roccoschili Chapter 874 Another Christmas Chapter
Chapter 874 Another Christmas Chapter
Chapter 874 Another Year of Christmas
Since late November, the situation in the entire West has gradually become clearer.
The teams at the top of the East and West basically did not exceed expectations.Especially in the East, starting from the ninth Washington Wizards, the teams behind basically have no hope of entering the playoffs.The overall technical and tactical level and the state of the players are very poor, it is difficult to squeeze one out of Qianba's team.
Those few teams that have undergone dramatic changes from people's imagination are concentrated in the West.
Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs have fallen behind!The former hasn't played a few games that can be watched since the beginning of the season, while the latter has fallen from the first place in the Western Conference to the top ten.Judging from the current wins, they are not much better than the Warriors, Suns and Timberwolves.In addition to these two teams that did not play, there is a team that makes everyone look up.The Memphis Grizzlies played well under the leadership of rookie Morant.Although their record has just reached 5%, they already have 3 more wins than the ninth Trail Blazers.Of course, only a third of the season has passed, and no one can say what the final result will be.After all, it is possible that a certain inconspicuous trade and signing during the season can revitalize a team.
The strong teams from all walks of life are chasing after each other to refresh their winning streak records this season. Those weak teams really have no chance to win even a single victory.The Golden State Warriors, ranked last in the Western Conference, only won 9 games in two months.
The Thunder are still competing with the Lakers, Clippers and Nuggets for the No. 4 spot in the Western Conference.Compared with the thriving Thunder in the previous two seasons, this season's Western Conference is really a mess of demons.Especially in the competition for the top four in the Western Conference, there have been more than one or two situations in which the No.[-] directly climbed to the top after winning a game.On the contrary, the eighth position is always occupied by the Grizzlies. The teams in front cannot fall, and the teams behind cannot catch up.
On December 12th, the annual Christmas battle kicked off.
This year, the league has scheduled four games.In these four games, the strength of both sides is very strong, and each game has a strong topic.
The game between the Celtics and the Raptors started first.As the top four teams in the East, the match between these two teams has attracted countless attentions before it even started.But after the game, everyone found out that this was just an appetizer for the Christmas game.
The Celtics took a double-digit lead in the first quarter and kept it going until halftime.When everyone thought the Raptors would launch a counterattack, Jaylen Brown made 5 of 5 shots in the third quarter and scored 16 points in a single quarter, leading the Celtics to extend their lead to 22 points.In the last quarter, the Raptors finally started to fight back, but it was too late.
Just when everyone was disappointed with the performance of the second-ranked Raptors in the East, the Bucks, the No. 10 in the East, stepped forward to rescue them.When they faced the 76ers who were more than 27 wins behind themselves, they didn't behave like the top team in the Eastern Conference at all.Especially Antetokounmpo's performance. He took 8 shots and only hit 7 of them. He made 0 of [-] three-pointers.
I have to say that not only Antetokounmpo lost face, but the Bucks also lost face.They have been unstoppable this season.Not only set the season's longest 18-game winning streak, but also easily won the game against the favorites, the Lakers and Clippers.But the 76ers beat them with just one move.That is: let go and don't let go, lock Antetokounmpo.When the latter fell into the 76ers' tall inside defensive circle, the game belonged to the 76ers.
The two teams leading the East fell one after another, making everyone look forward to the game in the West.When people continue to criticize those teams that seem to be strong, they actually want to see the following things happen.
The four teams participating in the Christmas game in the West are the Lakers, Thunder, Clippers, and Nuggets. They are also the teams with the first to fourth regular season records in the Western Conference at this stage.
There is no doubt that the Los Angeles Derby is the focus of the four focus battles of the day.
The Los Angeles Derby is something that has only been recognized by everyone this season.For one thing, the two teams, the Lakers and the Clippers, have been quite different in strength over the past many years. Only two teams with matching strengths can be called Derbys.Second, the Lakers and the Clippers had a lot of friction in signings this summer, and they both held a sigh of relief and wanted to compete.
The opening game of this season has arranged a duel between the Lakers and the Clippers.At that time, the Clippers defeated the Lakers in the absence of Paul George and took the lead in this season's regular season.This time, it is the second time the two sides have played against each other.
The Lakers made up their minds to make a comeback. They went all out and took a 12-point lead in the first half.However, the second half of the third quarter became the turning point of the game.Although the Lakers still maintained the lead until 3 minutes before the end of the game, James' key mistakes and several consecutive missed shots by the Lakers gave the Clippers victory in this game.
The game between the Thunder and the Nuggets is the last game of the Christmas War, and it is also the most anxious game of the day.
Nobody likes to lose, especially when it's being televised across the United States.What's more, before this game, the Nuggets had won seven games in a row, and the Thunder had won four games in a row.This also means that after this game, one of these two teams will definitely end their winning streak.
In the game, both sides went all out.In the first three quarters, including the first half of the fourth quarter, there was a stalemate.In the last few minutes, An Luo's performance became a point that the Nuggets could not limit.
In the end, after a wave of big rhythm with An Luo as the core, the Thunder gained enough advantage.Moreover, they withstood the strong counterattack of the Nuggets at the last moment and won the victory in the Christmas game.
For An Luo, the Christmas game is just a regular season with a little more attention.In the past few seasons, the Thunder have never missed such a game.For the team, this is an excellent thing.It can not only earn a lot of tickets and peripheral products, but also increase the attention of the team.But for the players, it is not necessarily a comfortable thing.
Most players in this league want to be at home with their families on this day.An Luo is not keen on foreigners' festivals, but he also hopes to have more time to spend with his family.The current An Luoke does not lack such things as fame and attention.
(End of this chapter)