Chapter 187 Emergency Substitute
New York Times reported after All-Star Weekend Day game
Since 2oo2, the rookie team has not defeated the second-year team, but this time they have changed this pattern. The first-year team played passionately in the game, and the performances of Hogo and De Juan also make people see the passion and vitality of this team.
As the new King of the New York Knicks, Hugo played very energy in the game, scoring 35 points, 13 rebounds, assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks in the whole game. Spurs rookie De Juan Blair scored 15 points and rebounds in the whole game, and the last time in the All-Star rookie game, there were double 2o+ in a team scored, rebounds and assists.
On February 14, five individual events will be held tonight, namely the Hybrid Shooting Competition, the Hoe Competition, the Skill Challenge Competition, the Three-Point Competition and the Slam Dunk Competition.
The hoe competition was a newly introduced competition by the All-Stars last year. The champion of the first competition was Kevin Durant.
Wu Huang kept preparing for tonight's three-point competition in the league's designated training hall in the afternoon. When he came to the game after dinner, he first accepted a ten-minute interview with CCTV, and then interviewed by well-known Asian radio stations such as Japan and South Korea. At this time, the first project, "Mixed Shooting Competition", had ended, and he didn't know who won the game?
But it doesn't matter. Many fans who have watched the All-Star for more than ten years have not watched a few mixed shooting competitions, because when they turn on the TV, they also missed this game with extremely low presence.
"How is it, has the hoe competition started?" Wu Huang found Garlinari, David Lee, and the three All-Star players who participated in the game sat on the sidelines, attracting a brief close-up of the live footage.
"It's about to start soon. It's better to come sooner than to come sooner." Garlinari said, handing over a drink. They can't drink too much of this kind, but it's not good to drink occasionally.
"There's no way, some interviews can't be pushed away, but fortunately I didn't miss the three-point competition. Otherwise, you'll win the championship." Wu Huang was in a good mood today and joked with Gallinari. They were still opponents later. The Italians lost yesterday. I'm afraid they'll have to lose another one today.
Wu Huang dressed up carefully today. Of course, he did not spend his own money to buy famous brands. His clothes, including accessories and sunglasses were endorsed products. Of course, he had to show off his appearance after collecting money. He grabbed a close-up shot and was rewarded with hundreds of thousands of dollars.
As soon as the close-up shot just now took Wu Huang. His account would immediately be hundreds of thousands of dollars more. The media outside who had already collected money would report in detail the next day what brands his clothes, sunglasses, rings, watches, etc. were all. The money spent by these paid merchants will be able to make money soon.
It is worth mentioning that the boots under Wu Huang's feet were sold. Yesterday he had already appeared in his All-Star-specific UAH to participate in the rookie match. These sneakers use the Knicks home color scheme and did not use radical gradient colors again. However, the All-Star version of the boots are sold in limited quantities, so the price is much more expensive than the official version of UAH.
Wu Huang's first generation signature sneakers will be divided into three versions. The earliest one was the standard version. The All-Star Shop will be sold on the All-Star version. The playoff version will definitely be launched in the playoff version. However, all three versions belong to the first generation, and the technology used is the same. The only difference is that the color scheme is different. Moreover, except for the standard version, the other versions will be limited editions. The value of the collection is much higher than that of the standard version, and the price will naturally be doubled. Ordinary fans cannot afford such sneakers.
It is now the All-Star Game. UA has specially designed two pairs of All-Star boots with different colors, one worn in yesterday's rookie match and tomorrow's main match, using the Knicks' home color scheme; today's three-point competition. Wu Huang is wearing another pair of flame color three-point competition special edition. UA has revealed in advance that once Wu Huang gets the three-point king, this pair of flame color sneakers will be sold 999 pairs worldwide. If Wu Huang cannot get the three-point king, UA will not sell this version of UAH. There will only be two pairs in this world.
As of the end of January, Wu Huang's Uah had sold more than 30 million in sales worldwide, narrowing the gap with James and Kobe again. However, even so, Wu Huang is still nine streets away from Jordan, who has retired. The latter's sneakers sold more than 30 million in sales in a month, which is higher than Kobe, James and Wu Huang.
Although Michael Jordan has retired for many years, the leader's influence is still huge. In the 2O1O ESPN selection, he was still the "most popular athlete". His sneakers sales are more than the top ten players in the total, and it has been like this in the past decade, which shows the leader's influence on a global scale.
In fact, since the mid-1980s, Jordan's sneakers have been in the sales position. Now, for every two pairs of basketball shoes sold in the United States, one pair is Jordan's brand, and Jordan makes more than 50 million US dollars in profit every year.
There are three players participating in the hoe shooting game, namely Celtics player Rajon Rondo, Sacramento rookie Omi Casby and defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
Durant defeated OJ Mayo and Joe Johnson in last year's game to become the first hoe champion.
Hoe shooting is a game introduced in the All-Star Weekend in 2009. The venue is outdoors. The rule of hoe is that the first player chooses a point to shoot. If successful, the next player must shoot in the same position at the same location and must complete the action within 24 seconds. If the latter shoots, a letter "h" will be obtained, and so on. When a player gets all the five letters of "hoe", he will be eliminated. If the first player fails to shoot, the second player will choose the shooting point and shooting method.
Durant was the champion of last year. His opponents this year are Rondo of the Boston Celtics and Casby of the Sacramento Kings. As the champion, Durant took the lead in the field. He stood in the midfield and threw the ball under his back to the basket, but the ball did not touch the basket, which attracted a lot of laughter. Rondo's shot hit the basket, but unfortunately he failed to hit it. The audience felt sorry for it. Casby, who appeared in the end, was also not touched by three players, and all three players got the letter "h".
Durant made another appearance. He easily shot the ball from the left wing close to the midfield. Rondo followed suit and he also made the ball. Casby once again didn't play three times, which attracted the audience's laughter, and he also got the second letter "o". Durant next chose to shoot the ball from the back of the rebound on the left baseline, but Rondo did not complete it. Casby stood on the free throw line and made the ball, and Durant and Rondo both made free throws one after another. The three changed several positions and shot methods, but none of them made the ball. Rondo shot outside the field at the bottom corner on the left. The ball came into the net, and Casby did not hit it, which allowed him to lead the way with "hor".
Because in the next game, Casby missed two consecutive three-pointers, he was eliminated by "hoe". The subsequent game evolved into a three-point competition between Durant and Rondo. Both of them shot 3 points at the top of the circle. After multiple rounds of competition, although Rondo swung at a level, as he missed his 3-point basket, he also lost the five letters of "hoe", and Durant successfully defended the title.
The hoe competition was followed by the skills challenge. Defending champion Derek Ross felt a little uncomfortable after playing yesterday's game. Today, he had symptoms of recovery from his hip injury. To be on the safe side, the Bulls Core missed the game.
The league originally wanted Wu Huang to substitute Ross for this game, but Ross wanted his friend Westbrook to participate in the game instead of him.
Logically speaking, this situation generally means listening to the players' personal opinions, but the league thinks that letting Wu Huang participate can better increase the ratings, and the many sponsors also mean this. In fact, it is better to say that the league's tendency is a strong request from the sponsors!
Compared with the requests of many financial supporters, Ross' personal opinions are of course insignificant, so Emperor Wu received a notice from the alliance.
When Wu Huang was watching the Hoe Competition, he received a notice from the league officials. He originally did not intend to participate in this competition, but his strong recovery ability made him feel tired at all today. Besides, he was selected as a substitute and had not practiced in advance. Even if he lost the game, he would not be embarrassed. If he won, it would be countless praises. It would be okay to sell this favor.
The alliance was very worried that Emperor Wu would refuse the invitation again. After receiving a positive reply, David Stern was happy and thought that he had not had any love for this little guy in vain.
Wu Huang was urgently substituting Rose to participate in the Skills Challenge. The news had already reached the end of the Hoe Competition and the live broadcast seats of fans and countries. Countless Wu Huang fans were excited, especially Asian fans, which was an unexpected surprise for them. This arrangement seemed to have made this All-Star Skills Challenge a peak showdown between the old, middle and light point guards.
Wu Huang, Brandon Jennings, Deron Williams, and Steve Nash. When the host introduced the four contestants in turn, many people seemed to have seen some clues about the trend of the competition.
Four players who participated in the Skills Challenge came to the court after the Hoe competition and warmed up. They also communicated with each other and waited for the staff on the court to set up the props for the game later.
Today, the Cowboys' stadium's attendance rate reached 90,000, almost surpassing the 100,000 viewing record, and this record is expected to be broken tomorrow.
"I'm not very clear about the rules of this competition." Wu Huang was chatting with three other contestants before the game. As he spoke, he said something funny and irritating.
Emperor Wu does have a few small questions about this game. If you don’t ask clearly, it would be unfair to lose the game because of violating the rules of the game in the game. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!