The Fifth Point Guard

Chapter 317 Xi Ke (Second)

On February 9, 2003, the NBA All-Star Weekend will be held at Philips Arena in Atlanta.

Judging from the first round of All-Star voting, Shentong has undoubtedly become the hottest star in the league.

With an advantage of 120,000 votes, he overwhelmed the second place Kobe and the third place Carter, and became the league's top voter!

What made Chinese fans even more delighted was that Yao Ming, a Chinese player playing for the Houston Rockets, had a slight lead over Shaquille O'Neal of the Lakers, ranking first in the number of votes among centers in the West!

Although O'Neal's recent truce due to injury may have affected the votes to a certain extent, Yao Ming's ability to reach the first place really surprised most people.

The number of votes for each position in the east and west this year is relatively concentrated, and the current starting list may remain until the end.

Based on the current voting situation, the All-Star starting lineup in the West will be:

Center: Yao Ming (Rockets), Forwards: Duncan (Spurs), Garnett (Timberwolves), Guards: Kobe (Lakers), Francis (Rockets).

The Eastern Conference's All-Star starting lineup is:

Center: Wallace (Pistons), Forward: Carter (Raptors), McGrady (Magic), Guard: Shen Tong (Nets), Iverson (76ers).

In addition, Shentong also received two invitations from the All-Star Weekend Organizing Committee, one for the three-point contest and the other for the slam dunk contest.

Since it is basically confirmed that he will participate in the Rookie Challenge and the All-Star Game, Shentong does not want to accept all two invitations.

The champion of the three-point shooting contest has already been won. This invitation letter is not very attractive to Shentong. It is the slam dunk contest, and Shentong is interested in trying it.

There has never been a player in history who has won both the three-point shoot contest and the slam dunk contest.

Among active players, Ray Allen is the closest player to this achievement.

In 1997, Ray Allen, who was physically fit, signed up for the slam dunk contest that year, and unfortunately lost to the final slam dunk king Kobe Bryant by 2 points in the final contest.

In 2001, Ray Allen signed up to participate in the three-point contest, and scored ten goals in a row at the last moment of the game, winning the three-point contest championship.

Except for Ray Allen, no star has come so close to winning the double in both competitions.

The things that no one has done, the most challenging things, are the most attractive.

Shentong made his own decision to participate in this year's dunk contest.

So, he accepted the invitation to the slam dunk contest and made a reply letter confirming his participation.

Soon, the All-Star Weekend Organizing Committee announced the list of players who will participate in the dunk contest during the All-Star Weekend this season.

There are four people in total, namely Shentong (Nets), Mason (Sonics), Richardson (Warriors), Stoudemire (Suns).

Richard Jefferson was eager to try, but after hearing that Shentong planned to sign up for the competition, he immediately dismissed the idea of participating.

After bombing New York, the Nets returned home and defeated the Hornets 98-84 and the Cavaliers 104-79, winning three consecutive victories.

Carrying the prestige of three consecutive victories, the New Jersey Nets went to Los Angeles to challenge the Los Angeles Lakers without Shaquille O'Neal.

The Lakers have been plagued by injuries this season, perhaps because too many problems were covered up during the three consecutive championships.

Since the start of this season, there have been one after another injury problems in the team, which has made it almost impossible to play a few games with the complete lineup that won the championship last year.

O'Neal's injury is even more bizarre. His big toe was accidentally pinched by the door. He has been sitting on the bench for a whole week, and it is said that it will take another week to play again.

This can be hard for Kobe, leading the Lakers to struggle in the Western Conference where there are many strong players.

But fortunately, Kobe may have been stimulated recently, scoring high scores again and again, and the Lakers' record has not declined.

After losing O'Neill, the 2.08-meter Ukrainian Stanislav Medvedenko got the chance to start.

The performance of this third-year student was a disaster, or maybe it was because the pressure of the starting lineup made him breathless, and his performance on the court was not even as good as when he came off the bench, so that when he ran to the outside to set a pick-and-roll for Kobe, he was caught by the latter. Directly scolded, "Get out of the way!".

In addition, Rick Fox is also on a truce due to illness.

Fighting during the day and fighting at night, even a tough man can't stand it!

However, Robert Horry has recently returned from injury, rushed to the front line of fire, and played well.

For today's game, the Lakers' starting lineup is:

Center: Medvedenko, power forward: Walker, small forward: Horry, shooting guard: Kobe, point guard: Fisher.

The Nets' starting lineup has also changed from before. Dikembe Mutombo sprained his index finger during a team practice and had to truce for two games.

Although he can barely play, Uncle Mu believes that the bandaged index finger has no lethality when shaking the finger, so he would rather take a good rest for a few days before recovering and returning.

Byron Scott didn't force it, after all, the Nets' No. 1 position in the Eastern Conference is almost unshakable.

In this game, the Nets' starting lineup is:

Center: Ewing, power forward: Martin, small forward: Jefferson, shooting guard: Shen Tong, point guard: Kidd.

Scott did not arrange for the regular center substitute Collins to start, but arranged for Ewing, just to stimulate the vitality of the veteran.

Before the game, the basketball god space refreshed a main task.

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Main Quest: Siko

Mission description: Kobe has recently averaged 35 points per game. He has already prepared for this game, just to match you and blow you up on both offense and defense. The current Kobe has entered the role of "Siko" in the five supernatural powers, and he is in good condition. If he wants to take over the banner of the basketball god, let's try Siko first.

Task requirements: surpass Kobe in scoring and lead the team to victory

Task props: Sanqing Talisman Pen

Main line reward: choose one of Kobe's talent factors

Task status: pending

}

Siko is here!

Sure enough, Kobe was the first to enter the realm of the five supernatural powers.

At least when playing against Iverson, Carter, and McGrady this season, the titles of Dongai, North Carolina, and Nanmai have not appeared in the mission.

Shentong received the task and got the task props Sanqingfu Pen.

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Props: Sanqing Talisman Pen

Details: The talisman pen is a cinnabar pen used by ancient mages in the past dynasties, and it has magical power.

Runes can be created by flicking a pen in the air without ink.

Runes are divided into three types: "fixed", "speed" and "accurate", so they are also called Sanqing Fubi.

Effect: This game can only be used three times, of which "steady", "speed" and "accurate" are used once each.

Fixed: The defensive player is fixed in place during this round.

Speed: The speed is greatly increased in a short period of time.

Accurate: Temporarily increases shooting percentage.

}

After Shen Tong and Jefferson boxed, they appeared together.