Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 322 All Stars Are A Little Cold
All-Star Weekend takes place in Denver before Jim's nefarious plans unfold.

In Denver, surrounded by mountains, the airport is an hour's drive from the city center, and the airport bus only runs once an hour. The weather in February is still cool, and many citizens wear oxygen tubes to avoid hypoxia.

A large banner was hung at the exit of the airport, with a line of big characters written on it, "Welcome to Denver, where the 2005 All-Star Game will be held."Shaquille O'Neal and Yao Ming are the starting centers of the Eastern and Western All-Star teams, and their images stand at both ends of the slogan, like two goalkeepers.

The Pepsi Center was extremely popular. Media from all over the world gathered here. The media cafeteria had seven or eight rows of the same items, but reporters who wanted to get their meals still had to queue for half a day.All the restaurants that are usually open to the public are closed to serve these media personnel, but there are still some in short supply.

First up was the rookie game, with the sophomore team led by LeBron James and starting lineups of Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Wade and Hinrich.

The first-year team is headed by No. 76 pick Dwight Howard, as well as Devin Harris from the Mavericks, Andre Iguodala from the [-]ers, and Luol Deng from the Bulls. It belonged to Emeka Okafor, but he was injured two weeks ago and was unable to play, and was replaced by the Celtics' Al Jefferson.

The Lakers' David West and Kyle Korver were selected for the second-year team, and Varejao regretted not being selected for the first-year team.

The game was lackluster. Regardless of talent, immediate combat power or experience, Super Junior 03 beat the 04 juniors. Under the restraint of Janweigua's strong personal ability, Korver got a lot of opportunities on the outside, three-pointers It was almost flawless, and once led the team in scoring.

Of course, the protagonist has to be the host's Melon. In the second half, led by James and Wade, the whole second-year team began to create opportunities for Anthony. Korver and others also wisely left the role to Melon.

Dwight Howard tried to spoil the situation, but his offensive level was still immature, and his piecemeal scoring was unable to even out the 20-point difference.

The sophomores won comfortably, 135-112, with Carmelo Anthony scoring a game-high 31 points, tying Kobe Bryant's rookie game scoring record and earning the Most Valuable Player award.Korver made 10 of 7 three-pointers and scored 21 points, which was a perfect warm-up for the next day's three-point contest.

In the individual event on the second day, the Lakers also sent a "strong" team.

In the shooting star game, Billups, Lisa Leslie and Magic Johnson appeared as the defending champions, but Billups seemed to have not yet escaped from the shadow of garlic lemon shrimp. Missed all 5 shots.Fortunately, Magic Johnson hit a hit in midfield, saving a lot of time.

The Detroit team, which is also participating in the shooting star for the second time, did not dare to let a famous insider like Sally appear on the stage this time, but sent Adrian Dantley, a scoring madman.He was partnered with the team's top scorer Michael Reid and Sven Cash of the Detroit Shock.

As a result, the Detroit team repeated the same mistakes and still fell on the mid-range shot and three-pointers. The time was 20 seconds longer than that of the Los Angeles team.

The host Denver sent Andre Miller, scorer Alex English and good looks Becky Harmon, and Andre Miller's tragic three-pointer cost Denver the championship. hope.

Against the background of their peers, the Los Angeles team temporarily ranked first.

However, the Phoenix team, which was the last to appear, quickly shattered the Los Angeles team's dream of winning the championship with a wonderful performance.

The Phoenix team, composed of Marion, Dan Marley and Diana Taurasi, the new WNBA No. Li Leigong came and got into the soul. The whole process took only 28 seconds, creating the record for the shortest time in the Shooting Star game, and at the same time helping the Phoenix team to open the record.

In the Skills Challenge, the fiery Steve Nash swept the pack and easily defeated Gilbert Arenas, Earl Boykins and Luke Ridnour. The time-consuming of 25.8 seconds seemed to echo him Teammate Marion.

This year, the Sun's quick whirlwind is indeed the most beautiful scenery in the league.

The three-point contest still has Suns players participating, two-gun Joe Johnson and Quentin Richardson, as well as supersonic guns Taradmanovich and boss Ray Allen, defending champion Voshan Leonard, And a comeback Kyle Korver.

Leonard took the lead, but the veteran's state has declined severely this season, and it is reflected in the three-pointer feeling, scoring only 12 points, which is not good.

Joe Johnson, who played second, was even worse. He missed all 45 shots in a row at 10 degrees on the right and at the top of the arc. The time came before the last flower ball was thrown. He only scored 8 points and almost paid tribute to Jordan. up.

Ray Allen and Quentin Richardson scored 13 and 14 points respectively, and their performances were relatively mediocre.

Radmanovich, who played next, did not have the explosive power of hitting 10 irons like Joe Johnson, but his average output was even more brutal. He only hit 1 ball per point on average. Hit, pulling the total score to 6 points, Jordan's record is about to change hands.

Korver continued his good form in the rookie game, scoring 19 points easily and entering the finals.

In the final, Ray Allen only scored 14 points, Quentin Richardson 18 points, and Korver scored 9 goals in a row, scored 19 points, and finally scored three points in the first half. Wang Guiguan.It also made the sun's dream of sweeping all the awards in the next day's game shattered ahead of schedule.

The slam dunk contest has become more and more boring since Carter's shocking performance.

There are not many highlights of this game. Apart from J. R. Smith's ingenious change of hands behind the back, it is the footwork that Nash showed off. Became Shawn Marion.

In the end, the Eagles rookie Josh Smith won the championship. He wore the jersey of the famous Eagles Dominique Wilkins and made a few powerful dunks. The essence of human drama.

Maybe it’s because it’s too far away from the sea and the plateau. Compared with the star-studded Los Angeles All-Stars, this year’s sidelines are much less star-studded, except for Jay-Z and his girlfriend Beyoncé. Besides, the only one who can name it is Chris Tucker.The first two days of the All-Star game were dull, and David Stern hoped that there would be some bright spots in tomorrow's main game.

(End of this chapter)