That night, the Christmas war started in Russia and was broadcast live across the United States.

When the players arrived at the arena, the cameraman gave many close-ups of the core of the two teams, which were edited by ESPN TV for comparison, and Durant was weaker just by looking at the image.

Guo Xu was dressed in a neat custom-made blue suit and a pair of brand-name glasses for endorsement, just like a male model on the catwalk.

What about Durant? Although it is also a suit, it is a little larger and looks loose. He also carried a sports backpack and looked nondescript. I don't know how much endorsement money the merchant who sells the bag gave him, so that he always appears in this image.

At this time, online fans began to spray each other, and the more 6 billion pot denses took the upper hand, sarcastically mocking the Thunder as the "referee team" and "the president's own son", and cited data as evidence. This season, the Thunder is the team with the most free throws in the league, while the Suns only rank 18th in the league in total free throws, a significant drop from last season.

It's really unpleasant, and the league's intention to praise stars is too obvious.

Durant averaged 94 free throws per game, and he practiced the stunt "arm swing loop" is only one aspect, and the other is that he has a whistle. A big man with an actual height of 210, it is difficult to block a jump shot, and he can make a foul when he breaks through with the ball, how can he prevent this?

James finished runner-up for several years in a row, and as he got older, he became less and less important in the president's mind. The league needs a new "Sun Challenger," and Durant is the number one pick.

Thunder point guard Westbrook also averaged 77 free throws per game, outpacing Guo Xu, and sixth man DeRozan averaged four free throws per game.

The Suns' whistle has weakened this season, with Guo Xu averaging only seven free throws per game as the league's No. 1 player, and Roy averaging 55 per game.

The free throw statistics of interior players are even worse, Gasol Jr. averages 36 free throws per game, Ibaka averages 22 free throws per game, O'Neal averages only 24 free throws per game, and the opponent doesn't need to cut the shark tactics.

The alliance began to blatantly suppress the Suns, and the 6 billion pot secrets on the Internet were dissatisfied, and the experts explained with a sentence of "Xiao Si is gone". It seems that except for Xiao Si, the other inside lines of the Sun will not cover the back air cut.

Now as long as the Suns inside line is not dropped by a ruthless beater, the physical confrontation near the penalty area is normal, not blown.

Even so, the Suns have only lost six games so far, and they have won by working together as a whole to create scoring opportunities in the field.

President David Stern really doesn't want to see Guo Xu win the ninth championship this season, and the 30-year-old number one in the league is too scary, which can affect the thoughts of other players and the decision-making of management.

Just like if James hadn't been abused by Guo Xu, he would definitely announce "Decision One" in the summer live broadcast in the United States. If Kobe Bryant hadn't been stimulated by Guo Xu, even if he scolded the boss, scolded the manager, sarcastically mocked his teammates, and asked to be traded, he would definitely stay with the Lakers loyally.

The league intends to sabotage the Suns' second dynasty and give other teams hope of winning.

The alliance has aroused Guo Xu's competitive spirit, if he doesn't have three consecutive times this year, he will feel very uncomfortable, and the taste of being only one step away from the dynasty is uncomfortable, it is better to break off with only one championship like the Spurs, and never defend the title.

In this Christmas war, Durant wants to step on him to the top? There are no doors!

When the players of both sides played, Guo Xu received applause from the away fans. He has a large fan base across the U.S. and is leading the All-Star voting that has already begun, and will be the All-Star Game vote winner for the ninth time in a row.

is far worse than the honor Durant and him, but he is just a challenger, and the media asked him to evaluate Guo Xu, and he didn't even dare to say a cruel word.

ESPN in the United States broadcasts the game live, and TV5 in China also broadcasts it live.

Zhang Lili and Yu Jia chatted about the recent situation of the Chinese players and expressed some regrets. TV5 broadcasts a lot of Suns games because there are no Chinese players in the league to follow and support.

Yao Ming was injured again, and as a heavy center, his weakness of being physically impatient still showed itself. It is unknown when he will come back next time, and whether he will come back or not.

He won a championship with the Rockets, but he couldn't completely change his fate, and he still played too many games. A center of his stature was able to participate in the Olympics after the finals in 2008, and it was a miracle that he did not get injured until the end.

Yi Jianlian's performance in the Wizards was sparse, and the team's record was at the bottom, but he could not compete with Andre Blatche, who entered the NBA in the second round of the draft that year, and became a marginal person.

Not to mention the competition between Yi Jianlian and Kevin Love, who has become the boss of the Wizards this season, averaging a terrifying 20+15 per game and 25 assists after the start of the game.

Love shot 47 from the field and 41 from three-point range, and he became even more powerful after playing the World Championships. Yi Jianlian couldn't let go of both offensive and defensive ends, and his playing time, shooting percentage, and data all hit a new career low.

The true shooting percentage of an interior player is 459, so I ask you if you are afraid? The Wizards gave Yi Jianlian 15 minutes of playing time entirely to attract the attention of Chinese fans, and he was so inefficient that he was not as good as a defender, occasionally scoring a double-double and the media blowing him up.

"Yi Jianlian exploded and cut 10 points", "Space is easy to win 6 boards", many shameless news Chinese reporters have made up. At most, the Yi Hei reporters in the United States sarcastically mocked Yi Jianlian, saying that he was weak, and those "Yi Mi" editors directly wanted him to die.

Sun Yue has played a total of 10 NBA games in his career, averaging 28 minutes per game, and is the king of marginal people. He tried out many teams but failed, and went back to Aoshen to play exhibition games early.

Although the Suns don't have Chinese players, they have two Chinese Americans and feel a little closer than the other teams.

Suns starters Guo Xu, Roy, Richardson, Ibaka, O'Neal.

The Thunder started Westbrook, Daquane Cook, Sefrosha, Durant, Horford.

O'Neal jumped the ball and the game began.

Roy held the ball outside the three-point line, Guo Xu slipped from the right side of the baseline to the left corner of the run, Roy passed to Richardson first, and the latter quickly transferred to Guo Xu.

O'Neal covered off the ball and kept Vi out of the way, who was quick to get in place.

Guo Xu took the ball with both hands, moved sideways and dribbled a step to hit the ground and passed the ball to the low post. O'Neal was deep into the box, received the ball and hit Horford with his back and turned to the middle to hook the ball in. 2 to 0.

In the low post, when O'Neill has the ball with his back, from a defender's point of view, it's a heavy tank.

Compared with O'Neal, Duncan will look thin, with a height of 208 and a weight of 111 kilograms, Horford weighs more than 30 kilograms lighter than O'Neal, two laps smaller, how to resist?

O'Neal, who has been in a slump of fitness, was still able to score points in limited playing time last season, relying on his size and strength.

When receiving the ball in the low post, O'Neal can easily push to the basket against a 90 player as long as he is facing a single defense. At his peak, his lower limb strength was the highest in history, and his upper limb strength was the first in history!

O'Neal can't dunk often with explosiveness now, and he still has a small hook to turn around. This move often makes the defender helpless, he will not be able to jump up with the opponent who is close to the top, and the hit rate is very high.

If he attracts a bag, O'Neill can still pass the ball. Arguably, he's one of the best interior players of all time to crack the bag.

D'Antoni guessed that the Thunder should let Chandler sit on the bench and play small ball, so he arranged O'Neal to attack the main offense at the beginning and unexpectedly targeted the Thunder's starting lineup.

The Thunder won the first two games with small-ball tactics, and Brooks was more rigid in his lineup, thinking that the Suns would continue to reuse Gasol Jr., and Horford could resist.

The Sun wants to fight for offense today, but to slow down the pace, Guo Xu organized, fast or slow.