Chapter 74: Pleasure and Contrast
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In the second round, he took the lead and was a little listless, but he failed to complete the action in three attempts, and finally scored only 34 points.
Jordan, on the other hand, was decent, dunked after a 360-degree turn, and scored 43 points.
Jones Jr. teamed up with teammate Booker. Booker hit the ball to the side of the basket, and Jones caught the rebound ball, changed hands in the air and then dunked the windmill. The scene was shocked, and he scored 50 points.
Robinson was the last to play, and after he dunked 360 degrees, he covered his face with his hands to pay tribute to Larry Nance. However, the masked action was not at the same time as the dunk, so the score was not high, scoring 41 points, a total of 91 points, and advancing to the finals with Jones.
In the finals, Robinson, who had the advantage of the home court, also switched to a dunk, and he was partnered with Curry, a teammate of the Warriors, Curry completed the action perfectly for the first time, Robinson received the ball from the top of Curry's head, dunked with one hand, and scored 46 points.
Jones Jr. also plays dunks, except that there are three people in front of him, a cheerleader beauty, a Suns mascot, and a staff member who has to switch hands under the crotch after the leap to dunk.
As a result, the first two times Jones Jr. failed to finish, and they took down the cheerleading beauty, but they still couldn't finish it, and the result was only 34 points.
The final dunk came first to Jones Jr. He jumped from near the free-throw line, received a pass and dunked with his hand under his crotch in the air. The first time was unsuccessful, but the second was a successful one. The referee was amazed and gave a perfect score of 50.
Jones Jr. scored 84 points on two dunks, and Robinson scored 46 points in the first round, which means that Robinson only needs to score 39 points on his second dunk to win the championship of this slam dunk contest.
The Golden State fans at the scene stood up under the instigation of Curry, Durant and others on the sidelines to cheer for Robinson!
Robinson also brought in the cheerleading beauty, the mascot of the Warriors and Draymond Green, who flew over the heads of the two, took the ball from the head, and dunked his backhand.
Robinson succeeded the first time and scored a perfect score, and finally scored a total of 91 points to become the new slam dunk king.
So far, the Warriors have won the Celebrity Game MVP, the three-point contest championship and the slam dunk contest championship, and it depends on Curry, Durant, Thompson and Green in the final All-Star Game.
On the following day's 2 All-Star Sunday main event, the day's All-Star Game can be described as a gathering of big names from all walks of life, local singer Baptiste from Louisiana sang the opening American national anthem, and famous American R&B singer-songwriter John Legend gave a wonderful halftime performance. Rap superstar Jay-Z and Beyoncé couple, movie star Tucker who starred in the "Rush Hour" series with Jackie Chan, Brazilian football superstars Ronaldinho and David Beckham were also on the scene.
This is the first time since Durant switched from the Thunder to the Warriors, he and Wei Shao have played on the same team. During the entire All-Star Game, the two were still strangers, the media interviewed each other and ignored each other, and even turned a blind eye when walking in the stadium passage, and how to restore the relationship between the two to the freezing point has always been the focus of everyone's concern.
The game soon had an answer, when the West fell behind 26:31 in the first quarter, Durant achieved a long-awaited "Widdu connection" in an offensive attack, he sent a pass near the baseline, Westbrook followed up with the ball and dunked, and Westbrook raised his hand to Durant. This was the first effective communication between the two during the All-Star Game, and the audience cheered.
Wei Shao was quite active in this game, scoring 41 points in 20 minutes. He also played a one-on-one heads-up with Thomas on the court. Wei Shao first grabbed a rebound in Thomas's "back of the head" in an offense, and then stepped on the three-point line under the opponent's defense and turned back to shoot. After scoring the goal, Wei Shao was quite proud and grinned, but Thomas couldn't admit it, and immediately turned around and singled Wei Shao, and hit a jump shot to save face.
There are many rare wonderful pictures in the game, such as Jordan Jr.'s lame dribble, Cousins' long-range three-pointer, Curry's volleyball bouncing action, James's half-court one-step shot, and so on.
Because this All-Star is held in Oakland, the home of the Warriors, according to convention, the Western Army will tilt towards the home team's stars, coupled with Kerr's tactical arrangement, and the full support of Durant, Thompson and Green, Curry has become the "Feeding Cake King" of this All-Star Almost all Western Army stars have taken the initiative to create scoring opportunities for Curry.
In a joyous atmosphere, with 5 minutes and 34 seconds left in the end, Curry had scored 44 points, officially surpassing the 42 points written by basketball legend Chamberlain in 1962 and becoming the NBA All-Star Game scorer.
'It was a lot of fun because my team-mates made a lot of passes for me. Curry said after the game.
In the end, Curry played the most 33 minutes in the West, and with 12-of-17 three-pointers, he scored 50 points, the highest score in NBA All-Star history, and was undoubtedly crowned the MVP of this All-Star Game.
After winning this MVP trophy, Curry also achieved two regular season MVP trophies in the Grand Slam, last season's Finals MVP trophy and today's All-Star MVP, beating James and truly becoming the first person in today's NBA.
So far, this year's Oakland All-Star can be regarded as a perfect ending, Curry's All-Star Game MVP, Thompson's three-point contest championship, Glenn Robinson's slam dunk contest championship, and the most incredible Arthur won the Masters Game MVP, the Warriors can be regarded as making a lot of money.
Moreover, this year's NBA All-Star Game attracted an average of 8.02 million TV viewers, making it the largest TV viewer since the All-Star Game.
In addition, the peak audience of the game was 8.5 million, and the overall audience increased by 9.1% compared to last year.
In many regions, All-Star Game ratings set new local highs, with record ratings in Miami's Fort Lauderdale and Oklahoma City areas. According to the professional agency, Miami's Fort Lauderdale, Oklahoma City, and Orlando Daytona Beach are the top three regions in All-Star ratings, followed by Chicago and Los Angeles.
It is worth mentioning that the ratings of the All-Star Masters Game hit an all-time high of 1.7%, and about 2.7 million fans watched the game, an increase of more than one glass, which is clearly due to Arthur alone.
After the All-Star break, it's time for NBA teams to start their sprint, and it's also the last time for teams that are interested in going further in the playoffs.
Although the Warriors are still tough this season, leading the league with a 26-6 record, after James continued to ask the Cavaliers to make reinforcements, Warriors general manager Myers was also a little apprehensive and began to look for a player puzzle that could make the Warriors more perfect.
Finally, on the last day of February, the Warriors officially announced that they had signed veteran Matt Barnes, but due to team policy, the details of the contract were not released.
The 36-year-old Barnes played in 54 games for the Kings this season, including 13 starts, averaging 7.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 25.3 minutes per game. Barnes has a 14-year career experience in 909 games, including 354 starts, averaging 8.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 23.7 minutes per game, with the Clippers, Kings, Knicks, 76ers, Warriors, Suns, Magic, Lakers and Grizzlies.
The 6-foot-7" forward, who played for the Warriors in 2006-07 and 2007-08, was part of the Golden State Gang in 2007 against the Dallas Mavericks, the first-round winner of the playoffs, and averaged 11.1 points and 5.7 rebounds in the playoffs that year. Barnes has played in the playoffs every year for the past seven seasons, scoring 7.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists and one steal in 83 games.
Barnes will continue to wear the number 22 jersey, and with his signing, the Warriors' roster will also reach 15 players and begin the final charge against the Treble-winning dynasty!
The NBA here brought Arthur joy that he never had, but in the Premier League on the other side of the ocean, he had a trace of indignation, but it did not come from Blackburn himself, but from his opponent.
On February 24, Leicester City, the runner-up of the Premier League last season, officially announced that the meritorious coach Ranieri was resigned. It is reported that assistant coach Ranieri and first-team coach Benetti and first-team fitness coach Andrea Azarin are leaving Ayumi Yoshizawa together, while another assistant coach Shakespeare and first-team coach Mike Stoutwell will take over the team on an interim basis to take charge of Leicester City's Premier League game at Blackburn Rovers next Monday.
Announcing Claudio Ranieri's departure, Leicester City vice-president Ayawatt said it was the toughest decision they have made in the seven years since the Foxes arrived. From finishing runners-up in the Premier League last season to being in the relegation quagmire this season, Leicester City vice-chairman Ayawatt said that the goal this season is actually relegation, "We never expected to be able to replicate the feat of last season, in fact, our number one goal this season is relegation, and in order to achieve that goal, we have struggled on this path, but now it's time to make a change and hopefully we can play our best in the last 13 games." ”
After the first 25 rounds of the Premier League, Leicester City has 5 wins, 6 draws, 14 losses and 21 points, ranking 17th in the standings, one step away from the relegation zone, only 1 point above the relegation zone.
Leicester City has struggled from the beginning this season, although they sang high in the Champions League and finally reached the round of 16, but they can't hide the continued slump in the Premier League, in fact, once Leicester City loses to Blackburn Rovers at home next Monday, it is very likely to fall to the bottom of the table, because Leicester City is only 2 points more than Sunderland, which shows how serious the relegation situation is.
In midweek, Leicester lost 2-1 at Sevilla in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, which was a good result and had a chance to turn the tables in the second leg, but it was not enough to save Ranieri's career at Leicester.
The 65-year-old Ranieri has had a rather uneventful coaching career, having led Chelsea, Valencia, Juventus, Roma and Inter Milan to other giants, but has received few accolades because he is known as the "tinkerer".
Leicester City's meritorious coach Lajli was disgraced, causing an uproar in England for a while, and Blackburn legendary captain Duff angrily criticized Leicester City FC for being brazen and unapproachable in a column for the Daily Mail: "They should build a statue for Leicester. ”
In this regard, Arthur also holds a similar view to Duff.
In fact, since the start of the Premier League in 1992, Leicester City have only played in the Premier League in 11 of the 25 seasons so far. The Foxes have suffered three relegation failures in the Premier League, two of which have seen them fall out of the Premier League after just one season, so Leicester are the undisputed underdogs in the Premier League.
Turning back the clock to the last 25 years of the Old League One era before the Premier League, Leicester City spent a relatively long time in the top flight, having played 14 seasons in the English top flight but were still relegated four times.
This is Leicester City, which has always been a lift team.
Even if they finish runners-up in the league, it doesn't mean they can sustain a strong run in the top flight for long, and Leicester City were a miracle last season.
So why are Leicester firing Latney now?
Indeed, many of the teams currently in the Premier League's relegation zone have changed managers, with Hull City, Swansea City and Crystal Palace all changing managers, and Arthur can understand Leicester's decision due to the huge difference in benefits between the Championship and the Premier League, but he is ashamed of the Leicester City owner's approach.
Leicester City's boss also issued a statement in support of Lajli 16 days ago, sacking their decorated manager 16 days later, and also because the Foxes boss supported a coach who brought the team to a worse place than it is now.
And what makes Arthur most angry is the role played by the players in this series of farces, especially after Leicester City's away defeat to Sevilla, Leicester City players collectively forced the palace owner and demanded that Lapinli leave class!
It's hard to imagine being so unforgiving to a coach who has helped him with the impossible.
Raksli helped the entire Leicester City team through an almost fantastic 12 months, turning what the world thought was the "impossible" miracle into reality. It is because of his hard work that all the players at Leicester City have gone through the best years of their careers together, allowing them to come home with the same glory as those great clubs. And now, it's all about coming back to reality and normalcy, and teams like Leicester do need to fight for relegation. In general, people see demotion as more terrible than death, but that is meaningless.
In Arthur's view, the grudge of modern players is terrifying, for example, he thinks Leicester City players should be grateful for the rest of their lives, and that it was the Italian coach who helped them achieve a dream that was once considered impossible, and that all players should be grateful, especially players like Vardy. They should understand that Leicester City have achieved such supreme honours thanks to the coaches, not the players, and that Rakelli has maintained a top level, having led Chelsea, Roma and Juventus to runners-up in the league.
Now that the dream has come true, Leicester City's current position in the Premier League table is a reflection of their true strength.
Last season's fairy tale was just a group of ordinary players doing extraordinary things, but that kind of experience is not common.
In the end, Latelli lost them, just as Jose Mourinho lost the Blues dressing room after leading Chelsea to the title in 2015.
In football, it used to be always the players who were worried about whether they would have a place under the manager, not whether the manager was worried about whether the group of players would scold him, but now it seems that everything is the other way around. (To be continued.) )