Chapter 229: Data Brush

After the game against the Nuggets, the Spurs faced the 76ers and Kings on the road back-to-back, and then on the road to the Timberwolves on the last day of November, but the Spurs lost all three games, and they lost very cleanly.

This season's 76ers have significantly improved the overall strength of the team after trading Tony Cookage and Vernon Maxwell, Vernon Maxwell is an important player in the Rockets' two-game winning period, as a role player, he has scored 40+ points in many games, a career-high 51 points, and when he played for the SuperSonics last season, he could still contribute 11 points per game in 20 minutes of playing time. And Tony Cookage is the boss of the Bulls after Jordan, and Cookc, who is still at the peak of his career, averaged 18 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game last season, but because the Bulls selected Elton Brand last season, and Brand quickly became valuable after entering the league, and he was able to contribute 20+10 data in his rookie season, so Brand is also known as the next Tim Duncan. As a result, the Bulls' management wanted to establish Brand as the core in the middle of the season and rebuild the team around Brand, while Cookcic inevitably clashed with management, and after the end of last season, Cook was sold to the 76ers at a low price.

After ushering in the two giants of Cookage and Maxwell, relying on Larry Brown's excellent coaching ability, the 76ers quickly completed the fusion, in the first 8 games of the regular season, the 76ers won 7-1, tied with the Spurs for the first place in the league, and in this battle for the first place in the league, the 76ers' star Iverson, shot 17 of 28 and 7 of 9 free throws, although the 3-point shot was very embarrassing only 5 shots and 0 shots, but Iverson still scored 41 points and 6 rebounds. Tony Cookage scored 22 points and 6 rebounds, relying on the excellent performance of Iverson and Tony Cookage, the 76ers defeated the Spurs 96-85 at home and became the first in the league, while the Spurs fell directly to the fourth place in the West after losing this game, behind the Trail Blazers, Kings and Lakers.

After the end of the game with the 76ers, the Spurs rushed to Sacramento, this game is another civil war between the "big four forwards", and this game is also broadcast live to the United States, in the playoffs last season and the Lakers 5 games, after losing the series by a very small margin, the King also completed the sublimation through this series, the most obvious is that Chris Webber is more mature this season, the way of playing is more reasonable, and Peja Stojakovic's progress this season is also very obvious, At present, an All-Star small forward has been played, and in the first 10 games, the combination of Peja Stojakovic and Chris Webber can average 51 points, 17 rebounds, and 10 assists per game.

With the stellar play of Chris Webber and Peja Stojakovic, the Kings are currently in second place in the West with an 8-2 record, behind the 8-1 Trail Blazers. Relying on the Kings' excellent record, Chris Webber also averaged 29.5 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists per game, ranking first on the MVP list. And in this game, Chris Webber also contributed 28 points, 17 rebounds, and 5 assists, not only overpowering Tim Duncan's 22 points and 13 rebounds in personal data, but also led the Kings to an 88-80 victory over the Spurs.

After losing to the Kings, the Spurs rushed to Minnesota to face the last opponent of this round of road trips, the Timberwolves, the last time at the home of the Spurs, relying on Meng Xu's convulsive performance in the first quarter, the Spurs easily defeated the Timberwolves, and this game, after Meng Xu did not continue to convulsions, the first three quarters of this game were also very anxious. Steve Smith was once again possessed by the Iron God, shooting 1-of-9 from the field, while the Timberwolves' bench lineup scored a staggering 51 points in the game, Anthony Peeler 20 and Mark Jackson 16. Officially relying on the excellent performance of the bench lineup, the Timberwolves defeated the Spurs with a score of 107-90 in this game.

After losing to Chris Webber in the last game, Duncan lost to Garnett in this game, Garnett had 30 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists in this game, and like Chris Webber, not only overwhelmed Duncan in statistics, but also led the team to victory over the Spurs. In this game, Duncan rarely grabbed only 5 rebounds, 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists in the game, and the culprit of all this is Meng Xu, in this game, Meng Xu grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds, many of which were snatched from Duncan.

After losing to Chris Webber and Garnett in a row, Duncan's position as the head of the "Big Four" has been unconsciously shaken, originally before the start of the Bensa = season, although the league launched the "Big Four", but in the eyes of the media bricks, these four players are divided into 3 grades, Duncan 1, Webb Garnett 1, Nowitzki 1, and after this continuous matchup, there have been bricks who have shouted Duncan Weber Garnett's equal strength, and even Duncan Black, Directly talk about Weber Garnett's first-class and Duncan's Nowitzki's first-class remarks.

And these bricks, who also said the first thing, not only expressed their own opinions, but also listed the statistics of several people to compare with the team's records, and finally came to the opinion that Webb and Garnett are higher than Duncannowski.

Although Duncan is a two-time FMVP, due to the Spurs' team basketball style, Duncan's average of 23 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 assists per game this season has not improved much compared with his rookie season. Although Nowitzki's data last season was only 17.5 points and 6.5 rebounds, Nowitzki's data this season has skyrocketed to an average of 22 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game, and the Mavericks' current 7-5 record is not inferior to the Spurs' 7-4.

The other two of the "Big Four", Chris Webber and Kevin Garnett are currently the favorites for regular season MVP, the first is Chris Webb, in 11 games in November, the Kings achieved a 10-1 record, and the Kings are currently ranked second in the league with a 10-2 record, and Chris Webber was elected the Player of the Month of the month in November with an average of 31 points, 13.3 rebounds, and 5 assists per game in these 11 games. And it is currently ranked first in the regular season MVP rankings.

As for Garnett, although the Timberwolves' record is not as good as the Kings, the 8-4 record is also ahead of the Spurs and the Mavericks, and in the first 12 games of this season, Kevin Garnett can contribute an average of 25.5 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists per game, and is currently ranked 4th in the MVP list.

After the past month of the regular season, the defending champion is ranked sixth in the West, although the current ranking does not represent the final position, but the current performance of the Spurs is enough to surprise people, and some of the media who often dark Spurs have also seized this golden opportunity, the title of the worst defending champion in history, was immediately deducted to the head of the Spurs, and at the same time, some good bookmakers also opened the odds that the Spurs will miss this season's playoffs.

In the case of the poor performance of the Spurs, Meng Xu, who had disappeared last season, jumped out again, pointing out that Meng Xu is the culprit of the current Spurs' losing streak, starting from the Nuggets game, in the four games, Meng Xu scored 3 doubles in two games, and the remaining two games were also quasi-3-double data, The average of 14.5 points, 12 rebounds, 9.5 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block per game in 4 games is not outstanding, but these sunspots directly accused Meng Xu of being a data brush, and also intercepted many videos of Meng Xu and his teammates grabbing rebounds to prove that Meng Xu is a complete big brush.

Although he is indeed brushing data, but for this cauldron, Meng Xu will not carry anything he says, because once he is deducted the hat of data brush, it will be difficult to turn over, so when interviewed by the media, Meng Xu directly said confidently: "I have never brushed data, and I don't know data, if I want to brush data, I am now the league's scoring champion, I don't believe you can ask Chauncey Billups." ”

After Meng Xu threw out this statement, although those sunspots directly accused Meng Xu of hypocrisy and shamelessness, many fans still chose to believe Meng Xu's statement, otherwise with Meng Xu's scoring explosiveness in the Olympics and the first game against the Timberwolves, it is really possible to say to Meng Xu that he is now the league's scoring champion.

Although most fans chose to believe Meng Xu's statement, but in the Spurs team, some people can't stand Meng Xu's approach, the first to bear the brunt is the assistant coach, Steve Cole, perhaps because he has an opinion on Meng Xu, after Meng Xu first arrived at the team last season, Steve Cole will intentionally or unintentionally make things difficult for Meng Xu. And this time, Steve Cole has repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction with Meng Xu in private, the Spurs are a team that plays as a team, and everyone must be team-oriented, even Duncan can't brush data on the court.