am i proud?

Chapter 213 The Perfect Curtain Call

"There is a hero...if you go deep within yourself...you don't have to worry about seeing who you are...the answer will be obvious...when you reach the depths of your own soul...all the grief you have ever known will fade away..."

"The hero in your heart will appear at that time, he will empower you and walk with you...you can easily shake off your fear...and you know that you are the ultimate winner...When you feel hopeless, please face yourself and learn to be strong...you will know the truth...in fact, you are your own hero..."

"Self-awareness is a hard and long road...when you face the world alone...no one is there to help you...you just don't realize...that you are filled with the power of love...if you look into yourself, the emptiness you feel disappears..."

"You will see a hero walking towards you, he will give you strength and go forward with you...you will find that you are no longer afraid...you will know that you can overcome everything...so when you feel that life has lost its color...please face yourself and learn to be strong...you will eventually find this truth...you are your own hero..."

"God also knows that dreams are far away...the road to realizing dreams is always full of bumps...but don't let anyone or anything tear your dreams and stop you...please keep going...hope is still there...you have to believe that you will find the right path...with strength..."

"You will be fearless...and you will know that you are the ultimate king...so when you lose your spiritual support...please calm down and reflect and rise again...finally you will see it come true...the hero is inside you!"

"The hero is within you!"

"The hero is within you!"

After Mariah Carey came on stage, the song "HERO" was majestic and tear-jerking. Jordan, who was standing on the side of the court, couldn't help the tears in his eyes. At this moment, it was obvious that he was really emotional.

Immediately afterwards, Mariah Carey invited Jordan to the center of the court on behalf of the audience. After getting the microphone, Jordan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then began his speech——

"Thank you...thank you all...thank you...thank you..."

"What I have to say... to be able to be with you, my former teammates, my former opponents and my current opponents..."

"I would like to thank my family for being by my side for many years, allowing me to follow my dream of playing basketball, for all the fans who support basketball, not just Michael Jordan!"

"I want to thank you again for your support. When I leave, the NBA can still have a good handover... There are many great stars here, and there will be many great stars in the future..."

"I've carried the torch from greats like Julius Erving, Irving Johnson, and Larry Bird...and now I'm passing the torch on to these stars and everyone else in the NBA!"

"Thank you for your support, now I can go home..."

"I'm very reassured about the future of the NBA...Thank you guys!"

When Jordan said the words "Now I will pass this torch to these current stars", the on-site director switched the camera in time, and everyone in front of the TV saw the person in the middle of the screen...not Kobe, but Wang Dalin!
This scene didn’t take long, about three seconds or so, but fans who are familiar with it know... Originally, the protagonist in this scene was Kobe, but in this life, it was replaced by Wang Dalin. The meaning of this scene is probably not just a lens language...

This is David Stern's approval... This obviously represents the attitude of the league. Next, they will support Wang Dalin, just as they would support Kobe.

The audience at the scene may not have so many emotions, because when Jordan gave a speech, their eyes were all focused on the "God of Basketball" who was about to retire, and they did not pay too much attention to Wang Dalin.

When Jordan finished his speech and walked back to his teammates in the Eastern Conference, Wang Dalin patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "You just spoke really well!"

Jordan smiled slightly and said, "It's useless to speak well. If I lose tonight, my halftime speech will become a joke!"

Iverson smiled and said, "Michael, don't worry, we all support you!"

Tracy McGrady, Big Ben, Hamilton, Kidd, Pierce and others also expressed that they would go all out to support Jordan. The players of the Eastern Star Team are now united as never before. They just want to win the game tonight and let Jordan get the AMVP trophy.

At the beginning of the second half, the Eastern Stars immediately launched a fierce attack.

Amidst the cheers and cheers from the audience, they turned the Western Stars into an away team... Well, Atlanta originally belonged to the Eastern Division, so this arena was originally the home of the Eastern Stars!
Wang Dalin once again assumed the role of the high-post dealer, and most of his passes went to Jordan... Less than halfway through the third quarter, his assists were already in double figures, and Jordan's personal score also reached 28 points.

However, the western star team also played very tenaciously in this quarter. When O'Neal was unable to play for a long time due to the pressure of "shark cutting", Yao Ming, a first-year rookie center, brought a huge surprise to Adelman.

The main opponents of the Eastern Stars and Yao Ming are Big Ben and "Big Z". The ability of both of them to protect the frame is indeed not weak, but they are not suitable for Yao Ming's richer offensive methods.

Compared with the inside attack, Yao Ming is naturally inferior to the inside behemoth O'Neill, but if it is compared to the shooting range, it is difficult for O'Neal to match Yao Ming.

Moreover, Duncan in the fourth position on the western side also has a strong ability to attack inside. The inside players on the eastern side must also take care of this terrifying "Stone Buddha", and defending Yao Ming is even more difficult.

In addition to Yao Ming's frequent shots on the edge of the three-second zone, Garnett and Kobe in the west also played pick-and-roll cooperation many times.

Wang Dalin put the main defensive energy on Kobe, and Garnett took the opportunity to score a lot of points... By the middle of the third quarter, this guy had already scored 25 points quietly.

"T-MAC, wait for you to defend Kobe, and I'll defend Kevin!" Taking advantage of the chance to serve the bottom line, Wang Dalin seized the time and proposed to switch defenses with McGrady.

Maddie smiled slightly and said, "Okay!"

It is estimated that he has long wanted to switch defenses with Wang Dalin. During this period of time, he was too aggrieved to defend Garnett.

The reason why Kobe and Garnett's pick-and-roll is so powerful is mainly because Wang Dalin will defend Kobe as the main defense, and sometimes even kill him without changing positions. McGrady's defensive skills are indeed good, but his height of 203cm is a bit too disadvantageous to defend Garnett.

You must know that Garnett is slightly taller than Wang Dalin, and his barefoot height is 213 cm. If you throw it to the Eastern Stars, no one can compare with him except "Big Z" with a height of 221 cm... McGrady has a height advantage against any guard in the league, but he is a younger brother in front of Garnett!
Sure enough, when Wang Dalin and McGrady switched defenses, the West's offensive immediately stagnated. Under Wang Dalin's tight defense, Garnett's "Iron Blood Jumper" hit rate dropped by at least [-]%.

So the ball in the West gradually shifted to Kobe, but McGrady has advantages in all aspects of defending him, especially in terms of height and wingspan, so Kobe's offensive efficiency is not high.

Wang Dalin took this opportunity to send two more assists to Jordan. Jordan scored both a mid-range shot and a layup. Kobe was often blocked by Eastern players and was unable to interfere effectively in the end.

In the fourth quarter, Wang Dalin saw that Jordan had already scored 34 points, so he also shot two more three-pointers... As expected of the "uncrowned king" who did not participate in this year's three-pointer contest, he never missed a single three-pointer this night.

In the last few minutes of the fourth quarter, the Western Conference star team began to gamble on three-pointers from the perimeter... The point difference between the two sides has reached more than 15 points, and they are desperate.

This wave really made them make three three-pointers in a row, and it seems that they are about to close the score... After all, Nowitzki, Nash and Peja among them all have excellent outside shooting ability.

However, Wang Dalin once again played "ANSWER-BALL" from outside the three-point line, and also played an exquisite alley-oop cooperation with McGrady, which opened up the point difference all at once.

The two sides maintained a point difference of about 14-16 points until the whistle sounded at the end of the game. The final score was fixed at 132:148, and the Eastern Stars won a big victory at "home court".

西部这边表现最好的是加内特，他全场24投14中，其中三分球6投2中，加上罚球4投4中，砍下34分8篮板4助攻1抢断1盖帽。

其次就是科比，他全场20投8中，其中三分球5投1中，罚球5投4中，砍下了21分5篮板6助攻2抢断。

Obviously... under the defense of Wang Dalin and McGrady, Kobe played quite depressed that night. He failed to restrain Jordan on the defensive end, and his shooting percentage was only 40%.

Many Eastern Stars scored in double figures, but Jordan was the best performer in the game!

乔丹本场比赛总共25次出手就命中了15球，其中三分球4投1中，罚球6投6中，砍下了37分5篮板1助攻2抢断1盖帽……不愧是“老流氓”，尽管他在防守端并没有投入多少精力，可他还是贡献出了2次抢断和1个盖帽。

Wang Dalin only took 5 shots from beyond the three-point line, but he hit all of them. He scored 5 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists in just 12 shots.

He scored a large triple-double with 30+ points in the All-Star Game last year, but this year he changed his role and became a support... Facts have proved that when Wang Dalin goes all out to do the job of point guard, he is no worse than any point guard in the league.

A few minutes after the game ended, David Stern finally appeared in the middle of the court... The AMVP awards ceremony is finally coming!

Although everyone knows that tonight's AMVP must belong to Jordan, David Stern still recited his own formula as in previous years...

"Thank you, thank you all the Atlanta fans, thank you ESPN, thank you TNT, thank you all the players for bringing us such a wonderful All-Star game!"

"This year's All-Star Game is very special. We saw two Chinese players, Yao Ming and Darling Wang, appear here, and there are also international players like Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki and Zaidrunas Ilgauskas... Their participation makes this sport more colorful!"

"But I think... the most impressive thing this year is Michael. He is about to turn 40 years old, but he still insists on fighting tenaciously on the court. Let us give him warm applause..."

"That's right, the 2003 NBA All-Star Game MVP, tonight he is the star of the stars, from the Washington Wizards...Michael Jordan!"

Jordan took the golden AMVP trophy from Stern, then bent down and gave the Jewish old man a deep hug.

Since David Stern became the president of the league, the influence of the NBA league has grown, but Michael Jordan's contribution is absolutely indispensable!
Jordan used his superb skills to attract more and more fans, and also made more and more people all over the world fall in love with the sport of basketball...Of course, all of this was promoted by David Stern!

It can be said that Jordan and Stern have achieved each other. Without Jordan, there would be no such huge NBA league today, and without the vigorous promotion of the league, Jordan would not have a god-like brilliant career!

Jordan stepped up to the microphone and began his second speech of the night.

"Thank you to the fans at the scene, and thank you to the audience in front of the TV!"

"It was amazing tonight...I really don't know what to say...maybe I'll finish what I have to say at halftime?"

"Hahaha...just kidding...I should be more serious...to be able to win this award, first of all, I would like to thank my family. It is because of their unreserved support that I can devote myself to training and competitions!"

"And then I want to thank everyone on the East Stars for doing what they can to help me... Thank you!"

"The last thing I want to thank is Darling-Wang...Thank you for passing me the ball all the time! Hey Darling, did you see that? We did it!"

After saying this, Jordan raised the trophy and shook it proudly at Wang Dalin. Wang Dalin also smiled at him and gave him applause.

At the moment when Jordan raised the trophy just now, a "ding" sounded in Wang Dalin's mind... The temporary task of "perfect curtain call performance" was finally completed!

After receiving the reward, Wang Dalin couldn't help checking his ability value page while taking a shower in the locker room——

"Host: Wang Dalin"

"Date of Birth: July 1982, 3"

"Height: 211CM, Weight: 110KG, Armspan: 231CM"

"Position on the Field: Small Forward"

“近距离投篮87（99），切入上篮90（99），切入扣篮87（99），原地扣篮82（99），背身勾手投篮79（99），背身后仰跳投90（99），中投87（99），三分91（99），罚球82（99），背身动作86（99），传球准确性72+5（99），传球视野80+5（99），控球82（99），运球速度85（99），接球能力77（99），内线防守85（99），外线防守85（99），抢断81+5（99），盖帽78+5+5（99），干扰投篮78（99），进攻篮板82+5+5（99），防守篮板77+5+5（99），横向敏捷72（99），速度86（99），加速能力75（99），力量86（99），弹跳86（99），体力92（99）。”

"Comprehensive Durability: 99"

"Potential Value: 99"

"Assembly skills: one-leaf barrier (A-level), McGrady's dry pull (S-level), touching your head (S-level), Aldridge's behind-the-back shot (A-level), golden rooster independence (S-level), wolf king's roar (A-level), double-direction of death (A-level), super six-double change of direction (A-level), snake-shaped breakthrough (A-level), admiralty falling to the ground (A-level), Malone's iron elbow (A-level), glove stealing (A-level)"

“特殊徽章：铜皮铁骨徽章（免伤）、最强二当家徽章（抢断+5、盖帽+5、传球精确性+5、传球视野+5、进攻篮板+5、防守篮板+5。）”

"Special Equipment: Blocking Elbow Pads (Block Caps +5), Rebound Wrist Pads (Offensive Rebounds +5, Defensive Rebounds +5)"

"Comprehensive ability value: 92 (A+ star)"

"Note: The numbers outside the brackets are the host's current ability value, and the numbers in the brackets are the upper limit of the corresponding ability value!"

Looking at it this way, Wang Dalin couldn't help being in a good mood... Hehe, the overall ability value has increased by 1 point again!

If this continues, is it possible to reach the level of an S-class superstar this season?
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