Chapter 117: Star-Gazing All-Star Busy Lin Fei!
The Los Angeles Clippers, who left Boston, continued their back-to-back road trips in the East.
At 105:89, the 16-point victory over the Toronto Raptors, what made the Torontons even more desperate was that their leader Chris Bosh was injured in the game with the Los Angeles Clippers, and the injury situation after the game was not optimistic and was expected to be out for a month, which also indicated that Bosh could not participate in the 2009 All-Star Game half a month later.
98:96, two points narrowly defeated the Philadelphia 76ers, it was the last 3 seconds Lin Fei completed self-redemption, this game Lin Fei's state was not good, the first three quarters shot 10 times only hit 3 of them, and got a pitiful 8 points, which is undoubtedly an extremely bad statistic for Lin Fei, who averaged 29 points per game this season, and the Los Angeles Clippers also fell behind by 15 points in the Wacovia Center, the Phillies saw the hope of beating the league's first, but in the last quarter Lin Fei staged the return of the king, Facing Philadelphia's new AI Iguodala, the defensive titan Lin Fei scored five goals in a row and led the team to stage a Jedi counterattack, first hit a three-point tie in the last 30 seconds to tie the score, and even blocked Iguodala at the last moment to complete the fatal blow.
After a two-day break in Los Angeles, the Clippers defeated the Denver Nuggets and Trail Blazers in succession, defeated the Sacramento Kings in the last game before the All-Star break, and a fifteen-game winning streak officially ended the first half of the 2008-2099 season, with a 43-10 record that topped the league and left the Cleveland Cavaliers behind them by two wins.
The All-Star Weekend is an opportunity for most people to relax, and there are not many such opportunities in the intensive season, but this opportunity obviously does not belong to Lin Fei, looking at the email on his computer screen Lin Fei wanted to cry without tears, "Is this called rest?" Lin Fei complained, but he was powerless to change all this and could only choose to accept it.
February 23 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. NBA Caring ActionFebruary 23 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. NBA All-Star Game Press ConferenceFebruary 23 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 2nd Grade Rookie Game TrainingFebruary 24 9:00 a.m. Rookie ChallengeFebruary 24 4:00 p.m. Fan CarnivalFebruary 25 Skills Challenge, Three-Point Shooting Contest, Shooting Star Game, h-o-r-s-e shooting game February 26 at 9:00 a.m. All-Star Game This is the schedule that Lin Fei needs to participate in for a few days of All-Star Game, and the dense activities are stained with Lin Fei's four days.
"Is this a break? Is this relaxation? I think the alliance is squeezing all the time in the forest. Mike Dunleavy saw the schedule go straight to the league in front of the media, even though he knew what the run-and-gun league would bring him.
And there are many people who agree with Mike Dunleavy's statement, after Lin Fei staged the Lin miracle last season, the various effects of continuing to be crazy this season are obvious, but such an intensive All-Star journey has never been seen in the history of All-Star.
"Lin is a gold mine, as long as he appears where he can always bring attention, but Lin is not a short-lived phenomenon but permanent, I really doubt that David is afraid that Lin will disappear completely in the future, so he will use Lin as much as possible now to gain attention and benefits for the alliance." Charles Barkley, who is the number one Lin Mi, is not soft-mouthed, showing his big-mouthed nature.
Mike Dunleavy was warned by the league officials and received a $25,000 penalty without any suspense, and Charles Barkley has retired and the league has nothing to do with him.
No matter how much he complains, there is no way, Lin Fei can only bite the bullet to participate in the 2008-2009 season of the Phoenix All-Star Game, this time he is not alone, the two rookies in the team, Roy Hibbert and Mario Chalmers, have qualified for the first-year rookie with their outstanding performance in limited playing time, and their opponents are the second-year rookie team with Lin Fei and Wilson Chandler, In the team, Ron Artest finally ranked fourth among the forwards in the Western All-Star voting and was not selected to the bench and missed the Phoenix All-Star Game, and the fierce Western defender group did not bring Andre Miller, but the four-person lineup is enough to make Lin Fei not alone.
Lin Fei has become the vote king in the history of All-Star voting with his outstanding performance, and 4550181 Zhang Xuan has thrown off the original All-Star Game historical record far away, and has also become a well-deserved starting guard in the West, which is also Lin Fei's second All-Star Game trip, the previous New Orleans All-Star Game Lin Fei became the most shining star - the record champion of the three-point competition, the rookie game won the MVP with the first-year and second-year victory, and the All-Star game won the MVP in the East. And this year's Lin Fei naturally became the focus of attention.
In the West, Lin Fei's starting partner Lin Fei's guard is Lin Fei's former boss Kobe Bryant, Kobe's 2805397 vote is second only to Lin Fei in the West and fourth in the entire league, and the forward position is the millennium unchanged Shi Fertim Duncan and the host small bully Stoudemire, Yao Ming occupies the starting point of the Western All-Star Game without any suspense.
In addition to the five starters, the bench lineup is: the host shark Shaquille O'Neal, the Lakers' second-in-command Pau Gasol, the queen bee's right-hand man X-Men David West, the Mavericks' German tank Dirk Nowitzki, one of the GDP's French sports cars Tony Parker, the Nuggets' flounder Chauncy Billups, and the trail blazer Huang Manba Brandon Roy.
The starting lineup in the East is the second-most voted Monster Howard, the little emperor James, the Wolf King Garnett, the Flash Wade, and the Pistons' Allen Iverson. The bench lineup is Chris Bosh of the Raptors [substituted with injury], Magic 20 million Mr. Rashad Lewis, Truth Paul Pierce, Danny Granger of the Pacers, Joe Johnson of the Hawks, Jamil Nelson of the Magic [substituted with injury] and Devin Harris of the Nets.
Lin Fei is the second group of players to stay at the official hotel provided by the All-Star Game, and the first batch is Shaquille O'Neal and Smalls of the host Phoenix Suns.
"This time your task is simple, to help an elementary school with a school building renovation! The name of the elementary school is Caesar Chavez Elementary School! Let's move forward! Erin Andrews shouted loudly with the microphone, and the faces of every NBA player in the car were full of energy at the moment.
Erin Andrews was part of the ESPN staff who reported on NBA Cares, and after Andrews finished speaking, the bus slowly started and drove towards the destination Chavez Elementary School in the bright sunshine.
Lin Fei was the first to get off the car and the first to work, and the second was Yao Ming, as for Wade and Kobe Bryant, they were lagging behind, obviously showing signs of not wanting to work, Lin Fei's task was very simple, that is, to be a porter, accompanying the children to use plastic sheeting to send the sawdust left behind by the renovated school building to the field.
"Lin, why are you and Yao so honest, look at Bryant and Dwyan, do you also consider doing this?" Andrews said.
"Do as much as you can." Lin Fei said with a smile, continuing to work seems to be a real person, and Yao Ming is even more tired, so he got into the house to drink saliva and quickly ran out, even if someone accidentally got the sawdust on his hair, Yao Ming just patted his head, and then said, "It's okay, keep doing it." ”
Lin Fei and Yao Ming found fun in the physical work of porters, and when Kobe Bryant was late, Lin Fei unceremoniously pointed fingers, "Bryant, you're finally here, hurry up and work." With that, Lin Fei directly pulled Kobe Bryant in front of the small hill made of sawdust.
"Do this, do this, Bryant, you're stupid!" Lin Fei saw Kobe's work while instructing, and teased, "Fall here, be careful, what's the matter, haven't you worked." Even so, Bryant was still lazy, repeating the "movement in place" - holding a shovel and shoveling sawdust onto the plastic sheeting in front of the "hill".
And then Wade also joined the lazy army, and Lin Fei and Yao Ming were the busiest people, and when the hour-long care action was over, Lin Fei and Yao Ming's bodies were already wet.
After hurriedly returning to the hotel to take a shower, Lin Fei was about to rush to the conference room of the hotel to attend the media conference of the 2009 All-Star Game.
When Lin Fei walked into the media conference, the audience was crowded with various media, and in addition to the official staff and the general manager of the Suns, there were five players sitting on the stage - Kobe, Howard, James, Lin Fei, and Stoudemire.
When the press officer announced the start of the questioning, the media in the audience broke their heads one by one, and all kinds of questions converged into a noisy noise, and finally the press officer named the reporter of "America Today" to take the lead in asking questions.
"Lin, you won three honors in New Orleans last year, how many are you going to win in Phoenix this year?"
Lin Fei didn't expect that the first question was his, he had never thought about it himself, and he muttered a little, "No one will dislike it for honor, I think naturally the more the better." Lin Fei's answer was very pertinent, but in the eyes of those who cared, it was misinterpreted into another meaning.
James, who was separated by two people, glanced at Lin Fei and snorted softly.
"Lin Haoyan: The more the merrier! This is the news of "Today America", the news said that Lin Fei tried to win every game he participated in, but Lin Fei's original intention was not so, and this news was used by many Lin Hei to attack Lin Fei wantonly.
"Lin, what do you think about the challenge of a first-year rookie? What do you think of the first-year players who claim to be able to beat the second-year this year? Another reporter stood up and asked.
"See you on the field!" Lin Fei's answer was very simple, and then a large group of media were asking questions about a series of games in the three-point contest, and among the five people, Lin Fei and Kobe Bryant answered the most questions, especially Kobe Bryant has been closely pursued by reporters to cooperate with O'Neal again.
When all the activities in the morning were over, Lin Fei felt physically and mentally exhausted, and in the afternoon he still needed to participate in the sophomore training game, and the second-year players selected for the second year also included the system-given Lin Fei's lifelong enemy Kevin Durant and Durant's teammate Green, the Rockets' Scola and Brooks, the Pistons' Starkey, the Hawks' Horford, Wilson Chandler, etc., and the first-year was led by the champion Lang Derrick Rose, including the top eye Beasley and others, In the first-year team, in addition to teammate Lin Fei, the most familiar is none other than Andre Jordan, who left the Clippers, Jordan occupied the position of the first backup center in the Pacers, and his playing time has been increasing, although the average foul per game is still high, 3.4 fouls in 22 minutes per game, in addition, Jordan can contribute 6.6 points and 6.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks to the Pacers, which is like a new hope for the future.
"Yes, we are rookies, but our strength is obvious to all, and I don't think we will lose!" Mike Beasley of the Heat said directly to the media, turning the pre-game media fabrication into a fact.
"They did it last year, and I hope we can do it too!" Derrick Rose was much more low-key and not as direct as Beasley.
"Mike has this quality, but the second year is not easy to deal with, as a coach I will do my best to help them, Dwight I don't think he will be my opponent in terms of coaching!" First-year assistant coach Dwyane Wade also stepped up to entertain him.
In the face of Wade's words, the funny supremacy Warcraft replied while dancing a mechanical dance in the face of the media: "Dwyan's **naked discrimination this time, I will use my tactics to tell him my coaching level, in fact, Stan has always told me that I have the talent to become a cardinal, this time is the stage for me to prove, are you ready for the first-year rookies?" ”
"Not every first grade is like us!" Durant's answer was simple, but it was enough to say everything he wanted to say.
Lin Fei also spoke in an interview before the competition, "I was also from their point of view last year, and this year I stood from a new angle, but the only thing I want to do now is not to fail." ”
The rookie class of 2008 is known as one of the best rookies in NBA history in terms of quality, and with leaders like Lin Fei and Durant Horford on the sophomore side, the entertainment-oriented All-Star Rookie Challenge has become more and more interesting in the atmosphere of winning first.
At 8:40 a.m. on February 24, 2009, the players of the Rookie Challenge appeared in the hoarse shouts of the DJ on the spot, accompanied by the shouts of the audience, the famous American diva Beyoncé fell from the sky, and the American national anthem echoed in every corner of the Phoenix Suns' home court.
"Guys, you definitely don't want those first-year rookies to do what you did last year, yes, I know you definitely won't, but the main purpose of this game is entertainment, and on the basis of entertainment, we need to win, it's that simple!" Howard said, looking around at the players around him.
"Horford, Green, Durant, Lin, Starkey, you five start!" As the coach's words fell, five people stepped onto the floor, opposite to the five first-year starters.
(To be continued)