This All-Star Game was originally intended to be like Ross, and the last ten minutes passed in a flash, but he didn't expect him to become the protagonist of this All-Star again, a ticket king and an all-star game mVp, making him immediately the most eye-catching presence of this All-Star Weekend.

It's so boring, how embarrassing is that......

And Elliott Williams, who has touched the Li Kaiming trophy for two consecutive years, doesn't know what to say, he looked at Li Kaiming's invincible expression, and sighed while stroking the All-Star Game mVp trophy.

"Brother, I really don't know what to say! Two words to describe you, awesome! ”

Although Li Kaiming was speechless about Williams's illiterate description, he was still very happy in his heart, after all, who wouldn't like others to praise themselves?

For Williams's praise, Li Kaiming of course also has to be courteous, "Your performance is also very good, and you have been selected for the All-Star Rookie Challenge for two consecutive years, which shows that you are a very promising player!" ”

Williams' eyes widened immediately when he heard this, "What did you say?" Did I hear me right? The sun is out in the west today! Li Kaiming can actually praise people? ”

Li Kaiming rolled his eyes, this guy really doesn't play the house for three days, and if you don't lose it for two days, you don't know who you are, and you will kick your nose in the face if you praise you twice, you have to arrange a wave of calm for him!

"Don't get me wrong, I mean, by next year, you're not going to use All-Star Weekend if you're past the Rookie Challenge......"

Williams:......

Li Kaiming laughed, patted Williams with a constipated expression, and then continued, "Fight hard, you have made great progress, I hope to see you at the All-Star Game!" ”

Looking at Li Kaiming's back in a daze, Williams was moved in his heart, it turned out that this brother of his was not as sharp as he seemed to be, he had me in his heart! I'm crying to death!

After enjoying the All-Star Weekend and the accompanying two-day vacation, the intense post-All-Star schedule kicked off.

Although the All-Star Game is not the middle of the entire regular season in terms of time, in the eyes of most players, the All-Star Game is a dividing line of the regular season, before the All-Star Game is the basic stage of the regular season, and after the All-Star Game, there are still two months before the playoffs, each team will prepare tactics and personnel, and then slam into a wave of records in the final period of the regular season, so as to seek a good ranking for the playoffs.

The Wizards' form has gotten better with the season, with the old players basically staying the same as last season, and the newcomers starting to shine as they quickly settled into the team.

Although the two guards who were traded, Bell and Kenny, have a large contract and age here, even if they are not much stronger, they are still more than enough to play as a backup guard for the Wizards.

Finally, there are two rookies with high hopes, Thompson's off-ball skills have been perfectly integrated into the tactics of the Wizards, and now he has become one of the most basic tactics of the Wizards by blocking and dismantling the ball outside the three-point line by blocking and throwing the ball away.

Now Thompson has grown into what the Wizards imagined, an all-around defender on the perimeter, coupled with super off-ball ability, it is simply the best template for a 3D player.

And another rookie with facial paralysis Coleonard's progress is also visible to the naked eye, especially his muscle gain rate is much faster than Thompson's, in just over half a season, he has grown 3 kilograms of pure muscle, you must know that this is pure muscle rather than weight gain of 3 kilograms.

The growth of 3 kilograms of pure muscle has laid a solid foundation for Leonard's confrontation, super physical talent, top defensive awareness, and defensive ability exercised by Li Kaiming every day, Leonard has become a headache for many forward players in the league at this time.

Especially those forward players whose physical talent generally relies on technique to eat, when they meet the Wizards, they are almost eaten by Leonard with their bodies when they are defending.

It is also the league's top forward players who can get a little advantage in the hands of Leonard because their physical talent is not weaker than Leonard, but in most cases, these people will not choose to force a shot against Leonard, after all, basketball is a team sport, and you can use blocking and dismantling to beat others.

When the time came to March 1, NbA officially announced the best players, rookies and coaches in the East and West in February, and the best in the East was won by Li Kaiming again.

Throughout February, Li Kaiming averaged 30.5 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists and 2.1 blocks per game, leading the Wizards to a staggering 11-3 and the team's record ranked first in the league.

The best rookie in the East belongs to Kyrie Irving, who made a splash in the rookie challenge, and the coach of the month was also won by the Wizards.

Sanders is getting closer to his first Coach of the Year trophy......

The opponent in March is much stronger than before, mainly because the Wizards' schedule is like this, the opponents at the beginning of the season are mainly opponents in the same division in the East, the strength of the East is not as good as the West, except for those teams that have planned to rot early, every remaining team can compete for a playoff spot, and the competition intensity is indeed not at the same level as the East.

However, after half a season of running-in, coupled with Sanders' tactics gradually getting on the right track, the Wizards have long been armed to the teeth at this moment, and the previous Wizards team that defended 10,000 people has long been a thing of the past, and none of the current Wizards' starting lineup is below the league average.

So even if the Wizards started wave after wave of Western road trips in March, in most cases, the Wizards can still win the opponent steadily, even if they are facing those old powerhouses in the league or even the championship team in the eyes of fans, the Wizards are not false at all.

In the away game against the Lakers on March 7, the Stamp audience was still thinking about Li Kaiming getting the All-Star mVp last season, so when he walked into Stamps, there were boos all over the world!

Facing this opponent who can still win with him several times, although Kobe Bryant hated it in his heart, he also had to treat it with a twelve-point spirit, because he knew how strong the guy on the other side was.

However, Bryant was thinking about how to win the matchup when a lifeless facial paralysis suddenly stood in front of him.

Although Bryant didn't know how to communicate with the robot, he could still discern the general meaning of the look from the limited information conveyed by the latter's eyes.

"Your opponent tonight is me!"

That's right, that's why Leonard is constipated offensively but Sanders still puts him in the starting lineup, and Leonard plays every game against the opponent's toughest outside star, defending the quarterback if it's a quarterback, and defending a small forward if it's a small forward.

Although Thompson's defense is not bad, this is Sanders's tempering of Leonard's madness, and only the most powerful whetstone can sharpen the sharpest sword!

Seeing what Leonard meant, Kobe Bryant was immediately furious, what level is he, one of the best players in the league, and you still want to be my opponent when you have no reputation at all?

But after the game ended, Kobe Bryant didn't think so, although he also scored 30 points in this game, but he shot 31 times, only hit 9 balls, the shooting rate was less than 30 percent, and under Leonard's defense, Kobe not only dropped the shooting rate, but also sent 4 turnovers!

In the post-game communication, Kobe Bryant's eyes changed when he looked at Leonard, but Leonard kept that paralyzed expression, as if he was not guarding against Kobe Bryant tonight, but against a small character who couldn't even be named.

Kobe Bryant's shooting percentage was pressed like this, the Wizards could certainly win the game steadily, and Li Kaiming's efficiency was still very high, with 12 of 18 in the game, including 4 of 7 three-pointers and 4 of 6 free throws, and scored 32 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 block and 1 steal.

Thompson also had a good performance tonight, scoring 14 points, and his running around style of play without the ball made him the most hated opponent of all the stars.

Because the team wants the star mainly to let him lead the team's offense, if the star spends all his physical strength running with the opposing role player, where will the physical strength come from on the offensive end?

So Kobe Bryant's poor performance tonight was mostly due to Leonard's good defense, but it was also partly due to Thompson's use of his off-ball movement to drain Kobe's physical strength and make him feel less comfortable.

So Kobe Bryant didn't lose to Leonard alone, but to Leonard plus Thompson.

The combination of the Wizards' outside one offense and one defense is simply a hum and a second general, the two of them each do what they are best at, and then Li Kaiming intersperses a single from time to time, and the current Wizards team plays so easily!

Yes, easy, this is an experience that Li Kaiming never had last season.

Although the Wizards also played third in the East last season, most of the games were actually won at all, and the vast majority of the games won were forced to win by his personal ability at the last moment, so sometimes when he didn't feel good, the Wizards lost very simply.

To put it simply, last season's encounter with a strong team was a difficult win and a simple loss!

Coupled with the fact that the Wizards' roster is flawed, most of the players have to do what they are not good at, resulting in a long regular season and a lot of fatigue accumulated by almost everyone.

It's hard not to say that this group of people has nothing to do with the playoff malaise and the attrition of the regular season.

But this season is completely different, encountering those tank teams that were rotten early, Li Kaiming didn't even have to play alone, just followed Sanders's tactics to block and dismantle, run, and defend, and then unconsciously opened up the point difference, and finally won the game steadily.

When encountering a strong team Wizards players, they are not shocked, they should play tactics, and Li Kaiming will solve them if they can't succeed, and the strong tactical system and Li Kaiming's strong personal ability will work together to allow the Wizards to win the vast majority of strong conversations.

What's more, the atmosphere in the Wizards team is also gradually getting better, before Li Kaiming came, the locker room where Arenas was was able to let him bring all the guns in, and the locker room atmosphere can be imagined.

And now the Wizards, everyone is twisted into a rope, usually either discussing tactics or training together, in the joyful rhythm of winning, the Wizards team has gradually condensed the temperament of a strong team......

What is the temperament of a strong team, that is, it is not shocked, it plays steadily, the game that should be won will never overturn, and if you have a few points of strength, you can play a few points of strength......

It looks simple, but it's not easy to do, at least, it took two years of hard work between Li Kaiming, Saunders and the management of the Wizards to achieve this effect......