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Chapter 458 First Class Support

One of the hosts of this year's All-Star Game is Kevin Johnson, who has just announced his retirement.

It is embarrassing that this most outstanding type of defender in history retired due to injury when he entered the end of his career.

Kevin Johnson is very good at speaking. Three NBC anchors sit together, and he is the one who is the best at speaking.

"The attention of the All-Star Weekend has increased this year. The main reason is Michael Jordan's comeback. Of course, part of the reason is because the current NBA is developing very fast, especially the expansion speed of overseas markets, which is several times that of other leagues."

"In these years, NBA stars have appeared in a blowout style, but Jordan's performance is still the most eye-catching among them. Jordan, who has not played back on the court for two years, can still contribute an average of 25+5+5 per game. He is indeed a real peak powerhouse."

Kevin Johnson talked eloquently, and the other host who partnered with him is also an acquaintance in the eyes of many NBA fans. He used to be the head coach of the Warriors, PJ Carlesimo.

Carlesimo is not very good at speaking, but under the guidance of the host, he also expressed some of his views on this year's All-Star Game.

"In general, a series of activities during this year's All-Star Weekend were held with great fanfare. Whether it was the Rookie Game, the Three-Point Shootout Contest, or the Slam Dunk Contest, they all achieved good ratings, which shows that the NBA's attention is showing an upward trend. This is a league that is still in its progress."

The three sat there and chatted casually, and the camera turned to the venue.

Before the game started, there was an interview with the host, and the East and the West each selected two young balloon stars to participate in the interview.

In the east is Vince Carter, and in the west is Qin Fei.

Qin Fei was interviewed first.

The host asked him what it felt different to participate in the All-Star Game this time.

"For me, the biggest difference should be the city where it was held. You know, Washington is the city where I lived when I was in college. I won the NCAA championship here. I have all the memories of my college days here. I miss my life here very much."

While Qin Fei was talking, he lowered the camera and played a line of Qin Fei's pre-All-Star game statistics, with an average of 33.2 points per game ranking first in the league.

At the same time, the data of Qin Fei in the All-Star Game is also given. This is the third time that Qin Fei has participated in the All-Star Game in his career.

In fact, according to Qin Fei's performance, in theory, he should participate in four All-Star Games in a five-year career. However, in 99, due to the suspension of labor negotiations, the NBA did not hold an All-Star Game, so Qin Fei lost one game. Currently, he has participated in three All-Star Games in total.

"So, in fact, there are still some differences in the competition here. Last year you were the MVP of the All-Star Game. Will you still have an impact on this award this year?"

The host asked another question.

"Why not? As long as I stand on this court, I will definitely go all out. This is my consistent style of play. Everyone knows that I am a very conscientious and good player."

After Qin Fei finished speaking, he expressed his affirmation of competing for MVP.

The host got the answer he wanted to hear, and then took the microphone to interview Carter.

In addition to Qin Fei and Carter who were interviewed at the beginning, Iverson, Jordan, Kobe and other balloon stars were all interviewed, but some people were doing nothing there, and some were practicing hard and waiting for a big fight.

At the end of the interview session, in the rebroadcast camera, some highlights of the starting players' exciting games this year began to be played.

After the quick cut of the party, it was time for the lights to turn off and the players to come out.

In an instant, the whole place became pitch black.

Only some scattered flashes can be seen, twinkling like stars in the dark night.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" The DJ's generous voice sounded.

"Welcome to Washington MIC Arena to watch the 2001 NBA All-Star Game!"

Under the beams of lights, the drum performers appeared, and then there was a dazzling performance show.

The All-Stars started coming out of the set up wickets, starting with the Western Conference players.

The seven backup All-Stars for the Western Conference this year are Michael Finley, Antonio McDyess, Rasheed Wallace, Karl Malone, Gary Payton, Verratti Divac and Jason Kidd.

The seven substitute All-Stars are ranked according to seniority, and they will play in turn.

After the substitute All-Stars are gone, the starting All-Stars will play, and the first starting All-Star to play is Chris Webber.

As soon as Chris Webber came out, the audience cheered.

Webber used to play for the Washington Wizards. Although many of the fans who came to Washington today were from other places, local fans accounted for a high proportion. After seeing Webber, they immediately cheered enthusiastically.

After Webber played, Garnett played.

Then Kobe and Qin Fei played.

Qin Fei came out second to last, and the audience cheered when he came out. He came to the children at the entrance and gave them high-fives one by one.

David Robinson, as the most important veteran in the Western Conference starters, made his final appearance.

The Eastern All-Stars played as home players and were even more popular. After everyone came out, a singer ran out to offer a song, and then the lights came on, and the All-Star Game officially started.

According to Kobe's arrangement, Qin Fei ran to face Iverson.

"Isn't this the first defense player? You came to defend me yourself?"

When Iverson saw Qin Fei coming to defend him, he smiled so much that his eyes narrowed.

"That's what I said, I can't prevent you, you can come here as you like."

Qin Fei immediately made a move to show that the enemy was weak, but Kobe next to him ran over to say hello to Iverson, and glared at him dissatisfied after listening to Qin Fei's words.

What about going all out?

Qin Fei spread his hands and retreated to his own half.

Kobe was on the wing, standing with Michael Jordan, and on the other side were Garnett and Carter.

"Do you really have no outside line in the West? Every time you are the small forward."

Vince Carter was also chatting with Garnett over there, and Garnett laughed when he heard Carter say that.

Then whispered: "You mean, you think our western flank is not competitive?"

"I didn't say that." Carter thought to himself, what kind of reading ability do you have, no wonder you can't get into college.

Garnett smiled and said, "Why don't you come to the West?"

Carter laughed dumbfounded and didn't speak.

On the center line, Yao Ming and Chris Webber jumped the ball. Yao Ming looked dazed. He thought he would be playing against David Robinson. After all, David Robinson was the most suitable player for him in terms of size.

The Eastern All-Stars play at home, all wearing white jerseys, and then their respective teams have their own jerseys.

The Western All-Stars played away games, and the jerseys were of various colors. Qin Fei wore a black jersey, Kobe Bryant wore a purple jersey, and Garnett wore a green jersey.
Although there are various colors, it shows a cultural atmosphere of different teams participating in the game. Many fans can see the players they support at a glance.

Yao Ming looked tense and stiff, and his movements were different when jumping the ball, as if he was jumping ahead of time.

The Eastern team grabbed the ball.

Although they took off early, the referee didn't care. As long as this kind of exhibition game is not too excessive, there is no need to go online.

Iverson pushed forward with the ball from the backcourt. Although he was a shooting guard in the 76ers, he could only switch to a point guard in the All-Star game.

As soon as the center line was passed, he faced Qin Fei's defense.

"Clap clap."

Twice leaned over to dribble the ball at high speed, one step to the right side.

Although he is small and thin, the breakthrough is too big, and he can go a long way in one step. Qin Fei chases Iverson to the right. When Iverson breaks through, he also attracts Garnett on the flank to help defend.

In fact, there is no need to help defend. Qin Fei thought to himself.

Iverson split the ball in the middle, Jordan came out to catch the ball, faced Kobe's defense, pretended to break through, but actually rushed into the three-point line and directly made a jumper.

Kobe defended very seriously, covering Jordan's eyes with his palms.

Jordan failed to make the shot, and Qin Fei, who returned to the basket, picked up the rebound without taking off.

A major feature of the All-Star Game is that the offensive and defensive rhythm is very fast. All experienced players retreated, and inexperienced players such as Yao Ming had not had time to retreat.

He turned his head and saw that everyone around him ran away. Qin Fei, who got the rebound in the backcourt, switched extremely fast, killing half of the court in the blink of an eye.

After halftime, Garnett received the ball in the low post.

Carter defends Garnett, Garnett catches the ball and dribbles twice, then shakes his shoulders and turns over for a jumper.

Jumping together, Carter's long arm also appeared in front of him, and the degree of interference reached [-]%.

Garnett missed a jumper and bounced off the front.

Chris Webber rushed to grab the offensive rebound, and it happened to be on Garnett's side, but it was still a little far away from Garnett. Garnett bumped into the basketball, but couldn't get it back, and knocked the ball out of the baseline.

The Eastern All-Stars served in the backcourt, and Iverson advanced with the ball.

Also played a singles tactic, all of which opened up a one-on-one opportunity for Iverson. Iverson faced Qin Fei, dribbled the ball under his crotch, and swayed his shoulders to the bottom line.

Qin Fei reacted quickly and covered Iverson. Iverson rushed to the penalty area, took a big step out, and also chose a mid-range jumper.

Interferenced by Qin Fei, he missed.

The ball bounced down the middle, and Kobe, who rushed in, took off and took off the rebound over everyone's heads.

He dribbled the ball with low hands, came to the front side, faced Jordan's defense, and dribbled the ball continuously from his crotch to the front of his body.

Garnett organized the offense and gave the ball to Qin Fei.

He thought that Qin Fei would attack by himself, but in the end, Qin Fei also just made a layover and very politely passed the ball through to David Robinson, who was in a deeper position.

David Robinson leaned on Duncan, never expecting that Qin Fei would be able to squeeze the ball in.

He is also unambiguous, and he turns around and hooks directly after receiving the ball. A big center in this position hooks without strong physical contact or interference, which is equivalent to directly sending points.

Duncan held his arms high the whole time, making room with a wry smile.

Hook hit.

David Robinson opened the scoring for the Western Conference All-Stars.

As soon as someone saw a goal, there was applause at the scene.

David Robinson still has market appeal, and basically everyone knows this person.

With his goal, the two sides ran back and forth twice before the game officially entered the rhythm of an All-Star game.

It's just that until now, Dayao, who is concerned by Chinese fans, has not received the ball.

After halftime, Iverson took the initiative to call Dayao to come out for a pick-and-roll.

Dayao made a pick-and-roll for Iverson sternly. Iverson dribbled the pick-and-roll. Qin Fei bypassed Yao Ming to chase, but he was obviously still behind.

He flew to the basket, hit two points on Chris Webber's head, and the Eastern team also started to score.

Overall, Iverson in the East and Kobe in the West are the two most active players on the court.

Jordan's first scoring opportunity was only 3 minutes after the start. He made a mid-range turnaround jumper and added another stroke to his All-Star game record.

Dayao received an alley-oop pass from Iverson at the halfway mark of the first quarter, completed a dunk, and broke his personal All-Star zero-scoring record.

In fact, players who play on the court still have a steelyard in their minds. Everyone knows how many players have scored and how many players have not scored.

It is a common sense consensus to try to get every player involved to score.

The speed of the substitute rotation in the All-Star Game was also very fast. After Dayao scored two points, he was replaced by Larry Brown and Mutombo replaced him.

At the same time, Jordan on the outside also took a rest, and McGrady of the Bulls replaced him.

Kobe and Jordan fought for half a quarter, but they didn't expect Jordan to end. Just when he felt a little disappointed, he saw McGrady walking onto the court with sleepy eyes.

His eyes lit up, and he became excited again.

The two were talking to each other, and they matched up in the first wave of offense and defense.

Kobe flicked near the baseline and then turned over to shoot a jumper. McGrady jumped straight up and touched the basketball Kobe threw with his fingers, blocking the ball directly.

This ball perfectly demonstrated McGrady's physical talent.

This height, wingspan, bounce and reaction ability are perfect, and he is indeed the best guard in the league today who is good at blocking shots.

O'Neal, who was watching the game in a brown suit, was stunned, his mouth gaping.

He knew Kobe well. Before, Qin Fei could block Kobe's turnaround jumper one-on-one. He didn't expect McGrady to be so strong that he could complete this kind of defense.

McGrady is a little proud. In an earlier game, he and Kobe staged a soaring point battle.

Kobe is a respectable opponent, especially this season, he has become a superstar player.

So McGrady also wants to prove something on the court and play more seriously.

Two rounds later, during the transition between offense and defense, McGrady rushed straight to the basket.

The new Tracy McGrady is like a dragon coming out of water, extremely ferocious. This time he hit the basket for a flying dunk. He held the basketball high and put it behind his head to smash the dunk.

But it was the dunk behind his head that exposed the basketball.

When he smashed forward, he stretched out a hand out of nowhere, directly blocking his sure-fire dunk.

McGrady's hands castrated unabated, and the hanging frame shook the basketball stand.

"Wow"

Everyone at the scene was stunned. Duncan, who was behind McGrady, was dumbfounded when he saw Qin Fei flying out like a rocket to block the shot.
When McGrady landed, he smiled and shook his head. He didn't expect that this ball could be blocked by Qin Fei.

The Eastern team re-served from the bottom line, and McGrady missed the mid-range jumper after receiving the ball.

The rebound fell into Qin Fei's hands again. As soon as Qin Fei took the ball, Kobe had already crossed the half court. He quickly dribbled twice to reach the logo in the middle circle, and then directly threw the ball into the sky.

Like a quarter-point long pass, it spanned the entire half and found the No. [-] with the explosive head.

Kobe took off with both feet, caught the pass thrown by Qin Fei with both hands, and completed a slam dunk.

"What a beautiful fit!"

The friction between the two No. [-]s caused sparks, and the host exclaimed for a while. He did not expect that Qin Fei and Kobe, who are both ball-handling players, would work so well together.

According to common sense, isn't it easy for ball-handling players to have a chemical reaction when they play together?
(End of this chapter)