Chapter 151: All-Star Weekend
On February 11, 2014, at 8 p.m. local time, the Suns faced the defending champion Heat on the road.
At the beginning of the game, the Heat played an extremely strong offense against the main players.
At 15:5, just six minutes into the game, the Suns had to call a timeout.
After the pause, the Suns' offense was better, but Li Mojie was locked by James again in this game, and James in the 2013-2014 season was a shoulder to shoulder in attack and defense, the best team, and the existence of the defensive second team, I have to mention that Li Mojie, as a rookie, is currently slightly inferior to James at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
And when Lee Mojie was locked up and Bledsoe was out for the season, Hornacek had no choice but to transfer the ball to Ramon Sessions.
However, Ramon Sessions is not a star who can lead the team to a comeback and beat the defending champions, he is just a qualified starting point guard, nothing more.
At the end of the first quarter, the Heat had a 15-point lead at 30:15.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Suns took the initiative to adjust, and the Suns Li Mojie began to strengthen the off-ball offense, cutting in the air and running back......
Under the leadership of Li Mojie, the Suns once narrowed the gap to within 10 points, and the two sides entered the second half at 43:46, with the Heat leading by only three points.
However, with the beginning of the second half, Ray Allen's three-point shot, James broke through the inside line to make Gobert foul 2+1, the Heat re-stabilized the situation and played a wave of 10:0 in the third quarter, and the momentum of the Suns' counterattack was lost. Hornacek had to call a timeout and tell his players to step up their defense and commit a decisive foul. The third quarter ended with the score at 79-70 and the Heat leading by nine points.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Suns still did not give up, and the most exciting breakthrough of the game was Li Mojie's cross-step breakthrough through James, and then faced Bosh's pull-up layup, this offense successfully aroused the morale of the Suns players.
At one point, the Suns chased the score to just one point.
But the turning point of the game was when Rudy Gobert left the court with six fouls left in the fourth quarter. In desperation, Hornacek had to switch to Markieff Morris as the team's center.
But after Gobert went off, the inside combination of Markieff Morris and Channingfrye made the Heat's impact on the basket even more fierce.
The final minutes were a breakaway show for James and Wade, and the interior duo of Markieff and Channingflye couldn't defend against the two breakaways, or they had to foul them and give them free throws.
In the end, the Suns lost 98-103 at home to the defending champion Heat.
"Marc Modger, well done!" After the game, James hugged Li Mojie warmly again and said with a smile.
"We lost this season, but next season we're going to get back on the field." Li Mojie responded with an unwilling face.
"Hehe, then you have to come on, after all, we are the champion team!" Wade came up next to him.
"By the way, Mo Jayer, are you ready? All-star? James said suddenly to Li Mojie.
"Ah, yes, we're not going to play until February 18th, and I'm going to New Orleans tomorrow." Li Mojie nodded.
"You kid, it's okay, even I was selected as an All-Star without a rookie, and you're still ahead of me!" James patted Li Mojie on the shoulder with emotion.
"No way, I'm better looking than you!" Li Mojie thought about it, looked at James's face, and said with a serious face.
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On January 31, 2013 local time in the United States, the NBA official website announced that the 2014 NBA All-Star Game East and West bench roster list has been released, and the Houston Rockets' "Morden Combination", Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers and Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat led 14 people to be selected.
Players named to the Eastern Conference All-Star bench alongside Bosh include: Roy Hibbert (Pacers), Joakim Noah (Bulls), DeMar DeRozan (Raptors), Paul Millsap (Hawks), Joe Johnson (Nets) and John Wall (Wizards);
In addition to James Harden and Dwight Howard of the Rockets, the players named to the Western Conference All-Star bench are: Damian Lillard (Trail Blazers), LaMarcus Aldridge (Trail Blazers), Tony Parker (Spurs), Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks) and Chris Paul (Clippers).
Due to Kobe Bryant's injury, he was unable to play the All-Star Game, and was replaced by Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans.
Players such as Lance Stephenson, Kyle Lowry, Goran Dragic, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe, Deandre Jordan, Mike Conley and Tim Duncan, who were previously favored by industry insiders, were not selected.
The Eastern Conference Stars for the 2014 NBA All-Star Game is Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel. Speaking about being the head coach of the Eastern Stars, Vogel said, "Our team's success has been recognized by the outside world. It's a team honour and I'm really thrilled. ”
Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks has been named Western Conference All-Star head coach. Before February 6, 2014, the Thunder were 36-10 in the first place in the West, and since Spurs coach Popovich was the 2013 Western Conference All-Star head coach, according to the rules, the All-Star coach cannot be re-elected.
The next day, Li Mojie and his entourage boarded a plane to New Orleans without stopping. The 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend began on the 15th and ended on the 17th, and as usual, it was divided into a rookie game, a single event, and an All-Star game.
For Li Mojie, he has been busy since the 14th, and the 14th is the training day of the Rookie Challenge, and Li Mojie, as one of the players in the Rookie Challenge, naturally wants to participate. Incidentally, Rudy Gobert also changed history by being selected for the Rookie Challenge.
After a few hours of flying, Li Mojie and his party arrived at the airport in New Orleans, and as soon as they got off the plane, they felt the atmosphere of the All-Star Game.
On both sides of the corridors of the airport, large posters of the players selected for the All-Star Game were plastered.
"Mo Jie, look, it's me, it's me!" Rudy Gobert walked while looking at the posters around him, and suddenly he seemed to see his figure in the poster, and excitedly pulled Li Mojie's arm with one hand, and pointed at the poster with the other and shouted.
"I know, I know! You should calm down, Rudy. Li Mojie looked at the poster helplessly and said.
"Oh, yes I should have calmed down, but I couldn't help it, I was selected for the Rookie Challenge, it's incredible, who do you think Webb or Hill will choose me?" Goebel said with a worried expression.
"To be honest, I don't care, no matter who is on the other side, I will win!" Li Mojie said with a firm face, rookie MVP is his scheduled goal, no matter how fierce Lillard and Davis are in the second year, and which team will be the star of the team in the future, but there is only one best, just like how many great existences Jordan has made without a championship for life, Li Mojie does not intend to give up any honor!
Take the high-speed rail home tomorrow, there may not be an update, say it in advance