Chapter 500: Twelve Consecutive Victories!
The Minnesota Timberwolves finally lost to the Los Angeles Lakers who came from afar, and tasted the seventh loss of their season.
The Timberwolves don't have a good record, winning only two of their first eight games, and counting today, they still only win two......
120 to 112.
On the Timberwolves' side, the highest scorer was Wiggins, who actually played really well in this game, scoring 47 points, 3 assists, and 4 rebounds on 14-of-21 shooting, and made 17 of 22 free throws in the game.
followed by Towns, who scored 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 2 assists, and the two top picks combined for 69 points, 16 rebounds, and 5 assists, all of which performed very well.
Looking at the game, it can also be seen that the Timberwolves actually lost by only 8 points.
And on the Lakers' side, Xu Xuan scored another 50+!
Score 50+ for the third time this season!
52 points, 10 assists, 8 rebounds, 2 steals!
It's still a pair of 50+.
Seeing Xu Xuan's data, Wiggins shook his head......
Can't compare...... He didn't say anything else in this game, he really worked hard in terms of scoring, or he did his best, and he had a good hand in this game, shooting 17 of 21, shooting 66.7% from the field and 40% from three-point range.
But just like that, the score is still not as high as Xu Xuan.
Moreover, he could obviously feel that if he hadn't scored so many points, Xu Xuan should not have scored so many points, and Xu Xuan was aroused by him to be competitive.
Wiggins expressed helplessness about this, he really doesn't have any ill feelings towards Xu Xuan now, he is just a salted fish, when he is fine, he can also turn over, but if you want to say who he is with "a dish", then he will directly pretend to be dead......
There's no need, the contract is not small, and the data is very good, so why bother with that......
......
One more win for the Lakers!
It's already eleven wins in a row.
This three-game back-to-back road game did not end the Lakers' winning streak, but only made it stronger.
The fans of the Zijin Dynasty were moved and wanted to cry.
It's not easy!
It's been years, it's been years, the Lakers have been messing around, and now they're finally seeing the sun.
Eleven wins in a row.
Now just one game away from the TNT trio's prediction, Kenny Smith was saying the Lakers were winning up to 12 in a row, and O'Neal was talking about 15 straight wins, and now it's getting closer to Kenny Smith's prediction.
As a "party", the Nets' mood is a bit complicated.
Their Nets are not too hot in the United States, and they have been dull this season, but they didn't expect to be "famous" for the first time because of their opponents......
It's really uncomfortable......
The Nets have changed a lot this year.
The main thing is that their boss, the big Russian businessman Mikhail Plokhov, is really not bad for money.
He only spent $200 million when he bought it in '01, and now the Nets' market value can be said to have increased almost 10 times in just a few years.
This guy can make a lot of money, so in the free market, he is ruthless.
First up is Jeremy Lin.
Jeremy Lin will join the Nets this season, and the two sides have agreed to a three-year, $36 million contract. The contract is structured as a 2+1 contract with a player option for the third year.
Prior to this, the Nets were interested in Jeremy Lin and launched a "very sincere" chase, and most people believe that Lin should be the Nets' starting point guard for the new season.
Because the starting point guard for the Nets last season was Jarrett Jack, but he has been cut.
Jack has played 10 seasons in the NBA, playing for the Trail Blazers, Pacers, Raptors, Pelicans, Warriors, Cavaliers, and Nets, averaging 11.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game in his career. Since the mid-to-late stages of his career, Jack has mainly played as a bench and has often been able to contribute eye-catching performances, and has also been nicknamed "the backup for the most starting point guard job" by fans.
Last season, Jack played in 32 games for the Nets, starting all 32 games, averaging 12.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
In January, Jack suffered a serious injury in a game against the Celtics, tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and tearing his meniscus, which led to an early season reimbursement. His contract with the Nets was supposed to expire for one season, and the salary was about $6.3 million, but it was not fully guaranteed, of which 5 million was a guaranteed salary. In the summer, as the buyout deadline approached, the Nets had been peddling Jack but were unsuccessful, and eventually they cut him.
With his cut, it's almost certain that Jeremy Lin will serve as the team's starting point guard for the new season.
Jeremy Lin left the Lakers last summer and eventually opted to join the Hornets and signed a two-year contract worth $4.2 million, with a player option for the second year. Due to his good performance last season, Shuhao chose to jump out of his contract this summer and test the player market. For the Hornets, the team has been under pressure this summer, including key players such as Batum, Courtney Lee, Marvin Williams and Jefferson, all of whom have become free agents. Prior to this, the Hornets had renewed Batum's contract at a price of 120 million for five years.
And now Jeremy Lin chose to sign with the Nets, which is also reasonable. First, the Hornets did not choose to contact the bookmaker in the first place, and secondly, even if he stays with the Hornets, he will continue to serve as a backup for Kemba Walker. Although the bookmaker didn't mind it last season and repeatedly said he liked the Hornets, he was eventually impressed by the Nets.
"The journey will continue, thanks to a new chapter in life."
#上帝实在是太美好了"
On his Twitter, Jeremy Lin wrote and photoshopped a composite photo of him wearing a Nets jersey.
Interestingly, joining the Nets means Jeremy Lin will return to New York City. And when you make his debut and become famous, it's New York. In the 2011-12 season, Jeremy Lin made a name for himself in New York City, and then Morey took him under a poison contract. Now returning to New York and joining New York's city rivals will make people feel that the world is impermanent.
Jeremy Lin played in 78 games in the regular season last season, averaging 11.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and in a total of 7 games in the playoffs, averaging 12.4 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. In the early morning, many reporters pointed out that his new contract should be in the range of 13 million to 14 million. As a result, it is not far off.
In addition to Jeremy Lin, Anthony Bennett, the top pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, agreed to a two-year contract with the Nets.
As the top pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, Bennett has only 128 NBA regular season games to his name, and has averaged a measly 12.8 minutes per game, with 4.2 points and 3.1 rebounds. For three years, Bennett played for the Cavaliers, Timberwolves and Raptors.
In the 2015-16 season, Bennett was given the opportunity to sign with his hometown team, the Raptors, and it was expected that he would bounce back, but the reality was very different. Bennett played in just 19 regular-season games for the Raptors that season, averaging just 4.4 minutes of playing time per game, 1.5 points and 1.2 rebounds.
During his time with the Raptors, Bennett was also dropped by the team, setting a record and becoming the highest-ranked player in NBA history. In the end, Bennett still couldn't escape the fate of being cut by the Raptors. Now, he finally has the opportunity to stand on the NBA court again.
In addition to Bennett, the Nets also signed guard Randy Foye to a one-year contract, and the 6-foot-4" Foye is a two-way guard. As the 7th pick in the first round of the 2006 NBA Draft, he played for the Timberwolves, Wizards, Clippers, Jazz, Nuggets, and Thunder.
In 683 games, he averaged 26.3 minutes per game, 10.8 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists. Foye was traded to the Thunder by the Nuggets last season, and during his time with the Thunder, he averaged 5.6 points and 1.8 assists in 21.2 minutes per game. In the new season, he will be the right-hand man of Jeremy Lin on the Nets guard line.
In addition, "Diamond" Scola also joined the Nets.
The 36-year-old was selected by the Spurs with the 55th pick in the second round in 2002. But because the Spurs weren't in a hurry to bring him to the NBA, it wasn't until 2007 that Mosaic traded him for the right to sign, bringing the 27-year-old Scola to the team. Scola has been a regular since the middle of his first year and signed a contract extension with Mosaic in the summer of 2010, making 386 appearances for Mosaic in his five seasons with Mosaic, including 343 starts. He averaged 14.5 points and 7.7 rebounds per game.
But in the summer of 2012, to make room for Howard, Scola was pardoned by Mosaic, and the Suns subsequently claimed his contract. A year later, he was traded to the Pacers by the Suns, and after two years with the Pacers, last summer, Scola signed with the Raptors for 3 million in one year, and he made 76 appearances for the Raptors that year, all starts, and contributed 8.7 points and 4.7 rebounds in 21.5 minutes of playing time, including a 40.4% three-point shooting rate.
Despite his advanced age, Scola's basketball IQ and flashy under-the-basket skills still allow him to play as an instant player, and his humble temperament can also be used as a big brother to boost the morale of young players.
The signing of Scola makes up for the experience and the stability of the dressing room.
It is worth mentioning that as early as the summer of 2010, the Nets had quoted Scola with a high contract, but unfortunately in the end Scola chose to renew the contract with Mosaic "salary cut", with a total of 47 million for 5 years.
What's more interesting is that Scola, a veteran, has cooperated with Da Yao, Xu Xuan, and now with Jeremy Lin, and he has cooperated with Chinese players in the league who are or have been "dominant".
At the same time, the Jazz's free agent Booker also signed a deal with the Nets, and his contract is basically a two-year contract worth a total of $18 million.
The 28-year-old Booker played six seasons in the NBA, playing as a power forward, small forward, playing for the Wizards and the Jazz, averaging 6.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game in his career. He played in 79 games with the Jazz last season, averaging 20.7 minutes per game, contributing 5.9 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists.
The Nets have been aggressive in the free agent market this summer, having already snapped Jeremy Lin on a three-year, $36 million contract, and the Nets look good to spend their money on these signings in the current inflationary environment, and it looks like they are trying to get the team back on track in the new season.
......
The Lakers are playing at home.
The Nets have played 4-6 in their previous 10 games, which is not too good.
However, in Xu Xuan's memory, the opening ten games are already regarded as the Nets' countless outstanding records this season...... They started to play hard in the late stages and didn't win a few games in total......
On November 15th, at 7 p.m., the game was played at Staples Arena.
The Nets haven't started to mess up yet, so the starting five are the strongest in their team.
It's just that because Jeremy Lin had a tendon strain in his left leg before, he was not in the starter, Xu Xuan remembered that in his previous life, Jeremy Lin had played more than 30 games this season, not much, and there was no gold content.
The game ended with the Lakers winning...... The Nets lineup is not very good, a group of young players with low potential, except for Da Lo and Bogdanovic, everyone else is mediocre.
101-120, the Lakers won by a full 19 points!
And Xu Xuan scored another triple-double in this game, scoring 29 points, 14 assists, 11 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 block in this game!
29+14+11+2+1!
The most important thing is that Xu Xuan made zero mistakes in this game!
Plus or minus up to +20!
A terrifying batch of efficiency!
The Lakers also won 12 straight games cleanly under his tandem.
And next...... Here comes the most crucial part-
The Lakers host the Spurs!
And, the next four games are home against the Bulls, home against the Thunder, away against the Warriors, and home against the Warriors!
In other words, in these five games, the Lakers will play two Warriors, a circus, a Thunder and a Bull!
It's all the best teams in the league, at a playoff level, and the Warriors and Spurs are among the top teams in the league.
According to Kenny Smith's previous predictions, the Lakers' winning streak is most likely to end in the hands of the Spurs.
"We have always wondered, what is the strength of the Lakers team, if you want to say that they have a strong lineup, there is only one Xu Xuan, how strong can it be? No matter how strong he is, he can't do a dozen fives.
And where are their strengths? That's right, it's their role players, and their role players are strong, very strong, and completely out of our expectations.
Russell, Louis, Nick, Barnes...... Even Ingram, who looks immature, is actually weaker than the young players of the same period.
It's not so much that Xu Xuan is too strong, but that Xu Xuan has successfully stimulated their potential and fighting spirit, allowing them to play very well.
I'm a fan of Kobe, but I have to be honest, this is really different from Kobe's style of play, Kobe is strong on his own, and Xu Xuan is better with his teammates, this is the difference. ”