Chapter 223 Struggle is Everywhere
The All-Star Weekend kicked off with the Rookie Challenge, the NBA All-Star Game on the 19th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where the first-year rookie defeated the sophomore team with a score of 148,140 with 22 assists from Wall, who suffered a second straight loss in the Rookie Game since last year.
There are many games on the 20th, and slam dunk contests, three-point contests, and skill contests have been held one after another.
Among the players participating in the dunk contest are Griffin, the top pick from the Clippers, DeRozan from the Raptors, McGee from the Wizards and Ibaka from the Knicks.
The first round of the game was the Raptors' DeRozan, the runner-up of the last slam dunk contest.
DeRozan received a pass from his teammate and switched hands to dunk after receiving the ball, but failed to get it several times in a row, and finally managed to complete it successfully for the fifth time, and the referees only gave it 44 points
The second to appear was the Knicks' Ibaka, and after he appeared, he was followed by a group of beauties carrying big flags.
Ibaka started running from behind, and after the last shot, he jumped off the free-throw line with one hand and dunked successfully, but his posture was not graceful enough, and he only scored 45 points.
The third player in the first round was the Wizards' McGee, who dunked two baskets with a basketball in each hand, but failed to do so several times in a row. Although creative, it was too difficult, and in the end, McGee ran from the side, completed two double-ball points and dunked two baskets, and won the first perfect score of 50 points in this competition.
Griffin, who was the first to play in the first round, started from outside the three-point line to assist, and twisted and dunked in the air continuously, but all of them failed in the past, and the third time Griffin jumped on one foot, turned around in the air for a circle and a half, and then dunked with both hands, scoring 49 points.
DeRozan, who scored the lowest score in the second round, was still the first to appear, and after throwing the ball to the ground, he caught the ball with one hand and took off to the basket to look back at the moon and dunk. It caused an exclamation from the fans, and all the referees collectively showed the 10-point card, and DeRozan scored 50 points.
In the second round, Ibaka appeared second, hanging a small animal toy on the basket and engaging in a dialogue with the young fans. Ibaka ran from behind the basket and bit the critter off with his mouth after dunking, but has since announced that he would do it again. Serge Ibaka assists again. First, he bites the small animal off with his mouth and dunks the ball into the basket with one hand. The toys were then given to the children and 45 points were awarded.
Griffin, who was the third player in the second round, chose to cooperate with teammate Davis, who assisted on the baseline line, received Davis's smashing back pass, and dunked in the air, but failed many times in a row.
Eventually Griffin receives a pass and eventually gives up the counterspin. Directly smash the board and return the pass to the big windmill dunk and score 46 points.
McGee, the top scorer in the second round, appears at the top of the game, and a group of men in black wearing sunglasses and McGee's mother appear wearing a safe and give McGee a colorful basketball.
McGee once again holds a basketball in each hand, and after completing the double dunk, he has to receive a colored ball from a teammate to complete three dunks. After several consecutive defeats, McGee finally scored 49 points after dunking two basketballs and then dunking colored balls from teammates.
DeRozan and Ibaka were knocked out of the tournament.
In the final, Griffin took the lead, and after hitting the board, he caught the ball in the air with one hand and dunked. Half of his arms were hung into the basket, and the whole person was horizontal in mid-air, causing a burst of exclamations from the fans at the scene.
Carter did this in the slam dunk contest, but he dunked directly on the one-arm frame. McGee changed into two different colored shoes on the court, assisted along the baseline, and turned back to Mochizuki for a dunk with one hand after his head dodged the bottom of the rebound, the scene was quite thrilling, and Griffin was shocked and smiled at McGee's slam dunk on the sidelines.
In the second jump of the final, Griffin reappeared. There was even a car under the basket, and a choir came out to cheer up. Davis stood in the car and completed the pass from the sunroof. Griffin flew sideways past the front half of the car to the cheers of the choir. After receiving Davis's pass, he dunked with both hands, and the whole person completely avoided the car, and the whole process was full of ornamentation. …,
McGee changed his shoes again in the second jump, but he held the ball in one hand in the air, turned 360 degrees and dunked, but McGee was not satisfied with this, he chose to smash the rebound from outside the three-point line, and then hit the dunk with one hand when his body flew out, which was also very difficult.
In the end, Griffin defeated McGee to win the championship with 68% fan support.
The players involved in the three-point contest are Pierce and Ray Allen from the Celtics, Durant from the Thunder, Gibson from the Cavaliers, James Jones from the Heat and Dorrell Wright from the Knicks. Among them, Pierce was the winner of the last three-point contest.
In the finals, Jones, a teenager from the Heat, scored 20 points in an upset, defeating Pierce and Ray Allen, two big men of the Green Shirts, to win the championship. In the final, Pierce, who had the worst score, was the first to score only 3 points, but after that, he made a late effort, especially 18 points on 4-of-5 shooting. Jones, who was second to the game, picked up the tempo noticeably, but his shooting percentage dropped, and he changed his tempo and hit back-to-back shots, scoring 20 points at the end. The last sharpshooter to appear, Ray Allen, was under great pressure, and luck was not on his side, and several consecutive colored balls brushed out of the frame, and finally only scored 15 points.
In the preliminaries, it was Miami's Jones who played first, but Jones did not perform well in the first point, hitting only three of the five flower balls and scoring 15 points.
Gibson, the second Cavaliers to play, didn't score a single shot from the first spot, and only hit one flower ball from the second spot. Although Gibson did well in the last two points, he only scored 7 points due to lack of speed.
The legendary pitcher Ray Allen, who appeared in the third appearance, made extraordinary shots and hit consecutive shots, especially at the top of the circle without conceding a ball, although the speed was not enough to overtime, but still scored 20 points.
The fourth is the Thunder's Durant, although the shot is very fast, but the shooting rate is not good, only 2 points in the first two points, the ball thrown out of the frame in a row, and only 6 points in the end, almost surpassing Jordan's record of 5 points.
The fifth player was Wright of the Knicks, who performed quite well at the first shooting point, but lacked stamina and scored only 11 points in the end. Defending champion Pierce, who was the last to make the game, hit just two color shots, but still scored 12 points to advance with Ray Allen and Jones.
The Mixed Shot Contest requires teams to field a current NBA player, an active WNBA player, and a retired veteran of the team to form a mixed team, and the teams are required to shoot at six different points within two minutes. The team that completes all goals in the least amount of time is the winner.
In the end, Atlanta won the championship in 1 minute and 10 seconds to defeat the defending champion Texas United in the final.
The first to play was Atlanta, where Horford hit a long-range shot with 47.6 seconds and Chicago second. They wasted too many chances when shooting in the midfield, and it took 1:06 to finish the game; Los Angeles, playing at home, made the third appearance. Retired veteran Rick Fox hit a three-pointer from mid-court to finish with 55.8 seconds. Defending champions Texas United were the last to play, with Rockets veteran Kenny Smith hitting a three-pointer from midfield to finish first with just 38.1 seconds to advance to the finals with Atlanta.
Final stage. Atlanta was the first to play, and it was still Horford who hit a three-pointer from midfield, but this time it didn't go so well, and they shared 1:10. Texas United then came on and had relatively smooth shots, but had trouble shooting from halfway through, and by the 1:10 mark, they still hadn't shot, and the Atlanta team on the sidelines were already cheering.
In the Skills Challenge, the two favorites Paul and Rose. and the champion Wall were both eliminated in the preliminaries. In the end, the league's "Moe God" Corey overwhelmed the crowd with a time of 28.2 seconds and successfully won the championship. He became the seventh player to win the skills tournament after Kidd, Davis, DeLong, Rose, Wade and Nash. …,
There are five players participating in this skills challenge, with the exception of Paul, who has been handpicked by the league. Westbrook and Rose are both competing in the Skills Challenge for the second time, along with two new faces, Corey and Wall.
Corey was the first to play in the preliminaries with 34.1 seconds, followed by Westbrook. It takes 30 seconds. Next up was Wall, who had just dished out 22 assists in his rookie game, but the champion seemed to be a little out of the loop. There were errors in both shooting and passing, and the final time was 39.3 seconds.
The fourth to appear was the previous year's champion Rose, but in 35 seconds. As soon as Paul came on the court, he had a problem, and he didn't even hit a layup, which caused laughter at the scene. In the end, Paul took 43 seconds to get it done, and he was at the bottom of the list. In the end, Corey and Westbrook made it to the finals.
Corey and Westbrook are in the final, which means that the Skills Challenge will produce a new champion. Corey was the first to play. He was very fast, almost all at once, without any mistakes, and finally completed the entire project in just 28.2 seconds.
Westbrook came on next, but he was noticeably slower than Corey and struggled with a passing and mid-range shot in 44.2 seconds. In the end, Corey was the first to play and won the first place!
As soon as the 20th passed, on the 21st, ushered in the dinner of the All-Star Weekend, the All-Star Game.
At the beginning, all the major stars did a lot of work at the appearance ceremony, and all kinds of funny and cute poses emerged one after another.
The East and West All-Stars are evenly matched, Dwight Howard and Li Feng are on the inside of the East, small forward LeBron James, scoring guard Wade, point guard Derrick Rose, in the West except for Duncan, who is a little older, other positions are not inferior, the two forwards are Anthony and Durant, although Anthony is involved in transfer rumors, but has been in the top five scoring list this season, and Kevin Durant is one of the league's superstars, and the scoring guard position is Kobe Bryant, who is stronger and more famous than Wade, The point guard is also the CP3 that can be called the first point guard
After Paul dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, after a few reversible shots inside and outside, he hoisted the basketball into the inside, warmed up first, and gave the first attack to Duncan, who was successful in the scrum, who relied on Howard......
Duncan slammed a false wave, half-turned around and broke through Howard's defense, stepped up and wanted to dunk, and was about to perform successfully, when a sudden shout came from his ears, and his thick arm fanned straight over, it was James who came from the weak side of the defense, who jumped high and fanned the basketball out of the bottom line.
Roar!
James excitedly rushed to the camera outside the bottom line and roared angrily, and gave the opponent a big hat at the beginning, which immediately raised the morale of his side, this feeling is really cool!
Not......
There was an exclamation from the scene, which undoubtedly made James feel even more excited.
Force!
But just when James was proud, the referee's whistle also sounded, and he didn't give Stern's godson face, and gestured for James to foul. Two penalty kicks.
Seeing that James was about to step forward to find the referee to theorize, Wade stopped him and said again and again:
"Don't get too excited, don't get too excited, isn't it just a foul, anyway, there are no foul restrictions in today's game, and you can get back to the court later!"
Duncan was stress-free. The first ball bounced off the basket a few times and bounced off, and he only hit the second free-throw. Li Feng immediately picked up the ball and kicked the bottom line, Rose really looked good, and quickly advanced to the front court.
James asked for the ball on the left, Rose made a passing action, and when the Jamesan thought that he had the first offensive right in the East, he found that Rose flicked his wrist and the basketball flew to Li Feng on the other side!
After the pass, Rose made an innocent gesture. With his "honest" expression, the audience at the scene laughed, especially the fans of Kobe Bryant at home, who held the All-Star Game at the Lakers' home court this year, and they didn't want to have a bad incident of grabbing Maddy's All-Star MVP in Houston James! …,
James's face was gloomy, and his already dark face was a little purple, as if he had been picked with a banana. Funny orangutan, if he beats his chest a few times, it will be even more appropriate!
This kind of plot can't even tell whether Ross is deliberately washing James or the two are performing! Bang Bang Bang!
Li Feng was cruising outside the three-point line with Anthony, and he didn't want to hit the first shot. Howard, who was on the weak side, pretended to block and dismantle his teammates, mentioned the high position, and immediately ran back to the basket after glancing at Li Feng.
With a whoosh, Li Feng seemed to raise his hand casually and threw the basketball in the direction of the rebound, but it made the eyes of the experts who fought outside the court brighten, the passing technique was quite sophisticated in a moment, and looking at the speed and height of the basketball after flying out, the next moment they knew that it was also very compatible with Howard's rhythm.
Howard shook off Duncan's entanglement in two big strides. Rushing diagonally to the basket from the left, he jumped up with a sharp stride, and estimated that the strength of the milk was exerted. Flying a meter high, he caught the basketball with both hands in the air. Take advantage of the momentum and hold the basketball high above your head.
Duncan was already ready to help defend, the same rush, the same weak side defense, his left hand was already raised high, ready to cover Howard's dunk.
Roar!
In the face of the stone Buddha's blocking, the beast in Howard's body was suddenly stimulated, and he roared violently, completely ignoring the slender arm that was getting closer and closer, holding the basketball firmly with both hands and swinging towards the basket violently, with his strength, he forcibly knocked Duncan's arm away, and successfully dedicated a domineering and passionate aerial relay slam dunk to the audience, and by the way, Duncan was knocked to the floor and let out a fierce sigh.
Wow......
Bang Bang Bang ......
The whole stadium was a sensation, and the warm atmosphere that had not subsided after the opening was suddenly pushed back to a greater climax, almost all the fans were cheering for Howard, and many fans stood up and applauded Howard desperately, almost everyone didn't expect the game to officially start in this way, let alone expect the Eastern All-Stars to start a wonderful performance so soon.
Looking at and listening to the reaction of the scene, Li Feng looked at Howard who was proudly scanning the audience with a depressed face, this guy wiped out his contribution to the pass with a wonderful dunk.
"It's beautiful!"
Ross took the lead in congratulating Li Feng, and finally someone realized his contribution, and the depressed little heart suddenly felt a lot more comfortable.
"Let's have a wonderful match!"
Li Feng reciprocated Li Chao Ross smiled and winked, the latter suddenly laughed, this is not a regular season and playoffs, an entertaining game, there is no need for him to take on any responsibility for organizing the whole team, on the contrary, try to be a simple scorer with more love!
Then Durant immediately wanted to return the color, but he didn't expect to make an inexplicable mistake when he broke through the dribble, James slapped the basketball quickly, and Li Feng on the side immediately stepped forward and hugged the basketball in front of Anthony, and then slowly dribbled forward.
Li Feng dribbled the ball to the right wing outside the three-point line, glanced at Rose near the baseline, and in the face of Anthony's defense, the fancy dribble under the crotch shook continuously, and suddenly an acceleration, and the two crotch dribbles quickly and quickly changed hands to dribble, pushing the basketball to the bottom line with one hand.
After Rose stepped up to catch the basketball, he immediately accelerated from Duncan's left side to the basket, and his teammates had already opened up enough space for him to break through, and Rose shook off the defense and made an easy layup.
Syllable!
Li Feng clapped his palms with Rose, who had successfully attacked. It's a great start, and it doesn't matter if the performance is an all-star arena, and it doesn't matter if you don't have enough performances, especially if you can play with enough success like the opening, what else can he say? …,
"It's time for our show!"
Kobe Bryant watched Li Feng and his teammates' continuous wonderful offensive cooperation, and the arrogance in his heart began to rise. He did what he said he would, completely ignoring Wade's defense. Then a dragon slam dunk was staged, telling people that this is Staples, whose territory it is!
……
After James dribbled to the frontcourt, he forced a breakthrough and divided the ball, and Rose, who was outside the baseline on the right sideline, immediately shot a three-pointer after receiving the ball, but unfortunately missed the basket. Anthony blocked Li Feng and rushed to grab the rebound.
More than three minutes passed before the game time passed unconsciously, and the two teams on the field showed each other's attacking talents, letting go was almost useless, and the success rate of the attack exceeded 50%, and the Eastern All-Star team led by Li Feng reached a terrible success rate of more than 60%.
At 15-10, the Eastern Conference All-Stars unexpectedly temporarily led by five points, which is nothing in the eyes of the likes of Durant and Kobe, and they can recover the disadvantage in the blink of an eye, because each of them has that ability.
Almost everyone on the Western All-Star team is performing. But except for Kobe, he is like playing the regular season, both offensive and defensive ends are decent, because he wants to play a wonderful performance for his family, friends and fans who support him on his turf, and he wants to beat James and Li Feng and others to win the MVP honor.
"We don't seem to have scored yet, come on!"
Seeing Kobe Bryant suddenly signaling his teammates to pull away, Li Feng and Wade switched positions, and he knew that he was about to start showing his personal attack ability. He was eager to try and get ready to defend.
"It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, it's coming!"
Bang Bang ...... After the sound of rapid dribbling, Bryant broke through with the ball directly. forcibly carried Li Feng with his body and rushed into the inner line, just when Li Feng was rapidly retreating. He suddenly changed direction towards the bottom line, stopped suddenly, caught Li Feng off guard, jumped up easily, and hit a jump shot with some leaning.
“kobe…… mvp…… kobe…… mvp……”
The offense's success immediately drew the biggest cheers from the crowd since the opening kick-off, with fans chanting Bryant's name.
"Bryant, I'd love to get that honor too! Ready, it's my turn to attack! ”
Showing the gesture to signal his teammates to open the air, Li Feng did not hide his desire for honor at all, while speaking, snapping, the basketball jumping under his hands began to accelerate, strong burst, emergency stop, backward jump shot, his shot point is very high, even if Kobe Bryant jumps in time to block, there is no way, watching the basketball plunge into the basket.
"The attack is almost the same, maybe the only difference is that Li Feng leans back more when shooting, and it looks like the real show is about to be staged!"
Many of the expert fans who were watching were a little excited, and the excitement of the game, especially the exhibition match like this now, was even more enjoyable to see.
……
"This is an honor that I am determined to win, you better give up as soon as possible, look at the strength of my teammates around me, look at so many fans cheering for me at the scene, do you think you still have hope?"
After Kobe Bryant forced a layup, he put his hand behind his ear and listened to the cheers on the scene, triumphantly striking Li Feng's determination to compete.
"If you want to get a satisfactory result, then knock me out completely!"
Li Feng was a little unimpressed by the cheers on the scene, and hoped that you would continue to cheer at the end of the game, but before that, hum,
"The louder you scream, the harder I get!"
Bang Bang Bang ...... Li Feng was not afraid of Kobe Bryant, who had strengthened his defense, signaled his teammates to cooperate, and once again chose to force a breakthrough, just when Kobe Bryant crossed and retreated, he suddenly stopped, and after deceiving the opponent with a stop-and-go jump shot, he changed direction and accelerated to easily get rid of the defense, and strode to the basket. …,
"Come on!"
Durant helped defend in time, and there was some excitement on his emaciated black face.
Now the situation on the court is more obvious, Li Feng with the support of Rose and Howard has really played the role of the leader of the Eastern All-Stars, as long as Li Feng's arrogance can be suppressed, they will be more and more relaxed if they want to win, but, it depends on whether he has the ability?
"If you want to knock me down, come up with convincing strength, otherwise anyone will be delusional to achieve their goal!"
Li Feng looked at Durant with an expressionless face.
Drink!
Facing Durant with his arms raised, Li Feng didn't pay attention to it at all, just when he was close to Durant one step away, he suddenly stepped on the ground and "flew" up, and Durant, who was not psychologically prepared, was stunned for a moment in the face of this sudden change, it was this moment that made him seem to be suffocated, Li Feng's red and white team uniform was sharply enlarged in Durant's eyes, and then, as he leaned forward to dunk, almost the entire upper body was on Durant's head.
Boom!
Durant only heard a loud bang on the basket in his ears, and then his face and body were violently oppressed, under the impact of this momentum, he stumbled out of the bottom line, and almost sat on the ground, of course, fortunately, a kind reporter behind him pushed him to avoid that embarrassment.
Wow......!
There was a burst of enthusiastic or piercing exclamations, followed by bursts of applause, after all, it was not only Kobe Bryant and Lakers supporters who were on the scene, but more fans were still rushing to the All-Star Game performance and excitement, and such a gunpowder-like confrontation could arouse their interest even more.
After landing on the ground, Li Feng glanced at Durant coldly, and was surrounded by the excited teammates around him, while Durant was iron-blue, glaring at Li Feng who was standing proudly, and the smell of gunpowder on the court began to thicken, but fortunately, the two parties remained calm enough.
"Hahaha...... Well done, Feng! ”
Howard hugged Li Feng's shoulders and smiled, giving a thumbs up excitedly. Force!
The referee's whistle blew for Durant to block the foul, and then the Western Conference All-Stars called the first timeout since the break. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )……,