The 2008 NBA All-Star Game was played at New Orleans Arena, home of the New Orleans Hornets in Louisiana, and was the first All-Star Game in New Orleans and the first time the city hosted a professional game since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

On February 17, the East and West All-Stars gathered in the arena, and the sidelines were also full of stars.

Before this, there have been rookie games, three-point contests and dunk contests, the last slam dunk contest was known as the most exciting dunk contest in history, and Sun Zhuo also established the status of the best dunk king in history in the last slam dunk contest.

And this year's slam dunk contest, although not as good as the previous one, is also full of ornamentation, especially Dwight Howard's performance, which conquered the audience.

He is the champion of this year's slam dunk contest, from the first dunk, he has shown his super talent and amazing creativity, Charles Barkley said in the commentary that Howard's creativity and Sun Zhuo are at the same level, and the two of them are at least one level higher than other players in terms of creativity.

Howard's first dunk was from the back of the basket to hit the board, and then the body was behind the rebound, but he caught the ball and dunked, if you look at it from the front, you can't see Howard's head at all, only a thick arm looping around the basket, which is a perfect dunk.

Howard's second dunk is also a full-score dunk, this dunk caused a sensation at the scene before it started, when Howard took off his jersey, he actually revealed Superman's clothes, he incarnated as a SUPERMAN and smashed the ball in, and the scene was very excited.

Howard's third dunk was just as impressive, first throwing it high under the basket, then catching the rebounding ball, slapping the ball on the rebound with his left hand, and then catching the rebound ball and dunking with his right hand.

The last dunk was relatively not too impressive, and it was also a goal that relied more on creativity.

On the court, as the starting center of the Western Conference All-Stars and the new slam dunk contest champion, Dwight Howard is very active, and these Western All-Star teammates standing next to him include Allen Iverson, Carmelo Anthony, Tim Duncan, Yao Ming, Boozer, Nash, Nowitzki, Chris Paul, Roy, Xiaos, David West, Kobe Bryant is the king of the West, but did not participate in this game due to injury.

"How do you want to dunk today? Tell me in advance and I'll pass the ball to you. Iverson looked up at Howard, who was very active, and Howard was moving from East to West and had a great conversation with these new teammates.

"Haha, thank you, Aaron, look at how Sun on the other side buckles, after he finishes buttoning, I want to respond to him with the same action." Howard laughed, this time, Howard also attached great importance to his personal showdown with Sun Zhuo, because the All-Star Game is a stage where performance is more creative than acting, and when it comes to creativity, no one present can compare to Sun Zhuo and Howard.

"No problem." Iverson smiled and high-fived Howard.

This year's Eastern players' bench is not so active, which is not the same as in the past few years, before the West was dull and the East was active, because the players in the East are very young, and they are concentrated in the 03 and 04 generations, and they have a good relationship with each other privately, and this year's East, Howard left, and O'Neal was not selected as an All-Star for the first time in 15 years, both of which are very active players.

Moreover, Garnett and Ray Allen joined the East and were selected as All-Stars with Pierce, Rivers is also the coach of the East, and the East is like being dominated by the Celtics, Garnett is a very serious player, and he is also the ticket king of this year's All-Star Game, and Sun Zhuo lost the title of All-Star Game ticket king for the first time.

Fortunately, Sun Zhuo and Wade and James, two old friends, got together, and they were obviously a different small group from Garnett.

After the game started, Sun Zhuo started with Wade and James, and Garnett's two partners were substitutes, so he couldn't control the scene alone, and the East was still dominated by Sun Zhuo.

On the western side, because Kobe Bryant didn't play, Anthony can't compare to Howard, who is now in the limelight, in terms of popularity and ability, so the western style of play is biased towards giving Howard the ball.

Wade, Sun Zhuo, and James are all representatives of super talent, and they are also players who can finish the basket with the ball in the fastest time, the three of them are really invincible together, once one person completes the steal, you don't have to think about chasing defense, no one can catch up with the speed of the three of them.

James broke the ball first and quickly passed the ball to Wade, Sun Zhuo also started to run at the first time, Wade quickly hit the basket, and then hit the basketball on the rebound, Sun Zhuo received the rebound ball, and glided and dunked with his back to the basket.

This kind of cooperation is just the regular cooperation operation of the three people of the 03 generation, and what is surprising is that after Sun Zhuo's back buckle, in the next round, the West Army, Iverson actually gave Howard a blank catch, and Howard also played an identical back buckle.

"He seems to be imitating you." James said to Sun Zhuo.

"That's called provocation, don't you give him something powerful?" Garnett, who was a teammate, also looked at Sun Zhuo.

Sun Zhuo didn't answer Garnett, he knew that because of the conflict between Artest and Pierce, Garnett was still very jealous of him and Artest.

Sun Zhuo didn't want to target Howard too much, maybe it was because it was too easy to win him, just casually jump from the free throw line and dunk or dunk under the crotch in the air, Howard lost, and as the champion of the dunk contest, although Howard's actions also scored a lot of perfect marks, but he was not at the same level as Sun Zhuo.

"Since Howard wants to imitate, let's do something that he can imitate." Sun Zhuo knew Howard's big boy character, and Howard just wanted to prove that he could be better without Sun Zhuo.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Zhuo received Wade's pass, got the ball in the air, and did not dunk the ball directly into the basket, but first pulled the ball down, there was a pause in the air, and then lifted it up to dunk.

Howard also smiled when he saw it: "It turned out to be this action." ”

Howard knew that such an action could be done himself.

Soon, Howard and his teammates in the West made eye motions, allowing them to send him such an empty pick at every opportunity, and Sun Zhuo also communicated with Wade at this time.

"Break his ball." Sun Zhuo whispered in Wade's ear, and Wade also guessed what Howard was going to do next.

When the basketball was thrown high under the basket, Howard got the ball with one hand, and everyone watched Howard dunk, Wade had quietly come behind Howard, and when Howard just imitated Sun Zhuo to pull the basketball down, pop, Wade jumped out like lightning and cut the basketball quickly and accurately, and when Howard raised his arm, he found that there was no basketball in his hand.

"Sun!" Wade quickly passed the ball to Sun Zhuo outside the three-point line.

At this time, Anthony reacted quickly, blocking Sun Zhuo in front of him as soon as possible, preventing Sun Zhuo from launching a fast attack.

Sun Zhuo jumped up to receive the ball, and when he was in the air, he actually began to turn directly, his body circled around Anthony, and then threw the ball from Anthony's back with a low hand to the front court.

At this time, James had already strode past the midfield, received a pass from Sun Zhuo, and slid down the free throw line in one step!

From the steal to the final dunk, it only took three seconds.

"The combination of Dwyane Wade, Ericson and LeBron James is terrifying, they're the scariest fast-break trio in the world, and if they're on the same team, it's really hard to imagine."

Howard was very depressed, and then realized that Sun Zhuo's dunk just now was deliberately set for him, if Howard really wants to compare with Sun Zhuo, it is not only a competition of ability and creativity between the two of them, but also a competition between teammates, Howard, teammates in the West, it seems that they really can't compare with Wade and James.

Even Garnett was worried: "If the Celts are going to rule the league for the next few years, there's no guarantee that the three of them won't unite to defeat us!" ”

If these three people are combined, they don't even need three, even if it's just two of them, and then they are randomly paired with an All-Star center, then they are definitely more powerful than the Celtics Big Three.

Doc Rivers, the coach of the Eastern Stars, watched these three people on the court display their talents to the fullest, and he was very envious in his heart, but then he went to the bench and said to Paul Pierce: "Don't be affected by their performance, you are here just to relax and relax, you don't have to take it too seriously, you know?" ”

Pierce was elbowed by Artest before, and it wasn't long after he came back, and Coach Rivers didn't want Pierce to fight too hard.

"I know, Coach." Pierce is a player who does not admit defeat, but at this time, he can only endure, the All-Star is not his stage, it is Sun Zhuo and James, but in the playoffs, it is different.

"When it comes to the playoffs, I'm going to kill you one by one!" Pierce sat on the sidelines, looking at Wade, James and Sun Zhuo, and felt jealous in his heart.

In this year's All-Star Game, there is no Kobe, no Maddie, no O'Neal, Sun Zhuo is very boring, and Howard, who wants to compete with Sun Zhuo, is not qualified enough.

In the end, the West team won, and Carmelo Anthony, the little melon who scored the most, got his first AMVP.

After the All-Star Game, the teams began to compete for the playoff rankings, Maddie was definitely the most hanged one of the players who were not selected as All-Stars that season, and led the team to help the Rockets win 22 consecutive victories after the All-Star Game, at the beginning of the season, Maddie also averaged 30+ per game, 40+ many times, and in the ranking of MVP in the regular season, Maddie was also promoted to the top four in the end.

Of course, Maddie questioned the safety of New Orleans in front of the media, and said early on that even if she was chosen, she would not necessarily go.

This is a pity in Sun Zhuo's opinion, because in his previous life, 07 was the last time Maddie was selected as an All-Star, and in the future, he will never be seen on the All-Star stage again.

This made Sun Zhuo feel nostalgic, he remembered that when he first participated in the All-Star Game, Maddie was in the limelight, he was the most popular player in the All-Star Game, everyone was looking forward to his performance, and in just a few years, he had been replaced.

In the next month or so, Sun Zhuo led the team to rush to the rankings while doing the Superstar Challenge, Kobe's 82 points in a single game and Iverson's 60 points in a single game were completed by Sun Zhuo one by one, and the number of special training card fragments has also increased from 2 to 8.

This season, Sun Zhuo is not competitive enough to compete for the regular season MVP, Sun Zhuo's personal data is still unmatched in the league, personal scores, average dunks per game, including the number of three-pointers in a single season, are the first in the league, but the Magic record is not good enough, plus Sun Zhuo has won the regular season MVP twice in a row, everyone is more inclined to change options this year.

Kobe Bryant and Paul are the two fiercest MVP contenders this season.

After Gasol came to the Lakers, the Lakers became the first in the West, in fact, before Gasol came, Kobe Bryant took these shrimp soldiers and crabs to win the first place in the West, although in less than 24 hours, the young Paul played the strength of MVP this season, and James originally wanted to impact the regular season MVP this season, but he knew very well that Kobe Bryant did not get the MVP first, James could not get it.

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On April 16, 2008, the regular season officially ended.

Sun Zhuo averaged 34.6 points per game to continue to be the scoring champion, and this season, he shot 310 three-pointers in a single season, breaking Ray Allen's record of 269 three-pointers in a single season.

In the East, the Magic finished the regular season in third place, first with the Boston Celtics with 66 wins and 16 losses, followed by the Detroit Pistons and fourth with the Cleveland Cavaliers, followed by the Washington Wizards, Toronto Raptors, Philadelphia 76ers and Atlanta Hawks.

The Magic's first-round opponent will be the Toronto Raptors.

In the West, the Los Angeles Lakers regained the lead in the West, and the New Orleans Hornets are on the rise under Paul's leadership, with the San Antonio Spurs having the same record, and the Utah Jazz in fourth place, followed by the Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Denver Nuggets.

On the day of April 20th, the Magic team welcomed the Raptors at home and started the first game of the playoffs.

And the Raptors just think that the Magic is Sun Zhuo's team alone, and they only need to guard against Sun Zhuo, but they don't know that it is not Sun Zhuo who wants to slay the dragon, but Durant.

"KD, this series, I want you to average more than 25 points per game, I will keep passing you the ball, can you do it?" Sun Zhuo didn't put this request to Durant until the first game of the playoffs was about to begin.