Chapter 420: The future of the alliance depends on you
Walking out of the locker room, the staff took the 'Zhang Feng team' to the special passage, in order to let the players appear one by one, as is the case in the All-Star Game every year.
According to the rules, the substitutes came on first, and Downs was the first to enter the special passage, and a few seconds later, the excited shouts of the fans were heard outside.
Subsequently, Thompson and other All-Star substitutes also appeared one after another, and finally it was the 'Zhang Feng Team' that made a collective appearance. When the five appeared on stage, the cheers at the Staples Center reached their climax.
At the end of the all-star players on both sides, it was a lengthy opening ceremony, Zhang Feng chose to stand on the sidelines and watch, he did not want to play big names, but to play the American national anthem, as a Chinese, there is really no need to go up to join in the fun.
At the end of the ceremony, the host of the scene opened his throat and shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome the 2018 All-Star captain, LeBron from the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Zhang Feng from the Sacramento Kings!" ”。
After the host shouted, LeBron got up and beckoned Zhang Feng to play together, the two walked to the center circle, the lights on the scene dimmed, and the entire Staples watched the two figures.
"Welcome to the 2018 NBA All-Star Weekend!" LeBron picked up the microphone and shouted, and the fans responded with a tsunami-like cheer.
"Hopefully tonight's game will make everyone happy. Next, I would like to invite Zhang Feng to speak! When handing over the microphone, LeBron kept waving and motioned for the fans to applaud Zhang Feng.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you LeBron, this year's All-Star Game, LeBron and I will work together for basketball in underdeveloped regions, thank you to those friends who work hard with us, thank you!"
With LeBron's previous reminder, Zhang Feng shortened the entire speech and mentioned the donation, but did not go into the details, and those who are interested will naturally take the initiative to find out, and there is no need to embarrass other All-Star players who participated.
At the end of the speech, Zhang Feng and LeBron got off the court to prepare for the game, and as soon as they walked to the sidelines, he heard someone calling his name: "Zhang Feng, come here, I have something to say to you."
Looking up at the voice, the good guy turned out to be Bill Russell, and I saw him sitting in a special chair, and his whole mental outlook was obviously not as healthy as when the two met last year.
Zhang Feng hurriedly ran over and half-knelt beside Russell and asked, "What do you command?" ”。
"I'm here on purpose, thank you, thank you, let Hayward, recover early," Russell said slowly.
"Everyone is an NBA player, you can help, and besides, you also taught me the secrets of defense" Zhang Feng scratched his head.
"Well, since then, I see you, the defensive level has improved, a lot" Russell smiled, and then he turned his head and shouted: "LeBron, you come over too".
LeBron didn't hear it at first, but it was Owen who reminded him to react, and he, like Zhang Feng, trotted all the way, leaned over and asked, "What do you have to say?" ”。
Russell smiled, "Help me up", Zhang Feng and LeBron held him up, "Come, give us a group photo, and when the game is over, I will take a photo with these children."
"3, 2, 1, cheers" The staff pressed the shutter, and Russell laughed with satisfaction.
"Go prepare for the game, the future of the league depends on you."
Five minutes later, the All-Star Battle officially began, and the players of the 'Zhang Feng Team' and the 'LeBron Team' entered one after another, and the ones in charge of jumping the ball were Embiid and 'Thick Eyebrows' Davis.
As the referee tossed the ball, Embiid and Thick Eyebrow jumped almost at the same time, although Thick Eyebrow suffered a little loss in height, but his 233CM arm span exploded Embiid, and he easily dialed the ball to LeBron and won the jump ball.
After receiving the ball, LeBron threw a backhand, and Irving picked up the basketball to advance. After the halfway line, Zhang Feng stepped forward to defend, and Irving passed the ball back to LeBron in the left wing position.
LeBron took the ball with his back to face Antetokounmpo, and after shaking, he passed the ball again to Durant, who came out from the left baseline to pick up. Durant dribbled the ball out with his left hand, and instantly made a long pass to Wei Shao on the right wing.
At this time, there was only Curry in front of Wei Shao, and after he dribbled the ball and slightly adjusted the rhythm, he directly pulled out his hand.
Strike iron! Embiid jumped up to grab the board, but he found that Brother Alphabet also jumped at the same time, he immediately stopped and the rebound was taken by Brother Alphabet.
In the past, Brother Alphabet would have dribbled straight to the basket, but it may have been the principle of more blocking and pick-and-roll that De Anthony asked for before the game that worked, and he casually threw the ball to Zhang Feng.
Zhang Feng advanced with the ball, and just after the halfway line, Durant stepped forward to force defense. Embiid frowned and immediately ran to the right baseline, while Curry ran outside the three-point line and instantly formed a no-ball block.
Seeing Curry get rid of Wei Shao, Zhang Feng immediately chose to pass the ball over. Curry received the ball, and at a distance of 2 strides from beyond three points, he faced Wei Shao's defense and shot softly.
Strike iron! At this time, there was only one brother in the basket of the 'Zhang Feng team', although he grabbed the rebound, but in a blink of an eye, he fell into the bag of thick eyebrows and LeBron.
In the face of the bag, Brother Alphabet lowered his head to slap the ball and wanted to be strong, but was slapped by LeBron, and just when he was about to make a mistake, Embiid, who was watching from the outside, cut the basket in the air.
Tacit understanding, or the keen sense of smell of an All-Star level player, while Embiid cut the basket in the air, Brother Alphabet chose to hit the ground and pass, and when LeBron and thick eyebrows reacted and reached out to interfere, Embiid had already passed the ball with both hands and jumped.
Buckle! And add a penalty! The audience applauded thunderously, and Embiid high-fived his brother in celebration.
"What a defense! It seems that this All-Star Game will be the most anxious, and this game has just begun," Barkley sighed.
"Embiid is also really dunked, it's exciting to play like this, otherwise when Zhang Feng gets the AMVP, someone will say that the All-Star Game is too watery," O'Neal knocked on the table and said.
"Why are you so sure that Zhang Fengfeng got the AMVP?" Kenny asked, pouting.
"A rookie player, who was selected as an All-Star for the first time, won the MVP of the rookie game one after another, the championship of the skill game, the three-point game, and the dunk contest, wouldn't it be a pity if he didn't get the AMVP?" O'Neill's face was full of unimaginable expressions.
"Of course it's a pity, but what if you don't get it? This group of LeBron team is not vegetarian, you really have to guard against it, no one can eat it" Kenny shook his head.
"I can't care so much, Zhang Feng's all-star journey will be like a movie, the script has been written, just wait for him to get all the honors" O'Neal looked up at the ceiling, making it clear that he didn't reason with Kenny.
"Take it, take it, I also support Zhang Feng to get the AMVP" Barkley suddenly spoke.
"What's the matter with you? Why did you suddenly support Shaq? Kenny was puzzled.
"I'm not rooting for Shaq, you see this video, Old Man Russell has given him the future of the alliance"