stadium ambition

Chapter 134
After the game, Su Yang originally wanted to chat with Harden Wei Shao, but they left the arena directly with Durant, and did not participate in the handshake after the game, as if they were very upset because they lost the game. After all, it has lost four games in a row.

Su Yang returned to the locker room, took a shower and changed clothes, hurriedly answered a few reporters' questions, and then left the arena to go to the team bus, but met the assistants sent by Westbrook and Harden, saying that the two were limited by the team. Inner atmosphere, hope to chat next time.

The Clippers team rushed back to the hotel, took their luggage and went straight to the airport, and flew to New Orleans overnight.

It was early in the morning when the plane landed, and at noon, the NBA officially announced the results of the first round of voting for the 10-year All-Star.

Without any suspense, Kobe was elected as the league's stage vote leader and the first Western guard with 692518 votes. McGrady and Nash followed closely, ranking second and third among Western guards, and Su Yang ranked fourth among Western guards with 281545 votes. .

Such a result quickly caused fans, especially Chinese fans, to question why Su Yang, who had played historical data as a rookie, ranked fourth in the Western Conference, while McGrady, who played less than three hours in total, ranked second in the Western Conference.

The ridicule against McGrady quickly spread in major Chinese basketball forums. Many Mai Mi said that McGrady’s popularity has accumulated for a longer period of time, and he can get the support of fans of his age group. Moreover, Su Yang’s attitude towards the media is not good, and he may enjoy more spontaneous publicity in the United States and other regions. Few, and the Americans were worried that Su Yang would take away all the honors, so they deliberately refused to vote.

The two sides quarreled endlessly, and some people even suggested Su Mi, the official NBA routine, in order to let Su Mi spontaneously conduct more publicity for Su Yang and discuss more about the All-Star game, so that Su Mi could act as a free publicity labor force.

Such a conspiracy theory is not raised at will, and fans have long suspected that the NBA has manipulated votes.

The most recent time was the All-Star in 09. Anthony, who had been in the leading position at the beginning, was unexpectedly overtaken by Stoudemire a few days before the voting deadline, but it is clear at a glance which of the two has more fans.

I thought that such a conspiracy theory inspired Su Mi. They began to post many pictures and texts on various Chinese basketball forums, and even non-basketball related forums, calling on fans and passers-by to vote for Su Yang as an All-Star.

When Su Yang woke up, he received a lot of screenshots about the controversy sent by Zheng Xiang. After reading it, he thought about it for a while, and then through his official Twitter, he suggested that everyone treat voting rationally, and he doesn't value the All-Stars.

The main reason is that the All-Star weekend is a formality. Originally, there was a need to meet the endorsement conditions, but AJ did not impose any conditions. It is better to rest at home to play games. The All-Star MVP is not a top-notch hard product.

Unexpectedly, when he said this, Su Mi understood that more efforts were needed, and more articles calling for voting for him appeared on major Chinese forums, which allowed him to get a lot of publicity in a short period of time and attracted a lot of attention .

Many Su Mi even went to foreign forums and edited articles in English to call for posts.

Seeing that the fans fell into a frenzy, Su Yang quickly tweeted to stop all publicity, and finally calmed down.

Su Yang devoted himself to training with a little worry about the fan circle culture formed by his fans.

The Clippers team took a day off and rushed to the New Orleans Arena to challenge the Hornets away.

I thought it was a fierce battle, but Paul was temporarily absent from the game due to injury, and the Hornets could only arrange Darren Collison to start. Su Yang's defensive pressure on the offensive end suddenly dropped sharply, scoring 14 points and 3 assists in the first quarter.

The Hornets, who lost Paul's command, still have a tacit understanding in the starting lineup because of their long-term cooperation.

After the large-scale rotation began in the second quarter, their offense was completely messed up. Although the Clippers' defensive strength was only one-third of the previous matchup, they still achieved a 23-point lead at halftime, which was boring.

The fourth quarter of the game was completely garbage time. Su Yang took a break in the second half of the third quarter. His personal data was fixed at 32 points, 11 assists and 4 steals. The Clippers finally won the game easily 111-89.

That night, the Clippers set off to New York for back-to-back away games against the Knicks.

After entering the NBA, Su Yang played in the basketball mecca Madison Square for the first time. He secretly decided to leave a classic performance like Jordan and Kobe. At the beginning of the game, he was full of desire to attack and singled out Du Hong twice with the ball.

Du Hong, who was at a disadvantage in height, strength, and skills, couldn't cope with it at all. Su Yang hit harder and harder and became more excited. In the first quarter, he made 7 of 5 shots, 4 of 3 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws. He scored 23 points in a rare way. Not even an assist.

Van Gundy noticed Su Yang's intentions and adjusted the rotation arrangement in the second quarter, and Su Yang was able to play early. Although the Knicks used double-teaming to restrict him, he still scored 15 points and 4 assists in a single quarter.

After returning from the halftime break, the Knicks frantically adopted a three-man stare and containment strategy.

Su Yang really had no better way, but the Clippers scored easily many times, and the lead expanded rapidly.

With more than five minutes left in the third quarter of the game, the Knicks played directly with all substitutes.

Su Yang felt that it was boring to stay on the court. His personal statistics remained at 43 points and 6 assists. Van Gundy also wanted more rest for the main players. The Clippers also used a full bench lineup, but they still won by nearly [-] points.

After playing the Knicks, the Clippers set off for Philadelphia overnight, preparing to challenge the 76ers away.

Su Yangluo received Zheng Xiang's message and learned that the call for voting that had been suspended earlier had not stopped. Su Mi seemed to have been trained as a spy, and began to transfer to QQ groups and internal activities in Tieba, insisting not to disturb other netizens.

Su Yang was very moved, and directly recorded a video next to the plane to express his gratitude. At the same time, he promised that everyone's efforts would never be in vain, and he would be worthy of the honor created by everyone, whether it is the number one in the Western Conference, the number one in the league, or even the number one in history.

After two days of rest, the Clippers came to the Wells Fargo Center.

With the idea of ​​maintaining an efficient state before the All-Stars, Su Yang caught fellow rookie Zhu Huo Ledi to fight hard at the beginning of the game. With his speed advantage and pick-and-roll, he made 76ers center Dalembert turn around.

He scored 11 points and 5 assists in the first quarter, and scored 12 points and 5 rebounds in the second quarter.

Coming back from the halftime break, Iguodala’s switch of defense made him a little uncomfortable, but he chose to play hard many times, resulting in a tragic performance of only 6 of 1 in a single quarter. Even if he sent 4 assists, the 76ers still narrowed the point difference. very.

A few minutes before the fourth quarter, Brand, the old captain who came off the bench, seemed to be rejuvenated. He teamed up with Speights to make a terrifying performance of 11 of 8 shots, helping the 76ers to even out the difference and take the lead.

The crisis of losing made Su Yang completely sober. He regained the normal rhythm of the game. First, he helped the Clippers overtake the score through assists and offensive rebounds, and then stole Iguodala consecutively at the last moment, and won the victory steadily.

The Clippers left Philadelphia that night and rushed to Minnesota the next day to challenge the Timberwolves in back-to-back away games.

The two teams played inextricably in the first quarter, but the Timberwolves' ability to hold the ball was too poor, and they began to slump in the second quarter. The Clippers continued to rush wildly under the leadership of Su Yang, and soon established a lead of up to 120 points. In the end, 94 to [-] wins.

苏阳拿到21+13+11的三双数据，坎比也有10分18篮板6助攻5盖帽的超级亮眼表现，可谓首次面对强力内线队伍并未吃亏，实属有些奇怪。

After beating the Timberwolves, the Clippers got three full days off. The whole team flew south to Phoenix to prepare for the last game of six consecutive away games, which is also the annual Christmas game. The opponent is the Suns led by Nash.

At noon on the 23rd, the NBA officially announced the results of the new round of All-Star voting. Su Yang received nearly 80 votes. In the Western Conference guard selection, he surpassed Nash and McGrady by a large margin, and Kobe was less than [-] votes behind.

(End of this chapter)