Chapter 150: Lion and antelope

"Unbelievable!"
　　 After the final result came out, in the TNT program, Kenny Smith shouted directly.
　　 "Yes, incredible. You know that computers are not particularly popular in China at this time, but they did it, incredible."
　　 After the dust settled, Barkley didn't stubborn, but rather teased.
　　 He is really more suitable as a host than a player.
　　 But his position has not changed.
　　 "But I still hope that the next All-Star Game can have some restrictions, otherwise we should really move the All-Star Game to China to play."
　　 "Hey, Charles, this is not the only problem."
　　 In the episode where Smith and Barkley shared the same views, the ratings of the show dropped significantly, and he has begun to enter the opposite role of Barkley again.
　　 Buckley looked at him suspiciously.
　　 "You know that Hill was reimbursed for the season, and you also know that Mourning was reimbursed for the season, but they both got a lot of votes and they couldn't go to the scene. Isn't that inappropriate?"
　　 Smith’s topic is very novel, but it is essentially the same as Sun Hao’s question of the king of votes. It is a matter of voting rules.
　　 "That is their honor."
　　 Barkley said after being silent for a while.
　　 "For the honor of the special, they only played a few games. We don't deny their greatness in the past, but they are more worthy of the All-Star starting this season?"
　　 Smith's subsequent words directly suffocated the great Barkley.
　　 For the first time, Kenny Smith has the upper hand in a verbal confrontation.
　　 "I don't think there is a problem with the rules. They have existed for so many years. Since injuries can be selected, why should Sun's votes be limited because of his country's fans?"
"Okay, okay, you won, but I think Sun won't score many points in the All-Star Game. We all know how his statistics come from. The All-Star Game, that is a higher level stage, you You have to be strong enough to think of getting a mobile phone meeting."
"let us wait and see."
　　 At the end of the show, Barkley established fg daily, once again filling the fans with expectations.
　　……
　　 New York, NBA headquarters.
　　 Stern knew the final result of the All-Star voting earlier.
　　 After watching the reactions of the fans and the media, he also got into entanglement.
　　 The reaction of American fans was greater than he expected. This result seems to have affected the largest local cake in the United States.
　　 But at the same time, he is also excited about the potential market in China.
　　 The number of votes means the number of fans, and nearly one million, that's just the past week!
　　 China has a population of 1.3 billion, which is too large.
　　 If it can be developed, it will be the No. 1 overseas market for the NBA!
　　 Tangled to the end, he decided to wait and see.
　　Wait for the All-Star Game to see the number of spectators present.
　　 If the attendance rate really drops a lot, he considers putting some restrictions on the number of votes.
　　 If not, there is no need to change the rules.
　　 After making a decision, he called the league office again.
　　 After the staff came in, he explained the matter as soon as possible.
　　……
"eggplant."
"eggplant"
　　 Inside the Dallas villa, Sun Hao is studying how to cook eggplant.
　　 Want to maintain the goodwill of Nowitzki and Nash, he has to invite them to eat at home from time to time.
　　 But no matter how delicious it is, he will get bored. He has to study some new dishes.
　　 "On One Hundred Cooking Methods of Eggplant"
　　 The magpie, no matter what Sun Hao says, he will follow.
　　 "Sauce fried eggplant."
"eggplant"
　　 "Boiled eggplant in oil."
"eggplant."
　　 "Eggplant with minced meat."
"eggplant"
　　……
　　 But if it seems to be too complicated, it can't learn it. The only thing that the magpie has been talking about is eggplant.
　　 It's like Tang Seng reciting the scriptures, and quickly read him away.
　　 "Shut up! Add eggplant and you will be eggplant in the future!"
　　 "Shut up"
　　 "......"
　　 "I want to eat braised magpie!"
　　 After Sun Hao said this sentence, Magpie moved his head to look at him, and finally stopped talking.
　　 Yes, this guy is not stupid.
"eggplant"
　　 But he just picked up the book in his hand and it came over there again.
　　 Sun Hao put down his book and walked over.
　　 "Yes, you will call it eggplant in the future."
"eggplant"
　　 Sun Hao nodded in satisfaction, he felt that Magpie had accepted its new name.
　　 Just then, his cell phone rang.
　　 is the phone number of the alliance office.
　　 The last time he went to get the trophy for the best rookie of the month, he also saved the contact number.
　　 He thought it was January's Rookie of the Month again, but after answering the phone, he realized that it was not.
　　 "Invite me to participate in the three-pointer contest? All right."
　　 NBA All-Star Game, in addition to the main game, there are also rookie games and some individual events.
　　 This All-Star will be held in Washington, and the individual events include three-pointers and dunk contests.
　　In the All-Star voting, individual events have actually begun to invite one after another.
　　 Sun Hao is among the best in three-pointers this season, and the average number of shots per game is the highest in the league.
　　 It's normal to be invited to a three-point shooter under such circumstances.
　　 Sun Hao has no reason to refuse.
　　 He has just entered the league now and needs these small events to enrich his trophy library.
　　 By the way, American villas are generally two and a half storeys, and that half is the attic upstairs.
　　 Most people use it as a storage room, and Sun Hao directly transformed him into his own trophy library.
　　……
　　 NBA games continue.
　　 Shortly after the announcement of the All-Star debut, the league also announced the ownership of the major awards in January.
　　 The head coach of the Spurs, Popovich, was elected as the coach of the month with the team's 11 wins and 2 losses.
　　 The best player of the month was won by Tracy McGrady of the Magic.
　　 The Magic's January record was 10 wins and 3 losses. Tracy McGrady averaged 29.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.7 assists and 1.1 blocks per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 50%.
　　 Just like the state shown with the Mavericks before, McGrady is rising rapidly as a new star.
　　 The four major shooting guards mentioned by Su Qun are likely to go directly to the top five shooting guards in the future.
　　 As we all know, there are five of the four major shooting guards.
　　The best rookie of the month was picked off by Sun Hao without any suspense.
　　 It is worth mentioning that this is the third consecutive month that he won the Rookie of the Month.
　　 As the No. 24 show, Sun Hao made a lot of media experts face scandal.
　　 said after an afterthought, if they knew that Sun Hao could behave like this, they should have regarded him as Iverson at first, and directly selected him with the top pick!
　　 There is no harm without comparison. The intestines of the first 23 teams are probably going to be regretted.
　　 At this time, a senior basketball manager named Klaus passed by silently and handed you a look full of resentment.
　　 But after entering February, the Mavericks schedule has become tough again.
　　 In the first game after the league announced the major awards, the Mavericks will be at home to usher in another derby battle with the Spurs.
　　 In the NBA schedule, teams in the same district have to meet four times a season. This is the third time the two teams have met in a season.
　　 The Mavericks lost in the previous two matches.
　　 The Spurs can be said to be the owner of the Mavericks.
　　 And in the last match, the Mavericks lost 11 points and were beaten completely without temper.
　　 More importantly, since the loss to the Spurs, they fell into a wave of struggles in December.
　　 Now the February schedule is difficult, and it has reached a similar level.
　　 The word bitterness is worthy of the name.
　　 But this is also Texas.
　　 In the years to come, the Spurs are very old, the Mavericks are weak, and Houston is strong. These will be the famous three illusions of Texas.
　　 But any team that goes to Texas for an away game will have to be stripped of their skin if they survive.
　　 The Texas Civil War, of course, not to mention more.
　　Because of the close distance, it can basically be reached by land transportation such as a bus, which is likened to a life-and-death battle of bayonet and dry road.
　　 Old Nelson also paid special attention to this game.
　　Actually, in this era, offensive coaches and defensive coaches are always on opposite sides.
　　 The number of defensive coaches far exceeds that of offensive coaches. Larry Brown of the 76ers and Popovich of the Spurs are the representatives.
　　 On the morning of the game day, the Spurs who arrived in Dallas a day earlier were training in the training hall.
　　 Two hours of training, the first one and a half are closed, and the last half an hour is open to the public.
　　 Many local reporters from Dallas also came to the scene.
　　 The reporter asked a lot of game-related questions, and Popovich evasively answered the questions.
　　 This is also Popovich's usual trick.
　　 Of course, don’t compare him who was just in his early 50s with his 60s in the future.
　　 At this time, he is decisive and cruel, but he doesn't do anything boring like poisonous milk.
　　 The reporter couldn't ask anything about the game, and could only ask some off-site questions.
　　 For example, Duncan was selected as an All-Star.
　　 "Tim deserves more votes. There is no doubt that he is already the best big man in the league."
　　 Popovich is arguing for his disciples, because even in the forward vote, Duncan lost to the Kings’ Chris Weber.
　　 "What do you think of Duncan and Nowitzki's matchup tonight, who got close to Tim's votes in the All-Star voting."
　　The reporter then asked questions.
　　 But Popovich smiled contemptuously and didn't answer the question directly.
　　 Obviously, he felt there was no need to answer this kind of question.
　　 "Do you think Duncan and Nowitzki's matchup, who will have the advantage?"
　　 The reporter thought he hadn't heard it clearly, and repeated the question again.
　　 "Why do you ask who has the upper hand when the lion and antelope meet?"
　　 Popovich asked rhetorically, leaving the reporter speechless.
　　 "Maybe the antelope will have the upper hand, if there are enough of them, the lion will be crushed to death."
　　 Seeing that the reporter had nothing to say, he showed off his sneer skills.
　　 Other reporters were amused, but the meaning behind this cold joke is self-evident.
　　 "What do you think of Sun being elected as the All-Star vote king?"
　　 The reporter asked about Sun Hao again.
　　 "That's fine."
　　 What the reporter didn't expect was that this time Popovich spoke well.
　　 But soon, the reporter realized that he was still too young.
　　 "If you don't want to confuse me, I don't want to receive a ticket from the league."
　　 Another Popovich-esque joke, but it made his position very clear.
　　 Regardless of whether it is Nowitzki or Sun Hao, such a ballot seems to him to be meaningless.
　　……
　　 "He really said that?"
　　 The Mavericks’ training was scheduled in the afternoon. When the reporter relayed Popovich’s answer to the old Nelson, the old Nelson looked very ugly.
　　 He can't tolerate the slander of his players the most.
　　 "That's nonsense, at night he will know who is the lion and who is the antelope!"
　　 Old Nelson is not as "smart" as Popovich. He said he would be more direct.
　　 After finishing the interview and returning to the locker room, he closed the door directly.
　　 "Popovic said that we are a group of antelopes, would you like to be antelopes?"
　　 Blowing his beard and staring, Old Nelson didn't have a beard, but he showed his angry expression to the fullest.
　　 Needless to say, the response of the Mavericks must be shaking their heads, but also angry.
　　Who would be willing to be an antelope!
　　 "I don't care what your next game will be like, but to play the Spurs tonight, you must do your best!"
　　 Old Nelson is really angry.
　　The team members also responded one after another.
　　 Texas Civil War, they don't persuade!
　　 "Sun, do you think Popovich did it on purpose?"
　　 When Old Nelson had gone, Nash came over and said.
　　 Since solving the problem of the two people's ball rights, Nash has been Sun Hao's "confidant friend".
　　 Of course, Nash is still very smart and sensitive.
　　 "Who knows? But the antelope kicks very hard."
　　 Sun Hao said with a smile.
　　 Nash will soon notice.
　　 "Then let us kick their butts!"
　　 Sun Hao nodded.
　　 To be honest, Popovich is very different from the Popovich he remembers.
　　 So he doesn't know if Popovich said those words simply to express his own personal thoughts, or to provoke old Nelson~EbookFREE.me~ If it is the latter, it is obvious that he has succeeded.
　　 Then let Popovich feel the anger of their "antelope"!
　　……
　　 That night, the U.S. Route Center Arena was full of attendance.
　　 The Mavericks have an excellent record in January, coupled with Cuban's continuous reduction of ticket prices, and various ways to stimulate the market.
　　 Cuban himself, also wearing his favorite blue Mavericks T-shirt on the sidelines, came to the home court to cheer for the team as usual in home games.
　　 Now Dallas, the ball market seems to be thriving.
　　 Sun Hao also saw more Chinese fans to support him.
　　 Gu Yi has already begun to promote the construction of Chinatown, coupled with Sun Hao's outstanding performance on the court in the past.
　　 The two complement each other, and the Chinese market in Dallas is developing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
　　 When warming up before the game, Sun Haoduo glanced at the Spurs.
　　 This Spurs team is still a two-tower lineup, which focuses on defense.
　　Especially the inside defense, it is invaluable.
　　 This may be why Popovich is so confident.
　　 Except for O'Neal's bugs, there is really no insider who can take advantage of the Spurs.
　　 But in fact, the defense of this Spurs team has not reached their peak.
　　The biggest reason is because Bowen, the top defender, is still watching beach beauties in Miami!
　　 There is no Bowen's Spurs, but he encountered the badge burst.
　　 This is destined to be a beautiful "encounter".