I'm Really Playing Basketball Chapter 823

Chen Xiao is very optimistic about the current strength of the Cavaliers, because in the Cavaliers, Chen Xiao sees peace, and the temperament of each player is the kind of calm and peaceful after experiencing the prosperity of the prosperous world.

Such a team reminded Chen Xiao of the seemingly ordinary Dallas Mavericks.

The Mavericks really caused a lot of trouble for Chen Xiao in the finals. Except for Nowitzki, all the other role players of the Mavericks could suddenly stand up.

And this Cavaliers team is actually far stronger than the calf back then.

Therefore, Chen Xiao said that the Cavaliers may really support an opportunity.

After playing the Cavaliers, the Warriors won all the remaining 3 games in December. The Jazz, the Bobcats and the Grizzlies. The Bobcats and the Jazz are very strong among these three teams.

Mitchell, the rookie the Jazz drafted this year, really amazed the entire league.

As a rookie with the 13th overall pick, he has played almost half of the season. He averaged 20 points per game, and his shooting percentage is not low. More importantly, his style of play is mainly singles. , can also take into account the team, is an excellent outside killer visible to the naked eye.

Let's just put it this way, the Jazz, which has outstanding players such as Yi Jianlian, Jordan, Gordon Hayward, Ingles, Millsap, etc., lacks such a stable and murderous perimeter killer.

So the record of the Jazz this season is really good. This season is second only to the Warriors, and it is competing with the Lakers, Clippers and Spurs for the second place in the Western Conference.

Seriously, in terms of team strength, the post-Christmas schedule is still very unfavorable for the Warriors.

Fortunately, these games are all home games, and the other players of the Warriors are very down-to-earth and want to prove themselves after experiencing setbacks some time ago, so they played very seriously.

Otherwise, on this schedule, even at home, the Warriors may not be able to retreat so easily.

After all games in December, the Warriors will start their new Southwest road trip on January 3.

But before that, Chen Xiao of the Warriors won the best player of the month in December this season.

Throughout December, the Warriors were 14 wins and 3 losses, but Chen Xiao personally, it was 11 wins, which is a 100% record.

And this is also the second time that Chen Xiao has won the Player of the Month award this season.

By the way, this season's Best of the Month is no longer tied with Wade and Ron Howard, but Chen Xiao alone.

The main reason is that the stats of Wade and Roger this season are indeed declining. Although Wade and Roger are already well protected, they don't have a system after all, and they don't have such an indestructible body.

Brother Luo, like Chen Xiao, is actually an ordinary person. Chen Xiao's body has been transformed by the system, but Brother Luo, it really hasn't been transformed by anything.

Although his style of play is not so physical, but a veteran who is over 35 years old, it is really difficult to ask him to make more contributions.

In the nba, players are over 35 years old, and it is really the same every year.

And the situation of Wade and Roger is a little different. Wade's athletic talent is very good, but his physical talent (durability) is actually relatively average.

Compared with Wade in history, Wade in this time and space has not suffered such a big knee injury and has a pair of healthy knees, so his athletic talent says he is a smaller Jordan, there is no problem at all.

But his endurance is very average compared to Jordan and James.

The decline cycle of the athletic talents of Jordan and James is obviously much later than that of Wade.

So, this season, Wade is actually rarely used, or basically there is no lightning breakthrough. Last season, Wade could have a lightning strike from time to time.

And this season, Wade really relied on his fake moves to sway defenders away and make mid-range shots.

By the way, Wade will be 36 years old in half a month. Among the three brothers, Wade is the oldest, on January 17, 1982, Chen Xiao on November 11, 1982, and Luo Ge in 1982. November 14th.

Wade will soon be the first to reach the age of 36, and is heading for the age of 37.

For a player like Wade who mainly relied on physical talent when he was young, although his skills are also very good, compared to players like Kobe Bryant, his skills are actually unable to support him. He still guarantees that he is still a superstar in old age. Even super-giant.

Wade himself is well aware of this. This season, his shooting percentage has dropped from 54.5% last season to 47%.

This drop in hit rate can be described as a cliff-like drop.

After all, the NBA's defensive players are not fools. Last season's Wade can still make a lightning breakthrough. This season's Wade has no lightning breakthrough, and his breakthrough lethality is not enough.

In this case, the opponent's defense against Wade can naturally be very targeted.

In the case of no lightning breakthrough, Wade can still have a 47% shooting rate. It can only be said that Wade's fake moves are too powerful. At the same time, his mid-range shooting is indeed so amazing. the taste.

By the way, in general, Wade's aging is the most visible among the three.

Chen Xiao has already transformed into an insider and is still very dominant now.

And Brother Luo, his career did not depend on talent to play, so the impact of aging on Brother Luo's strength is limited, and the only thing that affects Brother Luo is physical strength, and Brother Luo can only maintain a high level for about 30 minutes now. .

So, these days, Wade has been telling Chen Xiao and Luo Ge that he hopes to finish his last contract.

But if he wants to leave the NBA decently, like Kobe Bryant, he may not be able to stay in the NBA next season.

Seriously, for Wade, a top 10 star in history, to average about 15 points per game with a 43% shooting rate in the NBA, this is a humiliation to him.

So, what Wade means now is that after this season, he will retire.

Of course, the premise is that the Warriors successfully defend their title this season and he wins the NBA championship. This is the perfect ending.

So, for Wade this season, his goal is 30,000 points + championship.

It is not difficult to score 30,000 points in a career, and Wade can easily achieve it, after all, it is not far behind.

But the champion...

This requires some challenges. It should be said that it is a big challenge.

Last year's finals, the Warriors' three major singles players took turns to greet Curry's style of play, and this year's finals may not be so useful.

And that's the Warriors' deepest secret this season.

The dominance of the Warriors' three cores has declined this season.

Therefore, this season, the Warriors especially need thick eyebrows, Klay and Devin Booker, even Jaylen Brown, Curry Jr., Norman Powell, and even VanVleet to take more responsibility for the team.

Of course, if the three rookies Wood, John Collins and Allen can grow this season, that's even better.

But it's hard. It's hard for the three of them to be useful during their rookie days and reach the finals.

After all, not everyone in the entire NBA has such a big heart.

Last season, Jaylen Brown, a rookie, played in the finals, and this has been regarded as the ancestor of the Warriors.

But the good news is that Jaylen Brown of the Warriors, this young man, has really improved a lot this season.

He averaged 10 shots per game, averaged 13 points per game, made 40% of his three-pointers, and made two three-pointers per game. He is outstanding, and his ability to hold the ball is also good. The key is that last year's finals proved that he is a big heart and a hexagonal fighter.

So this season, don't look at Jaylen Brown as a backup. In fact, he is the first backup for Wade and Roger. His playing time is comparable to the team's sixth man Devin Booker.

He has surpassed Curry Jr. and became the seventh man in the team's true sense. It is okay to say that he is tied for sixth man with Devin Booker.

By the way, Jaylen Brown's growth is visible to the naked eye, and Devin Booker has also grown tremendously.

It can only be said that the finals of the Warriors in these years can really cultivate those players with real potential.

The growth of these young people is also an important reason why Chen Xiao still looks forward to the team's performance in the next two years.

Otherwise, in the face of a super team like the Bucks, to be honest, if it only depends on him, Wade and Roger, he doesn't have that much confidence.

By the way, the best of the month on the western side in December is Chen Xiao, and the eastern side is Curry.

Curry has won the best of the month for two consecutive months, just like Chen Xiao.

This season's regular season, Curry has been completely unstoppable.

Those three-pointers, that terrifying influence of the game, in the finals last year, even the Warriors couldn't stop Curry, who was in state, how many other teams in the league could stop him?

Therefore, the Bucks played the most beautiful regular season this season. The entire league once again saw the crazy three-point shooting offensive performance brought by Ray Allen.

Curry also performed once before, but he was still too immature. Now, Curry is really mature, just like Ray Allen who could compete with Chen Xiao back then.

Therefore, this season's NBA regular season MVP is still the battle between Chen Xiao and Curry.

At present, Curry has the highest odds. Curry's data is much better than Chen Xiao. The two teams have similar records. Chen Xiao won it last year. If he wants to defend the title this year, he needs a better performance, and this is Chen Xiao. Xiao's disadvantage.

So most of it is actually better to see that Curry won the regular season MVP for the first time in his career.

Of course, Chen Xiao, who has won the regular season MVP five times, doesn't really care about this award.

It's better to have it, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't.

Let him compete with Curry, a young man and a primary school student, to compete for mvp and stats, he will definitely not be able to do it.

In January, after playing the first few Western opponents, the Warriors made a 5-game winning streak in January. However, after playing these five Western opponents in January, the challenge for the Warriors came again. This time, the Warriors will Will once again start a continuous road trip to the East.

And the first opponent is on January 12, facing the Bucks, who are now the second-ranked in the league.

On January 10, the Warriors did not deliberately rest Wade and Ron Howard in their home game against the Clippers.

Seriously, now the Warriors don't want the Bucks to know more about Chen Xiao, Wade and Ron Howard.

Although everyone is not blind, it can be seen that the strength of Wade and Ron Howard has declined, but as long as you have not met in person, you may think that the other party is pretending.

The Warriors have no such idea of confusing the Bucks.

Mainly, the future hope of the Warriors is Jaylen Brown and other young people.

Therefore, the Warriors are more willing to give them more opportunities to face strong opponents.

So in this game against the Bucks, the Warriors will start with Chen Xiao, Nongmei, Jaylen Brown, Klay and Devin Booker.

Although the starter was changed in this game, the Warriors' style of play has not changed.

It's still a crazy rotation of perimeter players against Curry.

Against Curry, you need to take the initiative to attack, consume him, and can't let him focus on the offensive end.

Of course, the players who take on this task in this game are Jaylen Brown and Devin Booker.

How did the two of them accomplish tasks like this game?

If you want to say success, it doesn't seem to be a success. Devin Booker scored 11 of 21 in this game, 3 of 9 three-pointers, and scored 28 points in the whole game. In the face of the league's MVP fever, he played this offensive level, really Not bad, but in this game, Devin Booker's 9 mistakes are very eye-catching. It can be seen from the mistakes that Devin Booker is not very used to such an important task.

At the same time, it can be seen from Devin Booker's offensive efficiency that he can take on the task of singles against Curry.

Maybe his efficiency and stability are not as good as Wade and Roger, but he is young, hardworking, and has a certain ability, which can be worthy of focusing on training.

In addition, Jaylen Brown in this game, the data is 7 of 18, 3 of 8 three-pointers, scored 18 points.

Jaylen Brown did not do as well as Devin Booker in the task of consuming Curry in this game. His figure is very superior, but his singles ability is not as good as Devin Booker. Although he is very confident, his ability is not in place, so he still needs keep trying.

So, in general, although the Warriors lost to the Bucks 120-123 in this game, this game also allowed the Warriors to see clearly the strength of these young people on the team. How far has it grown.

Seriously, although the Warriors lost this game, the Bucks were not so happy after winning.

After all, the two veterans of the Warriors, Wade and Ron Howard, didn't play a minute in this game!

Therefore, although the Bucks won the first place in the league with this victory, Ray Allen was very modest after the game.

"This is not the strongest Warriors team, we are still challengers."

After losing to the Bucks, the Warriors faced the Cavaliers back-to-back on the 13th. In this game, the Warriors took turns resting Chen Xiao, Wade and Ron Howard. In the end, the Warriors lost 108-118 on the road.

The loss of this game is a matter of course.

After losing to the Cavaliers for a two-game losing streak, the Warriors defeated the Raptors and the Bulls one after another with the main force, ending this four-game tour of the Eastern Conference.

After ending the Eastern Conference's four consecutive games, the remaining opponents in January are Houston, Knicks, Timberwolves, Celtics and Jazz.

The Warriors also ended their remaining games in January with a winning streak.

Before the results of the All-Star vote, the Warriors temporarily ranked second in the league with a 46-5 record.

Chapter end

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