Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 141 141. All-Star Weekend

On February 2, local time in the United States, the NBA All-Star Weekend officially arrived.

This year's All-Star was held at the Toyota Center Arena in Houston. As the host, the popularity of Yao and Mai soared to the sky. Among them, Yao Ming was elected as the All-Star vote leader.

This season, the Timberwolves have three players selected to the All-Star lineup, and it is not the first time in their careers to participate, so the expectations for the All-Star game are not so strong.

Originally, Luke didn't plan to come to the scene. He just wanted to use this time to catch up on sleep at home and give his brain a little vacation.

However, he couldn't hold back Lambiel's enthusiasm. This was the first time that Lambiel participated in the All-Star Weekend as a coach. For Lambiel, this day was of great significance.

The first day of the league was the rookie challenge. For this round of the game, Luke didn't go to the scene at all, but slept in the hotel all day.

I got up at noon and took Katie for a local tour in Houston, and ate some famous local snacks in Houston.

After Monta Ellis and Gortat were traded away, Bynum is currently the only rookie in the Timberwolves.

And Bynum followed Luke's advice and refused to participate in the game, using the excuse of injury to prevaricate the league.

The Rookie Challenge is as performance-oriented as the All-Stars, and first-year rookies have lost to second-year players for many years in a row. Regardless of whether Bynum participates or not, there is a high probability that first-year rookies will still lose this year.

With a highlight moment in the game against the Pistons, Bynum no longer needs to use the Rookie Challenge to prove himself.

With the time to participate in the game, Luke hopes that Bynum can take a good rest so that he can be ready after the All-Star and become an important member of the Timberwolves' championship this season.

Bynum's refusal to play made Timberwolves fans not interested in watching this game. Anyway, there are no Timberwolves players in this game.

At the end of the game, the second-year rookie defeated the first-year again, and Iguodala of the 76ers took advantage of the opportunity to accept the Rookie Challenge MVP.

The MVP of the Rookie Challenge does not have much gold content, but more of an incentive for himself.

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On the second day, there were relatively interesting skills contests, three-point contests and the most anticipated slam dunk contest.

In the Skills Challenge, Wade defeated Nash, Paul, and LeBron James successively to win the championship.

After all, the biggest favorite to win this year's Skills Challenge must be Steve Nash, and the worst is Chris Paul, who has excellent ball-handling skills.

No one thought that these two ball-handling masters lacked a little luck, and they were finally picked up by Wade.

As for the three-point contest, many players were ashamed. The only inside player in this year's three-point contest was Nowitzki, and the other five contestants were all guards, including Ray Allen, the "top pitcher". .

Ray Allen was unexpectedly upset in the three-point contest last year and was intercepted by Richardson of the Suns. This year, Ray Allen plans to make a comeback with the intention of making a comeback.

As a result, the league's top shooter didn't seem to adapt to the shooting rhythm of the three-point contest. As soon as the three-point contest came, Ray Allen's shots hit the iron, which was completely different from the official game.

The poor shooting touch also made Ray Allen miss the championship again, so he could only sit a little awkwardly on the court and cheer for others.

In addition to this year's three-point contest, there are defending champion Richardson and another "top pitcher" Jason Terry.

These two are the favorites to win the game before the start of the game, second only to Ray Allen in winning odds.

As a result, in the end, these "top pitchers" who were optimistic before the game were defeated one after another. In addition to Lagabel and Billups, the five defenders were counterattacked by Nowitzki, an inside player, and became 05. ~The three-point contest champion of the 06 season.

Nowitzki's ability to win the three-point contest is not surprising. After all, Nowitzki has a soft touch and is one of the best shooting big players in the league today.

But being able to defeat top shooters like Jason Terry, Ray Allen and Richardson successively in the three-point contest, Nuo Tianwang once again refreshed the fans' perception of him.

Tell everyone with the facts that inside players don't necessarily have to go in, and shooting can also dominate the league.

Finally, the slam dunk contest that fans are looking forward to is also very exciting, at least much more exciting than last year's one.

This year's defending slam dunk king Josh Smith still applied to play, and he was full of confidence before the game, which seemed a little swollen.

The other three dunk challengers are Iguodala, Hakeem Warrick, and Nate Robinson, who is only 1.7 meters five.

When the name Nate Robinson appeared on the entry list, Luke lost interest in this year's dunk contest in an instant.

Luke knew very well that Nate Robinson's 1.7-meter-five height was too much of an advantage in a commercial competition like the slam dunk contest. As long as the dunks were not too bad, no one could compete with Nate Robinson.

In fact, this is indeed the case. In the final moment of the decisive battle, Nate Robinson and Iguodala drew 94 and staged the first overtime performance in NBA history.

Nate Robinson's action in overtime was to hit the ball near the middle circle to the backboard, and then dunk the ball in the alley-oop.

But it took Nate Robinson four times to barely complete this action, but he also won 47 points from the referee.

Iguodala, who played immediately after that, staged a crotch change that slipped the bottom line, but was pointed out by the referee for lack of creativity. In the end, he only scored 46 points and lost to Nate Robinson by one point.

In this way, Nate Robinson, who is only 1.7 meters five, won the 2006 Slam Dunk Contest.

Became the second dunk king with a height below 1.8 meters after "Potato" Webber in NBA history.

In fact, Nate Robinson's dunk action this year is not so amazing, but his height of 1.7 meters five has added a lot of points for him.

It is very inspirational to be able to play in the NBA at this height. Coupled with the amazing jumping ability, it is far less difficult for Nate Robinson to win the slam dunk contest than other players.

Of course, although Luke is not interested in watching Nate Robinson's dunk performance, he has to admire Nate Robinson's perseverance.

"Little Potato" Nate Robinson has very low body fat, making him one of the lowest body fat point guards in NBA history.

He is 1.7 meters tall but has six-pack abs and seemingly explosive muscles.

These are the results of Nate Robinson's hard work, and it is also the reason why Nate Robinson can play in the NBA with a height of 1.7 meters [-] and was selected by the Knicks in the first round.

You know, Thomas Jr., who is known as the strongest 1.7-meter-five on the surface, is also only 1.7-meter-five in height, but he was selected by the king at the last pick in the second round.

In contrast, it can be seen how explosive Nate Robinson's physical fitness is and how hard he usually exercises, because the body fat close to "mummy" cannot be summed up in one sentence.

Although Luke thinks that Nate Robinson's dunk is not beautiful, but has an amazing ability to bounce like a spring man, Luke appreciates the spirit of "Little Potato".

If the Chinese men's basketball team can have this kind of training spirit, it will not even become uncertain about dominating Asia.

With the end of the slam dunk contest, there is only the last day of the All-Star Game in the All-Star Weekend, which is also the most anticipated part of NBA fans.

(End of this chapter)