Chapter 308: Streak and All-Star Weekend
The game is not over yet, Wang Meng did not watch carefully, especially about the details of the task rewards, Wang Meng did not read it, surprise, it is always revealed at the last moment to have a sense of surprise.
For the current Wang Meng, he has found a new goal.
"The single-game three-point shooting record, 12, the holder, is still Kobe."
This is still a C-level task, but in terms of difficulty, there is not much of a challenge for Wang Meng, because Wang Meng has already scored 10 three-pointers, and as long as he throws 3 three-pointers in the next time, he can break this record.
There is still a lot of time in the game, and this record is too simple for Wang Meng.
Wang Meng easily made three three-pointers before the end of the game, breaking this record together. Earn a C-rank mission reward again.
When the whistle blew for the game, all the Hornets fans in the stadium gave the Hornets a very warm applause, four consecutive defeats are a foregone conclusion, even if they complain, it is useless, instead of insulting their own team, it is better to give them applause and motivate them to win the next game.
In this game, there was no suspense from the beginning, Wang Meng's three-point shot was like an assassin's sword, easily piercing the king's weak body.
With 50 points in a single game, Wang Meng once again scored 50+ data, of which 13 three-pointers broke two league records in a row, namely the record of 9 consecutive three-pointers and the record of 12 three-pointers in a single game held by Kobe.
Today, that record has changed to 10 consecutive three-pointers and 13 three-pointers in a single game.
Breaking the C-level tasks identified by the two systems, Wang Meng also got the task reward as he wished, but this reward made Wang Meng slightly disappointed, the C-level record was only rewarded with 100 task points, and the two C-level records were rewarded with a total of 200 points to Wang Meng. But something is better than nothing, and the C-rank record is only the easiest record in the Great Dynasty series of quests.
Although Wang Meng broke two records in a row and ended the Hornets' losing streak, it still couldn't completely calm the fans' sense of loss about the Hornets' chance to break the record.
Now the only hope of fans is that the Hornets can still maintain the first place in the league, four consecutive defeats have brought the Hornets' defeat to 6 games, and the Spurs, who are closest to the Hornets, are only one more negative than the Hornets in terms of losses, and the Spurs have only lost 7 games since the beginning of the season, only one game away, to catch up with the Hornets.
Someone was chasing after him, and the pressure on all the Hornets suddenly doubled, and what was even worse was that the next opponent of the Hornets was the Spurs who were in hot pursuit.
On January 24, 2013, the Hornets played away against the Spurs, which was regarded as a ranking battle between the first and second teams in the league, and attracted the attention of many fans, and the Hornets and Spurs had a very difficult game under the live broadcast of the trio of Barkley, O'Neal and Smith of the EPSN.
The game was extremely stalemate, the two sides once went into overtime, and finally relied on Wang Meng's crazy outburst in the last 2 minutes, and the Hornets narrowly beat the Spurs by 3 points in overtime.
In this game, both sides defended extremely fiercely, and the shooting percentage of both teams was greatly reduced, although there was an overtime, but the final score of both teams was only 96:93.
didn't score more than 100 points in overtime, which shows how high the defensive level of this game is, definitely the defense of the playoffs and even the finals.
Under the Spurs' iron-blooded defense, Wang Meng's shooting rate dropped below 45% for the first time, and with the crazy scoring in the last two minutes of overtime, he barely scored 20 points and only sent 8 assists, which can be said to be one of Wang Meng's worst statistics this season.
In fact, compared to Wang Meng, the Spurs' point guard Parker is even more miserable, and Parker was under the care of Wang Meng throughout the game, shooting 2 of 8 and 1 of 2 free throws, only getting 5 points and 4 assists, and 4 turnovers and 5 fouls.
As for the rest of the players, the Hornets dominate the two positions of shooting guard and small forward, Roy has a big advantage against Ginobili, who has been tepid this season, and Wallace also took the opportunity to teach Leonard, who is going to be the next generation, a good lesson.
The outside line has the advantage, but the Hornets' inside line has suffered a big loss.
The combination of Duncan and Yao Ming is definitely one of the strongest interior combinations in history, even compared to the original Duncan plus Robinson's twin tower combination, it is only strong and not weak, although Pau Gasol and Oden are also rare top twin towers in the league, but they are undoubtedly much inferior to the two of them.
Fortunately, Wang Meng suppressed Parker in this game, otherwise it is really difficult to say who will win between the Hornets and the Spurs.
After winning the Spurs, the Hornets finally breathed a sigh of relief, and now the gap between the Spurs and the Hornets has been stretched to 2 games, which is not as urgent as before.
Winning the Spurs, many bricks in the league called beasts, and the views on the Hornets changed again, the Hornets do have the strength to compete with the Spurs, Heat, Lakers, Thunder, the top teams in the league, and experts also have a preliminary prediction of the Hornets' season record in the regular season.
62-20, this is the predicted record given by the experts, which is already considered the top in the league, and it is not surprising that there is no problem in the top three in the league. The only thing to consider is how far the Hornets will go in the playoffs.
This season's playoffs are regarded as the league's most exciting playoffs in recent years, because this season the league is surging, and all the big names have teamed up to partner, not to mention the Eastern Heat triumvirate that has won the championship, just look at the West, the Spurs have enough GDP and Yao Ming, and the Thunder has a new version of the three young plus Ibaka and Karman two senior insiders. The Lakers have a giant combination that surpasses the Heat's Big Three. In addition, the Hornets who are now rising strongly, the introduction of Harden has led to a sharp rise in the team's record, and the Grizzlies with a full lineup.
No team is easy to mess with, and no team can be surprised to win. Even the so-called brick beasts can't point to the championship right now that team can win the championship this season.
Of course, it's too early to say what the playoffs will bring, and the Hornets players are all on the game in front of them.
On January 26, the Hornets played against the Rockets, the Hornets won easily, and the Rockets this season can be said to have sunk, and the only big names that are more famous are Jeremy Lin and Kevin Martin, these two people's offense looks quite beautiful, but no matter how beautiful they play, they can't improve the team's winning rate.
After playing this game, Jeremy Lin also invited Wang Meng to have a meal, and due to the strong outburst last season, Jeremy Lin signed a big contract this season, which is said to be a poison contract with a sudden increase in salary in the last year, but it can make money. Many Chinese brands have come to Jeremy Lin to endorse him, which has further increased his income.
This season, Jeremy Lin's performance is not as brilliant as last season, but until now, the average contribution of 16+7 per game is still dragging on, and occasionally you can break out and cut 20+10 or something, which is very good.
After playing the Rockets, the Hornets followed up against the Grizzlies on the 28th, still winning easily, and the Hornets had already won the first three quarters of the game, and the fourth quarter completely turned into garbage time.
On the 30th, the Hornets played away against the Lakers, this game was originally a bad battle, but the Lakers Kobe Bryant injured his finger in the last game, and this game chose a truce for safety, Paul and Howard alone, although they can also lead the Lakers and the Hornets to compete, but the lack of the main breakup, the Lakers finally lost the game.
31 against the Jazz, February 2 against the Nuggets, February 3 against the Timberwolves, February 7 against the Suns, the Hornets all won the game, after four consecutive defeats, the Hornets finally started the winning streak again, after the victory over the Suns, the Hornets' winning streak rose again to 9 consecutive wins.
February 9 seems to be no different for the American people, but it is very different for Wang Meng and Chinese like Wang Meng in a foreign land, because February 9 is China's Chinese New Year's Eve, that is, the Spring Festival.
Since coming to the NBA, Wang Meng has not been home for the New Year for 2 taels, and this is the third year.
On this day, Wang Meng received calls from many people, including Wang Meng's parents, relatives, and friends, all of whom called Wang Meng to congratulate him.
Probably for this reason, Wang Meng was in very good shape today, and in the game against the Eagles that day, Wang Meng scored 46 points, leading Huang Fan to beat the Eagles and increasing the winning streak to 10 consecutive wins.
And at this time, the league's all-star weekend once a season is about to begin.
This season's All-Star vote, Wang Meng did not become the All-Star vote king like last season, this season's All-Star vote king is James, this season so far James can see 27 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists per game Super all-around data, the shooting rate is as high as 50%, and the vote king is well deserved.
Originally, according to China's huge fan base, it should be a very simple thing for Wang Meng to get the vote king, but this season the situation is a little different, Yao Ming came back, Yi Jianlian joined the Hornets, plus a Jeremy Lin, just these three people, a large part of Chinese fans voted out, which is very different from the votes of Wang Meng last season when almost most of the Chinese fans voted.
However, despite this, Wang Meng was still elected as the starting point guard in the West with a super high number of votes, but one thing is regrettable is that none of the Hornets except Wang Meng have been selected as an All-Star starter, regardless of this is normal, the other four positions, the Hornets' players are not the top in the West, the scoring guard has Kobe, the small forward has Durant, the big forward has Griffin and Love, the center has Howard, and no one in the Hornets can compete for the All-Star starter except Wang Meng. Without the starting Hornets players who want to be All-Star, the only hope is to let the Western All-Star head coach pick out, which is very good, and there are two players selected for the All-Star bench, Gasol and Roy. In fact, the head coach of the West in this All-Star Weekend is Monty, the head coach of the Hornets, Roy and Gasol can be selected, and there is more or less a relationship between the back door, after all, there are many excellent players in the West, such as Monta Ellis of the scoring guard, Iguodala, etc., and the Kevin Love of the big forward Al Jefferson, are all promising players, but they are unfortunately not selected. As for the rest of the Hornets, such as Wallace, Oden and others, they ultimately missed the All-Star list.
Before the All-Star break, the Hornets had three games left against the Raptors, Pistons, Trail Blazers, and three teams that were all within distance of the playoffs, and the Hornets won easily.
It is worth mentioning that Roy broke out with a very strong combat power when facing the old master Trail Blazers, although he only played 25 minutes, Roy scored 31 points, which is scary with high efficiency.
At the end of three games, the Hornets had a short break and All-Star Weekend.
This year's All-Star Weekend is hosted by the Houston Rockets, and this is the second time in seven years that Houston has hosted an All-Star Weekend. It's a little embarrassing that as the organizer, the Rockets didn't even have a player selected for the All-Star, probably because they didn't think it looked good, and as the head coach of the All-Star West, Monty finally gave Kevin Martin a scoring guard position in the All-Star list in the West, saving a little face for Houston.
At this time, the all-star rosters of both the East and West have been decided. The starting point in the West is not much different from last season's All-Star Weekend, point guard Wang Meng, scoring guard Kobe, small forward Durant, power forward Griffin, and center Howard.
Compared with the West starters, the East starters have been slightly changed, the point guard is still injured and suspended, so the old and strong recently rejuvenated Nash replaces the game, scoring guard Wade, small forward James, power forward Anthony, and center is Garnett, who is playing the best form of the season.
The seven substitutes on both sides are: West: Pau Gasol, Yao Ming, Roy, Kevin Martin, Paul, Westbrook, Gay.
East: Rondo, Pierce, Bosh, Stoudemire, Deron Williams, Noah, Ruhrdun.
On February 15, Wang Meng and others flew to Houston, and Jeremy Lin, Martin, and others took Wang Meng and others to their accommodation as hosts.
Jeremy Lin, Martin, they are not people who can play, compared to last season's interesting literary theme, this season's All-Stars seem to be much inferior and bland, after all, the host of the organizer is in his own team, and he must be much more open than in other people's teams, but Wang Meng looked at the host of the Rockets, Martin, a stuffy guy, rarely speaks, Jeremy Lin, forget it, this season's All-Stars are a little more bland and bland.
(To be continued)