basketball boulder

Chapter 259 All-Star Weekend 2006
Lakers press conference.

Kobe also took the initiative to take responsibility: "I am the boss of the Lakers, and it is my responsibility to lose. I will become stronger!"

After the game is over.

Li Lei and Avril Lavigne returned to their new home.

John Lavigne, Li's father and Li's mother were chatting about the game all the way, and they had a good chat.

A person who was not interested in basketball before the game fell into the pit after watching a game.

……

The Avril Lavigne family was sent away.

12 month 27 day.

The Heat ushered in a challenge from the Bucks at home.

In the first two games, O'Neal was absent, and the Heat still killed the deer.

Now that O'Neal is back, the Bucks have no chance of winning.

121: 90.

The Heat slaughtered the Bucks with a 30+ point difference in three consecutive games.

In the end, Michael Reid, the second-round pick core who has always been known for his strong will and indomitable spirit, was autistic.

Is there really a team that can beat such a Heat team?

And that Li Lei, why do you get excited when you hit the Bucks.

这场比赛，李磊再次砍下全场最高的29分7篮板2助攻3抢断3盖帽。

And Bogut...forget it, let's not mention it.

Nothing special to say about it.

You just need to know two things. Every time you meet the Heat, Bogut has more fouls and turnovers than points and rebounds.

The Heat's record has come to 19 wins and 11 losses, and they have won 5 consecutive victories.

5 wins, big wins.

12 month 29 day.

The Heat met a strong enemy, the league leader, the Detroit Pistons with 23 wins and 3 losses so far.

The fans shouted: The opportunity is here!
Finally, there is a strong team that can end the Heat's 5-game winning streak.

Then, the Heat slaughtered the Pistons 107:88, winning 6 consecutive victories.

Only a wave of 6 consecutive victories made the entire league desperate.

The fans shouted: Galaxy Battleship, come back!
At the NBA headquarters in New York, David Stern couldn't eat well or sleep well.

Many fans also began to accuse the Lakers management: I have never seen such a stupid team that sent O'Neal to the Eastern Conference Finals team.

"NBA Finale, the Lakers are 90% responsible!"

"The smartest thing in the world is that Jerry West poached O'Neal from the Magic. The stupidest thing in the world is that the Bass family sent away the No. 1 O'Neal in the league!"

"Without West, the Lakers management is a bunch of stupid pigs!"

……

These fans hate the Lakers as much as they fear the Heat.

Naturally, Kobe, who was rumored to squeeze O'Neal away, also became the target of public criticism.

Because not long ago, Barkley once commented on Kobe on the show: Extremely selfish!

So the fans seized this opportunity and crazily opened a meeting to criticize Kobe on the Internet.

……

12 month 30 day.

The Heat's last game in 2005.

The opponent is the Wizards with a record of only 12 wins and 15 losses so far.

This is a game without suspense.

But "General" Arenas has always been a person who does not believe in fate and admit defeat.

In this game, Arenas scored 47 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

But in the end, the Heat beat the Wizards 128:113.

What a hopeless Heat team.

Their record came to 21 wins and 11 losses.

The record is only above average, but every team that encounters it starts to fear.

By January 2006, 1.

The honor of the best player of the month has also been released.

东部这边，文斯卡特场均28.6分6.6篮板4.8助攻1.3盖帽，带领篮网队取得了10胜4负的战绩。

西部这边，德克诺维斯基场均27.2分9.3篮板3.3助攻0.9抢断1盖帽，带领小牛队取得了12胜4负的战绩。

Carter and the old driver jointly won the player of the month trophy in December.

Then came January.

In the first month of 2006, the league scheduled 15 games for the Heat.

They then went 15-0.

The reason why the Heat can only win 15 games is because the league didn't give them a chance to play the 16th game.

Coupled with the previous 7 consecutive victories, the Heat's winning streak has reached 22 consecutive victories.

They personally broke the record of 21 consecutive victories they created last season.

This is the longest winning streak in the history of the Heat.

It is also the second longest winning streak in NBA history, second only to the 1972-game winning streak of the 33 Lakers.

That day, people were reminded again of the fear of being ruled by giants.

2月2日，热火队101：78再胜骑士队，23连胜。

2月4日，热火队109：88战胜了篮网队，24连胜。

2月6日，热火队115：91战胜了凯尔特人队，25连胜。

2月9日，热火队110：103战胜了小牛队，26连胜。

2月12日，热火队107：99战胜了活塞队，27连胜。

On February 2th and 14th, the Heat double-killed the Magic back-to-back, winning 15 consecutive victories.

Then, it's All-Star Weekend.

So far, the Heat have 42 wins and 11 losses, and the winning streak is about to break through the 30 mark.

But Li Lei felt inexplicably uneasy.

Recently, the Heat team has been in a state of excitement and fatigue.

Excitement is spiritual excitement.

After all, the Heat have won 29 games, and as long as they win 4 more games, they can catch up with the Lakers' historical record, which will be a great record recorded in NBA history.

Fatigue is physical.

In order to continue the winning streak, the Heat will go all out in every game.

Not to mention veterans such as O'Neal and Mourning, young people such as Li Lei and Wade feel physically tired.

But in the face of a great record, all members of the Heat team forgot their physical fatigue and only remembered their mental excitement.

Even a character like Pat Riley, who has seen countless big scenes, is excited by this record.

……

Back to All-Star Weekend.

Li Lei received 249 million votes, still ranked first among all the voters, and won the honor of vote king for the second consecutive year.

Li Lei has never lost in the number of events.

East side.

Li Lei ranked first with 249 million votes.

LeBron James got 220 million votes, ranking second in the Eastern Conference.

O'Neal ranked third in the Eastern Conference with 219 million votes.

In the East, there are still too few outstanding big men, especially at the center position. Other centers, including Big Ben and Big Z, have little threat to O'Neal.

Therefore, despite missing many games in the first half of the season, O'Neal was selected as the starting center without any suspense.

Then, Allen Iverson, 206 million votes.

Here are the four Eastern Balloon stars with more than 200 million votes.

West side.

Yao Ming won the Western Conference with 234 million votes, but lost to Li Lei again.

In addition, Kobe has 227 million votes, the second and last one in the West with more than 200 million votes.

The final All-Star roster is:

Eastern starters:

O'Neal, Li Lei, James, Iverson, Wade.

Carter, the former vote leader, fell out of the starting lineup.

After all, his pressure on the Raptors management last season and the lack of presence of the Nets this season made him lose a lot of popularity.

In addition, Jermaine O'Neal missed due to injury.

In addition, the popular superstar McGrady with 180 million votes was squeezed out of the starting lineup by Li Lei and James.

East bench:
Carter, Billups, Big Ben, Bosh, Pierce, Arenas, McGrady.

West side:

Starting:

Yao Ming, Duncan, Garnett, Kobe, Nash.

Substitute:

Marion, Nowitzki, Ray Allen, Gasol, Parker, Elton Brand, Ginobili.

It is worth mentioning that this year's All-Star Weekend is in Houston.

The place where Li Lei was originally chosen.

But Li Lei's only thought is to rest, feeling really tired!
As for Mourning or something, he didn't care at all.

After finishing the community activities stipulated by the league and the activities arranged by Nike, Li Lei went back to the hotel where he stayed and slept!
And this year's All-Stars are as boring as sleeping.

Rookie Challenge.

The second grade team defeated the first grade team 106:96.

"Little AI" scored 30 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, and won the MVP of the rookie game.

Because of Iguodala's excellent defensive ability, some fans began to call him "Little Pippen".

Shooting Star Contest.

The Spurs, composed of French player Tony Parker, WNBA Silver Star striker Kendra Vick, and retired "five-time champion" Steve Kerr, won the championship.

Skills Challenge.

Wade overwhelmed Nash, James and Paul to win the title.

Three point contest.

Li Lei was in poor form and only scored a game-high 25 points, winning the three-point shot contest for the third consecutive year.

Li Lei also became the third player in NBA history to complete three consecutive All-Star three-point shooting contests.

Arenas' 16 points and Nowitzki's 18 points pose no threat to Li Lei.

Some fans have already joked: Li Lei dominated the game.

"Why don't we call this competition the Li Lei Competition, anyway the champion will always be Li Lei's."

"The greatest three-point shooter in the world, Li Lei."

"If Li Lei continues to participate in this competition next year, the others should abstain."

……

Dunk contest.

"Little Potato" Nate Robinson from New York succeeded in winning.

Then, there is the All-Star Game that fans are most looking forward to.

According to unspoken rules, the stars in the West will help Yao Ming win the All-Star Game MVP.

A few days before the game, Kobe connected with the Western Conference stars to help Yao Ming win the MVP, which also made Chinese fans like Kobe very much.

This wave of operations has attracted many Chinese fans for Kobe.

Of course Li Lei also supports Yao Ming, but he is a star in the Eastern Conference, so it is impossible for him to be a second-five boy for Yao Ming.

Can't even say much for Yao Ming.

A reporter mentioned this issue, and Li Lei could only say: "The only thing I can be sure of is that Yao Ming is qualified to win the MVP, whether it is popularity or strength. However, the prerequisite for winning the MVP is that the Western Conference team wins. Do they have this I'm not sure about the strength. After all, we won last year."

After this word was reported.

Kobe responded quickly: "It seems that I have to show some children some colors."

Garnett also said: "We will rub the Eastern Stars on the floor."

……

That night, Yao Ming found the hotel where Li Lei was staying.

At this time, Li Lei was sound asleep.

"Don't think I don't know, you're playing aggressive."

Yao Ming woke up Li Lei.

Li Lei kicked Yao Ming away and continued to lie on the bed.

Wade and O'Neill went to a nightclub in Houston in a group, and he was the only one to catch up on sleep at the hotel.

"Now that you know, you have to fight hard."

Li Lei said lazily.

Yao Ming hesitated for a moment: "But this kind of entertainment game, I am really not interested."

Li Lei hated iron for being weak, and kicked Yao Ming directly: "You are such a fool!"

"Who said it?"

When Yao Ming came up, Li Lei was overwhelmed, and Li Lei almost suffocated.

When Yao Ming let go, Li Lei also became serious: "Don't forget, it was the domestic fans who chose you as the All-Star starter. They didn't choose you to sit on the bench."

Yao Ming woke up suddenly, thought for a while, then suddenly stood up and said, "I understand!"

Afterwards, Yao Ming left in a hurry.

"Employing people forward, not backwards!"

Li Lei cursed, covered the quilt, and continued to sleep.

The next morning, Wade and O'Neal came back together.

The two ignored Li Lei's existence, and were still talking about their affair last night, using words like "that butt", "that breast", "that leg", "that mouth"...

But when they went to the stadium, the two of them couldn't keep their eyes open, and fell asleep in the car.

Li Lei then showed a smile: Yao Ming won the MVP today, and he secured another point.

That night.

Yao Ming beat O'Neal at the jump ball.

Subsequently, Nash very cooperatively hoisted the ball into the low post.

Yao Ming singles O'Neal.

O'Neal's feeble defense didn't bother Yao much at all.

Yao Ming scored with an easy hook.

Looking back, O'Neal wanted to fight back against Yao Ming, but he didn't jump up at all, and was directly hit by Yao Ming.

Domestic fans rejoiced.

But some people still can't help but suspect that O'Neill is letting the water go.

"Tell me it's not true, O'Neal was ruled by Yao Ming."

"Didn't you see it? O'Neill was releasing water, deliberately feeding data to Yao Ming."

"So that's what you said, I can really see it."

"The relationship between O'Neill and Yao Ming is not that good, is it necessary to do this?"

"Then you forgot, O'Neal has a teammate named Li Lei, and Li Lei is a fellow of Yao Ming."

"I see!"

……

In this way, more and more fans believe that O'Neal is letting go.

If Li Lei knew what the fans thought, he would definitely invite them to a nightclub in Houston.

It was not Yao Ming who guarded O'Neill, but the hot girls in the nightclub.

The coach of the Eastern Stars also found that O'Neal was not in good shape, and replaced him with Da Ben after a few minutes.

But Big Ben... never could guard against Yao Ming.

That height gap is too big.

In the first quarter, Yao Ming scored 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks.

After halftime, Yao Ming scored a game-high 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks.

With the help of Yao Ming, the Western Stars also led the Eastern Stars by a large margin.

In the original time and space.

The Western Stars also lead by a large margin.

Then the Eastern Stars then sent the Pistons to quickly help the Eastern Conference catch up to the point difference, giving the Eastern Conference a chance to come back.

But now, because of Li Lei, the little butterfly, the Pistons only have two All-Stars.

In addition, Wade and James were defended by nightclubs all night, and the Eastern side failed to catch up with the point difference until the end.

(End of this chapter)