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Chapter 98 Ankle Terminator (seeking Monthly Pass)
In the early 90s, the Internet was not popular yet.

Therefore, the voting method for the All-Star voting is not yet online voting.

It's more complex-

A large number of paper voting cards will be placed in the respective home arenas of the 27 NBA teams, cooperative restaurants, bars, etc., and votes will be collected and counted manually.

Therefore, at this stage, even the votes of the king of votes are not many.

Using last year as an example, the two stages of the All-Star voting were over, and Jordan, who was so popular, only got a little over 100 million votes.

Lin Xing got 52 votes in the middle of the process. What kind of concept is this?
Under normal circumstances, the number of votes in the second stage of voting will be more than that in the first stage.

This also means that this year Lin Xing will get more votes than Jordan last year.

Although the trend of the All-Star voting is that the total votes will increase year by year.

It seems that this year Lin Xing got more votes than last year's Jordan, which couldn't be more normal.

But don't forget one thing, Lin Xing is a rookie!
The rookie surpassed Jordan, and will he get it in the future?

Of course, super-Jordan is not the point, the point is, the rookie is about to become the king of votes, what can he do?
On the whole, public opinion was surprised and surprised by the results of the first stage of the All-Star voting.

"I thought that after Jordan retired, Charles Barkley should be in charge of the NBA, and he should be the top voter this year, but it turned out..."

"Charles Barkley didn't win the votes, understandably, who made him miss a month with a ball strain?"

"It is understandable that Barkley is not the number one voter. Hakeem Olajuwon has performed so well this season and has such an outstanding record. Why is he not the number one voter?"

"And Shaquille O'Neal, sophomore, top-two scorer..."

"Anyway, the ticket king shouldn't be a rookie?"

"..."

The experts expressed their opinions, in short, they just couldn't understand Lin Xing winning the vote.

But Lin Xing himself was surprised if he was surprised or surprised.

"Huh? Me? Halfway ticket king?"

"That's right, it's not just the half-vote king, but also the half-vote king ahead of Charles Barkley by 9 votes, that's 9 votes!"

Xiao Chong held a newspaper and howled.

What is the concept of 9 votes?In the first stage of voting, Xiao Chong and Madman added up to 9 votes.

That's why he wailed.

Comparing people to people is really pissing people off.

Although the Warriors have an excellent record and Xiao Chong's style of play is also very gorgeous, but this popularity just doesn't increase.

In addition to Lin Xing in the Warriors, only Mullin is more popular.

He is also a forward candidate, and he also overwhelmed Malone, ranking fourth in the western forward position.

To be honest, in the case of the same striker position and split votes, Mullin can still be fourth, and Lin Xing can still win the half-way vote.

How did this ticket come about? Lin Xing was also a little confused.

His first reaction was, domestic fans helped vote?
In the next second, I shook my head and said no. It's the 90s now, and there is no online voting.

Even if domestic fans have channels to bypass the wall, they have no place to vote!
Shaking his head, after thinking for a while, Lin Xing affirmed that his 52 votes were all voted for him by North American fans.

……

The regular season is still going on, spanning 93 years and entering the first game of 94, the Warriors faced the Kings.

This game can be regarded as a relatively melodramatic game. Before the game, Mitch Richmond embraced Xiao Chong and Mullin warmly.

Oakland Stadium also burst into applause, welcoming Richmond home.

The commentary on the sidelines said: "Mitch Richmond is hugging his former teammates, and at the same time, the Oakland Stadium also burst into cheers."

"It seems that the Warriors fans have not forgotten him because of Stalin..."

The opening started with a rhythm, directly opposing Lin Xing and Rock.

But soon, the game began.

Facing the former owner, Rock is indeed very exciting. He has various singles, various peripheral shots, and various hits.

In the first quarter alone, he scored 13 points.

The commentary continued with the rhythm: "Mickey completely went berserk, 13 points in a single quarter, and he played a performance that made the Warriors regret!"

"What about Lin Xing? In terms of scoring explosiveness, he is no match for Mickey!"

On the court, Lin Xing couldn't hear the rhythm of the commentary.

But he could see that the rock was really not reconciled.

In the two seasons that he was traded to the Kings, the Rock played an excellent personal performance, but the Kings' record was extremely bad.

Looking back at the Warriors, without him in the first two seasons, the Warriors played very averagely.

But this season, the Warriors have risen again.

Watching the rise of the old master, but himself in the quagmire, it is naturally difficult for the rock to let go of the knot of being traded by the Warriors.

In this game, he held back his energy.

In the second quarter, he scored 11 more points, 24 points in the half.

The weak king completely killed the warrior because of his rampage.

There is no doubt about the strength of the rock.

His style of play is a bit like Paul Pierce at the shooting guard position, with a lot of backs, high-post jumpers are very accurate, and he is good at three-pointers.

To be honest, Lin Xing was also a little puzzled after the half-time game:
It is understandable that the old Nelson dismantled the TMC group in order to go further.

But why rocks when walking?

In the second half, the Warriors changed. Lin Xing changed positions directly and faced the rock.

After two months of the regular season, Nelson also knew who had the best single defense in the Warriors.

Madman's single defense is not weak, but if he really wants to say top, it has to be Lin Xing.

Seeing Lin Xing facing Rock, the commentator was also excited.

"The rock is facing Si Da, and now he will be more energetic!"

The rock is indeed more energetic. In this game, he held back his energy, just to prove:

Old Nelson's decision to send him away was wrong!
But as a result, the first attack in the second half——

"Mickey, with a high back, shaking, turning around, trying to suddenly..."

"Sida's one-on-one defense did not leak any flaws, he blocked the hole in time!"

"Mickey has been cornered, he can only shoot high jump shots..."

"But Star still blocked all his shooting angles!"

Clang!
Rock's ball hit the frame hard, and this was just the beginning of his hard work.

In the third quarter, Rock made a 5-of-1 shot under the defense of Lin Xing.

In the case of rock misfiring, the Warriors ended the suspense of the game with a wave.

Then in the fourth quarter, the Rock only played 5 minutes and made 3 of 1 shots.

Seeing that the point difference was too big to recover, the king chose to raise his hands and surrender.

The commentary at this time was surprised by Lin Xing's defense.

24 points in the first half, 8 of 2 in the second half and only 6 points.

One front and one back, that is, the difference in changing Lin Xing's defense.

"Sta's defense is so good, it's not like a rookie."

"Just as his All-Star votes don't look like a rookie should have votes..."

At the end of the game, the commentator didn't forget to mention Lin Xing's All-Star halftime ticket winner.

It can only be said that this matter has been very hot recently.

How hot is it?Barkley, who was voted second, has been questioned all this time——

"Jordan retired and you still failed to become the All-Star vote leader. Do you have anything to say about this?"

"What if the All-Star who rated a rookie at Stanford got 9 more votes than you?"

"Don't you think there is a problem with Star's votes? Charles, the league's praise for him seems a bit too much."

"..."

Whether it's side-firing, or head-on, or all kinds of inducements, Barkley is really going to die.

He really didn't want to comment on Lin Xing anymore, mainly because he was hurt in the last fight, which taught Barkley a lesson:
Sometimes, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately!

But by coincidence, before the All-Star weekend, the Warriors and the Suns played against each other again.

This fight is already the third time the two teams have played against each other this season.

In the case of the same Pacific division, the third match is not over yet.

In a regular season, the Warriors and the Suns will play four times.

Barkley was injured in the last match, and the Suns also lost the game.

But the last time they played against each other, relying on the strategy of one star and one defense, the Suns locked Lin Xing, so they regained a victory.

So now, the two teams are tied 1-1.

Whoever wins the third game will temporarily have an advantage in the score against each other.

The Warriors are ready to go, and Barkley is also holding back his energy on the Suns side.

He said: "I don't comment on anything about Star University."

Even: "The All-Star half-time ticket winner? I don't think there is any problem."

In fact, Barkley is not convinced deep down.

Although he missed a month of the regular season due to a strained egg, his mentality is still the same as at the beginning of the season.

He still believes that with Jordan retiring, this season should be his season.

Lin Xing made him injured for a month, and also took away the All-Star ticket that should have belonged to him.

No, it hasn't been taken away yet. In the second half of the vote, Barkley still has a chance.

So, before the game, Barkley suddenly forgot that piece of advice he gave himself.

Facing the reporter, he said: "To be honest, I am very puzzled, why can a rookie get so many votes?"

"I wonder if the league's counting of votes was wrong. After all, they have made similar mistakes before."

(The 90 All-Star Dominique Wilkins lost [-] votes in the third round, which almost made him miss the All-Star that year)
His words naturally attracted some opposing voices.

For example, Lin Xing's big brother, Xiaochong, directly stood up to fight back against him:

"I don't understand what's wrong with being a rookie? Can't a rookie be the All-Star vote leader? Who made the rules?"

Then, there was a war of words in the air.

"What's the problem with the rookie All-Star vote? Of course there is a problem. In the history of the NBA, there is no precedent for a rookie to be the vote leader!

"Why can't a rookie become the top voter? Because popularity needs to be accumulated. Star has only played for more than two months, and his accumulation is far from enough."

Barkley's logic is complete, and there seems to be no problem.

Xiaochong couldn't refute, so he could only reply cheekily: "I promise, my brother's 52 votes are real!"

At this time, in the Warriors' regular season game against the Lakers, Lin Xing dunked hard again at the Great Western Forum.

With a counterattack, he took off directly from the free throw line, and a heavy dunk pushed the ball into the basket.

It directly reproduced Jordan's free throw line dunk.

So after the match, the screen was full——

"Slam Dunk King has already been ordered!"

"I think it is enough for Star to play alone in the dunk contest, and everyone else is superfluous!"

"In an era when Michael Jordan retired and Dominique Wilkins refused to take off, Star was the best dunker."

"..."

If it was the past, all kinds of flattery would be nothing.

But with the All-Star weekend approaching, the league has identified some of the slam dunk contestants.

In this case, to brag about Lin Xing's reservation for the dunk king would seem to disrespect Lin Xing's opponents.

Although Lin Xing also felt that there was really no need to show any respect to the opponents in the 94 slam dunk contest.

But the opponents don't think so. Harold Miner, the dunker currently playing for the Heat, was the dunk leader of last year's All-Star.

As the defending king, he felt that the media was ignoring Lin Xing so much.

Therefore, Miner directly called Lin Xing, saying that he would compete with Lin Xing in this year's slam dunk contest.

With regard to the public opinion during this period, Lin Xing, the person involved, was taken aback for a while.

"This group of media reporters are really not good people. Du Nima wants me to die!"

This feeling of being surrounded by public opinion is very uncomfortable. Fortunately, the turmoil of the All-Star voting is coming to an end.

In late January, Lin Xing finally waited for the game against the Suns.

Before the game, public opinion had already developed, and the San Jose Mercury News responded to Barkley with a picture.

"Why can Stalin become the All-Star ticket champion? Because his game covers the elements that the four fans most want to see!"

Which Big Four?

[-]. Ankle terminator, people think of the scene where Lin Xing terminated Penny's ankle in the Christmas battle.

[-]. Fighting, people thought of the big scene where Lin Xing beat two of them one-on-four and chased and beat the other two at the Oakland Stadium.

Three, the buckle, three death buckles, and countless ordinary buckles, there are too many famous scenes.

Fourth, the lore, the game where Lin Xing tipped the basket to kill the Jazz can be regarded as one of the classics of this season.

Needless to say, as soon as this report by the San Jose Mercury News came out, it really got some support from the public opinion.

"Basketball game, isn't that what you watch!"

"Si Da can do these four points, he is not the king of votes, who is the king of votes!"

Barkley frowned, trying to put himself in.

He's had fights, he's had dunks, he's had lore shots, and he's short of an ankle terminator.

"Isn't it just to overwhelm your opponent who is defending you? It's like who can't!"

He decided to end his ankle in this game against the Warriors!
It would be more convincing to end Lin Xing's ankle.

Lin Xing didn't know that Barkley had already made up his mind to terminate his ankle.

But a side mission suddenly popped up in the system, which surprised him for a long time.

[Sub-task: End Charles Barkley's ankle! 】

[You are considered to be the ankle terminator, but so far this season, you have only terminated the opponent's ankle once. Now, you are about to face a strong enemy. As long as you end the ankle of this strong enemy, you will be able to get the maximum recognition. 】

[Reward for completing the task: a related badge! 】

"Hey, why don't you let me end Barkley's ankle..."

Lin Xing was puzzled, but one thing he was sure of was——

In the next battle, he had to be as fancy as possible.

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