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Chapter 187 Controversial Exception Month Best

The NBA has just entered the new year. The first hot and controversial topic is the ownership of the best trophy for the second full month.

场均31分6.9篮板3.7助攻带领雷霆11胜2负的杜兰特；
场均16分3篮板9.3助攻2.6抢断带队15胜1负的保罗；

Who is the Western Conference Player of the Month for December?
When the media and fans who supported Durant attacked Paul for his poor scoring and rebounding data, Paul said that his 9.3 assists and 2.6 steals were the highest in the current league. Looking at it this way, Durant's side is most proud of the field. The average score of 31 points is even higher than Kobe, who scored a lot of points this season. Kobe averaged 12 points per game in December.

Kobe, who averaged 33.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, was officially nominated by the NBA. In a previous interview, Kobe admitted frankly that he had his best season in recent years. It was indeed true, averaging a career-high 30.1 points per game. The 47.8% shooting rate shows that the 34-year-old Kobe has returned to his youth, as if he has put on the No. 8 jersey, and has once again regained the scoring state when he was flying.

Although the Lakers found their status in the second half of the month, with more wins and fewer losses, and a wave of small winning streaks, but the first half of the month was almost all losses or the digging was too big, and the nominations were just nominations.

支持保罗的一方表示15胜1负已经创下了快船队史单月最佳战绩，多赢4场少输1场，+2.5的胜场差应该能帮助新船长保罗拿下在快船的第二个月最佳。

唯一有些可惜的就是12月中旬面对山猫的那场比赛没能顺利拿下，如果快船赢下那场比赛，那将是单月全胜16连胜，那将使得快船成为继95-96马刺和71-72湖人后联盟历史上第三支单月能够取得16连胜的球队。

If Paul doesn't get the best of the month, he will lose to the Bobcats by 3 points.

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场均28.1分14.4篮板2.7助攻3.6盖帽带领山猫10胜6负的陈逍；
场均27.5分8.1篮板7.5助攻2抢断带队10胜5负的詹姆斯；
Who is the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for December?
In scoring, Chen Xiao is slightly ahead of 0.6 points. Chen Xiao leads the league in rebounds 6.3 times ahead of James, and 4.8 times behind James in assists. Chen Xiao also leads more in broken caps and defense. Apart from the data, Chen Xiao's defensive tasks and roles in the Bobcats are obviously better. Better than James as a wing.

The Bobcats and the team reporter "Charlotte Observer" Bonnier said: "Chen Xiao is better in scoring, rebounding and block defense. The only assist that is behind, Chen Xiao also performed well in the league. Showed the ability to pass inside and outside, from the statistics, Chen Xiao is the best player in the Eastern Conference in December."

The Heat told team reporter ESPN's Windhorst: "Comprehensiveness is an important criterion for judging players. LeBron's average data of close to 28+8+8 per game reflects his important contribution to the team. LeBron is clearly the best player in the East in December!"

Fans who support Chen Xiao emphasized that although the Bobcats had one more loss, the Bobcats defeated the Heat face-to-face, and the Bobcats were still first in the Eastern Conference, beating the Heat by a head.

The fans who supported James found out the old account of last month. At that time, James lost to Chen Xiao, who had 4 losses because of 3 losses.

"Here, why don't you write all the records? One is 10 wins and 4 losses, and the other is 12 wins and 3 losses. It's not just 1 loss, but Chen Xiao's data in November is also better." Bobcats fans found out blind spot.

"Ignore last month's record, let's talk about losing one more game, and the face-to-face game is also counted in the record. The Bobcats still lost one more game than the Heat, and the record is not as good." Heat fans plausible and quite The truth is, losing the face-to-face game, winning and losing at the same time, is indeed reflected in the record.

"The record is reflected, but this is not the player with the best record, is it? Chen Xiao, who scored 40+20 and won the Heat head-to-head, is going to be defeated by his subordinates, you Zhan? The data is better, and the record is indeed an extra loss. But if the opponent wins, doesn’t that count as an advantage in the relationship between victory and defeat?”

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Just after the last game at the end of December, the dispute continued until after New Year's Day.

Whether it's a certain wave or a certain flutter in China, or Reddit, Ins, or bluebird in the country, it's a scene of demons dancing wildly.

On January 1, the league officials said that you should not be too hot, and immediately released the best poster announcement for December.

Here, there are too many posters, and the announcement is a bit long.

west:

雷霆凯文·杜兰特，11胜2负，场均31分6.9篮板3.7助攻；

快船克里斯·保罗，15胜1负，场均16分3篮板9.3助攻2.6抢断带队。

east:

山猫陈逍，10胜6负，28.1分14.4篮板3.6盖帽；

热火勒布朗·詹姆斯，10胜5负，场均27.5分8.1篮板7.5助攻。

Well, the alliance official stated that for the Chinese New Year, harmony makes money, let's make dumplings together~
Shuangshuang yolk eggs are freshly baked~
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After being notified by the general manager of the team, Qiu Like, that he won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for the second consecutive month, but when he wanted to share it with James, Chen Xiao was also a little puzzled: "Qiu, can the Best of the Month still be shared? "

"Yes, similar to the best rookie, the All-Star MVP, the best player of the month also has a shared tradition. But there were two previous shared precedents, one was Finley, Nash, and Nowitzki of the Mavericks in the 02-03 season. The three shared it, and the first time was James and Wayne in December when the Heat just formed the Big Three." Qiu Like said, "But there is no precedent for players from different teams to share, and the East and West share it at the same time, which can only show that The duel between your two pairs was too intense."

Let's share it. Last month, James was the best for a month. This month, we will share one with him. Anyway, it is the best winner for two consecutive months.

What Chen Xiao is more concerned about is the calculation of the system's honor. Don't divide the best of the month into two, let me count it in half, right?

After entering the system, Chen Xiao was relieved, "Ding! The host won the best rookie of the month in the Eastern Conference in December, and the progress of the season (12/2); the host won the best player of the month in the Eastern Conference in December, and the progress of the season (6/12). "

The best of the month is still counted as one, no problem.

As for the Rookie of the Month in the Eastern Conference, Chen Xiao has already called the league. All the Rookie of the Month in the Eastern Conference this season has been contracted by me.

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Although both of them won the honor, the fans didn't buy it. They accused the league of cutting half of the honor cake of the players they supported for the sake of balance.

The fans continued to fight, and commentators and reporters also came out to express their views.

The famous female reporter Doris Burke said: "This sounds good too, just like the earliest single best of the month becomes the best of the month in each division. When two players who are also the best are together, let them Sharing this honor may better reflect the inclusiveness of the league, the best rookie can be shared, why can't the best of the month?"

Stephen A. Smith of ESPN, a well-known basketball commentator, has different opinions: "This is bad. I understand that as a business league, we want to achieve balance and gain the support of fans, but you cannot deviate from the purpose of competitive sports. We need to select the best players. players, rather than sharing between two people."

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The turmoil of the outside world does not affect the Bobcats after the New Year's Day break and embark on the new year's journey again.

In the first half of January, in the mixed home and away games, after the Bobcats defeated the Bulls, they won the Cavaliers and Pistons in a row, but then faced Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap in Salt Lake City. The combination of insiders, Chen Xiao's two fists are hard to beat with four hands, and Biyombo, who is the starting power forward, faces these two insiders like a child, being played in the palm of his hand.

The Jazz, whose winning percentage in the Western Conference is just over 5% this season, has a lot of good players. In addition to the two insiders, there are Carroll, Hayward, and Favors. People's Salt Lake City and Mormons still need the Jazz to tap their own potential.

不过虽然比赛输了，陈逍赛后看看数据，米德尔顿15分7篮板4助攻的表现比对面的海沃德14分4板4助还是要好上一点。

Yes, Chen Xiao patted Middleton on the shoulder who was gnawing chicken wings after the game, boys keep working hard, the Bobcats will depend on you in the future, Mi Dou put away the box, thinking that Chen Xiao was going to snatch it from him.

After experiencing the unique cultural atmosphere of Salt Lake City, the Bobcats and his team went to foreign countries and stepped out of the country. In January, Toronto, which was already icy and snowy, started a fierce battle with the Raptors.

Before the game, Dunlap specifically emphasized with the players that the Raptors, who have entered the midwinter, have won 12 of the past 9 games, relying on their strong defense. They have allowed all 12 opponents to score. Suppressed within 100 points, averaging less than 89 points per game.

In Toronto in the middle of winter, the Bobcats failed to limit the Raptors to 89 points, losing again in the North 93:101.

In the locker room after the game, facing reporters’ doubts about the Bobcats’ losing streak again, Chen Xiao, who scored 33 points and 17 rebounds, replied calmly: “It’s just that we didn’t play well, nothing else. We will do our best to win the next game.”

Of course there are many objective reasons. It is a long way from Salt Lake City to Toronto, and the two games are less than 48 hours apart. The opponent's three-pointers are accurate, with a 4% shooting rate and 5 three-pointers, far exceeding the season average. The opponent's defensive actions have a home field advantage and so on.

The top priority now is to go to Indianapolis and challenge the Pacers of the Bucks, Heat, and Knicks back to back.

The game between the Pacers and the Bobcats has attracted the attention of many fans.

On one side is the strong Pacers, who have defeated two of the Big Three in the East, and on the other side is the Bobcats, who have lost two games in a row but are still at the top of the Eastern Conference.

但赛前传出消息，前两场步行者获胜的最大功臣，连续拿到29+11和24+11+6断的保罗·乔治因身体原因缺席这场比赛。

"Don't be careless, OK? We are a losing streak team, and what we are about to face is a team that limits the Bucks, Heat, and Knicks to less than 80 points in a row. Even without Paul George, they are still a team. A tough team." Dunlap emphasized this time before the game.

Before the start of the game, Chen Xiao even chatted with his college teammate Miles Plumlee. Poor Maipu, who only plays in occasional garbage time this season, currently averages less than 1 Divide into 2 boards.

There is nothing to talk about Maipu's experience. Obviously, Chen Xiao, who was born as the No. [-] pick and won a lot of honors, and Maipu have nothing in common about their NBA experience after sitting on the bench.

The two chatted about this year's Duke and Mason who is still fighting for the draft + market.

Duke is doing well this season. Counting the games against college teams from other divisions and the few games the ACC has already played, the current 15-game winning streak has started, and the momentum is going strong. It was a big loss, but Mason Plumlee also took over the burden. He is currently averaging 19+11 per game, which is an impressive performance.

But after all, he is a senior, even though he has good combat ability but lacks potential. Currently, the NBADraft website ranks Meep at 18th. The first-round market is a certainty. It seems to be difficult. After all, the opponents behind will test the hard power of the players and the team more and more. It is difficult for Duke, who lacks talent this year, to replicate last year's success.

When Chen Xiao returned to visit his alma mater during the holidays, the old coach K also joked that it is a pity that there is no unexpected visitor this year. It seems that this year's consecutive championships will be difficult.It caused Chen Xiao and the teaching assistant Chris beside him to laugh out loud.

After participating in a joint practice with Duke, Chen Xiao also had a general understanding of Duke's strength this year, the top 16-8, and Duke's usual performance level in an ordinary year.

After chatting with Maipu for a while, the game kicked off.

Facing black Yao Ming Hibbert in the low position at the beginning of the game, Chen Xiao was not careless, but calmly used his own strengths to attack the other's weaknesses. After taking the ball and swaying it, he hit the chest of the tall and thick Hibbert behind him, and immediately turned towards the baseline.

Hibbert was waiting for Chen Xiao's back to exert force. When Hibbert reacted and turned around to catch up, Chen Xiao had already started. Hibbert only had time to touch the No. 13 ball on Chen Xiao's back. Watching Chen Xiao tap his toes and put the basketball down into the basket.

After Chen Xiao opened the scoring for the Bobcats, Henderson, who performed poorly in the first two games, also regained his senses. First, he made an emergency stop and made a mid-range hit, and then provided an assist for Middleton.

The Bobcats who came to Indiana returned to the field and performed very actively. They have been in control of the situation since the 8:0 start. Chen Xiao, Walker, and Henderson are all in good condition, and Gordon on the bench has also regained his nerve. knife.

Although in the second half, the Pacers outside Hill and Stephenson were in a brave state, David West also hit the mid-range consecutively, and the score was close to 4 points at one point, but the continuous mistakes and the continuous firepower output of the Bobcats finally led to the victory in the Indiana countryside. , The bobcat devours people, firmly pocketing this victory.

Chen Xiao, who scored 27 points and 14 rebounds, was also interviewed by local reporters.

Local Indiana reporter Ivan Massie asked: "Chen, first of all, congratulations on ending your losing streak."

Chen Xiao nodded and waited for the next sentence from this relatively unknown reporter.

"Just now, my colleague interviewed Pacers coach Vogel. He said that today they have a chance to keep the victory in Indianapolis. They are missing a very critical part of the team. I believe that you You should also know something about Paul George, let’s talk about this victory and the PG who is in a truce today.” Massie handed the microphone to Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao looked at Ma Xi, then looked up at the other reporters beside him. It seemed that this was a famous local reporter, so he asked two questions at once.

After a little wording, Chen Xiao replied: "This victory did not come easily. In an interview with reporters in Toronto, I said that my teammates and I would do our best to end the losing streak. I am glad we did. Gerrard, Kemba and Ben also With the rest of the team doing well, it was a total team win."

After a short pause, Chen Xiao continued: "I know Paul George, he is the biggest surprise for Indiana this year, with outstanding defense and excellent shooting, he is carrying this team.

He performed very well against LeBron a few days ago. If he is on the court today, it may have some impact on the result of this game, but I believe that the final victory belongs to the Bobcats. "

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On January 1th, the deadline for the 14 NBA All-Star voting, the Bobcats, who came to Boston, Massachusetts, were going to play the Celtics for the first time this season.

The Bobcats are currently at the top of the East with 25 wins and 11 losses, while the Celtics with 19 wins and 17 losses are not only behind the "BIG 3" Cat Genie in the East, but also under the Pacers, Bulls and Eagles Nets, only in the East In the 8th position, with the Bucks watching behind him, the Celtics, who fought seven games against the Heat in the Eastern Conference finals last season, suddenly fell to the edge of the playoffs, which is embarrassing.

"The Celtics are not as good as they are year after year. They were first in the Eastern Conference in the championship season, second, third, fourth, and now eighth in the Eastern Conference." Walker looked at the team's record and said with emotion.

Middleton, who is a Kobe fan and Zijin loyalist, also said: "The Lakers are too. Kobe has averaged 30 points per game this season, and his shooting percentage is a career high. He still can't bring his teammates. The losing streak means that Cleveland is sending us warmth.” After speaking, Middleton shook his head dejectedly, looking worried about the fate of the Lakers and Kobe Bryant.

"Ahem, Chris, strictly speaking, Kobe is no longer averaging 30 points per game, and Kobe has not played very well in the last few games." Chen Xiao, who also paid attention to Kobe's performance, raised the bar for Mi Dou.

Hearing someone say "bad things" about Kobe, Middleton subconsciously wanted to rant, but turned around and found that it was Chen Xiao who said it, so he gave up and muttered: "Without helpers, Kobe can only shoot forcibly. The hit rate is not low. Well."

This is not a problem. The recent loss streak of the Lakers is largely due to the simultaneous injury of Howard and Gasol.

But what impressed Chen Xiao deeply was the game between the Lakers and the Nuggets in early January. At that time, all players played, starting with Nash Kobe, Ci Shiping and his wife Warcraft. Take it with your eyes closed?

But the result is NO!

Kobe Bryant scored 29 points with a mediocre shooting percentage. Howard turned into Superman and scored 26 rebounds that tied his career rebound record, but they couldn't win.

Also strange.

(End of this chapter)