113-81, the Hawks, known for their three-point shooting and high shooting percentage, narrowly missed 80 today.

Before this game, people thought that the Eagles could be another unpretentious title contender like the Spurs before them.

But it turns out that the Hawks can only be the "Eastern Spurs" at best. Compared to real Spurs, they are nothing more than a real Spur.

Indeed, Spurs are also a team team. But unlike the Hawks, the Spurs have superstars who can step up and turn the tide at critical moments.

Manu. If Ginobili doesn't break out, it's just that, and if it breaks out, it's a supergiant level.

Tony. Parker isn't a fuel-efficient lamp either, and in 2007 he averaged 24 points per game on a team-first team, which is pretty remarkable. You know, no player on the Hawks has averaged more than 20 points per game this season.

Of course, when it comes to the superstar of the Spurs, we have to say "Stone Buddha" Tim. Duncan is up.

In the 2000 playoffs against the Kings, Duncan scored 32+20 data, beating Webber and helping the Spurs survive the difficulties.

Facing the Suns in the 08 playoffs, Duncan 40+15, coupled with hitting a key three-pointer in the final moment, made the Spurs survive.

On June 24, 2005, Duncan ushered in the first Finals tie-break of his career. Against the tough Pistons, Duncan scored 25 points and 11 rebounds to win his third championship after this game. Plus, it's Duncan's third Finals MVP title of his career.

These honors are not Al. Horford or Paul. Millsap was able to get it.

On the surface, there is no difference between the Spurs and the Eagles. But in fact, the success of the Spurs is inseparable from the silent waiting of the GDP trio.

To put it bluntly, if you trade Duncan for Horford, or Parker for Teague, or Ginobili for Korver, the Spurs probably won't be so great.

Superstars play an irreplaceable role at all times.

In the NBA, you can't win a championship with reasonable basketball alone.

There's no doubt that the Grizzlies taught the Eagles a good lesson today.

Link's superb performance in the No. 5 spot, coupled with Whiteside's 10-block triple-double...... These two guys almost single-handedly turned around the unfavorable situation on the Grizzlies' interior line.

As it turns out, individual ability can really change the game.

In the post-match press conference, Link and Whiteside were undoubtedly the two most popular stars.

Both men hit triple-doubles today, and both cost the Eagles in the box.

As soon as Link and Whiteside entered the door of the media reception room, the flashing lights did not stop.

"Hassan, can you tell me what Link said in your ear before the game started?"

The content that Link muttered in Whiteside's ear before the game naturally became another "unsolved case".

Of course, it also aroused great interest among journalists.

"Hmm...... Do you really want to say it? Whiteside smiled, then glanced at Link beside him.

"Say whatever you want, I won't let you fight me tomorrow, Hassan."

Link's reply sent the reporters in laughter, and they soon got Whiteside's answer.

"In fact, Link lied to me. He told me to give me an aerial relay for the first attack, but in the end everyone saw it, it was just a pass feint. ”

The reporters laughed again, and they thought Whiteside was joking.

Nobody believes it, it's real.......

"Link, can you tell us what it's like to play in the number five position? Will you be in the number five position more often in the future? A friendly-looking local Memphis reporter stood up.

"No, I don't play in the number five position very often. Just after the end of the game, Mark. Gasol told the head coach that he wanted to come back or he would be traded before the All-Star break. For Mark's sake, I had to go back to the number two and three. ”

Link continued to brush off on his teammates, and the constant smiles of the reporters also made the atmosphere of the news release happy, and it would be a little less gunpowder.

It turns out that as long as reporters and opponents don't provoke trouble, Link can still live in peace with everyone.

This "villain" is not a vicious person.

This "unqualified" league face seems to be becoming more and more popular.

That evening, Stephen. A. Smith wrote on his social media, "Link didn't explode tonight, didn't talk trash, didn't punch someone's head in his ass, but told everyone bad jokes." For a moment, I had a delusion. I've found that Link seems to be starting to get popular. ”

However, the day after the Hawks-Grizzlies game ended, Stephen. A. Smith found that he was not delusional.

Link is indeed becoming more popular.

Early in the morning of January 8, 2015, the results of the final round of NBA All-Star voting were officially released.

This year, there are many new faces in the top 10 All-Star voting lists.

Anthony. Davis, John. Wall and Mark. Gasol and others were all selected in the top 10.

And the biggest surprise among the top three players is undoubtedly Stephen. Curry.

In the past few years, almost all of the top three voters have been covered by Link, James and Durant. But this year, Curry took Durant's place as the player with the most votes in the Western backcourt and the third-most in the league.

As it turns out, the Warriors and Curry have amassed a lot of popularity this season.

And James has become the Eastern Conference ticket king as always, and his 1.34 million votes are not much different from last season. As it turns out, James remains one of the league's most popular stars.

That's right, just one of them.

After the final results of this year's All-Star were announced, people were indifferent to the number of votes received by James, Curry, Durant and others.

Almost everyone looked directly at Link's vote data.

As a result, Link didn't disappoint!

In 2009, Howard became the All-Star vote champion of the year with 3.15 million votes, and broke the record for the highest number of votes in the history of the NBA's All-Star program.

Until then, no one had been able to break this record, not even a single vote that could come close to it.

But this year, this record, which seemed to never be broken, was finally surpassed by the "Record Terminator" Link!

In the 2015 NBA All-Star Voting, Link's final vote was 3.51 million!

is a full 360,000 more than Howard's 3.15 million!

is 2.17 million more votes than James's 1.34 million, more than twice as many as James!

In other words, there is a distance of Yao Ming between the ticket king and the second place this year.

This time, Link not only broke the NBA All-Star all-time voting record, but also became the fourth player in history to be the All-Star vote champion for three consecutive years.

Previously, the league only had Jordan, Carter and "Dr. J" Julius. Owen was able to achieve the achievement of being the vote king for three consecutive years.

During this period, the popularity of Grant. Great players such as Hill, O'Neal, Iverson and Kobe Bryant have not had the experience of being the ticket king in three consecutive All-Stars.

In other words, Link's current popularity is not inferior to theirs at all!

The three-in-a-row vote king plus the record for the most votes in history, if even this is not considered popular, then there is no popular player in the world.

Stephen. A. Smith really wants to see if the joke dares to act rashly when Link turns into a popular monster......