At Cleveland Yard Coliseum on February 9, 1997, at 7 p.m., the audience played the prelude to the classic rock music the-final-countdown. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"This is the scene of the 1997 NA All-Star Game, and now, it will be the appearance ceremony of the players and coaches!" Amid the rousing music, the players and coaches have already begun to appear at the scene. In front of the two passages of the stadium, two large white hollow stars are placed on each, and the coach and players pass through them and walk out of these two stars. First up is the Western Stars, who are coached by Rudy Tomjanovic, who has led the "Big Three" back to the top of the league this year, with a 33-16 record before the All-Star break.

He was followed by his four assistant coaches, who were assistant coaches from other teams. The coaches all had calm expressions, after all, they all know that in an all-star game like this, the coach is a supporting role at all, not to mention that this year is the 50th anniversary of its establishment, and the fans are all here to see the stars, so no one pays attention to who the coach is and what the coach looks like, anyway, it doesn't have much effect to really start coaching.

Then the 12 players of the Western All-Star team of this year's All-Star Game entered, and one of the big regrets of this All-Star Game is that there are more injured stars, such as Charles Barkley, Drexler, Ewing, O'Neal, Mourning, these stars who are very popular among fans did not participate in this game because of injuries, like O'Neal did not show up at all. Jerry West, the "godfather" of the Lakers, also didn't arrive, and I don't know if it was negotiated.

Liu Ming and Luo Qingyi sat under the stage together and watched these stars enter, this is also the second time Luo Qingyi has watched a basketball game live, and the last time was the rookie all-star game the day before yesterday. Luo Qingyi is also the first time to see this big boy who is two years younger than her so cold, handsome, low-key and domineering. The clean, fast and accurate shooting was not only deeply imprinted in the hearts of the audience, but also took root in Luo Qingyi's heart.

Liu Ming, who was in the audience, saw Garnett come out of the players' tunnel for the first time, the 95-year-old rookie Garnett participated in the All-Star for the first time, he was ranked sixth, looking a little shy, after coming out of the stars, the DJ on the scene called out his name, he lowered his head deeply and then raised his hands to greet the cheers, and only raised his head after a while, it seemed that he was smiling from ear to ear, and he needed to bow his head to sort out his emotions. O'Neal didn't show up, so the TV station could only give him a big avatar, and the others, like Drexler, walked out of the stars in a suit, and compared to Garnett, he was much calmer. Finally, the starting five were introduced, with Gary Payton and Stockton at guard, Karl Malone and Sean Kemp at front, and Hakeem Olajuwon at the last of the center. The audience burst into applause to welcome the legendary center, who has already won two championship rings.

After the introduction of the Western Stars, it was the turn of the Eastern Stars to play at home, and the head coach of the Eastern Stars was not the coach of the team with the best record in the East, but the head coach of the Detroit Pistons, Doug Collins, the young Pistons entered a rebuild after the glory of the late eighties and early nineties, and their results have improved greatly this season. Because Zen master Jackson coached the All-Star team last year, and this year's Bulls record is invincible in the Eastern Conference, but Jackson has no whip All-Star again, so after some selection, the league believes that the Pistons have made good progress, and Grant Hill of the Pistons team is also a rising star in the league, and it is understandable to find the head coach of the Pistons to be the All-Star coach. On the Eastern side, Mourning and Ewing are both out due to injury, and they are replaced by Pistons veteran Joe Dumas and Chris Webber of the Washington Bullets.

The last of the Eastern Stars to appear was Michael Jordan, without a doubt. It stands to reason that everyone in Cleveland hates Michael, because in the years when the Cavaliers were rising, they were suppressed by Jordan's Bulls almost every year, and there were even more "the-shot" tragedies. However, when it comes to the All-Star Game, Jordan, who is a ten-time All-Star, is undoubtedly a star among stars, a well-deserved supergiant, except for the season when he broke his leg the next year and the season when he retired halfway through and did not enter the All-Star starter, the rest are All-Star players and are all starters, and his rookie season is an All-Star starter. (Broke his leg in the 85-86 season, but was still selected as an All-Star starter)

The fans at the scene burst into applause that was even warmer than Olajuwon's to welcome Jordan in. This eased Jordan's dissatisfaction with being ranked 46th in the NBA's "Top 50" a little. (There are two versions of the NBA 50, one is judged by the jury, and Jordan is ranked 46, which is a bit unbelievable.) There is also a ceremony before the start of the game, the Cleveland invited Canadian pop singer Amanda Marshall to sing a clean voice before the game, and then the famous American black spiritualist Brian McKnight and saxophonist David Samberg played and sang the American national anthem together. Compared with the NFL Super Bowl, the largest sporting event in the United States, the NBA All-Star Game pre-game battle is really smaller, the game is held indoors, so the invited singers sing mainly in cappella, unlike the Super Bowl venue, you can play with the band, and sometimes the sky will fly over the fighter jets to add color to the game, which basketball court can not do.

The race is about to begin. Before the players warmed up, there was also a small episode in the Eastern team, when the Eastern team's starting center Dekembe Mutombo pretended to rip off his sweatpants when he came on the field and slipped them on the court. That's because at last year's All-Star Game, Anfernee Hardaway accidentally tripped over his pants when he was on the court, and when he came on the court to high-five his starting teammates, he had to hold his pants in one hand and high-five everyone else with the other, which became a big laugh in last year's All-Star Game. This year, Mutombo clearly used this to make fun of Hardaway.

The All-Star Game was an exhibition game, so the defense wasn't too tight, and everyone played with ease.

You come and go, the audience is also very enjoyable, Hardaway in the East breaks in, divides the ball to Glen Les on the outside, and the knife is a mid-range without mercy.

The west did not admit defeat, and the "two old Utahs" made a simple block, and finally a stable mid-range shot by Malone was returned.

A wonderful goal appeared, Grant Hill was a sharp "one step ahead", and the "first step" that couldn't be blocked reminded Liu Ming, who was sitting in the audience, of another "pride of the sky" that the league will usher in this summer.

The lightning-fast "first step" directly broke through the defense of "Rainman" Kemp, Grant Hill directly entered the inside line, and in the face of the defense of "Big Dream" Olajuwon, Grant Hill grabbed it, "Drop~", although the ball did not score, but Grant Hill still caused Olajuwon's foul.

At the free throw line, Grant Hill exhaled twice, "Wow", and hit a free throw.

The second penalty begins.

The "muscle sticks" on the inside line have begun to prepare, and sure enough, the ball did not go in, and their strength in the card position was not wasted, and Kemp was about to accept the backcourt rebound when suddenly a figure flew over, "Bang", and looked up, Jordan was already hanging on the basket.

This goal is very similar to the Bulls and Trail Blazers in the '92 Finals, Pippen missed a free throw, and Jordan flew out of the sky to make up for the dunk.

The enthusiasm of the audience was vented, applauded, and the shouts rang out.

"Drop", after the second quarter, the Eastern Stars relied on the excellent play of Jordan, Glen Rice and Hardaway to lead the Western Stars.

Then came the big play.

After Rihanna's singing a song.

Everyone didn't wait quietly for anything, their faces were full of anticipation. At this time, Liu Ming was also the same in the video of later generations, and the video could not depict the situation at the scene at all.

In the 15 minutes of half-time, the league will hold a grand award ceremony for the 50 greatest players in NA history! This ceremony is undoubtedly more memorable than this All-Star Game, and many years later, people will forget the process of this All-Star Game, but they will not forget this gathering that condenses the 50-year history of NA.

Jordan and his teammates returned to the locker room to change into the leather jacket that the league had prepared for the "Big 50". There are greens and purples that represent the history of the Alliance, blues that represent the Middle Period, and reds that represent the present. At this time, the lights in the center of the venue have been turned off, and the audience will be waiting for the admission of the 50 superstars.

On June 6, 1946, the predecessor of the NBA league, BAA, was born, which was an 11-team minor league in the East. In 1949, the NBA was officially founded, and it has gone through 50 years of history. In the past 50 years, he has grown from small to large, from weak to strong, and his scope of influence has expanded from the 13 eastern states to the whole United States, and then to the whole world. For 50 years, he has carried the basketball dreams of several generations, and has grown and grown on the watering of Americans' passion for basketball. For 50 years, the best players from all over the world have gathered here to stage countless indelible classics for us. Tonight, let us welcome with a round of applause to the 50 greatest stars in the 50-year history of NA, who have witnessed history and who represent the strongest force in the basketball world! In the high pitch and majestic music of the DJs on the scene, the 50 superstars of the NBA appeared in order from the four corners of the court, and an X-shaped stage had been arranged in the center of the court, and they each came to the stage in order to stand in front of the stage. The fans in the stadium could not stop their applause and shouts, and there were many old fans here, George McCann, Chamberlain, Rick Barry, Russell, Reid, Fraser, Monroe...... In it, they can always find their former idols in it. For the Clevelands, perhaps the only regret is that none of the top 50 superstars are Cavaliers.

DJ began to introduce the names of the "Big 50" members, each name represents the heavy history of the NBA, although the audience already knows who the "Big 50" is, but listening to DJ's introduction, the audience unconsciously began to applaud them. (The list came out in 96, so everyone actually knew who entered and who didn't)

However, when O'Neill and Wharton were introduced, the audience erupted in strong and prolonged boos.

Wharton was also most criticized for lobbying during the 50 Congress. In fact, even O'Neill himself was surprised by his selection, believing that he was too young and that Wilkins was more deserving of the honor. Jordan also spoke out at the right time, Jordan said that he was curious about what the criteria for the top 50 selection were? The "young and vigorous" Ray Allen also said in an interview that the NBA should re-select their list of the top 50 stars.

Listening to the boos, Liu Ming can also understand, after all, there are 50 places in the 50th National Congress, "there is no first place in literature, no second place in martial arts", no one will let go of this opportunity to go down in history.

If you choose a player with similar strength and honor, you must be close to yourself. It is also the jury that has a large number of Celtics, Lakers, and Knicks celebrities that make this selection full of controversy.

It's just that people will choose it with emotion after all. Generally speaking, the "Big 50" is still worthy of its name.

Liu Ming looked at those celebrities, and something called "ambition" filled his brain.

"The 50th National Congress, although there is no me, but the 60th National Congress must have me", Liu Ming clenched the hand holding Luo Qingyi and said softly.

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