It is precisely because the magician has experienced these things, so he also knows how to dissuade Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan actually knows more or less that his current state is very bad, but this wave of consecutive wins has made him lose himself a little, he feels very strong, a kind of self-confidence that comes out of nowhere, maybe the system gave him confidence, or it may be that the strength of the team makes him feel that there is nothing to worry about.

However, after a long conversation with the magician, Ye Xuan gradually realized that his thinking was a bit unacceptable, and it was time to adjust his mentality and state. And this adjustment started with this game against the Mavericks. Played 31 minutes, 31 points, 11 assists and 9 rebounds, Ye Xuan, who had perfect statistics and few mistakes, came back again, and the Lakers have won their 21st consecutive games.

In this way, the Lakers also won all the games in December, which is not a small feat, and the last team to complete the monthly win was the Hawks, and the Hawks' starting five Tigers won the Eastern Conference Monthly Championship that month, which was also the first time in the league. And this time, although the Lakers also won all the months, it was not the Lakers players who won the best of the month, and the best of the month in the West was finally given to Wei Shao, Ye Xuan's data last month was indeed very explosive, but Ye Xuan's data this month was relatively flat, on the contrary, Wei Shao was simply hanging in this season. not only got a super triple-double of 32 points, 11.4 assists and 10.7 rebounds per game, but also led the Thunder, which lost Durant, to a wave of 11-4 records, which is worse than the Lakers and Pelicans in a single month, and the same as the Warriors who are adjusting their condition.

As for the East, the Pacers bottomed out under the leadership of the Pickled Peppers, and the Pacers after the trade got the best record in the East in December with 13 wins and 3 losses, instantly from 7 wins and 7 losses at the beginning, ranking eighth in the East to 20-10 now, ranking third in the East, ahead of the Celtics and Cavaliers, who have played very well this season. As the boss of the Pacers, Pickled Pepper finally won the title of the best of the month again after more than two seasons.

At the same time, the voting results of the All-Star Game gradually became clear, and in the statistics of the third voting results, Ye Xuan's votes were unbeatable, directly surpassing James, who ranked second, by 30 votes. This time, the voting result is still the result of only half the votes from Asia, which can also be seen that Ye Xuan now has a lot of fans not only in Asia, but also in the Americas and Europe.

This is actually the first time in NBA history that someone has already received more than 300,000 votes for the second place at the end of the third round of voting, and generally speaking, the vote king can only get a total of 150 votes, and Ye Xuan already has 1.3 million votes at the end of the third round, and there is no need to vote after that, basically it can be announced that Ye Xuan will definitely be able to get the title of vote king. For Ye Xuan, in fact, the title of the ticket king is also very crucial, after all, this title can bring him a 500-day survival time reward.

The December game has come to an end, the Lakers entered 2017 with their 21-game winning streak, and now what they need to challenge in front of them is the Rockets' 22-game winning streak, and their first opponent in the new year is the Raptors in the East, the garbage brothers face Ye Xuan's team The winning rate is terrible, and this game is the second game that Ye Xuan decided to regain his spirits, which is also a more critical game for Ye Xuan, so the Raptors are tragic again.

At the beginning of the game, it was actually okay, Valanciunas and DeRozan were able to help the Raptors bite the score tightly on the offensive end, but as the Lakers replaced Clarkson, the Raptors' offense instantly fell into an embarrassing situation, they couldn't score the ball in the face of so many players with strong individual defensive ability on the offensive end, and they still haven't found a way to defend the Lakers on the defensive end.

The results are self-evident, the Lakers still defeated the Raptors very easily in this game, thus sweeping the team that was naturally restrained by Ye Xuan this season. In this game, Ye Xuan also got a triple-double again, although a large part of the rebound was given by his teammates, but in the end, it was another triple-double.

In the next few games, the Lakers also gradually found their winning streak, and on January 4, they defeated the Grizzlies 109-102, and Ye Xuan easily received 33 points and 10 assists. On January 6, he easily defeated the in-state Trail Blazers 114-99, and Ye Xuan played even better in this game, although he only scored 27 points in the whole game, but the data of 15 assists and 8 rebounds also added a lot to him.

In the back-to-back games against the Heat, the Lakers won the opponent 103-99 again, and there were some problems with the Lakers' offense in this game, Ye Xuan had been trying his best to help his teammates create offensive opportunities at the beginning, but in this game, Solomon Hill and Gasol had problems with their crosshairs, resulting in the team even falling behind by ten points in the first quarter. However, fortunately, soon after the start of the second quarter, Ye Xuan began his own personal scoring performance, and the 19-point data in a single quarter also successfully helped the Lakers close the gap to 2 points.

After that, the third quarter of the game belonged to Wade, and Wade returned to Miami for the first time after leaving the Heat. In the third quarter, it was in the cheers of these spectators that Wade scored 14 points in a single quarter to help the Lakers overtake the score, and finally the Lakers were able to win 103-99.

At this time, the Lakers have won 25 consecutive wins, which has surpassed last year's Warriors, and the next thing they need to surpass is the 27 consecutive wins created by the Heat Big Three led by Wade and others. Their current 25-game winning streak is also the third longest winning streak in history, Ye Xuan actually knows that at this time, the team is under great pressure because of this winning streak, but at this time, no one will stand up and say that they want to give up this opportunity to make history, although the pressure is very high, but there is pressure and more motivation.

On January 9th, the Lakers went to the away court to challenge the Magic team that continued to dive into the top pick this season, although there is a Nets team that is worse than them, but they are also rotten out of their own style and level, Russell has had some opportunities this season, and several of the team's core players are okay with their combat effectiveness, but what they didn't expect is that the team is not satisfied with the current state, they still choose to rebuild, The order given to Frank Vogel was also to pursue the No. 1 pick, so there was nothing Coach Frank could do.

For the Lakers, this game is basically equivalent to leisure and entertainment, plus vacation, 113:88, the Lakers won very easily, and this game also made the Lakers' nervous nerves defend a lot, because the recent Lakers are in a state because of the winning streak so they are tense at all times, and the recent games do not have the crushing momentum at the beginning of the season, although they finally won the game, but they were more difficult to play, especially these games with a single-digit point difference, This made the Lakers consume a lot of energy, and now as soon as this game is over, the Lakers instantly feel like they have been electrified, and their energy has recovered a lot in an instant, and at this time, their winning streak has also come to 26 consecutive wins, and the next game, they will face the Trail Blazers, who have only officially played a game with them.

There was some luck to the Trail Blazers' success last season, starting with the West's overall decline — the Rockets were able to make the playoffs with just 50 percent of the win rate for the first time since 1999. In addition, the Trail Blazers were not optimistic about the situation when they met the Clippers in the first round of the playoffs, but they did not expect that the two cores of the opposing team, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, were injured in the same game, leaving them a big advantage.

But even so, the Trail Blazers still exceeded almost everyone's expectations, after all, they lost four main players at once last summer, and it looks like they are going to completely rebuild. And in this huge success, the outburst of two young backcourtes, Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum, is the key reason.

Although the pace of 96 rounds per game (13th in the league) is not fast for their age, with the league's 6th most three-point shot (28.5 per game), the league's 4th long-range shooting percentage (37%), and the league's 4th number of frontcourt rebounds (11.6 per game), they can score 105.1 points per game, ranking 6th in the league. In addition, they score 108.8 points per 100 possessions and rank sixth in the league in offensive efficiency.

As with many other young teams, defense is key to determining how far the Trail Blazers can go. In the second half of last season, after head coach Terry Stotts emphasized the importance of defense, the team went on a five-game winning streak and won 14 of the next 16 games before rushing into the playoffs.

Despite the obvious improvement, the Trail Blazers' defensive stats are still not good at the end of the season. They are averaging 104.3 points per game and 108 points per 100 possessions, both of which rank 20th in the league. And while they have a 37% three-point shooting percentage on offense, they let their opponents shoot 37.1% from three-point range, killing 800 enemies and losing 1,000 themselves.

This summer, the Trail Blazers owner signed more than $300 million in checks, more than half of which was spent on contract extensions with young players on the team. Mike Collum as the winner of the Most Improved Award of the Year, a rising star guard, must be given a 4-year contract of 106 million; Claby 4 years and 75 million is a bit exaggerated, but since it is just a matching offer, it shows that there are people in the market who are willing to open so much; as for the renewal of Leonard and Harkless, although in today's market, they cannot be considered expensive, but considering that they have smashed so much before, it still makes people sigh that Paul Allen is really rich.

The most important signing for the Trail Blazers this summer was the acquisition of Turner for 70 million in four years. Turner is known for his versatility as the only player in the league last season to play less than 30 minutes and still contribute at least 10 points, four rebounds and four assists, but he's also a grossly substandard outside shooter — he's shot just 26.2 percent from three-point range in the past two seasons, the 10th lowest of all 276 players who have attempted at least 100 long-range shots.

In an interview at training camp, Stotts said that he would alternate Turner as a small forward and a backup point guard, which shows his importance, but it is debatable to sign a player with such obvious flaws at such a large cost. In addition to Turner, the Trail Blazers also signed Aizeli for two years and $16 million, and whether this contract is worth it all depends on how many games the interior defender can play healthily.

The Trail Blazers' huge offseason investment is entirely about the strength of the championship team, however, the championship is obviously far from their luxury goal. Even head coach Stotts admitted: "We probably won't make a huge leap commensurate with the expansion of the salary roll, and as a coach you can't think about money, we just want to keep growing." ”

Of course, as the second-youngest team in the league in average age (just above the 76ers), the Trail Blazers' performance in the new season is still expected to improve on the original basis as the players themselves grow and game experience accumulate. However, this improvement may not be enough to make up for the gap between them and the elite teams in the West: except for the Warriors, Spurs, and Clippers, the traditional three are still difficult to shake, including the Jazz, Grizzlies, and Rockets, all of which will have a strong impact on them in the standings.

The Trail Blazers' strength is still their outside firepower, not only Lillard, Mike Collum and Kraby will continue to grow, but Turner's own shooting skills are not good, but his excellent playmaking ability can also enrich the team's offensive routine, giving Lillard (including Mike Collum) the opportunity to play more off-ball offense and improve efficiency.

In the last game, when the two teams met, Lillard actually caused Ye Xuan a lot of trouble on the offensive end, so that Ye Xuan had to be distracted on the defensive end to contain him, but this also allowed Ye Xuan to find the weakness of the Trailblazers, their interior line was really a little weak after leaving Ade, and the players in the small forward position were also relatively weak, so Ye Xuan also repeatedly passed the ball to the opponent's weak link in the offense, this effect was very obvious, and the Lakers finally defeated the Trail Blazers.