On February 16, 2013, All-Star Weekend kicked off.
This year’s All-Star Weekend Challenge includes the Shooting Star Contest, Skills Challenge, Three-Point Shootout Contest and Slam Dunk Contest.
The rookie game continues to follow the format of the 2012 game, still using a mixed team approach. First-year players and second-year players are brought together, led by O'Neal and Buckley respectively.
For Warriors fans, the rookie game is also a lot to watch.
Not surprisingly, Barnes, Middleton and Draymond Green were all selected for the rookie game.
In fact, judging from their individual performances, only Barnes and Middleton are qualified to be selected for the All-Star Rookie Game.
Because Barnes is the starter, he has many opportunities and his statistics are impressive enough.
Middleton and Draymond Green are both substitutes, but Middleton plays more minutes than Draymond Green because of his accurate three-pointers.
In fact, Green practices three-point shooting very hard, but there is still a gap between him and Middleton in terms of shooting talent.
More importantly, Deng Fang deliberately suppressed Green and gave him very little playing time, so Green's statistics were much different.
Of course, even if the data is not impressive, the Warriors' rookies will not lack exposure time.
So Green was also selected for the All-Star Rookie Game.
The result was very surprising. Green performed very well in the rookie game, providing many wonderful assists and shooting three-pointers very well!
All media outlets were full of praise for Green's performance, saying that the Warriors have found another treasure!
Only Deng Fang knew in his heart that this was Green's normal behavior and there was nothing surprising about it.
For Green, as long as he can shoot three-pointers accurately, he is an All-Star player!
Of course, no matter how Green performs now, Deng Fang won't give him much playing time.
Deng Fang just wants to suppress Green and not let him get too good data!
The rookie game was very lively, with no defense between the two teams. In the end, Barkley's team defeated O'Neal's team 163-135.
"Orc" Faried from the Barkley team performed the most amazingly. He made 18 of 22 shots and contributed 40 points and 10 rebounds. He was named the MVP of this game.
A game like the Rookie Game is most suitable for a fast jumping man like Faried.
He runs fast and is very active. He can dunk on fast breaks. He is efficient and scores high. It is not surprising that he won the MVP.
The following Shooting Star Competition and Skills Challenge are also very lively.
Soon it was the turn of the three-point contest.
Curry did not participate in this year's three-point contest, and the Warriors sent Klay.
Curry has received enough honors, it's time for Clay to take action!
The roster for the three-point contest is: Novak of the Knicks, Paul George of the Pacers, Irving of the Cavaliers, Ryan Anderson of the Hornets, Matt Bonner of the Spurs and Klay Thompson of the Warriors.
Clay's performance in the first round was average and he barely made it into the finals.
However, Clay found his touch after the finals. He scored 25 points, beating Irving's 23 points and won the 2013 Three-Point Contest!
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The roster for the dunk contest is Gerald Green, Terrence Ross, James White, Eric Bledsoe, Jeremy Evans and Faried of the Nuggets.
Westbrook, who had previously publicly stated his intention to participate in the dunk contest, did not appear on the final list.
All-Star Paul George also gave up the chance to compete again.
This year's NBA Slam Dunk Contest selection rules are different from before. The rights of the judges have been greatly reduced. The five judges only have the right to decide the results of the first round. As for the final score of the competition, fans still need to vote.
In the end, Terrence Ross won the slam dunk contest with the support of 58% of the fans due to his outstanding performance.
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At 8pm on February 18th, the All-Star Game starts on time!
Since Rondo is absent due to injury, the Eastern team's starting five are Wade, James, Anthony, Bosh and Garnett.
The starting lineup for the Western Conference team is Curry, Klay, Kobe, Durant and Yao Ming.
It is obvious that the Western team mainly shoots from outside, while the Eastern team has a slightly stronger ability to break through in singles.
Because a coach cannot serve as the head coach of the All-Star Game consecutively, the head coach of the Western Conference this year is Brooks of the Thunder.
Brooks is a good coach and very "sensible". The starting five players in the Western Conference called a timeout after playing for two minutes. Barnes and Kirilenko came on, and the five Warriors played together!
Curry, Klay, Hayward, Kirilenko, and Yao Ming compete against the Eastern Conference All-Stars!
In comparison, the five Eastern Conference All-Stars are stronger individually, but their coordination is not as good as the five Warriors.
James and Wade are both unreliable with three-pointers, and Garnett has no three-pointers. Relying on Anthony and Bosh who only have average three-pointers, the Eastern team has very little room on the court.
Compared to the Eastern Team, all five Warriors have shooting ability. Even Kirilenko can shoot!
What's more, the Warriors' lineup doesn't need Kirilenko to take action!
People don't take defense very seriously in the All-Star game. This kind of game is most suitable for players with accurate shooting.
Although the five members of the Warriors are not very serious on the defensive end, after all, their tacit understanding is there and there are few loopholes.
The same cannot be said for the Eastern team.
Although the three Heat players worked hard, neither Anthony nor Garnett took it seriously.
Three players are defending five players, and all five players have three-pointers. You can imagine how big the loopholes are!
The game only lasted for more than 6 minutes, and the score difference reached more than 20 points!
Fortunately, Brooks called a timeout and immediately replaced the five Warriors.
Stay safe as a human being so we can meet again in the future!
The All-Star Game is just for entertainment, why bother killing everyone...
As soon as the five warriors came together, the audience immediately quit.
We just want to watch the universe bravely fight against five All-Stars!
Only then can we see the true strength of the Warriors!
The audience kept shouting the names of Curry and others, which made James and others on the court very embarrassed.
Everyone is an All-Star, why is the gap so big...
The Western team picked up Paul, Kobe, Harden, Durant, and Howard.
The strength of these five people is no worse than that of the Eastern Team, and their scoring ability is even stronger!
The game played very quickly, and it wasn't until the second quarter that the five Warriors came back on the court.
Curry is the most suitable for this kind of occasion, and the elementary school students are very excited to play.
But an accident happened suddenly. Curry accidentally stepped on James' foot while shooting and was forced to take a rest.
James still looks innocent...
Without Curry, Brooks also replaced four other Warriors players.
The Eastern team also got a good opportunity to chase points, and the point difference between the two teams quickly narrowed.
Fortunately, the Western team has a strong scoring ability and immediately regained its form and maintained its lead.
In the end, the Western team defeated the Eastern team 143-138 and won the All-Star Game.
Paul of the Western Conference scored 20 points, 15 assists, and 4 steals in the game. After voting by fans around the world, he was finally awarded the 2013 All-Star Game MVP.
This is also the first time in Paul's career that he won the All-Star Game MVP.
