Basketball K God

Chapter 545 The Harvest of the All-Star Weekend
Xie Kai did not participate in this year's All-Star individual event, and the strange thing is that he did not receive an invitation either. Perhaps in the eyes of most people, he is not suitable to participate in the dunk contest, three-point contest and skill challenge competition!
Xie Kai thinks it doesn't matter, if you don't come to invite me, I don't lick my skin and recommend myself, so what the hell!
Since he only needs to participate in the All-Star Game, Xie Kai has a lot of time to relax and play with Zhou Jing. The All-Star Weekend is really a rare rest time during the season.

Nike designed a special All-Star color scheme for Xie Kai's signature shoe "Generation K", allowing him to wear it in the All-Star Game.

Xie Kai's personal logo is a combination of X and K, symbolizing his name.In this design, he himself participated in the design and put forward some opinions of his own.

On February 2, Xie Kai attended the training of the All-Star players in the East and West and also accepted interviews from the media.

All-star training is different from the internal training of each NBA team. The intensity and content are much less. Basically, it can be said to be a warm-up, not a training.

Xie Kai trained with Kobe, and the latter also demonstrated the back-up technique on the spot and helped him correct the problems in the back-up technique, which moved him very much.

After the training, Xie Kai accepted an interview.

Reporter: "This is the third time you have participated in the All-Star Game. How do you feel this time?"

Xie Kai: "I am still very happy. I have met many stars here. It is really rare to be able to cooperate with them and compete with them on the same field."

Reporter: "You haven't won the All-Star Game MVP yet, are you confident this time?"

Xie Kai laughed and said, "Let's go with fate, this matter cannot be forced."

Reporter: "What are your goals for the season?"

Xie Kai: "Let's compete for the championship!"

Xie Kai answered a lot of questions from the reporters. Now, when he is surrounded by reporters, he is no longer as stiff as he was at the beginning, and he doesn't know what to say.

The All-Star Game will start at 2:18 BJ time on February 9th.

Xie Kai served as the starting point guard in the All-Star Game.Both he and Kobe could handle the ball. After the two discussed it, he still controlled the ball.In fact, the situation was similar last year, and he also controlled the ball.

This is not the first time Xie Kai has played point guard. He played point guard in Conley's absence last season, and the effect was very good.

Everyone doesn't play the All-Star Game very seriously, and now it's not as good as every year, and it seems to be played more playfully.

The competition system determines that the stars of this kind of game will not be too serious. Everyone is not stupid, and most people are not serious.

Xie Kai is also a person who will not be too serious. He knows that if you want to be tough and iron-blooded, it should be in the playoffs, not the All-Star Game.No matter how tough the All-Star Game is, if you hurt your opponent, it will only become your own black spot.

Xie Kai's indifference to the world is surprising. In fact, he has always been like this before, but some good people have been advocating that he loves the limelight and is keen on pursuing honor.

In the end, the Western All-Stars defeated the Eastern All-Stars 143-138, and Chris Paul won the MVP.

After the All-Star Game, Xie Kai returned to Memphis to make adjustments and prepare for the following regular season.He gained a lot in this All-Star Game. Although he didn't win one trophy, he got Kobe's precepts and deeds, and he learned a lot from his personal demonstration.

Kobe is a superstar with mixed reputation and reputation. The fans who love him only love him, and the fans who don't like him complain that he is independent, conceited, too strict and so on.

Xie Kai thinks that Kobe is a person who really loves basketball. When discussing basketball skills with him, Xie Kai was deeply impressed by his devotion and seriousness.

On February 2, the Grizzlies were a guest in Detroit, Motor City, and played away against the Pistons.This is their first game after the All-Star break, and they naturally hope to get off to a good start.

There are 82 games in the NBA regular season. After the All-Star Game and after the trade deadline, there will basically be a big difference.The vast majority of teams will re-examine their season goals, whether to continue to compete for a place in the playoffs, or to play badly to win a high draft pick.

Those teams that don't have much chance of making the playoffs and whose picks are in the hands of others are the most tragic.

The Grizzlies are naturally going to compete for a place in the playoffs, and they want to try to get as many victories as possible so that they can move higher in the playoffs.

In the playoffs, home court advantage is still very important, and most teams have a higher winning percentage at home than away.

The Pistons are a team in the lower reaches of the Eastern Conference. They currently have a record of 21 wins and 33 losses. Even in the Eastern Conference with a slightly worse overall record, they can only rank 11th.Entering the playoffs is a distant thing, and it seems a bit unwilling to perform poorly.

In fact, the Pistons have been blocked from the playoffs for three consecutive seasons.Since the group of people who won the championship back then have left one after another, this suffocating defensive team has completely ceased to exist.

The old prince was the last of the five Pistons to leave. He was also the youngest, but he was over 30.

Today's Pistons have lost their proud defense, but the offense doesn't seem to be much better.This is the root cause of their poor record today.

Auburn Hills Palace Arena, as soon as Xie Kai walked into this arena, he thought of the Pacers defensive champion named Artest, and the conflict between Big Ben, which eventually evolved into the famous all-martial arts "Affair at the Palace of Auburn Hills."Many years have passed, but now that I think about it, I can still feel the charm of the muscles colliding with basketball back then.

The attendance at the Palace of Auburn Hills is not very satisfactory. This game has been much better, but it is still only about 7%.The poor record of the Pistons is one reason, and the desolation of the industrial cities in central America is another reason.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Pistons at home is: center-Greg Monroe, power forward-Jason Maxhill, small forward-Kyle Singler, shooting guard-Buzz Landon Knight, point guard - Jose Calderon.

The Grizzlies' starting lineup has remained the same.

This game was the first time the old prince returned to the Palace of Auburn Hills after being traded, and was welcomed by his teammates and fans.Everyone knows that he left not because he was betrayed by the team, so the team gave him enough respect.

Before the game, the Pistons also played a prepared tribute video for the old prince, which moved him to tears.

No matter which team he is in now, there will always be traces of his struggle for it. The team and fans have not forgotten his contribution to the city, and that is enough.

(End of this chapter)