Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

Chapter 40 The first 40 wins!The Grizzlies are two All-Stars!Las Vegas is really shocking!

Even after defeating strong opponents, the Grizzlies' next schedule has become much easier. The opponents are all marginal teams in the playoffs, and the overall winning rate is less than 50%.

The away victory over the Los Angeles Clippers gave the Grizzlies another 8-game winning streak, and it was not until the end of the month that they lost to the Detroit Pistons, with a record of 36 wins and 7 losses.

In the last game in January, the Grizzlies beat the Magic 1 to 126 at home and are about to usher in a journey in February.

加索尔的全能表现依旧稳健，打了30分钟，得到18分12篮板7助攻1抢断2封盖，球风越来越像前开拓者名宿老萨博尼斯。

虐菜局迈克米勒和斯塔德迈尔也不甘落后，分别砍下24分5篮板和22分3篮板4助攻2抢断，率队长期稳居战力排行榜首位。

Among them, Mike Miller made 9 of 7 three-pointers and shot the ball on the outside. He is the most amazing convulsion player in the league this season.

Under normal conditions, he is far from being a star, but once his hands get hot, even Ray Allen can only be beaten.

With the blessing of the Grizzlies' leading record, Gasol successfully led the MVP rankings, which has an advantage over Nowitzki, who is ranked second.

The Mavericks' record is 33 wins and 9 losses, 5 games behind the Grizzlies.

No matter how good Nowitzki's data is, the team's poor record is a deduction item, and the regular season MVP campaign will suffer a serious loss, unless the Mavericks can narrow the record gap between the two teams in the second half of the season.

Entering February, the Grizzlies first beat the Rockets 107-95 at home.

When the Grizzlies pulled out the perimeter to support, Dayao had a hard time playing on the court. Although he scored a double-double with 24 points and 11 rebounds, he still couldn't lead the team to win.

A day later, the Grizzlies defeated the visiting Hornets, and it was not until February 2 that they lost to the Indiana Pacers in an upset, swallowing their eighth loss of the season.

On February 2, the Grizzlies defeated the Eagles back-to-back and ushered in the Las Vegas All-Star Weekend with a record of 9 wins and 40 losses.

Became the first team to break through 40 wins this season.

The arrival of the All-Star Weekend has given the players a long sigh of relief, and they can finally get a rest during the long regular season.

Professional players spend their spare time either training or flying away. The time outside the offseason is indeed very difficult, and they desire vacations more than coaches.

Lu Yong is also looking forward to the arrival of the All-Star Weekend. Although this year's All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas has nothing to do with him, he can use this time to rest well and finally be able to sleep in.

The East and West All-Star lineup has already been released.

This year's All-Star vote king was won by Cavaliers star LeBron James, who won a total of 250 million votes. The second place was the Chinese giant Yao Ming, who ruled the West with 245 million votes.

Unfortunately, because of ankle soreness, Yao Ming voluntarily withdrew from the All-Star game before the game.

His starting inside position will be replaced by Spurs star Tim Duncan.

West starting five: Tracy McGrady, Kobe, Nowitzki, Duncan, Pau Gasol.

Subs: Garnett, "Small Bully" Stoudemire, Anthony, Ray Allen, Tony Parker, Marion, and Mike Miller, who was selected as an All-Star for the first time in his career.

Western Digital has many good perimeter players. Mike Miller, who averaged 19.1 points per game, was selected based on the team's record.

The Grizzlies lit up 40 wins in the middle of the season, and the team's players have an advantage in the honor campaign.

In addition to the absence of Yao Ming of the Rockets and Nash of the Suns due to injuries, Josh Howard and Carlos Boozer of the West have all become the lost pearls of this All-Star.

Howard averaged 19 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.2 steals per game. However, the pressure in the frontcourt in the Western Conference was too great. With 40 votes, he could only rank ninth and missed the All-Star Game.

Boozer has better statistics, averaging 20.9 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3 assists and 0.9 steals per game, shooting 56.1% from the field, and his performance is extremely eye-catching.

It's a pity that the Jazz's record this season is mediocre, and the already fierce campaign led to the accident of Pau Gasol.

Boozer, who averaged 20+10 per game, had no choice but to lose the selection and became the audience of this year's All-Star.

Eastern starting five: Arenas, Wade, James, Bosh, O'Neal.

When Lu Yong saw this starting list, he thought it was the early reorganization of the Heat's Big Three.

The difference is nothing more than that Arenas is replaced by Mario Chalmers, "Big Shark" O'Neal is replaced by "Little Shark" Eddie Curry, the proper peak Big Three.

Substitutes: Billups, Hamilton, Butler, Vince Carter, Joe Johnson, O'Neal, and "Warcraft" Howard.

This season is the first time that Happy Beast has been selected as an All-Star in his career, and it is also an inflection point when O'Neal's career has gone downhill.

It was from this year that O'Neill completely stepped down from the altar.

Averaged 17 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.4 blocks per game. From the omnipotent shark at the beginning, he became a dying old shark, and his dominance was not as good as before.

Lu Yong spent this All-Star Weekend very leisurely.

He and Tony Brown came to Las Vegas together, in addition to encouraging their own players, mainly for vacation.

Las Vegas is the largest city in Nevada, USA, and also a city with a high international reputation.Known as one of the four major gambling cities in the world, it is a world-renowned resort city centered on the gambling industry, and has the reputation of "the world's entertainment capital" and "marriage capital".

Lu Yong had heard many stories about Las Vegas in his previous life, but it was the first time he set foot in this territory.

It is said that among the 4000 million tourists who come to Las Vegas every year, most of them come to shop and enjoy food, and only a small number of people come to gamble.

Lu Yong is not addicted to gambling. After getting off the plane, he visited the famous local sky city and saw the performance of humorist Danny Gans in the lobby.

He can imitate more than 60 celebrities, whether in action or singing, he is full of entertainment effects, and has been named the best entertainer of the year in Las Vegas many times.

Lu Yong also watched the show above the Moulin Rouge, and was rated as one of the must-sees in Las Vegas, the Barrie Jubilee.

This is the signature overhead show in Las Vegas, and the show has been on for nearly 20 years.

As many as 100 singers and dancers dressed in luxurious costumes and headgear worth more than [-] US dollars. The Broadway-style song and dance performance really gave Lu Yong a strong visual shock.

The reason for his visual shock is not the beautiful dance, but the fact that the actresses in it are naked when they dance.

Lu Yong, who stood in the crowd and applauded vigorously, felt that this tradition was very good, and it really deserved to be the signature sky show in the casino, and it really lived up to its reputation.

The next morning, the All-Star Rookie Challenge kicked off.

The first-year rookie team failed in the challenge and lost to the second-year team 142:151.

In this game, David Lee of the New York Knicks scored 34 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, and won the title of Most Valuable Player.

In the two halves of a 40-minute exhibition game, the sophomore team clearly outperformed the rookie team in terms of offensive and defensive coordination and personal skills. This has nothing to do with talent, but pure experience.

In the first half, the sophomore team started the game 6:0, leading by 14 points at most.In the second half of the game, although the first-year rookie team played a few waves of counterattacks, the poor teamwork still failed to persist, and finally lost to the opponent by 9 points.

灰熊参赛的四名球员都交出了不错的个人表现，二年级生瓦里克轰下21分7篮板2封盖。一年级队的盖伊砍下全队最高的28分4篮板3助攻，洛瑞16分5篮板7助攻，巴里亚17分2助攻1抢断，都没在全明星周末上丢灰熊队的脸。

In addition, there were more than 6000 young and immature faces in the auditorium that night.

They are beneficiaries of the NBA Cares campaign, selected activists from Clark County area schools, Las Vegas boys and girls basketball teams and All-Star extracurriculars.

The children were seated in the seats closest to the field that night.

During the intermission, the organizers also specially arranged activities such as magic, acrobatic performances and star childhood photo quiz for them.

The children cheered and jumped for joy, turning the scene of the Rookie Challenge into their own carnival.

The slam dunk contest on the second day of the All-Star Weekend was even more boring. Lu Yong didn't even go to the scene.

In the 2007 slam dunk contest, except for the "nine-finger dunk king" Green, who still has the strength to fight, the performance of others is very average.

In the end, Gerald Green even won the slam dunk contest with a total score of 91 points. This must be very boring for Lu Yong, who has witnessed the peak battle between LaVine and Gordon.

On the third day of the All-Star Game, the West defeated the East 142 to 121.

湖人球星科比24投13中，狂砍31分5篮板6助攻6抢断，拿下了明星赛MVP。

Pau Gasol played only 21 minutes in the starting lineup, scoring 11 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

替补登场的迈克-米勒打14分钟，三分球6投4中，得到12分1篮板。

Fratello knew that Kobe, who was serious, was not even used to Jordan, and it was absolutely impossible to spit out the AMVP he got, so he simply controlled the playing time of Gasol and Miller.

Afraid that Gasol and Mike Miller would be injured in this kind of entertainment game, it was a little selfish.

The game was not intense, except for the dunk and the star floating outside the jump shot, it was not as exciting as the Grizzlies' regular season lore against the Spurs.

Lu Yong went to the scene to watch for a while and then got up and left. This kind of game could not attract his attention.

Unless he is personally coaching the All-Stars, he is obviously not interested in being a spectator, because this is not the first time he has watched this game.

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