Chapter 188: All-Star Starter

"The Hornets continue to heat up, extinguish the Heat, and show the potential of a strong team." The sports newspaper of the day wrote that the Hornets now have a full lineup and a good pick-and-roll strategy as the team's offensive tactics, and the Hornets are already fully worthy of the title of a strong team.

In fact, after the victory over the Heat on the 28th, the Hawks at home on the 30th, and the Bucks on the 1st, the Hornets all took it steadily, and the game in January officially ended, and the Hornets won ten consecutive victories.

Wang Meng also won the title of Player of the Month in January, this month Wang Meng averaged 26.5 points and 12 assists per game, completely with a superstar statistic, and a team with playoff competitiveness was selected as the best player in the West, and the best player in the East was James.

Not only that, but at the start of the season in February, the Hornets won three games and won 13 straight games before losing to the Warriors' fast break due to physical exhaustion on the road.

After losing a game, the Hornets seized the time to rest and prepare for the upcoming All-Star weekend, this season, there are only two Hornets players selected as All-Stars, namely Wang Meng and Gasol, of which Wang Meng starts, and Gasol is Griffin's backup. Wallace came to the Hornets, and the statistics were not as beautiful as when he was in the Bobcats, averaging only 14 points + 4 assists + 6 rebounds per game, which obviously did not make him stand out in the competition with Durant and Gay.

Although another Hornets player, Oden, has averaged 16 points + 12 rebounds per game in recent games, and the number of votes has skyrocketed, but the number of votes that fell before was too bad, and Oden has only played less than ten games so far.

Not surprisingly, the All-Star starters in the East and West are almost set, and the roster is as follows.

In the West, the point guard is Wang Meng, although Paul came to the Lakers and Kobe Bryant to form a big three, and his reputation has further improved in Los Angeles, the city of angels, but Wang Meng has a large number of Chinese fans behind him after all, and Wang Meng's average of 27+10 per game in the season is undoubtedly much more beautiful than Paul's current average of 18+9 per game, so Wang Meng suppressed Paul's starting point guard is expected.

The scoring guard is naturally still Kobe Bryant, although the team has two big names at once, which makes Kobe's data slightly reduced compared with previous seasons, but Kobe Bryant is a legend of this era after all, as long as he is still playing on the court, then the position of All-Star starting point guard will always be his, And this season, Kobe Bryant's average points per game is 22.5, although it is slightly reduced from previous seasons, but the shooting rate has increased to 46 percent.

The small forward is undoubtedly Durant's, two consecutive scoring champions, plus this season so far, Durant is still at the top of the scoring list, some time ago Wang Meng also competed with Durant to score, but then his score slowly dropped to an average of 27 points per game, Durant's average points per game is still stuck at 29 points, although there is also Wang Meng to pay attention to the problem of team tandem, but it can also reflect Durant's ability to score a machine.

The big forward is the White Monster Griffin, before the start of this season, the Clippers had eagerly pursued Paul, and they were willing to send Gordon and Carman to these two players, but compared to the Lakers Wang Meng and Gasol's super chips, the Clippers still lost to the Lakers with deep pockets in the same city. Without a great point guard, Griffin still maintains his explosive power, and his dunk of the century from Perkins at the beginning of the season has been one of the talking points.

The center is still a player of the Lakers, Howard, a big man who ran from the Magic, a real monster, needless to say, he came to the Lakers this season, averaging 20.5 points and 13 rebounds per game, except for the Timberwolves' data brush Kevin Love, there is no inside line in the league that can be compared with Howard in terms of data, and Howard's role does not stop there, his strongest is the ability to deter inside, the Lakers with Howard's protection, how many players dare to be presumptuous? In Phil Jackson's purpose-built new triangle offense, Howard occupies a very important place.

The all-stars in the west look very luxurious, but the ones in the east don't look weak at all.

The starting point guard in the East is Wang Meng's sworn rival Rose, this season the Bulls still lead the entire East, Rose's average of 24 points and 8 assists per game makes no one jump out of the way, especially this guy has gradually begun to increase his long shots, although the shooting rate is a little poor, but at least it can be used as a main weapon in the game, he has always regarded Wang Meng as his ultimate opponent, even if Wang Meng entered the league several years later than him (actually two years).

The scoring guard is Wade of the Heat, Wade's data this season has also decreased compared with previous seasons, after all, there is James in the team, a very dominant player, Wade, as a smart person, knows how to make trade-offs for the championship, and it is this mentality that makes the current Heat stronger and stronger. Wade is averaging 23 points and four assists per game so far this season. But the shooting percentage is not low, and he can often step up in crunch time to get a valuable point for the Heat.

There is no suspense about the small forward, the Heat's James was elected with an absolute advantage, this season is one of James' strongest seasons, he ranked first in the regular season MVP list early, so far in the season, James has been able to contribute an average of 27 points per game, sent 7 assists, grabbed 8 rebounds, and the entire league can not find a player who can be as versatile as James. Especially after James increased the offensive ability of back-to-back singles, his shooting percentage skyrocketed, directly exceeding 50 percent, and he is one of the few players who has taken more than 10 shots in small forwards, but has a shooting percentage of more than 50%.

The big forward is Carmelo Anthony in the Knicks, although he didn't play well with the Knicks, but after all, he is one of the leaders of the 03 golden generation, and his influence is not weaker than Wade James and others.

The starting center is Bydam, who has dreamed of starting an all-star for many years, this girl is actually quite unlucky, with his strength, he has long been able to sit in the position of the starting center, but for so many years there has been Yao Ming pressing him, as long as there are all-stars, Yao Ming participates, then the starting position will always be Yao Ming's, Bydam can only watch from behind, this year is different, now Yao Ming announced his retirement before the season started, and then he was traded to the Magic in exchange for Howard, Badham didn't get his wish to become an All-Star starting center, and at the same time became the boss of the Magic, the new tactical core, this feeling made Bydam enjoy it. Bydam, who arrived in the new environment, also played well, averaging 18 points and 10 rebounds per game, and it was not in vain that the Magic traded Howard for him.