Chapter 134 The End of All-Stars

Author: Feng Yuanhua

Chapter 134 The End of All-Stars

Wang Hao witnessed Carter being crowned the champion of the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest, and it must be said that the dunk was wonderful.

Even he felt eager to try.

But then again, was Carter's dunk really shocking?

In fact, that's not the case. His dunks are indeed wonderful, but they are not unique.

Especially for Wang Hao, he has watched the peak showdown between Zach LaVine and Aaron Gordon.

All we can say is that Carter showed up at the perfect time.

It was when the NBA needed someone to save the dunk contest that Carter appeared.

NBA officials couldn't praise Carter enough. They threw out this news as if it was free of charge.

It's like the reason why Jordan became a god is not only because of his two three consecutive championships, but also because his comeback saved the NBA.

Well, the reason why I say so much is because Wang Hao is a little envious, envious of people who can dunk.

There's no way he can be considered a Seattle LaVine at best, and he doesn't have the strength to compete in the slam dunk contest yet.

Although he can't participate in the dunk contest, he can participate in the All-Star Game!

Before the All-Star game, NBA officials still arranged a training session, where the twelve Western Conference stars gathered together.

When they saw Wang Hao appear, everyone's expressions changed, either curious or dissatisfied.

It didn't matter to him, as no one would dare to cause trouble.

What's more, he doesn't have no support. Needless to say, Gary Payton also has a good relationship with O'Neal.

Not only that, including Kobe and Duncan, both of them had friendly exchanges with Wang Hao.

Both of them are All-Stars who entered as rookies, so they will naturally have more recognition.

Perhaps when they first entered the All-Stars, they were also targeted by older players.

Don't think this is impossible. After all, in the NBA, there is a tradition of bullying rookies.

In this training session, Phil Jackson showed up, but he didn't arrange any triangle offense.

It's a very simple pick-and-roll tactic, a fast break tactic, and then a singles tactic.

There are so many stars, no matter what tactics you want, just play one by one.

In the training session, O'Neal was very positive and seemed to be full of confidence in the MVP.

At 20 o'clock local time in Auckland, the 2000 Auckland All-Star Game officially started.

Facing Mourning's challenge for the ball, O'Neal worked hard and grabbed the first opportunity for the Western team to attack.

Gary Payton dribbled the ball past half court, O'Neal was already taking position inside, and Wang Hao ran to the baseline honestly.

As for Garnett and Duncan, one is on the bottom line, and the other is at the high position to prepare for support.

Gary Payton was just about to pass the ball to O'Neal. Who would have thought that Mourning was really defending.

There was no other way, so Gary Payton had no choice but to hand the ball to Garnett. Garnett was not polite and just took the ball.

2:0

With almost no defense, Garnett would be useless if he didn't score such a ball.

Only O'Neal looked at Mourning with a look of resentment. This is just an All-Star. Do you want to be so serious?

This is the state of the All-Star game, performance is the main thing.

Even Mourning couldn't defend five by himself, and he really gave O'Neal many opportunities.

It's a pity that O'Neal did not live up to expectations today. Apart from two dunks, his shooting percentage was not very good.

As for Wang Hao, he didn't deliberately move, mainly because his teammates might not be willing to pick and roll him and play tactics.

In this case, it is better to stand farther away from the three-point line and the defender will not care about him.

When teammates have nothing to do, they will always pass the ball.

Not to mention, Wang Hao hit two three-pointers in the first half, two steps away from the three-point line.

Another time, I cooperated with Gary Payton and played an alley-oop. I almost missed it and jumped five centimeters higher, which was an alley-oop dunk.

Pity!

In the entire first half, Wang Hao played 11 minutes and scored 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. His performance was pretty good.

It's basically like clocking out and clocking out.

Although he is the starter, he is still a rookie after all. Phil Jackson will definitely consider this when arranging his playing time.

As a head coach, and an All-Star head coach, they actually don't have too many personal opinions.

Even Yao Ming, despite such huge controversy, still played 17 minutes.

As for scoring 2 points and 2 rebounds, it was purely because he was unwilling to play and gave all the opportunities to his teammates.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that his style is not suitable for All-Stars.

Finally, the game ended. Wang Hao played 23 minutes and scored 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

In the case where there are not many shooting opportunities (4 of 8 shots), this data is already very good.

In the end, the Western team won 137:125, and O'Neal and Duncan jointly won the All-Star MVP.

This is very interesting, both of them won MVP at the same time.

Strictly speaking, Duncan actually performed better, making 12 of 14 shots, 24 points and 14 rebounds.

As for O'Neal, he hit 11 goals in 20 shots, with an average shooting rate, and only scored 22 points and 9 rebounds.

However, the final All-Star MVP will still go to O'Neal, which is something NBA officials have already thought about in advance.

O'Neal's ability to take so many shots is naturally related to the arrangement of the head coach and the help of his teammates.

Another interesting thing to say is that neither O'Neal nor Kobe played more than 25 minutes.

However, Duncan and Garnett both played more than 33 minutes at the same time, which is very interesting.

It is said that All-Star head coaches will do this, that is, let their players conserve their energy, and then try to use other players' players.

However, how much physical energy will be consumed by playing for so many more minutes?

This is the end of the 2000 Oakland All-Star Game.

Wang Hao accompanied his parents back to Seattle, but he did not go to the team to report immediately. Instead, he asked his parents to stay in the hotel.

Wang Hao also stayed in the hotel. Of course, this was temporary. When his parents returned to China, he would go back to live in an apartment.

"Son, I saw your apartment. Although it's not bad, you need to have your own house."

"I know, but the problem is, I only have a one-year contract with the team, and I don't know where I will be next year?"

This is the truth. In fact, Wang Hao also wants to stabilize, and he is quite satisfied with the Sonics.

However, signing a contract is very troublesome.

It's not realistic to sign a contract in advance, not to mention that he doesn't want to wrong himself.

Although he doesn't care about money, he doesn't care that much. If he wants to make money, he doesn't have to play basketball.

However, he is unwilling to do anything that is obviously going to cost him something.

"That's right, we can really wait and see."

This is not necessary to buy a house in the United States, but it is very necessary to buy a house back home.

You can buy some everywhere in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. It is definitely the simplest operation for investment appreciation.

I saw it before when I was reading online articles. I don’t know how to make a fortune after being reborn, just buy a house!
Chapter completed!