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Chapter 169 All-Star Weekend

At the beginning of February, Rockets officials announced the most shocking deal since the start of the season.

"Otis Thorpe, Marcelo Nicola, and a 1995 first-rounder. The Rockets got Clyde Drexler and Tracy Murray from the Blazers."

As soon as this deal was announced, Lin Xing's first reaction was——

Exactly the same as the previous life, without any changes.

The second reaction was——

"Thorpe isn't going to the Bulls, is he?"

He has such an idea, mainly because this Trail Blazers does not lack a starting four. They have Buck Williams.

Although Buck Williams is getting older, so far this season, he still averaged 9.7 points and 9.4 rebounds per game.

There is another Thorpe who is also at the fourth position. It is too extravagant to accumulate two players with starting ability in the same position.

"It's very possible. It just so happens that during this time period, the Bulls are looking for insiders all over the world..."

For the Bulls, or for Danzi, all he needs is an insider who can defend, protect the rim, and grab rebounds.

One Thorpe may be enough for Danzi to lead the Bulls back to the ranks of strong teams.

"Besides, there is only one and a half years left on Thorpe's contract. If the Blazers don't have Thorpe in their future plans, they must make a move as soon as possible." ·

Lin Xing and Tim Glover discussed a few words, and felt more and more that Thorpe might go to the Bulls.

一个上赛季场均14.0分10.6个篮板2.3个助攻，本季至今也有13.3分8.9个篮板1.6个助攻的大前锋。

Once you join the bull, make up the bull's weakest link.

It's hard to say where this season will end up.

After all, Danzi, who came back more than half a season earlier, has found [-]% to [-]% of himself at his peak.

The Bulls have a poor record this season, just because the gap inside is too big.

As soon as Thorpe arrives, the gap inside is filled, and the Bulls return to the top. Is that still a problem?
"Don't dare to think, don't dare to think..."

……

In the first game in February, the Warriors faced the Jazz.

This game is the fourth time the two teams have played against each other this season. In the first three games, Lin Xing was absent and the Warriors lost.

The other two times Lin Xing was there, but the result was one win and one loss.

The result of this game is very critical. If they lose, then the Warriors will fall into a disadvantage in terms of record against each other this season.

You know, the Jazz at this stage is not a good stubble.

The core duo of the Utah Shuangsha has reached its peak, and the addition of Jeff Hornacek has also made the Jazz's firepower even stronger.

If there is any problem with this Jazz team, it is their inside line.

Big Pyrenees Greg Ostertag is not yet in place, and the Jazz's inside defense gap is still relatively large.

So, they still can't beat the Rockets.

If they can't play, they can't play again. The original historical line, they played against the Rockets in the playoffs, and they played very hard.

系列赛打到抢五，马龙场均30.2分13.2个篮板3.8个助攻1.4个抢断，个人表现完全不虚场均35分8.6个篮板4个助攻2.6个盖帽的大梦。

In the tiebreaker, they lost by 4 points.

If they are given an insider who can carry the big dream a little bit, it will be hard to say who will win and who will lose in this round of playoffs.

So in this game, the Warriors are under a lot of pressure.

As a result, the match started, and Lin Xing discovered that the so-called pressure was all overthinking.

The state of the Jazz in this game is a bit bad, because they have just experienced a fierce away game.

In Seattle, the Jazz and SuperSonics fought hard for four quarters, and finally won by 2 points.

In this game, their physical condition was extremely bad.

Lin Xing didn't make much effort, the madman finished cleaning up the Jazz with three strikes and five divisions.

After the Jazz, it was a Clippers game.

The Clippers are weak, so this game is also no suspense.

In this way, after losing a game to the Blazers, the Warriors won the Jazz and Clippers in a row, restarting the winning streak.

But in the third game in February, the Warriors lost.

They ran into the fiery Spurs and were cut off for a round.

不过这场比赛林星的个人表现没问题，27分12个篮板10个助攻3个抢断2个盖帽，又一个三双到手。

So after the game, there was no controversy in public opinion.

In the fourth game, the Warriors easily defeated the Timberwolves at home.

The fifth game is an away game, and the opponent is the Phoenix Suns.

I don't know if it was specially arranged by the alliance or just a coincidence——

This year's All-Star Weekend is in Phoenix.

The Warriors' last game before the All-Star weekend happened to be an away game against the Suns.

After playing this away game and continuing to play the All-Star Weekend, Lin Xing doesn't have to move.

"For this wave, the staff who arrange the schedule of the league have a conscience."

There is not much suspense in this away game against the Suns.

The main reason is that the Suns have had a lot of injuries this season. Kevin Johnson was injured after playing more than a dozen games.

The injury report given by the Sun shows that he will not be able to return until mid-March.

New aid Danny Manning was also injured for a while and just returned not long ago.

As a result, not long after Manning returned, Barkley was injured again.

Fortunately, Barkley's injury is not a major problem. It is a chronic disease. After two games of rest, it will be fine.

Although the core lineup has suffered numerous injuries and various repetitions.

The Sun's record is still good, and it is still in the top five in the West at this time, second only to the Warriors, Spurs, Supersonics and Jazz.

In short, there is still something about Paul Westphal.

This season, the sun's abusive food attributes are simply full.

Against weak teams, they have lost every game in the US media.

But against a strong team like the Warriors, it is difficult for them not to lose.

In this game, Barkley, who was fighting with an injury, was overwhelmed by Lin Xing, and Manning, who played as a substitute, couldn't find any feeling.

The Warriors won easily and won another two consecutive victories.

Two consecutive victories ended the campaign before the All-Star Weekend, and Lin Xing can finally enter the preparations for the All-Star Weekend.

But when it comes to preparing for battle, there is actually nothing to prepare for.

It is also the slam dunk contest, which requires one or two preparations in advance.

"Has the Ferrari been delivered?"

"It's here..."

"Have you connected with the alliance?"

"It's all connected, and the American West Arena will give you a special channel for your custom Ferrari to enter."

"Custom Ferrari, what does it look like, have you seen it?"

"I saw..."

"Is it tall?"

"Sports car, no matter how high it is, how high can it go?"

"That would be a pity..."

"what?"

"It's not shocking enough!"

The one who answered Lin Xing was Aaron Goodwin, he was the agent, and he was the one who handled all these matters.

As for Lin Xing, he was preparing for the slam dunk contest by asking so many questions.

A flying Ferrari, just for a little stunt, and to make some money.

I really want to be the dunk king of Lianzhuang, but he has to show some real talents and learn it.

"Fly a car first, and squeeze Carter's wool for the rest..."

Lin Xing really didn't want to think about it anymore, pulling wool was the best choice.

Especially at the moment, he has no opponent in the dunk contest.

Last year's rookie opponents, such as Isiah Ryder, once heard that Lin Xing would participate, he directly withdrew.

Harold Miner, who lost his master in the slam dunk contest last year, looked very unconvinced and announced his participation in the war again.

Plus newcomers Anthony Harvey, Tim Perry, Tony Dumars and Jaime Watson.

In this year's slam dunk contest, there were barely 6 players to play.

People like Tim Perry and Jaime Watson were originally not prepared to play.

That is to say, the invitation letter of the alliance has been sent, and they saw it: Hey, they value themselves so much, so they will participate.

Otherwise, this year's slam dunk contest won't even have six players.

The reason, of course, is that Lin Xing is too strong, and everyone has no hope of winning the championship.

What's the point of participating in this slam dunk contest?It is better not to participate.

Isiah Ryder: Yeah, yeah, that's what I thought.

A certain GOAT who also rejected the invitation of the league: I will not participate, just because I have the dunk king.

A certain reporter: "But Lin Xing also has it?"

"That's his business..."

That's right, the league has also invited Danzi, and even Kiki Vandeweghe, assistant president of the league and former NBA star, stood up and shouted for Danzi to participate.

In the end, Danzi still refused, and the reason was the above reason.

He has a slam dunk champion, and he is a two-time dunk champion.

In fact, Lin Xing has also thought about it. He doesn't plan to participate in many consecutive slam dunk contests.

It's not that the honor given by the slam dunk king is not good, it's just that there are not many dunk ideas, and one is used less.

He had to keep a few more, waiting for Carter to come.

Although this year's slam dunk contest is becoming less and less competitive.

But the fans are still looking forward to it, after all, they can enjoy Lin Xing's non-confrontation dunk performance again.

They were looking forward to what kind of dunk Lin Xing could pull off.

In Phoenix, Lin Xing only replied to the reporter's question: "What they have to do is trust me, and wait for the start of the dunk contest."

……

Time flies, and the All-Star Weekend begins.

It's no different from past All-Star Weekends. This year's All-Star Weekend still started with various community care activities.

The difference is that in this corner of Phoenix City, the hostility towards Lin Xing is not so great.

Lin Xing survived the boring community care activities.

On the first day of the Rookie Challenge, he also went to the scene to cheer for Ji Bugong.

The green team where Ji Bugong belongs won the game, but it was Eddie Jones of the Lakers who won the MVP.

In the final analysis, it is still too difficult to win the MVP if he does not attack this style of play.

On the second day of the All-Star, it was the day when Lin Xing was going to participate in the dunk contest.

However, the first thing to start at the American West Arena is the three-point contest.

This year's three-pointer was taken away by the Heat's Glenn Rice.

Seeing the new three-pointer king score 17 points in the final round, Lin Xing rubbed his chin:

"Is it only 17 points? Then I can do it?"

A heart that was about to move began to beat.

But not long after beating, Lin Xing turned around and got into the locker room.

The next thing to start is today's main dish, the dunk contest!

(End of this chapter)