The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 368
The Knicks have been through all the way, no matter what kind of opponent they encounter, they have remained undefeated.

In the blink of an eye, it's already February, and more than half of the race schedule has passed.

This year's All-Star voting is over.

Much to everyone's horror is the Knicks' All-Star roster this year.

Li Xun, Paul, Paojiao, Ah Lian and Jokic all entered the All-Star lineup.

Among them, Li Xun, Paul, Paojiao and Jokic occupied four of the five starting seats.

The remaining starting seat was taken by James.

In addition to the Knicks' starting five who were all selected to the All-Stars, Booker was also selected to the All-Star lineup.

His selection was actually quite unexpected.

For a sophomore rookie who only averaged 9 points per game, it is unbelievable that he can qualify for the All-Star.

But that's the benefit of being in the Knicks.

As long as the popularity is high enough, the Knicks' huge fan base is enough to make him an All-Star.

This is like Kobe back then. He is in a similar situation to Booker now. He is not even a starter in the team, and his statistics are not outstanding. He was still selected into the All-Star team.

Don't look at Booker is not the Knicks starter, but his performance is actually quite good.

In terms of offensive efficiency alone, he is even better than Pickled Pepper.

The reason why the Knicks have been able to achieve such an undefeated record for more than half a season is that the bench players have also played a huge role.

Booker is the sixth Knicks player to be named an All-Star.

This is not over yet, Zhou Qi was also selected into the All-Star lineup.

That's right, Zhou Qi, who was in the second grade, was actually selected as an All-Star.

The Knicks don't have many inside players. Although Zhou Qi is a substitute, he doesn't play too little time. At present, he is a bit like the Eight Sage Kings.

Averaged about seven or eight points, six or seven rebounds, and 2.4 blocks per game.

The data is not outstanding, but if you look at the 36-minute data, it is a bit extraordinary.

Zhou Qi averaged 36 points, 16 rebounds and 14 blocks per game in 4.6 minutes.

This is basically Zhuangshen level data.

But to say that Zhou Qi can match Zhuangshen now, that's certainly not the case.

The main reason is that it is too easy for the Knicks to put their opponents in the garbage time, which caused Zhou Qi to get a lot of data in the garbage time.

The opponents in garbage time are weak chickens, especially against those weak chicken teams, and their marginal players are even weaker.

It is normal for Zhou Qi to be able to hit this level of data.

Coupled with the strong support of Tianchao fans, Zhou Qi's votes are scary.

He got a lot more votes than Sun Yue, even almost on par with the United Arab Emirates.

In this way, the Knicks directly entered the All-Star lineup with a full seven players, which made other teams in the East vomit blood.

You must know that there are only twelve places in the Eastern Conference, but the Knicks team accounted for more than half of the places.

Of the remaining five places, the Big Four of the Cavaliers still occupy four.

The remaining spot was snatched by Jiba. It was really not easy for him. When the All-Star spot was almost monopolized, he was able to snatch a spot.

Li Xun did not expect such a situation to happen.

This year's Knicks really showed too much dominance, causing the number of their fans to rise steadily.

Many fans who originally hated the Knicks have now become fans of the Knicks.

In this way, the number of votes received by Knicks players is of course extremely large.

A team with a full seven players selected to the All-Star, this kind of grand occasion has never appeared in the entire history of the NBA.

Even the Lvkai dynasty did not have such a feat.

Back then, in the Green Kai Dynasty, the number of All-Stars in the team could reach seven, but they never had seven All-Stars selected together.

So the Knicks are definitely unique this year.

It has never happened before, and it is unlikely to happen in the future.

"Li, I found that since I came to you, many things were unbelievable."

"It feels very normal now."

"For example, seven of us were selected as All-Stars. I would never believe this kind of thing in the past."

Chris Paul laughed.

It would be unbelievable if you hadn't experienced it yourself.

"I think the most exaggerated thing is not that seven people were selected for the All-Star, but that four of the starters are our Knicks players."

"This is the scariest thing. A team with four All-Stars starting, even thinking about it makes other teams despair."

The young Booker was in a great mood. He was just a sophomore, and this time he also got the All-Star qualification.

This means that his ability has been recognized by the fans.

Now he only needs an opportunity, as long as he plays enough time, he can definitely improve his stats by a large margin.

Averaging 20 points per game is not a problem at all, and averaging 25 points per game may be a breeze.

"Boss, why don't you give me the All-Star MVP this time?"

"The MVP of the new department in the second grade, I feel that my value can be increased by at least ten times!"

"I even had the guts to ask Scarlett Johansson."

When Booker first came to the Knicks, he was quite bored, but now he is more and more relaxed.

Paul didn't say a word. He had shared an All-Star MVP with Li Xun before, so he didn't care about this thing.

Pickle also wanted it, but he was too embarrassed to compete with a newcomer like Booker.

Li Xun shook his head at Booker, "This year's MVP is given to you young people, there is no problem."

"However, there are three young people participating in our team this year. Whether you can get it or not depends on your luck."

The three young people Li Xun mentioned are naturally Zhou Qi, Jokic and Booker.

Booker looked overjoyed, he was an outside line, Jokic and Zhou Qi were inside, how could they compete against him.

On February 2, the All-Star Weekend officially started.

Two days later, it was finally the turn of the much-anticipated All-Star Game.

The attention this All-Star Game has received is unprecedented. The main reason is that everyone wants to see what a spectacular scene it will be for the Knicks seven to participate in the All-Star Game.

Last season's coach was Hornacek Sr.

Due to the restrictions of the rules, the All-Star coach cannot serve as the coach for two consecutive years, so even if the Knicks are still No. [-] in the Eastern Conference this year, the coach is not the old Hornacek.

It's Tyronn Lue, the second Cavaliers head coach in the Eastern Conference.

Grandpa Lu is radiant and has the opportunity to lead the All-Star team, which is also an honor for a coach.

Last season, the Big Three of the Cavaliers were suppressed miserably by the old Hornacek, and they didn't give much playing time at all.

This season is finally their turn to revenge.

It is well known that the Cavaliers have conflicts with the Knicks. Tyronn Lue has already made up his mind that he must suppress the Knicks' seven-man team with this old face tonight.

Anyway, I am the head coach, and it is my right to let anyone appear on the stage.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle, and the All-Stars of the East and West have already started to appear.

On the east side are Jokic, Li Xun, James, Pickled Pepper and Paul.

Because he played shooting guard for the Knicks this season, Paojiao participated in the All-Star Game this time as a guard.

In the west are thick eyebrows, Cousins, Clay, Harden and Curry.

Among the ten players on the field, except for James and Harden, all of them have deep friendship with Li Xun.

To be precise, many of them were either Li Xun's younger brother, or Li Xun's current teammate.

"Boss, why don't you make an exception this time and let your opponent win the All-Star MVP once?"

"Yes, give us a chance!"

"You can't let us run with you all the time."

Curry and Harden said to Li Xun with a smile.

"That depends on your ability."

"This MVP has been targeted by many people."

Li Xun said to the two of them.

The game on the court has begun, and the strength of the west side is obviously worse than that of the east side.

Mainly the thick eyebrows and Cousins ​​​​in the inside line, who seem not very interested in the game, fight one after another, and they just don't work hard.

It is obviously unrealistic to expect Curry, Clay and Harden to fight against the Eastern Conference generals.

After playing for less than 5 minutes, the western side showed a disadvantage, and their head coach Carlisle called a timeout directly.

During this timeout, both sides made substitutions.

In the West, the thick eyebrows and Cousins ​​​​who were not working hard were taken down, Westbrook and Lillard were replaced, and a five-small lineup came directly.

On the east side, Tyronn Lue directly started to die.

He replaced all four Knicks starters on the court, then replaced the remaining three Cavaliers off the court, and also arranged for Giba to play.

The Big Four of the Cavaliers plus a Jiba, exactly five people.

Li Xun didn't think much about it, he was laughing and chatting with his teammates on the sidelines, very relaxed.

But after talking to the end of the first quarter, Li Xun's expression was not right.

The Knicks' four starts in the first quarter only played less than 5 minutes, and then they never played again.

Tyronn Lue is a bit too much.

During the break between festivals, the atmosphere was a bit depressing, and the young Booker had already begun to get impatient.

He still wanted to win the All-Star MVP tonight, and then reach the pinnacle of his life.

As a result, until now, he didn't even give him a second of playing time.

"Young man, sit down quietly."

"In a moment, he will beg you to play."

Li Xun whispered to Booker beside him.

When Tyronn Lue heard this, he sneered and begged you to play?
I think you are dreaming and haven't woken up yet.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Eastern Conference still had the Cavaliers' Big Four plus Giba's five players on the field, and the Knicks' seven-man team was still sitting on the bench.

Li Xun has reached the brink of explosion.

What kind of stinky fish and rotten shrimp dare to bully him now?
After halfway through the second quarter, the West called another timeout.

Tyronn Lue in the East has a flattering smile all over his face. In tonight's game, the East has a great advantage. As long as he controls his playing time, the MVP will be selected among James or Durant.

Regardless of who is elected as the MVP, I, the coach, should take credit for it.

Seeing the unhappy faces of everyone in the Knicks, he was even more proud.

The right to not use it, expired and void, now Tyronn Lue is a bit of a villain.

Seeing that half of the second quarter was played, Tyronn Lue was going to replace Love and Jiba to take a rest, and replace Li Xun and Paul to play for a while.

After all, these two are super giants, and it's hard to explain if they are really not allowed to play.

After Li Xun heard Tyronn Lu calling his name and letting him play, a mysterious smile appeared on his face.

He didn't move, just looked at Tyronn Lu with such a mysterious smile.

Tyronn Lue, who looked at this smile, was a little flustered, but he still forced himself to calm down.

It seems that Li Xun is fighting with himself, don't want to fight anymore?
That can't be blamed on me, it was Li Xun himself who didn't want to fight.

Seeing that Li Xun didn't move, Paul simply sat on the sidelines and closed his eyes to rest.

Tyronn Lu called out the names of Pickled Pepper and Jokic again. Since Li Xun and Paul didn't fight, it happened to let the other two start.

Jokic was a little naive and stood up.

As a result, Pickle grabbed him, shook his head at him and smiled wryly.

Jokic looked at Li Xun, almost understood, and sat back in his seat.

Tai Lunlu didn't believe in evil, so he called the names of Ah Lian and Zhou Qi.

These two are Li Xun's compatriots, how could it be possible to dismantle Li Xun's stage, the two of them didn't even look at Tai Lunlu, as if they couldn't understand English, they chatted on their own.

Tyronn Lue finally looked at Booker.

Booker simply turned his head to the audience.

He is not a fool, although he is very eager to play, but what is the critical moment now?

It was the moment when Li Xun was fighting for face. If he played, it would be slapping Li Xun in the face.

If this kind of thing really happened, even if Li Xun didn't punish him, it would be difficult for him to stay in this alliance.

"Good! Good! Good!"

"You're not going to play, are you?"

"Then you all stop fighting. After the game is over, you don't go around looking for reporters to complain. This is your own choice!"

"We still have five people, enough to finish the game!"

Tai Lunlu didn't know where the courage came from, but he dared to roar at Li Xun.

Li Xun suddenly became happy, and then glanced at Jiba.

Jiba immediately raised his hand, "Tayron, don't you know how to count?"

"Aren't there only four of you knights? Why five?"

"God, you don't count me in, do you?"

"I think you should think about it carefully, how to explain to Xiao Hua in a while."

"National live broadcast, no, the global live broadcast of the NBA All-Star Game. As a result, the Eastern Conference All-Stars did not have five players to play."

"It's definitely going to be tomorrow's headlines."

Jiba laughed loudly while talking, because this thing is indeed a bit funny.

The rest of the Knicks seven also burst into laughter immediately.

Global live broadcast, at least hundreds of millions of fans are watching the game. As a result, the Eastern side couldn't get five players to play, and eight of the twelve players went on strike.

It is conceivable what a big accident this is for the NBA.

It is estimated that Xiao Hua can skin Tyronn Lue.

Tyronn Lu was scared to pee, he could feel that these people were definitely not pretending, but that they were really ready to fight Tyronn Lue to the death.

(End of this chapter)