The New Year is coming, and the voting for the first phase of the All-Stars has also been released.

This season, the league appears to have cut back on the percentage of overseas votes.

Yao Ming, who won the vote king by an absolute margin last season, only had a total of more than 700,000 votes in the first stage of this season, behind Vince Carter with more than 1 million votes in the first stage, Ben Wallace with more than 900,000 votes, and Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, and even Jermaine O'Neal with more than 800,000 votes.

Obviously, Yao Ming's entire vote count was a bit fake, and Qiao Hai knew that the votes in the Celestial Empire Region had not been calculated.

But in fact, Qiao Hai also knew that the NBA official did not prohibit the Celestial Empire from voting, on the contrary, the NBA official also contacted Huopu Sports and provided a link to vote.

In other words, counting up, the voting channel of the Celestial Empire is also a channel on the right track.

But now looking at Yao Ming's votes, the Celestial Empire's vote is obviously not calculated, if it is calculated, Yao Ming's first phase of voting will go to at least 2 million, at least it is also significantly ahead of Vince Carter.

It simply won't be like it is now, and it has even been overtaken by Ben Wallace and Jermaine O'Neal.

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Qiao Hai flipped through the post of Huopu Sports, and sure enough, there was also a lot of doubt in China, and most fans were questioning whether Huoping Sports was the official voting channel of the NBA.

Qiao Hai thought about it and made a phone call to the other side of the ocean, and the person who answered the phone was Yu Jia, the current editor-in-chief of Huopu Sports.

"Lao Yu, the all-star vote is, you make a response, first post the official NBA cooperation agreement directly, to prove that our channel is the official channel of the NBA, the number of votes is not counted, it should be the official issue of the NBA."

Yu Jia was still a little hesitant: "Will it be announced directly?" ”

In his opinion, if this fact is directly announced to the public, it will be tantamount to tearing up the face with the NBA official, and the consequences may be very serious.

Qiao Hai didn't have so many ideas, in his opinion, whose problem is whose problem is whose problem, if there is no problem with the fire, then he should not take the blame.

In the NBA news broadcast, the real uncle is not the NBA official, but the huge fan base of the Celestial Empire, as long as there is this group of fans, the fire does not need to look at anyone's face!

"Directly announced!" Qiao Hai was very decisive and added. "Then you contact the Hoop side and ask them to give a link to teach domestic fans how to vote over the wall, and we will vote over the wall! I don't believe that the NBA official doesn't count our votes! ”

In North America, the all-star voting of the Celestial Empire did not count votes, and it did not cause a storm at all, not even the slightest rumor.

Qiao Hai is not ready to make a big deal to the North American side, as long as the fans of the Celestial Empire can point the finger at the NBA official, the rest of the matter has nothing to do with Qiao Hai.

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In January, the Rockets' half-court acceleration began to exert their power, but the Rockets' record was still shaky due to physical problems.

In the first game of January, the Rockets fought the Jazz again.

The Rockets have played the Jazz twice this season, and both times have resulted in Rockets wins.

In this game, the Rockets had no physical problems because of the rest of the previous few days.

There was no fitness problem, so in this game, the Rockets ran at full speed and finally defeated the Jazz 103-84 to claim a victory.

On Jan. 5, the Rockets faced the Warriors.

This season, the Warriors lost two of last season's star players, Gilbert Arenas was poached by the Wizards who exploited a loophole in the league's rules, and Antoine Jamison was also sent to the Mavericks in a trade.

This season, the Warriors' number one star has become Jason Richardson, and the record has further declined, and this season's Warriors are still the worst team in the West.

Although there are certain problems with the physical fitness of the Rockets, relying on Qiao Hai's crazy 12-man rotation, the Rockets still won the game with 108:93 in this game, winning two consecutive victories in January.

After playing the Warriors, the Rockets embarked on a four-game game in the East.

On January 7, in the first game of the four-game trip, the Rockets faced the Pistons and lost 85-86, ending the winning streak.

Then, on Jan. 8, the Rockets faced the Knicks back-to-back.

As a team based in New York, the Knicks are always looking to get stronger, but it always backfires.

At the start of the new year, the Knicks had just completed a big trade, trading Howard Easley, Charlie Ward, Antonio McDyce and Marzie Lampe, plus two first-round picks, to trade Stephen Marbury, Anfernee Hardaway and Chezari Tribaneschi from the Suns.

This deal is equivalent to using Antonio McDyce, who has completely lost his ability to fly due to a major injury, as the main body, plus a group of additions, the trade gets at least Stephen Marbury, whose stats look gorgeous.

It looks like the Knicks have a luxurious roster again.

On the outside is a combination of Stephen Marbury and Alan Houston, while on the inside is Keith Van Horn, Deacon Bemutombo and Cott Thomas.

Isaiah Thomas, the new general manager of the Knicks, who led the deal, received numerous praises.

In fact, this is also because the predecessor Scott Reden was too bad.

When Scott Rayden was in office, he made such things as getting rid of the aging Patrick Ewing, trading the promising Nehene Hilario and Marcus Cambe for a frequent injury to Anthony McDyce, trading Ratlers Prewell to the Timberwolves for Keith Van Horn, and firing Jeff Van Gundy, who led the team with excellent results.

Step by step, the Knicks, who have frequently made the playoffs in previous seasons, have caused this tragic situation.

So, but Isaiah Thomas got a Stephen Marbury with more fame than power in a trade, and New York City was naturally jubilant.

But in the first game when Stephen Marbury joined the Knicks, LeBron James cut a 14+10 double-double, leading the Cavaliers to defeat the Knicks 107-96, giving New York fans a heavy blow.

Then, it's time for the Rockets vs. Knicks game.

The Rockets lost the last game and fought until the last minute, and this game is back-to-back, so the physical problem is quite serious.

Qiao Hai directly rotated most of the players, and as a result, the substitutes Jamal Crawford and Keller Korver exploded, one scored 27 points and six assists on 7-of-14 shooting, and the other made seven three-pointers and scored 21 points in the game.

The Rockets actually defeated the Knicks 111-79 with a remnant, and after losing to the Pistons, they regained the victory of the game.

The Knicks lost two in a row after the trade quota Stephen Marbury, and lost one game worse than the other.

Perhaps, at this time, in New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York, Byron Scott was snickering, he had been reminded by Qiao Hai two years ago that Stephen Marbury was a cancer......