Nine Hundred and Five. Must Win Tonight!

In order to get Durant's star experience card and avoid Rose's star experience card being deleted, the remaining two games against the Thunder this season must be won.

The key is that Sun Ce didn't expect the game against the Nuggets last night to go into overtime. He thought he would either win or lose, but he didn't expect it to be so tense. Lowry's 35 points and Lawson's 20 points and 16 assists were too exciting for the double point guards. The key is the group of B+ to A-level players on the Nuggets. Although two of them left before this season, there are still 11 players in rotation, which is simply terrible.

Winning is winning, but the Grizzlies are also exhausted.

The good news is that the Thunder are in the last game of back-to-back games. The day before yesterday, the Thunder lost to the Lakers away. Yesterday, they returned to their home court and fought with the Spurs, 109 to 107, and Durant made a buzzer-beating shot.

This made Sun Ce feel a little bit advantageous. Although they usually rotate 11 players, they can actually rotate up to 13 players. When there is a rest, Vazquez, who was guarding the water dispenser before, can play.

Sun Ce knew what the management meant. He didn't send Vazquez out so early because he wanted to delay it until the All-Star Weekend and get through the last 5 days and 4 games before the All-Star Weekend.

In the recent six consecutive home games, although the Grizzlies' overall consumption was relatively large, they did a good job of resting and avoided injuries. Only Gasol twisted his foot when playing against the Jazz. It was a slight sprain, but it did not affect the whole game. Battier missed two games due to hip tension, and Paul George was stabbed in his left hand when stealing... These are minor problems and did not affect them. In these six games, they got five wins and one loss. Sun Ce was very satisfied with the rest arrangement of the coaching staff.

After arriving at the stadium, a simple tactical meeting was held. Coach Hollins announced that Nash and Gasol would not play tonight, and Vazquez and Jimmy Butler would be included in the rotation list.

The main reason is that Vazquez has entered the rotation list. Jimmy Butler has played 10 times so far this season, averaging 6 minutes per game. He is negligible on the offensive end. On the defensive end, he feels like Leonard now, a little rough, but with good awareness. The key is to dare to fight. He once played against Kobe for a few minutes, and the effect was... Anyway, he was very courageous.

Sun Ce knew that this was already the smallest rotation. The coaching staff attached great importance to tonight's game. Randolph played 41 minutes last night and will play today. Such a player who can get 20+ points per game even if he is double-teamed every night can contain the defense even if he just walks on the court. Moreover, Randolph has performed well recently, much better than the pitchers.

This time, although the other five teams, except the Nuggets, are not considered to be teams that can play stable strong team performances, they can win five games. It really depends on him and Randolph to support the team.

"We can only take it one step at a time!"

Sun Ce is ready to go all out. If he can beat them, he will fight. If he can't beat them, he will see the situation. If he is going to lose but he can finish it with his explosion, he can make a good move.

We have to win this game!

There is no big problem with Westbrook's incident. Westbrook has only got one triple-double so far this season.

The shortened season is not an easy thing for all teams. In order to compete with the Lakers and Nuggets for the third place in the West and retain the possibility of impacting the second or even first place in the West, the Thunder team dare not be careless at all. This season, Westbrook doesn't even have the intention of occasionally brushing a triple-double like last season. If he loses one or two more games, he will drop to fourth or fifth!

The Thunder team currently has 21 wins and 12 losses, ranking third in the West, but is only one win ahead of the Lakers and Nuggets, who are fourth and fifth in the West, and dare not relax at all.

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After the pre-match tactical meeting,

Sun Ce and his teammates warmed up together. At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Grizzlies' away game against the Thunder started.

From the moment the Grizzlies entered the court to the moment Yi Jianlian jumped over Ibaka's head, the boos from the fans never stopped.

Today, the Grizzlies' starting lineup was Sun Ce, Vazquez, Paul George, Randolph, and Yi Jianlian.

From the beginning of the game, the Grizzlies took the initiative, and in the second half of the first quarter, Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, who came off the bench, and Yi Jianlian, who returned to the power forward position when Randolph was off the court, each hit a three-pointer, making a 9-3 run, and widening the gap to 11 points!

The hot hand finally happened to the Grizzlies. When Sun Ce was leading by 5 points in the 10th minute of the first quarter, the opponent shrank his defense to block the other four players and his mid-range shots, allowing him to shoot three-pointers. He tried a top arc three-pointer and made it in, just like igniting the hand of the whole team, and the three-pointers were hit continuously!

As for the Thunder, the shooting was average this time, and the Grizzlies played well in defense. After the first quarter, the Grizzlies led by 11 points 33-22 and entered the intermission.

In the second quarter, Sun Ce, who played the entire first quarter, was replaced and rested for half a quarter. Vazquez and Tony Allen, Klay Thompson, Speights, and Jordan Jr. appeared on the court.

On the Thunder side, Westbrook, Harden, Daequan Cook, Durant, and Ibaka played a lineup of one big and four small.

Sometimes you can't underestimate any opponent...even teammates!

As a player with a stable core position in the team, Sun Ce can't really feel how hard a player who is eager to get playing time, wants to change teams to play, and wants to get more attention after changing teams is!

Although Vazquez is only in his sophomore year, as a first-round pick, he still has two years left on his contract after this season. However, after he knew he was going to be traded this season, he was just like a contract year player. He fought hard when he was on the court, so he played the performance that made many players want him.

Tonight, Vazquez, who fought as hard as he did in the previous dozen appearances, broke out!

At the beginning of the second quarter, facing Westbrook's defense, Vazquez broke through and shot from inside and outside, scoring 6 points in a row, catching the Thunder off guard. As a floor-running point guard, Vazquez was so excited that he took advantage of Ibaka's untimely switch defense and broke into the inside to dunk.

They didn't expect Vazquez to play so passionately and boldly.

This is the 10th time that Vazquez has scored in double digits in his Grizzlies career in more than a year!

After making a threat, Vazquez and Jordan started to cooperate in the pick-and-roll. Although his appearances were limited in the first half of the season, he was not idle. He already had the strength of a rotation player, and he also received guidance from Stockton and Nash. Stockton and Nash had extra favor for such a thin floor-flowing white point guard.

Vazquez, who was in great form in this game, played very well. In the first quarter, he only scored 4 points with two open mid-range shots and passed a counterattack dunk to Sun Ce, with only 4 points and 1 assist. In the first half of the second quarter, he scored 8 points alone, plus 3 assists, helping the Grizzlies to widen the gap to 16 points in the middle of the second quarter!

Before the second quarter was over, the Grizzlies led the Thunder 50-34, and the Thunder called a timeout and entered the official timeout!

Sun Ce was stunned on the sidelines, and after reacting, he cheered loudly for Vazquez with Jimmy and Yi Jianlian.

Randolph was waving a towel!

He played for 11 minutes and scored 12 points and 4 assists. Although the team had good touch, such as Sun Ce scored 10 points in the first quarter and made all three-pointers, it was Vazquez's ability to seize the opportunity!

Originally, Sun Ce was ready. Once the score difference was narrowed, he immediately asked to play and played the first half with all his strength. In the second half, Roska was used. If he lost, the last regular season match against the Thunder this season would only end in a 2-2 tie even if he won. Roska would be deducted. Instead of being deducted, it is better to try and see if Roska can play well in the second half. It is not a loss to exchange Roska for Durant's card.

But I didn't expect that Vazquez not only helped him hold on for the half quarter when he rested, but also helped the team to widen the score difference to 16 points!

And the Thunder were also iron-clad. Durant has made 0 of 4 three-pointers today.

Sun Ce felt that the American gods were really helping Vazquez. As the All-Star Weekend was approaching, many teams wanted to trade Vazquez before the All-Star Weekend so that Vazquez could receive team training and get used to team tactics during the rest time of the All-Star Weekend.

Now that Vazquez had such an explosive performance against the Thunder when Nash was resting, he would definitely get more attention from his new team.

Moreover, he has been learning from Stockton and Nash for half a season, and each time he plays, he plays for a stable 20+ minutes. This is a treatment that Vazquez in the original time and space could not get. Just like the grasp of the timing of passing, Vazquez, who is only in the second year, does not consider the vision, but only looks at the grasp of the timing of passing. Sun Ce feels that the opponent is better than himself...

This is a heartbreaking thing. Sun Ce looks at his A-level passing evaluation. First-class is first-class, but Vazquez is in the second year and also has a first-class A-level passing evaluation...

Sun Ce is not jealous of Vazquez's passing talent. Players like Vazquez who have poor athletic ability and average strength and rely on touch and running to play, if they don't have a strong point, they can't gain a foothold in the NBA.

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After the official timeout, Sun Ce and Neil, Paul George, Randolph, and Yi Jianlian came on the court.

With the lead and knowing which players of the opponent had good shooting and which players had poor touch today, the Grizzlies played more freely. After all, Sun Ce and others did not just watch while sitting on the sidelines for half a quarter. While cheering for Vazquez, they also analyzed why the team defended well and which players of the opponent played poorly.

In addition to Durant, even if he had a bad touch, he had to put pressure on him throughout the game. Paul George took over from Tony and continued to have physical contact with Durant, and he worked harder than before when he played against Durant. It was rare to meet Durant who had a bad touch, so Paul George had to work hard...

It's a rare opportunity!