The last day of the All-Star Game is the main game. Lin Yu and Dayao both played as starters. Another NBA All-Star China Derby was staged.
But just like the previous time, Dayao played the game as usual and only played the first quarter.
For Lin Yu, he played for more than 7 minutes in the first quarter and did not get much of the ball. He only took 3 three-pointers and scored 2.
Without the ball, Lin Yu simply gave up the game. He has no interest in the honor of All-Star MVP for the time being.
The top vote-getter doesn’t have the ball, so where did it go?
The ball rights in the Eastern Conference are concentrated in the hands of James. Last year's All-Star Game, James' goal was the MVP. However, at the last moment of the last quarter, Kobe Bryant scored consecutively and took away the victory, taking away the MVP by the way.
This year he made a comeback and seemed more determined.
No one in the Western Conference has come forward this year, which is also related to the fact that Kobe retired from injury after playing only 2 minutes.
After Kobe Bryant retired due to injury, Anthony took more shots in the starting lineup, while Dayao, Duncan, and Iverson were all in trouble.
Coming off the bench, Roy, Stoudemire, and the host Paul all got considerable possession of the ball.
In this year's All-Star Game, the Western Team didn't seem very competitive, and the Eastern Team took the lead all the way. However, there is a default rule in the All-Star Game, which is that the score in the first three quarters cannot be too high.
Everyone is here for entertainment. If the score is too big, those who are lagging behind will not be able to survive.
As a result, the game dragged on until the fourth quarter. At the last moment, the score was not too wide, but at the decisive moment, things started to get serious.
The problem is that no one on the Western Conference team wants to compete for this year's All-Stars, so Paul played seriously at the last moment.
In the end, the more serious James took away the victory and won the All-Star MVP trophy with a game-high 27 points, plus 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
Lin Yu, the top vote-getter, played the entire game. Excluding the first quarter, he only played more than 5 minutes in the last three quarters. In a total of 13 minutes of playing time, he made 4 of 6 shots and scored 11 points.
After the All-Star Weekend trip, Lin Yu, accompanied by Amanda Grey, embarked on a journey back to New York.
Along the way, the two also talked about the All-Star Game. Amanda Gray asked Lin Yu why he didn't compete.
"There is nothing to fight for. You have also watched the game. This year, except LeBron, no one wants to compete for this extremely entertaining honor. Do you know why?"
Lin Yu smiled and asked Amanda Gray instead.
Amanda Gray shook her head and stared at Lin Yu with her eyes, trying to get an answer from Lin Yu.
"Because this year's regular season is too intense. If you look at the Western Conference, the top teams in recent years have all gone down. Each one has various problems. Melo and Allen Iverson, Duncan and Nowitzki,
These people are only thinking about the regular season, so how can they think about competing for the honor of an All-Star MVP."
"There is also Kobe. He said he retired due to injury, but in fact it was a minor problem of no consequence. He retired so early because of the fierce competition in the regular season. They are first in the Western Conference, and the Hornets behind them are only 0.5 points behind them.
The gap in wins, in addition to the battle for first place in the Western Conference, there is also the battle for regular season MVP. If the regular season MVP is ahead, who will care about an All-Star MVP?"
"What about the east?"
Lin Yu has finally finished explaining the west, and the reasons are very reasonable, but for the east, Amanda Gray is still confused.
"The Eastern Conference? No one in the Eastern Conference can compete with LeBron. I won't compete. Dwyane has even played very little in the regular season, and he doesn't want to compete. Besides the two of us, who else in the Eastern Conference can compete with LeBron? No more!"
Amanda Gray nodded thoughtfully, but Lin Yu drew his thoughts to fishing.
"Amanda, when you return to New York, please help me ask if there are any places in New York that are suitable for fishing, and how much does it cost to buy a yacht? This includes the cost of purchasing the yacht and renting the dock to dock."
"You want to have a yacht party too?" Amanda Gray opened her mouth wide. Could it be that the yacht party during the All-Star Weekend made Lin so high that he became addicted?
Lin Yu didn't explain. He was thinking about whether fishing could still be stolen.
The fishing meme, if traced back to its roots, probably comes from Slam Dunk. The popular contestant Sendō Akira in Slam Dunk, his favorite thing to do after being eliminated was fishing.
But this is just the origin of the joke, and it was only later that it became popular.
There are two main things. One is Carmelo Anthony. He led the Nuggets to third place in the Western Conference and entered the playoffs, but was defeated by the sixth-ranked Clippers. Everyone thought he would be very frustrated, but in the end
The next day, Anthony posted several pictures of himself happily going fishing on his social networking site.
The other thing is that Paul George was also eliminated from the playoffs, and then immediately appeared on the sea fishing, and even took his teammate Roy Hibbert and others with him.
Paul George is also the one who really made fishing popular, because he even won the fishing championship.
Based on the analysis of these two things, the fishing meme can be stolen, because this meme has not yet been popularized. Lin Yu only needs to learn from George to steal this meme.
Just, eliminated from the playoffs?
I'm afraid it won't be easy!
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After returning from New Orleans, Lin Yu immediately returned to training hard and adapting to the new tactical system.
Through a loss before the All-Star Game, the Knicks became more aware of their problems, including their weak bench depth and Zach Randolph's cancerous attributes.
For the time being, the problem of bench depth cannot be solved. We can only wait until the end of this season and replenish it next season.
Zach Randolph's cancer attribute cannot be eliminated overnight. What Lin Yu has to do is to stimulate the team's winning genes. Even if this so-called cancer attribute cannot be eliminated, it is not a big problem.
Anyway, as long as he wins, Zach Randolph, who averages 20+10 points per game, will become extremely valuable. Whether it is traded or kept for personal use, it will be a good choice.
After the All-Star Weekend, the time has come for Lin Yu to lead the team into the playoffs.
He could only lose 5 out of 29 games, and the winning rate was as high as 80%. All of this seemed unreal, but Lin Yu just wanted to try.
And after thinking about fishing memes, he felt less burdened. Success would be better. Even if he didn't succeed, he could still make a fishing meme.
Whether he succeeds or not, he has gained something.
In the first game after the All-Star break, the Knicks' opponent was the 76ers, who were currently ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference and were the Knicks' direct competitors for the playoffs.
For Lin Yu, this game is also a reunion with his old friends and former rivals.
"The 76ers' backcourt combination is Andre Miller and Larry Hughes. Of these two, one is Lin Yu's close teammate in the Cavaliers, and the other is Lin Yu's competitor in the Cavaliers..."
In addition to the backcourt combination, the Knicks' third position is LeBron Andre Iguodala Jr., and the inside is the combination of Dalembert and Thaddeus Young. The substitutes include Lewis, who finally realized his potential this season.
-Williams.
Overall, this year's 76ers are pretty good. Apart from the lack of a top star, they don't seem to have any shortcomings. They are a tough nut to crack.