basketball dreams

Chapter 145
The host of the 2019 All-Star is Charlotte. This city should have held it a few years ago, but it has been forced to postpone due to various reasons. This year, they finally waited for the opportunity.

However, what is embarrassing is that, as the organizer, none of their team Hornets was selected as an All-Star...

Last season's All-Star substitute Kemba Walker failed to perform well this season due to injuries and eventually lost the selection.

The competition will be held on February 2th and will last for three days. The first day will be the Rookie Challenge, the second day will be the Skills Challenge, the three-point contest and the most anticipated slam dunk contest.

This year, the players participating in the three-point contest are full of stars. Although last year's Thompson and Gordon did not participate again, Devin Booker, Bradley Beal and McCollum announced their participation. In addition, they were named by the league Li Yunchen was about to participate. He himself did not sign up, but the fans' response was too enthusiastic, so he could only obey the public opinion.

The skills challenge continues last year's pattern and will be divided into the big group and the small group. Last year, the big group won the victory, so the goal of the small group this year is to defend their honor.

The slam dunk contest, as a much-anticipated event, NBA officials can't be unconcerned. Although Zach Raven has made it clear that he will no longer participate, Aaron Gordon has stood on this stage for the third time. He is not reconciled to being the dunk king.

In addition to the All-Star Game and the Three-Point Contest, Yunchen was also selected as the starter for the Rookie Game. Interestingly, all five of their brothers were selected, and they will play against the US team as an international team at the same time.

This rookie game will also be the first time for the five of them to play together since they entered the NBA, so it can be said to be very meaningful.

So the current situation is that Yunchen's All-Star schedule this time is a bit busy... the first day of the rookie game, the second day of the three-point contest, and the third day of the main game, there is no one day that can be rested.

The time is now coming to February. After the All-Star turmoil, the influence of the playoffs is getting bigger and bigger. Every team is preparing for the playoffs.

Since the Cavaliers beat the Pacers in the last game, they have officially launched their pursuit of the third Raptors in the Eastern Conference. In every game since then, they have tried their best, hoping to rank third before the All-Stars.

However, while they were chasing the Raptors, the Raptors also launched a fierce attack on the 76ers who are second in the East. Although the difference in victory between the two is a bit big, the Raptors seem to want to fight.

In the second game in February, the Cavaliers narrowly beat the Suns in an away game and completed a double play against the Suns this season. Love played well with 46 points and set a new season scoring high.

In the third game, the Cavaliers beat the Grizzlies away and successfully narrowed the gap between them and the Raptors to three wins.

In the fourth game, Li Yunchen broke out suddenly, with 34 points and 13 assists, almost blowing up the front line of the New York Knicks, and successfully kept the home court.

In the fifth game, Seth Curry crazily hit 7 three-pointers to kill the Pistons, allowing Griffin to score 35 points.

Game six...

The temperament of the entire Cavaliers team seems to have changed. At this time, they seem to have become a scary ghost, and they are invincible and in exceptionally good condition.

On the other hand, the Raptors on the opposite side, although they also want to catch up with the previous one, they obviously have more than enough energy, and their state has been surprisingly poor since the first game in February.

The first game was a disastrous loss to the Nets in the lower reaches of the Eastern Conference, the second game was a narrow victory over the magic team, the third game was a narrow loss to the Denver Nuggets, and the fourth game was a narrow victory over the Bucks...

Compared with the momentum of the Cavaliers, they are a little weak.

In this way, the Cavaliers chased them all the way. Although they lost the games against the Warriors and the Rockets in the middle, this did not prevent them from catching up.

Finally, after the two-game losing streak of the Raptors, the Cavaliers managed to overtake the third place in the Eastern Conference, and opened up a gap of 1 game with the Raptors. Although the ranking is still very unstable, they can overtake , has proven their hard work!
At this time, the time has come to February 2th. At this time, there are only three days before the opening of the All-Star Game. The Cavaliers have a game today. After the game, they can rest for two days and then participate in the All-Star Weekend.

But one thing that makes people sad is that in the last game before the All-Star Game, the opponent of the Cavaliers is none other than the Lakers team of the Western Conference captain LeBron James...

Before the game, Yunchen stood in front of his closet in a daze. He had some headaches. If they lose tonight's game, their hard work in so many games will be in vain, because the opponent of the Raptors tonight is a fish belly The team, basically must win, come and go, I am afraid they will fall to the fourth place again before the All-Star.

"Crack!" Suddenly, there was a pain in the back of his head, and Osman came over behind him with a smile.

"Take it lightly bro, you're going to make me stupid." Yun Chen rolled his eyes and complained.

However, Osman didn't feel ashamed at all when he heard Yun Chen's complaint, with a big smile on his face, he slapped him again after approaching.

"What are you laughing at?" Yun Chen was speechless.

"I'll tell you some good news." Osman pretended to be mysterious and said, his eyes almost narrowed, obviously knowing something great.

"What made you so happy?" Yun Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, Osman was usually quite steady and serious, but today he subverted his image.

"Tonight...LeBron James is absent! Hahahahaha!" Osman laughed loudly, fearing that the people in the locker room would not hear him.

"Huh?" Yun Chen immediately raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and immediately found his mobile phone from the closet, and opened the sports news.

He didn't believe it, because there was no news that James would miss the game. At this time, there are only more than 2 hours left before the game. Such a sudden situation is a bit unrealistic.

"Are you joking?" Yun Chen said.

However, as soon as he finished his sentence, the news on his mobile phone jumped out: LeBron James had a knee problem and temporarily decided not to play tonight's game!

"Damn it! It's true?" Yun Chen couldn't laugh or cry for a moment. What he was worried about just now was solved so quickly.

"Haha, what's the matter, is it good news?" Osman said as if taking credit from the side, as if it was his credit for James not playing the game.

"James doesn't fight... Haha, what are you fighting with me for the Lakers!"

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The game started on time at around 06:30 that night. As the news said, James really did not appear in the starting lineup today, and he was not seen on the bench. He should have been taken to the hospital for an examination up.

Without James, the Lakers naturally did not have the ability to fight against the Cavaliers. In the end, the Cavaliers beat the opponent at home. Yunchen clocked out of work in three quarters, scored 19 points and 8 assists, and won the game without bloodshed.

On the other hand, although the Raptors also successfully won the game, the Cavaliers still kept their rankings and successfully came to the All-Star Weekend with the third place in the Eastern Conference!
(End of this chapter)