Super Role Player

Pau Gasol arrived, and the local media in Philadelphia had high hopes for him.

And Pau Gasol did not disappoint the fans and the local media. On February 12, the last game before the All-Star Weekend, the 76ers challenged the Jazz away from home. This was Pau Gasol’s first game after joining the 76ers. .

Originally, Pau Gasol was able to participate in the away game on February 10, but Brett Brown considered that Gasol had traveled a long distance, and had already rested several consecutive games with the Lakers before, and his condition was also somewhat poor. So Brett Brown didn't let Gasol play.

In that away game, the 76ers' opponent was the Warriors. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson teamed up to score 13 three-pointers and defeated the 76ers. In this game, McAway was also absent due to injury, and Pau Gasol was not available. It's not difficult to understand why the 76ers lost.

Then, the 76ers came to the Utah Plateau. Gasol was almost recovered. Brett Brown directly put Pau Gasol into the lineup. Then, in the first game after joining the 76ers, Pau Gasol Showing his strength, he played only 29 minutes, took 14 shots, hit 8 goals, scored 18 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, helping the 76ers defeat the Jazz away from home.

The cooperation between Anxi and Gasol in this game is still very raw, but after having Pau Gasol, the 76ers have a second star player who can attract the attention of the defense, and Anxi's offense will be more comfortable.

In this game, Anxi also scored 29 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 steals, and was elected the best of the game.

After defeating the Jazz and before the All-Star weekend, the 76ers' record reached 34 wins and 20 losses, continuing to rank third in the Eastern Conference.

Then, it's All-Star weekend.

The 2014 All-Star Game will be held in New Orleans. It is said that this was a decision made by the league to compensate Tom Benson, the new owner of the New Orleans Hornets at the time, and handed over the hosting rights of the 2014 All-Star Weekend to New Orleans.

Not long ago, on February 1, 2014, David Stern announced his resignation as league president and officially retired. Adam Silver became the new president of the league, and the New Orleans All-Star Game also became Adam Silver's appointment. ’s first big event.

Whether this All-Star Game can be successfully held will test Adam Silver's ability.

David Stern has led the NBA through a successful 30 years. In the hands of David Stern, the NBA has become the most influential basketball league in the world. What Adam Silver needs to do is to make this This influence will be further expanded.

Therefore, when Adam Silver took over the first All-Star Game, he made many changes to the process of the All-Star Game. At the same time, he also tried his best to invite certain star players to participate in previous individual games. For example, Anxi received an invitation from the league. Invitation, I hope he will participate in this year's three-point contest and dunk contest.

In addition, some interesting things have been added, such as group confrontation between the East and West, competing for charity funds, and expanding the influence of the NBA through charity.

As for Anxi himself, he decided to only participate in the Three-Point Contest and the Slam Dunk Contest. The Slam Dunk Contest was not interesting, and this year’s Three-Point Contest was different from previous years. After Anxi announced his participation in the Three-Point Contest, the audience for this Three-Point Contest There are so many points that it’s almost going to explode.

Because before Anxi announced his participation, the Warriors' backcourt duo of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson also announced their participation.

2012 All-Star Game,

Anxi scored 28 points, breaking the record of the three-point contest that had been dusted for several years, becoming the strongest three-point champion in history; and a year later, Stephen Curry scored 29 points, breaking Anxi's record after a year. record.

Therefore, with Anxi and Stephen Curry participating at the same time, this three-point contest is considered to be the strongest three-point contest in history.

Is it Anxi's revenge battle, Stephen Curry's title defense battle, or three-point supernova Klay Thompson's counterattack battle...?

In addition to participating in the three-point contest, Anxi is also a member of the All-Star Game. The five players in the Eastern Conference are the backline partner of Anxi and Dwyane Wade. The frontcourt is composed of three small forwards, Paul George, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony. .

The substitute lineup has also been determined, with two point guards Kelly Irving and John Wall, one shooting guard DeMar DeRozan, two power forwards Paul Millsap and Chris Bosh, and two center Joakim Noah and Roy Hibbert, counting, 12 total.

On the Western side, the back line combination is Stephen Curry and James Harden, with Harden replacing the injured Kobe Bryant in the lineup. The front court is Kevin Durant as the small forward, and the interior line is Blake Griffin and Kevin Love and two power forwards.

On the bench, Chris Paul and Warcraft Howard both sat on the bench, as did veterans Tony Parker and Dirk Nowitzki, plus Damian Lillard, LaMarcus Aldridge and Anthony Day. Weiss, the West is also a 12-man lineup.

In addition to Anxi, the 76ers' players participating in the All-Star Weekend include Tony Wroten and Jae Crowder who participated in the All-Star Rookie Challenge. McAwee continued to miss the game due to injury. He completely withdrew from this All-Star Game. John Wall also played as a substitute in the skills competition that he was bound to participate in.

Although only three players from the 76ers participated in the All-Star Weekend, seven of them arrived in New Orleans by plane with Anxi. The injured McAway also came with him. In addition to him, there were also Pau Gasol and James. Anderson, Shaun Livingston and Francisco Garcia.

The seven of them got off the plane and took a car together to book a room in a hotel in New Orleans. Abby followed the 76ers' wives group and went directly to downtown New Orleans for shopping, but Anxi had other things to do. After being contacted by league staff, he went directly to the New Orleans Arena.

There, a group of star players selected for the All-Star Game were taking their makeup photos for the All-Star Game.

Anxi saw Tony Parker there, and the two of them smiled and said hello, then walked to the side and started talking quietly.

In the middle of the court, Anthony Davis, who was selected for the All-Star Game for the first time, looked reserved and took a personal makeup photo.

Soon, Anxi met with Tony Parker's old teammate. After just a few words of conversation, the photographer asked Anxi to come on.

"Assemble! Damian Lillard, John Wall, Anthony Davis, and Ann, you four are the newcomers participating in the All-Star Game. Come and take a group photo, and we will be called the new All-Star team!"

Anxi heard the sound and ran over quickly.

Under the guidance of the photographer, the taller Anxi stood in the back row, standing with the somewhat restrained thick-browed Davis.

The photographer clicked two photos, and then suddenly thought: "Ann, you are from the east, Anthony, you are from the west, let's have a duel, come on, pose..."

Anxi naturally allowed the photographer to arrange it. He and Anthony Davis posed one-on-one, waiting for the photographer to take the photo.

But the photographer was a little dissatisfied with Anthony Davis: "Anthony, relax and be natural..."

However, after saying this, Anthony Davis did change.

The photographer squatted down to prepare to take the photo, but soon he stood up again and stood there thoughtfully.

"Ann, Anthony, how about you guys relax a little more naturally, for example, pretend to talk trash right now?"

Anxi had no objection and nodded. Anthony Davis hesitated for a moment, but when he saw Anxi nodding, he had no choice but to nod.

Then, when it was time to shoot, Anthony Davis moved his lips, but still didn't say anything. When Anxi saw this, he felt happy. He didn't expect that Anthony Davis would also kill everyone in this new season. , to be so shy, I thought about it and suddenly thought of a funny trash talk.

"That, Anthony, the law of dynamics... close to the speed of light... gravity..."

"Hahahaha..." There was a burst of laughter from the sidelines.

Top academic Kevin Love hugged his belly and laughed: "What a piece of shit, it's actually the theory of relativity!"

Anthony Davis was stunned for a moment, then gradually frowned. The photographer hurriedly took the picture, and the effect he wanted was achieved.

Finally, the final makeup photos of the new forces from the east and west were completed. Anxi had a joking look on his face, while Davis, who had thick eyebrows, had a serious look on his face. They still looked very sensible. (To be continued.)