In the third quarter, Clarkson was still full of combat effectiveness, but this was the difference between the two teams that had been gradually widened, so he also knew that he could be replaced at any time, and when he attacked, he seized every opportunity to impact the opponent's basket, and the result was naturally good, the Wizards still insisted on more than 4 minutes in the third quarter, and in this more than four minutes, Clarkson scored 9 points again, and he hit 15 of 17 shots in the whole game, and got a total of 40 points. And most importantly, he only played 25 minutes in total. This also makes everyone understand that in addition to Ye Xuan and Wade, the two people who have won the scoring title, the Lakers now has a Clarkson scoring efficiency that is also very amazing.

After the victory over the Wizards, the Lakers ushered in the biggest variable in the East this season - the Celtics, who were not favored last season. Before the season began, although the Celtics had a lot of young players, the question was - will Thomas Jr. play anything other than the sixth? Can they shoot threes? Will they attack? But the truth is that the Celtics smacked the face of the ball reviewer. The 48-34 record is definitely not bad, and it is only two games away from the 50-win mark. And the Celtics are excellent on both ends of the floor, with an offensive rating of 10, a fourth-best defense in the league, and the fourth-fastest pace in the league, so you have to consider the technique, tactical literacy and physical reserves to maintain defensive pressure at this pace. There is no doubt that the Celtics, under the leadership of general manager Danny Ainge and coach Brad Stevens, already have what it takes to be a big team.

The Celtics have been in a big swing for the second year in a row, sending away disobedient veterans and poor ability ceilings last season, and this season they continue to draft wildly and realize their problem - the lack of real stars. So, the Celtics chose Horford among Dwight Howard, Kevin Durant, and Al Horford. Durant was not selected because Durant did not come, and Howard was not selected because they were more optimistic about Horford. Horford is one of the best interior players in the NBA today, playing both the No. 4 and No. 5 positions. His work ethic is also very good, and his health is good compared to Howard. The Celtics chose Horford without getting Durant — yes, they met with Durant, which is already good — to choose Horford.

And in terms of drafting, the third pick was Jaylen Brown, which was a bit controversial. Admittedly, Jaylen Brown is one of the players with the highest ability ceiling among this year's rookies, but he hasn't been fully developed yet. And for Brown, Angie missed out on star players like Chris Dern, Jamal Murray, Buddy Hield, and more. But what needs to be seen is that Brown's physical fitness is indeed very good, and his presence can allow Turner to walk at will. Brown does not shoot well, but Turner does not shoot three-pointers, and even if he has to practice, Brown is only 19 years old, and he has more hope of practicing it.

Celtic are on the rise right now, they have a good quality and winning has become a habit. This season, Celtic's strength has not decreased, but has improved slightly. However, it should be noted that the salary level in their squad is not scientific. The team's star Isaiah Thomas earns only $6.6 million a year, which means that Al Horford earns 20 million more a year than Thomas, Amir Johnson is twice as much as Thomas, and Avery Bradley and Zeller are both paid more than the Little Assassins. Can the little assassin be convinced? By the way, Jay Claude's salary is lower than that of the little assassin.

If he can win consistently, then the salary is not a problem, after all, the little assassin can renew his contract in 2018, and as long as the team keeps going uphill, then it is not a problem for him to get a quasi-maximum salary contract. But if there are twists and turns in the team's record, especially in the case of injuries, then Thomas is not without the possibility of getting into trouble.

In fact, before the start of the season, the Celtics' own positioning for this season should be to strive to enter the playoffs, and then open the situation, but they didn't expect that Thomas Jr., who had already made everyone feel that he had performed very well last season, actually improved his performance again this season, from the original good scoring point guard, to a super scorer who can compete with Wei Shaoye Xuan and others for the scoring title, this season's Thomas Jr. is very terrifying, Among them, the score in the fourth quarter is the first in the league, higher than Ye Xuanwei Shao and others, of course, this is also related to the team's combat effectiveness, the Lakers often have a lot of time in the fourth quarter of the game is garbage time, so Ye Xuan's low score in the last quarter is also reasonable, but Thomas Jr.'s title of the king of the last quarter is not fake, and his average score of 29 points per game this season also makes him fourth on the scoring list, the top three are naturally Ye Xuan, Wei Shao and Harden, as for Curry, who was the unanimous MVP last season, This season, after Durant joined, the average points per game has dropped to 23 points, and he has withdrawn from the competition for the ultimate awards of the season, including the regular season MVP and scoring title.

Under the leadership of Thomas Jr., and the outstanding performance of a number of role players, the Celtics have become the most surprising dark horse team this season, and the current record ranks first in the East, which is only worse than the Lakers, Warriors and Pelicans from the perspective of the whole league, far more than the Cavaliers who are second in the East, and currently leads the Cavaliers by 3 wins, which is also a little disappointing for this year's Cavaliers.

So this game is the first in the East vs. the first in the West, full of highlights, everyone is very much looking forward to the two teams being able to present a wonderful game for everyone, and the process of the game does make the fans who came to the scene to watch the game worth the ticket price, at the beginning of the game, the two teams each used their strong points to open up the situation, but the difference is that the Lakers' offense relied on Ye Xuan's singles to finish, while the Celtics side was completed after Thomas Jr. ran without the ball and pulled it out to catch the ball.

In fact, at first glance, the composition of the two teams is very similar, both have a point guard with very strong offensive ability as the core of the team, both have a center who can help the team open up space, and also has the ability to conduct, and both have a defensive guard in the small forward position. However, the difference is that the Lakers also have a Wade, which makes the Celtics a headache, and Thomas Jr.'s offense is strong, but the defense is unsatisfactory, so after the real fight, the Lakers gradually used their advantages to slowly widen the point difference.

In fact, the Lakers' lineup is still relatively restrained to the Celtics, after all, they have players like Ye Xuan who have both offense and defense, and on the defensive end, Ye Xuan can cause a lot of trouble for Thomas Jr., which will greatly affect the Celtics' offense. So at the end of the first two quarters, the Lakers unknowingly led their opponents by 11 points. In the second half, although the Celtics once used the three-pointers of Horford and Crowder to close the gap to 4 points, but in the end, with the efforts of the Lakers' bench lineup, the Celtics were unable to overtake the score.

At the last moment, it was a contest between the cores of the two teams, the Celtics kept using foul tactics to try to get some opportunities to chase points, and it was also to stop the table, but there was no way, Ye Xuan's free throw shooting rate simply made them have no chance, because Ye Xuan's last free throw was last season, and Ye Xuan's free throws this season were all 271 free throws, and this time Ye Xuan did not have the slightest softness, and still hit the ball steadily. However, in the end, Thomas Jr. hit a difficult three-point shot against Ye Xuan's defense, narrowing the gap to two points, and Ye Xuan's side hit both free throws again, stretching the difference to 4 points, while the Celtics hit a three-pointer again by Horford, but at this time, the Celtics had no timeout, and the time was only 1.4 seconds, coupled with Ye Xuan's perverted free throw shooting rate, the Celtics still lost the game in the end.

After the end of the peak matchup with the Celtics, the Lakers ushered in another wave of rest, and then it was a game with the Knicks, the Lakers also won easily, and the Lakers unknowingly got a wave of 7 consecutive wins. And for a period of time after that, their opponents were still not particularly powerful, No. 9 vs. Pistons, easily won, No. 11 vs. Bucks, still won easily, and the Bucks also tragically injured another main player in this game - Monroe, which made it much more difficult for the Bucks to hit the playoffs in the following games.

After the game against the Bucks, the Lakers will be able to relax for a while, as they will not have another wave of back-to-back games until four days later, and after that, they will have a big wave of rest. In fact, not many people pay attention to these two games, in addition to their opponents being the Suns, who are the second-to-last in the West, and the Kings, who are the fourth-to-last in the West, and the most important reason is that the All-Star Game is about to start, and the 2017 NBA All-Star Game was held in New Orleans on February 19, 2017, US time, which is the 66th All-Star Game in history. And the results of the ballot also came out, Ye Xuan was unsurprisingly elected as the king of votes this year, and this is also the second time that Ye Xuan has been elected as the king of votes, but the difference is that last time he represented the east, and this time he played on behalf of the west.

At the same time, the list of participants in various challenges has also come out, and the most star-studded is naturally the three-point contest, which includes Ye Xuan, Kyle Lowry, Klay Thompson, Kyrie Irving, Wesley Matthews, Kemba Walker, Nick Young, CJ McCollum and Eric Gordon will participate in this year's three-point contest. Although Curry was ultimately absent from this game, the players in this three-point contest are still full of fighting power, among which Ye Xuan, Thompson and Irving were all elected as the starters of this All-Star Game.

In addition to the three-point contest, the Skills Challenge is also very interesting, with the league announcing a total of eight players to participate in the 2017 All-Star Skills Contest, including four inside and four outside. The specific list is: Thomas Jr., Bushy Eyebrows, Embiid, Hayward, Cousins, Wall, Devin Booker and Porzingis. Thomas Jr. is averaging 29.7 points and 6.4 assists per game so far this season and is the Celtics' leading point guard. With his outstanding performance, Thomas Jr. was also selected for this year's All-Star Game. Last year, Thomas Jr. competed in a skills competition and lost to Downs in the final.

Wall is one of the fastest players in the league and is equally top-notch in his dribbling skills, averaging 22.7 points and 10.3 assists per game this season. However, Wall has shot just 31.6 percent from three-point range this season. Hayward and Booker are also very well-rounded, and there is a lot of chance in the trick game, so they have a chance. Cousins and Bushy Eyebrows competed in the skills tournament last year, and they met in the first round, with Cousins winning to advance, but he lost to Downs in the second round. Bushy Eyebrows, Embiid, Cousins, and Porzingis are all new era interior players who not only dribble well, but also have good three-point shooting ability, which gives them a chance to challenge for the championship of the Skill Tournament.

Of course, the most unexpected thing is the list of people in the slam dunk contest, in addition to the Clippers DeAndre Jordan in the first list, Aaron Gordon of the Magic, Glenn Robinson III of the Pacers and Derrick Jones Jr. of the Suns, everyone actually saw a name in this list that they didn't expect - Ye Xuan.

This made everyone very surprised, after all, everyone's impression of Ye Xuan is still stuck in the three-point shooting rate is perverted and accurate, the breakthrough is very sharp, the passing is elusive, the super scoring ability, the defense is also very good, and so on, but none of these labels can make Ye Xuan enter the slam dunk contest, but this also makes everyone look forward to it, after all, the dunk contest has not had star players participate in the game for a long time, and the dunk contest should be very exciting. But as the big-name stars are reluctant to participate in this event, this competition is becoming more and more chicken, maybe this year's Ye Xuan will bring some new changes to this competition.

But these are not big deals, after all, the All-Star Weekend is just entertainment, so everyone is still very much looking forward to this year's All-Star Weekend, after all, there are still a lot of highlights of this All-Star Weekend.