I don’t know why, but when he came to Memphis this time and thought about the game against the Grizzlies, Lillard felt very uneasy.

So far this season, Lillard has already locked up the best rookie of the season, but because he will turn 23 in July this summer, he is still not optimistic, and he is considered to be a potential that has been fully developed in college.

Just an older rookie.

He has been fighting hard and trying his best to prove himself when facing various stars. But even if he is an older rookie and his talent has been developed more than other rookies, compared with those stars who have been in the NBA for many years, he is still

Far from it, often abused.

The main reason is that the team's lineup this season is far worse than before, and a large number of high-quality role players have been lost. Their team does not have the ability to really compete with strong teams, and at most it can occasionally be upset.

Therefore, the record is poor. Compared with the record when Roy, who suffered serious injuries in previous seasons, led the team, the record is currently 29 wins and 45 losses, last in the Western Conference.

All in all, even if Lillard locks in the Rookie of the Year, his exposure rate is much worse than that of Bradley Beal, Anthony Davis, Andre Drummond and others.

People seem to be particularly harsh on him, always comparing him to the best rookies in the past few years, and even comparing him to Roy.

However, they seem to be very tolerant of Lillard's fellow rookies and only look at their merits.

Even Beverley of the Grizzlies received more praise than Billard, and Beverley's mad-dog-like defense received quite good reviews.

This is a very contradictory situation. People don't seem to regard Lillard as a rookie. They always compare him with top players, but also say that he has no potential.

Lillard could not ignore these situations, but he was not discouraged and kept working hard.

Tonight, we are going to play the Grizzlies, and we are going to play against the best rookie from three years ago. Lillard is once again ready to challenge the already famous stars!

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"Damir Lillard, ability evaluation is A-..."

Looking at the evaluation of Lillard's ability, Sun Ce recalled that Lillard should be the player with the highest ability evaluation in his rookie season in recent years, except Evans and Griffin.

He remembered that after Lillard entered the small ball era, he would suddenly become a scorer averaging 25+ per game and occasionally be selected for the All-Star and All-NBA teams.

But the current Lillard, in Sun Ce's opinion, is just average. He has not even triggered the event of "dominance of the new generation", and perhaps has not met the triggering conditions. After all, Lillard will still be very strong in the future and will be the best in the future.

One of six defenders.

This game didn't get much attention. The Spurs, led by the "Godfather of NBA Fashion," will have their last regular season contest with the Lakers tonight. The Grizzlies didn't pay much attention to their game against a weak team.

Speaking of the Trail Blazers' lineup, Sun Ce thinks the opponent's starting lineup is pretty good. Aldridge, who is entering his peak S-level with an average of 21 points and 9 rebounds per game; Matthews, who averages 14 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game;

Batum, who averaged 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.1 blocks; **Hickson, who averaged 12 points and 10.2 rebounds per game; and Lillard, who averaged 19 points and 6.5 assists per game.

But the substitutes, compared to the past few years, are too bad. Last season, Batum was only a substitute, and the starting small forward was Gerald Wallace. Matthews was also a substitute, and Jamal Crawford.

Nolan Smith, Kurt Thomas…

Compared with the lineup with tens of millions of salaries in previous years, the current Trail Blazers are much worse.

It seems that a salary of more than 73 million is not bad, but these 73 million plus Roy's salary of more than 16 million, which has been amnesty, means that the Blazers' salary is less than the poverty line...

Sun Ce's goal tonight is simple, just hold off the Blazers' fierce starting lineup in the opponent's starting lineup.

He remembered that the Trail Blazers were famous for being a team that relied solely on their starting lineup for several years to come. It was easy to deal with a team that had nothing but its starting lineup.

…

At 5:30 in the evening, the Grizzlies' home game against the Trail Blazers started.

For the Grizzlies, Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Randolph, and Gasol started the lineup.

For the Trail Blazers, the starting lineup of Lillard, Matthews, Batum, ** Hickson, and Aldridge appeared.

Sun Ce beat Aldridge in the jump ball, and the Grizzlies attacked first!

Paul George received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, and Sun Ce pulled away to the right corner. He knew that his touch was not good, but others did not. After all, he was also a three-point shooting madman who averaged 4.1 three-pointers per game.

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Paul George lobbed the ball to Randolph who was stuck in the low post. Before the game, Sun Ce tempted Randolph to play more singles on the pretext of letting Randolph retaliate against the Trail Blazers.

Randolph caught the ball and felt that Sun Ce was such a good brother!

After receiving the ball, Randolph attacked Aldridge. Lillard, who was guarding Tony Allen, immediately moved in to attack. Tony Allen cut in from the middle. Sun Ce also cut in from the right baseline in time to help Randolph disperse the opponent's attack.

attention.

Randolph went one on two! Turning around and throwing... he missed!

But Aldridge didn't guard the rebound well, Hickson and Kasun Ce went. Randolph's fierce self-shooting, steal and then shot, made a tip-in!

Being unable to defend is the norm. The Trail Blazers are used to it. Aldridge's defense is just okay. He plays average defense as a center. It's pretty good to be able to play center in the Trail Blazers without getting hurt.

**-Hickson is useless on the defensive end despite his high rebounding skills.

The Trail Blazers are no longer the defensive powerhouse they were in the past few years.

During the transition between offense and defense, Lillard advanced, and unlike Paul George who he expected to guard him, he saw Sun Ce guarding the top arc.

This makes Lillard extremely excited. When he reaches the three-point line and there is no chance to shoot, he will break out!

Lillard was very confident in himself, and then... he was blocked in the middle distance by Sun Ce...

Lillard just wants to defeat Sun Ce and become famous. As for whether he has the ability or not, he doesn't care, he just wants to be tough!

As a result, Lillard's fadeaway mid-range shot was slapped down by Sun Ce!

Tianke!

For a player like Lillard who plays with a technical style, Sun Ce defends very well!

Lillard has A+ level speed, A level strength, and S- level explosive acceleration... He is a player with a strong body, solid basic shooting skills, and extremely high golf IQ.

But! Lillard’s outstanding aspects happen to be Sun Ce’s outstanding aspects, and at the same age, Sun Ce is even better!

Coupled with the "Acceleration and Direction Change Level 4", Sun Ce can have a second burst of acceleration on the defensive end. Lillard's very powerful change of direction breakthrough, Sun Ce just restrained.
Chapter completed!