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Chapter 694 Yao Ming and the All-Star Game

And after this month, the mentality of fans of other teams has also undergone some changes.

Because the Lakers even defeated the Warriors and won all in January, isn't this a pre-booked championship?

Is it even possible that the Lakers are about to start a new dynasty after only five years?

I'm not afraid that people dare not think, but I'm afraid that people can't help but think boldly!

The performance of the Lakers makes people imagine.

Then, some of these imaginations are not so kind.

After all, people are selfish. Most people can see that others are good, but they can't see that others are much better than themselves.

When Sun Hao returned to the Lakers, they were more moved because Sun Hao did something very charismatic.

But with the joining of Yao Ming, when the Lakers once again become a shadow over their heads, they are more unhappy.

Even that kind of unhappiness is much thicker than that of the Warriors completing the dynasty.

After all, the Lakers have completed two dynasties in the past ten years!

Some people began to complain that Stern did not organize Yao Ming to join the Lakers, and watched the No.1 team in history with the No. [-] center.

Of course, these are a small part. After all, this topic has been discussed once before the season, and Stern really can't control the joining of free agents.

And more, in fact, it is still a slander against Yao Ming.

Because they found out that Yao Ming was the only outlet they could vent about.

"A Sanya king, a 'super center?' that Jordan can't handle?"

"Yao is far worse than Shaq. In the end, he can only rely on his grandson's thigh to compete for the championship. How can he compare with Shaq?"

"How much Yao De loves money. He is 33 years old and even signed a five-year maximum salary contract. This is obviously cheating the Lakers!"

"No one really thinks that the Lakers can beat the Warriors in the playoffs by relying on Yao's super-level performance to win a game? No?"

"Yao's basketball has no aesthetics at all. If his team wins the championship, it must be a blow to the development of basketball."

……

This emotional outlet is a bit like a flood of floods, and it is even uncontrollable.

Although some sensitive voices were blocked, more speeches were still able to be heard.

That feeling, as if Yao Ming was the first player in NBA history to be a teammate with a superstar.

What?Garnett?James?
They don't know each other!
It just so happens that this time is the day of the All-Star voting.

Because Stern did not restrict voting in China as in history, the starting restrictions for the All-Star Game are basically determined by Chinese fans.

Yao Ming already had a lot of votes, plus he became teammates with Sun Hao this season, and he followed Sun Hao in the second and third rounds, which also opened up the rest of the team by a large margin.

Many American fans have long held grudges against this mechanism, and now it is all over the place.

I'm afraid even Yao Ming himself didn't expect that after only playing for the Lakers for more than two months, he became a "sinner".

Then he found out that he didn't do anything, he was really just playing ball!

Yao Ming's temper is relatively mild, and he basically chooses to ignore these voices outside the court.

But Sun Hao definitely couldn't bear it.

At the beginning, he directly yelled at reporters at the press conference for Yao Ming, which meant that he treated Yao Ming special when he came to the Lakers.

So in the face of these voices from the outside world, he quickly chose to speak out, and the way he spoke was simple and rude.

"To shut up!"

Only two words.

These voices are too many and too complicated, if you reply one by one, the result will only be that you will be trapped in it and cannot extricate yourself.

But this simple and rude way made many people shut their mouths unconsciously.

Sun Hao's current influence has nothing to do with which country he is from. His number of fans is already phenomenal.

This is also the reason why most people crazily black Yao Ming but not Sun Hao.

Typical bullying.

So although Sun Hao's utterance was rough, it was effective.

It was against this background that a "revenge" plan sprouted in Sun Hao's heart.

Because these people are basically fans of other teams, it is actually useless for you to talk hard about them.

But there has never been more than a solution to this kind of thing.

Or to put it another way: A person who can't see you and talks about you behind your back, rather than scolding him, is the one who is most angry with you if you live better than before.

What Sun Hao has to do is to make Yao Ming better.

It's not enough to blow up the five small insiders, he wants to nail Yao Ming's personal honor plate with something that he has never had in history!
At the end of January, the results of the NBA All-Star voting were released, and the starting lists of the East and West were also released.

The interesting thing is that the final starting list is the same as the beginning!

East: Harden, Wade, James, Anthony, Yi Jianlian.

West: Sun Hao, Curry, Durant, Griffin, Yao Ming!
"You want me to win the All-Star Game MVP?"

When he first heard Sun Hao's proposal, Yao Ming's expression was like this: 囧.

For him, winning the All-Star Game MVP is more difficult than winning the Finals MVP.

Because his attitude towards the All-Star Game has always been "focus on participation".

And speaking of it, his style of play is indeed not suitable for the All-Star stage.

Who wants to watch a big center throw hooks to the rim constantly on that stage, or a lot of inside isolations?
What fans want to see more is a series of three-pointers and dunks flying into the sky!
"I think so."

But after listening to Sun Hao's explanation, Yao Ming agreed.

Yao Ming is just gentle, not weak.

Of course he wasn't happy with those voices outside, but he chose his favorite way to deal with it.

Now the method Sun Hao said can make him not conflict with his own handling method, and can also have the effect of venting his anger. Of course, he will not refuse.

"Others will have an opinion though."

Yao Ming also raised his concerns.

Although the All-Star Game is entertainment in nature, many players may only have one chance in their careers. It is unrealistic for you to let others play with you.

"You don't have to worry about that."

Sun Hao is not worried about this.

Even if you take a look at this All-Star starting lineup, he doesn't have to chat with anyone in private.

Out of the five starters, he and Yao Ming took up two positions, and the remaining one was his number one fanboy and his eldest nephew.

Then the only Griffin left, feed him a few lobs and it will be in place.

He wanted to be willful for a while, and no one would stop him.

And there is one more important point.

Relying on their unbeaten record in January, the Lakers squeezed past the Warriors to come to No. 1 in the Western Conference!

In other words, the head coach of this year's All-Star Saixi team will be Harris!
Isn't this just like cooking, everything is ready to go, just prepare to fire.

Well, of course no one knows what to expect until the All-Star Game officially begins.

Including Curry and Durant, Sun Hao didn't even greet them before the All-Star Game.

Time came to mid-February, and the 2 All-Star Game kicked off in Washington.

The venue for the All-Star Game was applied for a season ago.

Yao Ming was still with the Wizards at the time, and it was Jordan's first application to host the All-Star Game after he became the owner of the Wizards.

It's just that things are different and people are different to describe the current situation.

But Yao Ming is not bad, originally he will be the host of the All-Star Game, but this time, he will become a more dazzling existence than the "host".

As shown by the All-Star starting list, this year's All-Star Game is full of vigor, and many newcomers have emerged in the individual competitions.

For example, in the Skills Challenge, this year's rookie Damian Lillard won the championship in the end.

Another example is the three-point contest. Curry and Thompson competed for the first time, but it was Curry's teammate, second-year Thompson, who won the championship.

At the end of the slam dunk contest, rookie Terrence Ross defeated many opponents and won the championship.

This group of rookies made this year's All-Star Game full of vigor and a little different taste.

Two days later, after the end of the individual competitions, the All-Star Game kicked off at the Verizon Center Arena, home of the Wizards.

Fans of each team gathered in the arena, waiting for this annual entertainment event, and also looking forward to the performance of their favorite stars on the All-Star stage.

The warm-up session before the game does not look much different from usual.

James even showed a hip-hop at halftime, as in the past.

After the warm-up session was over, the starters of both sides started to appear one after another, and the curtain of the All-Star Game officially kicked off.

Yi Jianlian beat Yao Ming in the jump and officially kicked off the All-Star Game.

At the beginning of the game, the defensive intensity on both sides was not high. James made a ball for Harden, and Harden scored with one hand.

Harden shined in the Wizards, and there were rumors that he was delayed by James and the Big Three, and there were some rumors that the two were at odds with the Knicks.

James' opening choice directly "broke" this rumor.

The West team's offense, Curry controlled the ball for half court, turned around and gave the ball to Sun Hao.

Although the two are no longer on the same team, the habits they have developed over the years have not changed.

After Sun Hao got the ball, Durant and Griffin pulled away to watch him perform.

But Sun Hao didn't attack, he glanced inside, Yao Ming had already got a good position inside.

A standard inside lob, Yao Ming catches the ball and hits the backboard with ease.

Yi Jianlian didn't defend the ball seriously, but he couldn't defend it seriously.

So far, nothing seems to be different.

James continued to make the ball for Harden, and one ball is definitely not enough to break the rumors.

Harden's condition is really good. This time, he hit a three-pointer with a shake from the outside line and scored 5 points in a row at the beginning.

There were bursts of cheers at the scene.

This is no longer Yao Ming's home court but the Wizards' home. Harden is now the core of the Wizards.

While James is breaking the rumors, he is also changing directions to win the favor of the home fans.

To kill two birds with one stone, basketball still needs to be sophisticated.

The home fans are in a very good mood at this time, because if the game continues at this pace, the two James will become the "protagonists" of this All-Star Game tonight.

Then, Sun Hao continued to lob the ball to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming also continued to play Yi Jianlian.

This time Yi Jianlian took the defense seriously, but Yao Ming was also excited, rolling over Yi Jianlian and turning around with a one-handed dunk.

Yi Jianlian looked at Yao Ming in bewilderment: Brother, did you take your medicine tonight?

The fans at the scene were also stunned for a while, but then there were violent cheers.

Yao Ming played for the Wizards for ten years before, and they also watched the All-Star Game for ten years, but this is the first time they have seen Yao Ming like this!
Don't tell me, it looks so cool!

On the Eastern side, James held the ball for Wade to organize. This is the characteristic of the All-Star game, and everyone will share the ball.

Wade and Anthony played a tacit little cooperation, but unfortunately Anthony's iconic catch and jumper missed, and the rebound was picked off by Yao Ming.

The western team advanced to the frontcourt again, and Sun Hao... didn't continue to hang to the basket this time.

However, he called Yao Ming to come out for the pick-and-roll!
One pick, one roll, and a sudden score, the ball still reached Yao Ming's hands.

Yao Ming also showed the quality of All-Star entertainment that the outside world thinks he does not have. After receiving the ball, he dribbled the ball and turned sharply to the basket to score!
This action made the fans at the scene excited again.

After these two rounds, they really refreshed their understanding of Yao Ming.

It turns out that Yao Ming can also play in the All-Star Game!

James broke through to the basket and scored two points.

Looking back, it was Curry who held the ball on the Western team's side.

Curry made a feint from outside the three-point line and broke through to the basket. After attracting the defense, he also gave the ball to Yao Ming!
Curry's emotional intelligence is not low, and Uncle Sun's continuous actions at the beginning have already made him understand.

So there is no need for Sun Hao to say, he also came to play for Yao Ming!
The pass was beautiful, Yao Ming got the ball and there was a chance, he was not polite, he directly dunked the ball with both hands at close range and scored!
There were cheers and whistles at the scene.

Barkley and Kenny Smith in the commentary were also stunned.

In previous All-Star games, Yao Ming went down to rest after scoring 2 points and 2 rebounds.

It's a good day today, it's only been more than three minutes, Yao Ming has already scored 8 points, and it's all 8 points of the Western team!
It was O'Neill that no one noticed at this time.

When "Big Shark" saw this scene, his face turned red, and he looked extremely excited.

As mentioned earlier, O'Neal is very much looking forward to Yao Ming being able to make a name for the center this season.

Yao Ming did it in the previous Christmas game, he likes Yao Ming so much.

So he was also very upset about the previous discussions from the outside world, just because he was regarded as a comparison by the fans and he was not easy to speak out.

Now seeing Yao Ming's abnormal performance in the All-Star Game and his understanding of Sun Hao, he probably also expected what would happen.

Yao Ming won the All-Star Game MVP?

For such a thing, he raised his hands and feet in agreement!

For so many years in the All-Star Game, the number of times a center has won the MVP is very rare.

There is no ornamental value, and the ball is in the hands of the outside line. These are all objective factors.

If Yao Ming can add one more MVP to one of the few centers, then he will definitely be delighted to see it!
While he was having fun, Yao Ming started to play offensively, holding the ball from outside the three-point line and rushing to the basket to score two plus one!

This finally made him unable to contain his excitement, he took off his earphones, jumped up from the commentary seat and shouted to celebrate:

"This is the center forward!"

(End of this chapter)