Chapter 290: First in the Alliance

On the day of the game against the Timberwolves, the league made a penalty decision regarding the energy arena incident. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Adam Xiaohua apologized to Chu Xuan on behalf of the Thunder's home fans, after all, no matter what the reason, it is always wrong to attack the team's head coach.

The Lakers' penalty was upheld, but Thunder's Serge Ibaka received an additional technical foul, meaning that he will be suspended for the following game.

Then came the penalty for the Thunder sideline fan who threw a glass of water at Whiteside, and according to the league's ruling, the fan will not be allowed to watch at the Energy Arena this season.

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After the penalty result, the discussion continued for about three or four days, and the energy arena incident was over.

For the Lakers players, the league's decision was generally satisfactory, so no one brought it up again.

Everything is back on track, the players work in an orderly manner every day, and the momentum that everyone shows in training is quite large, especially the six rookies, who are all practicing very hard, and they are also hungry to ask the old players for advice in their daily lives, and the growth can be said to be very fast.

Soon, the time is on November 29, and on this day, the Lakers will face the last opponent of the first month of games, the Phoenix Suns.

This season, the Suns have followed the league's small-ball trend and played smoothly.

Head coach Jeff Hornacek used Bledsoe, Goodwin, Beasley, Morris and Aaron Gordon to form a mini-starting lineup in pursuit of speed and offense.

Such a strategy is indeed not bad, but the strength of the Suns' players is relatively limited, and the Suns obviously cannot achieve good results just by relying on such a set of starters.

As of this day's game against the Lakers, the Suns had a record of 3 wins and 10 losses, ranking first from the bottom in the West.

It's worth mentioning that six days ago, the Suns defeated the Lakers in Staples, allowing the Lakers to lose their second game of the season.

Or that the Lakers were not in a very good state that day, but in this encounter, some people still can't help but wonder if the Suns can still give the Lakers a loss.

The answer is no!

Chu Xuan would not allow the same mistake to be made twice, he prepared this ball very well.

Because no matter what the strength of the opponent, he can't accept losing to the same team twice.

In the first quarter of the game, the Suns relied on the play of Morris and Bledsoe to play very well, leading the Lakers 23-21 to end the first quarter.

At this time, many people couldn't help but feel extremely surprised, whether the Suns were really the nemesis of the Lakers, and they could once again suppress the Lakers who were the favorites for the championship.

This is enough to make people amazed that the team that ranks first in the West can't beat the team that ranks first in the West.

However, this idea was quickly ruthlessly destroyed by the Lakers, and no one thought so.

In the next two quarters, the Lakers played 33:24 and 30:16 respectively to seal the victory with a 21-point advantage. In the fourth quarter, the Suns still didn't make any waves, and in the end, the Lakers easily defeated the Suns 112-84.

In this game, Knoll played the best game of his career so far, hitting 15 of 23 shots, 9 of 9 free throws, and contributing 39 points, 13 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks.

Such a dominant inside performance certainly made him the best performer of the game without any suspense.

It is worth mentioning that Bryant contributed 19 points, 13 assists and 3 steals in this game.

At the end of the November season, the Lakers finished with a 15-2 record, topping the Pacific Division and the best team in the West.

Moreover, looking at the whole league, the Lakers beat the Cavaliers with a win rate of 88.2% and beat the Cavaliers 81.3%, which is also the team with the first record in the league.

It's not that the Lakers played too well this season, because judging from some data rankings, the Lakers are indeed the best team in the league.

Of course, the Cavaliers' Big Three are still in the run-in, and the threat of this team to the Lakers is definitely not to be ignored.

In the team power rankings, the Lakers and Cavaliers are first and second respectively, which can already initially reflect the final trend of this year's playoffs.

Of course, it's not absolute, after all, the playoffs are anything that can happen, and it doesn't mean that the team that wins each division will definitely be able to advance to the finals. Because throughout the history of the league, there has been no shortage of teams that have come from behind.

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After the first month of competition, the NBA officials quickly announced the attribution of some of the awards.

First up was the winner of the November Rookie of the Month award, and on the Western Conference side, Aaron Gordon was elected Western Conference Rookie of the Month over Wiggins, who has been unable to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA.

Over the past 14 games, Gordon has played primarily at power forward and center for the Suns, and in Hornacek's fast-paced small-ball system, Gordon's height disadvantage has been greatly weakened, and his athleticism has been fully highlighted. Gordon is averaging 31.9 minutes per game and averaging 10.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game.

As for Wiggins, Wiggins hit the rookie wall at the beginning of the season, and he had an absolute position in the Jazz, but he actually played a terrible mess, at one point having a poor shooting percentage of 4-of-15, 2-of-12, and 6-of-23. His overall offensive efficiency is very low, and he doesn't have any eye-catching performances in rebounding and assists, which has left the outside media wondering if he is a parallel commodity. By the end of November, Wiggins had played 15 games for the Jazz, averaging 12.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game, shooting a measly 36.7 percent from the field and 23.2 percent from three-point range. Obviously, this kind of performance is really a bit unworthy of his status as a top hit.

Wiggins' performance was terrible, but it only made Jabari Parker stand out even more.

The rookies in the East played very well in the first month, but Parker was extremely dominant and overpowered everyone, with 19.2 points, 10.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 0.8 steals and 1.4 blocks, he was undoubtedly elected as the best player in the East in November. It is worth mentioning that Parker's three-point shooting percentage reached 46.8%, 34.5%, and 85.5% respectively.

With such an outstanding performance, if Wiggins fails to break out later, then the Rookie of the Year will undoubtedly be locked in advance by Parker.

In addition to Parker, several other rookies in the East have also performed impressively, and in the West, they can all be worthy of Rookie of the Month.

Doug McDermott of the Bucks had 15.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists while shooting 39.5% from the field and 36.6% from three-point range.

Julius Randle of the Hawks, 14.9 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.0 blocks, shooting 46% from the field

The Knicks' Knicks Tauskas, 12.3 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists, shot 34.9% from the field and 35.1% from three-point range.

Tyler Ennis, who was a Pacers, had 10.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.0 steals, shooting 38.9% from the field and 38.1% from three-point range.

Noah Vonleh of the Wizards, 9.2 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks......

Marcus Smart of the Bobcats, 8.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.6 steals......

Magic's Exum had 7.4 points and 7.3 assists......

I have to say that this year's rookie momentum is indeed very good, especially Jabari Parker, who has fully shown the potential of an All-Star. Of course, apart from him, most of the other teams have the potential to be the team's starters.

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After the Rookie of the Month award was decided, it was followed by the league's Eastern and Western Player of the Month awards, which were won by Westbrook and LeBron James, respectively.

Westbrook averaged 28.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.8 steals per game while shooting 49.5% from the field. And the Thunder under his leadership, with an 11-7 record.

In addition, Noll, Kobe, and Harden were all nominated.

In fact, the Western Conference Player of the Month award is considered by many to be given to Noll or Kobe, after all, the Lakers' 15-2 record ranks first in the league. However, the reason for the final defeat should be that the data is not as gorgeous as Westbrook.

The winner of the Eastern Conference Player of the Month is LeBron James, who sacrificed a lot of ball possession in the first month of working with Love and Irving, and more often gave opportunities to Love and Irving. Even so, James was still able to contribute 25.2 points, 7.3 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 2.3 steals and 0.9 blocks per game, shooting a career-high 60.5% from the field and 38.5% from three-point range. Such a James can only be described as terrifying.

Of course, the reason why James is so effective may be because of the Lakers' excitement.

Obviously, this season, James is definitely full of revenge.

It is worth mentioning that Wade, who was reimbursed before the All-Star last season, has finally fully recovered, and the Heat have announced that he will play in the Heat's first game in December. (To be continued.) )