Chapter 168: Dominating the Rookie Game
The idea of the alliance for the incident of Liu Han's fight was to calm down this incident as soon as possible, but the brainless Rodman once again made this incident the focus of everyone's discussion, and Liu Han's punishment could have been slightly reduced, but now it is completely impossible.
In the end, Liu Han's punishment was still a 60-day ban and a fine of $200,000, which was the largest fine in 20 years.
However, although Liu Han will be punished very severely, he will not be banned from participating in the All-Star Game.
In a sense, the All-Star Game is the interaction between fans and stars, and if the league dares to ban the voters elected by the fans, it will definitely cause a big dispute, not to mention, after this fight, there are many fans who like Liu Han even more. In fact, fans don't think much of a fault for Liu Han about the nature of the fight, he looks more like a good person who is righteous and brave, and it would be a good thing if he had such a friend, many fans would think of it this way.
The second reason why the league did not dare to ban Liu Han from participating in the All-Star Game was that there were many large enterprises standing behind Liu Han, and these companies chose Liu Han as their spokesperson, and Liu Han's popularity and exposure mean the publicity effect of these companies. Although Liu Han's fight may make Liu Han's image worse, large companies with ambition and long-term vision know that Liu Han's fight cannot be regarded as a bad thing, because his behavior of standing up for his friends is more popular with fans in a sense. These big companies and big enterprises don't want Liu Han to miss the good stage of all-stars.
The Bulls' game with the Lakers was played on February 1, 1998, and on February 4, the Lakers also played a game, because of the lack of Liu Han and Steve Nash, the two main point guards, the Lakers played a bit chaotic, they made a lot of mistakes in the offense, and finally lost 112-120 to the Portland Trail Blazers, suffering a three-game losing streak. However, the Lakers still have some good performances in this game, that is, George Krent's "everyone-centered" tactics that have always wanted the team to play have finally made a lot of progress, and the Lakers have 5 players in the whole game with five assists, and the whole team has a total of more than 34 assists in the whole game, which is a very high number, but the Lakers' tactics are not very proficient, and there have been a lot of mistakes.
After this game, the Lakers have no other games until the All-Star Game on February 6, and all that remains is for Liu Han and O'Neal to prepare for the All-Star Game in New York on February 6. However, the Lakers also have a person who will participate in this All-Star Game is George Crent, who was selected as the head coach of the West in this year's All-Star Game. Originally, Steve Nash could also participate in this All-Star Game, but he still has to be in the hospital for observation and treatment, so he had to give up the opportunity to participate this time, and he was replaced by Jason Kidd of the Phoenix Suns.
On February 6, 1998, Liu Han and his entourage came to New York to participate in the All-Star Game.
Liu Han played in three days of this year's All-Star Game, the first day of the rookie game, the second day of the three-point contest and the third day of the All-Star Game.
This year's rookie game has made some changes, originally the rookie game was divided into east and west, and then the rookies team up to face off, but this year, in order to make the rookie game more attractive, the league changed the game to the first-year rookie challenge the second-year rookie team, and the media reporters and professional commentators selected the outstanding players in the previous rookie and the current rookie to play, which can make the rookie game that was not very attractive add some popularity. (The Rookie Challenge Year 1 and Year 2 matchups only started in 2000, but now the rookie game has been canceled due to the suspension due to the suspension of the plot, for the sake of the plot, two years earlier.) )
Liu Han's sophomore team can be described as star-studded, and there are many very good players in their draft this year, some of which have now become the core players of their respective teams, such as Iverson, Sharif Rahim, Stephen Marbury, Anthony Walker, Kobe Bryant, etc., but now Liu Han is the most famous and outstanding one, and his achievement in winning the Finals MVP in his rookie season has made many players in his class envious.
The first-year team is much inferior to the second-year team, but there are still a number of outstanding young players, such as this year's top pick Tim Duncan, Keith Van Horn and Tracy McGrady, who was drafted with the ninth pick.
The sophomore team started the game a little better, and the first-year team didn't have any players who were too good at guard, with the 16th pick Blevin Knight and the 23rd pick Bobby Jackson still playing, and the probe show Changcy Bloops had a slump since entering the NBA, and he was not selected for this year's rookie game.
Liu Han played very actively today, after all, he had no ball to play in the next two months, and as the best player in the 96 world, in addition to Iverson and Kobe, other players were also willing to make balls for Liu Han.
The strength of the first-year team on the inside line should not be underestimated, the champion Duncan is as stable as a rock, and Keith Van Horn is also very accurate in mid-range and long-range shooting, except that they are slightly inferior to the second-year team in terms of experience, and they are even better in other aspects.
However, Liu Han's presence still makes the game less suspenseful. This is the first time to have a duel between the first and second grades, both sides are not very sure about the attitude of the game, they don't know whether to show or to play seriously, but Liu Han's slightly focused attitude makes the second grade team play more seriously, and the first grade team also began to play seriously, and the spectacle of the game has also increased a lot.
Liu Han changed his style of shooting on the outside line today, and he frequently rushed into the inside line to dunk violently, making the audience on the sidelines cheer for a while.
At the end of the first quarter, the second-year team led the first-grader team by 12 points 34-22, and Liu Han scored 18 points alone.
Entering the second quarter, Liu Han rested, Kobe Bryant began to perform, he was unwilling to be robbed of all the limelight by Liu Han, and began to play singles after taking the ball. But the interior line of the first-year team was really good, allowing Kobe Bryant to return many times in vain, and Iverson was not a master who was willing to pass the ball, so the first-year team gradually caught up with the score.
Liu Han basically didn't play in the second quarter, after all, this is an All-Star Game, and you need to take care of many people's playing time, so Liu Han's playing events should be reduced.
The second half continued, Liu Han appeared again, he began to shoot three points on the outside, accurate shooting made the first-year rookies amazed, and Liu Han also staged several difficult ultra-long-distance shots in the game, all of which were about two meters outside the three-point line.
At the end of the third quarter, the sophomore team stretched the gap to 14 points.
Entering the fourth quarter, Liu Han continued to be on the court, and he once again entered the interior of the first-year team, ravaging the interior of the first-year team with his excellent bounce and amazing explosiveness.
In the end, the All-Star Rookie Game ended with a sophomore victory, and Liu Han scored 48 points alone, leaving a record that is difficult for later generations to break. (To be continued.) )