Chapter 287: All-Star Vote
After the big win over the Spurs, in the next game against the Knicks, Chi Liang still maintained an excellent performance, leading the team to defeat the visiting Knicks with a triple-double of 30+10+10.
A day later, the Nets continued to beat the Kings 115-94 at home.
The December schedule is tighter than in November, with a race almost every other day, and occasional back-to-backs.
In December, the Nets played a total of 16 games, and in those 16 games, Ji Liang had a triple-double in six games and scored more than 40 points in three games, and under his leadership, the Nets achieved a 10-6 record, barely maintaining the third record in the East.
However, compared with last month, Ji Liang's data has declined slightly, but he has always maintained an average of triple-doubles per game, shocking the whole league with his all-round performance.
Unfortunately, Ji Liang did not make the Player of the Month for December, with his vote slightly lower than Alonzo Mourning. In 14 games, Mourning averaged 23.9 points, 10.5 rebounds and an astonishing 5.3 blocks per game, almost dominating both offensive and defensive ends.
During this period, two major events also happened in the NBA, the first of which was related to Suns star Gugliotta, who experienced an incident that almost cost him his life.
Because he had trouble sleeping after the game, Gugliotta took a sleeping pill that contained chemicals such as butyrosterone. Gugliotta was still talking to his wife, Nikki, on the phone, when he suddenly stopped breathing. Luckily, his wife heard something unusual and immediately called his teammate Rex Chapman's wife, asking her to tell Chapman, who was also on the bus, to check the small bottle in Gugliotta's bag. This information also played a great role in the doctor's rescue of him, saving Gugliotta's life.
Although his life was saved, Gugliotta's body and condition were also affected, and his performance will continue to decline in the future, which has to be regretted.
Another thing is related to the NBA All-Star vote, which opened the first round of All-Star voting on Christmas Eve on December 24.
As we all know, the NBA All-Star voting will last for four rounds, and if you want to get more votes, it is closely related to the performance of the players.
Of course, the network is not developed now, and it has an obvious relationship with the city where the player is located, just like Kobe Bryant in the 97 season, who averaged only 15.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, and most of the time appeared as a substitute for Eddie Jones and Nick Van Exel, with the help of Lakers fans, he became the youngest NBA All-Star Game player in NBA history, and he was still a starter.
That year, the Lakers had a total of four players in the All-Star Game, which shows how much Los Angeles has added to Lakers players.
After the All-Star voting began, Chi Liang naturally paid attention to it, and at the same time told the fans with his excellent performance that it was right to vote for him.
There is no doubt that his performance should be able to compete for the All-Star voting title, and his biggest competitor is not superstars such as O'Neal, Duncan, and Hill, but Vince Carter, who entered the league in the same year as him.
Compared with last season, Carter's performance has been better, so far, he has averaged 25.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, coupled with frequent difficult slam dunks and elegant playing style, which is widely loved by fans, which also makes Carter a favorite for the All-Star vote.
In addition, the competition between Ji Liang and Carter is particularly fierce, because they are both voting positions for forwards, and in the Eastern Conference forward vote, the best performers are Ji Liang, Carter, Hill, Glenn Robinson and Dale Davis.
However, in the first round of voting, Ji Liang and Carter were out of the dust together, far surpassing other forward candidates, including Hill.
During the season, Hill's performance declined, coupled with the fact that he never proved himself in the playoffs, which led to many fans being disappointed with Hill, which naturally did not hinder the two of them.
Judging from the record and data, Chi Liang's performance is undoubtedly better, but in terms of vision, it is much worse than Carter, who makes Carter stage a vigorous dunk at every turn.
From the perspective of slam dunk alone, no one in the current NBA league, including the old hooligan Jordan, is more shocking than Carter's slam dunk. Maybe Jordan's bounce and stay in the air are better, but in front of Carter's imaginative dunk, he is still slightly inferior.
Even Chi Liang was also shocked by Carter's slam dunk, in the NBA, there is now a trend of dividing dunks into two types, one is Carter's slam dunk, and the other is a slam dunk other than Carter, which shows how popular Carter is.
However, Chi Liang is not bad at all, he has created more than a dozen large and small records in more than a year since he came to the NBA, especially this season, so far he has averaged a triple-double per game, and he has led the original weak team Nets to play the fifth record in the league.
Because of this, many fans voted for Chi Liang, which was especially obvious in the All-Star ballot.
Although Carter is extremely popular, in the first round of voting, Ji Liang ranked first in the votes of the Eastern Forward, followed by Carter, and the difference between the two votes is not large, and it may be surpassed at any time.
The third is Hill, but he and Carter have doubled the votes and are almost impossible to be an All-Star starter, and behind him, there are Glenn Robinson, Dale Davis and others.
After the end of the first round of voting, Chi Liang's vote slightly surpassed Carter's, but the gap was not large, and Carter could surpass it at any time.
In the first round of voting, the two were in the first ranks, and they were far ahead of the other stars.
Unlike the East, there are obviously more powerful stars in the West, and the competition can be imagined, not to mention O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and others, just talking about the position of forward, the West has stars such as Malone, Duncan, Barkley, Garnett, Webb, McDyes, Finley, and Rashid Wallace.
In the first round of voting, the West temporarily led Duncan and Webb, but their lead was not large, and they could be overtaken by Garnett at any time.
Chi Liang paid great attention to the All-Star vote, because he had not participated in the All-Star Game, and last year was a shrinking season, and the NBA canceled the All-Star Game.
In this All-Star Game, Chi Liang wants to establish his position with his excellent performance and become the All-Star Ticket King, which is also a great motivation for him.
However, if he wants to become the All-Star ticket king, Ji Liang must maintain his current highlight performance, and it is best to win the love of fans with a better performance.
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