Eight Hundred and Eighty-Nine. Target Monthly Best

"Lord, your team's status has fluctuated greatly recently, and its record is gradually being caught up by other teams. Are you confident in the next game against the Bulls?"

"Rose has overtaken you and ranked first in the MVP rankings. What do you think of this? Do you think you can continue to win the MVP this year?"

"Will Klay Thompson's absence affect your personnel rotation?"

"Stephen Curry sprained his ankle during the game and will be sidelined for at least a month. Some kinesiology medical experts pointed out that there is a problem with Stephen Curry's foot movement when shooting. As the most healthy player in the league, what do you have? Any suggestions?"

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Playing against the Bulls for the second and last time in the regular season this season, Sun Ce was surrounded by reporters as soon as he arrived at the arena in the morning.

After struggling to get rid of the reporters, Sun Ce entered the arena.

Too many people are paying attention to this game. As Rose's direct competitor who wants to win the MVP, Sun Ce is under considerable pressure from public opinion and fans' expectations.

More than a quarter of the new season has been played, and each team has played 19 to 21 games.

Sun Ce had the best of the week for two consecutive weeks in the beginning, but was interrupted by Duncan. Then the Nuggets point guard Lawson, who bucked the trend, won the best of the week.

In the Eastern Conference, James was also the best player of the week for two consecutive weeks at the beginning, followed by Rose for two consecutive weeks.

Rose is a new generation star that the league is strongly promoting this season. If he wants to become the face of the NBA, last season's regular season MVP Sun Ce is naturally the biggest obstacle, but he has also become a target of the league's promotion.

Competing for hegemony is more interesting than being dominated by one family.

Relatively speaking, James, who currently has a bad reputation, No. 24, a has-been veteran from the West Coast, No. 35, who has many casual fans but few die-hard fans and wants to drink the bath water, and Evans, who is noble and cool but has no explosive points, are not suitable. It is used as a facade for publicity, and you can only rely on yourself if you want to rise to the top.

In this situation, Sun Ce was under considerable pressure.

However, he was sure that the pressure on Rose would not be small.

In fact, the time when Sun Ce was under the most pressure last season was not the early and mid-season when he was compared with Rose, but the second half of the season when Rose fell off the MVP rankings due to injuries and changes in play style.

That period happened to be when James performed best, but the league did not want to go against public opinion and avoid losing fans, so it strongly praised Sun Ce. The media also thought the same way, because Howard's performance had declined at that time, and Sun Ce was The person with the highest probability of stealing the MVP from James, Sun Ce was under the greatest pressure during that period.

Fans in most parts of the United States now hope that Rose can steal the MVP from someone like his Sun Ce. Sun Ce believes that the pressure on Rose will not be much less.

After adjusting his emotions for a while, Sun Ce turned the pressure into motivation.

Without pressure to push yourself forward, how can you have so much motivation to work hard every day?

When he came to the Grizzlies, he got 50+ wins in his rookie season. For Sun Ce, the biggest pressure brought on him by the team's good performance is also the source of his motivation, which is to become a better team player, so he develops Become what you are today.

After adjusting his emotions, Sun Ce remembered the questions he was asked when he was surrounded by reporters when he first arrived at the arena.

Klay Thompson is expected to rest for a week due to an ankle sprain. Sun Ce feels it is caused by fatigue. The NCAA only plays more than 30 games a year, and with March Madness, he plays 40 games a day.

After the start of the new season, from December 25th to January 27th, 19 games were played.

During the lockout, apart from the fact that the status of the veterans cannot be guaranteed, the rookies of each team are the worst off. Originally, the physical requirements of the NCAA and NBA are not at the same level. In addition, the confrontation is much greater than that of the NCAA. Even if the confrontation can be adapted, the physical exertion will still be high. It will become even bigger because of this. The first rookie wall that many players encounter after entering the NBA is physical strength.

In this shortened season, the schedule is even more compact than the regular season. Klay Thompson has sprained his ankle twice since the start of the new season, both caused by fatigue.

Different from the original time and space when I was a rookie rookie season with the Warriors, I had to be extremely focused on the offensive end of the Grizzlies. As a newcomer with defensive potential, I also had to show my talents on the defensive end. It was another shortened season. The pressure on Le Thompson is much greater.

But there is no other way. If you want to get ahead in the Grizzlies and compete with Neal, who is currently stronger, you have to adapt quickly. The team has no patience to wait for him for a year or two. He must quickly develop himself as a 3D player. His talent was revealed and the team got results immediately.

Because the team's original intention of selecting Klay Thompson was to choose a player that his grandson liked to be the bag boy.

Sun Ce also remembers that someone asked about Curry's injury. The shortened season also had a great impact on Curry. Curry played well this season, averaging 22 points per game, but suffered ankle injuries.

Sun Ce is not worried. As far as he knows, before the age of 30, except for this shortened season, Curry had a higher attendance rate than James in other seasons. He played 74 games in the year when he played the least, and he played at least 74 games in the other seasons. After 79 games, it is inappropriate to say that he is a glass man. However, when he was 30 years old, Sun Ce remembered that it was the 17-18 season when Curry's physical condition became very bad.

But don't worry at this stage, the Warriors' medical team is still very powerful.

After putting aside these distractions, Sun Ce focused his attention on tonight's opponent Rose.

The team did not train yesterday, not because they did not want to prepare for the next brutal three consecutive home games, but because they had to rest. They had just played 6 consecutive away games and had to train in a hurry as soon as they returned to Memphis. Not to mention the training effect, the health of the team made it impossible for the coaching staff to make such a decision.

Health is the most important thing. Even if we can't win the regular season championship in the end, as long as we can ensure that the players can enter the playoffs in good health, this season will be very successful.

However, Sun Ce was not idle. In the afternoon, he practiced shooting and studied the recent situation of the Bulls, mainly Rose, who was the Eastern Conference Player of the Week in the past two weeks.

So far in the new season, Rose has averaged 33 minutes per game and scored 22.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 9.1 assists in 20 games. Since the All-Star Weekend last season, the tactical core of the Bulls has gradually transitioned from Rose to the duo of Rose + Noah. Such changes have made Rose's assists soar in the new season.

The Bulls no longer point to Rose alone when they encounter troubles. Instead, they have brought out the strength of the strong rotation lineup that they built in the past few years with the rookie bonus of Rose and Noah. The overall performance since the new season is not inferior to the more than two months before Sloan replaced Thibodeau last season.

That is to say, the Bulls' team play reform has been successful!

Because in the early stage of last season, the Bulls relied on Thibodeau to play the main players to death and the performance was phenomenal! Now, the playing time of Rose, Boozer, Luol Deng, and Noah has been reduced a lot compared with last season, and it is incredible that they can still play such a performance.

Don't underestimate the reduced 3-6 minutes of playing time. A few more minutes of rest in a game is too important for the health of the players.

Suppressing the restlessness and uneasiness in his heart, Sun Ce calmed down and continued to watch Rose's game clips before the pre-match meeting, simulating how to assist Rose in his mind...

Prepare for the game in the morning, take a nap after lunch, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Ce and his teammates began to warm up.

In terms of warm-up, Nash is an absolute role model. When he arrived at the stadium in the morning, he began to receive a massage to relax his joints from his personal masseuse. On every game day, except for the pre-game meeting and simple tactical training, he spent almost all his time preparing for the game.

Sun Ce knew it a long time ago. Others did not pay attention at first, but later gradually noticed Nash's preparation for the game. He felt that compared with Nash, he was too unprofessional. He was able to play at the All-Star level at this age, which was not in vain.

At 5:40 pm, after the warm-up, Sun Ce and his teammates entered the stadium together.

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In North America, T.N.T TV live broadcast and ESPN network live broadcast; some regions and countries in Asia have ESPN live broadcast, China has Chaoting TV live broadcast; Europe has ESPN live broadcast...

For such a highly watched game, the fans of Memphis were also extremely enthusiastic. When the Bulls players came on the stage, the boos were overwhelming, especially the last player to come on stage, Rose, who was booed explosively.

After coming out to the cheers of the fans, Sun Ce and Rose, Nash, Randolph, Boozer, Noah, Gasol and others greeted each other in a friendly manner before the game... provoking the other side.

Since both teams have the same goal, they all want to take advantage of this shortened season to win the championship. So far in the season, the two teams have been standing on the absolute opposite side, and they are as hostile as fire and water. The players of the two teams do not have any noble sentiments to turn enemies into friends, and they just want to fight against their opponents. From a certain perspective, the current NBA is still barely at the tail end of the old era of basketball. Opponents are opponents. If it were not for the request of the league officials to have the stars of the two teams appear in the same frame in the camera, they would not even bother to greet the other side, hugging and taking photos with a smile on their faces, but the words they said were not so friendly.

"You are going to lose, tonight, I said." Rose had a smile on his face when he took a photo with Sun Ce, and the words he said were not as friendly as his expression.

"You said that? Are you going to give me another quadruple-double? No, I'm lazy, and it's also tiring to reach out and shoot the block you sent." Sun Ce smiled and poked Rose's wound.

After saying hello, Sun Ce and his teammates returned to the bench, and the coaching staff had to make the final arrangements. .

Just as Sun Ce was listening to the coaching staff's arrangements, the system prompt suddenly came...

"The host will play against the biggest MVP competitor Derrick Rose for the last time in the regular season this season. The S-level event MVP Journey Phase 3 event: Ruthless Destruction of Flowers is triggered..."