After the Knicks defeated the 76ers, this away trip ended with three consecutive victories, and the team's record also rose to 27 wins and 11 losses. They also firmly took the third place in the East, while constantly peering at the second place in the East.
Because on the day the Knicks defeated the Sixers, the Magic lost back-to-back to the Denver Nuggets away.
Eastern Division Ranking-
1, Cleveland Cavaliers (30 wins and 10 losses).
2, Boston Celtics (27 wins and 10 losses).
3, New York Knicks (27 wins and 11 losses).
4. Orlando Magic (26 wins and 12 losses).
5, Atlanta Hawks (25 wins and 13 losses).
6, Miami Heat (19 wins and 18 losses).
7, Charlotte Bobcats (17 wins and 19 losses).
8, Chicago Bulls (16 wins and 20 losses).
This season, the rankings of the Knicks and the Bobcats exceeded the expectations of the media and fans, especially the rise of the Knicks is too fast, and the Knicks is like a reconstruction completed overnight.
If he can lead the Knicks back to the playoffs in his rookie season, Lian Dao is the third rookie to achieve this achievement after Anthony and Derek Ross.
The January game was going on in an orderly manner.
On January 21, the NBA official website announced the list of the East-West starting lineups for the 2010 Dallas All-Star Game. Lian Dao was elected as the All-Star vote leader with 3789,572 votes.
This vote result also broke the highest NBA vote record, and it also surpassed the previous All-Star vote king Dwight Howard, who won more than 630,000 votes.
LeBron James won second place in the Eastern Conference with 2549,693 votes.
Kobe Bryant ranks third in the league and first in the West.
The East-West All-Star starting lineup for the 2010 All-Star Game is:
East: Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Lian Dao, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard
West: Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Cameron Anthony, Tim Duncan, Amare Stoudemire.
The All-Star starting lineup has been released. Although many people have long expected Lian Dao to enter the All-Star starter in the rookie season, no one expected Lian Dao to make such a fierce move. It can be said that Lian Dao's record-breaking votes are scared.
It's up to everyone.
Even David Stern was a little surprised after getting Lian Dao's votes. You should know that because Yi Jianlian was almost cast as an All-Star starter by Chinese fans, Stern has diluted a large part of China in proportion.
Fans votes.
But what is different about Lian Dao is that he has a large number of fans in the United States, so the votes are also very high. Even though he diluted most of China's votes, Lian Dao still received more than 3.78 million votes.
The assistant also asked whether to intervene. Nike didn't want Lian Dao to win the All-Star vote king. What they most wanted to see was that James won the vote king, which would maximize Nike's interests. Stern still had no choice after thinking about it.
Conduct interference.
The main reason is Yao Ming's successive injuries. Yi Jianlian is not enough to support the Chinese market. Stern needs to find a star who replaces Yao Ming to support the Chinese market. At present, Lian Dao is the most suitable one, and this season Lian Dao
Judging from his first average score and leading the team, Lian Dao deserves the All-Star vote king.
Some fans in the United States expressed dissatisfaction with this result. They believed that most of the votes of Liandao came from China, and some media also used this to fan the flames, believing that Liandao was an opportune move.
However, some fans refuted this statement. They compared Lian Dao's average score and team-leading results, and believed that Lian Dao's ability to win the ticket king is due to his strength and the expectations in the fans.
Lian Dao not only sneered at the media's doubts, but this is the case in the United States. They are calling for the so-called human rights on the surface, but in fact, in the hearts of Americans, white people are supreme, especially Chinese or Chinese have made outstanding achievements.
When it comes, some media will jump out and question.
These so-called expert media obviously have a deep discrimination against Chinese people, but this is not surprising. Since Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian joined the NBA, the phenomena of "Yao Hei" and "Yi Hei" can be seen everywhere, and from time to time, there are many
Some so-called foreign experts came forward to pick on the tricks.
But what is incomprehensible is that some Chinese people are also bewitched and set the pace on social platforms.
On January 22, the Knicks played against the Lakers at home. This is the second game of the season against the Lakers. Unfortunately, the Knicks still lost this time. Lian Dao did not rest in this game and played for 53 minutes.
That's right, in the 53th minute, the Knicks were still leading the first three quarters, but not many of them were leading, but they could still keep between 5-8 points.
But in the fourth quarter, Paul Gasol broke out. When the shooting percentages of both teams fell seriously, Paul Gasol first opened up the situation. Kobe attracted a lot of attention from the outside, and the whole league knew
Kobe is crazy in the fourth quarter. Others have reduced hit rate due to physical strength in the fourth quarter, but this guy is just the opposite of others. After statistics, Kobe's hit rate and scoring ability in the fourth quarter are ranked in the entire league.
First.
The Knicks dare not relax their defense against Kobe. Espanyol seized the opportunity to fight David Lee alone. His height and wingspan advantage and all-round offensive methods allow him to easily shoot on David Lee's head and use it.
With flexible steps, he could not get any advantage in both Knicks' inside players facing Gasol.
In the last 10 seconds, the score between the Knicks and the Lakers was only one three-pointer. What's so hard to die is that this is the Lakers' right to play. Kobe performed the last attack, and the Knicks only need to defend this goal.
, that will win the game at home, and on the contrary, it will enter overtime, and the game will be very likely to lose.
In the last attack, the Knicks gave up all inside defense and only blocked the Lakers' outside. To be honest, just blocked Kobe. As a famous paranoid, Kobe will definitely be executed by Kobe.
It's one thing to know who is executing, and it's another thing to be able to defend against it. Unfortunately, the Knicks didn't defend it. Lian Dao and Wilson Chandler have already covered Kobe's face, but the three-point line
The angle of the surgeon was too big, and it was almost 45°. After the shot, Kobe fell flat on the floor and slid out.
Lian Dao turned around and watched the whole game time finish, the basketball slid into the basket, and shook his head helplessly.
He reached out and helped Kobe up, the two hugged each other, and walked towards their team's bench.
Play overtime!
In overtime, the Knicks' shooting percentage dropped further. Lian Dao's physical crisis that has not happened for a long time appeared again in overtime. On the Lakers, Odom and Bynum played in overtime.
In a 7:0 wave, although Lian Dao kept shooting three-pointers from the outside, his shooting percentage dropped significantly. He made 1 of 4 shots, but he was still unable to make the situation come true.
The score of the game was 115:120.
Lian Dao scored the highest score in the game, 48 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and the Knicks had the highest score, David Lee, who scored 24 points and 13 rebounds in the game, with the most assists.
It was Holiday, who scored 13 points in the game, but gave 17 assists.
Millsap was somewhat restricted by Paul Gasol in this game. In the showdown between the two Pauls, Millsap was still behind. Millsap scored 8 points and 6 rebounds in the whole game.
Kobe scored the second highest score in the game by the Lakers, but he gave 11 assists in this game, and the biggest beneficiary was Gasol. Gasol scored 28 points and 15 rebounds in the game.
A large double pair.
At the post-match press conference, the media deliberately provoked Kobe on the All-Star vote.
"What do you think about Sickle winning the All-Star vote king with more than 1 million votes?"
From this question you can see the media's provocation.
"I don't have any opinion. These votes are voted by the fans themselves. If they want to see which player they will vote for at the All-Star. Moreover, I don't think that with the current results of Sickle, I will get the All-Star votes.
What's wrong with the king?"
Kobe's answer obviously disappointed the media in the audience. They did not want to see the NBA in harmony. On the contrary, they hoped to say "Liangdao only accounts for the base of Chinese fans" after seeing the game.
On the Knicks' side, the New York media will certainly not make things difficult for Lian Dao. Although they lost the ball, the opponent is the defending champion. They played with the defending champion until overtime before they decided to win. This is for the New York Knicks.
This was something I never dared to think about before. They had only been beaten when they met the Los Angeles Lakers before.
You still want to lead and want to be a waste of money, let alone fight to overtime.