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Chapter 437 The All-Star Whose Ratings Plummeted

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From the Rockets to the 76ers, Harden actually has the idea of ​​​​wanting to cooperate with top stars to win the championship.

It's a pity that things backfired. The 76ers' lineup still has a certain distance from the championship. The main reason is that Harden and Embiid are not the kind of stars who can stand out during the critical period in the playoffs.

Therefore, although the 76ers' lineup is very strong, it still lacks some champions.

It's not that the team hasn't thought about continuing to strengthen, but the salary space makes this idea a luxury.

The Cavaliers, who defeated the 76ers, continued to advance triumphantly, defeating the Thunder, Eagles, Wizards and other not-so-powerful teams one after another.

At the same time, the results of several rounds of voting for the All-Star Weekend have also been finalized.

On the Eastern side, Wang Feng was elected as the top voter in the East with an absolute advantage without any suspense, and he is also the top voter in the entire league. In addition to Wang Feng, Durant, Antetokounmpo, Embiid and Trey were also selected as the All-Star starters in the East. . Yang four people.

Wang Feng's main position in the Cavaliers in the new season is power forward rather than point guard, but when voting for the All-Stars, the league still blamed Wang Feng's position on the guard.

This move is mainly to allow Embiid, who is in hot form, to become an All-Star starter.

If Wang Feng runs as a forward, then Embiid, who is less popular than Durant and Antetokounmpo, will definitely be squeezed out of the starting position.

The competitiveness of guards is much smaller. Among the Eastern All-Star guards, there are only a few relatively popular guards. Except for Tre Young, that is, Irving of the Nets, Harden of the 76ers and Tatu of the Celtics um.

Although these players failed to become All-Star starters, they were successfully selected as All-Star substitutes because of their regular season performance and outstanding personal data.

It is a pity that the Cavaliers are currently at the top of the Eastern Conference, and their record is superior to the others, but the final All-Star players are only Wang Feng and Love.

Love is definitely one of the main contributors to the Cavaliers leading the league.

With the help of Wang Feng this season, Love can be regarded as the second spring of his career. In an average of 30 minutes of playing time, he can efficiently score 17+8 data, and his three-point shooting rate can reach 40%. If the team's inside line encounters Love, they will feel a headache and have to pull out the outside line, which will cause the team's inside defense to be insufficient.

And Jordan Poole and Desmond Bain, the two main starting guards, each averaged 15+ points per game.

Compared with the performance of the two in another time and space in the same period, it seems to be a bit worse. After all, Poole can contribute 18.5 points per game in the Warriors, and Bain can score 18.8 points per game in the Grizzlies.

But the teams are different, and the positioning of the players and the distribution of ball rights are completely different.

Poole and Bane were the team's stable second scoring points in the Warriors and Grizzlies, but this is not the case in the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers not only have the big core of Wang Feng's offense with the ball, but also have Love as the second scoring point. More importantly, Poole and Bain are in the same state, and they will also share part of the shots with each other.

This led to a decline in the average data of the two compared with the same period in another time and space.

The decline in data does not mean that the strength of the two has declined. With the support of Wang Feng's organizational core and the ten-cent badge, the strength of the two is stronger than that of the other time and space at the same time. As Wang Feng said before, Poole and Bain's overall ability score is currently maintained at a level of around 85.

This is why the Cavaliers have been able to triumph in the record.

Love, Poole, and Bain are the three main starting players with 85+ stats, Jarrett Allen, Otto Porter Jr. and other role players who can faintly reach 80+ stats, plus another stat The absolute core Wang Feng with an overall rating of 99, the overall strength of the Cavaliers is definitely the first in the league.

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In the remaining games before the All-Star Weekend, the Cavaliers were as stable as ever, especially when facing some weaker teams, they could win the game steadily.

The time came to February 2, and the NBA 20 All-Star Weekend officially opened.

It may be because of the butterfly effect. In Wang Feng’s memory, the 2022 All-Star Weekend should be hosted by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Boston Celtics.

For Wang Feng, it doesn't make much difference which side hosts, because he is already ready to play soy sauce for this year's All-Star.

As far as the NBA is concerned, this All-Star weekend, many people don't have any smiles on their faces.

On the first day of the Rookie Challenge, the ratings were fairly normal. Compared with previous years, there was a slight decline, but it was completely within the acceptable range.

But on the second day of the single event, the ratings feedback from the TV station caused the ratings of the single event to show a cliff-like decline, which was reduced by more than half compared to last year!
Although he had some psychological preparations, this result still made the NBA president feel cold. This is too miserable!
When they learned that Wang Feng did not participate in any individual events, everyone could vaguely guess the result, but no one expected that Wang Feng's withdrawal would have such a huge impact on the All-Star Weekend.

The audience seems to have no expectations for a single event without Wang Feng. In fact, anyone who has seen the lists of the skill challenge, three-point contest and slam dunk contest will have such an idea.

The skills challenge is too unpopular not to mention, among the players participating in the three-point contest, the most famous are the Eagles' Trey Young, the Timberwolves' Karl Anthony Towns and the Trail Blazers' CJ McCollum.

Wang Feng did not participate, and Curry, Thompson and other top three-point shooters also announced that they would not participate in the competition.

The situation in the dunk contest was similar. The four players who signed up were all unknown fringe figures in the league, Obi Toppin, Juan Toscano Anderson, Jaylen Green and Cole Anthony.

Not to mention most ordinary fans, even Wang Feng can't remember who these players are and which team they are in.

"No way... After all these years, Wang Feng has almost become the symbol of the All-Star single-player event. Many fans watch the game for the spectacle of whether Wang Feng can win the championship. Once Wang Feng is gone, many fans will lose watching. desire."

"It's like a diner who has been spoiled by all kinds of delicacies. Once the quality of the delicacies declines, he will immediately lose his appetite, and the situation will even get worse. There is a possibility of gradually developing into anorexia!"

"No matter what next year, I will invite Wang Feng to participate in the single event competition, even if it is only a three-point competition!"

In fact, they don't need to bother, as long as Wang Feng can successfully complete the system upgrade task this season and reopen the unlocking reward function, next year he will definitely still be very keen to sign up for all competitions that can get rewards.

Compared to a little hard work, a generous reward is more fragrant.

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Following the freezing point in the ratings of the individual events on the second day of the All-Star Game, the highlight of the third day, the All-Star Game, still failed to complete a thorough warm-up.

Although the ratings of the All-Star Game did not drop as exaggeratedly as in the three-point contest and dunk contest, it also dropped significantly compared to last year.

It is reasonable to say that Wang Feng and James are the top voters in the East and West respectively, and the new and old succession and the drama of James VS Wang Feng can be re-fried.

However, the two top voters were both in the mood for soy sauce and did not perform well throughout the game. Wang Feng played 27 minutes and scored 14 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, while James played 30 minutes and also only had 20 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. .

The outcome of the game has nothing to do with the two, and there is no real direct confrontation between the two on the field. Before the game, Wang Feng's team VS James' team was overwhelmingly exaggerated. It means, but that is just a gimmick for the league's publicity. It is obvious that Wang Feng and James are not interested in the All-Star exhibition game, and they are not willing to waste extra effort.

The stage is completely given to Curry, Antetokounmpo, Durant and others.

Curry, who was in hot form, scored 16 three-pointers throughout the game and scored 50 points, helping the James team narrowly beat Wang Feng's team and was successfully elected as the 2022 All-Star MVP.

It is worth mentioning that this is the first time since Wang Feng participated in the All-Star game as a starter, he lost the All-Star game, but the person involved didn't care about it, and took the initiative to hug and congratulate Curry after the game.

Wang Feng and James both played soy sauce, causing the ratings of this All-Star Game to decline uncontrollably.

Boston's All-Star weekend has passed amidst various regrets from NBA officials.

For most fans, this year's All-Stars feel a little different from previous years. Without Wang Feng, who is always stealing the spotlight and showing his presence, it seems to be less interesting.

But the All-Star Weekend itself is a carnival day to relax and watch the excitement. What really attracts fans in the NBA is the fierce competition, the bloody confrontation, and the tension and excitement of not knowing who will win until the last moment.

And these all come from the NBA playoffs.

After the All-Star Weekend, teams from the east and west of the league began their final sprint for the playoffs.

The Cavaliers are no exception.

Although the Cavaliers ranked first in the league before the All-Star Weekend, the overall winning rate is only 76%. Looking at the league, it is definitely not the best.

In the East, the Boston Celtics, who are getting better and better as the season progresses, the Milwaukee Bucks, who are second to the Big Three but are still tenacious, and the Brooklyn Nets, who have the strongest Big Three in the league. The records of the three teams are not far from the Cavaliers. As long as the Cavaliers lose a few more games, they may be overtaken by the opponent.

The pressure finally came.

Wang Feng is used to such small scenes, but the Cavaliers are a new army after all, and many players in the team lack experience in facing tough battles, especially against those who are not weak and are on the verge of the playoffs and need to work hard. The team is often overwhelmed by the aggressive momentum of the opponent and plays abnormally.

Not to mention them, even Poole, who has seen a lot of ups and downs with the Lakers, has experienced ups and downs in this situation.

This directly caused the Cavaliers to lose in the following games against the Utah Jazz, New Orleans Pelicans, Golden State Warriors and other teams. Even Wang Feng's full attack could not restore the decline.

The Cavaliers suffered successive losses, which also made many teams in the league breathe a sigh of relief. Obviously, Wang Feng is not really invincible.

Compared with the Lakers in previous seasons, the Cavaliers still have obvious shortcomings. These shortcomings will not explode when the wind is down, but once the team is in a headwind, they will be infinitely magnified.

Entering March, the Cavaliers lost a lot of games, and their winning percentage also dropped all the way, only 3%.

But even so, the Cavaliers' record is still the first in the East, and there is still a gap of 2 wins with the Brooklyn Nets, which ranks second in the East.

The 2021-22 season is indeed a rather chaotic season. No team can monopolize the victory. The winning rate of the strong teams in the first echelon can generally only be maintained at about 65%.Each has its own winners and losers. According to this trend, there is a high probability that there will be no teams with more than 60 wins in the regular season this season.

And so it turned out.

After the end of March, there are only five or six games for each team in the league in April.

The Nets have been catching up in the last five games, trying to complete the corner overtaking at the last minute and regain the No. [-] position in the Eastern Conference.

But how can Wang Feng let the Nets get what they want?
The home and away advantage in the playoffs is very important to the current Cavaliers.

On April 4, the Cavaliers defeated the Suns 1:122.

Although the Suns without Chris Paul are still good thanks to the combined strength of Booker + Ayton, they are far from the strength of another space-time regular season topping the league. They are currently ranked eighth in the Western Conference. Several teams are eyeing each other and are in a state where they must seize any game.

In this state, the Suns played very tenaciously. Unfortunately, in the face of Wang Feng who broke out in the last quarter, the Suns had no choice but to lose.

After defeating the Suns, the Cavaliers defeated the Kings of Saramento 4:4 on April 117th.

Unlike the Suns, the Kings have been determined to miss the playoffs, so they are completely flat and have no desire to win.

On April 4, the Cavaliers defeated the San Antonio Spurs 5:112 away.

With Aldridge and DeRozan leaving the team one after another, the Spurs have completely entered the rebuilding process, but even so, the Spurs' record can still rank tenth in the Western Conference, with a slight chance of entering the playoffs.

It's a pity that with the loss to the Cavaliers, the Spurs completely lost their chance to advance to the playoffs.

(End of this chapter)