On October 29, the NBA regular season continued, and today's game was dominated by the Hawks' victory over the Pistons, the Cavaliers' victory over the Celtics, and the explosion of both Mitchell and LeVert who destroyed the opponent's entire defense. The 76ers beat the Raptors, Maxey was in great form, shooting a hundred shots in the first half, and he almost single-handedly blew out his opponent. The Bucks beat the Knicks, and Brother Alphabet has a very strong dominance in the box, and in terms of combat power and age, he may be the real first man in the NBA today. The Lakers lost to the Timberwolves, they suffered a five-game losing streak, and if they don't win next, they may set the worst start in team history. The Spurs beat the Bulls, as long as Popovich is there, the Spurs will play very methodically on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, even if the hard power is insufficient, but as long as the players can run in place and establish a connection with each other, they will not play too badly, after all, basketball is a team sport.
The Suns beat the Pelicans and the Trail Blazers beat the Rockets, and the Suns and Trail Blazers have been gaining momentum lately, both of which are characterized by a low lower limit and a low ceiling, the root cause is the lack of star quality, they may be able to challenge the Warriors to defend their title, but they are by no means the biggest threat.
Harden is the big winner! Will Shao makes history, James officially stated, and Owen angered Tsai Chongxin!
First of all, Harden became a big winner, the 76ers finally won again, this game the Raptors used the bag tactics against Harden, resulting in a significant decline in the latter's efficiency, but he did not show impatience, but played patiently, did not shoot at will in the game, and bombarded the overall data of 11 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks. Harden's numbers are not good, but we can see from the game footage how happy he is when the 76ers win, and winning is the most important thing compared to personal data. Harden's willingness to cut his salary and renew his contract this summer offseason shows that he doesn't put money first now, and he doesn't particularly care about personal honors, his biggest goal is to win championships, as long as he can win consistently, it doesn't matter. At the beginning of the new season, the Nets and Lakers, the two popular teams, were both in a quagmire, Durant and Will Shao were both struggling, there were few teammates to rely on, and Harden had Embiid and Maxi to help, and he was the biggest winner of the three Thunder brothers that year.
In addition, it has been proven that Harden's choice to leave the Nets was the right choice, otherwise he may still be behind the blame now.
Then Wei Shao made history, according to statistics, Wei Shao's career total points reached 23,347 points, officially surpassing Parrish and rising to the twenty-ninth place in NBA history, and the next to catch up is Harden. Wei Shao made history is gratifying, but his shooting efficiency has never improved, he shot 17 shots in this game, only 6 shots, and 5 turnovers, such a performance is not worthy of more than 40 million annual salary. What an irony it is that Will Shao has a plus-minus of 0 in this game, setting a new season high. Of course, the Lakers now have too many problems, Wei Shao is only one of the aspects, James is in decline, the defensive end is not enough, the thick eyebrows are glass man attributes, the team lacks stable outside shooters, the offensive end ball is not smooth enough, and the defense is neglecting one or the other. If the Lakers can't make changes next, I'm afraid that rebuilding will be the only way out, and as for what will happen in the end, let's wait and see.
Next is James' official statement, as the Lakers' leading star, when the team faces such an embarrassing situation, James does not seem to panic, and in an interview after the game today, he said that he was satisfied with the team's performance on the defensive end, but was "self-harming" on the offensive end. In addition, Lao Zhan also said that Wei Shao played very well, and for the thick-eyebrow brother, he needs to do what is best for his body. As a senior fan, the editor has made a brief analysis of the current situation of the Lakers, the Lakers' roster problem is not Wei Shao playing as a substitute, and the comeback of the thick eyebrows can be solved, there are five main reasons: First, the Lakers lack a James substitute, whether James plays the fourth or third position, when James goes off the court, either Beverley or Rivers plays the fourth position, which itself forms a misalignment; Second, the Lakers' defense and offense are not systematic, there is no tacit understanding with each other, and the communication on the defensive end is too poor.
Third, the Lakers will not solve the problem by pressing Wei Shao on the bench, what the Lakers need to solve is that the guard line has neither shooting ability nor breakthrough ability, no threat on the defensive end, and personnel overlap, Wei Shao plays the first game and Beverley plays the same effect, and the editor believes that Wei Shao's defense is better than Beverley; Fourth, the Lakers' roster will not make a big improvement at all, and I don't expect this roster to play any results; Fifth, Coach Hamm doesn't know why he always likes to play the lineup with Beverley at the same time, and the two are not suitable to play together at all. To sum up, if the Lakers really want to make a difference this season, a trade may be the only option, but if the team's goals for next year are not high, then endure another season and completely rebuild next summer.
Finally, Irving angered Tsai Chongxin, who was reduced to a part-time player last season because of a violation of epidemic prevention regulations, and thought he would restrain himself this season, but he did not expect that after only 5 games, he caused trouble again, and Tsai Chongxin was directly angry. Today, Boss Cai tweeted that I was disappointed that Irving seemed to support an 'anti-Semitic' movie, and I would talk to him to make sure he understood that this was hurting the whole team, which is much bigger than basketball. Owen started to do things again, and this time he finally stepped on Boss Cai's minefield, because this is a big problem of principle. I have to say that Irving's values do have a lot of problems, when he makes a lot of money and is a little famous, some lose himself, a person who has not finished college, puts himself above all sentient beings, which is obviously stupid, he simply cannot reach that level. Hopefully, Irving can wake up soon, otherwise his entire career may be affected.
Fans, how do you think the Nets will handle the Irving incident this time? Everyone is welcome to exchange and discuss in the comment area below.