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.

在观看本赛季湖人队的第一场比赛时，我在推特上发帖 (@ProfessorDrz) 安东尼戴维斯看起来多么出色。部分原因是他终于开始打中锋了，这个位置是他十年来一直纠结的。但另一部分是他身体看起来出色，这是自 2020 年夺冠以来我们从未见过的。他在球场两端看起来速度快、爆发力强、果断，我认为湖人队会永远保持竞争力如果他这个赛季继续这样打球。

下一场比赛，他的背部受伤了，接下来的几周他只能以大约 50% 的状态打比赛。湖人队也找不到可以从底角命中三分的射手，仍然不知道如何处理拉塞尔威斯布鲁克，勒布朗詹姆斯因腹股沟问题缺阵，并且无法获取一场胜利。

然后，戴维斯恢复了健康。一切都变了。

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!

在他过去的九场比赛中（过去 10 场湖人比赛），戴维斯场均贡献 35.3 分、15.6 个篮板和 64.8% 的投篮命中率。根据 ESPN 统计和信息，戴维斯是 NBA 历史上第 10 位在 9 场比赛中场均得到 35 分和 15 个篮板的球员，也是自1981-82 赛季摩西马龙以来第一个做到这一点的球员。

已经40多年没有人做到，榜单上的其他球员还包括鲍勃·佩蒂、沃尔特·贝拉米、埃尔金·贝勒、威尔特·张伯伦和乔治·迈肯等名字！迈肯在24秒发明之前就开始打球了！当湖人队还在明尼阿波利斯，真正的湖人发源地打球时，迈肯就为湖人队效力了！我不得不为此感叹！

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.

戴维斯正在以一种从未见过的方式打球，而且他没有表现出下降的迹象。周五，他刚刚在对字母歌的雄鹿队的比赛中砍下 44 分和 10 分，然后在周日对奇才队的比赛中砍下 55 分和 17 分。可能受伤才能阻止戴维斯，我不能说谎，如果他在我的梦幻球队，我会强烈考虑在他打得像联盟中最好的球员时交易他，但有时你必须喜欢看一个球员抓住了他们的状态巅峰。

戴维斯现在正处于他的状态巅峰中，我们都应该关注。

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.

卡尔-安东尼-唐斯上周受了一次看起来很吓人的伤，这是一个无对抗受伤，导致他回头看自己的小腿，就像有人踢了他一样。这通常是悲惨的跟腱受伤的标志，事实上，“跟腱”整晚都在推特上疯传。值得庆幸的是，唐斯的伤势被诊断为小腿拉伤，他有望在下个月复出。但是，与此同时，我们开始看到没有唐斯的森林狼队，而且目前的结果看起来非常有趣。

首先，爱德华兹已经做好了爆发的准备。在唐斯缺席之前，他已经有爆发的趋势，现在已经连续五场比赛得分超过 25 分，场均 27.0 分、4.6 个篮板、3.8 个助攻、3.0 个抢断、2.0 个三分和 0.6 个盖帽，场均 37.4 分钟。爱德华兹本周在我的整个赛季排名中跃升了 8 位，进入前 25 名，在下个月他可能会超过这个排名。但是，他并不是唯一一个正在崛起的森林狼球员。

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.

拉塞尔一直是森林狼队被遗忘的人，他是球队的得分后卫，有获得50+得分的能力。拉塞尔和爱德华兹一样，在唐斯受伤之前就已经开始打得更好了，尤其是作为一名传球手，但在接下来的一个月里，他也恢复了他作为头号得分手的角色。在过去的 10 场比赛中，拉塞尔场均贡献 17.2 分和 7.8 次助攻，但在没有唐斯的两场比赛中，他场均得到 21.0 分和 8.0 次助攻。他在 12 月份每晚有 20-10名的上涨空间。

有人会认为唐斯的缺席可能对戈贝尔的更有利，而且事实可能证明是这样，但戈贝尔在对阵灰熊队的比赛中表现平平，遇到了一些犯规问题，然后在对阵雷霆队的比赛中2 次恶意犯规被罚下。

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.

唐斯的受伤为另一位球员也打开了大门：纳兹里德。里德有98.7%的出勤率，当我看到唐斯受伤时，他是我第一个选择的球员。我从季前赛就开始关注里德，因为当我看他打球时，我觉得比赛对他来说似乎慢了下来。这个赛季我没有把他排名靠前，因为我看不出有什么办法能让他在唐斯和戈贝尔之后得到足够的上场时间，但现在他在此期间至少获得了作为第六人的上场时间。当戈贝尔对阵雷霆被驱逐出场时，里德在30分钟内得到职业生涯最高的18个篮板13分4盖帽3助攻。他不会每场比赛得到那么多的时间，但如果他每场比赛打 25 分钟左右，他就有每晚两双的上升空间。

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.

克里斯保罗自 11 月 7 日以来就没有上场，但太阳队真的没有丢掉任何一场比赛，因为德文布克已经升级为“那个家伙”的身份。

在过去的九场比赛中，布克场均贡献 33.1 分（投篮命中率 51.4%，罚球命中率 86.6%）、助攻 6.2 、篮板 5.7 、三分 2.7 和抢断 1.0 。这包括周日在太阳队以 38 分的优势大胜的比赛中28 分钟内得到的 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.

在那九场比赛中，布克四次得分超过 40 分，并且在大胜前的三场比赛中场均得到 45.3 分。布克最近的表现是必看的，但我真的会关注保罗回来后他的表现。据报道，保罗相当接近回归，我很想知道一旦 CP3 重新掌管球队，布克是否会完全保持他的那种状态。

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).

上个赛季，乔丹普尔终于为勇士队赢得了“第三个水花兄弟”的称号。

这一季，我们可以将维金斯添加为 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.

威金斯本赛季每场比赛都至少投进一个三分球，而现在他在过去七场比赛中有三场至少投进了六个三分球。在周六投进赛季最高的八个三分球后，他在七场比赛中的平均三分球命中数提高到 4.1 个。

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.

在周六观看雷霆队与森林狼队的比赛时，最引人注目的事情之一是约什吉迪在下半场投进并命中了三个三分球。长期以来，远距离投篮的缺席一直吉迪履历中的最大弱点，三分球是他自 11 月 23 日才开始投的，但对他来说，从三分线外自信地投 7 球并投中 3 球，这强烈表明他一直在练习他的投篮。

吉迪本赛季在本周六之前的五场不同比赛中投中了两个三分球，如果他能将这一点添加到他的武器库中，他将成为一个更强大的全能球员。吉迪在过去的五场比赛中都获得了两双，并在二年级继续他的贾森基德式发展。