The 2005 Denver All-Star Weekend will begin on February 19, with the main event scheduled for February 21.

There are three rounds of voting for this year's All-Star, with the starting lineups in the East and West being decided entirely by the number of votes cast by fans, and the benches being voted on by the head coaches of 30 teams.

At the same time, for Lin Fei's fans at home and abroad, there is also good news worth paying attention to.

That is the first signature endorsement basketball shoes tailored by Anta Group for Lin Fei: Lin Fei's generation will officially appear with fans at tonight's Christmas war.

Lin Fei can finally wear his signature shoes to play in the future.

This "Lin Fei 1 Generation" basketball shoes use the most advanced nitrogen technology developed by Anta, and the performance is very good in shock absorption.

At the same time, the appearance is also very outstanding, with red, white and blue colors as the mainstay, showing the enthusiasm and vitality of youth.

The upper is made of microfiber and PU leather, and Lin Fei's No. 22 jersey number is printed on one side, as well as the words "LF1".

Lin Fei's promotional advertisement for his "Lin Fei Generation" basketball shoes has been officially launched on major sports TV stations in the Celestial Empire as early as a week ago, and the promotional posters have also appeared on the billboards of major mainstream shopping malls across the country.

And tonight's Christmas war, Antar Group also spent millions of dollars to advertise the "Lin Fei Generation" basketball shoes to the scene of the Staples Arena.

At present, this basketball shoe has not been officially circulated in the market, and it belongs to the pre-sale stage, and the price is 298 Tianchao coins.

Even so, the popularity of this basketball shoe is still high.

In 2004, when mobile shopping was not popular, more than hundreds of thousands of people still booked in advance on Anta's official website, which shows the eager expectations of fans at home and abroad for this "Lin Fei Generation" basketball shoes.

The popularity of the Christmas war is naturally very high, plus this is Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States, and at the same time, there are contradictions and gimmicks between OK combinations, as well as Lin Fei's deep hatred for killing the Lakers here in G6 last year.

Considering all these factors, tonight's Staples Arena was naturally crowded and packed, and tens of thousands of fanatical fans gathered outside the square.

The streets of Los Angeles are filled with festive spirits, with snowflakes fluttering, beautiful Christmas trees in shop windows, and Santa Claus in red hats weaving through the crowd to send blessings to the children.

The familiar Christmas song also sounded melodious and beautiful tunes:

"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, how happy we are skiing, we sit on the sled......"

In the front-row VIP seats at Staples Arena, a front-row ticket on the sidelines has been sold to more than $500,000, but the familiar faces of the stars are still in an endless stream.

Compared with the West Final at the end of May last season, Leonardo, the little plum who came to the scene tonight, has already changed to a new tender model girlfriend.

Goddess Scarlett Johansson and best friend Amber Heard also appeared on the sidelines.

Although Lin Fei already has an agent girlfriend Qin Dongmei, Aimebo still regards Lin Fei as a good friend, and the two occasionally chat on their mobile phones.

Amber's new movie released in November made her make a certain breakthrough in her acting career, and Lin Fei also sent her blessings for this.

Scarlett, as a loyal fan of the Lakers and Kobe, now sees Lin Fei's dazzling results in the new season, and her heart has silently begun to swing on both sides.

Now Scarlett likes to watch the Lakers and Kobe Bryant's game, as well as the Heat and Lin Fei's game.

But after the Lakers lost O'Neal this season, their strength and record have declined sharply, coupled with the chaos of the coaching staff, it is a question whether they can make the playoffs this season.

It was seven o'clock in the evening, and the game officially began at the whistle of the famous referee Stephen Garvy.

The starting five on the Miami Heat's side are:

Point Guard (PG): Jason Williams,

Shooting Guard (SG): Dwayne Wade,

Small Forward (SF): Sean Battier,

Power Forward (PF): Udonis Haslem,

Center (C): Shaquille O'Neal.

Jason Williams and Sean Battier have just been traded to the Heat, and although there is still a lack of chemistry with his teammates in daily training, Stan Van Gundy still shows the importance of the two new signings, and directly starts the game.

The starting five on the Los Angeles Lakers' side are:

Point Guard (PG): Chaki Atkins,

Shooting Guard (SG): Kobe Bryant,

Small Forward (SF): Caron Butler,

Power Forward (PF): Lamar Odom,

Center (C): Chris Mime.

Compared with the Lakers in previous seasons, with the departure of O'Neal, there is only one Kobe Bryant left in the Lakers starters today, and the rest are new faces.

And apart from Kobe, there is no All-Star (Caron Butler was only selected as an All-Star for the first time in '07), which is indeed incredible for Los Angeles, the world's second-largest city.

Nearly two months into the new season, the Los Angeles Lakers have a 10-19 record and are only in 13th place in the West.

On the other hand, the Miami Heat, led by the Big Three, are 27-2 so far this season, losing only 2 games, ranking first in the league and 3.5 wins ahead of the Phoenix Suns.

Since entering December, the Heat have not lost a game, counting the three consecutive wins at the end of November, and now it is 15 consecutive wins.

Before the game, the spinach company also gave the Miami Heat a huge handicap of 13.5 points.

It can be seen that the gap between the strength of the two teams is still relatively large, but the gimmicks and topics are very high.

"Beep!"

The game started quickly, O'Neal stood in the middle circle and easily picked up the basketball on the head of white center Chris Meem, and Jason "White Chocolate" Williams drove the ball forward.

Jason Williams was the No. 7 pick in the first round in 1998, was named to the rookie first team in his rookie season, and shocked the world with a back-elbow pass at the All-Star Rookie Challenge in 2000.

Although Jason Williams is not a first-class point guard in the league, and his best season of his career is only 12.4 points and 8.3 assists per game, and his shooting rate is not even 40%, but his reputation in the United States is very high.

All kinds of gorgeous passing actions have captured the love of many fans and have a certain box office appeal.

So trading Eddie Jones for Jason Williams and Sean Battier also got Heat fans excited.

When Williams came up, he deliberately made a performance, and against Atkins, an unknown starting point guard of the Lakers, he suddenly made a freehand back-of-head pass in the breakthrough.

The basketball seemed to have its eyes up, and it quickly flew into the hands of O'Neal in the low post.

Because the ball passed by "Bai Qiao" was so weird, O'Neal almost didn't even catch it, but he still quickly controlled the basketball, turned over and pushed Chris Mime hard, jumped up directly, and dunked with both hands.

"Boom!"

returned to the home stadium where he had played for 8 years, as well as Los Angeles, which he was familiar with, and the little brother who fought side by side with him to parting ways,

Tonight's "Big Shark" O'Neal is obviously in active form, and he has to prove in front of the Lakers' home fans that without Kobe, he O'Neal can still easily win the championship with other guards.

In the face of O'Neal's opening shark dunk, Staples Arena also burst into applause.

It can be seen that for O'Neal, these Lakers fans still have a deep affection.

After all, under his leadership, the Lakers won three consecutive championships, which is definitely a great achievement, and O'Neal's No. 34 jersey will definitely be retired here.

Kobe Bryant was naturally not to be outdone, and there was already a monstrous battle intent in his chest.

He has to prove himself in front of the home fans, especially in front of O'Neal's Heat, and try his best to win the game.

Coming to the offensive end, Kobe Bryant asked for the ball in the high post on the right side, hit Wade with his back, and quickly turned over and jumped after the virtual shake, flowing smoothly.

The basketball flew past Wade's fingertips as he tried to pounce, hollowing into the net and splashing.

"Huh!"

Heat (2) :(2) Lakers.

Although Wade's defense is good, in front of Kobe, who has begun to reach the peak of his singles skills and experience, the sophomore "Flash" can still only be regarded as a younger brother.

The ball is converted and the Heat attack.

Although tonight's game is more hyped by the media about the grievances between the OK combinations, Kobe and Wade, as two generations of quarterbacks and partners by O'Neal's side, are naturally invisibly compared by the media.

Especially in a previous public interview, O'Neal claimed in front of reporters that he thought Dwayne Wade was a better scoring guard than Kobe Bryant, which naturally infuriated Kobe's self-esteem.

Saying that a sophomore guard is stronger than himself is obviously unacceptable to Kobe.

In particular, the Heat team has such a good record now, Wade won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in November, and even came to the discussion of the top five MVPs in the regular season.

This made Kobe Bryant feel even more angry and challenged.

Obviously, he had been a junior brother for O'Neal in the early stage of the Lakers, and now the 32-year-old O'Neal switched to the Heat and began to play as an assistant to newcomer Wade, which is naturally very different.

Wade is obviously stained with the light of O'Neill and Lin Fei, otherwise he would definitely not be able to play such dazzling data.

Now the mainstream of the league on the guard line is the four quarterbacks, Allen Iverson, who has won the MVP and scoring title, is temporarily the first of the four quarterbacks, and Kobe Bryant, who has won the third second championship, is second.

There is not much difference between Maddie and Carter, but Maddy has two scoring titles and should be ranked third, and "dunk king" Carter is fourth.

Therefore, in today's league, when it comes to scoring guards, Kobe Bryant's only recognition that he is temporarily ahead of himself is Allen Iverson, and it is only temporary.

As for Wade, who is a sophomore, he is not qualified to be compared to his black mamba at all.

In Wade's view, he also needs a chance to prove himself in the process of playing against Kobe, "The Flash" is arrogant, and he doesn't think he's worse than Black Mamba.

So when he came to the top of the frontcourt arc, Wade also asked Jason Williams directly for the ball, facing Kobe Bryant, signaling his teammates to open up space, and he wanted to play one.

With the addition of Jason Williams, a quasi-All-Star point guard, Wade's role in organizing the ball will inevitably gradually decrease, and in Stan Van Gundy's view, Wade's talent is more inclined to offense, and he is indeed not very good at organization.

With Jason Williams as a master passer, as well as a relatively accurate three-point shot, this makes the Heat's guard mix more diverse.

Whether it is the start of White Chocolate and Wade, the backcourt double guns of Wade and Lin Fei, and the partnership of White Chocolate and Lin Fei, more offensive tactics will evolve.

Kobe Bryant's defense has always been very active and focused, full of aura and intimidation, whether it is Jordan or Van Jordan standing opposite him.

For Wade, a rising star, Kobe Bryant has also studied, although the first step is fast, explosive, sharp breakthrough, quick change of direction, ghostly steps, and strong aerial confrontation,

But Wade's biggest offensive shortcoming for Kobe Bryant is that he has no mid-to-long distance and poor basket crosshairs, especially in the early days.

In the face of Kobe's obvious unruly distance defense, Wade stubbornly changed to a strong burst, and he couldn't pass anyone under the Black Mamba side retreat and even almost broke the ball.

Kobe Bryant's defense is precise and tough, and he is full of pressure, which makes Wade really feel the level of DPOY-level outside defense.

Seeing that O'Neal under the basket asked for the ball, Wade did not act rashly and directly gave the ball to the basket.

But Odom in the diagonal spur let go of Haslem and went around the front first, jumping directly with his long arm to complete the break.

"Smack!"

The Lakers quickly countered the fast break, and Kobe Bryant wanted to get rid of Wade on the wing, but the "Flash" was clearly better than himself in terms of speed.

"Whoosh!"

In the middle of the fast down, a sudden stop turned over and changed direction, Kobe Bryant received Odom's pass directly past Wade, and stabbed into the basket and jumped up to make a one-arm dunk.

"Boom!"

Kobe Bryant came up and scored 4 points in a row, and quickly broke Wade on both offensive and defensive ends.

In front of the commentary stand on the sidelines, it was TNT's Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith who were commentating on the game tonight.

"In front of Kobe, Dwayne does seem a little weak, from the perspective of comprehensive strength at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, Kobe Bryant is undoubtedly the first among the active guards!"

"That's right, Kobe Bryant has developed a very comprehensive offensive technique, basically covering the basket to the three-point line, but Wade relies more on breakthroughs, and the mid- and long-range crosshairs need to be improved!"

On the court, Kobe, who completed the fast-break dunk, was also in a hot state, and spread his hands to Wade in the defense and said provocatively:

"Dwayne, can you be the best of the month at your level? Looks like you really should thank Shaquille and Lin! ”

Wade puffed out his cheeks angrily, and the battle intent in his eyes became even stronger.

Coming to the offensive end, Wade once again took the ball to Kobe Bryant, this time the breakthrough completion was very high, and the "Flash" was almost in a state of flying close to the ground, forcibly throwing off the black mamba and hitting the basket.

Facing the center Chris Meme, who came up from the basket, Wade did not have any timidity, jumped up directly against the opponent, took off and dodged, tilted his body almost parallel to the ground, and threw the ball out.

Kobe Bryant, who caught up in the oblique stab, couldn't help but admire, this guy is even more desperate than him!

The basketball bounced off the hoop a few times and finally fell into the net.

"Huh!"

This was a very difficult breakthrough goal, and Lin Fei and roughly others on the Heat bench jumped up excitedly, waving towels for Wade.

However, in the next moment, Lin Fei and the players of the Heat team, as well as Coach Stan Van Gundy, all frowned.

I saw Wade on the court after falling to the ground, suddenly curled up with a painful expression, and protected his left leg knee with both hands.

It's not good, is it Wade's knee injury?

The referee immediately called a timeout, and the team doctor also trotted onto the pitch to check Wade's knee injury.

There is no serious injury, but for the sake of safety, it is likely that he will not be able to play tonight's game.

Seeing Wade limping down the players' tunnel with the help of two team doctors, Stan Van Gundy also felt uneasy.

After the pause, Lin Fei could only replace Wade in advance and partner with "White Chocolate" in the backcourt.

Seeing Lin Fei stepping on Anta's brand-new red, white and blue "Lin Fei Generation" on his feet, he stepped on the court with high morale,

Lakers fans at home also hurriedly followed suit, booing the sharpshooter who killed them in G6 in the Western Conference finals last season.

"Dwayne can't play tonight? If the Heat let a Flash, then we can win the game! ”

"Dwayne can't even defend against Lao Ko, and Lin can't do it either, he's notoriously bad defensively!"

"Lin just had a terrible defense last season, but this season has improved a lot! The average steals per game seems to have increased by 2.4, and the top three steals list! ”

Through the last 10-odd games in a winning streak, coupled with unremitting training, Lin Fei has now officially improved his defensive comprehensive attributes to 92 points, which has reached the top level among NBA guard players.

Facing Wade's injury and departure tonight, Lin Fei knew that the task of defending Kobe Bryant would inevitably fall on his head.

(End of chapter)