Chapter 814 [Won the three-point king, do you play us? 】
On Friday night, the Rookie Challenge kicked off at Atlanta's Phillips Arena.
Both sides performed a lot of dunks and three-point performances without defense. In the end, the second-year team was superior and beat the first-year team 132 to 112.
Gilbert Arenas, the point guard from the Warriors, scored 30 points and won the MVP. He scored 23 points in the second half with precise three-pointers, leading the sophomore team from a 12-point deficit in the first half to a final comeback.
However, Arenas is a bit lonely and is not good at organizing offenses to lead his teammates. He has two forwards in Antawn Jamison and Pau Gasol as teammates with the Warriors, but he still cannot help the team enter the playoffs this season.
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Jamison has entered the countdown to leaving the team and is entering his fifth season in the league. He has never led the team to the playoffs and is not a qualified core for building a team.
In the skills challenge the next day, Jason Kidd won the championship. Kidd said happily: "I can finally win something during the All-Star Weekend."
This sounds a bit sad, because everyone thinks that the Eastern Conference team cannot win in the All-Star Game.
In the three-point contest, Yang Jian scored 25 points in the preliminaries and entered the finals together with Kings forward Stojakovic and Grizzlies guard Wesley Person.
In the finals, Yang Jian performed more stably and shot 27 points, effortlessly winning the title of "Three-Point King".
When Yang Jian won the cup, he said: "I know I will win, and I have no pressure at all. The only thing I am not used to is the shooting distance. I am usually used to shooting farther."
Stojakovic changed history by missing a three-pointer and provided a point.
Yang Jian also won a lottery opportunity, because 27 points is the current highest score in the history of the three-point contest. The previous historical record was 25 points scored by Hodges in 1986.
The reward he received was a bottle of hair growth potion, two bottles in total. He suspected that the system detected that he and Ginobili were teammates and wanted him to save his teammate's hairline.
Or maybe the system wants to make him more difficult to recognize when he is disguised. This prop is actually not bald. It can also be used by bald people. It can make the hair grow quickly, thereby changing the hairstyle.
Jason Richardson of the Rockets has won the dunk king again, but his popularity has not increased much. Richardson's dunk only jumps high and has enough power, but his movements are not beautiful enough. This is caused by his body shape and cannot be changed.
On Sunday, the All-Star Game started, and the scene was one-sided again.
The Western team quickly gained a double-digit advantage at the beginning, and the Eastern team never took a lead. The final score was 164 to 119, and the Western team had won 8 consecutive games.
The Western Conference has advantages both inside and outside, and its shooting percentage is so high that it is impossible to guard against it. Only Iverson and Tracy McGrady performed well in the Eastern team, and everyone else was beaten.
Yao Ming participated in two All-Star Games, but still did not adapt to the atmosphere of the All-Star Game. He did not have a strong desire to take action. In 18 minutes of playing time, he only scored 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.
Substitute center Ben Wallace's performance was even worse. He played 24 minutes and only had 2 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Ben could not perform at all, and he was a blue-collar worker in the All-Star Game.
In the West, O'Neal, Garnett, and Yang Jian performed best. Rashard Lewis and Brad Miller also scored in double figures with Yang Jian's assists.
Yang Jian played 28 minutes, making 9 of 12 shots, 4 of 6 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 24 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals. Eastern players guarded him strictly and did not want to see him win the MVP again.
Yang Jian did not perform too well in the All-Star Game and chose to pass the ball to his teammates.
Garnett was elected MVP with 33 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals, shooting 70% from the field. In addition to scoring the most points, Garnett won the award because Yang Jian won the All-Star Game MVP too many times. Even if Yang Jian
His statistics are more comprehensive and his offensive efficiency is higher, so the judges will not give him the award.
Jordan played 30 minutes off the bench, making 7 of 22 shots, 0 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 16 points, 4 assists, 1 rebound and 2 steals.
The one who faced off against Jordan for a long time was Marion, the "hacker" of the Suns. He was very disrespectful and blocked Jordan four times in the game. The veins on Jordan's shiny head were so angry that he gave Marion a death glare.
But now he can only stare, unable to defeat his opponent.
As soon as the celebrity weekend ended, Yang Jian immediately flew back to Seattle on a special plane, and there was a game the next day.
The SuperSonics defeated the Celtics 112-82 at home.
During the All-Star Weekend, the Rockets made a big deal. The management couldn't bear it and sent alcoholic insider Vin Baker to the Celtics in exchange for garbage.
The Celtics originally thought they had made a profit, but they found out they had been cheated after Wen Baker participated in training. The Rockets helped Wen Baker brush up his statistics in the first half, and he only hit 146. He currently has low offensive efficiency and is unwilling to
Defensively, he's a loser who doesn't even want to rebound.
It's easier to ask for help than to give him away. The Celtics will probably have to wait until Vin Baker's contract expires before they can get rid of him.
On February 14, the SuperSonics unexpectedly lost to the Warriors 114-118 on the road, suffering their seventh defeat.
The referee's whistle was a bit off in this game. Warriors players got a total of 44 free throw opportunities, while the SuperSonics only got 28. Yang Jian actually committed 6 fouls and was sent off. His 8 free throws were not as good as Arenas' 12 free throws.
To make matters worse, the Sonics had an injured player in this game. Substitute center Dalembert severely sprained his left medial collateral ligament while grabbing a rebound and had to miss about 10 weeks.
After a major overhaul of the team's lineup, the Sonics are still a little weaker than last season. They were able to win 19 consecutive games at the beginning because Yang Jian was energetic and willing to fight. After he was lazy on the defensive end, the Sonics lost many games.
It is impossible for Yang Jian to work hard on the defensive end all the time. As the boss of the team, he must be the core on both offense and defense to stay focused. It is a kind of torture. He usually works hard in the playoffs and misses the regular season. The difference is that this season Pei
Suddenly I couldn't fight on the outside.
This is why Yang Jian asked the manager to sign Billups. Billups is a guard who can defend attentively and is very active from the beginning. Yang Jian can relax on the defensive end and focus on the offensive end.
Many people think that the Sonics are going to be in trouble. Once Dalembert is injured, Brad Miller will have no good substitute. Boozer is good offensively as a center but not very good defensively.
In back-to-back away games against the Trail Blazers on the 15th, George Karl arranged for Shawn Kemp to be the backup center.
Kemp usually just follows training and rarely plays. He and point guard Mookie Blaylock are often not included in the 12-man roster. People have almost forgotten about him. As a result, when Kemp played in the game after the All-Star Game, many people watched the live broadcast.
The fans were shocked. Who is this tall and thin No. 40?
What was even more shocking was that the Trail Blazers management almost wanted to call the police.
Damn, what does this mean? Kemp immediately became so thin as soon as he returned to the Sonics? How about you play us?
Kemp's performance in training is getting better and better. He didn't play much before and was just a marginal player. He has recovered from his old injuries. He dares to run and jump, and can also complete alley-oop dunks.
George Karl was a little moved after seeing Kemp's progress. When he first learned that Kemp was coming back, he didn't have any hope for him. He felt that Kemp must be useless and would retire after just one season.
He didn't expect Kemp to have such a deep affection for the Sonics, and he really lost weight after he came back. He went from a fat man of over 140 kilograms to less than 110 kilograms, which was not an easy task.
Yang Jian attracted a double team and passed the ball to Kemp. He received the ball after covering the screen, hit the basket for layups and dunks many times, and also completed a beautiful two-handed alley-oop.
In the high post, Kemp also made two mid-range shots, and showed the performance of breaking through with the ball and drawing fouls after feinting.
He played 22 minutes, made 8 of 10 shots, 4 of 5 free throws, scored 20 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks, dreaming of returning to his peak. He completed dunks three times, and after scoring a goal, he always went to Yang Jian to give Yang Jian a high-five to celebrate.
Yang Jian performed even better, making 15 of 22 shots, 5 of 9 three-pointers, 6 of 6 free throws, scoring 41 points, 4 rebounds, 15 assists and 2 steals.
The SuperSonics defeated the Trail Blazers 116-91, rejecting a losing streak.
When Yang Jian, Payton, and Kemp walked into the player tunnel together, a reporter took a picture of their backs, leaving a classic photo.