NBA peak

Chapter 265 Salute to the Veteran
This season's All-Star, Wade and Nowitzki are not selected through legitimate votes.

But Nowitzki and Wade have both submitted retirement reports to the team. This is their last season in the NBA.

This year's All-Star Weekend is destined to be the last dance between Nowitzki and Wade.

In view of the strong voices of countless fans, the league made an exception to change the rules for the two of them, allowing Dirk Nowitzki and Wade to play in this All-Star Game unconditionally.

Apart from the factors of historical honor, the last time Wade and Nowitzki competed on the same stage is also a game that countless old fans are very happy to see.

In the 05-06 season, Wade led the Heat to a 1-3 Finals, achieving a shocking reversal, defeating the Mavericks led by Nowitzki, and winning the final O'Brien trophy.

This pair of historically famous number one rivals has long since cleared up their suspicions.

After Wade played, he took the initiative to hug Nowitzki.

The two hugged each other with a smile and encouraged each other, which immediately made countless old fans cry.

After Wade won the championship that year, he opened a bottle of champagne and poured it on his knee from which a meniscus had been removed.And this scene of Wade is also the most memorable scene after Nowitzki lost in the finals.

Time does not wait for anyone, it only cares about moving forward.

There are always veterans leaving the field, and there are always newcomers coming out.

The players who can now appear in the All-Star game, except for James, are all younger and more powerful peak players in the NBA.

They are all descendants of these two legendary figures.

After the start of the second quarter, whether it is Antetokounmpo's captain Kunkun or James' Durant, they will take the initiative to hand the ball to these two veterans who are about to leave the league.

Just like the theme of this year's slam dunk contest, the theme of this year's All-Star Game is also a tribute.

Pay tribute to the famous feats who have contributed to the development of the NBA.

Due to the reform of the competition system, the current All-Stars are not completely confronted according to the divisions of Eastern and Western players.

In the current All-Star game, the captains of the eastern and western teams freely select candidates.

Although Wade is a player in the East, under the recruitment of James, he came to the James team in the West.

On the contrary, Nowitzki, who has been playing in the West, was picked up by Antetokounmpo and came to the Antetokounmpo team in the East.

James and Wade can play on the same team again!

Not long after he came up, James cooperated with Wade and came up with a classic full-court alley-oop.

Wade threw the ball into the air before halftime.

James, who was stuck at the basket, jumped high, and the ball fell into James' hands accurately.

James dunks with both hands!
The scene suddenly boiled.

This is the most memorable memory of the Janeway connection.

This is also the last time James and Wade used Janeway to connect on the NBA court.

The players on the field couldn't help but applaud them.

The possession of the ball was changed, and Irving started looking for Nowitzki just after halftime with the ball.

Wade and Nowitzki are facing off.

Nowitzki received the ball, Wade smiled and put on a posture, and the two wanted to fight the ball with real swords and guns.

The players pushed aside very colorfully, waiting for the final confrontation between the two.

The fans stood up together, and the fluorescent rackets of Nowitzki and Wade were held up high.

After Dirk Nowitzki hit Wade back from the mid-range, the classic Golden Rooster made an independent shot.

"boom."

Nowitzki is old after all, and the stability after the confrontation is far from as strong as it was back then.

Wade took advantage of the rebound and pushed the defense back.

The players still didn't play, and watched the two perform silently.

Nowitzki defends Wade alone, and Wade's lightning European step.

"boom."

The ball hit the front of the rim again and failed to score.

The two tugged at each other and laughed.

Now their explosive power is no longer enough to maintain a stable offense in the NBA.

After playing on the field for 5 minutes, the head coaches of both sides changed all the players left on the field.

Substitute stars who had never played before came on the field one after another.

The James team's backup small forward Leonard finally came to the court.

Ge Feng also returned to the field.

The two met again at the All-Star Game.

Now is the matchup time between Ge Feng and Leonard.

Leonard smiled and talked to Ge Feng, and the director noticed that Leonard smiled.

It seems that the relationship between Leonard and Ge Feng is really good. They have broken the boundaries of skin color, and they have come together by virtue of their love for basketball.

Leonard said in Ge Feng's ear: "I will not play fakes. No matter what the game is, I will take it seriously. I have seen your stealing ability. Come on, this game, let's see if you can defend me."

Ge Feng responded: "Okay! I just want to try, if I don't have a pick-and-roll, can I limit your scoring!"

The two gave each other fists, indicating that they were ready for a real fight in this match.

Leonard is definitely a big brother in James' bench lineup.

Teammates on the bench must listen to Leonard's command.

Leonard has many opportunities to single-handedly go forward.

On the first offense, Leonard holds the ball at the top of the arc.

Ge Feng did not leave any room for Leonard to break through.

Everyone could see that the momentum of Ge Feng and Leonard was not quite right.

From the looks of it, these two are planning to turn the All-Stars into the playoffs.

Derrick Rose wanted to bring it up to cover Leonard, but Leonard directly rejected it.

Leonard wants to single Ge Feng!
Rose shook his head and stepped back to watch the play.

Ge Feng's death entanglement was very oppressive. His hand touched the ball in Leonard's arms several times, almost directly causing a steal.

Leonard was a little surprised.

Ge Feng is different from his defensive method of only forcing but not grabbing. Ge Feng can also add the threat of stealing while constantly waving to interfere with forcing.

"Unfortunately, you are still weak. With this little strength, you can't break my ball!"

Leonard left such a sentence, strode directly to start, and rushed to the inside line against Ge Feng.

Leonard rushed to the vicinity of the penalty area, made an elegant shot, and the ball was easily wiped into the net by Leonard.

Ge Feng was equally surprised by Kaka's progress on the offensive end.

Xiaoka now not only has excellent post-up and mid-range jumper abilities, but his emergency stop jumper on the move is also much more stable than last season.

"You're not the only one making progress."

Maybe it was because of competing with Ge Feng again, Leonard was a little excited.

This year's All-Star, Leonard has a lot to say.

After the Antetokounmpo team came off the bench, they had the idea of ​​chasing points.

Bill and Kemba Walker started their personal shows and kept approaching the point difference.

In particular, Kemba Walker, who came off the bench, performed even more brilliantly. Walker can mobilize Griffin's enthusiasm while showing off.

Griffin has been seriously injured several times. Although he can't easily complete the difficult alley-oop, Griffin's beast attribute can still be fully displayed on this All-Star with little defensive strength.

(End of this chapter)