Chapter 352 Christmas War, Return to the Holy City!
After winning 10 consecutive games, the Trail Blazers have reached 24 wins and 3 losses, and look very promising to tie the Bulls' starting record in 1996.
During the past 10-game winning streak, everyone has worked very hard. If we need to select the player with the greatest contribution, I estimate that most fans and the Blazers will be willing to vote for Wang Zelin.
In December, Wang Zelin has won the Player of the Week award for two consecutive weeks. This season, he has won the Player of the Week award 5 times, leading the league.
The Western Conference Player of the Month for November has just been won by Wang Zelin. According to the current trend, it is very likely that he will win the Player of the Month for December again.
If you want to compete for the regular season MVP, the number of wins of the week and the best of the month, it is also a major reference data when competing with other players.
Because these honors are inseparable from individual and team performance, James won 5 of the 6 Eastern Conference Player of the Month awards last season, leaving many strong competitors behind in the regular season MVP race.
Let’s not mention the Eastern Conference for now. As far as this season is concerned, the only one who can compete with Wang Zelin in the Western Conference is the Thunder’s Kevin Durant.
The Thunder's current record is 22 wins and 5 losses, second only to the Trail Blazers and ranking second in the Western Conference. Durant is averaging 33 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.6 blocks per game this season. His performance is extremely versatile.
What's even more frightening is that his shooting percentage has always remained above 50%.
You know, he is a scorer who prefers shooting, rather than focusing on breakthroughs.
In fact, last season, Durant's field goal percentage exceeded 50%, a full 51%. But the 50% field goal percentage averaging 28 points per game and the 5-point field goal percentage averaging 32 points per game, how can the difficulty be the same?
And words.
On the premise that his score increased by 4 points, Durant's shooting percentage only dropped by less than 1 percentage point. Looking at history, it is estimated that no shooting machine can be more stable than him.
It's a pity that despite such a heroic performance, Durant still couldn't win the Western Conference Player of the Month award, and he only won the Western Conference Player of the Week award once.
The only time he won the Player of the Week award was at the end of November.
At that time, the Trail Blazers were in a short buffer period after their 13-game winning streak was ended by the Warriors. They lost two of the next three games, to the Pacers and Suns.
In other words, except for that short week, in the eyes of the outside world, comparing Wang Zelin and Durant, the former has performed better than the latter more often this season.
In addition to losing the second game due to illness during the season, which affected the overall record to a certain extent, more importantly, in the first battle with the Trail Blazers on December 5, the Thunder lost the game.
In the eyes of fans, it is almost equivalent to Durant losing to Wang Zelin in a head-to-head duel.
This is very embarrassing.
As one of the favorites for the regular season MVP this season, Durant failed to lead his team to defeat Wang Zelin. In addition, the two belong to the same division. When judging the award, people naturally prefer the latter.
After talking about the west, let’s go back to the east.
Let me put it this way, even though the Pacers are currently ranked first in the Eastern Conference and second in the league, the real king of the Eastern Conference can only be the little emperor LeBron James of the Miami Heat.
This season, the Eastern and Western Players of the Week have been awarded 7 times each. The only player in the Western Conference to win more than 2 times is Wang Zelin in the Western Conference, who has won 5 times, leading the league.
On the Eastern side, it was James twice.
The thirty-year-old man once again told the young walkers with facts: Has your time not come yet?
Oh no, I forgot again, I’m not called a thirty-year-old man yet!
Also, the old man has just crossed the big mountain of the Big Three of the Green Army. He has only been in power for two years, how can he give up the throne so easily.
Paul George was not to be outdone. Although he only won the Best of the Week once, he won the more valuable Eastern Conference Best of the Month in November with his better team performance and outstanding personal performance.
The competition between the young challenger Paul George and the league king LeBron James has become a neck-and-neck trend.
The former has better team performance, while the latter has stronger personal dominance.
This is cheaper than Wang Zelin next door.
Durant, who poses the greatest danger to Wang Zelin in the MVP race this season, is being left behind by himself. When the media discovered that it was difficult for Durant to catch up with Wang Zelin, they began to dig around the league.
Another ruthless character comes out to fight in the ring.
Where to find it?
It can only be from the east. Haven’t you seen that the west has already formed a situation where Wang Zelin’s family dominates?
At this time, when they turned their attention to the east, they were surprised to find that a situation of two heroes coexisting in the east had been formed.
Regardless of whether the young Pacers' combat effectiveness exceeds their imagination, or whether Wade's rapid decline has caused the Heat's strength to decline to a certain extent, the only teams currently ranked first in the Eastern Conference are the Heat and the Pacers.
Don't expect other teams to break out of the Eastern Conference.
This suddenly puts the media in a dilemma. Should they push James or Paul George?
When they are still hesitant, time will not wait for anyone. As time goes by, the Trail Blazers play harder and harder, Wang Zelin wins more and more honors, and the reputation of the outside world is naturally getting better and better.
Suddenly looking back, everyone realized that Wang Zelin had left all the competitors behind and disappeared without a trace.
Just like James who was preparing to win the MVP award at the beginning of last season, except for the Heat fans, fans of other teams in the league did not want to see him achieve consecutive wins, and there were many mischiefs during that period.
As a result, James' performance last season exceeded everyone's expectations. It can even be said that James' performance last season far exceeded his previous three MVP seasons, catching everyone off guard and being incredibly efficient.
In the end, James' advantage snowballed and he was almost unanimously elected MVP.
Now Wang Zelin is beginning to feel this way, especially with the arrival of the Trail Blazers' second 10-game winning streak, which has made his recognition among the fans and evaluation in the media reach a new high.
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"Leading the league with 24 wins, who else can stop these young people?"
"Are the Trail Blazers a young guard? No, I prefer to call them championship contenders!"
The Blazers are playing harder and harder, and the major media have begun to praise them crazily. Everything seems to be going in the right direction.
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After playing the Timberwolves on the 22nd, the Trail Blazers' next game is scheduled for the 26th. During this period, Wang Zelin and his teammates have three full days of rest.
These three days are just for the upcoming annual NBA Christmas game.
In fact, as early as early August, NBA officials officially announced the entire schedule of the 2013~2014 regular season.
Judging from the announced schedule, in addition to the opening game of the warm-up program that attracts the attention of fans, the NBA's repertoire of each season, the Christmas game, has also attracted great attention from the outside world from the beginning.
After all, such a rich and delicious Christmas dinner only happens once a year, even in the NBA.
A total of 5 Christmas games are scheduled for this season, and the dates are scheduled for December 26th.
The first game is Mosaic vs. Bulls at home, followed by Knicks vs. Thunder at home, Heat vs. Lakers away, Warriors vs. Clippers at home, and Trail Blazers vs. Spurs away.
Due to the arrival of Wang Zelin, the league has once again undergone new changes. The Nets, who were supposed to face the Bulls in the five Christmas games in history, became Mosaic. And the Mosaic, which was supposed to challenge the Spurs away from home, became the Trail Blazers with Wang Zelin.
The Nets are no longer included in the list of 10 teams for the Christmas Day game.
That's right, the Wolf King didn't join the Nets in this world. Although the Nets' record is still so bad, their star level is far less than that.
To be honest, the fans and influence of Deron Williams, Paul Pierce, and Joe Johnson may not be as high as that of Garnett.
The Nets were not selected, which is understandable.
Immediately, the media began to report vigorously to warm up the upcoming Christmas war.
However.
Fans were surprised to find that no matter how hot the news reports about the Christmas war were, they seemed unable to cover up the relevant reports about Wang Zelin.
The most outrageous news in recent times, "Dongfang Wang is suspected of cheating on his girlfriend?" once surpassed the news that "Thunder players left for the Knicks two days in advance to prepare for the Christmas game."
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Obviously.
Everyone was once again shocked by Wang Zelin's terrifying popularity and traffic. Even changing his girlfriend, which is still only suspected but not confirmed, has aroused more public opinion on the Internet than Lei Lei, who is seriously preparing for war.
In this regard, Kevin Durant, the star of the Thunder, seems to be unable to bear it any longer...
After seeing the media coverage of Wang Zelin's skating news, Durant actually commented directly: "Didn't I say that Chinese men are always very single-minded? That's it?"
He probably forgot to change his trumpet again in his hurry...
When interviewed by the media later, Durant saw that his sophistry was meaningless and simply gave up the struggle, and Ma Liu admitted it.
A reporter asked Durant: "KD, in this Christmas game, the opponent you will face is the New York Knicks. I heard that their main center Tyson Chandler is in very good shape after returning from injury. What do you think?
How sure are you of defeating them?"
After Durant heard this question, he suddenly looked at the reporter in front of him in surprise, and then replied without hesitation: "Come on, man, don't look at the teams they have lost to recently...
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"Wizards, Grizzlies, Celtics... we have defeated these guys. How much trouble do you think the Knicks can cause to me and my team?"
After saying these words, Durant returned to training angrily.
They all came to New York, how could Anthony not pay attention to Durant?
Although he is already a frequent visitor to the Christmas war and is used to losing and winning, he still wants to win this game if possible.
When Durant's interview reached Anthony's ears, Melo's face immediately dropped and turned into a bitter melon.
Later, when being interviewed by reporters, Anthony faced the camera with a black face the whole time: "The Knicks cannot pose any threat to them...Listen, Oklahoma boy, the night after tomorrow, I will let him see what it means to be the scoring champion."
Some of them are really good!”
When he said these words in front of the media, he was undoubtedly making a formal statement to Durant:
I, Carmelo Anthony declare war on Kevin Durant!
Come on, this is what the media and the league want to see most, the offensive battle between the old and new scoring champions!
Wang Zelin probably didn't expect that even though he did nothing, he suddenly sparked a fight between Durant and Anthony.
Even if he knew, he wouldn't take it to heart, he is busy now!
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Spurs home court.
AT&T Arena practice field.
"Wang, are you really cheating?"
"Wang, I heard that you cheated?"
"Zelin, what they said can't be true, right?"
Not only the Blazers players, but also the Spurs players on the other side gathered around with gossipy faces.
Especially the No. 21 rookie who looks stupid on the outside but is actually an old man at heart. His neck is so stretched out that he wishes he could be three meters long.
Wang Zelin thought for a moment...
"If you say yes, then that's it!"
How could such an answer satisfy everyone? Batum came up and asked anxiously: "Is it true?"
Wang Zelin glanced sideways: "You won't be able to answer the next sentence~ I don't believe it!"
"No, no, how could it be?"
Although Batum shook his head repeatedly, Wang Zelin saw the doubt in his eyes.
Yes, he is another upright guy.
"Okay, what the media said is indeed true, Reina and I have broken up..."
"Oh ho ho!"
As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen players around him, whether from the Spurs or the Trail Blazers, all exclaimed in surprise.
Then...
The crowd gathered in small groups and started their own discussions, completely ignoring the person involved, Wang Zelin.
"I knew it!"
Wang Zelin shook his head gently and devoted himself to the warm-up.
It’s a long story, but it’s not impossible to make it short.
In short, just two words, tired!
In other words, there is no passion anymore.
Reina didn't know, but Wang Zelin felt that the relationship between the two was not as hot as it was at the beginning.
In addition, since he entered the NBA, a small piece of gossip news will break out from time to time. Maybe Reina's patience has reached the limit. Everything will fall into place and the points will be divided.
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19:00 in the evening.
"Oh oh oh!"
"Welcome everyone to watch the 2013~2014 NBA Christmas Game!"
"Of course, I like my good partner...forget it, actually the guy I hate the most - Shaquille O'Neal! And..."
"My real best partner - Reggie Miller!"
Tonight's Christmas Day game between the Spurs and Trail Blazers will be broadcast by ESPN, and they will also send their own ace commentator Charles Barkley.
Since Kenny Smith, another ace commentator, was temporarily unavailable, Barkley's partners tonight became O'Neal and Reggie Miller, two very promising former NBA stars.
"Shaq, why did you agree to come all the way to San Antonio to watch the Christmas Day game today?"
"Yeah, shouldn't you be at the Staples Center at this time?"
Barkley and Reggie Miller asked the commentator "Shark" O'Neal next to them.
As the two said.
As a famous star of the Los Angeles Lakers, O'Neal should indeed watch the Lakers VS Heat game.
"Um……"
"You know, man, the Black Mamba is old."
"Going to Staples to watch him play now is like watching a classic car race. It's extremely boring."
"In contrast, I would rather watch young people play!"
Obviously, O'Neal was joking. After sharing the All-Star MVP in 2009, the two gradually cleared up their differences and became good friends again.
Therefore, after retiring, O'Neal would often make fun of his old partner Kobe Bryant in front of the media from time to time, which everyone has long been accustomed to.