On December 27, the Thunder team set off for New York, and they will usher in two consecutive back-to-back games on the road, first against the Nets, and then against the Wizards.

However, everyone on the plane is not in the mood to continue Texas Hold'em today, because the voting results for the third phase of the NBA All-Star Game are about to be announced.

In the voting data released in the first phase, the Thunder trio soared, with Li Ze and Turtle leading the Western Conference guard line, and Durant's votes successfully squeezing out Carmelo Anthony.

When the NBA league released the data again in the second phase, the Thunder trio found that their votes were completely overtaken, so Durant frantically matched the line on Twitter, and all the trumpets were full of firepower, directly shouting that the All-Star voting was shady.

"There is definitely something wrong with this all-star vote! Obviously, we were much ahead in the first stage, but after the second stage of voting was announced, Kobe Bryant and Anthony's votes increased exaggeratedly, and the data must have been falsified! ”

Durant said depressedly that on January 10, the paper voting channel will be closed, and the electronic voting on the 18th will also end, if he can't surpass Anthony in the third stage, the All-Star starting position will definitely be gone.

"Kevin, this is just an unspoken rule of the league, it will not allow rookie players to easily get the All-Star starting position, this is also respect for veterans, you still have hope, I never thought I could make it to the All-Star Game, after all, I am only a sophomore rookie."

The turtle has a calm mentality, after all, the Western back line has to compete with Kobe Bryant, Nash, and behind is Chris Paul, Tracy McGrady, Jason Kidd, Chauncey Billups, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Deron Williams...

It wasn't his turn to pick the bench, the competition in the Western Conference guard line was too fierce, and the sophomore turtle felt that he must be out of play, and this All-Star Weekend was also going to play the rookie challenge.

"I can't say the same, I think Kayce has a chance to squeeze Steve Nash out of the starter, the single "Shape of you" is so popular, Taylor has been canvassing for him recently, and I wouldn't be surprised if it went straight to the western box office."

Jeff Green secretly got a lemon, and the rookie was directly selected as an All-Star, which is also a big achievement.

"Come on, Green, at most as a substitute, oh no! There is not much hope for the bench, because this is chosen by the head coach, and the rookies are not taken care of, even if they enter the All-Star Game, they must be cheering for the veterans off the court, and there is not much playing time. ”

Li Ze looked like a salted fish, slumped into his seat, and responded casually to Jeff Green while looking at the gossip magazine in his hand.

"The league always gives special treatment to some stars, and in the All-Star Game in recent years, it's all those old faces, and if it weren't for Howard, I dare to guarantee the ticket, LeBron James would definitely be the Eastern Conference ticket king again."

"James' breakthroughs always get free throws, and the referees take good care of him, and the league has even changed the rules for carrying the ball this season!"

Durant turned on the crazy spit mode, for the polishing of basketball skills, Durant is absolutely serious, he very much does not understand why the league would suddenly change the rules...

The new rule is that if one foot touches the ground when a player touches the ball or finishes dribbling, the next time he touches the ground, the foot that touches the ground is the first step and becomes the pivot foot.

When Li Ze heard this, his face suddenly turned strange, if you want to talk about preferential treatment of players, the treatment of the Thunder three whistles is actually really good, for the adjustment of the walking rules in the new season, it is more to encourage offense, and he has adjusted his footsteps now when he retreats and shoots.

In fact, many players in the league have rough skills and often walk in violation of the rules, and after the rules are modified, fans don't have to complain about this, which can be regarded as taking care of the façade of the league.

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The Nets finished 10th in the East with 34 wins and 48 losses last season, but unfortunately their results have plummeted in the new season, and so far, they have a proud record of 2 wins and 28 losses.

Coach Lawrence Frank left class directly after 16 games in charge of the new season, and the Nets have completely become the belly of the fish!

In the 02 to 03 season, the Nets reached the Finals and finally lost to the Spurs 4-2.

Yi Jianlian of this world is an out-and-out talented player, who has been exposed to basketball very early since he was a child, has solid basic skills, and has strong physical fitness, and has attracted much attention when he was a national youth, and many scouts believed that Yi Jianlian could play a famous role in the NBA.

17-year-old Yi Jianlian began to frequently participate in Amerika's training camp, exposed to more cutting-edge basketball technology, played CBA for three years, and after winning the championship, Yi Jianlian, who had no regrets, participated in the NBA draft.

In the 07 draft, Yi Jianlian was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the sixth pick in the first round, and the fans of the Celestial Empire were boiling at that time.

Yi Jianlian, who has just landed in the NBA, performed very well in the regular season in the first two months, fully showing his advantages and characteristics, soft touch, accurate long-range shots, and powerful dunks, and the fans of the Celestial Empire were also happy for this.

Because of Yi Jianlian's outstanding performance, the attention of the NBA in the Celestial Empire has risen to a new level, and Sina Sports has taken advantage of this boom to buy the exclusive broadcast rights of the NBA, which is the first butterfly effect brought by Yi Jianlian.

But in the long regular season of the NBA, the strengths and weaknesses of each player will gradually be exposed, and with the increase of the schedule, the consumption of physical energy, weak confrontation and easy injury have gradually become the label on Yi Jianlian.

The big man players in this year generally play hand-to-hand combat on the inside line and attack in the low post, but the 213cm Yi Jianlian struggled very much in the low post, and he did not play dominance at all, and even began to be plagued by injuries after frequent hand-to-hand combat.

After only 49 games in his rookie season, the Milwaukee Bucks are no longer optimistic about Yi Jianlian's future, after all, the glass attribute is too scary, but as a big man, with the vast Celestial Empire market behind him, many teams are still willing to gamble.

In the 08 to 09 season, Yi Jianlian came to the New Jersey Nets, two months before the start of the game, he played a highlight performance again, the home attendance skyrocketed, the supply of tickets exceeded the demand, and the team uniform team was overjoyed and won the bet!

The owner of the Nets is also crazy with joy, and the money is vast! After that, he made a bold decision, he wanted to move directly, take advantage of this shareholder wind, sell the team, and find the next home, the rich Mao Xiong Kaizi.

This can be regarded as the butterfly effect brought by half of Yi Jianlian, when Li Ze knew that the Nets changed their name this season and moved into a new arena, he almost dropped his jaw, this change is indeed a bit big...

After everyone on the Thunder team got off the plane, they took a brief rest, and in the afternoon, they went directly to the Barclays Center Arena.

"Seriously, I love the arena, the location, the training facilities, the floor, Fack! Everything was perfect, it's not fair, the Nets are now at the bottom of the table! ”

After Durant arrived at the Barclays Center arena in the afternoon, he walked inside and out two or three times, and when everyone was doing recovery workouts, he turned on lemon essence mode again.

The corners of Li Ze's mouth twitched when he heard Durant's words, and he silently complained in his heart:

"Maybe you'll actually come here to play in the future!"

"It's said that the Nets owner could sell the team, and that's what Sean Williams told me, this guy is in the same class as me, and the rookie is coming to the Nets, and the news is still somewhat credible."

Jeff Green is back playing with his gossip.

"Don't pay attention to the rumors, we can't afford it anyway, the big city team is so good! It would be nice if there was such a stadium in Russia, and many fans are still complaining that they can't buy tickets, and our stadium is too small. ”

Turtle Turtle once dreamed of playing in a big city, and when he saw the Nets' new arena, he couldn't help but get a lemon.

"Alright, Bro, if you're bored, come and practice your double-step shooting, this is my latest trick!"

Li Ze hurriedly interrupted the chat of the lemon essences.

"Double step-back shots? Are you sure that such a shot will not go far? Let me experience it and play a few rounds of 1-on-1 by the way. ”

Durant immediately threw the ball to Li Ze after speaking, signaling to start playing directly, this is also the daily training of the two, for those who want to lead the team and sit in the boss position, basketball skills must be the strongest in the team, and the wordless battle has already begun.

"Kevin, concentrate, I swear, you won't be able to prevent this!"

Li Ze dribbled the ball under his crotch continuously outside the three-point line, pulled back with his right hand, and suddenly accelerated the pace of dribbling backwards.

With the ball in his left hand, he feigned a breakthrough, exerted force at his feet, took a small step back, and took a big step back while closing the ball, and made a jump shot from outside the three-point line.

"Hmm..."

"This must be a step!"

Durant saw Li Ze retreat outside in two steps, and immediately said with a confused expression.

"No, no, no, look at my pivot foot and my timing of the ball, it's definitely a good ball, you need to take advantage of the rules!"

Li Ze almost laughed out loud when he saw Durant's expression, and began to explain his shooting moves.

"Shet! The rules of shit, I bet 500 dollars, this action, tomorrow night the referee will definitely blow a penalty for walking violations! ”

"I also bet 500 dollars, the referee will decide that this is a reasonable technical move, haha, Kevin, you can also try it, I can teach you!"

Jeff Green and Turtle Turtle watched helplessly from the sidelines, now the two basically have to fight for everything, they both want to overpower each other, everyone is playing hot in every training game, and the Thunder team has been involved to the point that they can't roll anymore...

On the evening of the 27th, after finishing the recovery training, Li Ze came to Yi Jianlian's apartment as promised, before the two just exchanged text messages and had a simple exchange.

"I also just finished training, Master Ye came over tonight, authentic Cantonese food, are you used to eating?"

Yi Jianlian was dressed casually at home, welcomed Li Ze into the door, and asked with a smile.

"As long as it's food, I like to eat it, so I'm sorry to trouble Master Ye."

Li Ze hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Master Ye on the side, who runs a number of Chinese restaurants in New York and knew that the UAE was going to entertain Li Ze tonight, so he came over to help.

"It's a trivial matter, it's not easy to live in a foreign country, you have to take care of each other, you talk first, and the dishes will be fine for a while!"

Master Ye is 50 years old this year, and he looks kind, but his Mandarin is not very good, but fortunately, Li Ze can also understand Cantonese, and there is no problem in communication.

"I didn't expect to see a yellow guard playing in the NBA, and all the players on Amika's side are so talented, it's incredible that you had such a good performance in your rookie season."

Yi Jianlian sighed softly after pouring a glass of juice for Li Ze.

"The stats can sometimes be deceiving, I'm far from having a lot of experience in the game, how is my recovery lately? I really recommend you change trainers. ”

The United Arab Emirates suffered a small injury again in mid-December, and was out of action for a week, and the good state of the game was interrupted again, and Li Ze shouted pity.

"There's no problem, after gaining muscle for a year, small injuries continue, I'm used to it, and I have to find the game again after every injury, hey, Da Yao also gave me advice, do you have a good trainer there?"

When it comes to injuries, the UAE is naturally very depressed, since the beginning of his rookie season, he has been constantly plagued by injuries, and there are no major injuries this season, but small injuries continue, which seriously affects his competitive state.

"If you really want to change trainers, I recommend having Tony and Meg do a detailed physical examination for you first, and then re-optimize your technical movements based on your physical condition."

"They have recently expanded their studios, Kevin and Russell on the Thunder's side, Love on the Timberwolves' side, and Holiday on the 76ers were all introduced by me, and the feedback is very good so far, but the price is a bit expensive."

Li Ze briefly introduced his training team, and he also hoped that he could help the United Arab Emirates.

"Money is not a problem, the rookie contract is about to expire, I hope I can continue to stay in the NBA, although I can make a lot of money back home, but I still want to fight for it."

The UAE is already a little desperate at this time, you must know that there are really a lot of hacks on the Internet now, if you return to China, I don't know how many people are waiting to see the jokes, there are always so many fans with brain problems, and they are all hacked...

"Brother Lian, the data is this thing, you have to brush it, anyway, the Nets' record is not good, it's just right to brush the data, I talked to Lefu about this problem before, three-point shots, backcourt rebounds, and more blocking and dismantling."

"As long as the shooting feels good, it's not difficult to do three things well, don't listen to the media nonsense about the soft egg ball style, play a two-double data to get money!"

"I guess you don't have a leader in the locker room, eat a few meals together, let the defender block and give more penalties, the Nets still rely on you to sell tickets, this face can definitely be given, three points are definitely more cost-effective than two points longer, this is how Lefou's data this season has risen, and now they are two pairs of machines!"

Li Ze began to give ideas to the United Arab Emirates, building muscle and resisting the inside muscle stick, which is definitely not a good offensive choice, throwing three points, eating cakes down, and making foul free throws are the right way to score points.

The UAE was a little confused after hearing this, is it really good to brush up on such an obvious score?

"Can there be a contract after this data is brushed? There will definitely be a lot of media condemnation and saying that I have scored a lot..."

"Don't care about those media, most teams in the NBA league are here to make money by selling tickets, and it's also our ability to brush data, as long as the occasional dunk is exciting, and then the top ten or something, many small teams will send contracts."

"On the field, you should also increase your own contagion, show some passion, shout twice, beat your chest, fans love to watch these, of course, don't care about what the starting substitute is, sign a contract to make money and then train hard."

He was very concerned about the comments of the media and the opinions of the fans, and he has been working hard to gain muscle and want to play in the low position, but he has been injured in the past two years.

He is confident that he can shoot three-pointers well, because long-range shooting is what he has been best at since he was a child, but as his height grows, he has to attack more in the low post, and the UAE even feels that the style of play that Li Ze said is the most suitable for him.

"Master Ye, let's eat first, cook a few fewer dishes, Li Ze, tell me in detail how to brush this data to be appropriate..."

"It just so happens that I brought a lot of gold chains today, Brother Lian, you and Master Ye will choose a few first, and keep the rest as gifts, they are all the latest ones, Lao Hei is good at this..."

“......”

Although the Nets have become the belly of the fish belly this season, winning only two games in the new season, Celestial Empire fans still like to watch the Nets play, as long as the UAE can get a double-double, everyone can be happy for a long time.

The game on the 29th, CCTV has been previewing for several days, and the game has not yet started, but the number of viewers is increasing, catching up with the Yao Yi war of the year.

In the CCTV studio, today's commentary combination is still Yu Jia and Zhang Weiping, for this game, it is not realistic to talk about the strength of the two teams before the game, after all, one is the first in the west, the other is the first in the east, and there is not much suspense about the outcome of the game.

"The UAE was injured in November this season and was out for 5 days, and in mid-December it was injured for another week, Director Zhang, what do you think caused the injury of the UAE?"

The moderator, Yu Jia, began to direct the topic to the side of the United Arab Emirates.

"First of all, the NBA has a very dense schedule, and there are many back-to-back games, and the physical fitness of rookie players is easy to have problems, and in the case of physical fatigue, the probability of injury naturally increases greatly."

"Another UAE's current style of play is very physical, when he is in China, he can easily learn on the inside, but the NBA inside confrontation is very intense, and Da Yao also plays dominant after gaining muscle, and the low position is not suitable for the UAE."

"After gaining muscle last year, the UAE did not play well, there was a problem with the feel, the outside projection and low-post offense failed to play, I hope the UAE will not be too loud in the accident world, and play their own strengths."

Director Zhang has always been very optimistic about the United Arab Emirates, but he didn't expect that after the United Arab Emirates arrived in the NBA, he would be injured frequently.

"Indeed, as Director Zhang said, we also hope that the UAE can play their own style, let's talk briefly about Li Ze, there are still three games in December, if there is no big surprise, he will continue to win the best rookie of the month."

"But in the last game against the Bobcats, Li Ze's shooting percentage was not high, do you think you have encountered a rookie wall?"

The host Yu Jia threw out a topic that everyone has been talking about on the Internet recently.

"There is no rookie wall, it may be that the feeling has not been adjusted back after the Christmas break, to be honest, Li Ze can no longer be regarded as a rookie, whether it is physical, technical, or control of the team, Li Ze is the core player's style of play."

"Even if you don't feel good, Bang Bang Bang has two, come to a few free throws, and slowly get up, it's definitely no problem!"

As a die-hard fan of Li Ze, Director Zhang did not go through the procedure and went straight to blowing.

"Thank you for your comments, and I hope both players have an excellent performance in this game, we have got the starting lists of both sides from the front, and both teams are still in the regular rotation."

"The Nets have Devin Harris and Courtney Lee in the backcourt, Trenton Hassel and Yi Jianlian on the front, and Brook Lopez at center."

"The Thunder's starting backcourt combination is still Russell Westbrook and Lee, Kevin Durant and Jeff Green at the front, and Nenad Kostic at center."

"The game is about to start, let's turn the screen to the game in front of us!"

Before the game, there was a lot of laughter in the Thunder locker room, after all, there was really no pressure in this game, and Coach Brooks simply explained that he should pay attention to defense and rebounding, and the offense was all up to the players themselves.

"Kayce, get more points in this game, we can give you all the chances, there are a lot of your fans here."

Durant pretended to be a big guy and said that Li Ze should do your best to score points in this game.

"Just play normally, you all know, the other party will definitely not be able to prevent me, scoring is as easy as drinking water for me, don't worry, my hand will definitely be fine in this game."

Li Ze also immediately said his Versailles remarks, which caused everyone to boo.

"Yikes! This guy is getting better and better at blowing! ”

Barclays Center was packed tonight, the most attended game in recent times, and although the Nets had cheap tickets, there weren't too many people who usually watched the game, and in many cases the visiting fans even accounted for half of them.

After all, the Nets have been losing and constantly being beaten, and the home team fans have been numb, and they really support it.

The game started immediately, Li Ze and the UAE also simply hugged and greeted, there is not much suspense about the outcome of this game, it depends on how many quarters the Nets can withstand.

"It's really great to see our players competing on the NBA stage again, come on, boys!"

When the host Yu Jia saw this scene, he immediately sighed and said.

"The game started with Lopez jumping to possession for the Nets and Devin Harris dribbling across half court."

The Nets' first offense, after Devin Harris made an offensive gesture, Lopez came to the outside of the three-point line to block in the high post, but the turtle squeezed through the cover quickly, there was no good opportunity, and several people on the outside began to pass continuously.

The Thunder's defense was never out of position, and Devin Harris noticed that time was running out for offense and immediately picked up the ball again, this time with the UAE coming up to block it.

After breaking the ball, he hit the ground and passed to the right elbow of the free throw line, who received the ball without hesitation and made a long two-point jumper.

"Whew...", a steady hit from mid-range.

"Ahh

The Barclays Center Arena immediately erupted in a huge cheer, and many Chinese fans came to the scene today, and everyone was naturally happy to see the UAE goal.

Li Ze sighed silently in his heart:

"What a chance, thump your chest! waved his fist and greeted him a little more emotionally, but the UAE was still too honest and dull. ”

"The UAE should recover well, the first shot in this game is easy to hit, let's not care about winning or losing, just play with style!"

After Director Zhang saw the middle distance thrown by the United Arab Emirates, he immediately praised happily.

The Thunder attacked, and the first shot was of course given to Li Ze, with Kostic's cover, Li Ze received the ball at the top of the arc outside the three-point line, and Courtney Lee immediately stepped forward to keep up with the defense.

But this is not a good defensive choice, Li Ze quickly released the ball with his right hand, dribbled back with a cross step, changed direction under his crotch, and pretended to break through with his right hand, so that the defensive Courtney Lee involuntarily took a big step back.

As a result, Li Ze dribbled lightly behind his back, retreated and jumped to shoot, and without waiting for the ball to go in, Li Ze had already quickly returned to defense.

The three-point shot hollowed into the net.

"Oh!!"

The audience erupted into a huge exclamation, the goal was too dashing.

Everyone in the Thunder team saw that Li Zechong, who had returned to the defense, made a gesture to drink water to everyone, and immediately complained wildly in their hearts:

"Let this guy successfully pretend to be X again..."