After the single event of the Star Weekend, Kobe's limelight was unparalleled.
On the Internet, people are talking about the four dunks Kobe completed in the dunk contest.
Dallas, which is responsible for hosting this year's All-Star Weekend, is undoubtedly the biggest winner.
Previously, when bidding to host the All-Star Weekend, the local government of Dallas called out the slogan of "creating the basketball game with the largest number of live spectators in human history."
Therefore, this year's All-Star Weekend will be held at Cowboys Stadium of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys.
This stadium can accommodate up to nearly 110,000 people to watch the game at the same time.
Before the start of Star Weekend, another Stern assistant, Austin, had optimistically estimated that this year's Star Weekend main game would attract at least 80,000 fans to watch the game.
Prior to this, the attendance record for a single basketball game was an NCAA game between Michigan State University and the University of Kentucky in December 2003, when a total of 300,000 fans attended the game.
However, it turns out that Austin and NBA officials were still conservative.
Because on the evening of the 15th, at Cowboys Stadium, according to statistics, a total of 100,000 fans came to the scene.
This record not only surpassed the record of fans attending the 2010 Star Game in Wang Shuo's memory, but on this night, Stern, who teamed up with the locals in Dallas to create this "spectacle", also achieved it in his lifetime. That long-cherished wish of his for many years:
Have a basketball game, even if it's just a basketball game that rivals the Super Bowl in terms of crowds.
In Wang Shuo's previous life, the Dallas All-Star Weekend had far-reaching significance for the future development of the NBA.
Because after this cooperation with the local Dallas...
Historically, when the finals come next year, the imprisoned Emperor will find that the Mavericks opponent is not like what Wade told him. As long as you can break into the Mavericks, the referee will send you to free throws. Wire.
Although in that round of the finals, after 6 games, the Mavericks had a total of 149 free throws, 5 fewer than the Heat's 154.
But compared to the 2006 Finals where the referee was willing to blow the whistle for Wade as long as he dared to risk his life, how could the Dallas people dare to bargain?
In a sense, the "spectacle" that Dallas locals and NBA officials staged in 2010 did allow the Mavericks to obtain a relatively fair playing field in the next year's playoff journey.
In this life, because the Mavericks have won the first championship in team history under the leadership of Nowitzki, this "spectacle" has also been given another meaning:
The people of Dallas, who have reached the finals four times in the past five years, hope that the whole world can see their enthusiasm that has been suppressed by the New York double kings for several years on this night!
Who says Dallasites don’t love basketball?
However, how can the people of Dallas dare to show their enthusiasm to others after winning runner-up title every year?
In competitive sports, there has always been success and failure.
Because even according to the Auto Chess synthesis rules...the so-called six overall runner-ups can only synthesize two two-star runner-ups.
And even three two-star runners-up can only be combined into a three-star runner-up.
So, if you don’t understand, just ask, in competitive sports, can winning enough runner-ups really make you the GOAT in a certain competitive event?
On the evening of the 15th, feeling the unprecedented enthusiasm of the fans at the scene, the starting players of the two teams from the east and west teams made a temporary arrangement during the appearance ceremony...
A dance that dazzles basketball fans from all over the world.
Wang Shuo could only describe this impromptu dance by players from the Eastern and Western teams as explosive.
Anyway, before watching the opening dance of the Western Stars, Wang Shuo was already cracking up on the spot.
Especially when James twists his sexy butt and steps on the stage...
You have to admit that in terms of dancing, James said he was second, even Michael Jackson dared not say he was first.
On the court, after the entrance ceremony, the game officially started.
Compared with previous years, the players from the East and West Star Teams worked extra hard on the court this year.
Players are also human beings, and as long as they are human beings, it is impossible not to be infected by the lively atmosphere of tonight's game.
The Dallas Stars weekend game in Wang Shuo's memory was also quite exciting.
If Wang Shuo remembers correctly, historically, the two teams fought until the last minute. After Anthony missed the winning shot, the Eastern Stars finally narrowly defeated the Western Stars by 2 points.
However, compared to the Eastern Stars team, which has Yao Ming and Duncan, a pair of professional paddling experts, this night, the Western Stars took the dominant position in the game shortly after the game started.
Curry, who participated in the Star Weekend game for the first time in his career, and Jefferson, who took over as the starting center of the Western Conference Stars, were extremely excited.
In addition, there are James and Anthony who each want to win the All-Star Game MVP...
In the first quarter of the game, before Wang Shuo could even make adjustments, the point difference between the two teams was quickly widened to double digits.
Fortunately, after the two teams entered the rotation, with the Eastern Stars sending the energetic Griffin and Wallace, who participated in the All-Star Game for the first time in his career, the Eastern Stars successfully defeated the two teams at the end of the first quarter. The score was close to 38-47.
In the second quarter of the game, Wang Shuo took turns to add players who had not yet appeared on the Western Stars' substitute list.
On the one hand, Wang Shuo hopes that every player shortlisted for the Western Conference Stars team will get the opportunity to fully express themselves.
On the other hand, as Stern's good brother, Wang Shuo was really worried that these players from the Western Conference Stars would put this "spectacle" into garbage time with just a disagreement.
Mike Brown, who continues to serve as the head coach of the Eastern Stars this year, is obviously not as high in ideological consciousness as Wang Shuo.
When this piece of "black bread" imitated Wang Shuo and shared playing time equally among the players of the Eastern Star Team, Wang Shuo hated him for not being able to play in person.
Otherwise, he will definitely turn into an undercover agent and find a way to help the Eastern Stars catch up with the score as soon as possible.
After halftime, the score between the East and West Star teams was 78 to 88.
During the halftime break, Wang Shuo decided to let the game enter the real game in advance.
Because compared to the consumption of these players by the high-intensity half-time game, Wang Shuo knew very well that if the game continued like this...
Even if Stern and the locals in Dallas join forces to create a "spectacle", this "spectacle" will only become a laughing stock.
As a result, in the third quarter of the game, after feeling the pressure from the Western Stars, the members of the Eastern Stars gradually lost their temper.
At this time, in the VIP box at the scene, Stern sighed and said: "NBA All-Star Weekend really cannot be without Wang Shuo."
Stern knew very well that if the Western Stars hadn't taken the initiative to improve the quality of the game in the second half of this game, many fans at the scene would probably have fallen asleep watching it.
After all, without intensity, no matter how many dunks the stars perform on the court, the fans will only find it boring.
Back then, when the NBA broke the tradition that the same coach could not coach consecutive All-Star games for Wang Shuo, NBA officials received a lot of doubts about this.
But it turns out...
Compared with young coaches like Mike Brown who still need to further improve their ideological awareness, NBA Star Weekend, with or without Wang Shuo's participation, are really two completely different concepts.
At Cowboys Stadium, after the two teams fought for a whole quarter, the Eastern Stars' inside advantage began to show.
After three quarters, 112 to 118.
In the final quarter, after playing for a few minutes, Wang Shuo sent James and Anthony onto the court.
Wang Shuo saw early on that both James and Anthony wanted to win the All-Star Game MVP, so in this game, he very fairly gave the two brothers the same playing time, allowing them to compete fairly.
Kobe didn't have this ambition this year, so Wang Shuo put Kobe back on the court with 4 minutes left in the final quarter.
In addition, at the decisive moment, Wang Shuo also replaced Curry with Billups.
Because Wang Shuo knew very well that Curry, who was still young, would definitely not be able to grasp this situation tonight.
Only Billups can reasonably distribute the ball on the court.
As for Xiaojia...
In the final quarter, after letting Jefferson, Nowitzki, and Milicic all play for a while, Wang Shuo did not replace Xiaojia on the court until the last moment.
The All-Star Game is like that.
Although Wang Shuo knows that Kevin is more suitable to match up with James, Anthony, Kobe and others, he must also take into account the face of other stars in the team. It is impossible to ask O'Neal to give him a job just because Kevin is more useful, as he did when coaching the Lakers. Carrying bags.
On the court, with 4.1 seconds left in the game, the Eastern Stars played a very exciting high-post double-cover tactic.
Under the cover of Duncan and Yao Ming, Wade successfully broke into the paint and changed the score to 144-143 for the Eastern Stars.
Seeing this, after a timeout, Wang Shuo smiled and said after looking at the Western Stars who wanted to take the initiative to take the final attack: "For the last attack tonight, I want to arrange for Dirk to play. Does anyone object?"
Hearing this, how could the Western Stars players dare to object?
Fortunately, this game was played in Dallas, and Nowitzki was responsible for the final attack. This was a choice that everyone could accept.
Yu Li, Nowitzki made 6 of 6 shots in this game and is the hottest player on the Western Conference Stars.
and......
Judging from Wang Shuo's current situation, no one would be stupid enough to contradict him at this time.
After the timeout, the Western Stars' lineup was adjusted by Wang Shuo to Nowitzki, James, Anthony, Kobe, and Curry.
James is responsible for serving the sideline ball.
Although Anthony, who had originally wanted to take the initiative to take charge of the team's final attack, felt a little regretful, when he went on the court to implement the screening tactics Wang Shuo had given him, his attitude was even more serious than when he usually played with the Nuggets.
At this time, Billups also looked at Wang Shuo with admiration on the sidelines.
As early as when the Suns led by Wang Shuo were defeated in the finals, Billups had left a deep impression on Wang Shuo.
But this night...
Billups felt that he had underestimated Wang Shuo before.
Because this man...
Even just using his charisma can make Anthony work for him wholeheartedly.
In addition, don't look at James being tortured by Wang Shuo for a whole year last year.
But in this game, not even Barkley could find fault with James.
As for the reason?
It's also very simple.
Because playing under Wang Shuo, James must use his full strength all the time.
otherwise......
James knew very well that he would probably be labeled as "even Wang Shuo couldn't train him" afterwards.
You know, in the NBA, once you are labeled with this, it basically means that your career is over.
At Cowboys Stadium, under the cover of Anthony and Kobe, Nowitzki successfully followed Wang Shuo's design and went to the high post on the right side to cooperate with Curry without the ball.
Mike Brown did not expect that Wang Shuo's last attack tonight would be performed by Nowitzki.
Of course, Brown cannot be entirely blamed for not guessing Wang Shuo's final attack arrangement.
Because there are only five players on the court for the Western Stars, except for James, who was arranged by Wang Shuo to serve the sideline ball... How do you ask Brown to guess who will execute the final attack of the Western Stars?
Anthony and Kobe have both undertaken a large number of final attack tasks in their respective careers.
Curry is Wang Shuo's "son".
Therefore, the moment Nowitzki provided Curry with a screen for the ball, the attention of the players on the Eastern Stars team was already attracted by the other three players on the court.
Immediately afterwards, as James steadily passed the sideline ball to Nowitzki, this wonderful set of connections... also produced a wonderful chemical reaction.
After receiving the ball, Nowitzki, who had enough time to adjust, steadily shot the three-pointer into the net!
144 to 146!
Nowitzki helped the Western Stars beat the Eastern Stars at the last minute!
On the court, after Nowitzki scored the buzzer-beater, James rushed toward Nowitzki with excitement and jumped on his back.
On the sidelines, Wang Shuo was stunned when he saw this scene.
Because Nowitzki, who should have killed James and his brothers next year in his memory, at this moment, was actually carrying James on his back while waving to the fans in the entire arena.
In this completely different historical line, James and Nowitzki can be said to have created different sparks.
In the VIP box, Stern was also quite satisfied with the result of this game.
Star Weekend in Dallas, with Dallas' top star delivering the finishing touch.
In Stern's eyes, there may not be a better script than this.
After the game, James and Anthony, who scored 26 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists, and 29 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists respectively for the Western Stars, shared this year's All-Star Game MVP.
Since Nowitzki only scored 17 points in the game, Stern did not force the MVP to this German tank.
And in this game, if the two brothers of Zhangua were not responsible for setting the stage, where would Nowitzki have the opportunity to seal his throat with a sword at the last moment?
When giving his acceptance speech, Anthony, who was so sweet in this game, said: "This night is so wonderful. I never thought that one day I would play in front of more than 110,000 fans. (Referring to the live audience)
I think every one of us feels the passion that Dallas fans have for basketball.
At the same time, I also want to pay the highest respect to my teammate Dirk Nowitzki, because he made me win the MVP of this year's All-Star Game. "
On the bench, when Anthony spoke, Billups simply couldn't believe that this was what Anthony could say.
so......
In this world, everyone has emotional intelligence, but everyone shows their emotional intelligence in different ways.
Such as Anthony.
His emotional intelligence will only be reflected when he plays under Wang Shuo. (George Karl:?)
In addition, when James gave his acceptance speech, he also specifically talked about the feeling of playing under Wang Shuo: "He always makes us do the right thing on the court.
This is my first time playing for him and I look forward to more opportunities to play under him in the future. "
The celebrity weekend came to a successful conclusion.
After this happy night, as the star players of each team went back to their homes and found their mothers, the 2009/10 NBA regular season also ushered in the annual final stage.
According to the schedule, the Lakers, who have won the skills, three-point and dunk contest championships in individual challenges, will start their final road trip to the Eastern Conference this season after the Star Weekend.
Compared with the previous two Eastern road trips, this time the Lakers not only have to challenge the Knicks in Madison Square Garden.
And they have to go to the North Shore Garden Arena one day later to challenge the Celtics, who are currently second in the Eastern Conference this season.
Wang Shuo knows very well that if the Lakers want to compete for the championship this year, then...
They can no longer be as promiscuous as before.
Because whether he can successfully defeat the first place in the league...
It will undoubtedly greatly affect the Lakers' next championship journey.
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PS: Because it was short, I stood at attention and was criticized today.
