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Chapter 506 I really don't want to be the ticket king

After the Warriors won the first ten consecutive victories, they have already attracted the attention of the entire league.

In every subsequent game, the other teams regarded them as the biggest enemy, and made a lot of detailed arrangements and deployments every time, and went all out in every game.

Sure enough, the Warriors lost next.

When hitting the No.12 winning streak, they lost to the Hornets, who were semi-strong and not weak in the Eastern Conference.

Baron Davis of the Hornets scored a large double-double with 32 points and 15 assists. He broke through the entire point guard line of the Warriors alone. In the end, Qin Fei personally defended him.

But this bearded man has gone crazy, and he still broke through 30+ points fiercely.

As a result, seven of the Hornets scored in double figures, and completed the sniper attack with more points, ending the Warriors' eleven-game winning streak.

This is a huge confidence boost for the Hornets, a young team.

At the beginning of this season, the Hornets' record was not good, not even as good as last season.

Of course, the performance of several players in the team is remarkable.

For example, Baron Davis, who entered his third season in his career.

Davis's physical fitness has exploded. It is rare to see a player in the first position so strong, and he also has speed, explosive power and bounce, and often changes directions and rushes to the inside to complete the attack frame.

The players on the Warriors' first position, two veterans, and Billups.

None of them have the same effect as him, and the players in the first position of the Warriors today either move too slowly laterally or lack strength. It is particularly difficult to defend Davis, and it is only natural for them to be blown up.

After the game, Qin Fei was full of praise for Baron Davis.

"He is too good, and a player like him actually represents the development of another model. I think he is the spokesperson of the combo guard in the new era."

Qin Fei's evaluation was very high, so Baron Davis also entered the media's field of vision and gained a lot of exposure.

At this time, the player with the highest scoring average per game in the Hornets is actually Mashburn, but Davis is the core of the Hornets' offense, and the Hornets' intention to right Davis has become clear.

Davis was also flattered to receive a "comment" card from Qin Fei.

Unexpectedly, Qin Fei, who is a superstar in the league, would have such a high opinion of him.

So in an interview with the media, Baron Davis also reciprocated, bragging about Qin Fei.

"Qin Fei is too strong. His performance this season is unbelievable. Of course, not only this season, but he has also proved himself before. His story is very inspirational, inspiring and motivating many people."

"I think he's the MVP right now, the undisputed kind."

A wave of commercial bragging has satisfied the media of both places.

Although the Warriors lost the game and failed to refresh the league's best start record, the Warriors still rank first in the league, ahead of the top teams in the league such as the Lakers, 76ers, and Bucks.

It is worth mentioning that the Kings in the West and the Nets in the East also have a very high record this season, closely following the first team, and are among the best in the league's combat power rankings.

At the end of November, the Warriors lost another game, and the single-month record was 11 wins and 13 losses.

Therefore, when selecting the best player of the month, Qin Fei's name was included in the league's first consideration.

At the beginning of December, the results of the selection came out, and Qin Fei really became the best player in the Western Conference of the league that month.

The best players of the week were selected separately, and the best players of the month were also selected separately.

In the first month, the best of the week in the western part was given to Qin Fei, and the best of the week in the eastern part was given to Jason Kidd of the Nets.

This is not the first time in Kidd's career that he was selected as the player of the month. As early as the last century, Kidd had won the player of the month when he was still a wanderer returning to the Suns.

Unexpectedly, he won the player of the month in the first month after leaving the Suns.

This month, his statistics are not as good as expected, averaging 13.3 points, 9.7 assists, 7.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game.

But the Nets have a very good record, 15 wins and 4 losses, the best record in a single month among the Eastern Conference teams, and are currently ranked ahead of the 76ers and the Bucks.

So when selecting the best player of the month, the selection rules are actually a bit like selecting the best player of the season.

The proportion of record is always greater than the proportion of personal data.

With the combination of the two, Kidd beat Iverson, Ray Allen and others, and won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month.

The Nets are very happy.

They admitted that they had a gamble, but they made the right bet. Although Kidd does not have explosive and exaggerated stats, he has too much influence on the team. He can always lead the team to victory, which is what the Nets need most at the moment.

Kidd activated a bunch of scoring champions of the Nets.

Kenyon Martin, Van Horn, Kissels.
The New Jersey Nets are on the rise.

With the rise of the Nets, New York fans across a river from New Jersey felt sad, feeling like being climbed on their heads by country bumpkins.

Just like the relationship between the Lakers and the Clippers, the fighting and competition between teams in the same city are more intense than imagined.

The key is that the New York Knicks at this time are already in a quagmire.

The team fell apart, and had long since lost its strength in previous years. The winning percentage in the first month of the game was less than [-]%, ranked outside the top ten, and rushed to the lottery again.

Therefore, New York fans are extremely dissatisfied, writing letters, complaining and complaining, hoping that the team will fire the current general manager.

Think the general manager is unresponsive, the draft is bad, and the free market always gets nothing.
The current general manager of the Knicks is no longer the haughty businessman that Qin Fei was when he first entered the league. He has changed a few times.

The general manager is not a koi, how does he know which players are more outstanding in the draft?
The most urgent task is to clear up some of the previous lengthy contracts, and after clearing the salary space, we can quickly rebuild. How can it be done in one step?

But the fans don't think so. Seeing the rise of the Nets, they are even more nerve-wracking.

So under such pressure, the Knicks were forced to open for business and carried out some operations, either gambling, or to appease restless Knicks fans.

But the more it is like this, the more you can't mess around.

Otherwise, it is easy to get stuck in it, and it is difficult to get up again.

In December, temperatures in North America plummeted.

The Warriors ended a comfortable November schedule and started some long-distance away games in December, including a wave of seven consecutive trips, from the Central Region to the Northeast and back to the Bay Area.

Under such a schedule, there will be more back-to-backs, and the physical fitness and state of the players will be a test.

The Warriors also had some normal losses, and it's impossible to win every game.

In December, he also suffered some minor injuries. For example, the veteran Blaylock suffered a knee injury and needed a truce for more than a month. Then Dell Curry entered the rotation and replaced Blaylock as the first point guard substitute.

As a result, Dell Curry did not play for two days and was also injured. The finger contusion required a truce for more than a week.

The Warriors hoarded several players at the No. [-] position at the beginning of the season, and they were all injured in a blink of an eye.

In this case, rookies like Arenas and Michael Reed have gotten some opportunities.

Arenas' performance is obviously better than Reed's, but his shortcomings are also very obvious.

He just doesn't like to listen to the coach's words very much, and sometimes he is easy to get ahead, and wants to come by himself when he gets the ball. Except for Qin Fei, it's useless for anyone to ask for the ball.

"This guy"

Carlisle shook his head.

Although Reed played averagely, he was still obedient. Arenas was a restless master who wanted to be supernatural all day long, and his defense was particularly bad. Sometimes, he directly raised the opponent to supernatural power.

"He needs to learn and grow and understand what's the right way to play."

At the media conference, Carlisle commented on Arenas.

Carlisle has a scoring table in his heart, and he will score each player every night of the game. Among a bunch of new players, Ginobili has the highest score.

Ginobili's current position in Carlisle is about seventh and eighth, and he is already a relatively stable rotation player for the team.

The others are all temporary workers, but they came out to save the scene because of injuries.

In terms of status and importance, it is significantly lower than Ginobili.

Reflecting on the real court, Ginobili's playing time has climbed to more than 15 minutes, sometimes even more than 20 minutes, while Arenas and Reed usually have 10 minutes to play, sometimes less than 10 minutes, and even broke the blood for a chance to play.

That's the current Warriors rotation.

Qin Fei averaged 29.8 points per game in the first month, but his scoring average increased in December.

Throughout December, Qin Fei averaged 12 points per game, just 30.8 point higher than in December.

The personal scoring average has returned to more than 30 points.

But it is not the top of the scoring list. In the past two months, the top scoring list is Allen Iverson, who averaged more than 32 points per game, topping the list.

The scoring list will receive relatively more attention. Compared with the rebounding and assisting lists, the players on the scoring list, even if they are outside the top ten, will also receive attention. That stage is almost the stage of more than [-] points.

But in the rebounding and assist charts, players averaging less than 10 rebounds per game and players averaging less than 8 assists per game are generally difficult to get attention, although some players are still in the top 10, which is useless.

This is called the important list effect.

For the month of December, the league awarded the Player of the Month to Chris Webber, Paul Pierce and Anthony Walker respectively.

The appearance of three players of the month at once can be regarded as a new record in the NBA.

Among them, Paul Pierce and Anthony Walker should be regarded as sharing this Eastern Conference player of the month.

It is worth mentioning that both of them were elected for the first time in their careers.

Throughout December, the Celtics performed well, ranking first in the Eastern Conference with a record of 12 wins and 11 losses in a single month. Among them, Paul Pierce averaged 5 points, 27.7 rebounds, 6.6 assists, 3.3 steals and 2.1 blocks per game. He contributed a lot of energy on both ends of the offense and defense, and Anthony Walker also had 1.6 points, 23.4 rebounds and 9.3 assists in a single month.

So the Celtics Gemini, it makes sense to everyone, the league took the last slap, and simply came up with an operation to share the best of the month in the Eastern Conference. Anyway, the best of the month has depreciated, so let’s simply go a little further and distribute the awards widely.

The Bulls, which are also operated by Gemini, are not as good as the Celtics in terms of single-month record, and suffered a small loss.

So it was only nominated, but not finally elected, which made Chicago fans feel a little regretful.

In the last game at the end of December, the Warriors challenged the Lakers away.

This is the focus battle arranged by the league, which happened to be on the last day of 2001.

Both teams went all out to fight. In the end, the Lakers lost to the Warriors 101 to 103 at home.

Qin Fei hit a key three-pointer with 1.7 seconds left in the game, completed a quasi-lore, and led the team to overtake the score. Kobe missed the last shot and failed to counter-lore, leaving Angel City with countless sighs.

This year, the Lakers are still at their peak, but the remarks about whether the team can win the championship have gradually begun to hurt the team. Rumors have even affected the hearts of the players. Compared with last year's bang, the team's state this year seems to be slightly worse.

The record is also lower than the Warriors and Kings, temporarily ranking third in the West.

The Warriors were able to make great strides. Although the best of the month was not awarded to Qin Fei, Qin Fei still topped the MVP rankings. It seemed that no one could threaten or impact his honor.

The league's first All-Star voting is also out.

In the first round of voting, Qin Fei was the league's top voter.

This year's All-Star Game was held in Philadelphia. Just last season, the Philadelphia 76ers won the championship.

The basketball atmosphere in Philadelphia is very good, and the support rate of local fans has been very high in the past two years.

But in the Eastern Conference's first round of All-Star voting, Iverson only ranked fourth, behind Jordan, Carter and Yao Ming.

It doesn't matter if you are behind Jordan and Carter, and even Yao Ming is behind. This made many Philadelphia fans feel dissatisfied, and then called friends and began to vote for Iverson.

After the first round of voting, there will be a period of fierce competition before the second round is released.

In fact, it is not necessary, and they are not players in the same position anyway.

But in the eyes of fans, this is not okay.

The All-Star players you like should have matching voting results. This is not only a symbol of popularity, but also involves other aspects.

"You can solicit votes however you want, anyway, Qin Fei is still the top voter."

Warriors fans feel safe and secure. Qin Fei has been very popular in the past two years, and with Yao Ming's entry into the NBA and the rapid development of the Internet, a large number of Chinese fans have also begun to participate in voting. Qin Fei holds multiple channels and has a clear advantage in the number of votes.

"Stop voting for me, please vote for the rest of our team!"

In an interview, Qin Fei said that he has already felt the deep love of the fans, but he already has enough votes, and the name of a vote champion has no real effect. It is better to canvass for his teammates. One more All-Star player in the team will help the team's morale.

Is there still such an operation?

No one in the league has ever done this before. Usually, they just record some short videos to help themselves get votes. Some players even do some really funny things in order to get votes.

Qin Fei was the first person to help his teammates solicit votes.

This is completely within the scope of the rules, it is very reasonable, and the teammates are also very touched. Qin Fei is too real, this is the legendary "Work hard for the dreams of teammates?"

That's what Qin Fei did. Unexpectedly, the results of the second round of voting showed that the gap between Qin Fei and other players was even bigger.

Although the votes of other Warriors players, such as Big Ben and O'Neal Jr., have risen, they are not as fast as Qin Fei. At the end of the second round, Qin Fei's votes have exceeded 100 million, while Carter, who ranks second, only has 70 votes. Qin Fei surpassed Carter by 30 votes.

"This is the audience's rebellious psychology."

Qin Fei was very emotional. Although he didn't want to be the king of votes, his popularity didn't allow it. If the audience said "NO", he couldn't do anything about it.
(End of this chapter)