This year's Christmas War has five games scheduled.

They are the Celtics against the Knicks, the Warriors against the Cavaliers, the Bulls against the Spurs, the Timberwolves against the Thunder, and finally the Clippers against the Lakers.

The Christmas war is the highlight of the NBA regular season every year, not to mention going directly to the stadium, that is, the ratings of the day are very amazing, so every season the league officials will be very cautious when arranging these five games, one is to be influential, the second is to have strength, and the third is to have gimmicks.

In addition, there will be a custom in the Christmas War, which will arrange the two teams of last year's finals as the "focus battle".

But this time, because Xu Xuan left the east and went to the west, the league officials couldn't arrange it, after all, the Pacers without Xu Xuan were still a little bit worse than the current Warriors, so the league finally arranged for the Cavaliers to play the Warriors as the "focus battle" of this Christmas war, and the Lakers and Clippers were the finale!

For the rest, the Celtics beat the Knicks, and it was a matchup between the giants.

New York's influence is really big, this year is okay, even if the Knicks have a bad record in previous years, but they are still in the Christmas war, you can't accept this......

However, after firing the Zen master this year, the Knicks' subsequent wave of operations allowed them to achieve a decent result in the early part of the season, and are currently 16-13, ranking third in the East, just 0.5 wins away from the Boston Celtics in third place in the East.

The Celtics are averaging 104.7 points per game this season, and star player Toth Jr. is averaging 27 points, 2.5 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game this season.

And Anthony, who averages 22.5 points per game on the Knicks' side, is still the team's offensive arrow, and Derry Rose is slowly returning to form this season.

The collision between these two teams is quite exciting.

The other pair, the Bulls play spurs.

The Bulls performed well at the beginning of the season, but the team's recent performance has been inconsistent, resulting in the current Bulls only 14-15 in ninth place in the East, and the team is not bad on paper, "Flash" Wade plus All-Star players Butler and Rondo.

The Spurs' side of the duo is still the key to the team's victory. The Spurs are still strong without Duncan this season, currently ranking third in the West with a 24-6 record, behind the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors.

And the Timberwolves beat the Thunder, how to say it, as long as there is Wei Shao in the current game, there will be no shortage of topics!

Why? Because Wei Shao is really terrifying! At present, Wei Shao has a gorgeous triple-double data of 31.8 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 10.8 assists per game, but the helpers are really limited, and the Thunder can only rank seventh in the West.

The Timberwolves can be called the new version of the Thunder three less, although the record is bad, but the team has three talented players, and the oldest Wiggins is only 22 years old, Towns (21 years old) averaged 22.1 points and 11.4 rebounds per game this season, Wiggins averaged 21.7 points per game, LaVine averaged 21.4 points per game, once the three musketeers broke out, I believe it will cause a lot of trouble to the Thunder.

What's more interesting is that many people are talking about the game between the Thunder and the Timberwolves, which is very similar to the Lakers playing the Thunder back then.

At that time, Kobe Bryant was also a pair of threes, and he fought against the "Thunder Three Less", but now it is the Westbrook of the "Timberwolves Three Less" against the year, hey, this damn nostalgic youth......

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In the arena, after Xu Xuan discussed the tactics with Frank, he went to train by himself, and his teammates also started training after opening the gift and trying it on excitedly.

By the time the regular training was over, Frank announced that he was going to gather for the game......

The opening drama of this year's Christmas game, the Boston Celtics vs. the New York Knicks, has already begun.

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Every Christmas is a big drama for the NBA.

It's also one of the few "highlight-reel moments" of a season for league stars and teams; And for fans and the media, it has become a customary tradition for the whole people to watch the games between the heavyweight teams on Christmas Eve. Therefore, the attention of the Christmas war speaks for itself. And in the decades since the Christmas War, NBA players and teams have also set a series of history and records.

Among them, the Knicks have played in the Christmas Game for 38 consecutive years and a total of 50 times, creating the most in NBA history; The Lakers, on the other hand, have played in the Christmas game for 37 consecutive seasons. These two teams are also the teams with the most wins in the history of the Christmas game, both with 22 games.

"Xu, which of these two teams do you say can win?" Frank asked softly.

Now the opening game of the Christmas game has reached the second half, the score of the two teams is 56-48, and the Celtics who are playing away lead are eight points.

"It's hard for the Knicks." Xu Xuan shook his head and expressed his opinion, mainly because the melon was in too bad shape today, with a shot of 1 in 7, he scored 7 points by making free throws, while on the opposite side of the Celtics, four people scored double-doubles in the half, Thomas Jr., Horford, Crowder and Smart on the bench all scored double-doubles.

If Rose hadn't stepped up and scored 12 points with a breakaway, the Knicks would have fallen behind even more.

But you can't rely on Rose alone, Rose's 12 points are completely piled up with his body, and you expect him to play like this all the time? Impossible.

Even if Rose wanted to play like this, his physical strength couldn't do it, and his style of play was too physical.

And Noah is not to mention these people, who are now only role players, and they have to rely on melons and Boshen to score points.

But Boshen didn't feel good today, only scored 8 points in 4 of 7, and 0 of 2 three-pointers almost told the opponent, I can't shoot outside today, don't guard against me...... And once the outer line can't be opened, just rely on the inner line to chisel, how many points can be chiseled?

This sentence has been said many times, not to look down on interior players. The fact is that in the current environment, it is not easy for a pure interior player to score more than 20 points per game!

Even if Ao Fat comes back, because the rules have changed.

The current rules are not the rules of O'Neal's back then, and now O'Neal comes back and is either sent off in a very short period of time, or he is played like a dog by the current mechanic.

Want to dominate...... has this strength, but it will definitely not be able to do the scene of the 90s that would suppress an entire era......

There may be many people who disagree with this opinion, but the fact is that it is the era of small ball, and scoring is the key, especially the outside score.

And the Knicks only trailed by 8 points at halftime when the two major scorers in the team couldn't play, unless the melon and Boshen came back in the second half, otherwise the Knicks would have a difficult game.

"Isaiah is good, this little man looks pretty good." Barnes narrowed his eyes.

"It's a big hanging, you see him defending, don't say that he doesn't even want to raise his eyes......" Ci Shiping nibbled on a big orange next to him, and the juice splashed, making Barnes's eyelids jump...... It's so uncultured, this look is too uncultured, it's really a shame for us cultural people to eat or not...... Barnes sat down next to him in disgust before he spoke: "That's a tactic, and in the tactical system, he just doesn't defend......"

"In the final analysis, it's still a dish, if you don't have a dish, why don't you be the same as Xu, you can play offensively, and you can resist defensively?" Tzu Shiping poked his nose at Barnes's words.

...... You really can't talk to you, even if you don't have culture, you still want to sow discord? I just said that this little man's strength is good, you put me to compare it to peat here?! Barnes choked and rolled his eyes, ignoring the hanging man who ate oranges until he was high, and continued to watch the game.

"Jie is the third and fourth in the east?" Ingram leaned next to Zubac's massive body and muttered quietly.

Even between players in the same team, there are good and bad things to get along with, and no matter how powerful the boss is, it is impossible to eliminate it, let alone manage it.

Ingram usually has the best relationship with Zubac, while Russell gets along well with Larry Nance Jr., and they all get together to chat at this time.

"I don't feel anything, the intensity is, but it's not as big as I imagined." Ingram muttered.

Zubac is also a newcomer, he knows something, but even if he doesn't understand it at this time, he has to pretend to understand in front of his friends.

Therefore, he coughed and made his words a little more serious: "Blanton, we can't just look at the strength of a team, we must look at it comprehensively, and there is a relationship of mutual restraint in this......"

"You know?" Ingram looked at him in amazement, as if it were not something that a rookie player who had only played more than 30 games could say.

"Ahem...... That's what the boss said......" Zubac coughed twice to hide his embarrassment.

"Oh, that's okay...... Ingram suddenly realized, but said with some envy: "It would be nice if we were also an Eastern team, you see the Cavaliers and their opponents are like this, it is estimated that there is no threat before the finals, we are different......"

This was said helplessly.

The Lakers' record is good enough, right?

At present, 29 wins and 4 losses are the first in the league, and they have won so many games, but the first position is still very dangerous, and the Warriors behind them are still chasing the ground very fiercely.

In addition, there are Spurs, Clippers, Mosaic...... They are all the top teams in the league, and when it comes to the playoffs, these teams will be stumbling blocks for them to move forward.

Relatively speaking, the environment in the east is indeed much better than that in the west.

"Don't forget, our boss used to be from the east." Zubac glared at Ingram.

Ingram sneered, he was a little ambiguous just now, but he definitely didn't mean to mock the boss......

"Russell, if you met Thomas Jr., what would you do to face him?"

On the other hand, the "ear biting" between Russell and Larry Nance Jr. is not as full of gossip as Ingram...... It's about a tactical response.

“...... Well, I think I'll play him more in the low post, using my height and my physical advantage, he's too short, the low post is his disadvantage, defensively...... This dwarf doesn't seem to be very easy to guard, and I guess Frank won't use me to defend against it, so the boss should be on top himself.

But if I do go, I think I'll put a little distance to defend it, this guy is too flexible, and the chance of being passed by sticking to it is too great. ”

Larry Nance Jr. nodded, Thomas Jr.'s height did make him more flexible in the process of breaking through, but it wasn't that he couldn't help it, at best, it was a little troublesome.

"This Porzingis is amazing." Larry Nance Jr. sighed.

Porzingis is in the same class as Larry Nance Jr., both 15 years of rookies, but Porzingis is the No. 4 pick, a "passer", and he was only the No. 27 pick that year, although it was also the first round, but there is a big difference between the two.

"It's amazing." Russell also nodded, "Not only is the height, but this guy's outside projection is also very good, but today is a little iron, but I feel that the Celtics' defense is very sufficient, otherwise, the shooting rate should not be so low." ”

As time passed, the game gradually came to an end.

In the third quarter, the Knicks performed well, 34-32 in the first quarter, recovering 2 points.

However, as soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Celtics scored consecutive points to expand the difference to 93-82, 11 points, and the Knicks did not score 1 point for as many as two minutes.

Frank shook his head, it seemed that the outcome of the game was decided.

With an 11-point difference, in a state like the Knicks, it's too difficult to turn the tables!

Frank wasn't bullish on the Knicks.

But Xu Xuan, who said that the Knicks were difficult just now, shook his head.

Well?

Frank looked over in surprise, what do you mean, didn't you say that the Knicks were difficult just now, and now this point difference, this state, can the Knicks turn the tables?

"That's not what I meant." Seeing Frank's eyes, Xu Xuan shook his head, pointed to the big screen and said in a deep voice: "I mean that although the Knicks don't have much chance to turn the tables, there is one person who definitely deserves applause." ”

Frank looked at Xu Xuan's fingers, and saw that Rose, who was still gasping, had already thrown off the towel and stood on the sidelines, ready to play!

"Only a two-minute break?" Frank was surprised.

"He's that kind of person, and maybe that's why he's so liked by so many people." Xu Xuan shook his head and said.

This rose is so strong that it is impressive!

After coming up, Rose first hit a breakaway that he quickly attacked to the basket and hit a super big pull rod that threw his body out.

Then he caused a defensive foul on the Celtics in the high post, scored both free throws, and at the same time, assisted melons to shoot from the outside!

It was my second three-pointer of the game.

However, although Rose continued to fight, it could not change the situation of the game, the Celtics have been in control since the beginning of the game, but with Rose's efforts, with 1:06 left in the game, he assisted me to make a layup to tie the score at 112-112.

The Celtics quickly asked for a timeout.