warrior godfather

The 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend in Toronto is destined to be an All-Star that will go down in history.

This is the first time the All-Star Game has been held in a city outside the continental United States. The 2015-2016 season is also the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Raptors team. They won the right to host the All-Star team, which is just right to celebrate this historic moment.

This is also Kobe's last dance at the All-Star Weekend. He will retire after the season and end his 20-year long career.

Kobe Bryant, who was suffering from injuries in his old age, suffered a serious decline in strength. This season, he averaged 28.2 minutes per game and only scored 17.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists, both of which were the lowest since the 1997-1998 season. The three shooting percentages were 35.8%, 28.5%, 82.6%.

In addition to the same free throw percentage, Kobe's shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage have dropped sharply, which can only show one thing-he can no longer adapt to the confrontation of the intensity of the NBA.

The Achilles tendon injury destroyed Kobe's athletic ability. If he hadn't overdrawn his body and suffered devastating injuries in order to let the Lakers enter the playoffs in 2013, he could have played until the age of 40 with his superb skills. .

But in order to keep the promise he made to Old Buss, Kobe gritted his teeth, carried the team on his iron shoulders, burned all his fighting spirit, energy, and spirit, and finally dragged the Lakers into the gate of the playoffs. But he himself fell down on the eve of success.

Kobe's life-burning efforts only got the Lakers a round of the playoffs. Many people said he was worthless, and Kobe fans were even more distressed, but Kobe never regretted his choice.

He could have preserved his strength, played a season of health-preserving ball, and then went to other teams next season to form a team with other superstars, or let the Lakers send Gasol away, take out all the draft picks, stud one or two superstars, and form a team. The Big Three, in the twilight years of their careers, seized the last chance to hit the championship.

But Kobe didn't do that. He is the Lakers, and the Lakers are him. The two have long been bound together. He is willing to give everything for the Lakers.

After the slam dunk contest ended, it immediately became a trending search in the United States and China, and sparked heated discussions in these two countries with the most basketball fans.

On February 2, the All-Star Weekend officially began.

There is nothing like the power of emotion. Although Kobe has lost the level of NBA starters, he has been unstoppable in the All-Star voting and has never fallen from the top position.

After completing this action, Gordon bit his lower lip and shook his head again and again, showing unwillingness.

This situation aroused the dissatisfaction of Eastern fans, and it did not meet the wishes of Xiao Hua, who has always paid attention to balance.

But in the final three-pointer link, Green repeatedly missed shots, Towns caught up, raised his hand with a three-pointer, and eliminated Green.

The substitutes were still voted by the coaches. The Warriors ushered in a bumper harvest. Clay and Green were selected to the Western All-Star bench lineup. A total of four players were selected for the All-Star Game, topping the league.

Gordon is also sympathetic to LaVine:
"Everything is crazy tonight. The champion should be LaVine. He is an unbelievable dunker. I didn't expect to make it to the playoffs. My last dunk only got 47 points. Knowing that, maybe I should have been more prepared, then we'd have been 50-50, and we'd probably have spent the night like this..."

Whether they like or hate Kobe, Kobe is part of their youth and a memory they will never forget.

After Green was eliminated, he returned to the sidelines with a smile on his face, but he couldn't hide the depression in his eyes.

Barclays Center was as quiet as a library, and there was no reaction from the auditorium.

But it's too late to say anything now, Green made up his mind that after the All-Stars return, they must practice three-pointers well and regain the prestige of the space-type fourth position!
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The second is the three-point contest. Originally, this three-point contest was a special event for Curry and Clay. It was an in-fighting contest, and it was wonderful. Clay relied on his incredible touch of scoring 11 goals in the final 10 goals to make a comeback. Curry won the three-point contest.

During the jump ball, everyone tacitly gave up the opportunity to Kobe and James. 23VS24 used to be a topic that people talked about in the past, but today is the last 23VS24.

The last one is the slam dunk contest, which is also the most anticipated event by fans. LaVine played for the second consecutive year, and everyone is imagining what action he will take to win the cup.

Leonard has become a beneficiary of the new rules. He already has the popularity of the Warriors, and his combination of offense and defense is particularly favored by the coaches of the teams. His strong defense has left a deep impression on the players of other teams. , Successfully selected as the All-Star starter.

LaVine played, and his action was completed only the second time.

In addition, Wiggins, Dinwiddie and Bogdan were selected for the Rookie Challenge, continuing the Warriors' glorious tradition of having rookies selected every season.

Green didn't dare not listen. He did practice three-pointers and worked hard, but he still couldn't find the three-pointer feeling. His shooting percentage dropped to 33.5%, which was only slightly better than his rookie season.

This is the most creative dunk in today's slam dunk contest. The audience all stood up and cheered loudly. It's not enough to express their excitement.

Gordon was the first to play in the playoffs, but his carefully prepared ideas had dried up, so he could only invite teammate Payton to play.

He is not very popular among the fans. This season, he often caused condemnation from Warriors fans because of open three-pointers, but the coaches of each team know how difficult Green's defense is. He is pushing fast breaks, organizing and scheduling What a huge role played by other aspects, these are not reflected in the data.

The All-Star Game on the second day was far less exciting than the slam dunk contest.

There is no doubt that the judges all gave full marks.

It’s just that compared to the original two championships + 4 mvp in hand, James now has no championship, only 2 mvp, he stood in front of Kobe, looked at this opponent he thought he would easily surpass, and looked behind Kobe, smiling brightly Curry, the expression on his face is a bit complicated.

The players and judges watching the game from the sidelines were also amazed. Gordon himself was also very excited. He walked half a circle around the field to mobilize the emotions of the audience.

This buckle is so elegant and light, it is comparable to Gordon's seat buckle.

Last year's slam dunk contest made LaVine famous. His elegant and light posture has impressed countless fans. No one thinks that there is still suspense in the slam dunk contest. LaVine will definitely be able to successfully defend the title.

LaVine, Aaron Gordon, Will Barton and Andre Drummond participated in this year's dunk contest.

The audience was disappointed. Last year's rookie challenge was divided into the world team and the US team for the first time. The rookies were all fighting for real. The confrontation was fierce and the game was very exciting. Antetokounmpo won the mvp in the end. It is also spelled out, which is convincing.

According to the rules, inside players and guards are divided into two groups, and the two teams in the same group will start at the same time. Regardless of the time, it depends on who completes all the links first, and each decides a winner before the final duel.

The mascot stepped on a balance car and rotated under the basket. After Gordon's run-up, he pressed the back of his head with his left hand, took the ball with his right hand, turned 360 degrees in the air, and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!

He jumped from the free-throw line, caught the pass, glided through the air, and scored a one-handed dunk, and the cheers at Barclays Center grew louder.

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Finally, LaVine appeared on the stage, and the applause in the audience suddenly became enthusiastic.

After LaVine's run-up, he soared into the air, changed hands behind his back, and then glided under the basket. He dunked with a backhand, which shocked everyone and got a full score of 50 points.

This year, Kobe is about to retire, and the Lakers fans used all means to canvass for him. There are also many neutral fans who watched Kobe play, and even fans who hated Kobe so much, they all voted for him as an All-Star.

When LaVine came on stage, he was relieved to see that Gordon didn't get full marks, and the pressure was much less.

Gordon made the second dunk. The Magic team mascot was holding the basketball high under the basket.

In the second deduction in the preliminaries, Drummond and Button only scored 39 points and 30 points. With LaVine Jewelry in front, the judges' scores were much bolder.

James only got more than 120 million votes, which is not an order of magnitude with Kobe and Curry. Rose, who has more than 117 million votes behind him, is eyeing him, and his status as the top voter in the Eastern Conference is almost lost.

LaVine played second. He felt Gordon's pressure, but he didn't seem to have prepared too many moves. He also staged a one-handed slam dunk and got a full score.

Gordon came out third, and the fans just clapped their hands perfunctorily twice before stopping.

The judges all gave full marks, and there was no winner in the duel between LaVine and Gordon, so there was only an extra match.

Fortunately, with the super firepower of Curry, Clay, and Leonard, the Warriors' offense was not affected by Green's three-point drop, and he didn't take it too seriously.

LaVine's teammate Downs rushed directly into the field, and the referees all looked in admiration and applauded non-stop. Gordon also nodded again and again, applauding his opponent.

After the start of the game, the stars in the Western Conference rushed to pass the ball to Kobe, but Kobe had no desire to attack, and passed back after receiving the ball. He only scored 10 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal. By the way, he won the All-Star history with 38 steals steals king.

和过去的几年全明星一样，西部队最后以196:173大胜东部队，威少以31分5篮板8助攻5抢断当选为全明星mvp。

However, Kobe did not intend to compete for the All-Star mvp. The black mamba who was so competitive in the past chose to enjoy the game in the last All-Star game.

Button and Drummond played one after another, and their actions were lackluster. One scored 44 points and the other scored 36 points.

They only hope that LaVine will play soon, not like watching other people waste time.

Green participated in the Skills Challenge. In order to increase the fun of this year's Skills Challenge, inside players such as Green, Towns, Cousins, and Thick Eyebrow were invited to participate, which aroused people's interest.

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Carter won the All-Star Game in 2000, but he didn't have a comparable opponent, and the master was lonely.

But unexpectedly, other judges gave Gordon 10 points, but O'Neal only gave 9 points.

Lakers fans also support Kobe from the bottom of their hearts. Even if the Lakers lose, they are willing to watch Kobe play.

But Kobe's last All-Star game still attracted widespread attention. The number of viewers in the United States reached 760 million, an increase of 6% over last year.

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The peak match between LaVine and Gordon saved the slam dunk contest with poor ratings, and it was also the most exciting slam dunk contest in the history of the slam dunk contest.

But now, Curry and Clay have not participated in the three-point contest. They have already faced off in the three-point contest. Curry has won three consecutive championships. They are not interested in participating again, and they are concentrating on the main game. .

This move was originally intended to limit popular stars from getting too many votes and allow those less popular and powerful players to be selected as All-Stars.

But this year, the Rookie Challenge quickly moved closer to the All-Star Game, with loose defense and dunks and three-point performances on the court. There was no confrontation, and it lost its only attraction.

Today's All-Star voting rules have been adjusted. Both players and the media participated in the voting. Fans voted for 50%, and media and players voted for 25% each.

However, such voting rules are also very beneficial to Curry. The Warriors have dominated the league in the past few seasons. Vote for him, and he can get more than 180 million votes like Kobe.

Green's opponent in the first round was Towns. He had an advantage when he came up, dribbling skillfully, and he hit the pass with one hit. However, Towns wasted a lot of time in the pass and was thrown away by a long distance.

Bogdan and Wiggins are on the same team. Wiggins doesn't like to show off, but Bogdan is very interested in the mvp of the rookie challenge. 16 points, 9 assists, 13 rebounds and 7 steals.

In the end, Downs went all the way, defeated Thomas Jr., and won the Skills Challenge Championship.

"I think me and Gordon should be tied for the championship. Some of the dunks he completed, I have never seen before!"

He spread his legs, leaped over the head of the mascot, picked up the basketball, changed hands in the air, and dunked with his right hand. After landing, he opened his bow and set an arrow to pay tribute to Carter, causing the scene to exclaim.

Gordon's movements are indeed relatively average. He took off with both feet, changed hands under the crotch, turned over and dunked, and only scored 45 points.

But fans, media, and players all voted for Kobe, and Kobe, whose strength has declined seriously, won the top votes. On the contrary, his popularity trumps everything else, which is extremely ironic.

LaVine continued to say excitedly:

LaVine came on the stage, he threw the ball from behind the side of the backboard, and then started to catch the ball. After changing hands under the crotch, he successfully buckled with both hands and also got a full score.

This action is not creative enough, but it shows LaVine's light and elegant characteristics to the fullest, which is very beautiful.

Wiggins wouldn't even want to participate in the Rookie Challenge if he could, let alone the slam dunk contest.

Kobe has paid for the Lakers for more than ten years, and it's time to enjoy it.

At the end of the three rounds of voting, Kobe won more than 189 million votes, won the All-Star vote king, and was selected into the Western Conference All-Star starting lineup.

Neither of them expected that they would not be able to win the championship in the regular schedule.

The duel between Jordan and Wilkins took place in ancient times, which has extraordinary pioneering significance, but looking at it now, the creativity and excitement of the action are indeed much inferior.

However, the U.S. team was led by No. 157 pick Towns, as well as many high-ranking rookies such as Russell, Okafor, Parker, Noel, and LaVine. With his outstanding performance of 150 points, 30 rebounds and 7 assists, Wen won the rookie challenge mvp.

Clay found his form in time after Christmas, and Green was recognized by the coach with his excellent defensive and organizational skills.

Gordon came out third, and the Magic mascot came to the hoop, holding the ball aloft. Gordon's first attempt at the maneuver was unsuccessful, but his second was finally completed.

The starters in the Eastern Conference are Rose, Wade, James, Paul George and Anthony.

But this made the Western Conference lose one spot in the frontcourt, and the thick eyebrow became the unlucky guy.

In contrast, other stars are either not very popular, or are controversial in the hearts of the media and players, and each has its own flaws. Unlike Curry, who has excellent statistics and honors as a reference, no one dares not to vote for him. The number of votes is much lower.

Can't you save some face?If you give 42 or 43, you won't be able to enter the final, so why be so merciless!

After the start of the finals, Gordon was the first to play, and he still cooperated with the Magic mascot.

LaVine retreated to the midfield position, took a deep breath, suddenly started, took the ball and ran all the way to the free throw line, soared into the air, and after a big windmill in the air, he smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!
boom!
After a brief silence, the audience was ebullient. What did they see?Big windmill at the free throw line!

Curry ranked second with more than 181 million votes. The record of consecutive elections as the top vote stopped at four times, but he was far ahead of James who was third.

The second day was the individual competition, and the restructured Skills Challenge took the lead in the competition.

The players watching the slam dunk contest stood up in exclamation, the audience applauded vigorously, and the Barclays Center became extremely noisy.

First came the entertaining Masters, which the Canadian Stars won 74-63, and then the Rookie Challenge.

Zhang Yu's words came to his mind:
"Drummond, you have to practice three-pointers..."

The league tasted the sweetness last year, and this year's rookie challenge is still divided into the world team and the US team to compete.

"We kept pushing each other, and together we created the best slam dunk contest ever, which was incredible. The dunks we did, even for professional dunkers, took many tries to complete, but we did it once. Yeah, I ran out of ideas and had to try and dunk at the free throw line..."

Only LaVine and Gordon, meeting opponents, will meet good talents. Gordon has brought his strength and creativity to the extreme. LaVine's elegant and light beauty shocked the world. The meeting of the two created an eternal classic.

He was completely out of ideas. He started along the left baseline, rushed to the basket, pulled the ball behind his head with both hands, then pulled it to his crotch, and finally reversed his hands. Due to the relatively simple movement, he only scored 47 points .

When Harden received the three-point contest championship trophy, he grinned and showed his white teeth. Against the background of his beard, he looked like a squirrel with bared teeth.

This is cheaper for others. Redick, Harden, and Booker entered the final with 20 points. Three-point contest champion.

When LaVine came on the stage, he deeply felt the pressure brought by Gordon, and everyone on the scene looked at him expectantly, wanting to see what kind of moves he would make, and compete with Gordon, who used the amazing sit button. contest.

He knew that in the duel with LaVine, as long as he didn't get a full score, it meant he had lost.

The five starters in the West are Curry, Westbrook, Kobe, Leonard, and Durant. Kobe participated in the All-Star voting this year as a small forward. Westbrook was very lucky not to be squeezed out of the starting lineup by him.

The Lakers did not disappoint Kobe. Although he no longer has the strength of a superstar, he still offered him a maximum salary contract.

But in a row of 10 points, O'Neal still only gave LaVine 9 points, which is confusing.

But the loss of the Skills Challenge this time made Green feel again how uncomfortable it is to not have a three-pointer.

In the second move of the extra game, Gordon came first.

But no one would underestimate Gordon, who was the runner-up. After LaVine received the trophy, the host was about to interview him, but LaVine snatched the microphone away impatiently:

Payton threw the ball to the side of the backboard. Gordon started from the bottom corner and rushed to the basket.

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Curry rushed into the court excitedly and flew the basketball. McGrady threw the towel into the air on the judges' bench, celebrating the birth of the new king of the slam dunk contest - LaVine is the strongest slam dunk king in NBA history!
The judges all gave full marks, and LaVine finally defeated Gordon in the playoffs and won the slam dunk contest for a second time.

Paul George scored 9 three-pointers, ranking second in All-Star history after Curry's 16 three-pointers.

In the past few years, the All-Star voting has been strong in the West and weak in the East. Curry has won the vote for four consecutive years, firmly suppressing the East.

O'Neill didn't work hard this time, and gave 10 points, and Gordon got 50 points.

Gordon clapped back and gave LaVine a thumbs up.

When the two left the stage, they both had embarrassed smiles on their faces, and they probably scolded the judges all over in their hearts.

Towns's poor control skills and passing ability can win the championship, all relying on one-handed three-pointers. If his three-pointers are still at the level of last season, Towns is definitely not his opponent.

The league invited Wiggins to participate in the dunk contest for the second time, but he turned it down.

That made the Warriors the only team with two All-Star starters, and Leonard was selected to the All-Star starting lineup for the second time after being selected as a starter last season.

He started from the midfield, ran all the way to the free throw line, stepped half a step inside the free throw line, soared into the air, changed hands under the crotch, dunked with one hand, and smashed the ball into the basket!
boom!
The audience was boiling again. After the free throw line lob and the free throw line windmill, LaVine also sacrificed the free throw line to change hands. In terms of the elegance and lightness of the dunk, no one can match it!

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After the game, Kobe found Curry, hugged him, and said apologetically:
"I'm sorry, Stephen, I robbed you of the All-Star voting champion and interrupted your record of being elected consecutively..."

Curry laughed:

"I don't care about this, Kobe, if you can, I hope you will be the All-Star vote next year!"

Kobe blinked slyly:

"I'm getting old, so I won't compete with you for the ticket king. At this time next year, I will cheer for you from the sidelines. My career is coming to an end, but your legend has just begun..."