NBA big yellow bird

Chapter 134 Victory over the Lakers Again
As Zhu Wan won the "voting king" of this year's All-Star Weekend.

The 03-04 season's starting list for the East and West has also been officially released.

The top two guards in the East are Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady;
The forward positions are Vince Carter and Juwan;

The center position belongs to Ben Wallace;

Except for Zhu Wan, they are all "old faces" of the All-Star Weekend.

The top two defenders in the West are Francis and Kobe;

The forward positions are Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett;
The center position is Yao Ming.

If there is still a slight change in the east, with the new face of Zhu Wan appearing, then there is really no change in the west compared to last year.

Yao Ming overwhelmed Shaquille O'Neal to become the starting center of the Western Conference All-Stars for the second consecutive year. Shaq O'Neal is very uncomfortable. You must know that this year's All-Star Weekend is at the Staples Center.

And he also knew very well that he couldn't compete with Yao Ming this time, and he might not be able to compete even more in the future.

This made him keep a straight face when he was interviewed by the media for the next two days.

It doesn't look like the "big pistachio" in the past...

Speaking of which, the media were really surprised. It’s the same sentence. Since the beginning of the NBA, such a thing has never happened. The core of the team who just won the "three consecutive championships" has not competed for a rookie rookie for two consecutive years...

However, to say that Yao Ming's selection as the Western Conference All-Star starter this time is tougher than last season. In the second season of his career, Yao Ming's statistics have increased significantly, averaging 20.4 points, 10.8 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, which is already a stat that can only be obtained by the top insiders in the league. Although O'Neal's stats this season are still better than him, but only 21 points and 11 rebounds, there is no obvious advantage!
Because of this, it is really difficult for the media to say that Yao Ming is relying on "China's power" again this time!
Another interesting point is that the small forwards on the eastern side overwhelm the power forwards, and the two forward positions are all small forwards; while the western side is completely reversed, becoming a power forward and overwhelming the small forwards, and both forwards belong to power forwards...

Of course, the two small forwards in the Eastern Conference are indeed perverted. Even if the two starting forwards in the Western Conference come to meet them, they are also substitutes. One of these two is this year's "Voting King", and the other is ranked second in the total number of votes this year. Who can compete with them!

The next day, North Shore Garden also put up a large independent poster congratulating Zhu Wan at the entrance of the arena. The most conspicuous place on it was written "All-Star Ticket King"...

This made some ice hockey fans who don't like to watch the NBA see it, and immediately became interested in basketball!

It is a rare thing for Boston to have a "voting champion" in the league... You must know that Boston has never had a "voting champion" whether it is a basketball team or an ice hockey team!
Juwan fills a void for the Bostonians in that regard.

This is why the Celtics put up a big poster of Zhu Wan's personal independence at the entrance of the arena for the first time!
Another day later, February officially arrived, and the Celtics ushered in the first game of February at home, a heavyweight competition-the Celtics will usher in the last game of the season against the Lakers at home.

Due to the status of the "old enemies" of the two teams, whether it is the outside media, the Boston media, or the Lakers media, they are all paying attention to this game.

Boston fans are even more concerned!

Of course, before this season officially started, they thought it would be the same as the past few seasons, and they could only watch the Lakers players leave Boston with victory, so they deliberately ignored it.

But no one expected that in the first meeting between the two teams in December, the Celtics, under Juwan's strong performance, actually defeated the Lakers by "down to top"!
This is something most Celtics fans don't think about.

And now, the Celtics have just completed another big deal, and the team's momentum has also become more and more turbulent in a wave of winning streaks. On the Lakers side, the media has revealed more than once that the atmosphere in the team is poor. Comparing the two, Celtics fans are naturally full of expectations for this game.

They believe that this time, it is impossible for the Lakers to leave Boston with their heads held high...

This energy made them subconsciously want to take pictures when they saw Zhu Wan's poster at the entrance of the arena. Fortunately, this was 04, and the pixels of mobile phones were the only thing.
Most of Boston is a Celtics fan.

The title of "the team with the most championships in NBA history" makes all Boston fans proud of it, and it also makes them very picky about every rookie.

Now they are so enthusiastic about Zhu Wan's poster, it can be seen that these "team fans" really recognize Zhu Wan's ability!

Well, with Juwan's current strength, even the pickiest Celtics fans can hardly deny it...

The outside world is waiting for a big battle, and the Celtics fans are all waiting for a victory. Unexpectedly, before the game, the Lakers suddenly broke the news that "Shaq O'Neal is not going to let him play this game because of repeated shoulder injuries."

This suddenly made the outside media and experts feel dull for a while.

The Boston media took the opportunity to ridicule: "Obviously the Lakers are not confident that they can beat us. They chose this way to save face!"

The Los Angeles media did not respond to their sarcasm. As the atmosphere in the Lakers locker room became more and more tense, they had no intention of arguing with other media. They all stared at their own locker room for fear of making any big noises.

But even without Shaquille O'Neal, this Lakers team is not so easy to deal with, not to mention that Kobe came to Boston today after the lawsuit, and he came here with anger.

He vented all his unhappiness in this game.

This put the Celtics into a passive situation from the very beginning.

Seriously, if the Celtics hadn't traded for Rasheed Wallace, Kobe alone would have given the Celtics a drink tonight.

After two consecutive timeouts, under Juwan's reminder, O'Brien re-arranged the target, which barely restrained Kobe.

In the end, 100 to 90, the Celtics reversed the Los Angeles Lakers with a maximum of 8 points behind.

Four consecutive victories!

(End of this chapter)