New York, Brooklyn, Barclays Center, the Nets host the visiting Denver Nuggets in their final game before the All-Star break.

On the morning of the game, Gao Dazhuang sent his girlfriend Summer and sister Gao Jiaxiu on a plane back to China at New York's JFK Airport.

In fact, in the two days from the victory over the Wizards to today's official game, Gao Dazhuang and them all spent an unforgettable Spring Festival in New York in a "foreign country".

Actually, I didn't do anything special, I just walked around New York.

But in the Brooklyn area, you can't miss the mulled wine at DeadRabbit and the hot chocolate at Jacques Torres near the DUMBO area.

There's also a chance to enjoy some of the best mountain views in the Brooklyn area and sample Asian food at Talde Restaurant.

In winter, Heights, which is lit up from top to bottom, is also a great place to visit, and on the way back to Brooklyn, Tall Stout walks around Arthur Avenue to sample some of the best pizza in town.

Of course, Gao Dazhuang and his party also spent two full days to complete the most important stop of their summer and sister's trip - university.

Gao Dazhuang drove his girlfriend Summer and his sister Gao Jiaxiu to visit Columbia University, New York University, State University of New York and other famous universities.

Not only to feel the atmosphere of these institutions, but more importantly, to be tall and strong and that Summer himself would like her to finish college in New York.

Columbia University is certainly the best. But as an Ivy League school, the ranking is very high and the competition is very fierce; New York University is also good, and it is also a very prestigious school; Of course, if you can't get in, the 64 branches of the State University of New York are also under consideration for the summer.

In addition, for his sister, Gao Dazhuang hopes that she can finish high school in China and come to the United States to study in college.

"This is New York, the metropolis. But I think it's really stressful to live here," he sighed as he looked at the countless skyscrapers in the summer before parting.

"Yes. There's a famous saying here: If you can survive in New York, then you won't be afraid to go all over the world," Gao Dazhuang replied with a nod of his head.

Countless elites flock here every year, and New Yorkers have always considered themselves "the center of the world." So. New Yorkers don't understand why anyone would want to live somewhere else. New Yorkers seem to go out of their way to complain that there are endless benefits to living in New York.

"It's been a really difficult journey," Summer said thoughtfully.

Of course, Gao Dazhuang knew what she was referring to, so he put his arm around her and whispered to her, "You still have me." I'll lay a piece of the sky in New York."

……

Before the start of the game, there was a lot of buzz.

Lance Stephenson, a new member of the team, also came to the arena today, but due to some objective reasons, Stephenson was wearing a suit, and it was obvious that he was not ready to play today, and it seems that fans will not be able to appreciate his Nets debut until after the All-Star Game.

However, Lance-Stephenson, as a native Brooklynian, immediately received a warm welcome from his hometown fans.

In fact, since he was 12 years old, he has been accustomed to the praise given to him by New Yorkers, but he still enjoys the cheers of his hometown.

However, while Stephenson is developing well at the moment, Nets fans know that he is just an important piece of the puzzle for the team, and Stephenson is still far from being tall and strong.

Here's the question: If New York is the Mecca of basketball, why isn't Apple City's superstar production rate so high?

One of the most likely reasons for this is that you may not believe that many incredible New York children can become household names as early as 12 years old, but in such an impetuous environment, even the best genius can be spoiled if they continue to grow up in the praise of the neighborhood all day long in such an impetuous environment.

Like Sebastian Telfair, Lenny Cook, Stephen Marbury and more than 30 other seniors who "have potential but can never be a superstar", Stephens is spoilt for choice in New York.

These geniuses are already big names in the Big Apple as early as 12 years old, but as time goes on, they all fade into obscurity, and that's the dark side of New York's basketball culture, a glitzy city that often becomes the graveyard of geniuses.

But there is another side to New York basketball, that is, the players who come out of New York are always not afraid.

For a New York native, as long as the opponent is not a New Yorker, he will see him as a mustard, and this is well reflected in Stephenson. ‘

When this "thorn" saw the tall and strong core of the team, the first thing he said was: "Congratulations on your going to the All-Star Games, but like I said, no matter who is ahead of me, or who is in the same position as me, I will not let them go."

Sure enough, it was a "thorn", hearing Stephenson's challenge remarks, Gao Dazhuang understood the psychology of this "thorn" so intuitively for the first time, but Gao Dazhuang still smiled and said to Stephens: "All-stars? Well, follow in my footsteps."

After saying that, Tall and Strong patted Stephens on the shoulder like the boss, and then turned and walked to the court.

"Hey, Chinese boy, don't forget that you're just a rookie, let me teach you a good lesson......." Obviously, Stephens' answer did not satisfy Stephens, and he saw Stephens standing on the sidelines complaining about something.

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

The Nuggets' starting lineup is: point guard Ty Lawson, shooting guard Corey Brewer, small forward Wilson Chandler, power forward Kenneth Faried, and center Costa Kouvers.

The Nets' on-court starters were: point guard Jerry Stackhouse, shooting guard tall and strong, small forward Kyle Korver, power forward Gerard Wallace, and center Brook Lopez.

The Nuggets have suffered two straight defeats and are sidelined with injuries to key players Andre Iguodala and Danilo Gallinari. Of course, the Nets also have a big player like Deron Williams absent.

Important players on both sides have been injured, but the Nets, playing at home, have adapted to the situation more quickly.

Tall and strong suddenly came out of the way at the end of the first quarter, and in the matchup with Nuggets point guard Corey Brewer, he showed a level of strength over his opponent.

Gao Dazhuang first broke through to the front and scored a layup, then hit two consecutive singles opponents to hit three-pointers, and then suddenly assisted Korver to hit another three-pointer, leading the Nets to play an 11-2 attack wave and widen the gap.

The Nuggets are struggling to stay up with point guard Ty Lawson, but the Nets' veteran Starkerhouse has a lot of experience. Although the speed, power, and bursts are not as good as Lawson. But Starhouse struggled to keep the threat to a minimum.

48：59

At halftime, the Nets, playing at home, temporarily led their opponents by 11 points.

After the start of the second half, the Nets continued to hold on to the situation just when fans thought the game was going to end without a shock. The game suddenly changed its mind.

The third quarter was 6 minutes and 11 seconds. Tall and strong after continuous shaking. Suddenly exerted force, forced from the Nuggets' Brewer's flank and cut into the inside, and Chandler, who was defending by the Nuggets, was also shaken by the tall and strong "European step".

But it's just a tall and strong one-handed basket. As soon as the ball was shot, suddenly a black shadow swept past it, and with a "Peng" sound, the tall and strong layup was hit the rebound.

"What?" Gao Dazhuang looked back, only to see a player with a small whip on his head landing and immediately turned around and ran towards his own half, and it was he who gave Gao Dazhuang a big hat just now.

It's Faried, tall and strong knows this player, he was a rookie last year, probably in the 20th place, but he played a "stunning" performance in the Nuggets with his not outstanding height, and the nearly double-double data allowed him to successfully squeeze into last year's best rookie lineup, and won the fierce nickname "half-orc".

The covered basketball was grabbed by the Nuggets, and they immediately launched a counterattack, and the Nuggets advanced quite quickly, and soon Lawson controlled the ball and killed the Nets to the basket.

At this time, Lawson broke through the Stackhouse defense with a cross-step head-on, faced an empty basket, and took off.

But fortunately, the tall and strong defense speed is very fast, and the tall and strong who has completely vacated is ready to give the opponent a big hat at any time, as long as Lawson dares to shoot...

The tall and strong man who had already set up the block action of "Cluster" suddenly saw Lawson throw the ball behind him, and when he was only a stone's throw away from the basket, Lawson chose to pass the ball.

At this time, the tall and strong turned around, only to see a figure holding Lawson's pass with both hands and jumping high.

There was a loud bang, and the basketball was smashed into the basket.

Tall and strong, look at it, it's Faried again!

is worthy of being a "half-orc", looking at Faried, who hung on the basket with a fierce face, Gao Dazhuang felt that his nickname was indeed worthy of his name.

Despite his low height, in terms of mobility, Faried is like a beast, with a lot of speed, strength, and explosion.

Just covered the tall and strong layup in the backcourt, and in a blink of an eye, it appeared in the front court to complete a violent dunk, in this offense and defense, only Stackhouse, Lawson and Tall Zhuang ran in front of Faried, but all three of them are guards, and Stackhouse still took advantage of the location, and Tall Zhuang and Lawson were originally the fastest players on the two teams.

Faried impressed the tall and strong with his performance in the round just now, and his performance wasn't over yet.

"When" Lopez hit a basket and missed.

In the chaos under the basket, Faried leaped high and single-handedly plucked the basketball off Lopez's head.

The Nuggets then attacked, and Lawson's breakaway layup was interfered with by Wallace, and the ball bounced off the basket.

At this time, the Nets Lopez, Wallace, Korver and Gao Dazhuang had already retracted to the basket, and seeing that Wallace's hands were about to catch the basketball, Gao Dazhuang had even turned around and ran back to launch a counterattack.

At this time, there was a "snap", and Faried attacked from the flank and snatched the basketball out of Wallace's hands.

Faried, who grabbed the basket, passed the ball to Nuggets center Costa Coofs, who cut into the basket in the air, and Coopers turned and hooked his hand.

"When" the ball bounces out of the basket again.

"Bang" This time the tall and strong found that in the siege of a group of people under the basket, Faried once again grabbed the offensive rebound unbelievably.

Faried, who grabbed the rebound, showed his super ability to jump continuously, and this time he chose to attack on his own.

However, Faried's attack hit Lopez's "muzzle", and the height difference made Faried's attack useless, and the ball was capped by Lopez.

However, the smiles on the faces of the Nets were not gone, and Faried jumped up again and grabbed the rebound.

"The Beast" was shocked by Faried's style of play, but seeing that Ed wanted to jump again, Tall Stout did not hesitate to make a move.

The referee's whistle blew, and after Faried grabbed consecutive offensive rebounds, the Nets guard Gao Dazhuang was forced to choose a foul to stop the "orcs" from ravaging under the basket.

In the following games, every time a player made a shot, Farid would throw his wild hair and rush through a bunch of Nets players.

Missed a stoppage? It's okay to do it again!

Lopez lacks mobility and strength, Wallace lacks height and athleticism, and Korver is not very confrontational, tall and strong is only an outside player.

So the Nets could only watch as Farid performed on the inside.

After picking up seven offensive rebounds in a single quarter, Farid's solo show shows no signs of ending.

In the last 10 seconds of the third quarter, Faried received a hand-handed pass from Chandler, and spread his belly in the air with a two-handed basket, and there was a loud "clang".

Faried's passion even infected fans of the Nets' home team, and the entire Barclays Arena burst into applause.

76：81

At the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets chased the difference to just five points, all because of the outburst of "Half-Orc" Faried. (To be continued......)

PS: Thanks to the brothers for the tip!