The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 424 [30 wins and 1 loss in the first half, Love wants to win MVP]

The next game of the Clippers was also smooth sailing, maintaining the winning streak, until February 2 against the Celtics before they encountered strong resistance, and finally won 22 to 118.

The Celtics played well in the first two quarters, leading by 11 points to end the first half, but they lost 72 points in the second half, which was an insult to the Celtics, and the Clippers came back smoothly.

加内特拿下了23分13篮板4助攻，胜过了保罗.加索尔。本赛季他的状态有所回升，场均31.5分钟能拿到16分8.3篮板3助攻 1抢断1盖帽。作为一名年近36岁的老将，加内特的效率惊人，他依旧是联盟炙手可热的内线明星。

Ray Allen, Pierce, Rondo and others also played well.However, due to early injury problems, the Celtics' record is only 15 wins and 17 losses, ranking ninth in the Eastern Conference.

The Clippers ended the first half of the season with a 16-game winning streak, with a total record of 30 wins and 1 loss.The Clippers' schedule in the first half was not particularly intensive, and many teams had already played 34 games.Of course, the same is true for loosening and tightening. After the star game, some of them are busy.

The players finally got a rare vacation, most of them have to rest at home, and some unlucky ones have to recuperate from injuries, such as Thornton, who sprained his knee in the game against the Nuggets and will be absent for a month.Apart from him, the Clippers have no injuries.

Ye Feng was busier than usual on the weekend. He had to go to Orlando to participate in the All-Star game. The thought of signing autographs for a large number of fans made his hands sore. It was more tiring than playing games.

Moreover, Ye Feng is not happy recently because Ariel has not been pregnant for a long time.

He had unconsciously thought of Xiang Shaolong in the novel "Looking for the Qin Dynasty" before. There shouldn't be any sequelae of time travel, right?If it wasn't his problem, maybe it was Ariel.

They took the time to check with a doctor, but it turned out that neither of them had any problems.The doctor recommends buying test strips for testing ovulation. Only when you know exactly which day you ovulate will you be able to plan the timing of conception, and your chances of conception will increase.Ye Feng often went out to play away games, Ariel had irregular rest, and often went to parties to play until midnight, these were all problems.They seem to have time to study these only after the season is over.

From the 24th to the 26th in Orlando, the annual All-Star Weekend is about to begin.Ye Feng wanted to change the All-Stars, and the league did not adopt the idea of ​​introducing fancy shots and heads-up battles. Stern believed that this was not in line with the league's packaging for All-Stars. Basketball is a team sport, and being strong in singles doesn't mean the game is strong. , and losing heads-up will affect the image of many stars.In addition, there is no way to force those stars to participate in the game.So this time the All-Stars are roughly the same as before.

The 10 starting stars of the NBA All-Star Game have been selected long ago, and the Heat and the Lakers occupy 4 of them.Ye Feng was selected as the "Voting King" of the All-Star Game. Despite the support of Chinese fans, the rest of the Clippers still failed to be selected as the starter.Smith's data is not beautiful enough, Pau Gasol and Love are too low-key.

The Eastern and Western starting lineups for the All-Star Game voted by fans around the world are as follows.

West: guard Kobe Bryant (Lakers), Ye Feng (Clippers); forward Kevin Durant (Thunder), Blake Griffin (Grizzlies); center Bynum (Lakers).

Eastern Conference: Guards Rajon Rondo (Celtics), Dwyane Wade (Heat); Forwards: LeBron James (Heat), Carmelo Anthony (Knicks); Center: Dwight Howard (Nets).

Among the above-mentioned 10 players, Griffin and Bynum were selected to the starting lineup for the first time. Bynum was the luckiest. Yao Ming retired due to injury. The data was selected as the starter.This time Kobe was selected to the starting lineup for the 14th consecutive year, thus tying the record for the highest number of consecutive selections to the starting lineup held by O'Neal, West, and Malone.

The bench lineup is voted on by the head coaches of the 30 NBA teams.Some experts have suggested that in the future, the substitutes should simply be selected by the fans.

Selecting an All-Star substitute is troublesome, and the American media described it very well: "The players are responsible for seizing the last chance to perform, the coach is responsible for filling out the ballots, and the media and fans are responsible for the quarrel."

The 7-man bench list for each team seems to be insufficient every year, and this year is even more so.Some people support Dirk Nowitzki, thinking that the king of Germany is not in a good state this season, but the team has a good record, so they should give a spiritual encouragement and affirmation; some people insist that Nash does not relax, because Nash can enhance the viewing of the game , He is too old, and the chances of being selected for the All-Star Game in the future will become less and less, which is especially precious; there are also people who are defenders of traditional standards: Shouldn’t the All-Stars reward those teams with good records?So the Pacers, 76ers, Nuggets and Jazz should all be selected, even though their player statistics are not very good.

In fact, the above three points of view just represent the selection criteria for All-Star substitute players: First, the selected players should preferably be stars, and it is best to represent the image and level of the league, just like last year at this time, even if Duncan's The data is not outstanding, but it is still the 13th consecutive time to appear on the most dazzling stage of the year; second, the All-Star Game must be entertaining, simply put, "everyone" wants to see Nash pass an alley-oop to Ye Feng; Third, the record of the star's team should not be too bad, because basketball is a team sport after all, and driving one's own team to achieve an excellent record is originally the most important criterion for measuring the contribution and value of stars.

Of course, these are unwritten standards. In the emails received by the coaches, there will not be these three items. They are only required to fill in 7 names, including two guards, two forwards, one center, and two random players. position, cannot have its own players, that's all.

But as the media, it is always unavoidable to "share worries" for the coaches, give their own choices for the audience's reference, and for everyone to comment.This year, in this special season, no one dares to say how accurate their vision in selecting star substitutes will be, because this is a shrinking season, many superstars who have been famous for a long time and have been holding the All-Star throne for more than ten years , either their own condition is not good, or they have received special care from the coach, and they have ushered in the lowest point of their careers.

Take Nowitzki as an example. In the past 10 years, he has been selected to the Western Conference All-Star team, but this season, his average points, rebounds, assists, shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage are all higher than those after his rookie season. worst level.If the coaches still habitually fill him in the ballot, it will inevitably appear unfair.A similar situation also appeared in Garnett and Duncan.

Another notable feature of the shortened season is that those civilian teams that do not have superstars and rely on group combat capabilities and chemical reactions are very outstanding in record.The 76ers ranked third in the Eastern Conference, 6 players averaged in double figures per game, but their top scorer was backup guard Louis Williams; the fourth Nuggets in the Western Conference also averaged 6 players in double figures per game, but who could Tell me who is their number one star?The Pacers and Jazz also have such civilian teams. Who knows whether the coaches will choose Granger, Hibbert, Millsap or Al Jefferson?The All-Star admission criteria mentioned above seem to be no longer applicable at this time. Who can become an All-Star depends entirely on the personal preferences of the coaches.

In the hearts of one hundred people, there are one hundred All-Star substitute lists.Choosing a star substitute has never been so sad as this year.

In the end, the West bench selected Deron Williams, Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks); Derrick Rose (Thunder); LaMarcus Aldridge (Blazers); Paul Gasol Bill, Kevin Love (Clippers); Russell Westbrook (Grizzlies).

Eastern bench includes Chris Bosh, OJ Mayo (Heat); Paul Pierce (Celtics); Luol Deng (Bulls); Andre Iguodala (76ers); Lopez (Magic); John Wall (Nets).

And this year's All-Star Game has more leftovers than in previous years.

There are few stars in the Eastern Conference. If it is reasonable to say that Garnett lost the selection, it is really regrettable that Brandon Jennings, who was highly popular before, was not selected.His shooting ability has improved a lot this season, averaging 19.2 points and 5.3 assists per game.Become an offensive arrow figure that the Bucks can rely on.After Andrew Bogut was injured and fell down, he barely kept the Bucks' hope of making the playoffs.

There is also Roy Thibbert, the Pacers star. The Pacers have a good record this year and will definitely enter the playoffs, but in the end Brook Lopez was selected.

This is not controversial. Lopez's data is very good. He played 38 minutes, 20.4 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.7 blocks. Many statistics are career highs, and he is the host. The Magic has to be selected.

The situation in the West is even more tragic, first of all, Josh Smith of the Clippers.The Clippers already have three All-Stars, and his statistics are not convincing, so he can only be disappointed again.The Lakers are currently eighth in the Western Conference, but two of them have been selected as All-Star starters, and it is unreasonable to have a third selected, so Chris Paul is unfortunately excluded.Even Paul can't be selected as an All-Star. It is more logical that Nash lost the selection. Now the Suns are still outside the playoffs.
In addition, there are inside players. The Utah Jazz's record has improved by leaps and bounds this season, which has surprised many people. The thick inside players, especially the starting partners of Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap, have contributed a lot.But both of them missed the All-Star Game.

The last thing I have to mention is the San Antonio Spurs. Now the Spurs have the third record in the Western Conference, but no one has been selected as an All-Star.

Farewell is one of the main themes of this year's All-Stars.Before the announcement of the substitute list, people from all walks of life had already made psychological preparations for the loss of Duncan and others.This is also the first time Duncan has lost the All-Star selection since joining in 1997.The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach. This is an eternal law of nature.

Avery Johnson, the "little general" of the Nets, and Tom Thibodeau of the Clippers served as the head coaches of the eastern and western star teams respectively.

Ye Feng set off with two teammates and flew to Orlando on the night of the 23rd.Ariel will go with Paris Hilton tomorrow, and will not participate in community activities with Ye Feng.

The irony is that superstars don't like All-Star Weekend, especially in a shortened season, when they finally have a chance to rest, but they are more tired than usual.

For the first time, Ye Feng felt a little antipathy towards the All-Star Game, mainly due to his wife's pregnancy problem, he wanted to rest at home and work hard to make a man.But since he was selected, he still had to perform hard.

It is not easy to have so many fans support, and it is time to pay back.Think about Jordan back then, only in 1985 because of injury did he not participate in the All-Star Game, and Jordan also participated in 3 slam dunk contests. The slam dunk contest he staged with Wilkins, the "human movie essence", is still unforgettable for fans.

Some people avoid the All-Stars, while others are struggling to pursue them. After all, this is a rare honor.

The three teammates were chatting on the plane, and they talked about the star game.Pau Gasol asked: "Ye, are you still planning to win the MVP this time?"

Ye Feng smiled and said: "I have already taken it, it doesn't matter, do you want to take it? If you are interested, I can pass the ball to you."

"I can't get it." Gasol said happily.

Love laughed beside him and said, "To be honest, I really want to get it, but at my level and I'm not good at acting, it's very difficult to get the MVP if I want to get high scores."

Ye Feng said lightly: "It's not difficult at all, Tom is the head coach of this game, as long as we tell him, he can easily arrange for us to play together. It doesn't matter if you are not good at dunking performances, shoot three-pointers! You are not Are you still in the three-point contest? The two of us will pass you the ball together, and then we will pair up with two selfless guys. You can shoot boldly, and we will rebound you. Paul, what do you think?"

Gasol said happily: "I have no problem, Kevin, just vote boldly!"

Gasol is a low-key person, he is good at assisting others, and it would be a little uncomfortable for others to assist him.He will not compete for the MVP of the All-Star Game.

"Then it's settled? Thanks!" Le Fu was very happy.The core of the Clippers must be Ye Feng. The MVP of the regular season and finals has nothing to do with him. If he wants to win the MVP, the best stage is the All-Star Game.

Ye Feng really wants to help Love. Love is willing to give up being the core and renew his contract with the Clippers as his helper, which is very important for the team.Without Love and Smith, I'm afraid he still has nothing now.

It's a pity that Smith still hasn't been able to make it to the All-Star. Maybe next season, he can pass a few more balls to Smith to let Smith brush up his statistics.If the data goes up, there is hope of being selected as an All-Star.

The Clippers have a strong lineup, and there is no problem entering the playoffs. Ye Feng also began to feel that the playoffs are the real stage.The Clippers are now strong enough to treat the regular season as training.

(End of this chapter)