Chapter 302: All-Stars Attack
A week later, the 2004-2005 All-Star Weekend was officially held on the chilly Denver plateau.
The All-Star Rookie Game was star-studded, and of course the stars were concentrated in the sophomore '03 rookies.
The starting lineup in the second year is so strong that some people even say that it can win the championship without hindrance. Center Milicic, who has grown to 2.13,240 pounds at 19 years old, is already a thick center, and Milicic, who has 18 points and 10 rebounds this season, has become a pillar of the Nuggets. Milicic, who was playing at home, came on to the biggest cheers of the stadium.
Power forward Bosh, the Raptors' T-Rex rex, was once in a difficult situation with Okafor at the beginning of the season. But after that, the 2.11-meter Bosh returned to the power forward position, and the 2.08-meter traditional interior Okafor played the center, and the combination of the two became better.
Bosh has gone from 16.7 points and 9.9 rebounds at the beginning of the season to 23.8 points and 8.2 rebounds now, away from the restricted area rebounding, but the score has risen more than one notch.
The sophomore outside partners in the rookie game are the three brothers Anthony, Wade and James, and they are simply ruthless! All three brothers are recognized as among the league's top 10 superstars, and now playing against rookies in the rookie game is nothing short of bullying.
The final result was 168:101 in the sophomore class, setting a record for the largest point difference in the rookie game.
In this competition of bullying junior brothers together, Hu Qingniu not only saw the performance of the Janway Heat Big Three, but even saw the aerial connection of the Janway Guapo 03 Big Four.
The real air connection, serving from Bosh's backcourt, the ball fell to the ground in the air, James and Anthony jumped in the air to transfer the ball, and finally Wade flew and dunked.
Wade scored 36 points and became the MVP of the rookie game, which made him very happy, and bluntly said that this is my second MVP, and I will collect all the MVP trophies in the future.
As we all know, there are four MVP trophies, rookie MVP, all-star MVP, finals MVP, and the heaviest 82 regular season MVPs. Wade has already won two, leaving only the regular season MVP and the finals MVP.
James, Bosh, and Anthony are all on 25+, but everyone has a good relationship, and everyone doesn't pay attention to an entertainment rookie game MVP, and Wade will give it to him if he feels good today.
Jackpot competitions have historically been superstar shows, and most of the superstars prefer to be called skilled rather than just physically flying.
There is also a big boss in today's skills competition, and Steve Nash, who is now hot and faintly surpassing Kidd to become the league's No. 1 point guard, is also participating.
The 2005 NBA All-Star Game Basketball Skills Challenge was held on the second day, and the prize money for this game was still quite attractive even for these players with an annual salary of tens of millions, with $25,000 for the champion, $10,000 for the runner-up, and $5,000 for the third place. The Quartet of Arenas, Francis, Nash and Ridno had to go around the hurdle in a short period of time, then go through the hole, shoot, go around the pile, make a layup, and finally the shortest team wins.
It is also rare for Arenas and Francis to compete at the same time, Arenas signed up early, but it is said that Francis decided on an ad hoc basis and relied on seniority to squeeze out a rookie who had already signed up. Many fans know why Francis signed up for the skills competition, although Francis once denied that he had anything to do with Arenas in front of the media, I'm afraid no one believes it.
At the start of the game, Ridno came on the court first and completed smoothly, taking 35.4 seconds, while Arenas was quite unlucky, missing five shots in the end and taking 51.7 seconds to complete a series of actions.
This made Francis very happy, covering his face and snickering underneath, and he did not hide it when the camera came. In the end, Nash's 31.4 seconds and Francis's 32.6 seconds made it to the second round of the finals.
Francis vowed to bring Arenas' lost trophy back to Washington, and he entered the tournament for a double insurance, not some infighting. But the crow's feet came out with laughter, and who didn't know that Francis and Arenas had a few clashes in the locker room, and they were always sneering when they spoke.
While Francis was making a big statement, Nash sat quietly and didn't care. Hu Qingniu couldn't help but complain, Nash is everyone's demeanor.
Sure enough, in the second round of the finals, Francis exposed his weaknesses, missing three three-point shots, wasting a lot of time and ending up with 37.6 seconds. This season, Francis's three-point shooting rate fell below 30%, and the shooting rate of more than 20% was not just 1 in 4 shots, which can only be said to be the norm.
On the other hand, Nash made a successful three-point shot in one go, and it took only 25.5 seconds to directly break the record of this event, which was impressive, and also won the championship of this game.
As it turns out, Nash's success is anything but illusory, and he is the best point guard in the league right now.
The most spectacular slam dunk contest was routinely scheduled for the end of the second day of the 2005 NBA All-Star Weekend. And in this game, the hot "Little Emperor" James and "Flash" Wade made it clear that they would not participate, which greatly reduced the enthusiasm of some fans who came specifically for them.
However, today's slam dunk contest is still worth watching, and the four players also have their own unique skills. Wade didn't come, Wade's younger brother Josh Smith went to war, and everyone said that Josh was another James. Of course, this does not refer to strength, but to physical fitness. Everyone is still looking forward to Josh.
The others are Anderson and Nerveknife Smith of the Hornets and Stoudemire of the Suns. It is worth mentioning that Xiao Si proudly said that Phoenix will win the championship of the skill game and the slam dunk game.
Although the four players are still young, except for Xiao Si, Hu Qingniu knows that these four are people with excellent dunk strength. Especially Birdman, although Birdman is still a handsome white guy and does not have splendid tattoos, the brutality of his physical talent is already visible to the naked eye.
Sure enough, the highlight of the slam dunk contest brought the atmosphere to a climax, and the band also performed very hard. Before the finals of the slam dunk contest, there are two rounds of dunks, and the full score is 100 points.
At the start of the game, Smith missed a dunk with a back pass, and the second dunk didn't touch anything, so it didn't count. Dunk again and score 45 points.
Josh Smith came on, jumped high on his side, sped out of the basket and hit a one-handed dunk by the big windmill to score the highest score of 50 points in one fell swoop.
Then the birdman came on the court, the jump was a little slow, failed to dunk, although the posture was very beautiful, due to the great difficulty, he threw several times in a row, failed to do a good job, and finally scored 41 points for the fourth time. Stoudemire made a 180-degree turn and scored 45 points.
At the end of the first round, Josh took the lead.