On the evening of December 13, NBA officials finally announced the results of the first round of voting in the 2014 All-Star Game.

The voting result this time was both unexpected and reasonable.

Link became the voting champion of the first round of All-Star voting this year with 609,000 votes!

Behind him are Heat superstar James, who received 607,000 votes, Durant, the youngest scorer who received 605,000 votes, and Kobe Bryant, who received 602,000 votes.

Unexpectedly, it is because it is hard to imagine that in this era, James and Kobe were not on the top of the voting list.

What is reasonable is that Link is indeed the best player to play so far this season, no one of them.

With 20 wins and 0 losses, no team can compare with the Grizzlies' record. At the same time, Link's performance is as outstanding as ever. His excellent record and his impressive personal performance have allowed Link to surpass the two popular monsters, James and Kobe, and was voted at the top of the All-Star vote for the first time in his career!

Although the voting continues, Link is also likely to be surpassed by the latter. But even if it is just a voting champion in one round, it is very amazing. After all, those who compete with Link are all superstar athletes.

It is not easy to stand out among the superstars.

Link felt extremely proud. Once upon a time, Grant Hill was also a hot spot in the eyes of fans. In the first year after entering the league, he was voted as the All-Star vote king by fans.

Even in those seasons when he was injured and unable to play, the All-Star Ticket King position belongs to Hill. This shows how much fans love athletes like Hill.

It is both elegant and powerful. It is both violent and elegant.

Now, Link has truly taken over Hill's legacy. He not only inherited Hill's playing style, but also truly gained popularity as a recruiter of MGrant Hill.

Link originally thought that with his outstanding performance this season, there should be no controversy in becoming the vote leader.

But things went against his wishes. The next day, before the game against the Thunder began, Link still saw a lot of comments about him.

"Bryant and James are such great athletes who have to be behind Link? If you accept this result, you must not be a pure basketball fan."

"This year, China's Weibo and WeChat have launched voting channels. Therefore, Link took advantage of the Chinese market. Jeremy Lin, who averaged 12.5 points and 4.1 assists per game, is ranked fifth in the overall list after Link, James, Durant and Kobe. It can be seen that the voting of Chinese fans is crazy about multiple points."

"Link is the All-Star Ticket King? Please, let me breathe a sigh of relief. I can't accept this fact yet."

The more famous a player becomes, the more people who hate him are like him. This is true for any superstar, Jordan, Kobe, James and others are no exception.

There are as many people who hate Kobe, as many people who like Kobe. Lakers fans like him, but James and Celtics fans are eager to twist Kobe's head off. There are many people in this world who hate James, even if he is already one of the strongest players in the service.

Every fan has his own heroic image in his heart, and it is difficult for a star to satisfy all fans' fantasies about heroes. Therefore, even if Link scored 20 wins and 0 losses, he still could not escape the misfortune of being criticized.

Among them, the one who blackened Black Link the most was Bill Simmons.

Although Simmons overturned the car the last time he argued with Link. With the character of Simmons, he would never stop. He also said that until Link won the dunk contest, he was very keen to compete with Link to the end.

Bill Simmons is such a straightforward person, not just targeting Link, but also great players like Carter and Jabbar. Simmons is also in absurd manner.

He even did not hesitate to hack the stars he hated in his book. The reason was simple and crude, not because the other party did something wrong, but because, "This is my fucking book, I will hack whoever I want."

"If Link didn't have a yellow skin and couldn't speak fluent Chinese, guess how could he make it to the top five? The Grizzlies' recent 20-game winning streak is indeed very exciting, but this doesn't mean that Link is the best superstar in the world. He has a few superstars, and I mean, no superstar can completely dominate the league by winning a championship."

Link was speechless. Bill Simmons was completely black for the sake of blackness. However, as a loyal reader of the book "Bain Shi Tongjian", Link was mentally prepared to be blackened by Simmons.

Simmons is a very subjective guy. He never wants to maintain anything neutral or objective. For him, like is like, and hate is hate.

In addition to Bill Simmons, Kevin Durant is also eyeing Link today.

Seeing that his former defeated player Link became the vote leader, while Durant was only ranked third, this dark-hearted guy certainly wouldn't be convinced.

In the Western Conference Finals last season, the Thunder were revenged by the Grizzlies. It was not until December that Durant had the opportunity to win back the game.

Originally, Durant wanted to perform well in front of Link, but now he happened to encounter the All-Star voting again. Therefore, Durant was even more irritable tonight.

Before the game started, Durant made a harsh statement in an interview, "The Grizzlies' record of 20 wins and 0 losses is very impressive, but after today's game, this will become history."

In this regard, Bill Simmons doesn't mean that he supports it. "Kevin Durant is definitely the player who can compete with Link. I have to apologize to James and Anthony first, because I have to say that Kevin Durant is the best scorer in the league."

As a result, the Thunder really went crazy at the Federal Express Arena tonight.

The Thunder are already strong, and their record has been 16 wins and 4 losses this season, which is very outstanding.

Today, Durant and Westbrook also showed nearly perfect personal performances.

Westbrook is no longer in a fumble today, scoring 27 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists with a shooting percentage of 58.3%. Today, the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is invincible.

Durant is not to be outdone. He still scored 28 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists under Link's tight defense. Moreover, his shooting percentage is as high as 50%.

Durant's touch today is very magical. Many times, Link did not lose his position at all, but Durant was able to score a goal with Link's interference.

Relying on the violent performance of the second young master, the Grizzlies lost their home court early this season. At the same time, the longest winning streak in the league's history also remained at 20 consecutive wins.

116 to 108, the Grizzlies and Link suffered a tragic defeat!

The Thunder had a net defeat to their opponents for every 100 rounds last season, which was 8.6 points higher than the Heat's. They had 19 goals over their opponents and scored 20+ points, which was more than twice the Heat's! What the Thunder really suffered was their performance at critical moments. Xiaohong, who was within 3 points of the score difference, only won 2 wins and 7 losses. Last season's playoffs, the Thunder made many mistakes at critical moments.

But the Thunder rarely loses this kind of game that establishes its advantages early. Today, they seized the opportunity firmly.

Link scored 26 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists today, and his performance was excellent. But unfortunately, the Thunder are indeed the better side.

Durant was so excited after winning the game that he almost rushed to Link and yelled. From summer to the end of the year, Durant dreamed of winning the game. Now that it is done, how can he not be excited?

Link was also very disappointed with the loss in this game. The Oklahoma City Thunder is more difficult to deal with than before. This game made Link realize that he has not yet achieved real domination in the league. Super combinations like Durant and Westbrook can still cause trouble for the Grizzlies.

In sharp contrast to Link's emotions, Bill Simmons. Before the game, he said that Durant was the one who could beat Link. This time, he won.

"What am I talking about? Link is a half-baked superstar. Whenever he meets a decent opponent, he will be silent. Believe me, when his good luck disappears and the Grizzlies' halo fades, they will become no longer magical. After the results of the second round of All-Star voting come out, Link will definitely fall from the first place! Don't believe it? Then let's see how Kobe Bryant will deal with Link in the next game."

Bill Simmons was very proud. He finally won a game today.
Chapter completed!