msmithbooks Chapter 988 Before and After the Christmas Chapter
Chapter 988 Before and After the Christmas Chapter
Chapter 988 Before and After Christmas
After defeating the Kings, the Thunder's record came to 27 wins and 3 losses, continuing to rank first in the league.
Two days later, the Thunder narrowly beat the Jazz in an away game, ushering in a 4-game winning streak.
12月23日，雷霆队在主场迎战森林狼。结果凭借着谢开的39+7+5+3+1，他们主场轻取对手，迎来了5连胜。
On November 11th, Singles' Day, the Timberwolves traded the team's inspirational stars Jimmy Butler (**) and Button to the Philadelphia 11ers, and got Prime Minister Sa, Covington and Bayless.
The main body of the transaction is naturally the exchange of Prime Minister Sa and Covington. **Although he is not a top star in the league, he is a three-team star, a second-defense player many times, and a quasi-star in the league.He doesn't have super scoring ability, but he is very tenacious, extremely tough and tough, and he is a model of inspirational players.
The Timberwolves have to replace **, because if they don't, the team will become more chaotic. **Looking down on Downs and Brother Wolfberry, two soft and unprogressive guys, and these two champions also don't like this so-called big brother who speaks aggressively.
When the team chooses one of the two, it naturally retains the young and more talented double champions, and trades ** to obtain young immediate combat power.
The Timberwolves traded to **, originally hoping to achieve results, and they also hoped that he could lead these two top picks.But after a season of running-in, such a good lineup did not achieve the ideal record, and infighting broke out again, so the only way to adjust the lineup was.
Originally, ** was traded to the Timberwolves, and the opponent did not fully put him in the future plan, because when he came, he was already 28 years old.
Both Prime Minister Sa and Covington obtained in the trade are very high-quality puzzle players. Prime Minister Sa is a comprehensive No. 4 position. He can start with Towns or add depth to the lineup as a substitute.As for Covington, that is a very high-quality 3D player, just to make up for the team's persistent problem of outside defensive shooting.Covington will not fight for the ball with Gouqi. His job is to defend and make fixed-point shots. He is a teammate that players with the ball like to cooperate with.
It seems that as long as Gouqi and Towns, the double champions, fulfill their talents, the excellent role players around them will be enough to help the team compete for the championship, but the problem is that these two seem to have a lot of problems.If you just look at the data, both of them are 20+ star players, and their talent and strength seem to be fine.
But a closer look reveals that both of them seem to lack leadership qualities, and their defense is relatively poor.
If a star without leadership qualities is very strong, then the team had better equip him with a locker room leader.Obviously, Towns and the Goji Mamba are not up to that level.
As for defense, both of them have no problem with their physical condition, and their defensive skills have all been practiced through the NCAA. How can their skills and awareness be so bad?That can only be interpreted as an attitude.One of them is the striker and the other is the inside, which is the most important position for the team's defense. These two positions are poor in defense, and the team's defense will never be better.The guard can let the striker and the inside line wipe their butts. How can the guard wipe the ass of your striker and inside line?
The star players in the team don’t defend, and the role players don’t defend as hard as they can. It’s useless. I defended for a long time. If you miss someone and the opponent scores easily, this kind of blow is bigger than if you can’t shoot.
So even though the ** was traded, the Timberwolves did not seem to be completely developing in a good direction. The team's defense became worse, and the data of the double champion was better than before. After all, there was one less player to share the ball with them people.
As for the 76ers, with high-quality young assets such as Prime Minister Sa and Covington, in order to get the quasi-superstar Jimmy Butt, it is natural to be based on the present and achieve results.They currently have double emperors + **, as well as high-quality role players such as Redick, with a neat lineup. It is time to hit the Eastern Conference Finals and even the Finals.
There are so many reconstruction teams in the league, the most thorough and successful reconstruction, so far, the Philadelphia 76ers can be assigned.
On December 12th, the NBA Christmas Game.
The Thunder are naturally one of the protagonists of the Christmas game. They are not only the team with the most live broadcasts in the United States, but also the most popular team. If they are not arranged to participate in the Christmas game, Xiao Hua's mind will really be rusted.
The Rockets are very popular in China. They were the No. 2 team in the Western Conference last season, and they are ranked No. 3 in the Western Conference so far this season, with an excellent record.
These two teams are very popular in China. The Rockets were because of Yao Ming, and the Thunder are now because of Xie Kai.
In addition to the China complex, Xie Kai and Harden are now the top three figures on the MVP list, and both teams are also favorites for the championship.
The two teams had played against each other before this season, and the Thunder beat the Rockets at home.
This game will be held at the Rockets' home stadium, the Toyota Center Arena. The Rockets attach great importance to this game. This is a game to beat the league's No. [-] team and regain the team's confidence in winning the championship.
The current problem for the Rockets is that Paul is not as good as in previous seasons due to injuries and age. It is a bit difficult to rely on Harden to defeat the Thunder alone.
The news before the game said that Paul will also miss the game due to injury, which makes more people not optimistic about the Rockets winning.
In this game, the Thunder's starting lineup remains the same as before, still the Big Three + Duck eggs + Patterson.
For the Rockets, the starting lineup is Harden, Gordon, Card, Tucker and House.
The Rockets' lineup is built completely in accordance with the habits of Magic Ball and Harden, eating cake inside + 3 shooters + Harden.
Among the 3 shooters, Gordon can be regarded as the secondary ball holder and secondary attacker, Tucker and House are both 3D, and the cards are frame protectors and pie eaters.
The Rockets' magic ball has been in the limelight in the past few seasons, but mainly in the regular season, and in the playoffs against the strongest teams, problems have also been exposed.
For example, if you blindly pursue the basket and three-pointers instead of mid-range, it will be relatively easier for the opponent to defend against them.You are basically clear cards, and you lack changes in moves.Moreover, compared with the middle distance, the 3-pointer is farther away, and it is difficult to guarantee the hit rate after the physical fitness declines and the strength increases.This is why in the Western Conference semifinals last season, when the Rockets played against the Warriors, they missed n 3 points and were taken away by their opponents.
In addition, because of the functionalization of role players, when they encounter a slightly difficult and complicated situation, they will appear at a loss and will only throw the ball to the core. This also increases the pressure on the core, and physical fitness is even more of a challenge.
No matter how awesome Magic Ball is, when the Magic Ball has not yet won the championship, it is still too early to say whether he is the ultimate form of modern basketball.
And things like the triangle offense have won championships, and relatively speaking, they are more convincing.In the final analysis, the results can explain the problem and have more confidence.
(End of this chapter)