Super Evolution of Basketball

Chapter 384 The low tide before the All-Star

The All-Star voting is changing every day, and the gap between the stars is getting bigger and bigger. James is almost sure to be the top voter, Curry is second, and Yuan Qingshan is next, and he is in hot pursuit.

Yuan Qingshan never expected that he would have so many votes. He participated in the rookie competition last year. In the blink of an eye, he not only entered the main competition, but also entered the starting lineup.

Coach John from Kentucky called to congratulate him, and warned him to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and keep a calm mind at all times while keeping aggressive.

Yuan Qingshan took the old coach's teachings to heart.

At the beginning of January, the league staff contacted Yuan Qingshan and asked him if he would like to participate in the three-point shooting contest, which was unexpected again.

To be honest, he didn’t shoot many three-pointers this season. Curry averaged 10 shots per game, 4.1 shots per game, and a 41% shooting rate. Thompson took 8.3 shots, 3.4 shots, and a 41% shooting rate.

Yuan Qingshan was a little hesitant. Towns and Whiteside kept cheering him up. Anyway, it was a performance game, and it was not a playoff game. Don't have so much pressure. Just participate, maybe you can win back a three-pointer.

Towns' words are very convincing. Who would have thought that he was the champion of last year's skills competition?

Yuan Qingshan thought about it for a day, and finally agreed to go to the appointment. After all, his highest-level skill is the orange "three-point champion" skill.

When Towns found out, he was overjoyed. When there was no game, he would drag Yuan Qingshan to practice three-pointers. During training, Yuan Qingshan could already hit 80% of the shots.

In early January, the Lakers' schedule was a bit dense, with consecutive away games against two strong teams, the Thunder and the Cavaliers.

For the Thunder, Ingram, the No. [-] pick, did not know which muscle was wrong. The gods exploded, and mercilessly blasted the opposing North Carolina Blackhawk Barnes.

The Thunder defeated the Lakers by virtue of his and Westbrook's super performance. After the game, Walton was autistic. He designed a wealth of tactics and was well prepared to deal with Westbrook's outbreak, but he never expected that the skinny first-year rookie on the opposite side would become the X factor.

Barnes defended very hard and didn't make any obvious mistakes, but he just couldn't defend Ingram.

Anyone who has watched the game knows that Barnes lost in talent. His height and wingspan are far behind Ingram's.

On the basketball court, some things cannot be made up by hard work.

After winning the Mavericks at home, the Lakers lost to the Cavaliers.

This time it was LeBron James who blasted Barnes. James played 42 minutes and scored a season-high 43 points, along with 10 rebounds and 12 assists.

Chosen Son!
After the game, Barnes was so tired that he ran back to the locker room to vomit. Yuan Qingshan felt unbearable when he saw it. Nick Yang had a sympathetic expression and said to Yuan Qingshan: You know how hard I was last season.

After the game, a reporter interviewed Yuan Qingshan and chatted with Barnes by the way.

"Barnes made James play so smoothly in this game, will you make any adjustments next?"

Yuan Qingshan glanced at the reporter and said: "Let me correct you, it's not that Barnes made LeBron play too smoothly, but that there was a problem with our defense. When LeBron attacked, we failed to support Barnes."

The reporter felt that Yuan Qingshan's answer was too official, so he continued: "Since Bill joined, the four points of this Cavaliers team except for TT are all very aggressive. How can you help defend?"

Yuan Qingshan turned his face slightly and sighed. The reporter was right. The main lineup of the Cavaliers is Irving, Bill, James, Love and TT. Except for the center position, the other four are all good attackers. During the game just now, it was really difficult to use other positions to help. Barnes has been in a state of isolation and helplessness.

The reporter saw that Yuan Qingshan's expression was wrong. She often visited the Lakers and had a good impression of these players, so she didn't deliberately make things difficult for the Lakers players. She cleverly changed the subject: "You were leading in the first half, why didn't you continue to attack the perimeter?"

Bill's defense is not very fancy, but it is simple and practical. Murray failed to take advantage of his defense.

And Yuan Qingshan put more than half of his energy on defending Irving. Irving was angry from the very beginning, which probably has something to do with the recent trade rumors. He probably wants to prove himself with his strength.

"After the intermission, our hand felt cold, so we didn't continue to bet on the hit rate in the second half." Yuan Qingshan raised his hand and called Whiteside who passed by him: "Hey, Hassan, wait for me in the locker room. I have something to do with you."

This was a hint that he wanted to end quickly, the reporter hurriedly thanked him, and ended the interview tactfully.

At the Cavaliers press conference, the reporters greatly praised James' god-level performance, but James did not look very proud, but kept praising Owen.

At first, Owen maintained a cool look, but after James' endless praise, he finally became shy and began to talk more.

The reporter asked Irving if he was holding back when he met the rumored Lakers.

Owen nodded curtly.

The reporter asked again, there were rumors that he and Yuan Qingshan were at odds last season, has it eased now?
James glanced at the reporter who asked this idiotic question, and helplessly covered his eyes with his wide palm.

Owen said very simply: "As long as I meet Yuan Qingshan, I will do my best to defeat him."

Reporter: "Is it the same as today, using Jin to attack him?"

Owen shook his head: "No, today we are evenly matched. The team won because of LeBron. I didn't beat Yuan Qingshan."

The reporters were moved by Irving's frankness. Irving scored 24 points, 7 assists and 3 rebounds in this game, which is the second highest score in the team. It stands to reason that he performed very well.

However, such an excellent performance, in his mouth, he even said that he was evenly matched. You know, this is the second in command of the defending champion.

Yuan Qingshan has grown so fast, in just one year, he can already be compared with Owen.

James secretly scratched his head. He has always wanted to trade Yuan Qingshan to the Cavaliers, but Owen has such a strong heart, what should I do?
The Cavaliers management concealed from James the deal that Irving added the first rotation to Yuan Qingshan, Brogdon and Channing Frye some time ago.

After the trading chips were exposed by the media, general manager Griffin solemnly explained to James, saying that all this was fabricated by the media with ulterior motives.

James believed their words and believed the lies of the management.

That's why he has been dreaming of "trading Yuan Qingshan and forming a backcourt double gun with Irving".

(End of this chapter)