One Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety-Two. Isn't that What It Means to Hold the Fort?
The Grizzlies' iconic way of winning without mercy when they have an advantage is back!
This is the Grizzlies that people are familiar with. During the two consecutive championships, the Grizzlies were like this. They first used a lineup with good offense and good defense to create a lead, and then turned into an iron-blooded lineup to fight to the end.
It’s still a familiar formula, and it’s still a familiar taste. Grizzlies fans have always felt that the Grizzlies during the 27-game winning streak were not the Grizzlies in their normal state. At that stage, sometimes winning was too arrogant, and the opponent took 120 points. Thirty points are not won once or twice by relying on higher scores.
Now this Grizzlies team that can suppress the opponent's score is the Grizzlies team in normal condition.
You can't always expect them to score more points than the other team when the opponent scores soaring. That would be too risky to win. The Grizzlies team that wins like this is the Grizzlies team that Grizzlies fans look forward to and have more confidence in. Team.
This kind of Grizzlies team has two characteristics - it is stable when it comes to bullying, and it can be tough when playing against strong teams!
Following the Bulls, 76ers, Warriors, and Grizzlies, the Thunder played away in the last Christmas game. With Westbrook's explosive performance of 17 points, 15 rebounds, 13 assists, and 4 steals, the Thunder won the game. With 17 seconds left, Kobe Bryant scored a key goal and was still only 1 point behind 104 to 105. They only scored 12 points in regular time. The Thunder relied on Westbrook's series attack, Ibaka and Di Ang Waiters scored 50 points together to tighten the score. After Westbrook ran out of time, Durant caught the ball with two seconds left and hit Leonard's buzzer-beating fadeaway jumper to help the Thunder. The team defeated the Lakers and won 106-105!
The finale is the finale, a very intense game. The Thunder are indeed a team with unlimited possibilities!
When Sun Ce got home, he happened to watch the fourth quarter of the game. He thought about it for a while. If the Thunder didn't fool around and kept Harden, their lineup would be Westbrook, Andre Robertson, Durant, The starting lineup of Ibaka and Adams is equipped with Harden as the sixth man.
This lineup may be even better than the six-man group of Fisher, Kobe, Ci Shiping, Gasol, Bynum, and Odom of the Lakers that won two consecutive championships!
The key is that the Thunder have never reached the Finals. In the summer of 2012, Harden just wanted to renew his contract with a tens of millions of annual salary, but the Thunder refused to give it... Look at the Thunder now acquiring Dieng in order to strengthen the shooting guard position. - Waiters, signed Novak and Moreau, these three people together are worth 14 million. Even if Moreau plays as a substitute for Durant most of the time, Dion Waiters’ high-ranking rookie contract, No. WACKER's full middle-class income totaled nearly 9 million that year.
No matter what, Sun Ce feels that the Thunder should not be willing to let the eldest brother and second brother play Harden as the sixth man in order to save money. As a result, all the money has been spent now, and the effect is definitely not as good as Harden playing as the sixth man.
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With 31 wins and 2 losses, the Grizzlies continue to advance rapidly. Fans are very curious, what kind of record can the Grizzlies achieve before the All-Star Weekend?
The Grizzlies have 23 games left before the All-Star break. Although there are schedule changes that make the number of games before the All-Star break more than any year in the past, this is not important. What is important is , is it possible for the Grizzlies to become the first team in NBA history to win 50 games before the All-Star break?
As far as the current situation is concerned, it is entirely possible!
After the Christmas Day game with the Spurs and showing the amazing Grizzlies version of the triangle offense, the Grizzlies are about to usher in a wave of five consecutive away games. They will play the Suns on December 28th and the Warriors on the 30th. , the first game of the new year will be an away game against the Warriors on January 1st, an away game against the Kings on January 3rd, and an away game against the Clippers on January 5th.
Playing against the Warriors for two consecutive games... Sun Ce didn't know how to complain about this schedule, but this is how the league arranged it, making it look like a playoff game.
Perhaps this is the first time such a major adjustment has been made to the regular season schedule that has been implemented for more than 30 years. There are many aspects that the league is not familiar with, such as the coordination of the schedules of various arenas. After all, each team does not have its own arena, and there must be Other arrangements, some can be canceled or the NBA team will provide more money, but some arrangements are really impossible, such as the Grammys at Staples Center, there is no way.
As in the past, we would alternately play the same opponent home and away, but now we are playing the same opponent in the same arena for two consecutive games... the style is quite strange.
Sun Cequan should adapt to the rhythm of the playoffs in advance, although it is a bit too early, having played less than half of the regular season.
The day after the game against the Spurs, at noon on December 26, the NBA officially announced that the starting voting for the 2015 New York All-Star Weekend has begun!
Without any suspense, Sun Ce saw his name appear in the frontcourt position...
In addition to this, the NBA also announced the latest news on the sale of the Nets. Russian oil tycoon Prokhorov and American Microsoft giant Ballmer reached an agreement to package the Nets and Barclays in Brooklyn, New York, for a sky-high price of US$3.5 billion. The center was sold to Ballmer together, and Ballmer fully purchased the Nets as an independent investor. Like Prokhorov before him, he became the unique boss of the Nets and has absolute control over the team.
After nearly a year of negotiations, the deal has finally been reached. The owners of the other 29 teams in the league will then vote. After more than 60% of the owners agree, the team sale agreement will be reached.
Sun Ce looked at the price of 3.5 billion US dollars... It's amazing! This set a new record for the sale price of sports clubs in the world, and increased the previous sale price of 2.7 billion US dollars set by European football teams by a full 800 million!
This price is obviously too high. At present, among all the sports clubs in the world, the Dallas Cowboys has the highest market value, 4.5 billion US dollars, followed by Manchester United's 3.9 billion US dollars, Real Madrid's 3.8 billion US dollars, Barcelona's 3.8 billion US dollars, Knicks' 3.6 billion US dollars, Lakers' 3.5 billion US dollars... The Nets' market value is 2 billion US dollars, and Barclays Center's market value is 800 million US dollars. Obviously, Ballmer spent more money than expected.
However, not many people think that Ballmer lost money in this transaction. On the contrary, some experts predict that this transaction will greatly increase the actual selling price of each team.
This makes Sun Ce feel that John's decisive purchase of the Clippers is a bloody deal!
I guess the league is bleeding in their hearts... Who would have thought that a rich guy like Ballmer would suddenly appear to buy a team? I used to think that Paul Allen of the Trail Blazers was the richest, but now someone richer has come.
After being a bystander for a while, Sun Ce continued to record songs.
Today, the Grizzlies did not go to Phoenix immediately, but tomorrow, and the Spurs did not go to San Antonio immediately. Anyway, their next game is on the 29th, because Sun Ce and his team have to record songs.
San Antonio Fashion Metal Band with Duncan as the lead singer, Memphis Xiong Ba Tian Xia Band with Randolph as the lead singer, and Sun Ce's solo songs.
The contract has been signed. This time, most of the copyrights of this EP jointly released by a group of people belong to Sun Ce, and the copyright share of Fashion Metal Band and Xiong Ba Tian Xia Band will be donated to Sun Ce's charity fund.
Although they can definitely make some money, people on both sides have no objection. This should have belonged to Sun Ce. If Sun Ce does not give these two songs to them, Sun Ce sings them himself, and as a Grammy-level singer, Sun Ce's songs will sell better.
Being able to sing such a song is a great joy for these players who consider themselves professional singers.
Unlike the concert, this time John's record company sent professional stylists and makeup artists to shoot the posters, and a professional accompaniment band recorded the songs together... As early as after Sun Ce "wrote" the three songs, he began to prepare. Sun Ce was used to this matter, so it went smoothly.
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After a busy day, on the 27th, the Grizzlies started a five-game away trip and set off for Phoenix.
Sun Ce looked at the schedule. After the Christmas holiday, the schedule returned to the relaxed schedule in the second half of October and November. There are two games left this month, only 14 games in January, only 10 games in February, 15 games in March, and 9 games in April... It's just too wonderful!
Especially in the following January, there is only one back-to-back!
After a night of rest in Phoenix, the Grizzlies came to the West Coast Arena to challenge the Suns away with a strong desire for revenge.
Aldridge and Tony Allen were rested again, but this time, the Grizzlies led the Suns by 24 points with a score of 85 to 61 after three quarters!
Sun Ce played for 27 minutes in the first three quarters, rested for 3 minutes in the second half of the first quarter, the first half of the second quarter, and the first half of the third quarter, and made 13 of 19 shots, including 4 of 4 three-pointers, plus 5 of 5 free throws, and scored 35 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks, and 3 steals, and clocked out after three quarters!
Paul George stayed on the court in the last quarter to hold the line, mainly because he grabbed 4 offensive rebounds today, 8 rebounds after three quarters, plus 10 points and 8 assists. Coach Hollins let Paul George do the lord's work in the name of holding the line.
In the end, relying on Sun Ce's 35 points in 3 quarters, Randolph's 20 points and 6 rebounds, and Paul George's 12 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 block, and 2 steals, the Grizzlies slaughtered the Suns 115 to 84 and completed their revenge!
This time, the Suns coach Hornacek's sniping of Sun Ce was unsuccessful. Indeed, the Suns were still too immature. Sun Ce easily found a way to deal with the young Antetokounmpo, and even in the third quarter, Hornacek did not dare to replace Antetokounmpo.
It is important to snipe the damn lord, but Sun Ce cannot lose confidence in his most talented players. Although there are very few villains like Payton and Jordan who like to bully young players in this era, Hornacek believes that the damn guy is definitely capable of doing such a thing!