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Chapter 191 2001 All-Star Weekend!

Saturday, February 2, MCI Center Arena.

At this time, the 2001 NBA All-Star Weekend is being held in Washington.

Li Mu and his party came here on time.

This year's All-Star Game, the Magic can be called the biggest winner.

In the All-Star game, there are Duncan, McGrady and Hill, three of whom were selected, and all of them are All-Star starters.

In addition, the Rookie Challenge, Mike Miller, Magloire and Wu Sheng Jackson participated in the three.

You ask, isn't Wu Sheng a second-round pick in 97?
That's right.

Jackson was a rookie in 97, but he didn't play a single NBA game.

Therefore, the 00/01 season was his rookie season, and there was nothing wrong with the first-year team he joined.

Just like Griffin, the white monster, he was reimbursed for the season before he played a game, and then he came back in the second year and won the best rookie.

At the same time, Li Mu was re-elected as the head coach of the All-Star Game, the difference being that he became the head coach of the Eastern Stars.

A team with seven players selected is naturally a big winner.

The Eastern Stars, other starters, and the invincible Carter and Iverson.

You said there is no center forward?

No way, Mourning is reimbursed for the season, so naturally he has to give way.

Hill was not reimbursed and was able to play in the All-Star Game.

In addition to three of the four major shooting guards, as well as the top four forward Duncan, the starting lineup was voted by the fans, and there is no problem with it.

Except for Hill, they are all top ten scorers in the league, and their popularity is naturally not bad.

Substitute stars include Ray Allen, Sprewell, Alan Houston, Antonio Davis, Mutombo, Marbury, and Glenn Robinson.

The Western Conference star team started, Kidd, Kobe, Webber, Garnett, Payton.

No O'Neal you ask?
That's right, O'Neal is out due to injury.

All-star substitutes include Finley, David Robinson, Rasheed, Malone, Antonio Davis, Ben Wallace, Nowitzki.

In Li Mu's previous life, the head coach of the Western Stars was Adelman, but now it's Phil Jackson.

Although the Lakers lost some games that should not have been lost because of polishing the triangle offensive tactics, they were still able to overwhelm the Kings in terms of record with their luxurious bench strength.

O'Neal couldn't play. As the head coach of the Western Conference, Jackson naturally chose to pick someone from the Lakers to replace him.

In fact, the same is true for Adelman, and Divac became the 2001 All-Star center in this way.

Be the first to start the Rookie Challenge.

To be reasonable, the 99 and 2000 drafts were both bad harvest years.

However, in the 99 draft, there were many championship puzzle players.

The second grade has a pretty good lineup, Francis, Hamilton, Marion, Odom, Brand.

The first year was a bit bleak, because Reid, the strongest rookie in 2000, was not selected.

Just out, Martin Cliffs, Mike Miller, Jackson, Miles, Kenyon Martin.

If it weren't for Wu Sheng to support the field, the first-year lineup would be so weak.

The game started in the first half, and the second graders played against the first graders.

Francis blew up Martin Cleves in the matchup.

The strength of the two is not in the same dimension at all.

You know, at this time Francis can overwhelm the bearded Davis in the starting lineup.

Even Davies with a beard can only play as a substitute. The first-year Martin Cliffs is just a rookie who is not well-known, and he is not enough to watch.

Hamilton and Miller are both masters off the ball.

However, Hamilton's running ability is too strong, coupled with the CIC king's catch and shoot skills.

Mike Miller's loss was not wronged. At this time, Hamilton was able to average 21 points per game.

It can be said that apart from the champion Brand, even Francis, who is aggressive in offense, is now scoring hundreds of millions of points worse than Hamilton.

Although he is a brush.

However, this is also a manifestation of strength.

Then there's Marion on Jackson.

If it's better than fighting, hackers are no match for martial arts saints.

What is being compared now is golf skills. Jackson hasn't grown up yet. Although he is versatile, he doesn't have anything outstanding.

Really no match for Marion.

The outside line was directly suppressed.

In the inside competition, Odom and Brand also suppressed Kenyon Martin and 'KG II' Miles.

At the end of the first half, the sophomores have established a 12-point lead.

In the second grade, there are bearded Davis, Ginobili, Zebiak and Terry who is crazy about offense.

Even with a substitute lineup, it still crushes the first grade.

At the end of the game, the second graders defeated the first graders by 23 points and won the Rookie Challenge.

Francis stole the limelight and won the Rookie Challenge MVP with 24 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds and 3 steals.

Afterwards, a skill challenge project.

In the three-point shooting competition, because the last three-point shooting champion Hornacek did not participate, Ray Allen broke through and won the three-point shooting competition in 2001.

Then, a slam dunk contest.

No Carter, Kobe, McGrady and other famous players participated.

Mason had the last laugh and won the 2001 Slam Dunk Contest.

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On the weekend of February 2th, the All-Star Game started.

Eastern starters, Iverson, Carter, Hill, McGrady, Duncan.

Western starters, Kidd, Payton, Kobe, Webber, Garnett.

The game is on.

Duncan jumped to beat Garnett and the Eastern Conference went first.

Iverson rode through the barrier alone, ran into Kidd, and missed the strike.

West offense, Kobe broke through, laid up, gliding and dunking, and scored two points.

Carter broke through and wanted to dunk, but Payton blocked the angle. Carter avoided Payton's blockade by virtue of his sky-defying jumping ability.

However, with a whoosh, Garnett pounced, assisting the defense, and slapped the basketball out like a volleyball.

Li Mu couldn't bear to look straight at it.

Both Kidd and Payton are the ceiling of perimeter defense.

Garnett is the ceiling of the inside defense.

The current All-Star Game is a real defense and real fight. The game has just started, and Iverson and Carter have hit the iron plate.

Fortunately, the basketball was taken by McGrady, slap, hit the ground, and gave the ball to Hill who was completely empty.

Lift the ball, jump up, shoot...

Swish-!
Hill hit a three-pointer.

Snapped--!
Back on defense, Hill and McGrady clapped hands in celebration.

"The Magic's outside combination connected for the Eastern Stars and returned a 3.

Hill's three-point shooting looks better. ’ said Mike Breen.

Kidd controlled the ball to the frontcourt, made a pass without looking at people, assisted Garnett to catch the ball, made a layup, and with a bang, he scored two points.

O'Neal did not participate, and Duncan ran to the East.

That's okay, West isn't going to cry for a month.

The inside line in the west still has the absolute upper hand.

McGrady plays power forward, this dislocation is too obvious.

In other words, this is the lineup voted by the fans. Li Mu changed players within a few minutes of playing, right?
4 to 3! !
Iverson changed direction.

It was a breakthrough to the left, and Kidd couldn't keep up.

Entering the inside line, there was a bang, and the whole body was hung on the basketball hoop.

4 to 5! !
Iverson at his peak is not easy to mess with.

Kidd is also not good at preventing breakthroughs.

West offensive, Webb pulled out, hit a high position and agreed to support.

Kidd understood, cut into the interior, received a pass from Weber, slammed directly in front of Iverson, dunked with both hands, and scored two points.

6 to 5! !
Webb evacuated, and Duncan couldn't ignore it. He came out of the defense, and the inside line was full of offensive opportunities.

Coupled with Iverson's defensive failure, as soon as Webber passed the ball, Kidd received the ball and it was a chance to blow up the basket.

It simply hit the door of the Eastern Stars.

Without Duncan, there is no basket protection, plus, Iverson has no height, no defense, so he loses sight of the other!
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(End of this chapter)