NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

Winning the season opener cleanly, the Wizards gave the fans who came to watch the game at home a hearty victory.

This game also gave the Wizards a good start to their season.

In the subsequent games, the Wizards players played more and more relaxedly and freely. In every game, they only had to run according to the tactics. Once they were in place, they could receive the ball or create space for their teammates.

This relaxed style of play not only increased the efficiency of several of the Wizards' main players, but also increased the playing time and data of the rotation players.

As a result, the Wizards naturally started a winning streak. Within two weeks, they won all the first seven games of the season and ranked first in the league with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses.

Because Game 8 was a back-to-back game, the players' condition declined somewhat. In addition, they did not feel good that day, and the opponent was the Spurs, so the fourth quarter of the game entered garbage time.

What Sanders means is to directly preserve the strength and not necessarily fight head-on with the Spurs, because the Wizards will play two games in the Western Conference next.

The loss to the Spurs interrupted the Wizards' winning streak, but the Wizards players did not feel depressed at all. For them, this small loss was like a simple accident, and their lives will continue to develop according to normal trends. .

Li Kaiming's playing time this season has been reduced again compared to last season, only 31 minutes, so his scoring data has also shrunk further.

开赛第一周他的场均数据只有29.5分14篮板9.5助攻2.5盖帽和1.5抢断。

Although the scoring has dropped compared with the previous two seasons, the scoring efficiency has increased for two consecutive seasons. This season, the shooting rate has reached 63%!

As a player who mainly plays outside the three-point line and at the basket, Li Kaiming's efficiency is almost the same as that of some muscle sticks who rely solely on eating cakes.

However, even if his scoring drops, it is only relative to himself. In this league, his scoring average is still ranked first without a doubt. The second and third are respectively averaging 29 points per game. Knicks player Carmelo Anthony and Thunder player Kevin Durant, who averages 28 points per game.

This kind of performance coupled with the Wizards' unbeatable record, Li Kaiming defeated his rival LeBron James in the first week of the game and once again became the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.

Of course, the Heat have adjusted better this season compared to the previous two seasons, so their record is firmly behind the Wizards.

After the Wizards' winning streak was interrupted in the second week, James won the second Player of the Week award.

Therefore, many media have begun to exaggerate that this season's regular season MVP will be selected from Li Kaiming and James.

After losing to the Spurs, the Wizards, who had regained their form, once again started a new winning streak.

After all, for this Wizards team, winning is the norm, and losing is just accidental.

Soon the first month of the 2012-2013 season was over.

The Wizards started the season on October 10 and played a total of 30 games in a month until the beginning of December. They only lost one away game to the Spurs, leaving them with a 12-game winning streak and a 14-game winning streak. Leading the league record list.

Throughout January, Li Kaiming led the team to 13 wins and 1 loss, and averaged a triple-double of 29.6 points, 14.8 rebounds, 10 assists, 2.2 blocks and 1.8 steals per game, making him the most eye-catching kid in the league. The best player in the Eastern Conference undoubtedly belongs to Li Kaiming!

It seems that since last season, Li Kaiming has completely evolved into the most terrifying weapon in the league, and the Wizards have also become the most terrifying team in the league.

However, this winning streak has not stopped yet. The following February, the Wizards were even more outrageous. They continued to win consecutively until the Christmas game and still had no defeat!

At this time, the entire NBA and American basketball media were already in a state of shock!

Because they felt the terror of the Bulls from this Wizards team!

What kind of team can stop this Wizards team and stop Li Kaiming?

And where is the end of this team?

No one knows, but everyone has an answer in their hearts...

It's just that the answer is so shocking that even if someone thought of it, no one would say it!

Soon it’s Christmas!

In fact, for Li Kaiming and the Wizards players, they don't really want to play this Christmas game.

This thing is Ye Gong Haolong. When he didn’t have it, he thought to himself that he was envious of the team that could play in the Christmas game. Now that the league found that the Wizards team’s strength had improved, it arranged for the Wizards to play in the Christmas game, but the players suddenly remembered that they had spent time at home before. Christmas is ready.

After all, for the American players, it is of course the best thing to spend Christmas with their families. Even if they can't spend Christmas together, it would be okay to play the Christmas game at home at the next level. As a result, because the opponent is the Knicks, The influence is not that great, so the Wizards players can only spend this Christmas in New York...

June 12, New York, Madison Square Garden.

As the most ugly city in the world, New York has an absolutely perfect atmosphere on Christmas Eve. People wearing all kinds of fancy clothes can be seen on the streets at any time, but most of them are Santa Claus cosplayers.

Of course, people with special hobbies are not excluded. They like to cosplay a Christmas elk and then be ridden hard by Santa Claus...

The festive atmosphere in Madison Square Garden is also very strong. The beauties of the Knicks cheerleaders also put on Christmas costumes. The staff on site, from the mascots to the people performing fancy slam dunks, are all wearing very festive clothes.

Even the big screen in the arena has a Christmas theme.

Because the Christmas game represents the league's emphasis on the team, even though Li Kaiming mostly wanted to rest, he still participated in the Christmas game very cooperatively and signed autographs for the young fans in New York before the game.

Li Kaiming is much more famous now than before. Even at the Knicks' home court, many fans can be seen wearing his Wizards No. 0 jersey.

After the various pre-game ceremonies, the starting lineups of both sides were also displayed on the big screen above the arena.

New York Knicks: Point guard Raymond Felton, shooting guard Ronnie Brewer, small forward Carmelo Anthony, power forward Quint Thomas, center Tyson Chandler.

Washington Wizards: Point guard Kirk Hinrich, shooting guard Klay Thompson, small forward Kawhi Leonard, power forward Kaiming Li, center Andre Blatche.

The players of both sides were ready in the center circle. Blatche and Chandler jumped the ball. As the whistle blew, the referee threw the ball into the sky. Blatche and Chandler took off almost at the same time. In the end, it was Chandler's physical talent. Even better, the first attack belonged to the Knicks.

Because Stoudemire had bad luck in the preseason and was injured and had surgery. He is not expected to return until January next year, so he did not appear on the Knicks' lineup.

The ball went to Felton, who dribbled across half court.

Without Stoudemire on the Knicks, there is only one person left at the core of the team, and that is Melo Anthony.

Of course, after one round of the playoffs last season, Anthony also knew that the facially paralyzed robot on the opposite side was difficult to fight, so he borrowed a screen while running, and then faced off against Thompson, who looked very kind.

This guy has a pretty face, he looks like a soft persimmon!

Anthony blocked Thompson, and Felton from the outside stuffed the ball in.

After Anthony got the ball, he faced the frame and then made a signature triple threat move. However, Thompson on the opposite side just stretched out his hands and had no intention of jumping.

Seeing Thompson like this, Anthony felt inexplicably angry in his heart, then he jumped with his legs together and directly pushed Thompson into a mid-range pull-up!

Swish!

Anthony hits from mid-range!

This scoring method is what he is best at and also his favorite rhythm.

Madison Square immediately burst into applause. Melo's style of play is still very pleasing to the eye, so his fans have increased a lot since coming to the big ball market of the Knicks.

Blatche went out of the baseline to serve to Hinrich. The Wizards players went to the frontcourt and started running. Blatche went up to provide Hinrich with a pick-and-roll. Chandler's positioning was very tricky. He could double-team Hinrich from the top to the bottom. You can turn around and defend Brachi.

In desperation, Hinrich handed the ball to Li Kaiming, who was stuck in the waist position with his back. The Knicks knew that it was dangerous for Li Kaiming to get the ball in this position, so the entire formation moved in the direction of Li Kaiming.

Li Kaiming turned his back and observed the situation. Because of his passing threat, the Knicks did not dare to double-team him at once, but the momentum of encirclement was already there.

So he turned around and brushed over Quint Thomas. When facing the basket, he finally encountered the Knicks' double-team.

At this time, Leonard started to cut inside from the far end. Li Kaiming hesitated, and then suddenly threw the ball towards the basket. Leonard, who cut in from the air, jumped up and dunked the ball with one arm!

2 to 2 level!

Although Leonard's outside shooting is unstable, his sense of air cutting is very good. With Li Kaiming's passing assistance, the two can easily cooperate beautifully.

The Knicks' offense was seen through by the Wizards this time, and they wanted to find Anthony from the outside, but this time Leonard squeezed the screen very quickly, preventing Anthony from finding the wrong position.

At the same time, when the Knicks were passing the ball from the outside, Li Kaiming saw the opportunity, intercepted the ball halfway, and directly pushed the ball into the frontcourt. Then he took the biggest step in the game, caught up with the basketball, and then made a violent one-arm split dunk. !

Tonight's Wizards seemed to be in trouble with Madison's basket. Everyone wanted to abuse the basket.

This time the Knicks played a combination of inside and outside, and then passed an inside pass to Ronnie Brewer outside the three-point line.

It's a pity that although this tactic is very beautiful, the three-pointer of the brother who receives the ball is really unreliable.

Ronnie Brewer was selected with the 2006th overall pick in the first round in 14. He has been a player in the league for many years. Last season, he averaged 6 points and 3 rebounds per game, and his three-pointers were extremely unreliable. Spectrum.

Even though the Wizards gave him a big open space for this opportunity, Brewer still made a neat strike!

Li Kaiming on the inside grabbed the rebound and then dribbled through half the court on his own.

The Knicks attached great importance to Li Kaiming's fast break. Several people blocked his offensive line along the way. Li Kaiming observed the situation while dribbling, and finally passed the ball to Leonard, who was wide open on the outside.

The latter's being left open in this position can be said to be a trap deliberately set by the Knicks on defense, but Leonard's shooting tonight was very determined, and his catch-and-throw rhythm was very good.

The curvature of the basketball was lower than that of ordinary people, and it finally hit the back edge of the basket and fell into the net with a loud thud!

Leonard stretched out his finger from a distance towards Li Kaiming!