I'm a boss in the NBA

Chapter 576 The Christmas War Begins!
There are five games scheduled for this year's Christmas War.

They are the Celtics playing the Knicks, the Warriors playing the Cavaliers, the Bulls playing the Spurs, the Timberwolves playing the Thunder, and finally the Clippers playing the Lakers.

The Christmas game is considered to be the highlight of the NBA regular season every year. Not to mention going directly to the arena, the ratings on that day are very amazing, so every season the league officials will be very careful when arranging these five games. First, To have influence, the second is to have strength, and the third is to have gimmicks.

In addition, there will be a custom in the Christmas game, and the two teams from last year's finals 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 not as good as the current Warriors, so the league finally arranged for the Cavaliers to fight the Warriors as this time. The "Battle of Focus" of the Christmas game, and the Lakers and Clippers are the final battle!

For the rest, the Celtics play the Knicks. This is a duel between the giants.

The influence of New York is really great. This year is okay. In previous years, even if the Knicks had a shitty record, they still had them in the Christmas game. You can’t accept this.
However, after firing Zen Master this year, the Knicks' subsequent operations allowed them to achieve good results in the early season. They are currently 16 wins and 13 losses, ranking third in the Eastern Conference, only a short distance away from the third Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference. 0.5 wins.

The Celtics averaged 104.7 points per game this season. The star player Toss 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 coach, The team is very resilient.

On the Knicks side, Anthony, who averaged 22.5 points per game, is still the team's offensive arrow, and Derry Rose is slowly recovering this season.

The collision between the two teams is still quite exciting.

Another pair, the Bulls play the Spurs.

The Bulls performed well at the beginning of the season, but the recent performance of the team has not been stable. As a result, the Bulls are currently ranked ninth in the Eastern Conference with 14 wins and 15 losses. The team's strength on paper is not bad. Dejia All-Star players Butler and Rondo.

The Spurs' double virtue is still the key to the team's victory.The Spurs without Duncan this season are still strong. They currently rank third in the Western Conference with a record of 24 wins and 6 losses, second only to the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors. The matchup between Kawhi and Butler in this game is also very impressive. expect.

As for the Timberwolves playing the Thunder, how should I put it, as long as there is Westbrook in the current game, there will be no shortage of topics!

why?Because Westbrook is really scary!At present, Westbrook has a magnificent triple-double data of 31.8 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 10.8 assists per game. However, the helpers are really limited, and the Thunder can only be ranked seventh in the Western Conference.

The Timberwolves can be called the new version of the Thunder's three young men. Although the record is bad, the team has three players with outstanding talents, and the oldest 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 they will cause a lot of trouble for the Thunder.

What's more interesting is that many people are talking about the game between the Thunder and the Timberwolves, which is very similar to the Lakers playing the Thunder.

At that time, Kobe was also a one-on-three, fighting against the "three young men of the Thunder", but now it is the "three young men of the Timberwolves" fighting against Westbrook back then. Hey, this damn nostalgic youth
In the arena, after discussing the tactics with Frank, Xu Xuan went to practice by himself. After unpacking the gifts and trying them on excitedly, the teammates also started training.

After the regular training was over, Frank announced that they would gather to watch the game.
The opening drama of this year's Christmas War, the Boston Celtics' away game against the New York Knicks, the game has already begun.

For the NBA, Christmas every year is a big show that can be called a feast for the rich.

For league stars and teams, this is also one of the few "highlight performance moments" in a season; and for fans and the media, watching the game between heavyweight teams on Christmas Eve is also an important event. A well-established tradition.Therefore, the attention of the Christmas War is self-evident.Since the Christmas War, in the past few decades, NBA players and teams have also created a series of history and records.

Among them, the Knicks have played in the Christmas game for 38 consecutive years and a total of 50 times, creating the most in NBA history; while the Lakers have participated in the Christmas game 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 game, both with 22 games.

"Xu, which of these two teams do you think will win?" Frank asked softly.

Now that the opening game of the Christmas game has reached the second half, the score of the two teams is 56 to 48, and the Celtics in the away game lead by 8 points.

"It's difficult for the Knicks." Xu Xuan shook his head and expressed his opinion. The main reason is that Melon was in a bad state today. He shot 7 of 1 and scored 7 points by free throws. On the human side, four players scored in double figures in the half, and Thomas Jr., Horford, Crowder and the substitute Smart all scored in double figures.

If Rose hadn't stood up and scored 12 points with a breakthrough on the Knicks' side, it is estimated that they would be even more behind now.

But it's not enough to rely on Rose alone. Rose's 12 points are all piled up with his body. Do you expect him to play like this throughout the game?impossible.

Even if Rose wanted to play like this, he couldn't do it physically. His style of play was too physical.

Not to mention people like Noah, they are just role players now, and they have to rely on Melon and Boshen to score.

But Boshen didn’t feel very good today. He only scored 7 points in 4 of 8, and the 2 of 0 three-pointers almost told the opponent. I can’t shoot from the outside today. Don’t guard me from the outside. And once the outside If you can't open it, how many points can you dig by just relying on the inside line?
This sentence has been said many times, not to look down on inside players.The fact is that, in the current environment, it is not easy for a pure inside player to score more than 20 points per game!
It's the same even if Ao Pang comes back, because the rules have changed.

The current rules are not the rules of O'Neal back then. Now O'Neal will either be sent off in a very short period of time when he comes back, or he will be played like a dog by the current mechanism.

If you want to be all-powerful and have this strength, you will definitely not be able to do the scene in the 90s that would suppress an entire era.
There may be many people who disagree with this opinion, but the fact is that, one version after another, now is the small ball era, and scoring is the key, especially outside scoring.

The Knicks were only 8 points behind at halftime when the two major scorers in the team were unable to open. Unless Melon and Boshen come back in the second half, the Knicks will have a difficult game.

"Isaiah is not bad, this little dwarf looks very powerful." Barnes narrowed his eyes.

"It's amazing, look at his defense, not to mention that he doesn't even want to lift his hands." Ci Shiping was gnawing a big orange beside him, and the juice splashed everywhere, making Barnes' eyelids twitch. It's so uneducated. This look is too uneducated, and it is embarrassing for us cultural people to eat or not. Barnes sat aside in disgust, and then said: "He is a tactic, and he does not defend in the tactical system."

"At the end of the day, it's good. If you're not good, how can you not be like Xu, who can play offensively and resist defensively?" Ci Shiping poked his nose at what Barnes said.

You really can't chat with you, it's fine if you're uneducated, but you still want to sow discord?Why did I just say that this little dwarf is quite strong, why don't you put me here to compare with peat? !Barnes was choked and rolled his eyes, ignoring the man who ate oranges to get high, and continued watching the game.

"Are you the third and fourth in the East?" Ingram whispered next to Zubac's huge body.

Even among the players in the same team, there are good and bad ways of getting along. No matter how powerful the boss is, it is impossible to eliminate this point, let alone manage it.

And Ingram usually has the best relationship with Zubac, and Russell gets along well with Larry Nance Jr., and they all get together to chat at this time.

"Is it okay? It feels strong, but it's not as big as I imagined." Ingram muttered.

Zubac is also a rookie, he knows something, but even if he doesn't understand at this time, he has to pretend to understand in front of his bad friends.

So, he coughed and made his words a little more serious: "Branton, we can't just look at a team's strength in one game, we have to look at it comprehensively, and there are more Mutual Restraint Relationship”

"You understand?" Ingram looked at him in surprise. It seemed that a rookie player who had only played more than 30 games could say these words.

"Ahem. I heard the boss say that." Zubac coughed twice to hide his embarrassment.

"Oh, it's okay." Ingram suddenly realized, but said with some envy: "It would be great if we were also an Eastern team. Look at the Cavaliers and their opponents. No threat, we will be different."

These words are very helpless.

Are the Lakers' records good enough?
Currently ranking first in the league with 29 wins and 4 losses, they have won so many games, but the first position is still very dangerous, and the Warriors behind them are still very fierce in chasing the ground.

In addition, the Spurs, Clippers, and Mosaic are all top teams in the league. When it comes to the playoffs, these teams will be stumbling blocks for their progress.

Relatively speaking, the environment in the east is indeed much better than in the west.

"Don't forget, our boss used to be from the east." Zubac glared at Ingram.

Ingram sneered, what he said just now was a bit ambiguous, but he definitely didn't mean to mock the boss.
"Russell, if you meet Thomas Jr., what will you do to face him?"

On the other hand, the "biting ears" between Russell and Larry Nance Jr. is not all gossip like Ingram. It's about discussing tactical responses.

".Well, I think I will play him more in the low post, using my height and physical advantages. He is too short, and the low post is his disadvantage. If it is defensive, this short guy seems to be difficult to defend. I guess Frank will not use it. I went to defend, it should be the boss himself.

But if I'm really allowed to go, I think I will put a little distance to defend, this guy is too flexible, if he sticks to it, the chance of being passed is too high. "

Larry Nance Jr. nodded. Thomas Jr.'s height did make him more flexible in the process of breaking through, but it wasn't that he couldn't be dealt with, at best it was a little troublesome.

"This Porzingis is amazing." Larry Nance Jr. sighed.

Porzingis was in the same class as Larry Nance Jr., both rookies in 15, but Porzingis was the No. Round, but there is a big gap between the two picks.

"It's really good." Russell also nodded, "Not only his height, but this guy's outside shooting is also very good. It's just that he is a little tough today, 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, recovering 2 points.

However, as soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Celtics scored consecutively and once again widened the point difference to 93 to 82, 11 points. There were as many as 2 minutes for the Knicks to score 1 point.

Frank shook his head, it seems that the outcome of this match has been decided.

With an 11-point difference, in the Knicks' state, it's too difficult to come back!

Frank is not optimistic about the Knicks.

But Xu Xuan, who just said that the Knicks were 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 and in this state, the Knicks can still come back?
"That's not what I meant." Seeing Frank's gaze, Xu Xuan shook his head, pointed at the big screen and said in a deep voice, "I mean that although the Knicks have no chance of making a comeback, there is someone who definitely deserves applause."

Frank followed Xu Xuan's fingers and saw that Rose, who was still panting, had thrown off the towel and was standing on the sidelines, ready to play!
"Only rested for 2 minutes?" Frank was surprised.

"He is that kind of person, maybe that's why he is liked by so many people." Xu Xuan shook his head and said.

This rose is amazingly strong!
After coming up, Rose first made a breakthrough to the basket with a fast break, and hit a super drawbar that threw his body out.

Immediately afterwards, he caused a defensive foul on the Celtics in the high position and made two free throws. At the same time, he assisted Melon and fired from the outside!
This is my second three-pointer in this game.

However, although Rose continued to fight on the court, he could not change the situation of the game. The Celtics had always held the initiative from the beginning of the game, but with Rose's efforts, with 1 minute and 06 seconds left in the game, he assisted me. A successful layup tied the score at 112-112.

The Celtics quickly requested a timeout.

(End of this chapter)