The game between the Heat and the Nets also caused quite a stir the next day.
Kenyon Martin kept Woody in check in this game.
The data is very different.
Woody jumped on the spot and dunked on Kenyon Martin, which was also listed on the NBA's "Top Five Balls of the Day", ranking first.
That abnormal continuous jumping ability once again shocked all NBA fans.
In fact, if Kenyon Martin wasn't famous enough, Woody would have been on the list for both dunks.
Even out of 5 blocks, he can be on the list twice.
As a result, only this one dunk ball was on the list!
Kenyon Martin's bold statement that "I should be ranked ahead of Woody for the Eastern Conference All-Star starter" has now become a laughing stock among many people.
With this "negative teaching material", it can be expected that no one will jump out and scream at Woody for the time being.
No matter how weak Kenyon Martin is, he is still a first-rate inside player. He is really not a cat or a dog.
Anyway, in the Eastern Conference, there are really not many No. 4 players who dare to say that they can definitely beat Kenyon Martin.
The league's "four major forwards" are: Chris Webber, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Nowitzki...
All four are in the West.
How else can we say that the pattern of the alliance is "strong in the west and weak in the east"!
Woody wasn't worried about this anymore.
He was very satisfied with the results of the third upgrade and did not consider achievement points at all for the time being.
Next, the Heat will continue their regular season schedule, and Woody will practice his mid-range jump shot.
I don’t know if his potential is good enough, but Woody always feels that his shots have become more and more accurate recently.
Although looking at his system panel, the mid-range ability value has not changed much, but Woody did become more confident when he took action...
On January 25, the league announced the results of the third week of All-Star starting voting.
Woody continues to be the second-leading forward in the East.
There is a gap of almost 500,000 with O'Neal in third place.
This gap...
In fact, it was enough for Woody to lock in a starting spot in the Eastern Conference All-Star Game.
Because O'Neal only has 1.34 million votes so far, and he received the highest number of votes in the second round, with a total of 450,000 votes!
In other words, even if O'Neal's votes in the fourth round can catch up with his highest vote count, and Woody does not receive a single vote in the fourth round, he will not be able to catch up with the difference in votes between him and Woody.
Many reporters congratulated Woody in advance.
Woody was not fooled. Who knows what the outcome will be until the last minute?
It’s better to be on the safe side!
However, his "star disease" has been greatly satisfied.
"All-Star Player"...
Unexpectedly, in his first season in the league, he was about to become an All-Star!
January 26th.
cleveland.
The Cavaliers were at home and defeated the Clippers.
This victory is their third win in the last five games.
This means that during the recent period, the Cavaliers' winning rate has exceeded 50%!
In the East, this is something that only the top four teams in the East can do.
LeBron James scored 24 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 1 block tonight.
This is the third time in the last 5 games that he has scored 20 points in a single game!
After nearly three months in the league, LeBron James is finally struggling to adapt to the league.
Regardless of shooting percentage, his data is already at the All-Star level.
When the whistle sounded for tonight's game, LeBron James walked to the sidelines with a smile on his face and voluntarily accepted an interview with reporters on the sidelines.
The audience cheered one after another, and the sound was heard, making LeBron feel very comfortable.
He was also prepared to humbly say when reporters asked questions: "My recent performance has been better, but I believe that I will get better and better. Woody becoming an All-Star starter will become a In fact, I am also very happy for him. We all know how passionate the Chinese fans are..."
Um……
Since his performance has gotten better and better, LeBron James' mentality has suddenly become much calmer. Even when faced with problems related to Woody, he is no longer as eager as before.
"In the next game, the Cavaliers will go to Miami. This will be the second game between you and Woody this season. In your first game in November, your performance was not very good. Your recent performance Very good, do you think you will continue this state in the next game?"
LeBron James' expression suddenly froze.
He was mentally ready to answer what he considered to be the most difficult "All-Star starter" question.
He knew that there must be a lot of media waiting to make a big fuss about this matter, through "Woody will be selected as an All-Star starter in his rookie season, but he lost a large number of votes to Allen Iver in the voting. Sen and Tracy McGrady" to illustrate that he is not as popular as Woody.
To further illustrate, his performance so far in his rookie season has not been as good as Woody's.
And his prepared answer was to blame all this on the Chinese fans.
He thought so too.
Given such a huge Chinese market, I can’t make the All-Star starting lineup?
How is this possible!
So there is a little gap between me and him, but it's not as big as shown in this All-Star starting vote.
Didn't you see that my recent performance is getting better and better?
I believe that this gap will gradually narrow!
He was confident that this would be a good response.
But it turned out that what the host asked was not the "most difficult" question he thought at all!
But...
Are we going to meet him again?
So fast?
its not right!
I remember after the last game, I looked at the schedule and it would take at least a month before we meet!
How come a month goes by so fast!
The calmness and confidence on LeBron James' face disappeared instantly.
He's a little scared...
No wonder he reacted like this.
How miserable was the first encounter between him and Woody?
That was still at the Cavaliers' home court, and this time they are going to Miami. That is Woody's home court. This...
LeBron James has been performing better and better recently, and he has become more confident. If he encounters a big wave at this time. He couldn't even imagine it.
LeBron, who didn't expect the reporter's first question to be this, hesitated for a long time and said nothing.
The reporter asked again: "Do you think you can perform better against Woody this time?"
of course……
"able……"
LeBron was hesitant, but finally bit the bullet and answered in the affirmative.
"We are getting better and better, and I also believe that when my teammates meet the Heat again, they will show a 12-point spirit and strive to win this game. Woody is the best rookie in our class. One, the Heat are currently the third team in the Eastern Conference, I believe we will win!"
At the end of the day, LeBron James thought of the Heat's current situation.
They have won 1 of their last 4 games.
The status of the entire team fluctuates greatly.
This has to do with the injuries the Heat have suffered.
Odom suffered a little finger injury and has not played in the last three games.
On the bench, Caron Butler also suffered a minor injury from an ankle sprain and sat out 2 games.
But the teams the Heat have encountered recently are very strong.
In their first game after playing the Nets, they met the Timberwolves, currently number one in the Western Conference.
It can be said that this is the biggest "dark horse" in the league this year.
Even more unexpected than the Heat.
Last summer, the Timberwolves' management made several trades, but the result of their trade was to trade "Sugar Man" from the Clippers and get the "alien" Cassel they didn't want from the Bucks. , got “Madman” from New York…
What do these players say!
In a team, that is the bird that stands out, the bucket that holds the rice, the stick that stirs shit, the black sheep...
No one expected that this group of shrimp soldiers and crabs would get together and play any role!
Even Minnesota media reporters themselves admit that this has been another disappointing year.
What I didn't expect was that under the leadership of Kevin Garnett, after the first month of the new season, they gradually began to play an role in December. Each of these shrimp soldiers and crab generals gradually became the leader, The role of the agile leopard and the skilled wolf.
Even the management of the Timberwolves didn't expect that this group of people would become number one in the Western Conference if they got together!
Timberwolves management: Oh, this is how the team is built!
Then they secured their No. 1 spot in the Western Conference.
The Heat, who were short of major generals, encountered such a group of powerful guys and were naturally eaten alive.
In particular, Woody is at a clear disadvantage against Kevin Garnett.
As "Little Garnett", Woody finally saw the "real Garnett" leave.
Woody had a nickname in high school called "From One to Five." In his opinion, Garnett is the real "from one to five."
Whether it's inside defense or outside defense, he does a great job.
From the beginning to the end of Kevin Garnett's game, Woody didn't get any advantage and was always suppressed.
The final data was only 11 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal.
It can be said that he has not had such "awful" data for a long time.
But Woody himself was very excited because he saw from Kevin Garnett his future ability to be a top player.
No……
He may be better than Kevin Garnett!
Not to mention other things, the top defense and positioning under the basket, as well as the confrontation ability when playing in the back... In these aspects, Woody feels that he will definitely be better than Kevin Garnett in the future.
In terms of static talent, the gap between him and Kevin Garnett is a bit wide.
Kevin Garnett's official height is 2.11 meters.
But judging from Woody's feelings, he should be more than 2 meters 11.
In a previous interview with a reporter, Kevin Garnett once said that in order to avoid playing the five position, he did not stand straight when measuring his height. After tonight's battle, Woody recognized the "Wolf King"'s statement.
Kevin Garnett's final numbers were much better than him.
He scored a total of 25 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
Not much different from his usual self.
Woody is not discouraged. This season's Kevin Garnett was originally the biggest candidate for regular season MVP. He's pretty good among rookies, but compared to regular season MVP-level players, he's a bit far behind.
After this loss, they lost to the Sacramento Kings and Mavericks.
The loss to the Mavericks was a bit of an injustice.
Although the Mavericks are only ranked sixth in the Western Conference, their record is the same as the Heat, which is third in the Eastern Conference.
So the team's status this season is not as big as the team rankings reflect.
But in this game, the Heat were the better team from the beginning.
All of the Mavericks' trades last summer were made by owner Mark Cuban.
He came up with a very genius idea. Through trade, he assembled the starting lineup of Steve Nash, Michael Finley, Josh Howard, Antoine Walker, and Dirk Nowitzki...
This lineup is about five ball carriers. Whoever gets the ball can attack by themselves!
It can be said to be very crazy...
The crazy result is that five people have no idea how to play with the ball, and the offensive tactical system is very confusing.
As for the defensive end...
Even a Yun fan who doesn't know much about football can see this lineup and see that the defense of these five people cannot be said to be bad at all, but not at all.
This game started smoothly for the Heat, and at the end of the first half, they opened up a 10-point gap.
But what I didn't expect was that at the beginning of the second half, these guys suddenly seemed to be cheating one by one. All kinds of unreasonable three-point goals were drilled into the Heat's basket.
In the end, in the third quarter alone, they threw in 8 three-pointers and scored 33 points in a single quarter.
The Heat tried their best to resist, but the Mavericks scored all the goals they should and shouldn't have scored. The Heat still led by 2 points at the last moment, but Finley made the last shot with a three-pointer that was one step away from the center line. Hot fire team.
100 to 99!
The Mavericks escaped defeat by 1 point at their home court.
The Heat bitterly suffered its third loss in the last four games, left Dallas and returned to Miami.
Fortunately, after playing the Mavericks, Odom and the others returned from injury.
Feeling aggrieved, they were ready to vent their anger in the next game.
On January 28, the Heat played their penultimate game in January.
The opponent they are about to face is...
Cleveland Cavaliers!
The second battle between Woody and LeBron James this season is here!
"Listen, guys, we have to win this game, and not just win it, but win it beautifully!"
Stan Van Gundy does a pre-game pep talk the day before the game.
Although I lost 3 of the last 4 games, it was due to injuries, which is excusable.
But after losing these three games, their record is only one game ahead of the Pistons, who are fourth in the Eastern Conference.
If we don't win, we will fall to fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
Moreover, they defeated the Cavaliers by 58 points last time, and they won very easily. If they win too hard this time, it will easily add burden to everyone's minds, so they must win quickly!
(End of chapter)