Chapter 60: All-Star Weekend
Because Zhang Weifeng is there, there is no suspense in this year's rookie challenge. There is no need for the second-year team and the first-year team to play, because the gap is too big, and the two teams are completely incomparable. On February 14, 2009, the NBA rookie match was held as scheduled on this day. No one thought that the first-year team had any possibility of winning in this game, but it was true. However, Zhang Weifeng did not play in this game, and Durant became the number one player leading the second-year team and the first-year team to confront each other. On this day, Durant, who was once again missed the All-Star, vented his dissatisfaction in his heart frantically. In this game, he did not give an assist. He showed everyone with his determination that Durant is a great scorer.
No one in the first-year team can defend Durant, and in this game, Durant played for 38 minutes. You know, this is an exhibition game, he played for 38 minutes, which is really shocking. However, his performance is also satisfactory. Durant, who made 31 crazy moves in the game, scored 20 goals, which is relatively efficient. After all, his offensive method is still relatively focused on outside shooting. In this game, Durant dunked a few times, and he chose to vent and prove himself by shooting. In this game, Durant scored a total of 56 points and grabbed 17 rebounds! However, he did not have an assist, but his efficient and eye-catching performance also made him win an MVP trophy as he wished. Although it was only an MVP in the rookie game, this was enough to make him feel a little better!
In the second grade of the rookie match, Yi Jianlian, who performed well this season, was still selected. In this game, he also contributed 17 points and 12 rebounds, and his performance was pretty good. As for the first-grade team, the competition is too big, and there is only one Wu Di in the Kings team, who was barely selected. In fact, it is not that Wu Di's performance in the first half of the season could make him beat other rookies and become one of the 9-man rookies. It is mainly because Wu Di's three-point performance. Although his running ability is not as good as Ray Allen, from the way he imitates Ray Allen, Wu Di is now considered a weakened version of Ray Allen. Although he is still a long distance away from Allen, his future is still
More optimistic. The selection of the rookie match is a supreme honor for Wu Di, the second round pick! You should know that the Kings have 7 rookies. He is the only one who is selected, which is definitely a great honor. In this game, she made everyone remember his name. Wu Di, a dual-athlete guard from China, has an excellent three-pointer. Wu Di won 10 mobile phone calls, which is also the reason why his teammates trust him, and of course the result of his own efforts. In this game, Wu Di contributed a total of 17 points. These 17 points came from five three-pointers and two free throws. In the rookie match, he was like a scorer, not a part-time player.
In fact, when Wu Di started to make his mark in the Kings, some experts from the NBA began to suggest him to play as a shooting guard. After all, he is 196cm tall like Ray Allen, and their technical characteristics are somewhat similar. The most important point is that Wu Di should look for opportunities to find Ray Allen and Hamilton to learn the running skills! After all, in the NBA, there are not many opportunities to let you shoot three-pointers at an open position. Even with that opportunity, the limit that Wu Di can reach is the starting level of a team or a qualified substitute. However, if he can master the running skills and shooting ability as he takes the opportunity, then he can become one of the players trusted by the head coach at the critical moment, and at that time, his growth potential will naturally rise.
Not to mention whether Wu Di can become a player like Hamilton or Ray Allen, just talking about the current NBA, 07 and 08 generations, it can be said that there are many heroes! Not to mention the rookies in the regular season competition, even the quota of the All-Star rookie match is in a verge of blood. In the end, I don’t know how it was judged! And Zhang Weifeng was still relaxed. Not to mention that he got a place, he just sat on the sidelines the whole game! But this is the big guy! Only the big guy can do so casually!
After the rookie match, the dunk competition was held as scheduled. This time, Zhang Weifeng was invited to participate again, and Kevin Durant, Howard and Nate Robinson participated! The competition between the four people on the same stage made the entire dunk competition full of gunpowder. The reason why Durant participated in the dunk competition was to compete with Zhang Weifeng. However, the facts were right in front of him, dunks were all about abuse compared to Zhang Weifeng. Durant was tall and thin, but his physical fitness was good. He performed a gliding dunk in the 2009 slam dunk competition. Considering his height advantage, Durant still had a good taste when flying. This time, Durant successfully completed a dunk that exceeded the free throw line. Although the beauty is
Not bad, but the difficulty and creativity are really bad. After all, fans have seen the gliding dunks and the windmill under the free throw line that Zhang Weifeng completed at this time last year, when Durant made such a move, he was destined to be used as a benchmark with Zhang Weifeng. However, considering that Zhang Weifeng's dunk mark was too high, it was reasonable that Durant only scored 45 points. In addition, Durant also showed a heavy hand slug of the basket. However, his weight and strength really need to be improved, and this goal only scored 45 points. Compared with the three, Durant is destined to be just a player who goes through the motions. He is the least suspenseless to be eliminated.
As for the other three, this can be said to be the peak showdown of the game. Durant can only sit on the sidelines and become the audience. He knows that the gap between him and Zhang Weifeng is still very big, and he needs to work hard! Greater efforts. In fact, when Durant is sitting on the sidelines, he already has the urge to go and ask for experience like the big guy in Los Angeles. However, Durant is fundamentally a arrogant guy, and he is destined not to give anyone a chance to teach him. Because the goal he set for himself is to become the first unique Kevin Durant!
The second one to be eliminated was Howard. Although Howard has good physical fitness and creativeness, Nate Robinson is obviously prepared this year. He scored 50 points twice and defeated Howard 98 points! In this way, Zhang Weifeng is the one who decides Howard's fate, and Zhang Weifeng just smiled and said nothing. He only regarded Howard's provocation as a joke on the court, because he wanted to compete with the short dunk king, instead of Dwight Howard, who was already a defeated player last year!
As a result, Zhang Weifeng continued his myth, and he defeated Howard with two full marks.
The first time, Zhang Weifeng chose to recreate the Goat's double-dunk! This is not very difficult, but Zhang Weifeng added a board to this basis! This ball looks very good, and Zhang Weifeng also seemed to be easier when dunking. When the referees were surprised that Zhang Weifeng had made much progress compared to last year, they naturally gave Zhang Weifeng a 50 point without hesitation. And the second time, Zhang Weifeng chose to be dunked from behind the basket. This ball has high technical requirements, and Zhang Weifeng also controlled his bounce during the dunk. Otherwise, he might directly go to the hospital because of the head and the rebound, and missed all the regular season games later. However, when Zhang Weifeng dunked,
The head happened to be about the same height as the rebound, which also made everyone sigh at his ability to control his own bounce. He assisted from behind the rebound, then turned around 360 degrees, and finally a back dunk with both hands. The ball was great. Of course, only experts could see how difficult it was for Zhang Weifeng to choose this ball. The referees immediately gave Zhang Weifeng 50 points. Of course, some Howard fans would complain about it. After all, if Zhang Weifeng scored 50 points, then Howard would have been eliminated. However, the referees' voting completely wiped out their hopes, and Howard was eliminated from the game. In the end, the 2009 dunk contest was staged by Zhang Weifeng and Nate Robinson.
The highest dunk king vs the shortest dunk king, which also makes the game full of fun and unknown.
The competition between Nate Robinson and Zhang Weifeng made everyone's eyes lit up because the two completely used two different ways to show themselves. The shortest one used height, the highest one used skills, which made the fans feel excited!
Nate Robinson's first dunk was a one-armed windwheel dunk. For a player of his height, this dunk was as difficult as making a dunk for a woman of 180. But Nate really did it. Zhang Weifeng chose to hold two balls in his first dunk, throwing one from behind into the air before the jump, and the other ball was dunked after the jump, and then receiving the ball thrown before it was thrown into the basket. Zhang Weifeng did this ball beautifully, and it was still a success.
Chapter completed!