Chapter 261: Selected as an All-Star
The NBA officially announced the starting lineup for the 04-05 All-Star Game. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Sure enough, there was not much discrepancy, and in the first two rounds of voting, the signs were basically seen.
In the end, Yao Ming became the vote king of this All-Star Game with more than 2.5 million votes, and Yang Di and Yao Ming's votes were about 100,000 votes, because both of them were in the west and both were in the center position, so Yang Di regrettably lost the All-Star starter.
Also on the West are Garnett, Duncan, Maddy and Kobe. In the East, O'Neal returned to the starting center position after getting rid of Yao Ming, Carter and Hill were selected at the same time, and Iverson and James on the guard line, among them, James is a sophomore, who was not selected as an All-Star last year, and this year he is in place.
James' performance is good enough, with an average of 27+7+7 data per game that is comparable to countless legends, and various hats and dunks have also left a deep impression on fans.
"It's really a new generation for the old." Richardson let out a long sigh and regretted that he couldn't squeeze into the All-Star starting line at the last minute.
Originally, with the east wind of Yang Di, just like Francis who used Yao Ming's east wind at that time, Richardson's votes rose all the way, and at one point almost surpassed Kobe Bryant, who experienced injuries and defeats.
In early February, the Warriors defeated the invading Kings at home, and the Kings were short of major generals.
At this time, the Warriors won 24-18 and just squeezed out the Timberwolves, who were originally in eighth place in the West, which undoubtedly made the Timberwolves even more stupid due to constant infighting.
What's more subtle is that none of the Warriors in the top eight have been selected as All-Stars, and the Timberwolves and the Lakers after that have all been selected as starters.
Richardson has worked hard to be an All-Star and has been particularly motivated on the defensive end in recent games.
On February 5, the Warriors defeated the Hornets at home, Byron Davis, who returned from injury, was in bad shape, and after the Hornets were merged into the Western Conference, they had special luck, in addition to the injured All-Star Magloyle, David Wesley and other main players were also injured, and the team had no one to play, and Scott could only use the newcomer JR Smith.
JR-Smith got a lot of workouts, but his shot selection was terrible, his shooting percentage was low, and he was able to score but was inefficient.
The Hornets have won only eight games so far, fewer than the newly created Bobcats, and the league's bottom-to-bottom finish.
On Feb. 6, the Warriors traveled back-to-back to Denver to challenge the Nuggets at the All-Star Game site.
The Nuggets' current record is slightly better than that of the Warriors, but because of the immaturity of Carmelo Anthony, the core of the team, the whole team is actually not competitive.
The number of games won is basically due to Denver's outstanding geographical advantages, home plus results, and the performance of Kenyon Martin, Marcus Camby, Andre Miller, Nene Hilario and other strong players. In the final analysis, this configuration is actually very strong, only stronger than the current configuration given to James by the Cavaliers.
The Warriors started behind, back-to-back games, plus it was on the road, and the players were not on the way.
But in the third quarter, after Yang Di blocked Anthony twice in a row, Anthony was a little unbalanced and fell into a strange circle of fighting alone, obsessed with mid-range jumpers.
The Warriors quickly went on an 18-5 run to bring the game into their own rhythm to tie the score and overtake.
In the fourth quarter of the decisive battle, Anthony regained his touch and scored frequently. However, the Warriors' offense was also smooth, with Richardson and Dunleavy taking turns firing shots, and the Warriors led by about 3 to 5 points.
With such a lead, in less than half a quarter of the game, the Nuggets were dragged impetuous, and there were several low-level mistakes.
The Warriors seized the opportunity to storm and eventually turned the game around 103-97, just 0.5 wins away from the Nuggets in seventh place in the West.
After the game, some media criticized Anthony for being too slow to improve.
Looking at the data, this is indeed the case.
is also a sophomore in the class of 03, Wade averaged 24+7+1.6+1.2 per game this season, James averaged 27+7+7 per game, and last season, Wade only scored 18 points, and James only scored about 20 points. What's even more exaggerated is that Yang Di, from 5+7 last season, has jumped to a big double-double of 15+15 this season, and ranks second in the league with an average of 2.5 blocks per game.
However, Anthony only had 20.8 points and 5.8 rebounds, and except for his shooting percentage which was one percentage point higher than last season, all other statistics had a slight decline.
To make matters worse, people began to question Anthony's ability to perform in key moments in the fourth quarter.
This made Anthony feel very uncomfortable in his heart, and he gritted his teeth and made up his mind that he must practice his jump shots, break throughs, practice three-pointers, practice all offensive methods, and regain his lost dignity. The point is, he thinks that he has always been the kind of player with a big heart, how can he easily accept the title of soft egg?
The Warriors have won four games in a row, and a wave of four consecutive wins has attracted a lot of attention.
So after this wave of four consecutive wins, the league suddenly officially announced the list of substitute players for the 04-05 All-Star Game, as well as players participating in other games.
Young was on the Western Conference All-Star list, while Richardson was left behind.
This is life, Yang Di doesn't feel that he has the qualifications of an All-Star, after all, his offense is still half-baked, and he can only bully and bully players with some specific defects. Richardson was overjoyed, but was completely ignored by the league's head coaches.
The Warriors only Yang Di was selected, and Richardson cheered up and applauded Yang Di with a bitter face.
'What do the managers think?' Richardson feels like he's averaging almost 21 points per game, which is already an All-Star level according to NBA convention.
Yang Di was surprised that he was also selected in the West with Nash, Stoudemire, Marion, Nowitzki, Ray Allen and Ginobili. The benches in the East are Ben Wallace, Jamison, Arenas, Wade, Big Z, O'Neal Jr. and Paul Pearce.
Lewis became another frustrated man besides Richardson.
This season, the SuperSonics have skyrocketed, closely following the Suns to become second in the West, the Suns have been selected as three All-Stars, not to mention, and even the Spurs, who have a slightly worse record than him, have two players selected, and this season he scored a career-high 20.5 points, but unfortunately was not selected.
The bigger gap in my heart is that who are the people selected in the East, Big Z, Jamison, and Lewis feel that they can beat them, and the coach is really blind.
But no matter what, Yang Di's selection as an All-Star substitute has become a foregone conclusion, his excellent rebounding and defense have become labels, many coaches think of the Warriors, and now the first thing that comes to mind must be Yang Di, a weird center, especially capable of guns, especially defensive, good at tough battles, and a man with strong morale on the court.
Chinese fans rejoiced that for the first time, two yellow-skinned players were selected for the All-Star Game, which was a big deal.
At this time, on February 7, the Warriors flew to Miami to challenge the Heat, who are first in the East.