Chapter 534 [Growing Pains]

The Magic manager has always wanted the team to win the championship and spent a lot of money.

In this game against the Knicks, the Magic did not play an eye-catching performance. Although they look like they have five stars in the roster who are not bad.

With Arenas and Duhon, Stan? Van Gundy still let Jamal? Nelson played the starter. In the first quarter, Zhou Xuan hit three three-pointers under his defense. HIS 180CM HEIGHT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR NELSON TO INTERFERE WITH OPPONENTS' SHOTS FROM THE PERIMETER. Turkoglou is back with the Magic, and he hasn't regained the feeling he had when he was the most improved player.

After Richardson left Nash, his stats dropped to 14 points. Arenas doesn't fit into the Magic system at all, he's used to playing with the ball and doesn't like to pass the ball inside. Van Gundy put him off the bench in the second quarter.

Earl, who was used as Anderson's replacement? Clark fought even worse. The big man was spotted for his shooting ability in the draft. As a result, he couldn't let go at all, and his shooting was not as good as Anderson's.

The No. 4 spot left Lewis, and the Magic let Buss play the starter, and the ability to evacuate is not as good as before. Worst of all, they sent Gortat away. Howard off, Daniel? Orton is not a qualified center-forward substitute.

The Knicks led by as many as 21 points in the fourth quarter, quickly turning the game into garbage time. Howard had 24 points, 18 rebounds and two blocks, and the Magic led 47-35. Despite this, they lost the game. The Knicks' three-pointers on 17-of-27 shooting were terrible.

Zhou Xuan scored 16 points and 15 assists, and continued to rank first on the MVP list. But he wasn't the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for December.

The Western Conference of the Month was won by Durant, who is expected to become the scoring champion this season.

The best in the East was won by James and Wade together. This set a precedent for the two to be voted the best player together, is it still called the best? But the alliance is like this, you can support whoever you want. In the All-Star Game, two people can win the MVP together, and of course in the regular season.

James averaged 25 per game in December. 2 points 7. 9 rebounds 6. Eight assists, while Wade averaged 27 per game. 9 points 6. 9 rebounds 4. With one assist in their accounts, the duo led the Heat to a league-best 15-1 record in December. Their total of 15 wins and 10 away wins have both set a new monthly record in team history. This month, Wade and James are second and third on the Eastern Conference individual scoring charts, respectively.

The heat began to explode after a run-in. Who can end their winning streak now is the topic of the media's greatest concern.

Then the Knicks beat the Pacers back-to-back. Sending Crawford away, the Pacers' record is a little better, and they traded Darren from the Hornets? Collison, the strength of the backfield has improved. However, their record is only slightly better than last season, with a 14-18 record far behind the Knicks.

Mozgov, who had been silent for a while, made a big move. His opponent is the veteran Foster. The Pacers played small-ball tactics. Foster center, main defense Mozgov. Dunleavy made a cameo appearance in the No. 4 position, defending Stadameyer. Isn't it abusive to let the shooting small forward defend Stadameyer? The Knicks hit back-to-back inside passes and inside to score.

The Pacers head coach teased that he didn't want Foster to start with Hibbert. Because he knew that Hibbert could not guard against Stadamyer or Pekovic. But he arranged it like this, and he couldn't prevent it. In the second quarter, Pekovic relied on tonnage to score several more single-handedly Hibbert points, and the halftime score was opened.

With a score of 113-92, the Knicks won very easily.

After this game, the Knicks returned home. Rise to the challenge of the strongest, Duncan's Spurs. The Knicks led the Spurs at halftime with a 30-4 lead because of one more game.

When Duncan arrived in New York, the first thing he did was to be a guest at Zhou Xuan's house.

The Spurs also just completed a trade to trade Udoka from the Warriors for an unplaying interior De Juan? Blair, reinforced the No. 4 position. The only purpose of the Warriors is to save money. Udoka's contract expires at the end of the season. Blair, who has little chance to play, has two and a half years left on his contract.

Speaking of the Warriors, Duncan smiled: "They are now determined to start rebuilding, and as soon as you leave, the championship team will finish the game directly, which is really rare." I heard that Dejuan was still recommended by you, and he has a good eye, so I am optimistic about him. ”

Bonner is too soft, McDyce is too old, and the defense and pick-and-roll are terrible, Blair played 4 games to the Spurs, and was directly promoted to the starter, with 8 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1. 2 steals.

Zhou Xuan snorted: "I'm getting more and more unable to understand the warrior uniform group now, isn't this just giving you a person for nothing, wanting to help you win the championship." ”

"It's not that easy, I'm old, I can't do it anymore."

Duncan's playing time this season, the stats have dropped. 13。 5 points and 9 rebounds, because his movement speed has slowed down, he is thinking about losing weight, and the task of resistance cannot be completed by him. Split hadn't grown yet, and that's when Blair was crucial for the Spurs.

Zhou Xuan said: "If you lose badly this time, I believe that you are old." ”

"It's a beautiful idea."

In this scene, Duncan did show his old appearance in the face of Stoudeyer. He finished with just 14 points and six rebounds on 5-of-14 shooting. And he only played 30 minutes. Blair had 17 points and eight rebounds in 20 minutes, which was more efficient than Duncan.

The Spurs failed to defend against Pekovic and Stoudamire's inside attack, and Smalls had 28 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Pekovic had 31 points and nine rebounds. These two men broke the spurs.

Duncan knows that the team is flawed, and they are not as good as the Knicks on the inside. The Spurs would be happy if the Knicks were willing to trade Mozgov for them, but the Spurs didn't have the leverage that the Knicks could look up to.

After this game, the Knicks led the league alone, leading the Spurs by one and a half games. The Knicks players are starting to get a little fluttery, as if they are close to the league's best record and championship trophy, forgetting that they have lost to the Heat twice this year.

No matter how well the regular season is played, it will be in vain if the Heat can't do it in the playoffs. The Heat continue their winning streak.

On January 8, the Knicks played away against the Suns.

Nash and Studamayre got together again, and the two showed affection, chatted, and ate together, they were really good friends.

Nash is still on the roster, but the Suns have been a different player this season. A poor 14-20 record indicates that they will definitely miss the playoffs. This time, they only resisted a little in the first half and surrendered early, and the Suns were finally going to be history.

In the big win over the Suns, on the plane to Los Angeles, Stodameyer looked a little sad. There were teammates he had played side by side for many seasons, and there were so many memories that he didn't want to see the Suns become an underdog.

Teams have periods of strength and weakness, and the Bulls, Celtics, and Lakers are no exception. Zhou Xuan has not yet experienced the taste of playing for an absolutely weak team, and it must be very uncomfortable. He hoped that day would never come.

When he arrived in Los Angeles, Zhou Xuan contacted the Olsen sisters, Taiwo, and Mitchell? Butler et al., let's talk about the recent situation.

Everyone else is doing well, except for Ashley, who seems to be very depressed.

Zhou Xuan said with concern: "You don't seem to be happy, what happened?" ”

"Justin (Barcelona), he proposed to me." Ashley said.

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"No, I found out that I didn't want to get married at all, that wasn't the life I wanted. I felt like I was going to be tied down, it was painful. Ashley sighed as she pressed her forehead with one hand.

"So what?"

"So I proposed to break up."

"Isn't it?"

Mary smiled: "It's normal, I don't want to get married, at least not for the time being, we're still young." ”

Zhou Xuan found that the three Olsen sisters had a bit of a problem with their mentality. Elizabeth has a lot of self-esteem, is ambitious, and has a bit of an obsessive-compulsive disorder, while Mary is not big-looking, funny, and a bit of a phobia of marriage like Ashley.

Marriage phobia is caused by the fear that you will not adapt to the contrast in your lifestyle. The biggest reason for premarital phobia is that they are not psychologically prepared for marriage and are afraid of facing life after marriage. Before marriage, it is still a relationship in love, and there is no need to take too much responsibility, and the personal space is relatively free, and after marriage, it means that you have to take responsibility and fulfill your obligations in the role of marriage, and naturally you have to pay a certain price.

In general, patients with premarital phobia have several main psychological characteristics. The sense of responsibility and responsibility is not strong. They are not mentally mature, they are not independent enough, they are not strong in self-care, and they are afraid to take on the responsibilities that come with marriage. The second is the insecurity and trust in marriage, which is related to the divorce of Ashley's parents, which has a psychological shadow on the marriage, and has no sense of security and trust in the marriage! There are also people who refuse to grow and are afraid of constraints.

As a child star, the Olsen sisters seem to account for all three points, Elizabeth is still very young, and she has not shown her fear of marriage for the time being, and I don't know what will happen to her in the future.

Zhou Xuan analyzed the fear of marriage and thought that it was a growing pain.

Ashley asked, "Stephen, do you want to get married early?" Like David Beckham? The British seem to be married very early. ”

"I don't care, it's a little early, about 25 years old." Zhou Xuan thought about it and felt that he was not afraid of living together, but marriage depends on the woman's intentions, Emma said that she didn't want to marry early.

People are always responsible, maybe that's what grows. Zhou Xuan and Emma have lived together for a while, and they feel very comfortable, no different from usual, just eat and cook one more dish, and chat with multiple people.

"I don't want to get married anyway, and I can't live with him, or we've been very good friends from the beginning." Ashley sighed.

"Like us?"

"Probably. It's just that he's more proactive, and it's hard for me to refuse him. If you had chased me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have refused. Ashley smiled wryly.

"I want to get married. I love living with Mary. Tevo chimed in.

"If you're proposing, it's so unromantic." Mary pouted.

Talking about this topic, it is Mitchell who has always remained silent, and the otaku who is still single in his forties can't afford to hurt.