The Grizzlies played very hard tonight.

The Grizzlies' starting players, except for Oden, McGrady is now 34 years old, Carter is now 36 years old, Gasol is now 33 years old, and even Battier is now 35 years old.

For these Grizzlies players, this season is almost their last chance.

If this season still ends in failure, then they must definitely leave the Grizzlies.

After leaving the Grizzlies, their reputation can also lead to jobs in the NBA.

But if you want to find a starting job with teams like the Seattle SuperSonics, Lakers and Warriors, it's impossible.

It can be said that after leaving the Grizzlies, they will enter another stage of their careers.

A stage of slowly fading away from the NBA and heading towards retirement.

Do they want this?

Of course not!

So, they must succeed in Grizzlies!

Success with the Grizzlies doesn't mean a championship.

Helping the Grizzlies stabilize Oden's heart is also a success.

This is Oden's seventh season in the NBA. Oden can opt out of his contract next season. If Oden still gets nothing this season, it will be difficult for the Grizzlies to believe that Oden will choose to stay here.

Therefore, next season, whether Oden is willing or not, the Grizzlies will make a final effort to retain Oden and make drastic reforms to the team.

And they are undoubtedly the targets of reform.

Moreover, this is only from the perspective of their own interests. Even if it is not for themselves, even if it is for Oden and the Grizzlies, they will never allow themselves to gain nothing in these years.

You know, Oden and the Grizzlies have given them too much respect over the years.

Let’s not talk about others, let’s just talk about Tracy McGrady. When he was disliked by the Mosaic team in his heart, the Grizzlies throughout the league chose to trust him unconditionally.

Although he no longer has the same athletic ability as when he was at his peak, his height and technical ability allow him to still be an excellent passer and shooter on the court even if he loses his athletic ability.

Whether it is for themselves or for the trust that the Grizzlies and Oden have gained over the years, they will not allow the Grizzlies and Oden to gain nothing in these years, and let Oden or the Grizzlies feel that they have wrongly trusted them for so many years and that Oden has wasted so many years.

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They are all proud people.

No matter how old they are now, they are unwilling to leave in Oden's mind the years they were teammates with, which is a worthless period of time!

After Carter hit the first three-pointer of the game, the look on his face did not show any excitement, but instead became more determined.

The same goes for Tracy McGrady and Battier, who retreated to the backcourt with him.

"This game has only just begun!"

In this game, these veterans of the Grizzlies surprised and shocked the Seattle SuperSonics players from the beginning.

"Everyone of these is mature!"

James Harden, who had just been teased by Gasol, looked depressed as he looked at the old men retreating in an orderly manner.

Although other Sonics players are not as depressed as James Harden, they still very much agree with James Harden's words.

These Grizzlies players are indeed in a state of maturity now. Carter, Gasol, Battier and even Tracy McGrady, their current golf IQs are simply terrifying.

And not only is the court high, their strength is also quite outstanding now.

Let’s take the Grizzlies’ three oldest perimeter players, Carter, Tracy McGrady and Battier. Their three-point shooting percentages in the playoffs last season all reached 40%. The reason why the Grizzlies were in the playoffs last season

We lasted seven games with the Warriors because Oden's complete maturity and the three-point shooting control of the three perimeter veterans reached a new level.

A super center, plus three players who shoot 40% of three-pointers, the power of this combination can produce a chemical reaction.

In this regular season, the three of them maintained such a shooting percentage.

In addition to the three veterans on the outside, Gasol's various statistics this season, including points, rebounds, assists and even blocks, have all increased. Can you believe it?

At the beginning, Gasol's ability value was marked as 81 by 2K. By now in the game, Gasol's 2K value has risen to 87.

Many people are laughing and saying that Bennett himself has not consecrated yet, but has instead consecrated a bunch of other players.

Gasol is one of them.

Of course, from a scientific point of view, it is certainly not because of Bennett's consecration.

According to Nelson, from a scientific point of view it is.

The Grizzlies' three veterans on the perimeter have continued their performance in the playoffs last season. This season, the trio's outside shooting has reached such heights for the first time.

The three of them have worked together for so many years, and their three-point shooting ability has never been as threatening as it is now.

At the same time, due to their age, their organizational responsibilities have gradually faded, and more organizational responsibilities have been handed over to Gasol and Oden.

Especially Gasol, because Gasol is the key link between the Grizzlies inside and outside.

When you connect the inside and outside points in series, with Oden, the league's No. 1 center, on the inside, and three veteran shooters on the outside who have hit more than 40% of their three-pointers, it is actually very simple for you to get the data.

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Regardless of whether it is transmitted inside or outside, the data can be obtained.

It can't even be passed inside or outside, which means that Gasol can still get data and score data when the defense is tight both inside and outside.

From Nelson's perspective, the Grizzlies are indeed completely old this season, but the team's chemical reaction is the best since the team was formed!

No kidding, this grizzly bear's current chemistry is truly outstanding.

Nelson is not the only one who sees it this way.

Phil Jackson in front of the TV also thinks so.

"Simplifying the complex, now the Grizzlies have completely simplified the complex on the offensive end!"

There are no fancy tricks, but the opponent just can't guard against it.

"This Grizzly Bear may have difficulty maintaining strength for a long time in the regular season due to his age, but if he only plays one game or a series, it will be very scary!"

After Phil Jackson finished speaking, the Lakers players around him also nodded.

And little magician E.J. Johnson was also secretly speechless.

These old bacon uncles aren't really going to take off this season, are they?

Just like Nowitzki who suddenly took off in 2011.

At this moment, the Seattle SuperSonics on TV started attacking again.

The Grizzlies' defense is very sophisticated, and they still didn't give the Seattle SuperSonics a chance to break fast this time.

Of course, Gasol is still the Grizzlies' weakness.

After being tricked by James Harden on the Seattle SuperSonics' first possession, Gasol was also quite uncomfortable.

This is also the reason why he just teased James Harden and regained the situation.

This time, Gasol chose not to defend James Harden, but instead defended Leonard.

Yees and Durant are definitely unable to defend.

James Harden's trick just now proved that the same defense can't work.

In that case, try Leonard.

Anyway, the Seattle SuperSonics has five players on the field, except for Antetokounmpo who is pressing inside. In this game, he always has to find the weakest offensive weakness.

As the Grizzlies' defensive weakness on the court, Gasol's defense is very serious.

Even more serious than when he defended James Harden before.

Compared with James Harden's ball-handling style, Leonard's ball-handling style in front of him is the type he prefers to defend.

The rhythm of this card after card does not seem to be very fast, he seems to be really able to keep up!

Suddenly, Gasol's confidence doubled!

Of course Leonard didn't know what Gasol was thinking right now. After a crotch strike in front of Gasol, Leonard dribbled directly onto Gasol's body.

Both the dribbling action and the rhythm of the dribbling are so simple and unpretentious, but when Leonard, who was attached to Gasol, made a fake shot and made a real breakthrough, he directly passed Gasol behind him.

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The rhythm is indeed not fast, and the dribbling is not that gorgeous.

But his palm is too big!

The basketball feels like it's being absorbed by his hand, causing his fake moves to look real just like Jordan's!

Although his one-stop rhythm is slower than Jordan's, the final effect is the same as Jordan's.

Leonard half-turned unhurriedly and broke through Gasol. He did not break through to the inside to challenge Oden like James Harden. Instead, he jumped up very calmly and faced Gasol who rushed back.

, leaning back and throwing the basketball in his hand.

Fallback jump shot!

Gasol's block had no defensive effect because Leonard's shooting point was much higher than James Harden's and he was leaning back.
To be continued...