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January 1th is the last day for All-Star voting.

This is the last day of voting and there will be “double counting”, so it’s full of suspense and fans have been watching it since early morning.

"Look, it's changed again. Ben Simmons has rushed to third among Eastern Conference backcourt players. He unexpectedly rushed to third at this time, but it's a pity that the backcourt players can only take two."

"What does it matter? A third place pick doesn't necessarily mean he has no chance of making the All-Star starter. There's also the media vote. Maybe after the media vote, Ben Simmons will be in the All-Star starter."

"Hey, Ginobili actually surpassed Chris Paul."

"This is quite unexpected. The Spurs' record this season is not very good, and Ginobili's performance is far inferior to Paul. I didn't expect that he actually surpassed Paul."

"Jaylen Brown of the Celtics actually made it into the top ten backcourt players in the Eastern Conference. Although he has no hope of making the All-Stars, it's not easy for a sophomore to make it into the top ten of the vote..."

A group of people are watching the changes in the voting data. It is normal to see bigger changes on the last day, but they are mainly in the lower rankings. It is not easy to change the front ones.

Until the voting deadline approached, there was no change in the top rankings in the Eastern and Western Conferences, and they were still the same people.

Finally, the All-Star voting is over.

At this time, Lopez is still ranked third in the Western Conference frontcourt, and Holiday is still ranked sixth among Western Conference backcourt players.

Of course, the final statistics have not yet been made...

......

Soon, the All-Star voting results came out.

This result is still somewhat different from the result before the voting closed. After all, it is normal for the final statistics to change.

However, there is not much change in the top few places in the East and the West. The top frontcourt player in the Eastern Conference is still LeBron James (162 million).

This number of votes can be said to be very high. At the same time, he is also the top vote-getter in the Eastern Conference and will become the captain of the Eastern Conference.

The second place is Giannis Antetokounmpo (148 million), the third is Joel Embiid (78), the fourth is Kristaps Porzingis (64), Kevin Love (45), and the sixth is Al Horford (23)...

Judging from the voting results, the three frontcourt starters in the Eastern Conference should be James, Antetokounmpo, and Embiid.

Of course, there is also media voting, but there shouldn't be any changes. Porzingis' performance is still a lot worse than the previous three.

The top backcourt player in the Eastern Conference is Kyrie Irving (137 million). After leaving the Cavaliers and moving to Boston, his popularity did not decrease. On the contrary, because he joined the new team and went from being the second player to the first player, his popularity seems to have increased.

The second is DeMar DeRozan, whose votes are much lower, only 53 votes.

In other words, Irving received more than 800,000 votes more than the second-place DeRozan, which is almost a cliff-like lead. It is not difficult to see Irving's popularity from this.

The third is Ben Simmons (40), the fifth is Victor Oladipo (38), and the sixth is Dwyane Wade...

As for the western part, the king of votes is naturally Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu received a total of 207 million votes, and on the last day his vote count increased by another 15 votes, breaking the 200 million mark in one fell swoop. He is the only player to have broken the 200 million mark and is the undisputed league king of votes - and he has been the king of votes for two consecutive years.

Last year, Zhuang Yu was also the vote-winning figure.

The second-most voted backcourt player in the Western Conference was Stephen Curry, who received 137 million votes, far exceeding the third-placed James Harden (98).

Fourth is Russell Westbrook (79).

There is no change in the top four, and there is no one else in the West who can challenge them. After the results of the first round came out, there was no suspense.

It is worth mentioning that before the voting deadline, Jrue Holiday's vote count was still behind Klay Thompson, but when the statistics came out, he surpassed Klay Thompson (65) with 64 votes, ranking fifth among Western Conference backcourt players, Klay Thompson ranked sixth, and Manu Ginobili ranked seventh...

Kevin Durant (132 million) is still the top frontcourt player in the West, followed by Anthony Davis (66), Brook Lopez (59), Draymond Green (55), and DeMarcus Cousins ​​().

At the beginning, Cousins ​​was ranked third, but after a competition, he finally dropped to fifth place, while Lopez rose to third place.

Of course, being in the top two or top three backcourt players in the East and West does not necessarily mean you will be able to make the All-Star starters. It also depends on the results of the media voting.

"Congratulations, Brooke, you will definitely be in the starting lineup this time."

"Zhu, you are already fifth, so you can definitely make the All-Star reserve team, right?"

When the voting results came out, the atmosphere on the Lakers side was very heated.

The Lakers can be said to have stole the show this time, with Zhuang Yu winning the most votes, Lopez ranking third among Western Conference frontcourt players, and Holiday ranking fifth among Western Conference backcourt players.

Everyone congratulated Lopez and Holiday. With the number of votes they received and their performance this season, they have great hopes of making the All-Star team.

Especially Lopez.

Last season, Lopez ranked third among Western Conference frontcourt players in votes, but in the final media vote he fell behind Kawhi Leonard and failed to make the Western Conference All-Star starter.

In the end, he was selected as a substitute in the Western Conference All-Star team.

This time he is the third-best frontcourt player in the Western Conference, averaging a double-double of 21.0+10.2 per game, and has great hopes of making the All-Star starter.

Holiday also has a good chance of making the bench.

As for Zhuang Yu...there's nothing to congratulate him. Zhuang Yu was the vote-getting king from the very beginning. There was not even a hint of suspense. He was a definite All-Star starter.

Lopez and Holiday thanked their teammates one by one, and finally thanked Zhuang Yu specifically.

However, they were still a little nervous because the final result had not yet come out.

......

Two days later, the official starting lineup for the 2018 NBA All-Star Game was announced.

The five starters in the Eastern Conference are LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid, Kyrie Irving, and DeMar DeRozan.

On the Western Conference side are Zhuang Yu, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, and Brook Lopez.

For a moment, the entire Lakers team was jubilant.

Although it is still uncertain whether Holiday can make the All-Star team, it is a great honor that Zhuang Yu and Lopez were both selected as All-Star starters.

In fact, Lopez got an advantage thanks to the fact that he is an inside player.

Logically speaking, as the team with the best record in the Western Conference, the Rockets should have a player selected as an All-Star starter, but the problem is that the competition for guards is too fierce. In addition to Harden, there are also Zhuang Yu, Curry, and Westbrook in the Western Conference.

Westbrook's statistics are impeccable, but the team's record is a bit poor. However, Zhuang Yu and Curry's personal statistics, popularity, strength and team record are all very good.

Zhuang Yu will definitely be in the All-Star starting lineup.

After all, he is the Western Conference vote leader and is currently leading the league in scoring. If neither the vote leader nor the scoring leader can make the starting lineup, then just don't vote.

So Harden can only compete with Curry.

In terms of personal data, Harden is ahead of Curry, and in terms of team record, the Rockets are ahead of the Warriors. But everyone knows that the reason why Curry has this data is because the Warriors are too strong. With Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant around him, his data will naturally shrink.

The media participating in the vote are also aware of this, and they do not think that Curry is really inferior to Harden.

In the end, Curry beat Harden by a narrow margin and became the starting player in the Western Conference.

However, this is a bit embarrassing.

The Rockets, who have the best record in the Western Conference, didn't have a single player make the starting lineup. Harden didn't make it, and Paul was even less likely to make it.

As for the Rockets' frontcourt players, who?

Capela?

For Lopez, he cannot compete with Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis, but he has no problem competing with Draymond Green. He averaged 20+10 per game this season, which is much better than Draymond Green.

As for some of the people behind, such as Paul George, Carmelo Anthony...they didn't get as many votes as Lopez, and because of the Thunder, their personal performance was not much better than Lopez, and more importantly, their team's record was not as good as the Lakers.

The one who is really competing with Lopez is DeMarcus Cousins.

This season, Cousins ​​averaged 25 points and 12 rebounds per game, which is much better than Lopez's. However, the Pelicans' record is only ranked seventh in the Western Conference, far worse than the Lakers.

By the way, the Lakers' current record is still ranked third in the Western Conference, and they still haven't been able to surpass the Warriors, but they are actually only one win away from the Warriors.

Cousins' personal data and strength are beyond doubt. He was actually ahead of Lopez in the media voting. However, he was at a disadvantage in the fan voting and only ranked fifth among the Western Conference frontcourt players. So on the whole, he lost to Lopez by a slight margin.

The reason why Lopez is said to be lucky is that the Rockets, who have a better record, do not have outstanding inside players, and the Warriors' Draymond Green's statistics are not as good as Lopez's.

DeMarcus Cousins, Paul George, Karl-Anthony Towns and others, whose personal statistics are better than Lopez's, have worse team records than the Lakers.

In fact, if Kawhi Leonard had not been injured, it would not have been Lopez's turn to be in the top three in the Western Conference, nor would it have been the turn of anyone else.

It will definitely be the same as last season, dominated by Durant, Davis and Leonard.

However, Kawhi Leonard was ruled out for the season after only a few games, which left Lopez and Cousins ​​with a starting spot in the Western Conference frontcourt for them to compete for.

"That's great. Zhuang Yu is in the All-Star starting lineup, Brook is also in the All-Star starting lineup, and when Holiday is in the All-Star reserve lineup, our Lakers will have three players selected for the All-Star game."

"Yes, our Lakers team was awesome this time."

"Haha, poor Harden, poor Rockets, first in the Western Conference, but not even one All-Star starter..."

A group of Lakers players were laughing and talking.

Holiday also had a smile on his face, happy for Zhuang Yu and Lopez.

Seeing him smiling happily, Zhuang Yu didn't want to ruin his mood. As the No. 1 team in the Western Conference, the Rockets didn't have a single player in the All-Star starter, which was a bit unreasonable in itself. So when the All-Star reserve lineup was selected later, they would probably take it into consideration.

This is a precedent.

In the 14-15 season, the Hawks ranked first in the Eastern Conference, but there were no superstars on the team, and none of them made the All-Star starter.

Later, when the All-Star reserve team was selected, the Hawks had four players selected, Kyle Korver, Jeff Teague, Al Horford, and Paul Millsap.

This is the care for the No. 1 team in the Eastern Conference. If no one makes the All-Star starter, then the All-Star bench lineup must be taken care of.

This time the Rockets achieved the best record in the Western Conference, but no one made the All-Star starter, so the bench lineup may be given more consideration and more spots.

For example, originally only one was given, but now it has to be changed to two, or even three...

In this way, there will be fewer spots left for other teams and other players, and Holiday's chances of making the All-Star reserve lineup will also be reduced.