Starting from the last bus in the NBA

Chapter 229 All-Star Lineup

Gentry believes that Wang Hao's role is not only to score, but also to connect teams.

Facing such a comprehensive team, it is natural to destroy their coordination.

Playing normally, the Clippers have almost no chance of winning. If this is the case, then change your thinking.

However, throughout the game, Wang Hao got a lot of one-on-one opportunities and almost never encountered double-teams.

What Gentry did was to separate Wang Hao from others.

To be honest, this method really cannot be said to be wrong, especially if it was put on last season.

I don't want to say whether I can win the Supersonics, but it is still possible to put Wang Hao down.

It's just that Shibie will look at him with admiration for three days, and it's been a season.

I don't know if it was Gentry's bad luck, but it happened to catch up with Wang Hao's hot state today.

In the end, with the blessing of Wang Hao's 10 three-pointers, he scored 55 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, beating the Clippers.

The score of 55 points broke Wang Hao's personal scoring record again, and it is also the highest score scored by a player in a single game this season.

And this record was just kept by Iverson.

What's more interesting is that this is the fifth game in which an individual has scored more than 1 points since January.

I have to say, it's very interesting, is this the month of scoring?

Even more unbelievable is that Iverson scored more than 50 points in two games this month.

Plus Chris Webber of the Kings, and Tony Delco of the Suns.

Isn't the last one a little weird?Very strange!
It's right to be unfamiliar, Tony Delco is not a well-known player at all, and he is just a substitute in the Suns.

This season, the scoring average was just over 10 points per game, and suddenly it exploded.

However, after knowing that their opponent is the Kings, it is not particularly strange.

After all, the Kings' defense is just like that, focusing on offense with all their strength, and there are no small problems in defense.

What's really interesting is that in that game, Tony Delco played up to 50 minutes and played an overtime reason.

Moreover, his hit rate is as high as 75%, it is like installing a navigation system, no matter how you cast.

In the end, he completed an unprecedented 27 points with 53 shots.

Of course, there were 15 free throws and 13 of them were hit. This efficiency is simply exaggerated.

At the end of the game in January, the Sonics had 1 games and a record of 17 wins and 13 losses.

The score of 39 wins and 9 losses directly allowed the Sonics to continue to lead the league.

Following closely behind the Sonics is the digital team. Under the leadership of Iverson, they got 34 wins and 11 losses.

Not only that, with a record of 12 wins and 3 losses this month, Iverson also successfully won the best of the month.

34.6 points, 4.4 assists, and 2.7 steals, such data are indeed well deserved.

It's just that he averaged 45 minutes per game, and Larry Brown really didn't use him as a human being.

Ranked third in the league is the Blazers. Yes, with a wave of winning streak in the second half of the month, the Blazers once again overtook a series of opponents.

As for the other teams, because they lost one or two more games, their record rankings dropped rapidly.

国王队30胜12负，马刺队28胜15负，爵士队28胜16负，湖人队28胜16负。

See how thick this is?The wins between each other did not exceed 1 game.

The end of the game in January also expressed two things. First, it must be more than half of the schedule.

By this time, the pattern of the East and West can be seen initially, and what the playoffs will be like.

Of course, the next competition is still fierce.

The only difference is that it depends on whether you are competing for a place in the playoffs or qualifying for the playoffs.

Even for the Sonics, it is not yet time to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, and the advantage is not obvious.

Especially the digital team, which has been biting the supersonic duel, it simply does not give the slightest chance to breathe.

In addition, another thing is the All-Star Game.

Now, the All-Star voting has ended, just waiting to announce the final list, as well as the head coach.

This year's All-Star will be held in Washington on February 2, which is the first battle of the new century.

Speaking of the All-Star Game, there is another very interesting thing that made everyone pay attention to the Huaxia fans again.

Needless to say, Wang Hao firmly occupies the top two positions in the West, that is, in the early days, O'Neal has some advantages.

As Wang Hao's teammates, Gary Payton and Patrick Ewing's votes were not low at all.

In the end, Gary Payton got more than 12 votes, directly surpassing Kidd of the Suns.

That is, Kobe, who performed very well this year, coupled with the strong support of the Lakers, otherwise Kobe would overthrow him.

There is also the gorilla Ewing, who turned out to be the second center in the Western Conference.

That is to say, O'Neal is in full swing, and Ewing's All-Star votes cannot shake O'Neal.

It's just that, including David Robinson and Verati Divac, they were all surpassed by Ewing.

This season, Ewing averaged 12.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, which is still a bit short compared to others.

On February 2, with the arrival of the All-Star month, the NBA officially announced the relevant news.

The first is the starting list of the All-Stars. In fact, there are not many surprises.

The starting center in the Western Conference is O'Neal, the two forwards are Duncan and Garnett, and the guards are Wang Hao and Kobe.

In the East, the starting center is Alonzo Mourning, the forwards are Grant Hill and Carter, and the guards are Iverson and Tracy McGrady.

It's just that this year's All-Star starters suffered a lot of injuries. According to the current situation, basically [-]% of them were injured.

Mourning has not played a game since the beginning of the season, and his comeback is nowhere in sight.

There is also Grant Hill, who is basically determined to be reimbursed for the season, and there is no hope of returning in a short time.

There are also injuries in the West. O'Neal also played not long ago, and it is estimated that he will rest for a month or so.

See, let's just say O'Neal's frame is prone to injuries, especially now, with age and weight gain.

Wang Hao remembers that O'Neal has never been full-time in his career, especially in recent years.

With the increase in age and weight, the injury problem has always been with O'Neal, it's just a matter of how much.

In other words, there are only 10 spots for the 7 All-Star starters, and there are 17 spots left.

Three of the spots are to replace injured All-Stars.

There is also the matter of the vote champion. In the end, Carter still won the vote champion this season.

With a bonus of 180 million All-Star votes, there is still a big gap between Wang Hao and him.

In the first game in February, the Sonics played at home against the Bulls from afar.

"king!"

"Ron, Elton, this way!"

When Artest came to Seattle, Wang Hao, as the host, naturally wanted to entertain him well.

Since Artest is invited, even Elton Brand is also brought, which is just a meal.

As for what else do the two want to play?

Then it's none of Wang Hao's business, after all, he is an upright person and doesn't like to do this.

"Hi, Wang!"

Elton Brand forced a smile, but he was not in high spirits and was a bit depressed.

"Elton, what's the matter? It doesn't look very good."

Elton Brand shook his head bitterly, as if he didn't really want to talk. On the other side, Artest had already said.

"What else could it be? Naturally, it's about the All-Stars."

Needless to say, Wang Hao already knew what was going on, and this matter had aroused quite a lot of discussion.

Especially the Bulls fans are very dissatisfied.

This season, Elton Brand still maintained his performance, still hitting 20+10 data.

Last season, you could say that other teams didn't pay attention to it. Can't you say that again this season?
You can say that the Bulls' performance is not good, but it would be too much to question Elton Brand's personal performance.

And the All-Stars, isn't it all about personal performance?

Elton Brand, however, missed out on the All-Star team this season.

Not only that, but he was not included in the two replacement spots that were announced immediately afterwards.

If this is not depressing, then there is a problem.

伱看东部队的几名内线，小安东尼奥梅森场均16+9，安东尼奥戴维斯13+10，穆托姆博9+14。

Moreover, the entire eastern team only has these three insiders. Anyway, it seems that Brand should also have a spot.

But, again, he was ignored.

No way, although the All-Stars look at personal data, it's just that the team's record will still be affected.

"Look out, Elton, I believe in you, you can always enter the All-Star."

Artest also said: "Yes, Elton, don't think too much, we can always enter the All-Star."

"Yes, Ron, I like you."

Seeing that Brand was still a little depressed, Artest had no choice but to use his big move.

"Elton, I am familiar with this place in Seattle. I will show you a good place later. I treat you!"

He kept winking as he spoke.

Although they didn't say it clearly, they are all big men, so who can't understand what this means.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Elton Brand's eyes lit up and his heart moved.

"Does the king want to come too?"

The main reason for saying this is that Elton Brand seems to have never heard of it, and Wang Hao has news about it.

You know, even when he went to the small hotel in the middle of the night, he could be photographed by reporters, but Wang Hao never had such news.

Those related to Wang Hao are basically Hollywood stars, or famous models.

Take a look, the gap is too big!
To be honest, even though he knew Wang Hao, Elton Brand was really jealous.

Before Wang Hao spoke, Artest said directly: "He doesn't need it, we just take care of ourselves."

When I said this, I seemed to think of the previous meeting again, which was really annoying.

When I was at St. John's University, young people who were energetic together always needed a way to vent.

In the past, including Artest and other players, they went to the street to spend some money to solve it.

Of course, if you can put on a good show and get a girlfriend, that's going to save you money.

But when I came to Wang Hao's place, I could receive all kinds of small notes every day, and I could let myself choose from thousands of choices.

If you don't say anything, you will be tears if you say too much.

I don't know if it's because of too much money and too much fun. During the game the next day, the two of them became soft-legged shrimps.

On the defensive end, Artest couldn't put too much pressure on Wang Hao.

On the offensive end, Elton Brand's performance was only quite satisfactory, not outstanding.

For a team with no more than 10 wins, the Sonics can't make mistakes.

What's more, this is a home game, and the fans are not satisfied if they lose in front of the fans.

108:91
The Sonics won easily and won their 40th win of the season.

Due to the particularly dense field in the first half, there were not many games for the Supersonics in February.

Except for the All-Star weekend, there are only 10 games, and there are only one back-to-back game at the end of the month.

This makes it easy for them to deal with it.

The Sonics have lost just one of the four games leading up to the All-Star break, a loss to the Vancouver Grizzlies.

I don't know if the group of Grizzlies took medicine and broke out collectively in this game.

Mike Bibby, Sherif Rahim and Michael Dixon broke out and scored 75 points together.

In the face of this crazy situation, even supersonic, there is nothing to do.

Can only reluctantly swallow the tenth loss of the season.

At this time, the All-Star Weekend is here and the team is on vacation, but some people still have to work hard.

It's just that, this year's All-Stars, there are really not a few people who participated in the Supersonics.

Lewis still refuses to admit defeat, but also to participate in the three-point contest, and then there are Quentin Richardson and Michael Reid, both of whom are rookie challenges.

No way, this year's first-year rookies really can't do anything, and the two have already performed well.

Coupled with the excellent record of the Supersonics this year, the two have gained more exposure and gained some fame.

In the end, it is naturally Wang Hao and Gary Payton, both of whom are All-Stars, but Payton did not start this year.

Well, it's actually not just the two, but head coach Paul Westphal, he's the head coach of the West.

Before heading to Washington, Paul Westphal also deliberately found Wang Hao and Gary Payton and asked a question.

Any All-Star MVP thoughts?
To be honest, Wang Hao didn't think too much, it wasn't that he didn't want to, but that it wasn't that easy.

Although the NBA doesn't say anything about qualifications, it is still very particular sometimes.

Of course, if you can break all doubts, that's fine too.

James was able to win the All-Star MVP in the second All-Star Game, why couldn't Wang Hao?
It's just that Wang Hao didn't speak in a hurry, but looked at Gary Payton.

The meaning is obvious, let Gary Payton hurt.

See no, this is emotional intelligence.

Gary Payton wants to compete for the All-Star MVP, whether it is strength or qualifications, there is no problem.

Of course, Wang Hao is also willing to fulfill him.

After all, the situation of the Supersonics is here, the situation is too good, and all of this is Gary Payton's active retreat.

As a meritorious veteran of the team, and now he is in his prime, if he is not willing to retire, no one can do anything about it.

(End of this chapter)