Chapter 113: 2001 All-Star Game

On February 12, 2001, Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, this season's NBA All-Star Game will be held here, that is, at the Washington Wizards' home arena, MIC Center Arena, in this All-Star vote, Tiger Washington won the All-Star vote, the head coach of the East team is ranked first in the East Philadelphia 76ers, head coach Larry Brown serves, starting center Deacon Bemutombo, forward Tracy McGrady, Grant Hill, guard Allen Iverson, Vince Carter. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 The head coach of the West team is the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, ranked No. 1 in the West, Bill Fitch, starting center Shaq O'Neal, forward Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, guard Tiger Washington, Kobe Bryant.

As last season's champion, the two main players of the Los Angeles Lakers were once again selected for the starting list of the West, but Shak O'Neal will miss the All-Star Game due to injury, replaced by Chris Webber of the Saramento Kings, and the absence of Shaq O'Neal of the Western team has hit the strength of the Western team hard, and Grant Hill of the Eastern team also missed the All-Star Game due to injury, and Alonzo Mourning, a powerful center in the East, has been deteriorating due to severe kidney failure. And ended the season's journey early, making the stars of this All-Star Game a little dim.

Washington, the capital of the United States, this city, named after George Washington, the founding father of the United States, is the political center of the United States, because of his special status, famous all over the world, but many people who do not understand the national conditions of the United States may think that this city is an international metropolis, but in fact, Washington's population is only about 600,000 people, which is a veritable small city. In the United States, the capital and state capital are all small cities, such as the capital Washington, D.C., the state capital of California, which is neither the cosmopolitan city of Los Angeles nor the economic center of San Francisco, but Saramento, which is only the fifth most populous city in California.

On February 11th, Tiger and Bill Fitch came to Washington together to participate in the upcoming All-Star Weekend, the Clippers in the recent period, the record began to fluctuate a little, lost many games, and the record also came to 38-16, after Christmas, all teams began to change their strength, improve their records, and prepare for the final sprint, only the Clippers still maintained the pre-Christmas rhythm, unhurried, and completely unaffected, and even so, the Clippers took advantage of the pre-season, They are still in first place in the West, two wins ahead of second-place San Antonio Spurs.

In the evening, Tiger and Bill Fitch attended a cocktail party for the All-Star players, at which Tiger also met all the players who came to participate in the All-Star Game, and after chatting with Kevin Garnett, Tiger sat in the corner with Tim Duncan in a 'daze'.

"You seem to be in trouble lately, and if you don't exert any more force, we will catch up." Duncan looked blankly ahead, chatting with Tiger.

"We don't have a center to do much, but it's hard to catch up with us, knowing that Jason will be back at the end of February." Tiger didn't look at Duncan either, facing forward, not to be outdone.

"Even if Jason comes back, it won't change anything, the difference between two wins, one game is gone, you must know that in the last game, you lost to us at home." Duncan fights back.

"Cut! You don't want to be in No. 2 and meet the Lakers and Shaq in the playoffs too early, and so do we, so don't worry, the final regular season No. 1 is definitely ours. Tiger said arrogantly.

"Man, you're overconfident." The two never looked at each other, but their mouths kept fighting.

Many people say that Duncan is not suitable for the All-Star Game, such a performance game, because he has no talent for acting, but Tiger can fully understand some of Duncan's thoughts, according to Tiger's own intentions, he doesn't want to participate in the All-Star Game, and he prefers to stay at home during this vacation, but now participating in the All-Star Game is not only his personal honor, but also represents the honor of the Los Angeles Clippers.

"Are you going to win the MVP this year?" With the brawl out of the blue, Duncan moved on to another topic.

"I don't want to, you know, in an exhibition game, it's too tiring to win the MVP, I would rather be able to sit on the sidelines in a daze, but Andy and Coach Bilfitch don't think so." When Tiger heard this question, his face collapsed.

"Haha! Come on, boy! I'm optimistic about you, and I'll sit on the sidelines in a daze for you. However, you have a lot of competitors. Duncan smiled gloatingly.

"Don't laugh too soon, you think Coach Bill Fitch will let you go? You know, without me, it's hard to do it alone, and you're the coolie green leaf arranged by Coach Bill Fitch. Before they came, Andy and Bill Fitch had already planned to let Tiger compete for the MVP and add glory to the Clippers, and in the process, Duncan was ruthlessly put in a coolie position by them.

"Ahh Duncan's smile did not fade from the corners of his mouth, and the horror had already appeared in his eyes, this expression flashed instantly, but it was pleasant to Tiger.

"Haha! Is your expression of joy and sadness? It's hilarious, but are you going to watch the Rookie Challenge live tomorrow? ”

"No, there are no rookies on our team this year, so I don't need to cheer for them." Duncan shook his head.

"Go ahead! Let's sit together in a daze, otherwise I'll be bored alone. ”

"Why did I know you? Your boredom has nothing to do with me. The two of them chatted all night in a 'daze' until the end of the party.

"......" Actually, I'd like to say that the world of nerds is so difficult to understand.

On February 12th, the All-Star Weekend officially began, and the first day was the Rookie Challenge as usual, the only rookie of the Los Angeles Clippers this season, Michael Reed squeezed into the first-year lineup with an excellent performance, Tiger was there to cheer for Michael Reed today, and Duncan finally appeared at the Rookie Challenge with him, sitting with Tiger while watching the game and chatting.

In this year's rookie challenge, the first-year team did not have any advantage at all, facing the second-year team that was one year higher than them, there was not much resistance, and the game lost suspense early, Michael Reed played decently, and the first-year coach did not give him much playing time, and finally the second-year 121:113 First-year, the MVP was won by Elton Brand of the Bulls.

Tiger comforted Michael Reed and took him and Duncan back to the hotel as the first day of All-Star Weekend ended. (To be continued.) )