Chapter 43: The First Month Ends

Because he was busy making training plans and watching game videos, Chu Xuan began to get busy, and he returned to his workaholic state.

Under his targeted guidance, the players began to have some good changes, which made Chu Xuan very excited, so he was even more happy to devote himself to it.

Unconsciously, 6 days passed, and the time came to November 30th, which means that the 13~14 season has passed a full month.

Durant and LeBron James each won Player of the Month, and the two are the only two players in the league to have an efficiency rating of more than 30. Durant has grown rapidly and has begun to make a strong impact on the No. 1 position, and he has made the current NBA feel like a return to the yellow-green era.

Many people are beginning to think that the current Durant and James are like Bird and Johnson in the past, standing side by side. And there is no doubt that the alliance will be extremely exciting because of the presence of two people.

James in the new season is still a well-rounded representative. Since the beginning of the season, he has led the Heat to a 14-2 record, while he can contribute 28.0 points, 10.9 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game, shooting 58.6% from the field and a terrifying 39.1 efficiency value. Clearly, he has reached his peak and become an unstoppable dominant player.

And Durant still shows his unmatched scoring talent, even with an offensive guard like Westbrook around him, he can still contribute 31.1 points per game, stable at the top of the scoring list, leaving the second place far behind. At the same time, Durant has started to develop in an all-round direction this season, and his assist tally has risen to 5.3. At the same time, the hit rate began to approach the "180 club". With such efficiency, Durant's efficiency value reached a career-high 33.2, second only to James. Considering he's only 25 years old, it's clear he's going to grow. And, there is no doubt that in the future, he will be the most dangerous player for James.

Regarding the situation of Durant and James, Chu Xuan felt quite surprised in his heart. Because he didn't expect the two to play such a crazy performance, it was like a solo show, which made people look excited and even more obsessed with NBA games.

The Heat lost Wade for a time this season, but James showed his long-lost dominance, with three triple-doubles in 16 games and multiple quasi-triple-doubles. It can be said that the Heat can rank first in the league in terms of record, and James is definitely indispensable. Obviously, James's form is so good, and it also shows his ambition to a certain extent, which is to complete the triple championship and build a Heat dynasty.

Originally, Chu Xuan knew that the Heat would not be able to complete the triple championship. However, when he saw that James was not as weak as he had in his impression and Spurs was not as strong as he had in his impression, Chu Xuan was also unsure in his heart. Because, James's performance has also conquered him to a certain extent, and he feels that if James can continue this performance until June next year, maybe the Heat can really win three consecutive championships.

However, for Chu Xuan, his focus is more on young people, because that can give him some inspiration in selecting players for the Lakers.

At the end of the first month, the NBA officially announced that Trey Burke of the Jazz and Cody Zeller of the Bobcats won the Western Conference and Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month, respectively.

Treeback is now averaging 16.6 points, 9.3 assists and 1.9 steals per game. However, he shot just 41.3 percent from the field and 28.4 percent from three-point range. For a defender, it's not very qualified. However, Burke is able to average 9.3 assists per game, which is absolutely rare for a rookie.

With this performance, ESPN admired him as a second Paul, and DIME put him on the cover of the magazine. For a whole month, Burke was firmly at the top of the Rookie of the Year list.

And the selection of the best rookie of the month in the East is actually very controversial. Because Cody Zeller's 7.5 points and 7.8 rebounds are not very competitive. However, the Bobcats are fifth in the East after 17 games. With such a bonus, Codyzeller was able to defeat Otto Porter, Oladipo and others to win the first Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month of the season.

In fact, in the competition for the best rookie of the month, Knoll is very competitive. However, as of the 30th, he has only played 4 games, so this year's Rookie of the Month will not fall to him.

Furthermore, Treeback's performance is very suppressive, and Knoll, who is in the same west as him, will be difficult to beat Burke with his current performance. However, Chu Xuan feels that Noll is still adapting to the rhythm of the NBA, and once he really plays, with the addition of the Lakers' record, Noll is not necessarily less competitive than Burke.

When it comes to records, we have to mention the current status of the Lakers.

Steve Nash, the main point guard, withdrew from the game early with a wrist sprain in the game against the Wizards on the 27th, which had a great impact on the Lakers.

The most intuitive embodiment is that in the final moments of that game, the Lakers had no one in control of the overall situation, and finally collapsed and lost the game.

Then in the game on the 29th, Farmar served as the starting point guard, and the Lakers lost by 12 points and suffered two consecutive defeats. As a result, the record changed to 11 wins and 6 losses, dropping to fourth place in the West.

Obviously, the impact of Nash's injury has been very intuitive.

As a result, the Lakers' good momentum came to an abrupt halt and they were facing a very tough challenge.

For Chu Xuan and even the entire Lakers coaching staff, the biggest headache for them at present is how the Lakers can end their two-game losing streak and continue to win without the main point guard, so as to remain competitive in the coming December.

After all, the Lakers' previous state was so good that everyone who supported the Lakers didn't want to see the Lakers suffer Waterloo.

With the Lakers' two consecutive losses, the media began to pay close attention to the Lakers, hoping to get Nash's injury report as soon as possible.

As general manager, Kupchak would have been very happy, because the Lakers played so that he couldn't help but be happy. However, this feeling of happiness and relaxation only lasted for a month.

After Nash retired from injury, he couldn't sit still after witnessing two consecutive defeats.

With the whole world watching Nash's injury, the time came to the evening of the 30th.

Nash, accompanied by Kupchak, Phil Webb, Chu Xuan and others, underwent a third examination to determine the extent of the injury.

An hour later, the report came out, and as it had been on the previous two occasions, Nash was sure he would not be able to play again and that he would have to undergo surgery.

Although the result was uncomfortable, they had to accept it. Kupchak eventually nodded in agreement with Nash to undergo surgery quickly.

And the news also spread quickly, Nash will undergo wrist surgery on December 1, and the expected recovery time is 4~6 weeks.