Chapter 535: Love
The 2013 NBA All-Star Game kicked off on February 16, 2013, Beijing time, with the Rookie Challenge kicking off at the George Brown Center on the same day, followed by the Skills Challenge, Three-Point Challenge, Slam Dunk Contest and Shooting Star Game on the 17th, and the All-Star Game on the 18th at the Toyota Center.
The NBA All-Star Game in Houston is the 62nd All-Star Game in NBA history.
Although it is the king of tickets, Li Feng is very relaxed, All-Star Weekend has been regarded by Li Feng as a small holiday, Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States, and it is also an important aviation base in the United States, and the name Team Rocket is closely related to this city.
Li Feng and Natalie went around the city, and then watched a baseball game, Li Feng didn't know anything about baseball, but Natalie was a baseball fan.
Li Feng listened to her explanation while watching the game, and looking at Natalie's serious look, Li Feng couldn't help but kiss Natalie's delicate little face.
At this time, there are shots of the audience on the big screen from time to time, scenes of children sleeping, scenes of players standing up and cheering, and even scenes of couples kissing passionately.
When the camera freezes on Li Feng and Natalie, the audience begins to stir up, while the people next to them remind them.
Natalie covered her mouth embarrassedly when she saw herself on the big screen, while Li Feng waved happily to everyone. On the big screen, a love heart type was immediately displayed, enclosing the two people, which was very warm and romantic.
This is American-style entertainment, and the entertainment does not forget to be romantic, and both of them are infected by this kind of scene.
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"Li Feng Natalie's Sweet Love"
Soon, the two were in the news, but the two had already made their relationship public and now confirmed that they would get married. The two took the opportunity to be interviewed by reporters, and in front of the camera, Li Feng put his arms around Natalie and said:
"We'll be getting married this summer, and I hope everyone will come and play then!"
Natalie also said with a happy face:
"I'm so happy with Feng!"
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These are the episodes, the All-Star Weekend officially begins, the NBA All-Star Weekend arrives, and the Rookie Challenge is staged. Barkley hit 17 three-pointers to beat O'Neal by 28 points, 163-135, and 163 points also set a record for scoring in a rookie game. Barkley's Fared scored 40 points and 10 rebounds and was named the MVP of the rookie game. O'Neal's Irving scored 32 points. and shook Knight twice in one-on-one heads-up.
The specific score of the whole game was: 66-90, 69-73 (O'Neal in front). For O'Neal's Lillard 18 points, Parsons 13 and Vitesse off the bench 23. Barkley's Leonard had 20 points and Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Thomas Jr. had 18 points and 10 assists, and Vucevic had 15 points.
Davis assists. Leonard catches the dunk in the air. Parsons assaulted alone, his hands exploded, and the curtain of the show officially opened. Farid scored four straight points and Leonard scored a layup to give Barkley a 13-5 lead. Irving lays up and Barnes dunks first. Soon it was another three-pointer and O'Neal was up to 14-15. The game went into rotation, and Barkley brought on Thomas Jr., who combined with Leonard Schweed to hit three three-pointers. A 12-point lead at 30-18. Last year's Rookie Game MVP Irving responded with a three-pointer, but Thomas hit two more three-pointers to give Barkley a 38-23 lead that stretched to 15 points.
O'Neal scored 6 points in a row, and the game gradually entered the climax, Walker hit the board and assisted, Vitesse split the dunk with one hand, Walker assisted again, and Vitesse scored 2 points in the air. Barkley hit one three-pointer after another, and it was soon 65-42 that the lead reached 23 points. O'Neal's Lillard hit a three-pointer, Barkley's Beal also hit a three-pointer, Thomas switched to an assist, and Thomas had seven assists after Farid scored an empty dunk. Irving scored five straight points to put O'Neal within 20 at 58-77, but Barkley quickly pulled away again. In the end, Barkley went into halftime 90-66. O'Neal's Irving had 14 points, Barkley's Thomas had 14 points and seven assists, and Farid had 19 points.
After halftime, the game restarted with a layup by Farid for the 21st point and Barkley leading by 26 points. Irving scored five straight points as O'Neal went on a 9-2 run to score just 19 points. Leonard made a 2+1 plus two three-pointers, and the difference was back to 25 points, and he personally scored 18 points. Parsons, the only one playing at home, hit a three-pointer for his 11th personal time. After that, the two sides strengthened their defense a little, and the shooting percentage dropped a little, and the two sides fought for around 20 points. Heading into the final 10 minutes, Barkley led by 23 points, 121-98.
Barnes broke through for a dunk, and Sherved responded with a three-pointer. Walker provided an assist, and the Warriors' Klay Thompson scored a dunk in the air, and then he hit another three-pointer, but the margin was still not close. Irving and Knight's heads-up brought the game to a climax, Irving dribbled in a row, singled Knight twice, and shook Knight to the ground, Knight then hit a three-pointer in a one-on-one situation with Irving, and the players and fans at the scene happily watched the duel between the two. Beal hit a three-pointer to give Barkley a 30-point lead at 150-120. The final moments of the game turned into a dunk show, and in the end, Barkley won 163-135.
Barkley shot 17-of-32 from three-point range and scored 163 points in the All-Star game, tying the all-time all-time scoring record for a rookie game and tying the all-time record for a rookie game with 17 three-pointers.
Prior to today, the All-Star Rookie Game scoring record was set in 2007, when the sophomore team scored 155 points and beat the first-year team by 41 points. But Barkley scored 155th points with 2:23 left in the game, and Faried broke that record with a dunk with 1:50 left.
The All-Star Rookie Game doesn't have a long history, it only started in 1994, and the first six seasons were on the low side, scoring less than 100 points. The game began in 2001 and has intensified ever since, with only once in the last seven seasons under 122 points.
O'Neal's 135 points also rank second among all losing teams, behind only the 140 in 2011's sophomore group.
In addition to the total scores, Barkley's three-pointers tied a record today. Barkley made 32 three-pointers today. Hit 17 of them, and 17 three-pointers were a single-game record for an NBA rookie game. In the 2008 rookie game, the sophomore team also shot 17-of-32.
However, 32 three-pointers in a single game are not a rookie record, because O'Neal made 41 three-pointers in last year's rookie game, but only hit 12. In the 2011 rookie game, the sophomore team also made 39 three-pointers.
In terms of individual counts, Farid scored 40 points today, the joint-second-highest in rookie game history, behind Durant's 46 points in 2009 and tied with Westbrook's 40 points in 2010.
However, in addition to Farid's 40 points today, there are also Irving's 32 points, which is the first time in the history of the rookie game that there is a 40+30 scene. Previously, when Durant and Wei Shao won 40+. The others had the highest scores of 29 and 26, respectively.
The Skills Challenge is a new program that entered All-Star Weekend in 2003 and is designed to showcase the skills of the league's best playmakers. The game consists of four players dribbling, passing, and shooting in a field with a variety of different obstacles within a set time. The race features obstacles and a set course. Players must use a combination of dribbling, passing, and shooting skills to complete the prescribed events, and the amount of time spent determines the outcome of the project. The specific provisions are:
A. The competition is divided into two rounds, the first round is the preliminary round. There are two groups of two players each. The fastest finisher advances to the second round.
B. The timer starts when the race start whistle. The clock stops when a player throws the last ball, and the referee's whistle will prevail.
C. Players must follow the basic rules of the NBA when playing.
D. There are three required passes and a shooting event called "Top of the Penalty Area". A player can be considered a parlay when he or she has any of the following two situations: (1) a successful hit on the target or a shot; (2) Hitting a target with a ball/shooting without success after using up all the balls in its rack.
For the layup and the last shot, if the player misses the shot, he must grab his rebound to make the next shot until he is made.
F. If the two players are tied in the match (within 0.1 seconds). There will be an extra game.
G. If a player fails to complete a level as required. The referee will have the right to disqualify him/her from the competition.
H. There is no time limit for any level in the competition.
I. The second round is the final, and the player who finishes the fastest will win the championship.
In the Tricks Contest, Lillard and Holiday reached the finals, but Lillard did an excellent job in the shooting session. He won the championship in 29.8 seconds.
Lillard finished the race in just 28.8 seconds in the opening round, the most of any competitor. In the finals, Lillard significantly increased the tempo of the dribble, and although it took two passes to complete both flat and ground passes, he made an easy first shot and finally finished the game with a dunk to win the skills game in 29.8 seconds. Holiday had problems with his ground-and-ball passes and shooting, and it took 35.6 seconds to complete the game.
The 2013 NBA All-Star Game was a three-point contest. After a fierce battle, Irving from the Cavaliers performed brilliantly in the finals, shooting a total of 23 points, defeating Bonner (20 points) from the Spurs to win the championship strongly, and the latter was relegated to second place.
This year's three-point contest will take the form of an East-West rivalry, with the points of the three players from each division added up, with the team with the highest score receiving 40 points and the champion earning 10 points for their team.
The Cavaliers' Irving, the Hawks' Novak and the Pacers' Paul George represent the Eastern Division, while the three representatives in the Western Conference are the Warriors' Stie Curry, the Hornets' Ryan Anderson and the Spurs' Matt Bonner.
According to the rules, the player who scores the most points in the player with a shot within 1 minute is the winner. The game is divided into two rounds, with a total of 5 shooting points, including two points of symmetry at the bottom corner, two points of 45° symmetry and one point at the top of the arc; There are 5 balls at each shooting point, of which 4 balls are orange balls and 1 ball is worth 1 point for hits, and 1 ball is a flower ball, and 2 points are counted for hits. The maximum score is 30 points.
Curry took the lead for the Western Conference team, and his initial shot seemed a little anxious, which had a big negative impact on the shooting rate, but fortunately, he adjusted his rhythm after the third shooting point, and his shooting percentage increased significantly, and finally shot 17 points; Anderson made his second appearance, scoring 18 points on his 4th 5-pointer; Bonner, who was the last to play, hit all the first points, shot 18 points from the first four points, and finally hit 19 points to enter the finals.
Of the three players in the Eastern Division, Irving, who was the first to appear on the court, did not play well, scoring only 13 points in the first four points, and finally scored 18 points; The second appearance of George was even worse, the first point was all off, and the next three points added up to 9 points, and finally scored 10 points, the lowest score in the game; Novak, who came in the last game, scored just one point at the top of the arc for a total of 17 points. In this way, the West Side team won comfortably 54-45.
Bonner and Owen made it to the final. The latter took the lead, Irving hit all the first points, and the feeling was significantly improved compared to the first round, scoring 5 points on the second point, and hitting all the top of the arc that he was best at, and only conceded 1 ball in the first 3 points, and finally scored 23 points, and victory was in sight; Bonner, who came on next, failed to withstand the pressure, scoring only 3 points on the first point, and 5 points on the second point, for a total of 20 points.
In this way, Irving easily won the championship of this three-point contest and saved some face for the Eastern Conference team. (To be continued......)