This year the league has added a new event skills challenge.

In addition to the dunk contest, the three-point contest, this year's comprehensive event day is also called the three-time match day.

The Skills Challenge invited Cassel and Parker from the Supersonics, Kidd from the Nets, Marbury from the Knicks, Francis from the Clippers, and Balang Davis from the Hornets to participate in the competition.

The stars are still very enthusiastic in the new game.

It is said that Eco Camer has the idea of ​​participating, but Carter was injured and withdrew from the competition, and the other three also withdrew from the comprehensive event day... Otherwise, there would be nothing wrong with Parker and Barron Davis. It was originally expected that Eco Camer, plus four top-level point guards, Cassel, Kidd, Marbury and Francis, to compete for a strong showdown.

The stylist challenge lineup was luxurious, but the other two events were bleak.

In the dunk contest, Jason Richardson, Richard Jefferson, Amare Stoudemire, and Desmond Mason participated in the competition.

The three-point competition also lacks much attention.

Peja, Brent Barry, Anthony Walker, Wesley Person, Pat Garretti, David Wesley participated in the competition.

Ray Allen, Nash, Pierce, and Nowitzki, the four highly-watched three-pointers, all declined the league's invitation and did not participate. The highlight of the three-point competition in the past three years has finally ended.

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On February 2, the Supersonics' last game before the All-Star Weekend, challenged the Suns away... lost 83 to 94, failed to win 40 in the half, ending the first half of the season with 39 wins and 9 losses.

After locking in the half-time championship, the Supersonics players were more or less relaxed.

However, even so, the Supersonics still surpassed the Kings' half-time record last season and became the team with the best record in the second half after the suspension!

On February 2, the first half of the NBA 2002-2003 season, which lasted more than three months, ended.

All teams played 48 games, and the half-time ranking was also confirmed today.

In the East, the Nets ranked first with 32 wins and 16 losses, the Cavaliers ranked second with 31 wins and 17 losses, the Bulls ranked third with 29 wins and 19 losses, the 76ers ranked fourth with 28 wins and 20 losses, the Bucks ranked fifth with 28 wins and 20 losses, the Wizards ranked sixth with 26 wins and 22 losses, the Celtics ranked seventh with 26 wins and 22 losses, and the Pacers ranked eighth with 25 wins and 23 losses.

In the West, the Supersonics won 39 wins and 9 losses first, the Mavericks won 37 wins and 11 losses second, the Lakers won 37 wins and 11 losses third, the Kings won 35 wins and 13 losses fourth, the Trail Blazers won 28 wins and 20 losses fifth, the Spurs won 27 wins and 21 losses sixth, the Timberwolves won 24 wins and 24 losses seventh, and the Suns won 23 wins and 25 losses eighth.

With the blessing of the Supersonics, the Suns won the last game before the end of the half-season season, bit the Timberwolves, and surpassed the Warriors and Jazz, and continued to rank in the playoffs.

The Hornets, the tenth-ranked East, can rank seventh in the West, 24 wins and 24 losses this year, but the gap between top teams is huge!

The Nets, the No. 1 in the Eastern Conference, can win 55 wins in full play, and may not be able to win.

The Kings, the fourth in the West, obviously want to win the team with 60 wins.

From the half-time record, we can clearly see that the overall strength of the East is rising, while the overall strength of the West is declining.

It is also because of this that the four strong teams in Superhu Guo Niu, which are already strong, have a much more exaggerated record than the major teams in the East when they face more than the strong teams in the East. The record gap between the first and second half of the playoffs is also ridiculously large.

On the contrary, in the East, there is no qualitative difference in the eighth Pacers and the third-place Bulls.

To be extreme, the Nets may not make it to the playoffs.

The West seems to have a small gap in record numbers from seventh to tenth, but in fact, the Warriors and Jazz are very competitive.

Later, the Nuggets, Rockets, Clippers, and Grizzlies were all teams that were proactive or forced to play badly.

Since the game has been played, the team's strength has been clear. If you want to say what changes may occur, it is that you may be crazy before the transaction deadline.

For example, the 76ers formed a super five, and now we are waiting for the end of this season to build a lineup around these five.

Speaking of which, the 76ers may waste the gathering of five big stars this season, and the first season of the Big Three, but this season was originally a reconstruction period, and it might even have to come another year... It's already very good now.

The current situation is very clear. In the west, the four giants in the country, Superhu, are competing for hegemony, and the others are all foils.

In the East, there are many heroes dancing around, and the Nets, which are not particularly strong, sit at the top.

The Cavaliers and the 76ers, with bright futures, are already in the forefront.

The Bucks lacked momentum after the fierce start.

The strongest player on the Bulls' inside and outside the field is said to have not had a conversation for half a year. Malone publicly apologized many times because he had drunk too much, but Kobe didn't care, and McGrady was unwilling to have more contact with Malone... But the Bulls still ranked third in the East with a strong lineup.

The Wizards and Pacers behind are all promising, and the Hornets, Pistons and Magic are all good...

The major teams performed differently, which was very different from the predictions of major media before the start of the season.

For example, the Supersonics are still the top in the league in the past 25 games, and the half-season has passed, with less than 10 losses.

The performance of the stars is also unexpected.

Zhang Hao, the half-time scoring champion, averaged 32.5 points per game.

The second place is Kobe 30.4 points, third place Pierce, averaged 27.6 points per game, fourth place O'Neal, averaged 27 points per game, fifth place Nowitzki, averaged 26.6 points per game, and seventh place Duncan, averaged 26.3 points per game...

The half-time rebounder Ben Wallace averaged 13.2 rebounds per game.

The second place is Garnett, with 13 rebounds per game and Duncan, with 12.9 rebounds per game.

Ben Wallace has no clear lead compared to the two, because Duncan averaged 39 minutes per game, Garnett averaged 41 minutes per game, and Ben Wallace averaged 33 minutes per game.

If you calculate the average rebounding per game every 36 minutes, Garnett and Duncan will decline, and Ben Wallace will increase to 14.4 rebounds per game. However, even based on conventional calculations, Ben Wallace, who played less than half a quarter of the game, is still the rebounding champion, which is invincible.

Stockton, half-time assists, averaged 9.4 times per game, aged 40 years and 10 months.

Kidd, second-placed, averaged 9.2 assists per game, third-placed Jason Williams, averaged 8.9 assists per game, fourth-placed Payton, averaged 8.9 assists per game, fifth-placed Marbury, averaged 8.8 assists per game.

If Stockton does not collapse behind and Kidd does not catch up, Stockton will set an almost impossible record this season that is over 41 years old assist king!

Ratliff, the Pacers' half-blocking champion, averaged 3.4 blocks per game.

The second place is Duncan, with 3.1 blocks per game, and the third place Ben Wallace, with 3 blocks per game.

Ratliff is the king of blocking in this era. If it weren't for too many injuries, he would have won the king of blocking for five or six years in a row.

No matter how efficient Duncan and Ben Wallace are in blocking this year, Ratliff can suppress both of them.

Moreover, Ben Wallace's playing time and strike method is not applicable to Ratliff, who averages only 31 minutes per game.

King Iverson, a half-time steal, averaged 2.7 steals per game.

Second place Zhang Hao, averaging 2.6 steals per game, third place Marion, averaging 2.3 steals per game, fourth place Artest, averaging 2.2 steals per game, fifth place Kobe, averaging 2.2 steals per game.

Based on the major lists, fans saw the extreme dominance of the Supersonics' double towers!

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The first half of the season ends and enters the NBA version of the "Winter Break", major media are discussing the performance of each team in the first half of the season and the performance of major stars, and then looking at the second half of the season.

Sports fans also focused their enthusiasm on the NBA under the guidance of the media.

In North America, as the Super Bowl ended on January 26, fans have refocused their attention from the NFL playoffs to the NBA after two consecutive games between the Twelve Towers.

During the All-Star Weekend, each team has time to make adjustments or try to make adjustments.

Some teams may have been hesitating for more than a week, brewing, and then the "winter break" passed.

Some teams are very decisive...

On the morning of February 3, 2003, the Bulls and Magic officially announced that the two teams had completed the transaction!

The content of the transaction is very interesting and has nothing to do with the players.

The Bulls gave Larry Brown, a $1.5 million annual salary gap compensation this season, and obtained Doug Rivers and a second-round draft pick in 2004 from the Magic's trade!

When the Bulls and Magic announced the deal, the other strong teams were shocked!

The most unlikely but absolutely terrifying situation is that the Magic are terrified again, don’t let Kwame Brown, exchange Kwame Brown for Malone, and also help the Bulls free up salary space.

McGrady, Kobe, Kwame Brown, the East will be dark in the next ten years...

But as a result, the content of the transaction is even more incredible than people expected!

The two teams actually exchanged their head coaches!

The Magic's dissatisfaction with Doug Rivers is nothing new. Doug Rivers is better at "coaching" than at training players or building systems.

But on the Bulls, the B-Plan Group split with Malone and had a quarrel for half a season. After Kobe scored 80 points, he even publicly stated that he should trade Malone.
Chapter completed!