Chapter 803： Refresh the number of votes once a year

In the early morning of January 17, an orange charter plane landed slowly at Phoenix International Airport.

In the past few days, I flew from New York to San Francisco, then from San Francisco to Sacramento, and then from Sacramento to Phoenix overnight. There was no delay in a game or a training session. Zuo Li, who even took the initiative to practice, yawned and got off the plane.

Looking at his watch, at half past two in the morning, even an iron man must be tired at this time.

I sent out the edited text message to Aomeibao before boarding the plane, and tidied up my collar. Although Phoenix is ​​not a cold Phoenix city, the wind in the middle of the night is still a little cold.

Behind them are the crooked Knicks, all of them half asleep and half awake.

"Brothers, let's have a late night snack!" Zuo Li waved his hand and chose a way to wake everyone up.

"it is good!"

After the game, most people only ate the boxed lunch and some fruits prepared by the team. After all, this is an away game, and the conditions are not as convenient as New York. Moreover, it is the iron rule of the NBA to be careful when eating away, so everyone usually chooses Meals prepared by familiar merchants or team chefs.

When I came to the away game again, it was still back-to-back, how to play without eating enough, although supper is not recommended, but professional players are different from ordinary people after all.

So more than a dozen big brothers of the Knicks ate at a 24-hour restaurant in downtown Phoenix before returning to the hotel to rest.

There was no training session in the morning, they would go straight to noon and wake up to prepare for the game in the evening.

And the Knicks, who had eaten and drank enough to win the game, fell asleep with a happy mood, but far away in New York, there was a group of people who were definitely doomed to stay up late.

That is the staff responsible for statistics in the NBA. Although the United States is almost writing no overtime on their faces, with the blessing of five times overtime wages, there will naturally be people working around the clock.

And there are not many nights like this. After all, the All-Star only happens once a year, and what they are doing at this time is to count the votes received by each star and confirm the final All-Star starting list for the East and West.

This job is intense and exciting in most years. After all, the staff will also have their favorite stars. It is a very happy thing to watch their favorite stars become the starter. If he is still the vote king, it is simply Double the joy.

In addition, the gap between the stars in the past is not too big, so the moment when the result is obtained, many people will feel like a roller coaster.

But now, the staff have four big characters written all over their faces: Bland.

The reason, the news the next morning will tell you the answer.

The results of the All-Star debut were announced on TNT's first morning sports news.

Barkley came to work overtime drowsy, and then announced the results in much anticipation.

Then, the news broke!

"Congratulations to Zuo Li! He was elected as the All-Star vote king for three consecutive years."

"Who is the starting center in the East! Zuo Li will continue to be brilliant!"

"Howard: Thankfully the rules have changed."

"Three votes in three years, Zuo Li is expected to tie the Jordan vote record!"

"Beyond Dayao! Zuo Li has become the yellow race with the most All-Star votes in history!"

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That's right, the results of the three rounds of the annual All-Star vote were officially released at 9:00 a.m. on January 17. Zuo Li became the All-Star vote king without any suspense. Dayao, Glathill's twice, tied Kobe's three times.

The Eastern Conference starting lineup is: Zuo Li, Howard, James, Wade, Rose.

West: Dayao, Durant, Anthony, Kobe, Paul.

For some reason, this year's All-Star has made some changes to the voting rules, and no longer votes based on specific positions, but is divided into front lines and back lines.

This is also the reason why Zuo Li and Howard, who also play center, and Durant and Anthony, who are also three, can start together.

Obviously, this rule can allow more popular players to enter the starting lineup.

So this year's East and West debuts are not surprising.

And the reason why the staff felt dull was of course because of the votes.

In the past two years, Zuo Li has successfully won the vote in the voting, and basically won it in a rolling manner, but this year, people understand what is rolling!

6458858 votes!

This is the number of votes Zuo Li got by himself, and it is also the first player in NBA history to exceed 5 million and 6 million votes.

In second place is Kobe Bryant, who got 3,658,581 votes, nearly 500,000 more than Howard in third place. However, these two people combined are about 300,000 less than Zuo Li.

It's no wonder that the staff felt that there was no fun, and it was boring. The gap was really big. When Zuo Li's votes came out, the vote king had lost the suspense.

In fact, the suspense has long been lost. Zuo Li won more than 2 million votes in the first round. The news at that time exploded once, but at that time the Knicks were still on a winning streak, which means Zuo Li put his own The limelight took away.

And this time, unless Zuo Li scored more than 80 points in the night's game, even he himself would not be able to steal his limelight.

No way, in this era, more than 3 million is already the ceiling of a superstar. Last year, when Zuo Li exceeded 4 million votes, it has already caused a heated discussion among people. Many people think that Zuo Li has the opportunity to continue to be an All-Star. The vote king for many years, just like Jordan, who had seven consecutive dominations.

But even so, when more than six million votes came out, people were collectively shocked.

Some people even couldn't help but ask: "This number of votes... won't be fake, right?"

It's no wonder that they are forced to think in a crooked place. It is really beyond the level of people's cognition to get more than 6 million votes in this era.

Fortunately, the alliance was well prepared and announced the source of Zuo Li's votes at the first time. Except for Zuo Li's base in New York, the votes from Asia accounted for more than 30%, especially China. weak.

Some fans said that fortunately, the league has changed the rules long ago. If the meeting in 2003 is followed, Zuoli's votes will give you tens of millions in minutes!

Only at this time did people have a clearer understanding of Zuo Li's popularity.

Many people think that Zuo Li is already number one in the league in terms of popularity, and the same is true of strength.

The last person to do this was Michael Jordan.

Is it...

Many people dare not think further, UU reading www. uukanshu.com or let time test it.

By the way, the 2011 NBA All-Star Game will be held on February 21 at the Staples Center, the home arena shared by the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers.

This year is still a special day because it is the 60th All-Star event in NBA history.

Therefore, this year's All-Star will be very exciting, and fans can look forward to it.

In addition to the main game, Zuo Li also has to participate in individual competitions, such as the slam dunk contest, and the three-point contest have been officially announced.

As for the skill competition, as a two-time champion, Zuo Li has proved himself by defeating the previous champions last year, so Zuo Li will not do it this time.

"Let's give more defenders a chance." Zuo Li said to the interview.

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