PFC Chapter 370 Columbus with weakened momentum, the alliance with another transaction
Chapter 370 Columbus with weakened momentum, the alliance with another transaction
Chapter 370 Columbus Weakening Momentum, Another Alliance Where Another Deal Happened
At the same time, the league also announced the awards for the East and West in December.
The "Best of the Month" in the East and West belong to Li Wan and James Harden respectively.
李万在刚刚结束的12月份，场均可以拿到35.4分13.2篮板6.8助攻3.2抢断2.2盖帽，表现一如既往的夸张。
Although the Raptors have been clinging to the record and ranked second in the Eastern Conference, it is difficult for them to compete with Li Wan for this award after the "Trash Brothers" have already won it once.
The most important thing is that after the arrival of Paul George, the Raptors are obviously no longer a game where the "garbage brothers" carry together, but it has become a "three brothers" teaming up to "commit crimes".
In terms of starlight, Toronto is no longer the "North Cold Land", they have their own "star cluster".
In the west, the Hornets only lost 2 games in December, which is better than the Warriors. The Warriors lost another game after the "Christmas War", so they lost a total of 12 games in December.
This time, the "Best of the Month" was taken away by James Harden.
Speaking of which, because of the joining of Chris Paul, James Harden's data this season is not as good as last season. So far, he has averaged 25.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 10.6 assists per game. In the "Best of the Month" pk, he lost to LeBron James.
However, this month, James Harden's average data has picked up, averaging 28.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 9.8 assists per game.Such a explosive performance is also the reason why James Harden won the "Player of the Month Award" in December.
In terms of "Best Rookie of the Month", Ben Simmons and Kuzma respectively won the "Best of the Month in East and West" in December.
Needless to say, Kuzma averaged 16.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, both of which are "leading" among rookies in the Western Conference.
In the east, because of the presence of Mitchell and Fultz, the competition is more intense.
But Ben Simmons was successfully elected as the final "Eastern Rookie of the Month".
It's just that Ben Simmons, who won this award, was not very happy.
Because of where he received the award...
It's Columbus!
In the first game of the new year, the Philadelphia 76ers will challenge the Columbus Explorers away.
Ben Simmons faced Li Wan for the second time in his career.
It hasn't been long since the last painful lesson, and for Simmons, it is even more vivid.
It is worth mentioning that after that game, the league's defense against him, the proportion of "telescopic" defense has increased significantly compared to before. Thanks to the fact that not all teams have rich perimeter defense like Columbus Resources, Ben Simmons can still misplace and bully opponents who are obviously different in height from him.
This is a great way for him to continue to guarantee his data for the rest of December.
He also realized more and more that he really needed to improve his projection ability.
but……
Although aware of this, Ben Simmons didn't want to take action.
If you have to ask why, it might be...
Can't get over the hurdle in your heart!
It is said that you must use your own way to dominate the game, then you must use your own way to dominate the game.
The main point is a "do not listen to persuasion"!
And when the reporter asked Ben Simmons before the game: "Do you still think Li Wan is the greatest player in this league?"
Ben Simmons' face was a little uncomfortable.
He wanted to say, this is the greatest player of the Hammers, have you ever seen such a disrespectful "goat"?How to teach the entire league how to have a rookie mentality, I am!
He cursed fiercely in his heart.
But these hard words, he couldn't say anything.
Because the game was still a few hours away, if he said these words, they would definitely reach Li Wan's ears, and he would be punished again tonight.
He suddenly wanted to suggest to the league whether the pre-match interview could be started later, like starting the interview 5 minutes before the game, after the interview and directly to the game.
But after the evening game started, Ben Simmons regretted not scolding Li Wan in the interview...
Because whether he said it or not, Li Wan's attitude towards him was the same as before.
As soon as it came up, it was another "telescope-like" defensive method for all members!
Coupled with the taunts from more than 2 fans at the scene, Ben Simmons was a little out of breath at the time, and deliberately increased his range of motion during the confrontation with Li Wan.
This actually made Li Wan's eyes light up.
very good……
After so many years, finally there is a guy who dares to show his elbows to me!
Sure enough, over time, the legends of the rivers and lakes will become anecdotes.
How many of these little guys who have entered the league now know that Li Wan "heavyly shot" Artest when he first debuted!
Of course, even if they knew about it, they probably wouldn't take it too seriously.
Artest?
Hehe~ What a tough guy!
However, when Li Wan counterattacked with an iron elbow and slammed his big elbow into Ben Simmons's ribs, Ben Simmons' face turned liver-colored.
At that moment, he felt as if he had been hit by a heavy cannon on his ribs.
Unable to hold back for a moment, the tears flowed directly.
Since Li Wan's movements were very subtle, from outsiders' point of view, it was just a contact between two people, and then Ben Simmons staggered and failed to complete the goal, and then...
"Is Ben Simmons being beaten and crying?" Barkley shouted.
Shaq O'Neal looked at Simmons who started to drop little pearls in the close-up, and couldn't hold it back for a while, laughing like a pig.Finally stopped laughing, he said: "To be honest, I can actually understand Ben Simmons. Anyone in such a situation may have an instant burst of mentality. This is really tormenting people's self-confidence. Heart……"
His advice, of course: step it up!
It's time to humiliate these newcomers who have no skills and are not willing to accept opinions.
In fact, as early as in the previous program, he said that the development of the NBA has given these newcomers a taste of too much sweetness, and these sweetnesses have been exchanged by generations of old people with their time and performance on the court.
He directly used the contract as an example: "Ben Simmons' rookie contract was 560 million in the first year and 645 million in the second year. More than a decade ago, the number one pick's contract was only more than 4 million, and the increase was not so large. At that time, the contract of 600 million was considered a very high contract. For example, when Daben won the best defensive player award, it was only more than 5 million, and when Billups won the finals MVP, it was only more than 6 million... …These kids are enjoying the revenue boost we bring, but they don’t want to listen to the slightest opinion from us, man, that’s Kobe!"
So at this moment, he really didn't hide his smile at all.
Also laughing is Barkley. The old players in the 90s are the same. When they see "soft guys", they can't help but want to laugh.
The 76ers chose to replace Ben Simmons as soon as possible, and specially invited a psychologist with the team to enlighten him.
They also thought Ben Simmons was crying because his mentality had collapsed.
But Ben Simmons couldn't say it, he couldn't say that Li Wan's elbow made him cry, right?
This seems to be no better than crying out loud when the mentality collapses!
It sounds even more girly!
During his adjustment period, there was a scene where all members of Columbus surrounded Embiid on the court. Embiid, who had just been called the "Emperor" by domestic fans, was unable to support himself. The point difference expanded to more than 20 points. When Ben Simmons returned to the court When they were on the court, the main force of Columbus had already rested off the court.
In this game, the Columbus Explorers finally won the first game of the new year with a 128-100, 28-point victory.
Early the next morning, Ben Simmons was beaten and cried and became the headlines of the major media. The "New York Times" called Ben Simmons "the softest No. [-] pick in NBA history"!
"You must know that Kwame Brown was under the high pressure of Michael Jordan, and there was no such situation!"
Ok……
Kwame Brown didn't expect that there was something of his own in it.
But when it comes to this matter, Kwame Brown really wants to refute a few words: I cried, but I cried secretly under the covers.
This memory has always been a pain that Kwame Brown is unwilling to face. As for why he dares to face it now, um... there is no special reason, but when he wears 8 championship rings, he will always unconsciously I can't help but think of my youthful self in the past!
The media in Los Angeles believed that Li Wan was continuing to make excuses for Kobe... It is a well-known fact that Li Wan is a person who holds vengeance, and he is not someone who takes revenge once and forgets it.
Just look at how many "famous scenes" he has left in Staples, and you will know how good this guy is!
The phrase "Los Angeles, this is for you" is now the No. 1 of Staples' many famous scenes...
The most important thing is that it is in sharp contrast with the sentence "Cleveland, this is for you" that he later gave to the Cavaliers fans.
Of course, it is this energy that has the classic picture of "two hit Ben Simmons" this season, which makes people unconsciously want to look forward to the last game of the season between the Columbus Explorers and the Philadelphia 76ers.
Los Angeles people must admit that they love Li Wan even more!
Even if they know very well, there is a high probability that they will never have Li Wan again...
On January 1, the Columbus Explorers continued to sit at home and ushered in the challenge of the "Big Three" in New Orleans.
In the end, the Columbus Explorers lost the game without many changes.
Chris Paul's field control allows James Harden to focus more on the offensive end, coupled with Anthony Davis' further offensive firepower, it is worth mentioning that tonight's Anthony Davis from Very online from the very beginning.
Little Sabonis faced him like a toy, letting him play upside down, and he couldn't fight back at all.
Li Wan scored the second of the season in this game and the first "2" plus in a single game in January, but he still watched the team lose the game.He has to admit that as long as New Orleans maintains the style of play of this game and the "Big Three" maintains a clear division of labor in this game, then the New Orleans Hornets are the biggest opponent of the Columbus Explorers.
On January 1, the Columbus Explorers set off for Toronto. The first away game in January was against the Raptors.
The Explorers played against the Raptors in the first month of the new season last year. At that time, the Raptors' first loss was given to them by the Columbus Explorers.It's just that Paul George hadn't come yet.
The Raptors aren't quite where they are now.
So this game is very popular.
The league also temporarily turned the game into a "National Live Broadcast".
Originally, only one of the three regular season games between the Raptors and the Columbus Explorers was "live across the United States", which was the just-concluded Columbus home game against the Raptors.
Columbus has more than half of the "National Live" games in a season, and even if it is a round, it will definitely be a round.Many teams without exposure, such as the Rockets, rely on the game against the Columbus Explorers to appear in front of fans across the country!
Now that the media is becoming more and more developed, exposure resources have not become average, but more extreme, just like the "gap between rich and poor" has not become average because of the economic development of the world, but "the wealthier people People who get richer and less rich struggle harder."
If the original Raptors only had a record and no star flavor, then the current Raptors have met the conditions for temporarily increasing the number of "National Live Broadcast" games. They have a record and a star flavor.
Of course, the most important point is that their opponent is the Columbus Explorers.
To say that the strength of the Raptors' current lineup is really not bad at all:
"Lowry at position [-], DeRozan at position [-], Paul George at position [-], Ibaka at position [-], Valanciunas at position [-];"
The "Trash Brothers" need no introduction. This has been the signature of the Raptors since two or three years ago.
Not to mention Paul George, these guys are on the regular season MVP list all the year round.
And in Li Wan's view, Paul George's entry into the Raptors is somewhat like Leonard's entry into Toronto.You must know that this is a reinforcement on the basis of leaving DeRozan!
It is simply a reinforcement that makes the Raptors reborn!
It is no exaggeration to say that it is "earthquake level".
In the current trading market, this is one of the few situations where a single star joins a team that can pose a threat to the Columbus Explorers.
Needless to say, Ibaka was once the "Four Thunder".
It's a pity that in this life, he still played closed games in 14, but compared to other players who have played the game over in his entire career after being closed, Ibaka let everyone know how awesome his body is. Can contribute 12.8 points and 6.8 rebounds.
Although he has no explosive power, Ibaka has developed his shooting ability and has become a "small ball era" fourth position that can open up space, and continues to have a good market.
In the 19~20 season, he averaged 16 points and 8.3 rebounds per game!
The only one who is slightly less famous is the fifth position Valanciunas.
But if you look at his data this season, you will find... 12.7 points and 8.6 rebounds per game... He is already a "quasi first-class" inside player.
Coupled with the fact that this team has players like Fred Van Fleet on the bench, it is not surprising why they can bite the Columbus Explorers in the new season and rank second in the Eastern Conference.
As the Toronto media said: "This year's East, there must be a place for the Raptors!"
Judging from this game, the obvious benefit that Paul George brought to this team is the defensive end!
Whether it is Lowry or DeRozan, they are not good defensive guys. As for Valanciunas, he also belongs to the inside line of "more than enough attack, not enough defense". If it is the former Ibaka, he can definitely be very good He can make up for his problems in this aspect, but it is a pity that next to him is a "Congo slugger" who has blocked and started to work on the offensive end.
His vacancy, with Ibaka's current ability, is really difficult to fully fill.
This is why the Raptors later sent the former to the Grizzlies in exchange for Gasol Jr.
But now, with Paul George, a "quality hunk" who has not suffered serious injuries on the wing, and now he has entered his peak period, it is really "outside can help the garbage brothers to defend, and inside can replace the inside twin towers to assist." "Prevention", in short, he made it clear by checking for leaks and filling in vacancies.
The Raptors' defensive quality has also risen sharply during this period.
This is the improvement of a team's defensive quality by a "Defensive Player of the Season Award"-level defender.
In addition, Paul George also brought one key thing to this team:
Key ball ability!
Although Paul George himself is also the "Background Emperor", he also hit a lot of key goals, and there are even many famous scenes of cupping at critical moments.
Defense plus big shots...
The temperament of the Raptors has been sublimated!
From this "National Live Broadcast", it can be seen that they have become a group of howling wolves.Except for Li Wan, the Columbus Explorers got up very slowly tonight, and the scene was once suppressed by the Raptors.
At the end of the first half, the Raptors led by 57 points 53 to 4.
It is true to say that Valanciunas is called "the most icing on the cake" by the media. He scored all the goals that should be scored and should not be scored tonight.
Fortunately, Li Wan "broke out" ahead of schedule and scored 27 points in the second quarter, which helped the team stabilize the situation.
In the third quarter of the game, Li Wan also waited for the recovery of his teammates. Halfway through the fourth quarter, the Columbus Explorers completed a lead.
However, the Raptors' temperament tonight is really tough. Although they were overtaken in the last few minutes, they did not panic at all. The "garbage brothers" continued to cooperate to keep the point difference at about 1 point.
In the last 16 seconds, the ball was given to Paul George. Facing Li Wan's defense, he made a three-pointer that looked like McGrady, and successfully overtook the point difference by 2 points again.
And the game time left the last 3.4 seconds.
Paul George roared the moment the ball went in, but was suddenly less happy watching the rest of the game.
The Columbus Explorers have a timeout, and when serving at halftime, there is enough time to play a tactic...
He looked at Li Wan who was still calm across the way, thinking about his "background board" attribute, he couldn't help but beat his heart:
Should be able to win, right?
The rest of the Raptors also didn't dare to show their pride. Facing the Columbus Explorers with Li Wan, they really didn't dare to celebrate before the game was completely over!
They are nervous.
The Torontonians in the audience were equally nervous.
They didn't dare to shout and celebrate, for the same reason as their own players, they were afraid of having a happy time.
They could not help praying in their hearts:
God, just let Toronto go this time
There are also a large number of fans who are also very nervous, that is, the Columbus people who are thousands of miles away in the Grand Voyage Arena, but their eyes are as bright as owls at night.
On the big screen at the scene was a close-up shot of Li Wan.
They are looking forward to Li Wan's final "salvation"!
Li Wan's own performance tonight was actually good enough. With 27 points in the second quarter, the audience has already scored 49 points...just one point short of 1 plus...
If Li Wan makes the last shot and hits it, then he will win two consecutive "single game 50 plus".
The people of Columbus were looking forward to this moment.
"beep!"
The referee's whistle sounded, and the final round of the contest officially began.
Li Wan stood next to two Toronto Raptors defenders, and judging by their posture, they didn't plan to leave anyway.
Obviously, they would rather let others in Columbus make the game-winning shot than see Li Wan complete the game-winning shot.
Of course, this is what they are thinking now. When they saw Carmelo Anthony running aggressively there, they were not so sure. If they stopped Li Wan from taking the ball, they would definitely be able to defend the game. won...
That "melon" over there is also a "cold killer"!
The presence of Carmelo Anthony prevented the Raptors from following exactly what the head coach said when they executed their final defensive play.
Li Wan made a beautiful back run to catch the ball, without any hesitation, he immediately approached the three-point line with the ball. At this moment, the double-team from the Raptors also gathered towards him.
The one standing in front of Li Wan was none other than Paul George.
Li Wan felt more confident when he saw Paul George...
"Dun Bai" outside the three-point line, looking at his teammates approaching, Paul George chose to pounce forward, but his pounce gave Li Wan a chance to rush past him.
DeRozan desperately wanted to make up the distance between himself and Li Wan, but Li Wan, who broke through Paul George, moved sideways in the opposite direction to him, successfully opened the distance, jumped high, and shot straight.
As the ball left his hands, the red light on the backboard came on.
Next to him were DeRozan, whose whole body was tilted, trying to stop him, but it was too late, and Paul George, who turned around immediately after being broken by him, and saw the back of Li Wan's shot.
They looked towards the basket almost at the same time.
The ball went straight into the basket.
tie!
"Yes!"
Li Wan couldn't help clenching his fists.
To be honest, no matter at any time, no matter how many big scenes you have watched, this kind of "absolute level" and "killer ball" will really make people feel ups and downs.
Of course, the inner excitement is one thing, and the expression is another. Li Wan turned to look at Paul George, and said to him, "Dude, you left too much time!"
Paul George gritted his teeth secretly, unable to fight back.
At the same time, he felt bitter in his heart. He knew very well that he had missed the best chance to beat the Columbus Explorers tonight.
Sure enough, Columbus, who has the experience of defending the champion, played a wave of 7-2 aggressively as soon as the overtime game came up. Finally, at the home court of the Toronto Raptors, the Explorers scored 129 to 22, with a 7-point difference in overtime Narrowly beat the Raptors.
比赛结束的那一刻，李万的数据定格在了56分15篮板8助攻4抢断2盖帽。
Facing an interview with reporters, when talking about the 2-point tie, Li Wan said: "I can't accept that I scored 50 points for two consecutive nights but lost..."
Paul George talked about becoming Li Wan's "background board" again, and smiled wryly: "He just did what a player like him can do..."
There was helplessness in the tone, but thinking that he was not the only player who was done by Li Wan, and the "super giants" of the entire era were with him, and he was relieved immediately.
To be in the same era as such an evildoer, one must have such awareness.
Otherwise, this game is really impossible to play, and the mentality has already collapsed!
However, Columbus lost one of these two games, and the other didn't win until overtime, which gave some new voices to the discussion of the championship.
Ok……
After all, in such a long season, some topics have to be discussed repeatedly.
Especially the championship, it is constantly changing with the change of momentum.
Before the "Christmas War", the Warriors were in the leading position. After the "Christmas War", the Columbus Explorers became the NO. !
These discussions made suspense about the fate of the championship, which made the season more interesting.
On January 1th, there was talk of a trade from Boston. Angie and Thomas Jr. had been dragging for two months. With the final result, Angie sent Thomas Jr. and got Kyrie Irving from the Heat.Of course, in order to send Thomas Jr. away, Angie accompanied the "dowry" as before: Crowder, Zizic and next year's first-round pick.
The Heat's acquisition of Thomas Jr. is naturally not to use him to create a new tactical system. According to gossip from the Miami media, Pat Riley's idea is to use Thomas Jr. after his contract expires this summer. Several other players whose contracts expired vacated chips, and then copied the miracle of the summer of 2010.
It's just that he had Wade in his prime back then, so he made this "empty glove white wolf" deal. Now he doesn't have players of this quality in his hands, so everyone doubts whether he can still do it. Such a thing.
Of course, because he is Pat Riley, the man who brought the Heat the first championship in team history, so everyone is willing to believe that he can do such a thing... After all, he was traded in 04 to get Shaquille O'Neal, Get Chris Bosh and LeBron without paying any price in 10, both are "hands of God" in the NBA trading session!
Since it has been done twice, there is no guarantee that there will not be a third time!
On January 1, the Columbus Explorers continued their road trip to challenge the Celtics who just got Irving.
Before this deal, the Celtics ranked eighth in the East, which is a far cry from their last season.But this is also something that can’t be helped. The core new contract of the team has not been in place, and it is predictable that the atmosphere of the entire team will change as a result.
When the core of the team is worried about whether they can stay in the team forever, do they still expect this team to produce good results?
This is impossible!
Irving's arrival is an acceptable result for Boston fans.
In terms of impression flow, he should be able to do better than Thomas Jr. under Stevens' system.This is why Angie will replace him.
It's just that Angie forgot one thing...
Jaylen Brown has come to the second season of his career, and this team also has a high-ranking potential rookie Tatum!
What is there to say?
The ambitions of young people will continue to expand!
Shaq O'Neal during the "three consecutive championships" period couldn't suppress Kobe's eagerness to move. Do you expect an outsider with no achievements to make these young people willingly call "Big Brother" in the Celtics?
The original Irving only stayed with the Celtics for two seasons, the biggest reason is this.
Moreover, Owen really doesn't have the temperament of a "leading big brother". He is more suitable to be a "thug", which is similar to Kevin Durant in essence. He stands up when he needs to score, and then he is considered to have completed the task. , but at the level, it is not yet to the level of Kevin Durant!
Columbus easily won the game with a big difference of 20 points.
Li Wan scored more than 40 points in this game.
After scoring 50 points in a row and scoring another 40 points, Li Wan's total career score reached 24719 points without knowing it, which is 22 points away from the 98nd place Ewing!
On January 1, the Columbus Explorers returned to their home court after the "back-to-back". The score has risen again by 12 points...
After 22 points, he can surpass Ewing to become the 22nd in the NBA's total scoring list.
It just so happened that in this game back at home, their opponent was the New York Knicks.
New York fans got excited then.
After waiting for so long, it finally came to another match between Li Wan and New York.
The "Big Apple" instantly became the "City of Sin"...
If you want to ask why New York fans are becoming more and more perverted, then you have to talk about the current situation of the "two heroes" in New York.Although the Knicks have Fultz, the successor appointed by Li Wanqin, it will not happen overnight.
In the fourth year after losing Li Wan, they finally understood how difficult it was for Li Wan to win the championship as soon as he came to New York, and to win the championship without stopping.and cannot be copied.
The New York Knicks are rotten. After the Brooklyn Nets lost Carmelo Anthony in the summer, they lost Chris Paul, and then even Howard. Now they have completely rebuilt and they have begun to compete with the New York Knicks. Fighting for the position of "squad leader" in the east.
The rebuilding of the Nets means that they will no longer be able to enjoy shouting for Li Wan on the "home court" this summer...
You said, just this group of New Yorkers who are unwilling to be lonely, can they not become more crazy?
(End of this chapter)