It is said that Durant s debut starts at 30+?

reporter Shams has updated the preview of two more important NBA schedules and nodes for the 25-26 season today, namely the opening day and the Christmas schedule. And the Rockets actually played in these two days.

Opening Day: Rockets vs Thunder (visited)

Christmas Battle: Rockets vs Lakers

As we all know, fans who have been paying attention to the Rockets should remember that the Rockets have basically not been linked to these two game days in recent years. The Rockets last opened the game against the Bucks in the 19-20 season, while the Rockets faced the Warriors twice in Harden's heyday. The last Christmas battle of the Rockets was also in 2019, and the last Christmas battle was also a classic Fire War. I don't know if you still remember that game. The Rockets Harden and Westbrook scored 54 points together, but they still lost to the Warriors who were absent from Curry.

Summary so much is to say that in the post-Harden era, we are no longer a traffic team. Nowadays, the return of the opening day + Christmas battle also means that the Rockets have returned to the period of strong traffic. The Rockets' fight against the Thunder in the opening game is definitely a topic that the league has forcibly created. First of all, there is no historical "dispute" between the Rockets and the Thunder themselves and does not belong to the traditional feud. It is obvious that the league wants to create a story to let everyone see the return of Durant, the first big boss of the City, to the Thunder, witnessed the latter's championship flag.

And then there is no need to say how huge booing Durant will receive. To complete the Rockets' chief in such an extreme environment, it will be full of pressure for Durant, but it is indeed the story that the league wants to see the most. However, we don’t have to worry about whether Durant will explode when fighting the Thunder. Durant played 30.7+7.9+3.1 per game with the Thunder in 15 games in his career. It is very ruthless. Although this year with the Thunder's strong rise, the overall performance of 30+ in the last three times is much worse than in the Universe, it is also necessary to consider that Durant has a lot of defensive pressure in the Suns and has no time to output crazy, and he can concentrate on attacking in the Rockets. Looking forward to Durant's first game of 30+ in the new season.

And as for the Christmas War, we will see more clues.

Cavaliers VS Knicks

Spurs VS Thunder

Rockets VS Lakers

Mavericks VS Warriors

Timberwolves VS Nuggets

Although the specific time has not been released, according to past regulations, the overall schedule is basically arranged from 1 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. to 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. So the Rockets are likely to be able to play 6 o'clock with the Lakers. This time point is actually the most important game every year in the NBA officially arranged by the Christmas game, which is the king-level game. Because this time point is better for American audiences, both the East Coast and the West Coast audience. So in the past few years, the Warriors vs Cavaliers and Lakers vs Celtics have been fighting at this point in time.

In fact, if the traffic is complete, the Warriors vs. Lakers are still the largest traffic in the league, but given that these two teams have played once on the opening day and both are West Coast teams. If these two teams arrange a showdown, it is likely that it will be 9 o'clock. So in order to balance the ratings, the league placed the Lakers, the most popular, and the Warriors, the second most popular, at 9 o'clock. If the Rockets place the game at 6 o'clock, it means that in the league, the Rockets are the team that takes on the third traffic.

In fact, I personally think that letting the Lakers vs. Mavericks and Rockets vs. Warriors will be more interesting. The former is Doncic's fight against his old club again, while the latter is the new and old hatreds of Fire and the old hatreds together. But the league finally matched the Rockets to the Lakers because they were afraid that the Mavericks would not be able to bear the ratings, so they chose the most secure matchup between Zhan Du. The statement of Lakers' reporter Daniel Starkand is also very real. "It is surprising that the Rockets can become Lakers' opponent on Christmas Eve, but the matchup between Jen Du will never disappoint."