Legendary star

Chapter 442 The Great God Jordan Who Ended the Curtain Perfectly

On February 2003, 2, Meng Xu missed a 5-point lore at the last moment. The Pacers lost to the Los Angeles Lakers with a score of 3 to 94 in the away game, and finally ended all the games before the All-Star Game with a record of 96 wins and 37 losses. After the game, the Pacers disbanded on the spot. Larry Bird rushed to Atlanta with several players participating in the All-Star Game to participate in the upcoming All-Star Game there. It's been a rare vacation for a few days.

As the host of this year's All-Star Game, the Atlanta Hawks are very sad that no one is selected for the All-Star lineup. Whether it is the East or the West, the forward position has always been the most competitive position. Because of the "Four Power Forwards" in the West existence, so it is difficult for the rest of the players to compete with them. Although the East does not have so many powerful insiders, there are too many powerful and popular swingmen, especially Meng Xu and Carter. Unexpectedly, these two will always occupy the starting positions of the All-Stars. In addition, there are Pierce, Walker, Sprewell, Hill, and Mashburn in the Eastern Conference. Jermaine O'Neal, who served as the starting center of the All-Star, so it is difficult for the Eagles' leader Sherif Abdul-Rahim to stand out from the crowd. I am afraid that it will be difficult to return to the All-Star lineup until he retires. .As for the team's second leader, Glenn Robinson, the all-round swingman who can contribute 20+6+3 all the year round, for some reason, he is not only disliked by the league, but even the media who support him Almost nothing, Glenn Robinson, who averaged 22 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.4 steals in his rookie season, not only missed the All-Star selection, but even lost to Hill and Kidd, whose strength and team performance are worse.Glenn Robinson, who has long been an All-Star, has been in the league for 9 seasons, but he has not even made an All-Star and the best team. This year is even more so. Even the candidates for the All-Star vote Did not enter.

Under such circumstances, as the protagonist of this year's All-Stars, Michael Jordan will naturally take over for them as a landlord. In order to meet his old buddy Larry Bird, Jordan went directly to the Atlanta International Airport to pick him up. However, after seeing Larry Bird and others, the first thing Jordan said was: "Boy Meng, I never thought you would fail the lore!"

For Meng Xu, who has contributed more than 15 lore kills in four seasons in the league, the success of a lore is never news, only the failure of a lore will be news, and it is still big news. Just look at the overwhelming news today. You know the report, Meng Xu’s first lore in his career failed, and these media rushed to tell the news, especially the New York Times report, and even cried with excitement. It has even surpassed the upcoming All-Star Game.

"Michael, I'm still far behind you." After hugging Jordan, Meng Xu said something very ambiguous. Said that his achievements are far from Jordan.

"You guys are really worthy of Larry's true biography." Jordan shook his head at Meng Xu with a smile on his face, without going into the meaning of Meng Xu's words, and then Jordan said again: "Are you Most likely to surpass me!"

On February 2th, Friday, US time, the appetizer of the All-Star Weekend, the All-Star Rookie Challenge, will kick off tonight. The first-year players selected for this year's All-Star Rookie Game are: Jay Williams Gordon Girisek, Caron Butler, Drew Gooden, Amal Stoudemire, Carlos Boozer, Manu Ginobili, Dajuan Wagner Yao Ming, the No. 7 pick this season, did not receive an invitation to the Rookie Challenge because he wanted to participate in the All-Star Game.The second-year rookies selected are: Gilbert Arenas, Tony Parker, Troy Murphy, Richard Jefferson, Andrei Kirilenko, Tyson Chandler, Jamal Tinsley, Pau Gasol, and Jason Richardson, perhaps feeling sorry for the fact that the host Hawks have no All-Star players, are the two head coaches of this year's All-Star Rookie Challenge, serving as first-year head coaches Carton Fitzsimmons and second-year head coach Mike Fratello are both Atlanta natives who have coached the Hawks. In the history of the Hawks, both of them have left a strong mark.Finally, after 40 minutes of "fierce battle", the second-year team defeated the first-year team 132 to 112. Arenas from the Golden State Warriors was elected with 30 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. For this season's Rookie Challenge MVP.

"This year's rookie game is a bit disappointing." When the rookie challenge MVP trophy was awarded, Kobe, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game, said suddenly.Although today is the Rookie Challenge, it has nothing to do with Kobe and the others, but at the request of the league, all players participating in the All-Star Game, the 3-point contest, and the slam dunk contest all sat on the sidelines and prepared for the court. Cheer and cheer for these little guys on the Internet, and after the Rookie Challenge is over, the league will organize some small programs to interact with the fans on the spot. At that time, all players participating in the All-Star Game this year will be present.Meng Xu, McGrady, Jermaine O'Neal, and Iverson, who have a good relationship with Kobe, huddled together with Kobe, whispering while watching the game, and burst into laughter from time to time.

"That number 0 is pretty good." Meng Xu, who was sitting next to Kobe, applauded and tilted his head to look at Kobe.Meng Xu has a deep impression of No. 0 Arenas. This player was selected with a second-round pick after Mike Budenholzer coached the Warriors. His performance last season was relatively average. After Erze arranged for him to play the sixth man, he suddenly broke out. In 32 minutes of playing time, he averaged 18.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 5.3 assists per game. He is the best sixth man favorite this season. .On the day when the results of the All-Star voting were announced, the Pacers played away against the Warriors. Hamilton was unexpectedly blown away by Arenas. The guy shoots 3-pointers like a lunatic, whether it's one step outside the 3-point line or two steps outside the 3-point line, his shots are very decisive. In Meng Xu's view, these shots are completely X** shots, but he just can't. X** went ahead and made 3 of 11 5-pointers in the game, and most of them were shots that were one step away from the 3-point line. Meng Xu was a little out of temper.Although the Pacers finally defeated the Warriors in an away game 97 to 94 without any risk, Arenas' 38 points in a single game and 16 points in a single quarter in the fourth quarter still shocked the Pacers into a cold sweat.

"This kid is really good! I got three fouls in that game." After Meng Xu finished speaking, Jermaine O'Neal, a member of the Pacers who had experienced that tragic game, immediately added.

"Hmph, wait until the next time the Lakers meet the Warriors, let's see how I can teach him a lesson." In the first two games between the Lakers and the Warriors this season, Kobe was absent due to injury, so Kobe has no chance to play against Arenas this season. So Kobe's image of Arenas is still in the memory of last season.

"We played against the Warriors once. This kid is not weak. Although he can't guard me, I can't guard him either. Kobe, don't be too careless." Seeing Kobe's arrogant look, Iverson also opened his mouth to remind him.

"Really, you said he is so strong, I want to compete with him." After hearing what Iverson said, McGrady immediately stretched out his head, and at the same time kept both hands Rubbing, it seemed that he was really interested in Arenas.

"I'll go, you guys, he's still just a rookie, are you okay?" Seeing that McGrady and Kobe were gearing up, wishing they could make gestures with Arenas right away, Meng Xu was already doing it for Arenas. Sri Lanka prayed secretly, being targeted by these perverts, Arenas might not have a good season this season.

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Basically similar to the ordinary Rookie Challenge, the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest and the All-Star 2-point Contest held on February 8 were also disappointing. The first All-Star 3-point contest, Peja Stojako Vichy defeated Ray Allen in overtime and won this year's All-Star 3-point champion, but Peja Stojakovic's 3 points in the final also broke the record for the lowest scoring in the All-Star 15-point contest Well, even counting the 4 points gained in overtime, the score of 19 points is still a very low score in the recent 3-point contests. After the 3-point contest ended, Craig, the judge of the 3-point contest, Hodges, quipped: "If Meng had played this year, he would have won with just one hand."

The slam dunk contest after the 3-point contest is even less interesting. With Meng Xu's jewels in the front last season, both the audience and the referees have their eyes set on them. Therefore, in this year's slam dunk contest, all The 12 dunks not only did not have a full score, but did not even have a dunk with more than 47 points. In the end, Jason Richardson defeated Desmond Mason 93 to 91 and became the new All-Star dunk king.

After the DJ shouted "MJ" at the scene, Michael Jordan, the protagonist of the 2003 All-Star Game, walked out of the player channel with his arms raised high.In today's All-Star Game, the Western All-Stars of the visiting team took the lead. After the Western All-Stars, the Eastern All-Stars of the home team walked out of the player channel one by one, and Jordan was naturally the last player to appear as the finale.Today's all-star appearance ceremony was very simple. Everyone reached a consensus in advance. There were no fancy appearances. All the players walked into the field with a wave of their hands. O'Neill, when he walked out of the player tunnel, always had a very serious face.

Today's All-Star is a joyful and sad day for the entire NBA league. The joy is that today's game will be broadcast in at least 41 languages ​​by means of satellite broadcasting technology, and it will be open to 212 countries around the world. The long-awaited globalization of the NBA by David Stern and the entire NBA has taken a historic step today.Sadly, the greatest player in NBA history will hold his farewell ceremony today to basketball fans all over the world. After this season, the NBA will never see this symbolic player again Era, rulers of an era of players.

After all the All-Star players participating in today's game embraced Jordan one by one, this special All-Star game officially kicked off. After the game started, several All-Star players in the Eastern Conference were all creating opportunities for Jordan. , but maybe it was because of being too relaxed, or maybe because he was not used to this kind of basketball atmosphere. After the start of the game, Jordan missed all 7 shots, and there was even an embarrassing scene where he missed a dunk. There was a burst of laughter in the Phillips Arena, and Jordan also made 12 of 3 shots throughout the first half and only scored 6 points.

The halftime pause, the highlight of this year's All-Star Game is coming, the NBA has painstakingly planned a special farewell ceremony for Jordan, on the big screen at the scene, the highlight of Jordan's career is played, there may be countless fans at the scene It's the first time I've seen this kind of picture on TV, but today, when these highlights appeared on the big screen in the Philip Center again, the fans at the scene were still fascinated.On the temporary stage, Mariah Carey, an American diva singer, made a song (Hero), which made countless people at the scene cry, because this song sang their state of mind at this time, and this song also perfectly summed up Jordan entire career.

"MJ, MJ, MJ" When Mariah Carey finished singing and began to introduce Jordan to the audience, Jordan's name was heard uniformly throughout the Phillips Center. The atmosphere of the 2003 All-Star Game reached its climax here .

Jordan walked onto the stage with a microphone, but couldn't say anything. He pursed his lips, tried hard to control his emotions, and tried not to let the tears flow from his eyes. The cheers resounded through the Philip Center, and Jordan , drowning everyone on the sidelines.

The cheers at the Phillips Center lasted for several minutes before they stopped. After the scene quieted down, Jordan finally adjusted his emotions and said: "Now, I will take the people from Erwin Johnson, Larry Bird, Julius Owen, etc. Wait for the torch that the predecessors took over to pass on to the All-Stars on the scene today."

After the simple words, Jordan walked off the stage, high-fived and hugged all the All-Stars on the scene one by one, and then whispered in their ears, applause, and cheers resounded through the Phillips Center Arena again.

"Meng, I hope you can take over the flag in my hand and pass it on!" This is what Jordan said to Meng Xu when they embraced, and it is also Jordan's expectation and hope for Meng Xu.

After the grand farewell ceremony, the second half of the game finally started. The embarrassing thing is that Jordan's hand feeling has not improved in the slightest, but in the end Jordan still relied on free throws to break the All-Star game total score record held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

After entering the fourth quarter, both reversers took out the posture of real knives and real guns to deal with the last 12 minutes. After both sides stepped up the intensity of the game, Jordan finally recovered his touch and scored 8 points in a single quarter. Help the Eastern All-Stars lead the Western All-Stars 120-112.

Perhaps it was the players on the field who hoped that Jordan's last All-Star Game would be more complete. The Western All-Stars on the field rushed to catch up and chased the score of the two sides to 119 to 120, and there were still 27 seconds left in the game. .For Jordan, who loves lore, and the players on the field, this last offensive opportunity is naturally reserved for Jordan.

Jordan was between the top of the arc and the middle circle, constantly dribbling the ball, trying to delay the time until the last shot, and finally with the last 10 seconds left, Jordan dribbled the ball into the 3-point line, Amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, Jordan's emergency stop jump shot was blocked by Marion. Seeing that Marion was so ignorant, boos immediately rang out in the Phillips Center Arena, and even on the Eastern bench on the sidelines, even There was a burst of cursing, boos and cursing, of course, for Marion, who blocked Jordan.

"Mine!" The basketball covered by Marion rolled towards Jordan's back. Meng Xu, who flew over, directly bumped into Kobe who was trying to grab the ball, and hugged the basketball in his arms.

"MJ, catch the ball." After firmly grasping the basketball and trying to protect it, Meng Xu reluctantly got up from the ground, and passed the basketball in his hand to Jordan, who was already unguarded.

"You have fulfilled Jordan, made Jordan's farewell game more perfect, and prevented many people from becoming the target of criticism." After receiving the pass from Meng Xu, Jordan rushed to the basket in two steps and dunked with both hands. 119. Amidst the cheers, the Eastern All-Stars defeated the Western All-Stars. Just as the players on the field started celebrating wildly around Jordan, Anna said something that made Meng Xu puzzled.

(End of this chapter)