Basketball K God

Chapter 455 The Best of the First Month

The official website of the Grizzlies is promoting the team's entry into the playoffs. Of course, Xie Kai's election as the scoring champion is also the focus of their promotion.This team is about to advance to the playoffs for the second consecutive year, and this time, they don't have to face the No. 2 in the West, and they have home court advantage in the playoffs for the first time.

Grizzlies VS Clippers G1, the first round of the playoffs, will be held on April 4 at the FedEx Arena in Memphis.

On April 4, once the G28 tickets for the Grizzlies VS Clippers series were on sale, they were sold out quickly, at a speed comparable to the tickets for the Western Conference Finals last season.

On the same day, the NBA officially announced the best players in the East and West in April.

The East's Player of the Month is Carmelo Anthony from the New York Knicks, while the West's Player of the Month is Xie Kai from the Memphis Grizzlies.

This is the first time Xie Kai has won the Player of the Month honor since entering the league.The best of the month is much more difficult than the best of the week.It is not uncommon for ordinary players to lead their team to victory in two or three consecutive games within a week, but if they have achieved outstanding records within a month and have achieved outstanding statistics, the difficulty will be high.

在刚过去的4月份，谢开在17场比赛中，率队取得了14胜3负的出色战绩。自己在场均38.4分钟的上场时间里，场均可以砍下27.5分6.9个篮板7个助攻2.3次抢断以及1.5个封盖。

It is also because of Xie Kai's outstanding performance that the Grizzlies were able to surpass the Clippers in the final stage of the season and rose to the fourth place in the Western Conference.And he himself faced the Heat's Big Three in the away game and scored a triple-double, which provided him with enough tough performance to win the best of the month.

For Xie Kai, the end of this season is basically perfect.Helped the team get the home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, and personally won the best and scoring champion in the first month.

But he is very clear that what he needs to do now is not to be complacent, but to prepare for the first round of the playoffs.The Clippers are not that easy to deal with. When the two teams played against each other this season, they won and lost each other.

The Clippers ranked third from the bottom in the Western Conference last season with 32 wins and 50 losses.But who would have thought that after Paul's trade to the Lakers failed, they got him in a lucky trade.After getting him, Los Angeles has become "the city of lobs", and Jordan and Griffin have the opportunity to ravage the basket every game, which is simply too violent.

In this round of the series, the Grizzlies are the more promising side.Before the start of the series, whether it was the odds on the gaming side, or media reporters, experts, NBA celebrities and other parties, they were more optimistic about the Grizzlies' advancement.

Everyone's point of view is quite consistent: First, from the experience of the two teams in the playoffs, it would be better for the Grizzlies to reach the Western Conference Finals last season.In the Clippers, except for Paul, the other core players have no playoff experience; the second is the Clippers' inside advantage. The third is that no one in the Clippers can match Xie Kai.In the playoffs that pay more attention to matchups, this is very terrible.

Of course, the strength gap between the two teams is far from that big, and it is possible for anyone to advance.Anything can happen in the playoffs, such as injuries, which may affect the final trend of the series.

The Grizzlies are actively preparing for the game.Their goal this season is naturally to compete for the championship, after all, they have entered the Western Conference Finals last season.

Arenas was very emotional during the training. He said to Xie Kai with a smile: "It's really like a dream. I'm going to play in the playoffs again. Haha, I thought I would never play again in my career. We have a chance to play in the playoffs!"

Seeing the emotional expression of the general, Xie Kai could also understand the sadness in his heart.The last time Arenas entered the playoffs was in the 2007-08 season.After that, the Wizards gradually became unable to compete with those strong teams in the East, and now they have completely entered the rebuilding period.

"Come on in the playoffs! We need your help!" Xie Kai smiled and stretched out his hand.

Arenas smiled and held Xie Kai's hand: "Come on!"

Xie Kai knows very well what the performance of the second team players represented by Arenas means to this team.If the strength of the Grizzlies' starting lineup is considered the first in the league, then the strength of the second lineup may be the last in the league.It is impossible for the main players to play a full 2 minutes, and they definitely need to rest. During this time, the players in the second team need to stand up.

Xie Kai certainly hopes that the general can regain some of his peak state, which can be said to be an X factor for the Grizzlies to go further in the playoffs.

On April 4, FedEx Arena in Memphis.

Tonight will be the first game of the first round of the playoffs, and this venue is the first time to host a G1 playoff game.

Xie Kai's parents, relatives and friends have already arrived at the scene early to cheer for him.Zhou Jing didn't come, she still has some things to deal with at school.

This game is of great significance to the Grizzlies. If it can be won, it will make a good start for this year's playoffs.

Before the game started, the scene was almost full of fans.

The Grizzlies have prepared white cultural shirts for every fan who comes to watch the game, aiming to create an atmosphere in this way.

For Xie Kai, playing the Clippers in the first round is a good choice. After all, the Clippers' home court is also in Staples, and Staples is equivalent to his second home court.

The momentum of the Grizzlies at home is quite large, thanks to the excellent atmosphere created by the fans.

The mascot Gray was excitedly interacting with the fans. He waved the team flag and made exaggerated movements towards the fans in the front row, which caused the fans to burst into laughter.

The Grizzlies players felt that they were very relaxed from the warm-up before the game. They had enough confidence to beat the Clippers and advance to the second round of the playoffs.

The commentators for this game are TNT's Kevin Harlan and Steve Kerr.

Soon, the starting lineups of both sides were announced.

The starting lineup of the Grizzlies at home is: center-Marc Gasol, power forward-Zach Randolph, small forward-Rudy Gay, shooting guard-Xie Kai, point guard — Mike Conley.

This starting lineup has been very stable from the regular season to the playoffs. Of course, part of the reason is that there is no one on their bench who can replace any of these five people.

The starting lineup of the Clippers for the away game is: center - DeAndre Jordan, power forward - Blake Griffin, small forward - Caron Butler, shooting guard - Randy Fowler Yeah, point guard -- Chris Paul.

The Clippers' starting lineup is also the most used set in the regular season. At least in terms of starting lineups, the two teams have been relatively stable.

(End of this chapter)