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Chapter 222 2011 All-Star Weekend

After a huge collision sounded, followed by the sound of a basketball violently entering the frame, and then the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

The fans at the scene were dumbfounded.

The three referees on the sidelines were dumbfounded.

Even the players on the field are idiots.

Just now when Artest got up to dunk, he hit Harden on the forehead with an elbow.

It caused the opponent to fall directly to the ground like a pillar.

Not to mention the other people in the sleep train arena, even Li Lai was also surprised to be sitting on the coaching bench.

"So going around and around, you still want Artest to get through Harden's second branch of Ren Du?"

Li Lai had a hunch that after Artest's big elbow in tonight's game, Harden would never dare to use his body to defend with his eyes in his life.

At the same time, his explosive dunks from time to time may also become a state where he will never dunk if he can lay up.

The one-point king who likes to use his body to make fouls may also come out in advance.

At this time, the coach of the Kings reacted.

Coach Paul Westphal rushed onto the court like crazy, and the Kings team doctor rushed over to check Harden's status.

Of course, with such a forceful elbow on the head, a concussion check is essential.

So it is impossible for Harden to play again in this game tonight.

The referee immediately declared Artest a flagrant foul!
Artest, who heard the news, was stunned, holding his head in great confusion, and then found an explanation from the referee on duty.

"Is this my normal dunk action?"

"How could this be called a first-degree flagrant foul?"

The on-duty referee pointed to Harden who was still lying on the floor and said, "You have put others down, so you can't be called a malicious foul?"

"Ron, the referee team also depends on the result. Although I don't think your slam dunk action is normal, after all, you also dunked the basketball."

"But you did hit Harden in the head and he's lying on the floor unconscious right now, that's the truth."

How could the dumb-mouthed Artest talk about the referee, so after the other party said a few words, he immediately lost.

At this time, both of them saw Li Lai walking towards them with a gloomy expression.

Artest quickly shrank his neck.

The referee shook his legs with great interest, waiting expectantly for the next scene to be staged.

He was thinking, it would be interesting if there was a picture of the team's head coach beating his own players on the court.

Li Lai stared at Artest.

Artest was about to raise his head to explain, but when he saw Li Lai's fierce eyes, he immediately shrank back.

"Why do this?"

"Coach, I didn't mean to, I swear."

The referee held his head and couldn't help secretly laughing.

"I asked why you did this!"

"Coach, I don't know why I did this, I just did it subconsciously."

Li Lai: "How many times have I told you!"

"When your opponent headbutts you on the elbow, get out of the way."

"Don't you know what kind of beast body you are?"

"Look, Harden knocked himself to the floor, what do you think happened?"

Artest said aggrievedly: "I was already avoiding, but he rushed very fast, as if he thought he could beat me."

"Who does he think he is, who can beat me?"

The referee:? ? ?
Fuck me, what the hell!

Harden, who was lying on the floor, immediately bounced up after hearing the conversation between Li Lai and Artest, his face was full of emotions.

When did I take the initiative to bump into it? ! ! !You two bastards!
Seeing that Harden had no major problems, Li Lai turned his head to look at the referee and said seriously.

"Although Artest was sentenced to a technical foul, Artest did score the ball just now, so the Bucks' score still has to be counted."

The referee tilted his head, seeing Li Lai speaking in such a serious and upright manner, at this moment, he was finally overwhelmed with admiration.

"The head coach of the Bucks is really shameless."

After calming down the matter, Li Lai also brought Artest back to the bench.

Artest looked around and whispered, "Coach, he hit me first."

Li Lai: "I really know!"

Although Harden was back on the court completely unharmed, he left the court accompanied by the Kings team doctor.

Before leaving, Harden still didn't forget to curse at Li Lai's shameless appearance, he had never seen such a bastard in his life.

After the Kings lost Harden, their offensive firepower dropped sharply, and it is impossible to be the opponent of the Bucks.

So with the joint efforts of Curry and Westbrook, the Bucks made the game lose suspense in the third quarter.

138: 112.

after the game.

The general manager of the Kings, Geoff Petrie, came to the locker room angrily, and when he found Li Lai, he yelled at him.

The two who could be regarded as partners naturally wouldn't really have any conflicts, and Harden's injury was not serious, so under Li Lai's comfort, the latter quickly stabilized his mood.

Li Lai did not forget to say: "In the future, let Harden touch porcelain less, and I will be very embarrassed when I meet Artest's iron elbow."

Geoff Petrie, who was already in a stable mood, greeted Li Lai's ancestors angrily after hearing Li Lai's words.

"You are the only one who touches porcelain, and your whole family touches porcelain."

Cousins ​​watched the fun behind the two, and at the same time refreshed his perception of the Bucks team, including his perception of Li Lai.

"The coach is so protective of the calf!"

"Ron is as big as a coach with an iron elbow and has to protect him, so can I also play on the court?"

After talking to himself, Cousins ​​turned his head and saw Artest and O'Neal looking at him with ruthless eyes at the same time.

That guy Artest is already crackling his fists.

"My Nima!"

A week later, Villanueva returned from injury.

The Bucks' rotation finally got back to normal.

At the same time, Yi Jianlian has been able to participate in one-on-one confrontation training.

All the players of the entire Bucks team were very excited after learning the news.

Because if there are no accidents, Yi Jianlian can conduct team training next week, and can return to the court within two weeks at most.

So far, Yijianlian has been away from the NBA court for 3 months.

"The news that Yi Jianlian is about to recover from injury is indeed exciting enough, and it also gives all the players a shot in the arm."

"We will also be greatly encouraged going forward in the playoffs."

When the worst result of Yi Jianlian's injury at the beginning was that he would not be able to return from injury in the playoffs, Hammond's mood was extremely frustrated.

In fact, not only Hammond, but all Bucks players' confidence in defending the title was greatly shaken after learning the news.

After all, Yi Jianlian is an extremely important part of the Bucks' tactical execution.

Fortunately, the Bucks have been struggling since the opening game. Even though Villanueva and O'Neal suffered consecutive injuries in the middle of the season, they gritted their teeth and persisted.

"Our current record is still stable at the third place in the Eastern Conference, but the distance from the top two Heat and Bulls is getting bigger and bigger."

"For the rest of the season, all we can do is to stabilize the third place in the Eastern Conference."

Li Lai nodded.

The Bucks, which had the best record in the league last season, enjoyed all the home court advantage, so Li Lai knew how important it is to gain home court advantage in the playoffs.

Take the Bucks' record this season as an example, the home win rate reached 67%, while the away win rate was only 58%.

This can prove that there is indeed a difference between home and away games.

"The referee's whistle-blowing scale and the influence of the fans will change the final result of the game. This is the biggest difference between home and away games."

"Of course, it's also one of the most fun places for fans to watch the NBA live."

"All fans can feel very clearly that they have helped the team they support win the game."

So even though it is difficult for the Bucks to catch up with the top two teams in the East this season, Li Lai still hopes that the team can maintain a relatively good winning percentage.

At least the third position in the East must be locked.

Only in this way can we take more initiative in the next playoffs.

2 month 21 day.

The All-Star Weekend has officially begun.

Eastern Conference All-Stars: Westbrook, Curry, Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Amare Stoudemire, Dwight Howard, Chris Bosh , Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce, Carmelo Anthony, Rajon Rondo.

Western Conference All-Star lineup:
Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Yao Ming, Tim Duncan, Pau Gasol, Kevin Garnett, Blake Griffin, James Harden, Germany Nick Nowitzki, Deron Williams, Manu Ginobili.

Because Li Lai participated in the All-Star Weekend as the head coach last season, according to the regulations of this competition system, it is impossible for him to participate in this year's game again as the head coach no matter what.

Coupled with the Bucks' third record in the Eastern Conference this season, it is impossible for Li Lai to participate in the All-Star Weekend as the head coach.

Marshall was sad.

Because Li Lai had promised him last season that he would be the head coach of the Rookie Challenge, but this season there was nothing to do with the Bucks and Li Lai.

So how is it possible for Marshall to coach any Rookie Challenge.

Among all the players of the Bucks, only Cousins ​​participated in this game.

Because Curry, like Westbrook last year, has to play the All-Star Game non-stop if he wants to participate in the Rookie Challenge.

It was really hard for him.

So Curry rejected the Rookie Challenge and only participated in the three-point contest and the All-Star Game.

Since the rookie Curry won the championship trophy in the three-point contest last season, this season he is holding the honor of winning the three-pointer for two consecutive years.

The players participating in this event are: Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Kevin Durant, Daniel Gibson, James Jones, Dorell Wright and Curry.

The whole game process was very exciting.

The final result was that Curry won the championship with a record total of 27 points, and Ray Allen regrettably lost the game with the same record total of 26 points.

Curry has won two consecutive three-pointers.

After the game, Ray Allen joked about himself: "After this game, I will never participate in the three-pointer contest again."

"Because the league has Curry, a stronger three-point shooter."

After the three-point contest, Kenny Smith couldn't help but turn over the historical data and said: "In the entire history of the NBA, only King Bird won the three-point contest three consecutive times."

"1986, 1987 and 1988."

"If Curry can achieve the same honor next season, he will become the second player in the NBA after Bird."

After learning of this record, Curry announced to the media and reporters at the scene without hesitation: "Next season, I will come to participate in the All-Star Three-Point Contest again."

In addition to Curry participating in two events of the All-Star Weekend at the same time, this year's All-Star Weekend also has a player who participated in three events at the same time.

Clippers silly Finn Griffin.

He also participated in the Slam Dunk Contest, Rookie Challenge and All-Star Game.

The candidates for the slam dunk contest are Blake Griffin, JaVale McGee, DeMar DeRozan and Serge Ibaka.

McGee's two-handed dunk became a classic in this dunk contest, and Griffin flew over the car to help him win the championship.

But in the Rookie Challenge, Griffin unfortunately passed the Rookie Challenge MVP.

Because John Wall's performance in this game is really good.

A large double-double of 12 points and 22 assists!
And John Wall's 22 assists data also broke the record of 17 rookie challenge assists previously held by Chris Paul.

Of course, Barkley bluntly said after the game that even if John Wall won the MVP of this rookie challenge, it would be difficult to affect Griffin's best rookie.

After all, John Wall has only averaged 15 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists per game so far this season.

It stands to reason that this data is good enough, but compared with Griffin's 23 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists, it is slightly inferior.

Even compared with Cousins' double-double data of 16 points, 10 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block, the second place on the current best rookie list, John Wall is also slightly inferior.

In this Rookie Challenge, Cousins ​​also lost unjustly.

He posted a massive double-double of 22 points and 15 rebounds, but still failed to snatch the Rookie Challenge MVP from John Wall, who broke the assist record.

After the game, Cousins ​​was very angry.

Because both Westbrook and Curry of the Bucks won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge in the first two years, but he did not do it this season.

In addition, the glory of the best rookie was almost booked in advance by Griffin, and in the first two years, this glory belonged to the players of the Bucks.

So it is equivalent to Cousins ​​​​losing two awards that the Bucks must have won in the past.

Cousins ​​can already predict how Artest and O'Neal will ridicule him after the All-Star weekend.

The point is that he hasn't had any reason to refute it yet.

Thinking of this, Cousins ​​was extremely angry, and finally couldn't help sticking out his tongue at John Wall who was giving his acceptance speech in the center of the court.

The final All-Star Game.

Kobe won the MVP of the All-Star Game with 37 points, and he is also the All-Star vote leader this year.

Because James joined the Heat and became a public enemy all over the world, he was the All-Star ticket leader last season, but he had no choice but to return this glory to Kobe this season.

What's even more shocking is that he didn't even rank second in the All-Star voting.

"Clearly, basketball fans across the state of Ohio are not voting for James anymore."

But even so, the Heat also stole the limelight in this All-Star Game.

Because their team's Big Three James, Wade, and Bosh entered the All-Stars at the same time, and the head coach of the Eastern Stars was Erik Spoelstra of the Heat.

Spoelstra was high-spirited, and even bluntly said in the All-Star Game: "Honestly, there is no difference between coaching the Eastern All-Star team and coaching the Heat."

(End of this chapter)