This year's All-Star Game wasn't as useless as expected, at least the Rookie Challenge, which started first, was enough to get everyone applauding. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Anjie and Morris, Aldridge and Durant and others all came to the scene of the rookie challenge, and they did not forget that they also came out of this arena back then.

This rookie challenge looks so familiar, but it's also a little unfamiliar. In order to make All-Star Weekend a lasting appeal to the public, David Stern has come up with a number of ways to change the format. Today's All-Star Game is the product of another reform by Stern.

In Anjie's era, the rookie game was divided into two teams, the first and second grades. Now, it has changed to a format in which O'Neal and Barkley each select their favorite players to form a team and compete with them.

Although O'Neill and Barkley have a good relationship in private, the two have always been old enemies on the stage. Now let them pick rookie players against each other, relying on this level of relationship between the two, such a rule is definitely enough to attract attention.

Before the game even started, O'Neill and Barkley were engaged in a war of words. Both of them feel that the players they choose are the best, but everyone knows that they are just putting on a show.

Although the war of words between O'Neal and Barkley was unattractive to Anjie, for the sake of the NBA's publicity effect and for the sake of really wanting to watch the game, Anjie and his friends still came to the scene.

On the O'Neal team's side, Jeremy Lin, a Chinese-American, has attracted much attention, and of course, Blake Griffin, who has become famous in the past two years, has become the star of O'Neal's team.

Barkley, on the other hand, has a good group of scorers. John Wall, Paul George, Kelly Owen, DeMarcus Cousins......

After the game started, the confrontation was really fierce. In particular, the Barkley team's duo of Wall and Irving led the game. The two of them continued to score points with breakthroughs and violent deductions, which caused the cheers on the scene to rise wave after wave.

Looking at Irving's fancy dribbling and Wall's accurate shooting, An Jie shook his head helplessly. The defenders of this era are really too powerful. It's no wonder that the center position will decline, so much so that the All-Star Game vote has directly eliminated the center position.

However, Anjie is also glad that at least for now, he can play for a team that is willing to play around the center.

An Jie and his party were very eye-catching on the sidelines, and even the photographer's lens would leave the arena from time to time and shoot at them. Anjie's exaggerated expressions and movements were not intentional, but entirely because the game was really exciting.

In the end, the stronger Barkley team on paper also got their wish to win against O'Neal. 146-133, Kelly Irving, a young man, shone in the game. Maybe the Cavaliers without James can really be counted on this guy to bring them back to the top.

After a night's rest, Anjie and his team will officially start their training for the All-Star Game. Not because the All-Star Game has anything to practice together, but because the All-Star Game is also part of the All-Star Weekend.

This open training session in the morning is even more popular than the NBDL All-Star Game in the evening. This is the star effect, the stars train, and in the eyes of the fans, they look better than the official matches of people who are not stars. And David Stern is a person who is very good at using the value of stars.

In the open training of the All-Star Game, everyone, including superstars like Kobe and James, just shot casually and made a show. Only An Jie, he asked the trainer to lead him to do a series of formal systematic training. Even during All-Star Weekend, Anjie didn't want her training to be relaxed.

In the evening, in addition to the NBDL All-Star Game, there will be a series of All-Star Weekend activities. But in this kind of event, Anjie's fans are probably going to be disappointed. Maybe you can see Kobe Bryant at the fan Jialianhua event, but no matter how you wait, Anjie won't show up this year.

"I'll be there tomorrow, hehe, it's been a long time since I've been to All-Star Weekend. Catherine happily waved the ticket in her hand, her voice fully embodying her excitement.

"This time, I guess you're like me, and you'll have to work hard to get out of the airport. An Jie took the phone and sat on the basketball. Around, there are brightly lit but empty training grounds. Taking a break in the middle of the training and calling Catherine has become one of the things An Jie must do every day.

All-Star Weekend is in full swing, and even stars like James and Kobe Bryant are play-oriented. But An Jie still gets up at half past six every day and takes the trainer to train with him, and it takes three hours to practice. When night falls, An Jie will still come to the training ground and practice alone.

"You're so dedicated, Ann. You really surprise me. Aldridge is not unaware of Anjie's diligence, but he still trains like this during the All-Star Game, which Aldridge did not expect.

An Jie also wants to go to the fan Jialianhua to play, and he will be very tired after training for a long time. But An Jie has already set a goal for himself in his heart. In the past, as long as he could play in the NBA, he was already very satisfied. Once upon a time, making the playoffs was the biggest dream. But at the moment, only the golden O'Brien Cup can become AnJie's next target. He is willing to put in sweat and time to achieve his goal. A professional player's desire for a championship has greatly exceeded Anjie's expectations. Now he has become one of them.

Hanging up the phone with Catherine, Angel took a deep breath. He was the only one on the huge training ground, but it didn't matter, An Jie had long been accustomed to fighting alone alone!

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If the rookie challenge the day before was enough to surprise the fans, then today's slam dunk contest is really expected to be boring.

Anjie and Catherine sat in the front row, and next to him, there were also many star couples or couples. The whole row of "star wives group" is more dazzling than the players who participated in the slam dunk contest on the court.

Although the scene was very noisy, An Jie really wanted to doze off. If it weren't for the hundreds of cameras staring at him, An Jie might have been unable to take a nap.

This slam dunk contest can be said to be the worst in the past five years from the lineup to the quality of the game. Anjie originally had high hopes for Rockets small forward Chase Battinger, but the performance of the former McDonald's Slam Dunk Contest champion was too far from what people imagined him.

In the end, in the prosaic process, the slam dunk contest finally came to an end. Yes, finally. Both the fans and the stars who were on the sidelines wanted to flee the scene. Maybe it's time for a few fresh blood to spur on this backwater slam dunk contest.

"Oh my God, it's still comfortable outside. Anjie drove aimlessly through the streets of Orlando, he didn't know the way, so he drove wherever he wanted. But even so, An Jie felt that this was much more interesting than the slam dunk contest just now.

"Ann, do you know the way back?" Catherine noticed that they seemed to be getting farther and farther away from the city.

"Don't worry, I don't know. Angel smiled at Catherine, he hadn't thought about going back at all. Anyway, in this age of convenience, the map on your phone is enough to do everything.

"Alright, get your phone, let's navigate back. An Jie held out a hand to Catherine as she drove.

"My phone is out of battery, I took too many photos and sent too many messages during the game. Why don't you use your own?" Catherine flipped out An Jie's phone, only to find that the screen couldn't be pressed on.

"As luck would have it, mine is out of power. An Jie looked at the strange street of Orlando, yes, since kindergarten, An Jie didn't expect that he would get lost on the street in his twenties.

A Mazda RX-7 is parked in an open-air parking lot in an unknown park, which might be more appropriately called a parking space, as there are only three parking spaces drawn with white lines. In such a small corner, the beautiful scenery of the park and the shining starry sky of Orlando are exposed from the windshield and can be seen in an unobstructed manner.

Anjie had just made a phone call to Moslav in a public phone booth, and he couldn't tell him exactly where he was, so he had to let him guess where he was by describing his surroundings.

"Beautiful lawns and starry skies, everywhere in Orlando, you say this kind of place! I said, you're such a big man, and you can get lost in the city. Moslav held his forehead in annoyance, Anjie is definitely a mature man at work. But in life, An Jie always does something stupid from time to time.

"Alright, Mr. Moslav, don't complain about me now, find a few people to pick me up. An Jie looked at his watch, and it was already half past eleven in the evening. An Jie still has an All-Star Game to play tomorrow, and if it is delayed for too long, it will greatly affect his competitive state.

Although the All-Star Game has nothing to do with winning or losing, Anjie has to be worthy of the fans' votes and expectations. If you don't have a good state, how can you give a good performance?

Back in the car, Catherine didn't seem to be worried at all. She stared at the scenery outside the windshield with a smile on her face and held An Jie's hand.

"It's beautiful. Catherine's gaze did not move, the lawn and the starry sky seemed to divide the world into two parts.

With the faint moonlight, An Jie carefully looked at Catherine. Just at the scene of the All-Star Game, there were many people and noisy, and An Jie didn't have a chance to get along with Catherine seriously. But now, he found that the girl next to him was more than twice as beautiful as the view from the car window.

"Is there anything on my face?" Catherine noticed Anjie's strange appearance and touched her cheek with her hand.

Anjie didn't answer, but leaned towards Catherine. yes, maybe there are paparazzi all over here now. But so what? He and Catherine were lovers. They're just doing what every ordinary couple would do.

The two kissed together, and a kiss may be commonplace for ordinary couples. But for An Jie and Catherine, who have been separated from the two places for a long time, a kiss is so precious and so rare.

"Ann, I really don't want to leave you......" Catherine suddenly hugged An Jie, and An Jie also let Catherine snuggle up to her chest. Driving to this quiet park may be God's arrangement.

By the time Muslav sent men to find Angel and Catherine, it was already two o'clock in the morning. Since the phone could not be contacted by the outside world, in order to prevent others from finding them, Anjie and Catherine did not dare to move their locations.

"Knock knock. It wasn't until he heard someone knocking on the windshield that An Jie opened his eyes dimly. And Catherine, she was still snuggled in Anjie's arms, sleeping peacefully.

This date is really unusual. In the end, they were able to go back only by relying on the rescue of others.

At two o'clock in the morning, the sound of the RX-7 rotor engine resounded through the empty streets of Orlando. Don't get me wrong, this isn't some kind of drag racer racing on the streets, but a man who has just finished a date and is sending his woman home......

Orlando's romantic night, this is the most unexpected harvest of Anjie's all-star trip.