After the national anthem ended, the two singers with very universal identities left the stage, and the entire Staples Center fell into darkness again.
But this time the darkness did not last long, and was soon broken by a deep voice.
"Welcome to the 2010-2011 NBA All-Stars, this is Los Angeles, Staples Center!"
As the sound gradually grew louder, purple and gold themed lights symbolizing the Lakers lit up around the arena, showing the glorious career that this historic arena has experienced.
"Let us solemnly invite the championship, mVp, one of the greatest players in history, from the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe! Bryant!"
During DJ's almost humming introduction, Kobe ran out of a player tunnel in the stadium, and the entire Staples audience began to cheer!
This is the king of Los Angeles, Kobe the Black Mamba!
Kobe was the ticket king, and it was at home, so his appearance was the most special, and the audience was also the most enthusiastic.
The players behind him received a far less grand welcome, but when Li Kaiming came on the stage, he was still treated differently from others. At least the applause and cheers lasted longer than others, second only to Li Kaiming. Yu Kobe.
This surprised Zhang Weiping, who was sitting in the broadcast media area, "Is Li Kaiming so popular now? If someone who doesn't watch basketball can judge, he will definitely think that he is second only to Kobe Bryant on the court tonight!"
"No, Li Kaiming has won three trophies during this All-Star Weekend so far, including the championship of the very popular slam dunk contest. Is this okay if he is not very popular?" Yu Jia replied with a smile next to him.
Zhang Weiping nodded, "Yes, this guy is getting stronger and stronger now! I wonder if he can make some noise at the All-Star Game tonight?"
"Oh, don't think about it anymore. This is the All-Star Game, not an individual game with a small audience. The stars here are all big names. Li Kaiming is far from inferior to them, so today, Just explain the game tonight, don't think about anything else, it's definitely not the case!" Yu Jia smiled and shook his head, objectively describing the current situation in as tactful a tone as possible.
Zhang Weiping let out a sigh of relief through his nostrils, but did not refute, but Yu Jia next to him could still tell that Weiping Bryant was not in a happy mood.
Just as the two people were discussing Li Kaiming's efforts, all the starting players for the All-Star Game appeared on the stage. At the same time, the starting lineups and head coaches of both sides were also displayed on the big screen above the arena.
Eastern All-Stars:
Head coach Flip Saunders, point guard Derrick Rose, shooting guard Dwyane Wade, small forward LeBron James, power forward Li Kaiming, center Dwight Howard.
Sanders, the little old man, was in high spirits today due to a happy occasion, and his face looked rosy, especially after seeing the star players under his command, his hands holding the tactical board began to shake!
When has our old man ever fought such a rich war? This is the first time in my life that I have played a max-level account. Can you not be excited?
Western All-Stars:
Head coach Gregg Popovich, point guard Chris Paul, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, small forward Kevin Durant, power forward Carmelo Anthony, center Tim Duncan.
The original starting center was Yao Ming, but he was unable to play due to injury, so league president David Stern personally named Duncan to replace Yao Ming in the starting lineup.
After seeing Duncan appear in the starting lineup instead of Yao Ming, even Yu Jia, who was sitting in the broadcast booth, felt very sorry. "If Yao Ming could enter the starting lineup with Li Kaiming, it would definitely be a historic moment! What a pity!"
"If it doesn't work this year, then next year! As long as Yao Ming is still in the NBA, he will be the starter of the Western Conference All-Stars!" Zhang Weiping is very open-minded, mainly because Yao Ming's influence is indeed great, which is similar to what he said.
But Zhang Weiping must have never imagined that this season would be Yao Ming's last year in the NbA. If he wanted to see the China Derby in the NbA All-Star Game, he would have to wait until the end of the year of the monkey...
The jerseys of the Eastern Conference are blue, and each jersey has the team emblem of the player's team printed on it, symbolizing that the player represents the team.
The jerseys of the Western Conference are all red, and it is a very bright red, like blood, which does not look as good as the jerseys of the Eastern Conference.
Players from both sides stood still in the center circle, and Howard and Duncan jumped the ball!
With the whistle blowing, the 2011 All-Star Game officially begins!
Howard, who is in peak physical condition and is good at running and jumping, easily defeated the elderly Duncan in the jump ball, and the Eastern Conference got the ball for the first attack.
Li Kaiming caught the ball passed by Howard and passed it to his good senior Ross. When several other people in the East won the jump ball, they immediately started to play fast break, especially James and Wade, both of them played fast break. A good attacker!
Before Rose dribbled the ball to the three-point line, he made a long pass and passed the ball directly to James who ran into the penalty area. James pushed away Durant and dunked with both hands after receiving the ball!
The East won first and scored 2 points!
The Western team sent a baseline ball to Chris Cannon, who dribbled the ball slowly across half court. The Western team and the Eastern team have completely different styles. The Eastern team is full of physical men who can run and jump. In comparison, the Western team is either The older and physically fit guys either prefer to play with skills, so they don't have fast breaks like the Eastern teams. Instead, they move to the frontcourt and slowly grind out positions.
Paul called a pick-and-roll to hit Li Kaiming, but Rose bypassed him.
In desperation, he gave the ball to Kobe, tonight's default protagonist. After Kobe got the ball, Wade immediately got on it. The two struggled on the outside for a while, and then Kobe suddenly dropped the ball, stopped suddenly and shot a mid-range drift jumper. , came in with a swish sound.
Li Kaiming stepped out of the baseline to serve, but he did not pass it to point guard Rose. Instead, he made another long pass across the court to Wade who was running in front. After receiving the ball, Wade directly pulled the lever and avoided Kobe Bryant. After blocking the shot, he hit a reverse layup!
4 to 2!
After Wade scored, he pointed his hand at Li Kaiming to indicate that he had passed the ball well. Li Kaiming also extended his thumb to Wade who was returning to defense!
This is a very quick and clever cooperation, but it is the first time for two people to cooperate like this, but there is no sense of awkwardness, as if the two people have been playing together for a long time...
The Staples Center also burst into loud cheers because of this goal. The game was so exciting from the beginning, and the audience cheered. The tickets were really worth it!
The Western team served to Paul. After he reached the frontcourt, he once again tried to hit Li Kaiming out of position, but Li Kaiming chose to stay in the paint this time. At this time, Anthony, who was covering for Paul, moved out, and Paul passed the ball directly behind his head. Anthony was given an open space on the outside, and Li Kaiming rushed out, but the space was too big. Anthony had enough time to take action, and then made a steady hit!
4 to 5!
After the Western team scored, under Popovich's loud command from the sidelines, everyone quickly returned to the backcourt to prevent another fast break from the Eastern team.
After Li Kaiming, who stepped out of the baseline and wanted to repeat his same trick, saw this scene, he had no choice but to pass the ball to Rose, who dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. The Eastern team was dragged into the quagmire of positional warfare by the Western team.
James reached out for the ball, Rose hesitated, and then passed it to the former. James took the ball from the outside, faced Durant's single defense, and made an action that made Li Kaiming feel very speechless!
Because this guy actually waved at him, and then shouted at him to come over for a pick-and-roll!
Damn it, I've become your tool, haven't I?
But I was speechless. After all, he and I were on the same team in tonight's game. At this time, we had to put aside our personal grudges and speak to the outside world together. Li Kaiming still understood this.
So Li Kaiming stepped up to block Durant, and James took advantage of this opportunity to step outside and use his speed and impact to start killing inside!
Durant was blocked, so Anthony had to switch defenses with Durant, but James rushed up and it had to be said that it was really difficult to defend. Anthony's speed obviously couldn't keep up with James, so he was stuck by the latter. Then he hit it directly to the basket.
But at this time, another person stepped forward. As the first man to give James a haircut and shave his head, Duncan was already familiar with James' style of play. A simple slide blocked James' way to the basket.
This defense can be said to be flawless, as if it was a challenge to James who was about to launch, and it immediately cut off James's hope of a layup.
To make matters worse, the passing route to Howard under the basket was also blocked by Duncan's raised hands, making it completely impossible to pass.
At this time, James misses Bosh a little. In his opinion, although Bosh is not as tough as Howard, he can at least open up the space. It will not be like now, where the basket is so blocked that there is not even an open space!
If he hesitated any longer, he would make a mistake. This was unbearable for James, who had a very strong ability to control mistakes. Several other people were also on defense. James had an idea, jumped up in the air, and then twisted his body 180 times. Ten degrees, he threw the ball with both hands in the direction of Li Kaiming at the top of the arc!
Live together! Next, it has nothing to do with our Lao Zhan. If you can't vote, it's Li Kaiming's cbA!
It was too risky to pass the ball. First of all, Li Kaiming never thought that James would pass the ball to him, because among the Eastern players on the field, he was the only one who was not in James' sight. According to normal people's thinking, passing the ball to him was not possible. An invisible person is too risky.
On the other side of the road is Durant, who is tall and has long arms. This kind of pass is easily destroyed by the latter's wingspan.
Fortunately, Li Kaiming's running and jumping ability is still better than Durant. He barely won the ball, but there was not much time left. In desperation, he had to force the shot, but Durant's defense was in place, and the ball was struck. !
In a student dormitory in faraway China, Zhang Qiang, James' most loyal fan, hammered the table with his fist, "This Li Kaiming is such a loser. He missed such a good pass from James? What a waste of an assist from James!"
