After defeating the Sacramento Kings at home on January 11, all members of the Wizards boarded the team plane again. This time they were going to a distant and cold place.
Elliot Williams: It's my turn again?
Wizards: Go ahead, get in line first if you want to get beaten!
This time, the destination of the Wizards' special plane is Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota. Minneapolis, a sparsely populated place like America, can only be ranked among the top cities in the United States. 56 people, that is, the largest cities in each other state, took turns to get to Minneapolis.
It can be said that this city has no sense of existence in America, let alone in China. One year in later generations, Dong Ge, a Chinese e-commerce giant, was in Minneapolis because of female votes. After Nv Chang was arrested, Minneapolis gained some fame in China.
In addition to having no sense of existence, Minneapolis is most famous for its coldness. Because it is located at a high latitude and is often attacked by arctic cold air in winter, Minneapolis in winter is The coldest city in the entire mainland of America, the average temperature in January is close to minus 10 degrees, and it can reach minus 20 degrees at night.
This kind of temperature is completely unimaginable to most Americans who are accustomed to sunshine and beach bikinis. How cold it is exactly. After Li Kaiming and his plane landed, as soon as the staff opened the cabin door, a gust of cold wind came from Arctic temperatures entered the cabin violently.
The Wizards players, who were still chatting and laughing in the cabin, immediately covered their clothes tightly.
"Holy shit! Why is it so cold?" Nick Yang sniffed and wrapped himself in his coat as hard as he could.
Standing next to him, Lewis had already seen a lot. He zipped up his down jacket coolly, and then said coolly, "January is the coldest time in Minneapolis. Congratulations, I met the most beautiful Minneapolis! Oh ho!”
The others were obviously not as prepared as Lewis. Although they had brought some thick clothes in advance, considering that they were athletes and were not afraid of the cold, they brought some thicker and lighter clothes. I really didn’t expect that tomorrow in January. Neapolis can be so cold!
Everyone in the cabin looked at each other, but no one wanted to take the lead to go out.
In the end, everyone's eyes were fixed on Lewis, who was wearing a down jacket.
When Lewis saw the look in other people's eyes, he immediately panicked, "Holy shit, what do you want to do? Let me tell you, my clothes are very smelly. They haven't been washed in several years..."
This guy is actually afraid that his down jacket will be robbed! Li Kaiming was a little speechless. Who the hell took your clothes? You are not a beautiful woman with a protruding front and back. We are not interested in taking off your clothes!
"Rashad, we all want you to lead the way out of the cabin!"
When Lewis heard what Li Kaiming said, he slightly loosened his grip on the clothes, and then showed a doubtful expression, "Really?"
"Really, you have the thickest clothes here. Of course I have to leave the first thing to you! This is the organization's trust in you!" Li Kaiming patted Lewis on the shoulder, tears flashing in his eyes!
As for why there are tears in Li Kaiming's eyes, is it because he loves this land deeply? No! He is frozen!
Although Lewis didn't understand what Li Kaiming meant by "organization", he roughly understood that it was a sacred thing, so he let go of his hand and walked towards the hatch without hesitation and righteousness. That tragic figure from behind, he didn't know I thought he was a prisoner heading to the execution ground...
The rest of the people, led by Li Kaiming, followed cautiously. After Lewis reached the cabin door, he tightened his hands on all the places where skin might leak out of his clothes, and then said without looking back, "Comrades! I'm going!" "
After that, he dove straight into the biting cold wind!
As soon as he took a step out, he was so cold that he shouted, "Oh, buy it! I want to go back!"
But Li Kaiming and others had already blocked the way back. When they saw Lewis was about to turn around and become a deserter, Li Kaiming who was behind him directly kicked Lewis in the butt!
"Stop talking nonsense and leave quickly!"
Lewis stumbled down the gangway, followed by Li Kaiming and others who also filed out.
It happened to be snowing in Minneapolis recently. At first glance, apart from the buildings, there was only white snow, creating a bleak and solemn atmosphere!
Li Kaiming shrank his neck, quickened his pace and rushed out of the tunnel, then got into the team bus that had been prepared.
As soon as I got into the car, the temperature rose instantly. After feeling the authentic cold wind in Minneapolis, Li Kaiming also understood that he could stay in this place for ten years, even if a bird shits, he would hate to have a cold butt. , it’s really not something ordinary people can do!
While the Wizards players arrived in Minnesota, on the morning of the 13th, the results of the highly anticipated fourth round of the 2011 NBA Staples All-Star voting were announced!
Kobe Bryant, who is sitting at home, is still firmly seated as the top vote-getter. With 1.75 million votes, he leads the pack. Almost no one can come close to him!
The top forward position in the Western Conference is Kevin Durant from the Thunder. The current number of votes is 1.27 million. The center position is still led by Yao Ming, followed by Bynum.
In the Eastern Conference, Howard has maintained a slight advantage since overtaking James in the third round. He currently leads the Eastern Conference with 1.53 million votes, followed by LeBron James with 1.51 million votes. The answer will not be revealed until the last moment. , no one can predict who will become the Eastern Conference vote king this year.
In addition to the first place in each position, the most eye-catching thing is naturally the ranking of the forward position.
Ever since Li Kaiming surpassed Paul Pierce, his All-Star votes have grown like crazy. Last week it increased by more than 200,000. This week, Li Kaiming's performance is still outstanding. He has been included in the top five every time. If there is no figure, it can only mean that there is no Wizards game that day.
The forward position in the Eastern Conference behind James is still Stoudemire with 1.17 million votes. Behind Stoudemire is Kevin Garnett with 1.04 million votes!
Next is Li Kaiming from the Washington Wizards, with over 1 million votes!
Oh My God!
This was the first thought that most of the media had after seeing Li Kaiming's vote count!
After the number of votes increased by more than 200,000 last week, Li Kaiming's number of votes this week increased exponentially based on the previous week!
In half a month, the number of votes increased from less than 500,000 to over 1 million! What kind of influence and popularity is this?
Even if you look at history, it is quite explosive!
More importantly, after the third round of voting results came out, Kevin Garnett, who ranked before Li Kaiming, also commented on Li Kaiming's votes and put forward his own opinions.
Garnett believes that not only will Li Kaiming not surpass him, but he will be surpassed again by Paul Pierce!
But things can always happen in the most embarrassing situation for Garnett. Paul Pierce, who Garnett has high hopes for, has only 570,000 votes at this time, which is almost half of Li Kaiming. Moreover, Li Kaiming is far away from Garnett. The special number of votes is only 40,000 votes short!
Judging from Li Kaiming's violent growth rate, the gap of 40,000 votes will most likely be wiped out within a day!
Jute's predictions are completely correct, but every one of them is exactly the opposite of the truth. To a certain extent, it can avoid all the correct answers. It's hard not to say that Jute has something to it, but not much...
Regarding the explosive growth of his All-Star votes, Li Kaiming also expressed his views at the press conference before the game.
"I love my fans! Thank you!"
To put it bluntly, NBA is a performance with a competitive nature. Since it is a performance, the fans are the players' parents, and the fans also vote for him, so Li Kaiming naturally wants to sincerely say thank you to the fans.
However, this shocking fourth-round result is not what Li Kaiming wants. What he wants is the starting position. In other words, his opponent has always been Stoudemire, not a tough guy who points the country in front of the media. special.
This is embarrassing, isn't it? Jiute was there with the attitude of an old-timer, giving advice everywhere, but he didn't expect that in Li Kaiming's eyes, he was not even considered an opponent!
If Garnett knew what Li Kaiming was thinking, he would probably be furious!
However, although he has not directly surpassed Stoudemire in one step, his special performance in the past half month has still achieved remarkable results so far. The photos of various top five and ten top balls have allowed his popularity to quickly accumulate. If there are only Chinese fans or Wizards fans, they will definitely not be able to cast 1 million votes. You see, Yao Ming only has 990,000 votes.
So the extra part must be passers-by fans or fans of other teams. When voting for their favorite players, they took Li Kaiming along with them.
This is the reason why Li Kaiming chooses to perform hard on the court, so that he can show his face in front of the fans of other teams as much as possible. Then when these people vote, they will think of a young man who plays very well and can easily score in the top five. It is worth it. Vote for him to be on the All-Stars!
This is a subtle influence, and if you operate this way, these people who voted for him will also become a reserve army of his future fans, so this choice of desperate performance kills two birds with one stone!
Tonight's opponent also has an All-Star preparation. The new Wolf King Kevin Love, the No. 5 pick in the first round of 2008, currently averages 21 points and 15 rebounds per game and is the league's rebounding leader.
Love took one step at a time in the first three years of his career. In his rookie season, he averaged only 11 points and 9 rebounds per game. In the second year, he grew to average 14 points and 11 rebounds per game. This season, he has become a rising star in the league. It can be seen that The progress is huge.
Coincidentally, Love also happens to play as a power forward, which has led many media to seize the key point and begin to exaggerate the duel between the league's new generation of power forwards.
However, the media did not misjudge this time. One of Li Kaiming and Love leads the league in scoring, and the other is the league's rebounding leader. They happen to be young talents. They look much more reliable than the battle for the No. 1 pick.
Sorry, it seems that I accidentally killed a brother who was far away in New Jersey...
