One Thousand Six Hundred and Sixteen. Huge!

Curry's ideas are different from most stars, but it is precisely because of this that he has practiced three-pointers to a level that no one in NBA history can reach.

Even Sun Ce, the first player in NBA history to average 4+ triple-doubles, is one dimension behind Curry in three-pointers.

Curry's three-pointers, 30 years ago, or even 30 years later, may be difficult for anyone to reach his current level.

His talent and unique thinking angle have allowed him to turn three-pointers from a means of scoring into an art of scoring, similar to Jordan's fadeaway jump shot.

The pre-match preparation time passed quickly. At 7:58 p.m., Sun Ce came to the technical station, put on his equipment, and applied some magnesium powder. Curry also came to apply magnesium powder at this time.

The two looked at each other and said nothing.

Curry just wanted to beat Sun Ce, but Sun Ce was helpless. He cared about his elementary school brother very much. He won all the first three encounters this year. He had no choice but to win!

Who knows that when the Grizzlies were so miserable this season, the Warriors were also in trouble for a long time. The Mavericks seized the opportunity to beat them three times, but the elementary school students just couldn't live up to expectations.

Tonight, the Grizzlies returned to the starting lineup that had been used for a long time this season. Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, and Yi Jianlian appeared in the starting lineup.

On the Warriors side, Curry, Harden, Iguodala, Speights, and Thabeet appeared in the starting lineup.

"Curry S-, averaging 36 minutes per game, 25.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists...

Harden S-, averaging 34 minutes per game, 23.5 points, 6 rebounds, 7.5 assists...

Iguodala A, averaging 32 minutes per game, 9 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists...

Speights B-, averaging 25 minutes per game, 7 points, 5.5 rebounds...

Thapit B+, averaging 22 minutes per game, 7.6 points, 8 rebounds, 2.6 blocks..."

Coming to the sideline, Sun Ce looked at the ability evaluation of the opponent's five starting players. If Sun Ce had to say what made him feel the most awesome, it was not the dream backcourt that he had known for a long time, but Thapit... 22 minutes of playing time and 2.6 blocks. This efficiency is also thanks to the Warriors' patience. After three years of training, Thapit has become one of the league's best centers in rim protection since last season.

221cm tall, 229cm wingspan, 125kg weight, excellent blocking sense shown in college, plus the mobility of an ordinary 210cm meat shield center, purely from the perspective of physical fitness, Sun Ce really thinks that in 2009, in addition to Griffin's lock on the top pick, Thabeet will definitely be in the top five, and some teams want to take a gamble.

However, Sun Ce estimates that except for the Warriors, who have been rotten for many years and are determined and patient to slowly build a championship lineup, it is difficult for any team to have the patience to train a pure defensive center for three years.

The rise of the Warriors is not overnight, but accumulated year after year!

On the other hand, the Warriors players are afraid of the Grizzlies' outside trio.

Since the Grizzlies traded Gasol and promoted Paul George to the second ball-handling core position, this year's Grizzlies' outside trio has made a name for themselves in just one season.

As for the rest of the Grizzlies, after Randolph was injured, Gasol was traded, and Valanciunas was injured, the Grizzlies had a lot of players in the interior, but they were all functional players.

It's not that the Grizzlies' interior is not good. No matter how strong the team is, it is impossible to have too many players with too many comprehensive strengths in the interior or the exterior. On the contrary, a strong team will have a very clear core and many functional players to avoid the chaos of ball possession. Even players like Jordan and Kobe can be described as "functional" players when they won the championship.

For the Warriors, they are very confident tonight. The Grizzlies have the best outside trio in the league, and they also have the Warriors, and they are in better shape recently!

At 8 pm, the Grizzlies' third game in their 6-game away game against the Warriors began.

Yi Jianlian beat Thabeet to win the jump ball, and the Grizzlies attacked first.

Unable to play a fast break, Thabeet was like Yao Ming back then, he didn't think much about how to help the team score after winning, he started thinking about how to defend after losing the jump ball, after a few years, he already had very good experience in retreating.

Sun Ce got the ball from Paul George in the frontcourt, and immediately asked Klay Thompson for a pick-and-roll.

Curry feels that he has an inexplicable relationship with the Timberwolves!

Since Sun Ce started the name-calling battle, other teams have begun to follow suit. As long as the opponent's ball-holding player can play a pick-and-roll, he will first find the player defended by Curry to play a pick-and-roll when he advances to the frontcourt, and he doesn't even consider how to play after the pick-and-roll. Anyway, calling the name first is always right.

But Curry had already anticipated that Sun Ce hadn't finished the pick-and-roll, and didn't even have the opportunity to use Klay Thompson as a gun mount to shoot directly, and Curry went to Sun Ce.

After Sun Ce finished the pick-and-roll, he immediately chose to crush Curry to the inside. Curry had strong upper body strength and fast footwork, and he followed closely. Sun Ce originally had the opportunity to get rid of Curry with a mid-range jump shot, but unfortunately Speights was following Yi Jianlian on the right side of the three-second zone. When Sun Ce rushed to the basket, Thabeet came back from the left baseline. That height... Sun Ce was like seeing a thin version of a female omen, and quickly passed the ball to Richard Jefferson in the left corner, who shot a three-pointer...

However, Sun Ce grabbed the ball faster than Thabeet and Curry. He wanted to pass it to Yi Jianlian who rushed in, but Speights also took it back. The inside was too crowded, so Sun Ce passed it to Clay - Thompson ran out of the open Paul George in a pick-and-roll, and the latter hit a long two-pointer!

In transition, the Warriors attack.

Harden advanced to the frontcourt, Iguodala pulled away, Thabeet came out to help Harden in the pick-and-roll, and Yi Jianlian extended out to defend. At this time, another Curry used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Klay Thompson, forcing Richard Jefferson to switch defenses. , Harden immediately distributed the ball to Curry, and Speights used Curry to contain Klay Thompson and Richard Jefferson and cut inside.

At this time, Curry passed back to Harden, who was getting rid of Yi Jianlian. Harden attracted Sun Ce to cover, and passed to Thabeet who cut in. Yi Jianlian was restrained by Speights who cut in. Thabeet easily dunked and scored two points!

After this attack and defense, Curry was very excited.

Although the two sides were tied, their strategy was successful from the beginning!

When the Grizzlies attack, Paul George encounters the focused Harden, who is not easy to beat in singles. In the last time Paul George played two singles, Harden was very defensive, so Sun Ce still attacked with the ball.

The Warriors continue to implement their defensive strategy of defending the basket, guarding Sun Ce and Klay Thompson's three-pointers, leaving Richard Jefferson open, and selectively letting go of Paul George's long-range shots.

This defensive strategy was implemented very well. Although the Grizzlies' outside shots felt okay at first, as the Grizzlies themselves strengthened their confrontation on the defensive end, the outside shots gradually became less accurate.

As for the Warriors, the offense ran too smoothly! 14 wins and 3 losses in the past 17 games is not something you get casually. The Lakers in the same division, the Thunder in the Northwest Division, the Mavericks in the Southwest Division, the Heat in the Southeast Division... the strong teams in each division are in They beat them all after the All-Star break!

The Grizzlies didn't dare to let go of either Curry or Harden, and then they were penetrated inside by the Warriors' pass-and-cut coordination!

The game started for more than 5 minutes. After the Grizzlies fell behind by 4 points 11-15, they quickly replaced Whiteside.

The Warriors were initially wary of the big man who returned to the NBA and averaged 6.6 points, 11 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in three games, but Harden asked Ezeli, who came on the bench, to play a pick-and-roll and found that the opponent did not extend! Harden easily hit a jumper from the free throw line. No matter how good Whiteside's inside defense is, if Harden doesn't get in, there's nothing Whiteside can do.

The Warriors' defense against the Grizzlies is still clear, blocking Sun Ce and Klay Thompson from shooting! Whiteside did a good job of protecting offensive rebounds. Although the Warriors tried their best to prevent Whiteside from getting offensive rebounds, they still couldn't. However, as the game progressed, Whiteside took the rebounds and passed them out and could not convert them. In order to score, he himself has no other means of scoring except for making up dunks or getting the rebound to give him the chance to get up and dunk directly.

After the first quarter, Sun Ce scored 3 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block, but the team only scored 24 points, while the Warriors scored 33 points!

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The Warriors took the initiative at the beginning of this game, and then advanced step by step and played steadily. In the end, with Curry's 22 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, and Harden's 26 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, the Warriors defeated 114 to 106. Defeating the Grizzlies gave the Grizzlies their first three-game losing streak in more than 4 years!

The last time the Grizzlies suffered a three-game losing streak was on January 5, 2010. Since then, in more than four years and 358 games, the Grizzlies have only lost two consecutive games at most.

There were no three-game losing streaks in 358 games, breaking the record of 204 consecutive games without three-game losing streaks set by the Bulls from March 11, 1994 to December 19, 1997 since detailed statistics were available, and it was far further away. this record.

This season, the Grizzlies have lost two games in a row at least four or five times, but they have held on every time. In the third game, they worked hard and maintained the record of not losing three games in a row. However, the record will eventually be broken one day. Just like Chamberlain's records that people thought could never be broken were broken by Sun Ce, Sun Ce's longest consecutive game record without three consecutive losses was broken by the Warriors!

In this game, Sun Ce made 8 of 21 shots and scored 21 points, 12 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal. Paul George scored 19 points, Yi Jianlian 11 points, Beverley 9 points, Richard Jefferson 9 points... ...Whiteside also had 12 points and 12 rebounds, including 8 offensive rebounds. The offensive rebounds caught the Warriors off guard. However, of these 8 offensive rebounds, Whiteside had 4 put-back dunks, but the pass was Of the 4 goals, only 1 was converted into a score by teammates!

The Warriors' defensive strategy was too good. They would rather allow Beverley, Paul George, Richard Jefferson, Hardaway Jr. and others who were passed by Sun Ce to score points, or even let Klay Thompson score 27 He didn't let Sun Ce score so much, let alone pass and cut to block the inside.

The Warriors' own offense has made good use of the three-point threat of Curry and Harden. The two took only 8 three-pointers tonight, and they made 3 of 8 shots. Klay, who made 5 of 9 shots... Thompson scored more three-pointers alone, but the two of them, plus Iguodala, and Draymond Green who came off the bench, combined the passing and cutting to fly!

It's not that the Warriors are not afraid of Sun Ce sorting out the Grizzlies' offense. In the second half of the third quarter, when Klay Thompson scored two points and three-pointers for 11 consecutive points, the Grizzlies once narrowed the point difference to 7 points. The Warriors were also scared.

Fortunately, they held firm and did not blindly block Klay Thompson. Instead, they guarded Sun Ce. Sun Ce only made 1 of 6 three-pointers tonight.

It’s just that compared to Sun Ce sorting out the offense, the Warriors are more afraid of Sun Ce’s surge!

The last time the Grizzlies played the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers were in such good shape. After Sun Ce started to go crazy, the Trail Blazers were almost defeated by Sun Ce alone.

Before the Warriors played against the Grizzlies, they studied the games this season in which the Grizzlies were obviously at a disadvantage but eventually completed a comeback. They found that in those games, although Sun Ce sometimes got a triple-double, most of them were unsuccessful. It was Sun Ce who scored high points and got a triple-double at the same time. The key to the game was how many points Sun Ce scored, not how many balls Sun Ce passed.

On the contrary, in those games against strong teams, when Sun Ce didn't score high and had many assists, the Grizzlies had mixed wins and losses!

Therefore, the Warriors resolutely implemented the strategy of reducing Sun Ce's shots, or allowing Sun Ce to only take difficult shots. Although they were frightened by Klay Thompson's 11 points in 3 minutes and 11 seconds at the end of the third quarter, the Warriors finally completed it. Goal, refuse to be swept by the Grizzlies!

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“The Strongest Three-Point Combination 2 (Humility): A splash upgrade event.

Goal 1: The Splash Brothers formed by the host and Klay Thompson must average more three-pointers per game this season than the Wave combination composed of Stephen Curry and James Harden. (The host and Klay Thompson averaged 6.95 three-pointers per game, to be completed.)

Goal 2: The highest number of three-pointers made in a single game this season must be maintained by the host or Klay Thompson. (Klay Thompson made 12 three-pointers in a single game, temporarily leading, to be completed.)

Goal 3: In the next two games between the host team and the Warriors this season, the Splash Brothers must hit more three-pointers than the Waves in each game. (completed)

Event reward: Skill Water Splash is upgraded from level 3 to level 4.

Note: Unfinished business this season will be carried over to next season, and goal 3 will be changed from remaining matches to all matches next season, including playoff encounters..."

After the game against the Warriors, Sun Ce looked at the refreshed reminder of the completion of the event, and felt happy after all.

Looking at the headlines on the Internet, the title is "The March Madness Lords Show is not over yet, the Grizzlies unfortunately lost to the Warriors"

But Sun Ce personally felt that this match was a disastrous defeat!

Although they only lost by 8 points, Sun Ce discovered the opponent's highly targeted defensive strategy against them midway through the game.

And there was no way to solve it for a while. The opponent defended very well. Mark Jackson is best at coaching defense. It was the first time the Grizzlies encountered such a targeted and effective defense as the Warriors. Can't think of a solution for the game.

Three consecutive defeats... such a strange term...

This season, Sun Ce has really suffered all the hardships he has not suffered in the past few years.

The media is still crazy about his personal performance, and fans are still hotly discussing his statistics. In the eyes of most people, three consecutive losses is just that. There are many teams with three consecutive losses, and the Lakers are still In mid-March, they suffered a three-game losing streak and were two games behind the Spurs.

It's just that Sun Ce himself is a record fiend and is unwilling to have this kind of record broken.

However, no matter how unwilling he is, no matter how much pressure he faces, he still has to show his freedom and ease when facing the media. From the middle of this season, he rarely escapes the post-game interview after almost every game. Lan After Dov was reimbursed and Gasol was traded away, Sun Ce did not escape the post-game interview.

Pickle's little brother is still young, so we can't put any pressure on him.

And this is also the key to why the Grizzlies have endured so many hardships this season.

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After a night's rest, Sun Ce calmed down.

Looking at the online comments about their three-game losing streak, even some of the haters whose names Sun Ce remembered expressed "regret", Sun Ce's reluctance also turned into regret.

Indeed, such a record is not really a record, but it can be described as great.

Greatness will not give in. It is difficult for anti-fans to criticize a great thing. If they even criticize great things, they are not worthy of the title of anti-fan. They can only be called trolls.

There is only regret when greatness ends.

Although Sun Ce regretted that this achievement that was not a record but could be called a great achievement was interrupted, he still regained his enthusiasm. Sun Ce watched his team's record become 48 wins and 24 losses, which was tied by the Warriors. There are 10 games left. As the current pillar of the team, he must be stable!

Fortunately, their regular season record against the Warriors is 3 wins and 1 loss, and they still maintain the fourth ranking in the Western Conference for the time being.

But after three consecutive losses, the situation has reached its most critical moment. They urgently need to win a victory and stabilize their ranking.

Just the next opponent, the last game in March, is the Thunder!

The Thunder are currently 44 wins and 28 losses, and the Warriors are 15 wins and 3 losses so far after the All-Star break. They are the best in the league and the second best record is the Thunder.

From 30 wins and 24 losses to 44 wins and 28 losses, the Thunder have 14 wins and 4 losses in the past 18 games!

Except for the losses to the Lakers, Warriors, Heat, and Jazz, the Thunder won against other strong opponents, including the Spurs, Trail Blazers, Pacers, 76ers...

After breakfast, Sun Ce flew to Oklahoma City with the team and rested for a night. Tomorrow, they will play against the Thunder for the last time this season.

After arriving in Oklahoma City, Sun Ce did not catch up on sleep or play games to relax like other teammates, but contacted the management of the Ford Center and went to their gym for training.

My wife is pregnant, and I can't tell them about the pressure, nor can I let my teammates feel his pressure. I was abused playing LOL, so training is the best way to relieve stress.

While recalling the offensive performances that were not smooth this season, thinking about what to do in the face of such defense, and then practicing until the body can react naturally in the same situation in the future... While practicing the crossover step and layup, the system prompt suddenly came...

"Congratulations to the host for the layup rating from A+ to S-..."

"Because the host's layup rating has reached the top level, combined with the A-level three-point rating and A+-level mid-range rating, congratulations to the host for the overall shooting rating being raised to A+."

"Combined with the evaluation of physical fitness, technology, and shooting, the host has surpassed the first-class level. Congratulations to the host for the comprehensive ability rating breaking through to S-."