The All-Star Game has always been a carnival feast in the metropolis, and it has nothing to do with small cities.

Cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Houston, and Chicago have a soft hand in hosting All-Star games, while ordinary cities like Atlanta, Milwaukee, and New Jersey basically do not have the opportunity to host All-Star Games because the market is not big enough to support an All-Star feast.

As for small cities like Oakland and San Francisco, you can't even dream of hosting an all-star.

Since the Warriors moved to California, they have never had the opportunity to host an All-Star, no way, they are more unlucky than Atlanta and Milwaukee, because they are too close to Los Angeles, as long as they think about hosting an All-Star on the Warriors' doorstep, then just move to Los Angeles, anyway, it is not a two-hour drive.

However, this time the All-Stars had to be held in Auckland anyway, because the coronation ceremony of the king had to be held in his own dynasty.

On February 15, when the Warriors defeated the challenging Suns at home, Chamberlain made it clear in a press conference after the game: "Today's game is a warm-up, for me, the most important game of the month is the All-Star Game, and my goal is to be MVP." ”

Four seasons into the league, Chamberlain has been an All-Star three times, and he has not won the All-Star MVP three times. He is not a person with low emotional intelligence, he knows that in the previous All-Stars, he was just a supporting role, as long as he grabbed rebounds and dunked well, if he could get a few more caps, it would be better, as for MVP? That's still it.

This year is different, Chamberlain has won the championship twice, he has won both MVP and FMVP, only AMVP has not tasted it so far.

In addition, Chamberlain's plan is to have a kill this season: MVP, AMVP, FMVP, he has to get it!

But now that there are many strongmen in the league, as the new commander and junior of the Bulls, Rose knows that it is almost impossible to snatch a regular season MVP from the top of Chamberlain, so he hopes that he can win some honors, and the opportunity to choose is an All-Star.

Therefore, even if he is as restrained as Rose, he also said implicitly before this All-Star: "All-Star MVP is a very interesting thing, I think I can give it a try, maybe I can get it, don't be too surprised at that time." ”

Compared to Rose, Kobe Bryant is much more upright, he said: "It's a pity that I didn't make it to the All-Star last season, so this time I want to make up for the damage I did to the fans last year, I will play hard, do my best to play this game, as for the measure of whether I work hard, that is to see if I can win the MVP." ”

Howard also said as early as a few days ago, saying: "I've never won an MVP, so it's fake to say that I didn't crave this thing, this is a good opportunity, and I'll try to get it once." ”

The reason why he wants to put down his cruel words and grab the MVP is because Howard feels that too many of his things have been snatched away by Chamberlain, so this time there is a chance to rob Chamberlain of something, how can he not work hard?

If this All-Star is not in Oakland, if Chamberlain is not so ambitious, then Howard will follow the crowd, he is still a child, and now Chamberlain is regarded by him as a lifelong enemy - the saddest thing is that in the eyes of fans and experts, he is not worthy of being Chamberlain's lifelong enemy, anyway, he wants to make trouble, to make Chamberlain unhappy.

Chamberlain is not happy, but I am happy - Howard.

If you think that the battle for AMVP is over, it is a big mistake, James and Wade also expressed their yearning for this MVP in an interview, the reason is that James said before the season, he and Wade have to make sacrifices for the team's victory, so as long as they are together, they may not be able to win the MVP in the future, but it's okay to break out in a game once in a while, and which game breaks out to win the MVP? It's an All-Star Game, naturally!

Therefore, although this year's All-Star Game was held in the small city of Oakland, it attracted no less attention than in big cities such as Los Angeles and New York, and because of the competition for All-Star MVP by many stars, this game was a little more gunpowder and fans looked forward to it.

However, to the regret of fans, Howard announced that he would never participate in the slam dunk contest again.

"For the Slam Dunk Contest, I'm going to be 'retired' permanently." Howard made the news in an interview with the media after landing at the San Francisco airport, taking advantage of the opportunity to wait for the bus, saying, "My name will not be on the slam dunk contest list during All-Star Weekend, including this season." ”

Howard participated in the Las Vegas Slam Dunk Contest in 2007, and he didn't make it to the final round. Then in the 2008 slam dunk contest, he was unlucky to meet Chamberlain, and Chamberlain beat him to win the championship.

In 2009, the All-Star Weekend was held in Phoenix, Howard gritted his teeth and participated in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest again, and something more tragic happened, Howard also wanted to play Superman to play the trick of Superman's return, but "Little Potato" Robinson's wife was a step higher, and she actually wore the nemesis robe on behalf of Superman's nemesis, relying on this entertainment, Robinson won the championship, and Howard ranked second again.

The second in the three slam dunk contests in three years, and now fans jokingly call Howard 'second in dunk dunk', and a reporter thought of this and asked: "Is it because of the failure to win the championship in previous editions?" ”

Among the players in this slam dunk contest, the most favored is Griffin, whose violent dunk is praised as 'comparable to Chamberlain'. In the past half season, Griffin has been going to dunk a few wonderful dunks every game, and the fans have nicknamed him "Giving Lipfin", he has dunked on the head of Xiao Si and dunked on the head of Tim Duncan, and even O'Neal's son is a loyal Griffin fan.

And for this year's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, Griffin is also very determined, he said before the new season opens: "It's definitely pretty cool to participate in the dunk contest, if the league wants me to participate, I probably will!" ”

Just played in the league for two months, Griffin's dunks made a deep impression on the NBA, his dunks became a regular in the daily five or weekly top ten, and even the video site has Griffin dunk highlights, he was the champion of the McDonald's Dunk Contest in '07, he is a natural dunk maniac.

Howard replied as a matter of course: "No, no, the All-Stars are here to play, who would take it seriously?" If I care about winning or losing, it's not for All-Stars. I just don't want to participate in the slam dunk contest anymore because I'm an old bird and this sport should be left to rookies. ”

Before All-Star Weekend, the stars naturally have to do charity activities, and after that, it's the All-Star Game.

The first competition is the Rookie Challenge.

Among them, the lineup of the first-year team is: Blake Griffin, John Wall, Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins, Derrick Favors, Wesley Johnson, Greg Monroe, Gary Neil, and Paul George, who is thriving with the Warriors.

Sophomores, Blair, DeRozan, James Harden, Ty Gibson, Holiday and Wesley Matthews, Evans, Teague.

Among these players, there are many people who have a fairly good relationship with Chamberlain, and the Warriors have two people participating - Blair and George, so on the day of the game, Chamberlain came early to support the rookie game.

According to the rules of the NBA, the head coach of the rookie game is the assistant coach of the head coach of the main game, and the old Nelson does not flow into the field of outsiders, so that his son Nelson Jr. will be in charge of the rookie game and be in charge of the first-year team, while Chamberlain will follow to get some fat water, and he will play as the assistant coach of Nelson Jr.

Griffin is a repeater, so he also stayed on the first-year team, he admires Chamberlain very much, and the two have a good relationship, and they hook up and chat together after entering.

After that, the sophomore team entered, and Ty Gibson also came up. He was one of the Warriors' championships last season, but unfortunately in the summer to get Paul George, the elder Nelson did not hesitate to send him to Los Angeles, and now he and Griffin form a violent dunk frontcourt, which is also very famous in the league.

However, Gibson is a professional player and understands the rules of the league, and his relationship is still very good.

Now the old Nelson is being questioned by the outside world because of this deal, and he has exchanged the two All-Star rookies of Morrow and Gibson for a rookie season schedule Xiàn is really not very good George - if it weren't for the lack of first-year people, George probably wouldn't have made it to the All-Star, for this reason, fans are laughing at Nelson Sr.

It was also for this reason that George saw Gibson coming, so he touched his nose and practiced his three-point shot.

Chamberlain asked Gibson to visit his villa after the game, and was chatting happily when an exclamation suddenly sounded on the field.

Chamberlain turned his head in astonishment and saw a man stuck upside down in the hoop!

"Damn, the show you arranged is really ingenious." Griffin said admiringly.

Before the game did not start, the players warmed up and cheerleaders performed, including a trampoline dunk performance, as a result of a young man sprinting from the backcourt, jumping on the trampoline and jumping into the air, but after putting the ball into the basket, because the momentum was too great, he actually fell into the basket and passed through the net.

Chamberlain almost out in fright, don't have an All-Star Game and kill someone, so he rushed up to help pull the young man out of the hoop upside down.

After the young man landed, he was still in the mood to joke with Chamberlain, and said: "Z, I have to thank you, if it wasn't for the fact that you smashed the rebound that made the league strengthen the quality of the rebound again, then I might not be here today." ”

Soon after this episode, the game began, and Chamberlain, as an assistant coach, did not bother with the so-called tactical arrangements at all, he stood on the sidelines and kept clapping and cheering or boosing, just like ordinary fans.

When the whistle blew, Blair, as the host, was unceremonious, his hands quickly warmed up, and he scored 8 points in a row, and the sophomore team took the lead 12-4.

The fans at the scene did not hesitate to applaud themselves, after all, this is their own person. Blair doesn't have many opportunities this season, because Jamison and his positions overlap a bit, but as long as he plays, he will fight diligently, so the results are still dazzling and have been recognized by experts.

Wall made a series of wonderful passes, Cousins and Favors performed slam dunks, and the first-year team narrowed the gap to three points. Griffin's aerial relay dunk boosted the first-year team to overtake the score.

Jennings threaded the needle to lead the sophomore team on the counterattack, and Harden skated and dunked, and the sophomore team regained the lead.

Wesley Johnson became the main offensive star of the first-year team, not only dunking but also shooting from distance, hitting two three-pointers to give the first-year team a seven-point lead.

DeRozan and Harden led the sophomore team to launch a counterattack, DeRozan broke through the dunk and scored, Harden hit the bullseye with three points, and the sophomore team outscored the first-year team by one point.

The first-year team blossomed on multiple points, with Wall, Cousins and Monroe scoring points in succession, and the first-year team had a five-point lead. Matthews scored from distance and the sophomore team trailed the score at 69-71 at the end of the first half.

Wall contributed nine assists in the first half, Wesley Johnson had 16 points and Blair had 14.

As the game entered the second half, Griffin made two aerial relay dunks to give the first-year team a three-point lead. Wall's brilliant assist, his ground-hitting pass to Griffin's bombing basket, and the exquisite combination amazed the audience.

The second-year team deliberately gave Blair a chance, and the latter had a good time throwing the buckle, but the second-year team was left behind by the first-year team in the score. Griffin and Cousins led the onslaught, and the first-year team extended their lead to nine points.

Harden made the game his dunk performance, making three consecutive dunks to help the sophomore team squeeze the margin to three points.

Teague led the sophomore team to a three-point wave, and the sophomores hit four three-pointers in a row, beating the first-graders by three points.

Wall made three assists in a row, bringing his personal assists to 18 in the game, breaking the all-time assist record in the rookie game.

Wesley Johnson and Fields hit three-pointers from Wall's pass to give the first-year team the lead. Wall's assists didn't stop, and the first-year team soared to extend the margin to eight points.

The sophomore team fought back, and Harden hit a three-pointer to give the sophomore team hope of a comeback, but Cousins scored a second offensive slam dunk, and the first-year team was 32 before the end of the second half. With an 8-second lead of 7 points, the victory was sealed.