Chapter 446 James: If you want to be the strongest, you must defeat the strongest!(1/2)
43 points, only the content in this title is definitely at the level of UC editor-in-chief in the future, making the fans' eyes and saliva full.
You should know that 40+ points are an unattainable score for most NBA players, and when it comes to Sun Hao, it becomes "only" for him.
However, considering Sun Hao's scoring performance in the past competitions, this is only useful and reasonable.
So at this special time point, such a news title makes people sigh: Really talented.
The outside world is hotly discussing this "only win", but the Lakers are in trouble.
In the past few games, except for Sun Hao, the Lakers' other players have been in a bit too bad.
That kind of "Sun Hao's dependence" is unexpected and also makes Jackson feel a headache.
Because this problem is not a problem that individual players have, it will be quite troublesome to solve.
However, when Jackson wanted to watch another movie for the team members or conduct a special meditation, the problem was solved by itself.
There is only one reason: O'Neal's comeback.
In O'Neal's first game of his comeback, the Lakers' opponent was the Magic.
The Magic are one of the most surprising teams of the season.
After running-in with Howard, Arenas achieved his best career performance this season. His current performance of 29 points and 6 assists per game has confirmed his nickname of "Little Sun Hao".
Moreover, Howard averaged 17.1 points, 12.3 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game in his second season in the NBA.
The Magic team is now ranked fourth in the East, and they are growing amazingly fast.
Even Sun Hao felt that this Magic team would achieve results earlier than the same period in history.
A very simple reason is similar to the previous Bucks. Now the Magic have Howard and Tekoglu. The biggest change comes from the point guard, who has upgraded from Nelson to Arenas.
It's like a car engine changing from L4 to V6. If the results were not achieved earlier, it would be unreasonable no matter how you look at it.
However, against the Lakers who have been in poor condition recently, this game is a bit "unintentional".
The Magic fell behind the Lakers from the beginning and lost in the last three quarters, and were slaughtered for a big score.
Arenas meets Sun Hao, who has similar styles and suppresses himself in all aspects, and shows his struggle;
What's even more fatal is Howard, who met the "Big Shark" who just made a comeback, showing a mess on both offense and defense;
Both of the leading stars were restrained or even suppressed, and the result was reasonable.
But in addition to this, the deepest thing that fans felt was that O'Neal made a comeback, and the rest of the Lakers seemed to be able to play again.
Finley scored 17 points, Walker scored 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Payton scored 12 points, 3 assists and 3 steals, Ariza scored 11 points, and the Lakers scored 6 players in double digits!
In history, the Lakers led by Kobe, the same group of people, are only at the playoff level, but when Gasol arrives, he is directly popular in the championship.
Basketball is a sport of five people. If there are two superstars among these five people, the changes it brings are qualitative changes.
This is also the reason why Nowitzki's 2011 championship was highly praised in history, because it is unique.
It's a pity that the two teams opened a little early. Sun Hao scored 27 points in three quarters, and 40 consecutive games were frozen in 7 games, only 2 games away from Jordan's record.
"It has nothing to do with me, you should talk to the Magic players."
Phil Jackson's "blaming the blame" after the game made the reporters laugh.
"Breaking the record is just the icing on the cake. The one who helps Shaq is the comeback, which is the most important thing."
Sun Hao didn't care at all, and what he didn't say was that he could finally return to his season's paddling state after being a father and mother for so long.
Some people may think that a game doesn't mean anything, but the Lakers' game against the Nets proved this again.
After experiencing the running-in of last season, the Nets' performance was obviously better than last season. Now their record ranks third in the Eastern Conference and their strength cannot be underestimated.
However, the Lakers suppressed the Nets from the beginning and finally defeated the opponent easily.
What people who watched the game most sighed was that the gap in the inside strength between the two teams was too big.
The Nets' Kidd, Carter, and Jefferson's tridents are all outside, and this configuration will inevitably mean that the inside is weak and faces O'Neal. Only if you can beat him or her.
If they want to go further in the playoffs, it is almost a must-see path to seeking to strengthen the inside line later.
Of course, after two consecutive games, fans also realized how helpful O'Neal's return was to the Lakers. The Lakers' inside line suddenly changed from an absolute disadvantage to an absolute advantage.
The Lakers' record recovery has been back on track, but the most eye-catching team in January is not the Lakers, but the Mavericks and the Nuggets.
Humans are the most interesting creatures in the world, take Kobe as an example.
When Sun Hao scored 61 points, Kobe responded with 58 points in three quarters, but when Sun Hao scored 81 points, he tried hard to know that he could not surpass it, so he played with peace of mind.
Some people will say that Kobe's personality is destined to not give up easily, but he is not stupid. It is two different concepts to be able to complete hard work and impossible to complete.
As a result, the Mavericks got on the right track.
Facts have also proved that with the rapid growth of Josh Howard, Daniels and Harris, the Mavericks, which are both strong in the starting substitutes, have reached a peak this season.
In fact, the Mavericks in this period of history were the champion team. If it weren't for the excessive free throws Wade won under the hand-check rules, they would have won the championship next season.
The difference between this Mavericks and that Mavericks is that Terry becomes Kobe.
In terms of ability alone, the kind that has improved at least two levels.
They achieved an impressive record of 12 wins and 1 loss in January, seizing the opportunity of O'Neal's previous missed the Lakers' record and overtook it in one fell swoop.
The Nuggets' situation is somewhat different from that of the Mavericks.
The biggest difference comes from James.
James went crazy in January. He averaged 34 points, 8.1 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 53%, and led the league in a monthly average of points!
Under his leadership, the Nuggets also achieved an excellent record of 11 wins and 2 losses, and he was elected the Western Conference Player of the Month in January without any suspense.
On the small side, Hand-check's influence has brought scorers to a prosperous scoring era, and players like James who have broken through the game have benefited a lot.
On the big side, after experiencing a "tubborn" performance in the first two years of his career, James finally began to explode in his third season after entering the league.
This also made the media re-focus on the "Son of God" who said he wanted to defeat Sun Hao as soon as he entered the league.
"Did your outbreak in January have something to do with defeating the Lakers at the end of December?"
ESPN conducted an exclusive interview with James and the reporter asked curiously.
It was not until this time that many people paid attention to the fact that he defeated Sun Hao.
"Yes, that motivated me, I knew Sun was now the number one person in the league, but that motivated me, and I knew I could do it."
"Defeat the first person in the league."
"Yes, beat the league's number one."
James's answer is very similar to when he first entered the league. More than two years have passed, and his maturity is written on his face, but his ambitions have not changed.
"What kind of player do you think Sun is?"
The reporter asked a question that many people had never asked.
James' label as soon as he entered the league was that he was determined to defeat Sun Hao's chosen son, but few people would pay attention to the relationship between him and Sun Hao.
“Perfect player.”
James's answer surprised the reporter.
"Perfect?"
"Yes, perfect, I thought Michael was the perfect player before entering the league, but Sun has been able to play back and forth this season, he has learned everything Michael can, and he can also make three-pointers.
I'm not saying Sun is already stronger than Michael, you know there is no strongest player, but if you ask me now who is the perfect player, my answer would be Sun."
James' answer fully demonstrates "Emotional Intelligence", but the message he conveys is also very clear.
His idol has changed from Jordan to Sun Hao.
"But you still want to beat him?"
"Yes, it doesn't conflict, because if you want to be the strongest, you have to beat the strongest."
James's answer was loud and loud.
This interview was later reported by the media.
When Sun Hao saw it, he couldn't help but want to like James.
Not only because of James's comments about him, but those comments do sound very reliable.
But more importantly, James' ambitions made him increasingly feel that James in reality will be different from those in history.
If you continue to build on this ambition, James has a great chance to become Nowitzki in history.
Time flies, and it is the end of January in a blink of an eye.
The starting list of the NBA All-Star vote in 2006 was finally released, and the league also announced the substitute list and individual competition list soon after.
This season is a prosperous era for scorers, and this All-Star Game gives people the impression that it is another gathering of stars since 2000.
Eastern Conference starters: Iverson, McGrady, Carter, Yi Jianlian, Yao Ming;
How could Iverson be missing in the scoring era? Iverson's shooting percentage is the second highest in his career so far, averaging 33 points per game.
Yi Jianlian's performance continued to rise with the help of Paul, and so far he averaged 20.2 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. With such data and his Chinese identity, it is not surprising that he was selected as the starter.
To be continued...