The NBA's year-end battle today has been fought for a total of 5 games.
Old Zhan has scored at least 30 points in four consecutive games, and the Lakers have suffered five consecutive losses, which hurt Old Zhan for a day; in addition, today is also the first time in NBA history that there have been three triple-doubles in the year-end war.
Want to know which players get triple-doubles? What about the other players' stats? Let's take a look at the NBA Red and Black List.
Special Red List: Congratulations Curry, the first 30+ in the year-end war
Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors): 33 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, 1 turnover, 10-of-27, 5-of-16 three-pointers, 8-of-9 free throws, plus-minus +24 efficiency. Although Curry's data today is beautiful, his three-point shooting rate is still not high, and he is just in his early 30 percent. In fact, in three games against the Suns this season, Curry is shooting just 32.4 percent from three points. Mikael Bridges' defense became the key to controlling Curry's shooting percentage.
Curry still has the advantage against Paul in his career, with a record of 21 wins and 14 losses.
Curry helped the team score 52 points throughout the game today, and was also wrapped up by the Suns, but fortunately, the other Warriors players did well and gave Curry a lot of help. But there's one statistic that's a bit surprising, it's the first time in Curry's career that he's scored at least 20 points in a year-end battle.
Special Red List: Harden leads three players to create NBA year-end war history
Harden (Brooklyn Nets): 36 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks, 4 turnovers, 10-of-25, 3-of-8 three-pointers, 13-of-17 free throws, plus or minus +5 efficiency. Harden's triple-double today marks the first time in NBA history that there have been three triple-doubles on the day of the year-end war.
Durant wasn't there, Irving wasn't, and Harden got strong support from Mills. However, the Lakers on the opposite side are indeed vulnerable, and the single-core Nets can easily defeat the opponent.
Red List: Old Zhan suffered 5 consecutive defeats in 4 games 30+ Kemba Walker continued his outstanding performance
Hawks 87-101 Knicks
Collins (Atlanta Hawks): 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, 1 turnover, 7-of-18, 3-of-5 three-pointers, 3-of-4 from the free throws, -21 plus-minus efficiency. Collins alone performed well, and could not hide the fact that other players felt bad.
Randall (New York Knicks): 25 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 3 turnovers, 9-of-15, 6-of-9 from three-point range, 1-of-4 from the free throw line, +21 plus-minus efficiency. Today, the Knicks' main force is finally a big one, and the positive and negative efficiency values of the 5 starters are all positive. If the Knicks' main players can maintain this state, a return to a 50% winning percentage is just around the corner.
Kemba Walker (New York Knicks): 10 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 turnover, 3-of-12, 2-of-9 from three-point range, 2-of-2 from the free throw line, plus-minus +19. Kemba Walker, Harden and Westbrook all got triple-doubles today, but Walker and Westbrook were both barely triple-doubled. Walker's performance since returning to the Knicks' rotation has punched Knicks' old-school head coach Thibodeau in the face.
It was Walker's first triple-double since 2014 and the first time the Knicks had had a player in a year-end battle.
Warriors 116-107 Suns
Draymond Green (Golden State Warriors): 8 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks, 4 turnovers, 3-of-7, 2-of-4 three-pointers, plus-minus efficiency +8. Green and Otto Porter did very well today. Chasing dreams can get a triple-double with 2 points and two rebounds, and the performance of 3 steals and 3 blocks has become the key to the Warriors' victory. In addition, Otto Porter's 19 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists and Payton Jr.'s 14 points and 8 rebounds are also very important.
Chris Paul (Phoenix Suns): 21 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 turnovers, 7-of-14, 2-of-4 three-pointers, 5-of-5 from the free throw line, -5-plus-minus efficiency. Paul's performance was relatively stable, but today's teammates failed to overwhelm the Warriors' play.
Nets 122-115 Lakers
Mills (Brooklyn Nets): 34 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, 0 turnovers, 11-of-17, 8-of-13 three-pointers, 4-of-4 from the free throw line, plus-minus efficiency +19. Mills' 34 points equaled Mills' career single-game scoring record and was the second time this season that Mills scored at least 30 points in a single game. Never in Mills' previous career has he ever been able to get more than one 30+ in a season.
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LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers): 39 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, 3 turnovers, 14-of-25, 3-of-9 three-pointers, 8-of-9 free throws, plus-minus efficiency +9. Although Wei Shao got a triple-double of 13 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists today, his 4-of-20 shooting rate and -23 plus-minus efficiency value are too bad, even if the triple-double does not support him on the red list. In fact, since Westbrook joined the league, he has made at least 20 shots in 40 games, but his shooting percentage is less than 30%, ranking first in the league during this time, while Harden and Lillard have only 26 such games combined.
Old Zhan played 40 minutes, and the Lakers led the Nets by nine points when he was on the court. However, in the 8 minutes he played, the Lakers output 16 points inside and out. Old Zhan's first home game after the Lakers' name change, he got the data, is his fourth consecutive game to get at least 30+, this is the first time that Old Zhan has done this since 2018, but the Lakers have suffered five consecutive losses.
When Old Zhan scored at least 30 points this season, the Lakers' record was 6-6. Such a Laker really hurts old Zhan all day.
Lone Ranger 116-120 Jazz
Porzingis (Dallas Maverick): 27 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 3 turnovers, 8 of 18, 0 of 5 from three-point range, 11 of 13 from the free throw line, plus or minus +3 efficiency. Originally, Porzingis had been pressing Gobert to play, but Gobert gradually regained his form and relied on the strong attack of the whole team to win.
Mitchell (Utah Jazz): 33 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 3 turnovers, 11-of-26, 1-of-7 three-pointers, 10-of-11 from the free throw line, -18 plus-minus efficiency. Mitchell's positive and negative efficiency value is negative, but he is still the most powerful guarantee on the Jazz's offensive end. One of the keys to a win-win is that Gobert is finally familiar with the defense on the inside, while the other is Mitchell's strong firepower on the offensive end.
Black List: Trae Young is absent The Hawks are all messed up
Bogdan Bogdanovic (Atlanta Hawks): 8 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 2 turnovers, 2 of 12, 2 of 8 three-pointers, 2 of 3 free throws, plus or minus -17 efficiency. Trae Young wasn't there, the Hawks were all messed up, Reddish was 4 of 15 and Bogdanovic was 2 of 12, so it's no wonder Collins and Wright Jr. did well and eventually lost the game.