Chapter 737 [Star Weekend, break the record again]
On February 6, the SuperSonics defeated the Suns 115-79 at home.
The Suns traded with the Nets, sending Kidd away in exchange for Marbury, and their record immediately dropped. Marbury is better at scoring by himself and is not a good organizer.
Yang Jian defeated Anfernee Hardaway, and "Penny" was completely useless.
Hardaway averaged only 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game this season. His physical fitness has declined and he always thinks about breakthroughs and insists on not practicing shooting. As a result, he only has a 40% shooting percentage, there is still a risk of injury, and his contract is ridiculously large.
A common problem among many African-American players is that they like to rely on their bodies to play basketball and are unwilling to work hard. Only when their bodies are so bad that they can no longer run and are no longer wanted by the team, will they want to spend time practicing shooting.
There are too many examples like this to count, and the endings are all tragic. If they can't practice, what have they been doing?
The SuperSonics only lost three games at the half and entered the All-Star Weekend. The 2002 All-Star Game was held in Philadelphia and was the first All-Star China Derby in NBA history.
Yao Ming contributed one point, and his joining the NBA a year early was directly related to Yang Jian.
Yang Jian leads the Western Conference starting lineup, the other four are Kobe, Garnett, Chris Webber, and Tim Duncan.
Shaquille O'Neal once again missed the All-Star Game due to injury, marking his second consecutive absence.
There is also a butterfly effect in the West. Steve Francis was squeezed out of the starting lineup by Yang Jian and contributed one point. However, he was still selected as a substitute because he is one of the guards with the most beautiful statistics, and the Clippers' record is also
Not bad.
In a parallel world, the Rockets have a poor record, and Francis has been selected into the starting lineup.
Seven substitutes for the Western Conference: Francis, Gary Payton, Cuttino Mobley, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, Stojakovic, Szczerbiak.
Mobley provided a point, and his fate was changed. In a parallel world, Mobley was not a player selected for the All-Star Game. But this season, he became an All-Star.
Mobley was selected by luck, because he was selected as a substitute for others. The Grizzlies' Ray Allen and the Mavericks' Michael Finley had better statistics, but they missed the All-Star Game due to injuries.
The most unique person is "The Mailman" Karl Malone, who abruptly informed the league headquarters before the All-Star Weekend that he decided not to participate in the All-Star Game.
Unlike those players who are selected for the All-Star Game for the first or second time, veteran players like Malone who have appeared in the All-Star Game countless times have long lost their original freshness. He has played for many consecutive All-Star Games.
He has been playing in the All-Star Game all season, being a marginal player and not interested in playing at all.
He doesn't need to prove his ability to the world anymore, and he doesn't want to drag his old bones and let a group of flying and scurrying kids dunk on his head. Malone worked hard for half a season and finally caught three or four
I don't want to waste my time on an All-Star game that lacks substantial meaning.
Malone is a well-known iron man in the NBA, and the chance of injury is almost zero. As it happened, Malone's mother suddenly fell ill in the past two days, so he acted like a filial son and asked the NBA to allow him to visit and take care of his mother.
Seven substitutes in the Eastern Conference: Jason Kidd, Michael Jordan, Baron Davis, Paul Pierce, Antoine Walker, Jermaine O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning.
The lineup in the Eastern Conference is still relatively shabby. There are many people who are selected to the All-Stars for the first time, and there are also patients like Mourning who are coming back.
Mutombo's statistics after joining the Nets were average and he was not selected again. In fact, he was selected better than Mourning.
Jordan also contributed an attribute point. He played as a substitute in the All-Star Game in the first season after his comeback. Moreover, his becoming a substitute in the Eastern Conference was the result of the coaches giving him face. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have been selected given the Wizards' poor record.
In a parallel world, in 2003, the season when Jordan retired again, he did not receive enough votes, so McGrady and Iverson rushed to give Jordan the starting job. Carter was unwilling to give up, and was finally kidnapped by public opinion and forced to give up the starting lineup, and Jordan accepted.
Now no one proposes to give Jordan a starting spot, and public opinion will not put pressure on the starting players.
Why do young stars give up their starting positions to Jordan, who has three championships? No one has thought about this question.
In the future, no one will give the 4-time champion O'Neal a starting spot. The last time he participated in the All-Star Game with the Suns, he was a substitute. The 5-time champion Duncan was not selected for the All-Star Game in the last season of his career and was a substitute in the penultimate season.
Jordan's destiny changed mainly because of Yang Jian, who prevented Jordan from becoming the number one player in the league.
Carter also provided a point, but he failed to become the All-Star vote leader. He ranked second in the league after Yang Jian and first in the Eastern Conference. In last season's finals, Carter was beaten by Yang Jian, and people saw the difference between them.
The popularity of the weak cannot be greater than that of the strong.
In this All-Star game, Yang Jian competed for the MVP without any politeness. Iverson is the star playing at home, and if he wants the MVP, he will not be able to let his opponent go.
The coach of the Western Conference is Adelman of the Kings. Although he does not specifically arrange tactics for Yang Jian, he is the top vote-getter and has the most playing time.
Yang Jian is still the one responsible for controlling the ball. He carries the ball across the half court and directly attacks, which is an opportunity, and he is facing Iverson. Whether Iverson is guarding him or Kobe, they are defensive weaknesses.
In the positional battle, Duncan pulled out to cover Yang Jian. Yao Ming couldn't defend him, and Yang Jian also got a good shooting opportunity.
The Western team once again beat the Eastern team, winning 147 to 120.
Only Tracy McGrady scored in double figures among the Eastern team's starters, leading the Eastern Conference with 24 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.
Iverson was blown away by Yang Jian. He played 25 minutes, made 2 of 9 shots, 1 of 2 free throws, and scored 5 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. He was completely sleepwalking in the first game against Yang Jian, which disappointed the Philadelphia fans.
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Jordan played 22 minutes off the bench, making 4 of 13 shots and scoring 8 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
Yang Jian didn't put in much effort, scoring 33 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists and 3 steals in 30 minutes of play.
As long as Yang Jian picks Iverson, he can easily take the shot, and there is no pressure to jump into the opponent. Iverson is close to him, and it is easy for Yang Jian to squeeze past him and force a breakthrough.
Almost all of Yang Jian's assists were given to inside players, first attracting the Eastern Conference's inside players to one side, and then passing the ball to Duncan, Garnett, and Nowitzki for shots.
Originally, Kobe was supposed to win the All-Star Game MVP for the first time in his career this season, but Yang Jian deliberately controlled him. In the parallel world, Kobe took 25 shots and added 7 free throws to score 31 points. Yang Jian didn't pass the ball to him in isolation.
The score dropped to 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the game.
Yang Jian leads the team in scoring and assists, shooting 70% from the field; Kobe, the second-leading scorer, shoots 50% from the field and makes 0 of 3 three-pointers.
With such a gap, it would be impossible for the judges to even want them to win the award together. In addition to the two of them, no one in the West scored 20 points.
Yang Jian was not polite when faced with honors that could be fought for, and successfully won his fifth All-Star Game MVP. He thus surpassed Bob Pettit and took the exclusive first place in history.
Pettit and Kobe changed history, each contributing one point. In a parallel world, both of them won 4 MVPs, tied for the first place in the history of the All-Star Game.
Because of the milestone honor, Yang Jian won another lottery opportunity. The prize was an intermediate healing potion. He saved three of them and never used them.
While Yang Jian had a bumper harvest, it also received a lot of praise online.
"It's not that Yang doesn't want to help others win the MVP. His performance is too stable and he can't give up this honor. As long as the opponent doesn't double-team, he will play casually. In the All-Star Game, the stars are basically unwilling to double-team for others."
"I think there is no suspense about this year's championship. It is impossible for the SuperSonics to lose more than 10 games in the regular season. There is no star on the outside who can compete with Yang Jian, and the SuperSonics' overall strength is too strong."
"The SuperSonics have three All-Stars on the surface. Those two are actually holding Yang Jian's thighs. If they leave the SuperSonics, they probably won't be able to do it. With Yang's physical fitness, he can still be strong for at least another 10 years. He will definitely break a record.
Pile of history."
President David Stern read the messages online and felt that he could no longer control Yang Jian...