The first round of All-Star voting was announced, and various discussions followed.

A large number of fans were amazed that Durant was ranked first in the Western Conference forward group. Considering that his opponents are Anthony, Gasol, Duncan, Nowitzki, Stadmeier and other long-standing veterans, that is really amazing.

Many fans also think it is normal. After all, Durant averages about 27 points per game, and has 11 points in a row in overtime to defeat the Celtics and 1.8 seconds to defeat the Cavaliers. They have a certain foundation in strength and popularity.

Nuggets player Kenyon Martin tweeted: "Kevin Durant ranked first in the front line group very simple! Because his Chinese coach Su Yang mobilized many people to vote for Durant. This is like Yao, as a rookie center, was able to steal Shaq O'Neal's All-Star starting center position. That's cheating! The league should immediately modify the counting method!

We must be wary of the Chinese forces manipulating the alliance!”

Less than half an hour after Twitter was posted, famous commentators such as Bill Simmons reposted it, and the scale of fans' discussions was further expanded. ESPN even invited commentators to discuss whether Durant is eligible for selection in the midday program.

In Kenyon Martin's tweet, a Twitter user responded to more than 50 comments crazily, each of which praised Durant for being selected as an All-Star. In the end, Durant's account was also involved.

Although the comment posted by Durant's own account was quickly deleted, fans took screenshots faster.

A few hours later, Durant used a trumpet to praise his news and appeared on the ESPN evening show.

The reporter specially interviewed Su Yang and asked him what he thought. Su Yang replied that he was absolutely supportive and emphasized that NBA players are also human beings and should have the same rights as the public. As for Martin’s questions, it is pure nonsense.

Martin then commented on ESPN News, saying he wanted to prove on the court that Durant is not worthy of being selected as an All-Star.

Coincidentally, the Thunder and Nuggets game started the second day, and fans were full of attention and expectation.

When Su Yang saw Martin's comments, he felt that it was necessary to win the game, so he carefully arranged it.

On December 16, the Thunder played against the Nuggets at home, and fans on the scene wore Durant's portrait jersey to show their support.

In the first round of the game, the Thunder team took the position in the five-for-one formation and played a weak Chicago tactic. Durant used Green's cover to circumvent, and then cooperated with Jordan Jr. to easily throw away Anthony and hit a three-pointer in the open space.

Su Yang originally designed a Flare change to prevent Anthony from chasing too tightly, so that Jordan and Green could cooperate.

But Anthony is so careless when he is not on the ball. He just chasing is just a gesture, no difference from standing there.

Turning around to the Nuggets' offense, Billups called for tactical placement and passed the ball to Anthony to play singles.

Durant, according to Su Yang's pre-match arrangement, stood sideways and closed the shot and made a breakthrough, firmly defended Anthony's right hand, and guided Anthony to rush to the basket to finish with his left hand. Regardless of whether Anthony scored or not, he could continue to consume his physical strength and willpower.

With booing all over the field, Anthony rushed to the basket and jumped to Jordan, and the graphics card lost frames and picked the basket with his left hand.

The basketball slammed the iron, but Nene, who was temporarily unguarded, grabbed the offensive rebound and made a dunk through Jordan.

The process was as expected, and an accident occurred. Su Yang applauded the Thunder generals and signaled to continue to be so defensive next time.

Because Anthony's left-handed skills are relatively poor compared to small forwards such as McGrady, which has led to Anthony's shooting percentage at the basket that has not reached the level of top small forwards, which has led to Anthony's tendency to end the game with jump shots at critical moments.

The Thunder attack changed the border, but it was a five-for-node landing formation that successfully attracted the Nuggets' defensive attention.

But Westbrook suddenly stopped and turned sharply after running across the center line. Instead of looking for Durant, he went to Green to do a pick-and-roll.

Billups and Kenyon Martin hurriedly set up their defensive formations, and they felt a little connected in a trance.

When Su Yang saw the cooperation of the two, he felt that defense was really a matter for the whole team. Billups had a slower lateral movement before, and when he encountered a speed guard, he was particularly prone to being defeated. However, Ken Yang and Martin were not tall enough, and his prediction choice was also poor.

But Billups joined the Nuggets, relying on his super-stance awareness and height to block most of the pass routes, helping Kenyon Martin solve the prediction problem, while Kenyon Martin helped Billups make up for the impact through speed and weight.

Seeing that Westbrook and Green tried a few times but couldn't find a chance, Su Yang spoke out to indicate that the strength and weakness were transferred.

Westbrook did as he heard the sound, and at the same time, Durant used Jordan Jr. to circumnavigate from the bottom corner without the ball.

Perhaps because the defense was too ugly before, Anthony bypassed the screen and interception this time, and Nene also tried his best to delay Durant, greatly delaying Durant's start time, but Anthony's center of gravity was too high when running, and Durant easily broke through and dunked.

Cheers exploded in the stadium, and Nuggets head coach George Carl was so angry that he roared, making Anthony feel more careful.

Su Yang couldn't help but sigh silently that Anthony can do a good job in defense, but Anthony is unwilling to do that.

The famous NBA draft expert Matt Kamalsky once wrote Anthony's report, saying that Anthony does not work hard in defense, does not actively retreat, moves slowly, and is too high in the center of gravity when filling up positions, which makes people easily shake. The defensive end often chooses gamblingly, and the periphery position is not meticulous enough. The advantage of defensive lies in height and strength. You can defend the inside alone, but it is easy to foul.

Anthony never corrected the shortcomings mentioned in the report, so he almost had no ball to play.

With a sigh of emotion, the Nuggets launched a counterattack, and Billups passed the ball to Anthony again.

Durant still guided his left hand, but this time Anthony took a step back and made a easy shot.

In the following rounds, Anthony did the same thing, and Durant was slightly upset in the kaleidoscope attack.

Durant defended very hard, but Anthony's choice was very casual and difficult to predict through conventional logic.

Choosing casually is the reason why Anthony became an offensive kaleidoscope. He never restricted himself, so he became a few masters at a young age, but that also made Anthony unable to get nervous, just like Curry also played behind the ball when he played the pass in the tiebreak in the finals.

When the first quarter was over, the two teams tied, and the data were almost the same, and it was like a 55-5 situation.

During the inter-quarter pause, Su Yang told the Thunder players not to be anxious because the Thunder scored efficiently and had few long rebounds. The Nuggets failed to play the rushing mode they were best at, and continued to maintain it later and waited until the fourth quarter to make another strong attack.

In the following two quarters, the situation was as Su Yang predicted. The Thunder led by six points and could not be expanded.

The Thunder cannot expand the score difference because Nene is often forced to eat Jordan Jr. and Kenyon Martin is forced to eat Jeff Green. However, it is used to use strategies such as switching defenses and clamping to limit the Nuggets' two inside players to get the ball. However, Billups' organization is too outstanding and there is also a threat of shooting at the three-point line. Those strategies are not good, resulting in the Nuggets' two inside players to get the ball very efficiently.

The Nuggets cannot narrow down because of the overall defensive deviation, especially the Anthony point, the Thunder made various efforts around it. In addition, Su Yang arranged for players to be interested in separating Martin and Billups, and Westbrook also used speed to force Billups to eat several more.

In the fourth quarter of the game, Su Yang changed his defensive strategy and tried his best to limit Billups to make goals for Anthony.

After Anthony entered the unball mode, he did not move without the ball and almost became an invisible person on the offensive end.

Nene and Martin are relatively inefficient in scoring, and the Thunder easily control the game until the end and narrowly wins with six points.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Kenyon Martin almost fought with Durant, and Westbrook flew up.

Fortunately, Wilcox was fast enough to successfully prevent the conflict from escalating, and the fans on the scene caught Martin booed.

In the whole game, Durant scored 33 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, defeating Anthony 31 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

That night, a Twitter user posted a message claiming that Durant is more worthy of being selected for the starter than Anthony.

The Twitter user had just registered less than five minutes later, and fans decided that it was Durant's small account.

But compared to the funny news of the trumpet, the famous reporter Stein reported that an anonymous coach from the West said that he had learned how to restrict Anthony from Su Yang, and speculated that other teams would restrict Anthony in the future.

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PS: I have tried this kind of cross-writing of narrative comments recently. Do you feel it is confusing?
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