Yi Jianlian played 25 minutes in this game, which is more than the Eastern All-Stars, with 16 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds, and contributed 4 dunks, that is, dunk points accounted for half of the total scores.

This proportion of the score can be seen that Yi Jianlian really didn't play seriously.

This is the end of the Phoenix All-Star Weekend in '09.

It's worth mentioning that the NBA's trade deadline is also around All-Star Weekend, and in previous years, there have been some big deals at this time.

Last year, for example, the Lakers traded from the Grizzlies to get Pau Gasol, and the Mavericks traded to the Nets to get Jason Kidd.

These two deals directly collapsed a playoff mid-level powerhouse in the East and turned a top-notch team in the West into a championship favorite.

Further aback, you can also find a lot of big deals that are completed before the deal deadline.

Only this year, the trade deadline came silently, and before the fans could react, the free market was closed, and the 30 teams were stunned that there was no big movement, and even if there was a deal, it was just a small deal.

The free trading market in '09 was closed much quieter than usual.

However, although there were no big deals happening in the trade market, Milwaukee Bucks fans were as happy as Christmas, according to the latest news from ESPN, Michael Reed, who had been injured in the playoffs last April and was reimbursed for 10 months, has finally fully recovered and is ready to play, and Bucks head coach K Jr. later confirmed the news.

"Kim's left hand is back in place, and the Bucks' firepower has escalated again!"

"The favourites? Michael Reed's return puts the Bucks among the top powerhouses in the league! ”

"Yi Yinghui's biggest helper, Michael Reid or Zhu Yi hit the regular season MVP!"

For a while, because of Michael Reed's return, many experts said in an interview that they were infinitely optimistic about the Bucks, which had become a complete lineup.

***

February 18th.

The NBA regular season is back open.

The Bucks are also heading to Detroit today to take on the Pistons on the road.

The Pistons, who sent away Billups, have been on a downward spiral since the beginning of the season and are currently only in twelfth place in the East, and if they continue to lose, they will have to become the vice president of the East.

The most important thing is that the newcomer Allen Iverson did not get along well with the original remaining "Pistons Three Tigers" at all, and Rasheed Wallace and several of them vented their dissatisfaction with the team on Allen Iverson, which made Allen Iverson, who no longer wanted to play well, more and more unwilling to play, and intentionally or unintentionally missed daily training, so that the head coach banned him for several games.

And when the atmosphere in this team is bad, they met the current upstart in the East, or welcomed back the upgraded version of All-Star guard Michael Reed in the second place in the East, you can imagine what kind of fate it will be!

Hmm~ The air is filled with the smell of being beaten.

Even the Detroit fans who came to watch the game today were ready to cheer on the Bucks.

But what no one expected was that the Pistons actually won today!

109 to 99.

Last-minute victory!

Well, it was also after this victory that many fans found out that the original Pistons had won three in a row.

And this is exactly the fourth game of Allen Iverson's suspension.

"The Pistons players are protesting the management trade in another way, and after the squeezing out, they are reasserting their quality as a veteran team that has reached the Eastern Conference Finals for the past seven consecutive years!"

"As for Alan Iverson, he probably shouldn't have been here!"

This victory also brought Detroit's contradictions into the eyes of the public fans and made headlines that night.

As for the Bucks' defeat, all fans know the reason, Michael Reid shot 3 of 13, 0 of 4 three-pointers, and 2 of 4 free throws, and only scored 8 points in 30 minutes of play.

It was also because of his slump that the Bucks would lose Detroit tonight.

However, no one said anything about him, after all, it has been 10 months since he left the court, and he has only been back to training for 1 month, so it is so easy to get back into form immediately, but he has to adapt to two games first.

It's just that to the surprise of many fans, the next three games of the Bucks were another wave of three consecutive defeats.

5-of-14 shooting.

4-of-15 shooting.

2 of 13 shots.

Here's Michael Reed's shooting stats over those three games.

For a player who has made a name for himself by projection, such a shooting percentage cannot be said to be sluggish!

What's more, his start made the Bucks lose a perfect shield on the wing, although Courtney Lee is only a rookie, and his projection ability is a few streets worse than Reed, but his defense is rare maturity among newcomers, and the defensive attitude is also very positive, and his presence greatly makes up for the weakness of Mo Williams' outside defense, which makes the Bucks' backcourt look no longer papery this year, but Michael Reed's return makes the wing defense weak again.

The expected scoring firepower was not there, and even the Bucks' defensive system was destroyed by the return of Michael Reed, which also made the Bucks get a wave of four consecutive losses for the first time since the season, and the second place in the East that had been maintained for a long time was retaken by the Magic.

And Howard climbed into the third place on the regular season MVP list, squeezing Yi Jianlian to fourth place.

This is the worst ripple effect, and one that no one expected.

No one expected that the return of Michael Reed, a former All-Star, would have a negative effect on the Bucks.

"Michael Reid must get back into form as soon as possible to prove himself, otherwise his position may no longer be guaranteed!"

"Hammond may consider trading Michael Reid for some useful benches, and to be honest, the original Bucks starting lineup is the most suitable lineup for easy play!"

"Perhaps, Michael can try to start from the bench and slowly find his form!"

In this case, the experts who were originally very optimistic about Michael Reed's return have put forward their own suggestions, some hope that Michael Reed will find his form as soon as possible, some hope that the team will replace Michael Reed, and some suggest that Michael Reed start from the bench, in short, they all hope that the Bucks will have some changes, in their opinion, if the Bucks still adhere to the current style of play, it is undoubtedly a dead end.

While these rhythms are gradually increasing, Yi Jianlian tweeted: I have been calculating the days of Michael's return since the beginning of the season, and now that he is finally back, the Bucks will definitely get stronger!

Just this paragraph.

The meaning is obvious, the Bucks will continue to stick to their current style of play, and it is useless for anyone to pull the calf.