the great gatsby

Chapter 378 All-Stars and Playoffs!
In the dense schedule, time passed quickly, and the All-Stars arrived in a blink of an eye. The Knicks had three All-Stars, Gatsby, Anthony and Stoudemire.

And Klay Thompson, Jeremy Lin, and Leonard were all selected by O'Neal to enter the Rookie Challenge with the top three picks, and Stephenson was also selected by Chuck Barkley to the Barkley team.

After James Jones and Mario Chalmers qualified for All-Star Weekend, one-third of the Heat's 15 players will participate in the 2012 All-Star Weekend. Norris Cole Take part in the Rookie Challenge, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in the All-Star Game.

The Knicks have Gatsby, Anthony, Stoudemire, Jeremy Lin, Leonard and Klay Thompson qualified to participate in the All-Star Weekend, which is not inferior to the Miami Heat. teams.

In the Rookie Challenge, the rookie team led by Shaquille O'Neal defeated the rookie team led by Charles Barkley 146-133. Jeremy Lin scored 40 points and 10 assists in the Rookie Challenge. Challenger Most Valuable Player.

After Gatsby won all kinds of honors in the last two All-Star Games, the league did not invite Gatsby to participate in the skills competition or the three-point competition, because he was afraid that he would win various honors again, Gatsby didn't care. Give other people some chances. As a superstar in the league, it is too much to compete with the rookies for these honors.

Participating in the skills competition are the Cavaliers' new top pick Kyrie Irving, the Spurs' Tony Parker, the Celtics' Rajon Rondo, the Wizards' John Wall, the Thunder's Russell Westbrook, and the Nets' Deron Williams. A total of seven people participated in this competition, including Stephen Curry of the Warriors and Stephen Curry of the Warriors.

It may be because everyone is tired in the shortened season. After a less intense game, Spurs general Tony Parker won the skill competition championship in 32.8 seconds.

There are also many new faces in the three-point contest. The participants include Magic's Ryan Anderson, Heat's Mario Chalmers, Thunder's Kevin Durant, Heat's James Jones, Timberwolves' Kevin Love, Nets' Anthony Morrow, Joe Johnson of the Hawks, but Johnson missed the game due to injury.

On February 2, the 26 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest began. This year, four people participated in the slam dunk contest, namely Chase Budinger of the Rockets, Paul George of the Pacers, Jeremy Evans of the Jazz and Timberwolves rookie Derrick Williams.Today's rules have changed. There are no judges. There are no preliminaries and finals. Each person has three dunk opportunities.

Jeremy Evans is proud of the crowd and has become the new "Slam Dunk King".

On February 2, the main game of the Orlando All-Star Game started. The Knicks lacked interest in the All-Star Game. In order to preserve their energy, all three went through the motions. The West finally won 27-152.Durant was named MVP.

Lakers star Kobe Bryant set an All-Star total scoring record, scoring 27 points in the game, with a total of 271 points in the All-Star Game, surpassing "Flying Man" Michael Jordan and becoming the player with the highest total score in the All-Star Game.

Although Gatsby did not compete for MVP, his performance is still very good, but it is not statistics, but entertainment. Gatsby shot super long three-pointers and passed some fancy passes. Stephen Curry, who took a break from the sidelines, amused the audience.

After the All-Star Game, the games became more intensive. Most of the strong teams like the Knicks focused on conserving their energy and would not fight tooth and nail to win the game. The same goes for games against strong teams, such as the Knicks, Miami Heat, and Dallas. Teams like Niu basically play to the end, and they don't try their best to win the game.

In the shrinking season, they pay more attention to the health of the team. Whoever can stay healthy until the playoffs will be the biggest beneficiary, unless it is those teams that are desperately trying to squeeze into the playoffs. All go to great lengths.

In the second half, the Knicks also began to rest. Although the Knicks lost three core players, the bench is too deep, not to mention Leonard, Thompson, Jeremy Lin, and even Dragic. He is also a good player. When the team was resting, Dragic showed a strong strength, which surprised people.

In this case, the Knicks also maintained a strong competitiveness in the shrinking season, and ranked first in the league with 51 wins and 16 losses at the end of the season!

This season Gatsby's playing time has been greatly reduced, and his data has dropped slightly, only 28.4 points, 10.5 assists and 6.3 rebounds. Although from the perspective of statistics and record, Gatsby is still the most favorable contender for MVP, but Gatsby knows I am afraid that the MVP of this season will not have his share.

The selection of MVP not only depends on the statistics and record, but also the tradition of liking the new and despising the old. He has won the MVP for two consecutive times. It is impossible for him to be awarded the MVP this time. Gatsby knows it well.

Of course, if Gatsby averaged a triple-double for one season and then ranked first in the league, the league would have to award the MVP to Gatsby even if he didn't want to.

At the end of the season, the teams that did not enter the playoffs breathed a sigh of relief. Although they were salted fish in the second half, such an intensive game was still a torment for them. Now that the season is over, they can take a good rest Get rid of the fatigue caused by the intensive schedule.

But those teams that have entered the playoffs are different. Teams with deep benches have long been recuperating and waiting for the start of the playoffs, such as the Knicks, Mavericks, Celtics, etc. The battle table was also announced.

The Spurs, No. [-] in the West, face the Utah Jazz, No. [-] in the West. The Thunder, No. [-] in the West, face the Mavericks, No. [-] in the West. The Lakers, No. [-] in the West, face the Nuggets, No. [-] in the West. Match against the fifth Clippers in the West;

The Knicks, No. 76 in the East, face the Philadelphia [-]ers, No. [-] in the East. The Chicago Bulls, No. [-] in the East, face the Orlando Magic, No. [-] in the East. The Miami Heat, No. [-] in the East, face the Atlanta Hawks, No. [-]. The Celtics had to face the Knicks in the second round, but the Celtics had to face the Knicks in the second round. The fifth-ranked Celtics faced the fourth-ranked Indiana Pacers in the first round. By.

Because the schedule is too dense and the time is too tight, the regular season has just ended, and the playoffs will start immediately after only one day off. Due to the shrinking season, there are too many injuries this season, which has caused many teams to be unable to play due to injuries to their leading stars. With all the strength, the gold content of this season's championship is definitely not as good as in the normal season, but the championship is the championship, and all the teams entering the playoffs will try their best to try to get him.

——The playoff tour of the 2011-12 season has officially begun!
(End of this chapter)