Chapter 338 Selected as an All-Star (8/10, a Faint Glazed Color Plus More Rewards)
Chapter 338 Selected as an All-Star (810, a faint glass color reward plus more)
Durant exploded directly, and turned Tang Tian over with his hand.
The referee was right next to him, seeing Tang Tian getting up and about to start, he slipped directly between the two of them.
Without waiting for a reaction from both sides, Durant was thrown a technical foul.
Thanks to the referee's quick reaction, Tang Tian put down his outstretched hand.
Durant was also held back by Ibaka and Westbrook who rushed over.
"Oh, this is not a boxing match." Barkley couldn't help but said after seeing Durant's reaction.
Although Durant is already the top two small forwards in the league, his sensitive personality is really a big problem.
At least he has learned to control his temper on the court, and there is still a long way to go.
Durant was persuaded by his teammates to calm down, but this game has completely deviated from the track he wanted.
Under Tang Tian's tight defense, he played a game to pay tribute to Kobe. He made 10 of 31 shots and made 4 turnovers.
For a scorer who has always been stable and efficient, Durant was completely defeated by Tang Tian this time.
Tang Tian became the absolute MVP of this game. Not only did he defend Durant to death, but he also handed over impressive statistics of 20 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
"The runaway Durant is blocked, and Tang really has the possibility to become the fifth perimeter player in the history of the league to win the best defensive player!"
"Yes, Durant's opening state was really unsolvable, but Tang Leng was able to defend a little bit. For the first time, I found that defense is so entertaining!"
"After this game, I have already decided to vote for Tang in the All-Star Game!"
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After playing outstanding performances against Harden, Kobe and Durant, the team's admiration for Tang Tian reached a peak.
But this time, Durant was rarely silent on social media. It can be seen that he was beaten a little autistic.
Two days after the game between the Spurs and the Thunder, the league announced the fourth round of All-Star voting, which is the final 2013 NBA All-Star voting results.
This year's All-Star voting is different from previous years, because in October last year, League Vice President Stu Jackson announced new voting rules.
Starting from the 2013 NBA All-Star voting, due to the approach of the small ball era and the scarcity of big men, the league decided to cancel the center position and change it to two backcourts and three frontcourts.
This decision can allow more outstanding line players to be selected to the All-Star.
Kobe was the most popular with 1.59 million votes, only more than 7,000 votes more than James, and was elected the 2013 NBA All-Star vote king.
The voting results of other players in the East and West are also finally released.
In the backcourt of the East, Wade (1 million) and Rondo (900,000) have become the starting backcourt of the East with a huge advantage of nearly 500,000 votes over other guards.
In the frontcourt, the popularity of James (1.58 million) and Anthony (1.46 million) remains high.
Garnett (550,000) beat Bosh by a narrow margin of 30,000 votes and was selected as the starter.
The results of the election in the east were basically expected, but in the west, everyone was surprised.
The NBA once again felt the terror of fans from the East.
Since Yi Jianlian was almost elected as the starter in the Eastern Conference in 2009, the NBA has begun to dilute the votes in China.
But the voting channel still exists, but it needs to involve a series of operations such as bypassing the wall and registering, which will be more difficult than in the past.
But this year's election results.
In the frontcourt of the Western Conference, Durant (1.5 million), Howard (920,000), and Griffin (860,000) were successfully selected as starters.
The popularity and strength of these three people are at their peak, so there is no surprise in the result of such a vote.
But in the backcourt, everyone was really stunned.
Kobe Bryant (1.58 million) is the vote leader, but the second guard is Tang Tian!
He got 1 million votes!
This vote is second only to Kobe, James, Durant and Anthony!
80,000 votes more than Paul (920,000)!
And it's not just Tang Tian, Jeremy Lin also crushed his teammate Harden (480,000) with a total of 880,000 votes, ranking fourth in the Western Conference guard position!
Tang Tian received nearly 500,000 votes in the last round of voting, completed an incredible reversal, and became the starting guard in the Western Conference!
When the result came out, the fans on social media exploded again.
"Paul: Why the fuck is it always me who gets hurt every time?!"
"Haha, there is no way. The fans in China are really crazy. Can you imagine Jeremy Lin getting 400,000 more votes than Harden?"
"By the way, haven't we already restricted votes in China? How could there be such an unreasonable result?"
"Dude, did you know there are 1.3 billion people in China? We only have 300 million..."
"Yes, and the result of this vote is only more than 1.5 million at most. The number of fans in China is really much more than you imagine."
"There are really big loopholes in this voting mechanism. Tang should not be the starter of the All-Star."
"Brother, I agree with the first half of your sentence, but I don't agree with the second half. Go and see Tang's statistics this season. He averaged 17.6 points, 3.8 assists, 2.5 steals and 2.1 blocks per game. Do you think he should not be selected?"
"And he just defeated Harden, Kobe and Durant. Although there are some factors of Chinese fans in this voting result, there is no problem for him to be elected."
"Yes, and taking a step back, this is within the rules. The NBA is very popular in China, and they have the right to choose the stars they want to watch."
"Just like Yao back then, Tang has improved significantly this season, and he helped the Spurs win the championship last season. I don't think there is anything wrong with it."
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There are doubts and support on social media.
But no matter what, Tang Tian became the All-Star starter of this season when he didn't expect it.
This time, things became more and more complicated.
You're saying an All-Star isn't worth a poison contract?
And this All-Star is likely to become the best defensive player.
The results of the All-Star voting came out, and while shocking the league and fans, it also brought some subtle changes to Tang Tian.
After the day ended with the Pelicans (the Hornets officially changed their name to the Pelicans in January) for the third time in the season, a local reporter from New Orleans asked him a question.
"Would you like to play for the Pelicans if given the chance in the future?"
This was the first time he heard this question, but he was more or less prepared in his heart.
He is already a well-known thing in the contract year. As he is selected as an All-Star and the season progresses, there will be more and more questions like this.
This reporter was the first to ask such a question, but he certainly won't be the last.
"I have a good impression of this city, just like any other city. Every place is worthy of love, but the problem you mentioned is not what I am thinking about now. I just want to help the Spurs defend their title this season. champion."
Tang Tian said.