In the West, the basic goal of the season is to position the second round of the playoffs... quite bold!

In this ghost place in the West, there are common examples of teams that were regarded as contenders for the championship at the beginning of the playoffs and were eliminated in the first round.

As of now, NBA has three Black Eights in history, two of which are normal Black Eights in the West, while the Black Eights in the East have shrunk season. The first eighth in the East is missing 6 wins. If last season is

Judging from the 32 points of the 50-win Celtics defeating the 61-win Cavaliers in the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Black Eight in the Eastern Conference was actually just a series that was evenly matched, and the Knicks won only one point in the five-time Knicks.

So apart from those championship teams, almost no Western team management would have made it clear to the players at the beginning of the season that they would play until the second round at least.

Generally speaking, it is very general, such as the Rockets' "Our goal is the championship, don't underestimate our championship heart."

But for Grizzlies players, this has become a way to motivate them.

It means the team has confidence!

This has achieved results last season and is also stressful, but it is also motivation for young Grizzlies players who want to go further this season.

On October 9, Sun Ce and his teammates arrived in Miami first, then took a chartered flight for nearly nine hours, and arrived at Madrid's Barajas Airport.

It was lunch time when we took off from Miami. After flying to Madrid, it was breakfast time on the 10th... This feeling was so sour.

In fact, if the time difference reaches between 8 hours and 16 hours, it is relatively easier to adjust. The time difference of these six hours is really uncomfortable, neither up nor down.

Sun Ce watched TV in the hotel and saw it in the evening, then went to the gym to practice Nash training.

On the 11th, the match day with Real Madrid is here.

During breakfast time, most players are not able to adapt to the 6-hour time difference.

But there was an interview this morning, and at noon, a charity event was held in Madrid. There was only time to rest in the afternoon, and we had to play against Real Madrid in the evening.

But when everyone else was half dead, I saw Sun Ce wandering among the media with vitality...

I'm envious!

This physical recovery ability is so strong!

Sun Ce's physical recovery ability is famous for the NBA, commonly known as the grass-resistant one. However, the new teammates were shocked to see that Sun Ce had to practice more after training every day and could recover every day.

Even Paul George, a rookie who is half a year younger than Sun Ce, has far less physical recovery than Sun Ce.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Grizzlies' away game against Real Madrid began.

After more than a day of rest, the Grizzlies players finally recovered to some state in the evening. As the semi-finals of the Champions League last season and the league champion, Real Madrid's strength is among the top players in the current European basketball league, and its strength is quite good.

The Grizzlies and Real Madrid played very fiercely.

Spain has several other stars with strength to attack the NBA and NBA strength, including 19-year-old Nikola Mirotic, who made 7 of 12 three-pointers in this game and scored the Grizzlies.

The team doesn't want it, Randolph, Yi Jianlian and Bathir are useless in taking turns to defend.

The Spanish team's basketball strength, if all the strongest players are dispatched, such as playing in the Olympics... they are really the second in the world!

Sun Ce probably has the strength of the world basketball world, and the second one is the only one in Spain. Other countries are not in the first two.

A player like Mirotic failed to be selected for this year's World Championships...

After becoming a naturalized member of the Thunder, Ibaka has not been selected for the Spanish national team because she is still too frugal.

Sun Ce didn't play much today. He was replaced after a few minutes on the bench. It was mainly because Vazquez adapted to the rhythm of the adult game on the court.

Both teams played very anxiously in the first three quarters because the Grizzlies used rotational rosters and marginal players most of the time. The Grizzlies' 15-man roster was full and they did not sign a training camp contract, so they directly started to run into the role player lineup.

Like Sun Ce, his characteristic is that most of his playing styles can adapt quickly, so it is mainly due to the tactics of other people and the drills.

In the first three quarters, we tried Conley, Tony Allen, Bathir, Yi Jianlian, and Gasol Jr.'s pure defensive lineup; we tried Vazquez, Morrow, Paul George, Bathir, and Gasol Jr.'s class.

European tactical play...

The main reason is that the Grizzlies have a running-in tactic mentality, so Real Madrid can compete with the Grizzlies.

In the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies sent Conley, Tony Allen, Guy, Bathir, and Gasol Jr. to score a 26-14-minute score in one quarter.

Guy scored 15 points in the last quarter, helping the Grizzlies turn around 77-80 in three quarters to reverse Real Madrid and win their first preseason victory.

The key point is defense! Battier is the one who has the best defense against Mirotic who scored 33 points in a single game. Of course, it is relative. Mirotic still scored 7 points in the last quarter, but Conley and Tony Allen on the outside,

The aggressive defensive combination composed of Guy and the three players is even the top NBA outside, and there is also a little Gasol who has only played for 9 minutes in the first three quarters. The fourth quarter is almost full.

This made Spain's outside line unstoppable and there was no chance to invest.

Indeed, NBA playoff teams and European League strong teams still have great strength advantages, and the game is mainly tactical running-in.

Sun Ce played for 7 minutes in the game. Although he had strong recovery ability, the coaching staff still wanted him to try his best to rest before the start of the regular season. Anyway, from the overall perspective, there is no need to worry about Sun Ce and his teammates running-in.

The coaching staff knows Sun Ce's terrible adaptability very well, so they don't have to play in the first game. Sun Ce will have to show his face in the next Chinese game, just like playing Real Madrid's Gasol Jr. in the final quarter today.

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After playing Real Madrid, the next day at 7 a.m. on the 12th, the Grizzlies flew to the Chinese imperial capital...

By chance, another 6 hours of time difference!

This time I was relatively better. I flew directly from Madrid Barajas Airport to Capital International Airport. I arrived at the imperial capital at around 10 o'clock in the evening and started sleeping when I returned to the hotel.

This time it was relatively beneficial to some experience. The players kept holding on the plane and didn't sleep. They only started to sleep when they arrived at the hotel in the Imperial Capital. The next day, the Grizzlies players were much better than when they went to Spain.

On the 13th, the Mavericks also finished the game against Leverkusen in the Bundesliga and then arrived in the Imperial Capital.
Chapter completed!