NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

The second day's events are all major individual events, including various team competitions, as well as three major individual events.

This year's three-point contest and dunk contest are both mediocre. The three-point contest champion was taken away by Irving, and the dunk champion belonged to Trent Rose.

Before the All-Star Game, the league also contacted Li Kaiming to ask if he was interested in participating in the three-point contest or the slam dunk contest. After all, as long as Li Kaiming's name appears on the list of participants, the game will immediately become interesting.

But Li Kaiming still politely declined the league's invitation. The main reason for participating in the three-point contest and dunk contest was that he needed to be famous at that time, just like Kobe Bryant, who used the title of dunk king to become famous.

However, now he no longer needs the dunk champion to increase his aura and fame. On the contrary, his participation in the slam dunk contest and the three-point contest is even increasing his popularity, so there is no need to participate.

Furthermore, there have been no high-level challengers in the three-point contest and slam dunk contest in recent years. After entering, I will reduce the dimensionality and attack, and after one operation, I will take away all the championships. Then the remaining contestants, especially the rookies, will I will probably hate him forever...

In a word, any celebrity will do whatever they want. This kind of individual competition is already a bit of a loss for Li Kaiming...

Therefore, Li Kaiming once again served as a spectator in this three-point contest and dunk contest, standing at the front of the auditorium with his teammates, holding his mobile phone to record his favorite moments.

The All-Star Game on the last day is when Li Kaiming will be the protagonist.

Because last year's Eastern Conference All-Star coach was not Sanders, this year's Wizards have the best record in the Eastern Conference, and the All-Star Eastern Conference coach's seat belongs to Sanders again.

Sanders also sighed in his heart. When he was with the Timberwolves, he wanted to be an All-Star head coach, but now he is bored with the locals. It's a bit like Versailles!

At seven o'clock in the evening on February 2th, at the Toyota Center in Houston, the lineups for both All-Star games have appeared!

Eastern Stars: Point guard Rajon Rondo, shooting guard Dwayne Wade, small forward LeBron James, power forward Kaiming Li, center Kevin Garnett.

Yes, because Howard traveled west to the Lakers, the aging Garnett actually became the starting center in the Eastern Conference, which is somewhat tragic.

Western Conference Stars: Point guard Chris Paul, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, small forward Kevin Durant, power forward Blake Griffin, center Dwight Howard.

In the Western Conference All-Star Team, except for Durant, the remaining four are from Los Angeles. This shows how powerful the metropolis is in influencing and appealing to fans!

Tonight's commentator is still the TNT team, Marv Albert plus Reggie Miller and Steve Kerr.

In the jump ball session, the jumping man Howard easily defeated the aging Garnett and helped the Western Conference team win the opening ball.

Paul dribbled the ball across half court, entered the frontcourt and played a pick-and-roll with Howard, and then directly lobbed the ball to the basket.

At this time, Howard, who was behind the screen, turned around, caught the ball in the air, and dunked with both hands!

Because this was the first ball in the opening game, Li Kaiming did not have a strong will to guard against this ball.

The Eastern baseline served and Rondo dribbled the ball past half court.

Rondo did not call Garnett, whom he was most familiar with, to come over for a pick-and-roll, but stretched out his hand to say hello to Li Kaiming.

Of course, Li Kaiming was also very cooperative. In the past, a screen blocked the 58-gun, and Rondo used the screen to break through inside.

Because Rondo's outside threat is not enough, the players in the Western Conference choose to shrink inward.

Rondo broke through to a position one step inside the free throw line, then looked back and passed the ball to Li Kaiming on the outside.

At this time, the Western Conference player closest to Li Kaiming was Chris Paul, who was 183cm tall. Facing this short but tough defender, Li Kaiming decided to give him enough respect and directly pulled up and shot a three-pointer!

Chris Paul, who was standing on the ground, looked up and saw the height of Li Kaiming's shot. He instantly lost the desire to take off. Li Kaiming hit a three-pointer into the net!

3 is better than 2!

The West served to Durant for a single. Facing James, the latter changed direction with a drag step, broke through to the mid-range and then stopped for a jumper. James' defense was in place. Durant missed the shot. Li Kaiming picked off the rebound and passed it to Long. many.

The Eastern Conference started a fast break. Li Kaiming and Rondo ran at the front. Rondo hesitated for a moment when he reached the free throw line, then changed the direction of the push ball and rushed in. Howard, who was following behind, saw this and took three steps. Rush forward in two steps and ask for a nailboard hat!

Unexpectedly, Rondo was such a thief. He had already seen Howard behind him out of the corner of his eye, so he jumped in a high arc and bounced the ball back with a powerful high shot!

At this time, Howard, who couldn't block the shot, was wondering. Even if he was afraid of being blocked, he wouldn't throw it like this...

However, less than a second after his idea appeared, Li Kaiming, who was flying behind, stepped on the floor and took off, then caught Rondo's rebound assist in the air, and then dunked with one hand!

5 is better than 2!

After landing, Li Kaiming felt an inexplicable feeling of joy. This was a kind of feeling that he never needed to use his brain to play. He only had to be responsible for running into position, and then catching the ball or taking off with all his strength to dunk the ball into the basket. The rest was done. Don’t worry about anything!

Is this what it's like to be teammates with a top point guard?

In the first quarter of the game, because of the presence of Li Kaiming on the Eastern side, it was basically a pick-and-roll cooperation between Rondo and Li Kaiming. In addition, Li Kaiming had the ability to handle the ball a second time after the downswing, so it quickly helped the Eastern team open up. Point difference!

第一节结束，东部队39比34领先西部队5分，李凯明一个人单节砍下11分4篮板2助攻，和他配合的最好的隆多单节拿到6个助攻！

In the second quarter, it was the substitute All-Star players' turn to play. James led the team in the East, and Westbrook and Harden led the team in the West.

In the first quarter, James did not control the offense much, so after the second quarter, Sanders simply let James directly become the point forward of the Eastern team, and the defender handed the ball to James after dribbling the ball halfway.

In this case, James faced the young stars in the Western Conference and naturally gave them what they asked for. In addition, his physical fitness was indeed terrifying. In just half a quarter, the point difference was widened to double digits!

Seeing that the situation was not good, Western Conference head coach Popovich quickly brought back the starting Kobe and Durant to help the Western team stabilize the situation.

The All-Star Game is not a regular season. The league has put a lot of effort into hosting it. There are so many celebrities and celebrities at the scene, and fans have paid high prices to buy tickets. If the game loses suspense early, no one will do it!

Even the broadcasters will be dissatisfied. Labor and management spent money to buy your broadcast rights, and then you end up like this?

The same is true for players. Those who can enter the All-Stars are some big-name players. Big-name players are arrogant in their hearts. They don’t want to lose, let alone lose in such a big public, so they also have to play the game. return.

Therefore, it is the common interest of everyone to make the game enjoyable. Therefore, after the return of Kobe and Durant of the Western Team, the Western Team quickly stabilized the situation. In addition, Howard also returned after a few rounds. James' breakthrough immediately became difficult.

The score difference was caught up to within 5 points by the Western Team, and Sanders also used an official timeout to replace Li Kaiming and others.

Popovich began to use partial double-teams to limit the double teamwork between Li Kaiming and Rondo. At this time, Li Kaiming caught the ball and was double-teamed. When he distributed the ball to the outside, it was James and Wade who received the ball. Neither of them are good at catching the ball and shooting three-pointers, so the Eastern team played extremely awkwardly during this period.

Before the end of the second quarter, Durant suddenly broke out on the Western Conference team and hit two consecutive three-pointers, helping the Western Conference take the lead.

At this time, Li Kaiming suddenly missed his Wizards teammates. Although James was definitely much stronger than the Wizards players, it was really uncomfortable for these two to be shooters from the outside.

So after returning from the third quarter, Li Kaiming took the initiative to make adjustments. The Eastern Conference guard was replaced by Kyrie Irving, and Li Kaiming transformed into Bosh ProMAX to help James and Wade open up space and work well with Garnett. Interior defense.

With such cooperation, this tactic soon became powerful. Wade and James were the most powerful breakthrough combination in the league. Their breakthrough threat and Li Kaiming's space on the outside soon made the Western team lose sight of one thing. , the Eastern Conference regained the lead again.

Until the last five minutes of the game, the Eastern team still held a 6-point lead.

At this time, it was the starting matchup between the two sides. The Western team served to Paul for halftime. The latter held the ball and used a pick-and-roll tactic to reach the mid-range and hit the ball!

131 is better than 127!

The Eastern Conference sent the ball to Rondo, who passed the ball to James in the frontcourt. James singled out Durant to break through, and when he reached the basket, he attracted Howard's defense. James made a high throw, preparing to fight Garnett. An alley-oop match. Unexpectedly, as the latter got older, he actually missed the ball and was intercepted due to a slip.

The West transitioned to the frontcourt with a fast break, and the ball was given to Kobe, who turned around and stopped in the mid-range to make a hit!

131 is better than 129!

The Eastern stars stepped up their tempo and gave the ball to Rondo to direct the offense. The Eastern Conference ran a simple pick-and-roll cut tactic. James walked to the basket and Li Kaiming popped out. Rondo passed the ball to Li Kaiming without looking at anyone. The player caught the ball and hit a three-pointer!

134 is better than 129!

It was Li Kaiming who stabilized the point difference again!

The West's offense caused Durant to miss a single shot. James grabbed the rebound for a fast break and rushed to the inside. He was double-teamed and passed the ball to Li Kaiming on the outside. When the latter caught the ball, there was already a defender in front of him, but he still faced him. Griffin made a strong three-pointer!

137 is better than 129!

Li Kaiming made two consecutive three-pointers to stop the Western team!

There were less than three minutes left. After the timeout, Durant in the West succeeded in a single, 137 to 131.

The Eastern Conference chose to play at a slow pace. Li Kaiming came to the waist position and blocked Griffin. He seemed to be trying to get the ball with his back. Griffin tried hard to go around to defend, but Li Kaiming suddenly turned around and passed him cleanly. Then point your hand towards the basket!

Rondo on the outside understood what he was doing and passed a straight pass to the top of the basket. Li Kaiming jumped up and caught the basketball, but Howard appeared in front of him to cover the protective frame.

If Li Kaiming had held the ball and dunked it himself, even Howard would have made it, but the ball was an alley-oop, and the height did not depend on him, so he had an idea in the air and passed the ball from behind to Garnett behind Howard, who caught the ball. A civilian scored a layup!

139 is better than 131!

There was not much time to play in the Western Conference. Kobe went to the frontcourt and shot a three-pointer without the ball. Unfortunately, he did not make a shot. Li Kaiming protected the backcourt rebound and passed a long pass to James who was about to go down. The latter caught the ball and made a layup. foul!

Going to the free throw line, James made two free throws, 141 to 131, with 2 minutes left in the game!

The Eastern Conference chose not to give a three-point shot. Durant scored two points. The Western Conference pressed in the frontcourt. The Eastern Conference sent the ball out. Rondo passed it to Li Kaiming, who slowly dribbled the ball across the half court. Griffin and Durant double-teamed, and Li Kaiming passed the ball to James. After receiving the ball, the latter made an open three-pointer!

144 to 133! This ball directly killed the game!

The West also wanted to try to comeback in the following games, but the East made no mistakes. In the end, the East defeated the West 148-137 and won the All-Star Game for the third consecutive year!