Back-to-back Bulls, this task is too arduous, especially in the face of a stable Jordan and a pop-up Pippen, it's really not funny!

The last time they met, the Bulls suffered a defeat at home, and the Zen master went back to summarize it and found that it was a loss to Pippen.

Of course, the Bulls are definitely not as simple as losing a Pippen, but some things are not so easy to solve, and sometimes ignoring the truth is a better way to solve the problem, just like when a team performs badly, the coach will take the blame first, and Pippen's performance must be blamed.

But then again, the NBA's top players generally don't have a slump against a certain team, and if something goes wrong with them, these guys tend to solve it on their own.

Pippen is naturally one of the top players in the league and has learned the lesson of the last time he was cold, and this time Pippen has been preparing for this contest since a week ago, and he will be spending all his energy on proving that he is not happy.

If you are well prepared before the game, the effect during the game will be twice as good.

Pippen's three-point shot, which was ineffective at that time, finally opened today, which made Zhang Zhu's defense tricky, and Pippen not only felt excellent in three-point shooting today, but also felt good about the layup after the breakthrough, Pippen in this state, even Zhang Zhu was difficult to deal with, he could only find a way to explode with him.

But today's Zhang Mao's feel is average, yesterday he played 45 minutes of high-intensity games, no matter how good his physical strength is, it is impossible not to be affected at all. It's not just him, most of the Lakers players are in average condition, and it may not be a big problem to play other teams in this situation, but there is nothing to do with the Bulls, especially when the Bulls are in excellent shape and prepared.

The teams in the Eastern and Western regions only play each other twice a season, and the Bulls certainly don't want to be killed by the Lakers, otherwise how can they get by on face?

Therefore, the Bulls took this game very seriously and did their homework before the game.

The Lakers, on the other hand, just got a hard-fought win from the Clippers and simply didn't have time to prepare for the game against the Bulls.

Today, not only did Pippen perform well, Jordan was also consistent, the Bulls were both running normally, many of the problems exposed in the last game were gone, and they were still the team with the most hopeful championships.

The NBA is a lot like the CS game a lot of the time, when your marksmanship is just starting out, many of the problems are not a big deal; But without the support of marksmanship, no matter how good the coordination and tactics are, you will not achieve too good results.

The Bulls lacked firepower output in the last game, and many tactics were played later without much confidence and not enough decisiveness to shoot.

Today, the Bulls' firepower output is played, and the situation is completely different, even if it is just some simple tactics, as long as the players feel good, have confidence when shooting, and are resolute enough, then it is also very lethal.

The Lakers wanted to replicate yesterday's approach in the second half, trying to wear down the opponent's form with defense.

But the Bulls are also a team that has always been good at defense, even if they encounter a scoring drought for a while, the Chicagoans do not panic at all, because they also have the ability to counter the Lakers with defense, and in the end, the Lakers are playing more and more anxious.

In the third quarter, Zhang Mao also tried to use his individual ability to redeem the disadvantage, but Jordan and Pippen responded every time, just like he did in the last game.

Today's game is completely reversed from the last time they met, and the team that has been pressed underground has become the Lakers.

In the end, the Bulls beat the Lakers 109-101 on the road, ending their 19-game winning streak.

Lakers fans are naturally so angry that they want to burn the Bulls' jerseys to vent their anger, as long as they win the Bulls tonight, four of the Lakers' next five opponents are weak teams, and the strongest SuperSonics have been beaten by them twice, and it seems that 25 consecutive wins are not a problem at all.

But now that the dream is gone, the Bulls have messed up their good deeds, and the Lakers' winning streak has only stayed at 19 games, and they have failed to surpass the Bucks' 20-game winning streak.

Zhang Qi also felt very pity, but this game was indeed the biggest difficulty in the Lakers' winning streak.

The back-to-back schedules affect the state too much, the Bulls are bent on shame + sabotage, and it is too difficult for them to win this game, which everyone knows.

"I've done my best! We all did our best! ”

Zhang Mao looked a little tired after the game, and he played 46 minutes today, which was more than the last game.

In the whole game, he made a total of 31 shots and hit 14 shots, which was not a particularly good shooting rate, but his 41 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists helped the Lakers launch several counterattacks, although it was still unsuccessful, but his efforts fans have seen.

Next, Zhang Wei didn't have time to grieve the end of the losing streak, and the day after tomorrow was All-Star Weekend.

Baby Koala can only quickly gather his mood and prepare for the rookie challenge the day after tomorrow.

However, he is not in the mood to fight for the MVP of a rookie game with Iverson and others, this kind of thing is good for Garnett to do, that guy doesn't just want to win the MVP of the rookie game, Zhang Yu said that he will not compete with Garnett, he is only responsible for delivering cannonballs.

Harris announced the Western Stars' bench roster early in the morning, and the selection was similar to what everyone expected, and the Lakers finally had two players selected for the bench lineup.

Western Stars Roster –

Center: Shaquille O'Neal.

Forward: Karl Malone.

Forward: Zhang Qi.

Guard: Gary Payton.

Defender: John Stockton.

Subs: Jason Kidd, Nick van Exel, Mitch Richmond, Eddie Jones, Ratriel Sprewell, Sean Kemp, Di Cambe Mutombo.

Eastern Stars Roster –

Centre-forward: Alonzo Mourning.

Forward: Scottie Pippen.

Forward: Grant Hill.

Defender: Michael Jordan.

Defender: Anfernee Hardaway.

Subs: Trill Brandon, Tim Hardaway, Joe Dumas, Glenn Rice, Vin Baker, Chris Webber, Kristen Lightner.

There are some discrepancies between this official roster and the previous ones, mainly because some players have been hampered by injuries during this period and have not been able to play, such as Ewing, Barkley and Drexler who missed the All-Star due to injury, and their positions are topped by Mourning, Malone and Eddie Jones.

After the bench list was released, Western fans jokingly called this year's Western team the "Los Angeles Star Team", because half of the 12-man roster is Los Angeles players, and the Lakers and Clippers each account for three.

Lakers fans are a little inflated again, because five of these 6 people are from the Lakers, so I asked you if you are awesome!

There are many people in the East who are upset with Iverson, thinking that the champion will be selected for the bench lineup, but he didn't expect the spot to be snatched up by Joe Dumas, who was in declining form, which made Philadelphia fans the most unacceptable, and they cursed the head coach of the Heat, Pat Riley.

This year, the Eastern team is served by this guy who is like the godfather of the gangster, and the bench lineup of the eastern team is all selected by him.

To be honest, Iverson's failure to be selected as an All-Star was unexpected by many people, and there were three guards on the bench in the East, among which Trill Brandon's stats were not particularly good, but it was reasonable for someone to be selected as an All-Star as a host, and he had to give the owner some face. Tim Hardaway has been in excellent form this year and was to be expected. But Joe Dumas is different, he only averages 14 points and 4 assists per game this year, and his selection is too far-fetched, you must know that Iverson has handed over an average of 23+7 data per game.

But some fans think that Pat Riley's selection is right, Joe Dumas is qualified enough, and secondly, the team's record and efficiency are better than Iverson.

If the Philadelphia 76ers can finish in the top eight or even the top four like the Lakers did last year, then Iverson will definitely be an All-Star.

But the problem is that the 76ers are in the second-to-last place in the East at the moment, and it's not for nothing that Pat Riley didn't pick him as an All-Star.

The Los Angeles media quietly made up for it, they said: The 76ers' champion is outstanding in terms of viewing and potential to play, but his performance in the first year is still some distance from Zhang Fu, don't think that the koala baby can become an All-Star starter in the first year, and others can be selected as an All-Star in the first year.

The All-Star Weekend was out of line, and the next day, Zhang had no time to end the team's winning streak and flew to Cleveland with a few teammates. This season, in addition to Kidd and Mutombo participating in the main game, Finley will also participate in the Slam Dunk Contest and the Rookie Game.

The Lakers have a total of five All-Star players this year, plus coaches, and such a lineup is already huge.

After a short break on Thursday, Zhang first had to participate in an official charity event with Kidd and Mutombo.

However, the rookies don't have that kind of treatment, they just need to prepare for the afternoon interviews and training, and it's not everyone's right to do good deeds, and it's not their turn yet.

Therefore, what kind of public welfare is this, but it is just put on a coat of "public welfare" to increase the popularity of the news.

Zhang Yu wanted to secretly expose their president, because David Stern, who led the team, was really just posing for pictures, and the small tree he planted was not inserted into the soil until the reporter finished filming, and finally asked a young man named Xiao Hua to help the president bury the small tree that had been played to death in the soil.

The baby koala thinks it won't be long before the dead tree will be dug up by the staff and disposed of as garbage.

What, you ask Zhang Qi how to know so much?

That's because the little tree he planted was also accidentally killed by him.

Just kidding, "posing for photos" is not only the president can do it, he is also very skilled in koala baby, and the small tree he planted was finally disposed of by the young man named Xiao Hua.

According to the last statistics, in just one morning's work, more than 20 NBA stars killed at least 50 small saplings, smashed hundreds of bricks, and painted more than a dozen walls, and the final economic losses were conservatively estimated to be at least more than 2,000 US dollars.

In the afternoon, Zhang and Finley attended a press conference together after a brief one-hour training session with the rookies in the West.

"We are much stronger than in the East, so the victory will be ours." Zhang said he didn't want to lose anywhere, "But I'm not the protagonist today, I've already won the MVP in the rookie game, and this year I just want to help the West beat the East and then get the MVP for the guy who plays the best on my team." ”

Some reporters just wanted to nod their heads for his words, but after thinking about it carefully, they found that Zhang Fu's words didn't seem to be right?

What do you mean by "getting the best guy on my team to the MVP"? Can we explain this first, because it doesn't sound like a green leaf?

Zhang Qian didn't explain anything, and he could only be heard sitting there praising his temporary teammates at the whole press conference, and the people in the team were almost praised by him.

Garnett and the others were surprised, when did Zhang Qi become so good at talking?

They don't know that Zhang Qi usually picks out some good things when he is not particularly interested in certain things. Now his attitude just shows that he doesn't have much excitement for the rookie game, and this kind of game is difficult to pique his interest.

After the interview in the afternoon, Zhang Qian and his agent returned to the hotel.

On this trip to Cleveland, Zhang Yu didn't even bring Xiaolin's sister, and there were two bodyguards and agents by his side.

"Hurry up, I have to go back and continue to work hard for my 70+ wins, there are still more than 30 games left, and it is not without a chance to hit the 20-game winning streak again."

This is Zhang Mao's inner thoughts, except for the main game and the three-point contest, he is not very interested in other games.

Of course, he's not interested, but someone is!

The first to bear the brunt is Iverson, because he failed to enter the All-Star Game, the rookie game is the only stage for Iverson to show himself, he really wants to win the MVP to prove himself. It's a pity that the strength of the rookies in the east is indeed not as good as in the west, so no one is optimistic that he can lead the team to victory, not to mention that with the mountain of Zhang Zhu in front, Iverson is really difficult to cross.

There was another person who was overlooked, and that was Kobe Bryant, who entered the rookie game as a substitute.

This kid can't compare with Iverson in terms of fame, but he has ambitions that others can't imagine, especially after Zhang Wei expressed that he was not too interested in MVP, his excitement was immediately on his face, and he instantly betrayed his true thoughts.

But regardless of whether Zhang Mao has ** or not, as long as he participates in tonight's game, it will already be a guarantee of ratings, and the league has long been counting money on the side until his hands cramp.

The head coach of this rookie game is still the assistant coach of the team with the best record in the East and West, and unlike the head coach of the main game who cannot be re-elected, the rookie game does not have this rule, if the Lakers can win the first half of the game for ten consecutive years, then their assistant coach can coach the rookie game for ten consecutive years, unless the rules change again.

The Lakers' assistant coach is Bickerstaff, and his starters are of course inclined to Lakers players, and the tactics are basically the same word: give the ball to Lyon!

Zhang Wei is not particularly interested in the game, but he has always liked the "ball possession" and has not rejected it.

It is worth mentioning that the NBA will cover the game signal around the world this year, and 130 countries and regions in more than 30 languages will be able to watch this year's rookie game, although it is a little less than the main game, but it is already the highest record in the past year, it is said that there will be 36 languages and 180 countries and regions to watch through satellite signals during the main game.

TV commentators from various countries are popularizing Zhang Fu's performance last year for their own fans, Zhang Zhu, who was still a first-year rookie at the time, handed over 41 points, 17 rebounds and 19 assists in his rookie game, and won the MVP of the rookie game that year with an indisputable performance, so what kind of performance will Zhang Fu deliver this year?

Zhang Wei said: I just want to shoot a few threes to warm up for tomorrow's game, and then brush up with 20+ assists, but I won't deliberately compete for MVP.

Well, if the other rookies knew what he was thinking, they would definitely scold "This TM is not a fight"?

Western Rookie Team Starters:

Center: Bryant Levi.

Power forward: Kevin Garnett.

Small forward: Zhang Mao.

Shooting guard: Michael Finley.

Defender: Stephen Marbury.

Eastern Conference Rookie Team Starters:

Center: Marcus Camby.

Power forward: Anthony Walker.

Small forward: Eric Williams.

Shooting guard: Jerry Stackhouse.

Defender: Allen Iverson.

"Good luck!"

"I wish you good health!"

"I wish you all the best!"

“…………”

Zhang Yu milked the rookies in the East one by one before the opening, and later perhaps found that his teammates couldn't let go easily, he milked his teammates one by one in his own half, and in the end even Finley was not spared, which shows that he is indisputable, but his body is still very honest.

Soon, the game began in a peaceful atmosphere......

Camby won the scrum for the East team, and Iverson received the ball as if he was stepping on Hot Wheels to the frontcourt, without the slightest intention of passing, first a cross step past Marbury, and a second acceleration to complete a layup before Garnett made up for the defense.

The attack took less than three seconds, and Iverson made fans around the world remember his speed as soon as he started.

Ten seconds later, Zhang Yu dribbled to the frontcourt, saw Williams's watery defense, and raised his hand to shoot a long-range three-pointer two steps away from the three-point line......

"That's it?"

"Too relaxing, isn't it?"

The fans in front of the TV didn't expect Zhang Qi to play so casually, this seems to be a bit too casual, right?

Zhang Zhu's shot was indeed too casual, and he didn't dare to shoot like this in the official game, but today he didn't have so many scruples, he was as casual as in shooting training, and the basketball fell into the basket obediently like in training.

"Brush!"

There was a roar of cheers in the Gunde Arena!

This year, it is rare to hear away fans shouting discriminatory insults to Zhang Zhu, and he used his strength to conquer these fans, just like when Bruce Lee became famous, few people insulted him anymore, at most he secretly scolded outside the stadium.

Zhang Qian smiled lazily after scoring the goal, revealing an expression of "this is just a small scene", fans said that they couldn't tell if he was pretending to be forced, obviously Zhang Zhu had entered an invisible realm in this regard.

Iverson is still full of unruliness, which means "I don't accept it!" "After that, after picking up the basketball, he started to attack regardless of it......

In the first three minutes of the game, fans around the world saw Iverson pounding and rushing on the court alone, and the little man kept using his speed to bully Marbury, who also looked "I'm awesome, I'm not convinced".

After Zhang Ji made a three-pointer in the opening game, he was surprised to find that he couldn't get the ball.

He didn't know that Marbury was also a point guard with a domineering style of play and played very lone wolves, but this person was very similar to Iverson in some ways, the difference was that he was not as popular as the latter, and his scoring ability was slightly inferior.

Zhang Zhu is not angry, although Marbury does not know the rules very well, and the defensive end can't prevent Iverson's speed at all, but he can use the advantage of speed + strength on the offensive end to eat the opponent, and Iverson can't prevent Marbury's bullying style of play.

However, the fans at the scene stopped doing it first, who wants to see Marbury do it alone!

Most of today's audience came to see the duel between Zhang Qi and Iverson, what kind of scene did you have a supporting role running over to grab it, are there any rules?

Marbury's heart didn't force him, he actually wanted to compete for MVP, but this made Garnett very embarrassed, and said that he would help him win the MVP? Looks like he can't touch the ball at all!

The first five minutes of the first half of the game completely became the individual show of the two lone wolves, although the fans did not want to see such a matchup, but the point guard did not want to play the ball, so Zhang Mao could occasionally receive the basketball, or use the way of staying in the backcourt to ask for the ball inside, and others could not touch the ball at all.

"Don't be nervous, it's just a rookie game."

Seeing Williams' tangled look, Zhang Yi smiled kindly and comforted, and then threw another three-pointer on the nervous Williams' head before the Eastern Army asked for a timeout.

It makes sense for Williams to be nervous, Zhang Mao didn't hold the ball much today, and only made 3 shots, but he chose to shoot from a distance every time, and it can be seen that he wants to use this game to find the feel of tomorrow's three-point competition. It's just that even Zhang Yu himself shouldn't have expected that he would actually have a 3-shot hit rate in the opening game, which made the Eastern Army a little unbearable.

At 15:06, the score was 17:12, and the western troops relied on Zhang Mao's magical three points, coupled with Marbury's unsolvable breakthrough, and the start was very smooth to lead the eastern troops by 5 points, the only problem was that only these two people scored after the opening of the western troops.

However, the East Army is just as outrageous in this regard, Iverson alone won the first 10 points of the East Army, and the others basically didn't touch the ball much, and even Stark House was already dissatisfied, because he was just as ambitious.

Looking at it this way, there are really a lot of ambitious people today, and half of these two teams are afraid that half of them are aiming for MVP, but they have both encountered a super lone point guard, and a koala baby who says no, but is very honest.

After the first timeout, both point guards were replaced, and it seems that these two assistant coaches know what the league and the fans want to see, and it is not just to watch these two guys go head-to-head there.

There were a lot of point guards in the East Army, but there was a lack of point guards in the West Army, and Bickerstaff finally replaced Kobe Bryant.

Kobe didn't expect to get the opportunity to play so quickly, but he didn't understand that being able to play doesn't mean that he could get the ball, Zhang Zhu has now completely taken over the ball, but in addition to helping his inside teammates and Finley feed the ball, he doesn't bother to pay attention to Kobe, even if the other party reaches out to slap him for the ball, Zhang Fu will give priority to sending the ball to the inside.

Today, in addition to warming up for tomorrow's three-point contest, all that remains is to feed teammates who are easy to get assists on the inside, and Finley, who is his own person, can also have a lot of opportunities, but the rest of the outside line is still forgotten.

But he is not aimed at anyone, when Marbury was on the court just now, Zhang Yu also chose this way, not to make things difficult for Kobe, but all the outside lines present are the objects of his trouble.

Garnett felt that Zhang Zhu was much more sensible than Marbury, and he and the latter were still teammates, but Zhang Zhu passed him more balls, which had to make Garnett dissatisfied with Marbury, which was unreasonable when the Timberwolves always wanted to compete with him for the position of boss.

Zhang Zhu dominated the ball like Marbury, but there were too many balls passed from his hand than Marbury, and four players of the Western team completed the scoring in a short time, including Kobe Bryant, who received a shot.

But in fact, Zhang Fu's deliberate style of playing with assists has many hidden dangers in normal times, but everyone will not defend seriously in the All-Star Game, which makes his purposeful passes easy to succeed, and Zhang Fu's assists are increasing at an exaggerated rate.

Iverson and Marbury are still too young, they only know that they can win the MVP if they score more points, but they don't know that they can also win the MVP if they have more assists.

NBA fans' understanding of basketball is no longer the first to be scored in the 80s, and everyone already knows the importance of "rebounding", "assisting" and "efficiency".

Besides, Zhang Mao didn't completely give up the MVP race from the beginning, otherwise the words he said before the game wouldn't have sounded so awkward.

"Too lazy to fight" does not mean "really not fighting", which is the same meaning as "bleeding from the seven orifices is bleeding from the seven orifices, death is death, don't be confused". Someone will later say something like "the future is yours", but the result is not that he refused to retire, Zhang Yu at least didn't fool anyone, such a character is already very good.

At 9 minutes and 25 seconds of the first half, the score was 40:35.

Iverson is back on the court, Marbury is still sitting on the court, which can see the difference in status between the two, even if the coach in the East is not satisfied with Iverson's obsession with individual offense, but will not really put him off the court, the remaining 9 minutes of the first half are obviously his performance time.

Zhang Yu was replaced for a short rest, he did not break through with the ball in the past ten minutes, except for 4 three-point shots, there was no other means of attack, absolutely no one believed it.

However, there are even more bizarre circumstances.

Zhang Zhu's 4 three-point shots were all hit, and the highest score on the court was actually Zhang Zhu, who only made 4 shots, which is probably another result that even he couldn't think of.

12 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists, this is the data that Zhang Zhu handed over in ten minutes, and don't say that he played randomly, even Kobe Bryant, who was inadvertently targeted by him, had 2 shots, Iverson and Marbury only played five minutes more than his shots, Zhang Zhu's shots could only rank 7th in the game, but he was the player with the highest score + assists on the court, who dared to hack him at this time?

"It looks like I'm having a good three-point hand, it's like training."

Zhang Mao didn't have much motivation to play, but when he hit 4 of 4 three-pointers, a fire would rise in anyone's heart. Now Zhang Qi has finally begun to have some motivation to compete, and deep down he has some thoughts about breaking some records.