The regular season entered December, and the Magic team had a total of 16 games in December, and there were not many serious opponents in their hands, mainly in the second half of the year, which were the game against the Spurs on December 23 and the Christmas game against the Boston Celtics on December 25.

As for the rest of the opponents, the strength is generally average.

In the end, the Magic went on a 12-4 record in 16 games in December, bringing their overall record to 25-8 by the end of December.

The four games the Magic lost were the rematch with the Utah Jazz on December 10, and Howard was once again defeated by Al Brown. Jefferson took it and finished with just 14 points and 12 rebounds on 5-of-15 shooting.

At the same time, the Magic team still takes Delon. Williams couldn't do anything, the other party scored 32 points and 9 assists, and the statistics were close to Wang Chao.

At the same time, due to Boozer's departure, the power forward Paul, who had been unknown on the bench, was previously unknown. Millsap is also starting to show his strength, and the league's famous second-round All-Star rose to prominence in the 10-11 season, where he averaged 17.3 points and 7.6 assists per game, which was no less impressive than Boozer's predecessor.

In this game, Millsap scored 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 8-of-16 shooting, which became a key factor in determining the outcome of the game.

It's just that the Jazz team has Deron, Millsap and Jefferson, and it still can't avoid the problem that the team's strength has declined significantly compared with last season, and it is not surprising that this season will miss the playoffs like the Suns.

It's just that everything is mutually reinforcing, and the Jazz's lineup, including Jefferson at the center position, just enough to make Howard deflated, which also led to the Magic team being killed by the not strong Jazz team in the regular season this season.

In the remaining three losses, the Magic lost to the Spurs, Mavericks and Nuggets, and the Spurs also had a season double, with all four losses coming from Western Conference teams.

It was the more focused Christmas game, where the Magic won the game at home against the Celtics.

Things have been a bit confusing for the Celtics this season, especially at the center position, with starting center Perkins having his playing schedule affected by injury and the Green Army not re-signing Rashid in the summer. Wallace and O'Neal were also snatched away by the Magic, resulting in the Celtics eventually gaining only Mejeyne at the center position. O'neill.

O'Neal Jr. has also been plagued by injuries this season, and the Celtics' starting center can only be pushed by Garnett recently.

As we all know, Garnett does not like to play the center position, and when he participated in the draft that year, in order not to be assigned to the center position, he deliberately said that his height was low.

But now for the sake of the team's victory, he has to live as he hates.

But don't really say it, at this stage when the league is scarce heavy center, Garnett as a center, but it makes the Celtics' situation in the new season a lot better, Garnett in the center position is not bad, averaging 15 points and 9 rebounds per game, although the data is decent, but the defensive ability to protect the frame under the basket is not much worse than the Magic team Howard, and the defensive efficiency is second only to Howard in the league.

However, in a direct confrontation with the Magic, the Celtics still couldn't afford to lose, because their current core player in the team, Rajon Rondo, was out due to injury.

This season, Rondo has grown into the true thigh of the Green Army, averaging 10.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 11.2 assists per game, supporting the entire team's offense.

As a result, without Rondo, the entire Green team's offense was problematic, and the final score of the two teams was 99-78, and the Magic won by 21 points.

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After the December schedule, the Magic continued to lead the East with a 25-8 record, but as the regular season deepened, the Bulls and the Heat gradually found their senses, the Bulls relied on a wave of consecutive wins to achieve a 21-10 record, and the Heat's side, the Big Three began to quickly show the super combat effectiveness of the three top superstars after experiencing the pain period of early running-in.

Since the beginning of December, the Heat have played a hearty 12-game winning streak, directly lifting the team's record to 25-9, tying the Magic in the number of wins and losing only one more game than the Magic.

Throughout December, the Heat had a 15-1 record, with Wade averaging 27.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game while shooting 54% from the field, and James averaging 25.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game while shooting 51.1% from the field.

The team's unmatched performance and excellent record led to both being named Eastern Conference Player of the Month for December, and for the first time in the league, there were three Player of the Month of the Month.

In fact, if you just look at the data, Wang Chao's average of 28.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 8.6 assists per game in December is more outstanding than the two, but the Magic team was half of the Heat in terms of record, so it was at a disadvantage in the selection.

However, Wang Chao successfully found the grievance of the best player of the month in the All-Star voting that opened in mid-December.

The results of the first round of voting for the 2011 All-Star Weekend were officially announced in early January, and Wang Chao and Howard were the top two in the East, and the number of votes was stable over James Wade and the two, and Wang Chao's votes once again topped the league, and also suppressed the Western vote king Kobe.

The host of the All-Star is the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and Kobe, who has the home court advantage, will become the ticket king of this All-Star in the original history, and cut 37 points and 14 rebounds in the All-Star game, leading the team to defeat the Eastern All-Star and win the All-Star MVP.

But Wang Chao's current popularity is too high, especially the two consecutive championships and the bonus of double FMVP, so that Kobe Bryant has to temporarily avoid the edge.

Compared with previous years, this year's All-Star Weekend has fans looking forward to a lot less.

Because Wang Chao announced early that he would withdraw from the three-point contest and only participate in the All-Star Game.

As soon as this news came out, many fans were disappointed, but at the same time, it also made almost all the players in the three-point contest happy.

Wang Chao's three-point shot is really BUG, in the past 5 years, he has achieved five consecutive three-point contests, and every time he goes on the court to shoot, people don't even have the desire to challenge.

No one will doubt that if Wang Chao participates in this three-point contest, then the final championship will still be his, and the five consecutive championships will become six consecutive championships.

Now that Wang Chao is not participating, they have a chance.

After Wang Chao publicly announced that he would not participate in the three-point contest, the league successively revealed the players who participated in the 2011 All-Star three-point contest. Allen, Pierce both played, and the Heat's James Murphy. Jones, Thunder's Kevin. Durant......

Well, they are all players who have a little grudge against Wang Chao or have been humiliated in the three-point contest.

Originally, everyone thought that without Wang Chao's participation, they could really compete for the championship of the three-point contest, although this trophy has no gold content, but it is better than nothing, especially Wang Chao monopolized the three-point contest championship in the past five years, which really increased the value of this award a little.

However, a few days later, Wang Chao was asked about it at a press conference after a match, and he said this.

"I don't want to participate in the three-point contest because I have lost interest in this competition, and I don't know if you can experience the feeling of not having an opponent, but I have won a lot of awards like this, and I don't feel at all for me, and even feel a little empty, so I think it's better to leave the opportunity to others, after all, only if I don't participate in this competition, this event will restore the sense of suspense, so that the players and fans can experience the fun of the three-point contest again."

Versailles, too TM Versailles.

Wang Chao's words dragged him, and he almost sang a song of invincibility on the spot, how lonely it was.

In Oklahoma City, Durant almost died of anger when he saw Wang Chao's interview.

Wang Chao is too arrogant, just based on his words, Durant secretly decided that he must win the championship in this year's three-point contest, and then challenge Wang Chao as the champion, officially defeat Wang Chao on the stage of next year's three-point contest, and then let him scream!

The uneven Durant may not know that his three-point contest trip will probably not have any good results, at least in the original history, Durant only scored 6 points in the first round and was eliminated.

The six-point score was also the second-lowest in the history of the three-point contest, and Durant achieved a legendary performance of five points second only to Jordan's 1990 three-point contest, ranking first in the history of the three-point contest.

If Wang Chao knew that Durant actually wanted to challenge himself on the stage of the three-point contest, he was afraid that he would laugh out loud.

What does this guy think?

All in all, although there are a lot of topics in the three-point contest without Wang Chao, at least there is suspense about the ownership of the championship, but just as Wang Chao said, there are more highlights.

Of course, this is really just Wang Chao's explanation of Versailles, the real reason is that the task of the system marksman has been completed, Wang Chao has no need to continue to participate in the three-point contest, this trivial little honor has no meaning to him at all, it is better to spare a day to have a good time, anyway, just the results of the five-point contest are already unique legends in the history of the NBA All-Star three-point contest.

In mid-January, under the shouting of Los Angeles, when the results of the second round of All-Star voting were announced, Kobe Bryant finally overtook Wang Chao by a slight margin and regained the position of All-Star vote king, while Wang Chao and Howard ranked second and third respectively, followed by James, Wade, and Rose......

With the announcement of the results of the second round of voting, the starters of the East and West All-Star Game have gradually become clear.

In the East, Wang Chao, Howard, James and Wade all received more than 2 million votes, while Rose had 1.8 million votes, and it was these five who became All-Star starters.

In the West, Kobe Bryant came from behind and became the 2011 All-Star vote king, but Kobe Bryant was the only star in the entire West with more than 2 million votes.

Kevin came in second with the vote. Durant only has about 1.5 million votes, and then there are Anthony and Chris, who have 1.2 million votes. Paul.

The position of the center of the west is still Da Yao's steady top of the voting list, also with 1.2 million votes.

Today, Da Yao's career has changed completely.

Da Yao, who was supposed to be reimbursed for the entire season in the 09-10 season, played the whole season and was selected for the best team, and then won the World Championships with Wang Chao.

During the World Championships in Turkey, Wang Chao was afraid that Da Yao's burden would be too big, and he would not let Da Yao play at all when he encountered some teams with a relatively low level.

The most typical is that during the finals, against the United States Dream Team, Da Yao didn't play for a minute in the third quarter of the game, and he rested for nearly half an hour.

Wang Chao's protection and various suggestions really triggered a butterfly effect, so that Da Yao did not suffer serious injuries that could affect his career.

At the beginning of this season, Da Yao still took a lot of games off and on due to some minor injuries, but he did not play only 5 games in the original history before being reimbursed for the season due to a mid-ankle stress fracture, and then chose to retire at the age of 31.

This season's Da Yao's average data per game has declined significantly compared with previous seasons, and he currently averages 16.8 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, and his average playing time is controlled in the early 30 minutes.

The Rockets haven't been doing well lately, with the team mainly revolving around Lewis and Kevin. Martin, as the main scoring core, is not only inefficient, but also full of holes on the defensive end.

The Rockets are currently only slightly better than the Suns and Jazz, currently sitting ninth in the West, and have a chance to make the playoffs, but it depends on luck.

Although Da Yao's personal data has declined slightly, he is still the top in the circle of the western inner line, and Da Yao still has the support of hundreds of millions of Chinese fans behind him. Gasol and others a few streets.

The Magic's record has been consistent during the All-Star voting cycle, and Howard's points per game average has gradually declined as more and more teams learn about his interior back-to-back axe and become easier to defend, and now has dropped from 25 points per game a month ago to 24.1 points.

Originally, Howard's lower body strength determined that he could not be effective in back-to-back singles, unless Howard chose to gain weight and strengthen the training of lower body strength, training himself into a heavy center like O'Neal and Da Yao.

Howard himself has actually figured it out in these games.

Something is wrong, why am I getting more and more tired the more I play, and the scoring efficiency is not high, but it is quite embarrassing for me, and I don't have the joy of playing in previous seasons at all?

Originally, Howard was not a master who had enough perseverance to practice his skills, and he continued to suffer on the court, which gradually made him subtly change his style of play, and the number of times he blocked and covered for his teammates gradually increased.

After all, compared to rushing into the basket after helping his teammates block and dismantle, and successfully detonating the atmosphere of the whole court, it is not fun to pout his ass like a big fool and squeeze to the inside line one by one, and then send the basketball into the basket in an ugly posture.

The game before All-Star Weekend was a process of Howard gradually reverting to his previous style of play, and although he still held the ball to make sure his stats were good enough, at least not as intimidating as before.

In addition, the Magic team ushered in another piece of good news, O'Neal is injured.

O'Neal, who is nearly 38 years old, has reached an exaggerated weight of 160 kilograms, and he has to play an average of about 20 minutes per game with such a huge body, which can be imagined as the physical load on O'Neal.

As a result, O'Neal played less than 40 games as he did during the Celtics period in the original history, and then he was troubled by a serious Achilles tendon injury, and he was selectively suspended, preparing to recuperate until the playoffs and then return to contribute to the Magic team.

Wang Chao personally hopes that O'Neal will not come back, the Magic team really does not need any traditional center to attack under the basket, their outside firepower and enough to defeat all opponents in the league.

With O'Neal's injury, Channing, who had been suppressed for half a season. Frye was finally able to play his part, and his points per game average began to rise, and the Magic seemed to be back to the invincible form of last season.

Before you know it, it's the middle of February.

On Feb. 16, the Magic defeated the Washington Wizards 101-76 at home, and all the games before the All-Star Weekend were over.

Before the All-Star break, the Magic had played a total of 57 games, with a 44-13 record, a winning rate of 77%, and finally surpassed the Spurs and returned to the top of the league.

However, this record is obviously a significant decline from last season, after all, the Magic only lost a total of 12 games last season.

It is completely certain that the Magic team in the new season is significantly weaker than last season.

Of course, this is also related to the alliance power.

This season, there are many new teams, such as the Spurs, who have been precipitated for several years, and this season has re-emerged, and the rising star Bulls have been biting the Magic team in the East.

Coupled with the Heat, who are getting better, the old and strong Celtics Big Three, and the Los Angeles Lakers, who have fallen on the Finals stage twice in a row, are eyeing the Tigers.

The current situation of the alliance is that of David. The princes that Stern wants to rise together, and the chaos of the heroes is divided!

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On February 20, All-Star Weekend is here.

Even last season, the Dallas All-Star Weekend was the largest in the league's history, but it was not as glamorous and star-studded as Los Angeles All-Star Weekend.

Queen Rihanna sang and danced passionately, and many familiar faces from the Staples Center could be seen on the court, including Beyoncé, Governor Arnold, and Spike. Lee, Jay-Z, Justin. Bieber and so on......

It is worth mentioning that a Chinese film and television actress also appeared at All-Star Weekend, reportedly at the invitation of NBA President Stern.

Of course, these are just some trivial things for Wang Chao, he himself is already a very hot star now, whether it is popularity, popularity or gold absorption ability, it is no worse than these stars.

Even this Chinese female star took the initiative to find her and wanted to take a photo with Wang Chao.

Compared with these, Wang Chao was more interested, but after he came to Los Angeles a day earlier, Da Yao took the initiative to call to talk to him alone.

Da Yao's tone on the phone was a little hesitant, and he didn't seem to be able to speak, but it aroused Wang Chao's curiosity.

(End of chapter)