Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 154 A unique Christmas war!
There will be three Christmas games this year: the Pistons vs. the Pacers, and the Lakers vs. the Heat.

The remaining game is a game between the Knicks and the Bulls, two of the top three teams in the United States.

In comparison, the game between the Bulls and the Knicks is not as popular.

However, the momentum created by the two major media outlets in Chicago and New York before the game was far greater than the other two Christmas wars.

This also made NBA president David Stern, who was suffering from traffic problems, quite happy.

I have to say that if the NBA wants to increase its local ratings and influence, it still has to rely on teams in big cities!

The Christmas Day battle between the Bulls and the Knicks was Stern's final decision!

After learning about the momentum created by the two major media groups before the game, Stern immediately made a decision to bring his family and league executives to Madison Square Garden to watch the game.

Feeling the atmosphere of the game that was comparable to the finals, Stern was quite proud.

He kept telling the league executives around him that this would be the way it goes from now on, and the Christmas game would at least ensure that the Bulls and Knicks, the two major traffic teams in big cities.

Anyway, the Bulls have Duane and the Knicks have Anthony. No matter how bad the team's record is, it won't be any worse!
Looking at the momentum of the regular season this season, the Bulls are guaranteed to reach the playoffs, and the Knicks are not far behind.

As long as these two teams have decent records, it is reasonable for them to be regulars in Christmas games.

As for the Cleveland Cavaliers, who Stern is more concerned about, let’s wait until they reach the playoffs...

“Dunn, don’t pass the ball tonight, okay?

I want to explore your background and see what you are really capable of!
I have been paying attention to you and know that you are very powerful now.

So, let us completely release the energy in our body!
Let us use the most direct way to tell the difference! "

Before the game started, Anthony invited Duan to fight in front of other players.

Du En frowned a little when he heard this, not because he was afraid of Anthony, but because he was a little worried about his good brother Anthony's emotional intelligence.

Although Christmas games often involve powerful dialogues and exciting dramas between stars.

But why don't other players want to shine at such a "Spring Festival Gala" and let fans across the United States know about them and remember them?

In fact, Du En also has thoughts similar to Anthony's, but Du En will definitely not say it directly.

In order to win over his teammates, Duen will even continue to maintain his personality and will constantly look for opportunities to pass to his teammates on the court.

When his teammates are having fun and want to win, Duen steps up and takes over the game, realizing the idea of ​​winning points and winning the ball.

It can only be said that Anthony has never thought about what he did in the way of a team boss.

This is very similar to Durant in the future. They are both super scorers and unsolvable weapons in the world championship.

But because he lacks leadership qualities and doesn't know how to truly lead a team to win, he has no skills and is reduced to a homeless knight who is nobler than a tramp.

Because Durant has more outstanding physical talents, he is also more unsolvable in the NBA. He is also in the small ball era, which can fully demonstrate his talents.

And by meeting the right teammates and seizing the opportunity, I am already full of honors.

Anthony is not as smart as James. If he can bring his talent to the South Coast, his career may be successful.

Three-year-olds look big, seven-year-olds look old.

Anthony has to be strong throughout his life, and he will definitely not think about being second fiddle to others during his peak period. In this way, it will be impossible to win the core championship.

As a good brother, Du En can only help Anthony a little bit, and wait until the stage is set up at the end of his career to match Anthony with treatment similar to that of Payton and Malone.

As for now, Du En can only remind Anthony a little bit. As for whether Anthony can understand it himself, it depends on his understanding.

In fact, Du En said bluntly in front of Anthony that he might not have a long memory and would go his own way after a while.

This is often the case for scoring champion type players.

"Melo, passing is part of basketball.

Don’t forget how we won the NCAA championship?
It was you who trusted me and passed the ball to me, and I helped the team score some shots that deserved to be scored!
Although passing the ball is not what you are best at, it is not that you cannot pass the ball.

A person's power is limited after all!You should get back to yourself! "

Anthony obviously didn't understand anything about Du En's kind words.

Instead, he responded proactively: "You have your own way of winning, and I will try to beat you in my own way!"

Obviously, Anthony, like most players, is very confident as soon as he gets on the court.

But they only know how to play, and they only know how to play alone. They don’t know that there are other things that need to be taken into consideration on the court. Even after playing for many years, they don’t know that things off the court will also affect the situation on the court.

As the saying goes, if you get the right way, you will get a lot of help, but if you don't get the right way, you will get little help.

After the game officially started, other Knicks players seemed to want to see Anthony's joke.

The Knicks have been bad for a long time, and the players have long since fallen.

It's not easy to rely on the Christmas war to improve data, improve impression points, and get a contract.How could it be possible for Anthony, the boss who knew nothing, to do the dirty work and set up a stage to sing?

As a result, as early as the first half of the first quarter, the point difference between the Bulls and the Knicks widened.

Anidon only shot 9-for-4 from the field under Duane's defense.

In terms of shooting percentage, Anthony mainly finishes with jump shots, which is quite good.

But from the perspective of scoring efficiency, Anthony played relatively average and even hindered the team's performance.

Other Knicks players also looked on with cold eyes, waiting for Anthony to lose the energy to hand over the ball.

For this reason, it doesn't matter that Duen breaks through Anthony and goes to the basket.Don't care about helping his teammates score when Duan switches offense.

By the way, Knicks head coach Lenny Wilkens is also a bit stuck.

Anthony played well personally, but the score difference in the game continued to widen, which is still relatively obvious.

Normally, when this happens, you should call a timeout and arrange things.

Let Anthony hand over the ball, let the point guard connect the team, and improve the Knicks' scoring efficiency through some simple balls.

However, tonight is the Christmas game, and fans love to watch this, the star singles between Anthony and Duane.

Also to satisfy the fans, Lenny Wilkens can only be a wooden man on the sidelines.

After more than nine minutes of play in the first quarter, Anthony, who was sweating and panting heavily, was put off the court to rest.

However, the score on the court has reached 27 to 15, and the Bulls have a huge advantage of 12 points.

Unlike Anthony who was sweating profusely, Du En only had some fine sweat on his forehead.

Duen didn't need to go down to rest in advance. He just organized the frontcourt, connected the team, and when the Knicks outside players were working hard, he ran to the basket to get the ball and advance quickly.

As the team leader, Du En can take the ball and play alone, but tonight Du En chose to share the joys and sorrows with his brothers.

It's also because Duen keeps passing the ball to other teammates, and Tyson Chandler and others don't care if Duen gets a few more defensive rebounds.

It is precisely because of this that after two and a half quarters of the game, Duan took the lead in double figures in rebounds and assists, but fell behind in scoring, with only 8 points.

Seeing a triple-double in sight, Duen also started to take the ball and hit a few.

It is worth mentioning that in the Christmas War, everyone is a human being.

Because the Bulls were ahead by many points, starting from the second half of the second quarter, the Bulls players on the court deliberately lowered their defensive efficiency.

Try to play more transition offenses and try to play longer in the fourth quarter.

Therefore, after the third quarter, the Bulls did not frustrate the game, and the score on the court came to 83 to 72.

Duan also entered the fourth quarter with 16 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists.

The Bulls let go a little bit, but they didn't lose the game.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Duan quickly exceeded 20 points.

Anthony became more and more excited as he played, and seemed to have found his form. He scored three goals in a row, and his personal score quickly exceeded 30 points, heading towards 40 points.

Du En is not interested in scoring high, and 20+ triple-doubles in the Christmas game is already very impressive.

However, Du En also wants to try to see if there is a chance to get a big triple-double of 20+20+20.

It's a pity that it's relatively easy to get assists, you can do it proactively, but it's a bit difficult to get rebounds, after all, it's hard to control the placement of rebounds.

Besides, Duan is now a well-known figure in the NBA.

Even if you have the heart to get rebounds, you won't be able to do something as scandalous as Ricky Davis or Antetokounmpo just to collect rebounds.

At the end of the game, Duan had a huge triple-double with 23 points, 16 rebounds and 21 assists, but he was still 4 rebounds short of his goal.

Of course, Du En's data is already outrageous!Doon himself was very pleased with this.

The other protagonist of this Christmas game - Anthony, who scored 43 points in vain, showed a bright and cheerful boy's smile even though he lost.

"Brother, you beat me again! You are better than me tonight!"

"Melon, you beat me in scoring too!"

After the game, Du En and Anthony came to the center circle and hugged each other.

Immediately afterwards, each other skillfully took off their clothes, exchanged jerseys in public, and then brought them to reporters for them to take pictures.

As for the subsequent post-game interview, Duan and Anthony also exchanged business blowbacks, bringing tonight's Christmas game to a successful conclusion.

(End of this chapter)