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Chapter 1008 Best Player in the Eastern Conference in November

On December 12, the Heat sat at home and ushered in the challenge of the Hornets.

Unknowingly, the regular season has passed for more than a month. In the past more than a month, the Heat experienced the shock of Wade's departure. The original No. [-] position in the Eastern Conference was about to be lost, but with the outbreak of Meng Yun in recent games, The Heat stabilized the situation and kept the No. [-] position in the Eastern Conference.

Entering December, which is also the last month of 2017, the Heat ended their away game and returned to the home court. The players were in good condition. First, they easily defeated the Hornets.

Then the NBA officially announced the best player in the East and West in November. The best player in the West is James Harden. In the past month (including October, there were only a few games in October), Harden averaged 11 points per game. , 10 assists, 10 rebounds, led the Rockets to a record of 31.5 wins and 9.8 losses, ranking first in the Western Conference, and the Warriors were squeezed to second in the Western Conference by them.

Of course, this is also related to the Warriors' current strategy. Just like the Cavaliers, they don't care whether they are first or second in the regular season, they only care about the playoffs.

But no matter what, Harden averaged 31.5 points, 9.8 assists, and 5.2 rebounds per game, which is already terrifying.

Almost a double-double data of 30+10 per game.

On the Eastern side, the best player of the month is Meng Yun.

In the past month, Meng Yun averaged 27.4 points, 10.8 assists, and 7.8 rebounds per game. Especially in the last few games, he has four consecutive triple-doubles, one of which is 40+ and two games are 30+. The astonishment is jaw-dropping.

And, under his leadership, the Heat firmly occupy the first place in the Eastern Conference.

From the point of view of scoring, Meng Yun is indeed inferior to Harden, but he is better than Harden in assists and rebounds. All Meng Yun's selection as the Eastern Conference Player of the Month is well deserved.

In fact, Meng Yun was the best player of the week in the Eastern Conference last week, because the Heat won all the games last week, and Meng Yun even scored triple-doubles in a row, and he was in the limelight for a while.

After beating the Hornets on December 12, the Heat lost to the Warriors on December 1.

In this game, Meng Yun scored 30+ again, got 30 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists, but unfortunately the team still lost to the Warriors.

After the Heat lost to the Spurs on the road, Meng Yun scored 28 points, plus 9 rebounds and 8 assists.

And just after losing two games in a row, the Heat broke out. First, they defeated the Nets in an away game. Meng Yun scored 42 points, added 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. The Nets were helpless.

Then the Heat defeated the Grizzlies with a score of 107:83, winning the Grizzlies by 24 points. Meng Yun clocked out of get off work in three quarters and scored 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists.

Then came the Blazers, Meng Yun and Lillard faced Biao, Meng Yun scored 36 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists, got another triple-double, and led the Heat to beat the Blazers.

Lillard also played well, scoring 30 points, but it became empty.

After that, the Heat met the Hornets, Clippers, Eagles, and Celtics successively. Without exception, they all won. Meng Yun's performance became more and more stable, whether it was scoring, assists, or rebounding.

After losing to the Warriors and Spurs successively, the Heat have won 7 consecutive victories.

In these 7 games, Meng Yun averaged 28.0 points, 10.5 assists, and 8.5 rebounds per game. Compared with November, the data has improved significantly.

"Meng Yun played really well this month."

"Yeah, close to the average triple-double data, only Westbrook can compare with him, but the record of the Thunder is far worse than that of the Heat."

"Have you noticed? Since Wade left, Meng Yun's statistics have improved a lot, and his playing seems to be better than before."

People are talking.

Some reporters even asked Wade what he thought of Meng Yun's outbreak after he left?
This is obviously meant to "stimulate dissension". Look, Meng Yun exploded after you left. Did you hinder Meng Yun?Could it be that Meng Yun has long been looking forward to your departure?
It's a pity that this kind of "stimulating dissension" is useless to Wade and Meng Yun. The friendship between them cannot be provoked by a few words from the reporter.

Wade just told reporters that he was very happy that Meng Yun could play so well.

At this time, the Heat's new lineup has also stabilized. Korver has stayed in the starting lineup and played very well. He averaged 3 three-pointers per game. The most important scoring point.

As for Thomas Jr., he was completely reduced to a substitute.

Coach Spoelstra did not give Thomas Jr. a lot of playing time, and the average playing time was only ten minutes. However, he tried his best to give Thomas Jr. more freedom to play in these ten minutes. Joseph Young played together. Joseph Young was only responsible for organizing and shooting three-pointers, while Thomas Jr. was only responsible for scoring, not organizing offense. Strictly speaking, he should play the 2nd position.

However, Thomas Jr.'s state has always been unstable, and it is still a problem of mentality. He has not been able to correct himself from his status as the number one star of the Celtics who averaged 28 points per game last season, and adapt to his new status.

It is worth mentioning that Xiang Long is also playing better and better.

Meng Yun no longer provides Xiang Long with care, including in the team and on the court.

In the past, Meng Yun would take the initiative to feed Xiang Long on the court, but now he has reduced this kind of feeding and let Xiang Long play by himself more, giving him more autonomy.

In the past, it was Meng Yun who fed the ball to his mouth. Xiang Long averaged more than ten points per game, seven or eight of which came from this kind of "eating cake".

Today, Xiang Long's average score per game is still only a dozen points, but most of them come from himself, not Meng Yun deliberately "feeding cakes".

The difference is obvious, and coach Spoelstra can see it in his eyes. In the case that Meng Yun did not deliberately "feed the cake", Xiang Long's scoring average did not decline, which in itself is an improvement.

The time is still short, now it is just to stabilize the data and not drop, give him some time, the data will only go up.

In fact, even now, Xiang Long's averages of 15.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game are no less than Monroe's.

Monroe has already felt the pressure, and the training is getting more and more serious, because if he doesn't work hard, he may be overtaken by Xiang Long soon, and the starting position may not be guaranteed.

From the starter to the bench, this is by no means what Monroe is willing to accept.

However, neither the coach nor Meng Yun favored Xiang Long at all. Monroe had no thorns to pick at, so he could only work harder so that he would not be caught up by Xiang Long.

After entering December, the Heat are still making great strides, and have always firmly occupied the first place in the Eastern Conference.

And after entering the second half of December, the voting activities for the NBA All-Star Weekend officially started.
(End of this chapter)