Basketball Dragon

Chapter 70 Before All Stars

Back in New York, Xia Weiliang was wearing new clothes and waiting for Li Hai at the airport.

It's the Chinese New Year again, Xia Weiliang will accompany Li Hai all the way for these two days.

During the arduous race schedule, there was a little more warmth of home, which Li Hai needed most.

Because of this, he has to train harder and play every game well, and he wants to give Xia Weiliang a bright future.

In this day, Li Hai also wanted to take it easy, but the battle in the NBA was raging.

After the All-Star weekend in a few days, he will go to Denver with Xia Weiliang to relax.

The list for the All-Star Game has come out, and he will represent the first-year rookie to challenge the second-year rookie in the All-Star Rookie Game.

With the Charlotte Bobcats' Emeka Okafor injured and unable to participate, the first-year team finally decided on Lehi, Devon Harris, Tony Allen, Al Jefferson, Ben Gordon, Al Deng, Andre Iguodala, Dwight Howard, Josh Smith.

Sophomore team: Josh Howard, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Kyle Korver , Luke Ridnour, Kirk Hinrich.

As far as the lineup is concerned, the first-year players are relatively balanced in each position, and the second-year players are relatively strong in attack power. Among them, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are also players in the All-Star Game.

There are two All-Stars among the second-year players, which not only shows their strength, but also may be an opportunity for the first-year players. James and Wade may not use their full combat power for the All-Star game.

Li Hai still wanted to take pity on Anthony. As the host, his own statistics were not bad, but the All-Star Game didn't even have a chance to be a substitute, and the league was too impersonal.

On February 2th, the Knicks lost to the Miami Heat in four quarters at home. On February 9th, they collapsed in the third quarter of an away game and lost to the Boston Celtics.

On February 2, Crawford came back and showed a good state. The Knicks beat the Charlotte Bobcats without Emeka Okafor at home.

On February 2, they went to Philadelphia to challenge the 14ers.

Li Hai once again became a substitute, No. 2, No. 3, starting and substituting. During this period of time, Li Hai's up and down positions were extremely unstable, and several games were also very sluggish. The media thought that he had hit the rookie wall. , but he immediately slapped his face again.

He's a versatile player who can do anything on the court. He's going to defend wholeheartedly when he doesn't feel good. When he doesn't have the ball in his hands, he will continue to run without the ball. He and those who will hit the rookie wall Players are different. Even if the moves are familiar to the opponent or the state is not good, he will help the team in other ways and then adjust.

Every time the Knicks meet the 76ers, it will be a scoring battle between Marbury and Iverson. To some extent, they are the most similar defenders in the league. Can't get in.

At the most critical moment of this kind of game, other players often lose their touch and confidence because they have not made a few shots, but there are exceptions.

The scores of the two sides rose alternately until the last moment of the fourth quarter. The two players who had already scored 30+ hit the iron continuously because of the strict defense of the opposing team. At this time, Li Hai stood up and scored 4 players in a row, helping the Knicks narrowly beat the opponent 106:105 .

Fearless at critical moments, able to defend well and seize opportunities to score, even if some people think that Li Hai is not good enough, he is not black in this respect.

The home game against the Bucks on February 2 is the Knicks' last game before the All-Star weekend.

The Knicks beat their opponents 108:90 amidst the cheers of the home audience, welcoming the upcoming All-Star Weekend with three consecutive victories.

However, the team was a bit bleak. Only Li Hai participated in the rookie game, and there were no Knicks in other events. Li Hai's joining did not bring many votes to the Knicks. His fans on the other side of the ocean because The Knicks didn't name him, and there are plenty of other Knicks players they didn't vote for.

The All-Star Weekend lasted for three days, and the Rookie Game was on the first day. Li Hai and Xia Weiliang also went there earlier.

He first went to visit Anthony, where he met James and Wade who came to have a meal. These three guys are rich, and they are much richer than Li Hai in terms of wages and endorsements. Li Hai immediately felt at ease. followed.

When we arrived at the restaurant recommended by Anthony, the team expanded again. Anthony was the host, and all the rookie players who arrived earlier and who had a little friendship with him came over.

They are all young people, and it is very lively to get together.

While talking, a group of people talked about this All-Star. James and Wade half-joked that since Anthony had a guest, they would definitely pass him more during the game.

Anthony's host status made some people booed, saying that they helped him get the MVP of the rookie game.

While having fun, Dwight Howard of the first-year team also said that he would help Anthony win the MVP. As soon as he said it, Anthony became embarrassed and stopped laughing.

He has been in constant trouble off the court this season. First, he was found to be carrying marijuana at the airport security check, and then he played a cameo role in a DVD movie about the daily life of drug dealers. disappointment.

He and James entered the NBA for a year to defeat James. Unexpectedly, not only James was ahead of him, but another good friend Wade also entered the All-Star.

A group of people were joking just now, and the second-year team players were just booing. Howard seemed a little weird when he said this, although he just simply didn't pay attention and said it casually.

Anthony said seriously: "Don't say that, everyone will compete fairly according to their abilities in the evening game. Even if I am the host, the coaches and referees will not look at me highly. Everyone can rest assured."

"Li, your first-year team has to show all your abilities. Otherwise, even if our second-year team wins and I get the MVP, I won't be happy."

In terms of player statistics, Emeka Okafor did not come, and Li Hai was the undisputed ace of the first-year team.

Hearing Anthony's words, Li Hai smiled and said, "Cameron, you know me, I always pursue victory first, even if it's the Rookie Challenge, I will have the same attitude."

"LeBron, Dwyane, you two are the same, we treat it as a formal game, which team will win, who will win the MVP, must rely on real strength."

(End of this chapter)