This Forward is Not Serious

The game between the Nets and Thunder was very intense.

As Durant said, Westbrook is playing better than ever.

But it's not that Westbrook has become stronger.

This sounds a bit paradoxical, but the fact is that Westbrook holds the ball less and devotes more energy to off the ball and defense.

Well, yes, Westbrook was defensive during the Thunder period.

Accordingly, Durant took on more responsibilities.

This is also an important reason why Durant is averaging so many points per game now.

But it does prove to be an effective approach.

So aside from defensive counterattacks, the two teams played a bit similar in positional battles, both relying on singles-derived tactics based on a strong offensive point.

This looks like a real showdown between the Texas Twins.

Durant is as versatile as Lin Ying, has no solution, and cannot be defended one-on-one.

The two teams fought fiercely until the end of the fourth quarter, when some subtle changes occurred on the field.

The biggest difference between Durant and Lin Ying is also reflected. .

Physical fitness, Durant's physical fitness is not enough.

So at the last moment, the ball was forced back into Westbrook's hands.

Westbrook has gained confidence, and his organization is actually not bad.

But there were one or two rounds where his choices were fatal.

For example, after a breakthrough, he waved the ball directly to the Nets, or another example was a breakthrough jump shot that hit the timer.

Not much, just two rounds in total, which is much less than in past seasons.

But, it is deadly enough.

Because two evenly matched teams compete for a few details at the last moment.

In the end, the Nets defeated the Thunder 116-112.

This game also shows why the Thunder played well but failed to surpass the Warriors and Spurs in terms of record.

This wasn't the first time they'd experienced a night like this.

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Time flies to the end of January.

The season is already halfway through, and the pattern of the East and West is beginning to emerge.

The Warriors occupy the top spot in the Western Conference and are also the first team in the league.

They have only lost a total of 9 games halfway through the season, and their record of 40 wins and 9 losses is amazing.

If they continue to play at this winning rate, their wins this season are likely to reach 65+.

This is simply unbelievable for a team that was not in contention for the championship last season and whose biggest change in the offseason was the head coach.

Then there are the Spurs who are equally amazing, with a record of 39 wins and 11 losses right behind the Warriors.

Duncan played his best performance in recent years, and he really came with the fire of revenge.

The Thunder beat the Lakers and Mavericks in third place. Although their record of 35 wins and 15 losses is a notch behind the Warriors and Spurs, it is still good enough.

The Lakers ranked fourth with a record of 33 wins and 16 losses.

The Mavericks ranked fifth with 31 wins and 19 losses.

The remaining three spots are occupied by the Grizzlies, Clippers, and Trail Blazers.

Ranked first in the East is the Cavaliers. As the run-in ended, they also showed their competitiveness, with an equally outstanding record of 38 wins and 11 losses.

The Nets ranked second with 35 wins and 14 losses.

The Eagles ranked third with 33 wins and 16 losses.

The Celtics ranked fourth with 31 wins and 18 losses.

The Heat, Raptors, Wizards, and Bulls ranked five to eight.

The pattern of the East and West can be seen from the rankings and records.

The overall strength of the Eastern Cavaliers is still more dominant, with the Nets, Hawks and Celtics occupying the second group.

The Western Conference is a standard mess. The Warriors and Spurs are slightly more competitive overall, but the Thunder, Lakers and Mavericks are not bad at all.

This year's uncertainty should be the greatest in recent years.

At this time, the major results of the All-Stars were released one after another.

Lin Ying won the vote again.

It is worth mentioning that this year’s Nets only has Lin Ying selected for the All-Star Game.

However, Jokic was successfully selected for the rookie game due to his outstanding performance.

Lin Ying will not look too lonely in the All-Star Game.

Although in fact, because this year's All-Star Game is held in Madison Square Garden, he can go home and sleep after the game.

*With all-star list

West starting lineup: Curry, Kobe, Durant, Griffin, Yao Ming

Western Conference Substitutes: Westbrook, Paul, Harden, Klay Thompson, Aldridge, Duncan, Marc Gasol

Eastern starting lineup: Irving, Wall, James, Lin Ying, Howard

Eastern Substitutes: Lowry, Jimmy Butler, Wade, DeRozan, Anthony, Millsap, Horford

Three-Point Contest: Curry, Klay Thompson, Korver, JJ Redick, Irving, Matthews, Harden, Belinelli.

Slam Dunk Contest: Antetokounmpo, Wall, Oladipo, LaVine

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In the blink of an eye, it was mid-February. After fans had been waiting for a long time, the 2015 All-Star Game kicked off at Madison Square Garden, the home of the Knicks.

On the first day of the rookie game, Lin Ying appeared on the sidelines with Swift and Xiao Linyi, and even sat in the front row of the audience.

Well, Xiao Linyi even ran on the court to make trouble before the game.

These first- and second-year rookies all knew Xiao Lin Yi's identity, and they were chased all over the field. It was quite lively for a while.

This scene is very similar to the scene in the movie where the general's son is playing in the military camp.

Xiao Linyi's future life and basketball are destined to be inseparable.

The rules of the Rookie Challenge have changed every year in the past few years. In the first two years, the team was formed by famous players. This year, it has changed back to the format of the International Team VS the United States Team.

Jokic is naturally on the international team. He is on the same team as Wiggins, Antetokounmpo, Gobert, Schroeder, Mirotic and others.

The US team is led by Noel, Oladipo and LaVine.

Once the game started, the International team quickly gained the upper hand.

Although the rules are changing, rookies are still freshmen and sophomores, and this will not change.

It can be seen from the quality of the team and the situation after the game started that the talents of NBA international players in the past two years are better than those in the United States.

And the most important thing is that this guy Jokic played extremely excitedly.

Not only did he continue to show off his "asking the teacher" skills, but he also succeeded in attacking the basket several times.

In the past two months, he has been losing weight and gaining muscle, and his performance has improved significantly compared to the beginning of the season.

Moreover, the U.S. team is pretty good on the outside, but it is really tough on the inside, and no one else except Noel can see it.

This also gave Jokic a big opportunity.

In the end, the international team defeated the United States team 121 to 112 to win the game.

Data statistics.

For the international team, Wiggins contributed a game-high 25 points, Jokic contributed a triple-double of 18 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists, and Gobert had 12 points and 16 rebounds.

For the US team, Oladipo contributed a team-high 22 points, LaVine 12 points, and Noel 12 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks.

The final MVP selection results of the rookie game are out. After Lin Ying and Durant, there is once again a sharing situation in the rookie game.

Wiggins and Jokic shared the honor.

Although they are not as legendary as the Texas Twins back then, the outstanding performance of the two still makes people feel a bit like "the twins of the new era".

The first day of the All-Star Game was quite interesting.

When it comes to the individual competitions on the second day, the excitement is even greater.

This day became full of excitement because of the three-point contest with the participation of the "Splash Brothers".

Facts have also proved that the fans' expectations have not been disappointed. The "Splash Brothers" performed well in the preliminaries and advanced to the finals together with Irving.

Thompson scored the highest score in the preliminaries with 24 points, and Curry and Irving also scored 23 points.

This result is full of excitement, whether it is the "Splash Brothers" fighting among themselves or Irving defeating the "Splash" to win the championship.

In the finals, Irving, Curry and Thompson appeared one after another.

Irving only scored 17 points.

Although his heart is not small, the three-point shooting competition requires ability in addition to heart. Irving is not good at three-pointers.

Curry, who appeared next, was the most vocal.

In addition to the tactical system brought by Cole, another important reason for the Warriors' rise this season is Curry's performance.

In this year's All-Star Game voting, Curry outnumbered James and Durant in votes, ranking second behind Lin Ying.

Curry lived up to expectations, scoring 27 points under heavy pressure to break the three-point contest scoring record.

Although this is a new record set after adding the flower ball, it is enough to illustrate how strong Curry's three-point ability is.

Lin Ying also stood up and cheered for Curry.

Although as a time traveler, he knew that Curry would win the three-point shooting contest this year, watching Curry play live was still shocking.

Thompson Alexander finally appeared.

Fans also expect Thompson to turn the tide and win the "Splash Brothers" civil war.

But it is a pity that Thompson's final performance was the same as in history. He performed abnormally under heavy pressure and only scored 14 points in the end.

Curry was crowned the three-point champion for the first time in his career.

The three-point shooting contest whetted the appetite of fans.

Originally, fans didn't have much expectations for the dunk contest, but LaVine's performance surprised everyone.

He easily defeated Oladipo to be crowned the dunk contest champion.

Fans even felt that he did not use his full strength.

Although his performance with the Cavaliers was average, his performance made people realize that he was not an ordinary dunker.

On the third day of the All-Star game, Lin Ying played very healthily.

He was too tired from playing this season, and he didn't want to consume too much in the All-Star Game.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of things to watch in this All-Star Game.

On the Eastern team, James is eager to prove that he is particularly effective, and on the Western team, Durant is also firing on all cylinders.

In the end, the overall strength of the Western team was even better, defeating the Eastern team 163 to 153.

Durant contributed a Western team-high 41 points and was successfully elected as the All-Star Game MVP. This was the second time in his career that he received this honor.

His performance also gave Thunder fans more prospects for this season.

After the All-Star Game, fans were still discussing the performances of Curry, LaVine and Durant on social media.

But the front office is already busy with the upcoming trade deadline.

The Nets are also active.

They're selling Joe Johnson.

The team spent half a season waiting for Johnson to recover, but Johnson finally did.

One thing that is unknown to the outside world is that Walken Dean is already discussing with Karl about letting Johnson play as a substitute and Crowder as the starter.

Against this background, it is only natural that Johnson would be put on the shelf.

It's just that Johnson's contract still has one and a half years left, and it's very difficult for the Nets to deal with it.

Another name that appears on the trading market is somewhat surprising.

The Celtics may send Garnett away.

Not retaining Pierce during the offseason has shown Ainge's cold-blooded side. Garnett has become senile this season, so it's not surprising that Ainge eliminated him.

After all, the Celtics now have Rondo, Butler and Howard, and they must be aiming to achieve results.

There is another person caught up in trade rumors who is a bit surprised, that is McAway, who just won the Rookie of the Year with the 76ers last season.

But just like 76ers fans couldn't understand general manager Hinkie's previous operations, they can't understand it this time either.

If I have to explain it, Hinkie is selecting the core of the team. Any player who does not meet his expectations will be sent away when his value is highest.

Amid numerous rumors, the 2015 NBA trade deadline has arrived as scheduled.

Different from the small fuss in the past few seasons, this year's trading market has really become lively.

The Heat took the lead and reached a three-way deal with the Nuggets and Rockets.

They sent Lawson and a future first-rounder to get Dragic from the Nuggets.

The Nuggets acquired some of the Rockets' expiring contracts and the Heat's first-round picks, and sent Dragic away.

The Rockets used their expiring contract to acquire Lawson.

This three-way deal gives everyone what they need.

The Heat need to upgrade their point guard and get rid of Anthony's "old party"; the Nuggets need to correct Wiggins; the Rockets got Lawson, who they are optimistic about.

Then the Thunder also took action.

They sent Perkins and Timberwolves, and traded Kanter from the Jazz.

Both sides have expiring contracts, but the Thunder, which aims to win the championship, needs to replenish its inside strength.

Well, this is a reinforcement and a stop loss.

Detonator's draft vision is amazing, but his operational level will not disappoint.

They traded away Reggie Jackson and acquired DJ Augustin and Kyle Singler from the Pistons.

There was only one reason for making this deal. Jackson was unwilling to cut his salary and renew his contract. Coupled with his slightly prickly personality, the management chose to stop the loss transaction.

But the good thing about this deal is that Durant and Augustin become teammates.

The twin stars of the University of Texas became famous in the NBA, but they were a trident in college, and Augustin was the one...

Then, several transactions that had been rumored a lot before were gradually settled.

The Celtics sent Garnett "home" and acquired Thaddeus Young from the Timberwolves.

The 76ers reached a deal with the Suns and Bucks. McAway was sent to the Bucks, Brandon Knight went to the Suns, and the 76ers received an expiring contract and draft picks.

It is worth mentioning that before the deal was reached, Nash had already announced on social media that he would retire after the end of this season.

The Suns acquired Knight to deal with the situation after Nash retired.

As for the Nets.

The Nets failed to send away Joe Johnson in the end, but they used the 5 million trade exception they received from Terry and two second-round picks to acquire Ian Mahinmi from the Pacers.

ps: I recommend two books today.

A book called "NBA: Fighting for Kobe Bryant's Boss in the Lakers at the Start" is also about sports.

The other book is called "Sword of All Beings", written by Xian Xia.

Thanks to the auxiliary machine POD018 for the reward! !