On January 7, the SuperSonics played away and came to the home of the Sacramento Kings.

At the same time, the SuperSonics officially announced: the Seattle SuperSonics reached a deal with the Portland Trail Blancs, Rasheed Wallace and Reggie Evans, and Vitaly Portapanko swapped owners.

This is a heavyweight trade in the middle of the season, Rasheed Wallace was an All-Star in the 2000-2001 season, averaging 18.1 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game last season.

The whole country exclaimed: The wolf is coming.

The introduction of Rasheed Wallace has made the SuperSonics officially become a powerhouse in the West, although the previous superSonics record was third in the West, but the book lineup is obviously the existence of the tail of the crane compared to the Spurs, Lakers, Kings, Timberwolves, and other teams.

The Lakers' four heavenly kings, the three-headed monster of the Timberwolves, the troika of the Spurs, and the five tiger generals of the Kings.

The SuperSonics only have one star player, Ray Allen, plus Lu Fei is a super rookie.

And the addition of Rasheed Wallace has completely filled the lack of supersonic interior strength, and all Western Conference teams know that there is another difficult team in the playoffs this season.

The Lakers, Timberwolves, Spurs, Kings, and SuperSonics are bound to see two of these five teams meet in the first round of the playoffs, and neither of them wants to fall to fourth and fifth places in the West.

So all five teams are riveting their hearts and minds during this period, hoping to win the game and move up one place in the rankings.

The game between the Kings and the SuperSonics has become the focus of the battle.

If the supersonics lose, they will fall to the fourth position, and if they win, they will continue to sit on the third throne, and the kings also want to win, and they have only one win gap with the supersonics, as long as they win the supersonics, they will directly rise to the third position in the west.

There is a reason why the Kings are ranked fifth in the West, it stands to reason that the Kings have a higher winning rate than the Spurs and have more wins than the Spurs, but the Kings and the Lakers SuperSonics both belong to the Pacific Division, ranking third in the Pacific Division, and the Spurs are second in the Central Division, so the Kings can only be ranked fifth, and the Spurs are fourth in the West.

After winning the SuperSonics, the Kings will rise to second in the Pacific Division, plus the advantage of winning percentage, so they will go straight to third in the West.

The game was played at the ARCO Arena, home of the Sacramento Kings.

Since the team has officially announced the trade, Reggie Evans and Vitaly Portapanko are not on the list of players in this game, although they are at the stadium.

Before the game, all the teammates hugged Evans and Vitaly Panko, who were on the scene for the last time this season as superSonics.

They sat on the bench and watched the entire game, and the Kings lost to the SuperSonics again 93-104, and they have lost two straight games against the SuperSonics this season.

There are even fans praying that the SuperSonics must be kept in third place, and the Kings would rather challenge the Spurs in fourth place in fifth.

In this game, Ray Allen and the opposite Stojakovic scored the same 33 points, tied for a game-high high, while Lu Fei's 24 points were close behind.

On the same day, the NBA officially announced last month's best of the month.

The Western Conference's Player of the Month is still the Wolves King Garnett, who has played tough numbers this season and is now at the top of the MVP predictions of major media outlets.

The Timberwolves' team record is on par with that of the Lakers, who ranked first in the West during the period between the two teams, and the Lakers ranked first in the West a few days later.

Lu Fei won the Western Conference Rookie of the Month for the second consecutive year, leaving Carmelo Anthony empty-handed again.

Facing the interview with the camera, Lu Fei said indifferently: "In fact, winning awards is nothing, as long as the team can continue to win." ”

You say it's not annoying!

Carmelo Anthony thought to himself, don't you come to me...... However, Cameron Anthony also understands in his heart that compared to the current record of the SuperSonics, Lu Fei is indeed better than him with the rookie as the tactical core.

He was not convinced, but he still recognized Lu Fei's strength in his heart.

At this time, he was playing against the Cavaliers in Cleveland, and his opponent and good friend LeBron James also won the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month, which made him a little envious.

"Congratulations, you won the best rookie in the East." Carmelo Anthony congratulated LeBron James.

LeBron James smiled: "Thank you! ”

"It seems that this year's best rookie is out of mine, and it is estimated that it will eventually be produced between you and Lu Fei." Carmelo Anthony said.

"Lu Fei?" LeBron James was stunned.

He has been listening to people around him talk about this name since he entered the NBA, and he has also watched Lu Fei's game video, and he really played well, at least the team's record is much better than that of the Cavaliers......

The Cleveland Cavaliers don't even have a 50% win rate, so why don't you compare yourself to a team with a 70% win rate?

He remembered Wade saying: "Lu Fei is the best backcourt player this year!" ”

Carmelo Anthony has also praised Lu Fei's skills more than once, although Lu Fei took away the NCAA championship from him, although the Nuggets have not won a game against the SuperSonics this season, it does not affect Anthony's praise of Lu Fei.

He was curious, what kind of player was Lu Fei?

After the game, he faced an interview with reporters.

Reporter: "First of all, congratulations on winning the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month and winning this game, are you satisfied with today's game?" ”

James: "Thank you, I'm happy to win the game, it was a good day, of course the Nuggets' Cameron is still doing well, we won the game just our teammates played better today." ”

Reporter: "The current record of the Cavaliers is not ideal, what do you think about this?" ”

James: "We're young in the squad and that means we need to pay some tuition, the results are only temporary, it will take time to come out of the quagmire, so hopefully you give us a little bit of time to prove ourselves. ”

Reporter: "At the same time as you, you won the Rookie of the Month and the supersonic Lu Fei, are you looking forward to fighting Lu Fei?" ”

"Fight with Lu Fei?" James smiled: "Of course I'm looking forward to it, but can you tell me when our game with the SuperSonics is?" ”

Reporter: "Next Tuesday, January 13, which is the second day of the Cavaliers and Lakers game. ”

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After the interview, James returned to the locker room, saw coach Paul Silas coming over, and quickly asked, "Coach, is our game against the SuperSonics next Tuesday?" ”

"Yes." Paul Silas replied stunned.

He knew in his heart that perhaps James was more concerned about the best rookie competition with the SuperSonics, the No. 10 rookie, than the unsuspenseful game with the Lakers.

On the other side of Seattle, the SuperSonics' white pick-up stars have finally arrived - roaring Tianzun, Rasheed Wallace.