Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

March 3th is the All-Star Weekend again.

Although the Bulls' record has declined this year, they are still second in the Eastern Conference, so the core trio of Durant, Curry, and Jokic were all selected for the All-Star Game as usual.

And because Curry was the top vote-getter in the Eastern Conference All-Star Game, Durant and Jokic were both selected for Curry's team.

Last year, the Bulls cared more about the team's record, so they didn't have much thought about the All-Star Game, which has become increasingly boring in recent years.

But this year, the Bulls no longer have any record requirements.

Therefore, long before the All-Star Weekend, Duane and Curry had already secretly discussed how to give Jokic a boost.

Things are different now. This year, Curry also vaguely realized that he was not able to exert his strength sometimes.

In particular, the strength of the waist, abdomen and lower limbs seems to have declined, and the body is more easily fatigued.

In fact, there were some signs in the past few years. Every December, my skin would be too dry, my touch would decline, and my shooting percentage would drop slightly. The situation did not improve until February when spring came and flowers bloomed.

But in previous years, his physical condition was fine. Even if he missed a shot, he could still break through to the basket or score through tactical cuts.

However, this year, due to occasional weak legs, my shooting aim began to deviate, my jump to finish at the basket was not sufficient, and my layup accuracy began to decline.

Is the peak beginning to decline?

At first, Curry thought that he was being exploited too much by Ayesha.

However, after strengthening my self-control and learning how to soak wolfberries in a Doon thermos, I still find myself overwhelmed from time to time.

Facts speak louder than words. Even if Curry doesn't want to admit it, he still has to face the problem.

Whether it is the game data or personal cognition, it all confirms that his body has begun to go downhill!
Indeed, increasing training intensity and maintaining the body in a scientific way can effectively delay or even improve physical decline.

But this choice does not bring much benefit to Curry personally or his family.

If Curry's dominance can be extended for another one or two years, the difference won't be that big.

Curry has teamed up with Durant to win 7 NBA championships!
Among them, there are three championships as the boss and three championships as the runner-up. Only in the first championship was Durant the sole core player. When Curry won the championship, his position was between the second and third in command.

With Curry's current achievements and accumulated honors, he has secured a place in the top three in history since winning the championship last year.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson only won five championships together.

If we have to divide the five championships, how many championships did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson each have? Basically, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar led the first two, and Magic Johnson led the last three.

That is to say, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson both have three first-time championships, with the former having one more second-time championship than the latter.

Looking at Curry, the number of top and second-best championships is equal to that of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and he has one more core championship of 2.5 top levels.

As for the accumulation of other honors, Curry is indeed a little behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

However, Curry has not retired yet, and he is still a few days away from his 33rd birthday!

Even if Curry retires before he turns 40, he will at least have a chance to compete for a major championship, or one or two second-place championships.

As long as he surpasses Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in major honors, there is nothing to worry about other things.

In short, the top three in NBA history were basically determined when the Bulls won the championship last season.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that all the players were from the history of the Bulls!
Durant's 12 championships are unprecedented, Jordan's 6 championships are the best of the time, and Curry's 7 championships are the best partner.

Curry wants to continue the legendary story between him and Durant, and even intends to surpass Jordan's historical status.

However, given Curry's current condition, it is foreseeable that his condition will continue to decline in the next few seasons.

In addition, it will be very difficult for the Bulls to win the championship because of the resistance and obstruction from the entire league.

Even if the three second-place champions can be combined into one first-place champion, Curry will not be able to lead the team to win two first-place champions in the last few years of his peak.

Therefore, no matter how hard Curry tries in the rest of his career, his chances of surpassing Jordan are very slim.

It is for this reason that Curry is willing to end reality and go down the mountain peacefully without any sadness or joy.

Just like when Duan retired at the right time and gave way to others.

Obviously, Duane still had the energy to win another championship, but he took the initiative to give up the team status and the scepter of league rule to Curry.

With Duane's expectations and support, Curry safely took over as the league's ruler, overcame numerous difficulties, and led the Bulls to win championships one after another.

And thus completed the task and mission assigned by Durant and the team to become the top team in NBA history.

Now, the Bulls have reached the stage of handing over power and succession.

Unlike Duane who has become a veteran, Curry is in decline from his peak.

Jokic has just entered his peak period, and even because of the decline of centers in the small ball era, in terms of comprehensive strength, he is directly in the top two in the league.

Curry also knows Jokic's true level and influence on the game.

So he wants to continue to be teammates with Jokic, and wants to assist Jokic like Duane did back then, and then lead this team to victory and recreate its glory.

But then again, the transfer of power often involves some pain.

Instead of waiting until next year to discover and solve the problem, Curry thinks that it is better to take advantage of the opportunity this year that the team management is interested in rebuilding.

Half a season was enough for Jokic to smoothly take over the position of team leader, and then slowly begin to fulfill the responsibilities of team leader, leading the Bulls to once again launch a charge for the championship.

In order to make Jokic accept it better and also to prepare a surprise for Jokic, Durant and Curry wanted to give Jokic the All-Star MVP.

Over the years, the Bulls' team leader has always been a combination of the three MVPs.

With Jokic's ability, after being established as the team leader, it was not difficult for him to win the regular season MVP and the Finals MVP.

But Jokic doesn't like performing and has little interest in the All-Star Game.

Duane and Curry know Jokic's character and personality well, and urging Jokic to win the All-Star MVP is impossible unless they really whip him.

As teammates and also the former former bosses and former bosses, Duane and Curry have to care about and take care of Jokic and help him become the Bulls boss he should be.

Time quickly came to March 3th. After a day of celebration and warm-up yesterday, the big show is finally about to begin today.

Unlike previous All-Star Games, all events are brought together this year.

Whether it is the skills challenge, three-point contest, dunk contest, or All-Star Game, it all ends within one day.

"Andrew, you have such a great body, why don't you participate in the dunk contest?"

Curry was originally watching the dunk contest on the court, but suddenly asked a question to Wiggins who was sitting next to him.

Wiggins has nothing to do with this All-Star Game.

Durant also took into consideration that Wiggins had just arrived at the Bulls, and the loss as soon as he arrived affected morale, making it a little difficult for him to integrate into the team in a short period of time.

So Wiggins was specially invited to the All-Star Weekend to help him relax and dispel his doubts and fears.

Originally, Wiggins was a little shy and was not willing to go out with Durant, Curry and Jokic.

It was also because of Duane's strong pull that Wiggins followed with a silly smile on his face.

Along the way, it was Duane who took care of Wiggins. Although Curry remained kind to Wiggins, he did not show it much.

Curry doesn't know much about Wiggins, and he is not the kind of person who takes the initiative to get to know other players or is willing to be on friendly terms with other players.

At this time, Curry suddenly asked Wiggins a question, which stumped Wiggins.

"I..." Wiggins hesitated, then replied with a smile, "Hey, I haven't been feeling well lately."

Perhaps Wiggins also took this opportunity to explain to Curry that his mediocre performance in the previous three games was due to his physical discomfort and not being in good shape.

"Are you okay? Is it an injury? It lasted for a month?" After hearing Wiggins' explanation, Curry also showed some concern for Wiggins' physical condition.

After all, you can't just participate in the dunk contest today if you want to. The registration deadline is one month in advance.

In the past few years, the NBA officials have been inviting Wiggins to participate in the dunk contest, until Wiggins refused for three consecutive years, and then they stopped inviting him.

However, if Wiggins himself wants to participate, he can actually sign up.

Especially this year, there are no big names in the dunk contest, only three fringe NBA figures, which is too miserable compared with previous years. "I... I'm fine. Maybe... maybe I was infected with the new coronavirus last year, and my body didn't recover. I feel like I've aged a lot."

Wiggins was just making up an excuse, who knew Curry would really care about his physical condition.

In order to answer Curry's question, Wiggins had to briefly mention the situation when his grandmother passed away last season and was suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus.

Indeed, after this illness, my physical condition has deteriorated a lot.

He was only 25 years old and his body had just reached its peak, but suddenly his condition declined. It was very strange.

Fortunately, after a year of recovery, it has almost fully recovered.

However, Wiggins is embarrassed to say that he doesn't know how to communicate with other teammates or how to play properly for the Bulls.

"That's true, it's a pity.

I think that even now you are good enough to win the dunk contest!
You know, we're a team that's always been able to win.

We are all champions and we need more champions.

You and Nicola are from the same year, you are both very young and energetic.

The future is yours!

Andrew, next year, will you participate next year? I hope to see you win the championship! "

Curry seemed to want to have a heart-to-heart with Wiggins and reveal his ambitions in advance.

But Wiggins didn't understand, he just smiled bitterly and said: "Hey, I... I lost once in high school.

From then on, I decided not to participate in the dunk contest anymore.

I gave my best performance and I think I should have won.

But in the end, I got the result I didn’t want, and I accepted it…”

In the 13 McDonald's High School All-Star Game, Wiggins, known as the top high school student in the United States, was unfairly robbed of the dunk championship he was best at and most proud of by an unknown little character.

It is worth mentioning that Aaron Gordon was also present at that dunk contest, and was also a contestant and a victim...

“Haha, then you’ve come to the right place, Andrew.

If we want to win the championship, we have to overcome the difficulty of five against eight.

We not only have to beat our opponents, we also have to beat the referees.

You will win your championship, Andrew! "

After hearing what happened to Wiggins, Curry showed no sympathy or comfort. He just smiled and stretched out his hand to high-five Wiggins.

Seeing this, Wiggins could only smile foolishly and follow Curry for a while, then sit obediently in his seat and watch the game.

Not long after the dunk contest ended, players from both Team Curry and Team Durant came on the court to warm up.

"Nikola, be serious! Don't forget that your compatriots are watching this game."

"That's right. Now that you're on the court, you should finish the game seriously."

Curry and Duane surrounded Jokic on both sides and reminded Jokic.

Jokic was not aware of Duane and Curry's plans at the time, so he didn't take it too seriously.

However, what Duane and Curry said does make some sense.

Compared to previous All-Star Games, Jokic was more serious tonight, but he didn't show much interest.

Time flies, and the All-Star Game will begin soon.

The Bulls' core trio all started, but it wasn't so obvious that Durant and Curry fed the ball to Jokic in the first quarter.

On the contrary, Jokic was setting a pick-and-roll on the outside, and neither Duane nor Curry intended to pass the ball to him.

This is also to prevent Jokic from shooting three-pointers from the outside, which would affect his hit rate and number of shots.

When Jokic ran to the basket, Durant and Curry each fed Jokic a pass.

In addition, Jokic grabbed the offensive rebound and completed a tip-in.

In the first quarter, Jokic played for half a quarter and made 3 of 3 shots, with 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist. His number of shots was not many, and other statistics were also normal.

However, at the beginning of the second quarter, Durant played with Jokic and began to pass the ball frequently.

Jokic didn't seem to realize anything. He just raised the ball high and made an easy layup.

Anyway, there are not many people defending, so there is no pressure in attacking.

With Jokic's basic skills and soft touch, scoring is as easy as eating and drinking.

In less than 5 minutes, Jokic's statistics soared to 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

If he continues like this, getting 30+10+5 in the game will be no problem at all.

At halftime, the two teams had a total of three or four stars who wanted to be All-Star MVPs and began to pay attention to the data of the participating players.

约基奇9投9中，18分5篮板2助攻的夸张数据，自然很快引起了他们的注意。

Since the All-Star Game was reformulated two years ago, the score is 0-0 before the fourth quarter, and everyone can just score points in the first three quarters.

Therefore, the only time left for everyone to brush up their stats is the third quarter!
Fortunately, Curry and Jokic played together in the third quarter.

After all, Curry is the captain and the number one player at the moment, so everyone should give him some face.

As Curry is a point guard, it is reasonable for Curry's team to be the main point guard.

Speaking of Curry's passing, although not as sophisticated and comfortable as Durant's, he is still capable of passing the ball.

As for Curry saving his own shots and handing them all to Jokic, no one had any complaints on the surface. At most, they privately felt that the Bulls trio's eating habits were a little ugly.

Fortunately, during the third quarter, Curry's other two teammates also gave Jokic a chance to shoot a three-pointer from the top of the arc.

Jokic seemed to be assisted by God and seized the opportunity.

In the third quarter, he made 6 of 6 shots, 2 of 2 three-pointers, and did not take a single free throw, but still scored 14 points!
Jokic scored 32 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists in three quarters. How can others win the All-Star MVP?

The main thing is that Curry's team won. No matter how hard others try, they can't beat Jokic who has the help of Durant and Curry!
After the third quarter, the other stars on the court understood what was going on.

It takes three stakes to make a fence, and it takes three men to make a hero!

Duane and Curry assisted Jokic and helped him win the All-Star MVP.

Other stars want to compete for the All-Star MVP, but due to lack of help, they are unable to compete with Jokic.

Perhaps it was because the All-Star MVP was predetermined that some stars lost interest in playing a big game in the fourth quarter.

There were a few players on Durant's team who tried their best to win the game and embarrass Jokic.

Jokic himself also realized that Duane and Curry were deliberately setting the stage for him to perform.

Now that it has come to this, it would be really embarrassing if I didn’t take it seriously!

The fourth quarter ends with 24 points. The team that reaches 24 points first wins.

Jokic, who was serious, had no rivals under the basket. With just over 6 minutes of playing time, he helped Curry's team win the game.

At the same time, Jokic scored 12 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks.

全场比赛下来，约基奇虽然没达成30+10+5的全面数据，却也极为夸张的砍下了44分12篮板。

Not to mention 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, the statistics are very comprehensive!
The data was won, the game was won, and the fourth quarter was another opportunity for Jokic's personal performance.

So, there is no suspense, Jokic won the 2021 All-Star MVP.

From this point on, Jokic also started his MVP journey. (End of this chapter)