The Godfather of Basketball

Oden's dunk boosted the morale of the Nets and suppressed the momentum of the Lakers' counterattack.

At the end of the three quarters, the Nets widened the point difference to 20 points, and the Lakers continued to widen the point difference in the first half of the last quarter, and the game was concluded.

In the end, the Nets beat the Lakers 108-91 on the road.

Jokic scored 14 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists, Yi Jianlian scored 20 points and 5 rebounds, Deron scored 17 points, Butler and Gordon both scored 11 points.

Oden played his best game of the season. He played a season-high 20 minutes and also scored a season-high 12 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks.

For a player on the edge of the bench like him, being able to enter the active list is already lucky, and it is very important for him to be able to seize the opportunity to perform such a performance.

Of course, against the underdog Lakers, and most of the time against rookie Nance Jr., this kind of game is far from enough. Oden's performance has attracted him an opportunity to enter the rotation. Can he seize it? It also depends on his follow-up performance.

Time came to Christmas, the results of the first round of voting for the season's All-Star voting.

In the first round of voting, Bryant got a full 720,000 votes, far ahead of others.

Curry (510,000) and James (350,000) ranked second and third in the total number of votes.

Durant, Wade, Griffin, George, Westbrook and others are also in the forefront of the votes, which are similar to the expectations of the fans.

However, in the results of the first round, the number of votes for the two people was surprising.

One is James Harden.

After Harden was traded to the Rockets, his defense was still poor. In the offseason, news broke out that he was dating Lamar Odom’s wife, the socialite Kardashian. I don’t know if he was hollowed out off the court. During the Thunder period, it was even more unbearable to look directly at it. Although the statistics of 29 points, 6 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game were gorgeous, they averaged as many as 4.6 turnovers per game, and their shooting percentage reached a career low of 43%.

His performance also made the Rockets' performance far below expectations. The Rockets sitting on him and Howard were originally one of the favorites to win the championship, but so far their record is only 19 wins and 18 losses. Whether they can enter the playoffs is uncertain. is a problem.

It is precisely because of this that Harden ranked fifth among Western Conference guards in the first round of voting, behind Curry, Westbrook, Paul and Thompson, which is also extremely inconsistent with his double MVP status.

Another one is Yi Jianlian.

The NBA no longer counts votes in the Asia-Pacific region into the final results, but fans who really want to vote still have a way. Not to mention the large number of Chinese in the United States, there are also many wall-climbing tools.

In the end, Yi Jianlian got 160,000 votes. After James and George, he beat Anthony and Bosh and ranked third among forwards!

Yi Jianlian and Tang Tian were almost selected for the All-Star during the two seasons in the Cavaliers. Now that he is in the Nets, with the rise of the Nets, he has returned to the ranks of the All-Star voting again.

Moreover, he has averaged 17.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 39% three-point shooting so far this season, which has also reached a career peak.

The results of the first round of All-Star voting are just a small episode of the season.

After spending Christmas, the Nets' investigation of the rotation lineup is still continuing.

The Nets' first game after Christmas is against the Heat.

The Heat signed Dragic in the free market in the summer and kept Wade. In addition to the original Bosh, Whiteside, and Ruhr Deng, the lineup is quite luxurious.

Their current record follows the Cavaliers, Nets, and Raptors, ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference, and is also one of the Nets' main competitors in the Eastern Conference.

After the game started, the two sides fought extremely fiercely.

In the head-to-head confrontation between competitors, both sides spare no effort.

The two sides played more than 9 minutes in the first quarter, and the score was evenly divided at 21.

When entering the rotation, Tang Tian also replaced Oden as Jokic's first substitute. This was also the first time that Oden got a chance to play in the first quarter of the season.

After his debut, he faced Amare Stoudemire.

After Stoudemire left the Knicks and stayed with the Mavericks for one season, he returned to the Eastern Conference to join the Heat this season.

Stoudemire hit Oden right away, trying to use his experience advantage to overpower him, but Oden was extraordinarily calm, and Stoudemire forced Stoudemire to pass the ball outside.

Winslow rushed to the basket and was blocked by Oden outside the penalty area. He barely shot and finally jumped out of the basket.

After experiencing the excitement of the previous game, Oden started to play calmly.

Tang Tian and Frank watched from the sidelines and nodded frequently.

No blocks, but the defensive end is full of deterrence. This kind of Oden is the Oden they are most looking forward to at this stage.

On the offensive end, Oden failed to single Stoudemire under the basket, but made a direct dunk under pressure and made a foul.

A goal that combines technology and violence is simply a replica of the opposing bully at his peak.

This performance also completely won Tang Tian's trust.

Although it is difficult for him to match up with top centers, but with this kind of continuous performance, his effect as a substitute for Jokic is much better than that of Pralim.

In other words, with his performance against the Lakers in the last game, Oden has earned himself a spot in the rotation.

Over there, Spoelstra saw that the momentum was wrong, and replaced Bosh in advance, letting him swing to play the fifth position.

Bosh's confrontation is not better than Oden's, but he is well positioned. Oden is too powerful to use on the offensive end, and Bosh's excellent wingspan prevents his skills at the basket. Bosh pulled outside the three-point line and lost his inside deterrence.

If you can't attack, it's useless to defend, just follow and run back and forth on the field.

Tang Tian then replaced Oden with Jokic.

This is the dilemma of a traditional center. Oden's limit is still a bit far from the word dominance. When he can't beat Bosh on the offensive end, he becomes a burden on the court.

However, Oden's strength is already far behind Bosh, so this performance is enough.

In the end, the Nets won the Heat 112 to 106 in the away game, ushering in a wave of winning streak.

Yi Jianlian scored a team-high 26 points and 10 rebounds, and did not lose out in the matchup with Bosh.

This kind of performance is also like a response to the All-Star voting. In the past, the votes he got were because of the support of the Chinese people, but this time his votes were real.

Booker performed well as a substitute, and Oden also found his position in the rotation. After more than half a season of exploration, the Nets finally found the most suitable rotation for them.

Starting lineup: Deron, Gordon, Butler, Yi Jianlian, Jokic.

Substitutes: Booker, West, Livingston, Oden, (McGrady).

It is still a rotation of 9~10 players, but the effect on the court has been greatly improved compared to the beginning of the season.