NBA: I have 3 but no D, and I still can’t dribble.

In fact, movie fans predict that the mainland box office of the documentary "Chinese Men's Basketball: Kill Saitama" will not exceed 1 million. This is already a very optimistic judgment.

After all, at the end of 2006, the domestic movie theater market was far from fully developed, with less than 600 movie theaters in cities across the country.

虽然天朝的票房连年攀升，从2004年的13亿天朝币、到2005年的16亿、而即将结束的2006年，全国票房已经突破20亿大关。

But this box office is only one-third of the later "Wolf Warrior 2".

Since the mainland began to collect movie box office statistics in 1993, as of the end of 2006, the box office of the commercial blockbuster movie "Hero" directed by Zhang, who is the box office champion, has only reached 2.5 million.

The highest-grossing commercial film, Headquarters, only had a box office of 2.5 million, and now it is just a reality-themed documentary. How can it possibly exceed 1 million?

You must know that the just-released kung fu blockbuster "Fearless" only had a total box office of only 1.03 million.

No matter how popular and influential Lin Fei is in China, he plays basketball after all. How can he save a sports documentary in which he does not star?

What's more, there are also blockbuster movies released at the same time, including "The Golden Armor" starring Zhang Yunfa, Chow Yun-fa, Gong Li, Jay Chou and others, which are expected to surpass "Hero".

According to the analysis of professional film professionals, the box office of "Golden Armor" is expected to exceed 3 million, and "The Banquet" with trousers is also expected to exceed million.

As for the documentary "Chinese Men's Basketball Team, Defeat Saitama", the box office can exceed 2000 million, which is already a huge miracle in the history of Chinese film documentaries.

At the Dongdan Cinema in the imperial capital, a huge promotional poster for the China Men’s Basketball documentary was posted on the outer wall. The figure of Lin Fei wearing the national team’s No. 9 jersey, and the final scene of the bloody and long-distance victory attracted everyone who passed by. Movie fans.

"Honey, let's go watch a movie, "A City of Gold". I like this. Jay Chou's ending song "Chrysanthemum Terrace" is so poignant!"

"Let's go watch "Saitama". This is an inspirational documentary funded by the National Sports Administration. Look at Lin Fei on the poster. Isn't he much more handsome than Jay Chou?"

Hearing her boyfriend's different opinions from hers, the girl immediately stamped her feet angrily: "Hmph, you know Lin Fei is Lin Fei in basketball every day, you might as well go and play with Lin Fei!"

"Oh, don't be angry. Let's go and watch "Golden Armor" right now. Let's watch "The Killing of Saitama" next time when we have a chance!"

Turn your attention back to New York, USA.

With the arrival of New Year's Day in 2007, the NBA League also announced the results of the first round of All-Star voting.

There is no doubt that Lin Fei easily leads the list with 139 million All-Star votes in a single round.

In second place is Dwayne Wade of the Heat. He received 92 votes, 40 fewer than Lin Fei.

Although he lost an upset to the Knicks on Christmas Day, Wade is still one of the hottest stars in the league now that he is relatively healthy, and his Heat are also the favorites to win the championship.

Many fans around the world still miss the Heat's two consecutive championships during the Big Three era. Even if Lin Fei leaves, these fans still look forward to the Heat being able to create a dynasty and complete three consecutive championships.

Ranked behind Lin Fei and Wade is Yao Yao of the Los Angeles Lakers, with 90 first-round votes.

After leaving Houston for Los Angeles, Yao gained more exposure from the media spotlight, and his value was further highlighted by partnering with Kobe.

The current record of the Los Angeles Lakers ranks fifth in the Western Conference, which has been significantly improved compared to last season.

In fourth place is Kobe Bryant with 82 votes, and in fifth place is Kevin Garnett.

It is worth mentioning that Stephen Marbury also received 24 All-Star votes, ranking 10th among all players in the Eastern Conference and 6th among guards, behind Lin Fei, Wade, and Arena. Si, Carter and Kidd.

Although it seems from the current situation that Marbury is not yet able to be selected as an All-Star substitute, he obviously received many more votes than last season.

It proved that his style change by Lin Fei's side has also won the recognition and support of more fans.

At the center position, Eddie Curry received 22 votes in the first round, second only to O'Neal and Howard among Eastern centers, and surpassing Ben Wallace.

The NBA All-Star starters are selected by fans' votes, while the substitutes are selected by the coaches of each team. Therefore, if Marbury and Eddie Curry want to be included in the All-Star substitutes, they must perform well in subsequent games.

At the beginning of the new year, Lin Fei continued to be in a state of truce.

During the signature sale event of "Lin Fei 1th Generation" basketball shoes prepared by Anta Group at Madison Square Garden on January 3,

Lin Fei also wore a black suit and attended in person, accompanied by his girlfriend Qin Dongmei and two special forces bodyguards, to sign autographs on-site for every fan who purchased "Lin Fei 5th Generation" basketball shoes.

As a sneaker brand endorsed by Lin Fei himself, Anta's sales in China and Asia are rising steadily, but it has never been able to open up the European and American sneaker markets.

At the same time, it has been suppressed by big brands such as Nike and Adidas for a long time, and its overseas development path has been difficult.

However, stimulated by Lin Fei's autograph on the spot, 5 pairs of "Lin Fei 3th Generation" were snapped up by enthusiastic fans in New York in less than hours.

It was just a pain for Lin Fei who signed the autograph on the spot. Ten thousand pairs of sneakers equaled ten thousand autographs. Even if Lin Fei wrote non-stop, it would still take at least five or six hours.

Originally, in the organizer's promotion, Lin Fei would only give autographs to the first 3000 fans who had enough money to buy sneakers and lined up in advance.

But seeing the long queue of fans filling the huge conference room and even reaching the street, they still refused to leave despite the persuasion of the staff, and even collectively shouted "MVP" and "King of New York" ",

Lin Fei was also moved by the enthusiasm of these New York fans, and finally rejected the staff's proposal and decided to sign autographs for all 10,000 fans.

A 5-year-old black boy ran out of the building in great excitement, holding the Anta "Lin Fei th Generation" that Lin Fei had just signed.

But waiting outside the building were many scalpers and enthusiastic fans who failed to grab sneakers.

At this moment, seeing a black boy who was easy to fool appear, everyone immediately pounced on him.

"Kid, how about I buy this pair of sneakers for you for $200? After all, its original price is only $60!"

"Are you crazy, sir? These are basketball shoes signed by Lin Gang, and you only offer $200? Boy, he is definitely a liar. Listen to me, how about I offer $500?"

"I'll pay you $1000..."

The event didn't end until 7 p.m. Lin Fei shook his sore wrist and couldn't help complaining that it felt more tiring and strenuous than playing a 48-minute regular season game.

When they returned to the villa that night, the white nanny had already prepared dinner in advance. After Lin Fei and Qin Dongmei had dinner, they took a short rest and then went back to their busy work.

Although he is on a break from injury, Lin Fei's daily training volume has not dropped, and strength training and shooting training after dinner are still essential.

In the gym, Lin Fei pressed a set of 115 kilogram barbells one after another, but there was not a drop of sweat on his forehead.

After continuous strength training, coupled with the blessing of system training cards, Lin Fei's bench press strength is now close to 120 kilograms. This number has almost caught up with some insiders in the league.

For Chinese players, a bench press of 120 kilograms is almost impossible for any defender. Even the strong "God of War" Liu Yulang can only bench press 130 kilograms.

Lin Fei is now 195cm tall barefoot, 197-198cm tall with shoes, 213cm wingspan, and his weight has basically remained at around 92kg.

Being able to reach a bench press strength of 92 kilograms with a weight of 120 kilograms is also not uncommon among black people in the NBA.

At the same time, Lin Fei's in-situ bounce has also been improved to 80 centimeters, his run-up bounce has reached 97 centimeters, and his speed of 10.98 meters is seconds.

The continuous improvement of physical fitness in all aspects also ensures that Lin Fei can always maintain top basketball attributes and competitive standards on the court.

At nearly 11 o'clock in the evening, Lin Fei finally finished training after taking a shower. He saw that the lights were still on in the study room on the second floor of the villa, and Qin Dongmei was still typing on the keyboard of her laptop, flipping through various documents and financial statements.

The caring and enterprising sister is no longer Lin Fei's agent after graduation. Instead, she has opened a sports agency in New York.

In addition to Lin Fei, the players currently signed by Qin Dongmei's company also include NBA rookie players Rajon Rondo, Kyle Lowry, PJ Tucker, etc.

Yi Jianlian, a young player of the Chinese national team who was ready to join the NBA in the 2007 draft, has also signed with Qin Dongmei's agent company.

Although the company now has several employees, Qin Dongmei, as the boss, still works hard until the early morning every day.

Lin Fei, who had just taken a shower, with crystal water droplets on his short hair, quietly walked to the study in his pajamas, and hugged Qin Dongmei, who was sitting at the table with his back turned.

"Ah, Lin Fei, do you want to scare me to death?" Qin Dongmei's delicate body trembled and she pursed her lips in a coquettish manner.

"Xiao Qingzi, it's so late so go to bed early, Sakuragi can't wait any longer!"

Lin Fei and Qin Dongmei wore Chanel's customized couple's pajamas, made of silk. Both of them were embroidered with the classic photo of Sakuragi and Haruko in "Slam Dunk".

Therefore, both of them gave each other nicknames. Lin Fei was Sakuragi, and Qin Dongmei was naturally Haruko.

Feeling Lin Fei's disgust, Qin Dongmei suddenly blushed a little. Although she was three years older than Lin Fei, under the appearance of a strong woman, Qin Dongmei was still a lover.

"You've been on a truce for a few days and haven't played any games. It seems like you've run out of energy. How many times have you counted in the past few days? Newlyweds don't do it that often, right?"

"Okay, okay, I really can't do anything to you. You go to bed first. I'll be back in half an hour if I'm busy!"

Qin Dongmei blushed and coaxed Lin Fei like a child.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you!"

Lin Fei kissed Qin Dongmei's fair and tender face hard, let go of his hand and pretended to leave, but turned around and suddenly stretched out his hand to hug Qin Dongmei's waist, and directly put him on his shoulders.

"Ah, Lin Fei, what are you going to do? Put me down quickly!"

Qin Dongmei's pair of slender legs were exposed from under the skirt of her pajamas, and she kept patting Lin Fei's chest gently with both hands.

"Haruko, how can I bear to see you so tired? It's better to go to bed quickly. The work is never finished. Let's wait until we get up tomorrow!"

Qin Dongmei is like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, being held on the shoulders of Lin Fei, a ferocious wolf. The following plot will definitely be quite brutal, and children must not watch it.

The next day, the New York Knicks, who were missing Lin Fei, returned to their home court at Madison Square Garden to face the visiting Western Conference team, the Golden State Warriors, who were personally coached by Nelson.

Lin Fei also wore a black suit in this game, and sat in the front row of the auditorium. His girlfriend Qin Dongmei next to him was wearing a pink evening dress. They were a golden couple, attracting many fans at the scene. of admiration.

As a transitional stage before the Splash Brothers joined, this season's Golden State Warriors, under the leadership of Nelson, have greatly improved their overall competitiveness, and have the potential to be as good as the Mavericks in the same period in the world.

Although the difference is that there is no Monta Ellis in the Warriors' lineup now. This guy is already in the Heat and has a championship ring.

However, Tony Allen, the defensive star who was used as a bargaining chip, was recognized by Nelson and promoted to the Warriors' starting shooting guard, quickly showing his prominence on the defensive end.

The Warriors' current record is hovering at 7-10 in the Western Conference, and further efforts are needed to secure a spot in the playoffs. Therefore, Nelson always reminds the players to fight for every game.

If the Knicks had Lin Fei here, it wouldn't be a problem to win the Warriors at home, but now without Lin Fei, the suspense of the game has become greater.

Before the start of this game, NBA officials also officially announced the Eastern and Western Player of the Month Awards for December.

In the Western Conference, Mavericks leader Dirk Nowitzki, who won the Western Conference Player of the Month in November, was nominated again. He averaged 11 points, 26 rebounds, 9 assists and 3.5 block per game, and shot 1% from the field.

Nowitzki's statistics are among the best among power forwards. Although the defensive end is a bit worse than Duncan and the Wolf King, fortunately, he has a clear advantage in record.

The Mavericks' current record is not only first in the Western Conference, but also first in the league, three games ahead of the second-place Phoenix Suns.

Although Jason Terry was lost, "Pluto" Devin Harris, who was promoted to the starting lineup, has gained greater performance space, and the depth of the bench lineup is also quite solid under the leadership of Ginobili.

With the loss of the Finals last season, the Mavericks team worked together to share the same hatred and put the most important thing in the new season: revenge against the Heat and regaining the championship.

As the "winner of the country", Nowitzki won the regular season MVP in the 67-06 season by leading the Mavericks to a luxurious record of 07 wins in the original world.

In today's parallel world, Nowitzki has already won the regular season MVP in the 05-06 season ahead of schedule. He is doing his best to achieve re-election and has become King Nowitzki's second goal besides the championship.

In addition to Nowitzki, other Best of the Month nominees include Kevin Garnett of the Timberwolves, Steve Nash of the Suns, and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers.

In the end, Kobe led the team to an 12-31.2 record with his outstanding performance of 7 points and 11 assists per game in December. He finally beat Nowitzki and others and was elected the best player in the Western Conference in December.

Although the Lakers' record is only ranked fifth in the Western Conference, they have improved significantly, and the chemical reaction of Yao Ke's combination has gradually improved.

The first tier of the Western Conference still belongs to the Mavericks, Suns, Spurs and Timberwolves.

Facts have proved that Kobe is better than Tracy McGrady in terms of personal strength and team leadership ability, and his team-up with Yao is more competitive than the Yao-Maggie combination during the Rockets era.

Eastern aspect.

Nominated for the best player in December are Lin Fei of the Knicks, Dwayne Wade of the Heat, LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Chauncey Billups of the Detroit Pistons.

After losing to Lin Fei's Knicks on Christmas Day, Wade also missed several games due to injury. In addition, important substitute Antoine Walker was suspended for racist remarks.

This also directly led to the decline of the Miami Heat's overall strength, and then lost to the Nets and Cavaliers one after another, swallowing three consecutive losses.

Therefore, Wade has already fallen behind in the best competition in December.

The Detroit Pistons' current record is still ranked first in the Eastern Conference, but the team's offensive and defensive tactics are more focused on unity and cooperation. Billups' average of 17 points and 8 assists per game is still far behind.

Therefore, the final competition for the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in December fell on Lin Fei and James.

林飞整个12月的场均得分是42.2分10.6助攻3.3抢断1.9封盖。

He leads the league in scoring and steals in a single month, and only ranks second in assists in a single month, behind Nash.

Although he missed the Knicks' two games at the end of the month, the Knicks still achieved a record of 12 wins and 10 losses in December.

詹姆斯12月的个人数据是场均28.7分8篮板8.2助攻，球队战绩是12胜3负。

In comparison, James' score is much inferior to Lin Fei, but the team's record is two wins higher.

With the Heat's three-game losing streak, the Cavaliers' record has also improved to second place in the Eastern Conference, second only to the Pistons, while the Knicks are still fourth in the Eastern Conference.

However, with the influence of the 78-point miracle in the Christmas game, Lin Fei's voice was obviously much higher than that of James.

Even with the praise from Nike Group and media reporters, fans were discerning, and league president David Stern withstood the pressure and awarded Lin Fei the Eastern Conference Player of the Month award in December.

James has missed the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for two consecutive months. This is already far away from his goal of hitting the regular season MVP in the new season.

In the latest regular season MVP rankings, Dirk Nowitzki is still ranked first, Steve Nash has risen to second, Garnett is third, James is fourth, and Kobe is fifth. ,

Lin Fei and Wade fell to sixth and seventh respectively because they were out for more than a week.

Knicks fans at home and abroad are not worried about Lin Fei's decline in the MVP rankings. As long as Lin Fei recovers and returns, his performance will surely quickly conquer the league again.

The game between the Knicks and the Warriors was very tense. Encouraged by Lin Fei's presence at the scene, Marbury broke through and assisted Eddie Curry for an alley-oop dunk, completing a near-win.

The Knicks also narrowly defeated the Warriors 109:107 at home.

Marbury and Eddie Curry performed brilliantly in this game, scoring double-doubles of 25 points, 10 assists and 26 points, 11 rebounds respectively, making the final sprint to be selected as All-Stars.

In an interview with a beautiful ESPN reporter on the sidelines after the game, Lin Fei also expressed encouragement for the Knicks' overall performance and personally canvassed votes for Marbury and Eddie Curry.

"I think Stephen and Eddie are good enough to enter the All-Stars. Their next performance will definitely not disappoint New York and Knicks fans!"

As for China, the majority of China fans were quite indignant that Lin Fei only announced 139 million first-round All-Star tickets.

"Basketball Pioneer" and "Slam Dunk" magazines both published articles targeting the NBA headquarters' suppression of Chinese fan voting, calling on the league to clarify the issue and announce Lin Fei's most accurate vote count.

Fans have also commented on major sports forums, and many people have also left messages on the NBA official website:

"The number of votes is the number of votes. Why don't you dare to announce it? Fei Ge's number of votes in the first round was at least 800 million, if not 139 million, but the final number announced was only million?"

"On the Christmas Day alone, more than 139 million votes were cast for Lin Fei around the world. The NBA All-Star voting statistics team is too shady. Do you dare to disclose the network backend data?"

"Everyone voted within the rules of the NBA. Why does one vote count for foreign fans and one vote counts for our Chinese fans? Isn't this a form of racial discrimination?"

"NBA officials must give a reasonable explanation, otherwise we will protest to the end against this unfair voting system!"

Some local overseas Chinese fans in New York also spontaneously organized a protest march to the Olympic Building, holding high the banner of "Give me my vote" to protest against the NBA headquarters' suppression and disregard of the Chinese fans' voting.

The rapid fermentation of this matter at home and abroad has gradually attracted the attention of various places. Yuan Weimin, director of the General Administration of Sports of Tianchao and former head coach of the national women's volleyball team, also attaches great importance to this matter.

The State Sports General Administration also held an emergency symposium, and important leaders of the Sports Bureau, the Basketball Association and the Blue Tubes were all present.

"The NBA All-Star voting is originally a fair and open national event. If the NBA headquarters discriminates against the votes of Chinese fans and suppresses the true number of votes received by Chinese NBA players, this is a huge provocation to Chinese sports and the majority of fans!"

"So we must make a strong response to this and give our fans enough respect for every vote they cast!"

After the final deliberations of the General Administration of Sport of China, Mr. Yuan Weimin proposed a very special referendum method:

That is to close all NBA online and SMS voting channels from now on, and conduct publicity and agitation through China TV, China’s official website and local sports bureaus.

Let the fans vote for Lin Fei and their favorite NBA players by writing letters spontaneously and attaching their signatures.

These voting letters will be uniformly planned by the local sports bureaus, and then uniformly shipped to New York, the United States, at the expense of the General Administration.

Real handwritten letters and signatures, one person, one vote, never repeated. Don’t you believe that the NBA headquarters can still turn a blind eye and suppress denials?

Starting from the five sets of sports news that day, the news calling on Chinese fans to write letters and sign to vote for NBA All-Stars quickly spread throughout the country.

Television, radio, magazines, newspapers, and leaders at all levels issued tasks at all levels, which spread to the spontaneous appeal of the masses, quickly sweeping tens of millions of fans across the country.

Just like the large-scale fund-raising mobilizations in the past war years, the cohesion of the Chinese people to work together to fight against aggression was once again perfectly demonstrated in this "NBA Letter-writing and Voting Campaign".

The next day, in the Knicks' home game against the Toronto Raptors, Lin Fei officially returned with full blood after sitting out five games.

Director Zhang and Xu Chengxi in the Tianchao live broadcast room also actively promoted the "write-in voting campaign" before the game, calling for one person, one vote, and sent the fans' support in kind to New York.

The majority of fans who were originally dissatisfied and indignant with the NBA headquarters' vote suppression behavior suddenly became more motivated. They bought stamps on envelopes one after another, opened pens, smoothed the letter paper, and spontaneously expressed their support for Lin Fei and their favorite stars, and attached personal signature.

"I asked why the online voting channel was closed directly. It turned out that the people were called on to vote by writing. Isn't this a bit too troublesome?"

"Real fans are not afraid of trouble. This is responding to the country's call to fight a sports war without smoke. Do you have a long-term perspective?"

"Okay, write a letter. I'm calling on friends who like to watch football to write together. Since the NBA headquarters suspects that we are suspected of cheating online tickets, then just write a letter and have it delivered by plane. Let's see how those foreign veterans will deny it!"

"Can one person only have one vote? Then I can only give it to Brother Fei. I'm sorry, Brother Yao!"

"Lin Fei's votes for the All-Star Game in Houston last year exceeded 300 million. The NBA headquarters suppressed the vote to more than million. He clearly ignored the power and support of Chinese fans!"

"This time we write letters and vote. One person, one vote will not take any advantage of him. Let those American guys see clearly how many fans there are in China!"

"The 08 Imperial City Olympics are in the final preparation stage. This wave of nationwide letter-writing and voting has come at a perfect time. How about letting our letters be buried directly in the NBA headquarters building?"

"Mad, this is on fire. I haven't written a letter since I was a child. I didn't expect that this first time I wrote a letter, I actually sent it to New York!"

While the Chinese people are promoting the "write-in-vote" craze, the General Administration of Sports has also made various preparations. With the free assistance of many companies such as Anta Group,

Three commercial airliners, Boeing 747-8 models, were chartered from the Imperial International Airport to transport letters to the New York International Airport in the United States.

Post offices in various places also deployed vehicles and personnel, starting from villages and towns, and gradually gathered them, concentrating on delivering all letters to the international airport in the imperial capital three days before the All-Star voting deadline on January 1.

A vigorous "fans writing and voting craze" is currently underway across China's 960 million square kilometers of land.

January 2007, 1, this day will eventually be recorded in the history of Chinese sports.

In island countries, baseball countries, Southeast Asia and other regions around Asia, many NBA fans, especially Chinese and overseas Chinese fans, were inspired and also participated in the craze of writing letters and voting.

However, there is no relevant foreign department responsible for recruiting planes to transport letters to New York, so these foreign fans can only find ways to send letters back to China before the deadline.

At the same time, after the Chinese Men's Basketball Special Documentary "Chinese Men's Basketball Defeat Saitama" was released at the end of the Lunar New Year, as word-of-mouth gradually fermented,

It has also become a box office dark horse in the mainland film market.

Originally, on the first day of release, due to the nature of the documentary and the competitive market environment where domestic and foreign blockbusters gathered,

Therefore, the daily schedule of "Chinese Men's Basketball Fights Saitama" is less than 5%, and the number of shows is squeezed into non-prime time.

In the end, on the first day, the box office of the movie was only over 90, while "The Golden Jacket", which was released on the same day, had a single-day box office of more than 3000 million.

However, with the fermentation of word-of-mouth from the first wave of fans and further publicity and encouragement from the General Administration of Sports, this documentary of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team has gradually reversed the decline, and the box office has steadily increased.

Rich historical knowledge about the Chinese men's basketball team, as well as the NBA journey of the Chinese players from Yao Yao to Lin Fei, and then the final classic review of the World Championships in the island country,

Let more fans understand the history of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team, and at the same time realize how important it is for Lin Fei to lead the Chinese Men's Basketball Team to win the championship.

With the start of the nationwide write-in voting on January 1, the popularity of the documentary "Chinese Men's Basketball Defeat Saitama" has once again increased. The number of films scheduled for that day reached 5%, and the single-day box office exceeded 12 million.

One week after its release, the documentary's total box office has reached 3300 million, making it the highest-grossing reality-themed documentary in Chinese film history.

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Looking back to Madison Square in New York.

Lin Fei quickly returned to form in the first game after his comeback. Facing the Toronto Raptors, who had a weak perimeter defense, he achieved a big explosion on both offense and defense.

The Raptors, under the leadership of "Dragon King" Chris Bosh, performed well in the new season. Their record jumped from 12th in the Eastern Conference last season to fifth in the Eastern Conference.

However, Maurice Peterson, Anthony Parker, Jose Calderon and others on the Raptors' defense are all small players who can attack the strong and defend the weak.

Lin Fei, who came back full of blood, completely destroyed the Raptors' perimeter defense amid the cheers of the New York fans. In the first three quarters, he hit 12 three-pointers and made all 13 free throws. He scored 56 points and 8 assists efficiently. 3 steals and 2 blocks.

Knicks (102): (76) Raptors.

Led by Lin Fei, the Knicks' other main players and substitute players were also in hot form. They led their opponents by 26 points after three quarters and ended the game early.

Agent Qin Dongmei had already contacted China's General Administration of Sport and sought Lin Fei's opinion to support the nationwide write-in vote.

Although the process of writing a letter to vote is difficult and complicated, and it is strictly one person, one vote, this will inevitably lead to Lin Fei's final number of votes shrinking significantly, and even losing his throne as the top vote-getter.

But at least the letters sent from China to the New York headquarters are real support and encouragement from fans.

Lin Fei also wanted to look forward to seeing how many fans his current influence and popularity in the country could inspire to write to him to vote for the All-Stars.

Lin Fei's comeback allowed the Knicks to get back on track. After winning against the Raptors, they struck while the iron was hot and defeated the Wizards led by "General" Arenas and the Nets of Carter and Kidd on the road.

Won a wave of three consecutive victories.

On January 1, the NBA announced the results of the second round of All-Star voting. Lin Fei's votes in the second round dropped sharply, with only more than 10 votes, and the total number of votes after the two rounds was 30 million.

Still at the top of the list.

The second place is still Dwayne Wade with 169 million votes, the third place is Kobe Bryant with 162 million votes, and the fourth place is LeBron James with 158 million votes.

Judging from the number of votes in the second round alone, Wade, Kobe and James came from behind and showed signs of overtaking Lin Fei.

As a representative figure of Chinese players competing in the NBA, Yao's number of votes in the second round was also pitiful, only 16. The cumulative votes in the two rounds were 106 million, and he has fallen to 8th place.

Not only are many fans at home and abroad confused, but even NBA president David Stern is puzzled.

In fact, even without the online voting of Chinese domestic fans, Lin Fei still received more than 98 votes in the second round.

The All-Star voting statistical team discounted Lin Fei's votes by 30%, and the number announced was over .

But the gap between these 90 and the nearly million in the first round is too huge.

Why did Lin Fei's second-round vote count suddenly drop so much? Don’t Chinese fans always like to swipe tickets? Why don't you brush it now?

Even the shrewd and capable President Stern could not have guessed in his busy schedule that a huge movement destined to be recorded in NBA history was underway on the other side of the Pacific.

Entering mid-January, the Knicks' schedule is relatively easy, and Lin Fei continues to strengthen his tactical coordination with his teammates, reducing personal shots and improving the team's chemical reaction.

On January 1, the team flew to Seattle on a special plane and visited Key Arena to play against the SuperSonics led by Ray Allen.

An hour and a half before the game. In the visiting team's locker room.

Looking at the All-Star second-round voting statistics in sports newspapers, the young Ariza was so angry that he threw the newspaper to the ground:

"Lin, the NBA headquarters has gone too far. It is crazy about suppressing your vote. Only 32 votes were recorded for you in the second round, not even a fraction of your first round vote? Only a ghost can believe it!"

Eddie Curry pursed his lips tightly, resisted the urge to drink Coke, stood up and echoed:

"Trevor is right. Lin has won the vote twice. It seems that David Stern has made up his mind to replace him this time! This is disrespectful to the fans' vote. The old guy has already It’s time to step down!”

Marbury also frowned in confusion: "Lin's vote count must have been suppressed by the alliance. I heard a friend say that ten votes from China may not count as one vote!"

"I believe in Dwayne and Kobe's votes, but why did LeBron James get more than 150 million votes? Just because of Nike's support? This fraud is too serious!"

Listening to the complaints from his teammates, Lin Fei looked indifferent and said with a smile:

"It doesn't matter whether I win the vote or not. Even if I don't get a single vote in the third round, the more than 170 million All-Star votes now are enough for me to start in the Eastern Conference!"

"It's up to you, Stephen, and you, Eddie, to break out in the last few games before the All-Star voting deadline, otherwise you really won't be able to catch the last train to the All-Stars!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Fei suddenly thought of a good idea, looked at Eddie Curry, and then said to the Knicks generals:

"I have an idea. The Sonics' interior defense is weak and they don't have a decent center at all. Tonight is Eddie Curry's chance to perform. How about everyone unite and help Eddie Curry get a Beautiful data!”

"No one may notice 20+10 in a game, but if there is a particularly explosive performance, such as scoring 40 points or 20 rebounds, this will impress the coaches of other teams in the league even more!"

"When we play the Orlando Magic next time, let's help Stephen. What do you think?"

As Lin Fei was the boss, everyone naturally did not dare not listen to his words, and they all agreed and applauded him.

Eddie Curry and Marbury were naturally very moved. With a boss like Lin Fei helping them, warmth flowed unconsciously in their hearts.

Pumping his fist on his chest, Eddy Curry suddenly felt a surge of pride and ambition: "Lin, if I don't get 40+ tonight, I will never touch a Coke burger in my life!"

At the same time, something big happened in the SuperSonics home team locker room.

Just when Ray Allen was changing his jersey and preparing for the pre-game appearance ceremony, SuperSonics head coach P.J. Carlesimo suddenly opened the door and walked in, with a solemn expression on his face, and said to Ray Allen:

"Lei, I'm very sorry to inform you that just now, you were officially traded by the management!"

"If you feel uncomfortable, I can make the decision so that you don't have to play tonight's game!"

Ray Allen was stunned for a moment, and other Sonics players around the locker room were also shocked by this sudden trade. However, some were happy and some were sad.

Ray Allen stood up in surprise, but the expression on his face soon returned to calm. This season, he seemed to be inseparable from the SuperSonics management that was bent on ruining things, and he was already destined to be traded.

"Coach, can you tell me where you were traded?"

"Minnesota Timberwolves, you will be teammates with Kevin Garnett. Ray, congratulations on your bright future there!"

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The 2007 Las Vegas All-Star Weekend will kick off on February 2th, when not only all-star players from the East and West will appear,

At the same time, following the 97 Cleveland All-Stars' awarding ceremony for the top 50 stars in NBA history, 10 stars from the past ten years will be added to form the top 60 stars in NBA history.

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the official founding of the NBA.

Like the top 10 players in history 50 years ago, this time the 10 new players in history will also be selected by retired NBA players, media reporters and coaches.

Currently, the historical trajectory of the NBA from 1997 to 2006 in the past ten years has not been selected into the top 50 historical stars of that year, and the ten most popular new era stars are:

Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Dennis Rodman, Gary Payton, Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade,

Lin Fei, Dirk Nowitzki, Allen Iverson, Reggie Miller...