Chapter 737 Tang Tian Breaks the All-Star Vote Record (Second Update!)

The Pelicans have won 11 consecutive victories and their record has reached a terrifying 36 wins and 1 loss!

When the time entered mid-January, people discovered for the first time that the Pelicans' momentum actually had the hope of hitting the best record in regular season history!

The best regular season record in NBA history is 72 wins and 10 losses, which was set by the Bulls in the 1995-1996 season.

At that time, Jordan came back two years after his retirement and was still in hot form. Pippen also grew into a superstar. Together with Rodman, the Bulls were almost invincible at the time.

The fans knew that the Bulls were strong without beating them.

But the Pelicans' current performance, just like ESPN's prediction of ranking them first and being complained by fans, is absolutely unexpected, and even completely unexpected.

Cole's 67 wins in his first season as coach last year was amazing enough, but Stevens' first season with the Pelicans was even more shocking!

The Pelicans continue to surge forward.

Against the Jazz on January 17, the Jazz played tenaciously and were in a stalemate with the Pelicans until the fourth quarter. Tang Tian and Davis worked together to end the game.

Tang Tian scored 27 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, and Davis scored 24 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks.

Against the Clippers on January 20, the Clippers were in hot form and fought the Pelicans until the last minute.

Lou Williams scored 30 points, including a late three-pointer that sent the game into overtime.

But in overtime, Tang Tian dominated the game with 10 points, and the Pelicans finally won.

Tang Tian scored his first 30+ score since his comeback, with 35 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Bo Yang scored 20 points with 5 three-pointers.

While the Pelicans won 13 consecutive victories, their record further expanded to 38 wins and 1 loss!

With this outstanding performance, the Pelicans defeated the 34-5 Warriors and continued to top the league.

Tang Tian also continued to suppress Curry's position at the top of the MVP list.

And on this day, the league announced the voting results for the 2016 Toronto All-Star Game.

Tang Tian received 3.22 million votes. Not only did he complete the three consecutive All-Star vote wins, his vote count also broke Howard's record of 3.15 million votes set in 2009, becoming the holder of a new NBA record for the most votes!

The Pelicans played an incredible performance, and Tang Tian's popularity in the United States and China has reached its peak. It is expected that he will receive such votes.

The second-highest vote-getter was Kobe Bryant, who received 2 million votes in the final season of his career.

Curry ranked third with 1.9 million votes.

The three became the starting backcourt and small forward in the Western Conference.

The two remaining starting positions in the West are Leonard (800,000) and Durant (1 million).

Over in the East, James received 1.2 million votes and became the vote leader in the East.

The remaining four starters are Lowry (650,000), Wade (950,000), Anthony (850,000) and George (700,000).

Tang Tian broke the All-Star voting record, which was a huge boost to the morale of the Pelicans.

Especially since they are about to face the Warriors for the second time this season.

This game started at Oracle Arena. The Pelicans traveled to Oakland one day in advance and held an open training the next morning.

The morale of the players is high, and the atmosphere in both training and the locker room is high.

Tang Tian had just finished being interviewed by reporters on the sidelines. When he returned to the locker room from the training ground, he found Stevens and Williams communicating.

Williams looked anxious.

When he walked over, the exchange between the two had ended. Williams saw Tang Tian, ​​said hello and left in a hurry.

Tang Tian was puzzled. The game started in the evening and Williams left the arena in such a hurry.

"Monty's wife was in a car accident and is in critical condition. He needs to rush back to New Orleans."

Stevens said with a sigh.

When Tang Tian heard this, he was startled and remembered something.

In his previous life, Williams' wife also died in a car accident this year.

Because of this incident, the NBA also awarded Williams an honor called the Sager Strength Award in 2018 to commend Williams for continuing to work and raise four children after suffering misfortune.

Unexpectedly, history repeated itself, just like Holiday's wife's brain cancer.

But this is also a reasonable thing. Tang Tian's time travel affects the parts related to him, and things that have nothing to do with him will naturally happen.

And this matter is different from Holiday's wife. You can warn of diseases, but accidents are unavoidable.

Just like the movie series Death, accidents that are avoided always happen in other ways.

All Tang Tian can do now is pray like Stevens that Williams' wife will be okay.

After communicating with Tang Tian, ​​Stevens also went to the locker room to announce the matter.

Although this will worry the players, it is even more unreasonable for Williams to miss the game for no reason as the first assistant coach.

Williams has coached the Pelicans for three seasons, and core players like Davis, Holiday, and Tang Tian have all played under his coaching for two seasons.

And Williams is good at interpersonal communication. Even newcomers to the team such as Bojan and Harris have a good relationship with him.

It can be said that the entire team was worried and worried after hearing the news.

"Guys, we need to win the game, that's the only thing we can do."

Stevens sensed the mentality of the players and spoke to encourage morale.

The team members nodded one after another, but judging from the responses, they were still worried.

This concern was ultimately reflected on the court. The Pelicans' overall performance tonight was out of shape.

Even Tang Tian and Davis' performances had ups and downs due to emotional effects.

In the end, the Pelicans lost the game 106-116, swallowing their second loss of the season.

However, winning or losing the game is no longer the focus of the Pelicans at this time. They did not hold a press conference after the game.

They flew back to New Orleans overnight and went to the hospital to visit Williams' wife.

Williams sat outside the operating room with a haggard expression. Sitting next to him were his four children, all of whom were injured.

At this time, it had been more than three hours since the car accident, but the red light in the operating room was still on.

Stevens went over and patted him on the shoulder, and Tang Tian and his teammates also came to comfort him one after another.

But Williams looked at the operating room in a daze. He had been worried about his wife.

It was learned from the exchange that Williams' wife was hit by a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction.

A large amount of methamphetamine was detected in the other party's body, and he was suspected of drug driving.

Moreover, when overtaking in the opposite direction, the other party was comforting the puppy on his lap, which eventually led to a car accident.

But it was useless to blame at this time, because the driver and the puppy died on the spot.

Williams' four children were in the car at the time and were not seriously injured, but his wife was seriously injured.

ps: I watched the movie "Green Book" today. It was very interesting and worth recommending.

Thank you for the tip in 2020.