After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 212 The Race Begins

Howard is undoubtedly the biggest player in this slam dunk contest. Besides him, Gay, Moon and Gerald Green from the Timberwolves participated.

There is no doubt that the four are all spring players with super physical fitness, but except for Howard, the others have not really made their name yet.

The final result was also that after Howard and the last dunk king Gerald Green joined hands to reach the finals, Howard won the house with his "Superman Slam Dunk" and beat Green's blowing out candle dunk without any suspense. When it came to the champion of the slam dunk contest, he was successfully crowned the slam dunk king.

How should I put it, this dunk has a certain degree of difficulty, but what attracts more attention is its gimmick.

In fact, Howard even just put on a red cloak, which doesn't look like Superman in appearance. After all, he doesn't even wear underwear on the outside. What kind of Superman is he?
On the contrary, in Li Chengming's view, Green's blowing out the candles is both gimmick, technology and beauty. Howard's victory is more like a mixture of his name and Americans' love for Superman, which is somewhat better. No more martial arts.

But there is a fan vote in the rules of the slam dunk contest. Howard must have an overwhelming advantage in this regard.

And this made Li Chengming, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but start to consider the possibility of participating in the dunk contest. After all, in actual combat, in order to protect himself, it is not easy to dunk too much, but dunks are really a magic weapon to attract fans. Show it off in the dunk contest.

After all, if he wanted to play a gimmick, Li Chengming felt that he could do it too.

However, his explosive power, take-off height and air suspension are not very good, maybe we can try to strengthen this aspect in the future.

But if it's just for a slam dunk contest, it's not worth it. After all, it's getting harder and harder to earn calories now.

There have been gains for two consecutive days. For Magic fans, it is obvious that this All-Star Weekend is also very comfortable.

And Li Chengming and the others found another nightclub to continue their celebration at night. This time it was even more exciting, because both Howard and Li Chengming knew that the next day's All-Star Game was all about participating. , has nothing to do with them.

Different from rookie games and individual events, the All-Star Game brings together all the big-name stars in the league, and no one dares to say that he will be the most eye-catching one here.

If you want to become a "star among the stars" and become the MVP of the All-Stars, it depends not only on your personal ability, but also on whether your teammates are willing to fulfill it, and at the same time, it also depends on whether your opponent is willing to fulfill it.

There are many cases of being disrupted by teammates or opponents. All-Stars have had famous grievances in the past. For example, the most classic, "Smiling Assassin" Thomas and Jordan's grievances. I held a grudge in my heart, and then directly came back in the national team with a "with him but not me" revenge.

Then in Jordan's last season's All-Star Game, Thomas first "persuaded" Carter to give way to start, and then Kobe and Garnett teamed up to disrupt the situation and wiped out the All-Star MVP carefully arranged by the league for Jordan.

As for Li Chengming and Howard, they can only hug each other to keep warm.

In this All-Star Game, the "03 Gang" is obviously the most powerful, especially in the East. Because of Garnett's injury and retirement, among the five starters, the 03 Group directly occupied three of them.

And Kidd has long been indifferent to things like the All-Stars because of the team's problems, so he will definitely not get involved, basically just look at the other three people.

During the interview with the reporter on the third day, someone specifically asked Li Chengming whether the "surprise" on the All-Stars he mentioned before would not be seen until the main game.

Li Chengming can only say that he has run out of ideas in the rookie competition. As for the bright spots, let everyone find out by themselves.

How about playing "find fault" here?

But what he said is actually true. In the rookie game, he had 18 assists and many beautiful passes, and he also dunked several times. Just watching the highlights will definitely bring a lot of surprises to the fans, but this is definitely not the media. The kind of surprise you want to see.

Then soon at nine o'clock in the evening, the All-Star Game officially started, and Li Chengming was also a little inexplicably excited.

During the warm-up before the game, Dayao even ran over to greet Li Chengming, and then helped him squeeze his shoulders behind his back to relax him.

This scene actually reminded Li Chengming of how Kobe guided Dayao in the same way when he first participated in the All-Star Game.

It's a pity that the two couldn't cooperate after all...

Of course, the All-Star Kobe also came this time, but he didn't warm up with them at this time. He just rested on the sidelines. It is said that he has an injury, and it may not be too long to wait for protection.

It stands to reason that he should have to withdraw due to injury like Garnett, but it is probably to let the fans see himself, so he should come to the scene and play again.

In the East, the Celtics contributed the most to the three players. The "Big Three" were all selected for the All-Star, but Garnett was absent due to injury, and then Chris Bosh of the Raptors replaced him as the All-Star starter. , Li Chengming also filled Bosh's bench as a forward.

And Ray Allen actually entered as a substitute, replacing Caron Butler, who the Wizards withdrew due to injury.

It’s also interesting to say that when he was still in the Supersonics last year, he also replaced Iverson in the All-Star team. This year, he replaced Iverson again. It’s not luck that can explain it every time. It means that he is on the coach’s side. The impressions are not bad.

In fact, in this way, the Celtics, Magic, Pistons and Wizards all have two players selected. For the Magic, Howard is the starter, and Li Chengming is the substitute. For the Pistons, Hamilton and Billups are both selected as substitutes. The Wizards' Jamison and Butler were also selected as substitutes, but Butler withdrew due to injury.

Although Arenas was No. 5 guard in the voting round, he was as popular as Carter, who was fourth. However, due to injuries and other injuries this season, his performance was average and he was not selected by the coaches as a substitute.

The rest is "Eagle King" Joe Johnson, plus Kidd, Wade, and James in the starting lineup, this is the entire 12-man roster of the Eastern Conference All-Stars.

The coach of the Eastern All-Star team, temporarily ranked No. [-] in the Eastern Conference and the first record in the league, the Magic coach Stan Van Gundy is doing his part. This is also his personal coaching career. He is the second All-Star head coach, and he is also coaching the Eastern Conference stars. Team.

The last time was not too far away. In the 04-05 season, Van Gundy led the Heat to the No. [-] position in the Eastern Conference, and by virtue of this, he got the opportunity to be the head coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star.

And that season, under his leadership, the Heat, which introduced Shaquille O'Neal, finally achieved an impressive record of 59 wins in the regular season and entered the playoffs as the No. [-] in the Eastern Conference. negative piston.

After that, he offered to resign, saying that he wanted to leave more time for his family. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see that his power in the Heat was very limited because of Riley, whether it was signings or daily training. , Riley is suspected of being too involved in the team.

But any head coach with a bit of self-esteem can't stand this, even if he knows that if he persists for another season, he may be able to win the championship.

Sure enough, after he left, Pat Riley quickly took over the team and led the team to win the championship in the following season, which was somewhat of a peach picking.

Now that Van Gundy has come to the Magic, he has brought the Magic to No. [-] in the league in just over half a season. For him, this may not be a good opportunity to prove himself again.

In particular, to prove himself to the Heat and Riley, to prove that without Riley, he can still do a good job as a head coach.

(End of this chapter)