The 1998 All-Star Weekend was held at Madison Square Garden in New York. Li Wei persuaded for a long time before persuading Luo Wei to watch the game on the sidelines, and this time the family finally arrived.

"You, do you know how many people can't ask for a seat on the side of this room, and you won't let you sit for free." Li Wei complained softly.

Lovi threw him a roll of the eye.

In the 80s, when the NBA first held a slam dunk contest, the big names gathered, and the showdown between the flying Jordan and Dr. J, Julius Irving, the glider Drexler, and the human movie essence Dominic Wilkins and others were classics.

But after entering the 90s, the viewing and creativity of the slam dunk contest became worse and worse, and celebrities and big names were reluctant to participate.

Last year, the biggest star in the tournament was the Mavericks' sophomore Michael Finley, and the two sophomores who were willing to surrender themselves were Bob Sula and Chris Kyle, and the others were all rookies. Because there was really no one to be found, the undrafted Darvin Hamm played.

In the final finals, a rookie on the back bench of the Lakers wearing the No. 8 jersey beat the Timberwolves' backup point guard Chris Kyle to win the championship.

Twenty years later, the No. 8 rookie has become a household name, and fans are raving about his Slam Dunk champion. But for the fans of this era - who is with whom in this special game, why don't I know any of them?

If last year's slam dunk contest could still fool some sophomores and rookies, this year's contest couldn't even fool rookies, plus the audience was really not interested, David Stern waved his hand: "Then cancel it!" ”

The program of the Replacement Slam Dunk Contest is a 2-ball game, which is a game specially designed to promote the NBA, allowing NBA stars and NBA stars to team up together. Later, after several reforms, this game gradually became the shooting star competition in the future.

There are currently a total of 8 teams in the NBA, so there are also 8 teams participating in the 2-ball game. Two members of the New York team are the Knicks' top scorer this season, Alan Houston, and the Liberty's super-center Rebecca Lobo.

"Come on, Sister Rebecca!" Xie Siqi shouted.

"Thank you, Siqi!" Rebecca Lobo waved at Xie Siqi.

Last summer, Xie Siqi watched the Liberty team game on the sidelines, and Rebecca certainly knew the daughter of the owner behind the team. It is really strange that the boss behind the scenes is so small, but his daughter is not short.

Although Xie Siqi shouted and shouted on the sidelines until her voice was hoarse, the New York team was still eliminated in the first round. The two teams that reached the finals were Utah and Houston.

The two members of the Utah team are last year's MVP Carl Malone, and Tammy Rice of the Utah Stars.

The Utah Stars were later known as the San Antonio Stars, and in '02 Jazz owner Larry Miller sold it to the team of Spurs owner Holt.

The Utah team with the MVP was very good, but they were defeated by another Houston team with the MVP. The MVP of the Houston team is the MVP of last year's NBA, Cynthia Cooper of the Houston Comets!

As for the other member of the Houston team, it was the glider Drexler!

"Woo, we actually let the Houston team win the championship, and we didn't even enter the second round in New York!" Little Xie Siqi looked aggrieved.

Sylvia said disdainfully on the side: "We just have a bunch of rookies in New York!" ”

Li Weidao: "Okay, okay, don't worry, the next is the three-point competition, I believe we will win this game!" ”

"Really?" Xie Siqi's eyes widened.

Li Weidao: "Of course, how could Dad lie to you?" ”

There are a lot of sharpshooters in this year's three-point contest, including Reggie Miller, the Pacers' big man, Glenn Rice, who won the championship in '95 and is now the big man of the Hornets, and so on.

The Knicks had two players in the tournament, Jeff Hornacek and Charlie Ward, and another sharpshooter, Alan Houston, went to play a two-ball game, so he didn't play in that.

In the first round, the participating players took to the court in turn, and when Reggie Miller came on the court, Madison Garden booed wildly, and Xie Siqi also booed loudly next to him, and then Miller lived up to his expectations and threw a worst score of 12 points in the game!

"Hahaha, you dare to compete with us for the championship at such a level!" Xie Siqi laughed.

Sylvia nodded beside her and said, "Well, a rookie." ”

Reggie Miller was a rookie, and Glenn Rice didn't get much better, scoring just 13 points, and both superstars were eliminated in the first round!

There are four players in the second round, namely Knicks players Jeff Hornacek and Charlie Ward, the Knicks waiver, now with the Mavericks sharpshooter Hugh Porter Davis, and the Seattle SuperSonics sharpshooter Darle Ellis.

"Dad, you said that quasi-guy is a Knicks outcast? Why don't we want him? Xie Siqi asked with wide eyes.

In the second round, Hugh Porter Davis went on a big show and scored 24 points, far ahead of the rest of the players, so it's no wonder that Xie Siqi has doubts.

Li Weidao: "When he was sold, your father hadn't bought the team yet." Besides, playing basketball is not just a good shot, you have to defend well and have a sense of teamwork. ”

"Oh, the sense of teamwork." Xie Siqi blinked and continued to watch the game.

Charlie Ward scored just 11 points in the second round and was eliminated, with Jeff Hornacek and Darle Ellis both scoring 15 points, and then 30 seconds of overtime between the two!

Hornacek defeated his opponent in extra time to reach the final!

"Lao Huo, come on! Lao Huo, come on! Xie Siqi shouted loudly from the sidelines.

Hornacek made an OK gesture to Xie Siqi, and then the final began!

Jeff Hornacek shot first and didn't perform well, scoring just 16 points. Hugh Porter Davis knew that as long as he had a score above 16, he could be the champion of this three-point contest!

It's a pity that the championship is close at hand, but Davis is more and more unbalanced, and only scored 10 points in the end of this round!

NBC host Kostas, who was broadcasting the game, said loudly: "Hornacek of the Knicks won this three-point contest!" ”

Isaiah Thomas said: "Haha, I knew they were going to win the championship, if not Hornacek, it would be the rest of the Knicks, and they have been throwing in for a season in order to win this championship!" ”

Bill Wharton smiled: "Relax, brother, people have won 20 consecutive victories, it can't be regarded as indiscriminate throwing!" ”

Costas said: "But they have lost 5 in a row recently! ”

Isiah Thomas said: "Haha, watching this season's Knicks game, you must bring a quick-acting heart pill, they can win any team, and they can lose any team!" ”

Bill Wharton said: "That's right, they have won the defending champion Bulls and now lead the league in the SuperSonics, the first Pacers in the East, and they have also lost to the Nuggets who are the bottom of the league and now only 4 wins, as for the Warriors, Mavericks and other bad teams with less than 10 wins, they have also won from them!" ”

Costas concluded: "The strength of the Knicks is a mystery! ”

All the data of this All-Star Weekend is the real data of 98 years in history, you can remember it if you have seen it, and you can understand it if you have not seen it.