my golden age

Chapter 100 All-Star Opening

On the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the All-Star Game will start at 9:[-] am.

U.S. time is still the night before.

The color scheme of the All-Star West team is red and white, and the color scheme of the East team is blue and white.

Gao Fei was wearing a red and white warm-up suit, sitting in the locker room, listening to the music on the tape recorder leisurely.He bought Jay's album "Chopin in November" from Chinatown, and a lot of music in it is not bad.

Someone lightly touched Gao Fei's shoulder, waking him up from his doze.

"Gao, how do you usually prepare for the game?" Gasol is the Grizzlies center, a Spaniard, and looks very elegant.

Gao Fei wondered why Gasol would come to him, took off his earphones, paused the music on the tape recorder, and said: "I simply warm up, and then I will use what I have learned in daily training. The game is just a stage to test the results of the training. Leveling up takes time and effort.”

"Actually, what I want to ask is not skill training, but tactics, about organizing the game. I heard from Kobe that you directed many of the Lakers' tactics on the field."

"You talk about organizing an offense. It's about thinking as much as possible, and then finding a suitable solution." Gao Fei knew Gasol's style, and said, "Your team needs you to support both offense and defense, so organizing an offense may not be suitable. you."

"I am also very distressed. It would be great if I can use my expertise. I always feel that it is not my style to shoulder offense and defense."

"Maybe you should tell these words to the management and let them find some offensive players and play your organizational expertise." Goofy said, "You are an important member of the team, and they will listen to your opinions."

"I will try." Gasol laughed, "Now I finally understand why the media and players have praised you so much."

"Really? Actually, I don't know very well." Gao Fei was telling the truth. He really doesn't watch sports news much, and even if he does, he rarely pays attention to his own news.

This is his "eccentricity", and he is afraid that external voices will affect his mentality.

Kobe walked nearby and asked, "What interesting topic are you talking about?"

Gasol laughed: "It's just something about the game."

Kobe sat down and said, "Have you noticed? There are a lot of international players in the Western Conference."

Gao Fei said, "Yao and I are from China."

"I'm from Spain," Gasol said.

"Dirk is from Germany, Tony Parker is French," Bryant said, "and I lived in Italy for a while. We should be called International Brigades."

"If you put it this way, it seems that there are no international players in the East." Gao Fei thought about it carefully, and it seemed that the people in the East were all born and raised in the United States.

"The International team versus the US team," Bryant said with a smile.

"We will win." Gao Fei continued.

"By the way, today is your first All-Star appearance, do you want to design some interesting appearance moves?" Kobe always felt that Gao Fei and Dayao were too restrained and not good at expressing with dance.

"How about the electric dance? Simply move your arms." Gao Fei said, "Neither Yao nor I have learned dance, so we may not be able to handle the movements that are too difficult."

"It's hard to believe that you can play the guitar but not dance."

Gasol asked, "Gao, can you play the guitar?"

"I know a little bit."

The warm-up performance began in the Toyota Center, and the sound of music and fans whistled or cheered occasionally, and occasionally passed into the locker room.

"Tonight will be very lively, do you want to dunk?" Garnett sat next to Duncan, talking with the old opponent.

Nowitzki sat down with Tony Parker and talked about the taste of red wine.

The All-Star game is not as stressful as the regular season, and the tense nerves of the players can be released to a certain extent.

Eastern locker room!
Wade and the Lakers have played against each other a few months ago, and there is no accurate judgment on Gao Fei's strength.He asked Billups, who had played against the Lakers before, about Goofy's strength.

Billups is the leader of the civilian Pistons. He has a very high golf quotient and his personal ability is not particularly outstanding. He brought the Pistons to another peak period after the Bad Boys.

"Gao is an incredible team leader." As a player of the same type, Billups feels that Gao Fei is the pinnacle existence. "In addition to his organizational skills, he also has a terrifying defense, coupled with top physical talent, it is really difficult to deal with. .”

"Do you think you can limit him with defense?" Wade then asked.

"Where does the All-Star's defense come from?" Billups knows the strength of the All-Star. Without physical confrontation, it is unlikely that anyone can limit Goofy.

"I'm not just talking about All-Stars, he's a big problem in official games."

"You can only take one step at a time. Since he started to run more off the ball, it is more difficult to limit than before."

"Kobe and Gao's perimeter combination is excellent both offensively and defensively, and it's hard to find their weaknesses." Wade felt a little headache just thinking about the energy possessed by this combination.

"Your inside partner is Shaquille." Billups laughed. "Our biggest headache now is your combination."

"Come on, you have the most balanced Five Tigers. There is no team in the East that doesn't fear you."

While the two defenders were talking, the on-site staff notified the entry.

The players tidied up their warm-up suits, put down their things, walked out of the locker room, and came to the temporary stage.Starting players will enter from here.

The host of the game is Houston, and the Western Conference team is considered the home team, and the order of introduction is at the back.

With his hands in his pockets, Gao Fei stood in the dimly lit backstage, listening to the voices introducing the players.Every time a star comes on stage, cheers erupt at the scene.

He is the ticket king and the starter in the Western Conference, and he will be last in the game.

Kobe said: "Gao, when you get to the front, don't forget the electric dance."

Goofy nodded in response.

At the beginning of the introduction of the Western starters, the temporary track door opened, Dayao stood at the door, smiled and waved, and walked to the position illuminated by the lights in the front row.

There are five large light projections for players to stand in five positions.

Duncan followed Dayao and stood on the other side.

Bryant was the third player to walk out of the backstage.

McGrady was the second-to-last start, and received warm cheers from the fans.He smiled and waved, responding to the enthusiasm the fans gave him.

Gao Fei made his finale appearance, and as soon as he walked to the track gate, the cheers on the scene erupted.The cheering decibel is stronger than before.

He walked to the empty space in the middle.

The five starting players simply danced their arms, uneven, which added to the joyful atmosphere.

After the players of the Western Conference star team came out, players from both sides stood in two rows for the camera to shoot.

The flashing lights and the lingering dry ice smoke made Gao Fei a little uncomfortable, but when the lights came back on, the feeling dissipated instantly.

He stood on the court and touched the familiar basketball, which was much more comfortable than before.

(End of this chapter)