NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 217 All-Star Game

On the last day of the All-Star Weekend, the All-Star Game will be staged, which is also the game that everyone is most looking forward to.

After all, this can be called a gathering of superstars, and there is only one chance every year for fans to see these most popular stars gather together to play.

This year's All-Star vote champion, of course, was won by Yao Ming without any suspense.

This makes Shaquille O'Neal, who has both popularity and strength in the league, only ranked second.

Gerald Wallace of the Bobcats finally relied on his own popularity to successfully squeeze out Jamison and was selected for this year's All-Star Game.

This is also the first time in Gerald Wallace's career that he has been selected as an All-Star.

So far this season, the Most Improved Player of this season has basically been locked.

The All-Star coach of the East is naturally the head coach of the Heat, Van Gundy, but the West is a little different from what everyone thought before.

At the last moment, the Spurs successfully squeezed out the Suns with a 0.5 win and rose to No. [-] in the Western Conference.

So the All-Star head coach of the Western Conference has changed from D'Antoni to Popovich.

"By the way, Rui, in the previous game against the Spurs, I saw that you didn't hug Popovich after the game. You don't like that guy?"

Of course, there will be no shortage of Liu Rui in the main game of the NBA. After all, this is the last day of the All-Star Weekend.

After that, I have to devote myself to the next game and lead the team to move forward with difficulty.

Sitting next to Liu Rui are still Ivanka and Limia.

"It's not about the festival, it's just that the three views are different and the positions are different. There is nothing to talk about with him, so I don't want to waste my time."

Of course, Liu Rui couldn't explain some things, but as he said, the positions were just different. Since there was nothing to talk about, there was no need to contact them.

In later generations, many head coaches in the league have served as assistant coaches by Popovich's side, which can be said to be a school of their own.

But Liu Rui obviously didn't need to learn anything from him. Liu Rui was very familiar with Popovich's methods.

Including the bottom-line three-pointer tactic that has not been researched by him so far, Liu Rui has already started to use it.

Others need to learn from him, but I don't need it.

After all, before that incident, Popovich could also be regarded as one of the most watched head coaches in China.

All coaches who like basketball have probably studied his tactics, so Liu Rui is no exception.

The Eastern and Western starting lineups for this All-Star Game are as follows:

Eastern All-Stars:
O'Neal, James, Carter, Grant Hill, Iverson.

Western All-Stars:
Yao Ming, Duncan, Garnett, McGrady, Kobe.

On the bench, the East also has:
Arenas, Wade, Gerald Wallace, Pierce, O'Neal, Ben, Ilgauskas.

West bench:
Ginobili, Lewis, Stoudemire, Ray Allen, Nash, Marion and Nowitzki.

It can also be seen from this that the competition for places in the backcourt of the Western Conference is very fierce. Even Nash, the biggest candidate for Mvp this season, can only be placed on the bench in the Western Conference.

This also reflects from the side how popular Kobe and McGrady are at this time.

This is the first time that Gerald Wallace has been selected as an All-Star. In the last season, he was only a player who could only play as a substitute in the Kings.

Sitting on the bench at this time, surrounded by all the stars who have made a splash in the league, Gerald Wallace felt a little restrained.

I don't know who to talk to, and I can't let go.

"Hey, boy, it's your first time participating in the All-Stars, don't be nervous, you are here to relax, so you have to enjoy this weekend, haha."

Everyone was talking and laughing off the court, only Wallace sat aside and no one talked to him.

After all, before this, even though Wallace played very well in the Bobcats, the stars of other teams had limited understanding of him, let alone familiarity.

While sitting off the court, he was chatting with people he knew, but Gerald Wallace was left alone.

Seeing Gerald Wallace's embarrassment, Big Ben also touched Wallace and said to him.

"Haha, thank you, I am indeed a little nervous."

Wallace obviously did not expect that Big Ben would take the initiative to talk to him, after all, the two had never met before.

But this also relieved Wallace's embarrassment for a while, and then the two chatted off the court.

One of the two people participated in the famous incident at the American Airlines Arena, and the other participated in the notorious incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

I don't know if it's because of this, but the two chatted more speculatively, talking and laughing after a while, I don't know what they were talking about.

Liu Rui, who was watching the game from the sidelines, was a little embarrassed to see his disciple Wallace sitting by himself at first.

It also made Liu Rui a little worried. After all, being selected as an All-Star is the greatest recognition for a player.

As Big Ben said, the All-Star Weekend is a relaxing environment for the players. If this incident leaves a bad impression in their hearts, it will really run counter to it.

Then Liu Rui saw Da Ben taking the initiative to greet Wallace, and then the two chatted more and more speculatively.

In his previous life, Liu Rui had only heard that Da Ben was a straightforward person. Although he had a hot temper, he was kind.

Seeing it with my own eyes today, it really is not groundless.

Liu Rui also remembered the embarrassing scene where Da Ben rescued Wallace.

Today's Daben is in the limelight, so naturally he doesn't need any help from himself, but there is some affection, even if it's just a gesture, even the person concerned doesn't know what he has done.

But Liu Rui will still keep in mind that this world has no warmth, just like a blank sheet of paper.

Good or evil depends on the actions of people, not the society itself.

Before the game started, Yao Ming hugged every player and coach.

Especially O'Neill, the two hugged for a long time and had a small conversation, presumably they also cherish each other in this league.

After the start of the game, Yao Ming and O'Neal jumped the ball, O'Neal allocated the ball to Iverson, and the Eastern Conference took the lead in attacking.

Carter opened the scoring for the Eastern team with a three-pointer, James followed up, and the Eastern team soon took a 5-0 lead.

After Garnett made a shot to end the West's scoring drought, Yao Ming assisted Kobe to score a layup. The West scored four points in a row and chased the score to 4-5.

O'Neal's jumper slightly widened the gap between the two sides, but McGrady quickly hit back and hit a fadeaway jumper, and the two sides drew 6-6 for the first time.

此后，势均力敌的东西部两队8-8、10-10、12-12先后三次战成平手。

Until the end of the first quarter, the West team has maintained the lead.

In the end, the Western Conference team led by Yao Ming with:

33:27
Leading the Eastern team led by O'Neal.

At the end of the first quarter, Yao Ming only got 1 assist and 1 foul...

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