unfinished glory

Chapter 110 2006 All-Stars ([-])

On the second day, Li Chongxiao started his first trip to the All-Star Game with the rookie game MVP and slam dunk champion.

According to the past practice, during the All-Star Game, as long as the star of the local team is famous enough or famous enough, the teammates of the star's team will often help the star and let him play the main attack.

If the team wins in the end, the local star will win the All-Star MVP.

This year's All-Star Game is held in Houston. The Rockets have two All-Stars in their team. According to seniority, Tracy McGrady has the upper hand.

But judging from this season's performance, Yao Ming has replaced McGrady and has become the core of the team.

The team leader has a natural priority in terms of honor, and Yao Ming is also eligible to compete for the All-Star MVP.

The five starters were divided into two factions. Kobe tended to help his good friend Tracy McGrady. He persuaded Tracy McGrady to talk to Yao Ming first, expressing his willingness to compete for the MVP.

But the proud McGrady rejected Kobe, he thought he was the boss of the team, and Yao Ming should consciously give way to himself.

He himself was somewhat dissatisfied with Yao Ming's seizure of power this season, so how could he take the initiative to bow to Yao Ming.

On Li Chongxiao's side, he dispelled Yao Ming's willingness to voluntarily give up the competition, and he urged Yao Ming to compete.And clearly pointed out that this game is not just an All-Star MVP, but also related to the determination of the core of the Rockets.

Duncan had no other thoughts, he listened to Li Chongxiao's arrangements.

Among the remaining substitutes, except for Garnett, who is old enough to be able to intervene, the other players are probably not easily offended, and they must choose to be neutral.

The head coach of the western star team is Avery Johnson of the Mavericks. Facing the two major competitors of the Spurs and the Rockets, it is estimated that the two sides will quarrel, and they will definitely not express their opinions easily.

Thus the West was divided first.

This split is also reflected on the field, with Li Chongxiao and Kobe as guards, taking turns to get the ball.

When Kobe has the ball, McGrady has the opportunity to attack. On the contrary, when Li Chongxiao has the ball, Yao Ming keeps scoring goals.

In the first half of the first quarter, none of the other players of the Western Conference Stars made a single attack, and they all watched the two players of the Rockets play.

The Western Stars led the Eastern Stars 18:16, while Yao Ming scored 11 points and McGrady only had 7 points.

First, the number of players on the court is 3:2, and Li Chongxiao has more opportunities to be a point guard. Second, Yao Ming is an insider, and his offensive efficiency is higher.

Soon there were substitutions on the court. Except for McGrady who continued to be on the court, the other four players all started and rested.

The replaced Nash, Garnett, Nowitzki and Marion could clearly see the contradictions between the two sides off the court. They were unwilling to stand in a team and performed according to the normal style of play. Get 4 points.

McGrady, who played 9 minutes, rested and replaced other players.

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After the first quarter, the two teams scored 41:39, with the Western Conference leading by 2 points.

A few minutes into the second quarter, Avery Johnson replaced Yao Ming and allowed him to play a few more minutes before replacing Tracy McGrady.

At halftime, Yao Ming scored 26 points, while McGrady scored only 17 points.

And Li Chongxiao's first score occurred about 4 and a half minutes after the start of the second quarter.After he passed the ball to Duncan who was about to get to the position, he ran to the basket after failing to pass the ball around Duncan.

James, who was following him, never expected that Li Chongxiao would stop and turn around in a hurry, nor did he expect that Duncan, who didn't even look behind him, would throw the ball to the basket with his back on his back. Li Chongxiao completed a one-handed back dunk.

The goal was met with applause and a standing ovation from the audience.

In fact, Li Chongxiao is the most popular star tonight. Most of the spectators who came to watch the game either watched Li Chongxiao's dunk performance at close range yesterday, or watched the live broadcast in front of the TV. The worst ones also watched replay.

The discussion on Li Chongxiao's four wonderful dunks is not over yet, and most fans agree that he is the strongest dunk king in history.

And the four dunks aroused the fans' desire to watch the game. They were waiting for Li Chongxiao's new performance in the All-Star Game.

Everyone was a little disappointed to see him keep playing for Yao Ming, but then he ignored McGrady's many requests for the ball and completed two dunks in a row.

One was a backhanded dunk with a twist from the bottom line, and a McGrady-style self-throwing, self-grabbing and hitting the board with a big windmill alley-oop, and the audience cheered for him.

Li Chongxiao, who had completed his personal performance, began to restrain himself slowly and began to make a wedding dress for Yao Ming.In the third quarter, he gave Yao Ming 4 passes, all of which were converted into assists, and Yao Ming scored another 10 points in a single quarter.

Yao Ming's total score has reached 36 points, while McGrady only has 23 points, the gap is widening.

This stimulated McGrady, and he told Avery Johnson not to let himself off the court and score on the court.As a result, he played too impatiently, hitting the iron repeatedly.Halfway through the fourth quarter, he only scored 4 points, bringing his score to 27.

Some spectators at the scene first saw that he played laxly in the regular season, and the All-Stars started to work hard, and they were already a little dissatisfied. Then they found that the All-Stars did not play well, and their shooting percentage was extremely low, so they couldn't help but booed him.

Seeing this scene, Li Chongxiao whispered to Yao Ming on the sidelines: "The Rockets are really interesting. Yesterday the big screen showed the black history of the leading star, and today the audience is booing the All-Stars in the team."

Yao Ming responded: "The fans in Houston are like this. The basketball atmosphere here is very bad, and there are many times when the home court is not full."

"Then you have to be careful, if you don't fight well in the future, maybe these Yankees will turn their faces and deny anyone."

Li Chongxiao was about to continue talking when Kobe came over and asked, "Hey, friends, what are you talking about?"

"Let's talk about how to help Yao Ming get the MVP!" Li Chongxiao admitted generously, making Kobe smile bitterly. He couldn't answer this question, so he could only change the subject and talk about some interesting things in Los Angeles.

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The game quickly entered the fourth quarter. At this time, the Western Stars were 114:124, 10 points behind the Eastern Stars.

For the Western Stars, Yao Ming and McGrady combined to score 63 points, while James, who scored the most points for the Eastern Stars, has scored 26 points.

Just after McGrady was replaced, he saw Kobe chatting passionately with Li Chongxiao and Yao Ming, and felt angry, thinking that his good friend had betrayed him.He took the towel handed over by the staff and sat on the other side with a sullen face.

The All-Stars on the field dedicated another 7 minutes of undefended performances, and then entered the final 5-minute decisive battle.

At this time, the score on the court has become 127:139. The score of this year's All-Star Game is very high, mainly because the two cores of the Rockets are fighting each other. Yao Ming and McGrady are competing for the MVP. The atmosphere on the court is very delicate .

The two have helpers among teammates and opponents. Carter released McGrady, but he couldn't resist Li Chongxiao's instigation against O'Neal.

Although the other team members are naturally inclined to McGrady, they also covet Yao Ming, whose strength is growing day by day: Maybe they will have the opportunity to be teammates in the future, so why bother to get involved in such things that have little to do with them.

They can also see clearly that the Rockets' infighting is essentially a transfer of power, which is not uncommon in the NBA.

This is the case in both teams. James forced Ricky Davis away, Nowitzki replaced Finley and Nash, and of course the OK combination "Lao Yan Flying" is destined to "go down in history".

The standard recognized by the players is that everything is based on strength, and everyone will be convinced if they have the ability. The status gained by simply relying on relationships will not last long.

This season, Tracy McGrady has been visibly declining, while Yao Ming is on the rise. If it weren't for the presence of O'Neal, Yao Ming would be the number one center in the league in terms of statistics alone.

With McGrady in such a difficult situation, Yao Ming led a group of old and weak soldiers, and he was able to reach the ranks of the playoffs in the highly competitive Western Conference, which has already proved his ability.

What's more, most of the players here have played against him. Knowing the power of "Yao's Hot Pot", they will naturally have no doubts about Yao Ming.

(End of this chapter)