roccoschili Chapter 930 The Story of All-Star Selection
Chapter 930 The Story of All-Star Selection
Chapter 930 The Story of All-Star Selection
Wang Meng sighed: "Xie Kai is really amazing! He pierced through the entire defense line of the Cavaliers alone."
Yang Yi said: "Ross defends Xie Kai, really can't defend. But these five players on the Cavaliers, if you let Korver defend, it is worse to be defended by Rose. Unless James defends, but even if James defends , the speed is not very fast enough to keep up. Xie Kai is not only good at breaking through, you give him a step, he will directly shoot you to death, stick a little closer, and pass by with one step, it is more difficult to defend than Brother Deng."
Rose and James are not compatible on the court. Both of them have to hold the ball. Rose has not yet made a 3-pointer.
What is embarrassing for the Cavaliers now is that those with shooting ability have no defense, and those who can hold the ball are not allowed. Except for James and TT, other players have poor defense.
A team with no defensive gates on the outside and a player like Love playing center on the inside, you can't expect his defense to be much better.
The intensity of this game can be imagined, the Cavaliers are completely undefended, and the Thunder are too embarrassed to put up a championship-level defense.
Xie Kai scored 22 points in the first half, and whether JR, Wade, or Rose defended him, even the league's average defense has fallen short. Among the three, Wade is slightly better, but since his knee injury and age problems appeared together, it is difficult for his lateral movement to keep up with Xie Kai's footsteps.
The Thunder led the Cavaliers by 69 points 55:14 at halftime.
It stands to reason that the Cavaliers scored 55 points in the half, and there was no problem with the offense, but the defense, which was scored by the opponent for nearly 70 points, can no longer be described as a little bad. It is like a cash machine.
Xie Kai keenly sensed that there seemed to be something wrong with the Cavaliers' locker room, because Thomas Jr. and Crowder, the two Cavaliers, seemed to be a little alienated from the old Cavaliers.There is also little interaction on the court, which is in stark contrast to the unity of the opponents in the finals last season.
Thomas Jr. is in a contract year. He hurt his butt last season. He must want to play well. After all, it is related to the next contract.This can be seen from his comeback from the line of fire.But judging from his comeback, it is extremely difficult to reproduce the "strongest 175 on the surface" last season, and it seems almost impossible at present.
Kaizi also didn't want to renew his contract with a maximum salary. He was afraid of the trouble of renewing the contract, so he threw this hot potato to the Cavaliers.Of course, the Cavaliers are not stupid. If Irving hadn't submitted a trade application and it was still so late, they would not be willing to accept an injured contract like Thomas Jr.'s expiring contract.
Before the end of the first half, the Cavaliers made matters worse. The main center Love felt unwell and left the field injured.
The second half of the game was not much different from the first half. Xie Kai clocked out of get off work with more than 7 minutes left in the final quarter. The score led by nearly 30 points. The opponent had no intention of fighting, and there was no possibility of a comeback.
In the end, the Thunder beat the Cavaliers 139:111 in the away game, ushering in a 4-game winning streak. After 4 consecutive victories, their record came to 41 wins and 5 losses, continuing to rank first in the league.
The Cavaliers were bloodbathed by the Thunder at home, and the competitiveness of their lineup is also doubtful.Everyone is watching the trade deadline to see what they will do.But they have no bargaining chips in their hands, and no other team is willing to take over a bad contract like TTJR.If not in the first round, it will be difficult for them to get any effective supplements.But the problem is that they don't have the first round. In order to compete for the championship, the overdraft was too big, and they were already over the cap, and they couldn't attract any free agents to join. The back road was completely blocked.
On January 1, the NBA officially announced the 24 Los Angeles All-Star Game substitute list.
Eastern Substitutes: John Wall (injured, replaced by Drummond), Kristaps Porzingis (injured, replaced by Kemba Walker), Kyle Lowry, Kevin Love (injured, replaced by Goran Dragic), Bradley Beal, Al Horford, Victor Oladipo.
West bench: Russell Westbrook, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jimmy Butler, Damian Lillard, Paul George.
The Warriors' Big Four and the Thunder's Big Three have all been selected as All-Stars!
This time because of the reform, everyone wants to see which stars Xie Kai and James will choose to join their teams.
James said on social media @谢开: "Yo! The All-Stars are very interesting, the full list should be announced live on TV!"
Xie Kai also replied to James: "It's absolutely fine, I agree!"
But NBA officials said that this would embarrass the undrafted stars, so they did not adopt James' proposal.
Although it was not adopted, Xie Kai and James still chose the star they wanted, and the list was officially announced by the NBA.
James' roster:
Starting players: James, Owen, Big Eyebrow, Du Xiaoshuai, Harden.
Substitute list: Oladipo, Zhuang Shen, Kemba Walker, Bill, Lillard, Horford.
Thank you for the team list:
Starting players: Xie Kai, Curry, DeRozan, Antetokounmpo and Embiid.
Substitute list: Westbrook, Pickled Pepper, Dragic, **, Chase Egg, Klay Thompson, Towns.
As soon as the list was announced, there was a lot of discussion immediately.Everyone is talking about this group, which is very interesting.James still chose Irving and Durant, and he really loves them both.And Xie Kai chose all the foreign All-Star players to his team, and the rest were the Big Three of the Thunder and the Three Musketeers of the old Warriors.
Xie Kai's choice made everyone think that as his old opponent, he still affirms the strength of Warrior Splash + Chase Egg.
After the announcement of the list of candidates, this matter came to an end. The NBA All-Star Game will start on February 2, so before that, each team still has a lot of games to play.
On the evening of January 1, the Thunder narrowly beat the Nets at home and ushered in a 24-game winning streak.Two days later, they defeated the Wizards at home and ushered in a 5-game winning streak.
On January 1, the Thunder beat the Pistons in an away game, ushering in a 28-game winning streak.
The next day, they defeated the 76ers at home, completed the season double play against each other, ushered in 8 consecutive victories.
On January 1, the Thunder narrowly lost to the Wizards in an away game and missed their 31-game winning streak.
After this game, the Thunder ended all games for the month.Their current record is 45 wins and 6 losses, continuing to rank first in the league.
赛程已经过半，雷霆队45胜6负的战绩，仍然具备冲击勇士2015-16赛季拿恐怖的73胜9负。
If they want to tie, the Thunder need to achieve a record of 31 wins and 28 losses in the next 3 games.Judging from the current record, this possibility still exists, and it is not small.If you want to surpass, you need to achieve 29 wins and 2 losses and above, which is indeed too difficult.
(End of this chapter)