Chapter 303: The first round of the all-star voting is out

The Warriors were criticized, but the Lakers received a lot of praise, especially Wang Feng, his play in the game was too perfect, especially in the last 2 minutes to score 15 points alone, although the scoring shock can not be compared with Maddy's 35 seconds and 13 minutes, but looking at the league today, there is no one to match!

In the face of the Warriors, a team that made the entire league feel desperate, Wang Feng scored 52 points and killed the opponent, the news was reported by major media that night, and the heat completely overwhelmed the other teams and stars of the Christmas game at the same time.

"In the face of his former old club, Wang Feng once again proved himself, 52 points + lore ball, who else in this world can stop Wang Feng?"

Far away on the other side of the ocean, the fans of Huawang Peak are overjoyed.

"Brother Feng NB! Beat the NBA! ”

"Get out of here and get beaten? Didn't you say that the Warriors finished beating the Lakers? Didn't you say that Wang Feng couldn't win without thighs? What thighs to hold, my brother Feng himself is the biggest thigh! ”

It was just an ordinary regular-season victory, but with the double buffs of the Christmas Game and the Warriors, the victory skyrocketed Wang's popularity.

On December 26, the day after Christmas, the NBA All-Star voting window officially opened.

A large number of Wang Feng fans enthusiastically voted for it, Chinese fans, and rice fans, and the grand occasion was unprecedented.

A week later, on January 4, the NBA officially announced the results of the first round of voting for the 2019 All-Star fan vote, Wang Feng temporarily led the league with 1.2 million+ votes without any suspense, Los Angeles Clippers forward James ranked second with 980,000 votes, and in third place was the Eastern Milwaukee Bucks' star brother Antetokounmpo, with 970,000 votes in the first round.

It can be seen from the voting that Wang Feng's support rate in the league is quite high now, and even comprehensively overwhelmed James, the first person in the league.

James has actually played very well during his time with the Clippers, averaging 28 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game, and the Clippers currently have a record of 21 wins and 16 losses, ranking in the top half of the West.

Judging from the lineup, the Clippers actually have a very average lineup, except for James, the only star of the team is Anthony.

"Rebirth: The Great Age of Waves"

But in the new season of the Clippers, Anthony's performance is still not satisfactory as Wang Feng expected.

After more than 30 games, he is currently averaging only 13.7 points per game, and his shooting rate is just enough to reach 40%.

The main reason for this is that Anthony has not completely changed his position.

He still feels like the league's leading scorer, an All-Star, and his style of playing on the court is still mostly based on ball-handling and frame offense, and mostly one-on-one heads-up.

But Anthony's explosiveness and ball sense are no longer enough to support his efficiency in singles, and any player who defends better can make his shooting percentage greatly reduced.

In another time and space, Anthony was also cut after the Rockets played ten games, took a full season off, reconsidered his position on the court, and then went to the Portland Trail Blazers in the 19-20 season, and began to gradually adapt to his new positioning, and then began to gradually rejuvenate the second spring.

And even if he has a second spring in his career, Anthony can only sign a veteran base salary contract with the team, and use his scoring ability to shine for the team in bench time.

At present, James's most effective helper on the Clippers is forward Tobias. Harris, Louis. Williams as well as Montrez. Harrell.

So far in the regular season, Harris, Williams and Harrell have averaged 18.4 points, 17.8 points and 16 points per game, respectively, and are the main scoring points for the Clippers other than James.

The outside world is very satisfied with the Clippers' performance in the new season, and believes that it is all due to James, who does have the ability to improve the strength ceiling of a team.

Only Wang Feng knows that in another time and space, the Clippers without James finally entered the playoffs with a 48-34 record this season, and won two games against the Warriors in the first round.

Tobias. Harris & Louis. Williams should have averaged 20+ points per game this season, plus Gallinari with 19.8 points per game and Harrell with 16.6 points per game, as well as defensive players such as Patrick Beverley, the Clippers are actually not weak, but a number of players are underestimated by the league.

At the end of December, the Lakers had a game against the Clippers, and it was the Clippers who won the game.

It's not that Wang Feng and James lost in the competition, Wang Feng scored 36 points and 14 rebounds, James scored 31 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists, and the two sides were evenly matched.

But the Clippers burst out of the bench.

Substitute Luiz. Williams scored 36 points on 11-of-18 shooting.

Harris and Harrell also had 17 and 15 points on the books, respectively.

On the Lakers' side, except for Wang Feng's 36 points, only Jimmy Butler scored 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 9-of-21 shooting, and none of the other players scored double-doubles.

Wang Feng wanted to try to turn the tide with a key scorer in the last two minutes.

However, with 2 minutes left in the game, the difference between the two sides was 19 points, and the key scorer was not invincible, 19 points required 7 three-pointers, and the opponent had to score 1 point to complete the overtake.

The Clippers' pseudo-bench Luis. Williams is really a very tough player, with explosive scoring ability, solid breakthrough long-range shooting, and few shortcomings other than defense, and James who came to the Clippers seems to have avoided the curse of injury and has remained healthy until now.

You must know that in another time and space, James has been injured in this stage for the Lakers, and the team's record has plummeted due to James's long-term absence, which eventually led to missing the playoffs.

With a healthy James and a group of underrated but extremely strong Clippers players, the Los Angeles Clippers will be a powerhouse in the playoffs ahead.

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The Lakers' game throughout December was generally perfect, although they lost to the Spurs and Clippers, but they defeated their rivals Rockets and Warriors, especially the victory over the Warriors, which boosted the morale of the whole team!

However, as the schedule moves into January 2019, the real challenge for the Lakers has just begun.

If the two-month schedule in November and December is relatively friendly to the Lakers and there are basically not many strong opponents, then the Lakers schedule in January can be described as a gathering of strong opponents.