NBA: I am the card dealer

Chapter 330 The situation is tense!

"Brother Shui is awesome! Brother Shui is domineering!"

"He does have the temperament of being the best player in the league, but it would be best to win another regular season MVP this season and win another championship. That would be a sure thing."

"Don't mention it, I really have a chance to win two consecutive MVP awards this year. First of all, Xue Liancheng's statistics are really the most gorgeous in recent years, averaging nearly 30+13+7 per game. No one can beat him! In addition, the Knicks' record Not bad, currently at the top of the Eastern Conference, and Oladipo, who was recently traded, is also very strong, and is a perfect fit for Xue Liancheng. He really has a lot to do this year."

"When I entered the league, I won two consecutive MVPs and two consecutive championships. It was truly unprecedented. It was unprecedented, and it should be unprecedented."

"The most important thing is that the Western Warriors are too strong. If the record between the two sides is not much different, then Brother Shui will definitely have a chance."

"This is only the second year! Xue Liancheng has reached the top level of the league. This is really unexpected."

"It shows that our country does not lack talents, it just lacks people to tap them."

"It's time to think about Olympic medals."

"At next year's Olympics, I hope Brother Shui will be in good condition and lead the national team to win a medal."

"My brother! What are you thinking? One more Xue Liancheng can win a medal. Do you know what a medal means?"

"That is, looking at the peak period of the men's basketball team, assembling the best players in the history of the men's basketball team, it is just a matter of entering the quarterfinals, a medal? It's really a bit daring to think."

"Why don't you dare to think about it? The Knicks were at the bottom last season and are competing for the championship this season. Needless to say why?"

"That's right, during the offseason, the entire team was changed through a series of trades and signings. Apart from Lopez, David West, and Jeff Green, who can watch the signings?"

"Yes, at that time Will Barton, Crowder, Tyler Johnson and others were still little Calami who averaged a few points per game. Who would have thought that they could perform well? Isn't it because of Xue Liancheng?"

"Brother, he is the first player in the league with an average of close to 30+13+7 per game! Do you think Brother Shui is little Karami?"

"Do you know what an MVP-level player is? Why don't you dare to think about medals, not to mention that there are people like Yi Jianlian on the team to help."

"You can think about championships, but you can't think about medals."

"Don't talk about other things, time is a bit tight! If Brother Shui really makes it to the finals to compete for the championship, it will be mid-June, and then training will begin in July, and he will soon enter the group stage. If he has not run in, what can he do? It’s really hard to tell the level.”

"With Brother Shui's level, I don't think it's a big problem. As long as he enters the national team, he will definitely lead the team to a new level. I can't say about medals, but he can still enter the quarterfinals."

That's right!

The country is already crazy about the Olympic Games.

And what's even more outrageous is that they imagine that winning a men's basketball medal is equivalent to reaching the final top three.

This fantasy is quite extraordinary.

After all, getting a medal is a historic moment.

of course.

Some rational fans find it difficult. With the current strength of the national team, even if there is one more Xue Liancheng, it is impossible to reach the top in one step.

But more fans are full of confidence in Xue Liancheng, and this confidence is very blind.

Some extreme fans even threatened to win the championship.

reason?

Xue Liancheng is the MVP! In the world's top basketball league, you can average nearly 30+13+7 super data per game. Do you think this is a joke?

A player with his own system, his scoring ability is very explosive. Such a world-class basketball player will definitely make everyone in the national team better, and the overall strength will definitely leap to a new level.

In addition, the world basketball landscape is basically one super player with many strong teams.

Except for the Mi Li National Dream Team, the strength of other European strong teams seems to be similar, but they may be a level better than the national team.

After Xue Liancheng came, didn't he even the gap?

In addition, the traditional strong teams in Europe focus on team basketball, and Xue Liancheng's personal ability and playing style are the most restrained in this kind of team basketball.

There are also Yi Jianlian, Zhou Zhou, Guo Ailun and others who all showed super performance during the Asian Championships in their prime years. If they stabilize, reaching the second round of the knockout round is not a dream.

And in the second round, it's the semi-finals.

As long as you defeat the opponent, won't you get the medal?

As long as they don't run into the rice grain country, they still have a chance...

To sum up, this is why they dare to imagine.

It seems there is some basis for it.

After all, Xue Liancheng is really at the top of his game now. He beat James, who is known as the best player in the league, to despair. He is currently the top player in the league. This is the source of their confidence.

Xue Liancheng had no idea that domestic fans had already set him up.

At this time, he was enjoying the cheers given to him by the New York fans.

When you get off the plane, you can see Knicks flags and Xue Liancheng's personal portrait everywhere.

this moment.

He's definitely a New York darling.

However, New Yorkers have a tradition of changing their faces very quickly. One second, they love you to death, but the next second, if you fail to lead the team to perform as expected, they will jump up and spit on you.

and so……

Xue Liancheng still doesn't have much sense of belonging, and he doesn't really feel that this is his city.

Returning to the training arena, they engaged in tactical drills non-stop.

Because Christmas is about to begin, and the Knicks have just been scheduled for a Christmas game, and their opponent is the hottest team in the league, the Golden State Warriors.

Maybe the league didn't expect that this schedule was arranged by God.

The reason why they arranged this Christmas battle in the first place was probably to hype up the Xue Liancheng VS Curry gimmick.

But at that time, the Knicks were a completely bad team. Even after the trade, they were only on the threshold of the playoffs. Compared with the Golden State Warriors who retained a complete lineup, they were not even a star or a half behind.

But in the end, the Knicks miraculously reached the top of the Eastern Conference. After defeating Cleveland, their record has reached 22 wins and 8 losses, ranking first in the entire Eastern Conference.

In the West, the Golden State Warriors started the season with a crazy 24-game winning streak, shocking the entire league. However, after losing to the Milwaukee Bucks, they quickly lost another game, to the Toronto Raptors.

This loss was quite unexpected.

At least in Xue Liancheng's memory, it should be an accident.

If he remembers correctly, the Golden State Warriors had only lost one game before the Christmas Day game.

Because of the Christmas game, he watched the live broadcast. According to the original historical trajectory, it was the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was a close match, so he was quite impressed.

This shows that the butterfly's wings are really flapping.

The Golden State Warriors may not be able to break the Bulls' historic record of 72 wins this season.

However, the current record of 27 wins and 2 losses of the Golden State Warriors is still beyond reach.

It's really too powerful...

It opened up the entire Western Conference... no, it brought the entire league to a different level, making people feel directly how crazy the Warriors are.

But the Knicks are no less generous.

Who would have thought that the top spot in the Eastern Conference was actually the bottom player in the Eastern Conference last season. Coupled with Xue Liancheng's gorgeous statistics, he suddenly became the favorite for MVP, competing with the Golden State Warriors' Curry.

This created such a classic battle for the top spot in the East and West, as well as the battle for MVP.

The gimmick immediately reached full capacity.

The entire Knicks team also attaches great importance to this game.

Because everyone knows that Xue Liancheng is competing with Curry for MVP.

If they win, they can further narrow the record gap with the Warriors and raise Xue Liancheng's momentum even higher.

After all, the performance of direct confrontation will also affect the votes of media reporters.

And if you lose, it will be useless no matter how good your data is!

and so……

This game is also extremely important.

In addition, if the Knicks defeat the Cavaliers and Warriors, it will mean that they have truly proved that they have the ability to compete for the championship.

This is in line with the media ranking the Knicks among the five most popular teams for the championship.

of course.

It's just a tactical drill. Because it's Christmas, everyone needs to go home and prepare in advance to spend this Christmas well with their families.

Xue Liancheng was not in a hurry to leave because his family was not in Mili Country, and he didn't feel much about Christmas either.

If it is the Spring Festival, then he will most likely take a day off and have a good New Year.

Christmas?

Can't get it at all.

What surprised him was that Oladipo also stayed.

Obviously.

Continuous victories and his own outstanding performance have made this formerly underappreciated No. 2 pick come to the fore.

At this moment, Oladipo just wants to make himself stronger.

In addition, the All-Star voting has begun, and the Christmas game is a game with great exposure. It is a natural opportunity to canvass votes. Generally, players with ideas will not miss it.

And obviously.

Oladipo is a very ambitious player. He wants to become an All-Star this season.

After these few games, his game averages have reached 19.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists. His overall shooting percentage has increased to 47.8%, and his three-point shooting percentage has increased to 36.6%. Anyway, Oladipo's entire level is visible to the naked eye. It's been upgraded to a new level.

If he hadn't played more than a dozen games with the Magic, his statistics would have exceeded 20+.

This is where he was unlucky.

<divclass="contentadv">After all, All-Stars is still a relatively bare-bones Vanity Fair, and data comes first.

And averaging 20+ points per game is an obvious dividing line for All-Stars.

Averaging 20+ per game, you might miss the All-Stars.

But before reaching 20+, and you are not the star, you will most likely not be selected, unless someone is injured and you come in as a substitute.

In addition, he also has a competitor in the team, Lopez, so Oladipo torments himself so hard.

I just want to train more with Xue Liancheng. When we are almost done, we can play one-on-one. Everyone can quickly get to know each other, which will also bring huge benefits to the running-in.

……

……

At this time, the outside world once again focused on the Christmas war, especially the showdown between the Knicks and the Warriors.

"The battle between East and West at the top of the list, who can have a happy Christmas?" 》

"The popular MVP players face off for the first time this season, Xue Liancheng vs. Curry, who is the final winner?" 》

"The Knicks continue to battle against top teams, and the time has come to test the Knicks' true strength"

Fans are also looking forward to the showdown between Xue Liancheng and Curry.

After all, as direct opponents last season, there were many controversial topics between them.

For example, the ownership of the regular season MVP.

Many Curry fans were unconvinced and felt that Xue Liancheng was like Cheng Yaojin, who came out halfway to win the award with a sword.

Because in their opinion, the Heat is Wade's team, and Wade is the real boss. As a result, Xue Liancheng jumped up and grabbed the MVP.

Xue Liancheng's counterattack was more direct. You voted for third place, and you said that the first place was robbing you of the MVP. How shameless are you?

But Curry fans are not convinced at all. They feel that the Heat defeated the Warriors in record, which resulted in split votes. The real second vote was Curry.

Anyway, that's how the quarrel started, and it kept going on and on.

In addition, there is already friction between fans from both sides, and the quarrel becomes even more fierce.

As the Heat and Warriors met in the finals, the two sides directly became enemies.

of course.

It's just a grudge between fans. Xue Liancheng and Curry are more of competitors, not as mortal enemies as James. It's either you die or I live.

As the Heat won the championship, the Warriors became even more unconvinced.

There is no reason for this.

How could you not curse after losing the championship?

That must be the result of scolding.

and so……

With the Golden State Warriors' bad start to the season, Warriors fans were completely complacent and threatened to teach Xue Liancheng a lesson.

That's right.

They did not target the Heat who defeated them, but instead targeted Xue Liancheng.

After Xue Liancheng came to New York, they began to target New York.

As the Christmas war is about to begin, the rhetoric between the two sides has reached its climax.

Chaidan got involved again and threatened on Twitter: Tomorrow, I will make him cry through Christmas.

This tone is still as loud and annoying as ever.

But Green did attract tons of attention.

Because the star Curry rarely attracts hatred and is relatively humble, so he will not offend others by saying these things.

Before the second boss Thompson was seriously injured, he was still quite arrogant. He liked to use practical actions to speak for himself and rarely bullied Lai Lai on social media. After all, he was still a bit aggressive at this time.

Then only the villain Greene has a voice.

In addition, Green is a master of mentality. Whether on or off the court, he will challenge his opponents and ignite your emotions.

Therefore, this is really a character that is loved by relatives and hated by enemies.

Warriors fans love Green at this time, while fans in other cities think Green is trash.

For example, in New York right now, people just step on Green’s Twitter and scold him.

"What the hell are you?"

"Don't cry yourself then."

"Xue Liancheng doesn't even look at you."

"Next time you come to New York, I'll break your legs."

"It's useless to be arrogant. You have to speak with practical actions, otherwise you will be slapped in the face by Xue Liancheng every time and your face will be very painful."

"Aren't you just a bastard? Didn't you keep pushing Lai Lai in last season's finals? Didn't you end up watching Xue Liancheng step over your head?"

"You are just a joke, specializing in sensationalizing on the Internet..."

"You'd better practice your three-point shooting while you have this time, trash..."

New York fans rushed over and yelled...

And someone in the New York lineup also responded.

That's David West.

Even though David West looks fierce, he has a master's degree in history and is very talented in learning among many athletes.

But at the same time, he is also a thorn in the side.

In the historical trajectory, they started fighting with TT Thompson, and in the last game, the grudge between the two faced off again, and they really started fighting.

and so.

David West was not one to take offense, and directly replied: "Watch your mouth, otherwise, I won't mind tearing it up."

Green was not afraid at all: "Yo! It popped up again. I thought you cried after being beaten by TT in the last game? It seems that you are still very hard. Let me verify it in the next game."

David West: "It's just you? Do you want to verify it? Hehe... when I was playing, you didn't know which community court you were playing in the dirt."

Green: "So, you should retire when you are old, and you still dream of winning the championship? Do you have this destiny?"

David West: "I hope to see you on the finals stage, but don't let the Spurs take care of you first."

Green: "You'd better worry about yourself. You're a loser. You don't even have a fixed playing time. Can you help Xue Liancheng?"

The two of them just kept arguing for more than half an hour.

Obviously.

David West is also a little over the top.

Early the next morning.

Everyone flew to Auckland to officially challenge the Warriors.

And Curry accepted a pre-game interview.

Reporter: "The Christmas war is about to start tonight. Can you talk about your opponent?"

Curry shook his head: "The Knicks are very strong. They made the right deal and got some very capable players, but... we have only lost two games so far. To put it bluntly, we ignore Any opponent, including the Knicks, we will definitely win this game."

At this time, Curry is still very confident.

The season has reached the middle stage, but they have only lost two games. It is this unparalleled record that gives him unlimited confidence.

To put it bluntly, it is normal for Curry to say that he defeated the alien universe basketball team.

Reporter: "The opponent I'm talking about is Xue Liancheng."

Curry: "Well! He is very strong. This must be affirmed, but I am not afraid of him. On the contrary, I am a little excited. We missed the championship trophy due to some reasons last season. We will meet him again this season. I I will definitely let him know that it was an accident.”

Reporter: "Do you think Xue Liancheng can lead the team out of the Eastern Conference?"

Curry: "I don't know, but what I do know is, I can definitely do it."

Reporter: "If you lose this game, will it affect your MVP bid?"

Curry: "We're not going to lose."

Reporter: "I mean if."

Curry: "No ifs..."

Obviously.

Curry's answer also expressed his extremely firm determination to destroy the Knicks at home and avenge the destruction of the championship last season.

Reporter: “Can you predict the score?”

Curry: "I hope it's the third quarter..."

then.

What reached Xue Liancheng's ears was: Curry threatened to beat you up. Do you have anything to say about this?

Xue Liancheng responded: "I have nothing to say. On the court, we use the ball to speak, which is more convincing."

The game hasn't even started yet, and the two sides are already at war with each other.