basketball never sleeps

Chapter 268 They Are All Mine

After finishing another tiring copy, Mo Wen opened his eyes on time again.

Stay up all night on New Year's Eve?
Sleep doesn't exist.

After lifting the blanket for little Catherine, Mo Wen looked at the clock. The Spring Festival Gala was about to begin.

It is no problem to watch a Chinese international channel on the TV in the presidential suite of a five-star hotel.

After who knows how many years, my original memory of the Spring Festival Gala has become very vague. Watching it again now still feels quite fresh.

Uncle Benshan continues to create memes this year - the fighter among roosters.

Mo Wen also had footage, which he recorded in advance with Yao Ming and Alian yesterday.

The old couple also woke up one after another and watched the show with great interest. It’s not that it’s so good, but after watching so many foreign shows, they felt more at home when watching domestic programs.

As a world-famous city that never sleeps, Las Vegas has many performances, but there are basically no vegan ones.

Although Mr. and Mother Mo are considered open-minded, they cannot enjoy this super version of art.

In fact, the scale of nightclubs in the country is quite large now, but Mo Wen’s grandfather is strict.

After little Catherine woke up, the family had a simple breakfast and then went out together to enjoy the rare holiday time.

Like most American cities, Las Vegas has a big reputation, but the city is not that big, and its total population is only about the same as that of Yanjing Tiantongyuan Community.

In order to welcome the All-Star Game, posters of stars and All-Star logos are hung everywhere.

Considering the many Chinese tourists and journalists who come here for the festival, the city has also added many Spring Festival elements. The combination of big red lanterns and Western sculptures has a flavor of the resettlement community in Venice.
Like many Chinese cities in the future, Las Vegas is also keen on collecting famous places from all over the world, including the pyramid with striptease posters, the Caribbean-style Treasure Island, the mini Statue of Liberty, the shortened Brooklyn Bridge, and the 12 most representative skyscrapers in New York without the Twin Towers...

The security in Las Vegas is good. If it weren't for its great fame, it would definitely be a place worth visiting.

"I shouldn't have brought you along earlier. It's not safe without security guards. If you bring security guards, people will recognize you at a glance. It will be even more inconvenient now that you're famous." Mo's mother complained.

Mo Wen could only shrug his shoulders. It was okay in America, after all, he was just a yellow-skinned foreigner. But in China, as long as he showed up on the street, the number of onlookers would be enough to take over Causeway Bay.

While having lunch at a Central Asian restaurant at noon, Mo Wen met an acquaintance again, Steve Jarvy, who was also the referee in the game in which Mo Wen scored 88 points.

"Will you referee the game tonight, Steve?"

"Bavetta is the referee, I'm just the linesman." Javi shrugged. His daughter next to him kicked him, and he raised his hand a little embarrassedly.

"My daughter and son are both your fans. Can they take a photo with you?"

"Of course, there's no problem with that." Mo Wen called to the assistant who was following him and asked him to take a few photos with the camera. He also gave them both a lot of Fuwa souvenirs that Mo Wen brought with him.

The league rules prohibit players and coaches from having private contact with referees.

But the children of the referee are not the referees.

In the absence of conflicts of interest, being kind to others is a compulsory course for star players.

In fact, Danzi had a good relationship with several referees back then, which is not even news.

The world of martial arts is never just about fighting and killing, and the leader of the martial arts world is not necessarily the best fighter.

The two chatted for a while, and after lunch, Mo Wen entered work mode again and came to the training hall to meet up with the Western team to prepare for the evening's main competition.

The league organized an open training session the day after the All-Star Game.

But apart from a group of people laughing and allowing the media to take some photos, they didn't practice anything.

Originally, Mo Wen didn't take this year's All-Star Game seriously. He has won the AMVP for two consecutive years. He doesn't want to be the man with the most AMVPs. He just wants to go with the flow.

But looking at the reports over the past two days, the momentum released by the Eastern team seems to be targeting him.

Billups: "In the first two seasons, Mo helped the Eastern team a lot. I believe that in the next few years, Mo will still help the Eastern team win the final victory."

O'Neal: "Everyone knows that I have been plagued by injuries this year, but every time before playing against Mo, my body will always recover to its best condition, so, hey, I won't let the Sharks escape again this time!"

Wade: "I heard that today is the New Year of Mo's country. We are honored to give him the first defeat of the new year!"

A Zhan: "You know Gilbert failed to stop Mo from scoring three consecutive three-pointers. In fact, we are not interested in winning or losing the game, but trying to prevent Mo from scoring is the consensus of our whole team."

When he was still with the Heat last year, the Eastern Conference team was almost his absolute home court. The Pistons, the Heat, Bosh, and even James were all his brothers.

Unexpectedly, in just one year, Xiao Tiantian became Mrs. Niu.

They all want to rebel against me!

After entering the training hall, Mo Wen saw Kobe was sweating profusely after training. He greeted him, and Mo Wen actually saw the fighting spirit in his eyes again!
That’s right, Kobe, who hasn’t won any decent honors for a long time, doesn’t want to miss this All-Star AMVP trophy.

Although Mo Wen is a newcomer in the Western Conference, the media still predicts that if the Western Conference wins, Mo Wen will still be the most likely to win the AMVP.

Because of the Sonics' outstanding performance, Hill was deservedly selected as the head coach of the Western Conference team.

As we all know, old Hill is Mo Wen's tool. There is basically no difference between letting him be the head coach and letting Mo Wen be the head coach.

Taking into account Ray Allen and Milicic on the bench and Yao Ming in the interior, although Mo Wen doesn't have many acquaintances in the Western Conference team, these few die-hard players can already support the system with Mo Wen as the core.

Originally, the Suns' MCN combination also had three people, and Nowitzki and Nash had a good relationship, so Nash had a hope to compete with Mo Wen. However, Nash was injured before the All-Star Game, and the spot was given to McGrady. Not only did this eliminate the force that could compete with Mo Wen, but Stoudemire and Marion also had to join Mo Wen in order to perform comfortably.

If he hadn't read the report, Mo Wen wouldn't have realized that he had such a big advantage.

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Apart from Kobe, no one else in the Western Conference covets the AMVP.

Everyone felt that with Mo Wen's popularity and strength, plus his own country's New Year BUFF, this kind of script had basically no competitiveness among others.

In the training hall, Garnett and McGrady were whispering in the corner, Duncan and Yao Ming were discussing the art of three-pointers, and Marion, Stoudemire and Nowitzki were chatting with Nash who came to join in the fun.

Only Kobe was practicing alone and seriously. It seemed that this silly boy really thought that he could win honors by playing seriously.

Mo Wen found Ray Allen and Milicic and joined Yao Ming and Dai Dai's three-point discussion group. As a decent person, he would not mention AMVP or something like that openly.

Compared to the lazy Western team, the Eastern team really practiced coordination.

Ironically, with Mo Wen as a common enemy, the East team showed even closer unity than last year when Mo Wen was the bond.

However, the unity was not absolute. Bosh, who claimed that he and Mo Wen were irreconcilable, would occasionally find opportunities to inform Mo Wen.

Ever since Mo Wen avenged Tiangua for him, Mo Wen has become his beloved friend again.

The biggest star performer invited to this year's All-Stars is Celine Dion, but Mo Wen feels that this is a bit perfunctory for Las Vegas.

Although Celine Dion sounds like a big star, she is actually just a regular resident singer in Las Vegas. She has signed a contract with the concert hall at Caesars Palace and will perform 200 shows there a year.

This year's All-Star Game also set a record, with players from all 30 teams participating.

However, this record is not based on the players, but on the cheerleading team. Because the Celtics finally have a cheerleading team, this year's All-Stars finally gathered 30 cheerleading teams to perform together.

When the players came on the court one after another, surprisingly, the most popular player among the fans was not Kobe, James or O'Neal, but Marion.

Because Marion was a college player at UNLV, this arena was once his home court.

In the NBA, it is common to see home fans turning against the visiting team. Most of the time, it is not because the visiting team's players perform well, but because those players once played in the university of this city.

People generally have a higher level of recognition for college players than for NBA stars.

Ray Allen and Wade have had some competition. A few years ago, when Wade was still playing at Marquette University, he and Ray Allen, who was still with the Bucks, shared the same home court. At that time, Wade's popularity in Milwaukee was higher than Ray Allen's...

After the game started, the Eastern team showed greater aggressiveness. Looking at their pressing and defensive positioning, it seemed like they were not here to participate in the All-Star Game but to participate in the playoffs.

Mo Wen, who had anticipated this, did not show mercy and shamelessly pulled out Yao Ming and Duncan to cover for him. He made consecutive three-pointers, which prevented the Western team from falling behind by too much.

After that, Kobe, who was not targeted much, used his beautiful fadeaways to help the Western team tie the score.

Seeing the two best teammates he had ever worked with constantly scoring from the outside through pick-and-roll, O'Neal could no longer sit still and surprisingly chose to defend.

(Wade: They are the best, so I should leave?)
But his outward expansion effect is really touching.

Not only did he not play any role in switching defense, but he also used his body size to block his teammates who were chasing him.

O'Neal moved out to defend for a few rounds, and Bosh's eyes changed when he looked at him.

Yo, let’s go together, the king of heaven and the tiger of earth!
O'Neal's abstract performance did not stop there. On the offensive end, he broke the All-Star center's blocked shot record in just 10 minutes.

However, it was not blocked by a player from the Western team, but he himself was blocked by the rim.

Maybe he felt that yesterday's dunk contest was too boring, or maybe he wanted to prove that sharks can still jump out of the water. He did the pull-up and windmill dunks, but the earth's gravity was too strong. Every time, before he could finish the dunk, his wrist would have fallen below the basket.

Duncan: Do you know about the big windmill on the spot?
After showing off his three-point shooting at the opening, Mo Wen did not continue his personal performance, but distributed the ball selflessly.

There is no garbage time in the All-Star Game. Mo Wen is not worried about not being able to get good stats. Wade, James and Billups are always eyeing him covetously, and it is obvious that they want to defend him with real weapons. Mo Wen has no reason to fight with them right away.

There are even more selfless people than Mo Wen. After scoring two goals and grabbing a rebound, Garnett directly asked to return to the bench.

It’s not that he’s not feeling well, it’s mainly because the Timberwolves’ performance this year really makes him lack the courage to continue staying on this stage.

Seeing how selfless Mo Wen was, Kobe felt embarrassed to keep holding the ball. Throughout the second quarter, the best performers were actually the brothers Stoudemire and Marion.

Stoudemire and Marion did not expect that there would be someone in the world who had the same tacit understanding with them as Nash. Mo Wen seemed to know them very well and could always deliver the ball to them at the right time and in the right place.

You have to know that Nash also spent some time getting used to them, understanding their abilities and shooting habits, and slowly developing a tacit understanding.

No wonder some people say Mo Wen is better than Nash. As opponents, they can have such tacit understanding. If he became their teammate, wouldn’t he be able to take off?
"Nice dunk, Amare." Nash on the sidelines, like Cuban, cheered loudly for his teammate's outstanding performance.

Stoudemire glanced at Nash and suddenly felt a little ashamed.

Steve has been so good to me, but I still have such unreasonable thoughts. Bah, I am a piece of shit!
But, but, Mo does smell so good!
In the first half, the two teams were tied at 77:78.

In the second half, the seriousness of both sides rose to another level.

The Eastern team used a big move to replace the players with the strongest athletic ability and defense in Billups, Wade, James, O'Neal, and Howard.

They have raised their defense to a higher level. In terms of tacit understanding, they cannot match last year's Pistons lineup, but in terms of talent, they are more torturous than the Pistons in last year's All-Star Game.

But the West also had a way to deal with it. Hill directly replaced the three players of the Supersonics plus Yao Ming, and then replaced Nowitzki to play the No. 3 position.

Directly set up a three-point formation and shoot out stars.

Mo Wen is responsible for breaking through and pulling the formation with his personal ability or pick-and-roll, while others wait to shoot three-pointers or look for opportunities to cut directly to the basket.

Because except Yao Ming, the others have good ability to break through with the ball, and this star among the four stars can even change at any time.

Old Hill also experienced the joy of his peers coaching All-Star teams. There are so many cards that it is a good system to just play them casually.

So how did Larry Brown lead the US team and fail to win a medal?
Mo Wen scored 10 points in just half a quarter, pushing his score to 20 points.

He also contributed an impressive left-handed sky hook from beyond the three-point line.

Because of the main camera angle at the time, Mo Wen's hook shot didn't look like a hook shot, but rather like the back-to-the-basket shot that mascots often do.

Kobe was a little nervous. In the 90 All-Star Game, Jordan and Barkley both scored 17 points, but the AMVP was given to the losing team's Magic Johnson who scored 22 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Since then, there has been an unspoken rule in the AMVP selection that one must get 20 points.

But the score between the two sides was not far apart, so Kobe couldn't be too willful.

Yes, Kobe always knows the right way to play, and he will use the right way to play when necessary.

In the fourth quarter, Mo Wen rested for half a quarter. When the Eastern team saw no red names, they returned to their normal All-Star performance mode.

But Stoudemire became the focus, and although he usually didn't know what defense was, he suddenly became tough.

James wanted to throw the ball to the basket and then dunk it. In this situation, everyone should have given him space to perform, but for some reason, Stoudemire got carried away and blocked his way.

Being hit suddenly, A-Zhan, who was working in the air, almost fell head over heels. Fortunately, "The Longest River" was strong enough. He rolled on the ground and stood up without any serious injury. He was even able to give Xiao Si a fake smile.

In the next round, Stoudemire made Arenas fall to the ground because of a clumsy chase-down block.

From a certain perspective, Stoudemire is still very talented on defense.

Just when the East was somewhat angry and wanted to use similar intensity on Mo Wen, the referee took action. Referee Javie, who met Mo Wen during the day, sent Mo Wen to the free throw line three times in a row.

Kobe thought the referee was biased towards the Western team, so he made some big moves on offense, but was immediately called for a foul by Javie.

As expected, even in Las Vegas, the NBA remains as fair, just and open as ever!

Looking at the somewhat angry Kobe, Mo Wen shook his head helplessly. When the Eastern team was shooting free throws, Mo Wen even took a special look at the data sheet of the statistician.

Sure enough, he had two more assists than he counted.

Hey.

The referees, statisticians and teammates are all my people. What do you have to fight me?

At the end of the game, the Western team won 155:146. Mo Wen scored 28 points, 9 assists and 4 rebounds, and won the AMVP with a unanimous vote. He actually won the All-Star MVP three times in a row for the first time!

"What kind of relationship do you have with Stern in private? Michael Dunk didn't even get the same treatment as you!" Wade punched Mo Wen with jealousy.

"If you believe me, you can call me dad, then you will have a relationship with him." Mo Wen ignored Wade's disrespect and put his arm around his neck and touched his head.

"Fuck you, bitch!"

(End of this chapter)