Chapter 140: Celebrating the All-Star Ticket King? (6000 word chapters)
With 84 points in the regular season, Li Ze deeply experienced for the first time what hand-to-hand combat is, the whole game was extremely boring, emotions could not be released, and every time he covered, there was a lot of physical confrontation.
After losing, Durant and Turtle were in a bad mood, and after a simple greeting, they immediately turned around and walked back to the player tunnel, Li Ze's mood was not greatly affected, after all, this game was indeed the Thunder's own problem.
"Congratulations! Man, you've been selected as an All-Star, and you've played fantastic with the Grizzlies this season! β
Li Ze found Zach Randolph and started the business blowing mode, The Prodigal Son turned back, and Randolph's performance really surprised many people.
"Yay! Thanks, man, I didn't expect to be an All-Star, you're really good, Lee, and we've spent almost half of our video lessons explaining how to effectively defend you. β
Zach Randolph was also a little excited, thinking back on his previous bad career, and he cherished the opportunity he got with the Grizzlies more and more.
"Wow, that's really flattering, enjoy this All-Star Weekend, I'll be there to cheer you on!"
After a simple hug and greeting from Zach Randolph, Li Ze chatted with Gasol Jr. for a long time before he said goodbye and left.
Half an hour ago, in TNT's special, the NBA league announced its All-Star starters, and the final stage of voting varied widely.
Kobe Bryant, who had been in the position of the king of votes, was successfully overtaken by LeBron James in the final stage, and James led Kobe by 90,000 votes and was successfully elected the 2010 All-Star vote king.
Nowitzki, the host, was overtaken by Duncan by 60,000 votes in the end, losing the starting spot of the Western All-Star.
The results of the vote in the East did not change much, with Allen Iverson leading by the emotional bonus, and Vince Carter failing to overtake in the end.
And just like that, the 2010 All-Star Game roster was officially decided:
Western Conference starting five: Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Tim Duncan, Amare Stoudamire.
Subs seven: Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Kevin Durant, Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Zach Randolph, Brandon Roy.
Eastern Conference starting five: Allen Iverson, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard.
Subs seven: Derrick Rose, Rajon Rondo, Joe Johnson, Paul Pearce, Gerard Wallace, Chris Bosh, Al Horford.
The all-star bench in the west is evenly wet, after all, there are too many strong teams, and they all have to give face, and the all-star bench in the east is obviously different, there are more weak teams, and most of the selected people have good team records.
Li Ze was not surprised to hear the coaching staff tell him that he was not selected as an All-Star, the starter had to compete with the old guys, and the Thunder's bench position was locked by Durant again, In such a situation, it is normal to lose the selection.
The coach chooses a substitute not only to see the ability, but also to consider some human feelings, I will help you this year, you will help me next year, this is how the relationship is used.
In the Thunder locker room, everyone was congratulating Durant on being selected as an All-Star, and after Li Ze came back, he also sent his blessings as soon as possible:
"Congratulations! Kevin, the All-Stars deserve it, and you're still going to participate.. E. Shooting Game, I'm already looking forward to your All-Star Weekend! β
Li Ze smiled and bumped fists with Durant.
"Haha, I like it.. E. Shooting game, maybe I can defend the title this year, and when I return to the Russian city, I must have a party to celebrate! β
Although he only scored 26 points in tonight's loss, Durant was still very happy that he was finally selected as an All-Star!
"Nina and I will be there to cheer you on, Kevin! Aim for an All-Star Game MVP! β
The turtle that walked into the sewer again tonight also followed suit.
"Haha, well said, take the MVP!!" "The MVP must be snatched away, or it will definitely be awarded to Kobe Bryant." "We've got your back, Kevin!"
Durant smirked, this is the reward of his hard work for two years, and when he thinks of the All-Star Game MVP, he can't help but feel a little hot in his heart, it's not interesting to touch the fish, if he can grab this award, it will be great.
"Haha, guys, I don't want to become a public enemy of the league, MVP forget it!"
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After the Thunder lost to the Grizzlies, the fans of the Celestial Empire on the other side of the ocean were suddenly very surprised, especially when they saw that both teams only scored more than 80 points, many fans called it incredible.
"It's ugly! I wanted to doze off in the fourth quarter, the two sides were very slow and always playing iron, it was a boring game. β
"Do you still need to watch the Thunder game? Waking up is a... Well, a small defeat, Li Ze actually played very well, 22 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, which is a three-point shot! β
"2 of 6 is not iron, Westbrook is called iron, he almost smashed the basket in the second half, 8 of his 20 points are free throws, but as long as he is accurate in the fourth quarter, the Thunder can definitely win."
"I don't want to see such an ugly game again, except that the iron is a free throw, and the Grizzlies' movements are so big, the referee doesn't blow it at all."
"Why do I think this game is very emotional! This kind of muscular game is my favorite, Randolph played really well, Mayo played very handsome, but unfortunately Li Zefang's 1 out of 12..."
"I'm Zhan Niu X, I successfully reversed and got the vote king, kill Kobe, I'm comfortable!"
"There is a shady scene, the godfather is working hard, the volute is obviously hacked, this year's All-Star Game is really boring, and I have to watch James's lame 8-step layup, I want to see Li Ze!"
"Maddie was also pushed down, I still want to see Maddie play the All-Star game, the Rockets don't have an All-Star player this season, it's too miserable!"
"If Maddie can be selected as an All-Star, it will definitely be a joke, he hasn't played a few games at all, and the Rockets have long been out of order, Da Yao should leave quickly."
"This is the Thunder's post-game post, can you please stop mentioning those irrelevant players and get out of here."
After the All-Star Game roster was confirmed, the media on Amika's side started a new round of tearing battles, constantly holding grievances for some unsuccessful players, and guiding fans to tear each other apart by the way...
Li Ze didn't have the heart to pay attention to these news, he just wanted to rest now, after all, tomorrow's back-to-back games, the Thunder team has to fly to Cleveland to challenge the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are in good shape.
After a simple reply to the comfort of the brothers on the surface, Li Ze immediately collapsed on the big bed in the hotel, he really consumed a lot in this game.
"Fortunately, there is a B+-grade energy drink, and I can be resurrected with full blood tomorrow morning!"
After entering the land of sleep, Li Ze routinely came to the dream training space, and when he saw the badge upgrade prompt on the achievement room, he was slightly happy in his heart, and he was one step closer to all the silver badges!
After entering the achievement room, seeing the two achievement badges upgraded to silver in front of him, Li Ze hurriedly stepped forward and touched it to check the attributes:
Achievement Badge [Conversion Master]: 3/500
Increases the overall speed of holding the ball when switching from defense to offense, and increases the shooting percentage of finishing under the basket when defending and attacking.
Achievement Badge [Sticky Hands]: 2/500
Strengthens the ability to receive a difficult pass and quickly place the ball on the floor, and strengthens the shooting percentage of a direct shot after receiving a difficult pass.
Li Ze saw that the new attributes of the two upgraded badges were all improved, and his face immediately showed joy, especially the [Sticky Hands] badge, which was of great help to him frequently receiving pots.
"It seems that I am destined to become the man who picks up the pot!"
On the plane to Cleveland on January 23, everyone on the Thunder looked a little tired, after all, the Grizzlies were scared all night last night, and fatigue was inevitable.
Durant's physical strength has not fully recovered, and when he thinks of having to defend LeBron James' tank breakthrough tonight, he can't help but complain:
"James should play football and I promise he will do well!"
"I really didn't expect the Cavaliers' record to get better and better, and the combination of O'Neal and James is really going to be successful."
Jeff Green slowly moved his shoulders and said casually.
"The Cavaliers' record is about to catch up with us, 33-11, no wonder the media always praises James!"
All-Star vote king, No. 1 on the MVP candidate list, although the start was unfavorable, but then James led the Cavaliers to a wave of consecutive wins, and now has come to the first place in the East, and the media is full of praise.
Seeing LeBron James's hot popularity, Turtle Turtle couldn't help but feel a lemon in his heart.
"Media reporters and ball critics are all grass on the wall, shout praises if you play well, don't care about them, Russell, you don't need to make any changes, we're still number one in the league now, to hell with the media that criticize you!"
Li Ze naturally knows that Turtle has been criticized recently, and the media has begun to question his style of play, believing that he has not fulfilled his duties as a point guard.
But the current tactics of the Thunder team are like this, the turtle can give full play to his offensive attributes, Li Ze is the metronome on the court, and the tactical choice is often decided by Li Ze.
The coaching staff is very satisfied with the state of the turtle, the transition offense, the breakthrough of the ball, and the execution of fixed tactics, which are impeccable, but the media can not care about these, and the point guard with such a strong style of play is difficult to be loved by critics.
"I know! The fans in Russia are very fond of me, I don't care what the media says, I just play! β
Turtle Turtle said confidently, what you said sounds very reasonable, but I just won't change it!
"Well done, Russell!" "You're going to be an All-Star starter next season!"
Li Ze couldn't help but smile when he saw everyone's gossiping comfort, the Thunder team was completely on the right track.
The Quick-Loan Center Arena was packed tonight, the team's results are getting better and better, and the star LeBron James has been elected All-Star vote champion again, which makes Cleveland fans proud and proud.
LeBron James is a gift from God to Cleveland, and fans firmly believe that he will definitely bring back the championship for Cleveland!
During the pre-game warm-up, Durant couldn't help but just make a lemon and said to Li Ze beside him:
"Kayce, look at what Nike did for James, the city is full of posters of him, and I want to have my own signature sneakers."
"I think you can sign a good shoe contract in the offseason, an All-Star, a scoring champion, an MVP candidate, and you want to sign with Nike too?"
Li Ze, who was full of physical energy, was dribbling the ball in a dazzle, and when he heard Durant's sour words, he asked rhetorically after a brief comfort.
"Cool! That's definitely a good choice, of course, I value the contract amount more, Kleiman will help me with this, we agree that the most important thing is the knife in hand. β
Thinking that he was about to get a big contract, Durant responded with a fluttering eyebrow.
"Hey Kevin, congratulations, you've been selected as an All-Star, Kayce, and I'm sure you'll be seen at next year's All-Star Game!"
LeBron James, who was in a good mood, praised when he saw people, and when he saw Durant and Li Ze who were warming up, he immediately turned on the PY mode.
"Congratulations also on getting the All-Star Vote King, 2.5 million votes, it's really incredible."
Li Ze put the ball away and skillfully began to blow each other commercially.
"Congratulations! LeBron, surpassing Kobe Bryant to get the vote king, it's so cool, it's really time for the old guys to give way! β
Durant also pretended to be sincere, and began to praise each other constantly, the three of them stood together and blew quite happily, James can definitely rank first among Li Ze's surface brothers, and the surface kung fu is really in place.
The Celestial Empire on the other side of the ocean happened to be Sunday today, and CCTV Sports also broadcast the game, before the game, the host Yang Jian and the guest Zhang Weiping also chatted about the topic of all-star starters.
"I wasn't too surprised that James was elected as the All-Star voting king, but the host's Nowitzki didn't start, which really didn't make me expect, Director Zhang, what do you think of this year's All-Star starting list?"
Host Yang Jian threw out a hot topic recently.
"Nowitzki is an international player after all, and he must have suffered a loss in the All-Star vote, but in Dallas All-Star Weekend, Nowitzki didn't start, which is really almost meaningful, this year is quite starry, but if you want to play well, it depends on the performance of young players."
It makes Director Zhang feel a little regretful that Li Ze was not selected for the All-Star bench, and the Western backcourt is really too rolly...
"Let's talk about this game again, this is the last game of the Thunder's four consecutive away games, the last back-to-back game, the two-point loss to the Grizzlies, the play was completely unexpected, the Grizzlies almost completely suppressed the Thunder."
Host Yang Jian also watched the game back, he never expected the Thunder team to score only 84 points.
"I think the main thing is to lose on rebounding, although the Thunder backcourt rebounding protection is good, but in the face of the Grizzlies' rush, the signature transition offense was played twice."
"Another is that after the fierce physical confrontation, the shooting rate in the fourth quarter dropped seriously, the opportunity came out, and still couldn't shoot, today's game with the Cavaliers, we can also pay attention to the performance of the Thunder in the final quarter."
Director Zhang felt that the Thunder team did not lose unjustly, which is the defect of relying on outside projection teams.
"Thanks to Director Zhang's comments, the starting lists for both sides have come out, and Jeff Green is still out of action."
"Both teams are in the regular rotation for this game, and I hope the Thunder's fitness will not be affected too much, so let's return the picture to the front first, and then we will detail the starting lineups of both sides."
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The Quickloan Center Arena was full of people, and after the DJ screamed at the scene, all the players of the home team finished playing, and Li Ze felt that the fans in Cleveland were similar to the fans in Russia, and they were all overly enthusiastic.
When LeBron James played, the scene set off a huge wave.
The game started immediately, James came to the technical table, and threw the magnesium powder with a sense of ceremony... By the way, I also screamed:
"Roar!!"
"It's really a clichΓ© opening, or is my opening dance better, Kayce, we haven't danced in a long time!"
The turtle stabbed Li Ze beside him while holding the lemon.
"Huh! You know, away dancing can be a big deal! β
The corners of Li Ze's mouth twitched slightly, and he casually dealt with the turtle turtle, and put it aside to dance, and quickly came out of the sewer...
The referee motioned for Kostic and O'Neill to come to the centre circle to prepare for the jump, and the game began immediately.
"O'Neal managed to jump to the ball, James held the ball across the halfcourt, and Durant immediately stepped forward to defend."
The host Yang Jian officially started the commentary of the game.
The Cavaliers attacked, O'Neal went up to block and pick-and-roll, J.J. Hickson waited for a pie near the paint area underneath, and Daniel Gibson and Anthony Parker opened up offensive space outside the three-point line.
In the first round of the opening game, Durant's defense and dismantling naturally went down the line to prevent James from breaking through to the basket, but perhaps it was because people were in good spirits at happy events, noticing Durant's defensive positioning, and after James blocked and dismantled, he made a jump shot at the top of the arc outside the three-point line.
The three-point shot hollowed into the net.
"Wow!!"
The QuickLoan Center Arena erupted in loud cheers, and fans knew that as long as LeBron James could find his touch on the outside, he would be unstoppable in this game.
"Yo he, really in! Durant has to pay attention to his defense against James, he can't put it so big, if he shoots it, it's not easy to limit! β
Director Zhang was also a little surprised, James's three-point shooting rate was a little more than 30%, and he took the lead in long-range shooting at the beginning, which was not common in previous games.
The Thunder attacked, Li Ze first made a baseline cross cover with Ibaka, and then relied on Kostic's back cover to successfully receive the ball at the top of the arc outside the three-point line.
Noticing that Anthony Parker's pursuit was a step slower, Li Ze did not hesitate and immediately jumped to shoot.
"Huh..."The three-pointer hit steadily.
"Good shot! It seems that the back-to-back games have little impact on Li Ze, the physical fitness is really good, this is also a talent! β
The host Yang Jian saw Li Ze easily hit a 3-pointer on the first ball, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he didn't want Li Ze to be affected by his physical fitness and perform crotch-pulling.
Due to back-to-back battles, in this game, the main attacker of the Thunder team changed from Durant to Li Ze, after all, Li Ze is in the best physical condition, and those who can work hard, at this time the team needs him to shoulder the heavy responsibility of offense.
The Cavaliers quickly sent the baseline ball, Gibson used half the court, and immediately gave the ball to James, who did not stick the ball, and gave the high ball to O'Neal in the low post, this time the position was very deep, and after hitting it, he quickly turned around and closed the ball on the lower line, and threw lightly with his left hand.
"Huh..."Two points were scored under the basket, and the physical O'Neal was still fine on the offensive end.
The Thunder attacked, Durant smoked in the bottom corner of the right side directly after half court, and after the turtle made an offensive gesture, Li Ze took advantage of two screens from Ibaka and Kostic to receive a pass from the turtle at 45 degrees outside the three-point line.
O'Neal, who should have switched defenses, failed to pounce in time, and Li Ze paused outside the three-point line, glanced at the blue frame, and made an easy jumper.
"Huh..."The three-pointer hit steadily.
"Shhhhh
The fans at the Quickloan Center Arena are not satisfied, what's going on? This game was supposed to celebrate their chosen son, LeBron James, the All-Star vote king, you kid is going to steal the show!
After shooting the three-pointer, Li Ze smiled and quickly retreated, let you see what a ruthless shooting robot is in this game.
LeBron James dribbled across the half court with the ball himself this time, directing traffic outside the three-point line, Hickson stepped up to block and dismantle, ignoring the defensive Durant on his side, and James accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his left hand.
But Ibaka had been waiting in the back for a long time, and when he saw that he was about to be covered, James immediately threw the ball to Anthony Parker on the outside, but such an obvious passing intention was easily recognized by Li Ze, who was quick and took the ball away.
After copying the ball, Li Ze accelerated wildly, 1 to 0 in the front court, undefended, took off directly after just crossing the free throw line, stretched his body, changed hands under his crotch, and dunked with one arm!
"Bang..."Li Zexiu dunked under his crotch.
"Oh!!"
The fans at the scene suddenly let out a burst of exclamations, this ball buckle is really wonderful, a bit like Carter, the Chinese fans wearing the No. 10 jersey of Li Ze Thunder team also broke out into cheers, and everyone screamed excitedly.
"The actual crotch dunk, this ball is so exciting! Get the slam dunk contest and you will definitely get a perfect score! β
The host Yang Jian also instantly raised the volume of his commentary.
LeBron James's face was slightly gloomy, he was careless, he didn't expect Ibaka's help defense to be so fast and jump so high...
Gibson hurriedly ran back to the baseline to serve, and it was rare to return to the starting position, he still wanted to show himself, and the emperor's guards with knives also needed to compete for posts!
It's still LeBron James who holds the ball high, this time it's O'Neal who lifts up and picks up, Durant still goes down the line to defend, James doesn't choose to shoot, but accelerates with the ball in his right hand, and the tank breaks through and crushes into the restricted area.
Ibaka, who came to help defend it, reacted quickly and blocked in front of James again, and James, who had learned a lesson, shook his wrist and passed the ball directly to Hickson under the basket, who just wanted to dunk after receiving the ball, and Ibaka who turned around immediately sent a pegboard cap.
"Oh!!"
The fans at the scene let out another burst of exclamations, Ibaka's bullet speed is amazing!
Kostic, who controlled the ball, passed to Li Ze, and after receiving the ball, he first shook off Anthony Parker with a large change of direction in front of his body, and then accelerated wildly with the ball in his left hand and rushed to the opponent's half.
The upgraded [Transformation Master] badge has a very good effect on speed, Li Ze rushed forward, and LeBron James behind him also drove full power to chase Li Ze.
Feeling the movement behind him, Li Ze continued to accelerate, and after taking three steps, he did not choose to go to the basket, but threw the ball lightly behind him, and the turtle in the back understood it, and after receiving the ball with one arm, he smashed the ball directly into the basket.
"Bang..."
"Ahh
The turtle who succeeded in dunking the dunk first yelled loudly in the face of the boos of the fans at the scene, then showed off his biceps, and excitedly bumped his chest with Li Ze to celebrate.
Li Ze noticed LeBron James who looked depressed on the side, and couldn't help but smile in his heart:
"Celebrating the All-Star Ticket King? You have to ask me if I say yes or not! β