Chapter 513 [8 Consecutive Wins to Lead]

Zhou Xuan had 27 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists in the half. In the second half, he was on the bench.

Beverley was outstanding, eye-catching on the defensive end and hitting a three-pointer from the outside.

The center striker went up Mozgov. D'Antoni didn't want the big man with his physical advantage to go to waste. The only one who is more unlucky is the veteran Roger? Mason and rookie Lance? Stephenson is up. Mason's form has taken a serious dip since returning from injury. Although Stephenson played hard, he was not good at shooting threes, which did not fit D'Antoni's tactical style. Now that he has been sent to the Development League, he usually focuses on three-point training.

As a star player, the Knicks saved face for the home team. The Clippers fought hard to narrow the gap to a maximum of 12 points, and the Knicks replaced Pekovic, Anderson and others to fight with them, and finally won the game 125-109.

Griffin scored luxury statistics again, 31 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists, but what is there to be proud of, Stadamire 12 points and 5 rebounds will not play.

After the game, in addition to praising the starters, D'Antoni made a special mention of Azubuike, who bore the brunt of the quality of the substitutes.

He played very well this time, shooting 5 of 9 three-pointers, and was also very active on the fast break, scoring 24 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, proving himself.

The reporter asked Zhou Xuan: "Today, you got the luxury data in half the game, will you regret that the playing time is too short?" ”

"No, I'm following the coach's arrangement, we've been playing away lately, it's good to win easily, it's time for us to go back to New York." Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

The reporter asked: "You have scored a lot lately, you have scored nearly 30 points in the first half of the game, if you play like this in every game, will you compete for the scoring title?" ”

"I play for the opponent's lineup and characteristics, mainly in tandem teams, and I didn't think about the scoring title. We have a lot of players on the team who can score, and we can't take up a lot of shots every game. ”

The Los Angeles reporter was very concerned about the Earth Star and asked Zhou Xuan to evaluate Griffin.

Zhou Xuan said: "He is very strong, and his low-post skills are also very good, I think he can become a 20+10 player this season." However, the Clippers have weaknesses now, and the overall offense and defense are average, and they can't win against the Knicks for the time being. ”

praised Griffin and attributed the defensive disadvantage to the Clippers as a whole, and Zhou Xuan spoke carefully. Griffin is the top pick, and his style of play with a knack makes him very popular. Don't speak ill of those who want to be praised by the alliance, otherwise you will be bored.

The reporter is also concerned about whether Zhou Xuan can win the regular season MVP. Zhou Xuan said: "It's too early to say this, our goal is to win one game, and then fight every game." Wait until the end of the season to talk about it. ”

When Zhou Xuan hit 30+20+5, the media hyped it wildly. After that, he scored 66 points, and the reaction was a little lighter, and some fans felt that he had that strength, which was normal. Just like Kobe Bryant scored 61 points in New York, few people were surprised. If you were to get 66 points from another third-year player, it might be a topic of conversation throughout the season. This time, he was 21+5 in a single quarter, and there was nothing to praise in the eyes of the media, but he praised it when he scored the best five goals that day.

After the game, Zhou Xuan and his teammates flew back to New York together. Emma? Watson is also going to New York tomorrow, but he has to follow the crew on the promotional activities.

The next two games against the Knicks were Charlotte Bobcats, back-to-back home and away.

Far from strengthening this season, the Bobcats are weaker than last season. The team let go of starting point guard Raymond in the summer? Felton, and starting point guard Raja? Bel.

Felton always wanted a big contract, but the Bobcats didn't satisfy his idea and sent Felton to join the Trail Blazers for nothing. Shaun, who is also a college alumnus and has been a Bobcat's teammate? Mei Summer was upset with Felton and said that the Bobcats' behavior of not renewing the contract was simply brain-dead.

Raja, the core of the outside defense who played with an injury last season? Bell switched to the Jazz. The Bobcats defense is taken down a notch. To that end, head coach Larry? Brown and boss Michael? Jordan's contradictions intensified.

After Jordan officially bought the Bobcats in March this year, he vowed to turn Charlotte into an NBA championship powerhouse. But in reality, his series of practices are completely contrary to the goals of his promise.

The situation is that the Bobcats are almost unavailable at the No. 1 spot, and Felton is replacing Andre with the Trail Blazers? Miller became the starter and played well with Aldridge. The Bobcats did so only because they were afraid of the luxury tax.

Now the Bobcats are only DJs on the outside, Augustine is holding up, Shane? Livingston subs. And there is a group of people on the inside line of the Bobcat, most of whom come to mix money. Tyson? Chandler, Kwame? Brown, Mohammed and Diop share playing time among the four centre-forwards. There are also Dio, Nahoola, Thomas, and Radmanovic in the power forward position.

The team's lineup configuration was out of order, and Brown didn't have the slightest confidence to lead the Bobcats to the playoffs. Except for Gerrard on the Bobcats? Wallace, no stars. Wallace isn't offensive either.

In order to stabilize Brown, the Bobcats renewed the contract of Chandler, who the old coach admires very much, in advance for 4 years and 45 million. But the "boxing champion" is just a blue-collar worker, and the annual salary of 12.7 million this season is not a lot, and many people say that this is a garbage contract.

The Bobcats beat the Knicks three times last season, but this season the two teams are completely at odds.

D'Antoni put Pekovic into the starting lineup and sat inside in the first quarter, forcing the Bobcats to compress the defense. If he didn't help to defend himself, Chandler would have been in great pain one-on-one and had lost a lot of weight.

Kwame on the Bobcats bench? Brown is good at resisting, but the Knicks made a substitution as soon as he came on the court, and Anderson put the offensive focus on the perimeter.

The outside line of the Bobcat was completely blown up. Rookie Henderson is injured and can only start on Matt? Carol. He can only shoot at fixed points on offense, is a black hole on the defensive end, has poor confrontation ability, poor defense breakthrough, and is a player of the type of "three-point king" Capano. DJ Augustine is too short, and a misplaced person can play casually.

It's no exaggeration to say that the Bobcats are the worst offense in the league, and they don't have a single scoring master. Augustine was forced to become the man in charge of the ball-handling attack, which was to catch the ducks on the shelf. He was defended by Zhou Xuan and Gallinari, and he frequently shot iron.

The second quarter of the Bobcats is even more tragic, the core is the Clippers abandoned Livingston, the inside beast quality male Tyrus? Thomas. Thomas is best known not for his strength, but for the brainless Bulls manager who sent Aldridge to him. The combination of Douglas, Azubuuk, and Fields easily dominated the outside line.

When the point difference widened to more than 20 points, CCTV5 commented that if the Knicks and the Bobcats started to play, they might not lose if they had Pekovic.

In the second half, Zhou Xuan continued to play, formed a double back with Douglas, and singled out Matt? Carroll scored back-to-back points to seal the win, and the fourth quarter turned into garbage time.

On the 25th, Emma who ended the event? Watson accompanied Zhou Xuan to fly to Sherlock. She didn't watch the game, but this day was Thanksgiving, and Emma wanted to spend it with Zhou Xuan.

The result was like a remake of the previous one, and the battle ended in three quarters. The outside combination of Zhou Xuan, Matthews, and Gallinari has the advantage.

After this game, the Knicks have a record of 14 wins and 1 loss. Nine consecutive wins continue to lead the league.

After the game, Zhou Xuan said: "Today is Thanksgiving, and I want to thank my agent Mitchell. He was always able to help me with ideas and find the right team for me. Thank you to my friends, Sister Olson, Donnie, Moritz siblings, and so on. They gave me encouragement and cheered me up when I was at a low ebb. Thank you Emma for coming to play with me away. And the team management, they brought me great teammates. Thanks to our teammates, we're a great team. Thanks also to the coach, the team's tactics made me play very well. I would also like to thank the fans for their enthusiastic support, and thank you to everyone. ”

In the game played on the same day, the Heat lost 95-104 to the Magic. With a record of 8 wins and 7 losses, it suffered three consecutive defeats.

Before the start of the season, many wondered if the Heat would lose six games before the All-Star break. It's Thanksgiving, and the Heat have reached that goal. The Heat lineup is intimidating on paper, but they haven't been able to play to their best on the court.

The reason the Heat lost was because of the bench. It's almost all veteran substitutes, poor defense, slow pace, and no amount of experience is useless. The biggest veteran Mike? Miller also suffered an injury and was unable to play for the team. Now everyone feels that the Heat are "going to kneel" in the East.

Several celebrities have commented on the Heat, and some are not surprised by their poor record.

Among them is Maddie, who moved to the Pistons. "I expected that James and Wade really weren't compatible, I mean they're two players with different styles and they can't complement each other," he said. ”

Kidd, who represented the Mavericks in their win over the Heat last week, said: "It's very difficult to form chemistry, not that you can go to the Heat and form chemistry in the Heat. James had good chemistry with the team when he was in Cleveland, and he had everything back then. He created a really nice atmosphere there, and I love going to Cleveland because the atmosphere is incredible. But now, as you can tell from his face, he had no fun fighting. I'm still used to him being funny on the basketball court, but now he doesn't do that anymore. ”

Last season, James would often dance on the sidelines after his team took a big lead and joke with his teammates at the entrance ceremony, but now that's all gone, replaced by a solemn face. There has also been a delay in the phone call between the two main players, James and Wade, who used to be beautiful from distance, but now they are struggling when they are combined.

Charles? Barkley was also interviewed, and he compared the Heat Big Three to the Celtics Big Three. "You look at the Big Three of Celtic, they're all very traditional players," he said. They have a pure shooting guard, a pure small forward, and a pure power forward, and their shooting guard doesn't need to attack with the ball on his own. If you look at the Heat, James and Wade both need to have the ball in their hands, and they're not great outside shooters, so they can't just stand there and wait for their teammates to pass the ball and then shoot it in the open space. They need to have the ball in their hands and find their rhythm to complete an attack. This is the reason for their failure. The Knicks can play very well as soon as they come up, because they are the opposite of the Heat, only Zhou Xuan can attack with the ball, and everyone else can catch the ball and shoot. The Knicks also have a strong low-post offense, not to mention the Heat's low-post offense. ”

The reporter asked Barkley where he favored the Eastern team, and he said: "The Knicks, the Magic, the Celtics also have a chance to make the Finals. They have a lot of experience, so forget it about the Heat. ”