Before the start of the All-Star Weekend, American singer Kelly led the fans in the audience to sing the American national anthem.
This is also one of the traditions of the All-Stars. Every year, a famous singer will be invited to perform in the All-Stars. For example, in the last All-Star Game of Michael Jordan in 2003, Carey sang "Hero" for him.
It was said that it was shocking and moved the whole audience.
But this year, obviously Kelly's appearance is not as sensational as Carey's back then.
Moreover, the singing of the national anthem is more like a routine, and it does not involve singing and dancing. Naturally, it is not as eye-catching as the performance during the intermission.
Of course, for Kelly, singing the national anthem can also be regarded as a warm-up to prepare for her halftime performance.
After the national anthem was sung, the fans took their seats, and then came the All-Star opening ceremony.
The appearance of all-star players is different from the usual games.
In every All-Star Game, the All-Star players from the Eastern and Western Conferences will have their own unique ways of playing.
The five All-Star players in the Eastern Conference, Chen Jie, Carter, James O'Neal, and Iverson were the first to appear, danced a hip-hop dance, then paused and pointed back. At this time, Chen Jie walked out of the darkness, and he
They also performed a dance, but it didn't look very professional. Of course, for the fans, they didn't come to see these stars perform dances. With such an idea, the fans were probably very happy.
After Chen Jie finished dancing, he also pointed back. At this time, James slowly walked out of the darkness...
This appearance of the Eastern Conference All-Stars can be said to be very creative. The way one person came out and brought out another person also gave people enough expectations.
If we didn't know in advance who the starting players would be, the fans' emotions would be brought to a climax even as they walked out one by one.
Of course, even if we know who the five starting players are today, the fans are still very excited, because after Carter danced before O'Neal, who played last, everyone knows who is next, and the order of appearance of the other players. It's all the fans.
Unguessable.
This idea was thought of by Iverson.
Among the Eastern All-Stars, Iverson is quite popular, and several of his suggestions have been adopted.
For example, the way he played this time, and another example, helping Chen Jie win the MVP trophy in the All-Star Game!
Even O'Neal, who had always been at odds with Chen Jie, was convinced by Iverson.
He promised that although he could not pass the ball to Chen Jie, at least he would not cause trouble to people like Iverson.
Of course, O'Neal actually knows it in his heart. Scales is Chen Jie's coach. If Chen Jie wants to win the MVP this time, Scales will probably help him.
Everyone knows that he and Chen Jie are not dealing with each other. It is estimated that in order to prevent himself from being a disservice on the court, Scales may not give himself much time today.
Of course, O'Neal doesn't plan to play for too long. After all, he is no longer the same person now. Although he still likes stages like the All-Star Weekend and hopes to show himself here. But first of all, what O'Neal cares about is the Heat's results.
Now that the Heat are ranked third in the Eastern Conference, and the playoff sprint is coming soon, O'Neal needs to have enough strength to help the team.
In the past, O'Neal could of course finish his performance in the All-Star Game and continue to help the team win.
But now, O'Neal is old and he no longer has such energy.
In O'Neal's heart, there is definitely nothing more important than the Heat's results.
After all, O'Neal is a person who cares about face very much. He broke up with Kobe and left for Miami. If Miami's performance did not improve as a result, O'Neal would definitely feel very shameless.
In comparison, it is not so important to defeat the Western Conference in the All-Star Game and tell the players in the Western Conference that without me, O'Neal, you will not continue to maintain the winning streak against the Eastern Conference in the All-Star Game.
Of course, although O'Neal didn't want to admit it, he also knew that with Chen Jie here, at least the Eastern team would not lose easily.
In fact, even without themselves, the Eastern team might be able to sweep away the decline of the All-Star Game in previous years and defeat the Western team.
That kid is always able to create such miracles.
The kid O'Neal was talking about was, of course, Chen Jie.
At this moment, when O'Neal was thinking about these things after the appearance ceremony, Chen Jie was chatting with several friends from the Western Conference All-Stars.
The game was warmed up by the five best mascots in the league, and the fans' emotions reached a peak.
After all the All-Star players from the East and West teams shook hands and greeted each other, the starters of the two teams listened to the last instruction from their respective coaches and then came to the technical stage and prepared to play.
**Chen Jie didn’t know what Vicki was talking about. But Scales emphasized the same thing as before the game.
"The fans who came today are all here to see your performance. Guys, try your best to express yourself on the court. I will give each of you a chance. But be careful not to get hurt!"
These words are the original words of Scales.
At the end of the sentence, Scales fixed his eyes on Chen Jie.
Obviously, among these players, what he cares about most is Chen Jie's health.
Chen Jie was told by Scales and quickly nodded to show that he understood.
This pair of generals have already had enough tacit understanding from working together in the regular season to the All-Star Game.
Before Chen Jie came on the court, he chatted with Kobe, McGrady and Yao Ming for a while.
The three of them told Chen Jie that there was no need to feel any pressure, the All-Star Game was just for fun.
The three people explained some of Chen Jie's experiences as people who had experienced it.
Today, although they are opponents, the sense of confrontation is not as strong as in the regular season or playoffs.
Today's referee is the famous NBA referee Bald Crawford.
He took the basketball and led ten players from the east and west onto the court.
The competition is about to begin.
Today's game will continue to be broadcast live on CCTV.
Zhang Weiping and Yang Yi will continue to be guest commentators.
Because both Yao Ming and Chen Jie will play today, this is also the first time that two people in China will participate in the All-Star Game at the same time. Zhang Weiping and Yang Yi seemed very excited.
"CCTV, CCTV, we are now in Denver, bringing you the live broadcast of the 2005 All-Star Game. This year's All-Star Game, China has two players participating. One is the starting guard of the Eastern All-Stars, Chen
Jay. The other one is the starting center of the Western Conference All-Stars, Yao Ming!"
"Except for these two Chinese players, the other All-Star starters are Iverson, Carter, James, O'Neal in the East. Garnett, McGrady, Kobe and Duncan in the West!"
"These ten players also represent the highest level of the NBA today. I believe that they will give us a perfect performance today!"
"Okay, now the game has started. Both sides jumped the ball. O'Neal lost to Yao Ming, Kobe got the basketball, and the West attacked first..."
Under Zhang Weiping's introduction, the game on the field has already begun.
Kobe plays the role of point guard today, because when voting for the All-Stars, voting is divided into three positions, one is a guard, one is a forward, and one is a center.
Because fan voting depends entirely on the popularity of the players.
So many times, of course, there will be no other players at the center position, but at the forward position, there will often be two power forwards and no small forward. For example, in today's Western Conference, Garnett and Duncan are both power forwards, and they don't have one.
Pure small forward. Of course, there may also be a situation where there are only two small forwards and no power forward. For example, in today's Eastern Conference, Carter James is a small forward and there is no standard power forward.
As for the guard position, such embarrassment often occurs.
The reason why Kobe plays point guard is for this reason.
He and Tracy McGrady were both placed at the guard position in this year's voting, and obviously the popularity of the two defeated the point guards. Therefore, the two swingmen were selected as the starter together. In the West, not even a pure guard
No.
When the players from the two teams stand together, one obvious feature is that today the height of the players in the Western Conference is much higher than the height of the players in the Eastern Conference. (To be continued...)
