I have a data panel in basketball

Chapter 203 All-Star Substitute Lineup

"I know about this. I knew it after he announced it before. I have always paid attention to him. I look forward to his return to this game."

After the Suns played the last game in January and ended all the games in January with a victory, Lin Day was also asked about Griffin, and he answered simply.

The answer is very official.

Hmm... He can't just say "I almost forgot about him"?
In fact, before Griffin announced that he was about to come back, he had indeed forgotten that there was such a guy in the 09 class. He cannot be blamed, but since he entered the league, he has seen Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan in his eyes. How can he pay attention to Griffin's recent situation?
You know, no matter how fierce Griffin is, he is also the guy who was defeated by him in the NCAA.

For such a guy, he might as well pay more attention to the current situation of the Lakers. It will be the end of February soon, and the last game of the season between the Suns and the Lakers will come. Don't look at it. There is still about a month, but if you really want to say it, it will only be 1 games.

Very fast!
Moreover, judging from the situation of the Lakers in the current few games, they are changing in a good direction. The recent wave of five consecutive victories has even completed their revenge against the Cavaliers. It can be seen from the momentum that the defending champion is back!
So during the recent period, Lin Ri studied the Lakers game if he had nothing to do.

At this point in the schedule, without the analysis of those experts, Lin Ri also knows that the Lakers must be their biggest opponent in the playoffs. If they can win the last game against the Lakers before the end of the regular season, it will also play a positive role in their mentality when they meet the Lakers in the playoffs.

It's not that Lin Ri has set his sights on the championship now!
It's about the current record of the Suns, and their momentum of sweeping the league in the regular season. If the results in the playoffs are not satisfactory, it will cause some criticism.

Maybe Lin Ri would have to wear the same hat that Nowitzki was wearing.

Lin Ri does not want to be defined as a "regular season star".

Because of this, he didn't feel any relaxation or expansion just because he was currently ranked first in the regular season.

Now he is even more careful!
Of course, Lin Ri also thinks it is a good thing that he has such a character!

This can ensure that he always has enough motivation to continue to improve.

……

The Suns ended January with a victory, then kicked off February with a win over the Grizzlies.

After winning the Grizzlies, Lin Ri was relieved.

Before this game, they had lost two games in a row against the Grizzlies. This game was their last meeting before the end of the season. If they still lost, the Grizzlies would become the first team to sweep the Suns this season. Now that the Suns have played at least one game against all teams in the league, they will also become the only team to sweep the Suns this season.

But as far as the current record of the Suns is concerned, there is only one explanation for their sweep, that is, the style of the Grizzlies just restrained the Suns... Otherwise, it is really impossible to explain why the Suns, who have just lost 10 games so far, lost to the Grizzlies one after another...

Having a "Suns nemesis" in the league is not what Lin Ri is happy to see, nor is it what the entire Suns team is happy to see, so they are all very involved in this game, and with that look, it looks like they are playing for a championship.

It was also under the attitude of the three armed forces that the Suns finally won the game!

However, the Suns did not win this game easily. They won the game by 7 points when Zach Randolph was in foul trouble.

Even, if it wasn't for Steve Nash who hit another three-pointer 25 seconds before the end of the game, the point difference would be only 4 points!
It was so difficult to win when the main players were troubled by fouls and couldn't give full play, which shows how troublesome the Grizzlies are for the Suns.

Fortunately, no matter what, they won the game in the end.

The final score of the two teams in the regular season was 1 to 2, which is not too ugly.

In addition, after winning the Grizzlies, no team can sweep them this season... This also prevents the Suns from leaving any embarrassing records in this dark horse season.

……

On the night when the Suns won the Grizzlies, the league officially announced the best player in the East and West of the NBA in January, as well as the best rookie in the East and West.

Due to injury and absence for a period of time, Lin Ri, who had dominated the list for two consecutive weeks before, was finally no longer the best player of the month in the West this time.

This month's player of the month was taken by Kobe.

The Lakers found their status as the defending champions in the second half of January. Throughout the month, they only lost 2 games. Kobe, as the core of the team, also ushered in a period of explosion in January, averaging 28.7 points per game in a single month. Then he will still be that Peter Pan that no one can stop him!"
Speaking of which, the recovery of the Lakers' state has nothing to do with Kobe's outbreak.

Everyone knows that Kobe's high points generally only happen when he feels that the team has no helpers.

This also made every Lakers player feel that Kobe was angry with him when he started scoring points.

After all, it is the team of the defending champion, and the core lineup is just at the right age. Once the state of this age improves, the Lakers will naturally "block gods and kill gods, Buddhas block and kill Buddhas" throughout January.

After all, before the start of this season, the Lakers were called by many experts as a team that "further completed reinforcement" because they kidnapped Artest from the Rockets!

They should have played the current state early...

As a result, the current state has not been played until now.

"Fortunately it's Kobe!"

Many experts analyzed the reasons and attributed the problem to the fact that after winning the championship last season, most of the Lakers no longer had the will to work hard for the championship.

But now, with Kobe expressing his dissatisfaction with practical actions, all the Lakers players are back on track.

This is another demonstration of leadership qualities.

Anyway, besides Kobe, few guys motivate the team by getting angry...

Perhaps, this is why he is "Kobe Bryant"!

The best player of the month in the East has not been replaced, but LeBron James.

It's just that although LeBron James has "three consecutive games", he may not be in a good mood. The Cavaliers also had a very good record in January, losing only two games.

It's just that one of these two games was lost to the Suns and the other was lost to the Lakers. They happen to be the two guys with the greatest hopes of entering the finals in the Western Conference.

This season, the Cavaliers can be said to be armed to the teeth, not for LeBron James to complete the three consecutive "Player of the Month", but to win the championship.

Now that they have lost the two most important games in January, it is strange that they are in a good mood!

Although Lin Ri did not win the "Best Player of the Month Award", he still won the "Best Rookie of the Month Award". In addition, he was also selected as a candidate for the "Best Player of the Month Award", but he was not selected in the end.

Moreover, if you really want to say, Lin Ri's position in the official mind is obviously getting higher and higher. Just look at the latest MVP list.

When the entire league knows that the officials are clamoring for "23vs24", Lin Ri ranked third on the MVP list, which can be said to be "under one person".

And this is only his first season in the league, and even the first season has not passed yet.

So quickly became the third existence on the MVP list... This made this night another night when Lin Ri was touted in various ways!
……

For NBA fans, the arrival of February is a happy thing. At this time, the All-Star Weekend is only two weeks away.

During this period of time, various news came one after another.

No, the official just summarized January yesterday, and immediately announced the All-Star East and West bench lineup the next day.

Derrick Rose was selected for the first time in his career in the East, and Kevin Durant was also selected for the first time in the West. Their selection to the All-Star bench indicates that the rookies of the 07-08 class will begin to show their prominence in the league.

One of them waited for 2 years, and the other took 3 years.

Of course, this is the process of a normal player transforming into a star.

Even Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James did not leave this category.

This is why it was so surprising that Grant Hill became the "All-Star Vote King" in his rookie season.

And now, Lin Ri has also used his performance to tell everyone what kind of phenomenal performance he must show if he wants to become the second Grant Hill!

The Suns Steve Nash was also selected as a substitute.

The Suns once again had two guys in the All-Star team.

But different from the past, this time it is not Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire, but Steve Nash and Lin Ri...

When Steve Nash learned that he had entered the All-Star reserve list, he was still a little happy. It was an interesting thing to think about cooperating with Lin Ri in the All-Star arena.

Of course, the reason why he is happy is not only because of this, but also because this All-Star was played in Dallas. In 04, he was given up by Mark Cuban, and then he came to the Suns and played the most brilliant period of his career. Judging from the overall results, he should thank Mark Cuban for "not killing him".

And now, every time he returns, it is a "slap in the face" to Cuban.

Steve Nash has a good temper, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have arrogance.

He will naturally not let go of the opportunity to "slap" Cuban.

That's why he's participating in the Skills Challenge!
He is running for the championship...

However, Steve Nash also understands that no matter how close the All-Star Weekend is, it will be two weeks away, and he still has to put all his thoughts on the next schedule.

The next game the Suns played was against the Wizards.

This opponent is not strong, and is a strong contender for the 2010 No. [-] pick.

But Gentry prepared for this game very seriously. He also emphasized that all the players of the Suns will prepare for this game as a big battle.

The reason is because after playing against the Wizards, they will go to Cleveland to challenge the Cavaliers away. This game is the last time they meet this season. After the opponent lost last time, they must want to win back. It must be a very difficult opponent at that time.

Gentry wants to make the entire Suns more confident in such a game!

Think about it, if the Cavaliers, who are desperate for revenge, can be defeated, who will the Suns be afraid of losing after this game?

This is the process of every team's transformation!

Needless to say, Gentry's current prestige in the Suns, after he said so, the entire team is fully preparing for the next game.

It's just that they probably forgot that the Wizards are a poor team in the East, even worse than teams like New York. The Suns are the No. [-] team in the West. They are serious. How can the Wizards take it!

After a wild bombardment, the Suns beat all the Wizards players by 30 points at the Wizards' home court.

However, there was a weird scene in this game.

They were originally home fans of the Wizards, but in the middle of the game, they all started to cheer for the Suns' goal.

At the beginning, there was only a small part, but later, a large group cheered. Until the end of the game, even the entire arena began to cheer for the Suns.

So much so that the fans who just turned on the TV looked at the atmosphere of the scene and thought that the Wizards had won the game...

Such a complete defection on the spot is also convincing!

Everyone in the Suns didn't say much about it, they were not at all happy...

It's just winning a team from the bottom of the Eastern Conference.

What are they happy about?

Instead, they looked dignified because the next game will be a battle with the Cavaliers.

(End of this chapter)