NBA: Art is trash talk

Chapter 420 The All-Star Roster Is Released

In the second half, the Clippers players reduced their intensity on the defensive end.

This kind of subtle change is generally invisible to fans.

Even the King's players may not feel it.

They hit one after another, but they think it's because they feel better.

The morale of the Kings players improved a little because of this, as if they saw hope.

The Clippers players played around, and as the point difference narrowed to 6 points, they suddenly and seriously defended for a few rounds.

They are just in case, afraid that the king will suddenly rise up next.

However, they were clearly overthinking.

After the Clippers players took serious defense, the King's offensive efficiency plummeted.

No matter which position they are in, they don't have much advantage.

In contrast to the Clippers' offense, the Kings couldn't defend at all.

Whether it is against He Xinghui or against Gasol, they need to double-team.

One-on-one defense cannot limit the two cores of the Clippers.

The strategy chosen by the Kings is to double-team He Xinghui and defend against Gasol alone.

The Clippers were not polite to the Kings, and all the ball rights were transferred to Gasol, allowing him to play unlimited singles.

Gasol is also up to the challenge, the face of Brad Miller's defense, almost cast [-]% hit rate.

After the third quarter, 77 to 91, the Clippers still lead by 14 points.

Theoretically speaking, the Kings still have the possibility of catching up and overtaking. The game has not yet entered garbage time, and He Xinghui and Gasol can continue to play.

Of course, this is in theory.

In fact, even pseudo-fans can see that the King is out of play and is not the Clippers' opponent at all.

In the last quarter, He Xinghui and Gasol played again.

The other three are Chen Jianghua, Barkley, and Norman.

The intention to deliberately swipe the data is somewhat obvious, but He Xinghui and Gasol don't care.

The king had already given up, and all the substitutes were on.

However, seeing that the Clippers shamelessly used He Xinghui and Gasol, Seus also had no choice but to replace the main force.

He doesn't want the team to lose too ugly and lose too many points.

After the main force of the Kings is on, the offensive end can at least score steadily.

Whether it is Chen Jianghua, Barkley or Norman, they are all very easy to attack.

The Kings and the Clippers were evenly matched.

However, interested fans and commentators have discovered at this time that Gasol's data is not right.

36 points and 8 rebounds.

This is an extraordinary performance for Gasol.

Of course, this is an extraordinary performance for any insider.

And this is not the final data, there are still 3 minutes left.

The Clippers attacked, He Xinghui was double-teamed, Chen Jianghua passed the ball to Gasol, Gasol singled Brad Miller, and shot a jumper.

He is very stress-free in his shots, and he can accept both hits and misses.

In this case, his shooting quality is very high.

The ball goes in.

38 points.

The king counterattacked, Martin bypassed He Xinghui, directly attacked Barkley's side, broke through and scored a layup.

This scoring process is even more straightforward than Gasol.

Judging from this round alone, the Kings seem to play as well as the Clippers.

The Clippers counterattacked, and He Xinghui and Gasol played a pick-and-roll.

The Kings players haven't realized that the Clippers are helping Gasol's data, and still focus on He Xinghui in defense.

So that Gasol got a very easy air cut opportunity, He Xinghui threw the ball, Gasol caught up with the ball and dunked in.

40 points.

Gasol grinned back to the defense, 40 points, and his goal was completed.

He made a few more shots over the next few possessions, hitting twice.

competition is over.

109 to 122, the Clippers finally won by 13 points, a small victory.

In terms of statistics, He Xinghui scored 34 points, 7 rebounds and 14 assists.

Even if he didn't deliberately swipe, just hit casually, the data is so dazzling.

Gasol scored 44 points and 11 rebounds. This was almost the most beautiful battle in his career. The second highest score in his career, and the first highest score was only 46.

At the post-match press conference, the reporter asked about the All-Stars.

He Xinghui said: "I think Paul should also be an All-Star. He has this strength. Although his previous statistics are not dazzling enough, they are sacrifices made for the team."

What He Xinghui said was quite heavy.

If it is in the East, his words can basically help Gasol into the starting lineup.

Unfortunately, they are in the west.

The popularity of Duncan, Anthony, and Nowitzki is also quite high.

It is not easy for Gasol to compete with them.

After beating the Kings, Gasol's number of votes came to No. 8 in the West, and his ranking increased by 7 places, which can be called a soaring.

However, on the front line, he is still fourth, after Anthony, Duncan, and Nowitzki.

On the 25th, the Clippers challenged the Pacers away, and it was another battle of abuse.

He Xinghui continued to help Gasol brush up the data, but Gasol only got 32+12.

It's not that Gasol can't do it, but that it's not easy for inside players to get high scores.

After the Pacers realized the Clippers' intentions, they also made a little targeted defense, and Gasol's efficiency immediately dropped a lot.

Moreover, 32 points is actually not low.

Although He Xinghui is 50+60+ at every turn, it is as worthless as 30 points.

However, after excluding the case of He Xinghui, most of the stars in other games scored more than 20 points.

Getting 30 points is a small explosion.

Gasol's two consecutive 30+10 games have been praised by the media.

However, this is not enough, his votes still can not catch up with the front three.

There is no way, the outbreak of the two games is not as good as Duncan's background after all.

Players who occasionally break out in two or several games can't be counted with ten hands.But there are only a handful of stable players like Duncan Nowitzki and the others.

No fan will think that Gasol, who broke out in two games, is better than Duncan.

On the 27th, the Clippers lost to the Mavericks.

The Clippers want to continue to help Gasol get some stats, but it's a pity that he really can't take advantage of Nowitzki.

24 points and 9 rebounds, looks pretty good too.

However, he used 28 shots in this game, which was very inefficient.

After losing to Nowitzki, the increase in Gasol's votes directly stagnated.

This kind of direct counterpoint failure is too fatal.

"Paul, give up."

Dunleavy found Gasol, hoping that he would no longer be obsessed with data.

Of course, this is what the management meant.

The management hopes to give priority to ensuring He Xinghui's triple-double data, and not to delay He Xinghui's data for Gasol.

In these few games, He Xinghui's data has been lower than the average level.

Gasol didn't know what to say when he heard the words. He didn't want to give up, but he knew he was not qualified to fight.

"This is not only my suggestion, but also the meaning of the management. In fact, you are very good in the Clippers now, aren't you? The team has the highest salary, core status, and championship honors."

"Actually, a lot of players want to trade with you."

Dunleavy reminded.

If Gasol insists on stats and affects He Xinghui's triple-double plan, the management will send him away without hesitation.

There are many stars who want to come to the Clippers.

Not to mention, Brand of the Lakers next door wants to go back to the Clippers very much.

Artest also wants to come, and Odom also has this meaning.

Marion, Josh Smith, Bosh, Granger
In short, Gasol is really not for sale for the Clippers.

"I know, I'll play as normal in the future."

Gasol said.

He is not stupid, he knows his position in the management's heart, and he is not qualified to ask for data swiping.

At the same time, he is still reluctant to leave the Clippers.

At the very least, you have to win a three-peat first.

Subsequently, the Clippers returned to normal.

On the premise of winning the game as much as possible, He Xinghui is given priority to collect data.

Gasol Well, is to keep a low profile.

After the game in January, the Clippers had a record of 1 wins and 41 losses, continuing to rank first in the league.

The Celtics are 41 wins and 7 losses, ranking second.

The competition between the two teams is still fierce.

The Pistons stretched slightly, 38 wins and 10 losses.

He Xinghui's data in January was worse than that in December, but it was still the best month in the West.

His is slightly worse, but also better than other people's outbreaks.

In the words of star fans, He Xinghui is the only player.

Kobe, Garnett, and Duncan are all inferior to him.

There is nothing wrong with this.

After entering February, the All-Star competition became more and more intense.

The Clippers did not allow Gasol to swipe his data again, but He Xinghui is still helping him canvass.

This can be regarded as some compensation for Gasol.

With the help of He Xinghui, Gasol's votes surpassed Nowitzki's and ranked third on the front line.

Unfortunately, that's all.

The gap between him and Anthony is a bit big, a full difference of more than 50 votes.

"This must be secretly manipulated by the alliance."

In private, He Xinghui complained.

He couldn't believe that his influence was so low. He had already helped Gasol solicit votes, so how could he not be able to beat Anthony.

His fans are said to be 60 billion, but the real number is at least hundreds of millions.

One out of 100 fans will help, which is also 100 million votes.

This kind of voting doesn't need to cost any money, and those star fans have no reason to be so shameless.

Therefore, He Xinghui suspected that the Alliance had secretly intervened.

"Admit it, your influence is just that."

Barkley sneered.

"How many votes do you have, oh, sorry, I forgot that you are not eligible for the candidate list."

He Xinghui said sarcastically.

"I'm a top [-] player, so I'm too lazy to go to the All-Star."

Buckley said.

The two people complained to each other, making everyone laugh.

The only one who couldn't laugh was Gasol.

However, he has accepted this reality, so he is not particularly depressed.

On the 10th, polling day ends.

The All-Star starters are all released.

In the East, Garnett received the most votes with 270 million.

Followed by James 230 million, Howard 210 million, Kobe Bryant 190 million.

Kobe has good statistics this season and the team record is also good, but the votes are not as good as James.

There is no way, he was abused too badly by He Xinghui before, lost too many fans, lost too much popularity.

It's also a good thing that he chose to come to the Pistons. If he stays with the Lakers, he may not get 50 votes this season.

But even with only 190 million, he was selected as the starter, after all, he is a defender.

The Eastern Conference starters are Wade, Kobe, James, Garnett, Howard.

O'Neill lost the election sadly, he only had 90 votes.

This season, O'Neal officially fell from the altar.

Everyone knows that he is old.

The bench lineup has not been announced, but there is a high probability that it will be Ray Allen, Pierce, Carter, and Billups.

In the west, He Xinghui ranked first with 520 million votes.

That's far less than his fan count.

According to Mark Collins' analysis, it may be that those star fans saw that his advantage was too great, so they were lazy to vote.

If an opponent really poses a threat to He Xinghui, the number of votes can easily be doubled.

Invincibility is also a kind of sadness.

In second place is Duncan with 210 million votes.

Old but not stiff refers to this guy.

It doesn't show mountains and dews at ordinary times, but it has a profound foundation.The number of fans who like him may not be as many as Anthony, but there are more diehard fans.

Anthony is third with 190 million votes.

In terms of statistics, Anthony is not particularly beautiful, only 29 points.

In terms of the team record, it is not worth mentioning, hovering in the eighth or ninth place.

However, his popularity is so high, this is a mystery.

Yao Ming is fourth with 150 million.

Nowitzki fifth, 144 million.

Yi Jianlian No.11, 44.

This number is very problematic. It must be that the league has made changes, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to only 44.It is even impossible for Yao Ming to only have 150 million.

You know, more than a month ago, Chinese fans were spontaneously organizing votes, hoping to see Chinese fans occupying the three starting scenes.

More than people, when did China lose?
Even if Yi Jianlian is still far from a superstar, it is impossible to get only 44 sympathy votes.

After the statistics of the votes were released, Chinese fans yelled and cursed the league for operating in the dark.

However, scolding is scolding, and the fans are actually not particularly angry after scolding.

The reason is very simple. Everyone knows in their hearts that Yi Jianlian's level at this time is too reluctant to make it into the starting lineup.

It is reasonable to not be able to enter.

The starting lineup in the West is Nash, He Xinghui, Anthony, Duncan, Yao Ming.

Even Nowitzki lost.

This is also the reason why Chinese fans are not too angry. I am afraid that except for a very few brain-dead, no one will think that Yi Jianlian is stronger and more qualified than Nowitzki.

The big-name players who lost the starting lineup are not only Nowitzki, but also Stoudemire.

And McGrady, Gasol, Paul, Boozer, Iverson.
There are only five places, and the competition is too fierce.

A few days later, the list of all-star substitutes was also announced.

In the east are Ray Allen, Pierce, Bosh, Billups, Joe Johnson, Jamison, Carter.

O'Neal didn't even make the bench.

No way, the substitutes are chosen by the coaches of the thirty teams.

In the eyes of those coaches, O'Neal has died.

Although there are still many fans who want to see O'Neal's performance, those coaches will not consider this.

The seven substitutes in the West are Chris Paul, Roy, Stoudemire, Nowitzki, Gasol, Kidd, and David West.

Yi Jianlian lost the election, which is actually reasonable.

It can only be said that he was born at the wrong time. Now that there are He Xinghui and Yao Ming in the league, there is no need for the league to praise another Chinese star.

If it weren't for Yao Ming's strong strength, beautiful statistics, and excellent team record, I am afraid that Yao Ming would also lose the election.

Yao Ming was selected this time because of his actual strength and positional advantage.

If it wasn't for the withering talent at the center position, if he was a striker, he wouldn't be able to make the starting lineup.

(End of this chapter)