NBA2K is a basketball game that began to be released in 1999 and is the most popular PC basketball game worldwide.

Therefore, the ability value in it is also regarded by many fans as an intuitive embodiment of the player's ability.

After all, even if the real NBA has a power ranking (MVP list), it is impossible to have specific numbers to quantify it.

So from a certain point of view, 2K stats are a reflection of a player's abilities.

This is also the reason why McGee and Whiteside care so much about 2K stats, and almost all league players will pay attention to 2K stat updates.

Because this is a kind of changing popularity.

In the 17-year-long history of 2K, the only person who could reach 100 ability points before was O'Neal, "Big Shark" O'Neal.

And that was still in 2K2, very early days.

After that, there was an unwritten rule in 2K that any player could only have a maximum of 99 stats.

Even if you use modifiers to max out all the stats, your overall rating will only be 99.

Because 100 ability points represent perfection, but even O'Neal has the weakness of free throws, and theoretically cannot reach 100.

This is also the reason why Jordan, Kobe, James, Garnett, Duncan and others only had 99 ratings at their peak.

But this time, 2K made an exception for Tang Tian!

From 71 when he first entered the league, to 77 later, and then to 81.

By the time he reached the Pelicans, his stats in his first season came to 87, and he hasn't come down since 90+.

In the season of winning the championship, his ability value reached 96 for the first time, and then last season and this season, it was 99 ability.

Theoretically, this has completed all the processes of a player's development.

So this update to 100 is really unexpected by everyone.

Because there is that unwritten rule, but it breaks the rule, which is indirectly equivalent to saying that Tang Tian is a stronger existence than the peak Jordan, Kobe, and James!

This has made many fans question the fairness of the 2K rating.

Although this kind of skepticism has been heard in the past, this time it is the biggest.

After the official Twitter account of 2K was bombarded by fans, Brendan Donohoe, president of the 2K League, issued a statement explaining it.

"The reason we give this rating is because in theory, Don is already a player without any weaknesses."

The explanation was simple, but it silenced all the doubters in an instant.

Because after strengthening the control of the ball, Tang Tian, as a swingman of the front guard, does not have any weaknesses.

After all, 2K had that unwritten rule in the first place, and it was theoretically impossible to have a perfect positional player.

Like Jordan, his three-point is not good, like Kobe, his shot selection is a problem, like James, his three-point is also a weakness.

But Tang Tian, sudden throwing, and defense are the top, based on this fact, it is not appropriate not to give 100.

2K is a normal update this time, but this wave of topics is the highest in recent years.

It can be said that this time they have made a big wave of publicity.

And in addition to the Pelicans and Tang Tian in this update, there is another phenomenon that is very interesting.

In the teams that have played against the Pelicans, most of the players' ability points have dropped, but only the Mavericks have many players who have been promoted.

Like Holiday , he rose directly from 85 to 89 and came to the peak of his 2K career.

It seems that 2K officials also think that the Mavericks are the best team in the game with the Pelicans so far.

After the 2K wave of stat updates, a topic that had been discussed before became a hot topic again.

Which team can end the Pelicans' winning streak?

Generally speaking, no matter how strong a team is, there will be uncontrollable factors such as run-in and injuries.

But the Pelicans don't have to run in, there are too many supergiants, even if they encounter injuries, they are not afraid, and these uncontrollable factors cannot affect them.

So it's really unrealistic to beat them in this situation.

But this topic has been brought up again and again, and it is getting hotter and hotter.

As reflected in the attention of fans, the Pelicans really sucked almost all of the attention of fans.

But every night full of anticipation ends up being a disappointment.

The Rockets, Mavericks, and Spurs all failed twice, and the Knicks and Raptors in the East were all vulnerable.

The Pelicans have won back-to-back battles, and the more they play, the easier it gets.

By the time we entered late December, just before Christmas, they had won 32 in a row.

This is really invincible all over the world.

And if this momentum continues, it has become an absolute probability event to tie or break the 33-game winning streak created by the Lakers.

At this time, the fans' expectations shifted from the Mavericks to the Warriors.

Christmas Day will be the first meeting between the Pelicans and Warriors of the new season.

The Warriors started the season well, but then suffered from the internal conflicts of Green and Durant, and their performance was up and down.

But in December, the Warriors began to show great form as the conflict was resolved internally.

They won all 12 games in December, and the winning streak in November has reached 15.

ESPN's assessment of the Warriors is still accurate to some extent.

With the increase in tacit understanding and Kerr's addition of Doku's pick-and-roll, the Warriors' run-in is basically complete.

Especially in the past week, they have averaged 20+ points per game, which is amazing.

And after updating the stats of 2K, the Warriors also became the second-highest stat team outside of the Pelicans.

Durant 97, Curry 95, Thompson 91, Green 88, plus Iguodala's 83 and Livingston's 79.

This also makes fans expect more from them than the Mavericks at the beginning.

Winning the Christmas game and fixing the Pelicans' winning streak at 32 games doesn't get much better than that.

This Christmas war has also attracted unprecedented attention.

According to ESPN's predictions, the ratings for this game will definitely hit another all-time high.

There are still three days to go before the Christmas War, and the two teams are also making final preparations for the Christmas War.

The Warriors are all in open practice.

The two teams have played each other for several seasons in a row, and even the four-star team has played for a season.

For each other, it can be said that they know each other absolutely.

There is no change in tactics anymore, what you look at is strategy and state, and those are also things that cannot be seen in training.

Because the game was played in Oakland this time, the Warriors' training also attracted a lot of attention from local reporters.

"We all know that the team had a targeted defensive set-up against Don last season, but Don's ball control and breakthrough skills have improved a lot this season, is there a new way for the team to deal with it?"

The reporter asked Cole the same question, and Cole chose to avoid it, and the reporter threw the same question at Green.

Green's big mouth, like Whiteside, is known to journalists.

"What lift? Isn't it just a breakthrough on the right side? ”

Sure enough, Green's answer was quite unexpected.

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