Chapter 758: The Pelican War (Third Update!) )

If one big win doesn't mean anything, then two more will follow.

The Pelicans beat the Suns and Nuggets by 30 points in a row for the rest of the week.

After their 25-game winning streak came to an end, they ushered in a new three-game winning streak.

Although the strength of the opponents in these three games is not too strong, such a big victory also reflects the current state and fighting spirit of the Pelicans.

After almost two months of the season, the Pelicans finally found their groove on the offensive end, and now their offensive and defensive state is the peak of the season.

And after this streak, their record before Christmas reached 28-1, beating the 26-2 Warriors and topping the league.

Before you know it, it's Christmas, and the annual Christmas war is coming.

And this year's Christmas war is full of highlights.

Xiao Hua does not understand basketball as well as Stern, but he has better sensitivity to the market, especially the domestic market in the United States.

The Warriors fly to Cleveland to take on the Cavaliers, the Pelicans host the Rockets, the Thunder travel to San Antonio to take on the Spurs, the Mavericks and Knicks play off in Madison, and the Heat and Nets play rivals at Barclays Center.

Each of the five games is full of highlights, and this is definitely the most interesting Christmas battle in recent years.

On Christmas Eve this year, Tang Tian was also more lively than ever, his parents had not yet returned, plus Olsen's parents and two sons.

Their first Christmas at the new estate was quite lively.

Tang Tian gave Olsen a Ferrari F12berlinetta worth 500,000 as a Christmas gift.

Olsen doesn't have a lot of requirements for cars, but as the number of luxury cars in the garage continues to increase, she can go back to the days when she drove luxury cars.

It's just that unlike before, the car used to belong to her two sisters, but now it's her own.

Before the start of the training session on Christmas Day, the team-mates gave each other gifts.

Bojan's gift was interesting, he gave each of the team members a premium home dehumidifier.

New Orleans is a port city with very high humidity, and this gift can be said to be quite practical.

It seems that this guy is not only optimistic and talking, but also a very caring person.

However, what excites the team members the most is Tang Tian's gift.

Before the start of the playoffs last year, Tang Tian had said that if the team won the championship, he would have a week-long yachting carnival on the "Mars Project".

Last season, the Pelicans missed out on the championship, and that reward didn't materialize.

But now, Don Tian's Christmas gift is a two-day yacht party in the Mississippi River Bay!

He will also invite well-known local models and models to the party!

This is a stripped-down version of the previous winning bonus.

And he has already communicated with Stevens that the league will have about four days of offseason after the Christmas game, and the team will arrange two days off to cooperate.

The NBA's 82 games in a season is a long time, and the combination of work and rest can make the players play their best.

When this gift was heard, there was a whistling and cheering in the dressing room.

The Pelicans are a young team, and many of them are still single, and this kind of party is their big love.

After giving party gifts, the Pelicans were in high spirits, and some of them fought in the next Christmas war.

On the day of the game, both teams arranged training open to the outside world, and Tang Tian also met his old acquaintance Zhang Weiping at the training site.

The white hair has climbed all over Zhang Weiping's head, and he is over 65 years old.

The Pelicans and Rockets are the top two teams in Chinese, as can be seen from the previous China games.

This Christmas game is the first time the two teams have met this season, and the domestic attention is also unprecedented.

The two talked a lot, and in addition to this game, the things about the basketball school and the draft were also mentioned a lot.

As an older generation of basketball people, Zhang Weiping, like Yao Ming, always pays attention to Chinese basketball.

He waited for decades, and finally waited for the scene he wanted to see, and he admired and thanked both Yao Ming and Tang Tian.

If he was Weiping Bryant before, then with Kobe Bryant about to retire, his main identity now is Weiping Tian.

On another field, Yang Yi also appeared, and he and Harden also did an exclusive interview to talk about Harden's love for Chinese fans.

Yao Ming has made the Rockets a household name in China, and the Rockets must do such a thing if they want to maintain the Chinese market.

Especially before the Pelicans led by Tang Tian, this can help them a lot.

Harden was interviewed on one side, and on the other side, Rockets head coach D'Antoni was also interviewed by ESPN reporters.

'We've got it done, they're no longer unbeatable and we can win tonight.'

D'Antoni's face was full of confidence, and his mustache was raised upward.

He didn't say this for nothing.

Since the two teams have played each other twice in China and lost both games, it is natural for them to be the underdogs in this game.

Including the part where they experienced the run-in of the lineup and the run-in of tactics before, the record was far from what the fans expected.

But as we entered December, they found the right lineup, and the magic ball finally began to show its power.

They have just snapped their longest season-long seven-game winning streak and are in red-hot form as a team.

And the Pelicans have already lost to the Trail Blazers, and as D'Antoni said, it's not unbeatable.

And just like his words suggest, the Rockets are determined to win this game.

Of course, there is an important point.

D'Antoni was basically determined to coach the Pelicans, but ultimately chose to go to the Rockets.

Now the Pelicans have played an unprecedented record under Stevens, while the Rockets Big Three have experienced a long run-in at the beginning of the season.

In such a comparison, fans are secretly glad that the Pelicans fortunately didn't sign D'Antoni in the first place.

The Christmas battle, all eyes on it, is also a battle for D'Antoni to prove himself.

That night, it was bustling outside the arena in New Orleans.

A new poster was just put on outside the arena not long ago, Tang Tian stood in the C position, Jokic and Davis were on both sides, and the three cores were full of momentum.

Fans wore various Christmas decorations, held signs supporting Tang Tian and Pelicans into the stadium, and many people even took photos under the posters.

The Rockets now have a fourth-place record in the West behind the Pelicans, Warriors and Spurs.

The Pelican Battle is another key battle after the Pelican War, and fans are naturally excited about such a game.

And the Rockets are a super big three, star-studded, and their attention is no less than that of the Warriors and Pelicans.

The New Orleans arena was filled with Christmas spirits, and even the broadcast booths of various countries were placed with Christmas hats full of festive atmosphere.