Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 240 240. Just Him. So your name is Durant?Yi Jianlian's forbearance comes from Bogut's cynicism.

Until the last day of the All-Star Game, the discussion about the slam dunk contest was still very hot, especially Swift's last two dunks in the finals, which made the fans' scalps tingle with shock.

At the same time, it only took a short period of time for this slam dunk contest to be considered by the outside world as the most valuable contest in NBA history.

Even if the "half-human half-god" can be described as the ceiling in terms of dunking, Swift's performance this year is too dazzling.

If it is said that Yao Ming, who is [-] meters tall, can find many people to do the same by relying on his strength, then Swift's first dunk in the final is simply astonishing.

Not to mention the difficulty of this dunk, from the perspective of viewing, Swift's dunk almost exploded the scene.

After all, before this, no one has ever tried this kind of slam dunk action. The viewing and creativity of this ball can be called the best in NBA history.

This year's slam dunk contest also allowed Swift to attract countless fans in a short period of time. At present, Swift's popularity has doubled several times compared to before participating in the slam dunk contest.

There are even professional dunkers on the Internet who have begun to imitate Swift's dunk action, but while the success rate cannot be guaranteed, the videos posted by others on the Internet cannot be compared with Swift.

You know, Swift's dunk has stretched his legs into a straight line in the air, and with Swift's seemingly explosive figure, Swift's dunk is simply shocking from the visual point of view.

Even Luke didn't expect that Swift could do this action so perfectly. Even when compared with the founder Aaron Gordon, it is difficult for Luke to tell the difference.

Gordon's dunk looks more fluid, and the whole set of movements is basically flawless, while Swift's dunk is more explosive, as if the sleeping beast in his body is gradually waking up at this moment.

In terms of viewing at first glance, Swift is definitely above Aaron Gordon, but if more details are shown through replays, then Gordon is still one of the strongest dunkers in NBA history.

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On the last day of the All-Star Game, the star-studded All-Star Game will be staged, but at the same time that all the fans have been looking forward to it for a long time, Luke didn't even come to the scene in person.

This year's Western All-Star head coach is "Zen Master" Jackson. The relationship between Luke and Jackson has been tense for the past two years.

Although it is impossible for Jackson to openly hold prejudices against the Grizzlies in the All-Star Game, Luke knows without thinking that the three of the Grizzlies will definitely not perform well in this year's All-Star Weekend.

After all, no one knows better than Luke that Phil Jackson is narrow-minded. When Jackson will serve as the Western All-Star coach, Kobe has a huge chance of winning the AMVP this year.

Even Paul, who is the host, may not be able to overwhelm Kobe.

At least the three of the Grizzlies can only be regarded as a foil this year. Even Pau Gasol, who was selected as the All-Star starter, will hardly get too many playing opportunities under Zen Master.

Especially the "Zen Master" Jackson had the opportunity to coach Pau Gasol himself this summer, but was blocked by Luke who broke out halfway, which made Jackson and Gasol start to complain along the way.

In this case, it is hell that Gasol can play a good performance. Zen Master can make Gasol's playing time higher than Duncan and Nowitzki who are on the bench.

The fact is indeed the same. The three Grizzlies got very few shots on the offensive end throughout the game.

And Paul Gasol's playing time as the starter in the Western Conference is not as good as Duncan.

But what Luke didn't expect was that the West lost to the East this year.

This also caused Kobe, who scored 36 points in the game, to miss the All-Star MVP. Phil Jackson did all the tricks, but he didn't count that the West actually overturned in the game, and finally made a wedding dress for Howard, who won the AMVP.

整场比赛霍华德在内线14投12中砍下24分16篮板以及2次封盖，生涯第一次斩获下全明星MVP，使场边的杰克逊与科比两人脸色有些发黑。

After all, the West has been leading in the first three quarters, and even led the Eastern All-Stars by 21 points at most. As a result, the West, which led the entire game, ushered in a collapse in the fourth quarter.

Can only watch the upcoming MVP being Howard's pocket, this feeling almost makes Jackson want to cry.

The episode at the All-Star Game put Luke in a good mood. Although the Grizzlies didn't get too many opportunities to perform under Jackson, in the end Jackson didn't get what he wanted, and even Luke looked at Howard more pleasingly.

As for the account of being narrow-minded, Luke will naturally write it down in a small notebook. When the Grizzlies face the Lakers next time, Luke must let Jackson know what cruelty is.

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After the All-Star weekend, each team will enter the sprint stage at the end of the season.

Teams hovering outside the playoffs should make good use of this time to try their best to attack the playoff spots.

Teams on the edge of the playoffs also have to play every game well to avoid being overtaken by the teams behind them, so as to achieve the final stage of falling behind.

As for the Grizzlies, although temporarily ranked first in the league, the team still has more than 20 games to play. Luke must ensure that the players can get more rest before the playoffs and ensure The Grizzlies are firmly in the league's No. [-] position.

Otherwise, once the end of the season is overtaken by the Celtics behind him, Luke's illusion about the second best coach in his career will most likely be shattered.

In the three years since he entered the league, Luke has never been a coach who takes the regular season record too seriously.

Compared with winning two more games in the regular season, Luke hopes that the players can get a good rest so that they can play stably in the playoffs and make a steady impact on the championship all the way.

However, this year is obviously a bit special. The Celtics' offensive momentum in the East is too fierce. With the second COY in his career imminent, Luke has to pay more attention to the ranking in the regular season.

After all, the Grizzlies and Celtics ranked first and second last in the league last year, respectively.

Every extra regular-season win brings Luke closer to being the best coach.

The best coach is no better than the MVP of the regular season. If he missed this opportunity, Luke didn't know that he would have to wait until the year of the monkey to become the best coach next time.

And if he really lost to the guy Rivers in the selection of the best coach, Luke would inevitably feel guilty in his heart.

If he lost to legendary coaches like Old Nelson and Jerry Sloan, Luke would most likely feel better, but losing to a chicken soup coach like Rivers, Luke felt fucked when he thought about it.

Among other things, as far as the Celtics' luxurious lineup this season, Du Feng dared to say, "I can do it!"

The first opponent the Grizzlies encountered after the All-Star Game was very poor. It was the Sonics team led by first-year rookie Du Xiaoshuai.

At present, under the leadership of Durant, the Sonics are very stable and rank first in the Western Conference and second in the league.

Although the first-year rookie Durant averaged 20+ per game, the overall strength of the Sonics is too weak.

Except for Durant and Jeff Green, the whole team is not enough to look at at all, even giving it to Luke for nothing, Luke thinks it occupies the team spot.

Don't ask who is the bottom-ranked team in the league this season, just ask the Miami Heat, who are frenzied all the way to play badly.

The "magic operator" Riley is definitely a ruthless leader in team reform. After sending away "Shark" O'Neal during the offseason, Riley still has Wade and other outstanding players in the team. Resolutely implement bad performance.

At present, 2/3 of the season has been played, and the Heat have only won nine games in total, which is definitely the worst.

Even the gaming companies are reluctant to open the Miami Heat's handicap, because the Heat are so good at acting.

While Riley insisted on coaching himself, even the game companies that the Heat wanted to lose could not save the game. This is the strength of the bad team.

Just like in the previous game against the Knicks, the Heat trailed by three points in the last 2.6 seconds, and the team had a timeout and had possession of the ball. After the timeout, Wade made a breakthrough when the Heat came back and scored two points with his own hands. The ball kills the game.

You know, both the Heat and the Knicks are aiming to play poorly this season, and this game is simply a battle of acting skills between the two teams.

In the last attack, the Knicks had already clearly wanted to release water. All players stood inside, creating very favorable conditions for the Heat to shoot three-pointers.

As a result, the head coach Thomas never expected that Riley even arranged a goal to kill himself in the last attack.

This goal directly caused Thomas to stand on the sidelines with a dazed expression. Thomas couldn't recover for a long time until the end of the game. He turned to look at Riley and couldn't help shouting, "Fuck!"

Since the All-Star weekend just ended, the players got a good rest, and the Grizzlies won this game against the Sonics without breaking a sweat.

Luke, who was sitting on the sidelines throughout the game, wanted to fall asleep several times. If it wasn't for Lambiel's constant nagging, Luke would have a good sleep no matter what.

No way, the Grizzlies led the Supersonics by more than 20 points from the second quarter. Even Durant, who was the only one Luke could raise interest in, was guarded by Gerald Wallace.

Later generations of "Reaper" Durant can be called the most offensive player in NBA history. Even Michael Jordan may not be better than Durant in this regard.

Of course, what I'm talking about here is standing in the NBA. As for the international league, it's just Luke farting.

But even Reaper needs a long period of development cycle. At this stage, Durant is just a rookie who has just entered the league.

With a thin body and extremely unstable shooting, Durant can only be regarded as a fairly good scorer, and there is still a long way to go from an offensive killer.

And when rookie Durant meets Gerald Wallace, who has a chance to compete for the best defensive player this year, it is destined to be a tragedy.

Throughout the first half, Durant was in pain under the defense of Gerald Wallace. It is not difficult to see from the sour expression on Durant's face, if he is not afraid of Gerald Wallace's wildness, Durant couldn't help but yell.

Seeing Durant's look of lovelessness, Luke was afraid that Durant would be guarded by Gerrard and collapse. After all, Du Xiaoshuai's mentality is very easy to burst.

So in the second half, Luke simply put Gerald Wallace off the court the whole time, and sent Kapono, who was a mess of defense, to match him.

As a result, no one could have imagined that although Kapono could not prevent Durant's offense on the defensive end, he shot Death down with a three-pointer on the offensive end.

As Kapono shot farther and farther from the three-point line, hitting consecutive three-point cards on Durant's head, Kapono's flat appearance made Durant even more depressed.

He even wondered for a while whether he was really the shrunken data piled up by supersonic brainless shots as the outside world said.

Otherwise, how could it be possible for the Grizzlies to beat themselves to pieces as a substitute? Seeing Kapono's expressionless face, Durant always felt that Kapono seemed to be saying, "Just him. Damn, your name is Durant. ?”

At the end of the game, the Supersonics still lost to the Grizzlies by 33 points even though Luke was already very relieved.

I have to say that the Supersonics this season are really a mess of rubbish. I am afraid that even if Michael Jordan comes back overnight, it will not be able to save this team.

After the game, when Luke saw Durant's walking dead appearance, Luke couldn't help but stepped forward and patted Durant on the head, "Don't be discouraged, you will definitely get better in the future."

Luke's words seemed to revive hope in Durant's eyes. After all, everyone knew that Luke's vision of players was amazing.

If Luke said that this player will have a future, then this player must have a bright future.

Seeing Durant's face change in a second, Luke hesitated and said, "But you are really bad now."

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After defeating the Sonics, the Grizzlies flew to Houston overnight to challenge the Rockets away.

After sending McGrady away during the offseason, Yao Ming is definitely the number one star in this Rockets team. His average of 24 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks per game is definitely more qualified than Howard to be the league's top center.

If it weren't for Howard's popularity in the United States, Yao Ming would have become the most dominant center in the league since O'Neal at his peak.

However, although the Rockets got Conley and Gay in the deal to send McGrady away, the young people are destined to need more time to hone.

So even though Yao Ming is very strong, the Rockets are still no match for the Grizzlies. Even if Yao Ming scored 27 points and 9 rebounds against Marc Gasol, it still can't change the fact that the Rockets lost to the Grizzlies by 16 points.

After the game, the losing Yao Ming didn't have much frustration on his face. After all, the Grizzlies ranked first in the league. Yao Ming didn't think there was anything wrong with losing to such a team.

This year's All-Star Weekend, Yao Ming also did the Grizzlies a big favor. When Luke invited Yao Ming to dunk with Swift, Yao Ming agreed without hesitation.

Even though Luke and Yao Ming do not have many personal contacts, they are both from China after all, and they feel very close in the United States.

"How do you feel recently? After changing the coach, do you feel that even the playing environment is much more comfortable?" Luke wanted to pat Yao Ming on the shoulder, but after stretching out his hand, he realized that Yao Ming is really too tall.

"Mike is an excellent basketball coach, I am very relaxed playing under him." Speaking of Mike Montgomery, the smile on Yao Ming's face represents his satisfaction with Montgomery. "It's not just me, even I can generally get a good chance to play."

"I heard that Sun Yue is not bad in the Lakers. Although he doesn't play much time, he has a good relationship with his teammates."

"It's just Ah Lian..." Yao Ming hesitated to speak.

"Could it be that the UAE is not going well in the Bucks?" Luke subconsciously frowned.

"Argentina is still highly valued by the coach in the Bucks, but I heard him say that he is a bit aggrieved in private." Yao Ming scratched his head in confusion, "A few teammates always sneer at him, you know, no Few people are full of hostility towards us, and even have contempt in their eyes."

Before Yao Ming finished speaking, Luke knew which guy would be so yelling, "If I'm not wrong, it should be that guy Andrew Bogut."

Seeing that Luke could guess it right, Yao Ming was still surprised, "Well, it's that guy, but I've already told Arab League to be patient, after all, Bogut is the Bucks' No. [-] pick."

"If you really want to have a bad time with him in the locker room, it will only become more and more difficult for Ah Lian to survive in the Bucks." Yao Ming sighed helplessly, "After all, I also walked step by step back then. How troublesome it is to gain a foothold, patience is something we must learn."

Hearing that it was really that dog Bogut, Luke's face gradually turned cold, and even the corners of his eyes exuded a ferocity that hadn't been shown for a long time, "Tell Ah Lian, prepare a wheelchair for Bogut in advance, after all everyone They are all teammates, and if something happens, they always have to bring a gift to the hospital to visit."

"Lu, don't be impulsive." It could be seen that Yao Ming was a little nervous.

Interrupting Yao Ming with a wave of his hand, Luke's face was full of amusement, "Leave this matter to me. If it wasn't for Ah Lian, I almost forgot that this dog is still having a good time!"

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