Chapter 907 The 12th Best of the Month
The Pelicans have double towers inside the interior, and super organizers like Rondo have been found on the outside, and the league's excellent double-powered guard Holiday Holiday Brothers, the team's offensive and defensive structure is very clear.
The team's coach is the offensive maniac Gentry. This guy is very good at tuning the team's offense, so there is no need to worry about the Pelicans' offense.
As for defense, there are Thick Eyebrows and Holiday Brother, one inside and one outside, and there is Teacher Tony in the bench, so there should be no big problem.
However, the shortcomings of this team are still obvious at a glance. First of all, they lack the real forward line to the table. Brother Davis is considered an inside line. The starting small forward of this team, Antoine Moore, is only 193cm tall, and this height is short at the No. 2 position. Rondo is only 185cm in the No. 1 position, and Holiday is only 191cm in the No. 2 position. Originally, he was short in the backcourt, and the No. 3 position is also short, and the starting lineup is a bit top-heavy.
When you meet a strong forward team, are you really expecting Brother Davis to defend?
Second, this team lacks shooters and 3D players. The starting lineup seems to be able to shoot, but there is no stable 3-point shooting point. This is a bit out of place at the moment when the league is increasingly emphasizing 3-pointers. Moreover, Rondo's 3-pointers may be a little better than Lu Yishu, and it is not much better.
As for the substitute lineup, Tony is indeed able to defend and project, and is the same as Rondo, and the opponent will let go of it.
In this game, the Pelicans met the real victim. The God of Kant beats the duck eggs and plays very uncomfortable. Even Kant, who plays as a substitute, doesn't have much advantage.
Thick eyebrows can beat Patterson, but pickled pepper can also beat Moore.
Brother Holiday is indeed a dual-aware guard with an offense and defense in the league, but he still cannot limit Xie Kai.
Xie Kai was able to jump shots on his head, and he could not limit his defense at all.
Brother Davis is indeed awesome, but Thunder specifically looks for him. When he ended up early due to fouls, Cousins was targeted continuously.
There is actually no suspense in this game, and it makes people see the shortcomings of the Pelicans. When Xie Kai and Paulo scored consecutively, the game was over early.
The Thunder refused to lose in a row, and their record reached 14 wins and 2 losses, continuing to rank first in the league.
On November 23, the league ushered in a focus game, with the Thunder playing against last season's Western Conference Finals rival Golden State Warriors at home.
Neither of the core players of both sides are absent. This is the first time the two teams have played this season, so they are naturally highly anticipated.
The Warriors were defeated by the opponent in the Western Conference Finals last season. Durant suffered a lot throughout the summer. In addition to locking himself in the training ground to practice, he would go online and make fun of him and ridicule, which made it difficult for him, a person who likes online very much.
Durant is an NBA superstar who likes to surf the Internet. He often argues with some netizens on social media. He once said, "I want to have a bath with Scarlett!" This has become an old joke that fans who follow the NBA have mentioned from time to time.
Here's the thing: At the 2011 Golden Globes Awards, when American Hollywood actress Scarlett Johnson walked on the red carpet, Durant couldn't help but tweeted: "Scarlett, I want to drink your bath water."
Even Xie Kai, a not-so-gossiped NBA player, knew about this, which was obvious. He did not think that Durant was a vulgar or even dirty man. At least he dared to say what he thought was, but he was a superstar after all, and some words would still have a bad impact on him.
But everyone is adults, and he has to be responsible for everything he says. Durant wants to drink his widow's bath water. This is his personal business and outsiders have no right to blame him.
The Warriors did not make too many adjustments to the roster during the offseason. Their main rotation players were all there, and they also added forward scorers like Yang Shaoxia and Casby. Their purpose of this move was to increase their rotational shooting and scoring ability. Last season, they suffered a loss in this regard when they played against the Thunder. The rotational shooting was targeted by their opponents, which became one of the important reasons for the failure of the series.
The Warriors' reinforcing goal is to be on the wings. They have stocked up a large number of players who can defend against multiple positions and swing multiple positions. This is truly the idea of "future basketball" by the operator Pat Riley in reality.
They were actually successful. If it weren't for the Grizzlies, Cavaliers and Thunder, they would have hope of winning the championship in these three seasons.
In this game, the Warriors played extremely badly. Except for Durant and Curry who scored 20 points, only Casby, who came on the bench, was the only player who came on the bench.
On the Thunder, Xie Kai and Westbrook both scored 30+, and Paulo scored 18+5+5+2+2, sniped the opponent at home, and ushered in two consecutive victories.
Two days later, the Thunder returned to home court and narrowly defeated the Eastern Conference Pistons and ushered in three consecutive victories.
After three consecutive victories, the Thunder's record reached 16 wins and 2 losses, continuing to rank first in the league.
The next day, the Thunder played back-to-back away against the Mavericks.
With Westbrook's triple-double and Xie Kai's quasi-triple-double, the Thunder easily defeated the opponent and ushered in a four-game winning streak.
On November 30, in the last game of this month, the Thunder defeated the Magic away and ushered in a five-game winning streak.
In this way, the Thunders' games this month are all over. They have reached 18 wins and 2 losses, far ahead of other teams and ranked first in the league.
The defending champion's state is so brave that other teams who are determined to win the championship are worried. After paying high luxury taxes, if you can no longer achieve results, the pressure can be imagined.
On December 1, the NBA officially announced the best player in the East and West last month.
James of the Eastern Cavaliers and Xie Kai from the Western Thunder won this honor together.
This is the 12th best month in Xie Kai's NBA regular season career. This is currently the number one in the Thunder and the first in the 2008 rookie.
For Xie Kai, the best of the moon can no longer help him improve his historical status, but this is still an important honor and can help him compete for the regular season MVP.
Last month, the Thunder played a total of 20 games, and they achieved a record of 18 wins and 2 losses. Xie Kai is now ranked first in the league scoring list with an average of 31.4 points per game, and is also far ahead in all the high-level data, making people feel his terrifying dominance.
On December 2, the Thunder welcomed their first opponent of the month, the Timberwolves.
The two teams had two matches last month, and both of the Thunder won. In this game, the Thunder narrowly defeated their opponent at home and had already killed the opponent three times this season, which is considered the opponent's big miser.
Chapter completed!