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Chapter 188 All-Star Ticket King

As the schedule of the new season continues to advance, those teams that were in hot form at the beginning of the season have gradually cooled down and entered a period of adjustment to prepare for the next wave of sprints, while those teams aiming at the playoffs , then began to enter the explosive stage, preparing to take the lead in the competition for the playoffs. As for those poor teams, they are still as stable as ever, especially the Eastern Nets. Half of the season has already passed. Only won 3 games, the worst record this season, it seems to be the Nets.

As for the 18-game winning streak at the beginning of the new season, the King, who ranked first in the league, entered a state of ups and downs after the winning streak was ended, especially after the Christmas game. The longest four-game losing streak of the season, not only failed to overtake the Lakers and regain the number one throne in the league, but the Lakers took the opportunity to open up the gap of two wins. With the solid foundation laid at the beginning of the season, the Kings still ranked second in the Western Conference with a record of 30 wins and 13 losses at halfway through the schedule.

While some melon eaters were still discussing whether the King's record would drop further, on January 2010, 1, the NBA officially announced the voting results for the 22-2009 Dallas All-Star Game.

After the results of the All-Star voting were announced, it quickly overwhelmed all the news about the NBA and became the focus of all the media. No one, because no matter what season, the All-Star Game and the All-Star Weekend, It is a feast second only to the NBA Finals.

However, due to the change of the All-Star voting rules, the number of fans participating in the All-Star voting this season has fallen off a cliff. Compared with last season, five players received more than 250 million votes, and eight players received more than 200 million votes. In such a grand occasion, the total number of votes for the few players elected as the All-Star starters this season is simply appalling.

In addition to the fact that Yan Hua's total votes did not decrease, but increased dramatically, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant and other superstars all saw a big increase in the number of votes. The rate of decline is only a little over 200 million. As for the rest of the All-Star starters, they even have a little over 100 million votes. A total of 100 million votes can be selected as an All-Star starter. In the middle, it is basically something that will not happen. From this, it can also be seen how unpopular the NBA's decision to modify the voting rules is.

Relying on his outstanding performance this season and the huge fan base behind him, in this season's All-Star voting, Yan Hua finally became the top voter in the Dallas All-Star Game with a total of 316 million votes, leading the ranking. LeBron James at No.2 has a gap of nearly 80 votes, which is also the largest gap in the history of All-Star voting.

In addition to Yan Hua who was elected as the starting center of the Western All-Stars as the top voter, the Nuggets' Carmelo Anthony, the Spurs' Tim Duncan, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant, and the Suns' Steve Nash, Together with Yan Hua, he was elected as the All-Star starter in the Western Conference.

In the East, Dwight Howard of the Magic, LeBron James of the Cavaliers, Kevin Garnett of the Celtics, and Dwyane Wade of the Heat were all selected as the All-Star starters without any suspense. , but in addition to the above four, the remaining All-Star starter in the Eastern Conference caused a lot of controversy after the voting results were announced.

Since being traded to the Pistons by the Nuggets, the injury-ridden Allen Iverson has fallen from the peak to the bottom at an extremely fast speed, and even caused a burst of infighting in the Pistons, resulting in six consecutive seasons. The Pistons, who lost the Eastern Conference finals, almost couldn't even make the playoffs.

After the Pistons experienced a failed season, Allen Iverson was sent to the Grizzlies by the Pistons at the beginning of this season, and then returned from the Grizzlies to the 76ers at the beginning of his career, but returned to the 76ers Allen Iverson, but failed to return to the top, unwilling to sink, let alone Allen Iverson, who has been sitting on the bench since then, decided to retire from the NBA after the end of this season.

Allen Iverson, who was already extremely popular, immediately caused a sensation after he made the decision to retire. Allen, who had been overtaken by Vince Carter and Ray Allen in the All-Star voting -Iverson, in the slogan of "the last All-Star" from the fans behind him, overtook in a very short time, and widened the gap with the two of them, and was finally elected as the All-Star starter in the Eastern Conference.

Judging from the performance of Allen Iverson this season, not to mention the All-Star starting, even being selected as a substitute is obviously not qualified, but the fans behind Allen Iverson put Allen Iverson Even though Allen Iverson is a veteran All-Star, a player who averaged 13 points, 3 rebounds, and 4 assists per game was elected as the All-Star starter, which inevitably caused Very big controversy.

After all, the NBA just changed the voting rules for the All-Star because of Yi Jianlian, but in a blink of an eye, Allen Iverson entered the All-Star starting lineup for the same reason as Yi Jianlian, which is ironic when you think about it. Therefore, those fans who were already very dissatisfied with the NBA's change of the All-Star voting rules caught Allen Iverson and slammed it, and there were even some melon eaters who watched the excitement, hoping that the NBA would directly Disqualify Allen Iverson from starting.

NBA Commissioner David Stern, who was troubled by the selection of Allen Iverson, issued a statement soon after the controversy, stating that he would not cancel Allen Iverson's starting qualifications, and at the same time David Stern also said that he is considering reverting to the previous voting rules for next season's All-Star voting.

After relying on empty promises to stabilize those dissatisfied fans, the NBA announced the All-Star substitute lineup, Amare Stoudemire, Paul Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Kay Wen Durant, Brandon Roy, Chris Paul, Deron Williams, these players were selected as the Western Conference All-Stars as substitutes.

Al Horford, Chris Bosh, Paul Pierce, Gerald Wallace, Joe Johnson, Derrick Rose, and Rajon Rondo were added to the Eastern Conference All-Star bench.

After being elected as the All-Star starter and the All-Star vote king, Yan Hua received another milestone award.

(End of this chapter)