On January 12, the Second Round voting results were also announced. LeBron·James received 1,622,838 votes, surpassing again. The Greek Freak once again became the voting king of League. The voting king of Western Conference also changed hands. Curry surpassed Teammates with 1369658 votes. Durant became the player with the most votes for Western Conference. Harden still ranked second among Western Conference's defenders. The gap between Curry and Curry was further widened, but it maintained a slight advantage over Westbrook.
LeBron 978540 votes, Westbrook 917332 votes.
Turtle Turtle once again unfortunately failed to win the election All-Star Starting Lineup, why should we be elected when we are already born!!!
Westbrook was not selected, and the other two Thunder naturally missed the chance, All-Star Starting Lineup.
Butler 547582 votes, Chen Xi 697454 votes.
Finally, Starting Lineup of All-Star is released:
Eastern Conference Starting Lineup: LeBron·James (captain), Giannis·Antetokounmpo, Kyrie·Irving, Demar·DeRozan, Joel·Embiid.
Western Conference Starting Lineup: Stephen·Curry (captain), Kevin·Durant, Anthony·Davis, Demarcus·Cousins, James·Harden.
This year's All-Star is different from last year.
According to the official announcement of League, the previous East Western Conference Contact competition was cancelled. Instead, the two captains of All-Star Game selected players from the players selected for All-Star to form a team for Contact.
The two captains will be served by the players in the East Western Conference division who received the most Fans votes.
Except for All-Star Starting Lineup who were voted by Fans, the remaining 14 substitutes were voted by Head Coach of the 30 teams as usual.
There are three forwards, two defenders and two players at any position in the East and West. If anyone is unable to participate due to injury, Adam Silver will directly designate a replacement.
As for who the final result will be, League will not officially announce the result until January 23.
But before that, Thunder still has two games to play.
On January 20, Thunder visited Cleveland in an away game.
Chen ushered in the first game of this season with Cavaliers.
Cleveland, This year has been an extremely difficult year.
Irving was sent away in the summer trade, and then in order to retain James, successive transactions were made to try to strengthen it, and Isaiah Thomas, Wade, and Rose were successively exchanged. I thought that the back line was greatly strengthened, and the future was promising.
Who knew it would become the trigger for conflicts in the locker room.
Isaiah Thomas's injuries, the conflict between Isaiah Thomas and Love, the new team-up between Isaiah Thomas and Jae Crowder, the conflict between Wade and JR Smith, the real injury situation of Rose...
A series of problems broke out in the locker room one after another, and there was no chemical reaction at all on the court. Everyone was fighting on their own, and then they lost violently.
Tyronn Lue was forced to extend James's playing time and use James's physical strength to stabilize the team's record.
Only James, who is at his peak at the moment, is a beast and can withstand this kind of pressure. If he had been replaced by someone else, he would have been ruined already. (One thing to say, if he were replaced by Durant, he would probably be injured halfway through the race. After all, Laodu's physical fitness has always been a problem)
What's outrageous is that nearly half a season has passed, and the current situation has made it clear that the team has a huge problem, but the management still hasn't taken any action, which is puzzling.
There are no player changes and no trades. If the team is allowed to develop like this, it will be over sooner or later.
In this atmosphere, Cleveland's record once dropped to the ninth position of Eastern Conference.
Throughout James's entire career, there were only a handful of times when he was ranked at the bottom of Eastern Conference, which is undoubtedly a shame for him.
But is there any good way?
I don't know if Old Zhang has the idea of leaving Cleveland again.
After all, the management of this team is really stupid.
The time came on the evening of the 20th.
Before the game, Lao Zhang had the aura of a star, a socialite, and a host. He came up and greeted Westbrook, Butler, and Chen Xi one by one.
From the outside, he was smiling happily, but he didn't realize how difficult the team's life was right now.
Old Zhang also specially mentioned a few words to Chen Xi, such as saying that he likes to watch him play and admires him very much.
Whether you should say it or not, as long as you can step into his sight, you will realize his high emotional intelligence that is highly praised by the media.
James, putting aside some outrageous black history, is still very qualified as a professional player. He tries his best to be comprehensive both on and off the court, and is quite smooth in his dealings with others. However, he was young and energetic at the time and left too many absolute words. (I am really not a black man, I just don't like it very much!)
The competition between Thunder and Cavaliers officially begins.
The Starting Lineup presented by Cavaliers are: Isaiah·Thomas, JR Smith, Jay Jae Crowder, LeBron·James, Kevin Love
A slightly smaller lineup.
Being able to serve as a substitute for Isaiah Thomas, Wade and Rose are also getting better~~
The game started soon. Little Sabonis and Love jumped the ball and successfully helped Thunder get the ball first.
Westbrook held the ball and slowly moved it to Frontcourt. He waited for Chen Xi to come up and picked up Hand-off first.
Then Chen Xi Dribble moved to the left. After attracting a certain amount of attention, he passed the ball back to Westbrook. Westbrook received the ball without pausing and directly pushed the ball towards Interior.
At this time, Little Sabonis had already unknowingly touched Paint. After receiving the pass from Westbrook, he stood up and dunked easily to finish the game.
This year's Cavaliers, Interior's defense, League is at the bottom, and it is also the team that Rebound has conceded the most points.
The Thunder uniform team, who had done research before the game, discovered the problem early on. When Donovan was deploying the strategy, it naturally reminded everyone at Thunder.
Hence the opening goal.
In the final analysis, Cavaliers's lineup is too small. Except for Love, the tallest one is James who is 2.03 meters tall, followed by two 198-meter-sized players, and a 175-meter point guard.
In addition, Rim Protection of Love was not his strong point originally. When he was young, he was not good at Rim Protection. Now that he has lost weight and transformed, he is even less good at Rim Protection. ( To put a patch on it, just because Rebound is good does not mean Rim Protection is good, and good blocking does not necessarily mean Rim Protection is good. Typical examples are Whiteside and Drummond)
Cavaliers has the ball, Isaiah Thomas Backcourt Receive Ball, and after arriving at Frontcourt, Top of the Key stops the ball and waits for Teammates to move.
James ran out from the left Corner, bypassed the screen of Jae Crowder, Top of the Key caught the ball, and before Butler was blocked and had no time to squeeze through the screen, Long Two Shot shot directly.
Dang!!
The crisp Brick sound sounded, and Basketball bounced away, and was picked off by Westbrook who jumped high, and then quickly advanced, and the single Fast Break rushed towards Frontcourt.
None of Cavaliers's five players could outrun him. Fast Break held the ball with Westbrook and drove to the basket. Layup was gliding and scored two more points.
He came up and beat Cavaliers, a score of 4 to 0.
Looking back, Cavaliers attacked again, Isaiah Thomas continued to hand over the ball to James.
Old Zhang is near Baseline on the left, holding the ball Isolation Butler.
First, he made two breakthrough moves, suppressing JB and retreating, and then came up with a classic signature move.
Floating Ball with the right hand, while looking at the ball, then suddenly pulling the ball back, and shooting another Long Two.
This is the James dry pull and forward rocking action that Fanss jokingly call "the whole world knows he is going to take action."
Feng doesn't care whether something is beautiful or not. If you can do it, you have good skills!
But it's a pity that today's James and outside line Touch don't seem to be outstanding, and Basketball pops up again.
Rebound was picked off by Gordon and then quickly handed to Westbrook.
Then Westbrook starts again and drives down Fast Break, straight towards Cavaliers Interior.
The poor retreat left Cavaliers completely unable to parry Thunder's Transition Offense.
After Westbrook breaks into Interior, he takes off and distributes the ball. Gordon, who follows closely behind, immediately catches the ball and completes Layup.
6 to 0
Cavaliers calls out Timeout.
Whether it can be adjusted or not is another matter, Thunder is about to take off!
Coach Lu frowned and looked at the score on the field.
The team's defense is a bit too bad and needs to be emphasized.
That's right, emphasis, not substitution.
As a classic genius coach, Tyronn Lue's ability to adapt to the situation on the court has often been questioned. This Championship coach has been shrouded in the glory of James all year round.
Of course, he still has advantages. Tyronn Lue is still very good at handling relationships with players. After doing a lot of research during the season, he can occasionally have an idea and come up with some strange tricks.
Soon, Timeout came back and Cavaliers had the ball.
Isaiah Thomas Dribble went to the wing, played with Jae Crowder, attracted the defense, and passed the ball inward.
Pick-and-Roll Jae Crowder caught the ball and hit Floater near the frame, scoring the ball.
Cavaliers finally got the first point of the game.
Thunder attacks again.
Westbrook Top of the Key Stop the ball.
Chen Xi passed the ball from the wing, passed the screen raised by Little Sabonis, and directly pulled Three-Point Shot a little to the left of Top of the Key.
Huh~~
Three-Pointer scored.
Tonight's Thunder is unstoppable.
Cavaliers retreated quickly and consciously, but Positional play and the others also couldn't hold on, which hurt their morale.
Reorganizing the offense, Isaiah Thomas once again did Pick-and-Roll with Jae Crowder. This time, he passed the screen on the outside and passed the ball to JR on the wing, who received the ball Three-Point Shot.
Dang!!
It's still Brick and Cavaliers's attack, which is a big problem.
But Thunder doesn't care about you. Westbrook takes off Rebound and then Fast Break again.
This time, James personally took action, stopped Westbrook, and used his body to slow him down.
Westbrook stopped outside the Three-Pointer line, waited for Teammates to land, and then handed the ball to Butler.
Facing Jae Crowder, Butler did not force the ball, but waited for Gordon On-ball Screen to break through, and then Bounce pass passed the ball to Gordon.
Gordon took advantage of the situation to attack the frame. Facing Rim Protection from Love, Gordon jumped up directly. With a fierce momentum, Contact followed Love in the air, trying to Poster Dunk the God of Love.
But after all, Love is also 2.08 meters tall. He chose his position in advance and was very smart. In the end, he successfully blocked Gordon's goal.
Contact landed in the air, and Gordon rolled around to alleviate the impact.
At the same time, the Referee whistle sounded.
Although he failed to complete Poster Dunk, he still obtained Free Throw twice, causing damage.
At this time, Love's face showed displeasure to the naked eye. No matter how good-tempered a person was, he would not be willing to accept this kind of thing.
At this time, Old Zhang came over, comforted her softly, and signaled to Love to control her emotions.
Gordon stepped up to Free-Throw Line, steadily... and made one of two free throws.
At the same time, taking advantage of Free Throw's opportunity, Tyronn Lue finally chose to change the lineup, replacing Jae Crowder with Tristan Thompson.
While strengthening Interior Rim Protection, free up the positions of Love and James.
Looking back, Cavaliers's offense finally took off.
Isaiah Thomas Top of the Key passes the ball to James, James looks for Pick-and-Roll of Love, then breaks through and passes the ball back to Pop Out and so on Love.
Cupid was on the outside, drawing his bow and arrow, Three-Point Shot, and finally hit the target, helping the team barely stabilize the situation.
Thunder attacks again, Westbrook Three-Pointer line, signaling the opponent to pull away, Isolation Isaiah Thomas.
With a fierce breakthrough, he directly pushed away Isaiah Thomas and rushed into Interior. Facing TT's defense, Euro Step started. Layup, a master behind Shot Fake, threw the ball to Basket.
However, although he is not tall, TT's internal defense is indeed better than Love, and he was still successfully interfered by him.
Basketball bounced on the frame twice and popped out again.
James flew up and picked off Rebound, turned around and saw Isaiah Thomas who was about to leave, and immediately passed the ball.
Chen Xi immediately fast Chase Defense.
After Isaiah Thomas caught the ball at the Three-Pointer line, he did not stop when facing Chen Xi. He relied on his own speed and quickly dropped the ball to break through. Chen Xi broke into Paint from the left. Facing the empty basket, he pulled the lever and changed hands to Layup. He avoided the block from Chen Xi behind him and scored two points.
Although the chemical reaction is not good and the tactical execution is not in place, the people of Cavaliers and Individual Ability are there, and the lower limit can still be maintained.
Chen Xi reached out and hugged Basketball who jumped up again after landing, returned to the outside of Baseline, served to Gordon who ran back, then stepped onto the court again, took Basketball from Gordon, and carried Frontcourt back alone.
At a forty-five-degree angle, facing JR's defense, Chen Xi stood in place Dribble waiting for Teammates's Pick-and-Roll.
"What? You yellow-skinned boy, don't you dare to challenge me? Why don't you just give me the ball and go home and sleep quickly? This is not the place for you!"
As we all know, JR has never been a good boy. When faced with the young Chen Xi, he did not hesitate to spit out Trash Talk in an attempt to influence Chen Xi's emotions.
But Chen Xi ignored him and just glanced at him lightly.
Little Sabonis's Pick-and-Roll came up, Chen Xi immediately Sideways Movement opened the distance, and Pick-and-Roll got a short vacancy, and then Three-pointer pull-up jumper took action.
Huh~~
Three-Pointer hits.
After landing, Chen Xi projected a fan-shaped statistical chart in his eyes.
Three-Pointer is indifferent Three-Pointer is questioning and disdainful.
The bad look immediately angered JR, and he couldn't help but step forward to spray Chen Xi in the face, but Chen had already turned around and ran towards his own half.
JR, who still wanted to pursue him, found the abnormal James and stopped him. Then he said a few words to him, asking him to calm down and not cause trouble.
Poor Old Zhang, fighting fires everywhere, being both a father and a mother.
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