Love in the three-point contest became a dark horse, defeating Jones to win the final championship.

And then the championship of the slam dunk contest was won by Jeremy Evans, an unknown young player from the Jazz.

"Dark horse" and "upset" seem to have become the main theme of this All-Star Game.

On the third day of the race, Tang Tian went down to the venue before the game and greeted Tom Thibodeau.

The former No. 1 assistant coach of the Rockets, a coach who worked with Tang Tian for three years, resigned from Houston last summer and was hired by the Bulls as head coach.

Last season's unwinless Eastern Conference finals made the Bulls' management dissatisfied with De Nagro and directly chose to change coaches in the offseason.

Thibodeau also built a tough defense for the Bulls, who now have the best record in the league and were named head coach of the Eastern All-Star Game.

The two who worked together in the past, after going around and around, will become direct opponents in the east at this time.

However, Tang Tian was still happy for Xibodeau, after all, after getting along for a long time, he knew how paranoid a workaholic Xibodeau was.

Such a person deserves to achieve something.

The biggest attraction of this All-Star Game is probably that Durant and James appeared on the same team.

In the end, the western forces were significantly superior, defeating the eastern forces 152-141.

Kevin Durant scored 36 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, beating James (27 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists) to successfully win the All-Star Game MVP.

This is Durant's first MVP trophy, but he is young and vigorous, and when asked by reporters "is it the trophy he wants the most", he directly smiled and said: "No, my goal is to win the MVP, I want to bring back a championship trophy for Oklahoma, and this year is the best opportunity." ”

Durant's rhetoric thrilled Oklahoma fans.

The Spurs were just blacked out last season and are a year older this year.

After the Lakers sent Odom away, their strength declined significantly.

As for the Suns, who just got James, the duo of Nash and James is difficult to do much in the competition-inspired West.

And their biggest rival, the Cavaliers, directly lost James, falling from a three-core to a two-core, and the strength on paper declined significantly.

This is indeed the Thunder's best chance to win the championship.

Durant's bold remarks became the most eye-catching thing in this year's All-Star Game, and when the All-Star Game came to an end, fans and the media still talked about it.

That comment didn't last long, though, as a much-anticipated battle took place at Cleveland Quickloan Arena on the third day after the All-Star break.

The two sides are the Cavaliers and the Suns.

An All-Star game made people forget about the James trade storm for the time being, but the unavoidable confrontation between the two sides this season suddenly brought all kinds of past grievances to the front again.

It's not that enemies don't get together, this grievance that doesn't need to be shaped by the alliance at all, it seems that only the way to decide who is right and who is wrong is in the way of the game.

There was a crowd in Cleveland before the game, and this was James' first return to Cleveland since being traded.

"Coach, we're going to win this game!" Butler swore before the game.

The Cavaliers players who knew the truth did not agree with James and his team's approach, and they were also indignant before the game.

"Prove yourselves."

Tang Tian didn't say much, the NBA is the winner is king, and only the winner will win more recognition from fans.

In fact, Durant's words in the All-Star Game also need the Cavaliers to respond.

James was the focal point of the game.

Before the game, reporters on the sidelines also seized few opportunities to interview him.

"I hope the fans will give me some applause and cheers."

James didn't answer much, but when asked by reporters what he was expecting from the game, he said this.

At the opening ceremony before the game, DJs introduced the starters for both sides.

When James' name was read out, there was an overwhelming chorus of boos.

Not surprisingly, when James and his team chose to leave that way, it was clear that the fans didn't want to see him anymore.

James's expression was a little lost, he lowered his head, and he didn't seem to be in the mood to throw any magnesium powder.

At the end of the opening ceremony, the starters of both sides appeared one after another.

The Suns have a regular lineup on the outside, with Nash and Dudley on the outside, James and Frye on the front, and Gortat on the inside.

The Cavaliers continued to use the previous starting lineup, with Paul and Green on the outside, Butler and Battier on the front, and Yao Ming on the inside.

Amid the cheers of the audience, Yao Ming jumped to win Gortat, giving the Cavaliers a chance to attack first.

Paul dribbled to the front court and played a block with Yao Ming in the high post.

Gortat, nicknamed "The Polish Hammers", has a good height and movement speed, and after the change of defense, he did not give Paul too easy a chance to shoot.

But at this moment, Green took the initiative to cut to the basket to get a chance.

Paul makes a beautiful second-to-hit pass.

Green takes the ball and goes straight to a quick layup.

At this moment, a figure quickly entered from the oblique side, and the whole flew directly from behind.

"Smack!"

A fan of Green's shot flew to the rebound.

James!

After being booed by the fans at the opening ceremony, he must have been unhappy, and now he responded with his iconic chasing hat.

James flew and landed ready to pick up a defensive rebound.

But at this moment, a figure jumped ahead of him and grabbed the ball into his arms!

Jimmy Butler!

Compared to ability, he is not as good as James, but compared to positivity, he is not bad at all!

The fans burst into cheers.

Butler grabbed the offensive rebound, did not force James to shoot, and saw Gortat also go to the basket, and threw the ball directly to the free throw line.

Having been a starter for a while, the concept of a team has been implanted in his mind.

That's growth!

Yao Ming received the ball and shot directly from the free throw line from a mid-range.

"Huh!"

With a crisp sound, the basketball hollows into the net.

The cheers at the scene shook the sky.

The Cavaliers take the lead!

The Suns' offense, Nash dribbled to the frontcourt and went directly to James' block.

Paul and Yao Ming's blocking, because both of them can attack and pass, seems a little incomprehensible.

And Nash and James's blocking and dismantling is even more, after this blocking, Nash directly gave it to James who went inside.

James took the ball like a bulldozer and knocked Paul away, trying to pull up the dunk directly.

However, Battier took a position under the basket early at this time.

"Bang!"

James didn't lose his momentum and knocked Battier straight out of the field.

Battier was knocked into the crowd of photographers, and there was a burst of people on their backs.

Paul and Butler rushed to the bottom line as soon as possible to pull Battier up.

The referee also blew the whistle immediately, signaling for James' offensive foul.

There was boos at the scene.