Chapter 279 Those who die will die sooner or later
On February 10th, the first day was the rookie competition.
Lu Yu did not take Annie with him, although Annie looked very hopeful and would definitely agree as long as he invited her.
But Lu Yu didn't want to cause trouble for himself, mainly because he had too many girlfriends, and he was eye-catching at the All-Star Game, so it was uncertain who would go to the event. If he was discovered by other women, he would have to comfort him for several days after returning home.
The rookie game is divided into first-year and second-year teams.
Last year, an exception was made for Lu Yu, so this year's Yao Ming also participated in the Rookie Challenge as a matter of course, instead of being replaced by Ginobili like in the previous life.
The first-year team players are Stoudemire, Bozer, Butler, Gooden, Hilario, Wagner, Jay Williams, Ginobili and Yao Ming.
The second-year team includes Gasol, Arenas, Chandler, Kirilenko, Jefferson, Murphy, Parker, Jason Richardson, Tinsley and Lu Yu.
Because Arenas had said hello before the game, Lu Yu was allowed to steal the limelight in the skills competition and the main game, but in the rookie competition, he still gave up the spotlight to these poor guys.
Lu Yu is indeed honest this season, at least he is not as showy as last season.
So the stage was given to Arenas in the rookie game.
Mainly because he doesn't need to use his rookie game to prove anything.
Both sides performed dunk performances and three-point performances without defense. In the end, the second-year team was superior and beat the first-year team 132-112.
Arenas from the Warriors scored 30 points and won the Most Valuable Player Award. He scored 23 points in the second half with accurate three-pointers, leading the sophomore team from a 12-point deficit in the first half to a final comeback.
Lu Yu only played the first half and then went to rest, but in the end he still scored 20 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.
Yao Ming also stopped playing. He wanted to save his energy for the All-Star Game. After all, it was the biggest stage these days. If he played two games in a row, it would be back-to-back games.
Tyson felt a little resentful.
He originally thought he could win the MVP, and he also scored 27 points, all thanks to Lu Yu's assists in the first half. Unfortunately, in the second half, Arenas threw three-pointers by himself, and he had no chance to score.
Even if I try to grab rebounds for a second offense, I can't get them.
When Arenas shot a three-pointer, he either went in or jumped far away. He was so angry that he stamped his feet.
Lu Yu saw Scarlett Johansson cheering him on at the scene. The two secretly flirted with each other while the camera wasn't paying attention. By the time the rookie game was over, reporters who wanted to interview Lu Yu couldn't see her.
In the three-point contest on the second day, without Lu Yu's participation, Pei Jia finally showed off his power and won the honor of the three-point king.
After winning the three-point title, a reporter asked: "Congratulations on winning the three-point title. What do you think?"
Stojakovic smiled and said: "To win the three-point championship, I have to thank Lu Yu for not coming to participate. If he participated in the three-point contest, I don't think I would be able to win this trophy."
Lu Yu's three-point shooting rate this season is as high as 48%, ranking first in the league. The terrifying three-point shooting rate has made many shooters have no idea about signing up for the three-point contest.
As a result, Lu Yu didn't sign up, which was missed by the dispatcher.
Immediately following is the skills challenge.
This skills competition requires players to shoot a three-pointer after completing dribbling the ball through obstacles and various passing movements.
Four of the five players participating are popular point guards in today's NBA. There is only one forward, Lu Yu. Standing with them, Lu Yu is a lot higher.
Kidd said: "I think it's good for the NBA to hold such a game because it can tell people that there are not only scoring and dunking in the game, but also dribbling and passing. And this is not sensationalism, but one of the basic elements of the game.
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In the first round, Marbury and Parker played 41.9 seconds and 44.5 seconds respectively.
Even Kidd only ran 35.3 seconds!
This is related to the fact that they are not familiar with the rules and have not practiced specifically. They just came to participate in the competition after knowing it roughly, and the results they got were simply terrible.
Of course, a few of them are also capable.
Much better than those guys in Lu Yu's previous life who later ran more than 50 seconds, such as Arenas, Stephen Nash, Tony Parker, and Dwyane Wade.
Well, sorry, there's Parker again.
This game is Tony Parker's nightmare.
Lu Yu felt much more relaxed. He understood the rules and knew that the results of several guys in this class were not very good, so there was no psychological pressure at all.
After the first round, only Lu Yu and Gary Payton were left to advance.
Gary Payton ran 31.3 seconds.
Lu Yu was not fast either, 30 seconds. He knew that as long as he continued to maintain this result in the second round, the skill competition championship would be within his grasp.
Sure enough, in the second round, Gary Payton ran a time of 40.3 seconds.
His face turned green.
"Damn, I feel like I gave up the championship to Lu Yu." Gary Payton took the microphone and said after finishing the race.
Lu Yu stood up. At this time, people discovered that Lu Yu had changed into a pair of basketball shoes. These were the latest Lu Yu 2 generations launched by Anta. They were not yet on the market. Lu Yu happened to use the All-Star Game for publicity.
Get on the court and start the skills challenge.
When Lu Yu finished, the timekeeper seemed stunned, because Lu Yu was too fast, 27.3 seconds. This result can probably kill many players who participated in this competition in Lu Yu's previous life.
It seems that only Stephen Nash ran 25.8 seconds in 2005.
No matter what, Lu Yu won the championship in the skills competition. What makes people feel ridiculous is that the competition was originally set for defenders, but the three defenders who participated failed to win the championship, and it was finally won by Lu Yu, a forward.
After participating in the skills competition, Lu Yu became a spectator and began to watch the dunk contest.
This competition is the same as the 2002 Slam Dunk Contest, with only four players participating.
They are defending champion Jason Richardson, Desmond Mason, Richard Jefferson and Amell Stoudemire.
But the rules of the competition were changed again: all four players dunked twice in the preliminaries, and the two players with the highest scores entered the finals.
Although there are not many contestants in this competition, the lineup of judges is extremely luxurious. The legendary player "Flying Man" Jordan, who once won the "Slam Dunk King", Dominic Wilkins and "Little Potato" Webb are all among the judges.
In the game, Richardson entered the finals with an impressive record of two perfect dunks. Mason, the 2001 dunk champion, competed with Richardson for the championship with 90 points.
In the final, Mason first scored a perfect score with a beautiful cross-over dunk.
Richardson's reverse two-handed dunk was not very difficult, and he only scored 46 points.
But Mason, who had the advantage, accidentally missed the second dunk. He looked a little nervous when making up the dunk, and only performed a simple two-handed dunk, scoring 43 points.
At this point, Richardson needs to score more than 48 points to win.
The defending champion withstood the pressure and threw the ball from a distance. After the basketball rebounded, Richardson flew over and grabbed the basketball with his right hand. As he approached the basket, he changed hands from under the basket and dunked with his left hand.
His wonderful dunk earned full marks from all the judges, including Jordan, and he finally won the "Slam Dunk King" again.
Richardson also became the fourth NBA star to win the "Slam Dunk King" twice, joining Jordan, Wilkins and Harold Miner.
Although this dunk contest is far less exciting than the dunk contest between LaVine and Gordon in Lu Yu's previous life, and not as exciting as the dunk contests of Jordan and Carter, Lu Yu's blood boils with excitement.
How about participating in the dunk contest next year?
Who will be the winner of next year's slam dunk contest?
But it seems that next year's dunk contest will be boring. The winner of the dunk contest will be Fred Jones.
Fred Jones' victory also broke Richardson's dream of three consecutive championships.
We'll see when the time comes. Lu Yu isn't a dunker anyway, so it doesn't matter whether he participates or not. It's just for fun.
The third day is the All-Star Game, which is the most important game in the All-Star Game.
Eastern starting lineup: Ben Wallace, O'Neal Jr., Lu Yu, McGrady and Iverson.
The bench is: Brad Miller, Kenyon Martin, Artest, Pierce, Michael Jordan and Jason Kidd.
This year is a bumper year for the Bulls. Three players were selected for the All-Star lineup, and Artest and Miller were also selected for the All-Stars for the first time. This is due to the Bulls' record and high popularity. Chinese fans love Wujiwu.
, I voted for Miller and Artest by the way.
Western Conference starting lineup: Yao Ming, Garnett, Duncan, Kobe Bryant and Arenas.
The substitute lineup is: O'Neal, Nowitzki, Kirilenko, Stojakovic, Russell and Kidd.
When O'Neal knew that he was a substitute, his expression was very bad. Even in the All-Star game, he was not as lively as before, and even had a straight face throughout.
This season is crazy.
The entire league and the entire world have turned their attention to Kobe and Lu Yu, because they have been soaring in points during this period.
The focus of every basketball commentator is between these two super scorers.
The other 28 teams in the league are reluctant to meet either of these two men, and everyone is thinking that this year's scoring champion is likely to come from between them.
Who would have thought that when everyone looked at the scoreboard, they were shocked to find that the one ranked first was not the two of them, but another player from the Eastern Conference, Tracy McGrady.
The most embarrassing thing is Lu Yu. Even though he scored so many points during this period, he is only ranked fourth in the scoring list. Arenas is higher than him.
And Arenas also successfully squeezed out Francis, who Lu Yu remembered should have appeared in the All-Star Game, to become the starter in the Western Conference.
The All-Star Game can be said to be a showdown between four super scorers.
During the pre-match interview, reporters surrounded Lu Yu.
"Can you still win the MVP of the All-Star Game this time in Atlanta?"
"I heard that you didn't give up the starting job to Jordan?"
"Do you think the East team can beat the West team today?"
Lu Yu paused and said with a smile: "I'm just here to play the game."
"You said the same thing when you came last time, but you stole Iverson's MVP in the All-Star Game, didn't you?" That reporter should be a die-hard Iverson fan.
Lu Yu glanced at him sideways and said, "Does anyone stipulate that the MVP of the All-Star Game must belong to someone? Whoever performs well and leads the team to win is not qualified to win the MVP?"
The reporter was immediately speechless.
When Lu Yu walked into the Philips Arena, before he had time to touch a basketball to warm up, he heard a few curses coming from the stands. In fact, the quality of American fans is just that. We in China have always said that our league is cursing this and that.
The quality is not that good. When you actually go to an NBA arena, what you can hear in a CBA arena can be heard in an NBA arena, but you may not be able to understand it if you change the language.
The reason why Lu Yu is scolded is because many American fans believe that Lu Yu and Yao Ming became All-Stars because of their Chinese talent.
Especially Lu Yu, he broke the rules last year.
Ignorance has blinded these stupid fans. They ignore the Bulls' record that ranks first in the league and only say that Lu Yu cheated to get into the All-Star.
If Lu Yu had a different skin color or a different nationality, he would definitely be treated differently.
The camera at the scene focused on Lu Yu, who was expressionless and carelessly playing the basketball in his hand.
Barkley in the broadcast booth sighed. He understood very well how Lu Yu felt now. He was such a player back then. He would talk nonsense wherever he went. As a result, fans would spray him all over his body wherever he went. But at that time, the ball
There were not so many fans in the stadium, so he was much luckier than the poor Chinese in front of him.
Western Conference locker room.
Arenas put on his coat and said quietly: "He's here."
Duncan next to him didn't react, just straightening his jersey. Not far away, O'Neal, who was wrapping his feet with straps, let out a "hum".
"It's finally here. I've wanted to teach him a lesson for a long time. I want him, a defeated general, to know what true strength is!"
They call him Lu Yu, and Lu Yu is their key defensive target today.
In fact, Lu Yu lost to the Lakers last year, but this year's Bulls performed well. O'Neal lost to the Bulls twice. In addition, Yao Ming stole his starting spot this time, which made him even more disappointed with Lu Yu and Yao Ming.
Players with the same skin color and the same nationality are dissatisfied.
As for Yao Ming, he didn't take it seriously at all.
Yao Ming first went to greet Lu Yu, but when he returned to the locker room, he realized that the atmosphere was not quite right.
When several starters were getting ready to play, Arenas quietly walked up to Kobe and said, "Kobe, I think your team's Shark seems to have a bad temper. You should persuade him to prevent him from doing anything wrong during the game.
Good things are coming."
Kobe stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, and said nonchalantly: "Shaq is a smart man. He knows what to do. In fact, I, like him, want to teach this kid Lu Yu a lesson."
However, the lessons he said and the lessons O'Neill said were two different things.
The stadium was already buzzing with excitement, and the fans were shouting at the top of their lungs, looking forward to their favorite players' appearance.
As the players came on the stage one after another, the scene gradually became quiet. After all, no one can keep shouting like this, as it is easy for cerebral congestion. All players came on the stage, and the players from both sides greeted each other.
Kobe, McGrady and Lu Yu hugged each other. The fans at the scene knew the friendship between the three of them and applauded one after another.
Arenas, who wanted to get in for a hug, had no chance and could only watch helplessly.
Lu Yu and Yao Ming had already met before the game, and they just exchanged a simple hello at this time.
"Hello, Lu, I'm Shaq!" O'Neal walked over.
Lu Yu and O'Neill shook hands. After shaking hands, Lu Yu glanced at O'Neill. Both hands slowly began to exert force, and the joints began to turn white.
O'Neal was surprised that Lu Yu's strength was so strong. You should know that he was a big center, and he couldn't suppress Lu Yu when he shook hands with Lu Yu.
Lu Yu was not surprised at all. You must know that his Flame Breathing Technique has reached almost 80%, and in terms of strength alone, he is not much worse than O'Neal.
"I don't think you can win this game."
"Why?"
"Because I'm here!"
Both hands released at the same time, Lu Yu smiled and looked at the dazzling lights above the stadium...
"To me, it doesn't matter who comes. Besides, as a substitute, what qualifications do you have to talk to the starting lineup?"
Lu Yu covered his mouth with his jersey to prevent reporters from filming what he said.
He was never polite to those who were hostile to him.
On the other side, Brad Miller and Artest also saw that something was wrong with the atmosphere here, and both came over.
Miller lowered his voice: "Lu, if this guy Shaq dares to be rude to you, I will definitely let him taste my fist again."
Lu Yu shook his head: "This is the All-Star Game, don't worry, he doesn't dare to mess around."
The head coaches of both teams called the players over and briefly laid out their tactics. The first three quarters of the All-Star Game were basically just casual play, and the real deal came in the last quarter.
On the other side, Barkley, who is in charge of commentating, is also constantly analyzing the lineups of both sides.
The backcourt players on both sides are similar. Iverson and Tracy McGrady are in the East, Arenas and Kobe are in the West, and all four are scoring madmen.
The difference lies in the forward line. The Eastern Conference has a traditional small forward plus forward configuration, using Lu Yu and O'Neal Jr., while the center is defensive hero Ben Wallace.
The eastern front line is composed of two power forwards, Duncan and Garnett.
In this comparison, the west has a height advantage, while the east is more aggressive.
At the center position, although Yao Ming is a first-year rookie, Ben Wallace does not do much damage. For a game like the All-Star Game where scores are everywhere, Ben Wallace is not popular in this show.
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When he thought of Yao Ming, Barkley thought of the scene where he kissed a donkey's butt some time ago.
Like Lu Yu in his previous life, Barkley still did not let go of the rookie Yao Ming.
In Yao Ming's previous draft, there were many outstanding players, especially talented inside players. Players such as Stoudemire, Nene, Gooden and others all had very strong personal abilities. Therefore, Yao Ming was also excluded by many rookies in the league.
, even some famous players are not optimistic about Yao Ming, including Barkley.
Frankly speaking, when he first entered the league, Yao performed very poorly because he was too nervous. He did not score more than 10 points in the first seven games.
As the host of TNT TV station, Barkley began to ridicule Yao to his heart's content. He made a bet in front of the national television audience. If Yao Ming could score more than 19 points in a game in his entire career, he would kiss his old partner Kenny -
Smith's ass.
As a result, Yao Ming quickly scored 20 points in the game against the Lakers, using his personal strength to prove that he was worthy of being the No. 1 pick. Kenny Smith certainly couldn't let Barkley kiss his ass in front of the entire country. Barkley could only hold him back.
He led a donkey to the show and kissed the donkey's butt. This scene has become a classic scene in NBA history.
In Lu Yu's previous life, the year the Warriors won the championship, Barkley also said that if the Warriors won the championship, he would eat a big bowl of horse manure. As a result, the Warriors actually won the championship.
This matter was also targeted by O'Neal, who decided to urge Barkley to fulfill his promise.
In this life, Barkley is still not optimistic about Yao Ming. Although Yao Ming performed well in the Warriors, he still feels that Yao Ming is too thin and cannot score more than 30 points in the game.
From 19 points in the previous life to 30 points in this life, it must be said that Barkley has improved.
But Yao Ming still scored 30 points, and Barkley still couldn't avoid the embarrassment of kissing the donkey's ass.
Therefore, people who seek death will seek death sooner or later.
In addition to players, the All-Star Game also invites many celebrities to perform. This year is no exception. Britney is invited. Lu Yu watched Britney twist her waist and thought of how bloated she would look a few years later.
I have no desire to continue watching.
After a while, he suddenly saw another female star singing on stage who turned out to be Bellucci.
What a great actor, instead of acting in movies, he went to the NBA All-Star Game to lip-sync.
The most terrible thing is that while Bellucci was singing, he also winked at Lu Yu, causing the fans in the audience to howl. Fans who follow Bellucci all over the United States know that Bellucci just divorced some time ago. This kind of divorced woman
She is simply the coveted object of many men, especially a charming woman like Bellucci.
Lu Yu was speechless.
The last time Bellucci chased her to Chicago, she couldn't escape and hid for a few days. However, she failed to escape and was actually chased here.
Fortunately, Scarlett left yesterday.
I just don't know if the other girlfriends in front of the TV will see it, and I don't think the camera guy in charge of the broadcast will be so ignorant that he will broadcast the scene of Bellucci ogling him.
Besides, there were so many people in the audience, who knew who she was giving her flirtatious looks to.
When the time comes, just refuse to admit it.
After a wave of star performances were completed, the starting players from both sides officially appeared on the stage. The on-site MC shouted the names of the starting players from the East and West, and they walked into the stadium one after another under the spotlight!
The head coach of the Eastern Conference is Isaiah Thomas, and the head coach of the Western Conference is Kings coach Adelman.
In fact, coaches are mostly just decorations.
Even the game is more of a visual feast for the fans. Everyone knows that the All-Star Game is just like the Rookie Challenge two days ago, either dunking or shooting three-pointers from far away.
Unfortunately, this All-Star Game is destined to be different. From the first ball, the fight started!
