The 2006 All-Star Game was held in the space city of Houston. There was no doubt that Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming became the absolute protagonists.

The All-Stars in the Western Conference, especially Kobe, are working hard to help McGrady win an All-Star Game MVP.

As for the Eastern Conference, because Chen Jie won the All-Star Game last year when he participated in the All-Star Game for the first time, and in that All-Star Game, Chen Jie also won all the awards that he could win, so in 2006

, Chen Jie has no idea about these awards. Watching McGrady win the MVP, to be honest, it is a very happy thing for Chen Jie.

But Chen Jie thinks so, but it doesn't mean that others think so too. At least, LeBron James, who has never won any personal honors, is determined to compete with Tracy McGrady.

In the 2006 All-Star Game, compared to 2005, the biggest change in the lineup was that Garnett came to the East. He occupied a starting position in the East. O'Neal was still the starter at the center position, and Iverson was the guard.

Neither Chen Jie nor anyone can shake their status. Because of the arrival of Garnett, Vince Carter was not included in the starting lineup. The Canadian Flyer came to the Nets in the winter of 2005 and formed a team with Kidd-Jefferson.

Although he has formed a powerful Big Three, he still belongs to the Eastern Conference All-Stars. Carter, who did not enter the starting lineup, became a substitute for the Eastern Conference All-Stars. This year, the Eastern Conference bench lineup can be said to be particularly strong.

The Pistons' top five, Pierce, Ray Allen, and Vince Carter, are definitely not much different in strength from the starting lineup.

As for the Western Conference, Stoudemire was the starter to replace the departed Garnett. In terms of strength alone, the Western Conference has declined compared to last year.

Before the game, many people also analyzed that the Western Conference would not be able to beat the Eastern Conference this year.

It's just that the All-Star Game is never a place to compare strengths. Who has a stronger fighting spirit is even more important than who is stronger.

This year, Chen Jie still participated in the Rookie Challenge, but he represented the second-year team. Compared with the 0304 world, the quality of the 2005 rookies has dropped significantly. In addition, there is the league's first player

Led by Chen Jie, the second-year team can be said to have won without a fight. Chen Jie did not perform too much. Chen Jie, who has already won all the honors, is not interested in a Rookie Challenge mvp. The Houston All-Star Game Rookie Challenge

mvp, made Chen Jie’s former Bulls teammate, Luer Deng!

Chen Jie did not participate in the subsequent slam dunk contest, three-point contest, or skills challenge.

You only need to do something like this once.

In the end, Howard won the dunk contest championship, and the Heat's Kapono became the three-point shot contest champion. The skills challenge championship was won by Dwyane Wade.

Of course, for All-Star Weekend, the most important thing is the All-Star Game.

In the 2006 All-Star Game, although Chen Jie started the game, after half a quarter, everyone could see that Chen Jie had no fighting spirit at all.

Rivers, the head coach of the Celtics and also the head coach of this year's Eastern Conference All-Stars, saw Chen Jie like this and didn't let Chen Jie play more.

Chen Jie left the game and was replaced by Billups. The Pistons' top five players are determined to compete with Kobe this year, hoping to help LeBron James win the MVP.

The two sides fought fiercely. In the first half, McGrady performed well in the Western Conference and the Western Conference took a big lead. However, the situation suddenly changed in the second half. James, together with Billups, Hamilton and Double Wallace of the Pistons, led the Eastern team to a 20-point lead.

The score difference was evened out.

The game continued until the last 20 seconds of the last quarter. Wade's tip-in helped the Eastern team go ahead by 2 points, and the outcome was still undecided.

Chen Jie, who was sitting off the court, looked very anxious. Everyone thought he was afraid that the Eastern team would lose to the Western team today, but no one knew that Chen Jie was anxious about whether the Western team could equalize the score.

I remember that in his previous life, McGrady never competed with James.

Chen Jie was afraid that everything would proceed according to the trajectory of historical development. In that case, McGrady would be sad.

Not to mention that in the past life, Chen Jie particularly admired McGrady. In this life, Chen Jie and McGrady can be said to have a very good relationship. Of course, he hopes that his good friend will win the All-Star Game MVP.

After Wade scored a tip-in, Kobe's key ball helped the West tie the score.

At critical moments, Kobe is still more trustworthy than Tracy McGrady.

Immediately, LeBron James suddenly scored two points, and the Eastern team took the lead again. At this time, with five seconds left before the end of the game, the Western team called a timeout.

Everyone can guess that this attack must go to McGrady.

Otherwise, even if the Western Conference team wins and McGrady wins the MVP based on his data, he will still be unconvinced.

In fact, at this point in the game, McGrady still didn't have Kobe's mentality of winning tonight.

It's just an All-Star Game, a big party, just come and have fun, why bother taking it so seriously.

If you get injured, it won't be worth it.

This is what McGrady thought after receiving the coach's tactics.

With such a mentality, how could he possibly score this buzzer-beating shot?

In the previous life, when Chen Jie didn't appear, McGrady missed the final kill just because of this.

It seems that history is really about to repeat itself.

But just as McGrady walked lazily onto the court, ready to casually complete this final attack, he subconsciously glanced at the Eastern Conference bench.

There, Chen Jie, wearing the No. 1 jersey of the Eastern Team, was looking at the field anxiously.

Seeing Chen Jie's expression, McGrady was stunned for a moment. Why is he so anxious? He has already won the MVP, including the All-Star Game regular season finals MVP. He shouldn't have anything to pursue?

What's more, even if the Eastern Conference wins today and he only scores 10 points, he still can't become mvp?

Then why is he so anxious?

McGrady was stunned at first, and then a flash of lightning flashed in his head. Was he trying to worry himself?

Maddie suddenly had such an idea?

Does he want to get this mvp for himself?

As a good friend, Tracy McGrady definitely understands Chen Jie, and he knows that Chen Jie definitely wants his best friend to be better.

But, Chen Jie, in your heart, does the value of Tracy McGrady need to be measured by such an MVP?

Without this MVP, wouldn’t the history of the league remember my status?

Are you looking down on people too much?

McGrady thought so, with a look of anger on his face.

But at this moment, McGrady thought of one thing again, and that was now. It can be said that Chen Jie has won all the honors in the league. He won all the honors during the All-Star Weekend. He was selected to the first team last year and ranked second in defense.

The lineup is still regular season MVP, Rookie of the Year, and Finals MVP.

It can be said that in just one year, Chen Jie accomplished what many people cannot accomplish in a lifetime.

And among these many people, I should also include myself?

Thinking this way, McGrady felt a little ashamed.

He has only been in the league for one year, and he has already received so many honors. He has not slacked off yet and continues to work hard.

As for myself, except for two scoring titles, I haven't won anything now.

There is no honor that can be achieved, and I want to compete for the championship. However, I am too lazy to compete for the All-Star MVP right in front of me.

How can it be possible to succeed with such a mentality?!

At this moment, McGrady made a decision in his heart, that is, since he wants the O'Brien Cup, he must start from now on, work hard bit by bit, and never slack off.

It starts now, with this All-Star mvp.

McGrady's thoughts only happened in a moment.

The TV camera was locked on McGrady, and the audience saw that McGrady's eyes changed from lazy and wistful to suddenly determined.

No one knows what happened.

No one knows that a brand new Tracy McGrady will appear starting from today!

In five seconds, McGrady received an inbounds pass from Nash, and with James' defense, he made a pull-up jumper for a three-pointer. When he was in the air, McGrady's eyes were so firm and confident.

And this three-pointer also hit the net.

The Western team takes the lead by one point!

Fans throughout Houston's Toyota Center went crazy.

The game was finally settled at 128-127. The Western Team won, and McGrady also got his wish and won the MVP of the 2006 Houston All-Star Game!

After the game, Kobe looked excited. It seemed that McGrady was even happier to win the MVP than he was to win the award.

James is not too depressed. After all, he is just an All-Star Game MVP. James is still young and wants to compete. There are still opportunities. What he thinks more about now is to lead the Cavaliers further in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

However, several people on the Pistons were a little unhappy, and even went back to the locker room after the game without greeting the Western Conference All-Stars.

Living in the shadow of the Big Three of Chen Jie in the Eastern Conference, I never expected that they would not be able to win the Western Conference in the All-Star Game.

Several Pistons players feel as if their time has passed.

The disintegration of the Pistons' five tigers seems to have also laid the groundwork for this All-Star Game.

After the All-Star Game, the regular season has entered its final sprint.

The battle between the Celtics and the Bulls for the top spot in the Eastern Conference was bloody, but the Heat stayed firmly in third place. There was a big gap between the top two and a big gap between the fourth place. They had become the best team in the Eastern Conference.

An easy team. James' Cavaliers are ranked fifth. They still want to move forward and compete for the home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. For the Eastern Conference, the situation is still the same as before the All-Star Game.

What is surprising is the Western Conference. Originally, the Lakers, with Gasol joining them, have remained firmly at the top of the Western Conference after Phil Jackson returned. The Spurs are old and strong, ranking third in the Western Conference.

Second, last year, the small ball storm swept the league. The Suns fell to eighth in the Western Conference. However, the sudden rise of the Mavericks, who also played small ball, was surprising. Except for the Lakers, Suns, and Spurs, other teams formed the second group. They could not

To threaten the status of these three teams, they can only compete for home court advantage in the playoffs.

The Jazz in fourth, the Rockets in fifth, the Grizzlies in sixth, the Warriors in seventh, and the Suns in eighth, they formed the second group.

But after the All-Star Game, this situation was broken.
To be continued...