Injuries in basketball only make me stronger

(The title of the previous chapter was wrong, this chapter is 96)

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The Rookie Challenge officially begins.

"This is the appetizer for the All-Star game. But if you think the rookie game is not exciting, you are totally wrong!"

"Yes, I completely agree with you! Who can say that among these rookies, it is impossible for the next Kobe and the next Wade to emerge?"

"All the gentlemen and ladies present, please let me hear your enthusiasm!"

Under the provocation of Houston's on-site commentator, the fans cheered and the atmosphere reached its peak.

Many current or retired celebrities also came to the side of the court and sat at the front to watch the game.

Shots of many well-known stars sitting on the sidelines appeared on the big screen.

Yao Ming sat in the first row. Under Lian Feng's arrangement, he and Allison sat together. The two talked and laughed.

Kobe was sitting on the other side of the court. When players from both sides were warming up, Lian Feng saw him and took the initiative to say hello.

Kobe smiled and patted Lian Feng on the shoulder: "Hit me well, man."

At this time, Kobe could not say that he regarded Lian Feng as a friend. Lian Feng could also feel that there was still a certain distance between the two. But there was no doubt that Lian Feng had won Kobe's approval with his attitude.

Getting Kobe's recognition is a very difficult thing in itself.

More big-name stars are cheering for the rookie teams on both sides of the court. After all, many of them are teammates of those stars.

Iverson waved to Iguodala and Lian Feng and told them to come over. Then he grabbed their shoulders and said like a big brother: "Play hard! I will cheer you on from the sidelines!"

Iverson's conflicts with the team have become more prominent during this period, but he is as always very good to Iguodala and Lian Feng.

Lian Feng could not describe his feelings for Iverson. He was the first team boss he met when he first entered the NBA. He was both a teacher and a friend, and taught him a lot of experience on and off the court.

More importantly, Iverson is willing to treat himself as a little brother.

Although, although there is an inexplicable sense of distance between him and Iverson, both of them understand tacitly that it is respect for their respective lifestyles.

It does not affect Iverson's care for Lian Feng on the court and in life, nor Lian Feng's respect for Iverson.

At this time, Iverson was cheering Iguodala and himself up, and Lian Feng really felt his inner joy from the bottom of his heart.

Later, Weber also greeted Lian Feng and others with black gestures and hugged them.

"Come on, brothers!"

The camera also captured this scene.

The commentator smiled and said: "I have to say that Iguodala and Lian Feng are both very popular players in the league. I seem to have never seen any news about the two of them having a locker room turmoil!"

"Yes, both of them have very high emotional intelligence."

Weber and Iverson, two veterans, sat down and chatted while watching the players in the rookie game.

Lian Feng caught a glimpse and felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

That's the tension brought about by the alternation of old and new.

After chatting with friends on the court, Lian Feng began to warm up attentively. Because if he hits during the warm-up, it will also be counted as a hit on the field to gain experience in the hot zone, so he warms up very seriously every time.

For today's Lian forward, several hot spots under the basket have been upgraded to Level 1, and the hot spots at the free throw line and the mid-range positions at 45-degree angles on both sides have also been upgraded to Level 1.

If this trend continues, it will take less than two or three seasons to upgrade the dozen or so hot spots that are often used for finishing to the top level.

Of course, the experience value of a large number of hot spots beyond three points is still very low, almost equal to none.

Not only in terms of skills, he also did not focus on outside training in his usual training.

It doesn't matter, just do it step by step.

At the beginning of the game, Bogut jumped the ball on behalf of the first-grade team and successfully got the ball.

Villanueva tried his luck at the beginning and hit a three-pointer from the left side. The rookie team took the lead in scoring.

The second-year team immediately retaliated. First, Iguodala made a breakthrough, and then Gordon hit a three-pointer. The second-year team took a 5-3 lead.

In the next round, Hurd held the ball at the top of the arc, and Bogut popped up from the high post to provide support. At this moment, the forward ran out of the empty guard and shouted loudly for the pass.

Bogut seemed to be completely unable to hear Lian Feng's voice. He ignored him and passed the ball to Hurd, who obviously had no space to attack.

Subsequently, Hurd chose a bad shot in the mid-range and the basketball flew out.

Lian Feng sneered, already understanding what Bogut meant.

Just don't pass the ball to me?

very good!

Lian Feng didn't say anything. He ran back from Bogut's side and whispered: "Guess who has a higher possession of the ball in position 3 or 5?"

Bogut frowned.

The score rose slowly.

The rookie game adopts a two-half game system, that is, the first half is 20 minutes and the second half is 20 minutes. In the first 5 minutes, the players on both sides did not enter the state and played at a very slow pace.

Paul hit a three-pointer and went ahead 8-5.

With 14 minutes and 17 seconds left in the first half, Hurd made a fast break layup. This was Hurd's first score as the host, and the rookie team expanded its advantage to 13-7.

Lian Feng and Bogut still didn't score a point.

It seems that he was indeed influenced by Bogut. There were several times when he was clearly unguarded and had good opportunities, but no one passed the ball to him.

This moment made him a little angry.

At this time, Paul ran over and whispered: "Man, don't play like this. You are trying to express yourself in the rookie game. I know you are very selfless, but don't be like this at this time. Pass the ball that can be turned into an assist. Otherwise,

Otherwise, just go it alone!"

Lian Feng was slightly startled.

Indeed, as Paul said, the awareness of creating opportunities for teammates has been deeply rooted in the bones. But these teammates don't care about that. It is obvious that some balls can be passed twice to create a very good opportunity, but in order to express themselves, they all choose

Go it alone.

As Paul said, they only pass the ball that can be converted into assists.

After understanding this, Lian Feng quickly adjusted his playing style.

Paul dribbled halfway and broke through to the inside. Seeing the opportunity, Bogut quickly stood up and prepared for an alley-oop.

However, at this moment, the forward cut in. Paul made a back-up pass, threw the ball high, and passed it to the forward further behind.

Lian Feng jumped up, grabbed the basketball in the air and poured it in vigorously.

Bogut jumped up in vain, his expression ugly.

"Humph. This is just the beginning!" Then Lian Feng began to really torture Bogut.

As Bogut doesn't have much ability to handle the ball, he originally needs outside players to feed him the ball.

First of all, Paul won't pass the ball to him at all. Secondly, the forward with the strongest breakthrough ability has good finishing ability after breaking through. In addition, the intensity of the exhibition game is not very high. If he can break through, he can finish. Naturally, there is no reason to pass the ball to him.

ball.

Support is one of the few ways that Bogut can directly obtain the ball. Originally, the loose defense in the rookie game allowed him to use his footsteps to complete low-post attacks, but the initiators of support were often Paul and Lian Feng.

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Each time, Paul would loudly ask Bogut, who came to support the pick-and-roll, to go away.

Lian Feng simply ignored Bogut.

At the same time, Lian Feng also participated in actively fighting for rebounds.

Because he has the golden skill of seeing through shooting percentages, Lien Feng always has the upper hand when grabbing offensive rebounds. His approach has only one purpose: he doesn't want to grab the rebound himself, he just wants to prevent Bogut from grabbing it.

And Bogut was powerless to stop it.

It's hard to get offensive rebounds originally. It's hard to find a position, but Lian Feng always suddenly comes out to distribute the ball or catch it himself.

For a monster like Lian Feng, whose touch height is stable at 380+, if he just distributes the ball like playing volleyball, it shouldn't be too simple.

However, when an offensive rebound is distributed, it doesn't matter who grabs it.

As for the backcourt rebounds...forget it, let's just give him a hand and grab a few.

Before the first half was over, Bogut's mentality collapsed.

Originally, Bogut asked several familiar rookies not to pass the ball to the forward, just to reduce the statistics of the forward. He also knew that it was impossible for the forward to have no shot rights at all.

But after all calculations, I didn't expect that Lian Feng did an even better job. He didn't pass a ball to himself, and he didn't know what method he used. Paul also refused to pass the ball to him.

Paul's refusal to pass the ball to him is the most fatal.

damn it!

Really fucking awesome!

Before the end of the first half, Bogut failed to score a point, prompting the on-site commentator to repeatedly say: "Our No. 1 pick seems to be in poor condition today, and he hasn't scored a point yet!"

After Bogut heard this, he almost cursed and shouted directly to the commentary box: "Are you blind? Didn't you see that those idiots didn't pass the ball to me?"

In the second half, Lian Feng changed his strategy. He began to pass the ball to Bogut, but he used his calculations: "As long as Bogut's position is not good or he is being double-teamed, pass the ball to him."

Bogut, whose mentality was already fried at this time, would of course choose to take action. One can imagine how stupid those actions were in the eyes of others.

Later, even the commentator couldn't stand it anymore: "Bogut's performance today was really abnormal. He should get off the field and take a rest!"

So Bogut really took a break.

Of course, the result of this is that it is difficult for the rookie team to win.

But Lian Feng doesn't care about winning or losing this game. The All-Stars are here for happiness, as long as they are happy.

Seeing Bogut in pain made Lian Feng feel very comfortable.

At the end of the game, Lian Feng only scored 12 points, but at the same time he had a terrifying 18 rebounds! Most of them were obtained on Bogut's head.

And even though he didn't score many points, Lien Feng performed two dunks and two alley-oops with Paul, which is not a loss.

Poor Bogut only scored 1 point, a free throw in the second half. He also only had a measly 5 rebounds.

When the fans saw his poor performance, most of them showed mocking expressions.

At the same time, second-year Iguodala performed amazingly.

Ida Dala can be both inside and outside. He not only dunks brilliantly, but also makes accurate long-range three-pointers. He scored a game-high 30 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, making a great contribution to the victory of the second-year team. He also became a member of this team.

MVP of the game. At the same time, Gordon scored 17 points, West had 15 points, and Nocioni had 13 points. A total of four players were in double figures.

Iverson, who was watching the game from the sidelines, jumped up and down and cheered for Lian Feng and Iguodala.

After the game, Lian Feng was interviewed.

The reporter asked him: "How do you feel about this game?"

Lian Feng said without hesitation: "Okay. I played very relaxed in this game. I want to try a different style of play...for example, imitate Rodman, I got 18 rebounds, haha! I think

You performed well. What do you think?"

Of course, reporters did not forget to rub salt into Bogut's wounds afterwards, asking him during interviews why his performance was so poor today.

He defended himself: "Are you all blind? They didn't pass the ball to me at all!"

Bogut's tone aroused the displeasure of reporters. One reporter sharply pointed out: "In fact, of the 13 passes sent by the forward in the second half, 9 were for you."

Suddenly, Bogut was speechless.

Subsequently, reporters embellished the report on Bogut's incompetent and furious performance.

Bogut: Drop!

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The next day was a day of complete relaxation, with celebrity shooting contests, dunk contests, three-point shootouts, skills contests and other events held.

The most eye-catching one is naturally the dunk contest.

Iguodala was in good condition, and Lian Feng hammered his chest: "Come on! You can do it!"

Iguodala laughed loudly: "Man, I hope you will be in the next slam dunk contest!"

Lian Feng thought for a while, maybe it would be a good idea to redeem a dunk performance skill next time. Then he said: "Then just wait and see! There will be a day!"

The referees for this dunk contest are Tomjanovich, Moses Malone, Drexler, Kenny Smith and Hayes.

In the end, the outcome of this slam dunk contest did not change due to the arrival of Lien Feng.

Although Iguodala performed well, he and Iverson cooperated to perform the shocking dunk that took off from behind the backboard. But at the critical moment, Nate Robinson invited Potato Webber to cooperate, and he also received full marks. Two

Players have to play an extra round.

In the extra round, Iguodala lost by 1 point.

Lian Feng felt it was a pity, but that's how competitive sports are, everyone has reasons why they can't lose.

After the game, Wade and Kobe both complained about Iguodala.

Lian Feng was nearby. When he saw Wade, he took the initiative to strike up a conversation: "You also think Iguodala is better, right? If it were you, how would you choose?"

Wade said seriously: "If I could be a referee, of course I would be objective and fair!"

Lian Feng teased: "Nine points?"

Wade showed a strange expression: "What?"

Lian Feng laughed loudly: "No...it's nothing."

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The past two days have been very relaxing. During the free time during the competition, Lian Feng took Alison around and enjoyed some romantic time together.

Of course, even in their leisure time, the two did not forget to maintain "training".

Lian Feng's energy can be vented in Allison. This girl is so good. Her presence allows him to not have to be distracted and focus on basketball.

Lying in bed at night, Lian Feng was thinking about the All-Star Game tomorrow, but Allison felt his passion. Thinking of how passionate he had been for several nights in a row, she said, "Get a good rest today."

Lian Feng didn't mean that originally, but when Alison said this, he hugged her even tighter and said, "I can't sleep. We have to play a little more tiredly to get a good night's sleep!"

As a result, Alison's face gradually turned rosy.

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On the third day, the much-anticipated All-Star Game finally came.

Like Yao Ming, who participated in the All-Star Game for the first time, Lian Feng was also very nervous when he participated in the All-Star Game for the first time.

Before the game, Iverson came over and said to Lian Feng: "Don't be nervous! You need to relax."

Lian Feng was indeed a little uncomfortable, because among the players he was partnering with, he was obviously at a disadvantage.

Players' performance in the All-Star Game is actually largely due to reputation and qualifications, rather than level and strength.

To put it bluntly, players who are famous and experienced will get more shooting opportunities on the court, and their teammates will be happy to pass the ball to them.

Those players who are selected for the first time will not receive such good treatment. Even if they want to express themselves too much, they will be labeled as disrespectful to their seniors or "do not understand the rules". For example, in the year of OK reconciliation,

Only O'Neal, who is no longer at his peak, can win the MVP award with Kobe Bryant.

Lian Feng knows this truth very well. He does not seek the limelight on the court. Even if he has an offensive opportunity, he will be very sensible and feed his teammates.

Therefore, even if Lian Feng did not score a few points, he still left a deep impression on the audience with several wonderful assists.

There is no doubt that the protagonist of this All-Star game is Kobe Bryant.

Whether it's 24 vs. 23 or the grudge showdown between Kobe and O'Neal, they are all full of gimmicks.

In the end, the All-Star Game came to a successful conclusion with the Western Conference defeating the Eastern Conference.

Lien Feng played 21 minutes in his first All-Star trip, scoring 6 points and 6 assists.

Although he didn't look very conspicuous, which even disappointed Chinese fans, his humble attitude won the recognition of those star players.

Lian Feng is not in a hurry, he knows that one day he will also be the center of the All-Star Game!

More than half of this season has passed. Starting the All-Star Game is just a sign of popularity. Lian Feng knows that in order for others to recognize him, the more important thing is his performance!

Playoffs!

Lian Feng has already made clear the direction of his next efforts.

He slowly raised his head and peered into the future of the 76ers this season.

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Next is another big plot, which is the ending plot of the second episode. The second episode will also end in a climax. It is very important. Orange needs to think about it carefully and needs the votes of all brothers to encourage it!!! ⊙^⊙