NBA: I have 3, no D, and I can't dribble

Chapter 115 [115] Anta's "Lin Fei Generation" came out, Wade retired from injury, and Lin Fei defended Kobe!
2005年的丹佛全明星周末将会在2月19日开始，2月21日为正赛的比赛时间。

This year's All-Star voting is divided into three rounds. The starting lineups of the East and West are completely determined by the number of fans' votes, and the substitutes are decided by the head coaches of the 30 teams.

At the same time, for Lin Fei's fans at home and abroad, there is also a piece of good news worthy of attention.

That is Anta Group's first signature endorsement basketball shoe tailor-made for Lin Fei: Lin Fei's first generation, which will officially debut with fans at this Christmas game tonight.

Lin Fei can finally wear his signature shoes to play games in the future.

This "Linfei 1st Generation" basketball shoe adopts the most advanced nitrogen technology developed by Anta, which performs very well in terms of shock absorption.
At the same time, the appearance is also very brilliant, mainly in red, white and blue, showing the passion and vitality of youth.

The upper is made of microfiber and PU leather, and Lin Fei's No. 22 jersey number and the words "LF1" are printed on one side.

Lin Fei's promotional advertisement for his "Linfei Generation" basketball shoes was officially released on the major sports TV stations of China as early as a week ago, and the promotional posters also appeared on the billboards of major shopping malls across the country.

In the Christmas game tonight, Anta Group also spent millions of dollars to put the advertisement of "Lin Fei Generation" basketball shoes on the scene of the Staples Arena.

At present, this basketball shoe has not been officially circulated in the market. It belongs to the pre-sale stage and is priced at 298 Tianchao coins.

Even so, the popularity of this basketball shoe is still very high.

In 2004, when mobile shopping was not popular, there were still more than 10 people who pre-booked on Anta's official website, which shows that fans at home and abroad are eagerly looking forward to this "Lin Fei generation" basketball shoes.

The popularity of the Christmas game is naturally very high. In addition, here is Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. At the same time, there are contradictory gimmicks between the OK combination, and Lin Fei's deep hatred for killing the Lakers here in G6 of the Western Conference Finals last year.
Taking all these factors into account, the Staples Arena tonight is naturally packed with people, and there are tens of thousands of fanatical fans gathered outside the square.

The streets and alleys of Los Angeles are full of festive atmosphere, snowflakes are dancing all over the sky, beautiful Christmas trees are placed in the windows, and Santa Claus wearing a red hat shuttles through the crowd, sending blessings to the children.

The familiar Christmas carol also played melodious and beautiful tunes:

"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, how fun we are skiing, we're on the sledge..."

In the front row of VIP seats at the Staples Arena, a courtside front row ticket has been fired for more than 50 dollars, but the familiar faces of the stars are still in an endless stream.

Compared with the Western Conference finals at the end of May last season, Leonardo, the little plum who came to the scene tonight, has already changed to a new young model girlfriend.

The goddess Scarlett Johansson and best friend Amber Heard also appeared on the sidelines.

Although Lin Fei already has a manager girlfriend Qin Dongmei, Ai Meibo still regards Lin Fei as a good friend, and the two occasionally chat on the mobile phone.

Ai Meibo's new movie released in November made her a certain breakthrough in her acting career, and Lin Fei also sent her blessings for this.

As a loyal fan of the Lakers and Kobe, Scarlett now sees Lin Fei achieve dazzling results in the new season, and her heart has silently started to swing between the two sides.

Now Scarlett not only likes to watch the game between the Lakers and Kobe, but also likes to watch the game between the Heat and Lin Fei.

But helplessly, after the Lakers lost O'Neal this season, their strength and record have declined sharply. Coupled with the confusion of the coaching staff, whether they can enter the playoffs this season is a problem.

The time soon came to seven o'clock in the evening, and the game officially started at the whistle of the famous referee Stephen Jiawei.

The starting five for the Miami Heat are:

Point Guard (PG): Jason Williams,

Shooting Guard (SG): Dwyane Wade,

Small Forward (SF): Shane Battier,

Power Forward (PF): Udonis Haslem,

Center (C): Shaquille O'Neal.

Jason Williams and Sean Battier have just been traded to the Heat. Although there is still a lack of tacit understanding with his teammates in daily training, Stan Van Gundy still shows the importance he attaches to the two new aids. Let the two start the battle.

The starting five for the Los Angeles Lakers are:

Point Guard (PG): Chucky Atkins,

Shooting Guard (SG): Kobe Bryant,

Small Forward (SF): Caron Butler,

Power Forward (PF): Lamar Odom,

Center (C): Chris Mihm.

Compared with the Lakers in previous seasons, with O'Neal's departure, there is only one Kobe left in the current Lakers starter, and the rest are new faces.

And apart from Kobe, there is no All-Star (Caron Butler was selected to the All-Star for the first time in 07), which is indeed incredible for Los Angeles, the second largest city in the world.

Nearly two months into the new season, the Los Angeles Lakers have a record of 10 wins and 19 losses, ranking only 13th in the Western Conference.

In contrast, the Miami Heat, led by the Big Three, have 27 wins and 2 losses so far in the new season, only losing 2 games, and their record ranks first in the league, 3.5 games ahead of the Phoenix Suns.

Since entering December, the Heat have not lost a game. Counting the three consecutive victories at the end of November, it is now 12 consecutive victories.

Before the game, the gambling company also gave the Miami Heat a huge handicap of 13.5 points.

It can be seen that the strength gap between the two teams is still relatively large, but the gimmicks and topics are very high.

"Beep!"

The game started quickly. O'Neal stood on the middle circle and easily flew the basketball over the head of the white center Chris Mihm. "White Chocolate" Jason Williams advanced with the ball.

Jason Williams was the No. 1998 pick in the first round in 7. He was selected to the rookie first team in his rookie season. In the 2000 All-Star Rookie Challenge, he became famous for a behind-the-back elbow pass and shocked the world.

Although Jason Williams is not considered the league's first-class point guard, the best season of his career is only 12.4 points and 8.3 assists per game, and his shooting percentage is not even 40%, but his reputation in the United States is very high.

All kinds of gorgeous passing moves have captured the love of many fans and have a certain box office appeal.

Therefore, Eddie Jones was exchanged for Jason Williams and Shane Battier, which also made Heat fans excited.

When Williams came up, he intentionally made a performance. Facing Atkins, the unknown starting point guard of the Lakers, he suddenly made a freehand pass behind his head in the midst of a change of direction.

The basketball seemed to bulge its eyes, and quickly flew into the hands of O'Neal in the low post.

Because the pass from "Bai Qiao" was so weird, O'Neal almost missed the catch, but he quickly controlled the basketball, turned over and pushed Chris Mihm hard, jumped up with one step, and dunked with both hands.

"Boom!"

Returning to this home arena where I have played for 8 years, as well as the Los Angeles that I am all too familiar with, and the little brother who has fought side by side with me to part ways,
Tonight's "Shark" O'Neal is obviously active, and he has to prove to the Lakers' home fans that without Kobe, O'Neal can still win the championship easily with other guards.

In the face of O'Neal's opening dunk from the Sharks, the Staples Arena also burst into applause.

It can be seen that these Lakers fans still have deep feelings for O'Neal.

After all, under his leadership, the Lakers won three consecutive championships, which is definitely a great achievement, and O'Neal's No. 34 jersey will definitely be retired here.

Kobe was naturally not to be outdone, and his fighting spirit was already overwhelming.

He must prove himself in front of the home fans, especially in front of O'Neal's Heat, and try his best to win the game.

Coming to the offensive end, Kobe asked for the ball from the high position on the right side, hit Wade with his back, and after a feint, he quickly turned over and took off.

The basketball flew over Wade's trying fingertips, hollowed into the net, and splashed.

"Shh!"

Heat (2): (2) Lakers.

Although Wade's defense is good, but in front of Kobe, whose singles skills and experience are beginning to peak, the second-year "Flash" can still only be regarded as a younger brother.

The possession of the ball is switched, and the Heat attack.

Although the media in tonight's game is more hyped about the grievances between the OK combination, but Kobe and Wade, as two generations of shooting guards, are also O'Neal's partners successively, so they are naturally compared by the media invisibly. .

Especially in a previous public interview, O'Neal claimed in front of reporters that he thought Dwyane Wade was a better shooting guard than Kobe Bryant, which naturally irritated Kobe's ego.

It is obviously unacceptable for Kobe to say that a second-year guard is stronger than himself.

In particular, the Heat's record is so good now, and Wade won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in November, and even entered the discussion of the top five MVPs in the regular season.

This makes Kobe even more angry and challenged.

Obviously, he had always been O'Neal's younger brother in the early stages of the Lakers, but now the 32-year-old O'Neal has switched to the Heat and started to support rookie Wade. This treatment is naturally very different.

Wade obviously has the honor of O'Neill and Lin Fei, otherwise he would not be able to produce such impressive statistics.

Now the mainstream of the league's guard line is the four major shooting guards. Allen Iverson, who has won the MVP and scoring champion, temporarily ranks first among the four major shooting guards. Kobe, who has three second champions, is second.
The gap between McGrady and Carter is not big, but McGrady has two scoring champions and should be ranked third, and "Slam Dunk King" Carter is fourth.

Therefore, in today's league, when it comes to shooting guards alone, the only one Kobe admits to be temporarily ahead of him is Allen Iverson, and it is only temporarily.

As for Wade in the second grade, he is not qualified to be compared with his Black Mamba at all.

From Wade's point of view, he also needs a chance to prove himself in the matchup with Kobe. "The Flash" is arrogant, and he doesn't think he is worse than the Black Mamba.

So when he came to the top of the frontcourt, Wade also asked Jason Williams for the ball directly, facing Kobe directly, and signaled his teammates to open up space, and he wanted to play a single.

With the addition of Jason Williams, a quasi-All-Star point guard, Wade's role in organizing the ball will inevitably gradually decrease. In Stan Van Gundy's view, Wade's talent is more inclined to attack and organize. Really not very good at it.

With Jason Williams, the passing master, and a relatively accurate three-pointer, this makes the Heat's guard configuration more diverse.

Whether it is White Chocolate and Wade's starting, Wade and Lin Fei's backcourt double guns, or White Chocolate and Lin Fei's partner, more offensive tactics will evolve.

Kobe's defense has always been very active and focused, full of aura and deterrence, no matter whether it is Jordan or Van Jordan standing opposite him.

For Wade, a rising star, Kobe has also studied it. Although the first step is fast, the explosive power is full, the breakthrough is sharp, the change is quick, the footsteps are ghostly, and the air confrontation is strong.
But Wade's biggest offensive shortcoming for Kobe himself is that he has no mid-to-long distance and the basket sight is too poor, especially in the early stage.

In the face of Kobe's obvious widening defense, Wade bit the bullet and changed to a strong one. Under the black mamba's back and forth defense, he was always unable to pass people, and even almost got the ball stolen.

Kobe's defense is precise, tough, and oppressive, which made Wade truly feel the DPOY level of perimeter defense.

Seeing that O'Neal was stuck at the basket and asked for the ball, Wade didn't act rashly, and directly passed the ball to the basket with a high profile.

But Odom in the oblique stab let go of Haslem and went around the front to kill, and directly jumped up his long arms to complete the steal.

"Snapped!"

The Lakers quickly countered the fast break, and Kobe wanted to get rid of Wade from the wing, but the "Flash" was obviously better than himself in terms of speed.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, there was an emergency stop and a change of direction. Kobe received a pass from Odom and passed Wade directly.

"Boom!"

Kobe came up and scored 4 points in a row, quickly blowing up Wade on both ends of the offense and defense.

In front of the commentary stand on the sidelines, TNT's Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith are still explaining the game tonight.

"In front of Kobe, Dwayne does look a little weak. Judging from the comprehensive strength of both offense and defense, Kobe is undoubtedly No.1 among active guards!"

"Yes, Kobe has developed a very comprehensive offensive technology, basically covering the basket to the three-point line, but Wade relies more on breakthroughs, and the mid-to-long distance sight needs to be improved!"

On the court, Kobe, who completed a fast-break dunk, was also in a hot state. When he returned to defense, he spread his hands to Wade and provocatively said:
"Dwayne, you can get the best of the month at your level? It seems that you should really thank Shaquille and Lin!"

Wade puffed up his cheeks angrily, and the fighting spirit in his eyes became more intense.

Coming to the offensive end, Wade singled out Kobe with the ball again. This time, the breakthrough was completed to a very high degree. "The Flash" was almost in a state of flying close to the ground, forcibly throwing off the black mamba and going straight to the basket.

Facing the center Chris Mihm who came up from the basket, Wade didn't have any timidity. He jumped up directly against the opponent, dodged in the air, twisted his body almost parallel to the ground, and threw the ball abruptly.

Kobe, who was catching up in the diagonal stab, couldn't help but admire, this guy is even more desperate than him!

The basketball bounced a few times on the rim, and finally fell obediently into the net.

"Shh!"

This was a very difficult breakthrough goal. Lin Fei, Da Da and others on the Heat's bench all jumped up excitedly, waving towels for Wade.

However, at the next moment, Lin Fei, the Heat players, and coach Stan Van Gundy all frowned.

After falling to the ground on the court, Wade suddenly curled up with a painful expression, and covered his left knee with both hands.

The situation is not good, did Wade hurt his knee?

The referee immediately suspended the game, and the team doctor also trotted onto the court to check Wade's knee injury.

There is no serious injury at all, but just to be on the safe side, it is very likely that he will not be able to play tonight's game.

Seeing Wade limping into the tunnel with the help of two team doctors, Stan Van Gundy also felt uneasy.

After the timeout, Lin Fei could only replace Wade in the early game, and partnered with "White Chocolate" in the backcourt.

Seeing Lin Fei stepping on Anta's brand-new red, white and blue "Lin Fei Generation" on his feet, stepping onto the court with high spirits,
The Lakers fans at home quickly followed suit, booing the marksman who beat them in G6 of the Western Conference Finals last season.

"Is Dwayne unable to play tonight? If the Heat let a Flash, then we still have a chance to win!"

"Dwayne can't defend Corvo, let alone Lin, he is notoriously bad defensively!"

"Lin just defended badly last season, but he has made great progress this season! The average steals per game seems to have increased by 2.4, and he is in the top three in steals!"

Through the recent winning streak of more than 10 games, coupled with unremitting training, Lin Fei has now officially raised his overall defensive attributes to 92 points, which has reached the top level among NBA defenders.

Faced with Wade's injury tonight, Lin Fei knew that the task of defending Kobe would definitely fall on him.

(End of this chapter)