Eight Hundred and Six. Can You Talk About It a Little More? (I Won’t Divide the 7K Chapters, Please)

Therefore, even if the record is ultimately tied with the Spurs, the Grizzlies can only rank second in the Western Conference!

Sun Ce didn't know how to describe his current mood in words. He was just making up why the Hornets didn't beat him by 30 points against the Spurs, but were beaten by 30 points.

I didn't expect that game to be so important. No wonder the Spurs would deliberately abuse a team competing for the No. 1 pick by 30 points!

The first time I competed for the regular season championship...failed...

Tony Allen once talked to Sun Ce because Sun Ce wanted to compete for the regular season championship too much.

"The regular season record is important, but it is not the most important. The most important thing is our mentality and our strength. Last year when I was with the Celtics, we only won 50 games, but we also won against the Cavaliers who won more than 60 games. It’s easy, it’s even easier for us to win against the Magic…”

Thinking of Teacher Tony's words, Sun Ce was actually not particularly upset about not winning the regular season championship.

The key is that the event failed!

Every time there is an event, he goes all out and tries his best to complete it. Occasionally he fails...it's really heartbreaking!

Sun Ce quickly opened the system panel and looked at the event "Road to the Bear King (S)". Sure enough, there was an additional note for the fourth stage event, with the highest score of A+...

For this event, the first stage "Domination of the air" is an S rating, the second stage "The beginning of a new era in team history" is an A+ rating, and the third stage "It's all mine" is an S rating. Team history related to the Lakers The special event "Competing with the Lake" is rated A+, and the "King of the Week" event related to James in the fifth stage is rated S.

Counting the fourth stage of the regular season championship, there have been three A-level ratings, which will inevitably lower the rating of the entire event...

It hurts so much that I can’t breathe!

"Lord, don't be sad. From the news I saw before, even if you don't win the regular season championship, you are still the top favorite for MVP..."

The name and tone that Wang Keying would only use when applauding for love came from the computer. Sun Ce instantly got goosebumps, and the little bully was a little restless.

It's not a coquettish tone, but a female Qiao's arrogant tone...

This little bitch is hundreds of kilometers away!

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The competition ends on April 14th.

The competition for NBA playoff spots and rankings has basically become clear.

In the Eastern Conference, the Bulls defeated the Knicks on April 13 and won nine consecutive games. They achieved a record of 60 wins and 21 losses, with one game left to lock in the Eastern Conference championship.

The Heat surpassed the Celtics at the last minute, 57 wins and 23 losses, with 2 games left to play, locking in second place in the Eastern Conference.

The Celtics have 55 wins and 26 losses, with one game left to play, locking in third place in the Eastern Conference.

The 76ers have 52 wins and 28 losses, with 2 games left to play, locking in fourth place in the Eastern Conference.

The Magic have 49 wins and 32 losses, with one game left to play, locking in fifth place in the Eastern Conference.

The Hawks have 47 wins and 34 losses, with one game left to play, locking in sixth place in the Eastern Conference.

The Knicks have 44 wins and 36 losses, with 2 games left to play, locking in seventh place in the Eastern Conference.

The Pacers overtook the Bucks at the end of the regular season, with 38 wins and 43 losses, and one game left to lock in eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

This side of the west.

When the Spurs defeated the Magic, the Western Conference playoff rankings were left to compete for the fourth and sixth spots, and the eighth spot.

The Spurs currently have 66 wins and 15 losses, and have one game left to play. They will play the Suns on the 17th.

The Grizzlies currently have 64 wins and 16 losses, with 2 games left to play, locking in second place in the Western Conference.

The Lakers currently have 61 wins and 2 games left to lock in third place in the Western Conference.

The Trail Blazers currently have 54 wins and 27 losses, with one game left to play, and are temporarily ranked fourth in the Western Conference.

The Mavericks have 60 wins and 20 losses, with 2 games left to play, locking in sixth place in the Western Conference.

The Thunder have 53 wins and 27 losses, with 2 games left to play, and are temporarily ranked sixth in the Western Conference.

The Nuggets have 48 wins and 32 losses, with 2 games left to play, locking in seventh place in the Western Conference.

The Suns have 44 wins and 36 losses, with 2 games left to play, and are temporarily ranked eighth in the Western Conference.

The Rockets have 44 wins and 36 losses, with 2 games left to play. Due to the win and loss of the Suns 1-2, they are temporarily ranked ninth in the Western Conference.

The situation in the Western Conference is already very clear. The Mavericks will definitely not be able to surpass the Grizzlies, but they may surpass the Lakers in terms of record. If both teams can reach the Western Conference finals, then the records of the two teams will determine the home court advantage. Here is also There is a bit of suspense. In the last two games, the two teams may compete for the possible home court advantage.

The battle between the Thunder and the Trail Blazers for fourth place in the Western Conference has entered a critical stage. The Thunder can only look forward to the Trail Blazers losing to the Mavericks in the last game. Since the two teams met, the Trail Blazers won 3-1 against the Thunder. In the end, the Trail Blazers must If they win, even if the Thunder win the last two games, they will both win 55 and the Trail Blazers will be in front. This is the same as the Spurs locking the regular season championship.

The battle between the Suns and Rockets for eighth place in the Western Conference has also reached the most critical stage.

At present, the media are more optimistic about the Rockets advancing.

Because the Suns' next two opponents are the Grizzlies and the Spurs. The Grizzlies just defeated the Suns in an away game. Tomorrow the Suns will play the Grizzlies back-to-back away from home. In the eyes of the media and most fans, the chance of winning is very low. Slim.

On the 17th, the Suns will play the Spurs away from home again, and the hope seems even slimmer. The Spurs' ability to abuse opponents is even stronger than the Grizzlies.

As for the Rockets, the penultimate game against the Mavericks is difficult, but the last game against the Timberwolves... The Timberwolves players have long been thinking about summer vacation, so how can they have the heart to play.

There is still a difference between a bad team and a bad team. The Warriors have always wanted to win. From the 1994-1995 season to now, there have been 17 seasons. They only made the playoffs and reached the second round in the 06-07 season. Including this season, they were bad teams in the other 16 seasons, but they rarely got the last place, only twice.

In the 00-01 season, they had high hopes for an important signing, Danny Fordson, but the season was over. In the 6 games he played, Danny Fordson averaged 16 points and 16 rebounds. The Warriors spent a high salary and chips to sign and then trade Fordson from the Celtics because Fordson averaged 7 points and 7 rebounds in 15 minutes of playing time last season. This 96-generation genius was like a beast, and the Warriors regarded him as the core of the future. As a result, he was too strong and his knees could not bear it. He suffered a stress fracture and his knees were broken. This kind of physical fitness forward's knees were broken, which was equivalent to ruin.

In the 01-02 season, they competed for Yao Ming with the last place in the previous season, but Yao Ming was snatched away by the Houston people with a very low probability.

Except for the past two years, the Warriors have never been bad. The team is really bad, but no matter how bad it is, they must strive to win and ensure the team culture. When talented players appear in the future, they will not have the idea of ​​playing casually to brush up the data because they are used to losing. Therefore, they can rise in the 06-07 season. Therefore, the Warriors in the original time and space will rise immediately when the opportunity comes.

As for the Timberwolves, in terms of talent, they may be on par with the Thunder. No one can say whether the players they selected are talented or not. However, from March 11 to now, more than a month has passed, and the Timberwolves have won one game. They are currently 16-65, the only team in the league with less than 20 wins.

The Hornets played so hard that they won 20 wins. There is really no way they can lose less than 20 wins.

The Rockets have a higher chance of advancing to the playoffs than the Suns.

In the eyes of most people, only the Trail Blazers and the Thunder are still in suspense about who will be the fourth in the West, and the others have been determined.

Rockets fans have already celebrated their entry into the playoffs online, and some expert media have put the Rockets and Spurs in a group when analyzing the playoff matchups.

However, at noon on the 15th, the situation suddenly reversed!

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On the morning of the 15th, Sun Ce returned to Memphis. He was going to relax on the sofa until noon, but he had just prepared all the preparations for Beijing: Crayon Shin-chan theatrical DVD, nuts and snacks, and mineral water. Just as he was lying down, Coach Hollins called!

He was informed that he was rested for tonight's game and he was not allowed to refuse...

Suddenly, he received the news of rest, and it was mandatory. He was not allowed to refuse, and Sun Ce did not refuse.

He had already secured the second place and the home advantage in the first two rounds. If he could rest, he would rest.

But what did the last sentence mean?

"Our team website will announce this at noon. Please think of a few reasons for resting and send them to the team email before 12 o'clock. I can't think of any."

It's okay to rest. Isn't it okay to just say it directly?

Why do you have to find a reason?

It's okay to find a reason, but why did he, Sun, do this job? The people in the team's public relations department are just eating for free... Sun Ce thought about it, and it seemed that his team, a small city team, didn't have much public relations before, and there was no such department at all. Many things were handled by the press officer Chris Kyle.

This season, the team has expanded many departments, but it seems that there is no team public relations.

The team public relations of professional league clubs are not much different from other industries. Most teams do not have this department like the Grizzlies, such as the Spurs, Nets, Bucks, Clippers... Except for the Clippers, these teams are almost all small city teams because there is no need.

Sun Ce has been dealing with the team's press officer Kyle for almost two seasons, and knows that this guy doesn't seem to be good at making up excuses.

Sun Ce probably thought that the team management was not satisfied with the reasons Kyle came up with, so he let him make up whatever he wanted.

This is out of trust in Chinese students studying in the United States. Generally speaking, Chinese students are better at doing homework than American students.

Sun Ce was a little melancholy. It was really difficult to make up a few reasons when he was suddenly asked to make them up. Seeing the text message sent by Coach Hollins, which wrote the list of players to be rested... Sun Ce made up his mind, isn't it just making up excuses?

After making up the reasons in a few seconds, Sun Ce sent the organized documents to the team email.

Thinking with his brain disrupted Sun Ce's plan to watch the Crayon Shin-chan movie and do nothing. Of course, you have to watch Crayon Shin-chan for fun, otherwise it's full of dirty jokes. How can you watch it with your brain?

Sun Ce temporarily gave up the idea of ​​lying down and opened the computer browser to check the news.

The headlines have changed this morning, and they changed to the Bulls being fined 150,000 US dollars.

The Bulls announced that they would rest in the last game against the Heat.

At the same time, there is Sloan's vision for Rose's future, hoping that Rose can practice shooting and enrich his technical library.

Sun Ce saw that the comments under the news were all saying that Sloan was wishful thinking, and Rose's shooting was still as bad as before after three years, and it was impossible.

But when Sun Ce saw this news, he felt that Rose should be able to practice shooting.

Although in the original time and space, Rose did not master shooting until he was 30 years old, it cannot be said that Rose did not master shooting during the Bulls and Knicks era. It can be said that he must not have been able to master it when he was young. He was just too unlucky.

Because he was no longer a core player and became a role player. He was not injured continuously. He practiced three-pointers and mid-range shooting at a very good level. Not to mention top-notch, but at least above average.

During his time with the Bulls and Knicks, his seasons were reimbursed for four consecutive years. He had no time to practice the training effect through games and had no chance to adjust. Even because of consecutive serious injuries, he had no time to practice shooting and do anything after recovering from the injury. He has done his best in rehabilitation and restorative training, just to get into a state where he can play.

In the first three years of his career, Rose was still strengthening his strengths and had not yet reached the stage of developing new technologies. However, in the fourth season, he began to suffer from constant injuries in the regular season. With the first injury, the entire season was There were no injuries, and he missed 17 out of 66 games. He was directly reimbursed for the playoffs, and was reimbursed every year in the following years...

But later, after the contract expired and he became a minimum-salary player, no one asked him to do too much. He had his own time to become stronger without pressure. At the age of 30, he averaged the fourth-highest scoring average in his career.

The youngest regular season MVP in history who won the regular season MVP at the age of 22. At the age of 30, his average of 18 points per game is the fourth highest in his career...

Sun Ce felt pity when he thought about it.

Therefore, Sun Ce is extremely looking forward to winning the MVP this season. Looking at the news about Sloan expecting Rose to develop his skills, thinking about the team ordering him to take a rest, he couldn't help but sigh: "For such a heavy honor as MVP, Rose Just don’t take it, it’s too heavy and it’s not good for your knees, so I’ll have to bear it! Who knows that I’m such a selfless person who is willing to suffer..."

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Grizzlies Press Office.

One department has three employees, a press officer and two office clerks.

Sun Ce pressed send and received the email.

The clerk forwarded the document sent by Sun Ce to the press officer Kyle. Only after the press officer Kyle responded with permission, they would sort out the reasons and put them into the team news to be released at 12 noon.

Press officer Kyle opened the document on his pad and looked at it, and his eyes widened at the first sight.

This...will the alliance officials pick up a knife to chop them after seeing these reasons?

There was no live broadcast last night, but there is a national live broadcast tonight! Sun Ce VS Nash, the last game of the season, can it be done like this?

However, this is a job that the team's general manager, owner, and head coach asked him to perform. Let the people in their press office post the reasons sent by Sun Ce, as long as they are reasonable and well-founded.

Press Officer Kyle looked at this reason and it should be considered reasonable... But...

Thinking that the "legitimate reason" he came up with was rejected, the press officer Kyle felt a little angry, signed on the pad, and returned the email to the office clerk.

So... this kind of nonsense reason should have been given to the head coach and the owner for a look first. The boss and the head coach thought that the team press officer would review it before sending it out. Although the clerk is known as a white-collar worker, he can't risk it with that little salary. The risk of offending the department boss was reported to a higher level, and the result was sent out like this...

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In the head coach's office on the second floor, the coaching staff is preparing for the final game against the 76ers.

As for the back-to-back Suns games in the middle, they simply ignored it and let Conley and Jason Williams lead the team, with Morrow, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, DeAndre Jordan, Sam Young, Haddadi, Darrell- Arthur just goes and fights.

Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Battier, Randolph, and Gasol were rested.

Coach Hollins did not want to lose to the Suns on purpose, but out of consideration for the health of the team, he did not want the core players to work so hard for the last back-to-back this season.

The Suns must be desperate to win, and judging from the core lineup composed of veterans, there is no situation where the Suns will lose the first game of back-to-back games and have psychological pressure to play poorly in the second game. That group of people The mental quality must be as strong as possible. Hamilton defeated the Big Four Lakers. Needless to say Nash, Hill's injury is almost as serious as Rose in the original time and space. He has long been looked away. Carter has now reached the stage of fighting, which is rare. There is such a group of teammates who are quite star players and have fun together.

Playing two games in a row with such a group of old men, Coach Hollins thought about the character of his players and knew that when they saw the veterans working so hard on the opposite side, they would definitely go all out with the utmost respect.

It's okay that the opponent's state is poor. They ended the game in a few seconds, but once the opponent continues yesterday's state, it will be a battle until the last minute. This is what the TV station is looking forward to, otherwise the Grizzlies will only have to compete with the Lakers in April. The Ma-Niu and 76ers games are live broadcast, so there is no need to add such a game.

If you play anxiously, there is a chance of injury, especially back-to-back.

And this victory means nothing to the Grizzlies.

Therefore, of course Coach Hollins chose to rest, it was so straightforward.

There is another reason that prompted coach Hollins to make this decision. After the Bulls defeated the Knicks last night and won 60 games to secure first place in the Eastern Conference, Sloan directly announced Rose to rest during the post-game press conference.

The Bulls have won nine games in a row and have a chance to become the fifth team to win at least ten games this season after the Grizzlies, Spurs, Lakers and Heat. Rose rested, which basically means he gave up his winning streak, because they will play the Heat in their last game.

The Bulls dared to rest players when playing against the Heat, and announced in the post-match press conference broadcast live nationwide that two TV stations, including American Cable TV, Time Warner and ESPN, canceled the live broadcast of the game. The automatic refunds to the accounts of the payers who purchased the live broadcast rights have already begun this morning, and only ESPN continues to broadcast.

Why can't they rest players when playing against the Suns?

As expected, the Bulls received a fine notice from the league at 8 a.m. this morning, a fine of 300,000 US dollars.

Originally, Coach Hollins planned to learn from Sloan and directly said that he wanted to let Sun Ce and others rest, but Chris Wallace stopped him, thinking that he should find a legitimate reason to give the league some face.

But... the two discussed it and found that it seemed that they didn't have so many rules for resting players before, and they just rested directly, because Sun Ce was not among the players they usually rested!

In fact, it doesn't matter who the Bulls rest or who the Spurs rest, as long as Rose and Duncan appear on the national live broadcast, nothing will happen.

The Grizzlies are the same. If they rest other people but not Sun Ce, nothing will happen.

But Sun Ce has played 80 games this season, and he hasn't missed a single one. Sun Ce himself doesn't think it's a big deal. Their coaching staff wants Sun Ce to rest.

In their eyes, Sun Ce is simply a workaholic! Every extra game he can rest is a good one. It doesn't matter if he plays the final regular season performance against the 76ers.

After calling in the press officer Kyle, Kyle gave a reason that both of them thought was inappropriate.

He originally wanted the reason of "collective diarrhea due to food poisoning", but it was unanimously rejected by the management and coaching staff on the grounds that it would cause unnecessary league investigations, which would definitely be exposed.

It is to give the league an excuse, not a reason that will inevitably cause the league to investigate the Grizzlies' food.

The two thought for a long time and found that the reasons they could think of were not as good as those of the press officer Kyle. At this time, Coach Hollins remembered Sun Ce, who was very good at fooling people...

After discussing tactics with the coaching staff about the opponent 76ers on the 18th, the assistants left the head coach's office.

The last game was mainly a rehearsal for the playoffs for the Grizzlies. Whether they could get 65 wins was not so important. The most important thing was to prepare for the playoffs.

Originally, the Suns were a good rehearsal opponent, but it was a back-to-back game, and it was a back-to-back game at home and away. There was no time to prepare. There were three days to prepare for the game against the 76ers from today to the 17th. Compared with getting 65 wins, the playoffs were more important.

After sending the assistants away, Coach Hollins looked at the time. It was 12:30. He called a French restaurant near the stadium to prepare lunch. After booking the seat and the meal, Coach Hollins sat down to see what reasons Sun Ce had thought of.

This kind of thing will definitely make the news. Coach Hollins opened the T.N.T sports website, and the headline was not about them resting, nor about the Spurs securing first place, nor about the big news last night that Rose was resting.

Instead, it was... "The strongest reason for resting, Spurs and Grizzlies, who do you choose?"

Coach Hollins' heart skipped a beat, and he felt a little bad!

How... is this related to the Spurs?

He once joked with the coaching staff about the reasons for resting the Spurs for the players, and now... there is a big showdown?

"What reason did that damn kid make up?"

Coach Hollins' excited heart drove his trembling hands to move the mouse and click on the official headline post of T.N.T...

First, there was a screenshot of the news headline that the Spurs announced the rest of the last game against the Suns at 11:30 in the morning.

Then came the reasons of the Spurs players.

Duncan: After winning the Magic last night, Duncan was happy and wanted to change his hairstyle because he had a quarrel with Jack, the gold medal scissor-hand barber in the arena barber shop, in the discussion of the coolest hairstyle. According to the Spurs, Duncan's temper became very strange after changing his hairstyle and style, and he often fought with others. This time he couldn't win the quarrel with the hairdresser Jack, who was 173 cm tall and had a bit of a closeted style. Duncan was furious and fought with the hairdresser Jack, who was 173 cm tall and had a bit of a closeted style, but he still couldn't win...

Due to such an extraordinary behavior, Duncan was suspended for one game by the team and was banned from entering the arena on the night of the game.

Coach Hollins was drinking water and was shocked when he spit a mouthful of water on the monitor, and quickly wiped it with a tissue.

Then I saw the second one.

Parker: In the game against the Magic, Parker sprained his hip because he learned the low-post high-speed change of direction of the Lord, and was reimbursed for the regular season.

Coach Hollins looked at the last sentence...I feel that people in big cities on the border of the United States and Mexico know how to have fun!

Ginobili: Duncan lost the fight, and he wanted the wine from the team coach Popovich to comfort Duncan, but was caught by Popovich on the spot. Because Ginobili was not a first-time offender, the team dealt with him strictly and banned Ginobili from participating in all regular season games this season.

Coach Hollins was stunned.

That insidious and cunning old man really knows how to play! What the hell are these excuses?

It makes no sense for the league not to fine him!

That is, the live broadcast of the Spurs and the Suns is still under discussion. The live broadcast of this game by major TV stations is "pending", so Coach Hollins estimates that the Spurs will not be fined this time. It is possible that the despicable old man had too much fun.

But! Coach Hollins suddenly remembered the title of this post, and his hands began to tremble again.

It can be compared with such a spoof reason. T.N.T officials have also opened a voting post...

Coach Hollins is a little afraid to continue reading, but... this is their team's business!

Coach Hollins scrolled down the page with despair.

Sure enough, the first one did not disappoint him...

So, the team security who was conducting a midday patrol in the stadium heard a roar from the head coach's office: "What the hell is this kid doing! Chris! You dare to send out such a reason? Don't you want to ask first?"

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The Grizzlies' reason for resting is popular!

Originally, the Spurs played alone, and the fans were a little aesthetically fatigued.

But now, there is a big showdown between two teams!

The Spurs' reason for resting is ridiculous enough, and they don't consider the thoughts of their own three horses at all.

The Grizzlies are no less!

And because the Grizzlies are "newcomers", the attention and heated discussions they have aroused are even more intense.

Randolph: April 15th every year is his confession day. He needs to go to the church to pray devoutly for a day and confess his mistakes. The team management expressed support and allowed Randolph not to participate in tonight's game. Head coach Lionel Hollins said: God is with you.

Gasol: It's time to sow in the vegetable garden at home. He and his girlfriend planted a piece of corn in the vegetable garden. As a result, he couldn't help but applaud for love when he saw the corn field. He accidentally twisted his waist. Because of the sprain, he is likely to miss all the remaining regular seasons this season.

Tony and the President: The two learned from Sun Ce that Panda's Chinese name is "Panda". The two argued endlessly about whether Panda is a panda or a cat. After returning to Memphis this morning, they climbed over the wall to get in before the Memphis Panda Theme Park opened to observe the pandas up close. As a result, they were mistaken for thieves who stole the treasure of Memphis by the security guards. A group of people came up and beat the two and sent them to the police station.

Although this misunderstanding was explained clearly, the two sincerely apologized to the Panda Theme Park, and the employees of the Panda Theme Park also apologized to the two. The police station also thought that the two had no malicious intentions and did not detain and prosecute them for illegal invasion.

However, the two were slightly injured and needed at least 3 days to recover.

What fans complained about the most was the reason for the last player to be rested, which won the most votes and the most abused reasons in the vote.

Lord: The servants at home asked for leave, and the young master at home fainted because of his handsomeness when he woke up in the morning and was being rescued...