On February 4, 1998, in back-to-back games on the road, 98-88, the Knicks defeated the Timberwolves.

Looking at the players who walked off the field with talking and laughing, Jeff Van Gundy, who hung up, felt that he had reached the pinnacle of his life!

He was named the best coach in the league in his first season, led the team to a 19-game winning streak in his second season, and was elected head coach of the All-Star Game!

There aren't many coaches who can achieve this, and the closer we get to All-Star Weekend, the more Jeff Van Gundy floats, and the bald young marshal feels like he's going to heaven.

At the same time, after winning this game, the Knicks' record came to 35-10, and although the Pacers behind them had caught up, Jeff Van Gundy didn't care at this moment:

"Be sure to enjoy this year's All-Star Weekend!"

Back in the locker room, the Knicks looked relaxed and ready to enjoy All-Star Weekend.

Hold the All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden, even if you want to watch the game live, you don't have to fly around and toss back and forth.

"It's hard to understand why there are four Lakers players in the Western Conference All-Star!"

"The coach really gave face, and if I voted, this would not have happened."

Larry Johnson returned to his seat and followed with two more sour sentences.

The Knicks had the first record, but only Lee Woo was selected as an All-Star, while the Lakers had four this year.

"Big Mom" performed well during this time, and originally imagined that she could be selected for the bench lineup, but after the results were announced not long ago, she immediately got lemon.

This has been complained about many times, and Alan Houston doesn't care about this, but laughs and jokes:

"Coach Van Gundy was named the head coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star, and we also had two of us selected for the All-Star Game, which is already a good treatment."

As soon as they heard this, the atmosphere team also coaxed, thinking of the situation where Mai Jiu met Van Gundy, everyone couldn't wait to watch the fun

Not long ago, the NBA league just announced the backup lineup of the All-Stars in the Eastern and Western Leagues, and the Knicks, who had the first record, were not selected, which immediately annoyed the media in New York.

The seven Eastern Conference All-Star substitutes are:

Glenn Rice, Reggie Miller, Steve Smith, Rick Smitz, Tim Hardaway, Jason Williams, Antoine Walker.

The seven Western All-Star benches are:

Nick Van Exel, Eddie Jones, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Vin Baker, Mitch Richmond, Jason Kidd.

The Pacers, Lakers, and Spurs all had two players on the All-Star bench.

In the 98 All-Star Game, the Lakers became the biggest winner, four All-Stars, and it also made the fans in Los Angeles swell, and the local media also borrowed the championship by the way!

O'Neal was just voted Player of the Month for January, and the Lakers are getting better.

Even though it's not yet the playoffs, the Los Angeles media have begun punching the Jazz and kicking the SuperSonics.

The media in New York believe that the head coaches of other teams deliberately target the Knicks, and they should also enjoy the treatment of the Lakers!

Chicago fans are very unhappy with the results of this year's All-Star selection, but it is worth consoling that Pippen, who was clamoring to leave the team some time ago, has recently returned from injury.

No one can escape the law of true fragrance, and as for how to get the locker room of Mai Buckle, the media don't know, and can only follow a blind guess.

The more teammates chatted, the more crooked they became, and some people even began to look forward to the drama of Mai Kou angrily spraying the head coach, Li You hurriedly changed the topic at this time:

"To celebrate the three-point contest winner, I'm back in New York for a treat!"

"Oh!!"

took out a single champion, and everyone didn't care, just cheered.

Everyone knows Li You's strength, daily training, and this five-point three-point shooting is ridiculously accurate!

When Jeff Van Gundy returned to the dressing room, he smiled with relief when he heard the cheers, and the players still loved him.

Due to the Magic's record, Anfernee Hardaway completely missed the All-Star Game this year after being squeezed out of the starting line by Lee You.

This made the hook's original propaganda resources useless, and finally all of them were transferred to Li You.

On the 5th, Li You cooperated with the hook staff and took makeup photos for most of the day.

In order to promote the new Air Foamposite One, Lee Woo will have to wear the "penny" signature shoe during this year's All-Star Game.

Unexpectedly, Anfernee Hardaway missed the All-Star Game, but fortunately, in the alternative plan, add the color of the Knicks, and Li You can still be on top, otherwise he will lose a lot this year.

The sales of the second brother's shoes did not meet expectations, and at this time, he had to rely on Li You to bring the goods, and the "Big Eyes" sold well, and in New York, many fans would buy a pair.

With promotional photos and an interview with Sports Illustrated, Hook hopes that after All-Star Weekend, the sales of this shoe will explode.

The afternoon Sports Illustrated interview was still at Rockefeller Center, and the editor-in-chief, Bill Colhorn, was already an old acquaintance of Lee You.

How to write the article, the staff know that the topic of conversation between the two has little to do with basketball:

"We'll probably be moving in two years, Lee, and don't forget to come to the Sports Illustrated event!"

"Warner has planned a new headquarters building, and we'll all have to move there, and New York is growing too fast."

Bill Colhorn also showed a yearning look when he talked about his new home, triggering memories in his mind, and Li You remembered the future Time Warner information:

"It's definitely a good thing to move to a new headquarters, your website is doing well, other magazines don't move so quickly."

Li You's words immediately made Bill Colhorn feel good, and he advocated the Internet business, and the effect is not bad so far.

The 1998 All-Star Weekend was a little different than the previous ones, and this year the slam dunk contest was canceled because fans reported that the individual event was so boring!

No one likes to watch a slam dunk contest without any new ideas.

On February 6th, the NBA began arranging for East and West All-Star players to shoot makeup photos.

In the afternoon, when Li You saw Michael Jordan, he was in a good mood again, and Pippen's return from injury made Mai Buckle breathe a sigh of relief.

In the Madison Square Garden arena, the players are wearing their own team uniforms, and the only difference from the regular season is that the jerseys have a little star that symbolizes an all-star.

"Do you want me to give you my place? Lee, this is your home turf! ”

Wearing a white Bulls jersey, Michael Jordan, who was in a good mood, naturally stood in the C position when taking pictures, teasing Li You, more pretending to be X

Li You saw that Maikou was already holding the basketball and sat in the middle position, and he was speechless for a while, so he could only pull out a smile and say:

"I'm just a rookie player, I'm not a top 50 superstar, I can just sit on the sidelines."

Seemingly satisfied with Li You's answer, Michael Jordan smiled and began to beckon everyone to take their seats.

In the end, the makeup of the Eastern Conference All-Star became Michael Jordan sitting in the C position with a basketball, Lee You and Gran Tehill on either side, and everyone in the back lined up in order of height.

The Western All-Star makeup spot became O'Neal, and MVP Karl Malone stood aside like everyone else.

At the All-Star Weekend in New York, the protagonist is still Michael Jordan.

On Saturday, Feb. 7, there will be a three-point contest and a rookie challenge.

However, the media wanted to know more about the internal situation of the Bulls, and when Pippen and the team almost broke up, they actually wore the Bulls jersey again, and everyone wanted to know the inside story.

And as the Bulls' record rebounds, there are more and more calls for a three-in-a-row championship.

Li You experienced Jeff Van Gundy's feelings at this time, obviously it was the home court of the Knicks, but he was robbed of the scene by Mai dunk.

The New York media is also reluctant to let go of such hot news, and since Michael Jordan arrived in New York, he almost became the other party's follower.

Li You can be interviewed at any time, but Michael Jordan is different, in short, by All-Star Weekend, the real superstar Mai Buckle is online again!

No one paid attention to Karl Malone, no one paid attention to O'Neal, and by All-Star Weekend, everyone was a supporting cast.

Coupled with rumors, there are rumors that Michael Jordan intends to retire after the end of this season, and for a while, the popularity of Mai Buckle exploded.

On the night of the 7th, Madison Square Garden was attended by many well-known people, the most eye-catching being Magic Johnson who called friends in the front row.

With their signature smiles, constant greetings to the socialites in attendance, and Pacers coach Larry Bird on the side, the Magic Birds sucked everyone's attention.

Grant Hill, dressed in a straight suit, sat next to Li You, and the two sat in the front row, watching the rookie challenge and chatting casually:

"That's the influence of the veteran stars, and a lot of the fans grew up watching them play."

Grant Hill is second only to Michael Jordan in the number of votes this year, but when it comes to the scene, it is still not as eye-catching as Magic Johnson.

"Fans are getting older, too, and if you look at this year's All-Star Game, at least half of them are young."

Li You is not in a beautiful mood, these old guys are showing their presence all the time.

Grant Hill doesn't have much to compete with, and the new-generation star with a good upbringing just smiled when he heard Lee's words.

The mediocre rookie challenge, and finally 80:85, the Eastern rookie team successfully won.

The Cavaliers' "Big Z" Ilgoskas was named the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, while also becoming the first international player in NBA history to win the award.

In the follow-up three-point competition, Li You finally regained his sense of existence.

Changing into a white Knicks training uniform, Lee Woo got up and waved off the bench, and the New York fans who arrived began to cheer loudly.

This kind of treatment also made a few people on the side just lemon in their hearts, and they were already robbed of the heat by the old guy, but now Li You has also come out to stir up the situation.

Jeff Hornacek, Hubert Davis, Dale Ellis, Sam Mack, Glenn Rice, Tracy Morrie, Reggie Miller.

The 7 people next to Li You didn't say hello to each other, brother basketball was not popular these days, and Reggie Miller didn't even look at Li You.

Every time the Pacers and Knicks played, although the two did not face each other directly, the media in New York would always compare the two against each other.

With Hornacek's first appearance, there was a lot of noise at the scene.

Perhaps it was because he didn't get into the groove as soon as possible, and he didn't find his groove until the first half of the race.

With the last flower ball in the bottom right corner, Hornacek, who scored 17 points, shook his head slightly.

Li You saw a smile on his face, and soon, several people all appeared on the court, and as a result, they all performed one after another, and only Dale Ellis scored 18 points.

Favorite Reggie Miller even threw a 12-point hip pull.

Li You, who was wearing a white training uniform, stood up, turned his head and teased Reggie Miller, who had just left the game:

"Looks like I don't have to take off my training clothes!"

Without giving Reggie Miller a chance to respond, Lee Woo ran to the bottom left corner with a smile on his face.

As the timer sounded, after missing the first ball, Li You quickly found his touch.

With a quick shot and Li You's unique shooting rhythm, the cheers at Madison Square Garden grew louder and louder.

In the bottom corner of the right side, Li You made all five shots, and after the last flower ball shot, he confidently turned around and waved to the fans.

"Huh!" Three-pointers hollow into the net.

With 24 points, Li You simply crushed everyone, while Reggie Miller, who was eliminated in the first round, had an ugly face and was so angry that he almost left the game early.

Advancing to the semifinals, Hubert Davis burst out and also threw up 24 points.

After Lee Woo threw 23 points, the two finally advanced to the finals.

The New York fans at the scene noticed that Li You still hadn't taken off his training uniform, and began to heckle loudly again.

In the final, Li You was the first to appear, and like the first two rounds, he seemed to be a shooting machine, without any hesitation, and he still shot quickly at every point.

The cheers grew louder and louder, and as the last spot in the bottom right corner hit again, Li You put his right hand to his ear with a smile and made a listening gesture.

“Wow！！”

New York fans who like to watch and have fun shouted happily, 25 points, the championship is stable!

The Mavericks' Hubert Davis had a solemn face and seemed to be under too much pressure at the end, and Bon Bang hit the iron and threw up a 10-point shot.

Li You, who returned to his seat, shook his head with a smile, saying that it was too easy to win the championship.

Reggie Miller on the side couldn't see the cute new outfit X, and just wanted to choke back a few words, but saw Li You stand up and walk to the center of the venue, leaving a sentence for everyone by the way:

"It seems that you are all here to be sparring partners!"

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