This season's All-Star Game was held in New York, and it was in two separate arenas in New York. Madison Square Garden, home of the Knicks, hosts the All-Star Game, while Barclays Center, home of the Nets, hosts the Rookie Challenge, Skills Contest, Slam Dunk Contest and other related events.

Wen Hao and the team came to the hotel in New York. After the other Rockets arrived, they began to go out together. New York is a pretty bustling metropolis, and they basically only come here twice a year. Now that I have a rare opportunity to come here, I naturally want to have a good time.

Jeremy Lin and Da Yao also came out together, but when they saw that Wen Hao had no intention of going out, they asked, "Wen Hao, aren't you going to play?" ”

"Oh, I'm not going, I'm going to train." Wen Hao said.

Jeremy Lin and Da Yao glanced at each other, and Da Yao said: "Wen Hao, it's a good thing to train hard, but we have to be moderate, tight when it should be tight, and loose when it should be loose, otherwise your body will not be able to bear it." It's All-Star Weekend, and everyone is here to rest and play, recuperate during All-Star Weekend, and prepare for the second half of the sprint. So you should also rest. ”

Da Yao used to be one of the hardest working people in the league, but sometimes he worked too hard, not necessarily a victory, but an injury. The amount of training is too large, the body can't bear such a load, and the example of forcing oneself to practice is not unheard of before. Da Yao, who has experienced several injuries, understands this most profoundly.

Jeremy Lin also advised Wen Hao: "Wen Hao, we have been spending time in intense training and endless competitions, and it is rare to have a few days of relaxation, so let's play with everyone." ”

"Nope." Wen Hao shook his head and said, "I'm really going to train, with my physical fitness, if I am lazy, I'm afraid I will be eliminated." ”

In fact, Wen Hao thinks so, he has the heart of a point guard, no matter how much he practiced, it was impossible to practice it.

Da Yao and Jeremy Lin saw that persuading Wen Hao was fruitless, so they had to give up. However, Da Yao still said to Wen Hao before leaving: "Okay, I can't stop you if you want to train, but you can take it easy when training." With your performance yesterday, we will rely on you a lot in the second half of the race, so don't hurt yourself. ”

"Don't worry, I'm measured." Wen Hao waved his hand to Da Yao and Jeremy Lin and walked out.

Within twenty minutes of a taxi, they were in Brooklyn. The Barclays Center, home of the Nets, is just ahead. It is a rather luxurious arena with a total cost of more than $1 billion, making it the first arena in the world to cost more than $1 billion to build.

New York is known to have Madison Square Garden, the "Mecca" of basketball. As for the Nets' Barclays Center, the Nets coach said that he would become a "Taj Woman". This shows how luxurious the Barclays Center is.

In terms of appearance, the Barclays Center is completely different from the square Izod Center style, with an oval roof, a streamlined body, and dark brown and beige tones, making the whole arena look noble and generous, like a covered "bird's nest".

It is said that the internal boxes of the stadium are designed according to the specifications of a three-star hotel. Illuminated by soft yellow lighting, the whole box looks extravagant, with an oversized LCD TV hanging from the front, fruit and chilled champagne on one side, two leather sofas in front of the TV, and kitchen utensils opposite the TV.

The level of luxury in the Nets' arena is evident in the design of this box alone.

Wen Hao came to the door of the arena, and without saying anything, the staff had already recognized him as the Rocket player who was about to participate in the Skills Challenge. The staff enthusiastically guided Wen Hao to the training hall and said, "If you need anything, feel free to find our staff." ”

"Thank you." Wen Hao replied politely, and was about to start training, but the staff said to Wen Hao: "That, can you sign for me?" ”

Wen Hao was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the staff, and said, "But aren't you a staff member of the Nets?" I should be a Nets fan. ”

"Yes, of course I'm a Nets fan, and a hardcore Nets fan. If you ask which team I like, there is no doubt, it is naturally the Nets, except for the Nets, other teams are scum. But that doesn't stop me from liking other teams as individuals, like you. Personally, I like players like you, who are down-to-earth, hardworking, and who always do amazing things. Anyway, you were so handsome in your three-point shots yesterday. The staff was chattering.

"I see." Wen Hao understood, immediately took the pen, and wrote his Chinese name on the staff member's clothes.

The staff member left excitedly.

Wen Hao started his own training, but he didn't practice what was coming to the Skills Challenge. In fact, there is no need to practice, the skill challenge is a test of basic skills, and the tasks given by the system are all basic exercises, so he just needs to do a good job of the tasks given by the system. He didn't take it too seriously.

Although Wen Hao is an All-Star for the first time, it stands to reason that the freshness and curiosity should be quite heavy. But Wen Hao has already thought that what he values most now is the championship. The so-called players who don't want to win the championship are not good players, Wen Hao thinks so.

Many NBA seniors have countless honors and halos, but so what? There is no championship, and it is in vain. At the time of their retirement, they still regret a championship ring, and it will be a lifelong regret. Wen Hao, who has seen through this, has set his goal as the championship since joining the rockets. The current rocket is very close to this goal, if you don't work hard and miss this opportunity, it is likely that there will never be such an opportunity in the future.

As for the other MVP, scoring titles and the like, it is secondary.

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In the next few days, Wen Hao's life was to sleep, eat, train, sleep, eat and train again. His masochistic training was terrifying to the Rockets players. It's okay to do this for a day or two, but who can stand it every day? And this is still the All-Star period, everyone comes to relax, and no one says that they are here to train. It's terrifying, isn't it?

For this reason, McHale also specially talked to Wen Hao once. On the third day, the night before the Rookie Challenge, McHale came to Wen Hao's room and saw that Wen Hao was not resting, but analyzing the game video, and he was admiring and said, "Wen, we all know that hard work is a good thing, you are almost the hardest player I have ever seen, which is very good." But you can't train for nothing. ”

"Coach, I know that." Wen Hao replied.

"Now that you know, why don't you train like that? The strength and conditioning coach has already told me, saying that you didn't listen to him a few times, Wen, it's not okay to go on like this, we need you to stay healthy, the Rockets need you to stay healthy. I used to be a little biased against you, but in the last few games, you've completely conquered me, and you let me know that we can't live without you in the second half of the game, even in the playoffs. McHale was a little reassuring.

Wen Hao was a little uncomfortable for a while. In the past, the coach always looked at himself with colored glasses, and he was a little dissatisfied with the coach in his heart, but he didn't expect that after a few games, the coach actually started to talk to him, which changed too quickly.

"You should also know that Roy used to train so hard to give practice waste?" Again, the coach talked about Roy.

Wen Hao nodded: "I know, but coach, I'm different from him." Don't worry, I know what my body can handle. The amount of training I have to be within my capacity. ”

"That's good, I want you to stay healthy until the playoffs, for the sake of our championship." McHale's gaze deepened a little.

"I know, as you said, coach, even if it's for the championship, I'm going to stay healthy." Wen Hao replied. The perception of McHale has changed somewhat.

However, Wen Hao will continue to train when he is training. He's not like Roy, he has a point guard heart, and after every training session, he just needs to rest for a few hours, get some sleep, and the next day he feels refreshed, like he hasn't trained. So he is not afraid that he will be abolished.

After training that day, Wen Hao returned to the hotel, and there were already several text messages on his mobile phone, all of which were sent by Elena.

"Wen Hao, pay attention to your body, don't be too tired......"

"Wen Hao, are you having fun in New York?"

"Wen Hao, it's going to be the Skills Challenge in two days, and I wish you the championship."

When Wen Hao saw these text messages, a warm current surged in his heart. Since I came to the NBA, this is the first time that a friend with a different surname cares so much about me.

Of course, Wen Hao also knows Elena's thoughts, but he is now busy training for the championship and attacking for the goal of the championship, so he has no time to respond to Elena. From this point of view, Wen Hao felt a little sorry for Elena. Besides, Wen Hao never thought that he would find a foreign wife. Although foreign girls are enthusiastic and unrestrained, in the bottom of his heart, he still likes the subtlety and introvert of Chinese girls. This may be due to the culture.

Thinking of this, Wen Hao simply did not reply to these text messages, but dialed his mother's mobile phone. I haven't called home for half a month, and now there is no competition, and it happens to be the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, so it's time to make a call.

At this time, in a rural area in Shaanxi, China, Wen Hao's hometown has long been covered with snow and a silver-white world.

Wen's father and mother were eating dumplings around the fire.

Mother Wen sighed: "There are just two of us at home, and the first ten packs of dumplings are now fifteen, and we haven't finished eating them yet." If Haowa is here......"

"Don't talk about those useless ones, didn't Haowa say that she would come back this summer?" Father Wen said.

Mother Wen sighed again, and was about to say something, when suddenly, the mobile phone rang. Mother Wen hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, took the mobile phone, and said, "Could it be Haowa?" ”

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