Standing pretty old

Chapter 529
The battle against the Pacers was the Hawks' last game in December.

The current record of the Cleveland Cavaliers is 26 wins and 5 losses. In the Cavaliers VS Heat game that just ended not long ago, the Heat gave Cleveland a head-on blow at home. D. Wade did not release James. To ask, they also want to make a difference in the playoffs.

The Hawks had a record of 27 wins and 3 losses before they played against the Pacers. That is to say, no matter who wins this game, the Hawks can ensure that they will enter January as the number one in the league.

Let’s take a look at the previous record of the Pacers, 10 wins and 20 losses. This is a team that wants nothing. Not for this sake.

No matter what, there are two teams that are bad ahead of time, the Washington Wizards in the East, and the Sacramento Kings in the West.

The two teams fired their head coaches early and began various irresponsible losses.

To say that firing the head coach is definitely not just the Wizards and the Kings. There are many head coaches fired this season, such as Sam Mitchell of the Raptors, PJ* Carlesimo of the Thunder, Timberwolves Randy Whitman, etc., but it is still quite rare to blatantly send points like the Wizards and Timberwolves.

Not to mention the Wizards, anyway, the people of the capital of the United States are waiting for the high-ranking rookie and No. 0 agent who has returned from injury—Arenas staged the return of the king, which is something to look forward to.

The Kings couldn't understand it at all, and they played badly and without principle. The rookies in the team didn't have much chance to make their mark.

Yi Jianlian complained when he called Erniu to chat, the current king has completely lost his tactics, and his chances of making calls are also pitiful.

Er Niu didn't know how to comfort Alian, and it was his attention to exchange Marvin Williams for Salmons. Now that Marvin occupied Alian's position, it was also expected.

The NBA is like this. If you can't compete with others in the matchup, don't think that someone will spoil you all the time.

Erniu has watched Allen's game. He is the kind of forward who needs enough shots from the guard to feed him. However, the current Kings just don't have such a point guard.

What's more terrible is that Allen's glass man attributes also prevent him from occupying a favorable competitive position. Last season, he only played a total of 66 games. In this regard, Marvin Williams' attendance rate is significantly higher , Williams played a total of 80 games last season.

Ruan Erniu had no choice but to comfort Alian, telling him that even if he was on the bench, he could still compete for the best sixth man. Yi Jianlian was not lacking in strength. He needed a stable mind and a healthy body. One must.

The NBA in the 08-09 season is in a period of accelerated change. If the main theme of the NBA last season was the transactions of various giants, then the main theme of the NBA this season should be the firing of coaches.

As of the end of December, 12 head coaches have been fired. The last time such a large-scale firing of coaches happened was in the 6-04 season. A total of 05 head coaches were fired throughout the season. According to this situation, Over the rest of the season, there must be other head coaches being replaced.

Changing coaches during the season can be said to be dissatisfaction with the team's record, and it can also be understood as a re-planning of the team's tactics. Anyway, the changes in the NBA are not shifted by human subjective consciousness.

On the night of December 12th, Atlanta arrived at the Conseco Arena.

The starting lineup for the Pacers tonight is the standard two-tower pattern:

C Roy Hibbert

PF Troy Murphy
SF Danny Granger

SG Marquez Daniels
PG Jarrett Jack
As soon as Er Niu saw the opponent's starting roster before the start, he insisted on holding more balls in this game.

Just kidding, two deadly big centers who move slowly are placed inside, isn't this obviously giving the Eagles points?
Roy Hibbert was the 08th overall rookie in the first round of 17. Er Niu knew his name in the NCAA the year before last, but in the end his school was eliminated by Oden's Ohio State University, so the two did not Opportunity to fight directly.

At the beginning of the first quarter, Er Niu asked for the ball in the low post, held the ball and singled Hibbert with his back. After two consecutive chisels, he turned around and passed Hibbert behind him, and then directly dunked.

In the next round, Er Niu did the same thing again, not only scoring a layup, but also causing a foul by the opponent and making an additional penalty.

Hibbert is so slow!
No wonder they were beaten by Oden back then. Er Niu had played against Oden as early as in the NCAA. Although Oden is 7 feet tall, he can compete with ordinary guards in terms of speed, but his skills are still rough.

And Hibbert Kong has a height of 7 feet 2 inches (218cm), but his turning speed can't keep up with Ruan Erniu, who is faster than a defender.

The defensive end was sieved by Ruan Erniu. On the offensive end, can Hibbert make a difference?
No, this rookie is obviously not in the right shape, and he won't take advantage of his height advantage when he has nothing.

Pacers coach Jim O'Brien only gave him 6 minutes of playing time in the first quarter, and then replaced him. If he continues to play, Hibbert may be educated to doubt his life.

This product was once called "Black Yao Ming" by Tianchao fans in the future. Yes, it is really a black Yao name. Dayao's technique is more delicate than Hibbert by more than one Oden.

Fortunately, the Pacers are not a team that relies on inside scoring. Granger and Jack teamed up and scored 13 points in a single quarter. Finally, the Eagles did not let the Eagles take them away in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the two sides also played relatively tight, and they kept fighting each other. At the end of the first half, at 50:46, the Eagles led by 4 points and entered the second half.

In the third quarter, as usual, the Eagles showed a side they couldn't afford to mess with. Ruan Erniu once again faced the defense of Hibbert and Murphy, suddenly went berserk, rushed to the basket in a row, forcibly scored points, and caused successive kills. Stepped on the Pacers' inside line.

Hibbert only got 13 minutes of playing time, and since the third quarter, he never got another chance to play.

He made 2 of 0 shots and 0 of 0 free throws. The specific statistics are: 0 points, 0 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 turnovers, and 4 fouls.

It's not unreasonable that this guy will change from Hei Yao's name to Gao Yuanyuan in the future.

As a big center, he has nothing to do with 0 points and 0 rebounds. This kind of performance is indeed too exaggerated.

The Eagles were unreasonable. After defeating the opponent's inside line, it rained three-pointers one after another. They played a 12-0 offensive climax in each of the two quarters and successfully harvested the game.

At 130:104, the Eagles won the final battle in December with 26 points in the away game.

Ruan Erniu scored 43 points, 22 rebounds, and 8 assists in a quasi-triple-double, easily dominating the inside.

He once again proved with practical actions that in a basketball game, the height of the inside players is not enough to determine everything.

Hibbert is not the first tall center to be killed by Er Niu, and he will never be the last.

The next day, as soon as Ruan Erniu returned to Atlanta, he received the news that he was elected as the East POM (Player of the Month) in December.

Ruan Erniu averaged 12 points, 31.5 rebounds, and 20.1 assists per game in December. Although they were not as impressive as the first month's averages, Erniu finally defeated D. Wei, who averaged 6.9 points, 29.3 rebounds, and 5.3 assists per game. De, was elected Player of the Month for the second consecutive month.

(End of this chapter)