I’m Really Playing Basketball

On February 17, 2008, in the New Orleans Arena, standing in the center circle to jump the ball were the starting centers of the two teams, Yao Ming, the starting center in the East, and Howard, the starting center in the West.

For Howard, there are too many old and new grudges between him and Yao Ming.

In the 2006 NBA Finals, Yao Ming single-handedly overturned the Spurs' championship that year.

After that finals, Howard, the future number one center, became the target of many people's complaints.

And Yao Ming also has a saying of "eating, sleeping and playing World of Warcraft".

Not to mention, this joke is quite appropriate, because anyone who knows Dayao knows that he really likes playing World of Warcraft.

Howard finally completed his breakthrough this season and became the veritable number one center in the Western Conference. His performance on both offense and defense can even be said to be the best in the entire league, and he looks like he has grown into the number one center.

However, although Howard dominated most of the centers in the league this season, when facing Dayao...

To be honest, he's pretty miserable.

This result made Howard, who wanted to take revenge on Dayao this season, quite unhappy and uncomfortable.

After all, Howard feels that he is really strong enough now.

Not to mention, Howard is indeed very, very strong this season.

Historically, this was the season that Howard took off.

Howard in the Spurs is definitely stronger in terms of strength, but he is better in offensive and defensive skills.

Therefore, there is nothing wrong with saying that Howard dominates all centers in the league except Yao Ming this season.

And this also brought great confidence to Howard.

He feels that before Oden rises, the position of the league's number one center needs to be given to him.

It's just that the match with Yao Ming before the All-Star game made him a little frustrated.

However, he still has two chances to play against Yao Ming this season.

And this All-Star is the most important one.

In this game, he wants to push Yao Ming down.

Therefore, for Howard, this game is his battle of proof. With the support of Ron Howard and Arenas, he will strive to win the MVP of this All-Star Game.

Of course, it's not just Howard who's aiming for MVP in this game.

For example, Ke Laoda in the west.

Brother Ke is planning to get all the MVPs this season.

In addition to these superstars in the west, there are actually a lot of Buddhists in the east.

There is no such thing as Howard and Ke Boss in the East who need this MVP to prove their existence.

Even Nash, who is competing with Ke Boss for this season's MVP, doesn't need this MVP to prove himself.

In other words, with Nash's game style, the All-Star MVP has nothing to do with him, unless he takes a lot of shots in the game.

Nash is strong in scoring and efficient, but he will not play like this.

Therefore, before the game, many people said that this year's New Orleans All-Star Weekend will be a battle between the Lakers and the Spurs.

There may also be an Iverson and Anthony Nuggets spoiler in the middle.

After all, Chen Xiao is here to play this All-Star Weekend, and everyone can see clearly.

The court is important. After Howard easily beat Yao Ming with a jump ball, the Western Conference All-Stars launched the first offense of the game.

After beating Yao Ming with a jump ball, Howard was very excited and couldn't wait to run to the frontcourt.

And Iverson, who received Howard's jump ball, then quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.

Facing Howard who had already rushed to the basket to ask for the ball, Iverson didn't even think about it. After a beautiful butterfly pierced Wade from beyond the three-point line, he stepped into the three-point line and made two points from a long distance. Pulling up high, he sent his first iron of the game, and also contributed to Xiao Zhan's first rebound of the game.

Iverson's attack was very beautiful, even if he didn't make a hit, there was nothing he could do about it, so the Lakers coach Phil Jackson on the sidelines and many spectators applauded Xiao Ai's wonderful attack.

This is the All-Star, the picturesque beauty is here, that is political correctness.

It's just obvious that Howard's mentality under the basket is a little explosive at this time.

After the jump ball just now, he raced with Yao Ming, and he had already beaten Yao Ming. As long as Xiao Ai passed the ball, he would be a dunk at the basket. This shit, he just threw it outside by himself!

Howard is really dissatisfied with this.

Although the Spurs also have a guard Arenas with the same style as Iverson, Arenas and Ron Howard have played very restrained this season.

In order to support Howard's growth, the two will deliberately pass the ball for Howard during the game, so this season, as the third child of the Spurs, Howard even played like the boss of the Spurs.

And this also fueled Howard's arrogance. In addition, his All-Star starter was obtained by defeating O'Neal, a historic center. In this case, it is strange that Howard is not drifting.

And looking at the unusually anxious and 'cute' center on the court, the head coach of the Eastern team on the sidelines, the head coach of the Raptors Nelson's eyes lit up involuntarily.

Soon, this "kind" grandfather made various gestures to the Eastern Conference All-Stars on the sidelines.

After seeing these gestures made by Nelson, Chen Xiao and the other Eastern All-Stars were stunned for a moment, and then all of them had smiles on their faces.

"I originally thought that this All-Star Weekend would be boring, but now it seems that is not necessarily the case."

I have to say that Nelson really found good fun for them in the game.

Let's put it this way, the All-Stars in the Eastern Conference are indeed not very interested in this season's All-Star Game.

Why is this so?

Mainly because the competition in the Eastern Conference is too great this season.

The Raptors, Heat, Magic, Nets, Cavaliers, Bobcats, Bucks, seven super teams are fighting against each other, followed by a quasi-super team like the Bulls.

How can anyone have the energy to work so hard in a game like the All-Star Game?

Therefore, for the All-Stars in the East, they are really just going through the motions.

After all, except for Deron and Maizi, all the All-Stars in the Eastern Conference are from these seven super teams.

After Nelson made a gesture, Nash dribbled the ball past half court. Nash and Yao Ming picked up and called Howard out from the basket, and immediately passed the ball to Yao Ming's hands, allowing Yao Ming to single out Howard on the outside. .

After receiving Nash's pass at the top of the arc, Dayao smiled slightly at Howard who was guarding him. After shaking Howard away by pretending to break through with the ball, he stood on tiptoe and shot from outside the three-point line at the top of the arc. My first shot of the game.

A swipe!

Three point hit!

After Yao Ming hit a three-pointer, the usually shy big man actually danced a stiff robot dance in front of Howard.

Good guy, the audience and Howard in front were stunned.

To be honest, Yao Ming's offense was quite relaxed this time, and his current mentality is also very relaxed.

In history, during this All-Star Game, Yao shot a lot of three-pointers, but he didn't score, but this time he scored as soon as he started.

After being stunned for a while, the audience burst out laughing when they saw Yao Ming's robot dance.

But it's obvious that Howard is not happy on the court.

He was actually beaten three points by Yao Mingyan!

Isn't this a new posture unlocked by Yao Ming?

Yao Ming has never used this posture before!

For a time, Howard's anger increased again.

The game continued, and it was the Western Conference's turn to attack. This time, Howard's baseline ball was not sent to Iverson or Kobe, but to Ron Howard, who was about to pass halftime empty-handed.

Seeing Howard like this, of course the other Western Conference All-Stars immediately understood.

Howard is preparing to attack this time.

Sure enough, after Ron Howard dribbled the ball beyond the three lines, he lobbed the ball to Howard in the paint area.

After receiving the ball, Howard faced Yao Ming's defense and immediately looked like he was going to surprise Yao Ming with the ball and swallow him up.

After all, Howard's anger level is not low at this time.

only……

As soon as Howard was about to start, he discovered a scene that stunned him.

The Eastern All-Stars next to him, James, Carter, Chen Xiao, and Wade, all were shrinking towards him!

Not to mention Howard was shocked, even the audience next to him was shocked.

"is it necessary?!

Is this necessary to defend Howard? ! "

Barkley, the TNT commentator on the sidelines, was exclaiming.

is it necessary?

Of course it's not necessary.

But who made Howard's momentum so huge this season?

Let's put it this way, Howard, who averaged 21 points, 14 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game with the Spurs this season, has indeed gained momentum as the number one center this season.

Especially in the All-Star voting, he dumped O'Neal by more than 1 million votes, which made him the most popular right now.

Before the start of the All-Star Game, Howard and Kobe were tied as the two stars with the highest MVP odds.

And before the All-Star Game, Howard had just scored a career-high 45 points against the Raptors, the league's No. 1 team, and also made 38 free throws in the game, setting a new NBA record.

Under such public opinion, Howard is not humble at all.

In previous interviews, it has been stated more than once that this game will give birth to a new dominant center.

Since you want to be a dominant center like O'Neal, then I will first add O'Neal's treatment to you. There is nothing wrong with this, right?

Of course there is nothing wrong with it!

At the very least, Kenny Smith next to Barkley felt there was nothing wrong with him.

"Howard hinted before the game that he is now a super center. Old Nelson is trying to let him experience the treatment of super centers like O'Neal and Yao Ming in advance. I believe that the kind and kind old Nelson is definitely not in the All-Star Game. Vengeance against Howard, hahahaha."

Seeing the stunned Howard on the court panicking for an opportunity to pass the ball, and finally being intercepted by Chen Xiao's long arms, Kenny Smith laughed unkindly.

What made the audience and Kenny Smith laugh even more was that after Chen Xiao completed the steal, he did not immediately push for a fast break. Instead, he took the ball and rushed towards Howard who quickly retreated.

Seeing Chen Xiao's posture, how could anyone not know what Chen Xiao was going to do?

"Wonder Boy is also preparing to fight Howard alone!"

"Old Nelson's gesture just now was not only to give Howard super center treatment, but also to ask the Bobcats' players to take turns training to beat Howard in singles whenever they find an opportunity!"

"I would like to reiterate now that the Nelson I know is indeed a 'kind and benevolent' old man, just like Popovich of the Spurs. He is definitely not seeking personal revenge for the controversial game between the Spurs and the Raptors!"

The American audience in front of the TV said, you might as well not say it if you say it!

After hearing this, Old Nelson would definitely say ‘thank you and your whole family’.

However, Kenny Smith is indeed right.

In this game, the All-Stars in the Eastern Conference really went crazy to train Howard on the offensive end.

On the defensive end, as long as Howard attacks, everyone will shrink, regardless of whether the outside is open.

When attacking, whether it's Yao Ming, Carter, James, Chen Xiao or Wade, as long as everyone has a chance, they will go to Howard like crazy.

To be fair, the Eastern Conference All-Stars' style of play is unwise. If the defense is this way, as long as Howard passes the ball out, it will collapse.

And the offense is so big, it is also very unsmart. Howard's defense is very strong. You always find one of the opponent's strongest defenses to play in isolation. This is very tough.

However, what is very surprising is that the Eastern Conference played such an unsmart way. After half the game, the Eastern Conference actually led 74 to 65 by 9 points.

You know, the Eastern All-Stars really had no intention of winning this game.

They just want to cooperate with Nelson and prank Howard, an arrogant big man.

The last big man who was so arrogant was Bogut of the Mosaic team. Now that Bogut has been shadowed, there are rumors that he was killed by Francis Ainley, the former boss of the Mosaic team. XD, he is now useless.

Of course, Howard is an All-Star and a rising star. Unlike Bogut, he is certainly qualified to pretend to be 13. Therefore, the Eastern Conference All-Stars are just a prank on Howard.

After destroying Howard's mentality in the first half, the Eastern All-Stars stopped pranking Howard in the second half.

However, Howard's extremely resentful eyes have made it clear that there is no going back, there is no going back at all. Is there any difference between messing with me like this for half the game and messing with me for the whole game?

Well, there really is no difference.

Anyway, the final MVP was not his, and he did not prove himself in front of Yao Ming.

In the end, the Eastern All-Stars, who had no intention of winning, defeated the Western All-Stars 134 to 128.

Why can the Eastern Conference All-Stars win?

Just look at the Western Conference All-Stars' 6-of-19 three-pointers in this game.

The Eastern Conference really gives you a chance in this game, but if you stop shooting after you miss, there's nothing you can do about it.

In addition, Ray Allen deserves the most credit for the Eastern Conference winning this game.

The leader of the Bucks lasted 18 minutes in this game, making 10 of 14 shots and 5 of 9 three-pointers. In these 18 minutes, Ray Allen once again staged a 'leisure moment'. Scored 28 points in such a short period of time.

With this extremely shocking scoring performance, Ray Allen finally defeated Chen Xiao, who scored 20 points, 9 assists and 7-for-7, and Xiao Zhan, who scored 12-for-22 and 27 points, and became one of the stars tonight. star.

By the way, young player Durant, who played in the All-Star game for the first time this time, performed well. He made 7 of 14 in the game and scored 15 points.

Deron, on the other hand, made 2 of 4, scoring 6 points and 6 assists.

In short, in this All-Star Game, except for the Raptors' two All-Stars Nash and O'Neal, the performance of everyone else can be described as heroic.

By the way, they didn't originally plan to fight so fiercely in this game.

Why can't I control myself all of a sudden?

Finally, all the Eastern All-Stars turned their attention to the kindly "fat old man" Nelson who applauded the star of Ray Allen.

"This is a conspiracy!"

Xiao Zhan exclaimed in Chen Xiao's ear.

After Chen Xiao nodded, a smile appeared on his face: "We had a lot of fun, didn't we?"

That's true.

It's just obvious that Howard on the other side doesn't feel so happy.

After all, he is the one being played.

but……

"Hmph, Great Wall, I will come back!"

As a die-hard fan of Garnett and one of the four kings of the Wolf King religion, Howard now thinks that he has mastered the spirit of the Wolf King.

Moreover, after he was crushed by Yao Ming in the finals, it was the spirit of the Wolf King that brought him back.

Therefore, when it comes to facing failure, Howard, who has the spirit of the Wolf King, never faces it with depression.

In the face of failure, you must always have a heart of "I will come back!" 'Heart.

And this is the essence of the Wolf King spirit!

Well, Yao Ming, who was stared at by Howard, naturally didn't know what Howard was thinking in his heart, so he smiled honestly, which was basically saying, welcome to visit next time.

So, although it was a conspiracy, everyone really had a good time.

"Although O'Neal is gone, the league has a new pistachio..."

ps: Happy National Day everyone!