Buddha's light illuminates NBA

Chapter 149 2010 All-Star Class

As expected.

In the last four games in January, the Knicks set off again after the winning streak ended, beating the Timberwolves first, then the Raptors, and then the Wizards.

On January 1, after the last game, the Knicks' record in January came to 31 wins and 1 loss, and their total record also came to 13 wins and 1 losses, still ranking first in the league.

During this period of time, fans in New York have been celebrating every day like a holiday, watching the home team suddenly win nine consecutive victories, then ten consecutive victories, and finally reached the second [-] consecutive victories in team history.

Although the [-]-game winning streak came to an abrupt end with the Dallas Mavericks, the subsequent four-game winning streak and the first record in the league, which seemed to be quite stable for the time being, still made the New Yorkers straighten their backs.

In every game, Lu Ming's call for MVP is also very loud.

This kind of emotion has two meanings.

First, the record on the bright side is good and they have won more.

Second, the No. 8 rookie in the summer draft has transformed a team that had looked bad and bad into the league's No. [-] team. Even in this year's playoffs, no one believes that the Knicks can go too far.

But how could they not be proud of seeing the future at a glance?
Lu Ming has also become the most special one in New York. He is also the son of New York, the king of New York, and the savior of New York. All kinds of exaggerated and bizarre titles are all put on him like a wholesaler.

When interviewed by the media, Lu Ming just said in a low-key manner, "I'm just a rookie now, and I still have a lot to learn. The fact that I have such a record now is more because everyone hasn't studied me much."

This is a bit cheap and good-looking.

It is worth mentioning that on January 1, the NBA officially announced the All-Star substitute list, and David Lee suddenly appeared on the Eastern Conference list.

The rest of the bench list is respectively.

East: Chris Bosh (Raptors), Derrick Rose (Bulls), Gerald Wallace (Bobcats), Joe Johnson (Hawks), Al Horford (Hawks), Paul Pierce (Celtics), Rajon Rondo (Celtics).

West, Deron Williams (Jazz), Pau Gasol (Lakers), Kevin Durant (Thunder), Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks), Zach Randolph (Grizzlies), Brandon Roy (Blazers), Chris Paul (Hornets) (replaced by Billups of Timberwolves due to injury)
At the same time, because of his first record, D'Antoni also honorably became the head coach of the Eastern All-Star Game.

congratulations.

As mentioned earlier, David Lee's inside performance of 20+10, and in a big ball market like New York, became an All-Star, which is completely expected.

It was just because he was not strong enough to play, he was a bit too humble, and almost everyone's eyes were on Lu Ming, so he lost to the Celtics' Big Three wolf king Garnett in the All-Star voting.

After all, there, Pierce has never been a superstar, Ray Allen has almost become a spot-up shooter, and the little brother Rondo, except for his slightly perverted playing personality, is still a little brother.

In this environment, Garnett, who has a big jumper, is too conspicuous.

In early February, the Knicks beat the Wizards again and won five consecutive victories.

Then, on February 2th, the night before the stag fight, Lu Ming accidentally sprained his ankle while taking a shower at home.

At least that's what the announcement said.

Fortunately, it was only a slight sprain, but before the All-Star break, he probably won't be able to play.

So the team lost to the Bucks and the Cavaliers in the pre-All-Star game, and finally at home, David Lee's key rebounds and tip-ups at the last moment, narrowly defeated the Kings by one point, and avoided a three-game losing streak.

That night, Lu Ming also played for less than 20 minutes, which was considered a warm-up.

From February 2th to February 12th, it is the All-Star.

During this period, exactly on February 2th, Valentine's Day, is the Chinese New Year.

As the starter in the Eastern Conference, the all-star ticket king, Lu Ming, who has various contracts, basically has to participate in the whole process, and he doesn't have time to go home and eat vegetarian dumplings with his master.

On the 11th, the Knicks came out to participate in the All-Star team.

Along with the coaches, the Knicks have three players participating in this All-Star Game, Lu Ming, David Lee and Gallinari.

Lu Ming didn't sign up for other events except for the Rookie Challenge and the All-Star Game this time. David Lee only participated in the All-Star Game.

Although Gallinari did not enter the All-Star Game, he will participate in the three-point contest.

On the 12th, the NBA fan carnival, from morning to afternoon, as the All-Star vote leader, Lu Ming couldn't be absent.

However, it was still the big boy Howard who stood out the most. He blocked the "fuck your basketball dream" in the above doubles and was successfully elected as the best player of the day.

At ten o'clock in the evening on the 13th, before the All-Star Rookie Challenge.

First-year team, Lu Ming (Knicks), Tyreke Evans (Kings), Stephen Curry (Warriors), Jonny Flynn (Timberwolves), Brandon Jennings (Bucks), James Harden (Thunder), Taj Gibson (Bulls), DeJuan Blair (Spurs), Jonas Jerebko (Pistons)
Second-year team, Derrick Rose (Bulls), Michael Beasley (Heat), Eric Gordon (Clippers), Kevin Love (Timberwolves), Brook Lopez (Nets), Danilo Gallinari (Knicks), Russell Westbrook (Thunder), Marc Gasol (Grizzlies), OJ Mayo (Grizzlies)
It is worth mentioning that the rookie All-Star game format, in which first-year rookies play against second-year rookies, was adopted since the All-Star Weekend in 2000. However, in the 10 confrontations that have been conducted, the first-year teams have only won 2 games.

In the last 7 rookie competitions, the second-year players have won 7 consecutive victories against the first-year juniors.

Whether this year's first-year players can rewrite this history is worth looking forward to.

In the locker room, Lu Ming looked at the players around him.

Basically, they have already played against each other in the game, such as Jennings of the Bucks, the second 09+ man in the 50 class, such as Flynn of the Timberwolves, who has already been double-killed by the Knicks of Lu Ming, such as Evans of the Kings, Harden of the Thunder, Gibson of the Bulls, Blair of the Spurs, and Gene Booker of the Pistons.

Only Curry of the Warriors did not play against each other. In that game, Lu Ming did not play due to injury.

As a super rookie in the class of 09, Lu Ming is naturally the absolute core of the team, not to mention the head coach of the Knicks, Atkinson.

However, as the only rookie to participate in the All-Star Game, Lu Ming naturally wouldn't put all his energy into a game of this level like the Rookie Challenge.

Seeing that everyone was excited and embarrassed to speak, Lu Ming decided to break the dull atmosphere in the locker room.

After all, this kind of thing, as the absolute core of the team, he is very skilled.

So, Lu Ming clapped his hands, and after attracting everyone's attention, he said, "Everyone, whether tonight's game can end the seven-game winning streak between the second-year team and the first-year team depends entirely on everyone's efforts."

Everyone didn't respond.

On the contrary, Harden looked puzzled, and asked in an unserious voice, "Lu, aren't you going to play?"

"How. Why do you have such an idea?"

Lu Ming glanced at Harden, and then continued, "After all, I still have the All-Star Game to play, so in this game, I won't accept the opportunity to perform with everyone. Haha!"

"..." Everyone was speechless.

Is Ning here to show off?

of course,

Not any more.

Lu Ming smiled and said, "Don't you want to kill the second-year team? They just played a year longer than us. Everyone is a rookie, right?"

"Yes!" Curry said suddenly, his voice was a little, um, very energetic.

Finally, someone responded positively, even though it was a primary school student.

After learning that Lu Ming won't play too much time, Jennings, the second most popular rookie who has no desire to perform, had an idea, "How should we fight?"

Yes, how to fight?
Speaking of which, this first-year team, I don't know how those assistant coaches were selected, almost became an all-back lineup.

Among the 9 people, there are only three strikers.

Not even a cameo has played center.

How to fight then?
There are only two words, suddenly!cast!

Before the start of the game, when they played, because there was not a Mavericks player in the two teams, the audience did not have to cheer for the "home" team against their will.

So Lu Ming became the prettiest boy when he appeared that night.

In the private room, for James Dolan, who opened his mouth wide and wanted to exchange Dewisz for Lu Ming, Mark Cuban looked at Lu Ming's super popularity, and still didn't give up. He asked, "James, do you really want to change? Except for Dirk, you can choose."

James Dolan gave him a blank look, "Are there any decent players in your team besides Dirk?"

"Why not, like Jason Terry, Jason Kidd, and Sean Marion, they are all players with strong immediate combat ability and full experience!" Mark Cuban said unconvinced.

"Oh, we also have such players." James Dolan said lightly.

"..." Mark Cuban was speechless.

There's no way, that number 8 is acting too monstrously.

Why don't you know how to hide your clumsiness first?
Young people don't know how to be low-key at all.

When Mark Cuban was madly complaining, the 2010 All-Star Rookie Challenge kicked off.

Just as he thought, after the start of the game, Lu Ming took the menacing first-year team and caught the second-year team by surprise in the first 4 minutes. After scoring 4 points and 3 assists, he basically didn't take the initiative to participate in the offense in the first half of the game.

However, because the team did not have a qualified center, everyone ran to the basket to grab rebounds.

Lu Ming wasn't too polite. In the first half alone, he grabbed 12 rebounds, which completely changed people's thinking about a guard.

The most surprising thing is that a certain elementary school student actually grabbed an offensive rebound from Kevin Love, and even hit a 2+1, and showed his muscles to the camera by the way.

The milk is fierce and the milk is fierce.

After the first half, the first-year team actually led the second-year team by 70 points with 55:15!
The stars who watched the game on the sidelines were stunned.

The second grade team, this is all wilted!

Could it be that the first-year team is really going to take the next challenge?

"It's not the next game! There has never been the next game! Whether it is a first-year or a sophomore, they are all rookies! Otherwise, why call it a rookie challenge?" Jennings, who was interviewed at halftime and had the highest score in the first half, said arrogantly.

"So, Jennings, do you have the confidence to get the MVP of the Rookie Challenge?" the reporter asked.

Jennings just wanted to say yes, but when he thought that Lu Ming, who didn't seem to perform very well in the first half, actually scored 8 points, 9 assists and 10 rebounds, he was not confident. He suddenly said with high EQ, "MVP is just icing on the cake, the important thing is to win the game!"

"..." The reporter didn't know what to say.

Then, the 20-minute game in the second half began.

As soon as they played, the sophomore showed a frantic attitude of chasing points, and under the leadership of Rose and Westbrook, the score was once reduced to 10 points.

At this time, the game had already gone on for 8 minutes. Atkinson, who wanted to win, decisively sent Lu Ming on the field under the anticipation of the fans.

After playing, Lu Ming first faced Love's defense and scored a three-pointer. Then he made a breakthrough layup and scored 2 points in the next round, and then scored 7 points in a row with a mid-range shot.

With 9 minutes left in the game, he helped the first-year team lead by 109 points with 90:19!
These three goals in a row stabilized the performance of the first-year situation at once, which made the audience mesmerized, and even made Mark Cuban in the box shake his head and smile wryly.

David Stern, who was watching the game, already knew who would be the final MVP after watching these 3 minutes.

"Lu, didn't you say you don't shoot much? Can I still trust you?" Harden said bitterly during the timeout.

"I can't help it, James, I don't want to lose the game. After all, this is the only time I'm wearing a first-year rookie jersey." Lu Ming responded with a smile.

"Actually, I think that if you don't play, we should still win." The elementary school student stretched his head and said confidently.

"I'll get you a big bucket of popcorn later."

"Ah, then, it's a deal!"

"..."

After a timeout, the game continues.

Within the last 10 minutes, the two sides began to get serious.

The second-year player is also working hard to chase points, and he is already playing with the idea that even if he loses the game, he can't lose too much.

But under the leadership of Lu Ming, the first-year team didn't play like a rookie team at all. It was so organized that the second-year players couldn't find any obvious weaknesses to target.

The elementary school students sat on the sidelines, looking resentful.

The defenses of the two teams strengthened in the final minutes, and the second-year players began to chase points again.

They finally found the feeling outside the three-point line. First, Westbrook made two three-pointers within 20 seconds, chasing the score to 108-118.

Then Morrow also made a three-pointer after that.

But the first graders did not show weakness. Harden scored 4 points in a row, Lu Ming contributed a steal and a block, and the first grade opened the gap by 128-111.

In the previous 7 years, the second graders had defeated the first graders, and they had an absolute advantage with one more year of experience, but this time, the first graders did not give the seniors face and firmly controlled the situation.

With 3 minutes left in the game, Curry finally played again and immediately hit a three-pointer. The first grade led 133-115 by 18 points.

The second-year players panicked and made consecutive mistakes, giving Lu Ming two consecutive steals, thus completely losing hope of a comeback.

In the end, the score was fixed at 145:128.

Sophomore domination of the rookie game is over!
(End of this chapter)