Chapter 272: All-Star First Round Voting (Subscription Requested)
After Hao won a wave of five consecutive wins, the name Ye Xuan was mentioned again, not because Ye Xuan did anything unpleasant, but because after the end of the game with the Nets, the league officially announced the results of the first round of voting for the All-Star Game, Ye Xuan was far ahead with a super high number of votes of 71 votes, and directly left behind Kobe, James and others, the most popular Kobe Bryant in the league, James and others, this is also a matter of no choice, who made Ye Xuan not only stand behind hundreds of millions of Chinese viewers, And he has played a supernatural record in this season in a row, and has always been at the center of the conversation in the league.
And the most important thing is that Ye Xuan has initially shown his ability to lead the team, after losing the pickled peppers, the Pacers' performance has not declined sharply as predicted by those bullshit bricks, but because the Pacers have played steadily in the face of weak teams and are relatively tenacious in the face of strong teams, so the Pacers' record has so far ranked second in the East.
In fact, the biggest advantage of the Pacers' lineup is stability, except for Smith, everyone else basically started playing in the Pacers three years ago, so everyone's cooperation is very tacit, plus Ye Xuan's point is basically in all games, can get the advantage of alignment, so it also allows the Pacers to still play handy when the strength on paper is not as good as the opponent.
Judging from the current results of the Pacers, in fact, their biggest feature is to bully the soft and fear the hard, at least 80% of the games won by the Pacers are against those who can't make the playoffs, the latter can only hover on the edge of the playoffs, and the Pacers are ruthless in the face of this kind of team, and the Pacers have not lost a game against the fish belly team Pacers this season.
But from the other side, it is an indisputable fact that the Pacers are afraid of toughness, and when facing the top four teams in the East and West seasons, the Pacers' win rate is 。。。。。 Zero. Okay, that's a bit unacceptable, but when you think about it, it makes sense for the Pacers to lose to these teams, because all of the best teams in the league now have at least two or more stars except for the Pacers.
Take the West as an example, in addition to the GDP, the Spurs also have Leonard, a fast-growing future star, and the same is true for the Clippers, who have Griffin and Jordan Jr. on the inside, and they also pair these two interior lines with the league's best passer, Chris Paul. As for the Thunder, not to mention, with the two ace players of Willow and Durant, they have a chance to win no matter what team they face.
The Warriors who have emerged this season can actually be regarded as having several stars, first of all, Stephen Curry's baby-faced needless to say, although his three-point points are not as perverted as Ye Xuan, but he is already very strong, and as another member of the Splash Brothers, Klay Thompson is also a scoring guard with high tactical literacy. In addition, they have also signed Iguodala as a good striker this year, which is why they have not fallen behind against other strong teams this year.
As for the other teams, the Rockets, sitting on Harden and Howard, this is needless to say; The Trail Blazers are a blessing for the Pacers, although they have a good record in the West, but they are stupid when they meet the Pacers, and after losing to the Pacers twice in a row, the Trail Blazers can only wait for next season if they want to turn around.
After talking about the West, look back at the East, there are relatively few strong teams in the East that can be recognized by everyone, but the first to bear the brunt is the Cavaliers who have formed a new Big Three this season, the Cavaliers have LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love The three singles stars, although they are still in the run-in stage, but the combat effectiveness they have shown is very amazing.
In addition to the Cavaliers, the biggest variable in the East this year is the Atlanta Hawks, who resolutely traded Paul Millsap, who seemed to have the same style of play in the case of Al Horford, who was also shaved by the Pacers in the first round of the playoffs last season due to Horford's injury. But just when the outside world was generally not optimistic about the cooperation between these two internal lines, the combat effectiveness shown by the Eagles directly gave everyone a slap in the face.
The Hawks have lost only seven of the 34 games they have lost this season, which is an exaggerated number, and the Hawks have the best record except for the rising Warriors. However, the main reason is that in addition to being able to play some internal passes, the Twin Towers on the inside are also a very critical reason for having a very reliable Jeff Teague on the outside to help them deliver shells. You say the Pistons' interior line is really worse than the Hawks'? Actually, it's not necessarily, it's just because Zhuang Shen and Monroe didn't create an opportunity for them to attack.
In addition to the Hawks and Cavaliers, the only teams that can be called strong teams in the East are the Bulls and Raptors. After the introduction of Pau Gasol on the Bulls' side, the tactics have become more flexible, and now Jimmy Butler has gradually found the feeling of leading the team, so the Bulls' record is also very good, and now Rose has returned from injury, although I don't know how the Bulls deal with the status relationship between Rose and Butler, but at least from the current point of view, there is no conflict between the two, and it may be because the youngest MVP Yu Wei is still there.
And the Raptors are even simpler, although they lost the game in the face of the Pacers, but the strength they showed is also worthy of everyone's recognition, DeRozan is indeed a very stable player, and although his three-point shot is a little criticized by everyone, but his mid-range shooting is the best in the league, and Lowry has been getting higher and higher year by year since he left the Rockets, and he is worthy of being a Rockets abandonment.
In addition, the introduction of Lowe this year is also another key to their ability to achieve such a good record, but unfortunately Valanciunas has not yet found his own position, so the Raptors do not have a reliable barrier inside, but Valanciunas's growth is still worth looking forward to by the Raptors.