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Chapter 610 Three Christmas Battle

The day after Yang Shuai said that to Chu Xiyun in the church, Chu Xiyun left because of work, and Yang Shuai was going to San Antonio for an away game, so despite what he said, But Yang Shuai has no time to prepare for the proposal.

The Warriors and Spurs faced each other last month, and it ended in a victory for the Warriors, which was one of only two losses for the Spurs last month. 14 wins and 2 losses, this is the record of the Spurs in the first month, second only to the Warriors in the West.

The record is enough to show the strength of the Spurs this season. Although the lineup has not changed much, with the tactical changes of Vicki, the Spurs, who are considered to have gone downhill, have once again glowed with a new spring.

Facing the Warriors is considered a battle of revenge by the Spurs. Last season, the Warriors eliminated the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs. This season, the Warriors won the first match between the two teams.Now, the Warriors have declined in strength due to injuries, and the Spurs will naturally seize the opportunity.

In fact, they did so. Amidst the shouts and boos of the home fans, the Spurs completely suppressed the Warriors in this game. The final score was 118:98, and the Warriors lost to the Spurs by a full 20 points.

In this game, Yang Shuai still played the best for the Warriors. He scored 31 points, 8 assists and 11 rebounds.The Warriors' starters had four of the five players in double figures, but their bench players played too poorly.

Compared with the Warriors, the overall performance of the Spurs is too much. The seven members of the team scored in double figures is an important reason why they finally won the Warriors by 20 points. Of course, the role of one person has to be mentioned in this process. It's Tim Duncan.Yang Shuai didn't get a triple-double in this game, but another player did, and that was Duncan. 20 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists. Without Chandler's defense, Duncan can do whatever he wants inside.

Lost to the Spurs, the Warriors continued their Texas road trip, this time, they came to Houston.If the Warriors went to Houston to play against the Rockets at the beginning of the season, it would definitely be hyped by the media, because Yao Ming's comeback this season, just like the Warriors and Rockets in China's preseason game, will make Chinese fans extremely excited.

But Yao Ming was injured again after only playing five games this season, and according to the diagnosis, he was reimbursed for the season again, which caused the Rockets' attention to plummet.Originally, the rise of the Warriors and Yao Ming's reimbursement for the entire season of last season have already made the Rockets lose much of the market in China. After Yao Ming's comeback, the Rockets boss finally saw some hope, and now his hope is shattered again.

Therefore, this game that should have attracted the attention of a wide range of Chinese fans and media finally only attracted the attention of Warriors fans.

The Rockets, this is a team without Yao Ming and McGrady. It is also a completely civilian team. The strongest scorer in the team is Kevin Martin, but because of poor defense and weak body The team did not squeeze into the ranks of stars.

The Warriors and the Rockets are also plagued by injuries. The difference is that the Rockets injured their stars and leaders, while the Warriors injured important players, but their leader Yang Shuai is healthy.

The difference between a leader and an average scorer lies in the ability to score at critical moments, and this difference was perfectly demonstrated in this game.

In the first three quarters, the Rockets and the Warriors played inextricably, and Martin's score was not much different from Yang Shuai's, but in the last 3 minutes, Yang Shuai used his performance to bring the team a victory.

Before that, both Yang Shuai and Martin scored 22 points, but in the last 3 minutes of the fourth quarter, Yang Shuai scored 8 points alone, while Martin failed to score under Yang Shuai's restriction, and in the end it was Yang Shuai who scored 8 points. With these 3 points, the Warriors defeated the Rockets by [-] points.

With 30 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds, Yang Shuai did not get a triple-double in this game, but Yang Shuai is still very satisfied with the victory.

At this point, Warriors players have already experienced the impact of not having Chandler and Jackson.The three games the Warriors lost earlier this season all had problems with their interior defense and rebounding, and this was the consequence of Chandler's absence.

In addition to the defense in the interior, the performance of the Warriors during the transition time of the substitute players in these games is not outstanding, precisely because of the lack of Jackson.

The impact of the absence of these two generals continues. In the third away game in Texas, the Warriors once again tasted the taste of defeat in Dallas.

杨帅在比赛中倒是拿到29分12次助攻13个篮板的三双数据，但是却因为诺维茨基最后时刻的一次2+1而失去了翻盘的机会。

End of Texas road trip, the Warriors finally returned to Oakland, and then meet their next opponent.Although a month has passed since the season, the Warriors' schedule is not easy.Although there are also weak teams among their opponents, there are many strong teams among them.

If it was in the past, the Warriors didn't care how strong their opponents were at all, but now that their strength has declined, they are no longer as easy as facing strong teams.

Strength is one aspect, mentality is another.During the winning streak last month, the Warriors players were full of confidence. Even without Chandler and Jackson, they could still beat strong teams such as the Hawks and Heat. The impact, along with Chandler and Jackson's injuries, is even greater.

Because the winning rate in the last few games is not high, the Warriors at this time have already given up the league's first title, and they were also overtaken by the Spurs in the West.

At this time, the Warriors ushered in three weak teams at home, the Wizards, 76ers, and Raptors.Faced with such an opportunity to improve their record, the Warriors will not let it go.After defeating these three teams by a large score, the Warriors also began to stabilize their record in the next game.

Yang Shuai's ability is also continuing to improve, this time he improved blocking shots.After upgrading the steals to the special level in November, Yang Shuai triggered a new task, blocking shots.Halfway through December, Yang Shuai's block blocking finally reached the super level, which triggered the next task, a step-back jumper.

Most of Yang Shuai's current attributes have been upgraded to the special level, and the step-back jump shot is also the last of all his attributes.Yang Shuai was very puzzled, if this attribute also reached the special level, would the mysterious space disappear from him?

Yang Shuai had never figured out what happened in the mysterious space, so he didn't know what would happen at that moment.

Yang Shuai focused on the next game. With the current state of the Warriors, he must ensure that he can perform well in every game in order to bring victory to the team.

More than half a month has been enough for the Warriors to adapt to the game without Jackson and Chandler, and the Warriors' state has finally stabilized. When the Warriors have only the last three games left this month, their record has come. 22 wins and 7 losses.

In the past twelve games, the Warriors have only achieved a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, which is obviously very different from last month's winning percentage.

On the one hand, the Warriors' mentality has also changed due to injuries and damage, and on the other hand, it comes from the mentality of the Warriors' opponents.

The status of the Warriors as the defending champion makes every team against the Warriors go all out, especially the presence of Yang Shuai.Coupled with the fact that teams like the Spurs and Mavericks have a revenge mentality towards the Warriors, the Warriors face greater pressure than other teams, which directly affects the Warriors' record.

At this time, the Warriors had to face their next opponent, because their next game period was on December 12th.

Sheng has been in the league for three years. Although Yang Shuai has participated in many special games, he has never had a chance with the Christmas game.In the first season of the Celtics, because the Celtics had a poor record in the previous season, the league did not consider the Celtics when arranging the schedule.

In the second season, the Celtics needed to play the Christmas game against the Lakers, but at this time Yang Shuai had left the Celtics and came to the Warriors.

Yang Shuai did not lead the Warriors to achieve very good results in the first season when he came to the Warriors. Although Yang Shuai was the most improved player in that season, his statistics and abilities were not enough to rank among the league's top superstars. Although the Warriors and Yang Shuai were in full swing this season, the nba officials did not arrange the Warriors in the Christmas game when the season was scheduled. In fact, David Stern later regretted this arrangement very much.

This year is finally different. As the champion of last season, the Warriors naturally need to show their faces in the Christmas game, and their opponent is the opponent of last season's finals, the Celtics.

This year, NBA officials still chose the most eye-catching matchup. The Warriors and Celtics repeated the matchup in the finals of last season, while the other matchup was the Lakers and Heat who also attracted much attention.

Appearing again at the North Shore Garden Arena in Boston, Yang Shuai still warmly greeted his former teammates, but he could feel the fighting spirit of the Celtics players and fans.

Of course, Yang Shuai understands the mentality of the Celtics players. If he is eliminated in the finals, he will definitely want to beat his opponent.What's more, I got all these people drunk the next day.

Looking at the familiar lineup of the Celtics, Yang Shuai also raised his vigilance. In the finals of last season, the strength of the Celtics was not much worse than that of his own Warriors. Now the opponent's lineup is neat, but My side has lost two main players. It will not be easy to take away the victory from the North Shore Garden Arena today.