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On the night of the 15th, the All-Star rookie game. Link sat in the stands, but he was not here to watch the game, but to wait for Rachel to get off work.
At the beginning, Link was not very interested in this game. This year’s rookie game is a dunk show. You buckle one and I buckle one, and Link is a little tired of seeing it.
Dunk this kind of thing, will appear excited in the formal game. If it is not a dunk in a formal game, then it will be as exaggerated as a dunk contest.
The dunks in the rookie game were neither confrontational nor exaggerated. It is really difficult to raise Link’s interest.
But the game finally turned around, because last year’s No. 1 pick Kelly Irving staged two of the most exciting goals in this year’s rookie game.
First, Irving used a forward change to make the defending Pistons guard Knight smash and make a layup easily. It’s just that this time Knight didn’t actually seem to be “knocked down”, but more like he was knocked down. Irving is playing crazy, and it can be seen that he really wants to stand out from this group of outstanding newcomers.
After this time, Irving hadn’t let Knight gasp. In the next attack, Irving continued to hold the ball. This time, Irving made an extremely realistic cross-step breakthrough.
After shaking Knight’s center of gravity, Owen did not break through, but suddenly retreated beyond the three-point line!
Owen’s movements were so beautiful that Link couldn’t help but open his mouth. Although Link has watched this scene on TV before, watching Irving as a professional now makes this trick completely different.
I used to think that Owen was handsome, and then shouted “Awesome”.
But now, Link was surprised by Owen’s actions. His cross steps are so realistic that Link is wondering if he is defending Irving, would he be awkward.
I don’t know if Link will eat it, but Brandon Knight of Curling must have eaten it.
He thought that Irving was going to abrupt, but Irving retreated instead. Knight, who forcibly changed his center of gravity, rushed forward, preparing to block his shot. But because the center of gravity was completely messy and his footing was unstable, he slipped a bit while pushing forward.
In this way, Knight fell directly into a shit. In front of Knight, the Owen thief made a three-pointer gracefully and the basketball went into the net with a hollow!
At that moment, the audience was boiling! Irving knocked down Knight twice in 34 seconds. These two goals were much more exciting than those dunks before.
Although Knight quickly paid Owen a three-pointer with a retreat, it was no use. In the hearts of the fans, Irving has already defeated Knight.
Irving played very seriously today, as he said before the game, “This is an opportunity for everyone to know me.”
Although Irving is the No. 1 pick, but because Cleveland is a small ball market, and there is now no James, and the Cavaliers record is poor. Therefore, Irving’s attention is actually not high. All-star weekend is his best opportunity to improve his reputation.
In the end, although the rookie game MVP was successfully counterattacked by the Nuggets forward “half orc” Farid won. But Link can guarantee that the most impressive thing about this game tonight is the two goals that Irving has against Wright.
Irving is not a rookie game MVP, but his goal has been achieved.
Sure enough, after the game, the number of reporters around Irving and that of Farid were equal. I don’t know, I thought this year’s rookie game was a double MVP.
When facing the camera, Irving did not conceal his pride, “I enjoyed today’s game very much, everyone had a great time. Tomorrow’s three-point contest, I will go all out, and I will prove that I can also shoot three. Of course, the most anticipated is the All-Star Game. I can’t wait to compete with the best players in the league.”
Irving’s All-Star Game is scheduled for three days. Kind of like Link, who was also a sophomore last season. But this year’s Irving is not as Buddhist as last year’s Link.
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“Link, long time no see!”
When Link finally saw Rachel outside the Toyota Center, he stretched out his right hand. But unexpectedly, Rachel didn’t hold Link, but jumped directly into Link’s arms.
“Have you missed me lately? I must have missed me. Let’s go, let’s go to the Gulf of Mexico. I heard that the night view there is beautiful, you must have never been before.” Rachel pulled Link and couldn’t wait to walk to the side of the road. She is not at all calm and composed when interviewing the players just now.
“The Gulf of Mexico? I haven’t even heard of that place before…” Link shrugged. Although he has traveled across the United States in the past three years, most of the time he traveled from hotel to arena, from the ball From the museum to the bus. Although I have traveled to many cities, I haven’t really enjoyed the scenery of different cities.
The two got into a taxi and walked southeast from downtown Houston along Highway 45 to the end, which is the long and narrow Galveston Island.
After getting there, Link rented a private small yacht out to sea. After driving to the middle of the sea and looking back at downtown Houston, Link was also impressed by the beautiful night view of the Gulf of Mexico.
“It’s a pity that it’s winter, otherwise, we can wear swimsuits.” Rachel braced on the railing on the side of the yacht. Since seeing Link, her smile has not disappeared.
Although it is now 11 o’clock, there are many other yachts around because it is the All-Star Weekend.
However, the yachts are far apart, so there is still a lot of private space. God knows what those couples who rented a yacht to go out to sea are doing on it.
Anyway, Link and Rachel were just chatting on the yacht and looking at the scenery…
“Do you have any special goals for the All-Star Game the day after tomorrow?” And while chatting, the topic actually returned to basketball.
“Well… there is no special goal, just go up and play. I am not particularly eager for the All-Star Game MVP at the moment.” Link spread his hands and participated in the All-Star rookie for the first time. In the match, Link grabbed the MVP. Last year, Link won the three-point championship and broke the record.
But not every All-Star Weekend will be as competitive as the previous two years.
“Well, I thought you would be like Kelly Irving. Show yourself on the court to your heart’s content. Speaking of which, Irving seems to be very curious in the All-Star Weekend this year. The day after tomorrow, you can Be careful. Maybe he will do his best to deal with you like he did with Knight.”
“Don’t worry, I…” Before Link finished speaking, he realized that Rachel had unzipped her jacket.
Link’s heartbeat speeds up instantly, on the yacht? So exciting?
However, Rachel just reached into his jacket and hugged Link, leaning against his warm chest.
Otherwise, what else can you do?
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On the morning of February 16, it was time for the players participating in the All-Star Game to engage in public training. Today, the number of reporters on the training ground is at least three times as many as during the rookie game. After all, the twenty-odd players on the court at this time are the most popular in the league.
For Link, who has appeared here for the second time as a starter, he has become accustomed to public training.
So even under a bunch of cameras, Link was still doing his own exercises without being affected at all.
It wasn’t until Kelly Owen walked towards Link that the calm atmosphere was finally broken.
“Hey, Link! How’s it going?” Owen and Link greeted each other intimately, but they didn’t know each other privately.
Link watched Owen grinning and high-five and shook hands with himself, always feeling like a weasel giving a New Year greeting to the rooster.
“Your performance this season is great, Link, and your performance is also very good.”
“Thank you for the compliment, Kelly.” Link is very cautious, and Owen must have something to come to him so plainly.
“Hey, you are really good, but I’m not the kind of player who has a weak leg when I meet you. Link, let’s play a heads-up. In the regular season, we have very few chances to meet and match up, but I I have always wanted to fight with you, what do you think? Let’s bet 50,000 dollars. It’s a small amount to you, right?” Owen is eager to try. It seems that this guy really wants to do something this year. It seemed to him just warming up. Now, they all found the All-Star players.
Link suddenly remembered that before crossing, Irving had been singled out by Kobe in the US national team training camp. But for various reasons, the two eventually failed to tie.
And in the present history Is Owen’s heads-up target himself?
Many of the stars who heard the conversation between Link and Owen gathered together after hearing the news. Everyone started booing. For All-Stars, naturally, the happier you have, the better. So it seems that there is nothing wrong with singles out a few **** in training.
This kind of thing often happened before, and O’Neal singled out Jordan’s goal in the same way. Everyone was entertainment.
But Link knew very well that Irving didn’t just want to play, that guy really wanted to win!
“See you in the game tomorrow, Kelly.”
“No, let’s just play 1 on 1, don’t see you in the game.” Owen clenched.
“Okay,” Link nodded, “I’ll let you half. If you lose, you only need to spend twenty-five thousand. After all, your annual salary is not half of mine.”
The audience suddenly exploded, and Owen was also shocked.
He didn’t expect Link to be so serious.