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Defeating the Wizards and Heat at home, and defeating the Bulls on the road, the Raptors won by more than 15 points.

The lineups of the three teams have flaws. The Wizards and Bulls do not protect the basket enough, and the insides are too short. The Heat have poor lineup depth and poor defense at the No. 1 position.

Tim Hardaway was injured and absent, resulting in the Heat's lack of offensive power. Even if the "Beatle" is on the court, his strength is not as good as before. This season, his shooting percentage is only 38%, averaging 13.4 points and 7.8 assists per game.

The absence of Billups has little impact on the Raptors' offense. Curry and Hornacek are better than him in running, catching and shooting.

The more blossoming Raptors are difficult to deal with, but they share the ball and have average star statistics. Halfway through the season, Carter still averages only 24.4 points per game.

Yang Rui has nothing to do about this. Just like the Celtics' Big Three in his previous life, three stars who averaged 20+ per game came together and were very efficient. However, in the 2007-2008 season, they failed to score 20 points. .

Carter ranks first on the team in the number of shots per game, only 17.4, which is not as good as the Lakers' second leader Kobe Bryant's 17.8. He can't compare with Iverson who averaged 25 shots per game. He played 5 minutes less and scored only 4.5 points less than Iverson.

Carter won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month award for the third consecutive month.

The Pacers only lost two games in January. Rose averaged 21.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, shooting 48.6% from the field and 41% from the three-point range. He was equally comprehensive and could only rank second.

Even if Rose has better statistics, he still can't compete with Carter. This is the importance of being highly praised by the league.

Except for Iverson, there are no stars with particularly outstanding statistics in the Eastern Conference this year. Hill's team has a poor record. Carter relies on the best record to stand out in the Eastern Conference!

On February 3, the Raptors challenged the Spurs away from home.

The 36-year-old veteran Curry had a wonderful performance, making 6 of 11 shots, 5 of 8 three-pointers, and scored 17 points and 3 rebounds.

McGrady made 7 of 16 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 6 of 9 free throws, and scored 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists. The two of them scored more points than all the Spurs' substitutes, helping the team to defeat the Spurs.

The Spurs are still strong. Duncan dominated the paint with 32 points, 17 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. David Robinson also had 18 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists. However, the Spurs lost 106 to 115. They lost both games in the regular season and were swept by the Raptors. .

On the 5th,

The Raptors played the Bucks away from home and won 110-95.

Veteran Curry showed off his strength again, playing 25 minutes, making 6 of 13 shots, 4 of 7 three-pointers, and scored 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

With star teammates attracting defenses, Curry can easily get shooting opportunities. As a stable three-pointer, he can also help stars create better one-on-one opportunities, preventing opponents from double-teaming.

Boykins has little chance to play. Once he comes on, the opponent will score very high.

On February 8, in a 109-88 victory over the Hawks, Carter broke out, scoring 36 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists, and made 4 of 6 three-pointers.

Curry made 6 of 9 shots, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 14 points and 2 rebounds. Apart from scoring, Curry has not contributed much, which is enough. He has scored in double figures in three consecutive games, playing only about 20 minutes, and is very efficient.

Defeated the Pistons 106-100 back-to-back on the 9th. The Pistons have a winning record of more than half, barely ranking eighth in the Eastern Conference, and have been unable to lead the team to perform in the playoffs. Grant Hill's popularity has also begun to decline.

The Raptors entered the All-Star Weekend with a terrifying record of 44 wins and 3 losses.

Best rookie, best record, Jordan's successor, half-man, half-god, regular in the top five... A series of titles have made Vince Carter even more popular than Yang Rui in his previous life.

When voting for the All-Star Game closed, he received a total of 2,115,887 votes, becoming the vote leader without any doubt, leading the second-ranked O'Neal by more than 300,000 votes, and leading the Western Conference's "Jordan successor" Kobe by more than 1 million votes.

In Yang Rui's previous life, from 2000 to 2002, no one could compare to Carter's popularity. Unfortunately, like Hill, he failed to lead the team further in the playoffs. Without a record, he could not maintain his popularity, and injuries made him even more popular. He fell early.

Yang Rui believes that all this will change. Carter did not wear Puma sneakers, which reduced the possibility of injury. Third uncle Bruce Bowen and Yang Rui have a very good relationship, and they are all in contact online now. It is impossible to give Carter a black leg in the regular season. Moreover, Bowen, who did not join the Spurs, is not so bad.

Carter is not the only star of the Raptors. Tracy McGrady received 800,000 votes, which is much worse than Carter, but surpassed the Knicks "Madman" Sprewell to become a shooting guard.

The other three are Alonzo Mourning of the Heat, Allen Iverson of the 76ers, and Grant Hill of the Pistons.

7 substitutes in the Eastern Conference: Jermaine O'Neal, Brad Miller (Raptors), Ray Allen, Glenn Robinson (Bucks), Reggie Miller (Pacers), Mutombo ( Hawks), Eddie Jones (Hornets).

Sprewell will miss the All-Star Game due to injury, and Ray Allen will replace him. As a result, the Knicks will have no one to participate in this season.

Ben Wallace and Alan Houston have good statistics. When the coach selects substitutes, he pays more attention to the reputation of the players, and he selects people that the fans want to see.

The Raptors became the biggest winner with four players selected due to their best record. Yang Rui naturally became the head coach of the Eastern Stars.

Western stars: Kidd (Suns), Kobe Bryant, O'Neal (Lakers), Garnett (Timberwolves), Tim Duncan (Spurs).

7 substitutes: Michael Finley (Mavericks), John Stockton, Karl Malone (Jazz), Rasheed Wallace (Trail Blazers), Chris Webber (Kings), David - Robinson (Spurs), Gary Payton (SuperSonics).

The head coach of the Western Conference is "Zen Master" Phil Jackson.

The Western Conference lineup looks unreasonable at first glance. There are actually 7 big men. Yang Rui immediately figured out what tactics to use and was confident of winning.

What is more embarrassing is that this time the All-Star Weekend was held in Oakland, California, but no one from the Warriors at home was selected, not even one person ranked among the top 20 in the vote, and their record was the worst in the Western Conference.

Carter and McGrady will also participate in the dunk contest together. McGrady's heart is not small. They have practiced dunking together in the team. He knows very well that he can't beat Carter, so he is here to accompany him.

Hornacek participated in the three-point long-range shooting competition. As the most accurate three-pointer in the team, long-range shooting is his main scoring method. He averaged 2.5 shots per game and hit an astonishing 47.8% from the field.

There are also some changes during Star Weekend. The Rookie Challenge becomes the first-year team vs. the second-year team.

Raptors assistants Thibodeau and D'Antoni will lead the second-year rookie team together.

Although Carter and Miller are second-year rookies, they did not participate in the rookie game because they were selected for the All-Star Game. Many fans regretted this, raised questions, and hoped that Carter could play one more game.

Carter would be too tired to participate in the rookie game again. The reason why the league did not arrange this is to protect him.

Even so, the second-year team is strong enough, led by Pierce, Nowitzki, LaFrentz, Bibby, Mobley and others.

There are also potential new stars such as Brand, Francis, Odom, and Szczerbiak in the first grade. This rookie competition is full of talents.