Chapter 197: The All-Star Lineup Revealed
Woody made back-to-back baskets to complete the score.
This gave the Heat the lead in crunch time.
At the same time, there is also morale in the lead!
The Timberwolves are getting used to losing again this season, so they don't have much resilience at this moment.
The probability of the "century-old family" turning over again is definitely above the "nouveau riche".
It's the same on the pitch.
The Timberwolves ate a meal of dumplings last season and were quickly beaten back to their original form, and he didn't have the kind of resilience to keep them patient and persistent after they were overtaken at crucial moments.
The final score was 101-94, and the Heat won the final game of January at the Timberwolves' home court by seven points.
They ended all their campaigns in January with a victory.
Woody scored 37 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal, and used solid personal ability to get rid of the hat of "Old Fourth".
Kevin Garnett's stats tonight weren't bad, with 24 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, giving him a one-off lead over Woody in terms of all-around...... But at the most critical moment, the presence of the two people is very different.
The Heat's victory can be said to be Woody's hammer by hammer alone, and tonight's Garnett belongs to watching the victory slip through his fingertips little by little.
Barkley's words are a little more poisonous: "Kevin Garnett has no chance of winning the championship single-core, if his chance to win the single-core championship was the retirement of Shaq O'Neal, then now, the appearance of Woody has made this possibility come to naught......"
He sincerely suggested: "If Kevin Garnett still has the idea of winning a championship, and the Timberwolves don't plan to bring him in such a strong helper, listen to me and trade him immediately, so that the Timberwolves and Kevin Garnett are still in time!" ”
Barkley is well aware of his desire for a championship at the end of his career.
But he really can't reach the heights of Michael Jordan.
With such a monster in this era, you can only hurry up to win the championship!
Although he thinks that Kevin Garnett is still a notch behind him, at least he single-handedly led the Suns to the Finals, but Kevin Garnett's persistence in the Timberwolves, he recognizes.
It's a place that doesn't get noticed, and Garnett gives it one more reason to deserve attention.
In fact, Barkley doesn't expect Garnett to be "the next Barkley."
It's just that he loves Woody too much!
Barkley's summary of Woody's game was much sharper: "He's going to be great step by step! ”
Woody faced the interview after the game.
The reporter asked him how he felt about leading the team alone in January.
"I think I still have a lot of things that I haven't done well...... "Woody's most unwilling thing is that his results are much worse than he imagined.
At least two "three-game losing streaks," the Heat didn't even have a 50 percent record in January.
Of course, there are not too many doubts from the outside world, you must know that when Shaq O'Neal rests with Wade, this lineup includes a 34-year-old veteran with an annual salary of more than 10 million, which is only about 40 million.
Such a lineup has not even reached the NBA's "poor man's line".
You can't expect such a lineup to bring good results!
Otherwise, where will the faces of the other teams that have paid the luxury tax go?
Therefore, the media that picks the bones in the egg with Woody's team results in this era, no need to ask, has something to do with ESPN and LeBron James's team.
However, from Woody's point of view, if it was the peak Shaq or the peak Jordan to lead this team, it would definitely not lose so badly.
From that perspective, Woody knows he still has a lot of room for improvement.
For the time being, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Since the first game in February, Shaq O'Neal is ready to make a comeback.
After the game, O'Neal touted Woody as usual, and then directly announced: "Are you ready?" The big shark is coming back! ”
However, he is quite happy to see that the team's record is less than 50% of the winning rate.
This proves that this team needs him!
Well, it's that simple!
Although Shaq O'Neal has said that this is Woody's team, in his heart, he has not yet adapted to such a role, and he still feels that he is the only existence of the whole team.
The team cannot do without him, just as the West cannot afford to lose Jerusalem.
He's ready to come back and join forces with Woody to get the Heat back up and then welcome wave after wave of praise!
Along with the end of January, there is also the voting for this season's All-Star starters.
At the end of the four rounds of voting, the final results were officially released:
Yao Ming became this year's vote king, and the result of more than 2.2 million votes proved the "power of China".
Woody's votes are not low, although the Heat lost a lot of games in January, but his personal performance is definitely not to be underestimated, averaging 28.4 points, 13.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 2 steals and 2.2 blocks per game, including 30 points in 5 games, while also getting at least 13 rebounds, all 15 games are "double-doubles", and he also has a 51-point performance in a single game!
With such a strong personal ability, there is really no way to ignore it, and he also got about 2.01 million votes.
He was the second-highest player in this year's All-Star vote.
First in the entire East!
The other four starting All-Stars in the East are:
Allen Iverson, Grant Hill, Vince Carter, and Shaq O'Neal!
LeBron James is a bit unlucky, his total votes are actually in the top 10 in the league, but he is only 6th in the East and 3rd on the guard line.
That's about 70,000 fewer votes than Hill, who participated in All-Star Weekend for the first time in two years after a major injury.
He is also the only guy in the top 10 votes this year who did not make the starting lineup.
Of course, with his strength and data, there is no problem in getting into an All-Star bench.
The other four starters on the western side were:
Kobe, Maddy, Kevin Garnett, and Tim Duncan.
In addition to Maddie, a newcomer, this is also an old configuration in the west.
It's hard for other up-and-comers to squeeze through these three.
But it's no wonder that Tim Duncan, the shortest player in the league, also has 8 years of savings, plus two championship trophies.
Not to mention other people, even if Xiao Si of the Sun team who flew out of the earth this year is in front of him, he should be a substitute with peace of mind!
As for Kevin Garnett.
You know, once it is linked to the spirit, it is countless "disciples and grandchildren".
However, there is no irony in this.
When a player can have the mental power to infect the fans on the court, in a sense, he is even more awesome than winning the championship.
From Aaron Iverson, to Kevin Garnett......
It's all about that.
Anyway, it's better than kneeling to ask for food, crying and writing a letter after 0.2 free throws!
On February 1, along with the All-Star starting lineup, the "Best of the Month" in the East and West for January was announced.
The "Player of the Month" in the East belongs to Vince Carter.
He averaged 30.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks per game, leading the Raptors to 9-5 in 14 games in January. It can be regarded as the "strongest tone" after the injury reimbursement.
With the Heat winning less than half of the time, the Pistons and Pacers unable to pick out a single individual with a strong personal record, and the team's record did not open up very much, Vince Carter locked up the "Player of the Month" in the East in January with this data.
The "best of the month" in the West still belongs to Steve Nash.
He averaged 15.5 points and 11.5 assists per game, leading the Suns to 11-5.
With the "back-to-back" schedule full,—— Suns have a total of 2 "back-to-back" games in January. They still handed over such a solid statistic, and the earth-shaking changes of the Suns are still making the media continue to sigh.
Woody missed out on the Player of the Month award, but he won the Player of the Week award for the last week of January, the ninth time in his career.
That night, at the American Airlines Arena, he also received his trophy.
Speaking of this "best of the week", this "best of the week" was a bit lucky, because in the last week, the eastern teams collectively stretched their hips, and there were not many eastern teams winning.
Well......
It's time to get a bonus!
"The east is weak and the west is strong" is like this.
But Woody admits it.
If "Best of the Week" also needs to assess the ability to lead a team, then he is undoubtedly unqualified.
But Miami fans don't care how you get it, if you get it, it's good.
Before the evening's game, there was a flurry of cheers for Woody.
This is the first step to conquest!
Mourning remembers that he also slowly had his die-hard fans in Miami.
Of course, this pace is obviously much slower than Woody's.
After all, Woody was chosen by the city, and the United States, which has a serious geographical complex, is actually very important......
plus his expressiveness at the peak as soon as he debuted.
It's no surprise that the number of followers is growing at a rapid pace.
The Heat's opponent tonight is the Memphis Grizzlies.
They've done a pretty good job this year, continuing to sit in eighth place in the West.
Don't look high, pressing the Timberwolves, who were the No. 1 in the West last season, that feeling is still very fulfilling.
This is not a weak team, especially in the East, where they can finish fourth or fifth.
But for the Heat team that Shaq came back tonight, Guan Ling's actual combat power ranks first in the East, and to tell you, even if you let the Suns, who are the first in the West, stand in front of the Heat team tonight, it will not be easy!
Shaq O'Neal's comeback didn't start with a slump like Wade.
His style of play is not easy to slump!
And who is he?
NBA "Triple Crown"!
In the past 5 years since 00, he has only missed one Finals.
It's not a big deal that such an experienced experience was only absent for almost a month.
The first ball is the familiar "shark" basket.
And then out of control!
And in this game, Wade also found his form, how to break through and how to advance, and his hand felt so hot that he could use it to make porridge.
The Grizzlies didn't resist from the start, and the game ended with the Heat beating the Grizzlies 108-90, 18 points on their home court to claim their first win of February.
Shaq O'Neal easily scored 18 points and used just 10 shots to add seven rebounds.
Wade, who was on a rebound, also scored 19 points.
Woody is once again explosive and all-powerful with the return of strong reinforcements:
23 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
When there were no two people around, Woody felt that this physical energy had to be saved, and with these two strong reinforcements, Woody felt that he was resting while playing, and after the game, it was like not playing this game.
You can go to Hi!
It just so happened that Megan Fox came to watch the game tonight.
I haven't seen you for about half a year, and I can't imagine how fierce the battle will be tonight!
Gerald Wallace's stats began to shrink with the return of Shaq and Wade.
In this game, he only got 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
is still very versatile, and looks like "Little Woody".
But it is far from his performance when he was the "second master".
When the reporter asked about this, he just smiled and didn't say anything.
He is a "desperate Saburo" on the court, but he will become very restrained when he gets off the court.
In fact, he is indeed a little uncomfortable in his heart, no matter how much he ignores the player, he must hope that he can have more tactical positions. Gerard Wallace is no exception.
It's just that when he first entered this team, he was a fringe of the team, and became a regular starter after the big trade.
If you want to go up, you can only wait for the core injury.
And in terms of potential, he has a lot of potential, but it's still a lot worse than Woody and Wade.
As for Shaq, the status of the rivers and lakes, not to mention.
And he's really still in his prime......
Gerard Wallace is hungry to be a better player and play better, and he knows that when he has a gap in his mind, his next direction is actually determined.
But the season is still going on, so ......
He collected his thoughts and didn't think much about it.
In the future, we will have to wait until the end of this season.
The most important thing for him now is to adapt to the change of role and do his best when he comes on the pitch.
After beating the Grizzlies, the well-organized Heat won several teams in quick succession, and they started February with a "four-game winning streak".
And during this period, the All-Star bench lineup in the East and West was released.
With 18.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists, Wade was successfully selected to the Eastern Conference All-Star bench lineup.
He became the Heat's third All-Star this season.
This made the Heat team history......
No season with the Heat has been as starry as this one.
Also selected to the All-Star bench in '03 was Woody's former teammate LeBron James.
Cleveland was aggrieved that he didn't make the All-Star starter, and he was a little frustrated when he mentioned it himself.
Fortunately, in the coach's voting session, he successfully got his place in the Eastern All-Star bench with excellent data.
LeBron James hasn't made the playoffs yet, and he's an All-Star!
(End of chapter)