I’m Really Playing Basketball

February 9, 2003, nine o'clock in the evening, Atlanta Phillips Arena.

Before the two All-Star teams came out tonight, the audience at Philip Arena was already full early.

Under the live DJ's rendering, no audience at the scene wanted to miss every moment of that god-like man in the last game of the NBA All-Star Game.

Of course, as the protagonist of tonight's game, Jordan will of course be the last one to appear.

Amid the enthusiastic expectations of the audience, Adelman, the head coach of the Western Conference All-Stars and the head coach of the Kings, took the lead in entering the Avenue of Stars.

Following Adelman is the Mavericks' leading player Nowitzki.

Nowitzki shyly waved to the audience on the sidelines and entered the Avenue of Stars.

Behind Nowitzki are O'Neal and Marbury who are playing tricks.

Next, Marion, Peja, Payton and Duncan also embarked on the road to stardom.

Nash, Malone, Francis, when Kobe finally appeared, the atmosphere reached a climax for the first time.

The climax of the scene was not for Kobe, the last player in the Western Conference.

Because the Eastern Conference is next, and Jordan is next!

Behind Kobe, on the road to stardom is the head coach of the Eastern Conference, the head coach of the Pacers, the smiling assassin Isiah Thomas.

Following him are the Nets three stars of Richard Jefferson, Martin and Kidd.

After the Nets' three stars, there are Carter and O'Neal, and then Iverson, Ben Wallace and Tracy McGrady.

As for Chen Xiao, Yao Ming and Wade came out together to walk the road of stardom.

Listening to the cheers at the scene, Chen Xiao, Yao Ming and Wade all had smiles on their faces.

But if you look a little closer, the smiles of the three are still different.

Chen Xiao's silly smile showed no pressure at all.

Wade's fake smile is to look cool.

Yao Ming, on the other hand, was extremely nervous and laughed awkwardly.

It's really strange to say that Dayao is really easily nervous.

It's easy to get nervous when encountering anything.

But what's equally strange is that Dayao is nervous, but he basically doesn't lose his temper because of nervousness.

Chen Xiao used to worry that Yao Ming would have problems if he was nervous, but now.

It's embarrassing, just be strong anyway!

And just when Chen Xiao, Wade and Yao Ming were walking through the Avenue of Stars, the audience suddenly let out the loudest cheer of the night.

"Michael—"

"Jordan!"

When Jordan came on the stage after Chen Xiao and the other three, both the audience and the All-Star players from the two previous teams were all applauding and cheering for this true figure in the basketball world.

Looking at Jordan, who was slowly passing through the avenue of stars at this time, Chen Xiao's eyes were filled with respect and envy.

"I wonder if the day I retire, will I be regarded as a hero by the whole world like Jordan?"

After the All-Star players from both teams appeared, both the Western and Eastern All-Stars hugged and greeted Jordan in front of the eyes of the world and all the cameras on the scene.

The protagonist tonight is only Jordan.

Whether it's Chen Xiao, Yao Ming, Kobe Bryant or O'Neal, they all play supporting roles.

However, although there is only one protagonist, it does not mean that the supporting characters will definitely cooperate with the protagonist in performing the tricks.

Chen Xiao and the others are of course the 'decent supporting characters' beside the protagonist, while the supporting characters of Kobe, O'Neal and Malone are obviously the 'villains'.

When I think about the fact that Jordan, who is respected by the world at this time, is probably the "Tang Monk Meat" in the eyes of the Western Conference All-Stars, Chen Xiao, Wade, Carter, Tracy McGrady, Iverson, Yao Ming and others feel a little like Alexander.

Tonight, they are the senior, second and third senior brothers who protect and cooperate with Tang Seng.

"Chen, we must be prepared for a tough fight in this game!"

Thinking that this game would gradually turn from such warmth to blood, Chen Xiao nodded seriously.

Players like Big Boss, Ben Wallace and others are definitely not interested in protecting Jordan's face.

The only people who will really fight to protect Jordan in this game are Wade, Iverson, Richard Jefferson, Tracy McGrady, Chen Xiao, and Yao Ming. Even Carter has no interest.

This is something that everyone can clearly feel after coming into contact with each other these days.

Jordan's last game.

Everyone in the West wants to leave some mark on Jordan.

If Jordan is not protected in this game, I am afraid that at the end of the game, Joe will be covered in scars.

On the sidelines of the court, after the two teams' All-Star warm-ups, Chen Xiao and Wade sat on the bench with the other seven Eastern Conference substitute All-Star players.

On the court, ten starting players including Tracy McGrady, Jordan, Carter, Richard Jefferson, Yao Ming, O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett, Kobe, and Nash were already standing in the center circle, preparing to jump the ball.

Garnett beat Yao Ming with a jump ball, and the Western All-Star wearing a red jersey got the first offensive opportunity of the game.

The Western All-Star's first attack was handed over to Garnett, who had just won the jump ball.

Garnett faced Richard Jefferson's defense and hit a two-pointer from long range on the left.

2 to 0!

The Wolf King was in good shape tonight. At the same time, Richard Jefferson was simply giving away when facing Garnett.

Looking back, Jordan hit the mid-range shot with Kobe's defense.

O'Neal grabbed a backcourt rebound, Nash advanced with the ball, and a beautiful throw to the basket from beyond the three-point line, Duncan received the ball in the air!

4 to 0!

If Richard Jefferson defended Garnett, it was a waste.

Then Carter's defense against Duncan is also a waste.

Looking back, the Eastern Conference continued to beat Jordan. This time, Jordan still beat Kobe in singles.

It was the Western Conference's turn to attack again. Nash and Garnett passed the ball behind the head to Garnett in the corner pick-and-roll. Garnett once again hit the mid-range shot.

6 to 0!

Chen Xiao and Wade on the sidelines almost bulged their eyes when they saw the situation on the court.

Is the gap that big? !

To be fair, both Chen Xiao and Wade know that there is a huge gap in strength between the East and West.

But to such an extent, the two of them still didn't expect it.

According to the situation of the two teams after the opening, if the West does not give the East a chance, they may actually have no chance at all.

Just when Chen Xiao and Wade were shocked by the power of the Western Conference All-Stars, the Eastern Conference attacked again on the court.

This time, McGrady didn't hit the ball into Jordan's hands.

If Jordan continues to play alone, the game will be garbage time.

So after McGrady dribbled the ball past half court, facing Nash's defense, he made a direct pull-up from outside the three-point line at the top of the arc.

Nash's defense against McGrady is basically no different from air.

6 to 3!

McGrady's three-point pull-up gave the Eastern All-Stars their first point of the night.

However, looking back, Nash returned the favor. With the help of Duncan's pick-and-roll, Nash got rid of McGrady's pursuit. Facing Carter's assistance, he hit two points with a horse-riding arrow from close range.

8 to 3!

Once again it was the Eastern Conference's turn to attack. After halftime, McGrady handed the ball to Jordan who pulled out to catch the ball. He himself ran to the waist position without the ball and prepared to catch the ball.

When faced with Kobe's defense, Jordan didn't force the ball. Instead, he lobbed the ball to McGrady in the left waist position, and McGrady hit a hook under the basket.

8 to 5!

On the other side, O'Neal caught the ball and hit Yao Ming in singles. After being interfered by Yao Ming, he hooked and hit the iron. Duncan grabbed the offensive rebound and hit the second score.

10 to 5!

Less than three minutes have passed since the first quarter of the game.

But the contrast in strength between the Eastern and Western All-Star starting lineups is already very obvious.

The Western Conference's offense didn't miss a beat.

The Eastern Conference is entirely supported by Tracy McGrady.

Such a game situation is obviously impossible to satisfy the Eastern Conference.

Whether the Western side gives face or not depends on the Western side itself.

As for the Eastern side, they also need to be a little more confident.

If you don't live up to expectations, even if the West gives you face, it's useless.

Therefore, within three minutes of the game, the Eastern Conference made adjustments to the lineup on the court.

Carter and Richard Jefferson exited.

There is nothing to say about this.

Yao Ming definitely can't be played, Tracy McGrady is in good condition, and Jordan can't be played either.

Only Carter and Richard Jefferson can be tuned.

The key is who is the player who needs to be replaced now.

After looking at the faces of Chen Xiao, Kidd and Iverson, the assassin chose Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao and O'Neal Jr. came on as substitutes for Richard Jefferson and Carter.

The assassin chose Chen Xiao instead of Boss Ji and Iverson.

Boss Ji definitely has no objections.

Originally, the assassin thought that Iverson should have some objections.

But Iverson didn't seem to have any objections to the Assassins' adjustment.

The All-Star seniority ranking scene is very serious.

"It seems that Boy Wonder's one-on-one victory in the All-Stars yesterday has indeed greatly elevated his status in the All-Stars."

Speaking of which, American basketball culture is really interesting.

As long as your singles performance is strong enough, you can achieve a very high status.

It doesn't matter whether the coaches and scouts like you, but the players will definitely respect you.

For example, Chen Xiao knew that the ‘idol’ of Carmelo Anthony, a super genius, in high school was a little brother named Jr. Smith.

It's not because of anything else, but because this little brother's singles performance is simply amazing.

Known as the Jordan of American high school basketball!

Back in the game, after the Assassins replaced Chen Xiao and O'Neal, Teacher Zhang and Teacher Song on the sidelines were so excited.

In the previous games, Yao Ming was just a show off on the court.

Except for guarding O'Neal on the defensive end, there is no drama at all on the offensive end.

Domestic audiences are looking forward to this All-Star Game like they are looking forward to the stars and the moon.

They didn't want to watch Yao Ming turn back and run!

However, Yao Ming's status as an All-Star in the East is indeed low.

On the offensive end, it's his turn after the boss finishes playing.

And when will the two big guys McGrady and Jordan be able to play?

Well, it depends on their mood.

Therefore, not only Yao Ming turned back and ran, but Richard Jefferson, who was on the court before, didn't get a chance to make a shot, and he was still turning back and running.

After Chen Xiao played, Jordan mentioned the third position, and Chen Xiao was the second position.

The game restarts, McGrady holds the ball and Chen Xiao picks and rolls, two guards who are 2 meters tall and 2.03 meters tall, with a wingspan of over 2.2 meters, play the pick and roll. You can imagine what this means to Kobe and Nash. What?

Nash knew that he couldn't defend Chen Xiao, so when McGrady picked and rolled this time, Nash did not choose to switch defenses, but chose to flank McGrady, hoping that through the trap, McGrady would not be able to pass the ball.

This is an idea, but it is obvious that in the face of Nash and Kobe's arrogance, McGrady held the ball with one hand and threw it to the right side towards Chen Xiao who was running outside the 45-degree three-point line. Chen Xiao was outside the three-point line. The hand goes up and down, and the open three-pointer hits!

10 to 8!

Nash and Kobe's pick-and-roll strategy failed.

At the same time, Chen Xiao scored his first score in this game!

At the same time, this is also the first score by a Chinese player in the NBA All-Star Game!

"Chen Xiao and Mai Di cooperate beautifully!"

"McGrady's passing is beautiful, and Chen Xiao's shooting is even more beautiful!"

After Chen Xiao hit his first All-Star point from outside the three-point line, McGrady, Jordan, and Yao Ming all ran over to give Chen Xiao a high-five immediately.

Although Jermaine O'Neill was a bit late, he also gave Chen Xiao a high-five to congratulate.

Seeing Chen Xiao on TV, the Chinese audience in front of the TV was as excited as Mr. Zhang and Mr. Song at the scene.

To be reasonable, just now Yao Ming turned back and ran there for three minutes. Neither Jordan nor McGrady passed the ball to Yao Ming.

This still worried many Chinese viewers in front of the TV, as well as Mr. Zhang and Mr. Song at the scene.

What if no one passes the ball to Chen Xiao?

Obviously, their worries are unnecessary.

Maybe, before yesterday, McGrady would not pass the ball to Chen Xiao in this situation.

After all, it was Nash who guarded him.

He didn't need to pick and roll with Chen Xiao at all, let Chen Xiao fight Nash.

He can also pull himself, and he played 2 of 2 against Nash in front of him.

But why did he choose to pick and roll with Chen Xiao and give Chen Xiao the chance to play Nash?

Of course it's because in Mai Di's heart, he thinks that Chen Xiao is stronger than him!

No joke, in McGrady's mind now, Chen Xiao's three-point pull-up is better than his.

Not only McGrady, Nash also thinks so.

Otherwise, Nash would not give up Chen Xiao to flank McGrady to prevent McGrady from passing the ball.

Because in Nash's mind, as long as McGrady passes the ball successfully, he will pass it when facing McGrady, and even more when facing Chen Xiao. He might as well take a gamble and double-team McGrady. Maybe McGrady can't pass the ball, so he still has a chance. .

As a rookie All-Star, Chen Xiao should have been a supporting role in this arena, but yesterday's intra-All-Star duel made him a very special force in the Eastern All-Stars.

I have to say that the one-on-one competition launched by Boss Kobiko yesterday really brought too many things to Chen Xiao.

Due to the collective obstruction of the NBA All-Stars and the intervention of NBA officials, the video of the All-Stars' internal duel was not leaked.

but……

Not to mention those system rewards.

Chen Xiao's team status has really improved visibly.

Even after this one-on-one competition, Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant, Iverson and Carter truly recognized Chen Xiao as one of the "top five guards" like them.

Regardless of whether Chen Xiao is a role player or not, at least his one-on-one ability has earned him the status of a boss.

Therefore, off the court, Wade was very envious when he saw McGrady and Jordan enthusiastically high-fiving Chen Xiao on the court.

Yesterday's heads-up competition, he was killed by Kobe Bryant in the first round.

On the court, the Western Conference attacked, but Nash was beaten hard by McGrady and Chen Xiao in turns on the defensive end.

But on the offensive end, this Mavericks guard is like a bug.

They almost followed the same pattern, the same pick-and-roll, Nash and Garnett's pick-and-roll, and after switching Jordan in front of him, a fake fax suddenly deceived Jordan and at the same time deceived O'Neal.

After O'Neal helped Nash block Yao Ming's defense, Nash easily made a layup under the basket.

This spiritual breakthrough is so cool!

12 to 8!

However, looking back, the Eastern Conference continued to beat Nash.

There is no way, other players in the West are too difficult to beat!

O'Neal, Garnett, Duncan, Kobe...

Can this be beaten by humans?

Jordan beat Kobe twice in the opening game, and then hit two consecutive irons!

Yao Ming and Richard Jefferson went back and forth three times without getting any chance, not only because of their low status, but also because Jordan and McGrady didn't believe they could beat O'Neal, Duncan and Garnett.

Therefore, let alone Yao Ming and Richard Jefferson, Carter was also doing return runs before.

If the others can't be beaten, then of course they have to catch Nashmeng to do it!

This time, it was still the pick-and-roll between McGrady and Chen Xiao.

But this time, Nash didn't try to flank McGrady. Instead, he honestly switched positions in front of Chen Xiao and let Chen Xiao shoot.

Nash defended very hard and got directly up to McGrady before he could score the ball. However, Chen Xiao made a light and secret collision and directly knocked Nash away. After receiving McGrady's pass, he took another three-pointer in the open position!

Although Nash, who was knocked away, still pounced, it had no defensive effect at all.

A swipe!

Three-pointer hit again!

12 to 11!

After Chen Xiao hit two three-pointers, the Eastern Conference chased the score to just one point.

Although the overall strength gap between the Eastern and Western All-Stars is huge.

But after Chen Xiao and O'Neal Jr. came on the court, the situation in the Eastern Conference changed.

At least, the score of this game is not one-sided.

"The pick-and-roll between Tracy McGrady and Wonder Boy is really strong!"

“The offense of both teams played really well in this game!”

On the sidelines of the court, James, Anthony and Paul, who were ordinary spectators, secretly admired.

It can be seen from the opening of this game that although the two teams may not go all out, they are playing seriously.

When playing seriously, the efficiency of the two teams is still so high. It can only be said that both teams have their own strengths.

The West’s inside advantage and the East’s outside advantage.

At the same time, the pick-and-roll between Tracy McGrady and Chen Xiao really made them feel incredible!

The power of these two in the pick-and-roll at the guard position is simply infinite!

Especially James.

Whether he was looking at Chen Xiao or Tracy McGrady, he was always jealous.

It would be great if they were the ones picking and rolling me!

On the sidelines, James watched the pick-and-roll between McGrady and Chen Xiao with envy.

In fact, at this time, whether it was the professionals on the scene or in front of the TV, their eyes were constantly shining when they saw the pick-and-roll between Chen Xiao and Tracy McGrady.

Especially Magic head coach Doc Reeves.

"If Chen is traded to the Magic, TMC will have a perfect Pippen!"

"No, Chen can be the Larry Bird next to TMC!"

The combination of Jordan and Larry Bird!

Doc Rivers feels that his idea is really crazy.

However, for him, Chen Xiao is indeed a perfect choice.

Adapted to Tracy McGrady, he is also his junior, direct lineage!

However, if Boss Key and Nets head coach Byron Scott knew Doc Rivers' thoughts, they would be very disdainful.

It seems as if Chen Xiao is not suitable for us.

I have to say that in this All-Star game, seeing McGrady and Chen Xiao's pick-and-roll, many NBA coaches had many, many thoughts.

For example, Bucks head coach George Karl is exhausted at this time because of his vigorous soap opera with Ray Allen.

For him and the Bucks, Chen Xiao is definitely a very good choice.

Born at Marquette University and a native of Milwaukee.

He can cooperate so well with McGrady, and he has no problem with Michael Reed.

"If you can't beat this kid, let him join us!"

George Karl's eyes twinkled.

On the court, the game between the two sides continued.

Chen Xiao and Tracy McGrady's pick-and-roll successfully helped the Eastern Conference reverse the situation.

20 to 20!

When the game was halfway through the first quarter and the two sides were tied, the official timeout was announced.

Both teams replaced their respective substitutes.

On the Eastern side, except for O'Brien and Chen Xiao who are still on the court, Yao Ming, Jordan and Tracy McGrady have all left the game, and the players replaced are Iverson, Big Ben and Kidd.

On the Western side, all five starting players left the game, and the players who came up were Karl Malone, Nowitzki, Peja, Francis and Marbury.

In the second half of the first quarter, both teams played in a chaotic manner, mainly because during this period, the substitute All-Stars of both teams appeared.

It doesn't work well together.

However, although the cooperation was not good, at the same time, the defense of both teams was basically gone, so scoring became easier.

Players from both teams basically don't defend. Although Ben is a good defender, he doesn't even stretch his hands. You ask him to defend a ball?

After two minutes of playing, Ben was replaced by Martin.

Also replaced at the same time was Keith, who was replaced by Wade.

Obviously, neither Boss Ji nor Wallace wanted to play in this game.

However, the combination of Iverson, Wade and Chen Xiao, Martin and Ou is very good, suppressing the substitute combination in the Western Conference.

So at the end of the first quarter, the score on the court was actually the Eastern side taking the lead.

41 to 38!

The Eastern Conference led by 3 points in the first quarter.

Among them, Chen Xiao made 5 of 6 in the first quarter and 4 of 5 three-pointers. He played 9 minutes and scored a game-high 16 points.

In the first quarter, Chen Xiao played very well, playing Nash in the front and Marbury in the back. Nash was quite serious, but it was useless. Marbury just attacked without defending at all, and Chen Xiao was throwing air behind him.

Basically, it was equivalent to no one guarding him in the first quarter, so he practiced open shots there and directly scored.

Contrary to Chen Xiao's comfortable performance in the first quarter, Jordan scored zero points in the first quarter.

The protagonist of the NBA All-Star was very uncomfortable being guarded by Kobe.

Originally, Jordan only needed 10 more points tonight to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and become the player with the most points in the All-Star Game.

Now it seems that the Western Conference really does not intend to let Jordan get his wish.

In the second quarter, Chen Xiao and the other five played on the court for another three minutes.

Chen Xiao and the other five successfully widened the point difference again.

55 to 48!

The Eastern Conference extended its lead to 7 points, while Chen Xiao made 2 of 3 three-pointers and 1 of 1 free throws, adding another 7 points.

However, three minutes later, the starting players of both sides took the field again.

Chen Xiao, Wade and O'Brien were replaced, and the court became Yao Ming, Martin, McGrady, Jordan and Iverson.

On the Western side, it became O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett, Kobe and Francis.

Nash, a defensively vulnerable player, was replaced by Francis.

The Western Conference's defense instantly rose to more than one level.

At the same time, in the East, the main point of attack has once again become Jordan.

In this game, the West tried its best to prevent Jordan, the monk, from scoring, but the East definitely wanted to push Jordan's scoring up.

At least, it must be 10 points.

Therefore, no matter how big the defense Jordan faces and no matter how low his shooting percentage is, he still needs to fight.

Therefore, after the second quarter, Jordan really hit whoever he saw!

Francis, Kobe, Garnett, Duncan, and even O'Neal have not let go!

Although the efficiency is still poor, the scores are slowly rising.

After the first half, Jordan made 5 of 15 shots and successfully scored 10 points, becoming the player with the most points in NBA All-Star history.

At the same time, the Eastern side also exhausted the lead established by Chen Xiao and the others at the end of the half.

Therefore, at the end of halftime, when Jordan came off the court and hugged Chen Xiao, the expression on his face was a little awkward.

Jordan faced a severe attack from the Western Conference in this game, and his performance was very embarrassing.

Except that his movements are still picturesque, it seems that he no longer has that divine aura.

However, when Mariah Carey sang the song "Heroes" affectionately during the intermission, the other 23 All-Star players and more than 20,000 fans in the audience stood up and applauded for several minutes. The highest respect for one of the greatest players in American history.

His strength is no longer that of a god who controls the entire court, but he is still the greatest NBA player!

Standing in the center circle and giving a farewell speech, a tearful Jordan expressed his gratitude to his teammates, opponents, fans and his family.

He also said that he has handed over basketball to better players, just like he inherited it from other seniors, and he can now go home with peace of mind.

"It was so hard to leave."

"But, so many stars are still on the court, so many stars are rising. The torch that Dr. J and people like Magic and Bird passed to me is now being passed on to the All-Stars here and other NBA players."

"From now on, the NBA will belong to you, kids, chase your greatness and become heroes of the world!"

When Jordan finally shouted these words, the young players beside him, such as Chen Xiao, Wade, and Yao Ming, were boiling with excitement.

Players such as Kobe Bryant, Karl Malone, and O'Neal had their eyes twinkling.

It's okay to leave.

But, Michael, leave what we need first!

"I'm going to kill him!"

"Lamb!"

"Now, even God can't save you!"

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