Seven Hundred and Ninety-Five. The Pioneers Are Fierce

After finally escaping from the center position, Aldridge finally escaped from the center position. Before he could sing loudly, he returned to the center position at the end of last month.

Then today, Gasol was beaten up by Gasol who had no choice but to take the main attack spot.

But Aldridge doesn't care about that much now. He defends desperately and attacks with all his strength. He plays very hard, just like he has a deep hatred for the Grizzlies.

It’s not an exaggeration to say there is deep hatred. His best games this season were snatched away by Sun Ce for the Player of the Week award. Aldridge is not a broad-minded person to begin with. He was criticized for not being in the All-Star this year. Gasol has been resenting Sun Ce for a long time.

And, for them, this game is important.

Just like the Lakers, Mavericks and Bulls want to play the Spurs in the second round, several other playoff teams want to play the Mavericks in the first round.

The Mavericks have the worst record among the Western Conference semi-finals. The Mavericks have a good lineup... but their lineup has always been very good. However, in the past three years, they have been beaten in the playoffs despite having a good regular season record.

These are the factors when choosing an opponent, so of course I would rather meet the Mavericks.

The whole Trail Blazers team worked very hard. They had the momentum to suppress the Grizzlies in the away game. Without Sun Ce and Randolph breaking out, relying on the support of Gasol, the Grizzlies failed to continue to win.

82 to 89, in a defensive battle, the Grizzlies lost to the Trail Blazers at home.

Gasol scored 26 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks. Sun Ce and Randolph both scored only 11 points. Sun Ce also had 14 rebounds, 4 assists and two blocks.

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"Brother, how long will you be out this time?"

"Come back on the morning of the 15th."

"1, 2, 3, 4..." Zu'e looked at the calendar and counted on his fingers, "Brother is going out for another six days! Remember to bring a gift for Juanjuan, don't forget it!"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

After sending Zu Ge through the school gate, Sun Ce started the engine and headed to the airport to meet his teammates.

Losing to the Trail Blazers, who were so desperate on the defensive end, Sun Ce knew why the Heat lost 77-81. The opponent was too ruthless.

Roy dragged his knees like that and worked hard, completely regardless of the future of his career.

As the saying goes, those who are too aggressive are afraid of losing their lives. In the past, it was Sun Ce and the others who did this, but now they are too aggressive and were defeated by their opponents without risking their lives.

To say that losing one or two games in the regular season is not a big deal, but for the current Grizzlies, it is a big blow.

61 wins and 16 losses!

There are 5 games left, and the gap with the 64-14 Spurs has been widened again!

On the way to San Antonio, Sun Ce asked Conley next to him: "Mike, do you think we can surpass the Spurs?"

You can't ask the emotional Randolph about this kind of thing, you can't ask Shane Battier and his sister-in-law who only comfort people, you can't ask Yi Jianlian and DeAndre Jordan who have no independent opinions... The most suitable person to ask this question is of course a person. A calm Conley.

Conley thought for a while and replied: "Noah, you don't need to worry about this. If you think about it from an MVP perspective, it may have some impact, but not much. You have won the best of the month three times this season, and your performance last month has greatly improved. How your performance is perceived by the media and fans.

If we think about it from the perspective of the playoffs, it doesn't matter whether we finish first or not. "

The former Sun Ce can accept it. He really wants to win the regular season championship at this stage because one of the events in the "Bear King's Road" is to win the regular season championship.

From the perspective of regular season MVP, he was the best in the month last month, and the pressure has been reduced a lot. As long as his performance this month does not collapse, he is still the player with the highest probability of winning the MVP. On the contrary, he did not win the third monthly MVP in the regular season rankings. It's so important before the best, because their record is not much worse than the Spurs, and they have a considerable advantage compared to the Bulls, who have 56 wins, and the Magic, who have 48 wins in the East.

Whether a condition is important or not is related to other conditions.

But what Conley said next made Sun Ce a little strange. How could first place not be important?

Seeing Sun Ce's doubts, Conley felt a little proud and said, "Noah, do you know why we didn't work so hard in the middle of the season and took so many games off, but we didn't take any off after the All-Star Weekend?"

Seeing that Conley seemed to be showing off his IQ, Sun Ce couldn't bear it. He also wanted to know why. He had never considered these things before. When Conley mentioned this, he was really interested and asked: "Why?"

"The coaching staff didn't say it, but according to my analysis, they want to play the Spurs in the second round. They may have had such a plan since the Spurs!"

"ah?"

Sun Ce feels that this analysis is as unreliable as possible, but considering that coach Hollins, who only had more than 40 wins in the original time and space, dared to pick the Spurs as his opponent, this is really possible!

"But how can we beat the Spurs in the second round? Even if they win first place, it is unlikely that the Spurs will fall to fifth place!" Sun Ce expressed his doubts.

When the Spurs first took their break, the Grizzlies were still 5 games behind the Spurs, and the Lakers and Mavericks were 7-8 games behind.

"Didn't you notice that the Mavericks and Lakers were fighting hard during this time?

According to the trend in the first month after the All-Star Weekend, the Mavericks and Lakers are definitely working hard to hit the first place, but we have an advantage, so our coaching staff wants to take advantage of the momentum of the Mavericks and Lakers to directly Get the Spurs to fifth.

I think if we surpass the Spurs, it will be difficult for the Spurs to overtake the rest. I guess the coaching staff has determined that if the Spurs fall to second place, the Spurs will definitely not want to stay in the top four and play against the Lakers. The Spurs will not choose to be second or third, but will choose to drop directly to fifth. "

Conley analyzed and a smug expression appeared on his face again. Educating the little bully, so happy!

But Conley then showed a trace of regret: "It's a pity that the Spurs are cunning. They deliberately pretended not to care about the record, lured our three teams to compete for the ranking, consumed our physical strength, and finally suddenly exerted their strength to maintain the gap with us. It's so hateful.

And at this stage, if Paul's injury had not given the fans of our three teams a sense of vigilance, so that the fans could accept our rest to protect the players, we would not dare to rest easily. The fans want to fight for the first place more than us. If we rest without any premise, we will definitely be scolded by the fans...

Now the Lakers and Mavericks have given up the fight for the first place, and only we are left to be pushed. "

Sun Ce heard a kind of gnashing of teeth in Conley's tone.

But Sun Ce felt that Conley's analysis made sense. He thought about it carefully and realized that this was not the situation they were in now!