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Chapter 215 It's all starting to float

Lately won the player of the month with his super data of 11 points, 44.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in November, as well as the team's winning record. This is not the first time he has won this honor, so he is not too much Excited.

Don't look at his high score, but because the Warriors' offensive power this season is too strong, the data of other players has not been affected, and even improved.

The next performance of the Warriors also proved to the whole world that a basketball game is not simply a pile of five superstar players. The F4 is even more dominant.

On December 12, the Warriors played against the Trail Blazers at home, and easily defeated this team with several potential superstars.

One month after Greg Oden landed in the NBA, his performance has been disappointing.

He is not as dominant as the media touted before. His shooting range is not far enough, his shooting ability is not stable enough, his low-post skills at the basket are slightly rough, and his confrontation ability is far less than what the media has boasted.

The Warriors played a hearty offensive basketball that also disappointed the Blazers supporters. They couldn't prevent the Warriors from tying the league's record opening win streak set by the Rockets.

In this game, the Warriors' four insiders played in turn. Milicic stunned Oden with his footsteps. Gasol's confrontation ability was not inferior to him. Harrington used long-range shooting to teach Oden to be a man, and Horford It is to use his comprehensive skills to show off assists in front of Oden.

After the game, Oden seemed extremely disappointed when he was interviewed by the media. When the reporter asked him what he thought of his performance after joining the NBA, Oden chose to make excuses for himself.

"I have some discomfort in my body. The wrist injury during college and the injury to my left ankle made me unable to play my best on the court. I think I need to contact the hospital for surgery and hope to return to the game as soon as possible."

But the quack doctors of the Blazers will probably never find out that the root cause of Oden's ankle problem comes from an operation he had when he was a child, which caused the length of his left and right feet to be different. It is the CDPPE developed lately, and Oden will also suffer from injuries for a long time.

On December 12, the Warriors will play against the Suns at home. This is a strong dialogue. Before the start of this game, the Suns had an 3-11 record, ranking third in the Western Conference. They are also the offensive power of the league. The strong team second only to the Warriors, the combination of Nash and Stoudemire has been playing for several seasons, and they cooperate so well that they know where each other is with their eyes closed.

This is not an easy game for the Warriors. After all, although the Warriors sit at home, they only played against the Trail Blazers yesterday, and their physical condition is worrying. It means that they missed the opening streak created by the Rockets.

The Suns also said in an interview before the game that they will do their best to stop the Warriors' winning streak and will not let him break the record.

Naturally, their strength is needless to say. The golden partner of Stoudemire and Nash, combined with D'Antoni's running and bombing tactics, has kept them super competitive in recent years-you must know that the Western Conference in recent years has been called Hell mode, even after the team's record was confirmed at the end of last season, some media joked that the gap between the east and the west is beyond imagination. They are not opponents of the strong teams in the West. The key is that the strong teams in the West still have a lot of thieves. If seven of the top eight players move to the East, they may steal the Cavaliers' No. [-] position in the East.

It's a pity that the Suns were unlucky. They first encountered the GDP led by Duncan, and then they encountered the Rockets' super abnormal Big Three. Last year was even worse. They were taught a lesson by being late.

This has led to their excellent record in the regular season in recent years, but they have not even touched the floor of the finals.

Now that they can play against the Warriors, they can also prevent them from breaking the record. Even without mobilization, the morale of the Suns players is high.

As early as a week ago, the league had already begun to focus on promoting this key game, but at that time, no one expected that the Warriors would be able to play a dominant performance at the beginning of the season. The winning streak is rich in gold, which includes strong teams such as the Rockets and the Lakers.

The pre-match media analysis also believed that the Suns should actually have the upper hand. Apart from the back-to-back games of the Warriors, their morale is also very high. There is no doubt about the tacit understanding of the super combination of Nash and Stoudemire.

The only thing the media is worried about is the Suns' defense.

In fact, many media believe that if the Suns' defense can be improved, they may have won at least one championship.

Especially Nash and Stoudemire, as the team's super core combination, Nash is well known for his great loopholes on the defensive end, and Stoudemire is also known for his offensive strength and defensive weakness.

They lost to the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals last season entirely because Nash simply couldn't defend late.

Fortunately, this is only the regular season, and most people are still optimistic that the Suns can end the Warriors' winning streak.

Even being late actually thinks so, because the Warriors are actually not afraid of the sun, but there is something wrong with them internally!

Late has a strong ability to control the locker room. Even though he usually has a good relationship with his teammates, but as long as he speaks in the locker room, no one dares not to listen to him.

It's a pity that there are some things that cannot be suppressed simply by personal prestige, such as pride and complacency!
That's right, after winning [-] consecutive victories, the Warriors players began to drift!
Even an experienced veteran like Grant Hill has a faint feeling that he is a hero in the world, and he can beat the whole world in a matter of minutes.

In addition to being late, the only players who did not drift were rookies Horford and Milicic.

Because Horford has not been able to secure his main position, he is training without distraction, seizing every minute and every second of playing time to express himself.

Milicic was ridiculed because he had been ridiculed. He knew very well that he was able to achieve his status today not because he was stronger than others, but because he had a good thigh.

Among them, Marc Gasol is considered to be more floating.

The main reason is that he has an older brother who plays in the NBA. Gasol often reminds his younger brother, telling him that NBA games are much more difficult than European ones. You have to be able to secure the starting position, and you may even have no ball to play at all.

Before joining the Warriors, Gasol Jr. was not very dominant in Europe, but after joining the NBA, he discovered that the hell-difficult NBA that his brother said was an exaggeration.

After defeating the Trail Blazers and abusing this year's No. [-] pick Oden, Gasol became even more flustered. When interviewed by the media after the game, he vowed: "We will definitely break the opening winning streak, and we will continue to win. To hit the longest winning streak in the league, I believe in our strength."

When a reporter asked him how he felt after playing more than a dozen games in the NBA, Gasol Jr. said: "In the current NBA, except for Yao Ming, all the inside players are hot chickens!"

Little Gasol's words are not so straightforward, but the translation probably means this, which shows how floating he is-because he also included his brother.

It is true that Gasol didn't take advantage of his younger brother when he played against the Lakers, but he didn't suffer on the defensive end.

But Gasol doesn't think so. He feels that even the No. [-] pick in this year's draft, the whole world is saying that he has the power of O'Neal and Chamberlain's skills. Is it all spicy chicken?

Moreover, Gasol rarely suffers when training in the team. As the main center last season, Milicic did not take much advantage when facing Gasol.

So Gasol Jr. thought, Am I such a super genius?The reason why they fell to the second round is that those teams have no eyes?
It's no wonder Gasol, everyone has vanity, not to mention that after Gasol joined the league too smoothly, the team is expected to hit the winning streak record, it is normal to feel complacent and complacent, after all, players are not machines.

If it wasn't for Gasol's seemingly arrogant speech that woke up the lateness, even the lateness would almost float up.

Because just after playing the Trail Blazers, in fact, late also had thoughts similar to Gasol's in his heart.

Isn't it the Suns?
I hit them casually in the playoffs last season. In the regular season this season, shouldn't we win for granted?You can hit whatever you want.

Feeling the impetuous atmosphere in the team, he went to the old Nelson immediately when he was late, and expressed his concern about the current team atmosphere.

Old Nelson was quite open-minded, and comforted him: "Chi, many of your teammates are young players. When they achieve results and get lost in the praise, you should not be anxious, but help them get to know each other again. Realizing their own shortcomings, it is not necessarily a bad thing for them to experience one or two failures at this time, so that they will gain experience in growth and become the most reliable helper by your side in the future."

Late thought for a while: "What if I put water in this game?"

Old Nelson immediately objected: "The Suns are a strong team. Even if we lose to them in the end, for those proud young people in our team, it will not be able to make them immediately vigilant. I think we should still work hard. Every game until they realize their own shortcomings."

(End of this chapter)