Chapter 93 The first round of all-star voting is released

Before the game, many people speculated about the Christmas battle between the Trail Blazers and the Nuggets, one was the Western powerhouse led by the 03 generation superstar Carmelo Anthony, and the other was the Young Guards who gradually grew up with Blanton Roy as the leader.

The competition in the west this year is fierce, although the fourth and sixth places are two places apart, but the strength of the squad between the teams is between the two, the two tigers are competing for whom, who wins and who loses, is not an easy to predict ending.

This year's West is divided into three echelons, and the first echelon is naturally the championship favorites composed of the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns.

The Los Angeles Lakers are last year's championship team, this year is menacing, to defend the championship, their lineup is complete, balanced offense and defense, after two or three seasons of running-in, the Los Angeles Purple and Gold Army began to shine their own unparalleled edge, all the way to the north and south, even in the fiercely competitive West is still proud, with a proud record in the first place in the West; The Phoenix Suns have been strengthened this season, and their competitiveness has increased dramatically, temporarily ranking second in the West.

The second tier is led by the Dallas Mavericks, with the Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Portland Trail Blazers, and the league's new forces, the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Timberwolves.

The third tier is the Kings and Warriors, who have not had an outstanding record and have no hope of making the playoffs this season.

The first-tier team is very strong and has the ability to compete for the championship, and the Dallas Mavericks also hope to enter this highly favored queue, their third-place record in the West is not much worse than the Phoenix Suns, and the team shows a strength that is obviously higher than the Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers behind them.

But authoritative experts will not forget the Dallas Cowboys' crushing defeat in Minnesota at the beginning of the season.

The vengeful expert media will naturally not forget this irritating slap in the face, coupled with the recent wave of three consecutive losses suffered by the Mavericks, which has greatly reduced the Dallas' rating in the hearts of media people across the United States.

The rest of the strength of the middle of the strong team is not much different, the ranking competition is also fierce, in the closely arranged schedule, there is no respite at all, the team often has to experience continuous back-to-back away battles, endure fatigue, feel cold and a series of unfavorable factors, a little careless, will fall several wins in a row, instantly fell to the eighth position in the West, can hang at the end of the top eight in the West, barely keep the playoff seat.

This team evaluation was made by ESPN, one of the NBA's official media partners, ESPN has a great influence in the basketball field, and their columnists write reviews that are highly professional and recognized by most fans in the United States.

The matchup between the Trail Blazers and the Nuggets is a five-to-five situation (it's all nonsense) in the eyes of experts, and both teams have the strength to beat their opponents, and the number of wins and losses depends on whether the team leaders have a strong desire to win.

Among the superstars of the 03 generation, Melon Anthony is extremely popular, and his excellent and diverse offensive means have made him very popular among the fan base, and it can be seen from the nickname "Melon" that there is a bit of taste.

This Christmas battle is full of highlights, the new generation of rising big-hearted star guard Blanton Roy vs. the famous superstar Carmelo Anthony, both of them have outstanding scoring ability, and this one is worth looking forward to.

ESPN counted the popularity value generated by online fans, and found that there are more people who support the Nuggets, compared to the strength of the two teams, Carmelo Anthony's popularity is higher, more popular than Huang Mambarroi, and tens of thousands of fans believe that Anthony will lead the team to victory and are willing to vote for him!

But the truth is still very ruthless, although the two teams played very fiercely, but Huang Mamba is not a vegetarian, as one of the top two-way guards in the league who is gradually growing up, Blanton Roy cut 26 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds in the whole game, and led the team to defeat the Denver Nuggets 107:96, without the slightest taste of mud and water, the 11-point gap made many melons feel a little cold in their hearts, and they were a little worried about the future playoff journey.

Although the regular season is only about a third of the way in, and it's too early to talk about the distant playoffs, the current team standings can roughly estimate the brutal competition after the regular season.

According to the playoff rules, the Portland Trail Blazers will be a very likely playoff opponent for the Denver Nuggets, and once the Denver Nuggets fall one place in the rankings due to poor late results, or the Trail Blazers rush to the fifth place in the West, the expectation of the two teams fighting each other in the playoffs is very likely to evolve into reality.

The Western teams have four games against each other, counting the regrettable loss on Christmas Eve, the Denver Nuggets led by Melon Anthony have lost two games to the young Trail Blazers, which can't help but make people worry about their playoff journey, if they can't make effective changes, this year's Denver Nuggets may not go too far.

After the end of the bombardment of the Christmas War, the league also took the opportunity to announce the long-hidden bombshell, and the results of the first round of All-Star voting were released on the official website the next morning.

In the East, the Heat's Flash is extremely popular, temporarily ranking as the Eastern vote king with 670,000 votes, James followed with 640,000 votes, and Warcraft Howard also showed strong popularity, and the 620,000 votes fans chose to make many people look at it secretly.

As a center, it is really difficult to have such a high popularity, this season's Warcraft dominance is extremely strong, the team's record and personal data are very good, coupled with the good topicality of last year's slam dunk contest, so that his popularity in the hearts of fans has risen a lot.

Such a high popularity value made the aging sharks feel quite uncomfortable, and O'Neal even commented dissatisfactorily on the talk show that some center players played leftovers from the time he played, which was not new enough.

Although it is not named, it can undoubtedly be seen that behind the gradual growth of Warcraft's terrifying strength is accompanied by huge popularity.

Kobe Bryant, who is still at the peak in the West, ranks first in the league with 690,000 votes, leading the league, while Li Shihao once again leaked his face in the guard group in the West, and the Chinese fans who are united cast Li Shihao into the 35W position.

This ridiculous number directly displeased fans in Phoenix, New Orleans and Dallas.

The dominant Chinese fan market in terms of population base has directly cost Nash, Paul and Kidd the other starting guard spots in the All-Star Game.

The extremely popular only has 290,000 votes, and the vote advantage of 350,000 is enough to make the three No. 1 superstars lose the qualification to start the main game.