am i proud?

Chapter 257 A Full All-Star Weekend
On February 2th, early in the morning, the major media outlets rushed to publish various articles, all of which were about last night's individual competitions.

Of course, the most reported ones must be the three-point shooting contest and the slam dunk contest, especially the slam dunk contest. Many media have given this slam dunk contest the reputation of "the strongest slam dunk contest in history".

There's a small group of people still advocating for the 2000 dunk contest, claiming that it was the "best dunk contest ever" because of Vince Carter.

But this kind of view didn't cause any trouble at all. The people's eyes are sharp. Carter's class was indeed very strong, but how could his actions be compared with Wang Dalin's last night?
Carter's strongest dunk is also his first dunk - "360-degree single-arm windmill in the air"!
In the preliminaries, Wang Dalin played the "air spin 360-degree two-handed windmill", and he has firmly surpassed Carter with just this buckle.

What's more, Wang Dalin also contributed "sit button", "dragon wagging tail", "kissing the basket" and "720-degree turn". Among these four movements, except "kissing the basket" which is a little less difficult, the other three buttons are definitely enough to shock the world!

To be honest, with Wang Dalin's current jumping ability, it's still a bit difficult to complete these movements. Fortunately, he is tall and long, relying on his body advantage, he barely succeeded.

If he only has 196 cm like Zach LaVine, even if his wingspan can reach more than 210 cm, it may not be enough for him to complete such a difficult super dunk.

In the final analysis, his jumping ability of 92 can only dominate among big players. Among the real swingmen, his jumping ability is much better than his jumping ability.

Not to mention anything else, at least the jumping ability of the current "Young Zhan" is better than him, and even Jason Richardson, who lost to him in the slam dunk contest, is slightly better than him.

Fortunately, he has already won the slam dunk contest, and he has no plans to participate in such competitions in the future. The bounce of 92 is definitely more than enough in regular competitions.

This can be seen from the data.

Last season, his average rebounds per game was only 11. So far this season, his average rebounds per game has risen to 14.2, which is a significant improvement;

Last season, he averaged only 1.9 blocks per game. So far this season, this number has risen to 2.3. Although there is still a certain distance from the season's block leader, it is definitely enough to be among the top ten in the block list... Even the top five may not have no chance.

After entering the fourth season of his career, Wang Dalin has taken another solid step towards the goal of an all-round superstar, and his current statistics are even comparable to some superstars in the "ancient era".

For example, "Big O" Oscar Robertson averaged 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists per game in the peak season of his career, while Wang Dalin has averaged 33.9 points, 14.2 rebounds and 9.7 assists per game so far this season. Except that he has not yet averaged a triple-double, he is already on par with him.

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The All-Star Game was held on the evening of February 2th. In the afternoon, the Eastern and Western All-Star teams had their last symbolic joint practice... The superstars all came to enjoy the game, and few of them would really play seriously.

However, Wang Dalin noticed that Kobe had a very strong desire to win, so he deliberately cooperated with him a lot during joint training.

Of course, how could Kobe have a weak desire to win?
With Wang Dalin going all out to "feed the cake" to him, his score skyrocketed during group confrontation training.

The head coach Saunders was taken aback..."Fuck! This guy is so terrifying. If I meet the Lakers in this year's playoffs, I wonder if my 'little hard guy' can beat him?"

Seeing Kobe in such a vigorous state, Wang Dalin couldn't help showing a "fatherly smile"... "It's really worthy of being one of the strongest scoring machines in history, and it really didn't disappoint the old man who sent you so many wonderful passes!"

In addition to delivering a large number of shells to Kobe, he also passed a lot of good shots to Yao Ming, O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett and others during the group confrontation.

Due to Wang Dalin's high-position card dealing and break-through style of play, his passes are often hit the nail on the head. Once his teammates receive the ball, they are almost always in the open position... If this kind of ball is delayed by dribbling, it is undoubtedly wasteful, so almost no one would be so stupid.

That's right, Wang Dalin's goal in this year's All-Star Game is to win the assists title and break the all-star game's historical assist record in one fell swoop.

As of now (including the same in the future), the historical assist record in the NBA All-Star Game is 22 times, which was created by "Magic" Irvin Johnson in the 1984 All-Star Game.

According to the system's "All-Star Game Milestones", as long as he breaks this record, he can get a chance to draw S-level star skills for free.

Although he already has the five S-level star skills of "Meddie Dry Pull", "Touch Your Head", "Golden Rooster Independence", "Fantasy Dance Step" and "Haozhi Long Shot", but who would want too much of this kind of "high-end goods"?

而全明星赛的五项单场纪录，应该只有得分（42分）和助攻（22次）稍微现实一点，篮板（27个）、抢断（8次）和盖帽（6个）都太难了。

Some people say it's wrong, hasn't Wang Dalin already had a 30-rebound performance in a single game this season? 27 rebounds doesn't seem so difficult, does it?

You must know that this is the All-Star Game, and the defensive intensity of both sides is lower than that of the regular season, which also means that both sides will have a higher shooting percentage.

Since the shooting rate is high, isn't the number of rebounds less?

To grab 27 rebounds in the All-Star Game is probably more difficult than breaking the record of rebounds in a single game in the NBA regular season (55)... Anyway, it is almost impossible to complete, and it doesn't matter who is more difficult.

The same goes for steals and blocks...who the hell would put that kind of stats on the All-Star Game?
If Wang Dalin dared to do such a thing, he would become a public enemy in minutes... and a public enemy shared by players and fans alike!
In this way, he can only think about scoring and assists.

There is one thing to say, in fact, scoring is the easiest. After all, 42 points in a single game is not an unattainable number. He has scored 75 points in a single game in the playoffs, and he has scored 50+ in the regular season more than once.

With the defensive strength of the All-Star Game, as long as he wants to "score points" at ease, 42 points should not be difficult.

But with Wang Dalin's current situation, he really doesn't like this record.

You must know that Anthony Davis, the "brother with thick eyebrows" of later generations, can score 52 points in the All-Star Game, and Russell Westbrook, the "triple-double idiot", also scored 41 points in the All-Star Game twice.

Just breaking Chamberlain's record of 42 points seems to be nothing to brag about, and most of them will have to be broken by others in the near future.

Wang Dalin thought very clearly... If I want to break, I will break a difficult one. At least no one can break Lao Tzu's record before retiring!
I have to say that the "Magician" record of 22 assists in a single game is indeed very difficult, because until the day when Wang Dalin crossed, no one in the NBA could break this record, even Chris Paul, who was closest to this record, had only 16 assists in the All-Star Game.

Therefore, as soon as the game started that night, Wang Dalin "cut off his offensive button" and "made cakes" for his teammates wholeheartedly.

The teammates were also very good, and after receiving his pass, they attacked frequently, especially Kobe and Yao Ming, who scored in double figures just halfway through the first quarter.

Of course, he just passed the ball all the time, and he missed some good offensive opportunities. On two occasions, he was already in the point guard and didn't shoot. He still rushed to the basket and sent a wonderful pass to his teammates.

His "selfless performance" naturally aroused the audience's thoughts, and even Barkley couldn't help complaining: "What happened to Darling tonight? Does he like passing the ball so much?"

Bird also scolded with a smile: "This kid doesn't go up by himself when he has a chance, he has to pass the ball to his teammates to attack. This kind of behavior is called selflessness at a good level, but shouldn't it be called not taking responsibility if it is not good?"

Buckley immediately refuted him: "How could it be? When did King Darling dare not take responsibility? In my opinion, tonight...he just...just wanted to..."

Smith interrupted him: "I just want to be the assist king... Am I right?"

Barkley nodded helplessly and said, "That's right, it looks like he's aiming for the assist king tonight!"

Bird showed a mysterious smile and said, "I'm afraid it's not as simple as you think!"

Both Smith and Barkley were taken aback, and asked almost in unison: "What else does he want to do?"

Bird squinted his eyes and smiled: "If I'm not wrong, he should want to break Irving's All-Star Game record of 22 assists in a single game, right?"

Smith said blankly: "No way? 22 assists is not so easy to achieve!"

Barkley hurriedly looked at the statistics and exclaimed: "Fuck! Darling has 7 assists now!"

It's no wonder he was taken aback, because there are more than 5 minutes left in the first quarter, and there are still three full quarters to come. After this calculation, 22 assists don't seem to be that many?
About 7 minutes into the first quarter, Sanders made a large-scale substitution, and went straight to a five-for-five. The starting five all went off to rest, and replaced O'Neal, Garnett, Webber, Nowitzki and Artest.

Seeing this lineup, Wang Dalin couldn't help but have a toothache.

Sanders, do you have a bad taste?

Why did you come up with such a lineup?

Why don't you just leave Yao Ming and me on the court and replace Webber and Artest?
That's the real "all seven-foot lineup", right?

The appearance of the Western Stars seems scary at first glance. After all, three of the five players on the field are 213 cm or more, one is 208 cm, and Artest, the shortest, is 201 cm.

If playing basketball is just about height, the Eastern All-Star team can't beat them no matter what, but it's a pity that basketball is not only about height!

For example, in the Western Conference's current lineup, O'Neal plays at position [-], Webber at position [-], Nowitzki at position [-], Artest at position [-], and Garnett at position [-]... Although Garnett claims to be a fierce man who can "play from position [-] to position [-]", he is not a pure point guard after all.

Don't look at Garnett's footsteps seem to be very fast, Iverson wants to dribble past him, it's as simple as crossing the road in the early morning.

And Nowitzki also had a hard time playing at the third position. Whether it was Carter or Pierce in the East, he could easily break through him, without any advanced dribbling skills at all, just a simple acceleration.

Of course, the West has a height advantage. Even if the opponent can easily break through to the inside, facing the strong frame protection of O'Neal or Webber, their offense may not be so easy.

But... this is the All-Star game after all!
As long as they don't jump in and have to "show off" a juggling action like a dunk, O'Neal and the others will just turn a blind eye...protect the frame?We are just pretending!

Originally, in the first half of the first quarter, the Western Conference's starting lineup played very well, leading by double digits in just over half a quarter, but it was completely ruined by Sanders and his wonderful lineup. At the end of the first quarter, the Western Conference fell behind by 7 points.

Garnett is also a little anxious. He scored 34 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block in the All-Star Game last year. He had a good chance to win the AMVP, but was ruined by Wang Dalin and Jordan. Of course he wants to win this award when he makes a comeback this year.

Even he couldn't stand it anymore when he saw his "mentor"'s strange operation, and said directly to Sanders: "Boss, please stop playing, okay? If we continue to play like this, we will lose tonight!"

Kobe also said coolly on the side: "That's right, we can't play anymore!"

Sanders blushed and hurriedly said, "Okay, let's play hard in the second quarter!"

Since Ray Allen and Steve Francis did not make an appearance in the West in the second half of the first quarter, Sanders did not immediately change into the full starting lineup. Apart from these two, only Wang Dalin, Kobe Bryant and Yao Ming were sent.

In this way, Wang Dalin naturally returned to the fourth position, while Kobe moved to the third position.

Wang Dalin didn't care about these things. After playing, he directly shouldered the burden of the organization. The two guards "Boss Fu" and "Gentleman Lei" became the breakthrough player and the spot-up shooter respectively.

For Wang Dalin, this quarter was another wave of assists. Even in the second half of the game, Sanders replaced "Boss Fu" and "Gentleman Lei" with "Deng Dalin" and "Nabufang", Wang Dalin still sent out 8 assists in a single quarter, more than in the first quarter.

Seeing that he had sent 15 assists in halftime, Barkley finally nodded and said: "Larry, you are right. It seems that Darling-Wang is determined to break the single-game assist in the All-Star Game tonight!"

Bird smiled pretentiously: "It's normal... When did I make a mistake in judgment?"

Barkley and Smith: "…"

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In the third quarter, there were some turmoil, because the Eastern team launched a strong counterattack under the leadership of Iverson and Eddie. They played a 5:21 spurt in just 8 minutes and successfully overtook the score.

But soon, under the leadership of Wang Dalin, the western team overtook the score again with a small climax of 18:6, and opened the difference between the two sides to double digits.

In this wave of offensive frenzy, Wang Dalin finally activated his "offensive button". He succeeded in hitting O'Neal three times in a row in the middle distance, and also dunked one of the big ones.

After being dunked, "Big Brother" obviously looked a bit unhappy. If it wasn't for his brother, I really don't know how he would react... Speaking of which, although there has never been a fight in the NBA All-Star Game, there have been skirmishes.

Wang Dalin smiled apologetically at Da Ben, who grinned and punched him on the shoulder, and then they hugged gently.

After all, they are sworn brothers, how can they really hold grudges?

After this small episode, the Western team's offensive momentum became more violent, and the Eastern team gradually became unable to parry. Seeing that the game was about to enter the garbage time ahead of schedule, McGrady suddenly stepped forward and started "Rage Mode".

Faced with McGrady's unsolvable pull-up jumper, even if he is as strong as Kobe, there is nothing he can do... Whether he can make this kind of pull-up jumper does not depend on how strong the opponent's defense is, but how good his hand feels.

When McGrady's touch is overwhelming, let alone Kobe with a height of 198cm, even Wang Dalin or Garnett may be useless.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, McGrady chased the score to only 2 points with a wave of strong offense, and also allowed himself to score as many as 32 points in this game.

This time it was Kobe and Garnett's turn to worry.

Now one of them scored 27 points and the other scored 25 points, which happened to be the two with the highest score in the West.

If the Western Conference can win, both of them have a good chance of winning the AMVP... For both of them, the AMVP is still very attractive, after all, neither of them has won this honor.

So Wang Dalin immediately sent charcoal in a timely manner to the two of them respectively. The "cake" is... really impartial.

Everyone else in the east seems to be invisible, and only McGrady is struggling to support it.

Wang Dalin saw the opportunity and hit two consecutive three-pointers, once again widening the difference between the two sides to double digits.

Immediately afterwards, he sent two wonderful passes to Garnett, but unfortunately Garnett's "iron-blooded jumper" failed to make it, and Wang Dalin was so angry that he cursed secretly in his heart——

"Damn it! If I knew about it, I would have passed it on to Kobe!"

"As expected of being one of the worst MVPs in history, I'll give you a chance...you're really useless!"

Uh..."Hard Special" is of course one of the best power forwards in NBA history, but his performance in leading the team is really impressive.

Especially in the 2004-2005 season, when he was surrounded by fierce men such as "Madman" Sprewell, "ET" Kassel and Szczerbiak, he failed to even make the playoffs.

If it hadn't been for the Celtics teaming up with "Truth" and "Gentleman Ray" at the end of the peak, "Wolf King" would probably end up without a championship in his career.

So don't be impressed, the "Top Five Power Forwards in History" is entirely possible to be one of the "Most Watery MVPs"!

After learning from the pain, Wang Dalin immediately turned to Kobe as the target of "grabbing assists". Compared with Garnett, although Kobe is less comprehensive, his offensive power is definitely much higher.

Moreover, Kobe has the most offensive desire in history (this can be seen from the number of his shots), coupled with the good touch that Wang Dalin has already "raised" tonight, Kobe immediately suppressed the momentum of McGrady on the opposite side like a god descending from the earth.

With 3 minutes left in the game, Wang Dalin finally sent out his 23rd assist of the game and successfully completed his goal.

Immediately on the big screen, the highlights of "Magician"'s assists in the 1984 All-Star Game were played, and the DJ announced the news to everyone in real time... Darling-Wang broke the 20-year-old record of assists in a single game in the All-Star Game!

In the subsequent games, Wang Dalin did not "feed the cake" to Kobe, but attacked twice by himself, but he didn't know whether it was because his mentality was too relaxed, and he failed to score in these two attacks.

最后西部队以139:128击败了东部队，科比砍下34分6篮板2助攻1抢断，如愿以偿地拿到了自己职业生涯的第一座AMVP奖杯。

At the awards ceremony, Kobe thanked Wang Dalin emphatically, and he said this——

"Darling, your pass is amazing because every time I catch the ball, I have to attack immediately... I always feel guilty if I don't get the ball in! God, this is crazy. It's the first time I feel this way in a game!"

王大林本场比赛总共8投6中得到14分8篮板23助攻1抢断1盖帽，其实科比这个AMVP真的拿得很险……如果投票的记者能够更加重视助攻这项数据的话，很有可能今晚的AMVP就该颁给他了。

However, he is very satisfied with this result. After all, AMVP is only worth two A-level star skills, but breaking the assist record is an S-level star skill. It is clear at a glance which one is higher and which is lower.

Counting this year's All-Star Weekend, his harvest is really quite rich. Not only did he win three championships in a single game, but he also broke the record for assists in a single game in the All-Star Game.

After returning home that night, he couldn't wait to extract this S-level star skill. When he carefully read the detailed introduction of this skill, he was pleasantly surprised.

"The system is really trying to save face, what the hell do you want!" Wang Dalin thought to himself, "With this trick, we will definitely be able to reach the second round of the playoffs this year. Even the Western Conference Finals or the finals are not wishful thinking, right?"

The more he thought about it, the more complacent he became, and he actually laughed out loud on the sofa in the living room...

　Thanks to "xyq2005", "I'm Not Tall, Rich and Handsome", and "Fog Up Love Dissipates" for their encouragement!
　　
　
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