Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"Harden is too strong."

"Yeah, 57 points in a single game is crazy."

"Harden is simply invincible this season, with explosive scoring ability. This is the third time he has scored 50+ this season."

"It seems that Harden is going to seize the opportunity of the third round of voting to make another push and see if he can be among the top two backcourt players in the Western Conference."

"This may be a little difficult. The gap is too big, hundreds of thousands of votes. Harden may still have hope of surpassing Rose, but it is too difficult, almost impossible, to surpass Curry and squeeze into the top two backcourt players in the Western Conference."

"In fact, even if he doesn't make the top two in the Western Conference voting, he still has a chance to be a starter in the Western Conference All-Star Game. After all, there is still the media voting phase. With Harden's performance this season, he will definitely have an advantage in the media voting phase."

"right......"

In Houston, a game has come to an end.

At this time, only a few days had passed since the results of the second round of All-Star voting were released.

In the game between Rockets and Grizzlies, Harden scored 57 points and led the Rockets to beat the Grizzlies 112:94.

Moreover, this is the third time this season that he has scored 3+ points in a single game.

In the Rockets vs. Wizards game on November 11 last year, Harden scored 27 points.

Just half a month later, on December 12, Harden scored 14 points again in the Rockets vs. Jazz game.

And now, he scored 50+ again.

Before the regular season was over, he had already scored 50+ points three times, which was astonishing.

Soon, the news that Harden scored 57 points became a hot topic, and his All-Star votes were also rising rapidly, and the gap with Rose was getting smaller and smaller.

It's not just Harden, some other players are also breaking out.

达米安-利拉德在一场比赛当中投进了9个三分球，砍下41分；肯巴-沃克在一场比赛当中砍下了45分；还有本-西蒙斯在某一场比赛当中打出20+10+10的三双，乔尔-恩比德连续三场比赛轰下30+；杰森-塔图姆连续两场比赛拿下30+；拉塞尔-威斯布鲁克和保罗-乔治带领雷霆队获得三连胜，卢卡-东契奇打出三双......

Each player is trying hard to show themselves and win votes in the final stage.

......

In the blink of an eye, it is already late January.

On January 24, NBA All-Star voting ends.

On January 25, the NBA officially announced the final results of the All-Star voting campaign.

In the Western Conference, LeBron James was still ranked first among frontcourt players, with a total of 462 million votes. In the second round of voting, he still had more than 2 million votes. In the final round of voting, his number of votes increased by 200 million.

Ranked second among Western Conference frontcourt players is Luka Doncic. His vote count continued to grow rapidly in the third round of voting, ultimately receiving 3 million votes.

As a first-year rookie, it is very rare to receive so many votes, second only to LeBron James.

Even in the eyes of many people, if LeBron James had not come to the West, Luka Doncic might be the top frontcourt player in the West.

In third place is Kevin Durant.

When the second round of results were announced, Kevin Durant ranked fourth and Paul George ranked third. In the final round of voting, Kevin Durant successfully surpassed Paul George and ranked third among Western Conference frontcourt players with 2 million votes.

As for Paul George, he received 312 million votes, only 3 less than Kevin Durant, which made Thunder fans very disappointed.

Fifth is Anthony Davis, who received 252 million votes, sixth is Steven Adams (177 million), seventh is Nikola Jokic (144 million), eighth is Brook Lopez (115 million), ninth is Draymond Green (95), and tenth is DeMarcus Cousins ​​(69).

Zhuang Yu is still ranked first among the Western Conference backcourt players.

He received a total of 510 million votes, 50 more than LeBron James, making him the undisputed Western Conference leader and also the league leader.

He was the only player to receive more than 500 million votes.

Last season, Zhuang Yu was the All-Star voting leader, and this year he is the All-Star voting leader again.

In second place was Stephen Curry, who received a total of 386 million votes. In third place was Derrick Rose, who received a total of 337 million votes. In fourth place was James Harden.

Harden can be said to be quite miserable.

在票选第3轮活动当中，他两次砍下50+得分，分别是在1月15日轰下57分，在1月17日火箭vs篮网的比赛当中再次轰下58分。

In the game between Rockets and Knicks on January 1, Harden scored 24 points, and the score of the two teams in the whole game was only 61:114 (Rockets: Knicks), which means that Harden alone scored more than half of the Rockets' points.

This season, Harden scored 4+ points in a single game four times and 50+ points in a single game once, averaging 60 points per game. However, with such performance, he still failed to catch up with Derrick Rose in the number of votes. He only received 36.5 million votes, ranking fourth among the backcourt players in the Western Conference.

Anyone would be unwilling to accept this, and Harden must be so depressed that he might vomit blood.

The fifth most voted Western Conference backcourt player is Russell Westbrook, who received 251 million votes; the sixth is Klay Thompson (6 million), the sixth is Damian Lillard (157 million), the seventh is DeMar DeRozan (104 million), the eighth is Jrue Holiday (103 million), the ninth is Chris Paul (97 million), and the tenth is Devin Booker (56 million).

The top frontcourt player in the Eastern Conference is still Giannis Antetokounmpo, who received a total of 437 million votes, ranking first in the Eastern Conference frontcourt and also the top vote-getter in the Eastern Conference.

The second is Kawhi Leonard, who received a total of 358 million votes.

Third is Joel Embiid, who received a total of 278 million votes.

Fourth is Jayson Tatum (100 million); fifth is Jimmy Butler (90), sixth is Blake Griffin (84), seventh is Vince Carter (54), eighth is Pascal Siakam (50), ninth is Gordon Hayward (41), and tenth is Al Horford (36).

The top backcourt player in the Eastern Conference is still Kyrie Irving, who received a total of 388 million votes, ranking second among all Eastern Conference players.

The second-most voted backcourt player was Dwyane Wade, who received 220 million votes.

Third is Kemba Walker (139 million), fourth is Ben Simmons (118 million), fifth is Victor Oladipo (95), sixth is Kyle Lowry (93), seventh is Zach LaVine (52), eighth is Goran Dragic, ninth is Jeremy Lin, and tenth is Bradley Beal.

However, this is only the result of the fan vote, not the final result of the All-Star vote, there will also be a media vote later.

......

Soon, the media voting ended and the NBA officially announced the starting lineups for the East and West for the 2019 NBA All-Star Game.

The starting lineups for the Eastern Conference are Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks), Kawhi Leonard (Raptors), Joel Embiid (76ers), Kyrie Irving (Celtics), and Kemba Walker (Hornets).

Although Dwyane Wade ranked second among Eastern Conference backcourt players in the fan voting, he was ultimately not selected to the Eastern Conference All-Star starting lineup.

In the Western Conference, the starting lineups include Zhuang Yu (Lakers), LeBron James (Clippers), Kevin Durant (Warriors), Paul George (Thunder), and Stephen Curry (Warriors).

Neither Derrick Rose nor James Harden were selected as starters in the Western Conference, but their mentality was completely different.

One is satisfied, the other is dissatisfied.

......

Los Angeles.

A group of Lakers players gathered together to discuss the All-Star starting lineup.

"Sure enough, Wade was not selected as an All-Star starter after all."

"Although he received a lot of votes during the fan voting phase, that's because he will retire after this season. This season is his retirement tour, so fans are willing to vote for him. However, his performance on the court is obviously not enough to be selected as an All-Star starter."

"It was expected that Wade was not selected as an All-Star starter. Wade himself didn't think there was anything wrong. Luka Doncic and James Harden, one ranked second among Western Conference frontcourt players in the fan voting, and the other averaged 36.5 points per game, scored 50+ points many times, and scored 60+ points once, but neither of them was selected as an All-Star starter. They must be very depressed."

"I think Luka Doncic is okay, after all, he is still a freshman. Even LeBron James failed to make the All-Star team in his rookie season. The one who should be depressed is James Harden, haha... Sorry, I don't really want to laugh, but I can't help it."

Speaking of James Harden, everyone laughed jokingly.

Zhuang Yu felt that it was not good to laugh at someone behind his back, as it seemed like he was gloating over someone else's misfortune. He coughed dryly and said, "Although Harden was not selected as an All-Star starter, with his performance, it is a foregone conclusion that he will be selected as an All-Star reserve."

Everyone put away their smiles and nodded.

No one will doubt this. Harden's statistics this season are indeed gorgeous and amazing. As long as nothing unexpected happens, he will most likely win the regular season scoring title this season.

It would be fine if the scoring champion failed to make the All-Star starting lineup, but it would be really hard to understand if he couldn't even make the All-Star bench lineup.

Many people even believe that Harden has a high chance of winning the regular season MVP this season.

This is also one of the reasons why Harden wants to be in the All-Star starting lineup so much. If a player wins any of the titles such as season scoring champion or regular season MVP, it should not be a problem for him to be in the All-Star starting lineup.

But in the end he was not selected as an All-Star starter.

If he eventually succeeds in winning the season's scoring title and regular season MVP, then even being selected as an All-Star reserve might still be a humiliation for him.

He was the season's scoring champion and regular season MVP, but he failed to make the All-Star starter. This is quite shocking in NBA history.

It is possible that there has been no one before and no one after!