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Chapter 302 I have to step in at the last moment?

"Lee, welcome to Houston."

While Li Xun was chatting with a group of top players, Harden walked over with a smile.

Now he is the star of the Rockets, and this year's All-Star will be held in Houston, so he can also be regarded as the host.

The Rockets have only Harden selected as an All-Star this year, and he is also a substitute.

It looks shabby, but it's actually not bad. After all, half of the teams in the West don't have an All-Star.

There are a total of twelve places, the Mavericks occupy three, the Spurs occupy three, the Thunder two, the Clippers two, this is already 10 places, and there is one for the Lakers Kobe and Harden of the Rockets.

"James, seize the opportunity."

"You are the host tonight. If you feel good, maybe you can get this year's MVP."

"Come on, I think you have hope."

Li Xun patted Harden on the shoulder and smiled.

Harden was stunned for a moment, is there a pie in the sky?There is such a good thing?
For a long time, almost all the MVPs of the All-Star Game have been contracted by Li Xun, and others have no chance to get involved.

From what Li Xun said just now, is he not interested in MVP this year?
For a while, Harden was ecstatic, as long as Li Xun was not interested, then he really had a chance to get his hands on this MVP.

Mainly because of his status as the host, which occupies natural convenience.

Generally, in which city the All-Star Game is held, the stars of the local team will naturally receive preferential treatment.

For example, more playing time, for example, the referee will be slightly biased.

After all, the fans at the scene are all their local fans, so it is impossible to disappoint their fans.

This also made many host stars in history finally get the MVP. At the same time, some more interesting stars will also take the initiative to give up the opportunity.

Not only Harden was happy, but other stars also showed their eyes, ready to take advantage of this opportunity to compete.

Although the All-Star MVP cannot be said to be the most valuable honor, but the grade is not low. For some players who do not have strong honors, they still want to get it.

Take Durant, for example.

Take Paul for example.

Under normal circumstances, this year's All-Star is Paul, who scored 20 points and 15 assists.

And Durant also worked very hard, scoring 30 points in a single game.

It's a pity that he couldn't compete with Paul in the end, and Paul took away the MVP.

As for the host Harden, he played 25 minutes, almost the same as the starter, but his shooting percentage was painful.

Only 13 points were scored in 15 out of [-].

This shooting percentage is low even in the regular season, let alone in the All-Star game where the defensive intensity is very low.

So it's not that Harden, the host, was not given a chance, but that he really didn't seize the opportunity.

As for Kobe, who has a strong sense of presence in almost every All-Star, he has no sense of presence this year, only taking 9 shots. This is the only time in Kobe's career that the number of All-Star shots has been less than 10.

As the referee's whistle sounded, Carlisle clapped his hands to signal the players to start playing.

All the starting All-Stars from the East and West took to the court.

On the west side are Griffin, Li Xun, Durant, Kobe and Paul.

Durant plays the third position, but he is obviously taller than Griffin and Li Xun.

The starting five in the East are Howard, Anthony, James, Wade and Curry.

Although the Pistons feel a little bit down this year, they still have three stars selected for the All-Stars. Among them, Howard and Curry are the starters, and Vucevic is the substitute.

The weapon master is playing better and better now. With the current data of 15 points and 11 rebounds per game, he already has the feeling of overwhelming Cousins.

Cousins ​​was delayed by Li Xun. If Li Xun hadn't been selected to the Pistons, he would have been the team leader in the Kings now.

Well now, he still has to compete with Vucevic for the starting lineup in the Pistons.

The key seems to be competitive.

Li Xun can't help it. He has left the Pistons now, and he can't help Cousins ​​out of this predicament.

If he is still in the Pistons, he will probably find a way to sell Cousins ​​so that he can get a better development prospect.

As for Leonard, he is now a pure blue-collar in the Pistons.

With an average of about 8 points per game, it is impossible to be selected as an All-Star.

In the first offensive round, Li Xun took the initiative to ask for a jump ball.

Griffin is also a spring man with bursting athletic ability. After all, the name of White Warcraft is not for nothing.

Of course, his white monster does not mean that he is white, he is a serious black man.

It's just that the complexion is a little whiter.

Seeing that Li Xun took the initiative to invite Ying, Griffin gave up the chance to jump the ball without saying a word.

If you want to say that the player he pays the most attention to in this league, it must be Li Xun.

He has carefully studied every game of Li Xun, especially this year's game.

Griffin has been completely overwhelmed by Li Xun's physical fitness. Of course, people with better physical fitness should handle things like jumping the ball.

Sometimes, Griffin was very unhappy with his nickname of White Warcraft, thinking that it would be wonderful if he could have a nickname like Bai Lixun.

Howard the Warcraft, and Li Xun, it seems that there is still at least two ranks of Warcraft behind.

"puff."

Jumping the ball with Howard, Li Xun easily transferred the ball to Paul before Howard.

After landing, Howard bared his teeth, "You are a monster, I can assure you that you never had such jumping ability before."

"Unless you haven't skipped in front of me for a whole year."

In any case, he has also been teammates with Li Xun, and Howard still knows Li Xun's physical fitness very well.

Howard is very speechless with the jumping ability shown by Li Xun now.

Before that, Howard had a psychological advantage, at least in terms of physical fitness, and his jumping was better than Li Xun.

Well now, even the only psychological advantage is gone, making it difficult for Howard to be happy again.

Now he can't even get up with Ah Q.

"Why is this impossible? Didn't you think that in the previous competition, I didn't need to jump too high?"

Li Xun said lightly.

Howard was dumbfounded, as if what Li Xun said was very reasonable.

In the past two years, the Pistons hit everyone with a sling, and it seemed that there was really no need to jump so high.

In the first offensive round of the West team, Paul slowly paced outside. After seeing Li Xun set up outside the three-point line, he passed the ball directly.

Even though Li Xun made it clear that he was not interested in this year's MVP, Paul still wanted to show his attitude.

The devil knows whether Li Xun is telling the truth or not.

Because Li Xun left the Pistons once, this also caused a lot of daydreams in the hearts of many dominant players in the league.

If he can leave the Pistons, he can leave the Mavericks.

Now that we have a good relationship, what if he can come to join his team in the future?

It's not impossible.

Being able to be teammates with Li Xun is almost the common wish of all the stars in the league.

Even James, the sufferer, might have to nod wildly if asked if he would like to hug Li Xun's thigh.

After Li Xun received the ball, he didn't make a shot. Seeing Durant looking at him expectantly not far away, he simply passed it directly.

"boom!"

Durant pulled out his hand dryly, and it was an iron when he came up.

In the offensive round of the Eastern Conference, Curry made a three-pointer from the outside, but also missed, and the rebound was taken by Li Xun.

After receiving the rebound, Li Xun passed it directly to Paul.

The ball is in Paul's hands. He passes more passes, and maybe he can get a little assist.

Tonight, Li Xun has a fully cooperative attitude, trying his best to create opportunities for every Western player on the field.

After arriving in the frontcourt, seeing that Paul wanted to pass the ball to him again, Li Xun simply waved his hand to signal that he didn't want the ball.

Not only did he not want the ball, Li Xun also stepped forward to set a pick and roll for Paul.

Paul made a direct mid-range shot and scored steadily.

On the Eastern team's side, James also scored the ball for a layup.

Li Xun can defend this ball, but Griffin has already settled down early, so it would be unkind to go up by himself.

After all, it's an All-Star game, and it's not the main game. No double-teaming or zone defense is an unspoken rule.

In the next few minutes, Durant mainly took the shot in the West.

But Durant's shooting percentage is not high tonight.

Paul's offensive efficiency is very high, but his shots are very few.

In this way, after halfway through the first quarter, the East actually led by a few points.

Carlisle then made a substitution, replacing Kobe and Griffin who had no desire to attack, and replacing Harden and Clay on the bench.

It's actually a disadvantage for a player like Clay to play in the All-Star Game.

Because he does not have the ability to attack with the ball alone, he can only wait for his teammates to pass the ball to him.

Li Xun can pass two passes, but it is impossible to pass the ball to him all the time.

And if other players have the opportunity, they will attack by themselves, that is, Paul can pass a few balls from time to time.

Clay has been selected to the All-Star many times in his career, and he also had the opportunity to start, but his scoring has always been inconspicuous, and the most he scored was only 15 points.

There is no way, the style of play is doomed that he is just like an inside player, it is difficult to play.

Key inside players can grab an offensive rebound and play a second offense. Clay doesn't even have a chance for a second offense.

If it wasn't when he was selected as an All-Star, he always had teammates around him, either Curry or Green, who could pass him the ball, and his scoring would definitely be even worse.

After the host Harden came on stage, his efficiency was not very high.

10 minutes into the first quarter, Li Xun was replaced.

After three or four minutes in the second quarter, Carlisle was about to replace Li Xun.

In the end, Li Xun waved his hand and said to Carlisle in a low voice: "Give time to Kledo, a young man like him needs this kind of opportunity to express himself."

Carlisle nodded, since Li Xun is willing to sacrifice his playing time, there is nothing else to say.

In this way, after three quarters of the game, the Eastern Conference has already led by 19 points.

This difference is undoubtedly more.

The feeling in the west tonight is really not very good.

Don't look at Durant scoring 30 points under normal circumstances, but he actually consumed 24 shots.

For Paul's 20 points, he only took 10 shots.

This is why Paul can get the MVP in the end, not just because of his 15 assists.

The Houston fans at the scene were extremely disappointed. How could this game be played like this?

Most of their fans came to watch the game, but they didn't come for Harden of the home team.

I just want to see if Li Xun can lead the Western Conference team this year and reverse the decline of the Western Conference All-Stars.

You must know that the Eastern Conference has won all the All-Star games in the past four years.

If they win to the Eastern Conference this year, it would be too unreasonable. How can they lose to the Eastern Conference every year?
Before Li Xun was in the East, if he lost, he lost. Now that Li Xun has come to the West, who can bear to lose again.

In addition, Li Xun can always contribute amazing statistics among the All-Stars, which is what fans look forward to.

It's a pity that not only the West will lose tonight, but Li Xun didn't play much.

打了三节比赛，李勋就只打了11分钟，拿到了2分5篮板2助攻1抢断。

With 11 minutes of playing time, it can't be said that he has no sense of presence after winning this data.

But when it comes to Li Xun, it is completely non-existent. This is obviously not the level that Li Xun should play.

At the end of the third quarter, during the break, everyone in the West team looked embarrassed.

Originally, they thought that if Li Xun didn't show off his power, they might be able to pick up an MVP this year.

In the end, they ignored one of the most important issues, that is, if Li Xun didn't show off his power, and the players didn't feel good, they seemed to be unable to compete in the east in the west.

If the game is lost, talk about MVP.

There has never been a precedent for a prodigal to win the MVP in the history of the All-Stars.

Obviously it is impossible to set this precedent for this tonight.

"Lee, we have lost to the Eastern Conference for four consecutive years."

"I can't lose this year no matter what, why don't you play hard for a while?"

"That's right, Li, losing for four years in a row, it's as if our stars are of poor quality."

"No matter what this year, the MVP cannot be taken away by the East. It must stay in our West."

"Li, show off your power. Even if there is only the last quarter left in the game, we believe you have the ability to turn adversity into victory."

Several active players in the West all spoke to Li Xun.

Li Xun was speechless, it was a big deal, and he obviously didn't want to fight too aggressively, but it seemed that he had to do it himself at the last moment.

The main reason is that the three players from the Spurs in the west just don't work hard.

Fortunately, Parker said that he still played hard.

But Duncan and Aldridge are not interesting enough.

The two may be competing, one is more soy sauce than the other, Duncan played for a few minutes, rubbed his old waist and left.

Adelaide's playing was even more outrageous. He threw two balls indiscriminately, missed all of them, and then never played again.

"Well, giving them four consecutive wins is really too much to justify."

"Then in the fourth quarter, we will work harder to keep this MVP in the West."

Li Xun said with a smile.

The generals feel that this is a bit wrong, and they have won for four consecutive years?
Didn't Li Xun take three of the MVPs for these four years for you?Even the one you missed was taken by Curry who was handpicked by you Li Xun.

(End of this chapter)