Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 197 All-star lineup announced

Woody hit the basket continuously and completed the scoring.

This gave the Heat the lead at a critical moment.

At the same time, morale is also leading!
The Timberwolves have become accustomed to the feeling of losing again this season, so they cannot show much resilience at this moment.

The probability of a "century-old family" turning around again is definitely higher than that of an "upstart".

The same is true on the court.

The Timberwolves had a meal of dumplings last season and were quickly knocked back to their original shape. He did not have the toughness to support them in maintaining enough patience and persistence after being overtaken by the score at the critical moment.

The final score was fixed at 101 to 94. The Heat won the last game in January at the Timberwolves' home court with a 7-point difference.

They ended their journey in January with a victory.

伍迪全场砍下37分13篮板4助攻3盖帽1抢断，用坚实的个人能力，甩掉了“老四”这顶帽子。

凯文-加内特今晚的数据表现其实也不算差，24分14篮板7助攻3抢断2盖帽，在全能方面相比伍迪有那么一丢丢的领先优势……但在最关键时刻两个人的存在感相差甚远。

It can be said that the Heat's victory was achieved by Woody hammer after hammer, but tonight Garnett watched the victory slip away from his fingertips bit by bit.

Barkley's words were even more poisonous: "It is no longer possible for Kevin Garnett to win a single-core championship. If his original opportunity to win a single-core championship was the retirement of Shaquille O'Neal, then now, the emergence of Woody has made it impossible This possibility has become a bubble..."

He sincerely suggested: "If Kevin Garnett still has the idea of ​​winning the championship, and the Timberwolves do not intend to introduce him to such a powerful helper, listen to me and trade him immediately, so that the Timberwolves and Kevin Garnett It’s still too late!”

Barkley is clear about his desire for a championship at the end of his career.

But he really can't reach the heights of Michael Jordan.

In this era with such a monster, the only way to win the championship is to team up quickly!
Although he believes that Kevin Garnett is still a level below him. At least he led the Suns to the Finals with a single core that year, but he recognizes Kevin Garnett's persistence for the Timberwolves.

This is a place that doesn't get noticed, and Garnett gives it another reason to pay attention.

In fact, Barkley doesn't expect Garnett to become "the next Barkley."

It’s just that he loves Woody so much!

Barkley's summary of Woody's game was much more concise: "He will move toward greatness step by step like this!"

Woody was interviewed after the game.

The reporter asked him about his feelings of leading the team alone in January.

"I feel that I still have a lot of things that I haven't done well..." What Woody is most dissatisfied with is that his team leadership performance is much worse than he imagined.

At least twice in a "three-game losing streak", the Heat's record in January was not even 50%.

Of course, there are not many voices of doubt from the outside world. You must know that when Shaquille O'Neal and Wade rest, this lineup includes a 1-year-old veteran with an annual salary of more than 34 million, which is only about 4 million.

Such a lineup does not even reach the NBA's "poor line".

You can't expect such a lineup to bring good results!

Otherwise, where should other teams that have paid the luxury tax put their faces?
Therefore, the media who use Woody's team leadership performance in this era to find faults need not ask, how much they have something to do with ESPN and LeBron James' team.

However, from Woody's perspective, if peak Shaq or peak Jordan were to lead this team, they would definitely not lose so miserably.

From this perspective, Woody knows that he still has a lot to improve.

Just for the time being, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Because of the first game in February, Shaquille O'Neal was ready to return.

After the game, O'Neal praised Woody as usual, and then directly announced: "Are you ready? The Shark is coming back!"

Although, he is quite happy to see the team's winning rate less than 50%.

This proves that this team needs him!

Well, the reason is that simple!
Although Shaquille O'Neal has already said that this is Woody's team, in his heart, he has not yet adapted to such a role. He still feels that he is unique to the entire team.

The team cannot lack him, just like the West cannot lose Jerusalem.

He is ready to join hands with Woody after his comeback to make the Heat strong again, and then receive wave after wave of praise!

As January comes to an end, so does the All-Star starting voting for this season.

The four rounds of voting are over and the final results are officially released:
Yao Ming became this year's vote king, with more than 220 million votes proving the "power of China."

Woody's votes are not low either. Although the Heat lost a lot of games in January, his personal performance cannot be underestimated. He averaged 28.4 points, 13.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 2 steals and 2.2 blocks per game, including 5 games where he scored 30 points. , and also got at least 13 rebounds, all 15 games were "double-doubles", and he also scored 51 points in a single game!

Such a powerful personal ability cannot be ignored. He also received about 201 million votes.

He is the second-ranked player in All-Star voting this year.

It is number one in the entire east!

The other four starting All-Stars in the Eastern Conference are:

Allen Iverson, Grant Hill, Vince Carter and Shaquille O'Neal!
LeBron James is a bit unlucky. His total votes are actually in the top ten in the league, but he is only ranked 6th in the Eastern Conference, and he is 3rd among the guards.
It was about 7 fewer votes than Hill, who participated in the All-Star Weekend for the first time two years after a serious injury.

He is also the only player among the top ten players who received votes this year who did not enter the starting lineup.

Of course, with his strength and data, there is no problem in being an All-Star substitute.

The other four starters in the West are:

Kobe Bryant, McGrady, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan.

Except for McGrady, the newcomer, this can be regarded as the old configuration of the Western Conference.

It is very difficult for other emerging talents to surpass these three.

But it's no wonder that Tim Duncan, who has been in the league for the shortest time here, has 8 years of savings and two championship trophies sitting there.

Not to mention other people, even if Stoudemire of the Suns who flew out of the earth this year is in front of him, he still has to be at ease as a substitute!
As for Kevin Garnett.

You know, once you are linked to the spirit, you will have countless "disciples and disciples".

However, this is not ironic.

When a player can have the mental power to infect fans on the court, in a sense, he is even more awesome than winning a championship.

From Allen Iverson to Kevin Garnett...

Everything is illustrating this point.

Anyway, it’s better than kneeling down to beg for food and crying and writing a letter after missing 0.2 free throws!

On February 2st, along with the All-Star starting lineup, the "Best of the Month" for the Eastern and Western Conferences in January was announced.

The Eastern Conference's "Player of the Month" belongs to Vince Carter.

场均30.2分6.3篮板3.8助攻1.4抢断1.2盖帽，带着猛龙队在1月份14场比赛9胜5负。算是打出了伤病报销后的“最强音”。

With the Heat's winning percentage less than half, the Pistons and the Pacers unable to pick a single player with excellent personal statistics, and the team's record not greatly improved, Vince Carter relied on this data to lock in the Eastern Conference in January. "Player of the Month".The "Best of the Month" in the Western Conference still belongs to Steve Nash.

Averaged 15.5 points and 11.5 assists per game, leading the Suns to 11 wins and 5 losses.

With a full "back-to-back" schedule, the Suns have a total of 1 "back-to-back" games in January.They still handed over such solid data, and the Suns' earth-shaking changes still make the media continue to sigh.

Although Woody missed the "Player of the Month Award", he won the "Player of the Week" award in the last week of January. This is the ninth time in his career that he has won the "Player of the Week".

That night, at AmericanAirlines Arena, he also received his trophy.

It's a bit lucky to get this "Best of the Week", because in the last week, the Eastern Conference teams collectively stretched their hips, and few Eastern Conference teams won.

Ok……

Got a bonus!
"The east is weak and the west is strong" is like this.

But Woody admits it.

If "Best of the Week" also tests a team leader's ability, then he is undoubtedly unqualified.

But Miami fans don’t care how you got it, if you got it, it’s good.

Before the evening game, cheers for Woody came one after another.

This is the first step to conquest!
Mourning remembers that he slowly gained his own die-hard fans in Miami.

Of course, this pace is obviously much slower than Woody.

After all, Woody was chosen by this city. The United States has a serious geographical complex. This is actually very important...

Coupled with his peak performance as soon as he debuted.

It’s not surprising that the number of fans is increasing rapidly.

The Heat's opponent tonight is the Memphis Grizzlies.

They have done pretty well this year and continue to be ranked eighth in the Western Conference.

Don't look down upon it, but the feeling of overpowering the Timberwolves, who ranked first in the Western Conference last season, is still very fulfilling.

This is not a weak team, especially in the Eastern Conference, where they can be ranked fourth or fifth.

But for the Heat, who have Shaq back tonight, no matter where they are in the Eastern Conference in terms of actual strength, let me tell you, even if you let the Suns, who are No. [-] in the Western Conference, stand in front of the Heat tonight, that's not good. make!

Shaquille O'Neal's comeback did not start with a slump like Wade did.

His style of play is not prone to slumps either!

And who is he?

NBA "Triple Crown"!
Counting from 00 to now, in the past five years, he has only missed one finals.

With such a seasoned experience, he was only absent for almost a month, which is really not a big deal.

The first goal was the familiar "shark" beating the basket.

Then it got out of hand!
And in this game, Wade also regained his form. He made breakthroughs as fast as he could, and felt so hot that he could make porridge with it.

The Grizzlies had no resistance from the beginning, and at the end of the game, the Heat defeated the Grizzlies 108-90 at their home court by 18 points, winning their first victory in February.

Shaquille O'Neal easily scored 18 points, using only 10 shots, and had 7 rebounds.

Wade, who is recovering, also scored 19 points.

Woody returned with strong reinforcements, and his personal data exploded again and he was versatile:

23分12篮板8助攻2抢断2盖帽。

Without these two people around, Woody felt that he had to save some of his physical strength. With these two strong reinforcements, Woody felt that he could rest while playing. After the game, it was as if he had not played the game. .

You can go and have fun!
It just so happens that Megan Fox is here to watch the game tonight.

We haven’t seen each other for about half a year. I can’t even imagine how intense the battle tonight will be!
Gerald Wallace's numbers began to shrink with the return of Shaq and Wade.

这场比赛只拿到了11分3篮板2助攻1抢断还有1盖帽。

Still very versatile, he looks just like "Little Woody".

But it is far from his performance when he was the "second boss".

When reporters asked about this, he just smiled and said nothing.

He is a "go-getter" on the court, but becomes very reserved off the court.

In fact, he does feel a little uncomfortable in his heart. No matter how much he ignores the players, they will definitely hope that they can have more tactical status.Gerald Wallace is no exception.

It's just that when he first entered this team, he was a marginal member of the team. After the big trade, he became a regular starter.

If you want to go further, you can only wait for core injuries.

And in terms of potential, he has great potential, but it is still far behind Woody and Wade.

As for Shaq, let alone his status in the world.

Besides, he is indeed still in his prime...

Gerald Wallace is eager to become a better player and perform better. He also knows that when there is a gap in his heart, his next direction is actually determined.

But the season continues, so…

He collected his thoughts and stopped thinking about it.

We have to wait until the end of this season to talk about future matters.

For him, the most important thing now is to adapt to the new changes in his role and do his best when he comes on the court.

After defeating the Grizzlies, the fully-organized Heat defeated several teams in succession. They won "2 consecutive victories" at the beginning of February.

During this period, the Eastern and Western All-Star substitute lineups were released.

With 18.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists, Wade was successfully selected to the Eastern Conference All-Star bench.

Became the Heat's third All-Star this season.

This created the Heat's team history...

There has never been a season as bright for the Heat as this season.

Also selected to the All-Star bench in 03 was Woody’s former teammate LeBron James.

Cleveland felt aggrieved that he was not selected as an All-Star starter, and he was a little frustrated when he mentioned this matter.

Fortunately, in the coaches' voting session, he successfully got his place on the Eastern Conference All-Star bench with his excellent data.

LeBron James hasn't made it to the playoffs yet, but he's already an All-Star!
(End of this chapter)