The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Wang Xiao is proud in love, but there is a little problem on the court.

Although he has been very cautious, allowing Embiid to play only about 25 minutes per game, and will arrange his rotation in back-to-back games, Embiid is still injured.

On January 4, in the Bucks' away game against the Lakers, Hao Peng grabbed an offensive rebound in another attack and played a second attack. Embiid tried to block the shot but failed. After being dunked, he lost his center of gravity and injured his ankle. Absent nearly half a month.

Wang Xiao was speechless for a while. How can there be any reason for his disciple to abolish the players of his own team?

In fact, Hao Peng didn't make any more moves, and Embiid also took the initiative to come up to confront him. If he used one word to describe it, he was to blame.

The lack of Embiid will have a slight impact on the overall strength of the Bucks, but it will not affect the overall situation.

But the bad luck lies in the saying that blessings never come singly, and misfortunes never come singly.

Only one day later, Durant was also injured, and the injury lasted longer than Embiid. He is expected to recuperate for about a month, will miss nearly 20 games, and will not be able to return until the All-Star weekend.

Losing two generals in an instant, the Bucks immediately struggled in the game. Although Wang Xiao responded in a timely manner, focused on arranging and increasing Antetokounmpo's possession of the ball, and established a trident offensive tactic around Antetokounmpo, Thompson and Jokic, but still Lost many games.

The Bucks only lost 4 games in 32 games in the entire 16 years, making many people doubt that they will break the record of 73 wins in the regular season created by the Wizards again.

But in January of 2017, the Bucks lost 6 games in just one month, and the cumulative number of losses reached 10 games, officially announcing the early failure of the impact record.

Throughout January, the Bucks had a total of 16 games and achieved a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, with a winning rate of 62%.

This winning rate is quite astonishing. After all, the team lacks the core player Durant and the important insider Embiid. Only Antetokounmpo, Thompson and Jokic did it.

If the Cavaliers did not have James and the Wizards did not have Curry, it is hard to imagine what the record will be like.

Durant was injured, and the biggest beneficiary was Antetokounmpo. In the absence of strong scoring points, Antetokounmpo took up the offensive burden. The increase in shooting rights was accompanied by an increase in his personal data.

In January, Antetokounmpo averaged 31 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists per game. His performance was not inferior to Westbrook and Harden. People were shocked to find that this tall Greek monster seemed to have really evolved. A monster, entering his fourth season in the league, he's completely unstoppable.

With his outstanding performance in January, Antetokounmpo won the honor of the best player of the month for the first time, and also ranked among the top in the All-Star voting, second only to James and Durant in the East, and even got more votes than Leonard Some.

This year's All-Star voting, the Bucks have become the biggest winners. Durant, Antetokounmpo, Thompson, Jokic and even Embiid are all on the list, although only Durant and Brother Antetokounmpo, but with their outstanding personal ability and popularity, Thompson and Jokic will also be selected as All-Star substitutes in all likelihood.

Compared with last year's All-Star Weekend, when only one player was selected, this year's high probability of selecting four or even five players excited the fans of Milwaukee.

As time entered February, the Bucks' record also began to pick up. On February 10, Durant returned from injury and scored 36 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists in his debut, and his recovery was very good.

The Bucks are officially back with a full lineup.

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On February 19th, the All-Star Weekend was held in New Orleans. As expected, the starting players for the All-Star Game in the Eastern Conference were Curry, Jeremy Lin, James, Durant and Antetokounmpo. With a slight advantage over Wizards forward Leonard, he successfully became the starter of the Eastern Conference All-Star.

Not surprisingly, Thompson and Jokic were selected as All-Star substitutes, while Embiid regretted losing the selection due to playing time and personal data.

The All-Star starters in the West are Westbrook, Harden, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Davis, and Hao Peng.

Two Lakers players were selected for the main game, allowing people to see the re-emergence of the giants.

In fact, this season the Lakers have always been at the top of the Western Conference, only ranked below the Kings and Spurs, and they are fighting with the Clippers for the third position in the Western Conference. It is hard to imagine that this is actually the bottom of the league last season. Team.

And all of this is due to Hao Peng and Butler.

Hao Peng is currently averaging 28.4 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists and 4.2 blocks per game, dominating the basket.

Butler averaged 22 points, 6 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. No matter who he meets on the front line, he will not lose at all.

The Lakers originally wanted to shift their attention directly to the summer offseason and introduce another superstar player.

But the performance of these two made the Lakers temporarily focus back to this season, because even with only these two in the season, the Lakers should be able to make a difference in the playoffs.

There is nothing new in the All-Star Weekend. It is still the old routine that has not changed for thousands of years. In fact, most viewers have already suffered from aesthetic fatigue. If they do not want to watch their favorite players play on the field, I am afraid that there will not be many ratings.

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After the All-Star Weekend, all teams in the league made their final reinforcements.

The Bucks' lineup does not need any adjustments. The lineup structure is reasonable, and the depth of the bench is excellent. The only thing that needs attention is the problem of injuries.

Embiid's physical condition is still a hidden danger that Wang Xiao needs to pay attention to. In the next two months of the regular season, he will strictly control his game time and rhythm.

In fact, after the All-Star weekend, the starting players of the Bucks have all started to take scheduled rotations.

It is impossible to achieve the best record in the regular season, and because Durant has been absent for a long time, he has no chance to compete for the MVP of the regular season. In this case, the championship is their only pursuit. For this goal , We must start making adequate preparations during the regular season.

The team led by Wang Xiao has always had this habit. He will not worry about the players' state fluctuations due to this problem, because the training module can adjust the players' state to the best state at any time.

Throughout February and March, the Bucks' winning rate remained at around 70%, which is not very high, but it is enough to firmly maintain the number one record in the Eastern Conference and even the league, and this is enough for the Bucks up.