Chapter 172: All-Star Game

The expensive digital camera of this era is about a million pixels, and any copycat phone can crush it in 20 years. Therefore, Li Wei did not blindly pursue high technology, and used the current more common film camera.

After taking three rolls of film, Li Wei took his family home. During this period, many fans also came to Li Wei to take a group photo, and a few Knicks old-fashioned and Ewing die-hard fans threw mineral water and drinks at Li Wei, scolded, was dragged out by the security guards, and was banned from stepping into Madison Square Garden for life.

"Dad, are you alright?" Xie Siqi asked softly.

"It's okay, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and it's not the first time Dad has encountered this kind of madman. Someone shot me when I lost 21 in a row! Li Wei said.

Sylvia said: "It's really dangerous to be a coach, you might as well sell the team!" ”

Li Wei said with a smile: "Everything is dangerous, and there may be a car accident at any time while driving on the road." Don't worry, Dad won't be so unlucky. ”

The next day, Feb. 8, the All-Star Game was held at Madison Square Garden.

Luo Wei said that she wouldn't go to the game today, Xia Cuilan was not interested, Margaret decided to accompany them at home, so Li Wei could only take Xie Siqi and others there.

In this year's All-Star Game, Michael Jordan beat Grant Hill for the second time to become the ticket king of the year. All the reporters on the scene surrounded the No. 23 of the Bulls, trying to pry big news out of his mouth.

In fact, the Bulls are now on the cusp, just a few days ago, Bulls general manager Kraus said in an interview with the Chicago Tribune that "Jackson will definitely not continue to be the head coach next season", in addition to saying that "Jordan's annual salary of 30 million is a big obstacle for us to rebuild the Bulls".

As soon as the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar, when the Bulls were playing on the road in Salt Lake City, and they had already led the Jazz by 24 points, and then collapsed.

Jordan, who had a bad cold but flew from Salt Lake City to New York, wanted to use the all-star game as a high-profile platform to put pressure on team management and pull the team back from the brink of collapse.

Facing the countless reporters in front of him, he said in a deep voice: "I haven't seen the light on the other side of the tunnel, the management of the Bulls has made their position clear, and when we finish this tunnel, there will be two big words 'play end' at the exit." ”

Many fans think that Jordan is omnipotent, but Jordan himself knows in his heart that without Phil Jackson, he may be able to win ten points titles, but he will definitely not win five championships, let alone continue to win championships.

An hour later, he repeatedly stressed, "If Phil doesn't come back, I'll never play for another coach." ”

Fans all over the world only then discovered that the invincible Bulls team has reached the point of irreconcilable internal contradictions, and this year may really be Jordan's last year and the last year of the Bulls dynasty!

Under the internal and external troubles, can Jordan create another miracle?

Everyone is worried about him!

In this era, the All-Star vote, the starting lineup is all determined by the number of fan votes, and the players and media are not involved. Both the east and west should elect two defenders, two forwards, and one center according to the number of votes, and the specific positions of defenders and forwards are not subdivided.

The two starting guards of the Eastern team are, of course, Jordan and Jordan's designated successor, Penny Hardaway, and the popularity of other players cannot be compared with these two popular kings.

Grant Hill is second only to Jordan in the total number of votes, naturally occupying one spot in the forward position, while the other spot is very tightly contested!

Sean Kemp, who has been in the West for four consecutive years, has made Carl Malone only available on the bench, but fortunately Barkley was injured to play the main team, and now he is in the East, and his popularity is as hot as ever!

Another forward in the East, Kevin Garnett, is young, good at flying, and is still in the big city of New York, with a large fan base, and he also received a lot of votes. The 20-game winning streak not long ago made him almost surpass Sean Kemp!

Unfortunately, in the end, Garnett's vote was still a little bit short, and Sean Kemp was elected as the starting point in the East!

Scott Pippen: "Grab the votes, I'll be watching you down there!" ”

At the center position in the East, Mutombo, who is at his peak, beats Alonzo Mourning of the Heat and becomes the starter!

The center position in the west has always been the most competitive position, and in the summer, Li Wei also sent Ewing to the Timberwolves, which is good, the four centers broke their heads!

Last month's Player of the Month, Shaquy O'Neal, who led the Lakers to second place in the league, won this bitter battle and became the starting center!

In the forward position, Camp swam east, and Karl Malone became the first vote of fans again after four years, and he burst into tears for a while.

Although Barkley went to the Rockets as a three-man and his statistics were very poor, he was also selected as a starter.

Third in line behind Malone and Barkley is Spurs rookie Tim Duncan. Although he didn't make it to the starter, he didn't have to be discouraged, because he was still young and the future was his!

Of course, Gary Payton was the most voted guard in the West, but second place was a bit of a difficult birth.

The pattern of strong in the east and weak in the west makes the popularity of the western defenders generally not high!

Last year, it was Stockton who started with Payton, but Stockton has never been a popular guy, and there are really no tigers on Straw Hat Mountain!

Stockton's points per game average has dropped again this year to just 12 points, and he doesn't have a lead in assists, which he excels at. Rod Strickland, Kidd, Mark Jackson, and even sophomore Marbury are all holding him down on the assists per game charts.

After a fierce competition, the Lakers' backup point guard Kobe Bryant narrowly beat the team's main point guard Eddie Jones, Jason Kidd, fellow sophomore Stephen Marbury, and Stockton as the other starting guard in the West!

The Lakers' bench becoming an All-Star starter was both a surprise and a surprise.

Kobe Bryant became famous in last year's slam dunk contest and has improved rapidly this year, averaging only one point per game as a substitute compared to the Lakers' main point guard, Eddie Jones.

You must know that Jones's average playing time is 36 minutes per game, while Kobe Bryant only has 26 minutes!

Fans who have watched the game will definitely be more inclined to this new slam dunk king!

In addition, the Lakers have been riding the dust since the beginning of the season, even if they were later surpassed by the SuperSonics, it would be the second best in the league, coupled with being in Los Angeles, the largest city in the West, and having a large fan base, which created the conditions for Kobe Bryant to become a starter.

Kidd and Stockton don't average as much points per game as Kobe, and the team's record is not as good as him, so what can they compete with him?

Marbury has more points and assists than Kobe, but the city of Minneapolis is too small, and the Timberwolves have a worse record than the Lakers!

The head coach of the Western Stars is George Carr, the head coach of the SuperSonics who is the No. 1 in the West and the No. 1 in the league!

The head coach of the Eastern Stars is Larry Bird of the Eastern Conference No. 1 Pacers!

The New York media, who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic, went to interview Bird at this time: "Coach Bird, you are directing the game at Madison Garden, and there is Coach Lee watching on the other side, are you not panicking?" ”

Larry Bird chuckled, "What am I panicking about? I've never been afraid of David, do you know where the gap between the two of us is? That's where I can coach the All-Star Game and he can only sit on the sidelines! ”

The reporters were very happy, and ran to interview Li Wei again: "Coach Li, Bird said that he can coach the All-Star, you can only sit on the sidelines, this is the gap between you, what do you think?" ”

Li Wei snorted coldly: "I'm very busy now, I don't have time to comment on the defeated generals under my command, and he is also a guy who has been defeated repeatedly!" ”