The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 249 Selected Again

After entering January, the state of the Kings is getting better and better, and there is even a seven-game winning streak during the period.

Throughout January, the Kings achieved 10 wins and 5 losses, making the team's record finally stop hovering around 50%.

The main reason why the team's record has improved so significantly is that the performance of other players on the team has become more and more stable.

Especially Butler and Bledsoe, the two of them scored 20+ many times in January, and they have increasingly become the most qualified helpers around Li Pu.

In addition to the two of them, Middleton's performance has become more and more stable, and his scoring average has been able to stabilize at more than 10 points per game.

The only one who is still unstable is Giannis.

Giannis, who served as the starter, encountered the same problem as Li Pu's rookie season, that is, insufficient confrontation and easy to get into foul trouble.

In addition, his basketball IQ is also far behind Li Pu, and his choices on the court are not as smart as Li Pu's rookie period.

However, in terms of technology, Giannis, in addition to his poor shooting ability, can still help the team in terms of defense, rebounding, and organization.

At least in terms of effect, it is still much better than Patterson.

Of course, his current performance alone is still not enough to qualify as the No. 7 pick in the first round.

Fortunately, he is still young and still a lottery ticket, worth continuing to scratch.

In this way, as the Kings performed better and better, the time gradually came to February.

"Drip..."

The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game. On February 2, the regular season between the Kings and the Knicks officially ended.

With a score of 116:111, the Kings went through overtime on the road and defeated the Knicks, ending the first half of the regular season.

In this game, the Kings Li Pu, Bledsoe, Butler and Thomas Jr. all scored 20+.

Although the game ended in overtime, Li Pu really didn't exert much effort throughout the game, and only took over the game at the last moment.

"It's a good game! But it's not as good as last year!"

After the game, Li Pu and Lin Shuhao warmly embraced each other.

In the offseason of last year, shortly after Harden was traded, the Knicks offered Lin Shuhao a three-year 1500 million contract.

How could Presti, who was reluctant to give Harden's money, match Lin Shuhao's big contract?
So Lin Shuhao came to the Knicks. It happened that the Knicks' injury wave had not receded at this time, which allowed Jeremy Lin to serve as the team's starter.

After becoming the starter, Lin Shuhao started with a historic performance.

In the first month of the game, Lin Shuhao averaged 28.5 points and 10.4 assists per game, making the whole world crazy about it, thinking that the second Harden was born.

Linsanity may be late, but he will never be absent!

Although later, as other teams in the league began to target Lin Shuhao, Lin Shuhao's data declined, but with such an explosive performance, he still squeezed out Rondo and was selected as an All-Star last season. starter.

But it is a pity that Lin Shuhao never played that kind of performance again. This season, the data further dropped by 13.4 points and 5.6 assists.

Although the data is not bad, it is just average.

"Hmph, I'm just not in good shape!" Facing Li Pu's ridicule, Lin Shuhao gave Li Pu a supercilious look, still quibbling.

"Hahaha, let's tell your future girlfriend!"

"Shut up! Go to my house to fight again at night?"

"just you?"

"Stop looking down on people! Just wait and see!"

"it is good!"

Every time the two met, they would use 2K to talk, but unfortunately, Lin Shuhao almost never won!
Just like the basketball strength of the two!
After the Kings won this game, the Kings also achieved a record of 31 wins and 21 losses, ranking eighth in the Western Conference and successfully entered the playoffs.

A team that was ridiculed as contending for the No. [-] pick before the game, but Li Pu led this group of young people leftovers from various teams to the eighth place in the Western Conference, which really made the fans ecstatic.

As long as the Kings can maintain their current victory in the next regular season, advancing to the playoffs does not seem to be a problem.

Who would have thought that the team thought it was going to be rebuilt, but it was going to return to the playoffs after seven years. How could it not be exciting?

At this time, the season ticket income of the Kings has increased by 70% compared with last year, and the commercial income has increased by 130%. It can be said that not only the fans are happy, but the management is even more happy!

In addition, the No. [-] team in the Western Conference is still the Thunder with the new version of the Thunder.

They rank first in the league with a record of 43 wins and 12 losses. It seems that Li Pu's departure has not affected the Thunder team. The addition of Cousins ​​made up for Li Pu's absence.

This also silenced all the fans who scolded Presti during the offseason.

The media and the Internet overwhelmingly praised Presti, saying it was a win-win deal.

Those who used to be called Pu thieves are now called Pu brothers.

Puge Cha smoke!

Ranking after the West: Spurs, Clippers, Rockets, Trail Blazers, Mavericks and Warriors, ranked second to seventh.

After this game is over, it's time for the All-Star Weekend.

Long before this game, this season's All-Star list has been officially released.

With 117 million votes, Li Pu was selected as the starter of the Western Conference All-Star for the fourth consecutive year.

The Western Conference vote king, of course, is Durant. He got 140 million votes, and he is not only the Western Conference vote champion, but also beat James to become the league vote champion.

Poor James, because he still has no championship until now, his popularity has been firmly suppressed by Durant, who has two championships, and "only" received 128 million votes, ranking second in the league.

The other starters in the West are: Griffin, Curry and Harden.

Although Kobe voted higher than Harden, he missed the All-Star Game due to injuries.

In addition to the five starters, the other seven substitutes are: Westbrook, Paul, Howard, Lillard, Aldridge, Love and Anthony Davis, who was selected as an All-Star for the first time.

The thick-browed brother who was selected as an All-Star in his second grade deserves to be called the "Son of the Ugly Country". He has such popularity just after entering the league. I'm afraid only Griffin can compare with him, right?
What?You said Li Pu?

This guy has cheats, so it can't be counted!

The Eastern All-Star starters are: Irving, Wade, James, Anthony and Paul George.

Although Paul George was selected to the All-Star for the second time this year, he was selected as an All-Star starter for the first time.

Of course, he is well-deserved to be selected as the All-Star starter. This season, he averaged 21+7+3 data per game, leading the Pacers to a record of 40 wins and 12 losses, holding the No. [-] spot in the Eastern Conference.

The other bench lineups are: Wall, Noah, DeRozan, Hibbert, Millsap, Bosh and Joe Johnson.

(End of this chapter)