From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 158 All-Star Ticket King, Influence of Jianghu
On January 1, the Celtics defeated the Washington Wizards. This game was another offensive battle. The two sides scored a high score of 9 to 135 without overtime.

Both sides are playing fast, almost as soon as this side finishes attacking, they immediately return to defend their own half.

In this game, Jianghu once again scored 43 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists in the game. Losing to the Wizards on Christmas Eve, the Celtics won 7 consecutive victories.

The world will not be satisfied, the Celtics players will not be satisfied, and the Celtics fans will not be satisfied.

On January 1, the Celtics returned to their home court and played against the Denver Nuggets again.

The Nuggets are not in good shape, and they have also suffered some injuries recently.

Starting shooting guard Gary Harris missed the game with an ankle injury, and Jamal Murray became their only perimeter anchor.

Jianghu only played three quarters, played 30 minutes and scored 13 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists.

Although Jianghu only scored 13 points, he didn't feel bad.

It's because, in this game, he put all his energy on the defensive end, and the offensive end was basically paddling.

The effect is amazing, it is no exaggeration to say that it is an iron lock.

Extremely good physical talent, bite defense.

Let him block the opposing player Jamal Murray this night.

Everyone is the same agent, but the world has no hold back against Murray, Quack just does it.

Under Jianghu's full defense, Jamal Murray made 9 of 0 shots and scored 6 turnovers, 5 of which were dunks by Jianghu.

Similarly, the Denver Nuggets, on this night, did not have the excellent touch of the last match.

The Celtics directly clocked in three quarters, and after halftime, they took a 82-point lead 60-22
The rivers and lakes haven't played much in the third quarter, and Owen has already started his superb performance.

In the third quarter, he made 14 of 12 shots and 3 of 5 5-pointers. He scored 31 points in a single quarter, setting a new personal high in a single quarter and a new season scoring high.

In the whole game, he made 29 of 19 shots, 12 of 8 three-pointers, 7 of 7 free throws, and scored 53 points. The sixth player who scored 6+ in the future.

In the end, the Celtics defeated the Denver Nuggets 129-96 at home.

On January 1, the Celtics defeated the Timberwolves 13-109 in an away game and won 105 consecutive victories. Jianghu and Jimmy Butler completed a shocking confrontation in this game.

江湖35投17中，砍下45分12篮板10助攻的数据。

巴特勒33中18，砍下了43分8篮板6助攻。

Irving generally doesn't come out to grab the limelight when he's in a good state, and Towns and Wiggins, the two undisputed champions, don't bother to challenge Butler at all.

Therefore, both Jianghu and Butler have full control of the ball in this game, and they have unlimited firepower in the team.

Although the two fought in the first three quarters, and Butler even scored more points, in the fourth quarter, Jianghu showed why he was stronger than Butler.

His height and wingspan, his shooting stability, are not comparable to Butler.

This kind of talent is innate, if you don't have it when you are born, it will be difficult to have it later.

After the game, Jianghu took the initiative to exchange jerseys with Butler, and said in an interview that Butler was one of his favorite players when he was growing up.

The praise of Jiang Hu instantly made Butler feel the power of the spotlight. Countless reporters went to Butler to interview him, trying to dig out the inside story between him and Jiang Hu.

In fact, the two have no inside story at all, and the world doesn't like Butler, but they used each other as a stepping stone during the Chicago training camp trial. This kind of statement is just a kind of reward and compensation for him.

Of course, this is good news for Butler.

He didn't have a sneaker contract at first, but when Chinese merchants heard Jianghu's interview, they rushed towards Butler in an instant. That night, several sneaker companies from China sent him offers ranging from 100 million to 300 US dollars. Sneaker contract.

The reason why they are willing to be so enthusiastic about Butler is because the teammates around Jianghu have already been poached by them.

After winning the player of the month in Jianghu, Jaylen Brown was poached by Anta, the largest independent sneaker company in China, with a contract value of 6 million US dollars for 3000 years.

Next came Smart, who soon received a 361° sneaker contract, worth $5 million in five years, with his own signature shoes.

If Irving wasn't in the contract with Nike, Chinese sponsors would definitely prepare him with a sneaker contract with an annual salary of more than [-] million US dollars, just like McGrady who was next to Yao Ming back then. Fans are no less popular than Curry.

"Don't blow it up, whether Irving is a better player than Curry in 16"

"The most classic three-point moment, 2016 Irving's three-point murder"

Posts with this kind of title can be seen everywhere in various sports forums.

In fact, in all fairness, Irving's strength is not as good as Curry's. Curry can lead the team to the finals as the core of a system. If Irving is the core, it is uncertain whether he can make it to the playoffs.

But fans all have filters. Irving plays with Jianghu every day, and he will receive a lot of attention and love.

This is the influence of the rivers and lakes in the country. One person gains the Tao, and the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven.

On January 1th, at 14:[-] pm New York time, the NBA officially announced the winners of the first round of the All-Star voting.

"17/18 NBA All-Stars, First Round Voting Announcement"

"The results of the first round of NBA All-Star voting in 2018 have been released. This year's All-Star campaign is very fierce. Jianghu's leading teammate temporarily becomes the All-Star vote leader. Before the draft, the unknown Chinese player Jianghu played for us in the NBA. To debut is the pinnacle, and his appearance has indeed brought more exciting games to the fans."

"In the past 41 games, Jianghu averaged 31.2 points, 9.1 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 1.9 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, shooting 55.9% from the field, 45.7% from the three-point range, and 95.9% from the free throw line. At the same time, he can be selected for the club with a shooting percentage of 31.2. At the same time, he is also from China, a country with a large population.

"Kyrie Irving, from the same team, is currently ranked second in the rankings, beating Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Stephen F. Curry Giannis averaged 26.2 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.5 blocks per game this season, shooting 50.2% from the field and 41% from the three-point range.

“杜兰特得到767402排名西部前场第1，这也在情理之中。杜兰特本赛季场均得到25.9分7.1篮板5.3助攻2.3盖帽，命中率为50.1%，三分命中率为39%，罚球命中88.9%。”

“史蒂芬-库里得到735115票，排名西部后场第2。本赛季场均得到27分 6.5助攻5篮板1.6抢断，命中率为48.9%，三分命中率为40.6%，场均投中4个三分。”

"James Harden received 632698 votes, ranking third in the backcourt in the West. This season, Harden averaged 32.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 9.0 assists per game, shooting 44.9% from the field, 36.7% from three-point range, and 85.8% from the free throw line. "

“尽管詹姆斯-哈登在1月2日的比赛面对勇士砍下了60+10+10的恐怖三双数据，但目前他的票数依旧落后史蒂芬库里。”

"The following are the details of the votes:

No. 767402 frontcourt in the West: Durant [-] votes

Second in the frontcourt of the Western Conference: Davis with 393600 votes.

Third in the frontcourt of the Western Conference: Cousins ​​​​356340 votes.

Fourth in the frontcourt of the Western Conference: Drummond Green 320595
ticket.

No. 1735115 in the backcourt of the West: Curry [-] votes.

Second in the backcourt in the West: Harden 632698 votes.

Third in the backcourt of the West: Westbrook with 512365 votes.

The first in the Eastern Conference frontcourt: Jianghu 3256763 votes.

Second in the Eastern Front: Giannis Antetokounmpo 1206532 votes.

The third in the frontcourt of the Eastern Conference: James 956080 votes.

Third in the Eastern Conference: Embiid with 633561 votes.

Fourth in the Eastern Front: Poljijins with 559990 votes.

The first backcourt in the East: Irving 2402937 votes

Second in the Eastern Conference backcourt: DeRozan 395368 votes.

Third in the backcourt of the East: Smart 251886 votes.

Fourth in the Eastern Conference backcourt: Oladipo 210055 votes"

"This time, there are three teams that have become the winners of the All-Stars. Among them, the Thunder's Big Four and the Big Three are all on the list. They are Westbrook's fourth in the backcourt, George's fifth in the frontcourt, Anthony's eighth in the frontcourt, and the Warriors' four. All the giants are in the top ten and become the well-deserved winners of the Western Conference.

"The Celtics, the top youth team in the East, also have others in the top 10. Irving ranks second in the league, and Jaylen ranks seventh in the frontcourt of the West."

According to the current ranking, the ten All-Star starters are
West: Curry, Harden, Durant, Davis, Cousins.

East: Jianghu, Irving, Antetokounmpo, James, Embiid.

"According to the current ranking, last season's MVP Westbrook and the league's No. [-] Houston Rockets No. [-] Paul may miss this All-Star start."

"Lillard, who has averaged 28.6 points per game so far this season, is only ranked sixth in the West with 6 votes. I have to say that the backcourt competition in the West is extremely fierce compared with the East."

"According to the current number of votes, Jiang Hu and Curry will be the future captains of the Eastern and Western Troops. Is this the captain candidate in your mind?"

After the results of the first round of voting came out, James' fans broke their defenses.

They thought that based on James' absolute popularity, he should rank first in the league and become the top voter.

But judging from the results, Jianghu is the player most loved by young people.

Of course, this has something to do with the identity of a Chinese player in Jianghu. He has received many votes from mainland China. If he is a player from the United States, even if he can get such data in his rookie season, it will be difficult to compete with a veteran like James. The stars go to compete.

From January 1th to January 15th, in 1 days, the Celtics traveled to 20 cities, flew from Boston to Indiana, then flew from Indiana to Detroit, and finally went to Memphis.

They defeated the Pacers, Pistons and Grizzlies in a row, won 3 consecutive victories again, and expanded their winning streak to 12 games.

On January 1, the Celtics returned to Boston.

Also on this day, the league announced the final voting results for the All-Stars.

NBA Gong Fang: "The strongest rookie broke the historical record of votes, and Curry became the king of votes in the Western Conference"

"The All-Star voting, which lasted for 28 days, officially came to an end on January 1. After three busy working days, we counted the votes from various channels including phone calls, text messages, emails, etc., to ensure that there will be no Anything is missing."

"The voting results of the 2018 Los Angeles All-Star Game are also officially released. Jianghu, who performed well in the first two rounds of voting, continued to exert his strength and performed extraordinary performances on the last two double-counting days, which made his supporters more and more popular." In the four days of the double counting day, Jianghu received a total of 3206572 votes. Adding the 3256763 votes in the previous two rounds, his total votes reached an astonishing 6463335 votes, which greatly refreshed the 3150181 votes maintained by Howard. All-Star All-Star Voting History Voting Records.

"At the same time, watching Jianghu also became the second rookie All-Star player in NBA history after Grant Hill in 1992."

"Eastern All-Star starting lineup includes LeBron James of the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers, Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milhonkey Bucks, Kyrie Kyrie Irving and Toronto Raptors' DeMar DeRozan."

"The player with the most votes in the West is Stephen Curry, with a total of 3680359 votes, which also surpassed Howard's voting record that year."

"Western All-Star starting lineup Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry, Houston Rockets' James Harden, New Orleans Pelicans' Anthony Davis, Golden State Warriors' Kevin Durant and New Orleans Pelicans' DeMarcus Cousins."

"The players with the highest number of votes in the East and West are Jianghu and Stephen Curry. They will serve as the captains of the East and West respectively, and choose players from their respective teams from the starting and substitute lists. The selection of players is not limited to the East and West. Divisional coaching results will be announced on January 1, New York time."

Not only was Jianghu successfully selected as an All-Star, but he was also the top voter who broke the historical voting record.

This should have been expected.

His performance itself is extremely outstanding, and with the huge blessing from the motherland with a large population, it is a matter of course to become the king of votes.

But there were still huge waves inside the Celtics.

After all, the Celtics team has not had an All-Star vote for a long time. The last time was Garnett in 2008, and if you count up, you have to be Bird Bird in the 80s.

After the daily training on January 1, team owner Gross Baker, president Danny Ainge, and team star Kevin Garnett, the three came to the Celtics locker room to ask Jianghu and Irving expressed congratulations.

"Congratulations, Jiang, your performance is really great!!"

The boss had a flattering smile of a capitalist on his face, and his attitude towards Jiang Hu was like meeting the God of Wealth.

In the summer, he was quite dissatisfied with the decision to choose Jianghu. He felt that it was too wasteful to choose Jianghu with the No. .

Unexpectedly, not only was there no water in Jianghu, but they also became the top batch of champions in NBA history. Their rookie season performances, except for Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Chamberlain, the rest were not even worthy of being compared with Jianghu.

And to be precise, Jianghu is indeed his God of Wealth.

Since Jianghu broke Chamberlain's rookie scoring record, the price of the Celtics' home billboard has doubled several times.

Advertisements of a large number of domestic companies on NBA courts are not new.China's sports brands Anta, Peak and Li Ning, China's private loans, various loans, manufacturing, communications and energy industries have long occupied the NBA stadium, especially the home court of the Celtics.Due to the existence of rivers and lakes, the home court of the Celtics has become a place where Chinese manufacturers compete on NBA courts.

The billboards on the Celtics' home technical platform have already risen from US$15 per game at the beginning of the season to the current US$75 per game, a full five-fold increase.

With 41 home games in a season, the Celtics have grown from $600 million to $3000 million in terms of billboard revenue alone.

Do you think this is over?

not that simple?
Since Jianghu won the All-Star vote, the Celtics management immediately got together for a meeting.

They only meet for one thing.

price increase...
Make money, put money in sacks...

The first is Jianghu jerseys, which have been in short supply in the Celtics team store itself.

从7月份开售以来，截止到1月20已经累计卖出了45万件，均价为45美金。

The Celtics directly raised the price to $75 this time, which is consistent with the prices of the league kings James and Curry.

It is $5 higher than Harden, Antetokounmpo, Westbrook and others.

The second is the ticket price. The Celtics' peak tickets have long been ranked among the top five in the league.

The cheapest mountaintop ticket for the No. 1 Warrior costs $235.

The cheapest summit ticket for the No.1 Golden State Warriors costs $235.

The No.2 New York Knicks cheapest summit ticket costs $196.

The cheapest summit ticket for the No. 3 Cleveland Cavaliers costs $157.

The No.4 Los Angeles Lakers need $98 for the cheapest mountain ticket.

The Celtics originally came in fifth, and the cheapest ticket to their summit was $65.

After Jianghu won the All-Star ticket champion, Gross Baker made a decisive decision and immediately raised the ticket price to $99, just one dollar more than the Lakers.

The rivalry between old enemies is so unpretentious and boring.

The ticket prices on the sidelines are even more exaggerated. Except for those team members who bought season tickets or the Celtics, they basically increased by thousands of units.
The first row of seats has risen from an average of 1300 US dollars to 2400 US dollars.

The first three rows of seats have risen from an average of 960 US dollars to 2100 US dollars.

Do you think these are the only ones up?too naive….
The means of capitalists are pervasive, so rigorous that you cannot
imagine.

The parking fee at North Shore Gardens, originally priced at $9, immediately rose to $15.

A hot dog, from $3 to $4.75.

A beer, up from $5 to $7
A hat, from $12 to $18.

"Poor, you don't deserve to come to the North Shore Garden to watch football."

"Go home and watch TV and support the team."

(End of this chapter)