After winning 10 consecutive games, the Trail Blazers have reached 24 wins and 3 losses, and they look very promising to tie the Bulls' starting record in 1996.
During the past 10-game winning streak, everyone has played very hard. If it is necessary to select the player with the greatest contribution, it is estimated that most fans and the Blazers will be willing to vote for Wang Zelin.
In December, Wang Zelin has won the best of the week for two consecutive weeks. This season, the number of bests has reached 5 times, leading the league.
Wang Zelin just won the Western Conference Player of the Month in November. According to the current trend, it is very likely that he will win the Player of the Week in December again.
If you want to compete for the regular season MVP, the number of wins of the week and the best of the month is also a major reference data when competing with other players.
Because these honors are inseparable from the performance of individuals and teams, James won 5 of the best 6 Eastern Conference months last season, which made many strong competitors retreat in the regular season MVP battle.
Let’s not mention the Eastern Conference for now. As far as this season is concerned, the only one who can compete with Wang Zelin in the Western Conference is Kevin Durant of the Thunder.
The Thunder's current record is 22 wins and 5 losses, second only to the Trail Blazers and ranking second in the Western Conference. Durant is averaging 33 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.6 blocks per game this season. His performance is extremely versatile.
What's even more frightening is that his shooting percentage has always remained above 50%.
You know, he is a scorer who prefers shooting, rather than focusing on breakthroughs.
In fact, last season, Durant's shooting percentage exceeded 5 days, a full 51%. But how can the 50% shooting percentage of 28 points per game and the 5-point shooting percentage of 32 points per game be the same?
On the premise that his score increased by 4 points, Durant's shooting percentage only dropped by less than 1 percentage point. Looking at history, it is estimated that no shooting machine can be more stable than him.
It's a pity that despite such a heroic performance, Durant still couldn't win the Western Conference Best of the Month, and only won the Western Conference Best of the Week once.
The only time he won the best of the week was the last one in November. At that time, the Trail Blazers were in a short buffer period after their 13-game winning streak was ended by the Warriors. They lost two of the next three games, losing to the Pacers and Suns.
In other words, except for that short week, in the eyes of the outside world, comparing Wang Zelin and Durant, the former has performed better than the latter more often this season.
In addition to losing the second game due to illness during the season, which affected the overall record to a certain extent, more importantly, in the first battle with the Trail Blazers on December 5, the Thunder lost the game.
In the eyes of fans, it is almost equivalent to Durant losing to Wang Zelin in a head-to-head duel.
This is very embarrassing.
As one of the favorites for the regular season MVP this season, Durant failed to lead his team to defeat Wang Zelin. In addition, the two belong to the same division, so people naturally prefer the latter.
After talking about the west, let’s go back to the east.
Let's talk about it. Although the Pacers are currently ranked first in the Eastern Conference and second in the league, the real king of the Eastern Conference can only be the little emperor LeBron James of the Miami Heat.
The Eastern and Western Players of the Week were awarded 7 times each throughout the season. The only player to win more than twice is Wang Zelin's 5 awards in the West, which leads the league, and James' 2 awards in the East.
The thirty-year-old man once again told the young walkers with facts: Your time has not come yet?
Also, the old man has just crossed the mountain of the Big Three of the Green Army. He has only been in power for two years, how can he give up the throne so easily.
However, Paul George was not to be outdone. Although he only won the Best of the Week once, his even better team performance and outstanding personal performance earned him the more precious Eastern Conference Best of the Month in November.
The battle between Paul George, the young challenger, and the league king, LeBron James, has become a neck-and-neck trend.
The former has better team performance, while the latter has stronger individual dominance.
This is advantageous to Wang Zelin next door.
Durant, who poses the greatest danger to Wang Zelin in the MVP race this season, is being left behind by himself. And when the media discovered that it was difficult for Durant to catch up with Wang Zelin, they began to find another ruthless player in the league to come out and compete in the ring.
Where to find it?
It can only be from the east. Haven’t you seen that the west has already formed a situation where Wang Zelin’s family is the dominant one?
At this time, when they turned their attention to the east, they were surprised to find that a situation where two heroes existed side by side had formed in the east.
Regardless of whether the young Pacers' combat effectiveness exceeds their imagination, or whether Wade's rapid decline has caused the Heat's strength to decline to a certain extent, the only teams currently ranked first in the Eastern Conference are the Heat and the Pacers.
Don’t expect other teams to break out of the Eastern Conference.
This suddenly caused a dilemma for the media. Should they push James or Paul George?
When they are still hesitant, time will not wait for anyone. As time goes by, the Trail Blazers play harder and harder, Wang Zelin wins more and more honors, and the reputation of the outside world is naturally getting better and better.
Suddenly looking back, everyone realized that Wang Zelin had left all the competitors behind and disappeared.
Just like James, who was preparing to win the MVP award at the beginning of last season, except for Heat fans, fans of other teams in the league did not want to see him achieve consecutive wins, and there were many mischiefs during that period.
As a result, James' performance last season exceeded everyone's expectations. It can even be said that James' performance last season far exceeded his previous three MVP seasons, catching everyone off guard and being incredibly efficient.
In the end, James' advantage snowballed and he was almost unanimously elected MVP.
Now Wang Zelin is beginning to feel this way, especially with the arrival of the Trail Blazers' second 10-game winning streak, which has made his recognition among the fans and evaluation in the media reach new highs.
"A perfect match! This season's regular season MVP favorite has been born!"
"Leading the league with 24 wins, who else can stop these young people?"
"The Trail Blazers are the Young Guards? No, I prefer to call them championship contenders!"
The Blazers are playing harder and harder, and the major media have begun to praise them crazily. Everything seems to be going in the right direction.
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After playing against the Timberwolves on the 22nd, the Trail Blazers' next game is scheduled for the 26th. During this period, Wang Zelin and his teammates had three full days of rest.
These three days are just for the upcoming annual NBA Christmas game.
In fact, as early as early August, NBA officials officially announced the entire schedule of the 2013~2014 regular season.
Judging from the announced schedule, in addition to the opening game of the warm-up program that attracts the attention of fans, the NBA's repertoire of each season, the Christmas game, has also attracted great attention from the outside world from the beginning.
After all, such a rich and delicious Christmas dinner only happens once a year, even in the NBA.
A total of 5 Christmas games are scheduled for this season, scheduled for December 26th.
The first game will be Mosaic vs. Bulls at home, followed by Knicks vs. Thunder at home, Heat vs. Lakers away, Warriors vs. Clippers at home, and Trail Blazers vs. Spurs away.
Due to the arrival of Wang Zelin, the league has once again undergone new changes. The Nets, who were supposed to face the Bulls in the five Christmas games in history, became a mosaic. Mosaic, who was supposed to challenge the Spurs away from home, turned into the Trail Blazers where Wang Zelin was.
The Nets are no longer included in the list of 10 teams for the Christmas Day game.
That's right, the Wolf King did not join the Nets in this world. Although the Nets' record is still so bad, their star level is far less than that.
To be honest, the fans and influence of Deron Williams + Paul Pierce + Joe Johnson may not be as high as that of Garnett.
The Nets were not selected, which is understandable.
Immediately, the media began to report vigorously to warm up the upcoming Christmas war.
However.
Fans were surprised to find that no matter how hot the news reports about the Christmas war were, they seemed unable to overwhelm the relevant reports about Wang Zelin.
The most outrageous news in recent times, "Dongfang Wang is suspected of cheating on his girlfriend?" once surpassed the news that "Thunder players went to the Knicks two days in advance to prepare for the Christmas game."
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Obviously.
Everyone was once again shocked by Wang Zelin's terrifying popularity and traffic. Even changing his girlfriend, which is still only suspected but not confirmed, can generate more public opinion on the Internet than Lei Lei, who is seriously preparing for war.
In this regard, Kevin Durant, the star of the Thunder, seems to be unable to bear it any longer...
After seeing the media coverage of Wang Zelin's skating news, Durant actually commented directly: "Didn't I say that men in China are always very dedicated? That's it?"
He probably forgot to change his trumpet again in his hurry...
When interviewed by the media later, Durant saw that his sophistry was meaningless and simply gave up the struggle, and Ma Liu admitted it.
A reporter asked Durant: "KD, in this Christmas game, the opponent you will face is the New York Knicks. I heard that their main center Tyson Chandler is in very good shape after returning from injury. What do you think? How sure are you of defeating them?"
After Durant heard this question, he suddenly looked at the reporter in front of him in surprise, and then replied without hesitation: "Come on, man, don't look at the teams they have lost to recently... "
"Wizards, Grizzlies, Celtics... we have defeated these guys. How much trouble do you think the Knicks can cause to me and my team?"
After saying these words, Durant returned to training angrily.
They all came to New York, how could Anthony not pay attention to Durant?
Although he is already a regular participant in Christmas wars and is used to losing and winning, he still wants to win this game if possible.
When Durant's interview reached Anthony's ears, Melo's face dropped immediately and turned into a bitter melon.
Later, when being interviewed by reporters, Anthony faced the camera with a black face the whole time: "The Knicks cannot pose any threat to them...Listen, Oklahoma boy, I don't want him to see a scoring champion the night after tomorrow. The true standard it deserves!”
When he said these words in front of the media, he was undoubtedly making a formal statement to Durant:
I, Carmelo Anthony declare war on Kevin Durant!
Come on, this is what the media and the league want to see most, an offensive battle between the old and new scoring champions!
Wang Zelin probably didn't expect that even though he did nothing, he suddenly sparked a fight between Durant and Anthony.
Even if he knew, he wouldn't take it to heart, he is busy now!
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Spurs home court.
The training ground at AT&&&T Arena.
"Wang, are you really cheating?"
"Wang, I heard that you cheated?"
"Zelin, what they said can't be true, right?"
Not only the Blazers players, but also the Spurs players on the other side gathered around with gossipy faces.
Especially the No. 21 rookie who looks stupid on the outside, but is actually an old coin at heart. His neck is stretched out so much that he wishes he was three meters long.
Wang Zelin thought for a moment...
"If you say yes, then that's it!"
How could such an answer satisfy everyone? Batum came up and asked anxiously: "Is it true?"
Wang Zelin glanced sideways: "I don't believe you if you don't answer the next sentence!"
"No, no, how could it be?"
Although Batum shook his head repeatedly, Wang Zelin saw the doubt in his eyes.
Yes, he's another guy with an upright voice.
"Okay, what the media said is indeed true. Reina and I have broken up..."
"Oh ho ho!"
As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen players around him, whether from the Spurs or the Trail Blazers, all exclaimed.
Then...
The crowd gathered in small groups and started their own discussions, completely ignoring the person involved, Wang Zelin.
"I knew it!"
Wang Zelin shook his head gently and devoted himself to the warm-up.
It’s a long story, but it’s not impossible to make it short.
In short, just two words, tired of it!
In other words, there is no passion anymore.
Reina didn't know, but Wang Zelin felt that the relationship between the two was not as hot as it was at the beginning.
In addition, since he entered the NBA, a small piece of gossip news will break out from time to time. Maybe Reina's patience has reached the limit. Everything will fall into place and the points will be divided.
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19:00 in the evening.
"Oh oh oh!"
"Welcome everyone to watch the 2013~2014 NBA Christmas Game!"
"Of course, I like my good partner...forget it, actually the guy I hate the most - Shaquille O'Neal! And..."
"Real good partner - Reggie Miller!"
Tonight's Christmas Day game between the Spurs and Trail Blazers will be broadcast by ESPN, and they will also send their own ace commentator Charles Barkley.
Since Kenny Smith, another ace commentator, is temporarily unavailable, Barkley's partners tonight became O'Neal and Reggie Miller, two very promising former NBA stars.
"Shaq, why did you agree to come all the way to San Antonio to watch the Christmas Day game today?"
"Yeah, shouldn't you be at the Staples Center at this time?"
Barkley and Reggie Miller asked the commentator "Shark" O'Neal beside them.
As the two said.
As a famous star of the Los Angeles Lakers, O'Neal should indeed watch the Lakers VS Heat game.
