Chapter 457: Playoffs!

The 2008 NBA All-Star Game was played at the New Orleans Arena, home of the New Orleans Hornets in Louisiana. This is the first time that New Orleans hosts an All-Star Game, and it is the city’s first time since the 2005 Hurricane Katrina Hold professional competitions.
On February 17th, all-star players from the East and West gathered in the arena, and the stars were also on the sidelines.
Prior to this, there have been rookie games, three-point contests and slam dunk contests. The last slam dunk contest was hailed as the most exciting slam dunk contest in history. Sun Zhuo also laid the best dunk in history in the last slam dunk contest. The status of the king.
And this dunk contest, although not as good as the previous one, is also full of appreciation, especially the performance of Dwight Howard, which conquered the audience.
He is the champion of this slam dunk contest. Since the first dunk, he has shown his super talent and amazing creativity. Charles Barkley said in the commentary that Howard’s creativity is the same as Sun Zhuo’s. Level, and the talent of the two of them in creativity is at least one level higher than other players.
Howard's first dunk was to rebound from the back of the rim, but after the rebound, he caught the ball and dunked the windmill. If you look at it from the front, you can't see Howard's head at all, only a thick arm is looped back Attacking the basket, this is a perfect score dunk.
Howard's second dunk was also a perfect score dunk. This dunk caused a sensation at the scene before he even started. When Howard took off his jersey, he even showed Superman's clothes. He became a superman. The ball smashed in, and the scene was extremely excited.
Howard's third dunk, which shocked four seats. He first tossed high to the rim and then picked up the rebound. The left hand first dunked the ball on the backboard and then dunked the rebound.
The last slam dunk is not too stunning, and it is also a goal that relies more on creativity.
On the court, as a Western Conference All-Star starting center and newly-advanced dunk contest champion, Dwight Howard is very active. These Western All-Star teammates standing beside him include Allen Iverson, Cameron Anthony, Tim Duncan, Yao Ming, Boozer, Nash, Nowitzki, Chris Paul, Roy, Stoudemire, David West, Kobe is the ticket king in the West, but did not participate in this game due to injury.
"How do you want to dunk today? Tell me ahead of time, I will pass the ball to your hands." Iverson looked up at the very active Howard. Howard moved from the east to the west, and had a chat with these new teammates. .
"Haha, thank you, Alan, see how the opposite Sun buckles. After he buckles, I want to respond to him with the same action." Howard laughed. This time, Howard also valued him and Sun Zhuo very much. Personal duel, because the All-Star Game is a stage that is more creative than performance. Speaking of creativity, no one on the scene can compare with Sun Zhuo and Howard.
"No problem." Iverson smiled and gave Howard a high-five.
This year's Eastern player seats are less active. This is not the same as in the past few years. Previously, they were dull in the West, active in the East, because the players in the East are very young, and they are concentrated in the 03 and 04 generations. Both are very good, and in the east of this year, Howard left, O'Neal is also not selected for the All-Star for the first time in 15 years, these two are very active players.
In addition, Garnett and Ray Allen joined the East and were selected to the All-Star with Pierce. Rivers is also the coach of the East. As if the East were dominated by the Celtics, Garnett is a serious player. He It is also the ticket winner of this year's All-Star Game. Sun Zhuo lost the title of All-Star Ticket for the first time.
Fortunately, Sun Zhuo also had two old friends, Wade and James. The three of them got together, obviously a small group different from the three of Garnett.
After the game started, Sun Zhuo and Wade and James started together. Both of Garnett's partners were substitutes, so he could not control the scene by himself. The team in the east was still Sun Zhuo.
On the west side, because Kobe Bryant didn't play, Anthony is no match for Howard's popularity and ability now, so the West's play is biased towards Howard.
Wade, Sun Zhuo, and James are all very talented representatives. They are also the players who can end the ball in the fastest time. The three of them are really invincible. Once one person completes the steal, , You don't have to think about chasing and defending, no one can catch up with the speed of the three of them.
James first intercepted the ball and quickly passed the ball to Wade. Sun Zhuo also started running at the first time. Wade quickly hit the basket and then hit the basketball on the rebound. Sun Zhuo rebounded the ball and turned his back to the basket. Gliding dunk.
This kind of cooperation is just the regular cooperation operation of the three generations of the 03 generation. What is surprising is that after Sun Zhuo's back buckle, the next round, the West Force, Iverson even gave Howard an empty board, Howard I also played an identical back buckle.
"He seems to be imitating you." James said to Sun Zhuo.
"That's provocation. Would you like to show him something awesome?" Garnett, a teammate, also looked at Sun Zhuo.
Sun Zhuo did not answer Garnett. He knew that because of the conflict between Artest and Pierce, Garnett still hated him and Artest.
Sun Zhuo did not want to aim at Howard too much, perhaps because it was too easy to win him. If he took a free-throw line dunk or dunk in the air, he lost. Howard was also the champion of the slam dunk contest. Although he got a lot of full marks for his movements, he is not at the same level as Sun Zhuo.
"Since Howard wants to imitate, it is better to do something that he can imitate." Sun Zhuo knows the character of Howard as a big boy. Howard just wants to prove that without Sun Zhuo, he can get better.
Immediately after that, Sun Zhuo received Wade's pass and got the ball in the air. Instead of dunking the ball directly into the basket, he first pulled the ball down, there was a pause in the air, and then he drew it up.
Howard smiled when he saw it: "It turned out to be this action."
Howard knows this kind of action and can do it himself.
Soon, Howard and his teammates in the west signaled that they would send him such an empty reception as soon as they had a chance, and Sun Zhuo also communicated with Wade at this time.
"Broken his ball." Sun Zhuo whispered in Wade's ear, and Wade guessed what Howard was going to do next.
When the basketball was thrown high to the basket, Howard got the ball with one hand, and when everyone watched Howard dunk, Wade had quietly come behind Howard and waited for Howard to imitate Sun Zhuo to pull the basketball down, pop, Wade Lightning jumped out, quickly and accurately cut the basketball. When Howard raised his arm, he realized that there was no basketball in his hand.
"Sun!" Wade quickly passed the ball to Sun Zhuo outside the three-point line.
At this time, Anthony responded quickly, blocking Sun Zhuo for the first time and preventing Sun Zhuo from launching a fast break.
Sun Zhuo jumped up and received the ball. When he was in the air, he turned directly. His body turned around Anthony. Then he threw the ball from Anthony's back to the court.
At this time, James had strode past the midfield, received a pass from Sun Zhuo, the free throw line glide dunk!
From steals to the final dunk, it only took three seconds.
"The combination of Dwyane Wade, Eric Sun and LeBron James is really terrible. They are the most terrifying fast break trio in the world. If they are on a team, the scene is really not dare. Imagine."
Howard was very depressed, only to realize that Sun Zhuo's dunk was intentionally set for him. If Howard really wants to compare with Sun Zhuo, not only the competence and creativity of the two of them, but also the competition between teammates, Howard's teammates in the West seem to really be unable to compare with Wade and James.
Even Garnett is worried: "If we Celtics will rule the league in the next few years, it is impossible to guarantee that the three of them will unite to defeat us!"
If these three people unite together, or even do not need three, even if only two of them, and then randomly match an All-Star center, it is definitely more powerful than the Celtics Big Three.
The coach of the Eastern Stars Rivers watched the three players on the court play their talents, and he was very envious, but at this time he went to the bench Paul Pierce: "Don’t be affected by their performance, you come here It’s just relaxing, not too serious, you know?"
Pierce was not elbowed by Artest before. It was not long before the comeback. Coach Rivers did not want Pierce to fight too hard.
"I know, coach." Pierce is a player who does not accept defeat, but at this time, he can only endure. The All-Star is not his stage, it is Sun Zhuo and James's stage, but in the playoffs, it is not the same. Too.
"In the playoffs, I'm going to kill you one by one!" Pierce sat down and looked at Wade, James and Sun Zhuo, and he was jealous in his heart.
This year's All-Star Game, there is no Kobe, no McGrady, no O'Neal, Sun Zhuo is very boring, and Howard, who wants to compete with Sun Zhuo, is not yet qualified.
In the end, the West Force won the ball and Cameron Anthony, the most scoring melon, got his first AMVP.
After the All-Star game, the teams began to compete for the playoff rankings. McGrady was definitely the most hangout among the All-Star players who were not selected for the season. After the All-Star game, he led the team to help the Rockets get a 22-game winning streak. At the beginning, Tracy McGrady also averaged 30+ per game and 40+ times. In the regular season MVP rankings, Tracy McGrady also advanced to the top four.
Of course, when confronted by the media, McGrady questioned New Orleans’ security issues and said that even if he was selected, he would not necessarily go.
This is a pity in Sun Zhuo's view, because in the previous life, 2007 was the last time McGrady was selected as an All-Star. After that, he will never be seen again on the All-Star stage.
This made Sun Zhuo unavoidable. He remembered that when he first participated in the All-Star Game, McGrady was in full swing and was the most popular player in the All-Star Game. Everyone was expecting his performance. In just a few years, He has been replaced.
In the next more than a month, Sun Zhuo led the team to the ranking while doing the superstar challenge. Kobe's 82 points in a single game and Iverson's 60 points in a single game were all completed by Sun Zhuo. Training card fragments have also been increased from 2 to 8. Just waiting for the new star to appear in the Superstar Challenge, you can redeem a special training card.
This season, Sun Zhuo does not have enough competitiveness to compete for the MVP of the regular season. Sun Zhuo’s personal data is still unmatched in the league. His personal scoring and average dunks per game, including three-pointers per season, are the first in the league. , But the Magic record is not good enough, plus Sun Zhuo has won the regular season MVP twice, everyone is more inclined to change their choice this year.
Kobe and Paul are the two fiercest MVP players this season.
After Gasol came to the Lakers, the Lakers became the first in the West. In fact, before Gasol came, Kobe took the shrimp and crabs and won the West. Although less than 24 hours, the young Paul This season played the strength of MVP, and James originally wanted to impact the regular season MVP this season, but he is very clear that Kobe Bryant does not get the MVP first, James can not get it.
...
On April 16, 2008, the regular season officially ended.
Sun Zhuo continued to be the scoring leader with an average of 34.6 points per game, and in this season, he made 310 three-pointers in a single season, breaking Ray Allen's single-season record of 269 three-pointers.
To the east, the Magic's regular season record is ranked third, the first is the Boston Celtics, 66 wins and 16 losses, the second is the Detroit Pistons, the fourth is the Cleveland Cavaliers~EbookFREE.me~ and then Washington Wizards, Toronto Raptors, Philadelphia 76ers and Atlanta Hawks.
The Magic's first round opponent will be the Toronto Raptors.
In the West, the Los Angeles Lakers regained the No. 1 position in the West. The New Orleans Hornets are going to rise under the leadership of Paul. They have the same record as the San Antonio Spurs. The fourth place is the Utah Jazz, followed by Houston. Rockets, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Denver Nuggets.
On the day of April 20th, the Magic ushered in the Raptors at home and started the first game of the playoffs. The Raptors are not very strong opponents, even without Kevin Durant and Artes. With special help, Sun Zhuo can also defeat them alone, so in this series, Sun Zhuo does not intend to solve it in a conventional way, but wants to exercise more Durant's playoff scoring ability.
The Raptors think that the Magic is Sun Zhuo's own team. It only needs to guard Sun Zhuo. It is not Sun Zhuo but Durant that does not know to kill the dragon.
"KD, in this series, I want you to get more than 25 points per game. I will keep passing you. Can you do it?" Sun Zhuo didn't take this until the first game of the playoffs was about to start. Request to Durant.