Chapter 418: All-Star Weekend (3)
In the conversation with Chen Jiyuan. Howard was very dissatisfied, Howard said to Chen Jiyuan: "Chen, you said that as a team leader, I don't have the highest salary, I don't care, Rashad Lewis has a contract of hundreds of millions, and now I have to trade my best friend for him, has the management considered my feelings?" How it feels like they're too nice to Rashad Lewis. ”
Chen Jiyuan didn't know what to say at this time. Persuade Howard to leave the Magic? Seems like an option.
But isn't it a good idea to do that? Isn't that a bit undisciplined?
So Chen Jiyuan, who thought he was a child full of discipline, decided that he could not persuade Howard to leave the Orlando Magic. All he had to do was hint that Howard could go to another team. Hey. I'm such a disciplined kid.
Chen Jiyuan said to Howard: "Dwight, if the Dakko is really traded, will you apply for a trade?" ”
This question is actually a bit straightforward, it is true that the relationship between Chen Jiyuan and Howard is quite good, although the relationship between the two is competitive, and it is a very direct competitive relationship, but they are still good friends.
However, even if it is a friend, this statement is still a bit direct. But Howard didn't mind.
Although Howard is not very mature, he also knows that such things are not a joke. So after thinking about it, he said with a very tangled expression: "I don't know, maybe it will, maybe it won't." ”
After all, this is a big deal, and no one knows what the consequences will be. I don't dare to make a decision lightly.
Chen Jiyuan and Howard both know that the future is not easy to say.
Chen Jiyuan smiled and said to Howard: "Dwight, you have to think about your future, I will definitely win the championship before you, and I will definitely wear the ring before you." Right here in the Knicks. Ha ha. You just go for it slowly. ”
At this time, it would be strange if Howard would be obedient in numbers, and Howard decisively said: "Haha, you are kidding me, with your Knicks lineup, you still won the championship." I tell you, I must have won first, Orlando is strong now, even if I don't particularly like Rashad Lewis, but that guy is a good guy to open up space, and you Kevin can't do that. So, I must have won the championship first, and this year. You're waiting for your championship on the Knicks. Old. ”
Chen Jiyuan smiled and said, "The facts will prove it." ”
After chatting for a while, the two went back to their rooms to sleep.
The next day, at the All-Star Game, because this year's All-Star Weekend was held in Phoenix, and the All-Star Game was held in Phoenix, there was no Nash, which was a big joke.
However, despite the absence of Nash, the Suns still have two All-Star selections, Western Conference starter Amare Stoudemire and bench Shaquay O'Neal. The existence of these two men made Nash's entry into the All-Star list unrealistic.
If the Suns can be in the top three, then there is hope for this team to have three All-Stars, but with the Suns' current 28-22 record, it is a bit reluctant to have three All-Stars. And this year's O'Neal must be an All-Star, because of this year's All-Star Game. Stern arranged a show featuring O'Neal and Kobe, and if O'Neal wasn't there, how would the show go.
And it turns out that O'Neal's participation has indeed brought a lot of joy to the All-Stars.
At the beginning of the game, O'Neal's mechanical dance is still a classic. It can be said that this mechanical dance has already heated up the atmosphere of the All-Star Game.
In a relaxed and happy atmosphere, the starting main players of the East and West Star teams all appeared. At the beginning of the game, Yao Ming jumped the ball and lost to Howard, and Wade made a three-point shot from the left wing to score for the East team. The western troops missed a series of shots, and the eastern troops quickly took a 7-0 lead. Duncan's left-sided jumper opened the scoring for the Western Army, and Chen Jiyuan immediately scored with a mid-range shot. Yao Ming received the dribble on the bottom line and tried to play alone, but unfortunately he made a mistake in ball control, Kobe Bryant made a successful shot, Howard dunked through Duncan, and the advantage of the East Army was very obvious. With 8 minutes and 10 seconds left in the first quarter, Yao Ming grabbed his first rebound of the game, but Wade made a defensive mistake in the Western Army.
Then James hit a three-pointer from the right, Paul stole Iverson's ground-hitting pass, and Bryant followed up with a gliding dunk. Unlike previous years' All-Star Game, this year's two sides started with a real battle, but after more than halfway through the first quarter, the Western Army trailed the Eastern Army 10-20. O'Neill and Nowitzki then replaced Duncan and Yao Ming, and the former "OK Pair" reappeared. O'Neal hit a hook shot, Kobe Bryant hit a three-pointer from a distance, and the West Army played an 11-0 offensive climax to overtake the score, and the "OK combination" seemed to become the dominant player on the court. After the suspension of the eastern troops, it was still difficult to change the situation, and the western troops continued to bombard another wave of 11-3 attacks. At the end of the first quarter, the West led the East 34-27.
Nowitzki and Roy hit back-to-back shots, Harris responded with a step-back shot, and Tony Parker hit a layup to extend the lead with a 6-2 spurt in just over a minute. Pierce scored on two consecutive mid-range shots, and Nowitzki unequivocally hit a free throw, and the Western Army's lead quickly reached 11 points. However, after that, Pierce scored a series of outside shots, and the East team played a 12-2 counterattack to narrow the gap to one point. Then Gasol hit four free throws in a row, West stole Kobe's wonderful pass, and Gasol dunked with both hands to help the Western troops maintain the lead. With more than 4 minutes left in the quarter, Williams hit a back-to-back shot to level the score, and the two sides gradually fell into a stalemate. There was more than 1 minute left in this quarter, James received a pass from Chen Jiyuan at the top of the arc and hit a three-point shot, and Kobe Bryant immediately stole the emperor to help Stoudemire make a foul and score a free throw, and the fighting style between the "Flying Heroes" and the emperor gradually escalated. And O'Neal, who used to be Kobe's teammate, and Chen Jiyuan, who used to be James's teammate, are also difficult to harmonize with each other. At the end of the first half, the Western Army still held the lead 72-67.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Yao Ming's right-sided baseline jumper missed the basket, Iverson missed the jumper, Yao Ming pulled down the basket and scored the first 2 points of the game. James broke through the middle and hit a three-pointer on Stoudemire, and the little bully then returned with a two-point shot. After more than three minutes in the quarter, Duncan made a hook to help the West take a 10-point lead. After just over a minute, the Western troops widened the gap to 16 points in one go. Garnett hit a left-hand jumper, and Bryant immediately hit a three-pointer from beyond the arc. Chen Jiyuan also made a ball outside the three-point line, but he didn't score. Since then, the Western Army has always maintained a large lead, and Bryant's individual score has also taken the lead in breaking through 20 points. In the last minute or so of the quarter, O'Neal dunked a basket, and Parker stole Lewis to shoot backwards, and the Western Army's lead reached 20 points. At the end of the third quarter, the Eastern Forces were also 91-110 behind the Western Forces.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Lewis took the lead in a step-back shot to score, Parker's right-wing jumper was also colored, and Pierce followed the left-wing jumper, and the two sides fought fiercely to each other. With 7:50 left in the quarter, Parker hit a step-back shot to give the West a 120-101 lead over the East. Subsequently, the Eastern Army was unable to change the passive situation, and Howard was still 20 points behind the Western Army after the violent dunk. With just over four minutes left in the quarter, Paul hit a mid-range shot, Harris missed a jumper, and Gasol hit a step-back shot to extend the West team's lead to 24 points. Since the suspense of the match had been lost, both sides began their individual performances at the end.
Bryant Bryant scored a game-high 27 points and four steals, Stoudemire contributed 19 points and six rebounds, Paul had 14 points, 14 assists and seven rebounds, Brandon Roy, Parker and Gasol each scored 14 points, O'Neal scored 17 points on 8-of-9 shooting, and Yao Ming had two points, three rebounds and one block on 1-of-4 shooting. James had 20 points, Wade 18, Pierce 18 and Howard 13 points and nine rebounds.
Bryant, who had 27 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and O'Neal, who had 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, finally won this year's All-Star Game MVP together.
And in order to prove the "affection" of Kobe Bryant and O'Neal. There was a lot of news. All kinds of exaggerations say that Kobe Bryant and O'Neal have reconciled as before. So there is the following news report:
Today, Kobe Bryant got 27 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 12-of-23 shooting, and O'Neal only played 11 minutes and got 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 8-of-9 shooting, and deservedly became the MVP of the game. Almost every 100 shots and 100 hits made the defense of the eastern army on the inside line unsolvable. Today, Kobe Bryant's power is almost unstoppable, plus O'Neal is also extremely powerful in the restricted area, and the two of them won the MVP of the game together, which also reveals that the OK combination of the two will continue to lead the Lakers to the top of Huashan, whether Kobe and Ao Fat have the possibility of continuing the edge, we will wait and see, but today's All-Star Game Kobe and Ao Fat won the MVP at the same time, proving that the two are still the strongest offensive combination in the league.
It's just kidding me. Everyone on earth knows how far the relationship between O'Neal and Kobe has broken up, and it is completely irreparable, O'Neal once said that he would kill Kobe with a gun, is he joking? Kobe Bryant once almost ruined O'Neal's family with one sentence? Can this also be reconciled? You think my IQ is negative.
It can be said that because of business needs, Kobe and O'Neal have "reconciled as before". But in fact, what the relationship between the two people is, only the two of them know with each other.
What's even funnier is this conversation:
Reporter asked: Shaquille, you're awesome -- your teammates are here, what he did tonight, Kobe, can you rate O'Neal's performance on the court tonight and the dance off the court?
O'Neal: I'll let you come first.
Kobe: On stage, it was an A+.
O'Neill: Really?
Kobe: On stage, that performance was an A+.
O'Neill: Thank you. (laughs)
Kobe Bryant: That big body is twisting around there, but he doesn't show you the big windmill (big windmill dunk in the game).
O'Neill: No, it can't......
Kobe: He's really good at windmills. On the field, it was clear that he was too good to run back and forth. However, I was disappointed with his appearance when his wings were emptied, and I thought he would dribble under his crotch and do all the movements. But I still gave him an A, I withdrew from A+, but an A is still for sure.
O'Neal: Kobe Bryant is the best player in the league, he's always been, so I'm giving him an A+ and another A+ for this great guy. Because he even asked me to take this trophy home tonight for my son to play with, so I thank him, two A+s.
Kobe: A day?
O'Neill: No.
Bryant asked O'Neal: How long will you keep this trophy?
O'Neal: He said I could have it, thank you.
When I saw this news, goosebumps straightened all over my body, I really don't know how these two people got together, smirking like this, smirking and bragging about people they hate or even hate to death.
Chen Jiyuan knew such a drama, so he quickly dodged it, and for the post-game press conference, Chen Jiyuan quickly fled the scene. After the time he had to play, he quickly fled.