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

Grant Hill was the first-round draft pick in 1994 and was once hailed as the successor to Michael Jordan.

With Jordan's first retirement, the NBA's attention dropped significantly, and Hill also became the All-Star vote leader in his rookie season when he was 22 years and 3 months old.

He became the NBA's top vote-getter in his rookie season. Until now, no rookie has been able to break this miracle.

However, due to the lack of broadcast intensity and global popularity of the NBA at the time, Grant Hill's total votes that year were only 128 million, which was only slightly more than the 102 million that Lin Fei received in the first round today.

NBA All-Star so far, the highest number of votes among all previous voting champions is Michael Jordan in the 96-97 season. His total number of votes at that time was 245 million.

And now Lin Fei has a very good chance of surpassing Michael Jordan's historical record of the most votes.

Fans from all over China watching the live broadcast of the game were equally excited about the achievements of their idol Lin Fei. Lin Fei has now become the pride of the Chinese people all over the world.

"The best of the month in the Eastern Conference is also the first-round vote winner. The spotlight of the NBA has really been stolen by my brother Fei!"

"It feels like without Wade, Lin Fei has more offensive opportunities and shooting rights, and obviously has better statistics. Will Lin Fei continue to be a substitute after Wade comes back?"

"Wade is indeed very strong, but Brother Fei is obviously stronger. This scoring efficiency is unprecedented. Should Wade be my substitute for Brother Fei?"

"No matter how good Fei Ge is, he is a foreign player after all, and he has not signed with Nike. I guess he can't compete with Wade this season, but even if he plays as a substitute, he will still score higher than Wade!"

"Brother Fei suffers only in dribbling and passing. The two statistics of rebounds and assists are so embarrassing! In comparison, Wade is much more comprehensive!"

"Why can't a player without the ball be the first core of the team? Jason Williams is willing to help Feige. The Heat's backcourt combination is the most efficient!"

"Brother Fei, there were only 102 million All-Star votes in the first round? Isn't that too few? I feel that there must be an omission in the statistics from the NBA headquarters. The votes of our Chinese fans alone are more than 100 million, right?"

"The number of overseas votes must be discounted, but even so, our Brother Fei is definitely the well-deserved vote king!"

"I feel that the Heat should consider trading Wade. Now Wade can definitely be exchanged for a top-three power forward in the league. By partnering with Shaquille on the inside, the Heat's overall strength will definitely be stronger!"

Turning back to the AmericanAirlines Arena, home of the Heat, the game is in full swing.

The Heat attacked first in the opening game, and the Spurs' defense was very targeted. Bruce Bowen, as a well-known defensive expert, always followed Lin Fei and blocked the passing route.

As for defending the "white chocolate" holding the ball, Tony Parker was also very focused. He was the first to intercept his pass to Lin Fei, followed by breakthroughs and shooting.

At the same time, while Manu Ginobili on the flank was marking Shane Battier, he was also always paying attention to Lin Fei's running line, ready to double-team and intercept at any time.

Mr. Popovich, who was sitting in the Spurs head coach's seat on the sidelines, had a deep look in his eyes and looked confident.

With Lin Fei's continuous performance in December, hitting 12+ three-pointers in 4 consecutive games starting from the Christmas game shocked the entire league.

The coaching staff of the remaining 29 NBA teams also began to pay more attention to the attributes and characteristics of Lin Fei, the league's strongest 3D, and carefully studied the methods and tactics of defending Lin Fei.

Pop's coaching team is the fastest and most effective among them.

When a rookie player rises rapidly in the league and performs continuously with outstanding performances, this is often his welfare period.

And when the fame and influence are completely spread, and more opponents in the league target and study, the player's state will decline to a certain extent and remain at a stable stage.

Mr. Bobo believes that Lin Fei's rookie welfare period is over, and his next performance will gradually return to a normal range under the gradual and systematic off-ball defense.

On the court, Jason Williams did not take risky passes. To be on the safe side, he lobbed the ball to O'Neal in the low post.

O'Neal faced Nesterovich with his back, and Duncan quickly rushed to double-team.

Even under the double-team of the two, O'Neal still did not panic. He hit high and pushed away Nesterovich while avoiding Duncan's press. He turned over and scored the ball with a small hook.

"Shh!"

O'Neal, who came to the Heat this season, has richer and more skillful skills in low-post play, combining talent and technology to a very high level.

The ball is transferred and the Spurs attack.

Lin Fei mainly defended Ginobili, and the two foreign players who met in the Olympic finals were very familiar with each other.

Parker held the ball on the pick-and-roll with Duncan at the top of the arc, misplaced and accelerated to the basket, turned around and made a layup to score the ball.

"Shh!"

Looking back, Lin Fei continued to use screens on the outside to look for opportunities, but Bruce Bowen's pursuit was very targeted, always alert to the direction of the basketball.

After all, Jason Williams is not a master point guard. In front of a team with strong defensive qualities like the Spurs, his passing will always be at risk of making mistakes.

This time, "White Chocolate" saw Lin Fei rarely running out of space at a 30-degree angle on the left, so he made an emergency stop to get rid of Tony Parker and quickly passed the ball out.

But Parker always pays attention to the passing of "White Chocolate" and has a very in-depth understanding of his passing characteristics.

"Snapped!"

Parker reacted quickly, took a quick shot, and stabbed away the basketball passed by Jason Williams.

Ginobili rushed up to win the ball, and the Spurs counterattacked.

The Heat returned to defense very quickly, and the Spurs kept their pace and played a positional battle. Duncan took the ball in the high post and faced General. He feinted with his back, turned over and broke through, then made an emergency jump shot, and the basketball hit the ball steadily.

"Shh!"

Duncan can be said to have won the offense and defense against roughly this point. After all, he is the number one power forward in the league today, and the gap between roughly and Duncan is difficult to make up.

During the Heat's offense, Jason Williams' frontcourt shot again had a small deviation. Lin Fei was not sure about the first shot. Bruce Bowen and Duncan quickly doubled up, limiting Lin Fei's speed. Take action.

With his passing ability too poor, Lin Fei had no choice but to throw the ball towards the basket.

But this time the rebound bounced unluckily, and it happened to be taken by Nesternović.

"Snapped!"

In two consecutive attacks, Lin Fei failed to hit this point, and his three-point shooting was obviously restricted by the Spurs.

Stan Van Gundy, who was standing in front of the Heat's bench, frowned slightly at this time. It seemed that Mr. Bobo had really taken great pains to restrict Lin Fei.

Then there is the Spurs, a perennial championship-level Western Conference team. Their awareness of both single defense and assist defense is very good. The players' unity on both ends of the offense and defense is worthy of respect.

Although the offensive end was not going well, Lin Fei always played a huge role on the defensive end, making it difficult for his opponent Ginobili to score in isolation.

Even when defending Tim Duncan in a misplaced position, Lin Fei did a very good job, creating sufficient space for the team to adjust its defense.

Compared with the Christmas game, Lin Fei's defensive attributes have now increased by 1 point, and his stealing attributes have reached 98 points, which is close to the full value.

Although it was difficult for Lin Fei to get a chance to catch a three-pointer in the positional battle, Lin Fei sent out 2 steals on the defensive end in the first quarter, and also seized an offensive opportunity in the counterattack fast break.

After receiving a pass from Jason Williams and facing Ginobili who was chasing him, he took a lightning shot and scored 3+1.

"Shh!"

"Beep!"

In the last minute of the first quarter, the Heat also took advantage of the Spurs' defensive negligence. In the second attack, they passed the ball to Lin Fei who was running in the bottom corner. The latter caught the ball and hit another shot.

"Shh!"

Throughout the first quarter, even though the Spurs' defense against Lin Fei was almost airtight and progressive, Lin Fei still made all 2 shots and scored 7 points with a free throw.

O'Neal also played a more dominant performance when Lin Fei was limited. He made 6 of 4 shots in a single quarter, scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block.

But the Spurs' overall performance was better.

Heat (21): (24) Spurs.

Especially Parker was in very good shape tonight, scoring 10 points, 3 assists and 1 steal in a single quarter. Against Jason Williams, it can be said that he completely overwhelmed the opponent on both offense and defense.

Although Jason Williams' passing ability is very good, his defense is not at Wade's level at all.

Because Stan Van Gundy let Lin Fei and O'Neal play the entire first quarter at the same time, so they were both taken off the court at the beginning of the second quarter. Without Wade, the Heat's second lineup was completely unable to match the intensity of the Spurs. .

In less than 3 minutes, the Spurs went on a 10:3 run, and their lead instantly reached double digits.

In addition to the Big Three, in terms of the depth of the overall lineup, the Heat really cannot compare with teams such as the Spurs and Suns.

Especially since one of the Big Three, Wade, is out due to injury.

Stan Van Gundy quickly called a long timeout and could only let Lin Fei and Jason Williams play in advance.

The Spurs also quickly replaced Bruce Bowen and Parker.

Throughout the game, the Spurs always practiced the defensive tactics strictly required by Popovich, blocking the passing line on the outside and double-teaming O'Neal on the inside.

This also allowed the Spurs to always maintain the lead in the score, and Lin Fei and O'Neal had a very difficult time.

But even so, after three quarters, Lin Fei still relied on his outstanding performance on the defensive end, actively running in the counterattack fast break to tear the Spurs' defense, and hit 6 three-pointers.

But tonight, except for O'Neal and Lin Fei, no other Heat players were able to stand up. Although Jason Williams sent 9 assists, he also made 7 turnovers.

In the end, O'Neal scored 29 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Lin Fei scored 21 points, 3 steals and 1 block. But apart from the two, no third person from the Heat scored in double figures.

Heat (82): (98) Spurs.

Another disastrous defeat at home, the Spurs completed a double play in the regular season.

After consecutive losses to the Mavericks and the Spurs, the Heat's home fans are also looking forward to Wade's return from injury.

"It seems we can't do it without Wade. Our lineup is still not deep enough. We can't always rely on Shaquille and Lin!"

"Even if Lin's three-pointer is accurate, he still relies too much on his teammates' screens and pass coordination. Once the quality of screens deteriorates and the passing line is blocked, it will be difficult for Lin to get high scores!"

"Wayne should play more passionately and be able to kill the penalty area when needed. Even if he doesn't score, he has a high probability of causing damage!"

Consecutive losses to the Mavericks and Spurs also clearly exposed the problems of this Heat team. Although they won the Christmas game and the following two games, they faced weak teams, and Lin Fei also hit more three-pointers. Score the ball.

But once they face the powerful Western Conference team, without one of the Big Three, Wade, the Heat's overall strength will not be enough to complete the confrontation.

In the subsequent game against the Detroit Pistons, the Heat, without Wade, suffered another defeat and unfortunately suffered a three-game losing streak.

With all the Pistons' top five players present, the Heat's defense switching is also a powerful tool in limiting Lin Fei's catch-and-shoot three-pointers.

最终林飞在这场打活塞的比赛中三分球也只有8投5中，罚球3中3，拿到了18分4抢断。

The Heat suffered a three-game losing streak, which also made the league more clearly aware of the technical characteristics and shortcomings of Lin Fei, the strongest 3D player.

The Heat management and coaching staff have also learned from this experience. No matter how strong a 3D player is, he may not be able to become the boss of a championship-level team.

With Dwayne Wade's official comeback, the Big Three reunited, and the Miami Heat also ushered in another wave of winning streak in January.

On January 1, with the end of the three rounds of voting for the All-Stars, the starting lineups for the 19 Denver All-Stars were officially announced.

Even though Lin Fei's performance on the court had some ups and downs in early January, it still could not affect his high popularity.

In the end, Lin Fei surpassed Jordan and became the NBA's new historical vote leader with a record-breaking performance of 309 million All-Star votes in three rounds.

The Eastern Conference’s All-Star starting five are:

Guard (pg/sg): Dwayne Wade (192 million votes)

Defender (pg/sg): Lin Fei (309 million votes),

Forward (sf/pf): Vince Carter (182 million votes),

Forward (sf/pf): LeBron James (168 million votes),

Center (c): Shaquille O'Neal (258 million votes).

The starting five of the Western Conference All-Stars are:

Guard (pg/sg): Kobe Bryant (182 million votes),

Guard (pg/sg): Tracy McGrady (192 million votes),

Forward (sf/pf): Kevin Garnett (208 million votes),

Forward (sf/pf): Tim Duncan (181 million votes),

Center (c): Dayao (256 million votes).

A week later, through the voting of coaches of 30 teams, the All-Star substitutes for the East and West were also announced:

Eastern Conference bench (7 players):

Allen Iverson, Grant Hill, Paul Pierce, Jermaine O'Neal, Gilbert Arenas, Ben Wallace, Antawn Jamison.

Western Conference reserves (7 players):

Ray Allen, Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash, Shawn Marion, Amar'e Stoudemire, Manu Ginobili, Rashard Lewis.

The Heat and Suns ranked first in the East and West respectively. Both teams also selected three All-Star players. However, all three of the Heat were starters and all three of the Suns were substitutes.

Heat head coach Stan Van Gundy and Suns head coach Mike D'Antoni will also serve as head coaches of the East and West All-Star teams.

In addition to the main game, Lin Fei will also participate in the All-Star Three-Point Contest with Ray Allen, Kyle Korver and others, while Wade will participate in the Slam Dunk Contest.