This year's All-Star Game in Stamps, Los Angeles is definitely a game with a completely different meaning for the NBA, and this year's 2003-2004 season was the last season for basketball god Jordan, and almost because of this, almost two months ago, the league had begun to hype such a news, although Jordan god had lost his past dominance at the time of this comeback.

But the number one superstar in the history of the league is undiminished in terms of influence, and in this regard, even Carter, a new generation of NBA leaders who are now being praised by the league, is difficult to say to catch up with this basketball god, and it is precisely because of this that such a thing that has great significance for the NBA and fans will definitely be hyped by the NBA and David Stern, and it is precisely because of this hype that this All-Star has already become hot before the sudden voting has even begun. Of course, this All-Star was a big one for Jordan, and it was his last All-Star Game.

The same is true for Los Angeles, the city where this time is held, this is the first All-Star since the completion of the Staples Arena, it can be said that this is the All-Star opening battle of this arena, and similarly, for Lakers fans, this year's Lakers performance has made these fans look forward to it, and when should such expectations begin? There is no doubt that it will start with this year's All-Star Game, and if Phil Jackson can beat that Chinese at home this year, the West will lift this year's All-Star Trophy. This will definitely be the result that Lakers fans are most willing to accept, and it will also make these fans more confident that their team's head coach can beat the Chinese at the bottom in the end.

So, almost as soon as the All-Star head coach came out, Lakers fans began to hope that the time had come for this year's All-Star Fair-Jackson to be ashamed. Of course, Lakers fans are thinking about the shame now, and they are also thinking that Phil Jackson can beat that Chinese three times in a row this season, but for a lot of others. This year's All-Star also has other significance, for example, immediately after the All-Star head coach was announced, USA Today, one of the most authoritative media in the United States, listed such a headline on its front page: "Coach Z and Phil Jackson All-Star First Match?!" ”。

And when this title appeared. Others who were almost unaware of this quickly began to pay attention, as the two most successful head coaches in the NBA or the United States in the past 10 years, who had never met on the All-Star stage. This is definitely a very strange thing, you know, both Zhuang Fei and Phil Jackson have been the most successful head coaches in the NBA in the past 10 years, and it is precisely because of this success that these two people have a lot of opportunities to coach All-Star coaches, and more importantly. Both men are very few head coaches in the league who have served both the Eastern and Western All-Stars. The two can be one of the most successful head coaches in NBA All-Star history. In this case, such a thing is even more unexpected.

Therefore, almost as soon as the NBA announced the selection of this year's All-Star head coach, this year's NBA All-Star began to be frantically aroused by fans and media public opinion, whether it is Jordan's last All-Star or the Lakers' first All-Star at the new home court, or the first matchup between the two most successful head coaches in All-Star history, these topics are almost all very gimmicky topics, and this year's All-Star starters are also absolutely able to represent the highest level of the NBA this season. For example, the starting center in the West, Shaq O'Neal.

This is the first time O'Neal has beaten the Chinese center to steal the All-Star starting spot since Wang Zhizhi entered the league, and since the NBA has become more influential in the international market. The number of votes is no longer a time when China is the dominant one and can no longer have absolute dominance over the results, in fact, the gap between the votes of the last two All-Star O'Neal and Wang Zhizhi is gradually narrowing, and this year, the Lakers' leading player has finally completed the overtaking of Wang Zhizhi, although the number of votes is only 50,000 votes.

But this is enough for the Lakers player to express his long-term depression, of course, after all, this year is definitely the most proud or happy year for this Lakers player since he entered the NBA, defeated the Timberwolves center on the All-Star vote, killed his biggest nightmare in the regular season, and he is also in the first place in the MVP rankings, it can be said that from the omen of everything this year, this is the year he became a god and a year of his harvest, And if he can win the All-Star MVP in Staples this year, it will be the start of this harvest season, and that is pretty much what the Lakers leader wants to do.

Of course, in addition to Fat Otto, the other four positions of this year's Western All-Stars are almost also the best players in the West, such as the starting forward combination Garnett and Duncan, who are the two best power forwards in the league, and of course the two strongest forwards in the West, and in terms of guards, Pierce of the Timberwolves and Kobe Bryant of the Lakers were selected together, and this is the third consecutive year that these two players have been the starting guard in the past three seasons. The starters selected by the West this year are the best players in the West, both in terms of individual strength and team record, and all five starters are from the top three teams in the West.

The same is true in the East, the starting center is Chinese Yao Ming, the starting forward is Carter and Maddy, the starting guard is Jordan and Iverson, although Iverson's team has achieved a lot this year, but the competition for the eastern guard line is incomparable with the West, the West this year in the ballot third guard Arenas and fourth Kidd are not very far from Kobe and Pierce, and in the East, Iverson, the scoring champion so far this season is also very competitive. At least in terms of voting, only the Jordan god who was fired this year can suppress him. Anyone else, whether it's Nash, Marbury or Joe Johnson, will have a hard time shaking his place.

Of course, with the announcement of this year's All-Star starters and All-Star head coaches, it is almost announced that this year's NBA regular season has begun to approach the sprint stage or has begun to prepare for the end, and the half month before the All-Star is a half-month of adjustment for most teams, after all, at this time, almost all the players or all fans in the NBA have focused on the All-Star, after all, the All-Star is their biggest vacation of the season for all players.

So. In such a situation, the half-month before the NBA All-Star almost every year is one of the most turbulent times for NBA teams, and it is also the period when there are the most upsets. After all, this is a time for any team. Of course, such a human mind is the same for all teams, so it has been very confusing in recent times when the state and results of NBA teams have appeared.

For the Boston Celtics, the month and a half before the All-Star break was quite easy, with only six games in fifteen days, which was enough time for the Celtics to adjust for the next All-Star and NBA sprints.

On February 3, 2004, it was the first game of February for the Boston Celtics after the All-Star head coach was announced, and the game was against the Hornets, who were struggling for the playoffs in the West. And the team has no intention of paying any price to keep their dominant player. In this case, the Hornets have been almost scandalous recently, from the Warriors in the West to New York in the East, almost half of the teams in the NBA are looking for plans to get Byron Davis, after all, in addition to the scarcity of the interior in the NBA, the No. 1 position is also extremely scarce.

In this case, a playmaker in the league's first line can indeed cause a crazy rush, and of course, although the Hornets have not been at peace in the team recently, the competitiveness of this team has not been affected. In this Celtics home game, the Hornets were not ready to surrender, you must know that the Celtics have always been the nemesis of the Hornets, and in many cases this team met the Celtics basically a big defeat, but in this game the team only lost to the Celtics by five points 98-103, which is an acceptable result for the Hornets who are fighting away. And in this game, Byron Davis, who was in the whirlpool of trades, also played perhaps the best performance of his career against Zhuang Fei's team against James Posey, with 30 points and 11 assists, and this performance is estimated to increase the chips for the Hornets to get better players.

After defeating the Hornets at home, the Boston Celtics welcomed the Los Angeles Clippers at home back-to-back, this season, this team is the same as the Hornets, it was originally full of extremely strong expectations for the new season, after all, this team has a player like Brand who can contribute an average of 20+10 per game, which is an era when the league's interior line is becoming more and more declining, the Clippers also have absolutely confident capital, regardless of Brand, the successor of Malone, who has the strength of Malone's peak.

Even if it's just 20+10 data, it can't make a team's results compete for the bottom position in the division, you must know that the current NBA several 20+10 insiders, the Clippers' record is the worst, of course, Brand's data and his team's record do not match very well, which is a very helpless thing for this Clippers, and in this game with the Celtics, the Clippers player still played 26 points and 14 rebounds even in the face of the combination of Xiao Ao and Yao Ming, It can be said that in terms of ability, he is fully worthy of his data.

After all, although the interior combination of Yao Ming and Xiao Ao in the league is not the strongest defense, it is definitely not bad, plus the protection of the interior line by the Celtics is far from being comparable to last season, but it is a pity, although the Clippers master player is always good in statistics, but the team still lost, 86-100, the Clippers lost away, which also made the slogans that the team put forward almost before the start of the season a laughing stock, and the playoffs are still far from being for this team. At the very least, it will need to wait until Hinrich and Brand really have the ability of Malone and Stockton.

On February 6, 2004, the Boston Celtics challenged the 76ers away, and this game was also the first away game for the Boston Celtics in recent times, and the Boston Celtics easily defeated the team that is currently the twelfth in the East, and the final score was 90-80, and the Boston Celtics and the 76ers game ended almost at the same time, and the league announced the bench lineup for this year's NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles.

And when the league announced this year's All-Star bench lineup, the already extremely hot All-Star public opinion was added to the fire again, especially in the West, the Lakers, who are currently the first in the West, have three substitute players selected to cause an uproar, this year, this team has Fat and Kobe Bryant in the starting position, plus Szzebiak and Payton and Malone in the bench, a team actually has five people selected for the NBA All-Star Game, which is definitely the only thing in NBA history, of course, In addition to the Lakers' three benches, the West's All-Star bench includes the Spurs' Kidd and the Timberwolves' Wang Zhizhi, as well as the Raptors' Anthony and Mobley Mavericks' Nowitzki, the SuperSonics' Ray Allen and the Trail Blazers' Pau Gasol.

Of course, there are a lot of All-Star substitutes for the Lakers in the West this year, which almost completely obscures the brilliance of the Wizards and Celtics who have four All-Star candidates in the East this year, and the seven All-Star substitutes in the East this year, Boston Celtics' Ao and Wade were selected, and the other five are the Wizards' Stoudemire, Nash and Marion, as well as the Hawks' LeBron James and the Heat's Mourning.

Now the whole United States is being disputed by this year's All-Star substitute players, and Zhuang Fei only shook his head helplessly after taking a look, if this All-Star is regarded as a Hollywood blockbuster, then Jordan, Zhuang Fei and Phil Jackson as the protagonists are already in place, naturally the same around these protagonists also need some supporting roles belonging to these protagonists, David Stern has obviously been preparing for this year's All-Star for a long time.

And the day after the All-Star bench was announced, the Celtics challenged the Hawks in seventh place in the East back-to-back, 95-100, and the Celtics lost unexpectedly away, ending their winning streak in 2004. (To be continued.) )