The matchup between Ross and Jeremy Lin can also be regarded as a key battle in the league.

The current league has a lot of talent for point guards.

Before there was Jason. Kidd, Steve. Nash's two point guard veterans, including Chris. Paul, Delong. Williams and Rajan. Rondo has three excellent point guards, and behind him, there is a large number of new generation guards with unlimited potential.

Curry, Rose, Jeremy Lin plus a Russell. Westbrook, these four are the strongest of the new generation of point guards.

Curry averaged 27 points and six assists per game, Rose averaged 25 points and seven assists per game, while Jeremy Lin averaged 18 points and 12 assists per game and Westbrook averaged 23 points and seven assists per game.

Although the four have been in the NBA at different times, they are all players born in 1988 and are only 22 years old.

Their futures are undoubtedly limitless, so these players will also become the focus of attention from fans and media when they play each other.

Jeremy Lin played against Curry before, and the data of the two can be said to be tied, while the Wizards beat the Nets without any suspense.

And the duel between Jeremy Lin and Ross was completely Jeremy Lin's victory.

Such a result made many people sigh that the disciples taught by Wang Xiao were really strong.

Jeremy Lin led the Nets to defeat the Bulls, which not only improved the Nets' record again, surpassing the Hawks to climb to sixth place in the East, but also indirectly helped his mentor Wang Xiao and the Wizards to secure the top trade in the East.

And as we move into mid-January, the first round of voting for All-Star Weekend has ended.

On the Eastern side, James was undoubtedly the player with the most votes.

Although James was scolded like a street rat because of "Decision 1" in the summer, James's popularity on the South Coast was not affected at all.

Not only did he vote first in the forward position, but it was also the highest in the entire East.

In the guard vote, Curry still occupies the lead, but the lead is in jeopardy.

Because Jeremy Lin has come from behind, surpassing Wade, Rose and others in a row, ranking second in the East, and the gap with Curry is extremely small.

The reason why Jeremy Lin's votes are so high is directly related to his Chinese-American status.

Although Jeremy Lin is nominally American, he is yellow-skinned and black-haired after all, and he has Chinese blood in his veins.

When Yao Ming was unable to play due to injury and Yi Jianlian was in danger in the NBA, the majority of Chinese people naturally poured their enthusiasm into Jeremy Lin.

In fact, the reason why Curry was able to beat Wade and Rose in voting also has a very important relationship with the fact that he is a disciple of Wang Xiao.

However, Curry and Jeremy Lin are different after all, although the style of play is more gorgeous than Jeremy Lin's, and the image is also very good, but the popularity in China is bound to be incomparable to Jeremy Lin.

In the next few rounds of voting, if Chinese fans start to work collectively, Jeremy Lin is likely to complete the overtake of Curry.

In addition to Curry, the Wizards have two other people who are relatively high in the All-Star voting this time.

One is Harden and the other is Jordan Jr.

Harden was fifth in the guard vote, coming in behind Curry, Jeremy Lin, Rose, Wade, and Celtics point guard Rajan. Rondo is slightly higher.

Of course, it is impossible for this ranking to be selected for the All-Star Game, and it may be difficult for Harden to compete for Curry, Jeremy Lin and others in the subsequent rounds of voting.

The All-Star bench lineup was voted for by the head coaches of the league's 30 teams, and it has little to do with the current online voting.

It's that Jordan Jr. ranks a little higher in the center position than Harden in the guard.

However, this has something to do with the fact that there are fewer good centers in the East.

When it comes to centers in the East, Howard must be the first and foremost, and after Howard, there are very few star centers in the East.

O'Neal, who joined the Celtics last summer, has averaged only 9.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game in the regular season so far this season due to age and injury.

And the remaining powerful centers in the East are none other than these: Joakim of the Bulls. Noah, Al of the Eagles. Horford, Roy of the Pacers. Hibbert, Nets' Brooke. Lopez...... DeAndrew. Jordan.

So far, Jordan Jr., who has averaged 8.7 points, 11 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game, is not inferior to the top few in terms of data, and the Chinese market brought by Wang Xiao has more or less attracted some votes for him, so he actually ranked second among Eastern centers in the first round of All-Star voting, second only to Howard.

This made little Jordan feel very surprised and shouted incredible.

It's a pity that although Jordan Jr. ranks higher in the center position than Harden in the guard, he, like Harden, will not be selected for the All-Star Game, because there can only be one All-Star starting center, and that is the player who ranks first in the center position in terms of votes.

Howard, who averaged 23 points, 14 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game this season, has completely secured the position of the league's No. 1 center, and no one can shake it for the time being, and the position of the starting center of the Eastern All-Star must be Howard's.

Jordan Jr. understands this, but even so, he is happy enough, after all, he never thought he would be so popular with fans before.

The first round of All-Star voting is just a small episode for the NBA league, and what really matters is the game.

In the first half of January, the Wizards played eight games and won all of them, and in the second half of the month, the team continued to soar in nine games, losing only two games, winning 15 of 17 games, and rising to 40-7, still leading the league.

The Bulls, who had been chasing closely behind the Wizards, finally couldn't keep up with the Wizards' pace.

In January, the Bulls lost five of their 16 games and finished with an 11-5 record and a 36-10 record.

The two teams have very different offensive and defensive styles, but the long season has proven that the Wizards' dual-core drive is clearly more reasonable than the Bulls' single-core operation.

"Derek. Rose is a talented player with a very bright future and is likely to regain the glory of the Jordan era of the Bulls, but unfortunately, he is now facing two equally talented opponents, although he is very unwilling, he can only be temporarily defeated. ”

This is what the media says about the battle between the two teams in the rankings.

And when the time entered early February, the Bulls, who had already fallen behind by 4 wins in the ranking competition, finally ushered in the opportunity to challenge the Wizards head-on at home.