Chang Wei thinks he is a relatively calm person, but even so, he was still stimulated by the fans who came to watch the All-Star scene. He muttered to himself: "It is the most entertaining basketball feast of every season, and this scene is not much better than the NCAA Finals at the beginning!" It seems that this time it was worth it to be pulled by the old man to Washington for All-Star Weekend......"

Harmon was a little surprised, because in the eyes of her or the vast majority of American fans, the NCAA is much more attractive than the NBA, but listening to Chang Wei's tone, it seems that the NCAA Finals are still a little inferior to the All-Star? "I think the NCAA Finals are a little more exciting, because All-Star Weekend is still relatively too commercial, and it doesn't have the atmosphere of the NCAA......

Chang Wei smiled and explained: "No way, I was in a small team with a bad reputation, especially when Colorado State University was later, many fans didn't know which corner we jumped out of, so it can be said that except for the fans in Colorado, there was no one to support us." So for me, most of the fans in the finals are cheering on the opponent, so naturally there is no too good feeling. ”

As he spoke, he smiled, squeezed Hamon's little hand, and said, "Let's stop discussing these things that are not there, let's come and watch the game!" ”

Harmon pouted and said, "I don't know what the league officials think, why should Hill let Mason replace him?" There are still a few swingmen in the East, and the Celtics twins Pierce and Walker are more qualified than Mason no matter how they look at it. ”

Chang Wei nodded: "I also think it's strange, after all, Mason's data is very average, and it is nothing to average close to 16+10 in the east per game." But I guess the league's idea is to give the veteran a chance, after all, he was a rookie with the third pick in the third round in '88, and now there are only a few seasons left before retirement. Besides, he was also the best sixth man in the past, and he was also selected for the All-Defensive Second Team and All-Defensive Third Team......"

"And," Chang Wei blinked, "do you think Old Man Brown will give him a lot of playing time?" ”

Soon the East and West All-Stars were coming in. The All-Star player entrance ceremony has a lot more tricks than the regular season, the reserved program is dancing, any dance can be done, you can twist a few times casually, Yao Ming was very unaccustomed to the first time he participated in the All-Star in his previous life, so he could only make a few moves casually. But for American players who like to perform, this can be used as a stage for wanton display. Even Mutombo, who is usually honest, performed a local African indigenous dance on stage, which also won the applause of the fans.

After the players showed off their dancing postures, the singers also finished singing, and this year's All-Star Game officially began. For Brown and Adelman, the starting lineup is not something they can decide, and although each player in the East and West has an injury (Hill and O'Neal) this year, the league has designated a replacement player and they can only start with this lineup. Of course, as Chang Wei said, with Brown's style, he would never let Mason play for too long, and Chang Wei believes that if the rules didn't allow it, it would be possible for the old man to press Mason on the bench for the whole game.

As the whistle blew, the starting centers of the East and West, Antonio Davis and Duncan, rose to their feet at the same time, reaching for the basketball with their big hands in hopes of getting the ball for their team. But who is Duncan? That's the top interior in history, and Davis, while also good, is still a little worse than Duncan, who easily flicked the ball to Kidd and let the master of the court carry the ball forward.

The defensive intensity of the All-Star Game has historically been low, especially at the beginning of the game, and fans want to see the stars on the court to show their talents. Kidd only dribbled a few steps after getting the ball, and then a high throw sent the ball to the basket, a tall and thin figure rose from the ground, stretched out his long arm and stuffed the ball into the basket fiercely, and also made a pull-up, such a habit is naturally the Timberwolves' power forward Garnett.

Although there are no tricks in this dunk, Garnett is tall and has long arms, amazing bounce, and his posture of jumping and dunking is very beautiful, which naturally aroused the crazy cheers and shouts of the fans at the scene. The Eastern All-Stars team was not affected, Mason kicked off in the backcourt, Iverson got the ball and came to the front court with grace, in the face of Kidd's defense, Iverson continued crotch dribbling and then suddenly raised his hand to pass a highly similar high throw, the empty cut Carter was already in place, the top dunker known as the "UFO" played a 360-degree windmill to dunk the ball into the basket.

Two consecutive dunks seem to set the tone for this All-Star Game, and it looks like everyone is not ready to defend anymore.

However, Brown quickly made the first substitution of the game, which he had considered before the game began. And at this time, Mason has also got 2 points and 1 rebound, and the fans will not say anything if they are replaced. Replacing Mason is the Bucks' forward "Big Dog" Robinson, who is another 2.01-meter-tall forward, and it seems that Brown is going to stick to the small lineup to the end. Now the tallest lineup of the Eastern All-Stars is Davis, who is 2.06 meters, which is undoubtedly more compact than the two big men who are more than 2.10 meters tall in the West at the same time, Duncan and Garnett.

But the old man doesn't care, he often plays one big and four small in the 76ers, although Lewis has the height of a big forward, but his style of play is completely a wing or even a guard style, and it is okay to count it as a "small". The current lineup is just a little bit of a drop in the height of the center for Brown, and given the relaxed atmosphere of the game and the strong offensive firepower of several players, the difference in height doesn't seem to matter.

Maybe only Chang Wei knew what the old man was going to do, so now he felt that he should cherish the time when the two sides were fighting each other, lest Brown start to sacrifice his defense and see nothing. In fact, from the perspective of the lineup, both sides of the offense have their own highlights, the west side because of the existence of Kidd, the team's offense is called a smooth flow, while the east side is more inclined to individual offense, Maddy, Carter and Robinson are all guys with amazing physical fitness, Iverson Although he is not tall enough, the breakthrough is a first-class sharp, and the two sides can be said to be evenly matched from the overall strength.