Chapter 446: James: If you want to be the strongest, you have to defeat the strongest!
43 points, only, the content in this title is definitely the level of the future UC editor-in-chief, and the fans' eyes and saliva have all earned enough.
You must know that 40+ points are unattainable for most NBA players, but when it comes to Sun Hao, it becomes "only worth".
However, considering Sun Hao's scoring performance in the past games, this only use is quite reasonable.
So at this special time node, such a news headline makes people have to sigh: Zhente Niang's talent.
The outside world is talking about this "only", but the Lakers are in trouble.
In the past few games, except for Sun Hao, the Lakers' other players have been in a bit of poor condition.
That kind of "Sun Hao dependence" is unexpected and makes Jackson feel a headache.
Because this is not a problem for individual players, it will be quite troublesome to solve.
But when it came time for Jackson to show the players another movie or do a special meditation, the question was solved.
There's only one reason: O'Neal is back.
In the first game of O'Neal's comeback, the Lakers' opponent was the Magic.
The Magic have been one of the most surprising teams this season.
After running in with Howard, Arenas played the best performance of his career this season, and he has averaged 29 points and 6 assists per game so far this season, confirming his nickname of "Little Sun Hao".
And Howard averaged 17.1 points, 12.3 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game in his second season in the NBA.
The Magic team is now fourth in the East, and they're growing at an astonishing rate.
Even Sun Hao felt that this magic team would play earlier than the same period in history.
One simple reason, similar to the previous Bucks, now the Magic team has Howard and Turkoglou, and the biggest change comes from the point guard, from Nelson to Arenas.
It's like a car engine going from L4 to V6, and it doesn't make sense if it didn't get results earlier.
However, against the Lakers, who have been "in poor shape" recently, this game is a little "unintentional".
The Magic trailed the Lakers from the opening quarter, and the final three quarters were routed and slaughtered.
Arenas met Sun Hao, who had a similar style and suppressed himself in all aspects, and showed a struggle;
What's even worse is Howard, who met the "big shark" who had just made a comeback, and he was embarrassed at both ends of the offense and defense;
The two leading stars were restrained and even suppressed, and this result is reasonable.
But in addition to this, the most deeply felt point for fans is that O'Neal is back, and the rest of the Lakers seem to be playing again all of a sudden.
Finley 17 points, Walker 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Payton 12 points, 3 assists and 3 steals, Ariza 11 points, and the Lakers scored 6 double-doubles!
In history, the Lakers led by Kobe, the same group of people, are only at the playoff level, but as soon as Pau Gasol arrives, he is directly the favorite for the championship.
Basketball is a five-person sport, and if there are two superstars in those five people, the change it brings is a qualitative change.
That's why Nowitzki's 2011 title is so highly regarded in history, because it's one of a kind.
It's a pity that the score of the two teams opened a little early, Sun Hao scored 27 points in the third quarter, and the number of consecutive 40+ games was fixed at 7 games, only 2 games away from Jordan's record.
"It's none of my business, you should talk to the Magic players."
Phil Jackson's "dumping" after the game made the reporters laugh non-stop.
"Breaking the record is just the icing on the cake, and the most important thing is that Shaq is back."
Sun Hao didn't care at all, and what he didn't say was that after being a father and mother for so long, he could finally return to the paddling state of the season.
Some people may think that one game doesn't mean much, but the Lakers' game against the Nets proved it once again.
After the Nets experienced last season's run-in, the Trident performance was significantly better than last season, and now they are in third place in the East, and their strength should not be underestimated.
However, the Lakers suppressed the Nets from the beginning and eventually took the opponent lightly.
The most emotional point of those who watched the game was that the gap between the internal strength of the two teams was too big.
The Nets' Kidd, Carter, and Jefferson tridents are all on the outside, and this configuration is bound to mean that the inside strength is weak, and against O'Neal, there is a ghost who has played too much.
If they want to go far in the playoffs, it is almost a must to seek reinforcements on the interior in the future.
Of course, after two consecutive games, fans also realized how much O'Neal's comeback helped the Lakers, and the Lakers' interior line suddenly changed from an absolute disadvantage to an absolute advantage.
The Lakers' record recovery is back on track, but the most eye-catching teams in January are not the Lakers, but the Mavericks and Nuggets.
People are the most interesting creatures in the world, take Kobe Bryant.
When Sun Hao scored 61 points, Kobe Bryant responded with 58 points in the third quarter, but when Sun Hao scored 81 points, he tried hard to know that he couldn't surpass it, so he played with peace of mind.
Some people will say that Kobe's character is destined for him not to give up easily, but people are not stupid, and hard work to complete and impossible to complete are two concepts.
As a result, the Mavericks are on the right track.
It has also proved that with the rapid growth of Josh Howard, Daniels and Harris, the Mavericks, who are all strong on the starting bench, have reached a peak of strength this season.
In fact, the Mavericks at this point in history were championship teams in their own right, and if it weren't for the overly high number of free throws Wade won under the hand-check rule, they would have won the championship next season.
Now the difference between this Mavericks and that Mavericks team is that Terry has become Kobe.
In terms of ability alone, the kind that has been upgraded by at least two grades.
They had a proud 12-1 record in January, and took advantage of O'Neal's previous absence from the Lakers to move to the top of the Western Conference in one fell swoop.
The Nuggets' situation is a little different from that of the Mavericks.
The biggest difference comes from James.
James went crazy in January, averaging 34 points, 8.1 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game, shooting 53% from the field, including leading the league in points per game in the month!
Under his leadership, the Nuggets also had an excellent 11-2 record, and he was undoubtedly voted the Western Conference Player of the Month for January.
On a smaller scale, the impact of hand-check has ushered in a scoring boom for scorers, and players like James have benefited a lot from breaking through their play.
Broadly speaking, after a somewhat "tepid" performance in the first two years of his career, James finally began to explode in his third season in the league.
This also made the media shine the spotlight again on this "chosen son" who said that he would defeat Sun Hao as soon as he entered the alliance.
"Did your outburst in January have anything to do with beating the Lakers at the end of December?"
ESPN did an interview with James, and the reporter asked curiously.
It wasn't until this time that many people paid attention to his defeat of Sun Hao.
"Yes, that inspired me, I know Sun is the number one in the league now, but that motivates me and lets me know that I can do it."
"Defeat the first man in the league."
"Yes, defeat the first person in the league."
James' answer is similar to when he first entered the league, more than two years later, his maturity is written on his face, but his ambition has not changed.
"What kind of player do you think Sun is?"
The reporter asked a question that many people had not asked.
James' label as the chosen one who entered the league was the chosen one who was determined to defeat Sun Hao, but few people would pay attention to the relationship between him and Sun Hao.
"The perfect player."
James' answer surprised the reporter.
"Perfect"
"yes, perfect, I think Michael was the perfect player before he came into the league, but Son he will play back singles this season, he will know everything Michael will do, he will also shoot three-pointers.
I'm not saying that Son is already stronger than Michael, you know there is no strongest player, but if you ask me right now who is the most perfect player, my answer would be Son. ”
James' answer is full of "emotional intelligence", but his message is also clear.
His idol has changed from Jordan to Sun Hao.
"But you still want to beat him"
"Yes, it's not a conflict, because if you want to be the strongest, you have to beat the strongest."
James' reply was resounding.
The interview was later reported by the media.
When Sun Hao saw it, he couldn't help but want to praise James.
It's not just because of what James says about him, but because they do sound reliable.
But what is more important is James's ambition, which makes him feel more and more that the real James will be different from the one in history.
If this ambition continues, James has a good chance of becoming the Nowitzki of history.
Time flies, and it is the end of January in a blink of an eye.
The starting list for the 2006 NBA All-Star Poll was finally released, and the league announced the bench and individual game rosters shortly after.
It's been a season for scorers, and the All-Star Game feels like it's the first time since 2000 that it's been a star-studded affair.
Eastern starters: Iverson, Maddy, Carter, Yi Jianlian, Yao Ming;
How could the scorer be without Iverson in his prime, who has shot 45 percent from the field and is the second-highest in his career and averaging a career-high 33 points per game.
Yi Jianlian's performance continued to rise with Paul's help, averaging 20.2 points and 9.1 rebounds per game so far, and such data coupled with his Chinese status, it is not surprising that he was selected as a starter.
Bench: Arenas, Billups, Wade (27 points per game), Pierce, Anthony, Bosh, Big Ben with 29 points per game.
West side: Sun Hao, Kobe, James, Duncan, O'Neal.
The east is star-studded, and the west is star-studded.
Needless to say, Sun Hao scored 61 points in a single game, 81 points in a single game, and has averaged 34.6 points per game so far, ranking first in the league, and the "first person in the league" in James's mouth is worthy of the name.
Bryant averaged 31.7 points per game, also a career high.
Because of his outstanding performance in January, James' average points per game have now soared to 31.2 points, only 0.5 points less than Kobe!
Duncan and O'Neal are rock-solid, five supergiants destined for the Hall of Fame.
What's even more cruel is that Nash, Nowitzki, and Garnett all missed the start!
Sun Hao is in the west, James is in the west again, and the difficulty of this start is not ordinary.
So this is also completely predictable how luxurious the western substitution group is.
Nash, Parker, Byron Davis, Ray Allen, Stoudemire, Garnett, Nowitzki.
Brand led the Clippers to perform well this season, cutting 24+10, but still regretting not being an All-Star, which shows the fierce competition.
In terms of individual competitions, Sun Hao will still represent Los Angeles in the shooting star, and defending the title will be his only goal.
Nowitzki has once again announced his participation in the three-point contest, which will be a highlight of the game.
The most watched slam dunk contest, Sun Hao still won't participate, and James also withdrew from the game, which made the game a lot less starry, but fans still have something to watch, Nate Robinson, who is only 1.75 meters tall and nicknamed Little Potato.
Fast forward to mid-February, and All-Star Weekend is about to begin.
This time the All-Stars are held in Washington, D.C.
The Wizards have had a strong season and now have the best record in the league.
This time, fans of the All-Star Game are naturally full of anticipation.
Especially Maddie.
Maddie's talent has always been praised by everyone, but hard accolades have never been many.
Although because history has changed, he broke the curse of "first-round debut" last year after he arrived with the Wizards, but in the end he did not win the Eastern Conference championship.
He's short on honors, and this All-Star home game is his best chance.
This is also tacitly understood by the All-Stars in the East.
It is foreseeable that when it comes to the All-Star Game, don't be surprised if there is a scene of Maddie being "eaten", this kind of human sophistication is not uncommon in the All-Star game.
Of course, the difficulty of winning in the east this year can also be imagined, and the big guy with 30+ in the first three seasons in the west is in charge, and the ball is afraid that it will not be enough.
All-Star Weekend officially kicks off, with the first day of the Masters and Rookie Game, both of which are not played at the main stadium.
Sun Hao and Yi Jianlian appeared at the competition venue together.
Scarlett did not go to Washington with Sun Hao because of the filming of "Buried Alive", and Yi Jianlian succeeded in "ascending".
Yi Jianlian's mood is also very good, he was elected as an All-Star starter for the first time in his career, although he is still stained with the light of Chinese identity, but his performance is more than enough even if he can't get into the starter, he is more than enough to enter the bench.
However, it was not only the two of them who watched the game, and not long after the two sat down, someone took the initiative to run over.
"Hey, LeBron."
Sun Hao smiled and stretched out his hand to James, what James said in the interview before made him feel good about James.
James and Sun Hao shook hands and sat down.
With Sun Hao here, Wade and Anthony can be thrown aside first.
"LeBron, you said those words, aren't you afraid that Michael will trouble you?"
After chatting for a while, Yi Jianlian said to James with a smile.
Now Yi Jianlian will also joke.
James shrugged, and then let out a demonic laugh.
"You seem to be talking about me"
At this moment, a familiar and unfamiliar voice appeared.
Saying Cao Cao Cao arrived, Jordan appeared behind them with the most dragged expression in the world.
James' laughter died down in an instant.
It's hard to do.