naaapseattle Chapter 697 Shen Fei's guess, the start of the All-Star Game!
Chapter 697 Shen Fei's guess, the start of the All-Star Game!
"Spatial internal line?"
Shen Fei was actually not surprised that the Heat wanted to find a space-type insider.
But the problem is that in today's league, there are very few space insiders.
A center with both strength and range like Cousins is even rarer.
He thought of a possibility that Shen Fei could think of... Kevin Love of the Timberwolves, Lopez of the Nets.
Oh, no, Lopez in this period is still playing as a traditional center and has not yet developed three-point skills.
"The Heat want to trade Kevin Love? Do they still have chips?"
Shen Fei asked suspiciously.
But as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he thought of a possibility, the only possibility with a high probability...
Take apart the existing Big Three and use one of the stars as a bargaining chip!
"Are they going to play Wade or Howard?"
Shen Fei turned to ask.
According to the current strength of the two, Wade should be selected.
The Flash is troubled by a knee injury, and it has been difficult to provide a stable output this season as in the past.
But Wade is, after all, a totem figure of the Heat.
No matter how bad Pat Riley is, he should not dare to trade Wade away.
In addition, Howard may be worthy of the name of the league's No. [-] center in other games, but when he met the Rockets and Yao Ming, his dominance declined sharply.
Yao Ming has a natural restraint relationship with him, just like the projection insider naturally restrains Yao Ming.
Peak Howard may be a better player, but when he meets Yao Ming, he is always the younger brother.
From this perspective, trading Warcraft may be a more suitable choice!
"I don't know about this either. The Heat are very tight-lipped. It should be because they are worried that once the information is leaked, it will affect the mentality of the players."
"If the deal fails and Howard or Wade's mentality collapses, it will be embarrassing."
stern replied
Shen Fei smiled slightly, and stopped asking.
Whether Stern has told the truth is a question mark.
However, Shen Fei was not particularly worried about who the Heat would trade.
He has absolute confidence in the current Rockets team!
"Take it easy, David."
"No matter what adjustments the Heat make, this year's champion will not be left behind."
"James, Wade, and Howard, these three people are already at the top of the dimension of hard power. This configuration can't beat us. If you replace one of them with a weaker one, do you think the result will change?"
Shen Fei asked back with a smile.
In his view, even if the Heat really trade for a space-based insider, such as Kevin Love, the Rockets are not afraid.
Now this rocket is full of ruthless people.
Even if Yao Ming is targeted, Mark Jackson still has a lot of cards to play.
If the Heat really replace Howard with Love, the Rockets can make Yao Ming play less and change to a smaller lineup to deal with it.
With Love's defensive ability and frame protection ability, the Rockets have many ways to punish the Heat who are empty inside!
"Well, you are still so confident, Shen."
"But since you said so, I must believe you."
"This All-Star Game is up to you. What I promised has been done. The next step is to build the Rockets dynasty you said... Don't let me down."
Stern said earnestly.
He will retire in two years, and he is looking forward to the Rockets becoming a dynastic team, drawing a perfect end to his resume.
"Don't worry, just wait."
Shen Fei said lightly.
After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone and started preparing for the All-Star Game.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it came to February 2012, 2.
On this day, the Houston All-Star Game officially kicked off.
As an appetizer for All-Star Weekend—the Masters Game used to receive little attention.
But last year, Shen Fei's participation and his explosive dunk performance in the game made this event attract more fans' attention.
Especially this year's Masters Tournament, it is even more eye-catching!
As for why...
First of all, Shen Fei announced on his personal Twitter not long ago that this will be his second and last time to participate in the Masters Tournament.
Secondly, the two retired stars of the Rockets, McGrady and Big Ben, also participated in this celebrity game as contestants.
In addition, the Rockets' legendary star-"Big Dream" Olajuwon was also invited to become the head coach of this Masters.
He will lead "Shen Fei's Friends Team" against "Alexander's Friends Team".
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The Masters will start in half an hour.
Invited players and fans are entering the arena in an orderly manner at this time.
After stepping into the arena, exclamations sounded one after another.
For example, a fan wearing the No. 6 jersey of the Heat will shine as soon as he enters the arena.
He said to his friends with admiration:
"Wow~ This new arena looks great!"
"If the Heat's home court can be so high-level, then I think this matter... is so cool~"
And his friend responded with a smile: "I smell money, Shen Fei must have spent a lot of money to build this arena."
On the other side, the Rockets veteran Kyle Lowry walked into the arena with Roy, Butler, and Cousins.
Lowry looked at the luxurious big screen not far away, shook his head silently, and then said to Roy beside him: "We belonged to this arena..."
Roy nodded noncommittally, and responded: "This place is very good, but the Kings can give us more opportunities. Playing is what I desire most."
"But... this arena is really good!"
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Soon, the audience was seated, and the Masters match officially began!
This year's Masters Tournament still invites many influential figures in all walks of life who like to play.
For example, popular singer Justin Bieber, wnba star Candace Parker...
In addition, Shen Fei also specially invited two Chinese stars.
Thought he was the king of pop, someone gave Jay Chou the nickname "Yellow Chocolate".
The other is Jiang Jinfu, the "Wrist Man" and "East Asian Powerful Man".
Since it was a performance game, both sides played very relaxed.
Yellow Chocolate keeps showing various dribbling and passing skills.
Jinfu showed his excellent physical fitness, and from time to time he performed a one-stop show in the fast break!
And the two star players who have recently retired-McGrady and Big Ben, the desire to perform is not very strong.
Only when the audience booed did they try to "act".
t-mac showed off its signature self-throwing and self-dunk, and Daben also had the performance of double-handed dunks.
Of course, when it comes to dunking, Shen Fei who is equipped with the [Carter Dunk Bag] is definitely indispensable.
Shen Fei only played for 10 minutes.
But in a fast break, he recklessly put on a 360° crotch dunk!
This is the movement that Shen Fei specially practiced for a long time for this Masters Competition.
Hard work always pays off.
After Shen Fei dunked, the arena that was originally jubilant suddenly fell silent!
After last year's Celebrity Game, the fans knew that Shen Fei could dunk.
But... this dunk once again refreshed their cognition!
After a brief silence, the scene broke out into warm applause.
The cheers were so loud, as if the roof of the arena was about to be toppled over!
In the stands, Shaquille O'Neill covered the back of his head with both hands, and opened his mouth wide enough to stuff an egg in!
On the other side, James and Wade slumped back on their seats, as if they had seen some miracle.
And the photographers from major radio stations and magazines at the scene kept checking the video data they just took!
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In the end, "Shen Fei's Friends Team" successfully defeated "Alexander's Friends Team".
After the game, Shen Fei took the initiative to walk to the opponent's bench and greeted the former boss of the Rockets - Alexander.
The old man should have a good life after retirement. Compared with when Shen Fei first took over the Rockets, he gained a lot of weight, and the fatigue on his face disappeared.
And Alexander was also in the exchange, congratulating Shen Fei on his impressive achievements.
The two chatted happily.
All kinds of things from a year ago are all jokes...
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Time came to the second day.
On the second match day of the All-Star Game, various events (slam dunk contest, skill contest, three-point contest) will be launched successively
The Rockets sent a lot of people to participate this year.
Last year's slam dunk king - Griffin, participated in the slam dunk contest again this year.
Jeremy Lin participated in the skills challenge.
The Splash Brothers—Curry and Klay—are in the three-point contest.
Before the start of the All-Star Game, Shen Fei called these people together for a small meeting.
During the meeting, Shen Fei made a simple and direct request—to win all the games as much as possible and keep the trophy in Houston!
Ever since, the few people headed by Curry embarked on the All-Star Tour with the boss's ardent expectations.
Look back to the present.
Today, the first to start is the Skills Challenge.
This skills challenge can be described as a gathering of stars.
Competing with Shuhao are - Westbrook of the Thunder, John Wall of the Wizards, Tony Parker of the Spurs, Rajon Rondo of the Celtics, and this year's No. [-] pick from the Cavaliers Kyrie Irving!
Without exception, all of them are the core point guards of strong teams.
Among the few people, Shu Hao is not well-known...
But after the game started, Brother Hao's performance was the most outstanding!
He not only has the speed and explosive power comparable to Wall, but also has Owen's ball handling skills!
With the combination of the two, Shu Hao has almost no opponents in this competition of speed and success rate!
In the first round, he completed the challenge with the fastest speed in the audience.
In the final, Jeremy defeated Irving by 2 seconds and won the championship!
It is worth mentioning that in the finals, Shu Hao and Irving's technical movements were very similar.
When the two of them dribble and run together and do various designated actions, it's like looking in a mirror...
Curry, who came to the scene to cheer for Shu Hao, sighed: "Is Kyrie a fan of Lin...His dribbling movements are almost carved out of the same mold as Lin."
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After the skill challenge ended, the three-point contest followed.
This was the event that Shen Fei was most sure of winning.
Both Curry and Clay are historical three-point shooters.
If the two of them participated together, Shen Fei felt that there was at least a [-]% chance of keeping the championship in Houston!
Playing with the Splash Brothers are the Thunder's Kevin Durant, the Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Love, the Heat's James Jones, and the Orlando Magic's Ryan Anderson.
Among them, Shen Fei is more worried about Love of Timberwolves.
If I remember correctly, in the original time and space, Love was the crowned three-pointer in the 12 All-Star Game.
Of course, in the original time and space, both Curry and Clay only showed their status occasionally, and they didn't participate in the three-point contest at all.
Therefore, it is still unknown who will win the title of three-point king this time!
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In the first round, Klay Thompson played first.
As a rookie this year, the outside world is actually not optimistic about his good performance in the three-point contest.
the reason is simple...
Although the All-Star Game is just an entertainment game.
But the players participating in the competition represent the highest level in a certain field of nba.
At the same time, the All-Star Game has attracted the attention of fans all over the world.
Fans of any team will basically pay attention to the game during the All-Star Game.
In such a large-scale event, newcomers will inevitably have stage fright, let alone being the first to appear.
But... Thompson showed a calmness that did not match his age!
At the first shooting point, he made 5 of 4 shots and scored 4 points.
In the end, Thompson threw all the balls within the specified time and scored 23 points!
The second player to play is Durant.
This season, kd is in very good condition.
At present, he averaged 30.3 points per game, ranking first in the scoring list, and his shooting percentage also hit a career high.
Therefore, although it is his first time to participate in the three-point contest, he is still widely favored!
It's a pity that Durant only scored 20 points in the first round.
Compared with Clay's 26 points, his score seems to be in danger of being eliminated...
Then came defending champion Stephen Curry.
Mengshen has been very relaxed since he came on the field.
In the first round, he scored 26 points and became No.1.
According to the competition system, 6 out of 3 players will be eliminated in the first round.
In other words, Durant, who is ranked third at this time, has one foot on the edge of a cliff!
Fortunately, Ryan Anderson, who played fourth, performed seriously out of order.
In the regular season, he made 42.1% of his three-pointers, but he only shot 14 and was eliminated directly.
James Jones, who played fifth, easily scored 21 points.
Durant smiled bitterly and ended his first trip to the three-point contest.
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The last one to play was Kevin Love.
When Love walked to the sidelines, James and Wade in the stands exchanged glances tacitly.
Love during this period was called the "New Wolf King".
He hasn't lost weight yet and hasn't been plagued by injuries.
He is a rare insider in the league, who has both space attributes and can crazily grab boards.
Last season, Love scored 31 points and 31 rebounds against the Knicks.
Not long ago, he scored 51 points and 14 rebounds in the game against the Thunder, helping the Timberwolves defeat their opponents!
At that time, the domestic media described Love's performance against the Thunder's three juniors as "three heroes against Lu Bu".
Who wouldn't love such a player? !