Chapter 574: The Christmas war begins!

"I'm a big boss in the NBA(
Five games are scheduled for this year's Christmas War.
The Celtics beat the Knicks, the Warriors beat the Cavaliers, the Bulls beat the Spurs, the Timberwolves beat the Thunder, and finally the Clippers beat the Lakers.
The Christmas War is considered the highlight of the NBA regular season each year. Not to mention going directly to the arena, but the ratings on that day are very amazing, so the league officials will be very careful when arranging these five games each season. One is To be influential, second, to have strength, and third, to have gimmicks.
In addition, there will be a custom in the Christmas battle, and the two teams in the finals of last year will be arranged as the "focus battle."
But this time, because Xu Xuan left the east and went to the west, the league officials couldn’t arrange it. After all, the Pacers who lacked Xu Xuan were still a little behind the current Warriors, so the league finally arranged for the Cavaliers to fight the Warriors as this time. The "focus battle" of the Christmas War, and the Lakers and the Clippers are the final battle!
For the rest, the Celtics beat the Knicks, which is a duel between giants.
New York’s influence is really great. This year is okay. Even if the Knicks had a in previous years, they still have them in the Christmas War. You can’t accept that...
However, after firing the Zen Master this year, a wave of operations after the Knicks allowed them to achieve good results in the early part of the season. They are currently 16 wins and 13 losses, ranking third in the East, only behind the Boston Celtics who are third in the East. 0.5 wins.
The Celtics averaged 104.7 points per game this season. Toss, a star player, has averaged 27 points, 2.5 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game this season. The Celtics have a balanced offense and defense. Under the leadership of the young coach, The team is very resilient.
Anthony, who averaged 22.5 points per game for the Knicks, is still the team’s offensive arrow, and Delhi Rose is slowly recovering this season.
The collision between the two teams is quite exciting.
The other pair, the Bulls beat the Spurs.
The Bulls performed well at the beginning of the season, but the recent performance of the team has not been stable, resulting in the Bulls currently ranking ninth in the Eastern Conference with 14 wins and 15 losses. The team's paper strength is not bad. "Flash" Wei Dega All-star players Butler and Rondo.
The Spurs' double virtue is still the key to the team's victory. The Spurs are still strong without Duncan this season. They are currently ranked third in the Western Conference with a record of 24 wins and 6 losses, second only to the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors. The matchup between Kawaii and Butler in this game is also very impressive. look forward to.
As for the Timberwolves playing Thunder, how should I say, as long as there is Westbrook in the current game, there will be no shortage of topics!
why? Because Westbrook is so terrible! Westbrook currently has a magnificent triple-double of 31.8 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 10.8 assists per game. However, the helpers are really limited. The Thunder can only rank seventh in the West.
The Timberwolves can be called the new version of the Thunder's three minors. Although the record is poor, the team has three talented players. The biggest Wiggins is only 22 years old. Towns (21 years old) averaged 22.1 points per game this season. , 11.4 rebounds, Wiggins averaged 21.7 points per game, and LaVine averaged 21.4 points per game. Once these three musketeers break out, I believe it will cause no small trouble for the Thunder.
What's more interesting is that many people are talking about the Thunder and Timberwolves game is very similar to the Lakers playing Thunder.
At that time, Kobe was also a one-to-three, fighting the "three thunder youngsters", but now it is the "Timwolves three youngsters" fighting Westbrook that year, hey, this memorable youth...
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In the arena, after Xu Xuan and Frank discussed the tactics, they went to practice, and the teammates started training after unpacking the gifts and trying them on.
When the regular training is over, Frank informed that he would gather to watch the game...
At the beginning of this year's Christmas War, the Boston Celtics played against the New York Knicks. The game has already begun.
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Every Christmas for the NBA is a grand feast for the NBA.
For league stars and teams, this is also one of the few
highlight performance moments
in a season; and for fans and the media, it is also a good idea to watch the games between heavyweight teams on Christmas Eve. A tradition that has become customary. Therefore, the attention of the Christmas War is self-evident. Since the Christmas War, in decades, NBA players and teams have also created a series of history and records.
Among them, the Knicks have played in the Christmas Wars for 38 consecutive years, a total of 50 times, creating the most in NBA history; and the Lakers have participated in the Christmas Wars for 37 consecutive seasons. At the same time, these two teams are also the teams with the most wins in the history of the Christmas War, with 22 games each.
"Xu, do you say which of these two teams can win?" Frank asked softly.
Now this Christmas game opener has reached the second half, the score of the two teams is 56 to 48, the away game Celtics lead by 8 points.
"The Knicks are very difficult." Xu Xuan shook his head and expressed his opinion. The main reason is that Melon was in a bad state today. He made 1 of 7 shots and scored 7 points on free throws, compared to Celtic. On the human side, the four of them scored in double figures in the half, and Thomas, Horford, Crowder and substitute Smart all scored in double figures.
If the Knicks hadn't stood up and scored 12 points with a breakthrough, the Knicks would be behind even more.
But just relying on Rose won't work. Rose's 12 points are completely piled up with his body. Do you expect him to play like this throughout the game? impossible.
Even if Rose wanted to fight like this, his stamina couldn't do it. His style of play was too physical.
Not to mention those people like Noah, who are now only role players, and they have to rely on Melon and Boss to score.
But Boshen didn't feel very good today. 4 of 7 scored 8 points, and the 0 of 2 three-pointers almost told the opponent that I can't shoot from outside today. Don't guard me from outside... .. Once the outside line can't be opened, how many points can be done just by the inside line?
This sentence has been said many times, not to look down on inside players. This is the fact. In the current environment, it is not easy for a pure insider to score more than 20 points per game!
This is true even if O'Pan comes back, because the rules have changed.
The current rules are not the rules of O'Neal back then. Now when O'Neal comes back, either he was sent off in a very short time, or he was played as a dog by the current mechanism.
I want to be a master of the situation...have this strength, but definitely can't do the 90s that would suppress an entire era...
There may be many people who disagree with this opinion, but the truth is that, generations of gods, now in the era of small balls, scoring is the key, especially outside scoring.
The Knicks were only 8 points behind halftime when the two major scorers in the team could not be opened. Unless the hands of Melon and Boshen came back in the second half, the Knicks' game would be difficult.
"Isaiah is pretty good, this little man looks great." Barnes squinted his eyes.
"Awesome, look at his defense, let alone don't even want to raise his hands..." Ci Shiping gnawed a big orange next to him, the juice splashed, and Barnes' eyelids jumped. ..... It’s too uneducated, this look is too uneducated. It’s really embarrassing to eat or not to eat...Barnes sat aside disgustingly, and then said:" They are tactics, in the tactical system he is not defensive..."
"After all, it's still food. If you don't, why don't you be the same as Xu, who can play offensively and resist defensively?" Ci Shiping poked his nose at what Barnes said.
......You really can't chat with you, even if you have no education, do you still want to instigate discord? I just said that this little dwarf is good at strength, how can you compare peat to me here? ! Barnes was choked and rolled his eyes, ignored the hanging man who ate oranges, and continued to watch the game.
"Jie is the third and fourth in the east?" Ingram whispered, leaning against Zubac's huge body.
Even among the players in the same team, there are differences in getting along with each other. No matter how powerful the boss is, it is impossible to eliminate it, let alone manage it.
And Ingram usually has the best relationship with Zubac, while Russell gets along well with Larry Nance Jr., and they all get together to chat at this time.
"Is it okay? The intensity is there, but it's not as big as I imagined." Ingram muttered.
Zubac is also a newcomer, he knows something, but even if he doesn't understand at this time, he has to pretend to understand in front of his friends.
Therefore, he coughed and made his words a little serious: "Blanton, we can't just look at the strength of a team in one game, but in a comprehensive view, and there are more The relationship of mutual restraint..."
"You know?" Ingram looked at him in surprise. These words seemed to be something that a rookie player who only played more than 30 games could say.
"Ahem...I heard the boss say so..." Zubac coughed twice to hide his embarrassment.
"Oh, it's okay..." Ingram suddenly realized, but he said with some envy: "If we were also the Eastern Conference team, it would be fine. You see the Cavaliers and their opponents are like this. There is no threat at all before the finals, we are different..."
These words are very helpless.
Is the Lakers record good enough?
The current 29 wins and 4 losses ranks first in the league and has won so many games, but the first position is still very dangerous. The Warriors behind him are still very fierce.
In addition, the Spurs, Clippers, Mosaic... are all top teams in the league. By the time the playoffs, these teams will be a stumbling block to their progress.
Relatively speaking, the environment in the east is indeed much better than in the west.
"Don't forget, our boss was also in the east before." Zubac glared at Ingram.
Ingram sneered. His words were a bit ambiguous just now, but he definitely didn't mean to mock the boss...
"Russell, if you meet Thomas, how can you face him."
On the other hand, the "ear biting" between Russell and Larry Nance Jr. is not all gossip like Ingram...but discussing tactical responses.
"...Well, I think I will hit him more in the low post, taking advantage of my height and physical advantage. He is too short. The low post is his disadvantage. Defensively... this short guy seems It's not very defensive. I guess Frank wouldn't use me to guard it either. It should be the boss himself.
But if you really let me go, I think I will put a little distance to defend, this guy is too flexible, and the chances of being overtaken by sticking to it are too great. "
Little Larry Nance nodded his head. Little Thomas' height did make him more flexible in the breakthrough process, but it wasn't that he couldn't help but it was a little troublesome at best.
"This Porzingis is amazing." Little Larry Nance sighed.
Porzingis played with Larry Nance Jr., both rookies in 15 years, but Porzingis was the fourth pick, a "passage", and he was only the 27th, although he was also the first. Round, but there is a big gap between the two.
"It's really good." Russell also nodded, "Not only is his height, this guy also has a very good outside shot. Even today, I feel a little tougher, but I feel that the Celtics' defense is very good. Otherwise, The hit rate should not be so low."
As time passed, the game gradually came to an end.
The Knicks performed well in the third quarter, 34 to 32 in a single quarter and recovered 2 points.
However, as soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Celtics once again expanded the point difference to 93 points. There are up to two minutes for the Knicks to score 1 point. Nothing.
Frank shook his head, and it seemed that the game was settled.
With an 11-point difference, the Knicks are in such a state that it is too difficult to comeback!
Frank is not optimistic about the Knicks.
But Xu Xuan, who said just now that the Knicks is difficult, shook his head.
Ok?
Frank looked over in surprise, what do you mean, didn't you just say that the Knicks are difficult, and now that the points are poor, in this state, the Knicks can come back?
"I didn't mean that." Seeing the look in Frank's eyes, Xu Xuan shook his head and pointed to the big screen in a deep voice: "I mean, although the Knicks have no chance to come back, there is someone who definitely deserves applause."
Frank followed Xu Xuan's fingers and looked over, and saw that Rose, who was still breathing, had already thrown off the towel and stood on the sidelines, ready to play!
"Just rested for two minutes?" Frank was surprised.
"He is that kind of person, maybe this is why he can be liked by so many people." Xu Xuan shook his head and said.
The strength of this rose is amazing!
After coming up, Rose first made a quick break to the rim, and hit with a super drawbar that threw his body out.
Immediately after causing a defensive foul by the Celtics in the high post, two free throws were scored. At the same time, an assist for Melon fired outside!
This is my second three-pointer made in this game.
However, although Rose continued to fight on the field, he could not change the situation of the game. The Celtics had always held the initiative from the beginning of the game. However, with Rose’s efforts, with 1:06 seconds left in the game, he assisted me. A layup succeeded to catch up the score to 112 to 112 level.
The Celtics quickly requested a timeout.