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Chapter 180 Three Point Contest?Let's give others a chance
The regular season has entered December, and the Magic have a total of 12 games in December. There are not many rivals in their hands, mainly in the second half of the year, which are the game against the Spurs on December 12 and Christmas on December 16. Battle with old enemy Boston Celtics.

As for the rest of the opponents, their strength is generally mediocre.

最终魔术队在12月份的16场比赛中取得12胜4负战绩，到12月底总战绩来到25胜8负。

魔术队输掉的这4场比赛，分别是12月10日与犹他爵士队的二番战，霍华德又一次被艾尔.杰弗森拿捏，全场15投5中只得到14分12篮板。

At the same time, the Magic still have nothing to do with Deron Williams. The opponent scored 32 points and 9 assists, which is close to Wang Chao.

At the same time, due to the departure of Boozer, the unknown power forward Paul Millsap, who had been on the bench until now, has gradually shown his strength. In the 10-11 season, he averaged 17.3 points and 7.6 assists per game this season, which is not inferior to the previous Boozer.

而这场比赛，米尔萨普16投8中砍下22分5篮板5助攻，成了决定比赛胜负的关键因素。

It's just that the Jazz has Deron, Millsap and Jefferson, and they still can't avoid the problem that the team's strength has declined significantly compared to last season. Not surprisingly, this season will also miss the playoffs like the Suns.

It's just that all things are born and restrained. The Jazz's lineup includes Jefferson at the center position, which is just enough to make Howard deflated. It also caused the Magic to be double-killed by the weak Jazz in the regular season this season.

In the remaining three losses, the Magic lost to the Spurs, the Mavericks and the Nuggets respectively. The Spurs also had a double play in the season, and all the losses in the four games came from the Western Conference teams.

It was the more focused Christmas game. The Magic won the game against the Celtics at home.

The situation of the Celtics this season is a bit chaotic, especially in the center position. The starting center Perkins has been affected by injuries, and the Celtics did not renew Rasheed Wallace in the summer. In addition, O'Neal was also snatched by the Magic, resulting in the Celtics finally only reaping Majorin O'Neal at the center position.

Jermaine O'Neal has also been plagued by injuries this season. Recently, the Celtics' starting center can only be replaced by Garnett.

As we all know, Garnett doesn't like to play the center position. When he participated in the draft that year, he deliberately said that his height was low in order not to be assigned to the center position.

But now for the team's victory, he has to live in a way he hates.

But let’s not say, at this stage when the league’s heavy centers are scarce, Garnett’s role as a center actually makes the Celtics’ situation a lot better in the new season. Garnett’s performance at the center position is not bad. , Although the data of 15 points and 9 rebounds per game is quite satisfactory, the defensive ability to protect the frame at the basket is not much worse than that of Howard of the Magic, and the defensive efficiency is second only to Howard in the league.

However, in the direct duel with the Magic, the Celtics still couldn't bear the defeat, because their current core player Rajon Rondo was absent due to injury.

This season, Rondo has grown into a true thigh of the Celtics, averaging 10.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 11.2 assists per game, supporting the entire team's offense.

Therefore, without Rondo, the offense of the entire Celtics team had problems. In the end, the score of the two teams was 99:78, and the Magic won by 21 points.

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After the December schedule, the Magic continued to lead the East with a record of 12 wins and 25 losses. However, as the regular season progressed, the Bulls and the Heat gradually found their way. With a record of 8 wins and 21 losses, on the Heat's side, the Big Three began to quickly show the super combat effectiveness of the three top superstars after experiencing the early pains of running-in.

Since the beginning of December, the Heat have played a hearty 12-game winning streak, directly raising the team's record to 12 wins and 25 losses. The number of wins is equal to that of the Magic, and they only lost one game more than the Magic.

整个12月，热火队取得15胜1负战绩，韦德场均27.9分6.9篮板4.1助攻，投篮命中率54%，詹姆斯场均25.2分7.9篮板6.8助攻，投篮命中率51.1%。

The equal performance and the team's excellent record made the two of them selected as the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in December at the same time, and it also made the league the first magical scene of three Players of the Month.

In fact, if you just look at the data, Wang Chao’s average of 12 points, 28.7 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game in December is more outstanding than the two. However, the Magic was half overwhelmed by the Heat in terms of record, so they were at a disadvantage in the selection.

However, the grievances of the best player of the month, Wang Chao successfully found it back in the All-Star voting that opened in mid-December.

The results of the first round of voting for the 2011 All-Star Weekend were officially announced at the beginning of January. Wang Chao and Howard ranked the top two in the Eastern Conference. It also suppressed Kobe, the ticket king in the West.

The host of this All-Star Game is the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Kobe, who has home court advantage, will become the most voted player in this All-Star Game in the original history, and scored 37 points and 14 rebounds in the All-Star Game. Lead the team to defeat the Eastern All-Stars and win the All-Star MVP.

But Wang Chao's current popularity is too high, especially the two consecutive championships and the bonus of double FMVP, so Kobe had to avoid the edge for the time being.

Compared with previous years, this year's All-Star Weekend, fans have a lot less expectations.

Because Wang Chao announced early on that he would withdraw from the three-point contest and only participate in the All-Star Game.

As soon as this news came out, many fans were disappointed, but at the same time, almost all the contestants in the three-point contest were very happy.

Wang Chao's three-pointer is really buggy. In the past five years, he has achieved five consecutive championships in the three-pointer competition, and every time he takes a shot, it will make people look like he has no desire to challenge at all.

No one doubts that if Wang Chao participates in this three-point contest, he will be the final champion, and the five consecutive championships will become six consecutive championships.

Now that Wang Chao is not participating, they have a chance.

After Wang Chao publicly announced that he would not participate in the three-point contest, the league has successively revealed players who will participate in the 2011 All-Star three-point contest. Ray Allen and Pierce of the Celtics both participated, and James Jones of the Heat , Kevin Durant of the Thunder...

Well, they are all players who have some grievances with Wang Chao, or have been humiliated in the three-point contest.

At first, everyone thought that without Wang Chao participating, they could really compete for the championship of the three-point contest. Although this trophy has no gold content, it is better than nothing, especially since Wang Chao has monopolized the championship of the three-point contest for the past five years. It really increased the value of this award a little bit.

However, this is what Wang Chao said a few days later when he was asked about it at a press conference after a match.

"I don't want to participate in the three-point contest because I have lost interest in this game. I don't know if you can understand the feeling of not having any opponents, but I have won so many awards like this, it is completely useless to me. I feel, even a little empty, so I think it's better to leave the opportunity to others. After all, only if I don't participate in this competition, this competition will restore the sense of suspense, so that the participating players and fans can re-experience the three-point contest fun of."

Versailles, too TM Versailles.

Wang Chao's words made him feel so lonely, and he was so lonely singing "Invincible".

In Oklahoma City, when Durant saw this interview with Wang Chao, he almost died of anger.

This guy Wang Chao is too arrogant. Just based on his words, Durant secretly made up his mind that he must win this year's three-point contest, and then challenge Wang Chao as the champion. On the stage of next year's three-point contest Officially defeat Wang Chao, and then let him scream!

Durant, who is full of grievances, may not know that there is a high probability that his trip to the three-point contest will not have any good results. At least in the original history, Durant only scored 6 points in the first round and was eliminated miserably. .

And 6 points is also the second lowest score in the history of the three-point contest. Durant achieved a legendary performance second only to Jordan's 1990 points in the 5 three-point contest, and he is on the list in the history of the three-point contest.

If Wang Chao knew that Durant actually wanted to challenge himself on the stage of the three-point contest, he would have laughed out loud.

What is this guy thinking?

All in all, although the three-point contest without Wang Chao lacked a lot of topics, at least there was suspense about the ownership of the champion, and it was just like what Wang Chao said, with more things to watch.

Of course, this is really just Wang Chao's explanation of Versailles. The real reason is that the task of the system marksman has been completed, and Wang Chao has no need to continue participating in the three-point contest. This kind of trivial honor is completely complete for him. It doesn't make any sense, it's better to spare a day to have fun, anyway, just the five consecutive championships in the three-point contest is already a unique legend in the history of the NBA All-Star three-point contest.

In mid-January, under the cheers of Los Angeles, when the results of the second round of All-Star voting were announced, Kobe finally overtook Wang Chao with a slight advantage and regained the position of the All-Star vote leader, while Wang Chao and Howard ranked second respectively. The third place, followed by James, Wade, Rose...

With the announcement of the results of the second round of voting, the starting players of the Eastern and Western All-Star Games have gradually become clear.

In the East, Wang Chao, Howard, James and Wade each received more than 200 million votes, while Rose received 180 million votes, and these five were also the All-Star starters.

In the West, Kobe came from behind and became the 2011 All-Star vote leader, but in the entire West, there is only Kobe who has more than 200 million votes.

Kevin Durant, who got the second most votes, has only about 150 million votes, followed by Anthony and Chris Paul with 120 million votes.

For the position of center in the Western Conference, Dayao is still firmly at the top of the voting list, also with 120 million votes.

Today, Dayao's career has completely changed.

Yao, who was supposed to be reimbursed for the entire season of 09-10, finished the season completely and was selected to the best team, and then won the World Championships with Wang Chao.

During the World Championships in Turkey, Wang Chao was afraid that Dayao's burden would be too heavy, and he would not let Dayao play at all when he encountered some low-level teams. More intense games will also allow enough time for Dayao to recover his physical fitness and avoid injuries caused by excessive fatigue.

The most typical one is during the final match against the American Dream Team. Yao didn't play for 1 minute in the third quarter and rested for nearly half an hour.

Wang Chao's protection and various suggestions really triggered the butterfly effect, so that Dayao did not suffer serious injuries that would affect his career.

At the beginning of this season, Dayao still missed many games intermittently due to some minor injuries and illnesses, but he was not reimbursed for the season due to a stress fracture in the middle of his ankle after only playing 5 games as in the original history. At the age of 31, he chose to retire.

This season's Dayao's average data has dropped significantly compared to previous seasons. He is currently averaging 16.8 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, and his average playing time is controlled at just over 30 minutes per game.

The recent situation of the Rockets is not good. The team mainly revolves around Lewis and Kevin Martin as the main scoring core. Not only is the efficiency not good, but the defensive end is full of loopholes.

The current record of the Rockets is only slightly better than that of the Suns and Jazz. They are currently ranked ninth in the Western Conference. They have a chance to hit the playoffs, but it depends on luck.

Although Dayao's personal data has declined slightly, he is still at the top of the inside circle in the West. Besides, Dayao has the support of hundreds of millions of Huaguo fans behind him. Inside, Marc Gasol and others are a few streets away.

During this cycle of the All-Star voting, the record of the Magic has been very stable. Howard's scoring average has become more and more simple to defend after more and more teams have learned about his three-axes in the back. , began to decline gradually, and has now dropped from 25 points per game a month ago to 24.1 points.

Originally, Howard's lower body strength determined that he could not be effective in post-up singles, unless Howard chose to gain weight and strengthen training of lower body strength, training himself into a heavy center like O'Neal and Dayao.

In fact, Howard himself gradually figured it out in these games.

Something is wrong, why am I getting more and more tired from playing, not only is my scoring efficiency not high, but I am also embarrassed by myself, and I am not as happy as I was in the previous seasons?

Originally, Howard was not someone who had enough perseverance to practice his skills. He was constantly struggling on the field, and gradually made him subtly change his style of play, and the number of pick-and-roll screens for his teammates gradually increased.

After all, compared to helping a teammate pick and roll and rushing into the basket to take off for an alley-oop dunk and successfully igniting the atmosphere of the audience, he squeezed his buttocks like a big fool to the inside lane, and then used an ugly posture to send the basketball into the basket Not fun at all.

The game before the All-Star weekend was a process in which Howard gradually changed to his previous style of play. Although he would still play singles with the ball to ensure that his statistics were good enough, at least he was not as dazed as before.

In addition, the Magic ushered in another good news, O'Neal was injured.

O'Neal, who is nearly 38 years old, weighs an exaggerated 160 kilograms. With such a huge body, he has to play an average of about 20 minutes per game. One can imagine the physical load on O'Neal.

The result is that O'Neal is the same as the Celtics in the original history. After playing less than [-] games, he was plagued by a serious Achilles tendon injury and had a selective truce, preparing to recover until the playoffs and then return to the Magic. Add bricks and tiles.

Wang Chao personally hopes that O'Neal will not come back. The Magic really don't need a traditional center to attack under the basket. Their outside firepower is enough to defeat all opponents in the league.

With Shaquille O'Neal's injury, Channing Frye, who had been suppressed for half a season, was finally able to show his abilities, and his scoring average began to rise. The Magic seemed to have returned to the invincible state of last season.

Before you know it, the time has come to mid-February.

On February 2, after the Magic defeated the Washington Wizards 16:101 at home, all the games before the All-Star Weekend were over.

Before the All-Star break, the Magic played a total of 57 games and achieved a record of 44 wins and 13 losses, with a winning percentage of 77%. They finally surpassed the Spurs and returned to the league's top record.

However, this record has significantly declined compared to last season. After all, the Magic only lost 12 games last season.

It is absolutely certain that the Magic in the new season is significantly weaker than last season.

Of course, this also has to do with the combination of powerful alliances.

This season, there are many newly emerging teams. For example, the Spurs, which have been settled for several years, have shown their edge again this season. The rising star Bulls have also been clinging to the Magic in the Eastern Conference. Even if the Magic loses a game or two more It may be overtaken by the opponent's record.

Coupled with the Heat getting better and better, the old and solid Celtics Big Three and the Los Angeles Lakers who fell to the Finals stage twice in a row and are eyeing.

The current situation of the alliance is exactly what David Stern wants, a chaotic scene where the princes will rise together and the heroes will be separated!
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On February 2, the All-Star Weekend came.

It is also the All-Star Weekend, and the hosting location in Los Angeles is completely different from other cities. Even if the scale of the Dallas All-Star Weekend became the largest in the history of the league last season, it is not as gorgeous and star-studded as the Los Angeles All-Star Weekend. bright.

Rihanna sang and danced passionately. Many familiar faces from the Staples Center can be seen on the court, Beyoncé, Governor Arnold, Spike Lee, jay-z, Justin Bieber, etc...

It is worth mentioning that a Chinese film and television actress also appeared at the All-Star Weekend, and it is said that she was invited by NBA President Stern.

Of course, these are just trivial matters for Wang Chao. He himself is already a very popular star, no matter in terms of popularity, popularity or ability to absorb money, he is no worse than these stars.

Even this female star from Huaguo took the initiative to come up and wanted to take a photo with Wang Chao as a souvenir.

Compared to these, Wang Chao was more interested in the fact that after he arrived in Los Angeles one day earlier, Dayao took the initiative to call to have a private talk with him.

Dayao's tone on the phone was a bit hesitant, as if he was not easy to speak, but it aroused Wang Chao's curiosity.

(End of this chapter)