Chapter 239: All-Star Weekend

Curry naturally doesn't know why Wang Xiao wants to look at the 11-year All-Star entry list, just like he doesn't know what Wang Xiao is going to do as a head coach when he attends this All-Star Game.

The All-Star Weekend was held as scheduled, and although due to the shutdown, this All-Star was the lowest in the history in terms of publicity, voting and all aspects, but the whole Orlando was still a lot more lively because of the All-Star Weekend.

Starting from the 23rd, the activities of All-Star Weekend have been launched one after another.

The 23rd and 24th are all promotional activities carried out by the NBA league with all the players involved in the All-Star Games, so let's not talk about it for now.

On the 25th, it was the Rookie Challenge.

This year's Rookie Challenge has been restructured, from a first-year and second-year confrontation to a draft confrontation, with O'Neal and Barkley being drafted and then grouped.

O'Neill's side chose Jeremy Lin, Clay. Thompson, Griffin, et al.

Buckley, on the other hand, selected rookies such as Irving, George, Wall and Leonard.

The Rookie Challenge has made the rookie challenge a lot more exciting, but the long-awaited clash between Jeremy Lin and Irving, and the battle between Jeremy Lin and Wall, the two 10-year champions, did not take place.

Jeremy Lin only played less than 15 minutes in the whole game, got 7 points and 3 assists and left the game hastily.

On the one hand, as a Chinese-American, it is difficult for Jeremy Lin to fit into such an activity dominated by American players.

On the other hand, Jeremy Lin is not only a participant in the Rookie Challenge, but also participates in the All-Star Game, so it's normal to collect points at the Rookie Challenge, just like his team member Griffin didn't play for long because of the All-Star Game.

With both of the team's All-Stars not playing for long, O'Neal's side naturally lost to Barkley.

Lifting the Rookie Challenge trophy was 11-year champion Carey, who scored 34 points in the game. Irving.

After the Rookie Challenge, there will be other events on the 26th, such as the Shooting Star Tournament, the Skills Challenge, the Three-Point Contest, and the Slam Dunk Contest.

Among the Wizards, Curry competed in the Skills Challenge, Thompson competed in the three-point contest, and George competed in the dunk contest.

It is worth mentioning that Jeremy Lin also participated in the Skills Challenge and will compete with Curry.

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To be reasonable, I think these are more entertaining than worth the game, the gold content is very low, and the attention is not high, the only thing that is still a little more important may be the slam dunk contest, but in recent years, the program effect of the slam dunk contest has become worse and worse, and the ratings have been declining.

In the Skills Challenge, Curry, who was the MVP of the regular season last season and is currently at the top of the scoring list, was upset in the first round.

It's not that Curry's hand is really that bad, but when he shoots three-pointers, he has to shoot in the midcourt and try to shoot a long-range three-pointer.

As a result, he missed several consecutive shots, and finally made a three-pointer in the center circle, but the clock was running out.

Although he was eliminated because of overtime, Curry laughed happily on the court, not only him, but also the audience on the court were amused by Curry's funny scene.

Another disciple of Wang Xiao, Jeremy Lin, advanced to the second round and successfully reached the final, but unfortunately, perhaps because of some nervousness, Jeremy Lin played abnormally in the final and only won the third place.

After the Skills Challenge, it's time for the Three-Point Contest.

As Wang Xiao expected, although Thompson is very good at three-point equipment, he still played a little abnormally after participating in such a game for the first time, and finally scored 17 points and was eliminated from the game. Durant.

As for the final finale of the slam dunk contest and the Wizards' signing up for Paul. George, like another plane, did not lift the slam dunk contest trophy.

In fact, the quality of this year's slam dunk contest is very low, and the process of relying on online voting and selection also lacks a certain amount of suspense and enjoyment, which is not interesting.

However, with all the events on the 26th over, the main event is finally coming.

The NBA All-Star Game, the pinnacle matchup of the 24 strongest players in the league!

At the same time, Wang Xiao has also been looking forward to it for a long time!

On February 27, the All-Star Game officially arrived.

In the locker room of the Eastern All-Stars, Wang Xiao looked at the 12 players in front of him, smiled and said: "Guys, the All-Stars are the stage for your performance, let go of everything on the court and enjoy it." ”

For some reason, for no reason, several people suddenly felt a little cold, and it seemed that there was a malicious gaze condensed on him.

Wang Xiao withdrew his gaze with a different expression, still with a hint of a smile on his face.

Enjoy, hehe, the All-Star bench seat should be quite comfortable to sit on......

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The players didn't spend much time in the locker room because it was an All-Star game, and there was no need to stir up the atmosphere in the locker room to study any tactics, as long as the players could play on the court, it was enough to get the fans excited.

Therefore, before the All-Star Game, the live DJ will also introduce the starters of the East and West.

The starting lineup of the Eastern Conference All-Stars is Stephen. Curry, Derek. Rose, LeBron. James, Cameron. Anthony and Dwight. Howard.

The All-Star starting lineup in the West is Chris. Paul, Kobe. Bryant, Kevin. Durant, Blake. Griffin & Andrew. Bynum.

After the routine work was ready, the starters of the East and West teams took to the court, and Wang Xiao and the Western All-Star head coach Mike . Brown shook hands in salute.

After saying hello, Wang Xiao returned to the eastern bench, and then naturally sat next to Jeremy Lin and George.

"How does it feel to be an All-Star for the first time?"

Wang Xiao looked at George on the side and asked.

George smiled excitedly.

"It's a good feeling, it's an all-star! I even had the feeling that I was not dreaming, could I be called a star player? ”

"Of course, you're already a star!" Wang Xiao smiled slightly, patted George's shoulder, and then looked at Jeremy Lin and said, "The two of you will be ready to warm up in a while, and you will perform well later." ”

Wang Xiao's words made both Jeremy Lin and George stunned.

The game hasn't started yet, so why are you ready to warm up? Doing well? What's the situation?