Chapter 106: Rookie of the Month and Player of the Month
On November 27, local time in the United States, the Suns faced their old rival Portland Trail Blazers again at the home court of Phoenix, and the Suns established a double-digit advantage at the end of the second quarter, and once expanded the difference to 16 points in the third quarter, but Aldridge, Lillard, the core of the Trail Blazers, scored 29 points in the second half and almost helped the Trail Blazers complete a super reversal. In the end, the Suns won 110-104 at home and defeated the Trail Blazers to 12-3, while the Trail Blazers swallowed the third defeat and ranked ahead of the Suns with 13-3 and one more game ahead of the Suns. In this game, Li Mojie scored 20 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 1 block, Ramon Sessions cut 19 points and 1 steal, and Middleton scored 13 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block. For the Trail Blazers, Lillard contributed 17 points, 6 assists and 2 steals, Aldridge chipped in 24 points and 8 rebounds, and Wesley Matthews scored 14 points, 5 rebounds and 1 steal.
After beating the incoming Trail Blazers at home, the Suns continued to rush to Salt Lake City, Utah, for the next game.
The Salt Lake City Arena, where the NBA Utah Jazz are located, is 1,320 meters above sea level, which is the home of the famous Devils in the NBA. The Salt Lake City plateau has low air pressure, and the impact of the hypoxic environment on athletes is also very obvious. Yao Ming once said in an interview that the air is relatively thin, and it feels very difficult to fight for a while. And Yao Ming's former partner Maddie also said that every time he came to Salt Lake City to play, the first 5 minutes felt like "to die".
The Phoenix Suns faced the Ming Utah Jazz away, and the Suns' starting point guard Bledsoe continued to rest in this game, and the Jazz looked very excited from the beginning of this game, and I don't know if it was because of altitude sickness because of the continuous campaign, the Suns looked a little sluggish.
At the end of the halftime game, the Jazz once led by as many as 21 points, but at the beginning of the third quarter, the Suns began to chase points, but in the final stage they were chased to only 2 points! In the end, the Jazz still relied on Ennes Kanter and Gordon Hayward combined to score 51 points and 17 rebounds, and defeated the Suns 112-104 to successfully take revenge. After this game, the Jazz finished second to last in the West with a 3-14 record, while the Suns finished third in the West with 13 wins and 4 losses. In this game, Enes Kante had 27 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks, Hayward had 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and Marvin Williams had 14 points and 2 steals. For the Suns, Ramon Sessions had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block, Li Mojie scored 15 points, 5 assists and 6 rebounds, and Channing Fry chipped in 12 points, 6 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block.
However, on November 30, the second day of back-to-back, when the two sides rushed to Phoenix's home court, the Phoenix crowd successfully took revenge on the Jazz and defeated the Jazz 114-100, avenging the last game. In this game, Li Mojie scored 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Ramon Sessions scored 17 points, 7 assists and 2 steals, and Gerald Green scored 17 points and 1 steal. For the Jazz, Treeback scored 15 points, Richard Jefferson contributed 14 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 4 blocks, and Derrick Favors scored 13 points, 4 steals and 1 block.
"It's finally over, the November race." On the morning of December 1, Li Mojie woke up and only felt tired, this fatigue is not just the physical exhaustion, but more like the fatigue of reviewing for a long time before the college entrance examination and repeating the same things every day.
Everyone loves to play basketball, but how many people make it their profession? Training shooting, dribbling, running, and bench press every day is actually very boring to put it bluntly, and these NBA players are all millionaires and multimillionaires, and the world of flowers outside is infinitely exciting, tempting them all the time. There are very few players who can stick to this kind of boring thing all the time.
Anyway, Li Mojie just wants to lie in the bedroom in the villa now and doesn't want to do anything.
"Maybe I'm the least diligent, right?" Li Mojie smiled self-deprecatingly, after all, the other protagonists in it are all people who don't want to die in training, what kind of fatigue during the competition? It doesn't exist at all, you just need to practice and it's over, and there is no psychological low tide, fatigue, or rookie wall, if only I were like them!
"I'm in front of the payphone, trying to call home, all the change is going to call you, where are all those days, baby?" Suddenly, Li Mojie's rice phone rang.
"Hey, Fleicher, are you again?" Li Mojie asked lazily.
"Yes, man, it's me again, this time I don't have good news for you, but bad news." Fleischl said angrily on the other side of the phone.
"Oh? What is it? Li Mojie was lifted up at this time and asked curiously.
"This month's Western Conference Player of the Month is not yours, it's which Oklahoma's Durant!" Fleischel shouted.
"Ah, KD? This is normal, to be expected! Li Mojie thought for a moment and replied.
"What's normal, the Thunder team has a record of only 11 wins and 3 losses at the moment, and you guys are 13 wins and 4 losses, is your record worse than theirs? Absolutely not, and you're still a rookie, and the Thunder were No. 1 in the West last season, so what's so strange about them taking this record? And you were the bottom of the West last season, and now you're third in the West, doesn't that show that you're amazing? Fleischer said indignantly.
"Uh, so what to do? The judging is out. Li Mojie got up, took out his Apple computer and opened the official website of the NBA.
Sure enough, the headline above is the November Player of the Month in the 13-14 season, and the Western Conference Player of the Month is Durant, who averages 28 points, 5.1 assists and 7.1 rebounds per game. The Eastern Conference Player of the Month is Paul George, who averages 23.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.
"It's still too difficult to be elected the best player of the month in the rookie period, even if the strength reaches the league, the old player's face will not be given to you." Li Mojie said while browsing the web. Indeed, during this time, Li Mojie was in the limelight, and the aura of Chinese light and new magicians continued to shroud his head, not to mention the coveted huge contract he signed with Adidas, and he ranked third in the jersey sales list in the United States this month, second only to the boss James, the second Durant, and Kobe Bryant, who was once the first person in the league. In addition, he has a vast Asian market, and if you add these data, his business appeal is even more terrifying, anyway, the well-informed Fleischl has repeatedly called him a walking "money printing machine"!
How many years have passed, and there has been another sneaker who can dominate the game and have a strong commercial appeal. Can you imagine, how many people are jealous of Li Mojie? Anyway, he found that in the last few games, other opposing players have been playing hard against him and leaving no stone unturned in defense.
"It's because the data is rare that you should go for it, only Iverson has won this honor back then, and if you get it, then you have one more honor that surpasses Jordan, understand?" Fleischel said unwillingly.
"Got it, but don't I still have a Rookie of the Month guarantee?" Li Mojie opened the best rookie page on the NBA's official website and said.
It is written in black and bold font about the best rookie of the month in November in the West: Mojie Lee
In October and November, Lee averaged 22.7 points, 6.1 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game, shooting 49.4% from the field and 36.6% from three-point range. In addition, Li Mojie scored double-doubles in all 17 games he played, including a triple-double of 25 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in his career debut, and he broke the record of James at 20 years and 20 days at the age of 19 years and 125 days, becoming the youngest triple-double record holder in the league.
"Well, the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month is that McCarvey. This year's Rookie of the Week and Rookie of the Month are estimated to be won by you and the 76ers' McCarvey, that McCarvey also has some strength, you be careful, don't be overtaken by him in the final ROY. Fleischer admonished.
"Don't worry, I know in my heart, I can't overturn the car." Li Mojie said confidently.
After the call, Fleihill said with annoyance: "Speaking of which, why didn't I sign that McCarvey in the first place, then I have a future superstar and an All-Star in my hands, but who would have thought that he could play so well?" ”
"But I luckily selected Otto Potter, I originally wanted to sign the Otto Porter who is now in the Washington Wizards, and I just saw Major's wonderful performance in that game, otherwise it would be a big loss, this No. 4 show Otto Porter hasn't played in a month, it's really a waste, I guess next year will be the same as the Cavaliers list!" Fleischer muttered.