Chapter 547: Teach Xiao Young a Lesson
The All-Star team is getting closer and closer, and the Wizards are still on a winning streak.
And just when Li Kaiming thought that this season was also a boring regular season trip, an accident happened!
The team's starting point guard, Sinrich, is expected to miss three months after losing his balance during a breakaway against the Minnesota Timberwolves of the Western Tanks.
This is Hinrich's 11th season, and he was traded by the Chicago Bulls for a while after suffering from injuries.
After coming to the Wizards, because of the presence of Li Kaiming, Hinrich rejuvenated his second spring, he only needs to be a calm veteran, command the team on the court, and then catch the ball and shoot three-pointers.
Such a task would not cause a great burden on his body, so Hinrich also ushered in a healthy period of two or three years.
But time is fair, and the average career length of an NbA player is not even 5 years.
Hinrich's Draft-winning lottery pick can play for 10 years and also serve as the starting point guard for a championship-contending team, which is already a very good career, second only to some All-Star players.
Hinrich's absence has made the media of Emelica start to talk about the lack of a starting point guard, and this person is also an important space point, the core of the Wizards' outside ball, and the Wizards' record will definitely be affected!
As if to test the group's claims, the Wizards lost to the Spurs in the first game after Hinrich's absence.
"At present, the Wizards have lost 4 games, and Li Kaiming wants to be a regular season MVP for three consecutive years, at least he has to play a record-tying 72 wins, right?"
"It's unlikely, it's not that I don't believe in his strength, the main thing is that the difficulty is too high, the opponents of the Wizards in the second half of the game are all strong teams, and the season is about to end, these teams will definitely play seriously in order to compete for the rankings, and it is difficult to play without a starter......"
"Suffice it to say, the mVp is basically Kevin Durant's!"
On February 16, All-Star Weekend officially began.
The Wizards had finished their pre-All-Star break schedule three days ago, with a total of 51 games and the Wizards were 46-5 and ranked first in the league.
After Hinrich's absence, the Wizards won one win and one loss, and Li Kaiming's playing time did not increase, still averaging 30 minutes per game, averaging 28 points, 14.6 rebounds, 8.9 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals per game.
Such data and records are concentrated on one person, and in any year it is the strongest candidate for mVp.
But this is the third consecutive year that Li Kaiming has competed for the mVp, and both fans and the media have begun to suppress him as if they were careless.
Because every fan of Amerika knows in their hearts that if Li Kaiming gets three mVp, it will be equivalent to the league recognizing Li Kaiming as the strongest player after Jordan!
The most important thing is that this strongest player is actually a Chinese!
Letting a foreigner rule the league of the Emerica, which is unacceptable in the eyes of the arrogant Emericans.
It has always been the Emerica that rules the other countries, where is the other country when they ride on the head of the Emerica?
To put it bluntly, this is a form of discrimination.
The Emerica people shout about freedom and openness, but there are limits to this so-called freedom and openness.
Not even a sports league can do what they call freedom, let alone anywhere else?
Therefore, if Li Kaiming wants to get this mVp, he is not only competing with Kevin Durant, nor only competing with the media of Emerica, but competing with the prejudice and arrogance hanging on this land!
He is like a sapling living in a pot, when he is not growing, the pot will provide him with nutrients, and when he grows to a certain height, the pot will tell him that enough is enough.
If he wants to continue growing, he has to break through the shackles of this pot!
Because Sanders had already served as the head coach of the East in the All-Star Game last season, the head coach of the East this time is Frank Vogel, the head coach of the Pacers ranked second in the East.
There is no need to watch the rookie challenge ahead, and the Wizards' first-round picks for the past two years have been traded, so there are no Wizards players on the court.
The three-point contest and dunk contest on the second day were considered decent.
In the end, the three-point contest was won by Spurs player Marco Belinelli.
The title of slam dunk king was won by John Wall, the same class as Li Kaiming.
Finally, the highlight of this All-Star is the All-Star Game.
At half past nine in the evening, after the well-known singers sang the Emerica national anthem, the starting lineup of the East and West was also ready.
Eastern All-Stars: Point guard Kyrie Irving, point guard Dwayne Wade, small forward Paul George, power forward LeBron James, center Kaiming Lee.
This is the first time Li Kaiming has played on the All-Star court as a starting center.
Western Conference All-Stars: Point guard Steve Curry, point guard James Harden, small forward Kevin Durant, power forward Blake Griffin, center Kevin Love.
Originally, the starting scoring guard voted by the Western Army was Kobe Bryant, but he missed the All-Star due to injury, and the head coach of the Western Army, Scott Brooks, chose his favorite James Harden to replace Kobe.
With New Orleans at home in mind, league officials chose to put Anthony Davis in place of Kobe Bryant in the All-Star break.
As the referee's whistle blew, Li Kaiming rushed out like a rocket and easily put the ball in the hands of his teammates in the air.
Lefu could only smile helplessly, his strong rebounding ability is more because of his good awareness, compared to bounce, he is much stronger than him in the league, not to mention Li Kaiming's top bounce.
Irving dribbled over half the court, faced Curry's defense with bells and whistles, and the last gyro turned around and broke through, leaning over and throwing a shot!
This kid is playing ball, and the viewing is high!
On the western side, Curry dribbled to the frontcourt, the inside Lefu went out to cover, and Curry took a step outside the three-point line to shoot directly by blocking and dismantling!
Swish!
Three-point hollow hit!
Curry shook his head and stepped back.
At the beginning of the game, the point guards on both sides were on the bar.
However, as soon as the All-Stars came up, everyone was warming up and playing at the same time, and the defensive intensity was very low, so when they saw that the two fullbacks had a strong desire to score, they simply gave the ball to the opposite side.
So most of the first quarter of the game became Irving's fancy dribbling on the Eastern side, and Curry Harden on the Western side fired one after another outside the three-point line.
Of course, these guys, as the first-time All-Star starters, are a group of little brothers in front of the rest, so they should give face to the big brothers.
As soon as Curry came up, he simply hit a three-pointer, and Li Kaiming thought that this kid would explode tonight!
As a result, the game ended in the whole quarter, and Curry still only hit one three-pointer......
The only one who entered was still touched by me, right......
The western side is dominated by outside offense, while the eastern side is dominated by offense from inside the three-point line.
In the West, Curry Harden and two men thundered in the first quarter, leading the Eastern Army to an eight-point lead at 45-37 in the first quarter.
Li Kaiming had already told Vogel before the game to give more time to other players, and of course, if Vogel felt the need for him to play, he would not hesitate to play.
The first quarter of the East was smooth sailing, so Li Kaiming only played 5 minutes before going off the court, and during this time, he was basically grabbing rebounds and only shooting a three-pointer.
From the second half of the first quarter to the middle of the second quarter, it is the rotation time of the two sides.
The starters have a slight advantage in the East, while the substitutes have a more obvious advantage in the West.
Especially in terms of scoring ability and outside projection ability, any one of the Western rotation is better than everyone on the Eastern bench.
Except, of course, Howard.
In addition, there was almost no defense in the game, and the Western troops scored crazy points during this time, and the score was overtaken in just about 10 minutes, and Vogel called a timeout and took James and others up.
Li Kaiming is still chatting and laughing with his teammates on the bench.
This kind of game with low defensive intensity is the most suitable for James's rhythm, and he has a remarkable effect after coming on the court, and quickly helps the East team to recover the score.
The two teams went back and forth, playing on and off until there were five minutes left in the final quarter.
At this time, the Western side fell behind by 5 points, and Kevin Durant took the lead to step up, scoring consecutive points while helping to block a layup by Irving.
This block was like a trumpet, sounding the stage of the game's highest defensive intensity.
Seeing this, Vogel found an opportunity to replace Li Kaiming.
Durant hit a free throw, and the score was 149-147, giving the East a two-point lead.
Li Kaiming came to the front court after serving the baseline, and Owen handed the ball to James to deal with.
and Li Kaiming have been teammates in the All-Star Game for three consecutive years, James has long known that as long as he blocks and dismantles with Li Kaiming, his breakthrough space is the largest.
Sure enough, when Li Kaiming bounced to the three-point line after covering, the two defenders of the Western Army all pounced, and James took the opportunity to impact the basket and score a layup!
Western offense, Durant saw James single, and also wanted to break through with a block, but he didn't expect to rush to the basket and be rejected by Li Kaiming with a pegboard hat!
James grabbed the rebound and launched a fast break, and Li Kaiming followed.
James used his impact to break through to the basket, and at a glance, he found that Li Kaiming was following behind, so he threw the board high!
Li Kaiming in the back jumped high, grabbed the ball with one hand, and then the tomahawk split the buckle!
Attacking in the West, James Harden received the ball and pulled away, and singled Wade to break through to the mid-range and make a quick stop.
Li Kaiming grabbed the rebound, and James with a long pass caused a foul!
On the sidelines, Vogel puffed out his chest proudly.
Is this what it feels like to have Li Kaiming?
I feel like I'm okay with me......
If Sanders knew what Vogel was thinking, he would probably be so angry that he vomited blood!
With the cooperation of Li Kaiming and James, the East team defeated the West team 166-157 and won the All-Star Game for four consecutive years.
Li Kaiming didn't have many scenes in the whole game, only playing 19 minutes and scoring 16 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks.
And James, who played 30 minutes and scored 34 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, won the mVp of the All-Star Game without any suspense!
Seeing James holding the trophy, Li Kaiming smiled very happily!
Treasure LeBron, this may be the only trophy you can snatch from me......