On February 5, 2003, Meng Xu missed a 3-point shot at the last moment, and the Pacers lost to the Los Angeles Lakers with a score of 94-96 on the road, and finally ended all the games before the All-Star Game with a record of 37-10.

As the host of this year's All-Star Game, the Atlanta Hawks are very sad that no one has been selected for the All-Star team, whether it is the East or the West, the forward position has always been the most competitive position, the West because of the existence of the "four big forwards", so it is difficult for the rest of the players to compete with them, and although the East does not have so many strong interior lines, but there are too many powerful swing guards with both strength and popularity, especially Meng Xu and Carter, as long as there are no accidents, These two will always occupy the All-Star starting position, in addition to Pierce, Walker, Sprewell, Hill, Marshburn these excellent guard swingmen, plus Jermaine O'Neal, who served as the All-Star starting center last season, so the Hawks' big man Sharif Abdul Rahim, it is difficult to stand out in this vote, I am afraid that until he retires, it will be difficult to return to the All-Star team. And the team's second-in-command Glenn Robinson, the all-round swingman who can contribute 20+6+3 all year round, is for some reason, not only not only not treated well by the league, but even the media that supports him is almost non-existent, Glenn Robinson, who can contribute an average of 22 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.4 steals per game in his rookie season, not only missed the All-Star, but even lost to Hill and Kidd, who are worse in strength and team performance in the selection of the best rookie. Glenn Robinson, who has long had the strength of an All-Star, has been in the league for 9 seasons and has not even made it to the All-Star and All-Star teams, and even more so this year, he did not even enter the shortlist for the All-Star vote.

In this case, as the protagonist of this year's All-Star, Michael Jordan naturally wants to take over their friendship as landlords, in order to meet his old buddy Larry Bird, Jordan went directly to Atlanta International Airport to pick up the plane, but after meeting Larry Bird and others, the first thing Jordan said was: "Meng boy, I didn't expect you to have a time when you failed to kill!"

For Meng Xu, who has been in the league for four seasons and has contributed more than 15 lore, lore success is never news, only lore failure will be news, and it is also big news, just look at today's overwhelming reports, Meng Xu's first lore failure in his career has made these media rush to tell each other, especially the report of the New York Times, and even cry with excitement, Meng Xu's lore defeat of the Lakers has even exceeded the upcoming All-Star Game for a while.

"Michael, I'm still far from you." After hugging Jordan, Meng Xu said a very ambiguous word, I don't know whether he was saying that the number of times he failed to kill was far from Jordan, or whether he was saying that his achievements were far from Jordan's.

"You're really a true biography of Larry." Jordan shook his head at Meng Xu with a smile on his face, and did not delve into the meaning of Meng Xu's words, and then Jordan said again: "You are the most hopeful to surpass me!" ”

On Friday, February 7, U.S. time, the appetizer of All-Star Weekend, the All-Star Rookie Challenge, will kick off this evening, this year's All-Star Rookie Game, the selected first-year players are: Jae Williams, Gordon Girisek, Caron Butler, Drew Gooden, Amar Stoudemire, Carlos Boozer, Manuginobili, Dajuan Wagner, this season's top pick Yao Ming, because he wanted to participate in the All-Star Game, so he did not receive an invitation to the Rookie Challenge. And the selected sophomore rookies are: Gilbert Arenas, Tony Parker, Troy Murphy, Richard Jefferson, Andrei Kirilenko, Tyson Chandler, Jamal Tinsley, Pau Gasol, Jason Richardson, perhaps the host Hawks no All-Star players and the two head coaches of this year's All-Star Rookie Challenge, Carton Fitzsimmons, who served as the first-year head coach, and second-year head coach Mike Fretero, All of them are Atlantans who have coached the Hawks, and both have left a strong mark on the history of the Hawks. In the end, after 40 minutes of "fierce battle", the sophomore team defeated the first-year team 132-112, and Arenas from the Golden State Warriors was elected the MVP of this season's rookie challenge with 30 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals.

"This year's rookie game was a bit of a disappointment." Just when the MVP trophy of the Rookie Challenge was awarded, Kobe, who was sitting on the side of the court watching the game, said coldly. Although today is the Rookie Challenge, and Kobe Bryant has nothing to do with them, but at the request of the league, all the players who participated in the All-Star Game, as well as the 3-point contest, and the slam dunk contest sat on the sidelines to cheer for these little guys on the court, and after the Rookie Challenge, the league will also organize some small programs to interact with the fans on the spot, and all the players who participated in the All-Star Game will attend this year. Meng Xu, Maddie, Jermaine O'Neal, and Iverson, who have a good relationship with Kobe, huddled together with Kobe, whispering while watching the game, and burst into laughter from time to time.

"That number 0 is very good." Meng Xu, who was sitting next to Kobe, applauded and tilted his head to look at Kobe. Meng Xu has a deep impression of this No. 0 Arenas, this player is a player selected by Mike Budenholzer with a second-round pick after coaching the Warriors, and his performance last season was relatively average, this season after Mike Budenholzer arranged for him to play the sixth man, he suddenly broke out, and in 32 minutes of playing time, he averaged 18.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 5.3 assists per game, and was the favorite for the best sixth man this season. On the day the All-Star voting results were announced, the Pacers played away against the Warriors, Hamilton was unexpectedly beaten by Arenas, and at the last moment of the game, Meng Xu had to defend him in person, especially what made Meng Xu unforgettable was that the guy shot 3-point like a madman, whether it was one step outside the 3-point line or two steps outside the 3-point line, the shots were very decisive, in Meng Xu's view, these shots were completely X** shots, but people just could X** score, and the 3-pointers shot 5 of 11 in the whole game, And most of them are this kind of shots one step away from the 3-point line, and Meng Xu is a little out of temper. Although the Pacers finally defeated the Warriors 97-94 on the road, Arenas's 38 points in a single game and 16 points in a single quarter in the fourth quarter still shocked the Pacers into a cold sweat.

"This kid is really amazing! I was fouled three times in that game. After Meng Xu finished speaking, Jermaine O'Neal, who had experienced that tragic game as a member of the Pacers, immediately added.

"Hmph, wait until the next time the Lakers meet the Warriors, and see how I teach him a lesson." In the first two games of the Lakers and the Warriors this season, Kobe Bryant missed due to injury, so Kobe has not had the opportunity to play against Arenas this season, so Kobe's current image of Arenas is still in the memory of last season.

"We fought with the Warriors, this kid's strength is not weak, although he can't guard me, but I can't guard him either, Kobe, you still don't have to be too careless." Seeing Kobe Bryant's arrogant look, Iverson also spoke on the side to remind him.

"It's really fake, you say he's so strong, I want to compete with him." When Maddie heard Iverson's words, she immediately put her head over, and at the same time kept rubbing her two hands, looking like she was really interested in Arenas.

"I'll go, you guys, they're just rookies, are you embarrassed?" Seeing that Maddie and Kobe Bryant are both gearing up, eager to compare with Arenas immediately, Meng Xu is already secretly praying for Arenas, being targeted by these perverts, Arenas is afraid that this season will not be so good.

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The bland rookie challenge is basically similar, and the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest and the All-Star 3-point contest held on February 8 were also disappointing, the first All-Star 3-point contest, Peja Stojakovic defeated Ray Allen in overtime and won this year's All-Star 3-point king, but Peja Stojakovic's 15 points in the final also broke the record for the lowest score in the All-Star 3-point contest, even if you count the 4 points in overtime, 19 points, in the last few 3-point contests, It was also a very low score, and after the end of the 3-point competition, Craig Hodges, the judge of the 3-point competition, joked very much: "If Meng still competes this year, he can win the championship with only one hand." ”

The slam dunk contest after the 3-point contest is even more uninteresting, with Meng Xu's pearl jade in front of last season, whether it is the audience or the referee, their eyes are raised, so in this year's dunk contest, all 12 dunks not only did not have a full score, not even a dunk of more than 47 points, and finally Jason Richardson defeated Desmond Mason 93-91 and became the new All-Star dunk king.

After a shout from the DJ at the scene, Michael Jordan, the star of the 2003 All-Star Game, walked out of the tunnel with his arms held high. Today's all-bright game, as the visiting team's Western All-Stars took the lead, after the Western All-Stars, as the home team's Eastern All-Stars walked out of the player tunnel one by one, and Jordan was naturally the last to play as the finale. Today's All-Star appearance ceremony is very simple, everyone has reached a consensus in advance, there are no bells and whistles, all the players on the field are waving their hands and walked directly into the court, even O'Neal, who has always been good at funny, is very serious when he walks out of the player tunnel.

Today's All-Star is a day of joy and sadness for the entire NBA league, and it is gratifying that today's game will be broadcast in real time in at least 41 languages in 212 countries and regions around the world with the help of satellite broadcast technology. Sadly, the greatest player in NBA history will hold his farewell ceremony to basketball fans all over the world today, and after the end of this season, the NBA will never see this player who symbolizes an era and rules an era.

After all the All-Star players who participated in today's game and Jordan hugged one by one, this special All-Star Game officially kicked off, after the game began, several All-Star players in the East, all of them were creating opportunities for Jordan, but maybe it was too easy, or maybe it was not very accustomed to this basketball atmosphere, Jordan's 7 shots after the start of the game were all off, and there was even an embarrassing scene of not dunking, which caused the entire Phillip Arena to burst into laughter, And Jordan also shot 3 of 12 in the entire first half and scored only 6 points.

Halftime pause, the highlight of this year's All-Star Game is coming, the NBA league has worked hard to plan a unique farewell ceremony for Jordan, the big screen on the scene, playing the highlights of Jordan's career, maybe the fans have seen this kind of picture on TV countless times, but today, when these highlights appear on the big screen of the Phillip Center again, the fans at the scene are still fascinated. On the makeshift stage, American diva singer Mariah Carey, a song (Hero), made countless people at the scene tearful, because this song sang their state of mind at this time, and this song also perfectly summed up Jordan's entire career.

"MJ, MJ, MJ......" When Mariah Carey finished singing and began to introduce Jordan to the audience, Jordan's name rang out throughout the Phillip Center, and the atmosphere of the 2003 All-Star Game reached its climax here.

Jordan, who walked on the stage with the microphone, couldn't say anything, he pursed his lips, trying to control his emotions, controlling not to let the tears flash in his eyes flow, and the cheers that resounded through the Phillip Center drowned Jordan and everyone on the sidelines.

The cheers at the Phillip Center continued for several minutes before stopping, and when the scene was quiet, Jordan, who finally adjusted his mood, spoke: "Now, I pass the torch from Elvin Johnson, Larry Bird, Julius Irving and other seniors to the All-Stars on the scene today." ”

After a few words, Jordan walked off the stage, high-fived and hugged all the All-Stars in the audience one by one, and then whispered, applause, and cheers in their ears once again resounded through the Phillip Center Arena.

"Meng, I hope you can take the flag in my hand and continue to pass him on!" This is what Jordan said to Meng Xu when he hugged Meng Xu, and this is also Jordan's expectation and hope for Meng Xu.

After the grand farewell ceremony, the second half of the game finally began, and the embarrassing thing was that Jordan's hand did not improve in the slightest, but in the end, Jordan still relied on free throws to break the All-Star Game total scoring record held by Abdul-Jabbar.

After entering the fourth quarter, both sides came up with a real posture to deal with the last 12 minutes, and after both sides strengthened the intensity of the game, Jordan finally found his touch, scoring 8 points in a single quarter, helping the Eastern All-Stars lead the Western All-Stars 120-112.

Perhaps the players on the court hoped that Jordan's last All-Star Game would be even more complete, and the Western All-Stars on the court fought to chase the score to 119-120 with the final 27 seconds left. For Jordan, who loves to kill, and the players on the court, this last offensive opportunity is naturally reserved for Jordan.

Jordan was in the position between the top of the arc and the center circle, constantly dribbling the ball, trying to drag the time to the end in the shot, and finally when there were 10 seconds left in the time, Jordan dribbled the ball and rushed into the 3-point line, in the cheers of the fans at the scene, Jordan's emergency stop jump shot was blocked by Marion, seeing Marion so uninteresting, the Phillip Center Arena immediately sounded boos, and on the eastern bench on the sidelines, there was even a burst of cursing, of course, these boos and curses were given to Marion who blocked Jordan.

"Mine!" The basketball that was covered by Marion rolled behind Jordan, and Meng Xu, who flew over, directly hit Kobe Bryant, who was trying to grab the ball, and held the basketball in his arms.

"MJ, catch the ball." After grabbing the basketball steadily, trying to protect the basketball, Meng Xu reluctantly got up from the ground and passed the basketball in his hand to Jordan, who was no longer defending.

"You have fulfilled Jordan, made Jordan's farewell game more complete, and avoided many people from becoming the target of thousands of people." Jordan, who received Meng Xu's pass, rushed directly to the basket in two steps and dunked with both hands, 119-122, in a cheer, the Eastern All-Star defeated the Western All-Star, and when the players on the court began to celebrate wildly around Jordan, Anna said something that made Meng Xu scratch his head.