Chapter 301: All Stars (Part I)

The Cowboy Stadium is a new stadium in Dallas that cost $1.2 billion and has a capacity of 100,000 spectators. It's called "Jerry's World" and has the largest screen TV in the world, which cost $40 million to build. This year's All-Star Game was held in such a local tyrant arena, and it was also the first sports event held after the completion of this stadium. It is predictable that the large audience capacity will set a record for the number of viewers in a single game in the NBA.

The All-Star Weekend is on the way to the end of the day, and the final show is about to begin.

For Zheng Ke and them, participating in this All-Star Weekend is not too tiring. The owners of the Dallas Mavericks are gracious and the facilities provided by the hotel are luxurious and comfortable. It may be a little tiring to complete those few dunks, but after the end, Zheng Ke enjoyed the praise of the whole world.

Praise Zheng Ke's outstanding physical talent, praise Zheng Ke's unexpected imagination. For the first time, people really saw the limits of the human body and saw a lot of legendary dunks.

And with the brilliance of the slam dunk contest, this year's all-stars have been pushed to a peak state. More and more people are paying attention to this year's All-Star Game, and it is already the most eye-catching sporting event on Valentine's Day on February 14, which is even hotter than the ongoing tennis Grand Slam.

It's not the first time Zheng Ke has participated in the All-Star Game, and he also appeared on the All-Star stage as the starting small forward in the West last year.

Anthony has a lot of grievances, and his stats this year have been very good. The Nuggets' record is also stuck in the top eight, but they can still only be a sad substitute, and his friends James and Wade have been consecutive All-Star starters. Thunder doesn't move. So when the All-Star arrived, he chattered a little bit about the media: "The rights of the fans are too big, I mean, it can add a little bit of voting power to journalists and professionals, after all, they can be more objective and they can watch more games." ”

He really wanted to leave the hellish place of the West at this moment, and not just because he couldn't be selected as an All-Star starter. What's more, there will be more chances to reach the finals in the East and achieve better results. In the west. Even a team like the Spurs is not good this year, and he doesn't see any hope of the Nuggets reaching the Finals.

"So why aren't the timberwolves from the east?" Durant whispered in Zheng Ke's ear: "Your position is obviously closer to the east, do you have to squeeze in with us, is it interesting?" Every time a plane flies to you, it's like going to the east to play a game. The distance is far away. It's cold again. The fans are noisy again, oh my God, I can't stand it"

Zheng Ke patted his head and kicked his eyes: "What are you talking about?" ”

"Originally, I couldn't stand it," Anthony also came over to complain, pulling the door on the locker and saying, "Our five teams in the Northwest Division are the five teams with the most open divisions." The Trail Blazers are on the West Coast, and the Timberwolves are on the shores of the Great Lakes. The remaining three of us are not close to each other, hey, the distribution of the pit dad"

"There's no way around that." Zheng Ke spread his hands, and after hearing Anthony's complaints, he said helplessly: "The west is already vast and sparsely populated. If the league opens two more teams on the West Coast one day, we Timberwolves could be merged into the East."

"If you want me to say that the east is really weak, the Eagles can be in the top three." Anthony lowered his voice and had a somewhat funny expression: "Go to the East, the record will improve quickly, and the playoffs will be easy to play." ”

"Don't you really want to go east?" Zheng Ke also lowered his voice, he felt that he had found a big news, and the fire of gossip was immediately ignited.

"If you have an idea, many people know about this." Anthony looked at Zheng Ke's somewhat surprised expression, suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly covered up, trying to hide it.

Zheng Ke's face was obviously unconvinced, but at this time, Durant and the others had already prepared the equipment on their bodies, Durant stood at the door and shouted Zheng Ke and Anthony: "Let's go, it's time to start preparing to play." ”

The All-Star Game in Dallas was the center of attention.

The starting lineup in the West is Paul, Nash, Zheng Ke, Xiao Si and Yao Ming. The starting lineup in the East is Wade, Carter, James, Garnett and Howard.

Judging from the lineup, the east and west are very strange. Nash and Paul are both pure point guards, Wade and Carter are both point guards, in comparison, Wade can be regarded as a two-way guard, but Nash is a bit choking to play point guard. It's hilarious that there are still two pure point guards sitting on the bench in the West — Billups and Delon — on the bench.

The opening scene was a series of complicated and elaborate shows, and Zheng Ke walked out of the curtain with stage lights and music, and his appearance won a lot of cheers from the audience. After all, he still made many fans in Dallas like him in yesterday's slam dunk contest, so it is rare to see no less popularity than Nowitzki in this land. Zheng Ke improvised a dance, and although it was not the previous mechanical dance, it still looked full of flavor.

Amid the cheers of 100,000 spectators, the all-stars appeared one by one. Then there was the popular singer invited by the NBA official, Zheng Ke saw Justin Bieber's performance on stage, which made him feel a little embarrassed and remembered the shameless plagiarism back then.

As the singers' performances ended, the starters stood on the pitch and waited for kickoff.

With the whistle of the on-site referee, the 2010 All-Star Game officially began, Howard was already waiting, saw the basketball thrown, "rubbed" into the sky, and beat Yao Ming to take the lead in dialing the basketball.

No one saw how the basketball suddenly disappeared from Wade's hands, only Howard pulled the ball back, and then in a split second the basketball fell back at a faster rate.

James easily received Wade's imaginative pass, he took three strong steps, grabbed the basketball with his right hand and put it behind his head, and completed a powerful tomahawk split!

"Oh~~"

The scene suddenly screamed and cheered, and the audience was immediately satisfied when they saw James' performance so hard and saw such a powerful dunk.

"It's a good buckle!"

Zheng Ke stepped back to defend and said to James with a smile.

James also smiled and said, "I can't let you take up all the limelight and say, you were so cool yesterday, it's our turn today." ”

Zheng Ke was stunned, and then asked funny: "Then why don't you sign up for it yourself?" ”

"Hehe" James grinned and winked at Zheng Ke, "Because there are really no good ideas?" ”

Between the two talking, the Western All-Stars have completed an offense, Nash divides Paul, Paul divides Xiaosi, and Xiaosi makes a hard turn under the basket and hits a one-handed layup.

In an All-Star game, there won't be too much intensity of defense. At least when you see someone else taking off, you basically won't reach out and pull someone down or cover it again. As a small forward, Zheng Ke also has a certain chance to hold the ball, and he has fully adapted to this stage after participating in an All-Star. It felt easy to blend in with a few other big names.

He is like a lubricant connecting the inside and outside lines, playing an inconspicuous role, but the data is slowly rising.

Paul felt relaxed, he felt that Zheng Ke seemed to understand his thoughts very well, and sometimes with a glance at him, Zheng Ke knew what to do. He was amazed by the few times he ran back, and the blocking and dismantling he did for Xiao Si just now was also sturdy and just right. This feeling makes Paul, a top point guard, feel very comfortable.

And Yao Ming had some tears in his eyes, how long has it been since he had such a comfortable pass? The three outside players on the floor were all top passers, and the ball sent to him was basically grabbed by him as soon as he stretched out his hand, and the strength and angle were just right, and he didn't have to bend down or anything to struggle at all. In the usual All-Star Game, he is the presence of soy sauce, but today he had a rare performance on the inside, and several footsteps were gorgeous. And Zheng Ke once broke through to give him a point, and he ended with a domineering tiptoe dunk, which won full applause.

In this way, Whitman, the head coach of the Western All-Star team, was a little difficult, and after weighing it, including the actions of the Eastern All-Star head coach Magic Van Gundy, he still replaced Yao Ming, Nash, and Paul at the 5-minute mark, and replaced Anthony, Billups and Duncan.

In the All-Star Game, as long as you are selected, you must have a chance to play, so the personnel changes are usually a few ups. In addition to considering the position of the player, the head coach should also arrange the right time to play according to the qualifications and personality of the player. For example, a newcomer like Durant, who has just come in, can only play soy sauce.

Zheng Ke was substituted with two minutes left in the first quarter. He was outstanding in the first quarter, scoring seven points, three rebounds and three assists on several breakaways, and looked like he had the potential to get a triple-double. (To be continued......)