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Chapter 613 The Christmas War

The day after Yang Shuai said those words to Chu Xiyun in the church, Chu Xiyun left because of work, and Yang Shuai also had to go to San Antonio to play an away game, so even though he said those words,

But Yang Shuai didn't have time to prepare for the proposal.

The Warriors and Spurs played against each other last month, and it ended with the Warriors' victory. This was one of only two losses for the Spurs last month. 14 wins and 2 losses. This is the Spurs' record in the first month, the only one in the Western Conference.

Second to the Warriors.

The record is enough to illustrate the strength of the Spurs this season. Although the lineup has not changed much, with the changes in tactics made by **Vic, the Spurs, who were considered to be on the decline, once again have a new look.

The match against the Warriors was considered a revenge game by the Spurs. Last season, the Warriors eliminated the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs. This season, the Warriors won the first meeting between the two teams. Now, due to injuries, the Warriors

The strength has declined due to various reasons, and the Spurs naturally have to seize the opportunity.

In fact, they did exactly that. Amid the cheers and boos of the home fans, the Spurs completely suppressed the Warriors in this game. The final score was 118:98, and the Warriors lost to the Spurs by a full 20 points.

In this game, Yang Shuai was still the best performer of the Warriors. He scored 31 points, 8 assists and 11 rebounds. Four of the five Warriors starting players were in double figures, but the performance of their bench players

But it's too different.

Compared with the Warriors, the Spurs' overall performance was much better. Seven people on the team scored in double figures, which was an important reason why they were able to beat the Warriors by 20 points in the end. Of course, the role of one person has to be mentioned, that

That's Tim Duncan. Yang Shuai didn't get a triple-double in this game, but another player did, and that was Duncan. 20 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists. Without Chandler's defense, Duncan was in the paint.

Do whatever you want.

After losing to the Spurs, the Warriors continued their road trip to Texas. This time, they came to Houston. If the Warriors had gone to Houston to face the Rockets at the beginning of the season, they would have been hyped by the media because Yao Ming returned this season.

, just like the Warriors and Rockets playing preseason games in China, it will make Chinese fans extremely excited.

However, Yao Ming was injured again after playing only five games this season, and according to the diagnosis, he was reimbursed for the season, which caused the Rockets' attention to plummet. Originally, the rise of the Warriors and Yao Ming's entire season last season had already made the Rockets unavailable in China.

Yao Ming's comeback finally gave the Rockets owner some hope, but now his hope has been dashed again.

So this game that should have attracted widespread attention from Chinese fans and media ended up only attracting the attention of Warriors fans.

The Rockets are a team without Yao Ming or Tracy McGrady, and they are also a thoroughly civilian team. The team's strongest scorer is Kevin Martin, but they have suffered a lot due to their poor defense and weak body.

Zhi did not join the ranks of stars.

The Warriors and Rockets are also troubled by injuries. The difference is that the Rockets injured their stars and leaders, while the Warriors injured important players, but their leader Yang Shuai is healthy.

The difference between leaders and ordinary scorers lies in their ability to score at critical moments, and this difference was perfectly demonstrated in this game.

In the first three quarters, the Rockets and the Warriors were inextricably linked. Martin's score was not much different from Yang Shuai's. However, in the last three minutes, Yang Shuai used his performance to bring victory to the team.

A victory.

Before that, Yang Shuai and Martin both scored 22, but in the last three minutes of the fourth quarter, Yang Shuai scored 8 points alone, while Martin failed to score a point under the restriction of Yang Shuai. In the end, it was with Yang Shuai that

With these 8 points, the Warriors defeated the Rockets by 3 points.

With 30 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds, Yang Shuai did not get a triple-double in this game, but he was still very satisfied with the victory.

At this time, Warriors players have already realized the impact of not having Chandler and Jackson. The three games the Warriors lost this season without exception were due to problems with defense and rebounding in the interior, and this is

The consequences of Chandler's absence.

In addition to the defense in the interior, the Warriors' performance during the transition time of the substitute players in these games was not outstanding, precisely because of the lack of Jackson.

The impact of the absence of these two generals continued. In Texas' third away game, the Warriors once again tasted defeat in Dallas.

Yang Shuai scored a triple-double with 29 points, 12 assists and 13 rebounds in the game, but he lost the chance to come back because of Nowitzki's 2+1 at the last moment.

After finishing their road trip to Texas, the Warriors finally returned to Oakland to face their next opponent. Although the season has passed for a month, the Warriors' schedule is not easy. Although there are weak teams among their opponents, among them

There is no shortage of strong teams.

In the past, the Warriors would not have cared about how strong their opponents were, but now that their strength has declined, it is no longer as easy for them to face strong teams as in previous games.

Strength is one thing, mentality is another. During the winning streak last month, Warriors players were full of confidence. Even without Chandler and Jackson, they could still defeat strong teams such as the Hawks and Heat.

However, after successive losses, the mentality of the Warriors players was affected, and the injuries to Chandler and Jackson also had a greater impact.

Due to the low winning rate in recent games, the Warriors had already given up the number one spot in the league and were overtaken by the Spurs in the Western Conference.

At this time, the Warriors ushered in three weak teams at home, the Wizards, 76ers, and Raptors. Faced with such an opportunity to improve their record, the Warriors would not let it go. They defeated these three teams with big scores.

He also began to stabilize his record in the following games.

Yang Shuai's ability continues to improve, and this time he improves blocking. After upgrading steals to a special level in November, Yang Shuai triggered a new task, blocking. After half of December,

Yang Shuai's shot blocking finally reached the special level, which triggered the next level of the task, a step-back jump shot.

Most of Yang Shuai's attributes have now been upgraded to the special level, and the step-back jump shot is the last of all his attributes. Yang Shuai is very confused, if this attribute has also reached the special level, will the mysterious space also come from his

Has disappeared?

Yang Shuai has never figured out what happened in the mysterious space, so he doesn't know what will happen when he waits until that moment.

Yang Shuai focused on the next game. With the Warriors in their current state, he must ensure that he performs well in every game to be able to bring victory to the team.

More than half a month has been enough for the Warriors to adapt to games without Jackson and Chandler, and the Warriors' state has finally stabilized. When the Warriors only had the last three games left this month, their record came to

22 wins and 7 losses.

In the past twelve games, the Warriors have only achieved a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, which is obviously very different from the winning rate last month.

On the one hand, the Warriors' strength has been damaged due to injuries, and their mentality has also changed. On the other hand, it comes from the mentality of the Warriors' opponents.

The Warriors' status as the defending champion makes every team that plays against the Warriors go all out, especially with the presence of Yang Shuai. In addition, teams such as the Spurs and Mavericks have a revenge mentality against the Warriors, and the pressure the Warriors face in the game is

It's bigger than other teams, and it directly affects the Warriors' record.

At this time, the Warriors had to face their next opponent, because their next game day was on December 25th.

Saints entered the league three years ago. Although Yang Shuai participated in many special games, he has never been able to compete with the Christmas game. In the first season with the Celtics, because the Celtics’ record in the previous season was too poor, the league was ranked

The Celtics were not taken into consideration when the schedule was set.

In the second season, the Celtics needed to play the Christmas Day game with the Lakers, but by this time, Yang Shuai had already left the Celtics and joined the Warriors.

In the first season that Yang Shuai came to the Warriors, he did not lead the Warriors to achieve very good results. Although Yang Shuai achieved the Most Improved Player that season, his statistics and abilities were not enough to be among the league's top stars, so he went to the Warriors.

Although the Warriors and Yang Shuai were at their peak this season, when the schedule was scheduled before the season, NBA officials did not arrange for the Warriors to play in the Christmas game. In fact, David Stern later regretted this arrangement very much.

This year is finally different. As the championship last season, the Warriors naturally need to show up in the Christmas game, and their opponent is the opponent in last season's finals, the Celtics.

This year, NBA officials still selected the most eye-catching matchup. The Warriors and Celtics replayed the matchup in last season's finals, while the other matchup was the Lakers and Heat, which also attracted much attention.

Appearing again at the North Shore Garden Arena in Boston, Yang Shuai still greeted his former teammates enthusiastically, but he could feel the fighting spirit of the Celtics players and fans.

Yang Shuai certainly understands the mentality of Celtic players. If he were eliminated in the finals, he would definitely want to defeat his opponents. What's more, he got all these people drunk the next day.

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Looking at the familiar lineup of the Celtics, Yang Shuai also became more vigilant. In last season's finals, the strength of the Celtics was not much worse than that of the Warriors. Now the opponent's lineup is complete, but

However, our side lost two main players. It will definitely not be easy to take away the victory from the North Shore Garden Arena today.