788. Playoff Progress

After playing the first game of a back-to-back, the Grizzlies immediately ushered in the second game of the back-to-back at home the next day, and will face the Wizards tonight.

This game, which originally received little attention and was considered the Grizzlies' least important game in April, has become a popular game at this time.

The Grizzlies have won 59 games!

There is a strong possibility that a second 60-win team will emerge tonight.

The Spurs currently have 61 wins and 13 losses. They have just won 8 consecutive victories and performed well.

In addition to the Grizzlies who will definitely win 60 games, in the West, the Lakers and Mavericks, who have already won 56 games, have no problem winning 60 games. In the East, the Bulls have 53 games and 9 games left, so they have no chance. .

In addition, other teams are trying to hit 55 wins, with no hope of going further.

It's just that for the Grizzlies, there are a lot of problems now.

Coach Hollins had to rest during the morning pre-game meeting because he played too hard last night.

Gasol played 38 minutes and needed to guard the basket for a long time. Gasol also suffered an ankle sprain. Although the injury was not serious, he still had to deal with it carefully...

Now that we have come this far, whether we are competing for first or second place in the Western Conference, we must work hard to win.

Even if you don't get first place, you still need to have home field advantage in the second round. Only first and second place have home field advantage in the second round.

So we should fight hard, but last night's game was more difficult than expected. It was only after Tony Allen led the five-man offensive and defensive core team to discuss the response strategy against Billups that they defeated the opponent with difficulty.

The main reason is that the opponent is too tough and is still fighting until the last moment. The Grizzlies can only follow suit. Anthony holds one of the single-quarter scoring records in NBA history and is now at his peak. Although the top scorer has been Taken away, but still not to be underestimated.

Coach Hollins arranged for Randolph and Gasol, who played too long last night, to rest.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Grizzlies faced the Wizards' challenge at home.

The Grizzlies sent out a starting lineup of Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Morrow, Battier, and DeAndre Jordan.

Over there with the Wizards,

Sent out the starting lineup of Wall, Jordan Crawford, Nick Young, Andre Blatche, and JaVale McGee.

Seeing the opposing starting lineup, Sun Ce, who had no enthusiasm for the Wizards, expressed sympathy for Wall. He finally understood why Wall did not play as well as he did at the beginning of the season. When he played against Wall at the beginning of the season, the Wizards lineup was still Not so weird.

I don’t know what the Wizards’ management is thinking. They just want to send Arenas away in exchange for another garbage contract and create a lose-lose situation with the Magic. They just try to get Jordan Crawford back. He also didn't give Josh Howard playing time, creating a front-back line composed of two Ronby pitchers. The inside helped McGee, who often showed off his head, and the power forward, who was good at face-to-face singles but had no ability to cooperate. Lache...

However, the opponent's forwards and defenders played well tonight. It should be said that they have always played well. Nick Young's scoring average has soared by nearly 10 points this season. He was clamoring to renew his contract with a multi-million-year salary, but was rejected. Instead, he played You have to work harder to make yourself worthy of so much money.

Jordan Crawford, a rookie that the Nets did not want after drafting him, was brought back by the Wizards. In the first half of the season, he only averaged 4 points per game. However, when he arrived with the Wizards, he averaged 4 points per game in a single month while Wall was away. His 16-point performance earned him the Rookie of the Month award.

The Wizards' starting lineup is still difficult to find, especially tonight when Battier was completely at a disadvantage against Blatche and could not withstand the opponent's impact. Yi Jianlian did not get a favor when he came up, and the opponent was singles.

McGee and DeAndre Jordan were competing to see who could jump, but McGee and DeAndre Jordan, who didn't have that big of a head, were evenly matched.

On the Grizzlies side, except for Sun Ce and Paul George, who played less time last night, everyone else is relatively weak. After the starting lineup fell behind 13-15 in 7 minutes, Morrow and Paul George led by Conley , Yi Jianlian, and Haddadi's lineup were suppressed by the opponent.

Sun Ce was also in pain. He was too injured in last night's game. He used all the physical potions and won the game with great difficulty. The opponent had to work harder and harder. His condition was not bad, and the opponent was better than them. Need to win, good thing is to win last night's game.

But tonight...

At the end of the game, the Grizzlies lost to the Wizards 88-94 at home. Their five-game winning streak was ended. They had two consecutive low-scoring games. Their scoring average, which had improved to 98.1 points per game against the Warriors, also dropped to 97.9 points.

Sun Ce played for 28 minutes and didn't play again. He scored 16 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. His teammates just couldn't make any shots. He could only take more shots, but he only shot 6 of 15 under the blind double-teaming of the opponent. .

Defeating the Grizzlies, the Wizards finally won their 20th win of the season.

It's just that their head coach Flip Saunders is not happy! He actually won unexpectedly!

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On April 4th, at around 4 o'clock in the morning, Sun Ce got up and ran around the road in the villa area twice. He returned home and took a shower. It was almost 7 o'clock, and he had already prepared a nutritious breakfast for Sun Ce and Zu Goose. .

It's the weekend again, and the ancestral goose is much happier than the previous two days. He is squirming while sitting, as if he is so excited that he wants to dance.

"Juanjuan, you promised to study hard, why are you so happy that it's almost the weekend?"

"You should study hard, but it's also worth being happy about the holidays! Brother, you don't know how tired Juanjuan is. Studying is very hard!"

"It's okay, it's okay. After finishing junior high school and high school, it won't be hard to get into college."

"I heard that it's hard to graduate from a college in the United States, and it's even harder to graduate from a good college."

"Then it's easy to get a job after graduating from college."

"Brother, it's not like I haven't worked before. I was also very tired when I was filming, and those staff were also very tired."

"..."Sun Ce felt that this girl was too talkative, and he felt a little bit overwhelmed. Finally, he reached out and patted the little head opposite.

"Ouch...Brother, why did you hit me!"

"There's a mosquito on your head."

"..."Zu E's face swelled into a bun: "Brother, do you think I'm stupid? If a mosquito wants to bite me, it will bite my face. Why bite my hair?"

"Juanjuan's face is so cute, brother can't bear to hit it."

"..."

This time it was Zu E's turn to be speechless. She actually felt that the guy opposite was right!

She had seen countless news on the Internet saying that this guy was shameless, and she found that it was true!

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After sending the angry Zu Ge to school, Sun Ce came to the gym to prepare for tomorrow's game.

After the morning tactical meeting and training, at noon, Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian went to a Chinese restaurant together.

The Mavericks had arrived in Memphis in the morning, and the Grizzlies will play against the Mavericks tomorrow.

After waiting for a while, Yao Ming's conspicuous and huge body appeared in the sight of Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian.

Yao Ming looked at Sun Ce's long hair after shaving it into a buzz cut, and finally it was not Kobe-style afro, but Yi Jianlian's hairstyle...

It was still curly hair + big back hair, but the hair color turned golden this time... Yao Ming swore! He would never be led into the ditch by Sun Ce!

He said hello, without too much greeting, sat down and started ordering dishes.

Today is just a simple gathering of three people. There is no extra reason. It is not that NBA players stare at basketball all day long. Even Kobe is a paranoid person who flirts with women all over the United States. It is said that he has a good waist and left more than 100 phone numbers for those lonely women. After this incident was exposed, Vanessa was so angry that she drove him to the hotel. According to the latest news, in mid-March, Kobe wore slippers and a suit and lived in a hotel not far from his home with his dog. After that, he ran to the door of his villa every night to play guitar and ask for forgiveness...

This did not affect the Lakers' record, but at least proved that NBA players have a colorful life, not just basketball.

Yao Ming, Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian talked about some recent interesting things. Kobe's incident has become a topic of conversation for most NBA players, and they also talked about it lively.

It is said that Vanessa is preparing to file for divorce in March next year, on the grounds that they officially fell in love in March 2000, with 12 zodiac signs, and she wants a 12-year "perfect marriage".

This statement sounds ridiculous. Not to mention that Sun Ce knew that Vanessa just wanted to mess with Kobe to make him calm down. Later, she gave birth to several daughters for Kobe and formed the WNBA starting lineup. Even if he didn't know, he could see that Vanessa just wanted to mess with Kobe. It became so chaotic this year, and she didn't sue until next year. It was obvious that Vanessa wanted to calm down.

However, Sun Ce was more concerned about the news that Vanessa was born in May 1983, and they were together in March 2000, and they were not even 18 years old!

Sun Ce felt that it was sinful enough for him to find an 18-year-old girl at the age of 20, and that guy found a 17-year-old at the age of 22!

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After lunch, Sun Ce, Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming came to the FedEx Arena together, and went to the home and guest training grounds separately. The two teams had to prepare for tomorrow's game in the afternoon.

59 wins and 15 losses, with the last 8 games left. Although the Spurs' 8-game winning streak was also ended last night, and the record became 61 wins and 14 losses, the Grizzlies were still 1.5 wins behind.

The goal is to hit the first place, so the Grizzlies have to fight for victory in every game. They just lost to the Wizards, and the pressure will be even greater in the future.

If this kind of pressure is in the early and middle stages of the season, they may find ways to relieve it, but now, they must get used to this kind of pressure. In the playoffs, anything can happen. If the score is 1 to 3, the pressure can be imagined, but even if it becomes that, they still have to persist in one game after another.

Getting used to pressure is the ability that a real strong team should have.

After the tactical training in the afternoon, Sun Ce received a message from his chatterbox sister who was so happy that she forgot to be angry with him and started chattering non-stop. After returning home, she practiced the Nash training method. After being exhausted, she collapsed on the sofa and watched the national live broadcast of the Knicks and Thunder with the equally collapsed Zugoose.

A major event that affects the Eastern Conference has happened!