So-called effortless showing off meant showing off without doing it deliberately.
Tang Tian truly had not done it deliberately.
Because the Pelicans had kept winning throughout November. As of the day before Thanksgiving, they had opened the season with 16 straight wins, still undefeated!
They had also overtaken the 15-1 Warriors to claim the top spot in the Western Conference!
Deron had been in a slump, so Brogdon stepped up. After entering the rotation, he steadily contributed 8.6 points and 2.6 assists per game, with a Three-Point Percentage of 43%!
Stephenson was injured, so Joe Harris stepped up. Though he did not score much, his Three-Point Percentage was also 41%!
As the season progressed, Ariza gradually regained his form and returned to the starting lineup!
The lineup kept changing, but winning remained unchanged!
While displaying their terrifying depth, the Pelicans were also proving Tang Tian's words: they were merely doing what Defending Champions were supposed to do!
The Pelicans had no game on Thanksgiving Day.
However, one game that day drew enormous attention: the Warriors versus the Thunder.
The two most watched teams this season were the Pelicans and the Warriors, but the two most watched players were Tang Tian and Westbrook.
Tang Tian had averaged a Triple-Double in the first week of the season. Although his numbers declined afterward because he kept clocking out after three quarters, his current Near Triple-Double averages of 30.2 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 9.6 assists were still dazzling.
As for Westbrook, he was directly averaging a Triple-Double so far!
31.5 points, 10.7 rebounds, and 10.4 assists per game!
Although his 42.5% field goal percentage was on the low side and his team's 9-7 record was only average, that did not diminish the brilliance of his numbers!
This was a genuine Triple-Double average!
After Harden,