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Chapter 656 Christmas War (Part [-])
In the first quarter, the Big Three of the Bucks showed their determination to win at Christmas.

Middleton hit three-pointers in a row, making more three-pointers than Curry of the Warriors.

In the second quarter, the Bucks still felt unabated.

When the Warriors' Curry hit three-pointers one after another, and the point difference narrowed by 5 points, Middleton stood up again.

First there was a step-back hit, followed by a strong layup, and then two consecutive three-pointers, including a 3+1, which directly expanded the point difference to double digits.

Before halftime, Curry hit a Logoshot, and the Bucks led the Warriors by 66 points 56-10.

In the third quarter, they changed sides and fought again. The Warriors fans did not expect that the Warriors, who have always been in a wave in three quarters, were actually beaten by the Bucks in reverse.

Holiday succeeded in all kinds of sudden layups, and Antetokounmpo, who opened up the space, was invincible. After hitting the layup, he followed up with stealing the opponent and counterattacking dunks.At this time, the point difference between the two teams has been expanded to 16 points.

In the middle half, Middleton hit a three-pointer again, and Pascal hit another 3+1.

The Warriors relied on Curry's mid-range to stop the bleeding for the team.

But after that, Middleton and Portis scored three-pointers in a row, and the score was directly expanded to 23 points by the Bucks.

At the end of the three quarters, the Bucks entered the fourth quarter with a 100-76 lead over the Warriors by 24 points.

So far, there is basically no suspense in this game.

In the last quarter, after a few minutes of stalemate with the Warriors, the Bucks played another 10-0 spurt, directly expanding the point difference to 40 points.

At this point in the game, the suspense is completely lost.

At the last moment, both sides went to the bench to waste time. In the end, the Bucks slaughtered the Warriors with a 40-point lead at the Warriors' home court.

The 40-point difference is also the largest difference recorded in the Christmas War after 1960.

After the game, the Chase Center was dead silent.

Unexpectedly, the warrior who dominated the league for five or six years would announce his curtain call in such a way.

The former "Five Juniors of Death" ran away, walked away, and were injured.

In the end, the Warriors dynasty failed to escape the shackles of fate, and embarked on the old path of the Lakers dynasty in the late Kobe period.

The third high-profile game of the Christmas War took place between the Nets and the Celtics.

After the start of the first quarter, Tatum kept attacking the opponent's defense and completed a slam dunk, helping the Celtics start with a score of 10-4.

In the second quarter of the game, Irving stood up.

He hit 2 consecutive three-pointers from the outside to tie the score.

But after the equalizer, the Nets were seized by the Celtics and scored two three-pointers. At the end of the first half, the Celtics led the Nets 2-54.

Back in the second half, the Celtics' Brown scored 13 points in a single quarter through a solid mid-range jumper, helping the Celtics widen the point difference to 10 points.

At this point, the Celtics began to play steadily. In the last quarter, Brown and Tatum scored together, one inside and one outside, and the game was harvested.

The Celtics finally defeated the Nets 111 to 101.

At the end of the game, the Nets Irving made 22 of 14 shots, scored 39 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, and successfully became a member of the empty cut group in the Christmas game.

Owen's reputation as the king of air slashing spread like wildfire.

This is strange to say, as long as Irving plays brilliantly, the probability of the team losing will greatly increase.

Perhaps, Irving is really not suitable to be the boss of the team.

In this regard, Irving looks more poisonous than Leonard...

Compared with the first three games that won relatively easy games, the game between the Lone Ranger and the Nuggets began to have a little bit of the meaning of the Christmas battle.

Doncic of the Lone Ranger and Jokic of the Nuggets, although the two have nothing to do with each other.

But every time fans mention the names of the two of them, they think they are a pair of brothers.

Jokic is in charge, and Doncic is in charge outside. These two top foreign players in the league launched a round of high-point performances in the Christmas game.

Doncic scored 4 points in a row at the beginning, seemingly provoking Jokic.

Soon, Jokic stood up and responded.

Jokic was at the basket first, using a soft rhythm, shaking Porzingis to find the north, and scored 2 points.

Then, he passed the ball under his coquettish arm, played with Porzingis, and helped Murray fly to the penalty area, scoring 2+1.

Murray, who scored 2+1, was so excited that he shouted wildly at the fans at the Mavericks' home court.

Although this is not the home of the Nuggets, they kind of regard Dallas as Denver.

Since the last time the Devils lost to the Lakers at home, the mood of the Nuggets has been a little depressed.

After losing to the Lakers, the Nuggets lost four games in a row, setting a record for the longest losing streak in the new season.

But fortunately, as the Nuggets made lineup changes and adjustments, they slowly improved their record.

Today's Nuggets temporarily rank third in the Western Conference and fifth in the league with a record of 22 wins and 5 losses.

In terms of lineup depth and comprehensive strength, the Nuggets still completely crush the Pelicans, Grizzlies, and Mavericks.

So even though the Nuggets are playing away from home, they still have a clear scoring advantage against the Mavericks.

The Nuggets are aiming to win the championship in the past two seasons. Of course, they cannot be blocked by an ordinary playoff team.

In the first quarter, the Nuggets turned away and took a 7-point lead.

In the second quarter, Doncic began to frequently go to the Nuggets basket, and started a confrontation with Jokic.

In front of the flexible Jokic, Porzingis' advantage of height and wingspan cannot be fully utilized.

The only one who can fight Jokic for the Lone Ranger is their core guard, Doncic.

Doncic's style of rushing inside has indeed achieved some results.

Doncic broke through the inside twice in a row, causing fouls by Jokic and Grant respectively.

Doncic used hand-to-hand combat to help the Lone Ranger narrow the point difference to 3 points.

At halftime, the Nuggets were 67 to 64, temporarily leading the Mavericks.

In the third quarter, the offensive and defensive intensity of the two teams was significantly more difficult than in the first half.

For the Nuggets, Jokic hit the basket, Murray hit a three-pointer, Harris countered with a three-pointer, and Grant hit the basket, causing a foul by Porzingis.

In the first half of the third quarter, the Nuggets will show their power one after another, expanding the point difference that Doncic has finally narrowed to more than 10 points.

At this time, the cheers of the Dallas fans were even stronger.

Lone Ranger fans don't want to lose at home in the Christmas game.

They shouted desperately, hoping to awaken the Lone Ranger's fighting spirit.

Finally, amidst the cheers of the Dallas fans, the Lone Ranger finally woke up.

Hardaway Jr. took the lead in breaking the scoring drought, completely broke through, passed Murray, and rushed to the basket to complete a layup.

Immediately afterwards, the Nuggets made a pass error and was directly intercepted by Doncic.

Doncic and Richardson completed the two-person cooperation in the frontcourt, and finally, Doncic's split dunk completed the finishing touch.

(End of this chapter)