unfinished glory

Chapter 65 All-Star Game

On February 2th, the last day of the Denver All-Star Weekend, the main event, the All-Star Game, will also begin.

After the players on both sides greeted each other, the starting centers of the East and West prepared to jump the ball.After Yao Ming entered the league for the third year, the Yao-Shark duel continued to the All-Star Game.

Before the referee threw the ball, O'Neal suddenly said to Yao Ming in a non-standard but intelligible Chinese: "Yao Ming, you have to shoot more, don't be lazy!"

All of a sudden, Yao Ming was stunned, so that he was in a trance when he jumped the ball.O'Neal jumped to the first ball.Iverson controlled the ball, broke through and gave it to Carter, who made a three-pointer.

The All-Star game was played relatively loosely, and everyone was defending symbolically.In this quarter, Yao Ming only took one shot and missed a shot, but he played a wonderful match with Kobe.After the pick-and-roll, Yao Ming leaned on O'Neal to receive a pass from Kobe, and Kobe, who hit the ground and passed back to the air cut, came up and succeeded.

In addition, he also lost a foul, fulfilling O'Neal's performance.O'Neal took the ball and made a fake move, passed Yao Ming for a dunk, and tricked Yao Ming into fouling.When he was adding penalties, he put his left hand on his hips behind his back, and threw the ball with one hand with his right hand, which caused a burst of laughter from the audience.

Duncan, the best player in the West in the first quarter, scored 7 points.Once, after taking a rebound, he dribbled the ball across the frontcourt, played a match with Garnett, and succeeded in a fake fax dunk.Another slam dunk, was to swing past the opponent under the basket and go straight to the basket.Another ball is a three-pointer.

The least performing player contributed three performances in the first quarter.This is nothing like what he said in an interview with reporters before, participating in the All-Star game is a dull routine.

The best performer in the East was Iverson, who kept going through the needles, and also received a pass from James and contributed a beautiful layup.

After more than four minutes, the two sides replaced the substitute players. The star flavor became weaker, but the intensity of the confrontation increased a little. In the end, the two teams led the West 33:27 in this quarter.

As soon as the second quarter came up, Yao Ming made a self-made shot and grabbed two offensive rebounds before scoring a dunk.Then he first assisted Ray Allen to score a three-pointer, scored another goal, and then fed Lewis, another All-Star of the Sonics.

With four points and two assists, he led the West to open the score, 42:29.The East quickly replaced O'Neal, and Yao Shark faced off in the second round.

But the two sides fought hard for several rounds. After Hill and Nowitzki each helped the team break the scoring drought, the two teams began to change players again.

After the two sides dispatched troops, the Eastern Stars caught up with the score at once. At the end of the second quarter, the Western Stars fell behind 59:61.

In the third quarter, the two sides played inextricably, and the Western Stars took the lead in establishing a 6-point lead.But they started to wave again, always wanting to play coordination and lobs in the offense.

But the East is obviously prepared this time, and has maintained a certain intensity of defense.In the second half of this quarter, they evened the score in one fell swoop and overtook it by 6 points.

The Eastern Stars entered the final quarter with a 95:89 advantage.

In the first half of the fourth quarter, the Eastern Stars continued their offensive firepower. In the back-and-forth offense with the Western Stars, they unknowingly extended their lead to 11 points.

It was after the Western Conference star team woke up like a dream and worked hard. Kobe hit two consecutive three-pointers and narrowed the gap to 5 points.

But in the second half of this quarter, O'Neal was replaced in the East, and Yao Ming was replaced in the West.

Stoudemire couldn't stop O'Neal's offense in the interior, allowing the former to succeed repeatedly. In less than 3 minutes of the game, he helped the East lead 122:111.

Immediately afterwards, Kobe and Ray Allen played a 5:0 offensive climax, narrowing the gap to 2 points in the last 7 minutes of the game.

But this is the last struggle. As the Eastern Stars scored again, the Western Stars had no choice but to rely on outside long-range shots to close the score, but the sights were not enough and none of them hit.

In the end, the Western Stars lost 115-125 to the Eastern Stars.

In the last offense in the East, Iverson deliberately ran in front of Kobe to stop the ball, fouled Kobe, made two free throws, and scored the highest 15 points in the East.This score is the same as Jr. O'Neal, but he still has 10 assists, and finally won the All-Star MVP.

The All-Star Game MVP only scored 15 points, which is relatively low in history.Iverson played 32 minutes in this game, the longest playing time in the Eastern Conference.

The longest player in the West is Kobe Bryant's 29 minutes, McGrady's 24 minutes, and Yao Ming's 22 minutes, ranking fourth.

Popovich did what he had said: He joked to the media that Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady were going to play 47 minutes because the Spurs' first opponent after the All-Star break was the Houston Rockets.

Now Yao Ming + McGrady's playing time is exactly 47 minutes, while Duncan only played 16 minutes and Ginobili 22 minutes.

When presenting the award, Stern praised Iverson as "the star of the stars."

Although he doesn't like this little man who is rebellious and has constant troubles off the court, he has to admit Iverson's strength and his contribution to the NBA.

Iverson not only won an MVP in the All-Star, but also got a surprise after the All-Star.

On February 2005, 2, the Kings sent Chris Webber, Matt Barnes and Mike Bradley to the 23ers and acquired Kenny Thomas, Williamson and Skinner from the 76ers .

Although Webber's state has declined due to injuries this season, he is still able to average 21.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.Especially in the last two months, the state has been very good. In January, he beat Duncan to get the best of the month in the Western Conference.

In the game against the Hawks the day before learning that he was traded, Webber also scored 30 points and led the team to victory.

This deal made the 76ers a big favorite for the championship.

The Kings made this deal mainly to quell the team boss dispute between Webber and Stojakovic.Stojakovic had always said that he wanted to leave before, so this meeting probably stopped.

Very familiar plot!

The end of the All-Star Game means that the final sprint of the regular season is coming.

Except for a few teams that have no pursuit, most teams are either working hard for playoff tickets or competing for rankings.

The Spurs' current record is 44 wins and 9 losses, still firmly occupying the first place in the league.Followed by the Suns' 41 wins and 13 losses, there is still a gap of several wins.

The good news for the Spurs is that 29 of their next 17 games are at home, which greatly increases their chances of winning the league's first place.

After returning from the All-Star Game, Li Chongxiao only accepted a few simple interviews with local media in San Antonio and China Sports Media, and then devoted himself to intense training.

(End of this chapter)