Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 309 Can the Cavaliers break the record?
On Valentine's Day, February 2, the day before the All-Star Game, Wu Di's private plane just landed at Houston Intercontinental Airport when he received a call from Harden:
"Man, I'm booking a reservation at the Houston Dream nightclub today, come and celebrate Valentine's Day with me!"

Wu Di was delighted. This nightclub called "Houston Dream" was Harden's favorite nightclub. He fell in love at first sight until he retired his jersey!

But Wu Di declined:
"Brother, it's too late to make an appointment. Let's wait for another day! ...By the way, I just asked the boss to give you a Platinum Ace of Spades suit. Have fun!"

He doesn't really like this kind of local place, especially after his taste has developed. Before, he had the excitement of being caught under the age of 21. Now that he is over 21, he has completely lost the feeling.

And he didn't come to Houston alone, he also brought Kendall Jenner...and a group of Kardashian family members!

Not only Kim, Khloe, Kylie, and Cody, but also Kanye, Odom and other card-carrying sons-in-law...

In fact, it was Kanye who asked Wu Di to fly the whole family over on a private plane!

Wu Di did not refuse. After all, it was a favor from Kanye, and he also wanted to observe the magic power of the Kardashian family up close.

This observation doesn't matter. The people in this family are completely different from the clowns and horse-catchers in his impression. Whether it's Sister Kim, Khloe or Kim's little sister Kelly, they are all very warm and friendly. They handed Wu Di blankets and water along the way, much better than the flight attendants. The service is even more attentive!
Just doing this is not a big deal. These people are also very good at telling stories. They told the history of the Kardashian family without reservation, from the Kardashian father's business to the famous Simpson murderer. case, and then to Sister Jin carrying a bag and pinching Hilton's feet, and starting to imitate the video incident and became famous...

The energy displayed throughout is quite admirable, the contrast is huge!
Wu Di almost became a fan of this family. Until Harden called to invite him to hang out, Jenna suggested to Wu Di, "Why don't you go? Don't let your friends see the joke"!
Wu Di suddenly woke up completely.

One thing to say is that Harden's phone call was actually quite unpleasant to his senses. Even the sexually unrequited Anne Hathaway would have frowned upon hearing this and called him crazy.

But Jenna pretended to be generous and suggested that Wu Di go fool around?

Is this a joke for friends?
This is simply connivance!

It is conceivable that when Wu Di goes to Harden's side, he will definitely cross the line. After all, he is going to fool around. When he comes back, he will inevitably feel some guilt for Jenna, and Jenna will cling to this guilt and go even further...

If things go on like this, they may end up like TT, who went bankrupt and knelt in front of Kohler to admit his mistakes!
The routine is too deep!

Fortunately, Wu Di has seen countless women, otherwise he would have been fooled by just shy of [-] million!
He looks at Kanye with some sympathy now. He only needs to show his face to Jenna for a while. Kanye will probably be eaten for the rest of his life...

At dinner time that day, Kanye gave Kim a dove egg diamond ring, while Odom gave Khloe a diamond necklace. It is conservatively estimated that the value of both gifts is more than $30.

Wu Di once again lamented that the Kardashian family really understands human nature. Odom will have no ball to play next year, and he is still comparing gifts with Kanye!

He also prepared a gift for Jenna, a BOSE speaker.

When he took it out, everyone was stunned. With Wu Di's worth, it was easy to give a gift worth millions of dollars, but now he took out a speaker worth several hundred dollars?
"This speaker... has a very exquisite shape!"

Kanye came out to smooth things over, but was kicked under the table by Sister Kim.

Sister Jin could still restrain herself, but when Khloe saw her younger sister Jenna pouting, she could no longer control her tone and sarcastically said:

"It's been a long time since I've seen such a talented person in the world. The speakers in our house are all from B&O..."

But Kris, the patriarch of the Kardashian family, coughed slightly:
"Wu Di must have put a lot of thought into choosing this gift. Kendall, why don't you thank your boyfriend quickly?"

She had done some research. After Megan and her widowed sister gave birth to a child for Wu Di a few days ago, Wu Di directly gave Megan tens of millions of dollars to buy Netflix options, and gave his widowed sister a brand new Gulfstream. Planes are extremely generous!
Now I only give Kendall an ordinary speaker, maybe it will be a test!
Jenna reluctantly thanked her, but Wu Di smiled and said:
"Not only the appearance, but the sound quality is also quite good. The treble is sweet, the midrange is accurate, and the bass is powerful. You will think of me when you listen to music in the future!"

"By the way, Kendall, didn't you prepare a gift for me?"

Jenna's expression was stagnant. She just wrote a greeting card to Wu Di. How could she have thought that Wu Di, a billionaire, still needed gifts?
But... maybe Wu Di really doesn't care about material things. After all, with so much money, he can have anything, so what he pursues is feeling and intention, but she ignores these...

Everyone was completely speechless. Kanye and Odom, as if they had been prompted, turned to look at Kim and Khloe, but the expressions on their faces made them swallow and stop asking questions.

"Huh? You're not prepared...it's okay, you are the best Valentine's Day gift!"

Wu Di pretended to be indifferent, but his tone was somewhat troubled.

Jenna repeatedly said that it was her fault and that she had forgotten too many things, and she would fill it in for Wu Di later...

This?
The Kardashian family looks at each other with big eyes and small eyes. This routine is so familiar that I feel like I have seen it somewhere before?

In the evening, Jenna felt guilty, so she put on fishnet stockings, a leather skirt and a chain to let Wu Di have a good time.

February 2th is the first day of the All-Star Game, with the Masters Game and the Rookie Challenge.

In the Masters Game, Wu Di, who was wearing a leopard-print suit, served as the head coach of the Eastern Conference, and Harden, who wore a snake-print suit, served as the head coach of the Western Conference. From the exaggerated looks of the two, we knew that this was a show similar to WWE.

The Eastern players are actor Nick Cannon, Grammy winner Ne-Yo, "Hunger Games" star Josh Hutcherson, sprinter Usain Bolt, actor Tris Jenkins and others.

The Western Conference players are comedian Kevin Hart, celebrity Dikembe Mutombo, celebrity Clyde Drexler, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and others.

Bolt's appearance in the Masters this time was a special response to Wu Di's gold medal win in the London Olympics. He sprinted up and completed a dunk, and made the iconic "shooting the moon" action.

However, before he finished, he was whistled for walking by the referee, which made the audience laugh.

There are many similar shots, such as Mutombo pulling to the outside to attack, Kevin Hart grabbing rebounds like a chihuahua, Wu Di telling the players, "Just shoot, don't worry about the opponent's defense, you will definitely score", etc. .

After the fun-filled Masters Tournament, there was the Rookie Challenge.It was still divided into O'Neal's team and Barkley's team like last year's competition system. O'Neal wanted to avenge last year's Rookie Challenge, so he chose Irving first, and Barkley chose Anthony Davis.
Barkley defeated O'Neal by a big score in last year's Rookie Challenge, which made O'Neal mad. But good things come in pairs. In this year's Rookie Challenge, O'Neal was defeated again, leading by 20 points before the first half was over!
Although O'Neal selected Irving, Lillard, Klay Thompson and others, Barkley's second-year blue-collar Kenneth Faried suddenly broke out and shot 10 of 10 from the field!
However, O'Neal's team, which was left far behind by its opponents, had no pressure and did not defend at all. Anthony Davis, the thick-eyed team of Barkley, seized the opportunity to grab offensive rebounds twice in a row and slam dunk!
Barkley's team turned the game into a dunk show, and O'Neal's team naturally refused to fall behind. Irving and Parsons connected for an alley-oop dunk. The latter was a good-looking power forward from the host Rockets. The audience immediately burst into enthusiasm. The cheers!
Just like that, by the time the Rookie Challenge ended, Barkley's team had defeated O'Neal's team 163-135 for two consecutive years, and also broke the rookie single-game scoring record!

On the second day of the All-Star Game, the first was the skills competition. Wu Di also signed up to participate, but it was just for fun and there was not much hope of winning. After all, his passing attribute was less than 90.

Although it is difficult to win the championship, Wu Di will not back down like Lao Zhan, flaunting himself as a dunk master but not participating in the dunk contest.

Jordan has made embarrassing records in the three-point shooting competition. The important thing is to participate. It is always fun to try and have fun.

At the beginning of the game, Wu Di was the first to appear. He first made a layup and made steady progress. Then he quickly dribbled the ball to the passing point. The first pass, the basketball deflected and popped out. The second pass, successful!
The second passing point was a success!
The audience's cheers couldn't be suppressed. Wu Di came to the shooting spot and easily hit the shot, and then went for a layup!

The final time was 31.1 seconds!
The audience burst into violent cheers. Last year, this number of seconds would have ensured the finals!
And if Wu Di can successfully win the Skills Challenge Championship, he will be the first player to win the slam dunk contest, three-point shot contest, and Skills Challenge all-around championship at the same time!
However, this year's All-Stars are particularly star-studded. Several other players came on stage. Holiday 29.3 seconds, Jeremy Lin 35.8 seconds, Tony Parker 48.7 seconds, Lillard 28.8 seconds, Jeff Teague 49.4 seconds...

Among them, Pigman Holiday and cousin Lillard both finished within 30 seconds. Wu Di regretted not making it to the finals.

In the final stage, Holiday's time was 35.6 seconds and Lillard's time was 29.8 seconds. As a rookie, Lillard won the skills challenge championship!
The exciting challenge has passed, and what follows is an even more brutal three-point shooting contest.

"Today's finale is taking place first. If Irving can win the three-point shooting contest, then the Cavaliers will win the championship for the third time in a row!"

Host Kenny Smith said with emotion.

"Yes, if it can be achieved, it will be the first team in history to win three consecutive three-point shooting contests! It's unbelievable!"

Another host, Reggie Miller, patted Kenny Smith on the shoulder:

"But I estimate there will be a lot of pressure. Stephen Curry and Ryan Anderson will both put pressure on Irving..."

At the beginning of the game, Paul George scored 10 points, Steve Novak scored 17 points, Irving played solidly and scored 19 points, Curry was upset and only scored 17 points, Ryan Anderson scored 18 points, and Matt Bonner scored 19 points!
Matt Bonner and Owen reach the finals!
Matt Bonner is the long-man shooter of the Spurs. He came to participate because of Love's championship last year. Unexpectedly, he reached the finals in his first competition!
In the final, Matt Bonner went one step further and scored 20 points, but Irving exploded and scored 23 points to end the game!
Cheers erupted from the scene, they had just witnessed history!
"Congratulations to the Cavaliers! Starting from Wu Di winning the Three-Point Shooting Contest in 2011, to Irving winning the Three-Point Shooting Contest this year, they have won the Three-Point Shooting Contest for three consecutive years!"

Kenny Smith took the lead in applauding. Although he lost all the rings because of Wu Di, the Cavaliers defeated him!

"In the foreseeable future, the three-pointer will play a greater role in the league!"

Reggie Miller added with a laugh.

Compared with the exciting Rookie Challenge and Three-Point Contest, the Slam Dunk Contest lacked excitement. There were no superstars on the field. In the end, the unknown Terrence Ross won the Slam Dunk Contest.

How sad the fans were about this result can be seen by looking at the trending searches on Twitter. The replay of Wu Di's over-the-top dunk turned out to be a trending topic!

This is sour for some secretaries. They deliberately smeared Wu Di's actions as suspected of racial discrimination. They once again hyped Wu Di's yellow skin and should not cross black and white people.

However, it didn’t cause much trouble. After all, Wu Di was a volunteer on site at the time, and there were many Asians in it. In addition, since Wu Di won the championship, black people did not dare to mess around for fear of being said to be losers. , it did not have much impact.

When some secret agents saw this, they naturally became angry in various ways, but it was the All-Star game that followed that made them furious.

As the head coach of the Eastern Conference, Scott only allowed James to play for 22 minutes!

The time is not even as good as the substitute player Irving!

The Western Conference led in the first four and 10 minutes of the game, but the score was quite close. The Western Conference's maximum lead was only 9 points, not double digits at all.

With 4 minutes and 10 seconds left in the game, the Eastern Conference trailed 124-127. Melo Anthony scored 5 points in a row to tie the score. Wu Di then blocked Paul for a layup. Anthony quickly dunked again and succeeded. The troops lead 131-129!

Kobe stood up and scored a strong mid-range shot to tie the score, but then Paul George hit two three-pointers in a row, directly repelling the Western Conference's counterattack, and then Anthony hit another three-pointer to make up for it, helping the Eastern Conference to 144-137. Secure the victory!

At the end of the game, after voting by fans around the world, Melo Anthony was awarded the 30 All-Star Game MVP with 6 points, 1 rebounds and 2013 assist.

Anthony's smile is sweeter than a melon. This is the biggest honor he has received in his career so far!
Moreover, it is the first time for Anthony to completely crush Lao Zhan in such an important game!
The fans were excited, but the James fans were furious. They pointed the finger at the All-Star coach Scott, accusing Scott of only allowing a superstar like James to play for 22 minutes!

But James did give him face. His shooting percentage was as low as 18 of 7. Scott said calmly that James was not in good condition that day. His words almost choked James.

After the All-Star Game, the trade deadline came soon. Various big deals were made in the offseason, but the trade deadline was a bit quiet.

The biggest player is just the past Lightning Leandro Barbosa, who was traded by the Celtics for Jordan Crawford.

The Thunder sent Eric Maynor in exchange for a trade exception worth $220 million and the rights to sign 2007 rookie Giorgio Printezis.

The Heat sent Dexter Pittman, a 2013 second-round draft pick and some cash to obtain a trade exception, which was needed to balance the previous Howard trade.

It is said that the Heat secretly put Howard on the shelf, but no one took it!
His previous conflict with James could only be described as a slap in the face. Many team managers were watching. No one wanted to make a premature bet and wait for the Big Three to disintegrate at the end of the season.

The Cavaliers are completely silent and their lineup is very healthy!

Fans all over the world are waiting for a question, that is, can the Cavaliers break the Bulls' historical record of 72 wins in the regular season?

Although this is a record that seems impossible to break, the Cavaliers' current record has reached 49 wins and 6 losses, ranking first with a winning rate of 89.1%.

And if this winning rate can be maintained, by the end of the game, the Cavaliers' record will reach at least 73 wins!
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