Chapter 232 Another year of All-Stars!(1/2)
With less than a month left before the All-Star Game, the All-Star voting deadline is less than a week.
At this point in time, the NBA regular season situation is extremely fierce, and there are great changes in the game. Even the teams with the best in the league will lose because of the opponents they meet and have a star suddenly.
However, the Bucks' record at this time was more stable.
The three Musketeers and Reed, after the previous three rounds of All-Star voting, can basically be confirmed, and they have no hope of entering the All-Star Game through fan voting.
Then there is only one way to participate in the All-Star Game, that is, in less than a month left, we will strive for the appreciation of the head coaches of the NBA teams, and enter as an All-Star substitute through the head coach votes.
The head coach's voting starts after the All-Star starting lineup is confirmed.
In fact, the time for the head coach to choose a substitute is not before the All-Star Game begins, and it is basically determined one week after the fan voting ends.
A few of the uncertainties are that suddenly some All-Star players are injured and cannot participate in the All-Star Game, so they need to be reconsidered.
And for those stars who are eager to become All-Stars as substitutes, there is no more time left! If you don’t fight, you will only have the goal of rushing to the playoffs this season.
The three Musketeers of the Bucks, and Reid is definitely more than the playoffs goal. Their goal and idea are the same, that is, the defending champion.
However, since he already has the championship ring and He Li is so powerful, FMVP is basically out of reach, so they must think more about themselves.
Set a small goal first and become an All-Star!
It was also due to the continuous explosion of teammates that the Bucks' schedule was not easy to play, but their record was quite outstanding and they won consecutive victories.
He Lik said to his opponents in Versailles: "You fell down before I tried hard!"
On January 17, the Bucks played against 75 people.
Relying on Ray Allen's sudden outbreak, he scored 17 points in the first quarter and 12 points in the third quarter. He made 11 of 18 shots in three quarters, 9 of 14 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 34 points efficiently, leading the team to win the game.
Immediately afterwards, in the 18th game against the Celtics, the Big Dog God descended to earth and kept breaking through the inside to commit fouls.
In just 4 minutes of his debut in the first quarter, O'Neal made a series of defensive fouls, causing O'Neal to bear three times in the first quarter and suffered fouls.
In the second quarter, the Celtics failed to start with Pierce, but they continued to speed up with the second lineup, causing the Celtics to collapse.
When O'Neal was forced to play in the second quarter, he scored points, and He Li brought the shooter group to the game again.
O'Neal was very happy to grab the rebound, but in fact the influence of the court was not very high.
With the 32-point advantage established in the first half, the Bucks easily controlled the game in advance.
Immediately afterwards, the Bucks fought against the Celtics again.
The Bucks scored 20 and 6 players in double digits, and finally won the big victory again with a big score of 140 to 107 at TD North Shore Garden Arena!
In a short period of time, the Bucks defeated the Celtics led by O'Neal and Pierce in two consecutive games, which made the Celtics management, who was originally scheduled to be the dominant position in the Eastern Conference, a little doubted about their life.
How could O'Neal, who is at the peak and Pierce, who has just reached the peak, not a match for the Bucks?
These two are famous figures in the league and are stars above the All-Star level.
Even if the Bucks have a good lineup and excellent configuration, the Celtics can't win a regular season game, which is worth thinking about! What's the difference between the Celtics now?
Starting from the preseason, the Celtics have lost four consecutive games.
The regular season has been almost halfway through, and the Celtics have won many teams, including many strong teams, but they have never won a single game against the Bucks.
According to this situation, even if the Celtics enter the playoffs, they will become fish on the Bucks' chopping board.
O'Neal was a little dissatisfied with this situation, and his dissatisfaction even made him miss the poisonous snake in Los Angeles.
Pierce is also a little bit emotional. The team should give him more ball rights. He will prove that he is an ordinary All-Star, but a superstar who is not inferior to He Li!
The Bucks defeated 75 people in succession, and the two strong Celtic teams finally met another bottom team, so they could take a break.
On January 25, the Bucks fought against the Nuggets in the rebuilding, and naturally they won easily.
After the game this week, the results of the All-Stars' fourth round of voting have also been announced.
Unfortunately, after four rounds of All-Star voting, He Li won a total of 1.97 million votes, almost breaking the 2 million mark.
Of course, compared with 1.19 million votes last year, He Li, who won the championship, FMVP and All-Star MVP, has made a huge increase in popularity.
As the international voting channel continues to open this year, the cumulative number of votes in All-Star voting has also increased further.
Not only He Li, the new All-Star vote king, surpassed Carter, the All-Star vote king with 1.57 million votes last year.
Kobe and Jordan also surpassed Carter last year with 1.64 million and 1.6 million votes respectively.
In addition, Garnett and Yao Ming also received 1.5 million votes.
Overall, the number of followers in this year's All-Star Game has further increased.
But this is good for the NBA, it is good for the vast majority of starters, but it is of no use to Yao Ming.
To this day, Yao Ming's personal data is only 13.6 points and 7.8 rebounds.
Although he is one of the best rookies this year, with such data, he has never had the chance to enter the All-Star Game in previous years, let alone enter as a starter.
If virtue is not in harmony with the position, there will be disaster.
With the support of domestic fans, Yao Ming suddenly achieved the long-cherished wish that most NBA stars could not pursue.
Moreover, because of the limited number of places in the All-Star Game, this undoubtedly touched other people's cakes and became a thorn in the eyes of other stars.
Public opinion in North America is also very unfavorable to Yao Ming. If it weren't for Francis and Shuai Tang's support of Yao Ming, perhaps the environment Yao Ming was in in the mosaic team would be very uncomfortable.
Even so, Yao Ming couldn't help calling He Li a while ago: "Brother Li, I have indeed been under a lot of pressure recently.
I all think I might have to take some sleeping pills to fall asleep.
But I won’t let everyone down, I will cherish this opportunity to be an opponent with you.”
In fact, Yao Ming has no problem with his ability to withstand pressure. He became the youngest FMVP in CBA early on, and participated in the NBA draft as a pure foreign player, becoming the top pick in the NBA.
Over the years, Yao Ming not only did not hit the rookie wall, but instead fought with pressure, which was enough to prove Yao Ming's ability and psychological quality.
Of course, there is still pressure, otherwise Yao Ming would not be worried about asking He Li to talk to him to relieve the pressure.
Back to the topic, the All-Star voting ended, and the list of starters from the East and West is basically confirmed.
East: Iverson, Kidd, O'Neal, Jordan, He Li.
West: Francis, Kobe, Yao Ming, Garnett, Duncan.
So, the most important thing left is, which 14 players will be selected for the 29 NBA head coaches and serve as the substitutes for the East and West All-Stars?
Before February arrived, the regular season became full of gunpowder again.
Even Carter, who had just recovered from injury, led the Raptors to fully fire, and did not care about the high-ranking signings for the next draft year.
The same is true for the Bucks. Ray Allen was almost popular during the All-Star voting stage, a distance from Iverson, and even Kidd was a little better than Ray Allen.
But as a substitute, he is quite sure to enter the All-Star Game.
However, the problem is that there are two other players who are expected to enter the All-Star Game alone.
This made Ray Allen dare not take it lightly.
As for the other two, they naturally work harder to enter this All-Star Game.
Time turned to January 27, and the Bucks played against the Pelicans, who had already fallen to eighth place in the East.
The Pelicans who changed their home court had only three tricks at the beginning. Now they have figured out their tricks. In addition, the schedule is not very beneficial to them, so they are now falling all the way to the edge of the playoffs.
This time, he met a Bucks, who was ranked first in the Eastern Conference and ranked first in the league, and there was nothing to say. The Bucks won the Pelicans cleanly.
It is a good thing for the Bucks to easily win the Pelicans, but it may not be possible for He Li.
The Bucks have won consecutive victories for most of the past half month, but He Li's Player of the Week and Player of the Month are getting further and further away from him.
Even if the Bucks want to win honor points, they can't even get a single MVP.
I have to say that other core players of the Bucks are in good condition. Even if some of them have ups and downs, there will be situations where others immediately take the lead.
Even if you encounter Celtics with such intensity, He Li doesn't need to do anything, and you can open your firepower and win the game.
The lack of sufficient personal data support made He Li a little depressed.
The three-quarter check-in is indeed in line with He Li’s basketball philosophy - health basketball. Health basketball is difficult to win honor and is recognized by everyone.
In other words, if you win a game with your thighs, you don’t have some hard strength or special means, you really can’t steal the limelight from others.
To put it bluntly, He Li is still young and lacks the means to grab MVP at critical moments.
"He Li, can I exchange jerseys with you?"
On the 28th, after the Bucks and the 75th man game, Iverson brought the jersey he wore during this game and had signed autographs to the Bucks locker room to find He Li.
He Li didn't know why Iverson asked him to exchange jerseys, but Iverson was his childhood idol after all, so He Li would naturally not reject Iverson's proposal.
Not only that, He Li also hugged Iverson, hugged and took a photo.
"Although I don't know if you have any ideas about the next All-Star Game.
But I still have to say it in advance. I look forward to being teammates with you. We will definitely defeat the Western Conference All-Star team again.
In addition, I am looking forward to meeting you in the regular season next time and then competing with you.”
"I wish you a happy evening." Iverson didn't talk much with He Li. He quickly left after taking He Li's jersey.
This made He Li vaguely feel like he was abandoned by a scumbag.
To be continued...