Chapter 291: Second Round Voting Results
After the game, it is naturally indispensable to have an interview, as today's winner, Ye Xuan naturally got a lot of shots again, and because there are a lot of highlights in this game, this game was very hot before the game, but the Pacers were able to defeat the morale-boosting Warriors, which was a big upset.
And the post-game press conference naturally became the best stage for Ye Xuan to pretend to be forced, and after some shameless boasting, even the reporters who had always been shameless could only retreat. However, after this game, the Pacers finally got rid of their reputation of bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and Ye Xuan's attention after this game has also been raised to a higher level again.
On January 9, the league once again announced a wave of All-Star Game voting results, which itself has been in the topic, and Ye Xuan, who has a high exposure rate, is naturally far ahead, not to mention that Ye Xuan's identity as a Chinese has also added a lot of points to him. Therefore, following the last round of voting, Ye Xuan led the second place James by nearly 150,000 votes, this round Ye Xuan's lead continued to expand, after two rounds of voting, Ye Xuan's votes have come to 920,000 votes, a full 200,000 votes more than the second-ranked James, and the third-ranked Kobe Bryant has more votes than Ye Xuan in the first round after two rounds.
But when it comes to all-star voting, I have to talk about Ye Xuan's all-star journey this year, as a player who only joined the league last year, Ye Xuan is naturally the biggest name in the rookie game, due to the reform of the rookie game, it is no longer a first-year show to play a second-year show, but the American rookie team to fight against the international team, and Ye Xuan is a member of the international team.
In addition to the first day of the rookie game, Ye Xuan's task on the second day is also very busy, at the beginning Ye Xuan will participate in this year's shooting star competition with Reggie Miller and Sharyl Baker from the NBA Indiana Fever, the Pacers' lineup is very strong at first glance, not to mention that Sharyl Baker is now one of the top rookies in the NBA in terms of shooting percentage, Just looking at Reggie Miller and Ye Xuan, the two shooting maniacs, I feel that the Pacers have a great chance to win the championship of this game.
Although this competition has fewer people than the previous horse, for Ye Xuan, this kind of thing is simply an artifact to brush achievements and milestones to grab survival time, so Ye Xuan took the initiative to sign up until the Pacers were invited to participate in this competition. And in addition to this shooting star game on this day, Ye Xuan of course also needs to participate in this year's three-point contest, as Ye Xuan, who has the highest three-point shooting rate in the league and the highest three-point shooting rate in the season, he just wants to refuse this competition, and it is estimated that Xiao Hua will also tie him with a rope to participate.
After that, Ye Xuan also needs to participate in the All-Star Game, it can be said that the entire All-Star Weekend is not a relaxation for Ye Xuan, but a time of overtime, but the reward should be very generous.
After knowing that he was 200,000 votes ahead of the second round of voting for the second James, Ye Xuan was also very surprised, comparing himself Although he is Chinese, but after the NBA's voting system is overshadowed, overseas voting should be reduced a lot, and I don't know how the vast number of Chinese fans find a way to brush their votes. (Ye Xuan feels that his popularity in the United States is still not as high as James, who has been in the league for 11 years.) )
However, the tight schedule will not give the Pacers any respite, and the Pacers have not yet recovered from the joy of winning the league leader, and will soon welcome their next opponent at home, the Boston Celtics. The Green Shirts quickly began their own rebuilding plan after trading their meritorious boss Pierce and championship hero Garnett, although for now, the Celtics' rebuild is not complete, but recently the Celtics are rumored to be ready to trade the Suns' backup point guard Isaiah Thomas Jr., which is more than once the deal is completed, then their rebuild will be basically completed.
However, this is not good news for Rajon Rondo, because in addition to the scandal with the Suns, the Celtics and the Mavericks are also in talks about a trade for Rondo, the last big man to win the championship in '08. Obviously, the management of the Celtics is not ready to keep Rondo, on the one hand, although Rondo is very talented, his emotional intelligence is really touching, and he often argues with the coach.
On the other hand, the market for Rondo's current point guard who doesn't have much of an offensive is getting smaller and smaller. In addition, Rondo has no value in continuing to develop now, and Rondo's injury situation in the last two seasons is not particularly ideal, and he will miss a lot of games every season, so it is not impossible for the rebuilding Celtics to send Rondo away.
This game should be easier for the Pacers, after all, the opponent is not only in the rebuilding stage, there is no clear core, but also many people are involved in trade rumors, so the game is not very good. So Coach Frank's game is worth a lot of money.
But I don't know if it's because the opponent is in too good shape today, or because the Pacers are too underwhelming, the Celtics pressed the Pacers at the beginning of the game, and the original outside advantage of the opposition was not able to play under the opponent's excellent rotation, and the first two quarters of the game were played, and the Pacers only scored 44 points on their home court, Ye Xuan was also a little dizzy in this game, and only scored 8 points and 4 assists at halftime. Compared to the last game, the performance of the gods is too weak.
Fortunately, after the adjustment of halftime, Ye Xuan finally found his game state, scoring 17 points in the third quarter of the game, helping the Pacers successfully chase back the 11-point difference between the two teams, and in the fourth quarter of the game, Ye Xuan turned on his own passing mode, and the continuous breakthrough points helped his teammates get a good chance to shoot, and the teammates were also more competitive, overtaking the score in one fell swoop, and then did not give the opponent any chance to turn the tables, and a wave of 11:3 directly ended the game.
At the end of the game, although Ye Xuan's performance was sluggish in the first half, he successfully completed his redemption in the third and first half of the fourth quarter, helping his team defeat the Celtics at home, Ye Xuan only got 33 points and 9 assists in the whole game due to poor data in the first half, and it was indeed a pity that he was not able to get a double-double.