Basketball K God

Chapter 434 The Only Chinese Derby

The All-Star Game started amid the cheers of the fans.Xie Kai debuted as the starter!

In the stands, there were many fans wearing Xie Kai's No. 23 Grizzlies jersey, both home and away.Some fans even wore his No. 22 Kings jersey.

Xie Kai did not dislike the fans wearing the No. 22 Kings jersey at all. On the contrary, he felt very emotional and grateful, because these fan representatives supported him from the Kings to the Grizzlies. They supported him, not just the team. .He never tried to forget or obliterate those two years in the Kings, which was a stage of his growth. If there was no Evans' forced palace, maybe he would have stayed there forever!Rebuilding with the team, huh, huh, not bad!
The intensity of the All-Star Game is no different from that of the Rookie Challenge. The reason why the attention is so high, and it can be regarded as a big meal of the All-Star Game, is in the final analysis because the participating players are famous and high enough!
These are almost the 24 most popular and powerful players in the entire NBA league. Stars are the biggest interviews in this league, and this is also the basis for the existence of the All-Star Game.

In the All-Star Game, everyone was playing for fun. Xie Kai, as the rookie who started for the first time, also played relatively restrained.He almost doesn't grab the shot very much, he just deducts one if he has a chance, and passes it if he doesn't have a chance. In this kind of game, just be happy.

In the whole game, Xie Kai played 25 minutes and scored 18 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

In the end, the Western Stars narrowly beat the Eastern Stars 152:149, and Kevin Durant of the Western Stars won the MVP of the All-Star Game.

The All-Star Game is finally over, which also means that the annual All-Star Weekend will officially come to an end.

Players also returned to their teams one after another to prepare for the NBA games in the second half of the season.

On March 3, the Grizzlies played at home against the defending champion Dallas Mavericks.

The Mavericks took the initiative to seek changes during the offseason, but failed to sign in, so they failed to complete reinforcements in the end, and the combat effectiveness of the formed team was not as good as last season.They are currently ranked 21th in the Western Conference with 14 wins and 6 losses, which is a bit shabby for their team that aims to defend the title.

This game has received a lot of attention. Although the two teams are currently ranked 6th in the Western Conference and 7th in the Western Conference, neither is the favorite team to win the championship.You must know that these two teams were opponents in the Western Conference Finals last season.

In addition, in this game, Xie Kai of the Grizzlies and Yi Jianlian of the Mavericks will stage a "Chinese Derby".As the only Chinese players in the NBA, Xie Kai and Yi Jianlian's every move affects the hearts of Chinese fans.

The NBA media in the United States is quite capable of digging news. Although Xie Kai and Yi Jianlian's status in their respective teams is very different, they still think this is a good news selling point.

Xie Kai was very happy to meet Yi Jianlian in Memphis.The two are teammates of the national team. They helped the Chinese men's basketball team get tickets for the London Olympics at the Asian Championships last summer.

Xie Kai invited Yi Jianlian to dinner during the day and chatted for a long time.

Yi Jianlian was also very happy. He didn't have many friends in the NBA or in the United States. He was not that outgoing, which made his social circle in the United States very narrow.

Yi Jianlian announced on January 1 that he had signed a one-year contract with the Mavericks.He was the No. 1 pick in the first round in 1, but his luck has been bad these years, and he finally made it because of injuries that made him lose his position.After going around and around, now it's the defending champion Mavericks, but there are many inside players in the team, and he didn't get too many opportunities.

Xie Kai lamented that the UAE's luck is really good enough. The two have fought side by side in the national team, and he knows the strength of the UAE very well.With the strength of the UAE, it is fully capable of gaining a foothold in the NBA, and even starting in a mid-range team.

Ah Lian is only 25 years old and has the potential to become a stronger player in the future. Unfortunately, the opportunities are getting less and less now.

On the evening of March 3, at the FedEx Arena, the Grizzlies ushered in their first game after the All-Star break against the Mavericks.

Grizzlies fans will not forget how the opponent eliminated the home team in May last year.Therefore, the attendance rate of this game is quite high.

This is the first time the two teams have played against each other this season, and fans of the Grizzlies want to see the home team beat their opponents at home to avenge their shame.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Grizzlies at home is: center - Marc Gasol, power forward - Maris Speights, small forward - Rudy Gay, shooting guard - Xie Kai, point guard -- Mike Conley.

The Black Bears are still recovering from their injuries, and the Grizzlies can only let Speights continue to serve as the team's starting power forward.

The starting lineup of the Mavericks for the away game is: center-Brandon Haywood, power forward-Dirk Nowitzki, small forward-Shawn Marion, shooting guard-Vince Carter, Point guard - Jason Kidd.

The average age of the regrouped Mavericks lineup during the offseason has become older. The starting five are all over 5 years old, and Kidd is already 30 years old. It is obvious that such a team wants to go all out in the regular season is unrealistic.

“半人半神”的卡特已经35岁，他在去年的12月13日和小牛队牛签下一份为期3年，起薪300万的合约。

No matter how good his condition is and how good his physical fitness is, Carter, who has experienced a serious knee injury, is no longer at his peak and has gradually become a role player.

Therefore, whether it is the major sports media in the United States or NBA celebrities, no one is optimistic that the Mavericks can rely on these veterans to complete the defense.

The commentators for this game were TNT's Kenny Smith and Shaquille O'Neal.

"Shaq, you lost to Charles at the All-Star weekend, did he blackmail you into buying him dinner?" Kenny Smith joked with a smile.

"Kenny, you know, Chuck is not a good bird. Of course he wanted to blackmail me, but I didn't give him a chance!" Since O'Neal retired, his weight has been out of control. A group of black meat balls looked like a real black bear from a distance.

"Predict this game, Shaq!" Kenny Smith laughed.

"I predict Memphis will win!" O'Neal said with a smile.

"why?"

"Because of the number of All-Star players, Memphis is 2 and Dallas is 1! 2>1!" O'Neal said solemnly.

Kenny Smith: "..."

At the match scene, the appearance ceremony was over, and the starting players of both sides took off their training uniforms, rectified, and prepared to play.

Xie Kai wore a black elbow pad today, which looked particularly eye-catching.

There is no grievance between the players of the two sides. They hug and shake hands with each other, which is not like fighting to the death like last season's Western Conference Finals.

(End of this chapter)