The arrangements for the Christmas War are as follows:
Thunder VS Heat at home!
Nuggets VS Clippers at home!
Nets VS Celtics at home!
Knicks VS Lakers at home!
Trail Blazers VS Spurs at home!
Five games in total.
Bald Hua carefully observed David Stern's face from the side.
For a long time, David Stern passed the draft around. After everyone read it, he asked: "What do you think of this arrangement?"
Stu Jackson, one of the vice presidents of the NBA, took the draft, looked at it from left to right, and said somewhat depressedly: "There is not much problem with Adam's draft."
Last year's championship and runner-up battle, the battle between the largest cities in the east and west of the United States, the battle between old and new powerhouses, Bald Hua was all considered.
After seeing that his old rival had nothing to say, Bald Hua's smile became even brighter.
"The draft is indeed very good, but there are still a few flaws," David Stern looked at Bald Hua and continued, "Adam, in this game between the Trail Blazers and the Spurs, I think it is necessary to change it and change it to the Trail Blazers.
Beat the Lakers."
Bald Hua felt a little unhappy, but on the surface he still pretended to be a good student and asked humbly: "Oh, why?"
"Judging from recent game reports and team strength predictions, the Spurs and Trail Blazers are obviously not teams of the same level. Forcing them to play a game will most likely lead to a one-sided crushing like last time. In that case
, the game will become boring, I’m sorry for the fans’ ticket prices, and it will also affect the ratings.”
"It will be different if you switch to the Lakers. Even though the Lakers' current record is very poor, as long as No. 24 starts to surge, there may be unexpected surprises, and... the competition between the league's No. 1 center and the new generation's No. 1 center
, there must be many fans who are already eager to try it."
"Also, the game between the Lakers and Trail Blazers can be played at Staples, there is no need to go to the Rose Garden..."
"Okay, I'll go down and make arrangements."
Bald Hua nodded.
…
The game against the Chaos team has entered the fourth quarter, and the score between the two teams is 61:57.
Neither side felt very good in this game. The overall shooting percentage of both sides was just over 30%. After the game, a score of over 90 would be considered good.
After the interval, back on the court, the Blazers have the right to attack first.
First, Lillard assisted Batum to hit a three-pointer. Then, Wang Zelin missed a hard hit under the basket, causing the opponent to foul on defense.
Two free throws.
66:57.
When the Blazers came back, they scored 5 points in a row and stunned the opponent.
The core of the Chaos team is Jrue Holiday. Except for the former dunk king Jason Richardson, the rest of the players are a group of young people in their 24s and 50s.
Once his mentality collapsed, the ball naturally became more and more collapsed, and he failed to make a good attack several times.
Wang Zelin helped the team further expand the score when he hit two consecutive singles in the low post.
Sometimes he thought about how great it would be if Aldridge could come back a few games later. Wang Zelin found that he began to like the feeling of pursuing good data.
Just like a drug, you can't stop taking it!
In the last three minutes of the fourth quarter, the two sides were tied at 84:71, and the score remained at around 10 points.
The head coach of the Chaos team, Doug Collins, directly replaced the main players, and the two teams began to compete for the substitute lineup.
In the past, the Trail Blazers' bench was the hardest hit area for losing points. It is no exaggeration to say that the Trail Blazers now average about 100 points per game, and at least 40% of the points lost are due to the weakness of the bench.
It's different now. Although Mike Roberts' scoring is not as good as Hickson's, his assist defense is much better. Under his leadership, the Blazers' bench has a good back-and-forth with their opponents.
In the end, the Trail Blazers defeated the Chaos 89:76 and successfully defended their home court. The team's record became 20 wins and 5 losses, still ranking third in the Western Conference, following the Spurs and Thunder.
…
At noon on the 22nd, the NBA officially announced the list of players of the week for the Eastern and Western Conferences from December 16th to 22nd.
This week, the Trail Blazers won 3 of 3 games, and Wang Zelin continued to win the Player of the Week award with his outstanding performance.
At this point, Wang Zelin's best-of-the-week appearances have reached three times, tying him with Aldridge and ranking first among active Blazers players.
For Wang Zelin today, he no longer cares about the mere Best of the Week award.
…
After playing against the Chaos team and taking a half-day break, the Trail Blazers had a back-to-back game at home against the Kings.
Being in the same division, the Trail Blazers and Kings have five games this season, and there are still two games left after this one.
Although it is back-to-back, the difficulty level of this game is based on the previous game of Chaos, which can be regarded as one of the easier games for the Trail Blazers in December.
93:72!
The Trail Blazers' 21-point deficit crushed the Kings.
Cousins still performed well in this game, scoring 25 points on 11 of 19 shots and 11 rebounds.
I don't know if it's because of Wang Zelin, but Cousins is always excited every time he plays against the Trail Blazers, and is often able to perform slightly higher than his current career average.
This season, Cousins is averaging 17 points, 9.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.4 steals per game. All statistics have declined compared to last season.
However, the overall shooting percentage has increased a lot, with the field goal percentage increasing by 2%, the free throw percentage increasing by 3%, and the three-point shooting percentage also increasing by 4%.
It can be seen that Cousins is getting closer and closer to his peak period.
Cousins played very well, Wang Zelin played not bad, and was not affected by back-to-back games.
20 points, 13 rebounds and a win.
What's behind is the most important.
…
In the Western holiday system, Christmas is undoubtedly the top priority, equivalent to the Chinese New Year.
Under the vigorous promotion of David Stern, the NBA's Christmas game has become a gluttonous feast in the hearts of American fans.
This is like watching the Spring Festival Gala during the Spring Festival.
Wang Zelin is from China and has no feelings for Christmas.
However, Lena takes this holiday very seriously, and the two are preparing to spend an unforgettable Christmas night.
Even all kinds of clothes were prepared, but a piece of news broke Wang Zelin's endless reverie.
On the afternoon of the 25th, Wang Zelin was conducting shooting training on the court, and the coaching staff suddenly held a team meeting.
"Boys, here's your chance to show your face."
With a flushed face, Coach Terry introduced the latest official NBA news to everyone.
The 2012~13 NBA Christmas season kicks off!
On the 26th, five official Christmas battles were scheduled.
Thunder VS Heat at home!
Nuggets…
Lakers VS Trail Blazers at home!
This arrangement exceeded many people's expectations, but looking back on the Blazers' performance this season, it doesn't seem unacceptable.
Originally, Aldridge and others were ready to spend a happy Christmas night with their families, but the league came to surprise.
The last time the Trail Blazers were scheduled to play on Christmas Eve was three or four years ago.
The sudden Christmas war disrupted everyone's plans, and everyone's emotions became extremely high.
That's the Christmas war!
A heavyweight game that most basketball fans around the world are paying close attention to!
These young guys from the Trail Blazers couldn't help but start fantasizing about the scene where they would show off their talents at the Staples Center tomorrow night.