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The activities on the second day of Star Weekend were very boring, and Yang Rui didn't even watch the live broadcast at home.

In the 1997 slam dunk contest, except for Kobe's crotch-changing dunk, everyone else's performance was not satisfactory. Michael Finley put on the weirdest show in the history of the tournament, an ugly side flip catch dunk, and failed...

Due to the low level of the last slam dunk contest, president David Stern thought that the slam dunk contest was no longer attractive, so he canceled the project. Other projects, however, are even less promising.

On the third day of the star game, the East easily defeated the West 137 to 114.

The media is rumoring that this is Jordan's last year, so many players in the East tacitly made Jordan a wedding dress. Jordan scored 23 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, and won the All-Star Game MVP.

Someone also tried to spoil the situation, and it was Glen Rice of the Hornets again. As the head coach, Van Gundy is used to arranging three-point tactics, so he also arranged for Ewing to pull out to cover and pass the ball to outside players in the game, which is very effective.

Rice made 8 of 16 shots and 6 of 9 three-pointers, scoring 22 points.

Ewing only played 18 minutes and scored 8 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The game was not intense at all. The bright spot was that both sides contributed a lot of wonderful dunks. Kobe played well and scored 18 points, the highest in the Western Conference, on 7 of 16 shots.

Kobe was not stage fright at all, and the famous "rejection of the pick-and-roll incident" also occurred.

Karl Malone mentioned that the high position was covering for Kobe, but he was mercilessly reprimanded by this brat: "Put away your damn pick-and-roll, I'm going to fight Jordan one-on-one!" The game lasted only 17 minutes.

Yang Rui didn't go to watch the All-Star Game live. When he was a fan in his previous life, he hoped to meet these stars face to face one day. Now that he is a teaching assistant, he can face all this calmly.

Once involved, he put himself in a very high position. He only wanted to coach the All-Stars and was not interested in being a spectator, especially since he had watched these games in his previous life.

After the All-Star Game, the teams continued their journey to the regular season.

Before the trade deadline, the Raptors became the only protagonist in the league.

They first sent Damon Stoudemire, Walter Williams, and Carlos Rodgers to the Trail Blazers. In exchange for Kenny Anderson, Gary Trent, Alvin Williams, a 1999 first-round pick, a second-round pick and some cash.

Then, in a seven-man trade, the Celtics sent Billups, DeBron, John Thomas and Roy Rodgers to the Raptors for Kenny Anderson and Ronald Jones. , and Jan Tabak.

On the surface, the Raptors lost their leading star, but in fact they made a lot of money. Sending away "Little Flying Squirrel", the team's defense can be improved immediately.

Needless to say, Billups is a No. 3 pick. DiBron is also an excellent guard with superb physical fitness. He has participated in the slam dunk contest and can shoot three-pointers.

The reason why the Celtics wanted to send these two away was not that Cardinal Auerbach was confused, but that Billups caused trouble everywhere during his rookie season and was invited by the police to the Public Security Bureau for tea twice. The most serious one was that Billups and DeBron were having fun together and had a 3P with a woman, and the defendant was taken to the police station.

Regardless of the personalities of the two, the Raptors management can only see that Billups and McGrady cooperated well in the rookie game, which is enough for them to act.

The Knicks did not make any trades and prepared to play 14 people to the end. The record speaks for itself, they don't need any changes.

After defeating the Hornets, Magic, Cavaliers, and Nuggets one after another, the Knicks have won 17 games in a row.

Yang Rui's rotation strategy began to play a greater role as the season progressed. Except for the core Ewing and Houston, everyone else played within 30 minutes, which can better ensure physical strength and efficiency. With plenty of energy, the chance of injury is greatly reduced.

On February 18, the Knicks challenged the Jazz in an away game. According to media analysis, the Jazz is the team most likely to end the Knicks' winning streak. They are doing well recently, ranking third in the Western Conference with 35 wins and 15 losses, second only to the Supersonics and the Lakers. .

As a result, the Knicks played against the Jazz at the beginning of the game, leading by 23 points at halftime. The Jazz's interior defensive loopholes are difficult to fill because their centers are too slow.

The starter Oster Tower should not be called "Big Pyrenees", but "Big White". On the offensive end, he has no deterrent power and can only act cute on the court.

Ostertag is 218cm tall and weighs 127kg. Yang Rui feels that his playing style is like Zhu Ziqing's prose. When he retired from the Jazz at the age of 33, coach Sloan was not a young man, otherwise he might say so in an interview.

"He has been in the NBA for more than ten years. What I can't forget is his back...he lays up with the ball in an open position, his fat body leans slightly to the left, showing his effort. At this time, I saw his back, My tears flowed down quickly. I quickly wiped away the tears, afraid that the cameraman would see it, and the fans would see it."

If this person was born a few years later and participated in the draft after 2010, he would definitely lose. He has extremely poor athletic ability, Thabeet without abnormal wingspan, no mid-range shooting, no low-post skills, and a low free throw percentage. Opponents are not interested in using shark-slashing tactics against him.

But in this era of "toughness", many muscular guys like to hit the basket and "find caps" to prove themselves. "Dabai" has a place to play. He was selected by the Jazz at the 28th place in the first round, and he became a starter and defensive strongman .

A "defensive strongman" like Ostertag is a good opponent against O'Neal. He can only be abused against the Knicks. He has no chance to resist others, not even the chance to defend Ewing.

The depth of the Jazz's bench is far inferior to that of the Knicks. The three elders and one rest, and those who are defended by the bench can't score at all. Without Stockton's organization, the Jazz would be a bad offensive team, and all tactics revolved around him and Malone.

At the end of the game, the Knicks defeated the Jazz 108 to 84, extending their winning streak to 18 games.

The entire American media was shocked, and everyone praised the Nixes. Their strength reminded people of the Bulls in the 1995-96 season.

The Knicks currently have a record of 46 wins and 5 losses. Experts have begun to analyze the possibility of the Knicks breaking the Bulls' record of 72 wins in the regular season. There are only 31 games left, and 27 wins and 4 losses seem to be not too difficult for the unstoppable Knicks in the first half, especially because they have a lot of players. Now the media calls the Knicks' substitutes "bench gangsters."

Most people are optimistic that the Knicks will win the championship this season and eliminate the Bulls in the playoffs.

The Bulls are ranked second in the Eastern Conference, with a record of only 39 wins and 15 losses. It is impossible for them to catch up with the Knicks, and they have no home court advantage in the playoffs.

The Pacers and the Heat followed closely behind, with even worse records. In the East, the Knicks are the only ones out there.

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