Earlier, the NBA officially announced all the voting results of the East-West All-Stars this season, including the results of the fan votes that accounted for 50% of the vote, and the votes of the players and the media who accounted for 25% of the vote, respectively. By and large, the 10 All-Star starters in the East and West did not have too many surprises, and Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James won the title of ticket king with his super popularity and outstanding performance this season, setting a new all-Star ticket record. In addition, some votes were unexpected by many people.
Joined the Lakers with a basic salary, but became the third giant! Call James Back and you need a qualified organizer.
In recent years, in order to be more "fair and just", the NBA has changed the rules of all-star voting, the league from the past fans to decide, changed to the media and NBA players are involved in voting, after the real-name certification before voting, the votes of media people and NBA players will be divided into two other groups, all calculated by 25%, which also adds another layer of suspense to the all-star votes, such as those fans are still popular, but the players who played badly that season, It is likely that it will lose the All-Star starter after counting the votes of the media and players, and it will also be highly likely to lose the All-Star bench lineup and miss the All-Star Game. Some all-star vote rankings within the Lakers can say a lot.
For example, Russell Westbrook, he ranked 6th in the Western Conference backcourt in the votes of fans, but with the votes of the media and players, Westbrook could not even enter the top 10 of the Western Conference backcourt, and this season's proper fame outweighed its strength. In the Lakers, 5 people who get the votes of NBA players are much less than Westway.
Westbrook only got 3 votes among NBA players, in addition to LeBron James, who ranked first in the West, Trevo Ariza received 4 votes, Malik Munch received 6 votes, Anthony Davis received 19 votes, and the team's backup forward Cameron Anthony received 20 votes, and his player votes ranked second in the team, second only to James.
If there is a situation where they vote for themselves, then the only three players in the Lakers' team, James, Davis and Anthony, are sure that there are players from other teams who vote for them, and Anthony has unconsciously become the "third big" in the team.
After the game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Anthony claimed in an interview that they desperately needed James' return, saying that in addition to bringing them 30 points every night, James would also bring them leadership that they lacked in this game. "He's not just going to give us 30 points, his presence, his basketball IQ, his observation and insight into the game, he's going to lead us on the court and we need his voice." Anthony said in an interview.
There were several scenes in the game that were very impressive, anthony had a goal in front of Danny Green, George Niang and Andre Drummond's three-man bag defense forced to turn back and jump shot, Westbrook stood at the top of the arc unguarded. The ball also made Westbrook very embarrassed. In addition, Anthony's obvious nostalgia for James's statement is also a dissatisfaction with the team in addition to James, there is no good organizer, he has run out of the gap many times outside the three-point line, but no one has given him a pass in time, and every time he receives the ball, his teammates can't play singles, throwing him to let him play one-on-one singles, which also makes it difficult for Anthony to find his own rhythm on the offensive end, and the efficiency declines.
Lakers coach Frank Vogel also talked about the team's lack of organization after the game, saying that the team's transfer of the ball was not done well and did not pose a threat to the opponent. As a team, we didn't do enough to move the ball, obviously we didn't put too much pressure on the opponent's penalty area, we were very focused on creating opportunities for ourselves a lot of times, doing individual singles, not getting the ball up, and when we did, our inside offense and the offense outside the three-point line would come to a standstill, very bad. When you face an opponent like the Philadelphia 76ers, once you attack without shifting the ball, without organizing, then they make us pay the price. Vogel said in an interview.
Indeed, the Lakers only sent 19 assists in this game, corresponding to their 17 mistakes, in the problem of tandem offense, although there is no name, but Wei Shao can not escape the blame, he only sent 3 assists, there were 6 mistakes.
James has said in an interview that his task on the court is to find teammates in the empty position, including Melon (Cameron Anthony), Munch and others, and the Lakers also set the second lowest scoring game of the season, and their lowest scoring game was limited to 84 points by the Timberwolves, and James did not play that game.