On the night of the 15th, Link sat in the stands in the All-Star Rookie Championship, but he did not come 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 match was completely a dunk performance. If you deduct one, I deduct one, which made Link feel a little aesthetically tired.

Slam dunks will only appear exciting in formal competitions. If it is not a slam dunk in formal competitions, then it will have to be as exaggerated as a slam dunk contest to be exciting.

The dunk in the rookie match has neither confrontation nor exaggerated movements, so it is really difficult to arouse Link's interest.

However, the game finally took a turn, because last year's No. 1 pick Kelly Irving staged two of the most exciting goals this year's rookie game.

Irving first used a forward change of direction to defend him, Pistons guard Knight fell down and made a layup easily. However, this time Knight didn't actually look like he was "dragged down", but it seemed like he was knocked down. Irving beat him crazy, and it can be seen that he really hoped to stand out among this group of outstanding newcomers.

After this time, Irving did not let Knight breathe. In the next attack, Irving continued to hold the ball. This time, Irving made an extremely realistic cross-step breakthrough action.

After shaking Knight's center of gravity, Irving did not break through, but suddenly retreated outside the three-point line!

Irving's actions were so beautiful that Link couldn't help but open his mouth wide. Although Link had watched this scene on TV before, now as an expert, Irving's experience is completely different when watching this move.

I used to think that Irving was so handsome, and then shouted "Awesome".

But now, Link was surprised by Irving's movements. His crossing steps were too realistic, and Link was wondering if he was defending Irving, would he be shaking.

I don't know if Link will eat it, but the dear Brandon Knight must have eaten it.

He thought Irving was going to break through, but Irving retreated instead. Knight, who forcibly changed his center of gravity, rushed forward and prepared to block the shot. However, because the center of gravity was completely messy and his foot was unstable, he slid while kicking forward.

In this way, Knight fell to eat shit. And Irving thief made a graceful three-pointer in front of Knight, and the basketball went hollow into the net!

At that moment, the whole game was in full swing! Irving shook Knight twice in 34 seconds, and these two goals were much more exciting than the previous dunks.

Although Knight soon gave Irving a three-pointer to retreat, it was useless. In the hearts of the fans, Irving had already beat Knight completely.

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, since Cleveland is a small ball market, there is no James there now, and the Cavaliers' record is poor. Therefore, Irving's attention is actually not high. The All-Star weekend is his best opportunity to enhance his fame.

Finally, although MVP was won by Nuggets forward "Old" Farid, who successfully counterattacked in the rookie match, Link can guarantee that the most impressive thing about this game tonight was the two goals Irving against Wright.

Irving is not a rookie mvp, but his purpose has been achieved.

Sure enough, after the game, the number of reporters around Irving and the number of reporters around Farid were not distinguished. I didn’t know that, I thought this year’s rookie match was a double MVP.

When Irving faced the camera, he did not hide his smug expression at all. "I enjoyed today's game and everyone had a lot of fun. I will do my best in tomorrow's three-point competition, and I will prove that I can also shoot three-pointers. Of course, the most exciting thing is the All-Star Game. I can't wait to compete with the best players in the league."

The three-day schedule of the Irving All-Star Game is quite like Link, who was also a sophomore last season. However, Irving this year is not as vain as Link last year.

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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 did not hold Link, but jumped up and jumped into Link's arms.

"Have you missed me recently? You must miss 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 there before." Rachel pulled Link and couldn't wait to walk to the side of the road. She was not as calm and composed as she was interviewed just now.

"Gulf of Mexico? I haven't even heard of that place before..." Link shrugged. Although he has been traveling all over the United States for the past three years, most of the time he has traveled from hotels to stadiums, from stadiums to buses. Although he has traveled to many cities, he has not really enjoyed the scenery of different cities.

The two got into a taxi, headed southeast from downtown Houston, and walked along Highway 45 to the end, and it was the long and narrow Galveston Island.

After arriving there, Link rented a private yacht and went out of the sea. After driving to the center of the sea, he looked 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 now, otherwise we'll be able to wear swimsuits." Rachel stood on the railing on the side of the yacht. Her smile had never disappeared since she saw Link.

Although it is already 11 o'clock now, since it is the All-Star Weekend, there are many other yachts around.

However, the yachts are far apart, so there is still a lot of private space. God knows what the couples who rented yachts to go to sea did on it.

Anyway, Link and Rachel were just chatting on the yacht and looking at the scenery...

"Do you have any special goals in the All-Star Game the day after tomorrow?" And as we chatted, 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 MVP game at the moment." Link spread his hands and participated in the All-Star Rookie Game for the first time. Link snatched 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 in the previous two years.

"Yes, I thought you would show yourself on the court like Kelly Irving. Speaking of which, Irving seems to be very strong in the All-Star Weekend this year. You have to be careful in the main game the day after tomorrow. Maybe he will do his best to deal with you like he did against Knight."

"Don't worry, I..." Before Link could finish speaking, he found that Rachel had actually unzipped the zipper of his coat.

Link's heartbeat accelerated instantly, on the yacht? So exciting?

However, Rachel simply reached into her coat and hugged Link and leaned against his warm chest.

Otherwise, what else can I do?

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On the morning of February 16, it was time for the players participating in the All-Star Game to conduct open training. Today, the reporters at the training ground were at least three times that of the rookie game. After all, the more than 20 players on the court at this time were the most popular in the league.

For Link, who has appeared here as a starter for the second time, he has become accustomed to public training.

So even under a bunch of cameras, Link was still doing his own exercises and was completely unaffected.

It was not until Kelly Irving walked towards Link that the calm atmosphere was finally broken.

"Hey, Link! How did you think of it recently?" Owen greeted Link in a familiar way, but in fact they were not familiar with each other privately.

Link looked at Owen and smiled and shaking hands. He always felt that it was a weasel who wished the chicken a happy New Year, and he was not at ease!

"You guys have performed great this season, Link, and you have performed very well."

"Thank you for the compliment, Kelly." Link was very cautious. Irving came to him for no reason, and there must be something wrong.

"Hehe, you are indeed very powerful, but I'm not the kind of player who will be weak when you see you. Link, let's play a one-on-one fight. We have very few chances of meeting and playing in the regular season, but I always want to play with you. What do you think? Let's bet 50,000 US dollars. It's a small amount of money for you, right?" Irving was eager to try it. It seems that this guy really wants to make trouble this year. It seems that he's just a warm-up for him. Now, he's actually found an All-Star player.

Link suddenly remembered that before the time travel, Irving had challenged Kobe in the US national team training camp. But for various reasons, the two did not make a match in the end.

And in the current history, has Owen's single-handed challenge become himself?

Many stars who heard the conversation between Link and Irving gathered over and heard the news. Everyone started to make a fuss. As for All-Stars, the happier you get, the better. So it seems that there is nothing wrong with fighting a few goals in training.

This kind of thing happened often before, and O'Neal's single-handed goal was also the same, and everyone acted as entertainment.

But Link knew very well that Irving was not just trying to play, that guy really wanted to win!

"See you in the game tomorrow, Kelly."

"No, let's just come and don't meet in the game." Irving clenched.

"Okay," Link nodded, "I'll let you half of it. If you lose, you only need to spend 25,000 yuan. After all, your annual salary is not half of mine."

The audience was suddenly in an uproar, and Irving was also shocked.
Chapter completed!