Basketball: Man in 08, three months left before the Olympics

In December’s Western Conference Player of the Month, Pei Yun won the Western Conference Player of the Month for the first time in his career by a narrow victory over Kobe Bryant.

Originally, this award, almost in the first two months since the beginning of the season, was produced between Pei Yun and Kobe, but in December, a dark horse-level player caught up, and there was a sense of joining the competition.

That’s right, he’s the Blazers’ main center, Greg Oden.

In December, Auden averaged 27 points, 17 rebounds and 4 blocks per game.

If the time is shortened to the second half of the month after mid-December, Auden’s numbers can average 32 points, 19 rebounds and 4 blocks per game.

Although there is still some distance between the two madmen Kobe and Pei Yun in terms of scoring, in terms of comprehensive data, it is already much different.

Especially recently, with the rise of healthy Auden, Brandroy and Aldridge are getting better and better, and this team with three young high picks as the core has won eight straight games.

It has replaced the Spurs in third place in the West and is only behind the Lakers and Mavericks.

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In mid-January, the long-awaited league highlight arrives!

The Portland Trail Blazers will play two back-to-back games against the Dallas Mavericks.

The first game was played in Portland, and immediately after the game, it moved to Dallas, where it played again.

Prior to this, the Blazers not only won against the Spurs at their home court, but also defeated the Lakers again.

The Mavericks’ winning streak was also ended by the in-form Anthony and JR Smith in the game against the Nuggets.

The Lakers and Mavericks also lost 4 games, and the Blazers lost 5.

After that, the Spurs lost seven games and the Nuggets lost eight.

The Blazers have proven that they are not afraid of the Lakers, winning by 40 points and winning by 14 points in a game.

The hottest team in the league right now, the only team that hasn’t won, is the Dallas Mavericks.

If you win them, then they are basically equivalent to “invincible”.

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Portland, close to the Pacific Ocean, is between a Mediterranean climate and a temperate oceanic climate, and ocean currents make the temperature here not so cold.

Even in the depths of January in January, there is no snowfall.

The people here are very affluent, and when the fans are very enthusiastic about the game and the team, they express their enthusiasm.

Lately, Portland fans have perhaps been at their most frenetic in the past decade.

At the Rose Garden arena, which is packed almost every game day, the growth of super-top center Auden has given fans in the city hope for a basketball renaissance.

That belief is even stronger after two consecutive big wins over the Lakers, who are number one in the West.

The Mavericks are here today and it’s a tough battle.

Of course, fans also want to know what kind of situation the “monster lost draft” that came out of the 07 draft and competed with the champions of that year.

The magical appearance ceremony began, and the Blazers fielded regular starters today: Steve Blake, Brandon Roy, Nicholas Batum, LaMarcus Aldridge, Greg Auden.

With Auden’s healthy return, they gradually established this starting lineup.

And the invading Mavericks are also a regular starting lineup: Kidd, Terry, Peiyun, Novitsky, Dampier.

In the last game, the Mavericks visited Denver, and because the schedule was too close, on the plateau, Carlisle let Novitsky, Kidd, Starkhouse and others take a collective rotation.

That cost them their fourth game of the season.

Of course, the outside world is that the Mavericks are recharging in order to compete back-to-back with the Blazers.

This statement is not without reason, now the whole league is talking about the rookies of the 07th class.

Pei Yun, Auden, Durant, the topic of the league every day can not bypass these three super newcomers of the class of 07, they are creating miracles, it seems that they are taking over the baton from the 03 platinum generation to set off a new wave in the league.

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The game begins, and both sides jump the ball in the middle circle.

Auden effortlessly took the offensive ball for the Blazers directly in front of Dampier.

In the Blazers, although Brandon Roy played as a shooting guard, he controlled the ball.

This season, Mamba Huang’s growth has been very rapid, his mid-range shooting is accurate, his breakthrough is also sharp, and coupled with his qualified ball passing ability, he has become the starting point of the Blazers’ rhythm.

In the first round, Roy gave the ball directly to the low post Auden.

After Oden got the ball, it was the face frame that played Dampier.

A tentative shooting feint, Dampier did not shake and was far away.

Obviously, Carlisle and Mavericks were well prepared for the game, knowing the Blazers would be looking for Oden right from the start.

And Auden’s characteristics are also obvious, among his many advantages, the most inconsistent is shooting.

So when Dampier defended him in the low position, he deliberately put his position, with a posture of “you can kill me as you are powerful”.

Of course, Auden was not fooled, and Dampier did not save to defend, he dribbled directly to the basket to change his back.

After the confrontation, he flipped Dampier’s center of gravity and jumped up on the spot with both hands to dunk.

0:2

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“What a strong static talent!”

Carlisle on the sidelines looked at the situation on the field with fascination, and the talent shown by Auden was visible to the naked eye, and it was an existence beyond the times!

Today’s Dampier is in the league, and the title of “second center in the West” has long been deserved.

But if it’s just pure confrontation, he’s still not weak.

But Auden was able to jump on the spot and dunk with his hands when he was confronted under the basket.

Such a talent is undoubtedly epic.

The Mavericks attacked, and Pei Yun broke through and threw a throw with the help of Nowitzki’s block.

2:2

The Blazers attacked, Roy and Aldridge completed the blocking, the former stopped a jumper.

2:4

In the Mavericks round, Pei Yun once again blocked with Nowitzki, and after blocking and dismantling, he returned to Novitsky, facing Roy, and Novitsky hit the Golden Rooster independently from mid-range.

4:4

The Blazers attacked, Oden took the ball inside to attract the pocket, passed outside the three-point line, and after the Blazers passed through a few hands, Blake hit a three-pointer.

4:7

The Mavericks attacked, and Terry missed a three-pointer.

Auden grabbed the rebound.

The Blazers attacked, Aldridge hit Novitsky with his back low, turned over and hit a jumper after dribbling.

4:9

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Soon after the start, the Blazers’ “iron triangle” combination quickly showed sharp points.

Oden has a variety of offensive styles under the basket, Aldridge shoots accurately from mid-range, plus the all-around Roy.

Soon, he was ahead of the Mavericks, who didn’t feel very good.