Grant Hill was the first-round roster in 1994 and was hailed as Michael Jordan's successor.

With Jordan's first retirement, the NBA's attention dropped dramatically, and Hill became an All-Star in his rookie season at the age of 22 years and 3 months.

He became the NBA's vote champion in his rookie season, and no rookie has been able to break this miracle until now.

However, due to the lack of broadcast strength and global popularity of the NBA league at that time, Grant Hill's total votes that year were only 1.28 million, only a little more than Lin Fei's 1.02 million in the first round.

The NBA All-Star's highest number of votes to date was Michael Jordan in the '96-97 season, with a total of 2.45 million votes at the time.

And now Lin Fei has a very good chance to surpass Michael Jordan's all-time vote king record.

Fans from all over the Celestial Empire who watched the live broadcast of the game were also excited and excited about the achievements of their idol Lin Fei, who has now become the pride of the Chinese people all over the world.

"The Eastern Conference Best of the Month and the first-round ticket king, the NBA limelight is really stolen by my Flying Brother!"

"I feel that Wade is not there, Lin Fei has got more offensive opportunities and shooting rights, and obviously played more dazzling statistics, do you want Lin Fei to continue to play as a substitute after Wade comes back?"

"Wade is indeed very strong, but Feige is obviously stronger, this scoring efficiency is unprecedented, should Wade give me Feige a substitute, right?"

"No matter how good Fei Ge plays, after all, he is a foreign player, and he has not signed with Nike, it is estimated that he will not be able to compete with Wade this season, but even if he plays as a substitute, the score will still be higher than Wade!"

"Phineas suffers from dribbling and passing, and the two statistics of rebounds and assists are too embarrassing! In contrast, Wade is much more comprehensive! ”

"Why can't a player without the ball be the first core of the team? Jason Williams is willing to give Flying Brother a hand, and the efficiency of the Heat's backcourt combination is the highest! ”

"Does Phineas only have 1.02 million all-star tickets in the first round? That's too little, right? I feel that there must be an omission in the statistics of the NBA headquarters, and the votes of our Celestial Dynasty fans alone are more than 1 million, right? ”

"The number of overseas votes must be discounted, but even so, our Feige is definitely a well-deserved ticket king!"

"I feel that the Heat should consider trading Wade, and now Wade can definitely be exchanged for a top three power forward in the league, so that with Shaquille on the inside, the overall strength of the Heat is definitely stronger!"

Eyes back to the American Airlines Arena, the home of the Heat, and the game is in full swing.

In the opening game, the Heat attacked first, and the Spurs' defense was very targeted, and Bruce Bowen, as a famous defensive expert, always chased Lin Fei and blocked the passing line.

As for the "white chocolate" who defends the ball, Tony Parker is also very focused, taking the lead in pinching his pass to Lin Fei, followed by breakthrough and shooting.

At the same time, while keeping an eye on Sean Battier, Ginobili on the flanks also kept an eye on Lin Fei's running line, ready to pack and block at any time.

Old man Bobo, who was sitting in the Spurs head coach's seat on the sidelines, had deep eyes and looked confident at this time.

With Lin Fei's continuous performance against the sky in December, hitting 10+ three-pointers in 4 consecutive games since the Christmas War shocked the entire league.

The coaching staff of the remaining 29 teams in the NBA also began to pay more attention to the attributes and characteristics of Lin Fei, the strongest 3D in the league, and carefully studied the ways and tactics of defending Lin Fei.

Mr. Bobo's coaching team is the fastest and most effective among them.

When a rookie player rises rapidly in the league and continues to play brilliantly, this is often his welfare period.

And when the fame and influence are completely spread, and more opponents in the league are targeted and studied, the player's form will decline to a certain extent and remain in a stable stage.

Mr. Bobo believes that Lin Fei's rookie welfare period has ended, and his next performance will slowly return to a normal range under the gradual and systematic off-ball defense.

On the court, Jason Williams didn't take a risky pass, and to be safe, he hoisted the ball to O'Neal in the low post.

O'Neal turned his back to Nesterovich and Duncan quickly rushed up to the bag.

Even under the trap of the two, O'Neal still did not panic, holding high and high, while pushing away Nesterovich, while avoiding Duncan's pressing, turning over and scoring the ball with a small hook.

"Huh!"

O'Neal, who came to the Heat this season, has a richer and more skillful style of play in the low post, combining talent and technology to a very high level.

The ball is converted and the Spurs attack.

Lin Fei defended Ginobili, and the two foreign players who met in the Olympic finals were also very familiar with each other.

Parker held the ball at the top of the arc and Duncan blocked it, misplaced acceleration to the basket, turned over and spiraled to make a layup.

"Huh!"

Looking back, Lin Fei continued to use the cover to find opportunities on the outside, but Bruce Bowen's pursuit was very targeted, always vigilant in the direction of the basketball pass.

Jason Williams isn't a master point guard after all, and in a team like the Spurs, which is very defensive, there is always a risk of mistakes in his passes.

This time, "White Chocolate" saw that Lin Fei rarely ran out of the vacant space at a 30-degree angle on the left side, so he made a sharp stop to shake off Tony Parker and quickly passed the ball out.

But Parker keeps an eye on "White Chocolate's" passing and has a very deep understanding of his passing characteristics.

"Smack!"

Parker reacted quickly and made a quick shot to directly stab the basketball that Jason Williams passed.

Ginobili rushed up to take possession and the Spurs fought back.

The Heat's defense speed was very fast, the Spurs stabilized the rhythm to play positional battles, Duncan took the ball in a high position and roughly faced it, and after his back swayed and turned over, he made a stop-and-go jump shot after the basketball hit steadily.

"Huh!"

Duncan's approximate point can be said to be a complete victory in offense and defense, after all, he is the number one forward in the league today, and the gap between him and Duncan is difficult to make up.

The Heat attacked, Jason Williams's frontcourt hit the ground again with a small deviation, Lin Fei didn't hold it steady for the first time, and Bruce Bowen and Duncan quickly wrapped it up, limiting Lin Fei's quick shot.

In the case of poor passing ability, Lin Fei had no choice but to throw the ball towards the basket.

But the rebound bounced unfortunately, and it happened to be picked up by Nesternovic.

"Smack!"

In two consecutive attacks, Lin Fei failed to hit this point, and the three-point catch was obviously limited by the Spurs.

Stan Van Gundy, who was standing on the bench on the side of the Heat team, also frowned slightly at this time, it seems that Old Man Bobo really took great pains to restrict Lin Fei.

Then there is the Spurs, a perennial champion-level Western powerhouse, which is very good in both individual defense and co-defense, and the unity of the players at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is worthy of respect.

Although the offensive end did not go well, Lin Fei always played a huge role on the defensive end, making it difficult for the opposing Ginobili to score alone.

Even if he misplaced Tim Duncan, Lin Fei could do a very good job, creating plenty of space for the team to adjust their defense.

Compared with the Christmas War, Lin Fei's defensive attribute has now increased by 1 point, and his steal attribute has reached 98 points close to the full value.

Although it was difficult for Lin Fei to get a chance to catch the ball for three points in the positional battle, Lin Fei in the first quarter sent 2 steals on the defensive end, and he also seized an offensive opportunity in the counterattack fast attack.

After receiving a pass from Jason Williams to face Ginobili who was chasing after the defense, the lightning shot made a 3+1 shot.

"Huh!"

"Beep!"

In the last minute of the first quarter, the Heat also caught the Spurs' defensive negligence, and in the second offense, Lin Fei passed to Lin Fei in the bottom corner of the run, who received the ball and hit another one.

"Huh!"

After the entire first quarter, even though the Spurs' defense of Lin Fei was almost airtight and progressive, Lin Fei still made 2 shots and scored 7 points with a free throw.

O'Neal also played a more dominant performance when Lin Fei was limited, shooting 4 of 6 in a single quarter, scoring 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block.

But the Spurs were better overall.

Heat (21) :(24) Spurs.

In particular, Parker was in good shape tonight, scoring 10 points, 3 assists and 1 steal in a single quarter, and Jason Williams can be said to have blown up the opponent on both offensive and defensive ends.

Jason Williams' passing ability is good, but his defense is not at Wade's level.

Because Stan Van Gundy let Lin Fei and O'Neal play the first quarter at the same time, so that the two were replaced at the same time at the beginning of the second quarter, without Wade, the Heat's second lineup could not match the intensity of the Spurs.

In less than 3 minutes, the Spurs played a wave of 10:3, and the lead instantly reached double digits.

In addition to the Big Three, in terms of the depth of the overall lineup, the Heat really can't compare with the Spurs and Suns.

In particular, there is also a Wade in the Big Three who is out of action due to injury.

Stan Van Gundy quickly called a long timeout and had to put Lin Fei and Jason Williams on early.

The Spurs, on their side, also quickly brought on Bruce Bowen and Parker.

Throughout the game, the Spurs have always practiced the defensive tactics strictly required by Mr. Bobo, pinching the passing line on the outside and sandwiching O'Neal on the inside.

This also allowed the Spurs to always maintain the lead in the score, and Lin Fei and O'Neal played quite hard.

But even so, after the third quarter, Lin Fei still relied on his excellent play on the defensive end, actively ran to tear apart the Spurs' defense in the counterattack and fast attack, and hit 6 three-pointers successively.

But tonight, except for O'Neal and Lin Fei, none of the other players of the Heat team could stand up, and although Jason Williams handed out 9 assists, he also had 7 turnovers.

In the end, O'Neal scored 29 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks, while Lin Fei had 21 points, 3 steals and 1 block, but except for the two, the Heat did not have a third person to score a double-double.

Heat (82) :(98) Spurs.

The home team swallowed another heavy defeat and was completed by the Spurs in the regular season.

After back-to-back losses to the Mavericks and Spurs, the Heat's home fans are also looking forward to Wade's return from injury.

"It seems that it still won't work without Wade, the overall depth of our squad is still not enough, and we can't always rely on Shaquille and Lin!"

"Even if Lin's three-point shot is accurate, it still relies too much on the cover and passing cooperation of teammates, once the quality of the cover becomes worse and the passing line is blocked, it will be difficult for Lin to get a high score!"

"I still have to play with more passion, and when I need to, I can force the penalty area, even if I don't score, there is a high probability that I can cause damage!"

Consecutive losses to the Mavericks and Spurs also clearly exposed the problems of this Heat team, although they won the Christmas game and the next two games, but faced weak teams, Lin Fei also hit more three-pointers.

But once against the Western powerhouse, one of the Big Three is missing Wade, and the overall strength of the Heat is not enough to complete the confrontation.

In the subsequent game against the Detroit Pistons, the Heat, who lacked Wade, swallowed another defeat and unfortunately suffered three consecutive defeats.

With the Pistons all five tigers present, the Heat's change of defense is also a sharp weapon to limit Lin Fei's three-point catch.

In the end, Lin Fei only shot 5 of 8 three-pointers and 3 of 3 free throws in this game against the Pistons, scoring 18 points and 4 steals.

The Heat swallowed three consecutive defeats, which also made the league more clearly aware of the technical characteristics and flaws of Lin Fei, the strongest 3D.

The Heat's management and coaching staff have also learned from this, and a 3-and-D player, no matter how strong, may not be able to become the boss of a championship-caliber team.

With the official comeback of Dwayne Wade, the Big Three reunited, and the Miami Heat also ushered in another consecutive wave of consecutive wins in January.

On January 19, with the end of the three rounds of voting for the All-Stars, the starting lineup for the 2005 Denver All-Star East and West was officially released.

Even though Lin Fei's performance in the field in early January has been up and down, this still can't affect his super popularity.

In the end, Lin Fei surpassed Jordan with a record performance of 3.09 million All-Star tickets in three rounds and became the new ticket king in NBA history.

The All-Star starting five in the East are:

Defender (PG/SG): Dwayne Wade (1.92 million votes)

Defender (PG/SG): Lin Fei (3.09 million votes),

Forward (SF/PF): Vince Carter (1.82 million votes),

Forward (SF/PF): LeBron James (1.68 million votes),

Center (C): Shaquille O'Neal (2.58 million votes).

The starting five Tigers of the Western All-Stars are:

Defenders (PG/SG): Kobe Bryant (1.82 million votes),

Defenders (PG/SG): Tracy McGrady (1.92 million votes),

Forward (SF/PF): Kevin Garnett (2.08 million votes),

Forward (SF/PF): Tim Duncan (1.81 million votes),

Center (C): Da Yao (2.56 million votes).

A week later, through a vote of coaches from 30 teams, the All-Star benches in the East and West were also announced:

Eastern subs (7):

Allen Iverson, Grant Hill, Paul Pearce, Jermaine O'Neal, Gilbert Arenas, Ben Wallace, Antoine Jamison.

West Subs (7):

Ray Allen, Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash, Sean Marion, Amare Stoudemire, Manu Ginobili, Rashad Lewis.

The Heat and Suns have the best records in the East and West, and both teams have also selected three All-Star players at the same time, but all three of the Heat are starters, and all three of the Suns are benches.

Heat head coach Stan Van Gundy and Suns head coach Mike D'Antoni will also serve as head coaches of the Eastern and Western All-Star teams.

In addition to the main game, Lin Fei will also compete in the All-Star Three-Point Contest with Ray Allen, Kyle Korver and others, and Wade will participate in the Slam Dunk Contest.

(End of chapter)