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258. All-Star Weekend; co-crowned All-Star Game MVP!

In late January, the Wizards continued their outstanding competitive state, becoming more and more braver before the All-Star Weekend, and they were quite stunning in sweeping the league.

And in a game against the Bobcats, Yao Ming and Wall scored triple-double at the same time, becoming the first pair of players in the Wizards' history to score triple-double together.

This incident also made the Wizards once again the focus of the league, and John Wall was even more concerned.

After all, Wall's performance this season is really explosive, and he can even perform as a superstar in some strong dialogues.

So far, Wall has averaged 19.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 10.7 assists and 1.9 steals per game this season.

And his shooting percentage was 49.6%, his three-point shooting percentage was 34.1%, and even his free throw shooting percentage hit a career-high 84.8%.

This data is enough to make Wall a top point guard in the league.

What's more, in a team like the Wizards that defends the championship level, Wall's data is full of gold and does not have a trace of moisture.

It is no exaggeration to say that Wall's personal growth definitely plays a crucial role in the Wizards' ability to perform such efficiently in the new season.

This can be seen clearly whether you understand the ball or don’t understand the ball.

Even the quotes about John Wall were stacked layer by layer, but these transaction quotes were eventually turned down by Yang Fan.

Because Wall is now the tactical core of the Wizards, the risk of trading Wall is too great, and Yang Fan is definitely unwilling to take this risk.

After all, the Wizards' goal in the new season is to defend the title. Even if Yang Fan wants to make some moves, he will definitely have to wait until the end of the season.

As time comes to January 28, the Wizards' record remains at 40 wins and 8 losses, leading the league without any suspense.

In addition, the Wizards have officially become the only team in the league that has lost more than ten games, and they can be said to be a single seedling in the league.

If nothing unexpected happens, the coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star this year will definitely be Yang Fan, and Yang Fan has to take on this errand again. Sitting in this position where other coaches are very eager, but Yang Fan feels very helpless.

In addition, the All-Star roster has been completely decided this year. Among them, four of the Wizards have been selected for the All-Star lineup, and two of them have been selected for the All-Star starter.

The two selected as All-Star starters are Yao Ming and Aldridge, while the two substitutes are Wall and Paul George.

In this way, this season is not only the first time Paul George has been selected for the All-Star lineup in his career, but also John Wall has been selected for the All-Star for the second consecutive year, making the Wizards look extremely star-studded.

There is no way, the Wizards' record is too outstanding, which also gives Wizards players more advantages in the media votes.

Among them, Paul George was able to beat Pierce in the voting, which was because of the Wizards' outstanding record.

This year's All-Star venue is in Houston, but none of the Rockets, as the host, have been selected for the All-Star lineup. I have to say that this is really embarrassing.

In fact, Yang Fan is really not interested in the All-Star Weekend. Even though the Wizards had four players selected for the All-Star lineup, Yang Fan still didn't feel excited.

Because Yang Fan had long become numb to this matter, and it can even be said to be accustomed to it.

After all, it is not easy to be selected or traded by Yang Fan. In addition, Yang Fan has formulated a training plan for him. If he can't even make it to the All-Star in the end, it's really a ghost.

As for Clay Thompson's failure to enter the All-Star is mainly because the Eastern Conference backcourt is too crowded. Whether it is Wade, Wall, Irving, or Deron Williams, this is not something Thompson can compete at the moment.

So if Thompson wants to enter the All-Star, he has to wait and delay this goal for one to two seasons.

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On February 6, US time, the annual All-Star Weekend officially arrived.

As early as two days ago, Yang Fan led everyone to Houston to make good use of the All-Star Weekend to rest during this period.

Yang Fan is already familiar with the All-Star Weekend, so Yang Fan has formulated a series of plans for this year before heading to Houston.

Yang Fan did not intend to attend the first day of the rookie challenge and the second day of the dunk competition.

Because Yang Fan just wants to have a good sleep in these two days, make a waste of food after eating, and sleeping...

As for the All-Star Game on the last day, Yang Fan could not refuse, so he could only show his face to coach and get more opportunities for his players to play.

Anyway, it is not the first time that Yang Fan has done such fraud and favoritism on All-Star weekends, and Yang Fan will not have any psychological burden on such behavior.

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Time flies, and the entertainment events of the two days before have been completed. Among them, the champion of the Skills Challenge was won by Lillard with a time of 29.8 seconds.

The three-point contest champion was won by Irving with a score of 23 points.

As for the final dunk contest, Terrence Ross won 58% of the world's fans' support with his outstanding performance, which also allowed Ross to successfully defeat last year's dunk champion Jeremy Evans and was elected as the new dunk champion in the league.

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On February 8, the last day of the All-Star Game arrived as scheduled.

The All-Star coaches who coached the East and West this year have a lot of connections. Among them, the Eastern Conference coaches are naturally Yang Fan, while the Western Conference is Quinn Snyder successfully took over. This is also the first time Snyder was elected as an All-Star coach in his coaching career.

In fact, as of now, the Spurs are the first team in the West, but Popovich was elected All-Star coach last year.

So according to the rules, this year, Thunder coach Snyder, ranked second in the West, will be replaced by the top player.

In this way, a master-apprentice battle between Yang Fan and Snyder will be staged this year's All-Star Weekend. After all, Snyder's mastery of Yang Fan, and the entire league is very clear about this.

Before the game started, Yang Fan stood on the sidelines to communicate with Snyder. To be precise, Snyder had been complaining to Yang Fan, and Yang Fan stood on the sidelines to listen carefully.

Snyder's life has not been easy in the past two years. Even though the Thunder still holds a king-level lineup, under the deliberate suppression of the league, Snyder can only watch the championship trophy missed his own match.

Snyder was so bitter about this matter, so after meeting Yang Fan, Snyder couldn't help but want to complain.

Even if complaining cannot solve any problem, the only person Snyder can tell is Yang Fan.

After all, General Manager Prosty doesn't want to hear such complaints in Snyder's mouth.

"Yang, why do you think I'm so unlucky? I finally became the team's head coach and have such a good team, but the league is deliberately suppressing the Thunder. I really don't know if I should feel grateful or unfortunate."

"You don't know how those reporters in the Oshi City commented on me privately, especially when you have reached a height, I am simply being taken out for criticism every day."

"If you hadn't been in the limelight in the past two years, I think I would have been drowned by these people."

"To be honest, I have planned to leave the Thunder more than once, because I feel that even if I coach a weak team, it will be more comfortable than it is now."

"So, Yang, can you give me some advice and help me point out a clear path?" Looking at Yang Fan, who was relaxed in front of him and had a smile on his face, Snyder couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"How to say, taking over Thunder is both your luck and your misfortune. As you said, nothing is the best of both worlds."

"The Thunder can infinitely raise your coaching limit, but it can also lower your coaching limit."

"You will definitely be questioned during your days coaching the Thunder, but this will make your coaching career stable, and you won't face a layoff crisis within at least three years."

"When you leave the Thunder, you may have a chance to prove yourself, and you may also disappear completely in this league."

"So, whether to go or stay, you have to ask yourself. Only you know whether you are ready." Yang Fan said with a smile on his face after patting Quinn Snyder's shoulder.

Yang Fan really can't help Snyder too much about this kind of thing. After all, he walks the road himself, so Yang Fan can only tell all the pros and cons. As for how Snyder chooses, it depends on his own meaning.

As the game was about to begin, the players on both sides came to the court with a smile on their faces. There was no slight desire to fight from each other's faces, but only the ease could be seen.

The starting lineups of the Western Conference this year are: Paul, Kobe, Durant, Griffin, and Howard.

In the east, Wade, Anthony, James, Aldridge, and Yao Ming.

From the perspective of lineup, the lineup configuration of the West is obviously more reasonable, but both sides will definitely not give their all to the All-Star Game, so in more cases it depends on the players' personal performance.

As soon as the game started, the players on both sides played completely with a dodge-type play, and the defensive intensity of the entire game was more professional than some amateur leagues.

In some fast break counterattacks, the defensive players will also deliberately retreat aside, allowing the offensive to try their best to perform a wonderful dunk performance.

In the whole first quarter, neither side had the attitude of trying their best, and Yang Fan and Snyder were also having fun.

Rotate the lineup according to time and strive to get good playing time for every player.

At the same time, Yang Fan simply suppressed Yao Ming's playing time to the lowest level. After replacing him in half of the first quarter, Yao Ming did not make a appearance in the entire first half.

Anyway, with Yao Ming's personality, he couldn't do the kind of thing that deliberately swipes data to compete for the All-Star MVP, so Yang Fan simply protected Yao Ming and gave his playing time as even as possible to Aldridge, Paul George and John Wall.

In games like All-Stars, Yao Ming really has no need to run back and forth. If there are some accidents on the court, then the Wizards will suffer.

It is worth mentioning that Yao Ming's All-Star votes this season were finally frozen at more than 3.3 million, which also allowed Yao Ming to successfully break the previous voting record held by Howard and become the player with the most All-Star votes in NBA history!!

With the East and West games back and forth, at the end of the half, both sides scored a high score of 97:85, while the Western Conference All-Stars led the East 12 points, ending the first half of the competition.

During the midfield stage, the league invited some local American traffic stars to perform to the audience.

Originally, Yang Fan should have formulated a second-half game strategy for the players at this stage, but Yang Fan didn't care about the winning or losing of the All-Star game.

So in the midfield, Yang Fan took a group of players to sit on the sidelines and simply watched the show.

This also led to the camera frequently cutting the camera off the court, because those who didn't know might think that Yang Fan was here with a group of players on vacation. Who would have believed that this was the protagonist of today's game?

Snyder, who originally wanted to take the players back to the locker room, was stunned when he saw Yang Fan's actions. He was not right to walk next to the player's passage, nor did he not leave, and he seemed quite hesitant.

In the end, Kobe took the initiative to sit back on the sidelines with a smile on his face, and simply watched the show directly on the sidelines like the Eastern Conference.

Anyway, this kind of thing has not happened in the history of the NBA.

In the end, the East and West dramas simply threw the tactical style aside and sat on the field and watched the show with a smile and talking. It was a very unique and beautiful scenery.

After returning from the second half, even though both sides still did not try their best, as time on the field became less and less, the game became more and more intense.

The Eastern All-Stars also began to counterattack, and under the leadership of James and Wei, the score was quickly smoothed out.

Seeing this situation, the Western All-Stars are gradually starting to make efforts. Although winning or losing is not important, if they really want to be reversed by the Eastern Conference, they will be unable to see the face.

With more than four minutes left in the fourth quarter, the score difference between the two sides was only a slight 7 points.

However, Kobe scored consecutive points in the last four minutes, helping the Western Conference All-Stars firmly gain the lead.

Even though Aldridge scored eight points in a row at the last critical moment, the Western Conference narrowly defeated the East by 3 points with the advantages accumulated in the first three quarters, winning the All-Star Game in the 12-13 season.

After the game, after the unanimous decision of the judges, this year's All-Star MVP will be won by Kobe and Aldridge.

After all, Aldridge and Kobe performed well, especially the last four minutes of the fight, which can be said to be a fight between gods. The fans who watched the scene gradually began to feel passionate, perfectly defining what is the battle between All-Stars.

Yang Fan was not surprised by this result, because the league has done the matter of sharing the All-Star MVP together many times, and even the fans are not surprised, and even take it for granted.

In this game, Kobe contributed 31 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in 29 minutes of the game, while Aldridge, who won the cup together, also scored 28 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

It can be said that the two of them had a fairy fight in the final stage was the biggest highlight of this game, and this result also satisfies the fans.

At least Yang Fan had no feelings about losing the All-Star Game, and even felt much more relaxed.

Because Kobe and Snyder will definitely not have a good life in the future. Now let them show off and they will not feel guilty when they abuse them in the future...

Snyder: "???"

Kobe: "????"
Chapter completed!
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