The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 344 The True Champion
On the last game day before the All-Star Game, on February 2, the Kings defeated the Warriors again 15:116.

So far, the Kings rank first in the league with 48 wins and 8 losses, ending the first half of the regular season this season.

The Warriors rank second in the league with 46 wins and 10 losses.

After that, the Spurs won 43 and the Rockets won 40. There are four teams in the West with 40 wins.

And in the east, there is not even one!

Surprisingly, the number one player in the Eastern Conference is not the Cavaliers, but the Celtics.

The Celtics, who traded for Thomas Jr., ushered in a record explosion this season.

The Celtics, who won only 35 last season, have won 38 at this time.

No one expected that the best sixth man of the Kings would have such strength?Can be the core of a team?

So far this season, Thomas Jr. has averaged 28.8 points per game, ranking third in the scoring list, and was selected as an All-Star for the first time this season.

People have already compared him with Harden in the past, and think that the Kings, like the Thunder, made a big mistake!

However, An Jiali was very calm about this. She said in an interview: The Kings respect the choice of every player, and we will go to the end with all players who share the same interests!
As soon as this statement came out, it immediately caused an uproar.

People have speculated that the reason why the Kings traded Thomas Jr. was due to conflicts between the two sides. Now it seems that Thomas Jr. wants to leave!

For a time, all kinds of gossip were rampant.

In addition to Thomas Jr., this season's All-Star, the Kings have several players selected.

Western All-Star starting: Curry, Harden, Durant, Giannis and Li Pu.

The substitutes are: Westbrook, Leonard, Thompson, Butler, Thick Eyebrow, Green, Marc Gasol.

If it weren't for the injuries of Bledsoe and Middleton, maybe they would also have hope to enter the All-Star.

However, the most regrettable thing is that Westbrook did not make the All-Star starter, which is a bit wronged.

After losing Durant this season, Cousins ​​was injured again shortly after the start of the game. The team can only rely on Westbrook to play with a group of leftovers.

As a result, Westbrook played an amazing 30+10+10 triple-double per game, which made "Big O" Oscar Robertson's once god-level data reappear.

He is currently not only the league's scoring leader, but also the first in the MVP rankings.

But unfortunately, in front of Curry and Harden in the Western backcourt, he couldn't pull any of them down.

In the East, the All-Star competition is relatively less intense.

The starters are: Irving, DeRozan, James, Anthony and Paul George.

Subs: Thomas Jr., Lowry, Wall, Kemba Walker, Millsap, Joel Embiid and Porzingis.

Due to the withering of the Eastern All-Stars, the third-year Embiid and the second-year Porzingis have both qualified for the All-Star selection.

It's not like the West, a lot of all-star leftovers.

Although the Kings have only three All-Stars this year due to injuries, less than the Warriors' four.

But no team dares to underestimate the king.

The media and reporters who used to think that the Kings were Li Pu's one-man team have now changed their minds, saying that the Kings team is really too strong!

Even a sixth man can become an All-Star if he goes to another team, so what about the others?
This is not a single-core team, it is clearly a twelve-core team!

Of course, this kind of infinitely close to the truth is all nonsense to Kings fans!

It is clear that they are jealous of our Kings' draft vision and ability to train rookies. Could it be that our management knew that the opponent must be an All-Star before the draft?
How can this be?

Of course they don't know that with Li Pu, everything is possible!
However, with the announcement of the All-Star candidates, the biggest highlight of the All-Star Game ends here.

With the development of the times, the NBA All-Star Game has become more and more tasteless, and there are fewer and fewer highlights, which is why there is such a sentence.

In fact, both the league and the fans have a hunch that the All-Star Game is about to change, but everyone has different opinions on how to change.

No matter what, no matter how boring this year's All-Star Game is, Li Pu will participate in it. To be precise, since entering the NBA, Li Pu has never missed an All-Star game, and he has always been a starter.

For others, being an All-Star is an honor, but for Li Pu, it is also a burden. Every time he has to sacrifice his rest time, he runs over to perform awkwardly.

From being promoted to the All-Star by Chinese fans at the beginning, to being sought after by fans all over the world, Li Pu's All-Star journey is the growth track of his career.

However, in the All-Star game, Li Pu has never played well, and it seems that there is nothing that can arouse his interest!
In addition, Coach Brown was re-elected as the coach of the Western All-Star team this year, allowing Li Pu to play for as long as he wants.

In the end, Li Pu only played 18 minutes, not even half of the time.

Instead, Giannis played for three full 10 minutes.

It can be seen that Giannis, who was selected for the All-Star for the first time and is still the starter of the All-Star, has a strong desire to perform.

Seeing that he was his disciple after all, Coach Brown kept Giannis on the court.

It's a pity that this time the All-Star Game is held in New Orleans, which is Brother Nongmei's home court.

Therefore, even though Giannis scored 35 points, he still lost to Big Eyebrow's 52 points!
Not even as good as Westbrook, who scored 19 points in 41 minutes off the bench.

For some reason, Westbrook's three-pointers were very accurate tonight, and he made 7 of them!
In the end, under the jealous eyes of Giannis, he watched the thick eyebrow brother lift the AMVP trophy.

In addition, the score of this All-Star Game was 192:182, and the total score of 374 points set a record high in the history of the All-Star Game. There is really no defense at all!
Don't look at the players scoring very hard on the court, but the fans are drowsy off the court, and even Li Pu is also drowsy on the bench.

In the end, I had to stop watching the game and turn around to chat with my former teammates.

"You two have played well recently!"

The people Li Pu praised were Westbrook and Harden, but the response in exchange was not very good.

"Fuck off!"

"Come on, Prince, don't hurt us both!"

Compared with Westbrook's straightforwardness, Harden's character is still a bit softer.

"How can you two miss me so much? I'm really happy for you two!"

This season can be said to be the year when Westbrook and Harden broke out. The two are currently the top two in scoring and the top two in MVP.

This season, the two have completely transformed from first-class stars to superstars!
"Come on, I'd rather trade with you, no performance of victory, meaningless!"

"That's right, I want to win the championship more than the MVP!"

What Li Pu didn't expect was that the two seemed to be more dedicated to the championship.

Think about it too, although both of them have championships, they didn't get it as the team's No.1 after all, and they don't have FMVP.

Now they just want to prove themselves and have a real ring by leading the team and winning a championship!

(End of this chapter)