Sloan's face was like a dead mother. After losing this game, the Jazz's playoff situation in the Western Conference became even more serious. This was not what he wanted to see, nor was it what Larry Miller wanted to see. If the Jazz couldn't enter the playoffs, it would be a fatal blow to the entire Salt Lake City. Damn Bulls, Damn Chinese. Sloan cursed wildly in his heart, but he could not change the result of the game. In this game, he really tried his best, but Stockton, a guy who was soft in key battles, was too bad. If he played as smoothly as Malone, then the Jazz were not without a chance. After all, Malone completely beat the Bulls in the inside line, which is an indisputable fact.

Sloan was very unhappy when he lost the ball, but Tim Floyd, who won the ball, was no different from losing the ball, because one game would be less than one game. Next season, he would definitely leave. Although the salary of NBA is not as high as NCAA, NBA's exposure and commercialization are not something that NCAA has. I really like this league, but this league doesn't like me.

No one understands Tim Floyd's psychological monologue, the next game Bulls are at home at the Supersonics, and this game is played one day later.

In addition to the competition, it is the day for All-Star votes, because on February 10th, this time the All-Star was held in Philadelphia. Originally, Philadelphia could hold All-Stars in the 98-99 season, but that season was suspended, so All-Stars had to move to this season.

Li Lei's current votes are 2 million, much more than Carter's 1.4 million and Kobe's 1.1 million. He is no longer a starter, and Li Lei was selected as a starter, and the host Iverson occupies one, so the competition in the backcourt becomes more intense. Currently, Jordan, Kidd, McGrady, Pierce, Ray Allen, Byron Davis and others in the Eastern Conference backcourt, and the competition is really fierce.

However, like O'Neal, Carter, although there are a lot of votes, he will definitely not be able to participate due to injury. Therefore, the quota given up has made the competition among the remaining people even more intense.

In addition to Li Lei, Brand was also selected as the All-Star, and he was the starter. His votes were more than 800,000, completely crushing Antoine Walker, Rahim and others. Who made his data more beautiful than those two people?

This was the first time Brand was selected as an All-Star in his career. He was very excited. To celebrate, he invited the whole team to go to Chicago nightclubs for fun.

Li Lei originally wanted to train, but because the other party's kindness was hard to refuse, Li Lei still went.

Although the number of votes will change, it is difficult for those who want to catch up later. After all, this is not an era of information explosion in the previous life. In this era, the Internet is just on the road. Hundreds of thousands or more votes and more than one million are already very awesome in the NBA.

Li Lei’s 2 million, one is from Chicago fans, two is from Chinese votes for him, and three is from UCL’s votes. The three are superimposed together, and the 2 million are only available. If he did not participate in NCAA at the beginning, but entered the league through other methods, it would be basically difficult to get the number of votes for this number.

Li Lei thought, sat aside and watched his teammates spanking. He was bored. Brand came over. There were no one beside him. He came alone, holding a glass of ice water in his hand.

"Bruce, I'll to you this glass of water. I know that if I were selected as an All-Star this time, I would definitely not be selected. I'll do it. Thank you." Brand looked at Li Lei and poured this glass of ice water into his stomach. Li Lei also drank half a cup of juice in one go.

"It's okay, everyone is a teammate. If you can be selected as an All-Star, it depends on your strength. If you don't have the strength, the fans will not choose you."

Brand nodded. The value of being selected as an All-Star this time should not be too great for him to improve his personal value. At least it will not be a problem to get a big contract in the future, because the honor of All-Stars is there.

Brand and Li Lei chatted for a while, and then continued to roam on the dance floor. Li Lei felt it was boring and went straight to the apartment from the nightclub.

When I arrived at the apartment, the phone rang.

"Hey, Xiao Lei, this Spring Festival, are you back for the New Year? I'll make your favorite dumplings for you."

The phone call was from my mother, and Li Lei felt relieved when he heard his mother's voice.

"No, Mom, I had a game that day, otherwise you and dad would come to Chicago for the New Year. There is no difference between Chinatown here and us."

When I went to Chicago to celebrate the New Year, my mother on the other end of the phone was a little moved and communicated with my father. Li Lei's ears were very sensitive. When he heard his father say that he was going to have a Spring Festival travel, Li Lei could only laugh. Don't look at his father being so strict in front of him, he would never be able to revive his husband's spouse. Many people say that his father was afraid of his inner self, but Li Lei knew very well that those people were jealous of the relationship between his parents. They had been so harmonious for so many years, unlike other couples, who had been in a long time, they had completely become a formal marriage.

"Okay, we will leave soon. I'm dead. I'm going to tell others about this news and tell them not to come during the New Year."

After saying that, Mom Zhao Yixuan hung up the phone, and Li Lei was ready to go to bed, after all, she still had regular season to play.

On January 7, Li Lei came to the United Center in the evening because he was about to start with the supersonics soon. This game was not very easy for the Bulls.

Supersonics have no big deal this season, but Li Lei is very clear that after this season, the lineup will usher in a big change. Payton will go to Milwaukee, and Ray Allen will travel to Seattle and form a famous combination of three famous shooters with Rashad Lewis, the ski man. His playing style is gorgeous, but his record has not changed much.

Moreover, because of Li Lei, Earl Watson did not participate in the draft this year, which made Payton not have a good substitute at all. This change caused Payton to suffer a lot. Payton's playing time this season has exceeded 45 minutes, and many games were won by his life, but the Supersonics still want to trade him.
Chapter completed!