super legend

Chapter 456 Playoffs!
The 2008 NBA All-Star Game was played at the New Orleans Arena, home of the Hornets in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the first time New Orleans hosted an All-Star Game and the city's first since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Hold professional competitions.

On February 2th, all-star players from the east and west gathered in the arena, and the sidelines were also full of stars.

Before this, there have been rookie contests, three-point contests and slam dunk contests. The last slam dunk contest was hailed as the most exciting slam dunk contest in history. Sun Zhuo also established the best slam dunk contest in history in one fell swoop. King's position.

And this slam dunk contest, although not as good as the previous one, is also very entertaining, especially the performance of Dwight Howard, which conquered the audience.

He is the champion of this year's slam dunk contest. From the first dunk, he has shown his super talent and amazing creativity. Charles Barkley said in the commentary that Howard's creativity is the same as that of Sun Zhuo. Level, and the talents of the two of them in terms of creativity are at least one level higher than other players.

Howard's first dunk was from behind the rim, and then his body was behind the rebound, but he caught the ball and dunked with a big windmill. If you look at it from the front, you can't see Howard's head at all, only a thick arm looping around Hit the rim, it's a perfect dunk.

Howard's second dunk was also a full-score dunk. This dunk caused a sensation before it started. When Howard took off his jersey, he revealed Superman's clothes. He turned into a superman general The ball was smashed in, and everyone on the scene was extremely excited.

Howard's third dunk was equally astonishing. He first threw it high to the basket, and then caught the rebound. He hit the ball with his left hand on the backboard first, and then caught the rebound and dunked with his right hand.

The last dunk was relatively not too amazing, and it was also a goal that relied more on creativity.

On the court, as the starting center of the Western Conference All-Star and the newly promoted slam dunk contest champion, Dwight Howard is very active. These Western Conference All-Star teammates standing beside him include Allen Iverson, Carmelo Anthony, Tim Duncan, Yao Ming, Boozer, Nash, Nowitzki, Chris Paul, Roy, Stoudemire, David West, Kobe Bryant is the top ticket in the West, but he did not participate in this game due to injury.

"How do you want to dunk today? Tell me in advance, and I will pass the ball to you." Iverson looked up at Howard, who was very active. Howard transferred from the East to the West, and had a lot of conversations with these new teammates. .

"Haha, thank you, Allen, let's see how Sun Zhuo on the other side does the dunk. After he finishes dunking, I want to respond to him with the same action." Howard laughed. Howard also valued the relationship between him and Sun Zhuo in this game. Personal duel, because the All-Star Game is a stage that compares performance with creativity. When it comes to creativity, no one present can compare with Sun Zhuo and Howard.

"No problem." Iverson smiled and high-fived Howard.

This year's Eastern Conference players are not so active. This is not the same as the past few years. Before that, the Western Conference was dull, but the Eastern Conference was active, because the Eastern Conference players are very young, and they are concentrated in the 03 and 04 generations. They have private relationships with each other. All are good, but this year's Eastern Conference, Howard left, and O'Neal was not selected as an All-Star for the first time in 15 years. These two players are very active.

Furthermore, Garnett and Ray Allen joined the East and were selected as All-Stars with Pierce. Rivers is also the coach of the East. The East seems to be dominated by the Celtics. Garnett is a very serious player. He was also the ticket king of this year's All-Star Game, and Sun Zhuo lost the title of All-Star Game ticket king for the first time.

Fortunately, Sun Zhuo also has two old friends, Wade and James. The three of them gathered together, which is obviously a different small group from the three of Garnett.

After the game started, Sun Zhuo started with Wade and James. Garnett's two partners were both substitutes, so he couldn't control the scene by himself. The East is still dominated by Sun Zhuo.

In the west, because Kobe didn't play, Anthony is not as popular and capable as Howard, who is now in the limelight, so the western style of play is biased towards Howard.

Wade, Sun Zhuo, and James are all representatives of super talent, and they are also players who can finish the ball at the basket in the fastest time. Together, the three of them are really invincible. Once one of them completes the steal , you don’t have to think about chasing and defending, no one can catch up to the speed of the three of them.

James steals the ball first and quickly passes the ball to Wade. Sun Zhuo also starts to run quickly. Wade quickly hits the basket and hits the basketball on the backboard. Sun Zhuo catches the rebound and turns his back to the basket. Glide dunk.

This kind of cooperation is just a routine cooperation operation of the three people of the 03 generation. What is surprising is that after Sun Zhuo dunked, in the next round, the West team and Iverson even gave Howard an alley-oop. Howard Also played with an identical back buckle.

"He seems to be imitating you." James said to Sun Zhuo.

"That's called provocation, why don't you show him something powerful?" Garnett, a teammate, also looked at Sun Zhuo.

Sun Zhuo didn't answer Garnett. He knew that because of the conflict between Artest and Pierce, Garnett still hated him and Artest.

Sun Zhuo didn't want to target Howard too much, maybe because it was too easy to win him. Just a free throw line for a dunk from the free throw line or a dunk with a crotch in the air, and Howard lost. Also as the champion of the slam dunk contest, Howard Although he got a lot of full marks for his actions, he is still not at the same level as Sun Zhuo.

"Since Howard wants to imitate, let's do some actions that he can imitate." Sun Zhuo knew Howard's character as a big boy, and Howard just wanted to prove that without Sun Zhuo, he could become better.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Zhuo received the pass from Wade and got the ball in the air. Instead of dunking the ball directly into the basket, Sun Zhuo first pulled the ball down, there was a pause in the air, and then lifted it up for a dunk.

Howard also smiled after seeing it: "It turned out to be this action."

Howard knew such an action and could do it himself.

Soon, Howard and his teammates in the west signaled with their eyes, asking them to send him such an lob whenever they had the opportunity, and Sun Zhuo also communicated with Wade at this time.

"Break his ball." Sun Zhuo whispered in Wade's ear, and Wade also guessed what Howard was going to do next.

When the basketball was thrown high to the basket, Howard got the ball with one hand, and when everyone watched Howard dunk, Wade had quietly come behind Howard, and when Howard just imitated Sun Zhuo to pull the basketball down, pop, Wade Jumping out like lightning, the basketball was cut off quickly and accurately. When Howard raised his arm, he realized that the basketball was no longer in his hand.

"Sun!" Wade quickly passed the ball to Sun Zhuo outside the three-point line.

At this time, Anthony reacted quickly, blocking Sun Zhuo at the first time, preventing Sun Zhuo from launching a fast attack.

Sun Zhuo jumped up to catch the ball, and when he was in the air, he started to turn directly, his body circled around Anthony, and then threw the ball forward from Anthony's back with his low hand.

At this time, James had already strode across the midfield, received a pass from Sun Zhuo, and glided to the free throw line for a dunk!
From the steal to the final dunk, it only took three seconds.

"The combination of Dwyane Wade, Eric Sun and LeBron James is really terrible. They are the most terrifying fast-break trio in the world. If they are on the same team, the scene is really not dared. Imagine."

Howard was very depressed. Only then did he realize that Sun Zhuo's dunk was deliberately set for him. If Howard really wants to compete with Sun Zhuo, it will not only be a competition between the two of them in terms of ability and creativity, but also a competition between teammates. Howard's teammates in the West seem to be really incomparable with Wade and James.

Even Garnett was worried: "If our Celtics will dominate the league for the next few years, there is no guarantee that the three of them will not unite in order to defeat us!"

If these three people are combined, even without three, even if it is only two of them, and then randomly matched with an All-Star center, it will definitely be more powerful than the Celtics' Big Three.

Rivers, the coach of the Eastern Stars, watched these three people display their talents to the fullest, and was very envious in his heart, but at this time he went to the bench and said to Paul Pierce: "Don't be affected by their performance, you come here It’s just for relaxation and leisure, there’s no need to take it too seriously, you know?”

Pierce was elbowed badly by Artest before, and it was not long after his comeback. Coach Rivers didn't want Pierce to work too hard.

"I know, coach." Pierce is a player who refuses to admit defeat, but at this time, he can only endure. The All-Stars are not his stage, but Sun Zhuo and James' stage. But in the playoffs, it's different up.

"When it comes to the playoffs, I will kill you one by one!" Pierce sat off the court, looking at Wade, James and Sun Zhuo, feeling jealous in his heart.

This year's All-Star Game, without Kobe, McGrady, and O'Neal, Sun Zhuo played very boringly. Howard, who wants to compete with Sun Zhuo, is not qualified enough.

In the end, the West team won the ball, and Carmelo Anthony, the melon with the most points, won his first AMVP.

After the All-Star Game, the teams began to compete for the rankings in the playoffs. McGrady was definitely the most outstanding player who was not selected for the All-Star Game that season. After the All-Star Game, he led the team to help the Rockets win 22 consecutive victories. At the beginning, McGrady also averaged 30+ per game, and many times 40+. In the regular season MVP rankings, McGrady was also promoted to the top four in the end.

Of course, McGrady questioned the safety of New Orleans when facing the media, and has long said that even if he is selected, he may not necessarily go.

This is a pity for Sun Zhuo, because in his previous life, McGrady was selected as an All-Star for the last time in 07, and he will never be seen again on the All-Star stage in the future.

This made Sun Zhuo feel emotional. He remembered that when he participated in the All-Star Game for the first time, McGrady was in the limelight and was the most popular player in the All-Star Game. Everyone was looking forward to his performance. In just a few years, He has been replaced.

For the next month or so, while Sun Zhuo led the team to the rankings, he went to the Superstar Challenge. Kobe's 82 points in a single game and Iverson's 60 points in a single game were both completed by Sun Zhuo. The number of training card fragments has also increased from 2 to 8. You can exchange for another special training card just waiting for new stars to appear in the Superstar Challenge.

This season, Sun Zhuo does not have enough competitiveness to compete for the MVP of the regular season. Sun Zhuo's personal data is still unmatched in the league. His personal points and average dunks per game, including the number of three-pointers in a single season, are all in the league. , but the Magic record is not good enough, and Sun Zhuo has won the regular season MVP twice in a row, everyone is more inclined to change this year.

Kobe and Paul are the two most fierce competition for MVP this season.

After Gasol came to the Lakers, the Lakers became the No. 24 in the West. In fact, before Gasol came, Kobe took these shrimp soldiers and crabs to win the No. [-] in the West. Although it was less than [-] hours, the young Paul The season has shown the strength of the MVP, and James originally wanted to hit the regular season MVP this season, but he is very clear that if Kobe does not get the MVP first, James will not get it.

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On April 2008, 4, the regular season officially ended.

Sun Zhuo continued to be the scoring leader with an average of 34.6 points per game, and this season, he made 310 three-pointers in a single season, breaking Ray Allen's record of 269 three-pointers in a single season.

In the East, the Magic only ranks third in the regular season. The first is the Boston Celtics with 66 wins and 16 losses. The second is the Detroit Pistons. The fourth is the Cleveland Cavaliers, followed by the Washington Wizards and the Toronto Raptors. , Philadelphia 76ers and Atlanta Hawks.

The Magic's first-round opponent will be the Toronto Raptors.

In the West, the Los Angeles Lakers regained the No. [-] position in the West. The New Orleans Hornets are on the rise under the leadership of Paul. They have the same record as the San Antonio Spurs. The Utah Jazz are ranked fourth, followed by Houston. Rockets, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Denver Nuggets.

On April 4th, the Magic ushered in the Raptors at home and started the first game of the playoffs. The Raptors are not very strong opponents, even without Kevin Durant and Artes With Te's help, Sun Zhuo can also defeat them alone. Therefore, in this series, Sun Zhuo does not intend to solve it in a conventional way, but wants to exercise Durant's scoring ability in the playoffs.

The Raptors just think that the Magic is Sun Zhuo's team, and they only need to guard against Sun Zhuo. They don't know that it is not Sun Zhuo, but Durant who wants to kill the dragon.

"KD, in this series, I want you to average more than 25 points per game. I will keep passing the ball to you. Can you do it?" Sun Zhuo didn't say this until the first game of the playoffs was about to start. The request was brought to Durant.

(End of this chapter)