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Chapter 221 The truth is always so heartbreaking [The third update, please subscribe]

The All-Star Game is also widely reported in China. The CCTV Sports Channel specially sent a film crew to Philadelphia. The Chinese fans are the happiest. This year's All-Star Game has Chinese players participating, and Lu Yu not only participated. In the Rookie Challenge, he also participated in the three-point contest and the All-Star Game, which is equivalent to being able to chase and watch for three days in a row.

As soon as Lu Yu got off the plane and had a meeting with Quentin Richardson, he received a call from Arenas: "Lu, where are you? Come over quickly, I'm already at the hotel, and Sean and Jason are also there. So, let's discuss how to play the rookie game tonight? There are a lot of great guys in the second-year players, such as Quentin on your team, he scored 20 points last year, we can't let him steal the show."

Lu Yu glanced awkwardly at Ah Q Richardson beside him.

He's one of the last players in the All-Star Game to be in the rookie game because he was still signing a contract in Boston yesterday.

After arriving in Philadelphia, Lu Yu must have contacted Quentin as soon as possible. The two were teammates, and the relationship was very good. I just didn't expect to find Quentin when Arenas called.

Lu Yu and Arenas have forged a deep "friendship" since the NCAA, from the first game Arenas lost to Lu Yu by $100, to the NCAA finals being defeated by Lu Yu's left hand, and then to the NBA Lu Yu became the team leader. And he is just a substitute, it seems that Arenas has been living in the shadow of Lu Yu.

What a miserable man.

However, Lu Yu also knows that although Arenas regards him as a friend, he also regards him as an opponent. The two can sit together to eat at Lu Ji Chinese Restaurant, or face each other on the court. This is the first time they have been side by side. fight.

There is also Sean Battier, who is also Lu Yu's defeat.

Gasol has never won against Lu Yu since he came to the NBA.

Anyway, in this year's first-year rookies, except for Tony Parker who beat Lu Yu, other players have never beat Lu Yu once as the team's main force.

Arenas hung up after giving his address.

Immediately after Lu Yu received a second call.

"Lu, I'm in Philadelphia, can you come pick me up?" Scarlett Johansson's charming voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I also just got off the plane. By the way, I haven't thanked you for the last All-Star vote." Lu Yu never mentioned the matter of picking her up.

"Didn't you already text me to thank you? I came to Los Angeles to watch your All-Star Game performance, but don't let me down... If you perform well, I will be rewarded tonight."

"But I want to save my physical strength to perform well in front of you at night."

"rogue."

"How do you know my nickname, they all call me a basketball hooligan."

"Forget it if you don't come to pick me up, I'll go over by myself, be sure to cheer up at night!"

Lu Yu didn't know what she was referring to when she said cheer up. She always felt that the relationship between the two was more like a pure physical relationship, but as the relationship deepened, she found that Scarlett seemed to be playing emotion.

The two sometimes chat after finishing things, and Scarlett Johansson always feels that this man has a unique view on things, and sometimes the two people's views are surprisingly consistent.

But Lu Yu also knew that Scarlett Johansson had many male stars chasing her, such as the man named Jared Leto, who Scarlett rejected her more than once.

Lu Yu sometimes thinks that if he didn't show up, Scarlett would have dated Leto.

But he was often not by Scarlet's side, and sometimes he really couldn't grasp whether she would do anything out of the ordinary, so Lu Yu never thought about having a relationship with her.

Fortunately, at present, Scarlett has no plans to empathize.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yu realized the reason why Scarlett was chasing after Philadelphia, because the All-Star Game was from February 2th to February 10th, and the first day after the end happened to be Valentine's Day. It seems that Scarlett I want to rely on myself for Valentine's Day.

Quentin had already arranged the car, and Lu Yu got in the car and went all the way to the hotel designated by Arenas.

After arriving at the hotel, Lu Yu first sent the luggage to his room, and then called Arenas.

"Yes, turn right, the third room, come in brother."

Lu Yu pushed open the door, only to find that there were not only Arenas in the room, but also Shane, Gasol, Kirilenko, Jamal Tinsley, Tony Parker... Almost the first year of the rookie game The rookies are all in the room.

Kirilenko was selected by the Utah Jazz with the 1999th pick in the first round of the 24 NBA draft, but he only joined the Jazz last year, so he is also considered a first-year rookie.

"You're finally here, we've been waiting for you for a long time." Shane stepped forward, shook hands and patted his shoulders and patted the back to show his friendship.

Then Lu Yu greeted the others one by one.

There are many familiar faces in it, not to mention Arenas, Shane Battier is also a loser of the NCAA, Gasol has played against the Bulls twice in the regular season, and the Pacers where Tinsley is also lost. Remain……

"What are you doing here?" Lu Yu asked.

Arenas laughed: "We are discussing the tactics of playing the second grade tomorrow."

"Huh?" Lu Yu was stunned: "Where's the coach?"

It should be the coach's job to arrange tactics. How can the players discuss it together?

What's more, these players are from different teams, and their tactical systems are completely different. If this discussion continues, won't the final result still be singles first?
"The coach said let us play freely, this is just a performance game, and it is impossible for him to prepare the video of the game. Besides, so many people on the other side are in different teams, and the video of the game is not easy to prepare, so let's discuss what we should do tomorrow. How to play the game." Arenas said.

"Do you need to be so serious?" Lu Yu touched his nose.

"Of course!" Arenas curled his lips and said, "Do you think everyone is the same as you, and can still participate in the All-Star Game? We will also participate in a rookie challenge. If we don't perform well, wouldn't there be no shots at all?"

The other players in the room laughed.

Of the rookies in the room, only Lu Yu was selected for the All-Star Game, and even Gasol, who performed the best, missed the All-Star Game.

In fact, this year's Rookie Challenge is quite special.

A record 19 non-American players appeared among the 6 who participated in this year's Rookie Challenge --

Gasol is from Spain,

Kirilenko is from Russia,
Parker is from France,

Rebraka is from Yugoslavia,

Tekoglu is from Turkey,

Lu Yu is from China.

Each player has their own country behind them, but only Lu Yu participated in the All-Star Game.

Although this is due to the fact that there are so many Chinese fans and great power, they also have to admit that Lu Yu's popularity in the United States is also very high, which is enough to make them envious.

"Then have you discussed any tactics?" Lu Yu decided to avoid this topic of hatred.

There was a hint of slyness in Arenas' eyes: "My plan is to let you blow up your teammates!"

Lu Yu: "????"

Quentin Richardson is one of the best players among the second-year rookies. Last year, he got the highest score among the rookies. Richardson also discussed with himself on the way here. Put some water in.

Lu Yu didn't expect that Arenas, a dog, had thought of this for a long time.

This year's Rookie Challenge will be the 8th Rookie Challenge, with the two-year rookie team beating the one-year rookie team for the past two years.

Worry Szczerbiak of the Minnesota Timberwolves scored 121 points and was named Rookie Challenge MVP after the second-year rookie team won 113-27 last year.

Last year's Rookie Challenge time was increased by 10 minutes, so that the full game time reached 40 minutes, the game was divided into two halves, no players were ejected, and the overtime time was 2 minutes.

Rookie Challenge MVPs such as Ayrton Brand, Allen Iverson and Damon Stoudamire in the past have all received Rookie of the Year honors.

Therefore, everyone also intends to let Lu Yu win this MVP.

After all, Lu Yu is the player with the most hope of winning the best rookie, which even Gasol has no mind to contend for now.

In addition to Quentin Richardson, the second-year players include last year's Rookie of the Year Mike Miller and this year's Kenyon Martin.

Memphis Grizzlies forward Stromiel Swift, Bulls forward Marcus Fetzel, Charlotte Hornets forward Lee Neilong and Kings forward Turkoglu; Seattle SuperSonics Guard Desmond Mason; Cleveland Cavaliers center Chris Mimm.

By the way, Mason won the 2001 NBA Slam Dunk Contest.

This year's slam dunk contest champion, if nothing else, Mason will be defeated by Jason Richardson.

Next year...he'll also be beaten by Jason Richardson.

It's bad enough to think about.

In fact, if it weren't for the league's care, Jordan might have become a player similar to Mason's.

Jordan has participated in three slam dunk contests in total. The first time was in 1985. At the age of 22, Jordan participated in the NBA slam dunk contest.

There are Dr. J, Drexler and Wilkins, the essence of human movies, and finally, after a hard fight, Jordan and Wilkins entered the final.

But in the end it was Wilkins who came out victorious.

The second Jordan win was undisputed.

In 1987, Jordan was amazing in the dunk contest.

He first dunked at a 45-degree angle. After taking off, his posture was very beautiful, like a big bird flying in the air, and his limbs stretched very nicely.

In the end, it was a dunk from the free throw line, which was really beautiful.

From sprinting to jumping to gliding dunks, everything is so perfect and impeccable!
This button surprised everyone, Jordan's stagnation in the air is really good-looking.

This buckle, won the title of the trapeze!

It was followed by his third slam dunk contest in 1988, a year Jordan won, but not convincingly.

In all fairness, Jordan's dunk action is very beautiful, but Wilkins is not only not inferior, but even slightly exceeded.

Otherwise, he would not have won the great reputation of "the essence of human film".

The reason why Jordan was able to defeat such a strong opponent was largely because of the help of the referee, which caused great controversy at the time.

Even after more than ten years have passed, there are still voices that will complain about Wilkins from time to time, which is evident.

If this time, Jordan loses.

He would then be the first player to lose the Slam Dunk Contest to the same opponent twice, just as Mason lost to Richardson twice.

That's why Jordan never participated in the dunk contest again.

"By the way, Lu, you must pass me a few more balls today, and I want to dunk a few more for the slam dunk contest tomorrow." Jason Richardson said to Lu Yu with a smile.

He felt that he believed in Lu Yu's passing skills more than Tony Parker.

Arenas was unhappy by the side: "Hey, Jason, I'm your teammate, how can you ask Lu Yu this kind of request, it makes me very embarrassed."

Lu Yu: "Maybe your passing skills are too bad."

Arenas: "I'm not convinced."

Lu Yu thought for a while: "I think there is another reason."

"what reason?"

Arenas was stunned and asked quickly.

Lu Yu smiled and said, "Maybe it's because you may not have much playing time."

Arenas: "..."

Lu Yu is telling the truth. If it weren't for the fact that Detroit Pistons' Zerko Reblaka had a heart problem some time ago, he would not have come off the bench.

Rebulaca had to leave the game due to dizziness with 2:8 left in the second quarter of the Detroit Pistons-New Jersey Nets game a few days ago.

The Pistons announced at halftime that Reblaka was feeling dizzy and could not play in the second half. After the game, the Pistons announced that Reblaka was suffering from an arrhythmia.

For Jiankang consideration, Rebraka gave up this rookie challenge.

Although Lu Yu was telling the truth, Arenas still felt too heartbroken.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the Rookie Challenge officially kicked off...

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