Chapter Eighty-Three: All-Star Weekend (Part 2)

Pau Gasol arrived, and the local media in Philadelphia had high hopes for him. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

And Pau Gasol did not disappoint fans and local media, on February 12, the final game before the All-Star weekend, the 76ers took on the Jazz on the road, which was Pau Gasol's first game with the 76ers.

Originally, Pau Gasol could also participate in the away game on February 10, but Brett Brown took into account Gasol's long journey, and he had been rested for several consecutive games in the Lakers, and his state was also a little poor, so Brett Brown did not let Gasol play.

The 76ers' opponent in that away game was the Warriors, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson combined for 13 three-pointers to defeat the 76ers.

Then, the 76ers came to the Utah Plateau, Gasol recovered almost, Brett Brown directly put Pau Gasol into the starting lineup, and then, in the first game of joining the 76ers, Pau Gasol showed his strength, he only played 29 minutes, 14 shots, hit 8 balls, got 18 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, helping the 76ers win away from the Jazz.

In this game, Anxi and Gasol's cooperation is still very rusty, but after having Pau Gasol, the 76ers have a second star player who can attract the attention of defense, and Anxi's offense is more comfortable.

In this game, Anxi also scored 29 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 steals, and was elected the best of the game.

After the victory over the Jazz, the 76ers had a 34-20 record before the All-Star weekend and remained firmly in third place in the East.

Then came the All-Star Weekend.

The 2014 All-Star Game will be held in New Orleans, and it is said that the league made a decision to compensate for the decision of Tom Benson, the new owner of the New Orleans Hornets at the time, to hand over the 2014 All-Star Weekend to New Orleans.

Not long ago, on February 1, 2014, David Stern announced that he would step down as president of the league and officially retire, Adam Shaw became the new president of the league, and the New Orleans All-Star Game also became the first big event in Adam Shaw's tenure.

Whether or not this All-Star Game can be held well will test Adam Shaw's ability.

David Stern has led the NBA through a successful 30 years, and in the hands of David Stern, the NBA has become the most influential basketball league in the world, and what Adam Shaw needs to do is to further expand this influence.

Therefore, in the first All-Star Game that Adam Shaw took over, he made a lot of changes to the process of the All-Star Game, and at the same time, he also tried his best to invite some star players to participate in the previous single games, such as Anxi received an invitation from the league and hoped that he would participate in this year's three-point contest and slam dunk contest.

In addition to this, some interesting things have been added, such as the East and West Divisions team up to compete for charity funds, and expand the influence of the NBA through charity.

As for Anxi himself, the three-point contest and the dunk contest, he decided to only participate in the three-point contest, the dunk contest is not interesting, and this year's three-point contest is different from previous years, after Anxi announced his participation in the three-point contest, there are so many highlights of this three-point contest that they are about to explode.

Because before Anxi announced his participation, the Warriors' backcourt duo - Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson also announced their participation.

In the 2012 All-Star Game, Anxi broke the record of the three-point contest that had been in the dust for several years with a high score of 28 points and became the strongest three-point king of all time, and a year later, Stephen Curry scored 29 points, breaking Anxi's record for the first time in a year.

So, with Anxi and Stephen Curry competing at the same time, this three-point contest is considered to be the strongest three-point contest ever.

Is it Anxi's revenge, Stephen Curry's title defense, or three-point supernova Klay Thompson's counterattack......?

In addition to participating in the three-point contest, Anxi is also the starter of the All-Star Game, the five starters in the East, the partner of Anxi and Dwayne Wade on the guard line, and the three small forwards in the frontcourt, Paul George, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony.

The bench lineup has also been confirmed for a long time, with two point guards Kelly Irving and John Wall, one scoring guard DeMar DeRozan, two power forwards Paul Millsap and Chris Posh, and two centers Joakin Noah and Roy Hibbert, counting the starters, a total of 12 people.

In the West, the starting combination of the guard line is Stephen Curry and James Harden, of which Harden is in place of the injured Kobe Bryant into the starting lineup, and the front court is Kevin Durant as a small forward, and the interior Blake Griffin and Kevin Love are two big forwards.

On the bench, Chris Paul and Monster Howard are both on the bench, veterans Tony Parker and Deke Nowitzki are also on the bench, plus Damion Lillard, LaMarcus Aldridge and Anthony Davis, and the West is also a 12-man lineup.

The 76ers participated in the All-Star Weekend, in addition to Anxi, there were Tony Roten and Jack Crowder who participated in the All-Star Rookie Challenge, and McCarvey continued to be absent due to injury, he completely withdrew from this All-Star Game, and John Wall was also substituted in the skills game that was scheduled to participate.

Although the 76ers only had three players at All-Star Weekend, seven arrived in New Orleans with Anxi, along with the injured McCarvey, along with Pau Gasol, James Anderson, Shaun Livingston and Francisco Garcia.

7 people got off the plane and booked a room in a hotel in New Orleans together, Abby followed the 76-person wife group and went directly to downtown New Orleans to shop, but Anxi had other things to do, he went directly to the New Orleans Arena under the contact of the league staff.

There, a group of star players selected for the All-Star Game were taking makeup photos of the All-Star Game.

Anxi saw Tony Parker there, and the two smiled and said hello, and walked to the side and talked quietly.

In the center of the court, Anthony Davis, who was selected for the All-Star Game for the first time, looked restrained and took personal makeup photos.

Soon, Anxi met with Tony Parker's old teammates, and after chatting for a few words, the photographer let Anxi play.

Damion Lillard, John Wall, Anthony Davis, and Ann, the four of you are newcomers to the All-Star Game, come and take a group photo, it's called the All-Star New Force!"

Anxi heard the voice and hurriedly ran over.

Under the guidance of the photographer, the taller An Xi stood in the back row, standing with the somewhat restrained thick-eyed Davis.

The photographer clicked and took two photos, and then suddenly thought: "Ann, you're from the east, Anthony, you're from the west, let's have a duel, come, pose......"

Anxi naturally let the photographer arrange it, and he posed one-on-one with Anthony Davis, waiting for the photographer to shoot.

But the photographer was a little dissatisfied with Anthony Davis: "Anthony, relax, be natural......"

However, after saying this, Anthony Davis did make a difference.

The photographer crouched down to shoot, but soon, he stood up again, thinking in place.

"Ann, Anthony, how about you relax and be natural, for example, pretend to be trash talk at the moment?"

An Xi didn't have any opinion, nodded, Anthony Davis hesitated, and when he saw An Xi nodding, he had no choice but to nod.

Then, when it was time to shoot, Anthony Davis moved his lips, but he still didn't say anything, Anxi saw this, and his heart blossomed, he didn't expect that Anthony Davis, who also killed all sides in this new season, was so shy, thought about it, and suddenly thought of a funny trash talk.

"That, Anthony, the law of dynamics...... Approaching the speed of light...... Gravitational ......"

"Poof......hahaha" A loud laugh rang out from the sidelines.

Xueba Kevin Lefu hugged his stomach and laughed: "What a-, it's actually the theory of relativity!"

Anthony Davis was stunned, and then gradually frowned, the photographer hurried to shoot, and the effect he wanted was achieved.

In the end, the makeup photos of the new forces in the east and west were completed, An Xi looked joking, and Davis, who had thick eyebrows, looked serious, and still looked very feeling. (To be continued.) )