Super Role Player

The Christmas War is the highlight of the NBA every year besides the All-Star Weekend.

Although many players have complaints about playing games on Christmas, it must be said that the Christmas battle that has been hot since the time of David Stern has given a large part of the players the opportunity to perform in front of audiences in the United States and even around the world. .

As the defending champion, the 76ers are naturally among the ranks of the Christmas game. The opponents of the 76ers Christmas game are not strong teams, of course, they are not too weak. Their opponents in the Christmas game are the Chicago Bulls, as the 90s of the 20th century. The rulers of the era, in the 21st century, the Bulls have been rebuilding their endless rebuilding around bad characters, knowing the appearance of Derek Rose.

But in the first two years, Derrick Rose was seriously injured. The rose has withered before it blooms. Seeing that the Bulls are facing a serious core injury and the lineup is collapsing. At this time, Tom Thibodeau used his defense to help the Bulls stabilize their results. Jimmy Butler The growth has allowed the Bulls to find the core of the next generation.

This season, Jimmy Butler has made great progress. From a role player averaging 13 points per game last season, he has directly transformed into a star guard swingman averaging 20 points per game.

Jimmy Butler’s growth trajectory is very similar to that of Anxi. He even entered the league in the 2011 draft. He was a substitute on the bench in the first year of the Bulls, and he did not get too many playing opportunities.

In the second year, he gradually showed his talent on the defensive end and began to stand firm in the rotation of defensive coach Tom Thibodo.

Then, in the third year, as Derrick Rose continued to be seriously injured, Jimmy Butler also got more opportunities. He became the team’s starter and played better. Finally, starting in his fourth year, he grew into An All-Star.

The Bulls’ record is not bad. Derrick Rose has come back again this season. Although the first few games were very pitted and he always hit iron, as the season progressed, Derrick Rose has also become able to stabilize himself and start at a critical moment. Help the team lock the victory.

At other times, with Jimmy Butler’s presence, the team always played very smoothly.

Before the Christmas War, the Bulls achieved a record of 19 wins and 9 losses, ranking fifth in the East, second only to the 76ers, Hawks, Raptors and Wizards.

Obviously, this is also a not weak opponent.

For the 76ers, because of Pau Gasol and McAway’s injuries, and Anxi’s suspension, the 76ers have won 1 win and 5 losses in the last 6 games. They only won one Magic, and their record has also changed from 20 before Anxi’s suspension. Wins and 3 losses became 21 wins and 8 losses, and the ranking quickly declined. It was unexpectedly surpassed by the 22 wins and 7 losses Raptors and 21 wins and 7 losses Eagles and became the third in the East.

The situation in the East is completely chaotic. The 76ers, the favorites to win the championship at the beginning of the season, lost consecutive games due to core bans and injuries, and the ranking slipped. Fortunately, when the core players return, the record will naturally rise.

On the other hand, the Cavaliers, who are also the favorites to win the championship, performed a little dismal. The trade requested by LeBron James has never come. After losing to the 76ers, the Cavaliers entered an unstable state again and sometimes lost. Winning occasionally broke out, the game hit the Christmas War, the Cavaliers only achieved a record of 17 wins and 10 losses, and even ranked sixth in the East after the Bulls.

The Cavaliers naturally participated in the Christmas War. Their opponent happened to be the Warriors who had a violent conflict with Anxi. The Warriors’ home arena. In this game, LeBron James shouted the slogan of victory before the game. They wanted to use a Christmas. The victory of the war swept away the previous decline.

The Warriors did not perform very well after the brawl. Although their core players were present, the players they lost were the important defensive players of the team, Andrew Bogut and Drummond Green on the inside, and When Andre Iguodala was absent from the outside, the Warriors’ defense collapsed.

In the next five games, they lost 3 of them and only won 2 of them. In the end, their record became a 23-6, but they still ranked first in the league.

In addition to the 76ers and the Bulls, the Warriors and the Cavaliers, there are three matchups in the Christmas game. Among them, New York and Los Angeles are bound to have a Christmas game. This season, New York and Los Angeles have two teams each, so these two **** The team has also been selected as opponents in the Christmas game, the Lakers vs. Clippers, Nets vs. Knicks.

The remaining set of duels is the Spurs vs. Heat. When Anxi was still in the Spurs and LeBron James was still in the Heat, the two teams were opponents in the finals for two consecutive years. After a year, the league gave them another arrangement. It’s a Christmas game at home in Miami.

What the Cavaliers look for on the Warriors is whether LeBron James can lead the team back to the Warriors, and whether the top dark horse Warriors this season can continue their dark horse qualities.

The Lakers’ focus on the Clippers, Nets, and Knicks is the same-city derby. Compared with the fiery football derby, basketball’s same-city derby seems less popular, but under Adam Silver’s rule, he also began to consciously cultivate. This kind of opposition and popularity in the same city.

The Spurs and the Heat are naturally a bit like historical enemies in football. The Spurs have defeated the Heat’s Big Three for two consecutive years. If this hatred is in the football world, it will obviously continue.

The last set of duel, the 76ers vs. the Bulls.

The league has a headache. After Derrick Rose was seriously injured, his popularity has become much worse than before. Jimmy Butler is just a small role, and he has no popularity at all. Looking at the points from the Bulls, obviously you can’t find it.

But when I turned my head to look at the 76ers, the league staff and media reporters suddenly cried~www.wuxiax.com~ Pau Gasol and McAway will continue to be sidelined due to injuries, Anxi has not returned from the game, and even Jack Lauder His suspension hasn’t ended yet, is it true that the national live broadcast of the Christmas War, do they want to watch Norrence Knoll single out Jimmy Butler?

Does the alliance just ignore it?

Soon, the alliance gave the answer.

Anxi missed the Christmas battle? of course not! The league will not be willing to see this happening. When Anxi completes a community service and expresses its apology with actions, the league officially announced: Because of Anxi’s good attitude of admitting mistakes and recent positive performance, the league will consider Anxi as appropriate. The number of banned games has been reduced to 6 games!

At the same time, the suspensions of Drummond Green, Jack Lauder and others have also been reduced to a certain extent. Drummond Green’s 12 game suspension has been reduced to 8 games, and Jack Lauder will return directly in the next game. .

In this way, the Oracle brawl that took place on December 15th, 10 days later, except for Drummond Green, all the other players will be lifted and returned.

In this way, before the Christmas battle, Anxi announced his comeback. He is like a hungry tiger that escaped from the cage, about to prey on the bull!