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The Nets have found the most suitable rotation lineup for the team, and the team's performance has also stabilized. In the weak East, the record has risen, and the Cavaliers are closely following the Cavaliers, steadily pressing the Raptors and the Heat.

When the time came to early January, the league announced the results of the second round of voting for the All-Star ballot.

Kobe is still leading, and his advantage has doubled compared to the first round. In his retirement season, he has firmly secured the title of vote leader.

Curry and James are already ranked second and third, and it is even said that most players' voting rankings are similar to those in the first round.

Also includes Yi Jianlian.

He beat "Zhuang Shen" (260,000) and Anthony (250,000) with 300,000 votes and continued to rank third among Eastern forwards, and his lead even became larger compared to the first round.

The performance of the Nets is becoming more and more stable. Yi Jianlian swings at the fourth and fifth positions like a fish in water. His statistics have been further improved compared to before. He averaged 18 points and 7 rebounds per game. In a team basketball team like the Nets, it is quite eye-catching.

It's also the first time he's had a real chance at being an All-Star since the APAC ballot was eliminated.

Tang Tian was also looking forward to it.

In his previous life, Yi Jianlian had disappeared from the NBA after playing for five seasons. Although he tried later, he was limited by his strength and finally failed to return to the NBA.

But now because of him, Yi Jianlian is obviously not the Yi Jianlian in his previous life. With years of improvement and the blessing of the system, his strength is not bad at all.

In other words, even if his name is not Yi Jianlian, the second starting power forward in the East, with an average of 18+7 per game, can win many people's votes.

However, fans' prejudice against yellow races still exists. The current number of votes may already be the limit of Chinese and over-the-wall fans, and it may happen that fans called for voting for competitors. Before the final result, no one can say for sure.

During this period, McGrady suffered a wrist injury, not serious but will be absent for a while.

The coaching staff gave Bojan and Jefferson Jr. some chances, and Bojan finally seized it.

Tang Tian has the foresight and foresight, and he is very targeted in the daily training of the players. Compared with last season's regular season and playoffs, Bo Yang has made a lot of improvement in defense, which is also the key to him finally seizing the opportunity.

His precise shooting skills not only satisfied the coaching staff of the Nets, but also attracted a lot of attention from other teams.

Time came to mid-January, and the league announced the results of the third round of voting.

As Tang Tian had expected, there were voices among the fans to vote for the competitors, and Anthony was the biggest among them.

Although the Knicks have a poor record, Anthony, as an All-Star regular, has no doubts about his strength, and his stars are much bigger than Yi Jianlian.

Even the votes for "Zhuang Shen" Drummond are increasing, and most fans in the United States still don't want Yi Jianlian to appear in the starting lineup.

However, the final voting result of this round was surprising. Yi Jianlian got 400,000 votes. Although the gap with Anthony (390,000) and Drummond (370,000) is getting smaller, he still ranks among the Eastern Conference forwards. the third place.

A very interesting phenomenon is that on Facebook and Twitter, many fans are also calling for votes for Yi Jianlian, and many of them are New York fans.

This result is surprising, but it also makes the final result even more confusing.

Such a small gap is not considered a gap in the final round. Yi Jianlian, Anthony and Draymond all have the same chance.

The fourth and final voting round is on Jan. 22, the week after the third round.

According to the experience of previous years, this is the most variable week, at least a quarter or even a third of the fans will choose to vote again at this time point.

Some betting websites even offered odds for the final list. For the Eastern forward, Yi Jianlian had the highest odds among the three, which also attracted a large number of fans to place bets on.

The Nets will face the Eagles, Spurs and Hornets this week. They are all confrontations with playoff teams and a big test for the team.

The Eagles lost Carroll's strength, but after Tang Tian's former disciple, Bazemore, the team's strength is not weak.

In the end, the Nets still won the game 106-97 by virtue of the balanced performance of the starting substitutes, because Yi Jianlian, who received much attention in the All-Star voting results, scored 22 points and 8 rebounds, the highest score in the team.

The next game against the Spurs was a bitter battle for the Nets. The Spurs overwhelmed the Nets after the opening, and they finally maintained their advantage until the end, winning the game 98-91.

Although he lost, Yi Jianlian did not lose out in the confrontation with the All-Star forward Aldridge, and finally scored 18 points and 8 rebounds on 7 of 14 shots.

The Charlotte Hornets are not the Hornets led by Paul before, but just changed their name from the Bobcats last season.

It is the weaker of the three opponents of the Nets, but their strength has improved significantly after playing team basketball under Clifford this season. Walker and Batum started, Jeremy Lin and El Jay came off the bench Ferson has played a very eye-catching performance, and the team's strength is not bad in the East.

However, compared with the Nets, who also play team basketball, the Hornets are obviously a notch lower in both paper strength and on-court combat effectiveness.

In the end, the Nets won the game with a 116-98 victory over the Hornets.

Yi Jianlian played the best game of the season against Marvin Williams. He felt hot, made 15 of 20 shots, scored a season-high 34 points, added 11 rebounds and 2 blocks, and played a masterpiece of the season.

This performance came at the right time, not only domestic fans cheered endlessly, but American fans' enthusiasm for Yi Jianlian's vote also increased.

Tang Tian also began to feel that he might have to witness a different historical moment.

On January 22, the league officially announced the results of the fourth round of the All-Star voting, which is the final vote.

In the West, Kobe was successfully elected as the All-Star Game vote leader with 1.89 million votes, nearly 300,000 votes more than the second-placed Curry.

Leonard finally got 780,000 votes, successfully overtaking Draymond Green (760,000), who was leading in the third round, and became a member of the starting forward in the Western Conference.

Durant ranked first among all forwards in the West with 980,000 votes.

Westbrook ranked second in the Western Conference backcourt with 770,000 votes.

Westbrook, Curry, Kobe, Leonard and Durant will be the starting lineup for the West.

In the East, Irving suppressed Deron and partnered with Wade to start the backcourt.

In terms of forwards, James outshines with 1.01 million votes, followed by George with 710,000 votes.

And Yi Jianlian beat Anthony (586,000 votes) with 590,000 votes and became the starting forward in the Eastern Conference!

Yi Jianlian was selected as the 2016 NBA All-Star starter!