Chapter 183: Comeback
O'Neal returned to the top this season and was named an All-Star again after a year's absence. Moreau was depressed and found O'Neal, but found that O'Neill was also not available, because O'Neill was arrested to be a temporary host, and in desperation, Moro had to watch the game by himself.
Before Li Zhi was not injured, fans were still looking forward to Li Zhi coming to participate in the All-Star Game again, and many people wanted to take a look at Li Zhi's "Kanglong Regret Big Windmill Slam Dunk", but unfortunately, Li Zhi announced before the game that he would not participate.
In the absence of Li Zhi, Howard beat "Little Potato" Nate Robinson to win the championship in the slam dunk contest, and with the last slam dunk contest in front of Jewel, many people are full of complaints about this year's dunk contest.
On the 16th, the All-Star Game is coming, which is the highlight of the All-Star Game. Li Zhi doesn't play, but he still has to sit on the sidelines in a suit.
Due to the arrival of Li Zhi, this year's All-Star has changed a lot compared to previous years, the most intuitive is O'Neal, although O'Neal still failed to shake Yao Ming's starting position, but the number of votes in the center position is closely ranked behind Yao Ming.
O'Neal is a very entertaining player who eats well in a kind of NBA All-Star but doesn't have a handle on one person — Kobe Bryant. Before the game, O'Neal and Li Zhi complained for a long time, and the team with Kobe Bryant made him extremely depressed.
Eastern Team Lineup: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Allen Iverson.
Eastern Conference Bench: Paul Pearce, Morris Williams, Rashad Lewis, Ray Allen, Devin Harris, Danny Granger, Joe Johnson.
Western starting lineup: Kobe Bryant, Amare Stoudemire, Chris Paul, Tim Duncan, Yao Ming.
West subs: Shaquille O'Neal, Brandon Roy, Tony Parker, Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, David West, Chauncey Billups.
In addition to Li Zhi and Anthony not playing due to injury, there are many stars who have not been selected for this All-Star, such as "Son of the Wind" Nash, this year's Suns went the best coach D'Antoni, although it is still a bombardment, but it is not that Sun.
After the start of the game, the two sides played well in the first two quarters, but the third quarter was one-sided, making the game lose suspense early.
In the end, the Western Stars avenged last year's 146-119 victory over the Eastern Stars, Kobe Bryant scored 27 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals, and O'Neal scored 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
After the game, the reporter interviewed O'Neill on the bench in advance. When asked by reporters why O'Neal was able to perform so well today and lead the team to an early lead, O'Neal said that he was actually doing it for Kobe.
"I have to be worthy of my good friend, Kobe." O'Neill's answer came as a bit of a surprise. "Today it was like going back in time to 1999 to 2002, and whenever I wanted to relax, Kobe Bryant would encourage me to get back on my feet." Whether or not O'Neal really thinks so, at least in terms of rhetoric, O'Neal has reunited Kobe Bryant as a friend.
Bryant also said: "Our friendship has never been broken, we respect each other and have lovely daughters, and every time we meet, it is full of harmony. ”
This rare warm picture touched the fans, and the moment when the two lifted the trophy together reminded many Lakers fans of the era when the two created a dynasty.
It's just that how real this kind of picture is behind it, it's unknown, at least Li Zhi doesn't believe it.
A minute before the start of the game, O'Neill also complained to Li Zhi, and it got better after the fight?
New hatreds and old hatreds are not so easy to resolve, O'Neal did not compare Li Zhi and Kobe Bryant when he was training in the team, and made Kobe worthless. Similarly, Kobe Bryant is no better.
Now this is just David Stern's wishful thinking, taking advantage of O'Neal's return to the top, to squeeze O'Neal's commercial value again.
Li Zhi, who played soy sauce in the All-Star Game, left after the game, and instead of O'Neal and Morrow, he took a plane back to California with Ye Xiaoxiao.
With the All-Star post-trade deadline just around the corner, many teams are taking the opportunity to make a final round of trades, and the rebuilding peddling stars are struggling to make reinforcements in the playoffs.
The Lakers traded Radmanovic for Bobcats small forward Morrison and guard Shannon Brown.
Morrison is a scorer with a lot of offensive methods, was the No. 1 high school student in the United States before he entered the NBA, was favored by Old Man Joe in 06, and became a "parallel import" after Kwame Brown, and the Lakers traded him for bench depth and prevent playoff injuries from being unavailable.
Shannon Brown is a range-range, athletic two-way guard who is not good at playmaking, can fight, and in addition to a three-point hand, it adds to the Lakers' formidable shooter lineup.
The Knicks sent Randolph to the Grizzlies, thus getting the Grizzlies' No. 3 pick, Mayo. Originally, the Knicks also wanted to use the combination of Lowry, Randolph and Al Harrington to struggle in the East, but getting Lowry didn't make their record better.
Another reason Randolph was traded was his grumpy temper, and no one in the Knicks could stop him.
In the game between the Knicks and the Wizards a few days ago, when the last 19.5 seconds of the fourth quarter ended, Randolph and Nate Robinson had an inexplicable altercation on the bench.
Randolph then threw a glass of water at Robinson, and "Little Potato" immediately returned fire, smashing Randolph with the towel in his hand. Thankfully, his teammates pulled the two apart in time and no further brawl ensued.
Randolph has reached the point where he threatens the safety of the Knicks' locker room, and in order to give Lowry a better room to grow, they can only send the All-Star interior to the Grizzlies.
Mayo wasn't happy with the Grizzlies either, he didn't have many opportunities until Montaelis was injured, and after Montaelis retired from injury, management, who had expected him to explode, became increasingly dissatisfied with Mayo's performance. In the end, after weighing up, the Grizzlies decided to trade him, and the crosshairs were to develop Conley, Montaellis, Guy and Gasol, and add a desperate trade to Randolph, killing two birds with one stone.
After the All-Star break, the battle for the playoffs was ignited again, and the return of Li Zhi and Jackson reassured fans who were worried about the Warriors' record.
120-84 away win over Hornets.
Peja is back and Tyson Chandler is back from injury, but they are still no match for the Warriors. The Grizzlies have a natural advantage at the No. 1 position, with Paul overpowering the point guard in Morrow's cameo. But Li Zhi and Jackson returned together, and the outside defense immediately changed dramatically.
Another surprise for the Warriors was Nick Young, Jackson was out some time ago, Nick Young performed well, averaging 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game on the point guard, and in this game he used a younger body to blow up the aging Peja, scoring 18 points in the game, and was a wonder man on the Warriors' bench.
With a big win over the Hornets, the Warriors once again solidified their record and opened up a win gap with the Mavericks.
Crawford, who was recovering from injury, was anxious to make a comeback, but was persuaded to go back by Li Zhi, Li Zhi and Jackson returned, and the Warriors could already say that the playoff spots were stable. Although Crawford is recovering well, Li Zhi still hopes that he will recover well from his injury, and the playoffs are their stage.
The Warriors' schedule after the All-Star break was terrible, and after winning the Hornets, the Warriors played the Lakers on the road.
The emotional drama of sharing MVP did not continue in the regular season, the Lakers hit the Warriors with a killer, seized the loopholes in the Warriors' point guard and power forward positions, and Li Zhi and O'Neal resisted with all their might, and finally lost to the Lakers.
The Lakers who need to be strengthened have a stronger lineup, both starters and benches are among the top in the league, and there are no obvious weaknesses in each position.
Although he lost, Li Zhi performed very well and was not beaten by Kobe Bryant again, but played Kobe Bryant with a few balls, which was eye-catching.
Butterfly through the flower step is Iverson's breakthrough stunt, coupled with Li Zhi's physical fitness, Li Zhi has become a breakthrough master at the forefront of the league, I dare not say that it is comparable to James Wade and others, but the average defender still can't prevent it, but because there is no good layup and emergency stop jump shooting skills, Li Zhi's connection means after the breakthrough are somewhat lacking.