Chapter 134: Winning the All-Star Star

"The Suns beat the Eagles lightly and won 3 consecutive victories again!"

"China Chen cut another 20+ and led the team to a winning streak!"

"China's Chen rookie ranking this week, beating Owen and rising to the first place!"

"After 3 consecutive wins, the Suns are in ninth place in the West, and the playoffs are beckoning!"

In the last 3 games, the Suns have performed well as a whole, and they have once again been warmly welcomed by the media, which makes Chen Shu feel that the world is as black as a crow, no matter where the media is, the United States is the same, always seeing the wind and rudder, without discipline.

However, the Suns' 3-game winning streak didn't cause much of a stir on the Internet, because the All-Star voting is officially over!

"All-Star voting is over, and China's Chen All-Star will start!"

"Chinese fans once again dominate the All-Star vote!"

"China's Chen All-Star Vote Almost Overtook Kobe!"

In the discussion and condemnation of fans and the media, Chen Shu ranked second in the Western backcourt with 1.87 million votes, which was also the second in the overall voting in the Western Region.

The most voted in the Western Conference was Kobe Bryant (1.98 million votes) from the Los Angeles Lakers, who will start his 14th Western Conference All-Star this year. Bryant and Kevin Durant continued to hold All-Star starters, while Chris Paul was squeezed out of the starting lineup by Chen Shu with 1.42 million votes, and Blake Griffin and Andrew Bynum were also selected for the first time. The Western Conference All-Star bench is Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, Tony Parker, Kevin Loew, Dirk Nowitzki, and first-time All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge and Marc Gasol. Nash wasn't on the discussion due to injury, otherwise the Suns would have two players playing in the All-Star Game.

In the Eastern Conference, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic won the vote king with 2.02 million votes and served as the starting center of the Eastern Conference All-Stars. The second most voted in the Eastern Conference was Chicago Bulls star Rose (1.83 million votes). Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Carmelo Anthony each occupy several other spots on the Eastern Conference All-Star starting lineup. All five players started the last All-Star Game (with Anthony playing for the Western Conference All-Stars at the time). The Eastern Conference All-Star benches are Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Paul Pearce, Chris Bosh, and first-time All-Star selections Andre Iguodala, Lore Deng, and Roy Hibbert.

Since Chen Shu entered the league, he was entangled with the fate of the genius MVP Windy City Roses, until he was traded to the Suns, and this time the All-Star, they will intersect again, but this time, Chen Shu is no longer Rose's substitute, but a starting opponent! This time will be the first battle between the two in a formal setting, although Chen Shu admires Rose's talent and hard work, but he has grown up for half a season, and Chen Shu is also wanting to fight with Rose.

On February 8, the Suns, who had just won a wave of three straight wins, faced the Bucks back-to-back at home. In the 2007 draft, the team selected Yi Jianlian with the 6th pick in the first round, and Yi Jianlian became the fourth Chinese player to land in the NBA, and the Bucks became the focus of Chinese fans.

In 2009, the Bucks drafted Brandon Jennings as the team's starting point guard and backcourt centerpiece, partnering interior pillar Andrew Bogut to bring the Bucks back to the playoffs. In the 2010-11 season, Bucks star Michael Reed was plagued by injuries, and played 10 games throughout the season to be reimbursed, although fans still believe that Reed can help the Bucks, but apparently the team management has not had much patience, in the 2011-2012 season, the Bucks sent Michael Reed to the Suns.

I thought that through the adjustment of the roster, the Bucks could get back on the road this season, but the reality is always so unsatisfactory. The Bucks currently have an 11-14 record this season and are in 10th place in the West. Although the season is still long, they still retain the hope of the playoffs, but the potential rookie Brandon Jennings in '09, who they are fully cultivating, has played 19+4+5 data, but the shooting percentage and 3-point shooting rate are only 41% and 33%, which is obviously not the data that a team's core should have. As for the interior pillar White Duncan Bogut, who has been plagued by injuries throughout the season, has only played 13 games so far, and is still in the injury stage.

Although the lineups on both sides were not very strong, the game was difficult to separate, and the suspense remained until the second half of the fourth quarter.

In this game, the main players of the Suns who have been playing away games in a row have not played very well, and Chen Shu felt cold. On the other hand, the youngest Mr. 55 points directly opposite Chen Shu, Jennings, who has experienced a slump for half a season, ushered in an outbreak in the face of Chen Shu today, outside projection, inside layup, how to shoot.

Chen Shu is so dumb, but he came off the bench to face Michael Reed, who was the old master, and he was very excited to play this game, he knew too much about the Bucks' tactics and defense.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, the advantage of the Suns' overall strength was reflected, and the outside line Reed still felt the same, coupled with Chen Shu's trash talk king's skills, the Bucks quickly exploded the outside line, and after the outside line was opened, the Bucks strengthened their defense of the Suns' outside line, but this also made the Bucks' interior difficult to support, and Drugouden alone could not stop the Suns' interior attack.

In this way, under the Suns' internal and external attack, the Suns finally defeated the Bucks 98-93! Congratulations to the best record of the season for four consecutive wins!

In the end, Chen Shu scored 15 points, 6 assists, 2 rebounds and 3 turnovers on 5-of-15, 3-of-11 from 3 points, 2 free throws, and 2 of 2 free throws. This made Chen Shu realize that although he was at the middle level of the No. 1 position in terms of strength and speed, none of them were at the top of the No. 1 position, so when encountering Jennings, a speed-type defender, and power guards such as Jack and Lowry, Chen Shu was always caught on the weakness and slammed K, of course, this is also related to Chen Shu's lack of experience.

Although Chen Shu and other starters did not play very well, Michael Reed, facing his old master today, came off the bench for 29 minutes, 10 of 19, 3 of 5 3-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, and scored 28 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist. It has become the main source of firepower for the Suns, and it is also the first contributor to the Suns' victory in this game.

On the other side, only Jennings played the best in the Bucks, playing 39 minutes, 12 of 22, 4 of 7 3 points, 7 of 9 free throws, and a game-high 35 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.

After the game, in the face of the media's deliberate provocation, Jennings said to the media that this game proved that Chen Shu was powerless in front of him and was not worthy of an All-Star starter at all! Although he was depressed, it was obvious that Chen Shu did lose to Jennings in this game, but the two also formed a bond, and Chen Shu was waiting for the next meeting between the two!

(End of chapter)