shooting guard era

Chapter 66 81. The All-Star Voting Begins
Jamal Crawford missed a game today because of a sprained ankle, and the Knicks became a stage for Marbury alone.

People all over the world are children of Marbury's nickname-the Lone Wolf.At first, the nickname was just that Marbury was unwilling to accept a lower salary than Garnett, forcing the Timberwolves to disband the potential combination of Garnett and Marbury. Later, the nickname of Lone Wolf was really engraved into Marbury. in the style of play.It is true that the heart will not die until the Yellow River, and the ball will not pass until the desperate situation!

Due to the loss to the Bulls, Ye Han, Gerald Wallace, and Okafor discussed how to defend the Knicks together. This is the first time in the history of the Bobcats team. Players in the second team discuss!Milestone moment!

To deal with Marbury, after studying the scouting report and the game video, they determined the defensive strategy, which seems very unreliable and a very risky defensive strategy, that is to post Marbury to break through!
I haven't seen it is posted, not posted.

In the beginning, Ye Han defended Marbury alone. Ye Han deliberately left a breakthrough route close to the bottom line for Marbury, allowing Marbury to break through from the bottom line, and then Gerald Wallace and Okafor double-teamed. , Ye Han closed the net behind, caught the turtle in the urn!

This kind of defense against ordinary point guards is simply courting death!Any pass is an open opportunity.

But who is the opponent?It's Marbury!The tactic worked!Marbury is very confident in his shooting percentage in the early 40.00% range. Except for passing the ball, he will pass it by himself. When he is in a good mood, he will pass it twice. But today he is obviously not in a good mood, because everyone is saying The rookie on the opposite side was so good that he wanted to prove himself against Ye Han.Seeing the "loophole" in Ye Han's defense, he sneaked in.

Ever since, 18 irons plus 7 turnovers, 6 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, his assists are always a lot, almost every game is more than 5, because the ball is in his hands, unless it is absolutely necessary, he will never Pass, pass is the kind that must be cast when throwing the pot. If it is scored, it is an assist.

The Bobcats played normally when Marbury was not on the court, and the point difference continued to widen.

The Bobcats vented their anger at a 105-77 loss to the Bulls, turning their record into 12-8.

The poor Knicks, with a salary of hundreds of millions this year, have only won 5 games so far.

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After Ye Han entered December, he didn't dominate the headlines for a long time like last month. The first is that people are used to his excellence. The average of 12 points and 25 rebounds has become the norm. People will only look at today's top ten after his games. Look for his traces in the best ball, and talk about who is the best new generation player among James, Wade, and Anthony.Second, the Bobcats have very few games this month. They only played three games when they were on the 10th.The third is that there are two heaven-defying guys who performed really well and attracted people's attention.

Maybe it was stimulated by Ye Han. After entering December, O'Neal became like him in March and April. His state was full, and the cruel schedule of 12 games in 7 days. O'Neal had 5+5 games in 30 consecutive games, and the Heat won five consecutive victories!The record became 15 wins and 17 losses. The physique of NBA players can really be adjusted. If you say gain weight, you can gain weight, and if you say lose weight, you can lose weight. O'Neill trained hard after being dunked by Ye Hanqi for the first time, and he has already lost more than ten pounds.

It is O'Neal's old partner Kobe who complements each other in the west. He also has a five-game winning streak. Four games this month plus one last month, the data is even more brutal 40+6+6, but the overall record is a bit worse. , 14 wins and 7 losses, and can only rank sixth in the West. Before this wave of five-game winning streak, the Lakers had dropped to ninth in the West. Fortunately, Kobe broke out in 5 consecutive games with 40+ and pulled the Lakers back.But everyone can see that the Lakers have too many hidden dangers. If Kobe hadn't supported him with his own strength, the Lakers would have collapsed.

In addition, there is another person who grabbed the headlines with Ye Han. On December 12th, in the Houston Rockets game against the San Antonio Spurs, McGrady scored 9 points in a row with 35 seconds left and the team trailed by 8 points, making a crazy comeback. .

These three gods made it impossible for Ye Han's reputation as the ultimate rookie to steal the limelight.

In this way, the Bobcats continue to relax the schedule.

How easy is the Bobcats' schedule this month?It really is as easy as it can be. Starting from today, which is the 7th, there is a short holiday. There is no competition until the 11th. There is no competition for four days.

During this period, a major event of this season in the league was unveiled, the All-Star voting!
On December 12th, the All-Star Voting officially begins!
108 professional reporters, commentators, and basketball players jointly select some players for each team. Fans can select the five starters in the East and West through text messages, phone calls, and paper votes in stores. Each department has a center forward, two forwards and two defenders.

Usually each team has about three players on this list. Of course, there are six or seven players like the Mavericks, Bulls, and Pistons on this list. There are also poor guys like the Timberwolves who only have Garnett on the list.

The Bobcats have four players shortlisted for the All-Star voting list, Ye Han, Okafor, Gerald - Wallace, Brian - Knight.

In fact, several All-Star starting positions have been determined. There is basically no suspense in the two backcourts in the West. In the rookie season, there is no suspense even if the All-Star starts. Garnett also occupies a starting position. That is to say, there is only one suspense in the Western Conference. Duncan, Nowitzki, and Stoudemire will compete for the last starter in the Western Conference. seats.

There are three players in the Eastern Conference who are basically sure to become All-Star starters. The Magic's Hill, the Heat's O'Neal, and the 76ers' Iverson are all popular.James, Wade, Ye Han, Arenas, Carter and others can only compete for the remaining two positions.

Ye Han's opponents are Arenas, Wade, and Carter. Relatively speaking, James is more relaxed. He didn't play point guard or forward this year. He looks a little witty!

But, Ye Han's advantage seems to be quite obvious among the players competing for the All-Star position in the Eastern Conference. He is Chinese!
Yes, as soon as the All-Star voting started, most of the fans in China who voted for the NBA voted for Ye Han as the guard of the Eastern District. Customers who bought Coke to fill in the NBA All-Star voting and voted for the Bobcats in the Eastern District can participate in another bottle activity, and the winning rate is very high.

This seemingly blind way of canvassing votes is surprisingly effective. Because of Yao Ming, the NBA chooses very few voting methods in China, only text messages and a few businesses as voting points, such as McDonald's and KFC. Coincidentally, Very Coke was also selected.

Very Coke made a mistake in this trick. Other merchants selected by the NBA have many NBA stars as endorsers. It is impossible for them to deliberately canvass for a certain star, but Very Coke dares, because Ye Han is the only spokesperson for them in the NBA.

People are greedy for petty gains, things that only need to tick a few boxes, why not?As a result, Ye Han, who was already very popular, knew who he was in China, even passers-by who didn't watch basketball.

(End of this chapter)