When watching the Lakers' first game of the season, I tweeted (@ProfessorDrz) how outstanding Anthony Davis looked. Part of that was that he was finally (!) starting at center, the position that's been his destiny for a decade. But another part was that he looked locked-in, in a way we hadn't seen since the championship run in 2020. He looked quick, explosive, and decisive on both ends of the court and I thought the Lakers would be in for good things this season if he continued to play like that.

The next game, he injured his back and dragged himself around at maybe 50% for the next couple of weeks. The Lakers also couldn't find a shooter that could hit the broad side of a barn from 3-point range, were still having trouble figuring out what to do with Russell Westbrook, lost LeBron James to a groin issue, and couldn't buy a win. The season looked over.

Then, Davis got healthy. And everything changed.

在觀看本賽季湖人隊的第一場比賽時，我在推特上發帖 (@ProfessorDrz) 安東尼戴維斯看起來多麽出色。部分原因是他終于開始打中鋒了，這個位置是他十年來一直糾結的。但另一部分是他身體看起來出色，這是自 2020 年奪冠以來我們從未見過的。他在球場兩端看起來速度快、爆發力強、果斷，我認爲湖人隊會永遠保持競爭力如果他這個賽季繼續這樣打球。

下一場比賽，他的背部受傷了，接下來的幾周他只能以大約 50% 的狀態打比賽。湖人隊也找不到可以從底角命中三分的射手，仍然不知道如何處理拉塞爾威斯布魯克，勒布朗詹姆斯因腹股溝問題缺陣，並且無法獲取一場勝利。

然後，戴維斯恢複了健康。一切都變了。

In his past nine games (which span the past 10 Lakers games), Davis has averaged 35.3 PPG, 15.6 RPG and 64.8 FG%. According to ESPN Stats and Information, Davis is the 10th player in NBA history to average 35 points and 15 rebounds over a 9-game span, and the first to do it since Moses Malone in the 1981-82 season.

Not only has it not been accomplished in more than 40 years, but the other players on the list also include names like Bob Petit, Walt Bellamy, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain and GEORGE MIKAN! Mikan played before the invention of the shot clock! Mikan played for the Lakers back when they still played in Minneapolis, the land of actual Lakes! I can't stop using exclamation points!

在他過去的九場比賽中（過去 10 場湖人比賽），戴維斯場均貢獻 35.3 分、15.6 個籃板和 64.8% 的投籃命中率。根據 ESPN 統計和信息，戴維斯是 NBA 曆史上第 10 位在 9 場比賽中場均得到 35 分和 15 個籃板的球員，也是自1981-82 賽季摩西馬龍以來第一個做到這一點的球員。

已經40多年沒有人做到，榜單上的其他球員還包括鮑勃·佩蒂、沃爾特·貝拉米、埃爾金·貝勒、威爾特·張伯倫和喬治·邁肯等名字！邁肯在24秒發明之前就開始打球了！當湖人隊還在明尼阿波利斯，真正的湖人發源地打球時，邁肯就爲湖人隊效力了！我不得不爲此感歎！

Davis is playing in a way that hasn't been seen since the NBA equivalent of medieval times, and he's showing no signs of letting up. He's fresh off dropping a ho-hum 44 and 10 on Giannis and the Bucks on Friday, then following that up with a double-nickel 55 and 17 on the Wizards on Sunday. The potential for injury will always be a question mark for Davis and I can't lie, if he's on my fantasy team I'm strongly considering trading him while he's playing like the best player in the league but sometimes you have to just enjoy watching a player catch their wave.

Davis is squarely in his wave right now, and we should all be watching.

戴維斯正在以一種從未見過的方式打球，而且他沒有表現出下降的迹象。周五，他剛剛在對字母歌的雄鹿隊的比賽中砍下 44 分和 10 分，然後在周日對奇才隊的比賽中砍下 55 分和 17 分。可能受傷才能阻止戴維斯，我不能說謊，如果他在我的夢幻球隊，我會強烈考慮在他打得像聯盟中最好的球員時交易他，但有時你必須喜歡看一個球員抓住了他們的狀態巅峰。

戴維斯現在正處于他的狀態巅峰中，我們都應該關注。

Karl-Anthony Towns suffered a scary looking injury last week, a non-contact issue that caused him to look back at his lower leg like someone had kicked him. That is often the hallmark of a tragic Achilles injury, and in fact 'Achilles' was trending on Elon Musk's Twitter that entire night. Thankfully, Towns' injury was diagnosed as a strained calf instead, and he's expected back next month. But, in the meantime, we're getting to see the Timberwolves without the Big Kat, and the early results look very interesting.

First, Anthony Edwards is ready to pop. He was already percolating before Towns' absence, and has now scored 25 or more points in five straight games with averages of 27.0 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 3.8 APG, 3.0 SPG, 2.0 3PG and 0.6 BPG in 37.4 MPG during that stretch. Edwards jumped eight spots in my season-long rankings this week, up into the top-25, and for at least the next month he may just outplay that ranking. But, he's not the only Timberwolves player on the rise.

卡爾-安東尼-唐斯上周受了一次看起來很嚇人的傷，這是一個無對抗受傷，導致他回頭看自己的小腿，就像有人踢了他一樣。這通常是悲慘的跟腱受傷的標志，事實上，“跟腱”整晚都在推特上瘋傳。值得慶幸的是，唐斯的傷勢被診斷爲小腿拉傷，他有望在下個月複出。但是，與此同時，我們開始看到沒有唐斯的森林狼隊，而且目前的結果看起來非常有趣。

首先，愛德華茲已經做好了爆發的准備。在唐斯缺席之前，他已經有爆發的趨勢，現在已經連續五場比賽得分超過 25 分，場均 27.0 分、4.6 個籃板、3.8 個助攻、3.0 個搶斷、2.0 個三分和 0.6 個蓋帽，場均 37.4 分鍾。愛德華茲本周在我的整個賽季排名中躍升了 8 位，進入前 25 名，在下個月他可能會超過這個排名。但是，他並不是唯一一個正在崛起的森林狼球員。

D'Angelo Russell has been a forgotten man for the Timberwolves, a scoring lead guard on a team with two other guys capable of averaging 50+ PPG between them. Russell, like Edwards, was already starting to play better before KAT's injury, particularly as a distributor, but for the next month he also resumes his role as a lead scorer. In his past 10 games, Russell has averaged 17.2 PPG and 7.8 APG, but in the two games without KAT it's been 21.0 PPG and 8.0 APG. He's got nightly 20-10 upside for the month of December.

One would think KAT's absence might be a boon for the numbers of Rudy Gobert, and it may prove to be, but Gobert was pedestrian with some foul trouble against the Grizzlies then got tossed with a flagrant-2 foul against the Thunder.

拉塞爾一直是森林狼隊被遺忘的人，他是球隊的得分後衛，有獲得50+得分的能力。拉塞爾和愛德華茲一樣，在唐斯受傷之前就已經開始打得更好了，尤其是作爲一名傳球手，但在接下來的一個月裏，他也恢複了他作爲頭號得分手的角色。在過去的 10 場比賽中，拉塞爾場均貢獻 17.2 分和 7.8 次助攻，但在沒有唐斯的兩場比賽中，他場均得到 21.0 分和 8.0 次助攻。他在 12 月份每晚有 20-10名的上漲空間。

有人會認爲唐斯的缺席可能對戈貝爾的更有利，而且事實可能證明是這樣，但戈貝爾在對陣灰熊隊的比賽中表現平平，遇到了一些犯規問題，然後在對陣雷霆隊的比賽中2 次惡意犯規被罰下。

That opened the door for a player that I was already looking out for: Naz Reid. Reid, available in 98.7% of ESPN leagues, was the first player I picked up when I saw KAT's injury. I've had my eye on Reid since the preseason, because when I watch him play it just seems like the game has slowed down for him. I didn't draft him as a sleeper this season because I didn't see any way he could get enough minutes behind both KAT and Gobert, but now the path is clear for him to get at least strong sixth man minutes for the interim. When Gobert was ejected against the Thunder, Reid responded with a career-high 18 rebounds, 13 points, 4 blocks and 3 assists in 30 minutes. He won't get that much run every game, but if he's playing 25 or so minute per game, he has nightly double-double upside.

唐斯的受傷爲另一位球員也打開了大門：納茲裏德。裏德有98.7%的出勤率，當我看到唐斯受傷時，他是我第一個選擇的球員。我從季前賽就開始關注裏德，因爲當我看他打球時，我覺得比賽對他來說似乎慢了下來。這個賽季我沒有把他排名靠前，因爲我看不出有什麽辦法能讓他在唐斯和戈貝爾之後得到足夠的上場時間，但現在他在此期間至少獲得了作爲第六人的上場時間。當戈貝爾對陣雷霆被驅逐出場時，裏德在30分鍾內得到職業生涯最高的18個籃板13分4蓋帽3助攻。他不會每場比賽得到那麽多的時間，但如果他每場比賽打 25 分鍾左右，他就有每晚兩雙的上升空間。

Chris Paul hasn't played since November 7, but the Suns really haven't missed a beat because Devin Booker has stepped up to "that dude" status.

In his past nine games, Booker has averaged 33.1 PPG (51.4 FG%, 86.6 FT%), 6.2 APG, 5.7 RPG, 2.7 3PG and 1.0 SPG. And that's including Sunday's 20 points in 28 minutes of a game the Suns won by 38 points, he could've given more if remotely needed.

克裏斯保羅自 11 月 7 日以來就沒有上場，但太陽隊真的沒有丟掉任何一場比賽，因爲德文布克已經升級爲“那個家夥”的身份。

在過去的九場比賽中，布克場均貢獻 33.1 分（投籃命中率 51.4%，罰球命中率 86.6%）、助攻 6.2 、籃板 5.7 、三分 2.7 和搶斷 1.0 。這包括周日在太陽隊以 38 分的優勢大勝的比賽中28 分鍾內得到的 20 分，如果需要，他本可以得更多分。

Booker has scored 40 or more points four times in those nine games, and was averaging 45.3 PPG in the three leading up to the blowout. Booker is playing at must-see-TV level of late, but I'll really be watching for what he does when Paul comes back. Paul is reportedly reasonably close to a return, and I'm interested in seeing if Booker will fully maintain his that-dude-ness once CP3 retakes the reins of the team.

在那九場比賽中，布克四次得分超過 40 分，並且在大勝前的三場比賽中場均得到 45.3 分。布克最近的表現是必看的，但我真的會關注保羅回來後他的表現。據報道，保羅相當接近回歸，我很想知道一旦 CP3 重新掌管球隊，布克是否會完全保持他的那種狀態。

Last season, Jordan Poole finally earned a legit claim at the "Third Splash Brother" moniker for the Warriors.

This season, we can add Andrew Wiggins in as Splash Bro number four (in my head I pronounced that 'number fo' to rhyme with Bro, but I digress).

上個賽季，喬丹普爾終于爲勇士隊贏得了“第三個水花兄弟”的稱號。

這一季，我們可以將維金斯添加爲 Splash Bro 第 4 名

Wiggins has hit at least one 3-pointer in every game this season, and has now made at least six 3-pointers in three of his past seven games. After knocking down a season-high eight treys on Saturday, he's upped his average to 4.1 made 3-pointers over that seven game stretch.

威金斯本賽季每場比賽都至少投進一個三分球，而現在他在過去七場比賽中有三場至少投進了六個三分球。在周六投進賽季最高的八個三分球後，他在七場比賽中的平均三分球命中數提高到 4.1 個。

Watching the Thunder-Timberwolves game on Saturday, one of the biggest things that stood out was Josh Giddey taking - and making - three 3-pointers in the second half. The absence of the long-range shot has long been the biggest weakness in Giddey's fantasy resume, and the made treys were his first since November 23, but for him to confidently take seven shots from behind the arc and make three of them strongly suggests he's been working on his shot.

Giddey has made two 3-pointers in five different games this season prior to Saturday, and if he can add that to his repertoire he becomes a much stronger all-around threat. Giddey also has three points-rebounds double-doubles in his past five games, and continues his Jason Kidd-like development in his sophomore season.

在周六觀看雷霆隊與森林狼隊的比賽時，最引人注目的事情之一是約什吉迪在下半場投進並命中了三個三分球。長期以來，遠距離投籃的缺席一直吉迪履曆中的最大弱點，三分球是他自 11 月 23 日才開始投的，但對他來說，從三分線外自信地投 7 球並投中 3 球，這強烈表明他一直在練習他的投籃。

吉迪本賽季在本周六之前的五場不同比賽中投中了兩個三分球，如果他能將這一點添加到他的武器庫中，他將成爲一個更強大的全能球員。吉迪在過去的五場比賽中都獲得了兩雙，並在二年級繼續他的賈森基德式發展。