Chapter 341 340. Jack, do you want to compete for MVP?

The next day, Saturday, Zhang Yang continued to work and went to watch the game in the evening to cheer for his teammates.

In the Shooting Star Challenge, the three participating teams are the Spurs, Pistons, and Suns.

The Spurs and the Suns made a move and sent Duncan and Stoudemire to participate in the game as three-point shooters, which made Billups, who represented the Pistons, very resentful.

Flounder: What you are doing makes our team look stupid!

I should have let Tianzun go up earlier. The three-point shots of these two bastards combined are not as accurate as Tianzun.

Maybe his mentality was affected, Billups took 6 attempts to make the three-point shot, wasting a lot of time, while Stoudemire made the shot on his 5th attempt.

The most impressive one was Duncan, who made a hit with his first shot, creating enough shooting time for WNBA Silver Stars superstar Becky Hammon, who was a midfield shooter.

Relying on the opportunities created by Duncan, the Spurs defeated the Pistons by 4 seconds and won the Shooting Star Challenge championship even though the performance of other players was inferior to that of the Pistons.

After the warm-up matches, the triathlon began.

The Skills Challenge is full of highlights this year. Among the six participating players, two are champions, the defending champion Wade, and the first champion of this tournament, Kidd. The other four are from the 6 class and are already famous geniuses - Paul, Deron, Felton, and Ellis.

Deron did not disappoint the fans. He broke the historical record of 05 seconds set by Nash in 25.8 and finished the preliminary round in 25.5 seconds, stunning everyone.

Ellis, who came on next, also showed his prowess, finishing the preliminaries in 25.7 seconds.

After the referee confirmed the result and the big screen showed the result, the fans at the scene cheered wildly again.

The first champion Kidd and the defending champion Wade looked at each other: Is it certain that one of us will not make it past the preliminaries?

Before the game started, the two were actually quite confident, but now they have no confidence at all.

Then, Paul, the third player to come on stage, began his performance.

Stimulated by Deron and Ellis, he exploded, and as he made a quick jump shot, the game time was fixed at 25.5 seconds, tying the historical record just set by Deron.

Kidd: I shouldn't have come! Since I was not selected for the All-Star Game again, I should rest at home.

Wade: Is it too late to withdraw now? Who stipulated that the defending champion must participate? Is it okay if I am injured? I don't have to play in the All-Star Game...

Ellis: No, is it possible that I can’t make it past the preliminaries with this performance?
Ellis's bad premonition came true. Inspired by his classmates Deron, Paul and Ellis, Felton also finished the race at lightning speed with a time of 25.3 seconds, breaking the historical record of 25.5 seconds just set by Deron and Paul!
When the referee confirmed that Felton's result was valid, Ellis, who had just broken the historical record, was eliminated in the preliminaries!

Ellis: Where am I? What am I doing here? Why am I here?
Kidd and Wade who have not yet played: Give me the ball, I want to go home!
Former record-breaker Son of Wind: I thought my 25.8 seconds was unbeatable, but now four players are taking turns to beat my record? Is there still justice? Is there any law?
Onlooker Zhang San: Fortunately, I was smart and didn’t join the competition with the fat boss. These damn guys really wanted to bully me together!
Then Kidd and Wade went on the court under tremendous pressure amid the crazy cheers of the fans... and failed.

The first champion Kidd took 49 seconds to finish the race, almost twice as long as the top three, and was eliminated. The defending champion Wade did not finish the race within 1 minute and had no result.

Felton, Deron and Paul advanced to the finals.

The first player to play in the final was Paul. He made mistakes at the beginning and his final score was 42.7 seconds. He failed to continue his crazy performance in the preliminaries.

As long as Deron and Felton don't get into bad luck together, Paul won't have a chance of winning the championship.

When Paul's score was confirmed, Deron and Felton looked at each other.

This moment is just like that moment.

In April three years ago, the two met in the NCAA finals, and Felton had the last laugh. This time, Deron wants to beat Felton!

Deron was the second to play and finished the race in 2 seconds. This result was much different from the preliminaries and he made several mistakes, but overall it was still good and he had a chance to win the championship.

But Felton is still better at playing in the finals.

Felton, who was the last to play, also made some mistakes, but his overall rhythm and stability were better than Deron. When his final layup fell into the basket, the time was still within 30 seconds.

In 29.8 seconds, Felton defeated Deron and Paul to win the Skills Challenge Championship!

After confirming the results, Felton excitedly ran around the field and enjoyed the cheers of the fans.

The fans were indeed very excited to watch. This was the most intense and exciting skills challenge ever. They all cheered for Felton who won the final victory.

Zhang Yang could understand why Felton was as excited as he was when he won the championship last year.

Deron and Paul are the opponents that Felton most wants to defeat, just like every time he meets Iverson, Wade and Paul, the three superstars wearing No. 3 jerseys.

Millsap won the Rookie Game MVP, Felton won the Skills Challenge Championship, and Mike Miller is one of the favorites to win the Three-Point Contest... When Zhang Yang thought of this, he suddenly realized that the only thing on their team that no one participated in was the Slam Dunk Contest this year.

But their team doesn't have anyone who is good at performing dunks. The only one who can do a dunk that is entertaining to watch is Zhang San. He is also good at running and jumping, with 90+ speed and 85+ jumping ability, but he is definitely no match for those beasts.

I wonder if in four or five years, when my athletic ability reaches its peak, I’ll be able to muster up a historic jumping ability to compete in a dunk contest?
...

The four great geniuses of the 05 class took turns to break the historical records. The fans were delighted and were looking forward to the next game even more.

This year's three-point contest has a luxurious lineup, with three superstars participating - Kobe, the record holder for three-pointers in a single game, Nash, who has a 48% three-point shooting percentage this season, and Nowitzki, the inside player with the strongest shooting ability.

Three role players, defending champion Kapono, top reliever Mike Miller, and big man Brad Miller.

Not only the fans, but also the players watching on the sidelines were discussing who would win the championship tonight.

Except for Brad Miller, the other five seem to have a chance of winning the championship.

We just watched a skills challenge that was so intense that it broke the historical record but still failed to make it to the finals. Everyone is looking forward to the three-point contest to also put on an exciting scene.

Half an hour later, the three-point contest came to an end.

It was exciting, but not intense, and the process was different from what anyone had imagined.

Defending champion Capono was the last to play in the preliminaries and scored 23 points, beating all opponents - the historical record of the three-point contest, the same record of 94 points held by Mark Price in 24 and Capono last year.

另外5人，迈克-米勒13分、布拉德-米勒17分、科比15分、诺维斯基18分、纳什19分，差距甚大。

In the final, Capono was the first to play and he immediately won the game - he made 25 of 20 shots, all the free throws went in, and he scored 25 points, breaking the historical record.

After watching Kapono's performance, the MVP brothers looked at each other. They understood how Wade and Kidd felt in the previous project. (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

However, after the two completely lost confidence, they gave up and performed better than in the preliminaries. Nash scored 20 points and Nowitzki scored 21 points. Although they lost, it was a more decent loss than Wade and Kidd.

Nowitzki: At least we made it to the finals and performed better than Kobe.

Nash: Neither of the two contestants from Haodatu made it to the finals. He is better than them.

The skills challenge was extremely intense and entertaining; although the three-point contest was not as intense, it was just as exciting as the former. Capono's reputation as "the most performing three-point shooter in history" was once again confirmed. However, when it came to the dunk contest, which should have been the most anticipated by fans, the atmosphere on the scene was not as enthusiastic and cooled down a lot.

As the saying goes, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. In the past few years, they have been looking forward to the dunk contest every year, but they saw that Nate Robinson relied on defense again and again, and it took him more than ten times to complete the dunk, but he still won the championship, which completely extinguished the fans' expectations for the dunk contest.

Compared to the skills challenge that is packed with talented players and the three-point contest that features three superstars, the dunk contest also has a dim star roster, with Howard being the only popular player. The media predicts that the favorite to win the championship is Rudy Gay.

Most fans have never heard of the other two players.

When the league announced the slam dunk contest list at the beginning of the month, many people called for canceling the slam dunk contest and launching a new form of competition.

It is obvious that the fans are completely disappointed with this event.

But sometimes, the lower your expectations, the bigger the surprise you get.

When Howard put on his Superman costume and walked out of the phone booth, the whole place went wild.

Even Zhang Yang, who had known about this scene for a long time, stood up and cheered and screamed, "My youth is back!"

In his previous life, when he was following the games between Yao Ming, McGrady and Kobe Bryant, Zhang Yang was deeply impressed by the scene in the 08 Slam Dunk Contest.

Howard won the championship with an overwhelming advantage, showing people a new way to play the dunk contest - the dunks don't have to be explosive, fancy or gorgeous, being creative can also make fans go wild.

Zhang Yang thought of the future flying Superman, flying motorcycle, flying car, double ball and double dunk... etc., which should all be inspired by Howard.

Howard's performance in this dunk contest can be said to have saved the event. Otherwise, based on the trend of the past few years, if Nate Robinson wins two more championships, the event would really have to be discontinued.

This year's All-Star Weekend was the most exciting one Zhang Yang had ever seen in his three years in the NBA. He enjoyed watching the Rookie Game, Shooting Star Game, Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest, and even the Slam Dunk Contest.

Zhang San was a little regretful. He should have participated. He had been invited to the Skills Challenge and the Three-Point Contest... No! He had to wait until he was confident of winning the championship. Little Fatty won the championship when he participated, so he couldn't leave empty-handed!
...

On February 2th, the real weekend of the All-Star Weekend has arrived.

The MVP trophy of the Rookie Challenge was named, and the attention of this All-Star Weekend soared. From the shooting star to the dunk contest, all four competitions on the comprehensive competition day were exciting. Today, the fans' attention and topic discussion reached a peak, and the number of media and fans gathered in New Orleans also reached the highest peak in recent days. At about 4 o'clock in the morning, a car stopped in front of the steps outside the gate of the New Orleans Arena, and the three groups of people who were originally chatting reacted as if they were under stress.

Two rows of security guards stood on both sides of the gate, trying their best to prevent reporters and fans from squeezing in, while reporters and fans were pushing hard to rush in.

The door of the nanny car opened, and several players got out of the car, lined up, and walked towards the gate with unrestrained steps, amid the crazy cheers and shouts of the fans.

Walking in the front was Zhang Yang, with Roy and Paul on his left and right, and Duncan and Okafor following behind.

Roy and Paul have a good relationship. Paul admires Roy, a player who entered the NBA one year later than him. Seeing that Roy was alone in the All-Star Weekend, he called him to enter together; Duncan was naturally called by Duncan Okafor Jr.

Hearing the fans screaming wildly because of their sexy steps, the two groups of people behind Zhang Yang had different reactions.

In just a dozen or twenty seconds, the mental processes of several people were completely different.

Xiao Zhang San Roy regretted it. Does the third brother have to be so coquettish?
Roy himself is a strict and pragmatic person. He really regretted this atmosphere, but seeing Zhang Yang walking in a cool and confident manner and his good friend Paul also enjoying it, he could only bite the bullet and pretend to enjoy himself.

As for the other two, Okafor also felt a little regretful: Knowing that the third brother was really coquettish, why didn't he find an excuse to go into the stadium alone with the Stone Buddha?
But seeing Duncan enjoying it... Okafor tried to accept and enjoy this feeling as well.

Security personnel: Can you guys just move faster?

Finally entering the stadium, Paul and Duncan regretted "Why is this road so short", Roy and Okafor thought "This road is finally over", at this time a group of female fans outside the door shouted in unison "Jack is so handsome".

Zhang Yang, who had been ignoring all the voices, turned around and responded, "I know."

Paul, Duncan, Roy, Okafor: "..."

Third brother, we still underestimated your coquettishness.

Oh, no, wait!
This guy called us over, could it be that he wants to use us as a background to highlight his handsomeness?

They didn't have time to think about it. Not long after they entered the gate, the alliance staff took them away for follow-up work, including changing clothes, taking photos, interviewing... etc.

It is also to make room for subsequent players to enter the goal.

Yes, filming of getting off the car and entering the stadium through the main gate is one of the official activities arranged on the day of the All-Star Game, and every All-Star has this part.

Because a large number of fans like to watch this, the league must use this to warm up for the evening game, otherwise the players can go directly into the stadium from the parking lot.

Some All-Stars entered the venue alone like Boozer, some entered with their teammates like Garnett and Kobe, and some entered with players from different teams like Zhang Yang and his group.

During the player entry ceremony, the media evaluated each All-Star or each group of All-Stars, and they all showed their own style.

Kobe and Garnett have stern faces and full of aura.

Iverson and Anthony had unfriendly expressions, like gangsters.

Yao Ming, Tian Zun, Billups, Hinrich, Hamilton and others don't look like good people, and the oppressive feeling is very strong.

Nash and Nowitzki were all smiles, making people feel like they were in the spring breeze.

James, Wade and Bosh were arm in arm, showing their deep brotherly love.

The media found it difficult to comment on Zhang Yang and his group.

When they entered the gate, the fans reacted most enthusiastically and cheered the loudest, but the style of the painting...

The media commented that these five all-stars displayed the free and easy and unconventional style of young men.

Fans also accept this evaluation. Zhang Yang, Paul, Roy, and Okafor are all players with rookie contracts. They are in grades 2-4 and they really look very young.

But there are also some interesting discordant points - the sudden appearance of 11-year veteran Duncan.

The video clip of Duncan walking with a heartless gait went viral on the Internet. People didn't expect that Duncan had such a side!
...

Zhang Yang is extremely busy today. As the All-Star vote-getter, the official has assigned him the most work. Yao Ming, Kobe, and James don't have as much work as him.

Fortunately, he has been very busy these days and can handle it.

At 3 p.m., after finishing the condolence work at the rebuilt model primary school, Zhang Yang returned to the New Orleans Arena with the staff. He didn't plan to go anywhere next, as he had to eat at 4 p.m., start preparatory training at 5 p.m., and start warm-up at 6 p.m. He borrowed a lounge from the staff, read a book and rested, waiting to have dinner with Okafor as scheduled.

He enjoys eating with Okafor, it's like watching a big eater eating live.

But after a while, several people pushed the door open and broke his peace.

He frowned - how come he came in without even knocking?
But then his brows relaxed. Not everyone on their Bobcats team had the habit of knocking on the door at the beginning. He was the first to take the lead. After his teammates saw it and became aware of it, they gradually learned to knock on the door before entering.

When Hill first arrived at the Bobcats, he asked him about this in surprise. It can be seen that most players in most teams in the league have no awareness in this regard.

He looked at the people coming. They were the Banana Boat members: Paul, Wade, Anthony, James, and Bosh.

Without waiting for Zhang Yang to say hello or giving James a chance to act as a leader of the new generation, Paul quickly walked up to Zhang Yang with his short legs and said, "Jack, I'm going to compete for the MVP tonight. Are you going to join us?"

Zhang Yang said "Ah" and asked in confusion: "Chris, we are not teammates tonight. Why are you telling me this? Are you asking me to let you win the game when I'm playing against you?"

Xiao Pao: Huh?

Anthony couldn't help laughing when he saw Paul excitedly challenging but speaking without any clue, and Zhang Yang's usual sharp tongue that started to insult others.

Seeing Zhang Yang looking over, Anthony said, "Allen, Chris, and Dwyane want to compete for tonight's MVP. I want to ask you if you want to compete and see who is the strongest No. 3!"

It was the same thing, and the content was similar, but when someone else said it, Zhang Yang immediately understood what it meant.

James took over the conversation: "I heard from Chris and Carmelo that Chris and Allen want to compete for the MVP tonight. I think it's very interesting and I want you and Dwyane to join the competition as well."

Zhang Yang was very interested and asked, "How do we compete?"

James acted like a new generation leader and said, "Chris and Allen are ready to work together to win the game and see who will win the MVP. I heard from Chris and Carmelo that the players in the West are ready to cooperate with Chris and Allen.

If you are willing and want to compete for the MVP, I am ready to help you and Dwyane convince other teammates in the East to play around you and cooperate with you to win. Winning is the first goal. Who will win the MVP in the end depends on your performance. "

After listening to this, Zhang Yang was indeed very interested in this matter, but he also had something to complain about.

He, Zhang San, needs KING’s help in convincing other teammates?

He has Yao Ming, Tian Zun, and Tim Duncan Jr. He already has 6 teammates in the East who are his people. Together with Jamison who was particularly friendly to him at Joe's birthday party, two-thirds of the Eastern Conference All-Stars are his people. Bosh also has a good relationship with him. As long as he wants to compete, these people will definitely support him. He is not very familiar with James, Wade, and Howard, but if everyone else supports him, these three will have to endure it even if they are unhappy.

However, regardless of whether he was pretending or not, James had always been very friendly when speaking privately, acting like a friendly senior leader. As the saying goes, you shouldn't hit a smiling person, and Zhang Yang's personality wouldn't allow him to mock the other party for no reason.

He really wanted to compete for the MVP, and now it was better for KING to do the selling of face instead of him, so he nodded and agreed.

James received positive feedback and excitedly went to talk to other Eastern Conference All-Stars about it.

He was eager to create an image of himself as the "leader of the Eastern Conference", but not many stars bought his idea.

The James here has performed better than the one in the original time and space. The original James was selected to the All-Defensive Team for the first time in the 08-09 season, but the one here is now being called for both first and second team. Even if he can't get into both first and second team this season, he will at least be in the first and second defense.

But in terms of alliance status, he here is far inferior to him in the original time and space.

In the original time and space, the Eastern Conference before 08 was weaker every year. In the 07 playoffs, it was so weak that the referee only needed to blow the whistle a little off, using the regular season standard when blowing the whistle on the Cavaliers' opponents and the playoff standard when blowing the whistle on the Cavaliers. That was enough for James to lead the Cavaliers to the finals. The James here couldn't get past the second round of the playoffs twice.

Now in the eyes of Eastern Conference stars, Zhang Yang, the youngest FMVP in history, Wade after O'Neal left, Yao Ming who just came to the East, and Billups who led the team to the finals for five consecutive years are the leaders of the Eastern Conference.

James' appeal in the Eastern Conference All-Stars is not even as strong as when he first put up some good numbers in the 05-06 season. At that time, people thought he was the best player in the future, but now they don't think so anymore.

If someone says that O'Neal, Duncan, Kobe, and James are the leaders of black basketball players, a lot of players will stand up to refute it.

But if Iverson is the leader of black basketball players, even O'Neal, Duncan, Kobe and James will support this statement.

If Iverson wants to recruit other stars to partner with him, most of the stars may avoid him, but if he wants to compete for the All-Star MVP, even Kobe, with whom he has a vague relationship, will be the first to support him.

This is a difficult task for James. If he doesn't call Zhang Yang today, James wants to persuade his Eastern Conference teammates to help Wade win the MVP, but others may not buy his idea...

Originally, this was a small matter within the Western Conference. Answer just had a whim and wanted to play with Paul, who was wearing the same No. 3 jersey, just like competing with Zhang Yang for points when playing against him. It was just for fun.

With James's actions, the 'MVP battle among player No. 3' has become the highlight of tonight's game!

(End of this chapter)