The first quarter of the game became the epitome of the night's game.

Allen's defense against Tang Tian worked well, but his fitness was limited.

And whether it is Lee or Prince, the defensive effect on Tang Tian is very bad.

Tang Tian really had some excess energy tonight.

However, the Grizzlies do have a big advantage on the inside, and Davis is very suppressed.

The two teams remained deadlocked until the second half of the fourth quarter.

At the critical moment, Gasol Jr. received his sixth personal foul and left the court.

The Pelicans slammed the interior to build a five-point lead and eventually win the game 83-77.

Tang Tian's comeback game did not feel good, and he only scored 11 goals after 25 shots in the game.

But he still scored a game-high 31 points and added seven assists to lead the team to their first win over the Grizzlies of the season and end the team's five-game losing streak!

Davis was suppressed on the defensive end, but he played well on the offensive end, and also had a big double-double of 20 points and 15 boards.

For the first time this season, the duo played the feeling of twin stars.

Of course, in addition to the victory or defeat of the game itself, Tang Tian's 3 wonderful dunks contributed tonight were also very eye-catching.

After the game, the media even reported Tang Tianchao's dunk as a news picture, and accompanied it with the words "All-Star Game Ticket King made a strong comeback and led the team to end the losing streak".

Ushering in Tang Tian's comeback, winning an opponent he had never defeated before the season, and ending the losing streak, it was an incredibly good night for the Pelicans.

The fans were buzzing on social media after the game.

"Why, I have a feeling that Don is more comfortable than before after recovering from his injury? Is it my delusion? ”

"Actually, Don is still the same Don, it's just that when he was absent, his teammates got the opportunity to train and become stronger, so you feel this way."

"It seems to make a lot of sense, especially AD, he will shoot now, and Holiday , he also scored 2 threes tonight, it seems that Don's absence before is not a bad thing!"

"But Don's role is still obvious, although he doesn't seem to have a high shooting percentage tonight, but if he can beat Allen like that, he is already in the same position as Kobe."

"You mean the hit rate? Manual Dog Head"

"Haha, in fact, what amazed me the most tonight was those dunks, especially the over-frame dunk, which was just explosive!"

"yes, watching that ball, I was suddenly very much looking forward to Don appearing on the court of the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest!"

"Really, if he hadn't dunked the ball, I wouldn't have realized that Don's bounce was so good! He's really always underrated! ”

"This is the first time I've seen Carter, Kobe and Maddie look forward to someone in the dunk contest!"

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The day after the Pelicans and Grizzlies game ended, someone in the league office contacted Tang Tian and asked if he was interested in participating in this year's slam dunk contest.

This speed, on the one hand, is because Tang Tian's over-frame buckle is really amazing.

On the other hand, the league's slam dunk contest in recent years has indeed been too few to watch and talk about.

Basically, it's some newcomers who are playing, and it's not too amazing newcomers.

If it goes on like this, this originally the most exciting single event will become a dispensable existence.

Tang Tian.

Of course I agreed.

This was originally his plan, but it was delayed due to injury.

Now the alliance is responding faster than expected, which is a good thing!

After winning the Grizzlies, the Pelicans followed suit with the Jazz and Kings back-to-back games.

Both teams were rebuilding, and the Pelicans came out on top.

Tang Tian scored 25 points in one game and 27 points in one game, and there were still a lot of points, but the shooting rate was not very high.

In addition to the impact of the shoulder injury, it is also related to the opponent's poor control of the ball and the successive targeted defense of him.

Before I knew it, it was January 31st.

On the last day of January, the league announced its All-Star bench lineup, as well as the entry list for each event.

The bench lineup in the East, on the inside, Noah, Roy Hibbert, Bosh and Millsap were selected;

Because the starting center position has been eliminated, the number of substitutes on the inside line will be higher.

On the front line, DeRozan was selected;

In the defensive line, Wall and Joe Johnson were selected.

This list was the same as Tang Tian remembered, but it was a little surprising to him.

Because Walker didn't make the cut.

The Bobcats brought in Jefferson this season and is now sixth in the East, while Walker is also averaging 20 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists per game.

The team's record and his stats are fully worthy of a substitute spot.

After all, Irving has become an All-Star starter.

It can only be said that in the hands of those coaches, they still feel that this kind of player with a more unpretentious style of play is not suitable for the All-Star Game.

On the west side, Anthony Davis, Aldridge, and Howard on the inside were selected;

Harden on the forward line was selected;

Parker, Westbrook and Paul on the back line were selected.

On the eastern side, basically the people who performed well were selected, and there was not much controversy or anything.

But here in the West, there are quite a few missing pearls, including Lillard, Duncan, Nowitzki, Jordan Jr. and others.

Davis's selection has attracted quite a lot of complaints.

Although Davis has been performing well recently, he is averaging 17.3 points, 13.5 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game, which is not much of an advantage over Love, Cousins, or even Nowitzki.

And the Pelicans are now outside the top eight in the West.

"They (the coaches and the media) really like AD so much, but he's really overrated right now."

This was a comment made by the anonymous general manager of a Western Conference team.

This is also the point of many fans' complaints.

"Don't care, it's not you who forced them to choose you, it's a good thing to be favored by others, play a better performance than they expect, just shut them up."

Tang Tian saw that Davis's mood was not particularly high during the training session, and he touched his head and said at the end.

His previous selection as a starter was also questioned, and he can be regarded as a person from the past.

Davis nodded.

Now as long as Tang Tian says it, he can listen to it.

Shortly after the East and West All-Star bench was announced, the league announced the list of individual events.

Rookie Challenge: Skip it, don't count the words.

Shooting Stars: Same as above.

Skills Challenge: Brother Alphabet, McCarvey, Oladipo, DeRozan; Trey Burke, Reggie Jackson, Lillard, Dragic.

Three-point shootout: Afflalo, Irving, Belinelli, Anthony Morrow, Curry, Lillard and Love.

Slam Dunk Contest: Paul George, Wall, Terrence Rose, Lillard, Harrison Barnes, Donkey!

After the list of individual events came out, the two names were very eye-catching.

One is Lillard, who, as a sophomore, is competing in four events in addition to the All-Star Game!

As a result, he became the player who has participated in the most games outside of the All-Star Game in the history of the All-Star Game!

There is also a person who is Tang Tian.

In addition to participating in the All-Star Game, as fans expect, he will also participate in this year's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest!

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