In just ten minutes, Xie Chen and Scarlett reminisced about the past year or so, although Scarlett also wanted to continue chatting with Xie Chen, but she really seemed to have something important to do, Xie Chen had to meet her the day after tomorrow when she dunk the day after tomorrow.

Regarding today's reunion with Scarlett, Xie Chen felt the difference from Scarlett's eyes and attitude, something must have happened to Scarlett during this time.

Xie Chen didn't have time to think about it, after Scarlett Johansson left, Anthony pulled him to choose clothes and accessories, and at night, these big names of the All-Stars were basically there, James, Curry and Kobe Bryant, who participated in the All-Star Game in the last year, everyone got together to drink and talk, and talked and laughed all night, talking about everything, but no one talked about basketball, it was a very special night.

After that, it was early in the morning, Xie Chen and Kobe, who couldn't sleep excitedly, walked out of the hotel and walked through the streets of Toronto. ”

Xie Chen looked at Kobe Bryant with a puzzled expression.

Kobe Bryant said with a smile: "Michael Jordan's last All-Star, like me this year, the players respect us very much, everywhere you go, someone will say that we will miss you and something like that, I asked Michael how he felt at that time, I asked him if he was really willing to let go of this emotion, and now it seems that it is impossible to give it up." Is this my final year All-Star Game? Where and what will I do next year? What else can I do without basketball? ”

Kobe Bryant never said this to anyone, just got together with a bunch of people, Kobe Bryant didn't mention this sadness, and in front of Xie Chen, Kobe Bryant was willing to open his heart. Xie Chen was very sad after hearing this, the end of the hero is really sad, and the only lucky thing is to be able to play his last All-Star Game with Kobe.

Xie Chen said: "Everyone has to leave the NBA after all, you have been here for so many years, and there are almost no people of your generation." Don't be sad just yet, hasn't your last All-Star Game started yet? When it's over, it's not too late for you to be sad and nostalgic. ”

Kobe Bryant smiled and said, "You're optimistic, by the way, you can't let me go during the All-Star Game." ”

Xie Chen replied, "Do you think I will?" ”

Kobe Bryant read something from Xie Chen's expression, and then laughed: "I know, you still remember the thing about me destroying Jordan's last All-Star, haha, okay." You're going to stop me on the day of the game. ”

I believe that countless Jordan fans will complain about Kobe's All-Star shooting, if there is no Kobe Bryant's free throw, Jordan's classic backward drift shot is his last All-Star shot, which will become an eternal classic.

Xie Chen's mind also recalled some pictures of Jordan's All-Star that year, and Xie Chen suddenly asked: "Kobe, as your fan, can I ask you a few things?" ”

"You say." Kobe Bryant saw that Xie Chen was so serious, and slowed down.

"I'm demanding. I hope you don't dunk and don't miss shots again and again. Especially if we can play until the end, I hope you can do Jordan with a beautiful key goal, which is the best and last gift to your fans all over the world. ”

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The next day, the long-awaited All-Star Weekend for NBA fans around the world will be held today with the Rookie Challenge, the least talked about event in the All-Star Game. The real highlight is tomorrow's slam dunk contest, and this year is the second year and the first grade, Xie Chen has never thought about preparing at all, and it is difficult for people who have played against legendary teams of various teams to be interested in such a game.

At the Air Canada Centre Gymnasium. The first game was a celebrity game, and at 9 p.m., the NBA Rookie Challenge began, and before the game began, Xie Chen was also invited to participate in an interview with CCTV to take the opportunity to greet the Chinese fans.

This year, Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia still came to the scene, because Xie Chen can speak Chinese, and they can save them from translation, so they directly asked Xie Chen: "Xie Chen, this is your second year to participate in the NBA All-Star Game, and both times as the ticket king, what is the difference between participating this time and last year?" Tell us about it. ”

Xie Chen knows that there are many fans of him in China, and you can guess Xie Chen's current popularity by looking at how popular Jeremy Lin was back then, so Xie Chen is also very serious about such an interview: "Last year was more exciting, and I had to prove myself, so the pressure was greater, and this year it was easier, and I have learned how to enjoy the rare All-Star Weekend, and this year's All-Star is Kobe's last All-Star, and we all hope to give you a wonderful game, and you must not miss it when the time comes." ”

Yu Jia brought the topic to the next one: "The rookie game that will be held will be different from last year, it is no longer the American local team against the international team, but the second year and the first year, and the outside world is generally saying that Porzingis and their rookies this year are far better than yours, what do you think?" Will there be pressure when you play later? ”

Xie Chen thought for a while and said: "It seems that this is indeed the case, Porzingis, Downs, Okafor, Russell, Winslow, they have a lot of rookies who play well, we may not be as good as them in numbers, but they can't compare to the degree of excellence, I think, they are not worthy of me and Wiggins to feel threatened." ”

After hearing this, Yu Jia smiled and said, "Will you educate these juniors and disciples later?" ”

"It's a must."

The game started quickly, and there were not many stars and big-name stars who came to watch the rookie game today, only a few scattered, like LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Chris Paul.

Before the game, Xie Chen also chatted with his new teammates, there is no doubt that among this group of second-year students, Xie Chen is the undisputed boss, and even Wiggins, the champion, has to admit Xie Chen's leadership, after all, they have already won the championship, which is nothing to say.

In the second-year team, there are also two Xie Chen's "old enemies", who are said to be enemies because they have fought before, that is, Peyton and Aaron Gordon of the Magic team.

Payton is a good friend of Oladipo. At that time, in order to stand up for the beaten Oladipo, he also stepped forward to provoke Xie Chen, and was finally taught a hard lesson by Xie Chen, and now, the two have to play in the same team, and they both feel very embarrassed.

And in the first-year team. There are not so many grievances, a group of people are very lively, and Porzingis is also in a good relationship with them, their group of people is very close to each other, there is no top-notch person like Xie Chen, so the pressure on each of them is not great, but Dons Russell and they are very envious of Porzingis, because Porzingis is very likely to follow Xie Chen to win the championship in the past two years. When they are at their peak, it will be difficult to chase them.

After the game started, Xie Chen didn't particularly want to play, and handed the ball to Wiggins, Wiggins was selected for the All-Star Game for the first time this year, for him, the All-Star Game is the stage he really wants to play, even if he beats Xie Chen to get the Most Valuable Player in this game. There's nothing to show off, so. He passed the ball to his teammate Zach LaVine, but LaVine was thinking about tomorrow's dunk contest, and he didn't have any desire to attack, so he gave the ball to Gordon on the inside.

Gordon got the ball time and time again, but his shooting percentage wasn't too good. To know. This group of first-year guys is top-notch on the inside.

It's not scary to say now, but if you mention the names Downs, Okafor, and Porzingis in another three or five years, you will feel particularly powerful. It's like the 03 generation of James, Wade, Anthony, and Bosh, this terrible foursome, challenged their senior brother Yao Ming Xiaosi that year, I didn't think anything at the time, if I think about it now, the combination of James + Wade + Anthony + Bosh, who can win?

Because the sophomore side is humble to each other, and the first-year side is exactly the opposite, everyone is eager to prove themselves, because the opponent is too strong, the first person in the league, Xie Chen and Andrew Wiggins, both of them are super popular superstars who were selected for the All-Star Game, how can they not be energetic in the face of such a strong opponent?

Downs wants to prove that he is a better rookie than Porzingis, and Porzingis also wants to perform better in front of the team's boss Xie Chen, but neither of them wants to be the other. If you want to be stronger and play better, he is Winslow of the Heat.

Winslow broke through the defense with a quick break as soon as he came up, dunked one with both hands as if he was in a no-man's land, and then hit two three-pointers in a row, completely stealing the limelight from other rookies.

If it was an official game, and someone dared to be so arrogant, Xie Chen must have learned a lesson in the past, but Xie Chen didn't want to play too much in the rookie game, so he could only look at Wiggins, and Wiggins also wanted to guard against Winslow.

However, choking Winslow did not change the fact that he was behind in the second grade, and then, Porzingis also blossomed with three points, and the combination of Russell and Downs, the top of the list, played a rare tacit understanding, and Russell frequently assisted Downs to win inside.

At the end of the first quarter, the first-graders were 16 points ahead of the second-graders!

Yu Jia was extremely surprised: "This is really an unexpected first section!" Who would have thought that Winslow, Dons, Porzingis, and a few of them would actually teach the team with Xie Chen and Wiggins a lesson? Director Zhang, what do you think of this situation? Is it because Xie Chen doesn't want to fight? Or is the strength of the first-year team so strong? ”

Zhang Weiping smiled: "I think, there are both of these reasons, it can be seen that Xie Chen, Wiggins, and Zach LaVine don't want to play much, because they have more important games to participate in the All-Star Weekend, Xie Chen and LaVine are going to participate in tomorrow's slam dunk contest, Xie Chen and Wiggins are going to participate in the All-Star Game the day after tomorrow, Xie Chen and Wiggins are the two strongest points in the second grade, if these two points don't work, to be honest, they are really not the opponents of the first grade, although the first-year rookie has little experience, But the talent is good, and the likes of Porzingis, Downs and Okafor are playing very well, plus Winslow is playing exceptionally today, it is normal to be two years ahead. ”

Yu Jia continued to ask: "Then do you think the second-grade team will overtake the score in the next step?" ”

Zhang Weiping said: "From what I know about Xie Chen and Wiggins, neither of them is a player who can tolerate failure, and he played so well in the first quarter of the first grade, I think it should arouse Xie Chen's fighting spirit, if the two of them are ready to fight back, then the second quarter will look good." ”

In the gap at the end of the first quarter, the second-grade team's players' bench was led by 16 points in a single quarter by the first-year juniors, and everyone felt that they had lost face, but Payton sat there and said with a smile: "Hehe, it was so interesting to be abused by a group of rookies for 16 points in the first quarter, I calculated that it would be 64 points in the fourth quarter, haha, I don't know if it will make headlines tomorrow if I lose so much?" I said Aaron Gordon, don't fight so hard to grab rebounds and attack, people like us who don't have much ability can't win the ball even if they fight hard, don't you see that our core players don't want to play much? Hehe, the people who were selected for the All-Star Game are amazing, and they all look down on the Rookie Challenge! ”

Peyton's words made everyone present very uncomfortable, Wiggins was still very personable, and quickly stood up and said to everyone: "I'm sorry, everyone, I played too lax in the first quarter, and I also gave Winslow a lot of opportunities, and in the second quarter, I promise to do my best to recover the difference, please believe me." ”

Zach LaVine also missed several opportunities to score because he also took the play, and he also got up and said to everyone: "I will play well in the second quarter." ”

After the two of them finished speaking, Peyton looked at Xie Chen, who was speechless, and asked, "Xie, don't you stand up and say something?" ”

"Say what?" Xie Chen looked at Peyton with a cute expression.

Payton was furious: "You're the first player in the league!" Now that we're down by so many points, shouldn't you show your determination to attack next and let us hand you the ball to shoot a three-pointer? ”

Xie Chen still looked unhurried, and replied calmly: "It's only the first half, and it's only 16 points behind, what kind of three-point shot?" I just need to defend well, didn't I hear Wiggins and LaVine say that they would play well? It's enough to have them. ”

Peyton was so angry that he pointed at Xie Chen and said, "Okay, that's what you said, you will be fully responsible if you lose this game!" ”

An ordinary entertainment game, as if it was so serious by Peyton, Xie Chen didn't fall for it, in order to prevent Peyton from continuing to be crooked, Xie Chen also decided to defend well next, Peyton didn't believe that Xie Chen could recover the 16-point difference just by "defending well", Xie Chen asked Peyton to take a good look at how he did it! (To be continued.) )

PS: Thanks to the little bookworm XXX for the tip!