Defending champion

Chapter 288 Hot preparations for the All-Star Game

Chapter 73 Hot preparations for the All-Star Game

Suddenly, the New Orleans Arena was like a scoop of water in a boiling oil pan. With a "boom", the New Orleans Arena fell into a boil.

"Yeah...Jack! Jack! Jack!...Yeah..." Cheers and shouts poured out from above the auditorium, and instantly, it seemed to flood the entire basketball arena.

The Hornets' desire to win and the passion of the game were also successfully stimulated by Jack's dunk.

Jack was double-teamed by Nowitzki and Jason Terry in the low post. Jack finally chose to trust his teammates again and passed the ball.

The ball was delivered to Peja Stockovic, who was in an open space outside the three-point line. Peja Stockovic raised the knife and dropped it. There was a sound of "washing", and the sound of the basketball going into the basket was very crisp and crisp. !
The Hornets responded with a 5-0 spurt to the Mavericks.Moreover, this wave of small climax of the Hornets has not stopped.

Keeson Kidd's ground pass was seen through by Jack, and he cut it off, and Butler quickly made it.Jack made a long bowling pass, Butler made a one-handed split dunk, and there was a "boom"!Go in!

In the next three points, the Mavericks did not score. Taking advantage of this period of time, the Hornets caught up to the score and only had the last three points left.

After the third quarter, the score between the two sides came to 79 to 76, and the point difference remained at three points.

In the fourth quarter, Jack stepped up his personal offense.At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Jack scored 7 points with a sudden shot, helping the Hornets to tie the score.After half a quarter, the Hornets led by two points.

This Paul also made a cross. After receiving the pass from Jack, Paul fired shots from outside one after another, catching the Mavericks by surprise.

The threat of the Hornets' outside line has led to the Mavericks' outside defense zone to continue to increase.Jack's low-post singles in the interior, he scored!
The Hornets made successive hits in less than 2 minutes, and the Hornets played a 10-0 spurt, which made the game lose suspense early.

In the end, the Hornets won the game by 98 to 89, 9 points at home.

After the game, the Hornets extended their winning streak to 4 games.At the same time, they also became the first team in the league without a loss in February.

Although Jack's performance in this game was not as eye-catching as the previous games, Jack still handed in a satisfactory answer sheet.

杰克拿下27分14篮板6助攻2封盖2抢断这样子全面的数据，而且，还屡屡的在关键的时刻挺身而出帮助球队取得最终的胜利。

As a result, Jack was selected by the league as the best of the week in the league last week.

In the few games that started in February, Jack averaged 35.4 points and 14 rebounds per game, ranking first in the league.Not only that, under the leadership of the interface, the Hornets achieved a record of 4 wins and 0 losses.Become the most dazzling existence in the alliance.

The best nominee of the Eastern Week is LeBron James, the head star of the Cleveland Cavaliers and the representative of the 03 Super Platinum Generation.

詹姆斯以场均28.5分9篮板8助攻1封盖1抢断当选了本周的西部周最佳。

The following players were also nominated for this week's Player of the Week: Denver Nuggets' Carmelo Anthony; Raptors' Chris Bosh; Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant; Miami Heat Dwyane Wade of the Minnesota Timberwolves; Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

While the regular season is in full swing, the league's all-star weekend all-name game is also under active preparation.

This year's All-Name Game is based on the league's final decision -- February 2007-2, 16, at the Thomas and Mark Center on the University of Nevada-Las Vegas campus.Taking advantage of these weekends, the league will hold activities such as gatherings between stars and fans, rookie challenges, shooting, dunking and all-star games.

Las Vegas will host the 2007 NBA All-Star Game.This is the first time in NBA history that an All-Star game will be played in a city without an NBA team.The sponsor for the 2007 All-Star Game will be the Las Vegas Visitors Authority (LVCVA).
The president of the league, Stern, called this all-name game "a combination between the world's basketball capital and the world's entertainment capital" at a press conference.However, anyone with a discerning eye can see Stern's ambition to expand the NBA market.

Las Vegas is the leading holiday destination in the United States, and the local tourist bureau plans to spend nearly $130 billion a year in the next five years to attract more than 500 million tourists.It will spend 4 million US dollars to expand and renovate the Las Vegas Convention Center to assist the Tourism Bureau to actively attract 2009 million tourists a year within 5 years at the end of 4300.Therefore, the 56th All-Star Game held in Las Vegas will definitely attract the attention of the whole world.

It is reported that in about a week, tourists from all over the world will flock to Las Vegas to watch the All-Star weekend.The All-Star game is scheduled for February 2007, 2, at the Thomas and Mark Center.
In order to successfully host this year's full-name weekend Las Vegas, it took a huge investment, and the cost alone cost 450 million US dollars.

US National Television reported that by then, more than 200 countries around the world will broadcast the game live.The president of the league, Stern, also wanted the fans to say that this will be a basketball carnival.

Preparations for the all-name competition are in full swing, but the starting basketball players from the East and West have not yet been selected.In the end, the final result will still be announced on the morning of February 2th.

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After the Hornets played the Dallas Mavericks at home, they have started the final two road games before the All-NBA Tournament.

The first is an away game against the Phoenix Suns.

Phoenix Suns In 04, the Suns signed the All-Star guard Nash, under the leadership of the coach D'Antoni, began to play offensive basketball, set off a small ball storm in the league, and in recent years has become a strong contender for the Western Conference championship and the championship By.
05年和06年，太阳队分别取得62胜和54胜的战绩，但都在季后赛战至西部决赛时分别以1：4和2：4被马刺和小牛队淘汰，连续两年无缘总决赛。

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