On the night of the 15th, the All-Star Rookie Game. Link sat in the stands, but he wasn't there to watch the game, he was waiting for Rachel to get off work.

At first, Link wasn't very interested in the game. This year's rookie game is all about a dunk show. You deduct one, I deduct one, and Link is a little aesthetically tired when he sees it.

Slamming this kind of thing is exciting in official games. If it's not a dunk in an official game, then it has to be as exaggerated as a slam dunk contest to be exciting.

And the dunk in the rookie game, there is no confrontation, and the action is not exaggerated, it is really difficult to arouse Link's interest.

However, the game eventually took a turn for the worse, as last year's champion Kelly. Irving had two of the best balls of the year in his rookie game.

Irving first shook his Pistons guard Knight with a forward change of direction and made an easy layup. It's just that this time Knight doesn't actually look like he was "shaken down", but more like he was knocked down. Owen is playing like crazy, and it can be seen that he really wants to stand out from this group of outstanding newcomers.

After this time, Owen didn't let Knight catch his breath. The next offense, Irving continued to hold the ball. This time, Owen made an extremely realistic cross-step breakthrough move.

After shaking Knight's center of gravity, Irving did not break through, but suddenly retreated outside the three-point line!

Owen's movements were so beautiful that Link couldn't help but open his mouth wide. Although Link had seen this scene on TV before, now as an insider, watching Owen make this trick is completely different.

I used to think that Owen was handsome, and then shouted "awesome".

And now, Link is surprised by Owen's movements. His cross-steps were so realistic that Link wondered if he would be shaken if he was defending Irving.

Link will not be shaken I don't know, but Brandon can be ling. Knight must have been shaken.

He also thought that Owen was going to break through, but Owen retreated instead. Knight, who had forcibly changed his center of gravity, lunged forward, ready to block the shot. But because the center of gravity was completely messy, his footing was unstable, so he slipped when he pushed forward.

Just like that, Knight just fell and ate. And the Owen thief was in front of Knight, elegantly made a three-point shot, and the basketball hollowed into the net!

At that moment, the audience was boiling! Irving shook Knight twice in a row in 34 seconds, and these two goals were much more exciting than those previous dunks.

Although Knight soon returned Irving a step-back three-pointer, it was to no avail. In the hearts of the fans, Irving has beaten Knight completely.

Irving played seriously today, as he said before the game, "This is an opportunity for everybody to know me." ”

Although Irving is the top pick, because Cleveland is a small-ball city, and there is no James there now, and the Cavaliers' record is sparse. Therefore, Owen's attention is actually not high. All-Star Weekend was his best chance to make a name for himself.

In the end, although the MVP of the rookie game was won by Nuggets forward "Half-Orc" Farid who successfully counterattacked. But Link can assure that the most impressive thing about tonight's game was Irving's two balls against Wright.

Irving is not the MVP of the rookie game, but his goal has been achieved.

Sure enough, after the game, the number of reporters around Owen and the number of reporters around Farid were indistinguishable. I don't know, I thought this year's rookie game was a double MVP.

When Owen faced the camera, he didn't hide his smug expression at all, "I enjoyed today's game, everyone had a great time. Tomorrow's three-point contest, I'm going to give it my all, and I'm going to prove that I can shoot threes. Of course, the most anticipated part is the All-Star Game, and I can't wait to play against some of the best players in the league. ”

The Irving All-Star Game is scheduled for three days. It's a bit like Link, who was also a sophomore last season. However, this year's Owen is not as Buddhist as last year's Link.

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"Link, long time no see!"

When Link finally saw Rachel outside the Toyota Center, he held out his right hand. But unexpectedly, Rachel didn't hold Link, but jumped up directly and jumped into Link's arms.

"Have you missed me lately? Definitely missed me. Let's go, let's go to the Gulf of Mexico. I've heard that the night view is beautiful, and you've probably never been there before. Rachel pulled Link to the side of the road impatiently, she didn't have the calm and composure she had just interviewed the players.

"The Gulf of Mexico? I hadn't even heard of that place before......" Link shrugged, though he had been traveling all over the United States for the past three years, most of the time he had been from the hotel to the arena and from the stadium to the bus. Although I have traveled to many cities, I have never really enjoyed the scenery of different cities.

The two got into a taxi and headed southeast from downtown Houston along Highway 45 to the narrow Galveston Island.

Once there, Link chartered a private yacht and set out to sea. After driving to the middle of the sea and looking back at downtown Houston, Link was also impressed by the beautiful night view of the Gulf of Mexico.

"It's a shame it's winter, otherwise we would have been able to wear swimsuits." Rachel was propped up on the railing on the side of the yacht, her smile hadn't gone away since she saw Link.

Although it's already 11 o'clock, there are plenty of other yachts around as it's All-Star Weekend.

However, the yachts are far apart, so there is still a lot of private space. God knows what the couples who chartered their yachts and went to sea did on it.

Anyway, Link and Rachel were just chatting on the yacht and looking at the scenery......

"Do you have any special goals for the All-Star Game the day after tomorrow?" And while chatting, the topic actually returned to basketball.

"Hmm...... There are no special goals, just go up and have fun. I'm not particularly hungry for All-Star Game MVP at the moment. Link spread his hands and played in the All-Star Rookie Game for the first time, and Link snatched the MVP. Last year, Link won the three-point championship and broke the record.

But not every All-Star Weekend will be as competitive as the previous two years.

"yes, I thought you'd be like Kelly. Owen like that. Show yourself on the pitch. Speaking of which, Irving's desire to win during All-Star Weekend this year seems to be very strong. You have to be careful when you are in the race the day after tomorrow. Maybe he'll do his best to deal with you as he did with Knight. ”

"Don't worry, I'm ......" Link didn't finish when he noticed that Rachel had actually zipped up his coat.

Link's heartbeat accelerated instantly, on the yacht? So exciting?

However, Rachel just reached into her coat with her hands and hugged Link, leaning against his warm chest.

Otherwise, what else can you do?

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On the morning of Feb. 16, it was time for the players participating in the All-Star Game to practice openly. Today, there were at least three times as many reporters at the training ground as there were during the rookie game. After all, the two dozen or so players in the stadium at this time are the two dozen or so people who are the most popular in the league.

For Link, who is here for the second time as a starter, he is used to such things as public training.

So even with a bunch of cameras, Link was still doing his own exercises, and he was completely unaffected.

Until Kelly. Owen walked towards Link, and the calm atmosphere was finally broken.

"Hey, Link! How's it going? Owen and Link greeted each other familiarly, but they didn't know each other in private.

Link watched Owen smile and high-five and shake hands with himself, always feeling that it was a weasel greeting the chicken, and he didn't have a good heart!

"You've had a fantastic season with Link, and you've been doing really well."

"Thanks for the compliment, Kelly." Link was very cautious, Owen must have something to do with him for such a plain reason.

"Hehe, you're really good, but I'm not the kind of player who has weak legs when I see you. Link, let's have a heads-up. We rarely met and played against each other in the regular season, but I've always wanted to play you, what do you think? So, let's bet $50,000. That's a little money for you, right? Owen was eager to try, it seems that this guy really wants to do something this year, and shaking off Knight seems to be just a warm-up for him. Now, the All-Star players have been found.

Link suddenly remembered that before the crossing, Irving had singled out Kobe Bryant in the training camp of the U.S. national team. But for various reasons, the two didn't get along in the end.

And in this history, has Owen's heads-up object become himself?

Many of the stars who heard the conversation between Link and Irving gathered after hearing the news, and everyone began to coax, All-Star, naturally the more fun the better. So there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with a few heads-up shots in training.

This kind of thing has often happened before, and O'Neal's single-handedness to Jordan's goal also came this way, and everyone should be entertained.

But Link knows very well that Owen doesn't just want to play, that guy really wants to win!

"See you tomorrow, Kelly."

"No, let's just come 1-on-1, don't see you in the game." Owen clenched on.

"Alright then," Link nodded, "I'll let you do half of it, and you'll only have to pay twenty-five thousand if you lose." After all, your annual salary is less than half of mine. ”

The audience suddenly exploded, and Owen was also shocked.

He didn't expect Link to be so serious.