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Chapter 80 Wang Chong’s Nemesis—Garnett

In any case, since the system task has been released, Wang Chong must try his best to complete it.

2004年全明星周末的举办时间是2月14日，眼下刚刚进入04年的1月，王崇还有接近一个半月的时间为新秀挑战赛做准备。

At the same time, at the end of December, the voting for the All-Star voting also started.

Every team in the league has begun to wave flags and shout for their stars to win votes between games.

Among them, O'Neal from the Lakers team has the loudest voice and works hardest.

There is no way. Last season's All-Star, O'Neal experienced firsthand what the power of China is.

As a first-year rookie, Dayao averaged only about 13+8 per game, but he led O'Neal by a full 24 votes in the All-Star voting, taking away O'Neal's All-Star starting position.

That was the second time O'Neal played as an All-Star substitute after entering the league. The previous time was when he was squeezed into the All-Star substitute by Olajuwon.

It was nothing more than losing to Olajuwon. At that time, Olajuwon already had two championship rings and a regular season MVP. O'Neal had no harvest at the time. He had just moved to the Los Angeles Lakers and lost to the Western Conference in terms of popularity. Olajuwon is no surprise.

Moreover, since then, O'Neal has dominated the Western Conference and even the entire league, dominating the Western Conference All-Star starting center for several consecutive years until the arrival of the little giant from China in the 02-03 season.

O'Neal was very unhappy and unconvinced about losing to Yao in the All-Star voting.

Although Dayao is very famous, his ability is not even the slightest bit inferior to his own. Why should he be a substitute for his opponent in the All-Stars?

Therefore, as soon as this year's All-Star voting began, O'Neal was very active in ranking himself, and even performed much more actively in the game, averaging 30+15 in many consecutive games.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that his efforts were doomed to be in vain.

The starting center in the All-Star West in the 03-04 season was still Yao. O'Neal still lost in the voting. In the following years, after O'Neal traveled east and switched to the Heat, he never won the All-Star vote once. Yao.

To be precise, as long as Dayao remains healthy and can play in the All-Stars for several seasons, his position as the starting center in the Western Conference will always be as stable as rock and untouchable!

As China's top star, such a card is a must.

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After the results of the first round of voting were announced in early January, O'Neal was very depressed to find that despite his hard work, he was still outranked by Yao in the voting.

Not only that, Kobe Bryant on the same team received far more votes than him in the first round.

This undoubtedly made O'Neal even more sad.

Last season, Kobe beat him in the All-Star voting and even became the All-Star voting leader.

But this season, the Eagle County incident has clearly discredited him, so why are there so many fans supporting this guy?

O'Neal couldn't figure it out. Of course he wouldn't understand that Stern would not let Kobe, a high-quality idol whose playing style was very similar to Jordan's, collapse easily. This is a business league, and Kobe's ability to attract money is currently among the top. How about making money? , not shabby.

What is more surprising is that Wang Chong also received a high number of votes in the first round of voting. He ranked fourth among Western Conference forwards, second only to Garnett, Duncan and fellow rookie Anthony, and higher than Anthony. Nowitzki of the Bulls and Malone of the same team.

It's a pity that from the first round of voting alone, it is certain that Wang Chong has no chance of being selected as an All-Star starter.

Because the top two players occupying the forward positions are really capable.

Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan, these two are fighting like gods, leaving all the other forwards in the Western Conference far behind.

<divclass="contentadv">In the first round of voting alone, these two people won nearly three times more votes than Anthony, who came in third! It’s much higher than Dayao’s first-round votes.

Basically, it is certain that these two people will be selected into the Western Conference All-Star starting lineup.

Wang Chong was deeply impressed. In the 03-04 season, the final votes in the Western Conference from high to low were Garnett, Kobe, Duncan, and then Yao.

Even Dayao, whose popularity in China has reached a phenomenal level, is like this, let alone Wang Chong.

If you don't have the chance to be selected as the All-Star starter, it will be difficult to be selected as the All-Star substitute. After all, the All-Star substitutes are selected by votes from all coaches in the league. The coaches also have an unwritten rule that they will not consider first-year players. Rookie rookie.

Therefore, neither James nor Anthony was selected for the All-Star Game in the 03-04 season, even though their votes were ranked within the top ten in the Eastern and Western Conferences respectively, and their popularity was higher than that of most All-Star substitutes.

Fortunately, Wang Chong didn't have much interest in the All-Star Game. After all, the game does not involve system tasks for the time being.

His attention has been completely attracted by the Rookie Challenge. Nothing is more important than completing system tasks to obtain rewards.

In January, the Lakers experienced a wave of injuries. O'Neal and Malone were absent due to injuries. Kobe also missed many games due to common personal reasons. As a result, in some important games, the Lakers only had Payton and Wang Chong as starting players. With.

On January 1, the Lakers lost to the Timberwolves 6:96 in an away game. Facing the Timberwolves led by Garnett, only Kobe Bryant scored more than 106 points on the Lakers side.

Garnett, who scored 26 points, 18 rebounds and 6 assists, penetrated the inside of the Lakers team without O'Neal and Malone, and also taught Wang Chong a good lesson.

Wang Chong, who had hardly encountered any setbacks in previous games, was completely defeated for the first time.

In the future, many people have imagined who can stop an almost unsolvable offensive weapon like Durant.

Some people think that Leonard at his peak can limit Durant, but more people believe that Garnett at his peak is Durant's real nemesis.

Compared with static talent, Garnett, whose real height is over 2 meters and with a wingspan of 14 meters, is no worse than Durant. However, compared with dynamic talent, Garnett is even better than Durant, with speed, strength, jumping and explosive power. Garnett can completely surround Durant.

As a being who is said to be able to defend from the 1st position to the 5th position, Garnett's defense has always been recognized as the top level in history. He was selected to the All-Defensive Team 12 times in his career. Being elected as the DPOY Defensive Player of the Year is the best proof. .

After playing against Garnett, Wang Chong felt that the argument that top-level Garnett could limit Durant was absolutely justified.

Because when Garnett stood in front of him, the strong defensive pressure even prevented Wang Chong from hitting the ball.

The mid-range jump shot that he relies on for survival, if he takes it easily in front of Garnett, he is looking for a shot.

Off-ball movement and screen pick-and-rolls have little effect in front of Garnett, who is more mobile than him.

As a result, Wang Chong made 8 of 2 shots in this game and only scored 6 points. He also suffered two big blocks from Garnett, which was quite miserable.