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

As they get closer to the All-Star Game, the Wizards are still on a winning streak.

And just when Li Kaiming thought that this season was also a boring regular season trip, an accident happened!

The team's starting point guard Kirk Hinrich lost his balance during a breakthrough against the Western Conference tank team Minnesota Timberwolves, and then landed on one leg.

This is Hinrich's 11th season. He had been plagued by injuries for some time, so he was traded by the Chicago Bulls.

After coming to the Wizards, the presence of Li Kaiming gave Hinrich a second spring. He only needed to be a calm veteran, command the team on the court, and then catch the ball and shoot three-pointers.

Such a task will not put a great burden on his body, so Hinrich also ushered in a healthy period of two or three years.

But time is fair. Judging from big data, the average career length of NBA players is even less than 5 years.

Hinrich, a lottery pick in the first year of the draft, can play for 10 years and serve as the starting point guard of a championship team. This is already a very good career, second only to some All-Star players.

Hinrich's absence has caused the American media to start talking. Without a starting point guard, this person is also an important space point and the core of the Wizards' perimeter ball movement. The Wizards' record will definitely be affected. Influence!

As if to verify this group of people's claims, the Wizards lost to the Spurs in the first game after Hinrich's absence.

"The Wizards have lost four games so far. If Li Kaiming wants to win three consecutive regular season MVP awards, he must at least win a record-tying 4 games, right?"

"It's unlikely. It's not that I don't believe in his strength. The main reason is that the difficulty is too high. The Wizards' opponents in the second half are all strong teams, and the season is about to end. These teams will definitely fight hard to compete for rankings. Less It’s hard to beat a starter..."

"It can be said that the MVP basically belongs to Kevin Durant!"

On February 2, the All-Star Weekend officially begins.

The Wizards ended their pre-All-Star Game schedule three days ago, with a total of 51 games. The Wizards had 46 wins and 5 losses, ranking first in the league.

辛里奇缺阵之后奇才队一胜一负，李凯明的上场时间并没有增加，依旧是场均30分钟，场均得到28分14.6篮板8.9助攻3盖帽2抢断。

With such data and records concentrated on one person, he will be the strongest candidate for MVP no matter what year he is placed.

But this is the third consecutive year that Li Kaiming has competed for MVP. Both the fans and the media have begun to suppress him in a subtle way.

Because every American fan knows that if Li Kaiming wins three MVPs, it will be equivalent to the league recognizing that Li Kaiming has become the strongest player since Jordan!

The most important thing is that this strongest player is actually a Chinese!

Letting a foreigner rule the American league is unacceptable to the proud American people.

Only Emerica has ever ruled other countries. How can other countries sit on Emerica's head and shit?

To put it bluntly, this is a form of discrimination.

The Americans claim freedom and openness, but this so-called freedom and openness has its limits.

Not even a sports league can achieve the freedom they claim, let alone anywhere else?

Therefore, if Li Kaiming wants to win this MVP, he is not only competing with Kevin Durant, nor is he just competing with the American media, but is competing with the prejudice and arrogance hanging in this land!

He is like a sapling living in a flowerpot. When he does not grow, the flowerpot will provide him with nutrients, and when he grows to a certain height, the flowerpot will tell him that enough is enough.

If he wants to continue growing, he must break through the constraints of this flowerpot!

Because Sanders already served as the head coach of the Eastern Conference for an All-Star Game last season, the Eastern Conference head coach this time is Frank Vogel, the head coach of the Pacers who ranks second in the Eastern Conference.

There is nothing to watch in the previous Rookie Challenge. The Wizards' first-round draft picks in the past two years have been traded away, so there are no Wizards players on the field.

The three-point contest and dunk contest on the second day were quite satisfactory.

The final three-point contest championship was taken away by Spurs player Marco Belinelli.

The dunk king title was won by John Wall, who was in the same class as Li Kaiming.

Finally, there is the highlight of this All-Star Game, the All-Star Game.

At 9:30 in the evening, after the well-known singer sang the American national anthem, the starting lineups of the East and West were also ready to take the stage.

Eastern All-Stars: Point guard Kyrie Irving, shooting guard Dwayne Wade, small forward Paul George, power forward LeBron James, center Kaiming Li.

This is the first time Li Kaiming has played in the All-Star game as the starting center.

Western Conference All-Stars: Point guard Steve Curry, shooting guard James Harden, small forward Kevin Durant, power forward Blake Griffin, center Kevin Love.

Originally, the Western Conference's starting shooting guard was Kobe Bryant, but he missed the All-Star Game due to injury. Western Conference head coach Scott Brooks chose his favorite James Harden to replace Kobe.

League officials, considering New Orleans' home court, chose to have Anthony Davis replace Bryant in the All-Star Game.

As the referee blew his whistle, Li Kaiming jumped out like a rocket and easily put the ball into the hands of his teammates in the air.

Love could only smile helplessly. His strong rebounding ability is more due to his good awareness. Compared with jumping, there are many better players in the league than him, let alone a top jumper like Li Kaiming.

Irving dribbled the ball past half court, faced Curry's defense and performed a fancy dribble. Finally, he turned around and broke through, and made a diagonal throw!

This guy's game is very enjoyable to watch!

The Western team serves the ball, Curry dribbles to the frontcourt, Love goes out to cover inside, and Curry takes a step outside the three-point line and takes a pick-and-roll shot!

Swish!

A three-pointer!

Curry shook his head and backed away.

At the beginning of the game, the point guards on both sides took the lead.

However, once the All-Stars came up, everyone was warming up and having fun, and the defensive intensity was very low. So when they saw that the defenders on both sides had a strong desire to score, they simply gave the ball to the opposite side.

So most of the first quarter of the game turned into Irving's fancy dribbling show on the Eastern side, while Curry Harden on the Western side fired continuously from the three-point line.

Of course, as the first-time All-Star starters, these guys are like a bunch of little brothers in front of the rest of the team, so they have to give face to their big brothers.

Curry hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up. Li Kaiming thought this kid would explode in scoring tonight!

As a result, the entire quarter was over, and Curry still only hit one three-pointer...

I was the only co-author to enter, so I bumped into him, right...

The Western side mainly attacks from the outside, while the Eastern side mainly attacks within the three-point line.

In the Western Conference, Curry and Harden clashed in the first quarter, leading the Eastern team to an 45-point lead 37-8 in a single quarter.

Li Kaiming told Vogel before the game to give more time to other players. Of course, if Vogel feels that he needs to play, he will not hesitate to play.

The Eastern Conference was going smoothly in the first quarter, so Li Kaiming only played 5 minutes before taking a rest. During this period, he basically grabbed rebounds and only shot one three-pointer.

From the second half of the first quarter to the middle of the second quarter, it is the rotation time of the two sides.

The Eastern team has a slight advantage as a starter, but the Western team has a more obvious advantage as a substitute.

Especially in terms of scoring ability and outside shooting ability, any player picked from the Western Conference rotation is better than all the Eastern Conference substitutes.

Except, of course, Howard.

In addition, there was almost no defense in the game. During this period, the Western team scored wildly and took the lead in just 10 minutes. Vogel called a timeout and brought James and others up.

Li Kaiming was still chatting and laughing with his teammates on the bench.

This kind of game with low defensive intensity is the most suitable for James' rhythm. After he came on the court, he had a significant effect and quickly helped the Eastern team recover the score.

The two teams went back and forth like this, playing intermittently until there were 5 minutes left in the last quarter.

At this time, the Western Conference was trailing by 5 points. Kevin Durant took the lead and scored consecutive points while also helping to block Irving's layup.

This block was like a charge trumpet, sounding the most defensive stage of the game.

Seeing this, Vogel found an opportunity to replace Li Kaiming.

Durant of the Western Team made a free throw. At this time, the score between the two sides had reached 149 to 147, and the Eastern Conference led by 2 points.

After Li Kaiming served from the baseline, he came to the frontcourt, and Irving handed the ball to James.

Having been teammates with Li Kaiming in the All-Star Game for three consecutive years, James has long known that as long as he plays pick-and-roll with Li Kaiming, he will have the greatest room for breakthrough.

Sure enough, when Li Kaiming hit the screen and bounced to the three-point line, both Western team defenders pounced. James took the opportunity to rush to the basket and score a layup!

During the Western Conference's offense, Durant saw James playing in isolation and wanted to make a pick-and-roll breakthrough. Unexpectedly, he rushed to the basket and was rejected by Li Kaiming with a nail block!

James grabbed the rebound and launched a fast break, followed by Li Kaiming.

James used his impact to break through to the basket. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Li Kaiming following behind, so he threw the board high!

Li Kaiming from behind jumped up high, grabbed the ball with one hand and then performed a tomahawk chop!

When the Western Conference attacked, James Harden caught the ball and pulled away. Wade broke through to the mid-range and missed the shot.

Li Kaiming grabbed the rebound, and James passed the ball quickly and caused a foul!

Vogel on the sidelines puffed up his chest proudly.

Is this what it feels like to have Li Kaiming?

I feel like it’s okay to fuck me...

If Sanders knew what Vogel was thinking, he would probably be so angry that he vomited blood!

The Western team finally suffered a youthful loss. With the cooperation of Li Kaiming and James, the game finally ended. The Eastern team defeated the Western team 166-157, winning the All-Star Game for the fourth consecutive year.

李凯明全场戏份不多，仅仅出战19分钟得到16分12篮板7助攻4盖帽。

James, who played 30 minutes and scored 34 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, won the All-Star Game MVP without any suspense!

Seeing James holding the trophy, Li Kaiming smiled very happily!

Cherish it, LeBron, this may be the only trophy you can snatch away from me...