896: Swiping from morning till night

In 2015, just entering the New Year, Link put two big moves in a row for the league.

On the morning of January 2, the NBA officially announced the results of the second round of All-Star voting.

This time, the gap between Link and the others has been widened even further.

James and Curry both received 770,000 votes, placing second and third. There is one more left with 700,000 votes, which is Cameron. Anthony.

Apart from these three, the other players who ran for the election did not even reach 700,000 votes.

Just when everyone was still worrying about breaking through one million votes, Link's votes had skyrocketed to 2.1 million votes!

The number of votes in his second round is already more than the total number of votes in the first three rounds of voting in the previous All-Stars, and it is a lot more!

Compared with Yao Ming's record 2.51 million votes that year, it was only 400,000 votes.

But Link is only the second round of votes, and after the third round, it shouldn't be a problem for him to surpass Yao Ming.

Not only surpassing Yao Ming, it seems that Link is also expected to become the second player in NBA history other than Howard to exceed 3 million All-Star votes.

The number of votes exceeded 3 million, which is a miracle that is almost impossible to replicate.

After all, Howard was able to get so many votes back then, in addition to his super popularity, there were also rule bonuses in it.

In the 2009 All-Stars, the voting was still divided into five positions.

So back in the East, there was no other option for the center position than Howard!

At that time in the west, Yao Ming and O'Neill could still share the votes.

But in the East, no center other than Howard is eligible to be named to the All-Star team.

In the 2009 Eastern Conference All-Star lineup, there was only Howard as a pure center, which is very telling.

In the absence of competitors, everyone naturally voted for Howard. Coupled with Howard's own popularity, he broke the record of 3 million votes.

But now, the voting rules are very different from what they used to be. Now the All-Star vote is not divided into five positions, but only in the front and back courts. The center forward player is also counted in the front court.

In this way, there will be no situation without competitors.

So even though the internet is more developed now than it was in 2009, no player has come close to the record of 3 million votes.

On Link's side, there are Durant, Griffin, Duncan, Jr. and Link's teammate Gasol and other powerful players competing with Link for votes.

In such a situation, if Link can exceed 3 million votes, it will be several times more difficult than Howard!

There is no doubt that under today's voting rules, Link's votes are unmatched.

It's no wonder that the joke is going to change the all-star voting rules, and Link's vote count can be said to be quite perverted.

So far this year, the All-Star votes have exceeded 700,000, and in addition to Link, two are Eastern players, and Curry is a Western backcourt player.

And the frontcourt players in the West, including Durant, are all wiped out!

They were all stolen by Link.

This is a very uneven vote, and it is very different from what the coalition wants.

While the proposal for All-Star voting reform has passed, at least this year, the joke will have to put up with Link's destruction of the league.

Link's popularity of more than 2 million votes has not dissipated, and in the afternoon, before the Grizzlies and Lakers game began, Link learned that he beat James. Harden, with a near-triple-double per game, won the honor of NBA Western Conference Player of the Month in December.

Both Curry and Harden lost very badly, because their stats were already luxurious.

In the past, no matter what month it was, they were qualified to win the best of the month.

It's just the terrifying Link, who can be more luxurious than their deluxe stats every time.

The Houstonians are looking forward to the Player of the Month, and if Harden wins the Player of the Month, it will be the first time since Yao Ming in 2008 that a Rockets player has won the Player of the Month award.

If Harden wins the Month award, it will also be the first time in his career that he has won the Month award.

It's a pity that these beautiful illusions have been shattered by Link.

He averaged 30 points, 10 rebounds and 9.7 assists per game, winning all 12 of his 12 games. The 12-2 record for the entire month of December is far ahead of Harden's 9-5.

Link's data makes it impossible to find fault, and this award is not intended to be given to Link, but must be given.

Stephen. Curry missed out on the award of the month last month, and he was still very unwilling.

But after Link's data came out this month, Curry also said he was convinced.

No way, it's really incomparable!

In the morning, the All-Star voting results stunned everyone.

In the afternoon, the harvest was the best for two consecutive months, and there was no dispute.

2015 has just begun, and the entire basketball circle has been swiped by Link.

You think that's the end of it? No, that's just the beginning.

Evening, in Los Angeles, in the Staples Center.

With the Grizzlies still trailing by three points at the end of the third quarter, the Jedi fought back and finally won 110-106 against the in-form Los Angeles Lakers.

The Lakers have completely overturned this season, with a very shabby record of 10 wins and 22 losses.

But today, the Lakers did play at a super level.

Ed. Davis sped across the court and inexplicably scored 20 points.

Bryant restrained his desire to shoot, scoring just 15 points in the game, but he dished out nine rebounds and eight assists, making the Lakers' offense reasonable.

Jeremy Lin, who has been silent for a long time, also scored 20 points efficiently, which is his second-highest score of the season.

In addition to that, Grizzlies veteran Nick. Young and Boozer also scored 14 points each.

The Lakers' performance today is not outstanding.

All Los Angeles fans are looking forward to a hard-won victory for this team.

But in the end, the Grizzlies brutally killed the illusions of Los Angeles fans, just as Link brutally killed Harden's career first-ever best of the month and brutally killed the votes of the rest of the West's frontcourt players.

The Lakers have lost 11 of their last 11 meetings against the Grizzlies...... It's quite heart-wrenching.

After the game, Kobe Bryant also used up praise for Link's performance.

"He's playing great, he's shooting well. But he had to relax, or the rest of the voters wouldn't have a chance. ”

In just one day, Link had everyone revolving around him.

Votes in the morning, best of the month in the afternoon plus race wins in the evening. There hasn't been a player in the history of the NBA who can keep reporters' cameras and fans focused on him from morning to night.

Now all you have to do is type "NBA" into a search engine, and the first thing that pops up is a bunch of Link-related messages.

There is no doubt that Link is the face of the NBA today, and no one can shake it!

The current Link is like Chamberlain and Russell in the 60s, Abdul-Jabbar in the 70s, Bird and Magic in the 80s.

And, Michael. Jordan!

He is already a part of the NBA, and even a reason for many fans to watch the NBA.

Although his personality and villain image are not quite in line with the mainstream and are considered unsuitable to be the face of the league, it will be much more difficult for the president to change the situation than he imagined......