Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 650 All-Star Game
Unlike the high-profile slam dunk contest and three-point contest in the 80s, these two competitions this year cannot be said to be lackluster, they are simply useless.

This year's two competitions, once looking at the list of players, it is boring and completely uninteresting.

In the list, not to mention the top four in the league, it is the top ten stars, and Drexler may be the only one participating.

Not to mention whether Drexler can be ranked in the top ten, because he led the team to win the first half of the league, it is enough for him to enter this list.

However, even with him, people are not interested, because this time he is not participating in the dunk contest, but the three-point contest.

Unless he can create a score lower than Jordan, otherwise there is nothing to watch.

As the uncrowned king of the slam dunk contest, people will definitely buy tickets for him to participate in the slam dunk contest, but the three-pointer contest?Come on, they don't want to watch "Glider" botched.

However, perhaps because of the shortened three-point line this year, Drexler actually felt that he could do it, and planned to try a three-pointer.

In addition to Drexler, the remaining three-point contestants are: Dell Curry, Steve Kerr, Tim Hardaway, Hersey Hawkins, Craig Hodges , Terry Porter, Glen Rice.

Such a lineup obviously cannot be compared with previous years, but compared with the slam dunk contest, it can be called star-studded.

This year's slam dunk contestants are: Dee Brown, Sean Kemp, Rex Chapman, Kenny Smith, Kenny Williams, Blue Edwards, Ottie Smith, Kendall Gill.

Except for a few of these people, you don’t know who these people are even if you check the information.

Therefore, as soon as this year's roster was announced, many viewers were directly dismissed. After seeing stars they didn't know, they couldn't arouse their interest at all. Of course, these people often didn't know a few stars themselves.

So, until February 2th, the first day of the All-Star Weekend, although there were as many as 9 spectators who came to the Charlotte Sports Complex, the number of people sitting in front of the TV and watching it actually dropped.

However, although the stars were dim this night, the process of the game was extremely intense.

The first thing to do is naturally the three-point contest.

In this year's three-point contest, without Li Weisi's bug and Price, the previous champion, the best performer at the beginning was Price's current teammate, Craig Hodges.

It can be said that this veteran's desire for the title of three-point champion has reached an admirable level. Since the first competition in 1986, Hodges has participated in the three-point competition. No chance to get it.

The closest he came was undoubtedly last year, when he made it to the final, only to fall in front of teammate Price.

Having made a comeback this year, he showed the courage to fight to the death, saying that if you don't succeed, you will succeed. In the first round of the competition, he ranked first with 21 points.

After passing the second round, he stood in the finals again, and his opponent, this time replaced by Steve Kerr, is still a Warriors player.

Other shooters such as Hardaway, Hawkins, and Porter all fell in the first round, not to mention Drexler, who only scored 11 points, and this is because of the shortened three-point line this year.

Fortunately, it is much better than Jordan's 6 points, and finally he has not been written on the column of shame. From this point of view, he is still very courageous.

In the end, Clegg scored 20 points and narrowly lost to Cole's 22 points. After all, he was still no match for fate and fell one step away from the championship.

In this way, no one expected that the championship would eventually fall into the hands of the little-known Cole, and the title of the three-pointer would fall to the Warriors again after a lapse of one year.

After the three-point contest ended, the next dunk contest became even more intense.

The rules of this year's slam dunk contest have been changed again. According to the rules of the competition, players who enter the finals have three dunk opportunities, but the two dunks with the highest points will be included in the total score.

After some competition, Kemp, Kenny Smith, Dee Brown and Rex Chapman advanced to the semifinals.

Among them, Kemp and Dee Brown scored the highest and entered the final without any dispute.

In the final, Dee Brown won unanimous praise from the audience with his creative "face-covering dunk". On the other hand, Kemp, perhaps because of the change of the rules, played a little abnormally. In the end, he only lost 4 points to " "Slam Dunk" to Dee Brown.

In the end, the new "slam dunk king" is from Celtics backup guard Dee Brown.

Compared to the boring Legendary Challenge on the first day, the All-Star Game on the second day was much more exciting.

This year's All-Star Game, as Jordan's homecoming trip, and without Thomas' thorn, I thought everyone would let Jordan, and let Jordan win the AMVP trophy in front of his father and fellow villagers, which is also a good talk .

Unexpectedly, as Jordan's friend, Charles Barkley actually gave Jordan a backstab. He played 35 minutes and scored 17 points and 22 rebounds, stealing the limelight.

In the end, the Eastern team defeated the Western team 116:114.

Although Jordan scored 26 points, the AMVP still gave Barkley. After all, 22 rebounds were the most rebounds in the All-Star game since Wilt Chamberlain's 1967 rebounds in the 22 San Francisco All-Star Game.

As for Li Weisi's performance, he played soy sauce all the way tonight. In the end, he only played 18 minutes and scored 14 points and 6 assists.

It never occurred to him that when he participated in the All-Star Game for the first time, Li Weisi, who was concentrated and courageous on the court, would degenerate into the fisherman who is now paddling wildly on the court in just a few years.

To put it bluntly, it was due to participating in too many All-Star Games and losing interest.

In addition, this All-Star Game also organized an auction of All-Star jerseys, which raised a total of about 78000 U.S. dollars, and then donated them all to "Operation Family Shield", which is an organization in North Carolina for participating in the war. Families provides financial aid to an organization that helps families of US soldiers serving in the Persian Gulf from 6 military bases.

That's right, it's the time of the Gulf War, and the NBA is really keen on political correctness.

This move also made Bush Sr., the world president of the United States, feel at ease, and even specially recorded a pre-match speech to pay high tribute to the US Army and the NBA.

In this way, this All-Star game came to an end in such an atmosphere. Although it was not perfect, it was also quite interesting.

However, for Li Weisi, it was still a matter of fishing.

(End of this chapter)