The slam dunk contest ended with a Nate Robinson victory.

Fernandez, who was eliminated in the slam dunk preliminaries, sat with Gasol after coming off the court, and the two were not far from Hayes and Yao Ming.

Fernandez was sullen because of the exit, and he still had two prepared moves that he didn't do, Gasol comforted him and said: "Rudy, don't be depressed, in fact, we all know that your 2 dunks are much better than others, and this time it's all the judges' problem." And it doesn't seem easy to get a high score by jumping out of behind the rack...... If you press my shoulder and fly over to buckle a sure champion. ”

Fernández's face was solemn, and he was silent for a while and said, "Paul, I understand. Can you lend me some money next year? ”

Gasol asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

Fernandez said: "Next year I'm going to hire a helicopter to drop a basket down, don't you think it's more stylish? A random dunk is a perfect score. ”

Yao Ming burst out laughing when he heard it. Together with Hayes, he beckoned to Fernandez and Gasol. Fernandez almost became Hayes's teammate, and Pau Gasol is Mark Gasol's older brother, and with this relationship, the relationship between the Bobcats and the Lakers players is also closer.

Hayes and Yao Ming didn't take the challenge seriously, and the two kept chatting.

Although Yao Ming was selected for the starting lineup, he did not plan to play with ten percent of his strength. He felt that D'Antoni, who likes to play fast-paced games, would not give him much time.

Hayes, on the other hand, wants to win, and he's sure the Western Star will really play. In his impression, except for O'Neal, the players of this All-Star have their faces on the court, and only when O'Neal gets the ball, the audience can laugh twice. After the all-time Eastern Conference star lost in 2009, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant shared the MVP, and now Hayes hopes that can change.

Competitive people don't want to let go of any game. Among the Western stars, there is also someone with this mentality, and that is Kobe Bryant. In the All-Star Game, Kobe Bryant always worked harder than the other stars. The Rookie Challenge has been played in earnest, and there seems to be no reason to be polite in the All-Star Game.

Hayes said, "Let's be serious. The tastes of the fans are changing. Ever since I got a high score in my rookie game, it's hard to catch the eye in the old unguarded games. In recent years, the NBA All-Star Game has tended to play for real. Is a high-intensity game good or an undefended game good? Fans have begun to gravitate towards real play, rather than an undefended situation where you deduct one and I deduct one. No matter how beautiful the dunk is, can it surpass the slam dunk contest? ”

Yao Ming understood Hayes's pursuit of victory**, and said with a smile: "I understand, I will work hard when the time comes." You pay attention to the position, as long as you are in a good position, I will pass it on to you. ”

Who wouldn't want a few more accolades? Yao Ming also wants to win the honors of rebounding king, scoring champion, block king, and MVP, but it is not so easy to get. Without personal accolades, sooner or later the strength of the players will be doubted by the fans. For example, 20 years after Yao Ming retired, people who have not watched Yao Ming play will not know how strong he is. At that time, when people saw that Yao Ming won the finals MVP, they thought he was a star, and then they looked at his finals data, they would put him at the height of the top center. What if Yao Ming didn't win the MVP of the finals? After retiring for 20 years, maybe he is not as strong as Camby in the eyes of fans, because Camby has won the best defensive player, entered the best defensive team twice, and won the block king, Yao Ming has no personal honors, how can he prove that he is stronger than Camby?

After a series of trainings, the highlight of the All-Star Weekend, the East-West All-Star Game, was staged on time.

This time, the All-Stars were a little flat when introducing the players who appeared, and when they knew that the last substitute player came on, the atmosphere reached a **. A group of masked hip-hop dancers performed on the stage, and the gorgeous break dance pushed the atmosphere of the scene to a **; O'Neill is the one who leads the dance, and he can be said to push the funny to the extreme!

Hayes' show was kept until halftime, and if he came out to sing before introducing the players, there would be less mystery.

When the starters came out, there was a hilarious phenomenon. When the other nine players were introduced, the fans now gave them a round of applause. Only when Kevin Garnett was introduced, there was an awkward cold scene of applause...... Phoenix fans have bright eyes, they recognize who is their enemy, unlike Los Angeles, in 2003 the Spurs eliminated the Lakers, in 2004 Los Angeles All-Star Game, Lakers fans did not recognize Duncan, and gave Duncan warm applause, this time the Phoenix people are not as short-sighted as Los Angeles fans, they recognize their team's sworn enemy at a glance, Garnett, the culprit who swept the Suns last season, this cold game, fully reflects the unity of the Phoenix people. (What kind of power is this?) D'Antoni has already set up tactics in the dressing room. He didn't assign anyone to be the centerpiece, just let Hayes and Yao Ming control the rebounds in the backcourt, and the other three launched fast breaks, which is the same tactic used by the rookie team in the Rookie Challenge.

D'Antoni and Hayes talked about it, the All-Star Game is a player with strong scoring ability, if Hayes rushes to shoot, he may play a mess, it is better to concentrate on grabbing rebounds and responding to the offense, as long as the rebounds and assists are double-doubled, it is not difficult for Hayes to get a triple-double in the All-Star Game, which is also good for the Eastern Stars, Howard is on the bench, Hayes is definitely the strongest rebounding ability in the Eastern Stars.

D'Antoni doesn't intend to give Yao Ming too many chances. Camby and Marc Gasol have played less time with the Bobcats, both because they are too slow, and Yao Ming is slower than them.

Defensive end-of-all: man-marking. In the All-Star Game, individual performances are the majority, and if you use a joint defense, it will affect the spectator of the game. D'Antoni then abandoned his usual defensive style.

Western head coach Phil Jackson also has a simple plan for the players to adjust themselves.

The starters from both sides stood in the middle of the pitch and the game was about to begin. Eastern Stars: Allen Iverson, Joe Johnson, LeBron James, Chuck Hayes, Yao Ming.

Western stars: Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan

Joe Johnson's start for two consecutive years is due to Chinese fans, and playing with Yao Ming has a relatively high exposure and is liked by more people. The most obvious is Francis. In the last season of the Rockets, Francis was selected as an All-Star starter with only 16.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 6.2 assists, shooting 40% from the field.

Yao Ming jumped the ball to win Duncan, and James picked up the basketball and passed it to Iverson. Iverson dribbled the ball quickly to the front court and passed it to James.

The man who defended James was Anthony, both of whom were top small forwards in the league, and the Western stars also used man-to-man tactics.

Anthony had his eyes on James, and he wanted to go one-on-one with James, but no one was going to give him that chance. Yao Ming pulled high from the inside and covered Anthony.

Garnett added to James, and at this point, Hayes pulled to the outside. James' passing awareness was very good, and he immediately realized that the best person in the position at this point was Hayes, and it was much easier for him to beat Garnett. He immediately played the ball to the right where Hayes was.

The person in charge of defending Hayes was Duncan, Hayes ran back, Duncan followed a little slower, and Hayes received the ball and turned around and hit a three-point jumper. 3 to 0.

The first ball, Hayes let the Western Stars taste the bitterness, Yao Ming pulled to the high position, if Duncan defends out, it is not easy to block and dismantle the heel to defend James, Duncan's footsteps are moving slower and slower, and he is changing to the standard center play, so he is also in the ranks of centers in this All-Star selection.

The Western Conference star offense, Hayes is responsible for defending Duncan. This is the beauty difference that D'Antoni arranged for Hayes, Duncan has always been a formality in the All-Star Game, will not play very hard, and easily does not shoot, in this case, Hayes can grab rebounds inside.

Sure enough, Garnetra reached a high position, and Yao Ming followed the defense. Bryant received the ball and took advantage of Garnett's cover to rush into the box from the right side. Yao Ming just stretched out his hand symbolically, and Kobe Bryant broke through successfully.

It's too easy. Bryant entered the box and took two steps to dunk. As soon as he got to the basket, he immediately felt the wind behind him.

Yao Ming let Kobe Bryant pass easily, it doesn't mean that no one is defending, James let go of Anthony and jumped up from the side to prepare to block Kobe, as soon as it opened, the Eastern Stars had already moved their real character. James didn't plan to give Kobe a chance to perform a dunk, Kobe Bryant was certainly not a vegetarian, he already felt someone behind him, changed the dunk to a shot, pulled the bar in the air to the other side of the basket, and made a backhand layup.

There were also people on the other side, Hayes let go of Duncan's defense and covered Bryant's backhand layup with one hand with his right hand.

The ball was picked up by Paul and scored in the basketball. 3 to 2. The western attack was also completed, but Kobe Bryant had a fire in his heart. 'What's going on with these two bastards?' Is this still an All-Star Game? Why did you come at me in the first place? ’

James chasing Kobe Bryant is a normal defense, and Hayes is relying on impression to make up for Kobe. He had the impression that Kobe Bryant's offense in this All-Star Game was very active, and he wanted to score high points, and he didn't pass many balls. Hayes expected him to play alone without passing the ball when he had the chance.

'It's okay for Duncan to let it go, who will pass it on to someone who plays so ugly and can't perform?' Hayes thought to himself.

If Duncan knew that he had been gorgeously ignored, I don't know if he would be depressed.

Eastern stars play positional battles, this time Iverson broke through with Yao Ming's cover, Yao Ming's first task today is to pull to a high position to cover his teammates and respond to the attack, in this case, Yao Ming can't think of a high score. His high jump shot is not too accurate, even if he receives a return pass, it is difficult to score, and the two 45-degree angles in the low post are his territory, and the coach arranges it like this, and he can't help it.

Iverson broke through and made a quick stop jump shot, the ball smashed on the basket and deflected, bouncing far to the middle, Hayes stayed away from Duncan's in time, ran up, rushed to grab the rebound in the front court, raised his hands, and attracted Anthony to jump up and block, Hayes passed the ball to James, who took the ball and jumped up with a big stride, and scored two points with a powerful dunk. 5 to 2.

James and Hayes opened the game with a tacit understanding!

(To be continued)