Among the nominees for December's Eastern Conference Player of the Month are:

Jason Kidd of the New Jersey Nets, Chauncey Billups of the Detroit Pistons, LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Lin Fei of the Miami Heat.

Throughout December, the Miami Heat won 14 of their 15 games and lost only the last game at the end of the month.

Lin Fei's average data in December was 30.2 points, 1.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 2.8 steals and 1.1 blocks.

He averaged 8 three-pointers per game and shot 83 percent from the field.

Compared with the Heat Big Three in November, in December, Wade's late injury was suspended, coupled with O'Neal's health basketball,

Lin Fei's individual performance has also become the most prominent in the Heat team.

Compared with players such as Jason Kidd, Chauncey Billups, and LeBron James, Lin Fei's average points, steals and shooting percentages are the highest.

It's just that the two statistics of rebounds and assists are still very embarrassing, which seriously reduces the overall and comprehensive quality of the players.

But Lin Fei's efficient performance on the offensive end in December, as well as the rapid improvement on the defensive end, more than made up for his shortcomings in rebounding and assist statistics.

In the end, there was no suspense about the best of the month, and the vote was unanimously given to Lin Fei.

This is also the first time that Lin Fei has won the honor of the month in his entire NBA career.

Wade in November and Lin Fei in December, the Heat are undoubtedly the biggest winners so far in the new season.

The gold content of the best of the month is much higher than that of the best of the week, and the player who can win the best player of the month once has basically entered the discussion of the regular season MVP.

For Lin Fei to be elected as the best of the month in the East, the whole Heat team is also very happy, including the coaching staff and management, who have sent blessings and encouragement to Lin Fei.

According to the reward details of the signing contract, Lin Fei will also receive a bonus of 100,000 US dollars.

Da Yao, who is far away in Houston, as well as Zerbiak, Wolf King and others on the Timberwolves' side, also sent text messages to Lin Fei to congratulate him on being elected Player of the Month.

The Western Conference's Player of the Month award for December went to Dirk Nowitzki of the Mavericks.

In the latest regular season MVP rankings, Lin Fei also surpassed teammate Dwayne Wade and came to No. 5 on the list.

The top four are: Steve Nash of the Suns, Dirk Nowitzki of the Mavericks, Tim Duncan of the Spurs, and LeBron James of the Cavaliers.

Because of the excellent record of the Heat, the Big Three of the Heat have all entered the top 10 of the MVP list, Lin Fei is 5th, Wade is 7th, and O'Neal is 10th.

But it is precisely because the current Heat team is a three-core, so everyone's advantage in competing for the final MVP will be weakened by teammates, and there is a significant disadvantage compared with the stars who lead the team with a single core.

After two months of the new season, led by O'Neal, Lin Fei and Wade, the Miami Heat has quickly become the hottest team in the league.

Whether it is on the battle power list or the championship odds list, the Miami Heat has soared to the first place.

With Jason Williams and Sean Battier quickly integrated into the team's system, it also made the Heat more united as a whole.

But the loss to the Dallas Mavericks at the end of the month still exposed too many problems, without Wade, once Lin Fei's three-point catch is limited, it will be difficult for the Heat to use a breakthrough to open the situation.

Heat management, led by Pat Riley, had already decided on a tactical approach to Dwayne Wade this season.

But seeing that in the few games when Wade was injured, Lin Fei played better and better, and his popularity was much higher than Wade, and the cooperation with "White Chocolate" was also more tacit.

Stan Van Gundy's coaching staff began to hesitate about the choice of Lin Fei and Wade.

Because normally, Jason Williams' starting point guard played well, and if Dwayne Wade returned, it would inevitably put Lin Fei back on the bench.

There is a clear disagreement about who should be the team's starting quarterback, Lin Fei and Wade, and the Heat's coaching staff and management.

Most of the assistant coaches and management staff, including Stan Van Gundy, and even Pat Riley, tend to keep the pre-season schedule and continue to let Dwayne Wade lead the team, with Lin Fei returning to the bench to play the sixth man.

Because Lin Fei's technical characteristic is without the ball, and if a player without the ball wants to become the first core of a team, the difficulty is very high, and the tactical matching is also very complicated.

However, a few people, mainly the first assistant coach Spoelstra, advocated putting the off-ball tactics first, and let Lin Fei, who was obviously more efficient, replace Wade and become the first core of the team.

Although the Big Three perform their own duties and seem to be in harmony with each other, the Heat's coaching staff and management are well aware that one of the three must be identified, otherwise there will inevitably be trouble.

The Heat players are also beginning to realize this problem, and they are invisibly divided into two camps.

Among them, roughly, Tony Allen, and the new Jason Williams and Sean Battier are all more supportive of Lin Fei,

And the likes of Udonis Haslem, Kristen Leitner, Damon Jones and Shanton Anderson are more supportive of Dwayne Wade.

O'Neal, as the big brother, was caught in the middle, and both sides were not offended, becoming a mediator between Lin Fei and Wade.

As for Lin Fei and Wade, their friendship with each other is still very good, and they are not affected by the voices of the outside world, and the two also admire each other and cherish each other.

After all, they are all sophomore rookies in '03, and compared with the team boss, what is more important is the impact of unity on the championship.

During the suspension due to injury, Wade also publicly stated in front of media reporters that the interests of the team are above all else, and he is even willing to give Lin Fei to play as a substitute if the team needs it.

Jan. 2 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.

The Heat are at home and take on the challenge of the San Antonio Spurs.

As two teams in the East and West, the Heat and Spurs have only met twice in the regular season, losing to the Spurs in the San Antonio game in November.

Therefore, facing the Spurs again at home tonight, the whole Heat team is naturally striving to win and take revenge.

Wade's knee injury has largely healed, but in a safe position, Stan Van Gundy has decided to take him out for tonight's game.

At the same time, it also further examines the potential of Lin Fei and O'Neal to lead the team.

Before the start of the game, the NBA officially released the results of the first round of the 2005 Denver All-Star Game.

The Heat fans who came to the scene tonight were packed, and the square outside the arena was also filled with tens of thousands of fanatical local fans.

At this time, the fans also chatted excitedly about the results of the first round of voting for the All-Star.

"OMG, Lin is actually the king of the first round of votes, with a full 1.02 million, more than 200,000 more than Shaquille in second place!"

"Lin's popularity is increasing so fast now, every fan around me who likes to watch the NBA seems to have voted for Lin!"

"Don't forget that behind Lin is the Celestial Empire with a population of more than a billion people, is these 1.02 million tickets still strange? The third place Da Yao also has more than 700,000! ”

"Wade has truceed these few games, Lin has played really well, with an average of 40 points per game, it seems that this year's All-Star ticket king is likely to be Lin's!"

"There are three rounds of all-star voting, and Lin has 1.02 million votes in this round, and he is the king of historical votes in three rounds!"

The top 10 of this All-Star first round of voting were:

First place: Lin Fei, 1.02 million tickets,

Second place: Shaquille O'Neal, 810,000 tickets,

Third place: Da Yao, 790,000 tickets,

Fourth place: Kevin Garnett, 720,000 tickets,

Fifth place: Tracy McGrady, 680,000 tickets,

Sixth place: Dwayne Wade, 660,000 tickets,

No. 7: Vince Carter, 650,000 tickets,

Eighth place: Kobe Bryant, 650,000 tickets,

No. 9: Tim Duncan, 620,000

No. 10: Aaron Iverson, 590,000 tickets.

The Heat's Big Three are all on the list, and they also occupy the top three votes in the East, and are expected to join forces to enter the Eastern Conference All-Star starters.

Three members of the same team were named to the Eastern Conference starters at the same time, which is an unprecedented miracle in the history of the NBA's All-Star Games.

The popularity of the Miami Heat is evident from this.

And the newly recruited Jason Williams has quickly accumulated a lot of popularity with his gorgeous cooperation with Lin Fei in the last few games, and he also received 230,000 votes in the first round of All-Star voting, ranking fourth among Eastern point guards.

At the same time, Lin Fei and Da Yao, two Celestial Dynasty players, ranked first and third respectively in the overall list, which also reflects the huge influence of the Celestial Empire fan market on the NBA.

In the warm-up session before the start of the game, Erin Andrews, a well-known reporter from ESPN, also walked on the court and interviewed her old acquaintance Lin Fei in person.

"Lin, congratulations on winning the Eastern Conference Monthly and All-Star first-round tickets last month, what are your feelings about sharing with the fans?"

Lin Fei crossed his hands on his hips and said calmly into the microphone:

"First of all, I would like to thank the Heat coaching staff, and every one of my teammates, whether it's Shaquille or Dwayne, Jason and Wang, they are the best helpers around me!"

"I would also like to thank every fan who voted for me, thank you for their support, I will try to be better!"

"Lin, would you like to go back to the bench after Dwayne's comeback? Or do you think that you and Dwayne, who is worthy of the first leader of this Heat team? ”

Regarding Andrews's question of digging a pit, Lin Fei's answer was calm:

"This Heat team is a complete and united whole, Dwayne and I will obey the arrangement of the coaching staff, whether it is starting or coming off the bench, it will not affect me to lead the team to victory!"

"If you really want to pick a boss in this Heat team, it is naturally Shaquille who deserves it!"

Wade sat in the front row of the sidelines tonight in a suit, accompanied by his wife.

Lin Fei's words were appropriate and decent, completely denying the existence of contradictions between himself and Dwayne.

"Lin, one last question, in the absence of Dwayne, do you think you and Shaquille have the confidence to lead the team to a win over the Spurs tonight?"

"Spurs are a very strong team, Tim, Toney and Manu are also players that I respect a lot, we lost on the road in the last meeting, we have to give it our all tonight and refuse to be swept in the regular season!"

The game started quickly, and at the referee's whistle, the starters of both teams all took to the pitch.

The starting five on the Heat's side are:

Point Guard (PG): Jason Williams,

Scoring Guard (SG): Lin Fei,

Small Forward (SF): Sean Battier,

Power Forward (PF): Roughly,

Center (C): Shaquille O'Neal.

Udonis Haslem was banned for six games by the NBA headquarters and fined $150,000 for a six-game crash on the Christmas game.

After a joint investigation by the headquarters and the FBI, sufficient evidence was obtained to prove that John Osman did participate in gambling through secret channels on the night of the Christmas war, with an amount of more than 300,000 US dollars.

David Stern did not tolerate this, announcing the permanent dismissal of John Osman as a basketball referee and banning him from blowing games in the NBA for life.

At the same time, John Osman faces prosecution and at least one year in prison.

The starting five on the Spurs' side are:

Point Guard (PG): Tony Parker,

Shooting Guard (SG): Manu Ginobili,

Small Forward (SF): Bruce Bowen,

Power Forward (PF): Tim Duncan,

Center forward (C): Rasu Nesterovic.

The old man Zhuge Bobo, who was standing on the sidelines of the Spurs, crossed his arms around his chest, his eyes were deep, and he seemed confident.

For Lin Fei's defense, Bobo has conducted in-depth research and discussions with the Spurs coaching staff, and has a systematic plan for the tactics of defending players without the ball.

A 3D player who can't dribble, no matter how accurate his three points are and how good his defense is, he still has his obvious flaws after all, and Mr. Bobo caught Lin Fei's shortcomings tonight, so as to infinitely amplify them.

For Lin Fei to be able to win the Eastern Conference Player of the Month and All-Star first-round voting, many players in the NBA league, including coaches, are not convinced.

And Mr. Bobo is one of the representatives.

In the opening period, O'Neal took the lead and the ball was successfully jumped and Jason Williams advanced with the ball.

Bruce Bowen was misplaced to chase Lin Fei, while Ginobili switched to target Sean Battier.

In the five live broadcast rooms of the Celestial Empire.

Director Zhang and Yu Jia were quite excited and excited, and although the competition had already begun, they couldn't help but admire the miracles that Lin Fei had created one after another.

"There were 1.02 million votes in the first round, according to Lin Fei's current popularity, coupled with the bonus of our Celestial Dynasty fans, it is not a big problem to get this year's NBA vote king, and it is likely to be the all-time vote king!"

"If that's the case, then Lin Fei is less than 21 years old, and he will become the youngest vote king in NBA All-Star history, surpassing Grant Hill in 1995!"

(End of chapter)