Chapter 289: Begin to exert force

With the end of November, the Lakers have played 22 games and actually achieved a 19-3 record, still at the top of the league, which surprised everyone.

Of course, if you carefully observe the Lakers' schedule and opponents, you will find that the Lakers have a relatively easy schedule at the beginning of the season, and they have not met the five-star Warriors so far, nor have they met the Eastern giants Bucks.

Even the Rockets only met once and lost the game.

In December, the Lakers' schedule is still not very difficult, with a total of 15 games in December, only the San Antonio Spurs at the beginning of the month, the Houston Rockets in the middle half, the Golden State Warriors, the opponent of the Christmas game on December 25, and the city derby at the end of the month, and the Los Angeles Clippers.

Excluding these teams that can rank in the top 10 or so in the league, there are teams such as the Phoenix Suns, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans, Washington Wizards, Sacramento Kings and Charlotte Hornets who are at the bottom of the league.

These teams are definitely not a threat to the current Lakers lineup and strength, as long as the Lakers play normally, it will be another wave of consecutive wins.

But this month, for Wang Feng, the first small challenge is coming.

In his impression, December was Harden's first outburst node, this month Harden will contribute an average of 37 points, 5.6 rebounds and 6.9 assists, and then in 14 games in January, Harden can contribute 43.6 points, 8.7 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game!

It is precisely because of the strong explosion in these two months that Harden's average points per game will soar from the early 30+ at the beginning of the season to 36.1 points, and in the period of the outbreak in January, Harden's average points per game was as high as 38 points, and then the average points per game in February and March fell back to 36.1 points.

This is a parallel time and space, Wang Feng is not sure whether Harden's average points per game will fall after February to April, or whether Harden, who wants to win the honor of scoring champion, will reduce his average number of shots per game when there is a player with a similar average score per game.

This kind of thing is very likely to happen, after all, in another time and space, George, who ranks second on the scoring list, only averages 28 points per game, and there is a huge gap with Harden with 36 points, and no one can threaten Harden's scoring crown, so he will reduce the number of shots in the second half of the schedule to save energy and concentrate on preparing for the playoffs.

Wang Feng doesn't know if Harden thinks this way, but if it is, once he really lets Harden increase his average points per game to 38 or even 40, and he himself does not reduce his shots in the second half of the game, and always maintains this average score per game, it will be difficult for Wang Feng to surpass Harden in terms of points per game.

As a result, Wang decided to increase his shots in December, especially from beyond the three-point line.

On December 2, the Lakers played at home against the Phoenix Suns.

Wang Feng played 31 minutes, shooting 12-of-26, including 9-of-20 three-pointers and 6-of-7 free throws, scoring 39 points and 11 rebounds.

On December 5, the Lakers host the San Antonio Spurs.

Wang Feng played 41 minutes, shooting 16-of-28, 11-of-17 from three-point range and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line, scoring 46 points.

Immediately after the 7th, the Lakers came to the away court to play against the Spurs again, although the Lakers lost the game 129-133 in this game, Wang Feng's performance was more explosive than the previous game.

Because the Spurs were almost killed by Wang Fengsheng with a three-point shot in the last game, the Spurs strictly guarded Wang Feng's outside projection in this game, and did not give any chance at all, and in the end, Wang Feng only hit 4 of 7 shots in total.

But if you can prevent three points, you can't prevent a breakthrough.

Wang Feng, who broke through the frame with a large number of balls, almost tore the Spurs' defense to pieces.

Wang Feng, who shot 13 of 21 from the three-point line and kept hitting the basket at the same time, finally JDZ possessed him once, made a lot of fouls, made 10 of 14 free throws, and scored 48 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals.

It's a pity that Wang Feng's super god play matched the Spurs' multi-point flowering.

DeRozan also played well in this game, scoring 36 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

The Spurs had eight players in double figures, and one player had eight points and seven rebounds.

This also led to Wang Feng scoring 48 points and Butler scoring 21 points, but the Lakers still lost the game.

The day after losing to the Spurs, the Lakers immediately took the Memphis Grizzlies out in a bad breath.

The Grizzlies are now completely pulled, with less than 20 wins in the regular season last season, and although Conley returned from injury in the new season, the team's lineup and strength have long been unable to keep up with the powerful West, and are currently only ranked around 12th to 13th in the West, which is slightly stronger than the Suns at the bottom.

The Lakers had nothing to say about the Grizzlies, a wave of easy takeaways, Wang Feng played for 32 minutes, and he didn't play much in the fourth quarter, because after three quarters of the game, the difference between the two sides had reached more than 30 points.

In the 32 minutes he played, Wang Feng shot 10 of 18, 5 of 8 three-pointers, and 6 of 7 free throws, scoring 31 points and 8 rebounds.

On December 10, the Lakers hosted the Miami Heat, and they were again a team on the verge of the playoffs, and it was still in the relatively less competitive East, so it was naturally not an opponent for the Lakers.

At 118:105, Wang Feng scored 36 points on 14-of-22 shooting.

The only thing worth mentioning this season is that this season is also the Heat legend Dwyan. Wade's last season.

Wade followed Kobe Bryant's general national retirement tour, although the pomp was much worse than Kobe's, but the Heat also gave the star who has played for the team for many years and contributed the best years of his entire career.

At the end of each game, Wade chooses to swap jerseys with an opposing player.

In mid-November, when the Heat and Lakers met for the first time, Wade chose to meet his former Bulls teammate Jimmy Brown. Butler exchanged jerseys and jokingly said to Wang Feng: "Wang, we will meet again in the future, and we will exchange jerseys with you at that time." ”

The second and final matchup between the two teams in the regular season was this one, and after the game, Wade smiled and exchanged jerseys with Wang Feng and took a photo to commemorate the occasion.

Wade is also a player that Wang Feng likes very much, low-key and humble, and can also make a lot of sacrifices for the team, three championship rings are the best interpretation of his career, the only regret is that Wade has not won a regular season MVP in his entire career, even if he only wins one MVP, his historical status will be greatly improved.