Before All-Star Weekend, Joe received another notice from the league that Jermaine O'Neal was also injured and that the All-Star roster in the East needed to be changed.

But this time, the decision and choice are not in Qiao Hai, because Jermaine O'Neal is the starter.

The league made a direct decision, and Rasheed Wallace, who was voted third in the forward position, replaced Jermaine O'Neal and entered the starting line-up.

So, in the end, the final starting lineup of the Eastern Conference All-Stars was - Allen Iverson, Vince Carter, LeBron James, Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace.

The bench is Michael Reid, Chauncey Billups, Cameron Anthony, Paul Pearce, Chris Bosh, Gilbert Arenas and Chris Paul.

The Bobcats will have two players in the All-Star Game, Michael Reed and Chris Paul, both of whom will be on the bench.

Elsewhere, Chris Paul and Danny Granger will play for the first-year team of the Rookie Challenge, while Andre Iguodala and Josh Smith will play for the second-year team of the Rookie Challenge.

At the same time, Josh Smith will participate in the slam dunk contest for the second year in a row to seek the slam dunk king, and Andre Iguodala will also participate in the slam dunk contest this year to challenge his teammates.

No one participated in the three-point contest, let alone the Skill Contest and the Shooting Star, and the Bobcat had no desire to participate.

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Before the All-Star Weekend, the Bobcats played their final two games, beating the Trail Blazers and Nets at home in a row, and with the previous two straight wins, the Bobcats were on a four-game winning streak before the All-Star Weekend began.

Immediately after that, All-Star Weekend came.

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On Friday, Johi arrived in Houston.

Under the arrangement of the league staff, they stayed directly in the official hotel arranged by the league, Qiao Hai lived alone, and next door was Greg Popovich's room.

Qiao Hai packed his luggage for a while, and then there was a knock on the door.

As soon as the door opened, Popovich walked in, holding two goblets in one hand and a bottle of red wine in the other, and shook it in front of Qiao Hai's eyes.

"Would you like a drink?"

Qiao Hai smiled, and naturally nodded: "Okay." ”

There was a sound of pouring wine, and both goblets were poured with a pale puddle of red wine, and Popovich made a gesture of please, and then he took his glass and shook it.

Qiao Hai's ability to taste red wine is naturally inferior to Popovich's, and he drew a scoop with a gourd, and he also shook his goblet.

After taking a sip, the two chatted about the upcoming All-Star Weekend.

"How are you going to play the All-Star Game?" Popovich asked.

Qiao Hai replied with a smile: "If it were someone else who coached the Western All-Star team, I might choose to be a spectator, stay in the coach's seat on the sidelines, and watch the All-Star Game for a whole game as a VIP VIP, without doing any special adjustments and arrangements." ”

"But it's you, Greg, and I'm going to have to think about whether or not I'm going to make some strange moves."

Popovich also smiled: "So, are you going to really fight?" ”

Qiao Hai nodded very seriously: "That's right, it's a real fight." ”

"Okay, I've taken this challenge!" Popovich immediately responded, and then he continued to smile: "But Joe, you can't make excuses after the game. ”

"Making excuses? I don't have any excuses. ”

Qiao Hai took a big sip of the red wine in the goblet.

Popovich looked at Qiao Hai and frowned: "For example, the lineup of the eastern team is far inferior to that of the western team. ”

"I'm sorry, Greg, I'm not going to make excuses, because the end is already doomed, and the only one who wins will be the Eastern Army."

"But your squad is terrible, and my benches are better than your starters."

"It's not a problem, I have 10,000 ways to make up for the gap in the squad."

Qiao Hai suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed the red wine bottle, and poured it directly towards his goblet, Popovich was anxious, and immediately started to stop it.

But even so, it was already too late, and Qiao Hai had already poured most of the red wine in his goblet.

"You kid, you know waste, red wine is not for you!"

The corners of Qiao Hai's mouth curled: "But victory suits me." ”

……

Taking advantage of his spare time on Friday morning, Qiao Hai took a makeup photoshoot, he put on a suit, posed a few poses, and quickly completed the shoot.

Then, under the arrangement of the alliance, he participated in some community activities.

On the first day of All-Star Weekend, the Rookie Challenge kicked off, and the final result was that the sophomore team defeated the first-year team by a score of 106-96.

Sophomore Andre Iguodala scored a game-high 30 points, plus six rebounds and three assists, and was named the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, and the Bobcats won their first trophy in the All-Star Game.

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On the second day of the All-Star Games, the miscellaneous competitions began.

The first Shooting Stars tournament kicked off in San Antonio, with a team of Tony Parker, NBA Silver Star Kendravick and current NBA commentator Steve Kerr, who competed in the tournament and won the championship in the shortest time.

The Skills Challenge then began with four players playing, with Steve Nash of the Suns, Dwyane Wade of the Rockets, LeBron James of the Cavaliers, and Deron Williams of the Jazz.

As a result, Wade took the shortest time and lifted the championship trophy.

The three-point contest that followed included the Knicks' Quentin Richardson, the Mavericks' Nowitzki and Jason Terry, the Wizards' Gilbert Arenas, the SuperSonics' Ray Allen, and the Magic's Billups.

In the first round, Ray Allen threw a game-high 19 points, Arenas threw a second-high 14 points, and the last one to appear was Dirk Nowitzki, who also had some hiccupes.

Nowitzki's last shot was up and it wasn't supposed to be scored, but because the All-Star Game was just an entertainment game and there was no live replay, the ball ended up giving him two points, and he scored 14 points, narrowly beating several other opponents and reaching the finals.

In the final round, Nowitzki worked hard and scored a game-high 18 points in the final, and finally won the trophy of the three-point king.

Of course, more or less, this trophy is still somewhat controversial.

In the final slam dunk contest, the Bobcats played two people, Josh Smith and Andre Iguodala.

But in the end, they both played soy sauce, and Nate Robinson, who is 1.75 meters tall, shined in this slam dunk contest.

In the first dunk of the first round, he dunked a 180-degree turn and dunked with both hands, and the judges gave a high score of 49 points.

The second dunk was to invite a teammate, the teammate threw the ball up, Robinson caught the ball in the air and dunked vigorously, this action is not difficult, but it is not easy for Robinson, who is only 1.75 meters tall, and the judges gave 44 points.

Nate Robinson, who scored a total of 93 points in the first round, made it to the final.

In the finals, he really began to exert his strength, and one of the deductions was the leap potato Weber, which directly scored 50 points.

In the end, Nate Robinson also defeated all his opponents and lifted the trophy of the slam dunk king!