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Chapter 1011 Voting Results

After entering January, the Heat continued the performance of the previous two months, with a gratifying record.

Meng Yun's performance is also very stable, averaging 20+10+8 data per game.

This is because the Heat do not lack excellent insiders. Whiteside, Monroe, Xiang Long, Salinger, and Nene can all grab rebounds. If this is not the case, Meng Yun's average rebounds may not be eight , but ten.

In a strong team like the Heat, there are still a few outstanding insiders, and it is almost impossible to average a triple-double per game.

Of course, even without a triple-double per game, Meng Yun's statistics are already gorgeous.

What's more, whether a player is good or not does not depend entirely on personal data. Is Westbrook's data beautiful?Of course it is beautiful, with an average of 27+10+10 triple-doubles per game, which is one of the few in NBA history.But even so, he was still criticized.

James's data this season is 27+8+8 per game. In terms of statistics, it is obviously not as good as Westbrook, but you have to ask who is better, him or Westbrook?

Everyone will tell you it's James.

Durant's data this season is only 26+6+5, which is far inferior to Westbrook. So do you think Durant is better or Westbrook is better?

Most people will choose Durant.

Each player is in a different team and the environment is different, and their data will also be affected, but the data is not completely equivalent to a player's strength.

For example, in the Warriors, with Curry and Thompson by his side, Durant just doesn't need to score too many points, it's not that he can't score, so the average of 26+6+5 per game is not his real strength.

The same is true for Meng Yun in the Heat.

With Whiteside, Monroe, Xiang Long, Lu Wei, Green and other outstanding players around him, Meng Yun doesn't need to average 30+ per game, nor does he need to average 10 rebounds per game.

It's not because he can't just because he doesn't need to.

What more people look at is actually the real performance of the players on the field, how they play, and what they do on the field.

As for Meng Yun, what impressed people the most was his efficiency.

The feeling of the fans is that as long as Meng Yun makes a shot, it is equivalent to scoring a goal to a large extent. As long as Meng Yun plays, it is like a pinnacle, and the Heat can gain the upper hand.

You know, in this season, Meng Yun's shooting percentage is as high as 49.6%, and his three-point shooting percentage is as high as 40.8%, which is amazing.

Before I knew it, more than half of January had passed.

American Airlines Arena.

In the training arena, the players sat on the sidelines to rest after training.

Meng Yun came to Xiang Long's side, handed Xiang Long a bottle of water, and comforted him: "It's okay, if you didn't make it to the All-Star this time, there will be a next time, with your talent, sooner or later."

Xiang Long just nodded, looking calm.

Just today, the All-Star bench lineup was announced, and Xiang Long's name did not appear in the East All-Star bench list.In other words, he missed this All-Star.

As early as a few days ago, the NBA officially announced the All-Star starting lineup.

According to the results of the three rounds of voting, LeBron James was the final vote leader. He was behind Meng Yun in the first and second rounds, but he didn't want to rebound in the third round.

However, the gap between him and Meng Yun was very small, and it was not surprising that he overtook Meng Yun in the end, and Meng Yun didn't find it difficult to accept.

Meng Yun ranked second in the East, Giannis Antetokounmpo third, Kyrie Irving fourth, and Joel Embiid fifth.

According to the rules of the All-Star voting, three frontcourt players and two backcourt players, Meng Yun and Owen entered the starting lineup as backcourt players, and James, Antetokounmpo, and Embiid entered the starting lineup as frontcourt players.

As for DeRozan, Porzingis, Love, Wall and others behind him, they all missed the start.

In the final vote, Xiang Long only ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference frontcourt.

This is actually a very good result, only behind Porzingis, Love, Horford and others, but after all, he still missed the All-Star.

Durant was originally ranked first in the Western Conference, but it was the same as the Eastern Conference. In the final stage, Stephen Curry overtook Durant and became the top voter in the Western Conference.

Behind Curry, Durant ranked second, Harden third, Westbrook fourth, Davis fifth, and Cousins ​​sixth.
Although Westbrook ranked fourth in the number of votes, according to the rules, only two backcourt players can enter the starting lineup. Curry and Harden are in front of him, so he can only miss the start. Weiss and Cousins, because they are frontcourt players, were selected as starters.

However, with Westbrook averaging a triple-double this season, although he missed the start, there is no problem entering the bench.

Sure enough, just a few days later, the NBA officially announced the All-Star substitute players, and Westbrook was one of them.

In addition, the Eastern and Western players who entered the bench include Kristaps Porzingis, John Wall, Kevin Love, Bradley Beal, LaMarcus Aldridge, Victoria Kedo Oladipo, Kyle Lowry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jimmy Butler, Damian Lillard, Al Horford .

Wade ultimately failed to make the All-Star team.

This is Wade's first absence from the All-Star team since the 04-05 season.

Seeing that Xiang Long didn't respond, Meng Yun didn't say any more. After resting for a while, he returned to the court and started today's extra training.

Xiang Long also got up and joined in.

The players left one after another, and coach Spoelstra was also preparing to leave. Seeing that Meng Yun and Xiang Long were still training, he couldn't help showing a smile, and said to himself: "Maybe one day in the future, Xiang Long will really Will join Meng Yun in the All-Star lineup."

This time only Meng Yun was selected as an All-Star for the Heat, which made Spoelstra feel a little regretful. The Heat have played very well this season and have always occupied the first place in the Eastern Conference, but only Meng Yun was selected as an All-Star , But the Warriors, which regained the No. [-] spot in the Western Conference from the Rockets, had four players selected to the All-Stars. He felt that this was unfair and shouldn't be like this.

The importance and contribution of Meng Yun to the Heat is obvious to all, but other players are also excellent, such as Lu Wei, Xiang Long and Monroe, and Whiteside.

Why was Meng Yun selected as an All-Star alone?

In any case, the All-Star lineup has been settled.

However, the enthusiasm of the fans has not dissipated, on the contrary, it has become more and more high, because this year is somewhat different from previous years.

In previous years, the east and west teams were directly divided, but this year, everyone was disrupted, and the top voters in the east and west would select players separately to form their own teams. How James and Curry would choose people has become the concern and discussion of fans. focus
(End of this chapter)