert Pera, the diamond king in his early 30s who is technically the owner of the team, decisive and business-savvy, was listening to the two of them sighing, and he was actually very interested.

Being interested is a good thing, but the key point is that this boss is just interested, let alone putting forward constructive suggestions. He seems to have no idea of ​​​​proposing opinions, and indeed he has not put forward any opinions. He looks like he is just watching the show and has nothing to do with him. .

In that scene, it was as if a basketball fan accidentally broke into an NBA team management meeting and overheard "internal secrets."

This has nothing to do with the boss who was wise and decisive when dealing with Sun Ce's contract renewal, right?

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Sun Ce came to the arena after sending Zuo Goose off, and practiced a total of 300 three-point shooting exercises with Tim Hardaway for an hour as usual in the morning.

More than half a season has passed, and the progress has been obvious. After all, it is a D level. Although I still gamble on luck in the game, at least I will not throw three-pointers in confrontational games. This is already good. Occasionally there will be an open space. He can score one more, plus the threat posed by those players who occasionally open the perimeter and score consecutive three-pointers brings to the opponent. If he accidentally scores a three-pointer, it can also increase the chance of subsequent breakthroughs.

In fact, the probability of Sun Ce bursting into many three-pointers is extremely low, and he has not used a few star experience cards of outside superstars. However, if he has one, two, and three, the opponent will be very impressed. As long as he scores a three-pointer. , the opponent will definitely defend in the next few rounds.

At 9:30 in the morning, Coach Hollins came to the conference room after the management meeting and held a pre-game meeting for tonight's game with the assembled players.

It was completely impossible to tell that Coach Hollins was depressed in the office. His expression was serious, even a little old-fashioned, and his opening words were sonorous and powerful: "We must win tonight's game. Our goal is to be first in the Western Conference and sweep them! Let's win the first place in the game. Wheel has the advantage! Defeat them!"

Tonight's game is very important for the Grizzlies.

The most important thing is to win!

This is what he said to the players, but in fact Coach Hollins also has ideas on this point.

This is related to the current situation in the Western Conference playoffs. Currently, the Grizzlies have played one game less than the Spurs, but they have to lose one more game. The gap is 1.5 wins and there are 10 games left. It is not without a chance.

Then knocking tonight's opponent out of the playoffs is the priority. It says that we want to gain a psychological advantage in the matchup, but in fact, what we want is to simply knock the opponent out of the playoffs...

If the Rockets lose one more game, the Suns will have a greater chance. Now both teams have 41 wins and 32 losses, and both have 9 games left to play. A loss for the Rockets is an additional win for the Suns. Field advantage.

The only troublesome thing is that they will play two games with the Suns at the end of this month... Coach Hollins certainly won't say that he deliberately lost to the Suns to send them into the playoffs.

It doesn't matter, but he feels that they are relatively more restrained against the Suns, and he is worried that a mid-range shooter like Anthony will break out in the playoffs. However, if he wins the regular season championship, he does not have to choose who to play against the Suns or Rockets, but Why not choose if you can.

Of course, if you lose the chance to compete for the top spot in the league, defeating the Rockets is not a bad thing. If you win one more game, Sun Ce has a higher probability of winning the MVP, and he will be the same as the Lakers, Spurs, and 76ers behind him. Compared with the Rockets, Trail Blazers, Mavericks and other teams, the Rockets are the weakest. If you don’t abuse them, you should try your best to win this game first and then worry about the Lakers, Mavericks, Trail Blazers and 76ers. This is a hard nut to crack.

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The tactical meeting in the morning was very serious, but the tactical training was relatively relaxed. After all, by this time of the game, the characteristics and strength of each team's playing style were almost understood. If they faced imaginary opponents in the playoffs, they were just practicing the tactics prepared for the playoffs.

After the training, Sun Ce and Wang Keying talked on the phone for a while. They were talking on the phone, and there was an incoming call notification. Sun Ce looked at it and it was John. He wanted to ignore it, but this guy has nothing to do in the past two years and has never contacted him. He is very busy with work and study. Although he was busy, Sun Ce decided to take it.

"I have some work coming, let's talk tonight."

After receiving the response from the other party, Sun Ce pressed end of the current call and answered John's call: "What's wrong, thin version of Leonardo."

"Thank you for your compliment, but I think I'm even more handsome..." After a moment of narcissism, John on the other end of the phone said: "Last time you asked me to buy Bitcoin, I spent 7,500 yuan from a blockchain The enthusiast forum bought more than 75,000 bitcoins, almost all the bitcoins from the people who were willing to sell on the forum. I investigated and found out that this is the blockchain game currency developed by the Japanese, right? The technology is public, and I can just find a few people to make a new one. Is it necessary to buy this?”

"John, do you know tulips?" Sun Ce asked.

"Tulip..." John on the other end of the phone was confused for a moment, thought of a famous case, and was shocked for a moment, and said quickly: "Noah, we can't afford to play with this little money."

"This is the first well-known digital currency. There are forums for enthusiasts. It's worth trying." Sun Ce didn't think so much and continued: "We are not a banker. 10 cents is better than I thought. It’s much more expensive, but it’s still acceptable. I estimate it will cost you 20 cents or 30 cents to buy it now. If you can, try to buy more when the price is low. We won’t be able to afford it in the future, but I We don’t want to go too low, because things are more valuable when they are scarce. The less others have, the more expensive we have to buy.”