After the game against the Raptors, the Timberwolves didn't play until the end of All-Star Weekend, so Whitman took an early vacation. So except for the players who have All-Star Game missions, everyone else has chosen to go home to rest and adjust their condition.

In the Timberwolves, the players with All-Star game tasks are Zheng Ke, Billups, and Love. Billups entered as a substitute All-Star in the West, Love entered the Rookie Challenge as a first-year rookie, and Zheng Ke entered the All-Star Challenge as a second-year player and All-Star starter.

All-star weekend can also be regarded as a trip, generally like Zheng Ke from afar from other places All-Stars will drag their families to go, such as Zheng Ke, he brought Taylor, and Billups also brought a family, but Lefou, so far he doesn't even have a girlfriend, and he gets on the plane alone.

This year's All-Star Game was held in Phoenix, but unfortunately, Nash, as the star of the Suns, was not selected for the All-Star Game, but O'Neal, who was in good shape, and Xiao Si, who had bright data, were selected for the All-Star Game, but they were both used as substitutes.

It's a pity that Maddie's injury made him miss this All-Star, otherwise according to the number of votes, Maddie should have started as an All-Star, and I have to praise Maddie's popularity in China.

"ZK, how many rebounds do you think I should grab?" Love was very excited on the plane, he was participating in the All-Star Event for the first time, and although it was only the Rookie Challenge, he was very happy.

"Just grab a few." Zheng Ke covered his eyes and replied casually.

“ZK。 Do you think I'm going to be serious about defending? After a while, Lefu asked Zheng Ke again.

"Whatever, it doesn't make a difference whether you prevent it or not."

“ZK。 Do you think I can get the MVP? ”

Zheng Ke: ""

"Can you get it?"

Zheng Ke took off his blindfold and turned his head to look, only to see that Lefu's eyes were full of hope, and it seemed that his pursuit of honor was very strong.

Zheng Ke thought for a moment and muttered, "I'm afraid it's difficult. ”

Lefu was puzzled and asked, "Weishenme?" Didn't you say you only fight for a while? As long as you don't help, our first-year team still has a good chance to win. All right. ”

"How can you win?" Zheng Ke smiled: "You are too underestimating our sophomore, you think, there is Durant among the sophomore players this year." And Horford, you first-year rookies, how can you possibly win us? ”

"Not necessarily!" Lefu raised his head and pulled Billups next to him. Asked, "Chauncey." You say, do we have a good chance of winning in the first grade? ”

"What to win?" Billups obviously hadn't listened to the two of them just now, he took off his headphones and asked inexplicably.

"It's the Rookie Challenge, I said our first year can win the second grade team this year." Lefu explained, and did not forget to add a sentence when it was over: "In the case of ZK's non-contribution." ”

"ZK doesn't contribute?" Billups glanced at Zheng Ke in surprise, and then smiled: "It's impossible, ZK has always played with all his might." Silly boy, you have clearly been deceived. He's going to blow you up. ”

Zheng Ke was embarrassed and hurriedly explained: "This time I really don't work, and there will be a main game after that, so I have to save my energy to play the regular season." ”

Billups laughed: "It's weird that you're not a player like you who doesn't have a particularly strong desire for honor, you know, as long as you help, the rookie MVP is at your fingertips, and Kevin (Durant) will definitely help you." ”

Zheng Ke scratched his face, he didn't know Weishenme, he didn't like to join in the fun, and he wasn't as excited about the honor as he was at the All-Star Game of the Week.

"So?" Lefu is still unyielding about this question of victory or defeat.

Billups couldn't stand Lefu and replied: "So, I think sophomore will win, even if Zheng Ke doesn't give his all, Kevin Durant will definitely give his all." ”

"That's right," Zheng nodded, "When Kevin (Durant) chatted with me privately, I felt that he was a little unhappy, he averaged 25.3 points per game this year, in addition to 6.5 rebounds, and shot a whopping 43 percent from three-point range, but he didn't make the All-Star Game." So the extra energy he will definitely vent to the rookie challenge, so "Zheng Ke has made a brother, and you have a blessed expression."

"I'm not afraid of him," Lefu said with a calm expression: "It's just a brush, you see, their record is so poor, what's the use of good data?" ”

Zheng Ke was speechless, he didn't expect Lefu, who was later known as the brush, to actually say that Durant was a brush, which was the funniest joke he had ever heard since he was reborn.

Phoenix is a city built on the ruins of ancient Indian towns, and is the capital of the American state of Lia Sauna, with a well-developed city and a large population, known as Phoenix. Phoenix's climate is a tropical desert, so while it's winter in February, Phoenix is very warm, with an average daytime high of 21.8 degrees in February, which is obviously more comfortable than cold Minnesota.

As soon as Zheng Ke stepped into Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, he felt the desert wind.

"Wow, that's warm!" Lefu exclaimed, surprised.

"That's true." Zheng Ke nodded in agreement and took off his winter coat. It's not the first time Phoenix has come, and they've been prepared for a long time.

The three of them are all big men, and walking together is particularly eye-catching.

Although Zheng Ke, Billups and Lefu all wore sunglasses, the sharp-eyed reporters still saw the identities of the three of them at a glance, so like a shark asking about the smell of blood, the reporters swarmed up and surrounded Zheng Ke and the three.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze." The Phoenix Suns staff also seemed to be prepared, and they didn't panic, took two steps forward, and stopped the swarming media.

Zheng Ke lowered a drop of cold sweat on his head, thinking that fortunately, the Suns sent a lot of staff, otherwise it would be difficult for the three of them to get out of the airport.

How did he know that in the past few days, reporters have been sent by the media throughout Shijie, and as front-line reporters in Phoenix, they have long been given a death order by their superiors, and they must get first-hand information. So not only Zheng Ke, such as Kobe, James, Yao Ming and other players encountered this situation after they came, but they are obviously used to this kind of scene, and they are more calm than Zheng Ke, who is a little overwhelmed.

However, Zheng Ke also reacted immediately, smiled, and waved his hand gracefully at the reporters holding various long guns and short gun cameras.

Immediately caused countless sounds, the sound of camera clicking. Seeing this group of hateful staff, the reporters also knew that they didn't have much opportunity to ask questions, but it didn't prevent them from taking two more photos, so that they could use them for business.

After a group of people walked out of the airport, they got into the sports car that the Phoenix All-Star Committee had prepared in every possible way under the arrangement of the staff, and then went to the hotel.

On the streets of Phoenix, Zheng Ke saw All-Star slogans flying everywhere, and he even saw two 20-meter-long Super Bus, which were elaborately decorated buses in the city of Phoenix, and they were responsible for promoting the events of All-Star Weekend in the streets of the city.

There are still a few All-Stars like Zheng Ke who only bring one family out, and most players, such as James and Garnett, have at least six or seven people with their family and friends, and some of them have brought chefs, nutritionists and costume designers for special services.

Phoenix arranged a five-star hotel for Zheng Ke and them, although the star rating is very high, but the facilities are not very complete, but as a partner of this All-Star Weekend, this hotel integrates the cultural characteristics of Phoenix, compared with other hotels, it can better promote the local culture of Phoenix, coupled with advanced and perfect service, the organizers immediately fell in love with this hotel.

However, not all all-stars will stay in this hotel, and people like Zheng Ke who only bring one family member naturally have no problem, and all-stars like Pierce, who brought more than ten people, chose to pay out of his own pocket and book six rooms for his relatives and friends in a big hotel called Xiaoyao. He himself chose to stay with friends and family in order to spend more time with relatives during the weekends.

After that, the sports car stopped in front of the hotel, and under the leadership of the Phoenix All-Star Weekend staff, Taylor and Zheng Ke held hands and moved into the hotel (to be continued......