In the Nets' 109-84 home win over the Toronto Raptors, the Nets' new signing "Birdman" Chris Anderson ushered in his Brooklyn debut.

Anderson came off the bench in the third quarter in place of Lopez, who went off the court due to injury, and played a total of 19 minutes, scoring eight points and 12 rebounds on 4-of-4 shooting.

When "Birdman" was substituted after the win was sealed, the Nets fans at home gave him extremely warm applause and welcomed the addition of this personality giant.

"I let go of my anxiety and I feel good now, and the way the city of New York embraced me made me feel good when I stood in front of them," Anderson said in an interview with The New York Times after the game.

In the post-game press conference, Nets coach Johnson also told reporters: "For whatever reason, we really didn't play with our energy against Indiana, but we learned from our failures and tonight we played with energy and burst out with amazing energy."

Regarding the team's miserable loss to the Indiana Pacers but they were able to quickly adjust the score to beat the Raptors, Coach Johnson believes that the addition of Chris Anderson is also one of the reasons.

"Chris Anderson is a beast, what are we missing the most against Indiana? Yes, we don't have the attitude and winning spirit of Chris Anderson, and we have to admit that we didn't rebound very well before, which makes our game very tough, and we have to face that and try to solve him. Today, Anderson set an example for the rest of our players," said Coach Johnson, who gave his new signing "Birdman" Anderson a very high rating.

"You'll love his intellectual curiosity, he asks a lot of questions, and I like his attitude to the game," said coach Johnson, who said he thinks Anderson still needs "four to five weeks" to really get his form.

In addition to Anderson, the team's starting center Lopez contributed 18 points and 7 rebounds in 27 minutes of play, starting small forward Wallace once again had a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds, and veteran Starkerhouse also scored 11 points off the bench.

Of course, the best performance in this game was the resurgence of the tall and strong, who played 39 minutes in the whole game, shooting 15 of 29. 6 of 8 free throws. He had 40 points, seven rebounds and four assists, and it was also the first time in the last six games that Gao Dazhuang scored 40 points.

To that end, at a press conference, talking about the team's volatility and tall and strong form, Nets coach Johnson told reporters: "Compared to last season. This season the team has been very different. Whether it's the squad lineup. It's still the expectations and attention of the fans that are not what they used to be."

"And being tall and strong at the heart of it all naturally comes with a lot of challenges, so I try to get him not to always try to do everything. Yes, he's our best player, but he's not the root of the team's problems right now, everybody needs to play better, Tall and Strong needs it, Lopez needs it, Wallace needs it, everybody needs to play harder to help the team succeed" Coach Johnson protected Tall and Strong as always.

After the game, Gao Dazhuang did not talk too much about his state, on the contrary, he took the initiative to express to reporters the welcome of new signing Anderson, "We all like Birdman, I like to play with him, I hope he will integrate into the team as soon as possible".

On the day the Nets beat the Raptors, the NBA's official website announced the results of the fourth round of the 2013 All-Star Game.

The tall and strong Brooklyn Nets can be said to have locked in the title of "vote king" in advance with an absolute advantage of 2.55 million votes.

The Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant was second with 1.6 million votes, and the Miami Heat's LeBron James was third with 1.55 million votes.

At this time, less than a week before the end of the All-Star vote, the specific votes in the East are as follows:

Frontcourt: LeBron James (1,551,304), Carmelo Anthony (1,354,099), Kevin Garnett (890,751), Chris Bosh (662,973), Tyson Chandler (415,752), Paul Pierce (355,096), Joakim Noah (258,743), Josh Smith (231,508), Anderson Vallejo (176,166), Sean Battier ( 127,190), Amar Stoudemire (114,109), Andrew Bynum (99,611), Lore Deng (96,736), Brooke López (86,695).

Backfield: Tall and strong (2,555,077), Dwyane Wade (1,015,077), Rajon Rondo (775,822), Deron Williams (490,618), Kyrie Irving (458,878), Ray Allen (412,441), Monta Ellis (114,609), Raymond Filton (77,123), Jrue Holliday (66,514), Jason Terry (62,189).

From the voting situation, it can be seen that Gao Dazhuang and Wade can be said to have basically locked the starting position in the Eastern backcourt, while James, Anthony and Garnett have almost locked the three starting positions in the Eastern frontcourt.

And judging from the current situation, it is only a matter of time before Gao Dazhuang becomes the "ticket king", so the "New York Times" specially issued a special issue to comment - "Tall and strong lock all-stars? Filling the vacancy after Jordan for 28 years, Kobe Bryant and AI didn't do it"

The article states that Gary Payton, Jason Kidd, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Derrick Rose, ...... All of these great guards have one thing in common: none of them made the All-Star Game in their rookie seasons.

Last season's Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving also worked hard for it, but ultimately failed.

In fact, in the 28 years since Michael Jordan, no guard in the NBA has been selected for the All-Star Game in his rookie season.

However, this season. The Brooklyn Nets' rookie quarterback is expected to put an end to that curse, especially in the absence of Nets stars Deron and Lopez, who proved that he can lead the team on his own.

With his outstanding performances since the start of the season, the tall and strong have no suspense to lock up the best rookie in advance, he is averaging 27 points per game, and he has already scored 50 points twice.

Under his leadership, the Brooklyn Nets, who are short of major generals, have won ten consecutive victories and are currently in fourth place in the East with 24 wins and 15 losses.

"Anytime a rookie can play at this level, he's bound to get the attention of the outside world," said defending champion Miami Heat head coach Spoelstra of being tall and strong, "in the current East." I think the only really high-caliber quarterbacks are Wade and Tall and Strong."

On fame. LeBron James, who just entered the NBA, was known as the "pride of the sky", although he was not a guard, but he was not selected to the All-Star team in his rookie season, for this experience. James certainly doesn't forget.

"As a rookie. It doesn't matter how well you play. It's extremely difficult to be selected as an All-Star by fans and coaches in your rookie season, after all. You're competing against a lot of veterans who are more senior than you," James recalled, "I was hoping I could be selected because I thought I was playing well and we had won enough games, but in the end, they chose a veteran, and if memory serves, the last Eastern Conference substitute to be selected at that time was Jamal Magloyle."

Regarding the experience of his predecessors, Gao Dazhuang said modestly: "I know that this record is difficult to break, after all, the last person to do it was Michael Jordan, I feel very honored, thank you for the support of the fans."

In fact, as early as 1982, Isaiah Thomas of the Pistons was selected to the All-Star Game as a rookie guard.

"I can't put into words how excited I was at the time," Isaiah Thomas recalled, "As a kid, I never thought I would be an All-Star one day, and even more so you had to get a lot of fans to vote for it, because being selected for an All-Star Game wasn't just about your game, it was about your popularity."

Compared with Thomas, Tall and Strong, who has just entered the league, has his own unique advantage in terms of popularity, but Thomas, as a senior, firmly believes that Tall and Strong will become the starter of the Eastern Conference All-Star team by his own strength, and he believes that with the addition of Lopez and Delon, there may be more than one Nets player in the All-Star team at that time.

"The Nets have a win rate of over 60 percent, and with a tall and strong lead, they are expected to go far in this year's playoffs," Isaiah Thomas said.

But judging from the current situation, Delong, who has been a multi-time All-Star, is not a big problem to be selected, but Lopez, who has missed a lot of games due to injury, is not very clear.

James, Anthony and Garnett have secured their positions in the Eastern Conference All-Star starting frontcourt, and the forwards who are most likely to be selected by Eastern Conference coaches to the All-Star bench include Bosh, Chandler and Pierce.

Other candidates include Noah, Smith, Vallejo, Stack Meyer, Bynum, Lore Deng and Lopez, but Lopez's current vote is very unsatisfactory, and although the decision to select the substitute is in the hands of the coaches, the will of the fans also influences the coach's judgment.

For this reason, in an interview with reporters, Lopez admitted frankly, "In addition to James, Anthony and Garnett, I think Bosh and Pierce are well-deserved All-Stars, and there is a distance between me and them at the moment." ”

The current vote count also makes Lopez a little frustrated: "It was an All-Star Game, no one wanted to see me, they all went to see LeBron, and those stars who flew in the sky, I went to the All-Star to enjoy the game and shoot a few baskets." ”

"But if you can be selected as an All-Star, it proves that you have enough respect in the league" Lopez still expressed his desire for an All-Star: "To be an All-Star starter, you have to win the hearts of the fans, you play for the fans, but if you can get the hearts and minds of the coaches, it obviously means more to me."

Although on the court, Gao Dazhuang and Lopez are a little out of tune, Gao Dazhuang is still very enthusiastic to canvass for his teammates: "My views are obviously a bit extreme, but I think he should undoubtedly be an All-Star, look at his stats, is there a better center than his offense?" I think he deserves to be an All-Star anyway."

Nets head coach Johnson also said: "I think his performance is enough to get him into the Eastern Conference All-Star, look at his performance last season, people don't respect him enough, he is just as good this year as he was last year."

Deron Williams, who is recovering from an injury on the Nets, even tweeted: "Do me a favor and select my buddy and teammate as an All-Star!" Text Lopez to 69622 or tweet 'BrookLopez#NBABallot'".

Immediately, Gao Dazhuang also tweeted: "Help us select our teammates from the Nets as NBA All-Stars!" Text Lopez to 69622 or tweet 'BrookLopez#NBABallot'".

After Deron and Tall Zhuang happened one after another, Nets General Manager Billy King was not unwilling, he not only tweeted himself to canvass for Tall Strong, but also taught fans how to post them hand-in-hand to prevent invalid votes, "I'll give you a demonstration, the standard format is #NBABallotBrookLopez, retweets don't count, let's start posting now."

The team manager and teammates were so helpful, and Lopez responded on Twitter with "it's cool, I'm really touched". (To be continued......)

PS: Unconsciously, the National Day is halfway over, :(