Chapter 294: Paul's MVP
On the 16th, in the rookie challenge, Barkley and O'Neal once again selected their players. www.biquge.infoBarkley chose Davis, Bradley Beal, Leonard, Faried, Sherved, Rubio, Vucevich, Tristan Thompson, Isaiah Thomas, and Brad Knight.
O'Neal selected Kelly Irving, Lillard, Dion West, Taylor Zeller, Andrew Nicholson, Klay Thompson, Harrison Barnes, Chandler Parsons, Gil Chris, Kemba Walker.
In the end, Barkley won, and Faried, nicknamed the half-orc, became the MVP of the rookie game.
On the 17th, the skills competition, three-point competition, and slam dunk competition began. The rules of the second day of this year are covered, divided into East and West confrontations, and all events have to choose one person in the East and West, and then the remaining two enter the finals.
Jeremy Lin participated in the skills competition, but the result was mediocre, and he was defeated by the Trail Blazers' rookie Lillard, missing the finals, and finally Lillard successfully won the championship.
In the three-point contest, Klay Thompson also did not perform well, losing to Bonner. After Bonner reached the Finals, he lost to Kyrie Irving in the East, who won the championship with a high score of 23 points.
The participants in the dunk contest were all chasing difficult dunks this year, and as a result, the two favorites White and Gerard Green both missed the Finals due to defeat and overtime, giving Raptors rookie Terrence Ross a chance. Terrence won the game against last year's champion Evans with 16% more votes and became the second dunk champion in Raptors history, and the one before him was Carter the Flyers.
In the final overall rating, the West defeated the East to claim the $350,000 prize.
On the 18th, the All-Star Game opened.
Because it was an All-Star event in Houston, the former veterans of the Rockets came to cheer, and Da Yao was also invited. He is now the boss of the big shark in the magic capital, and at the beginning of the month, he became a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and began his political career.
Wu Di and Da Yao have also talked a lot in the past few days, and the two have exchanged views on CBA matters. After Da Yao took over the Big Sharks, he cooperated with Wu Di Academy, and now there are two players in the Big Sharks team who graduated from Wu Di Academy, both of whom have been reused by the coach.
Because of the relationship between the stars, the stars of this year's All-Stars have also begun to get together. The Eastern starters are Garnett, Bosh, Anthony, James, Wade. The benches are Paul George, Kyrie Irving, Rohr Deng, Joakina Noah, Tyson Chandler, Jrue Holiday and Lopez.
Three Heat, two Knicks, two Bulls, one Celtics, one Pacers, one 76ers, one Nets.
The starters in the West are Howard, Griffin, Wu Di, Kobe, Paul. The benches are Durant, Harden, Westbrook, Tony Parker, Zach Randolph, David Lee, Duncan.
Three Lakers, two Clippers, two Thunder, two Spurs, one Rockets, one Grizzlies, one Warriors.
After the game started, Wu Di and Anthony were almost invisible. They didn't want to compete for MVP, and even if they wanted to, they couldn't, and neither of them received a pass at all in three minutes.
Kobe Bryant and James seem to be pinched again, and I don't know why. According to the idea of league propaganda, it should be James and Wu Di who are two people. But Kobe Bryant pinched up with James and gave him a big hat.
Kobe's sudden outburst made many people confused about the situation, and some people benefited and some people suffered. Wu Di is the one who suffered, after he received the ball, he basically passed it to Kobe, and he only shot a few baskets.
The beneficiary was Paul, the most playmaker on the field, and Paul's assists began to rise.
Not long after Wu Di played, he was replaced and replaced with Durant. There is no way, the two are in the same position, the difference in strength is not big, and their fame is about the same, so they need to share time. If Griffin hadn't been able to dunk, Durant wouldn't have been squeezed off the bench.
Paul was in good shape today, passing the ball to Howard in a row, passing the ball inside from Bosh's crotch, and then passing to Howard in the air, and then another pass to the All-Star as a training game.
And the defensive Howard is Garnett, as an old man who is about to retire, Garnett, like Duncan, does not want to show the last brilliance, they only played a little more than 10 points in the whole game, almost a quarter.
Bosh became the biggest comic of the game, the three non-sticks were thrown one by one, and after the shot, he didn't have a long memory, and then he continued to shoot. When defending, he didn't pay attention, and when Paul wore his crotch, he tightened his legs, but he didn't, and Wu Di had to pass the basketball from his crotch.
Durant's three-point shot was very accurate, constantly overtaking the score and widening the difference.
Kobe Bryant seemed to be eyeing James, regardless of the obstruction of his offense, which he rewarded James with a big hat.
After Wu Di increased his score to above 10, he didn't attack much and turned to help others attack.
As the host, Harden is more miserable, generally speaking, teammates will help the host brush up points and help the host win the MVP. But Harden happens not to belong to this ranks, he has not only just joined the Rockets, but also just joined the NBA for a few years, and has no connections at all.
The target of helping to brush MVP is generally the old bird, because the old bird has a certain advantage, either a strong connection, or a lofty status, or why do others pass the ball to you?
In the end, the West outplayed the East with a hard beat, and Paul was named MVP.
After the All-Star Game, the Lakers continued their journey and won against the Celtics on the 21st. On the 23rd, he played against the Trailblazers and won a small victory. On the 25th, he played against the Mavericks and won a small victory. On the 26th, against the Nuggets, he lost slightly.
In February, James and Wu Di defended their title again. James averaged 29.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.8 assists per game, and Wu Di had 27.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 8.9 assists.
The February race is over and the March race begins.
The Lakers have had a good injury situation this year, just a few inconsequential candidates, the main team and rotation have nothing to do, and almost all of them have participated.
It wasn't until March that the situation was broken, and Jeremy Lin was injured and needed to recuperate for a month. Then Klay Thompson suffered a finger contusion and needed to recuperate for half a month. Then there was back pain in the UAE and a truce of a few games.
Although they are all minor injuries and illnesses, they have also sounded the alarm for the Lakers, and the Lakers have begun to pay attention to the health of all personnel.