As night fell, at 8 p.m., the lights in the Toyota Center Arena in Houston suddenly flickered, and the stage in the center of the stadium suddenly flashed with brilliant spotlights.

"Hello, everybody" was the American rap king Neo, who stood in the center of the stage, waving his arms vigorously to mobilize the emotions of the fans.

The thick sound system began to play a rhythmic rhythm, and the fans began to cheer to the fullest, with Neo's song "ForeverNow", marking the official start of the All-Star Game.

After the song, a long tunnel of players protrudes from each side of the stage, and the players are about to play, when the cheers in the arena reach a climax.

"Oh" In the cheers and applause of the fans, the first person to come out of the tunnel was Spoelstra of this year's Eastern Stars head coach of the Heat, who walked calmly to the center of the court with a smile.

The first of the players to appear was Brook Lopez, a tall and strong teammate who replaced Rondo of the Celtics, who staggered out of the tunnel with his nose covered, and then greeted the fans in the audience enthusiastically.

Next up were the Bulls' two biggest men, Lore Deng and Joakim Noah, and although Noah kept waving his hands in anticipation of the fans' cheers, it was clear that the first three stars who had appeared were clearly not "star-studded".

Next up are two potential "new stars" in the league: Kelly Irving and Paul George of the Cavaliers, who are clearly more popular with fans than the likes of Noah.

The last bench players were Tyson Chandler of the New York Knicks and Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat, who also received a lot of applause.

The substitutes came on and stood on either side. At this time, with the sound of music, the Brooklyn Nets No. 1 appeared on the big screen in the center of the stage - the tall and strong figure.

Accompanied by the screams of the fans, the DJ on the scene roared loudly: "The next one is our ticket king, and he is also the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, the king of skills, the king of three-pointers, and the king of dunks - Gao ~~ Da Zhuang"

Unlike the way the substitutes played, the tall and strong appeared in the center of the stage on a lift.

"High", "High", "High", ...... Gao Dazhuang's popularity in Houston is obviously not comparable to the previous bench players, and in the huge cheers, Gao Dazhuang also smiled and waved frequently to greet the fans.

"This feels really good" Gao Dazhuang felt the cheers of the fans and the feeling of the crowd watching the scene, Gao Dazhuang also saw Yao Ming standing on the sidelines, he was also relieved, as a Chinese player. Stand on the stage of the NBA All-Stars. That speaks for itself.

Kevin Garnett, who was close to the Celtics, Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks, and Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat, played one after another.

The order of their appearances is exactly according to the All-Star vote, with the exception of Gao Dazhuang, who has not yet been arrogant enough to think he can play in the finale despite winning the title of "Vote King". So he was put in the starting line-up and was the first to play. It can also be regarded as a cutting-edge force representing the east.

And the finale on behalf of the Eastern Stars is of course the first person in the league, the "little emperor" - LeBron James!

With the huge cheers of the fans. I saw James slowly rising from the ground first with a serious expression, and when he reached the top, he suddenly smiled slightly, naughty and domineering. And the fans were chanting his name in unison.

Seeing James beside him, Gao Dazhuang suddenly thought of a word, "reigning in the world", which is not only his good impression of James, but James's own momentum infected him.

After the Eastern Stars finished playing, the Western Stars began to play, and the Spurs coach Popovich in a suit and leather shoes slowly walked around the center of the stage waving his arms.

Next up were David Lee of the Golden State Warriors, Zach Randolph of the Memphis Grizzlies, LaMarcus Aldridge of the Trail Blazers, Russell Westbrook of the Thunder and Tony Parker and Tim Duncan of the Spurs.

At this time, the center of the stage suddenly flashed with searchlights and smoke, and the fans below the stage also increased their cheers, because it was the star of the host Houston Rockets - James Harden who slowly walked to the center of the stage!

"Oh~" There is no doubt that he received the most cheers when he was fighting at home.

Then the main players Kevin Durant of the Thunder, Blake Griffin and Chris Paul of the Clippers, Dwight Howard of the Lakers, and Kobe Bryant of the Lakers appeared in turn.

Especially when Kobe Bryant appeared in the finale, the five championship logos on his chest were particularly conspicuous, indicating that it was seniority, and this is!

After the show, taking advantage of the opportunity to clear the court, the reporters did not forget to interview the star players on the sidelines.

"Don't ask me, I'm a little nervous right now, but now I'm representing the Brooklyn Nets, so I have to perform well later, I can't embarrass Brooklyn, you have to let me be quiet now" Gao Dazhuang immediately declined other reporters' questions after answering a reporter's question.

Compared with the slight nervousness of the tall and strong, the All-Star regular Wade of the Heat negotiated a lot, "A game like this, the pace is fast, a player like me, it's a good fit for this kind of rhythm, I enjoy the game, I like to watch my teammates shoot three-pointers, I'm willing to give assists, we have players like James, Bosh, Anthony, and good young people like Tall and Strong, there's nothing better than that" Wade pointed to Tall and Strong.

And at this time, James also hugged the tall man and said: "Hey, boy, don't be nervous, I'll cover you later"

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With the referee's whistle, the feast of fans and the East-West All-Star Confrontation officially began.

With a "snap", Howard, the center of the West and the West of the scrum, beat Garnett, who played a cameo center in the East, and the West took the lead in gaining the ball.

Tall and strong stood in front of Kobe, but he didn't dare to get too close. At this time, Gao Dazhuang's mood is more contradictory, the All-Star Game is an entertaining game, and the performance nature is stronger than the game itself, so Gao Dazhuang didn't dare to stick too close to Kobe, for fear of angering the league giant, but Gao Dazhuang didn't want to lose the opportunity to perform in front of basketball fans around the world, let alone lose his team.

With a "cluster", just as Gao Zhuang was thinking about it, Paul, the point guard of the Western team, suddenly threw the ball to the basket in the process of forcing Wade.

There was a loud bang. Paul's partner with the Clippers, Griffin, suddenly pulled up from behind Eastern Army center Garnett. An aerial relay slammed the ball into the basket.

There was warm applause at the scene, and a wonderful air relay!

2:0, the two stars of the Clippers, who have the reputation of "the city of air pick-up", won the first place for the Western troops with an air relay.

The Eastern Army attacked.

"Point guard" Wade advanced the ball to the front court and habitually passed the ball to James at the top of the arc of the central three-point line.

The Eastern Army had James as the axis. Others started to run. Unlike tall and strong defenses. Kobe Bryant is still serious about the All-Star Game, only to see him clinging to the tall and strong, and constantly reminding his teammates to defend.

"Smack" James with a through ball. Passed the ball to Anthony, who cut to the basket, but Anthony missed when he hit Griffin, who was stronger in height, weight, and strength than him.

With a "dang", the ball hit the front of the basket and bounced out, and Howard, the center of the Western Stars, easily took the defensive rebound into his arms.

The "pop" West counterattack was very fast, Paul quickly pushed the ball to the frontcourt, and the tall and strong man followed Kobe Bryant to run outside the three-point line.

"Bang dang", the tall and strong man who heard the sound turned around, and it was Griffin again!

I saw his hands hanging from the basket, the fans cheering enthusiastically, apparently he had just dunked in another one.

The East team organized the attack again, and after a few passes, this time the ball was handed to Garnett on the inside, who opted to play hard, but his step-back jumper was blocked by Howard and finally bounced off the basket.

The Western All-Stars seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack again, and in this counterattack, the league's leading scorer Durant directly pulled out a three-point shot in the counterattack.

With a "brush", Durant chased and hit a three-point shot.

7：0

Less than a minute into the game, the Western Conference All-Stars got off to a 7-0 start.

The "pop" game played for nearly two minutes, and the ball was passed to Gao Dazhuang's hands for the first time.

Gao Dazhuang smiled slightly at James who passed the ball to him, and then began to dribble, Gao Dazhuang was still quite confident in his dribble, only to see the ball keep shuttling between his legs.

"Cluster" faced Kobe's close marking, tall and strong in two consecutive virtual shaking, a fierce acceleration, but just when Kobe retreated, tall and strong suddenly made a sudden stop.

After "popping" after getting rid of Kobe's close marking and pulling out the offensive space, Gao Dazhuang did not choose to attack, but made a ground-hitting pass and passed the ball to James, who was better at cutting into the inside position.

James, who "brushed" the inside card position, relied on the advantage of strength and weight to beat Durant to succeed.

7：2

"Good pass" James signaled to Gao Dazhuang, and the game went on for 2 minutes and 05 seconds, and James received an assist from Gao Dazhuang for the first record for the Eastern Stars.

However, in the next game, it is still the west that presses the east.

Now it was Paul who stepped down on the dribble with one hand, made a feint, and passed the ball to Kobe Bryant behind his back, who accelerated and scored on a tall layup.

Next, Kobe Bryant used the tall and strong position to stand back and score a direct dry jumper, and the West led 11-2.

"Hey, I said man, you've got to keep an eye on him, or he's going to kick you in the ass," James whispered in Tall Strong's ear as he passed by.

"It's an All-Star Game, but it's still a place of strength," James continued.

Gao Dazhuang made an OK gesture to show understanding.

The strong performance of the West made the East have to respond, and it was the Heat "two heroes" who stood up at this time, James passed the ball out of the midcourt, quickly hit the basket, Wade broke through Paul and hit the ball on the rebound, "clang", James jumped up to catch the ball and dunked.

11：4

Kobe Bryant stared at the tall and strong, because the tall and strong suddenly strengthened the defense made him very annoyed, but the more serious the tall and strong defense, the easier it was to arouse Kobe's fighting spirit, this is Kobe, his character is like this.

"Black Mamba" began to attack, only to see it constantly approaching Gao Dazhuang with continuous cross-stepping and shaking, and when he was in front of Gao Dazhuang, he suddenly bowed down and forcibly broke through from Gao Dazhuang's flank.

After James's "ignition", Gao Dazhuang is no longer as timid as he was at the beginning, and although it is an All-Star exhibition game, he still doesn't want to lose.

With a sound of "Peng", the tall and strong stepped forward and collided with the breakthrough Kobe heavy, and the tall and strong were even quicker to knock the ball out of Kobe's hand.

"Run" Just as Gao Dazhuang was about to compete with Kobe Bryant for the ball, Gao Dazhuang suddenly heard James's voice.

Directly James jumped at him and knocked the basketball away with one hand.

"Smack" got the cue early and was the first to grab the ball, and there was no defender between him and the opposing basket at the moment.

Of course, Gao Dazhuang would not let go of this opportunity, only to see him take a step and rush towards the opponent's penalty area with full horsepower.

Although Kobe Bryant has been catching up, Tall and Strong is the top in the NBA in terms of absolute speed and ball control speed, catching the ball, taking off, dunking, all in one go.

With a "clang", the tall and strong hands smashed the ball into the basket.

"YEAH" scored the first All-Star Game and waved his arms excitedly.

The tall and strong who scored a goal was obviously much more relaxed, whether it was running, covering, or passing, he had a clear eye, and even protected two backcourt rebounds, and the Eastern Stars began to slowly chase down the points.

At 6:05 of the first quarter, James performed a violent dunk again, and this time it was the tall man who made the ball for him.

Tall and strong played Kobe Bryant on the flank, and after attracting the attention of the Western troops, Tall and strong threw the ball inside, and James cut in the back row to attack.

After jumping up, James almost leveled his head with the rebound, and after catching the ball with one hand in the air, he "clanged" and dunked the ball in.

16：11

Although the east is still lagging behind, they are gradually finding their senses.

In the next game, Tall and Strong assisted Anthony to hit a three-pointer.

With 7 minutes and 10 seconds left in the first quarter, Tall was replaced by Cavaliers point guard Kelly Irving.

When he got off the court, Gao Dazhuang, who participated in the All-Star Game for the first time, contributed a total of 2 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.

"Good job, take a break," Spoelstra, the coach of the Eastern Stars, patted his tall waist in encouragement. (To be continued......)

PS: The NBA regular season has finally begun, and James' debut failed, alas, it's all tears when you talk too much!