The 2013 All-Star Game will be held in Houston, Amelika's fourth-largest city and the largest city in the south.

In the early days of Christmas, the NBA league also announced the new rules for the All-Star Game, which, unlike previous games, will be played in separate teams from the East and West.

Each team will be crowned with a captain and will be compared against the total scores of the four Challenge events, with the team with the highest score winning the 2013 All-Star Challenge Night and $350,000 in charitable funding.

Of course, the new rules are mainly to increase competition, and fans of the old routines are used to it, and the NBA league naturally has to play some new tricks.

And unlike previous years, this year, the center forward position was completely canceled and replaced with two backcourts and three forwards, which really caused dissatisfaction among many big players.

The NBA league naturally has to sacrifice the interests of some big men for the sake of ratings, in the final analysis, the All-Star Game is an exhibition game, and it is difficult for big men to play well, but it is guards and forward players who are more loved by the audience.

On December 27, the NBA announced the results of the second round of the All-Star Vote.

Li Ze was once again successfully elected as the vote king with 998,000 votes, followed by Kobe Bryant, who scored more than 30,000 points in his career, and the veteran received 977,000 votes.

In third place is LeBron James, with 970,000 votes, and was successfully overtaken by Kobe Bryant in the second stage, and Durant got 925,000 votes, still firmly occupying the fourth place.

Compared with previous years, this year's Howard is completely collapsed, and he has only received 617,000 votes so far, obviously from the Magic to the Lakers, the transformation from a super center to a super blue-collar team has a huge impact on him, and the fans are very realistic, high praise and low stepping, and most people will not consider past results at all.

Chris Paul is the most depressed, with 551,000 votes, ranking third in the Western backcourt, if there are not too many accidents, he will have to stay on the bench again this year, as long as Kobe Bryant does not retire, the starting backcourt in the West will most likely always be Li Ze and Kobe.

And the superficial brother Griffin is in a good mood, although he only got 489,000 votes, but in the position of power forward, he is basically outstanding, no one competes with him at all, and the starting position is stable!

As soon as the results of such a vote came out, it caused complaints from fans everywhere, good guys, according to the current trend, there are 4 players in the Western All-Star starting lineup who are all from Los Angeles!

Many fans in the small ball market are very dissatisfied, thinking that the league should give more care, and why is this still the case this season?

The Clippers don't count, after all, they just played a 23-game winning streak, the league's No. 1 record, and it is reasonable to be selected as an All-Star, but the Lakers are so stretched, can there be two people selected?

Somewhat similar to the situation in the West, Kevin Garnett ranks third among the Eastern forward players with 329,000 votes, and naturally pokes a hornet's nest for such a result.

The Celtics are currently 14-13 and have completely lost their dominance and are in seventh place in the East.

And on the night of the 27th, after watching the Celtics' away game against the Clippers, many fans called for Garnett to be removed from the All-Star.

This game was simply a one-sided crushing by the Clippers, and at 47:60 at halftime, there was almost no suspense in the game.

The score of 20:32 in the third quarter disappointed Celtics fans again.

And the fourth quarter of the game was even more surprising, when the Clippers atmosphere group was all on the court, the Celtics' bench actually scored 10 points in a single quarter.

In the end, 77:114, the Clippers who were playing at home easily defeated the Celtics and won 24 consecutive victories!

In this game, Coach Rivers was in a state of confusion throughout the whole game, especially in the fourth quarter, seeing that the team only scored 10 points, sitting on the sidelines with a question mark on his face, it seemed difficult to understand why the team would have such difficulty scoring.

Li Ze played 29 minutes, 10-of-17, including 3-of-5 three-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws, and easily opened with 27 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.

When the players and the Celtics greeted each other after the game, seeing Jason Terry looking at him with a complicated expression, Li Ze stretched out his arm in a friendly manner, and the two simply exchanged fists:

"Congratulations, Kayce, 24 wins in a row, I hope you can go far this season!"

Hearing the veteran's blessing, Li Ze responded with a smile:

"Thanks, Bro! I wish you all the best in the finals! Looking forward to our next encounter. ”

When he saw Jeff Green walking towards him again, Li Ze laughed even more:

“Wow！ You're such a tough guy! No matter how many times I say it, I still want to say that it's amazing to see you back in the Circle! ”

Jeff Green has become more mature after the big injury, and when he was invited to have a good time with him before the game, the old teammate politely declined, and it is clear that this one has also begun to enter the health stage and no longer squander his body.

"It's a little uncomfortable to see you wearing a Clippers jersey, come on, Kayce, I'll always have your back!"

Seeing Jeff Green, who suddenly became mature and stable, Li Ze suddenly missed the days when everyone controlled the ball together, and the two chatted for a long time, and finally said goodbye to each other and left.

In this game, Li Ze did not accept an interview with reporters on the sidelines, but left the opportunity to the veteran Ray Allen, who played well against his old club and scored 12 points efficiently.

Although the score is not much, it is just over Rajan Rondo's 10 points, the same score as Paul Pierce, and everyone understands the grievances between the two, which can be regarded as helping to vent his anger.

In the final analysis, being able to settle a grudge is still related to the factions within the team, Ray Allen's background is completely different from Garnett, Pierce, and Rondo, and both sides couldn't pee in the same pot at the beginning.

There is no right or wrong in this matter, and there is such a big contradiction, it can only be said that Rivers is not capable.

As for the conflict between Paul and Rondo, it is the trouble between the American knife and honor.

The two entered the league one after the other, as traditional point guards, they will naturally be compared, and as a result, in the 07~08 season, the new Rondo won the championship, which immediately made Paul's mentality unbalanced, and then when he met him, he mocked the other party to hug his thigh and win the championship.

Although this is true, it hurts, plus some honors are always lost to Paul, and Rondo, who was cut off from money, also broke his defense, and the two slowly got on the bar.

However, Paul, who has been the queen bee for a few years, finally chose to hug his thighs, I have to say, this thing is amazing, there is no shame in recognizing the reality, there is no champion, who will remember a 183 little guard? Just look at Aaron Iverson and it's clear that he's almost synonymous with inefficiency

Li Ze, who returned to the locker room after the game, saw Paul smiling and continuing to cheer up his teammates, and felt some emotion in his heart:

"All-Star guards can't escape the law of real fragrance"

On Dec. 28, the Clippers flew to Salt Lake City to take on the Jazz tonight.

The last time the two teams met, the Clippers ended up winning by 6 points.

The Jazz are currently 15-15 and in eighth place in the West, and the reason why it will be so difficult to play the Jazz is mainly related to the opponent's interior configuration.

Paul Millsap, Marvin Williams, and Al Jefferson have mediocre athleticism, but some minor skills are still available.

Especially Al Jefferson, the center who likes to show off his feet in the low post, seems to be a bit of a Tianke jumping man, although the defensive end is not very useful, but the offensive end can score points for the Jazz frequently.

The night was blessed by the home whistle, and after the end of the first half, the score was 54:58, and the Clippers trailed by four points.

At half-time, Crawford took the responsibility:

"My problem, maybe it's because of the back-to-back games, I had a terrible shot tonight!"

With 1-of-6 shooting in the half, no free throws, and just 2 points, the Super Sixth Man was completely sluggish.

"It's just two rounds, just defend well! Blake and Andrew each received two fouls, which is already good! ”

Li Ze didn't care about the point difference, but when he thought of the constipated outside projection tonight, he was very helpless, and when it came to back-to-back games, the state of the veterans would fluctuate.

"Forget about the first half, we have to attack their number five, Jefferson is not moving very fast, take advantage of this weakness, whether it is inside or outside, there are opportunities, decisive attack."

Coach De Nagro knocked on the whiteboard and simply drew a few sets of offensive routines, reminding everyone not to be anxious, the coaching staff is worried about the fitness of the players, if the game is deadlocked until the fourth quarter, then it is difficult to say whether the winner will be lost.

At the start of the second half, Salt Lake City fans were thrilled that they had a chance to end the Clippers' winning streak! This also made the atmosphere of the scene more and more hot.

Randy Foye was a rematch for his old club tonight, so he was full of momentum, sending a baseline shot, dribbling quickly across half court, and then immediately playing a pick-and-roll with Marvin Williams at the top of the arc.

Briefly freed from Chris Paul's entanglement, he took a big step with the ball in his left hand and immediately threw it to Paul Millsap on the right wing outside the three-point line.

PJ Tucker, who had just started in place of Matt Barnes in the second half, immediately posted on the defense, but Millsap was not afraid of confrontation, took two steps against the defense, and scored 2 points on the right side of the block step-back jumper!

The scene suddenly erupted in a huge cheer, and with a six-point difference, maybe they really have a chance to end the Clippers' winning streak.

The Clippers quickly sent a baseline ball, and as soon as Paul took the ball, he made a tactical gesture.

After dribbling past half court, Hayward stared at Li Ze standing at the free throw line, not daring to be careless, and Al Jefferson saw Jordan Jr. immediately go up to the three-point line and hurriedly followed out to chase the defense.

After Paul completed the block with Jordan Jr. on the outside, he broke through with the ball in his right hand, and when Jordan Jr. went down, Li Ze on the free throw line took advantage of the situation to make a cover, delaying Jefferson, and then immediately bounced outside to the three-point line at the top of the arc.

Paul, who has been observing the defense, quickly returned the pass, immediately gave the ball to Li Ze, received the ball and shook it, and easily flew to the defense of Hayward, and without interference, he shot a three-point jumper in the empty position at the top of the arc!

"Huh!" Three-point shot hollow net!

"The Jazz might have to be careful, the Clippers often go on a crazy offensive slate in the third quarter."

On the ESPN commentary bench, commentator Mike Brin looked happy, for him, the more intense the game, the better, if you can play until the last minute, it will be even better!

Hearing a huge boo in his ears, Li Ze didn't care, he just immediately retreated, and at the same time loudly beckoned his teammates to defend.

In this round, the Jazz simply played a high-low post combination, and Al Jefferson scored two more points after a simple lean play under the basket, and a light up and down step.

At the beginning of the second half, the two sides entered the stage of responding to the ball, and after Li Ze hit a three-pointer, the Jazz team immediately adjusted their defensive strategy, the same tactics, the two went all out to defend the outside.

As for Jordan Jr., who went down, it was defended by Marvin Williams on the inside.

This time the Clippers attacked, Jordan Jr. ate the cake and caused the opponent to foul, but stood on the free throw line and missed two free throws.

The corners of Chris Paul's mouth twitched slightly, and he knew that this tactic could no longer be played.

After the pie Feng's routine was figured out, in the next few rounds, in addition to Chris Paul's blocking, Li Ze began to increase his singles.

When Al Jefferson hit both free throws, the difference was still 5 points, and this offense, before halftime, Paul gave the ball to Li Ze.

Hayward couldn't help but feel numb when he saw that the Clippers didn't play according to the routine, glanced behind him, and found that the big man on the inside did not block the movement, and immediately understood that this was another star single!

Li Ze came to the left wing outside the three-point line, immediately lowered the center of gravity of his body, held the ball in his right hand, and changed direction before dribbling under his crotch twice in a row, and his body shook confusingly with the rhythm of the dribble.

Hayward was a little dazed, watching Li Ze slowly approach the three-point line, but he didn't know how to defend, when Li Ze suddenly accelerated with the ball in his right hand, Hayward could only subconsciously slide to the left back.

And then Li Ze simply crossed and pulled back, Hayward followed the defense with his right foot, his body was still behind, and he was directly shaken a big split, and finally watched Li Ze retreat to the three-point line and shoot easily!

"Huh!" Three-point shot hollow into the net!

"Wonderful three-pointer! The Jazz had some problems with their defensive strategy, and they needed to pinch Kayce early and let him play as far as he could! ”

Jeff Van Gundy is very happy to see the Clippers being challenged, and when he explains, he does not forget to act as a dog-headed military advisor and help the Jazz team with advice.

At this time, the third quarter of the game was 5 minutes and 46 seconds old, and the Clippers narrowed the gap to 2 points, which made the Jazz fans at the scene a little nervous.

When Al Jefferson's two-point basket slammed out, the fans subconsciously let out an exclamation.

The rebound was successfully protected by Jordan Jr., and Paul took the ball and quickly dribbled across the halfcourt, and the Jazz had already completed the defense by this time.

Li Ze received a pass on the right wing outside the three-point line, then lowered his center of gravity, broke through with the ball in his right hand, passed Hayward's defense, faced Marvin Williams' defense, changed hands in the air, dodged the block, felt the opponent's arm hit the shoulder, and after completing the throw with his left hand, he shouted by the way:

"My bowl!"

As a result, the ball knocked out of the frame, and the referee did not say that Li Zegang wanted to find the referee to theorize after landing, and Jordan Jr. under the basket struggled to grab the rebound in the front court and threw the ball to Paul on the outside again.

Li Ze didn't care about complaining, quickly bounced to the left wing, received Paul's pass again, resisted Hayward's pounce, and quickly jumped outside the three-point line!

“BANG！”

“Kayce Another three！”

Before the Jazz fans at the scene could react, commentator Mike Brin shouted excitedly.

After scoring the goal, Li Ze first yelled excitedly, waved his fist passionately, and then immediately signaled to the linesman, and the opponent hit his shoulder.

Coach De Nagro even gave an output to the linesman, if it wasn't for the coaching staff to stop him, it is estimated that the 1 point that the Clippers lead would have to be punished back.

For the remainder of the third quarter, the Jazz showed tenacious fighting spirit, and although the Clippers' Lee and Paul began to take over the game and score consecutive points, they were never able to pull away from the difference.

The main lineups of the two sides played the third quarter, and the Clippers scored by 2 points at 36:30 in the first quarter and 90:88 after the third quarter.

"6-of-8 in the quarter, including 3-of-3 three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws, scoring 17 points efficiently, Kayce stepped up in a moment of crisis for the team!"

Jeff Van Gundy saw that the momentum of the game shifted to the Clippers again, and immediately sang the praises of Li Zegao, and the wallgrass seemed to see that the Jazz were going to be unable to stand it.

During the intermission, Coach De Nagro found the shortcomings of the lineup, there was still not enough rotation on the inside, and the Jazz rotation stage could also put Kanter and Faifers two big men, while on the Clippers' side, the coaching staff did not dare to replace Jordan Jr. at all.

Despite the free throw pull, Jordan Jr.'s rebounding was very important.

"Don't worry about my fitness, we have to win this game!"

So far, Li Ze has also been a little up, and it is normal for there to be fewer away whistles, but tonight's scale is a bit excessive.

Hearing Kim's thighs, Coach Denagro no longer hesitated, 25 consecutive wins, he didn't want to give up, with a big wave of his hand, the main lineup continued to top!

The final quarter of the game was even tougher than the Clippers coaching staff expected, and Chris Paul began to drop in shooting as the game progressed, and he was almost invisible in the second half of the quarter.

And the Jazz are really playing with their lives, the offense is stuck on the inside, and the defense uses the home court advantage to increase physical confrontation.

After holding on for half a quarter, in the end, Al Jefferson took the lead and couldn't stand it, although the Clippers' rough brother interior combination was really average in small skills, but the two of them defended one against one and one defense, and still defended Jefferson with a 4-in-1.

And with the decline in physical fitness, after Li Ze hit the middle distance in a row, the two got the opportunity to eat cake again.

Paul Millsap was also distraught with Tucker, and when the team needed to score the most, he suddenly lost fire, and watched Randy Foye hit another iron, and the difference was stretched to 6 points, and the Jazz fans at the scene were a little out of power.

With 2 minutes and 21 seconds left in the game, Li Ze received the ball with his back to the left blocking area, and then quickly released the ball with his right hand, leaned hard to hit it, and without waiting for Hayward's reaction, he took his left foot as the axis and pulled the ball back sharply with his right hand.

The other party was slightly stunned, and then his body quickly twisted forward, and he threw a mid-distance backward jumper!

"Huh!" Hit the two-pointer steadily!

Boos rang out scattered at the scene, and many fans were completely numb.

“Come on！ Come on! I will continue to score in this position! ”

Li Ze, who completed the goal, shouted at everyone in the Jazz team by the way, but saw that no one responded at all, so he pouted boringly.

Hayward stood stunned and began to doubt his life, he only felt that Li Ze kept scoring goals in front of him, and he didn't seem to have a successful defense.

There was jubilation on the Clippers' bench as the game entered its final moments, with the Clippers still leading by six points and a 25-game winning streak already beckoning to them.

The Jazz team didn't play any snack, and the opponent didn't plan to compete for free throws, and as the game time continued to drain, the Jazz team, which lacked scores, also lost their fighting spirit.

At 116:110, the Clippers who were finally playing away defeated their opponents with difficulty and won their 25th consecutive victory!

Li Ze made 16 of 26 from the field, including 6 of 10 from three-point range and 6 from the free throw line, and got 44 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 3 turnovers.

Such a performance was naturally booed by Jazz fans after the game.

Chris Paul was invisible in the fourth quarter, but he was 8-of-14 from the field and finished with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Griffin had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Jordan Jr. had 16 points and 10 rebounds.

This game can be regarded as a stubborn win by the main force

Despite the Clippers' victory in the end, head coach De Nagro blasted the game's blowing scale in his post-game press conference:

"It was an absolutely ugly game, Kayce should have made at least eight more free throws, it's hard for me to understand how the referee on duty would blow such a penalty, and I call on the league to step in and investigate!"

The investigation is impossible, and the referee's report will be presented at most, and for this, the league also issued a fine of 25,000 US dollars to the head coach of De Nagro.

And after surviving this game, the Clippers started a winning streak.

On December 30, the Clippers, who returned to their home court, defeated the Jazz again 96-107 and won 26 consecutive victories!

Then a day off, on the first day of 2013, the Clippers challenged the Nuggets away, 109:78, still easily defeated the opponent, and won 27 consecutive victories!

On January 2, the Clippers flew to Oakland to take on the Warriors back-to-back away games.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the Clippers failed to withstand the Warriors' offense in this game, and in the end, 104-115, they lost to their opponents cleanly.

The Warriors shot 12-of-23 from three-point range in a whopping 52.2 percent shooting.

Stephen Curry put up his trademark stats, shooting 11-of-16 from the field, including 6-of-8 three-pointers and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line, with 31 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 4 turnovers.

Li Ze's good brother Klay Thompson also played well, shooting 7-of-14, including 5-of-9 three-pointers, with 19 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 turnovers.

These two contributed almost all of the Warriors' outside firepower, and for such exaggerated three-point shots, the back-to-back Clippers did not withstand it and directly confessed.

After the game, the audience at Oracle Arena went straight to the New Year, the Warriors players were also celebrating wildly, Klay Thompson didn't care about Li Ze's feelings, and as soon as the game ended, he ran to the sidelines, constantly waving his fists at the audience, and at the same time not forgetting to shout

Li Ze had some regrets after losing, if it wasn't for back-to-back battles, maybe the Clippers would still have a chance, but seeing the Warriors' happy appearance, he still secretly pouted:

"The 27-game winning streak may be the limit of this Clippers team, and I hope to have a chance to break the record I set in the future."

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There was a huge pain in the throat, and there was no state at all.

Today's brain is confused, writing is stumbling, and there are fewer words,

Survive these few days, I strive for more code word QAQ

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