On January 14, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. Earlier today, the NBA officially announced the results of the All-Star second round.
According to the current voting results, the 5 eastern starters are: Durant (4088334), Alphabet Brother (3808458), Embiid (2357404), DeRozan (2973854), Trae Young (1596301); The Western Starters are: Curry (4463426), Morant (1633313), James (4386392), Jokic (3016380), Wiggins (1829733). Compared with the results of the first round of voting, there are 5 major changes in the results of this round of voting.
1. James surpasses Durant and Alphabet Brother and infinitely approaches Curry
In the first round of voting, James only ranked 4th in the league. James's increase in this round of voting is very large, has surpassed Durant and Alphabet Brother in the East, and the gap with Curry has narrowed to about 80,000 votes, according to this rate of increase, James's completion of Curry's counter-overtaking problem is not very big. After the results of the second round of voting came out, the Lakers officials quickly built momentum for James again, and in a short period of time, they received a response from tens of thousands of fans.
2. Wiggins overtakes George and is expected to be named an All-Star as a starter
In the first round of voting results, Wiggins ranked 4th in the Western Conference frontcourt, but the gap from the top 3 is not very large. In recent times, George has been unable to play due to injury, which gives Wiggins room to overtake. Sure enough, in this installment, Wiggins completed the counter-overtaking of George. Following this trend, Wiggins was not only selected as an All-Star for the first time in his career, but also as a starter, which is a great honor for him. It is worth mentioning that perhaps Davis and Dream Green can not become the Western Conference starter, but according to the current trend, they may also complete the counterattack against George.
3. Harden dropped two places in a row, and Trae Young and LaVine completed the counter-attack
In the 4 groups of east and west front and back field rankings, the eastern backcourt voting result is the most changed. DeRozan's first position remained unchanged, but Harden dropped two consecutive places to the 4th place in the Eastern Conference backcourt, and Trae Young and Lavin completed the counter-attack on him. Based on the current vote results, Trae Young will partner DeRo in favor of the Eastern Conference backcourt starting combination. However, the difference in the number of votes between Trae Young (1596301), Lavin (1442571) and Harden (1433217) is not very large, and everything is still variable.
4. Morant pushed Doncic into the Western Conference starter
In the recent NBA, Morant can be described as the most popular star, he led the Grizzlies to the longest 10 consecutive wins in team history, coupled with the hot style of the game, Morant's popularity is unparalleled. This is also reflected in the All-Star vote, and Morant has now surpassed Doncic, and the advantage is as much as 220,000 votes. Following the current trend, Morant is very likely to partner Curry to become a Western Conference All-Star starting backcourt combination.
5. Wei Shao did not fall but rose, even surpassing Lillard and Paul
In the first round of voting results, Lakers star Wei Shao only ranked 9th in the West, and there was a big gap between him and the star in front of him. In the second round of voting, Westbrook rose significantly to 6th place in the Western Conference backcourt, and among the stars he overtook included Paul of the Suns, Mitchell of the Jazz, and Lillard of the Blazers. Objectively speaking, Wei Shao's recent performance is not very good, but it can still complete the increase in the number of votes, which is enough to prove the popularity of Wei Shao and the strength of Lakers fans. However, given that Curry, Morant and Doncic are far ahead of other stars, the likelihood that Westbrook will be among the Western Conference starters is almost zero.