Chapter 68: New Goals, New Plans!

As of 0:00 on January 15, 2016, the all-star ballot officially ended.

Zhang Zifeng received 2,192,143 votes, and he surpassed the second-place Kobe Bryant by more than 300,000 votes and was elected the 2016 All-Star vote king.

Not surprisingly, he must occupy the starting list of Eastern defenders in the All-Ming Tournament.

Then the NBA officially announced the starting list for the 2016 All-Star Game.

Eastern:

Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat, 941,466 votes)

Zhang Zifeng (Philadelphia 76ers, 2,192,143 votes)

LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers, 1,089,206 votes)

Paul George (Indiana Pacers, 711,595 votes)

Carmelo Anthony (New York Knicks, 567,348 votes)

Westward:

Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors, 1,604,325 votes)

Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder, 772,009 votes)

Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers, 1,891,614 votes)

Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder, 980,787 votes)

Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio Spurs, 782,339 votes)

As soon as the news of the All-Star starting list was announced, many people sent congratulatory letters to congratulate Zhang Zifeng on being selected as an All-Star, and Zhang Zifeng also replied one by one.

If someone is happy, someone is destined to be depressed.

Needless to say, in the west, even if Zhang Zifeng gets a record-breaking number of votes, it has nothing to do with them and will not affect them.

The eastern strikers are okay, although Zhang Zifeng is hugely popular, but it can't affect them.

But the defenders are different.

Originally, there were only two places for the guards, and it can be seen that as long as Zhang Zifeng's performance is not bad, then he will firmly occupy one of the starting guards in the east in the next few years, which makes the eastern defenders feel bad.

Especially Butler of the Bulls, who has only risen in recent seasons.

was selected as a substitute last year,

This year, Butler was also preparing to become a regular All-Star this year in order to add commercial value to himself and have his own signature sneakers.

But Zhang Zifeng turned out to be born, which made Butler despair. In terms of influence and historical status, he is not as good as Wade.

In terms of team status, he is not as good as Wall and DeRozan.

With these three people plus Zhang Zifeng, Butler doesn't know if he has a chance to be an All-Star Game player again when he is in his prime.

It is precisely because of this that Butler is the most disgusted and complaining about Zhang Zifeng's all-star ticket king.

On Jan. 15, the 76ers faced the Bulls at home.

Before the game, a reporter came to interview Butler and said: "Sir, what do you think about Zhang Zifeng becoming the All-Star ticket king!" ”

Butler said with an unhappy face: "Zhang Zifeng is a very strong guy, but I will prove that I am more capable than him and more qualified to be an All-Star"

When this reporter heard this, his heart immediately burst into joy, it was just a routine interview, but he didn't expect this guy to magnify his moves.

The reporter hurriedly continued to ask: "You mean that you are better than Zhang Zifeng, he was just pushed up by the majority of Chinese fans!" ”

Butler said with a look of course on his face, "Of course, this is clear to everyone. If there are no Chinese fans, he is not even qualified to go to the All-Star! ”

The reporter continued to dig a pit and said, "But sir, Zhang Zifeng has scored 62 points." And even Kobe Bryant and Jordan have praised him. Said that he will carry the banner of scoring guard in the future! ”

Butler looked at the reporter with an idiot look on his face and said, "Dude, Kobe Bryant they are just routine compliments, and you take it seriously!" And as far as I know, Redick and Crawford were not good at defense in that game, and with the help of the whole team, Zhang Zifeng got a high score. Don't forget that in the last few games, when encountering opponents with good defense, Zhang Zifeng's performance was not very good! ”

Those reporters thought about it and felt that Butler had some point.

In the game with the Clippers, Stephenson actually did a good job of guarding Zhang Zifeng, if the Clippers coach insisted that Stephenson keep an eye on Zhang Zifeng.

Zhang Zifeng will never get such a high score.

However, this time, Zhang Zifeng will face Jimmy Butler.

This guy was named to the All-Defensive Second Team last year.

is definitely a defensive master, I don't know how Zhang Zifeng will perform if he encounters a defensive titan like Jimmy Butler!

Zhang Zifeng's true level can definitely be truly tested at this time.

In the hearts of many journalists, such thoughts have emerged in their hearts.

At half past six p.m. on January 15, 2016, Zhang Zifeng appeared at the Wells Fargo Center Arena.

Dozens of reporters hurriedly surrounded Zhang Zifeng with various microphones. "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Butler still insists that you don't qualify to be an All-Star. What do you think of his evaluation? ”

Zhang Zifeng said with a smile: "I'm sorry, my all-star qualification was selected by the fans." I don't have the qualifications to ask those fans about this! ”

"Mr. Butler just thinks that your All-Star is supported by the majority of Chinese fans?"

"Hehe, it seems that Mr. Butler has a big opinion about his failure to become the main player! In that case, let him cut sixty points as well. Didn't "USA Today" say that as long as he can cut 60+, help him promote, maybe he can become the ticket king next year. I'm sorry, but I'm going to warm up for tonight's game. We'll talk next time! ”

"Mr. Zhang......" The reporters wanted to continue to ask, but the staff of the stadium stopped them.

Zhang Zifeng walked into the stadium with a cold face.

Damn it!

These bastards look down on Chinese players one by one and look down on yellow players.

Whenever the Chinese achieve even a little bit of success, they desperately smear and find all kinds of reasons to prove their point. What do you say is that you can only mix in the NBA by relying on the large number of people and relying on the market......

Also, except for a score of 60+ once, Lao Tzu has no other convincing results.

He hasn't become the No. 1 scoring guard, let alone the No. 1 in the league.

What they have is the opportunity to discredit themselves and belittle themselves.

In the past, Zhang Zifeng just wanted to become a professional player, enter the NBA, and gain a firm foothold in the NBA.

Zhang Zifeng has already done this.

He's been in the NBA, he's already established in the NBA.

Because of this, Zhang Zifeng had no goal for a while, and under the stimulation of money, he became inflated and arrogant.

But now Zhang Zifeng has set a new goal for himself.

I'm going to be the No. 1 scoring guard in the league, I'm going to be the No. 1 man in the league.

I want everyone to clearly understand that Chinese players are not any worse!

As long as we Chinese people are determined to do it, we will be able to create miracles!

Butler, it's your honor to be the stepping stone to Lao Tzu's dream!

You girl, just wait to be humiliated!

At eight o'clock in the evening, in the loud voice of the DJ on the scene, Zhang Zifeng was the last to run out of the players' tunnel.

The fans at the scene immediately welcomed Zhang Zifeng with their roars.

Butler publicly stated that Zhang Zifeng is not eligible to be an All-Star, isn't that a slap in the face of 76ers fans?

Many 76ers fans even shouted:

"Zhang Zifeng, come on! You are the best! ”

"Zhang Zifeng defeated the idiot of the bull and let him see how powerful you are!"

"Teach that bastard a lesson and show him that he doesn't even have the qualifications to lift your shoes!"

……

With the referee's whistle, the game is about to begin.

Bulls starting lineup: Hinrich, Butler, Mirotic, Gibson, Gasol.

76ers starting lineup: McConnell, Zhang Zifeng, Grant, Smith, Noll.

Jumping ball, Gasol is old.

The young and strong Knoll easily dialed the ball to Zhang Zifeng, and this time Zhang Zifeng faced Butler.

"Hey, Chinese guys. Aren't you amazing? Come and beat me! Butler shouted at Zhang Zifeng.

If it was the first few games, Zhang Zifeng would definitely beat Butler to prove himself when he heard Butler's provocation.

But now that Zhang Zifeng, who has come to his senses, he has understood that in order to defeat his opponent, he does not need to reluctantly fight alone.

As long as you can win your opponent, it's good in any way!

Zhang Zifeng called Smith to cover, and with Smith's cover, Zhang Zifeng shook off Butler's marking, and before Gibson pounced, he stepped into the three-point line and hit a pull-up jump shot to open the scoring for the 76ers.

76ers fans saw that Zhang Zifeng had scored, and hurriedly cheered for Zhang Zifeng.