Because the Grizzlies suffered a losing streak last month, Xie Kai failed to win the honor of the Western Conference Player of the Month last month. The winner of this award from the Thunder was Kevin Durant of the Thunder.

In fact, the Grizzlies' overall performance last month was OK, with a series of losses, but also a series of victories. With a shortage of major generals, Xie Kai's performance did not drop much compared to November. So he was not able to win the best of the month for the rest of the year, which only shows that the judges' requirements for him are getting higher and higher.

On January 3, although the White Bears were still on the injury list, the Grizzlies easily defeated the Suns and ushered in a 6-game winning streak.

A day later, the Grizzlies played back-to-back away against the Denver Nuggets. At the Denver Plateau, they were beaten by better-performing opponents and missed the seven-game winning streak.

After the winning streak was terminated, the Grizzlies' record reached 24 wins and 8 losses, continuing to rank third in the West.

On January 6, the Grizzlies defeated the Pistons away and refused to lose in a row.

On January 8, in a focus battle, the Grizzlies were beaten by the Spurs' daeda at home and lost their opponents.

On January 11, the Grizzlies defeated the Suns at home, but refused to lose in a row.

Two days later, the Grizzlies defeated the Hawks at home and ushered in two consecutive victories.

On January 15, in a focus battle, the Grizzlies lost to the Thunder at home and sent their opponent back to second place in the West.

After the game, the Grizzlies' record reached 27 wins and 10 losses, ranking third in the Western Conference.

Before this game, according to the NBA official website, the candidate for the Eastern Conference Star Team's head coach for the 2014 NBA All-Star Game has been officially confirmed, and he is the Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel. And here in the West Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks will serve as the Western Conference All-Star Head Coach. Since Spurs coach Popovich was the Western Conference All-Star Head Coach in 2013, according to the rules, the All-Star Head Coach cannot be re-elected.

The Grizzlies have played several tough battles recently, but their performance is not satisfactory. Fortunately, after the game against the Thunder, the White Bears, who are absent from many games, will make a comeback!

This is very good news for the Grizzlies. These days when the White Bears were absent, their inside defense has declined a lot, allowing the Black Bears to play center forward, and their performance in the frame protection is far inferior to the White Bears, and they cannot play their offensive advantage.

On January 16, the Grizzlies played back-to-back away against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Just finished playing the Thunder at home and went to the East to play the Bucks away. For the Grizzlies, it would be a bit tiring to get tired of driving. However, the NBA's regular season schedule is like this, with many back-to-backs, which is inevitable, because everyone is the same.

The Bucks didn't play well last season, with a record of 38 wins and 44 losses even less than 50% of the winning rate. However, because the Eastern Conference mid-level teams are weak in competitiveness, they are fortunate to enter the playoffs with such a record.

The Bucks have performed poorly so far this season, with a poor record of 7 wins and 30 losses, ranking second from the bottom in the East.

Faced with such a quasi-bottomed team, the Grizzlies naturally hope to defeat their opponents and avoid losing streaks.

The Bucks' home court at Bradley Center, the team's performance this season is disappointing. This young team has outstanding talent and unlimited potential, but it has achieved such a bad record.

However, the visit of the defending champion Grizzlies has greatly increased the attention of this game. The Bradley Center, which was a bit deserted before, had a very good attendance rate in this game.

The Bucks have a poor record this season, and these young players seem a little uninspired when practicing. The Grizzlies, on the contrary, the White Bears' comeback makes them more confident to welcome the next game.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Bucks who played at home are: center - Larry Sanders, power forward - Elson Iliasova, small forward - Giannis Antetoconbo, shooting guard - Brandon Knight, and organizational defender - Luke Ridno.

The starting lineup of the Grizzlies who played away are: center - Marc Gasol, power forward - Zach Randolph, small forward - Techelon Prince, shooting guard - Xie Kai, and organizational guard - Mike Conley.

The Grizzlies' traditional lineup has finally reunited, but Tony Allen will be on the verge of the fight because his knees are a little sore and swollen.

Before the game, Grizzlies coach Dave Joggel announced that rookie Franklin will enter the rotation in this game.

CCTV broadcast this game, and the commentary was about Yu Jia and Xu Jicheng.

"Teacher Xu, the Grizzlies' starting players are finally all." Yu Jia said with a smile.

Xu Jicheng smiled and said, "During the time when Gasol was injured, we saw that the Grizzlies' defense had a certain degree of regression. He has a great role in defense in the inside. He and Randolph can do whatever they want, either."

In the Bucks, there is an old Grizzlies player - OJ Mayo.

Since Mayo left the Grizzlies, he has been regressing every year. If there is an objective reason for Evans to retreat, he has basically been given up. Obviously, he is not a good teammate, nor does he have the ability to decide the limit of a game, so he is becoming more and more marginalized. He can only play as a substitute for a bottom-square player like the Bucks. You should know that the team would rather play as a double point guard than let him, the former Tanhualang, starter, which is already very telling.

The game is about to begin soon, players from both sides enter the court, and the game is about to begin.

The White Bears who returned to this game will be limited in time, and he will jump with Larry Sanders after a long time of separation.

The jump starts, Larry Sanders easily grabs the landing point and transfers the ball to Ilyasova, and the game officially begins.

Reedno dribbled through halftime and organized the offense at the top of the arc. He is 33 years old and has played in the league for 10 seasons, and is now the end of his career.

Brandon Knight cut out the catch.

Knight graduated from the University of Kentucky and was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 8th pick in the first round in the 2011 draft.

On July 31, 2013, the Bucks sent out main point guard Brandon Jennings by signing first and then changing, and obtained point guard Brandon Knight, forward Chris Middleton and center Viacheslav Krafzov from the Pistons trade.

From the perspective of the first one to three, the Bucks still made a profit. Knight performed well this season and made rapid progress, no less than Jennings. Middleton is also improving step by step. I wonder if the general manager of the Pistons is regretting it now.

Knight received the ball and faced Xie Kai.

Knight is a typical backcourt double-season guard who is good at scoring with the ball and is fast. If such players were not popular back then, then in this era, such players are becoming more and more popular.
Chapter completed!