The Charlotte Bobcats, an NBA team with less than 10 years of history, is the second youngest team in the NBA league now, and the youngest one is the Thunder. The Thunder and his predecessor, Seattle Supersonics, do not have a strong inheritance relationship, so strictly speaking, the Thunder is the team with the shortest history today.

Although the Bobcats are "older" than the Thunder, their NBA journey is not as smooth as the Thunder. Last season, under the leadership of "Elvis Presbyterian" Gerald Wallace and Stephen Jackson, the Bobcats finally made it to the playoffs for the first time in the team history.

This year, the Bobcats' goal is naturally to continue to enter the playoffs while striving to go further in the playoffs. Although the Bobcats' lineup has not been much strengthened this season, their goal is not impossible to achieve. After all, in the East, the competition is far less fierce than the West.

Therefore, for the invading Memphis Grizzlies, the Bobcats' goal is to bite off a piece of meat. Because Gerald Wallace was injured early, the Bobcats' record this year is not ideal. The season has reached its current record, with only 13 wins and 21 losses.

Such results are difficult to enter the top eight even in the East where competition is not fierce. Therefore, they must win every game they should win as much as possible. Facing the Grizzlies who have just finished playing back-to-back and are still exhausted, it is a game they should win for the Bobcats.

Stephen Jackson, who is already 33, came to the training hall early today, and he was carrying a huge responsibility on his shoulders.

Gerald Wallace was injured and asked Stephen Jackson to leave his favorite No. 2 position and go to play in the third position. The Grizzlies' star happened to be a No. 3 player.

But don't look at Stephen Jackson as a "bad guy", but in fact he is a very professional player.

The so-called extraordinary professionalism means that Stephen Jackson always puts team victory first. It is precisely because of this attitude that he can win the championship with the Spurs. It is precisely because of this attitude that he can help the Warriors perform the Black Eight Miracle. It is precisely because of this attitude that he was able to drag the Bobcats into the playoffs with Gerald Wallace last season.

Although this veteran of this profession has caused a lot of trouble off the court, he has always been serious about basketball.

In addition to Rudy Guy, Stephen Jackson was also very concerned about the Grizzlies' undraft. Perhaps there are still many people in this league who despise Link, but Stephen Jackson is by no means one of them.

Back then, as a second round pick, Stephen Jackson was not much better than Link. After being selected, he was quickly cut off, and then he made a living in the Mainland Basketball Association, Australia, Venezuela, Dominican and other places. He wandered for a long time before finally returning to the NBA.

What's the result? As a result, he, the player who was abandoned at the time, averaged 21.1 points per game last season. He averaged more than 16 points per game in two seasons, and he averaged 20 points per game for two consecutive years.

Stephen Jackson knows better than anyone that your background does not determine everything in your career. What level of athlete you can become depends on your acquired attainments.

Therefore, Stephen Jackson believes that it is not luck that Link plays so well. After all, he climbs up step by step.

If Rudy Guy doesn't perform well in today's game, Stephen Jackson can't take it lightly, because the yellow-skinned No. 0 will definitely try his best to seize all opportunities like he was back then!

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"Damn it, I feel like I can sleep all day." Randolph complained lazily on the bus heading to the Time Warner Center Arena.

After fighting back to back the day before yesterday, everyone was very tired. But there was no way, the players had to put away their luggage immediately and headed towards Charlotte non-stop.

After two and a half hours of flight, the Grizzlies players finally landed in Charlotte. Before they could rest for a long time, they had to train again in the afternoon.

Today, starting from noon, the team will go to the Bobcats home court and prepare for the Warner Times Center Arena. The work of the NBA players is not just about playing those 48 minutes. The preparation for a game will actually start very early. For the players, from the moment they prepare for the game, they have started working.

At this time, Randolph was not the only one on the Grizzlies' bus. More than half of the players looked tired on their faces.

It’s not that everyone doesn’t want to work hard anymore, but that they are really tired. The intensity of the NBA game is so strong that they have to play three games in four days and fly around during this period, which no one can stand.

Randolph looked out the window with no desire, but when he turned around, he found Link watching the Bobcats game video attentively.

"Did you vomit before you see it? You've been watching it since you got on the bus." Randolph sometimes really admires Link's patience.

"I've watched it five times, and the Bobcats lost Gerard Wallace in an instant after they lost one offensive point. With our defensive strength, it's not difficult to limit them."

"Damn it," Randolph held his forehead, "please, let me rest for a while and stop talking about tactics. Speaking of which, you kid is very energetic and was very energetic when training yesterday. Wouldn't you be tired? Did you practice more yesterday? How did you recover your physical fitness?"

"I'm only 22 years old, Zach, I'm still young." Link joked that good physical fitness is a condition he has. In the past, Link was useless in physical fitness, but when his physical fitness and Hill's ability were integrated, it became very practical.

Randolph, who is about to turn 30 in July this year, gave Link a blank look and felt heartbroken. Before he knew it, he was about to become a 30-year-old.

As we chatted, the huge Warner Times Center Arena appeared in front of Link. Others from the Grizzlies frowned when they saw this Arena. Only Link was full of expectations and yearning for tonight's game.

He is not tired at all, and he is eager to fight.

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Although Hollins had long guessed that this game in Charlotte would not be too easy, he really didn't expect it to be so difficult.

On the court, Randolph passed the ball back to Conley under the defense of French striker Burris Dior, because the Big Black Bears found that he had no chance of making a phone call, and Dior kept his defense against him.

When Conley received the basketball, he looked at the timer on the rebound. He looked at the timer on the rebound and there was not much time left in the offensive, so he simply attacked by himself.

Conley's matchup d.j. Augustine is only 1.83 meters tall. Espn once used a sentence to describe him, "This guy is not helpful to the team on the defensive end."

But today, Augustine is 1.83 meters tall and stressed Conley. As long as Augustine confronts him, Conley feels tired.

After finally carrying Augustine into the inside, Conley was blocked by Kwame Brown, the famous NBA parallel player.

Although Brown did not show his strength as the No. 1 pick, he could still play a major rotation in the NBA. His defense was very tough, which even worsened the difficulty of Conley's goal.

Under the joint efforts of Augustine and Kwame Brown, Conley's layup came out of the box. Hollins sighed. The team's offensive efficiency today was terrible.

"I missed again. The Grizzlies' offense is very weak today. Randolph, Conley, Guy and Mayo are not efficient today. None of them have a shooting percentage of more than 45%. The Bobcats counterattacked, and Stephen Jackson pulled out two steps within the three-point line. Bang! The ball went in, and Rudy Guy had no response to Jackson's shooting. The Bobcats led by 8 points, and the Grizzlies had to adjust as soon as possible."

Seeing Stephen Jackson score another goal, Lionel Hollins called for a stop to the game. Guy was like this. When he was very tired, he would be inattentive on the defensive end. Stephen Jackson was a good player who could shoot, but just now Guy didn't even give Jackson a confrontation.

After 6 minutes of the game, the Grizzlies were already 8 points behind. Of course, it was not Gay's fault that the Grizzlies played poorly today, and the Five Tigers were almost very weak.

When the players walked off the court, Hollins could clearly see each of them gasping. When the players were exhausted with huge physical energy, any tactics were futile. Because if the players could not execute, no matter how exquisite your tactics were arranged, it would be useless.

Finally, Hollins had no choice but to turn his eyes to Link, the only Grizzlies player who was still energetic so far.

"Link, you come on the court. Next, I need you to take over the attack."

Link raised his head suddenly, and he couldn't wait! 4-day 3 games were not a problem for him, and the problem was that he was afraid of not playing time. Guy performed too well in the first two games, which caused Link to not play much, and he was almost crazy. Now, he can finally release his remaining strength.

Wait, what did the coach just said?
Chapter completed!