As February enters, the weather is getting colder and colder, the festive atmosphere of Christmas is getting stronger and stronger, and the NHAR 7th Tournament is getting more and more intense.

Although Christmas is still more than 20 days away, major shopping malls are actively selling Christmas-related products, with Christmas trees and Christmas gift boxes the most, while NH is preparing for the Christmas war.

This year's Christmas game still has big dramas between the Warriors and the Lakers. Both teams are top-notch teams in the league, one is a traditional powerful man, the other is a superstar, and the other is a brother team in Tongzhou. Every time they meet, Mars hits the Earth.

This year's Christmas game is the home game of the Lakers. The Lakers' ticket prices have always been famous for being high. The first high-priced ticket in Los Angeles' home game in the new season was in the Thunder's away game against the Lakers on 18th, with an average ticket price of $27. The Christmas game against the Heat's away game against the Lakers will undoubtedly be the most expensive ticket in the new season, with an average ticket price of $106.

As soon as February entered, the Christmas battle was hot, but Chamberlain didn't care much. When he was attending the Presidential Medal of Freedom Awards Dinner at the White House, he mentioned the Christmas battle in an interview with reporters and casually said: "This is just a game. I think fans may not understand it, but for me, it is just a game, although the opponent is the Lakers. On Christmas morning, I will open the gift with the kids and take a picture of them having fun after opening the gift. Then I will go to the Staples Center to prepare to start my work."

In February, the Heat were cold again. They played the Mavericks in the first game of the month, but they lost 95-106 away. Even Miami fans couldn't sit still. The Miami Sports News wrote in the headline: "The record of losing to the Mavericks is only 1 wins and 9 losses, and the Heat won 2 wins is suspected to be a joke." After the Heat formed the Big Three, the media has been hyping that they will be comparable to the Bulls in the 193-1997 season, hoping that they will reappear with the 2 wins of the season, but now it seems that 2 wins are just a joke.

People expect the Heat to be "very popular in the sky", and the biggest reason is the two "igniters" of James and Wade. However, after the game test, these two people were like blunt drills hitting wet wood - they could not get the expected spark at all.

In fact, the combination of James and Wade is just a beautiful "looking guy". The two have similar styles of playing and restrict each other, which makes many experts even ruthlessly assert that "the Heat's lineup has serious flaws."

"We have not formed a good tacit understanding yet. We are all players who are used to controlling the ball. Only by constantly holding the ball can we exert their respective maximum power, but the team's firepower will obviously not increase." James also realized this.

In order to give the team more firepower support, James tried to sacrifice his personal data, but the results were minimal.

This time, James and Wade's "rejection" between them was extremely obvious. Their offensive efficiency dropped sharply when they were on the court at the same time. The ideal powerful igniter became a very unsatisfactory copycat, and the Heat's "cup" this season is inevitable.

The so-called "fire borrows the wind", but in terms of "faning the flames", Heat coach Spolstra is obviously a little tender.

The combination of Wade and James is not ideal, and Spoelstra is of course aware of anyone else, but with his qualifications and abilities, he seems to have no choice but to do anything about this chaotic scene.

During the trough period of the Heat's poor record last season, Wade publicly questioned Spoelstra's coaching ability, which almost made the latter lose his job. After James joined the Heat, Spoelstra was even more out of control over the team, and some public opinion even said that he had become a puppet.

All the three giants are heavyweights, who will sit on the bench? Faced with this difficult problem, Spoelstra has no ability to solve it, and no matter how hard he can cut the mess with a quick knife.

Wade only questioned Shrew's coaching ability, and James directly showed this with his actions during the game.

In the third quarter of the game against the Mavericks, the Mavericks had a short time to expand their lead to 10 points. Spoelstra called a timeout, and the Heat's players walked off the court and waited for the coach's tactical arrangement. James was no exception, but on the way back to the bench, he had no intention of avoiding Spoelstra coming towards him. He directly hit the opponent's shoulder, causing the latter's suit to almost slipped down.

After the collision, the two communicated speechlessly or with their eyes, but the meaning of such a scene is definitely different from the fact that they jumped and collided with their teammates after they killed their opponents and celebrated.

What made James even more depressed was that he had also suffered a mistake: EpN's reporter Brian Wendhorst, who specializes in watching James, said after the game that this was not the first time he had seen LeBron do this.

The Heat's problems are very clear now. The big reason why their performance has not improved is that except for the Big Three, the Heat have no help.

This can be seen especially in the game against the Mavericks. Except for James, Wade and Bosh, no one under the Heat scored in double digits, and the Big Three scored 71 points in the team.

Even the Big Three, their current performance is far from that of themselves at the peak: James is full of concerns and cannot play; Wade's shooting percentage this season is already questioned; as for Bosh, his control over the rebound can almost be described as "lost"...

However, as the saying goes, "There is no good, and there is another saying that good fortune depends on the misfortune, and misfortune lies in the misfortune. After the Heat exposed these serious problems, the team's uniform team finally took action. In early February, they officially signed a contract with free agent Danpier and won the former "second center in the league," said the Heat.

In fact, rumors were rumored that the Heat were interested in Danpier as early as last month, but it was left unresolved.

Some media said that Riley looked down on Danpier, but now the Heat lacked insiders. Heslem's injury made Miami urgently need an inside player, so Danpier got the opportunity to get the lead.

Earlier this month, Danpier agreed to join the Houston Rockets a year of $200,000, but it was left unresolved. Now, the Heat will offer Danpier a year of $1.4 million in veteran salary, and finally won him.

"No rebounds, no rings", it can be seen that in the entire NHA league, those who win inside will win the world. Therefore, the Heat's senior management still attaches great importance to inside players. The combination of the three giants lacks an insider to support it. This time, they can get Danpier and make the Heat happy.

When we arrived at the Heat, Danpier was ambitious and said: "I have the chance to come here and play with LeBron, Wade and Bosh, and we have the chance to win the championship."

However, it is easy to say something and hard to do. Danpier is not the second center in Dallas that year. In his last two games last season, he played as a starter twice, averaging 49 rebounds per game, never scoring more than 9 points, and only two scored over 6.

This summer, he was traded to the Bobcats and was cut by the Bobcats in September. Many teams then wanted to get him, including the Houston Rockets, but Danpier gave up the idea of ​​playing in Houston because the Rockets had a poor record.

Another powerful team in the eastern region, the Magic is more difficult. They are walking on the road of failure and running wildly.

The NHA has been in progress for more than a month, and a lot of data have been counted. Orlando Media has counted Howard's attack distribution over the past month and found that he only deducted 3 baskets in the 6 games of this month, which is 6 fewer than the same period last year. However, the average score of the Warcraft has increased from 18 points last season to more than 2l points.

Data shows that Howard's offense has improved greatly now. On average, he can hit 4 mid-range jump shots in the basket in each game. In the same period last season, he has never made a shot outside the three-second zone; in addition, he also made 2 hook shots, 15 more than the same period last season.

The "evolution" of Warcraft not only comes from his confidence, but also helps him further improve his confidence. Now he is no longer just an assassin who ambushes the inside and waits for an opportunity to dunk, but a giant with more comprehensive skills, stronger confidence and wider attack range. He needs more touches, more attacks, and more teammates feeding more balls.

But his progress is not synchronized with the Magic team.

Nelson is still the Mickey Mouse who likes to shoot and control the ball in his hands. Lewis is still hiding at the bottom line in the name of the fourth position and cannot cooperate with the Warcraft at a high and low position.

Warcraft can no longer stand the team's weakness. He has always liked to make fun of hippies and smiles. He has become much silent this season. He has issued an ultimatum to the team, asking the team to find a suitable outside helper for him, otherwise he will leave Orlando.

And the assistant Howard found was Chris Paul

It just so happened that the Warriors' first opponent in December was the New Orleans Hornets commanded by Paul.

Before the start of this season, no one treated the New Orleans Hornets as a dish - this team is not only poor, but has been on the decline. Their preseason results are even 1 wins and 7 losses, ranking second to last in the league.

At the beginning of the season, people thought that their three-game winning streak was just luck; when the Hornets won six consecutive victories and the Warriors, people began to look at them with admiration; when the Hornets completed eight consecutive victories, NHAR spoon critics had already begun to analyze the "Hornets mode".

The Hornets have undergone major surgery on the team this season. General manager Ball, who has conflicts with star Paul, was fired and was recruited to lead the team with former Spurs personnel department head Demps; the Scott era is over, and 37-year-old head coach Monty Williams officially took office.

Of course, the biggest surgery has not been completed yet - small shareholder Gary Joester is trying to acquire the equity in his boss Sinn. This small shareholder engaged in oil exploration business has 10 times the assets of the latter. If the acquisition is completed, the Hornets will get rid of the hat of "the poorest team in the league."

When a team performs well, people always praise the players' performances, but it is easy to forget that the general manager and head coach behind them are also hardworking, bleeding and tears.

First of all, the current Hornets head coach Williams has served as an assistant coach for the Spurs and the Trail Blazers and has learned a good defensive ability. After Williams came to the team, the team's defensive quality changed immediately. Currently, the Hornets only scored 37 points per game, ranking second in the league.

General Manager Demps is even more "corresponding" to the Hornets, because New Orleans and San Antonio are both small cities, and the clubs are also small clubs, and there is not much money. In the past, he was a human resources manager at the Spurs, Demps was very good at "spend less money and doing more", and the players he got in the trading market were also very valuable.

For example, Green and Jason Smith, who were exchanged from the 76ers, and Italian defender Pelineri, who was exchanged from the Raptors, all three players were good. Green has B years of NH experience and has a very good defense against James in one game against the Heat; Smith's data doubled compared to last season, and one game was stable one; Bailineri became the Hornets' starting shooting guard from the Raptors last season, and his shooting percentage was moving closer to 6% regardless of mid-range shot or three-point shot.

Of course, fans cannot ignore the players' own efforts. For example, Okafor, who was exchanged for last season, suddenly got his head this season, with a shooting percentage of 6%, and he grabbed a lot of rebounds; for example, Chris Paul, the core driving force of the Hornets, has become omnipotent again after completely overcoming injuries, and is now ranked first in the Mp trend list.

However, Paul is still a time bomb for the Hornets. He is unwilling to renew his contract and may be traded by the team this season. Once Paul is withdrawn, even if the Hornets do not collapse, at least they will be greatly damaged.
Chapter completed!