"The best regular season record in the 21st century?"

When Link saw the title, he was very surprised.

I originally thought that only 72 wins that surpass or draw the Bulls could be called great. Unexpectedly, the Grizzlies had a chance to break the record.

Although it is not as good as the title of "the best record in the league in a single season regular season", it sounds extremely honorable to add a "21st century" to the title.

This year's NBA regular season ended on April 17, and the day when the Grizzlies lost to the Nuggets was on the 16th.

In other words, there is just one whole month left in the regular season, with 18 games.

If you want to break the record, the Grizzlies can only lose 4 games in the next 18 games. If they lose more than 4 games, they can only draw, not break.

Speaking of which, the Grizzlies have only lost 10 games since 64 games. On average, they only lose one game for every 6 games.

So, it seems not difficult to win 14 games in 18 games.

But this period is very special at the end of the season. For the playoffs, the combat effectiveness of other teams will suddenly increase. And the Grizzlies, who have basically ranked first in the league, are unlikely to fight every game.

If players are injured in order to win a regular season and delay the playoffs, it will be more than worth the loss.

Whether to break a record or enter the playoffs safely is a trouble that all teams of this level must face.

Therefore, it is not that simple to win at least 14 games in 18 games.

After fighting with the Nuggets, Stevens also organized a meeting for the coaching staff. The content of the meeting was very simple - whether to follow the records or seek stability.

The coaching staff members had a heated discussion on this.

Some people think that the Grizzlies have a good chance this year. Anyway, they have already achieved the best record in the team history. It is better to keep their energy in the playoffs and strive to go further in the playoffs.

Some people believe that the opportunity to break the record is not available every season. If there is such an opportunity every season, the Bulls' single-season best record will not be maintained for so many years.

If you have the chance, you must fight for it.

Stevens was a little embarrassed, and this was really a happy trouble.

In the end, the young coach made a compromise decision - trying to break the record while ensuring that the players are physically energetic.

The Grizzlies will not chase the record with all their might, but they will not directly paddle and wait for the playoffs. For the weak team, Stevens will strive to end the battle within three quarters and minimize the consumption of the main players.

If the game is in a strong team, Stevens will not give up on resistance if the game is anxious.

Sometimes you may not care about both sides of the compromise choices. It not only loses the players' physical fitness, but also fails to break the record.

But Stevens believed in the strength of his team, and it was impossible for those guys to agree to such things as being empty at both ends.

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Since the media reported that the Grizzlies could break records, everyone on the Grizzlies have become much more serious when they are on the training ground.

In the past, everyone laughed, jokes and jokes one after another.

Now, everyone is very serious in training. Everyone is working hard to do their own things, for fear of dragging the team down.

When Elston Turner saw this, he was a little worried, "You think, will this put too much pressure on them?"

"Not that, I never said I wanted them to break the record." Stevens wrapped his hands around the sidelines, but to speak, it seemed that the stadium was too quiet.

"If you don't say it, the media will say it too. Even if you don't ask, those guys will definitely want to break the record. It's okay to play games normally, but now they'll be affected by counting the winners and losses by turning their fingers."

"Hey, what should I do? Get a psychological counselor for each of them?" Stevens covered his forehead. NCAA's crazy March was also under great pressure. He had to go home if he lost a game.

But the pressure of college basketball is still different from that of professional basketball. Moreover, the schedule of NCAA is far less intensive than that of NBA. College players already have a lot of free time to relieve stress by themselves.

But what about NBA players? In addition to the training ground and the competition field, they squeeze out their free time.

"Psychological counselors will only put more psychological pressure on them. I heard that many companies now put pool tables or table tennis tables in the office to relieve the pressure on employees. Maybe we can follow suit?"

"Not suitable," Stevens shook his head, "they are professional athletes, not the same as white-collar workers. They are exercising every day, and if they change to another sports, it may not necessarily work."

At this moment, Stevens and Turner discovered that Link and Conley were shooting. During the training interval, it was a way for players to relax.

Seeing Link and Conley having fun, Stevens changed his view.

Maybe, changing the exercise will be really useful.

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On March 18, after two consecutive rounds of away games, the Grizzlies finally returned to the Federal Express Arena.

Back at home, the enthusiasm of the fans was naturally very high. In the stands, many people held up signs like "breaking records".

There is no doubt that local Memphis fans are also very eager for their home team to break a league record.

Before Link joined the Grizzlies, the Grizzlies had the best record in the 20304 season. That year, the Grizzlies won 50 victories.

50 wins, this number is great enough for the Grizzlies. But for most NBA teams, 50 wins in a single season are simply not worth mentioning.

This year, the Grizzlies finally have the opportunity to create history, so fans naturally don’t want to miss it.

The players are in good shape today. Faced with the Timberwolves, who have only won 23 games so far this season, the Grizzlies are not ruthless.

Fortunately in the first quarter, the Grizzlies beat the Timberwolves 22-20, and it seemed that this would be another anxious game.

In the second quarter, it turned 23 to 19. The Timberwolves began to feel something was wrong, and everyone from the Grizzlies seemed to have "warmed up".

In the third quarter, the Grizzlies no longer cover up. The Grizzlies completely tore the Timberwolves apart at 29 to 14 in a single quarter.

In the third quarter, the Grizzlies restricted the Timberwolves to only 4 of 21 shots. Yes, they made 4 of them in one quarter, which was simply inhumane. Link scored 8 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds in a single quarter, which was considered to have created this three-quarter clock-in and get off work.

In the end, the Grizzlies beat the Timberwolves at home with a score of 98-77. Link scored 22 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in the third quarter. The Grizzlies won 55 and lost 10, and got closer to the league record.

After the game, everyone returned to the locker room with a chat and a smile. Stevens stood in front of the tactical whiteboard, smiling.

After everyone came back, the young man clapped his hands and said that he was going to speak.

Everyone immediately became quiet, and at the beginning of the season, some people said that Stevens, who was too young, could not hold on to the Grizzlies' locker room.

But throughout the season, Stevens got along very happily with everyone. The Grizzlies players were not "afraid of" him, but were "willing" to cooperate with him.

This is what makes Stevens unique.

"Congratulations, guys, it's another big win! Well, I won't talk nonsense. I know, you've been exhausted recently. So I think we have to change our training tomorrow."

After Stevens said this, the players were interested, including Link.

Seeing that everyone stared at him with anticipation, Stevens continued, "For tomorrow's training, we won't play basketball, we will instead play table tennis."

The players looked at each other and played table tennis? What the hell!

"If you play table tennis, no one can beat Link." Randolph complained, causing everyone to laugh.

Link shook his head. It seems that the perception that Chinese people can play table tennis is as deep as Americans can play basketball. Although he is only Chinese, he is still automatically classified as the type of people who can play table tennis.

"No, we will play table tennis tomorrow, even Link must have never played. Elston, take the things in and out!"

Stevens clapped his hands and assistant coach Elston Turner took a table tennis racket from outside the locker room door.

This table tennis racket is not an ordinary table tennis racket, it is as big as half a person! It is so funny when you hold it in your hand.

The table tennis ball that Turner brought in was as big as a basketball. Looking at the enlarged version of the set of table tennis, the players were stunned.

"How is it? Interested?"

Looking at everyone's excited eyes, Stevens' smile gradually became proud.
Chapter completed!