Four Hundred and Eighty: I Let You 1 Half

On the night of the 15th, the All-Star Rookie Game. Link was sitting in the stands, but he didn't come to watch the game, but to wait for Rachel to get off work.

At the beginning, Link was not very interested in this game. This year's rookie game is completely a dunk show. You deduct one and I'll deduct the other. Link seems to be a little tired of aesthetics.

This kind of dunk is only exciting in an official game. If it's not a dunk in an official game, then it has to be exaggerated like a slam dunk contest.

As for the dunks in the rookie game, there was neither confrontation nor exaggeration. It was really difficult to mention Link's interest.

But the game eventually turned a corner, because last year's top pick Kelly Irving staged two of the most exciting goals in this year's rookie game.

Irving first used a frontal change to sway the Pistons guard Knight, who was defending him, and fell a somersault and made an easy layup. It's just that this time Knight didn't actually look like he was "knocked down", but more like he was knocked down. Irving played like crazy, and it was obvious that he really wanted to stand out from this group of good freshmen.

After this time, Irving didn't let Knight catch his breath. On the next offense, Irving continued to hold the ball. This time, Irving made an extremely realistic cross-step breakthrough.

After shaking Knight's center of gravity, Owen did not break through, but suddenly retreated to the three-point line!

Owen's movements were so beautiful that Link couldn't help but open his mouth. Although Link had seen this scene on TV before, but now, as an expert, watching Owen use this trick, he feels completely different.

I used to think that Owen was handsome, and then shouted "it's awesome".

But now, Link was surprised by Owen's actions. His cross steps were so realistic that Link was wondering if he would be disturbed if he was defending Owen.

I don't know if Link will be shaken, but the poor Brandon Knight must be shaken.

He thought Irving was going to burst, but Irving retreated instead. Knight, who forcibly changed his center of gravity, jumped forward, preparing to block the shot. But because the center of gravity was completely messy, and the footing was unstable, it slipped a bit when pedaling forward.

Just like that, Knight fell straight to the shit. In front of Knight, the Owen Thief gracefully made a three-point shot, and the basketball hollowed into the net!

At that moment, the audience was boiling! Irving knocked Knight down twice in a row in 34 seconds. These two goals were much more exciting than the previous dunks.

Although Knight quickly gave Irving a step-back three-pointer,

But to no avail. In the hearts of fans, Irving has already beaten Knight.

Irving played very seriously today, as he said before the game, "This is an opportunity for everyone to know me."

Although Irving is the No. 1 pick, because Cleveland is a small ball market, and there is no James there now, and the Cavaliers have a smashed record. Therefore, Owen's attention is actually not high. All-Star Weekend is his best chance to improve his reputation.

In the end, although the MVP of the rookie game was won by the successful counterattack of the Nuggets forward "Orc" Faried. But Link can guarantee that the most impressive thing in tonight's game is Irving's two goals against Wright.

Irving is not the MVP of the rookie game, but his purpose has been achieved.

Sure enough, after the game, there was no difference between the number of reporters around Owen and the number of reporters around Faried. I don't know, I thought this year's rookie game was a double MVP.

When Irving faced the camera, he did not hide his proud look at all, "I enjoyed today's game, everyone had a good time. I will do my best in tomorrow's three-point contest, and I will prove that I can also shoot three. Of course, the most exciting thing is the All-Star Game, and I can't wait to play with the best players in the league."

The Irving All-Star Game is scheduled for three days. Kind of like Link, who was also a sophomore last season. But this year's Owen is not as Buddhist as last year's Link.

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"Link, long time no see!"

When Link finally saw Rachel outside the Toyota Center, he held out his right hand. But unexpectedly, Rachel didn't lead Link, but jumped up and jumped into Link's arms.

"Have you missed me recently? I must have missed me. Let's go, let's go to the Gulf of Mexico. I heard that the night view there is beautiful, you must have never been there before." Rachel dragged Link and couldn't wait to walk to the side of the road , she is not at all calm and composed when she interviewed the players just now.

"Gulf of Mexico? I haven't even heard of that place before..." Link shrugged. Although he has traveled around the United States for the past three years, most of the time he travels from the hotel to the arena, from the ball Museum to bus. Although I have traveled to many cities, I have not really enjoyed the scenery of different cities.

The two got into a taxi, went southeast from downtown Houston, and walked along Highway 45 to the end, which is the long and narrow Galveston Island.

After getting there, Link rented a small private yacht and went out to sea. After driving to the middle of the sea and then looking back at downtown Houston, Link was also impressed by the beautiful night view of the Gulf of Mexico.

"It's a pity it's winter now, otherwise, we'd be able to wear swimsuits." Rachel propped herself on the railing on the side of the yacht, her smile hadn't disappeared since seeing Link.

Although it's 11, there are plenty of other yachts around since it's All-Star Weekend.

However, the yachts are far apart, so there is still a lot of private space. God knows what the couples who rented yachts to go to sea did on it.

Anyway, Link and Rachel were just chatting on the yacht and looking at the scenery...

"Do you have any special goals for the All-Star Game the day after tomorrow?" And while chatting, the topic actually returned to basketball.

"Well... there is no special goal, just go and play. I am not particularly eager for the MVP of the All-Star Game." Link spread his hands and participated in the All-Star Rookie for the first time. Game, Link grabbed the MVP. Last year, Link won the three-point championship and broke the record.

But not every All-Star weekend will be as competitive as the previous two years.

"Well, I thought you would be like Kelly Irving. Show yourself on the court. Speaking of which, Irving seems to have a strong desire to win in the All-Star Weekend this year. When the day after tomorrow is the main game, you can Be careful. Maybe he'll do his best to deal with you as he did with Knight."

"Don't worry, I..." Before Link finished speaking, he found that Rachel had actually unzipped her jacket.

Link's heartbeat accelerated instantly, on the yacht? So exciting?

However, Rachel just reached into her jacket and hugged Link, leaning against his warm chest.

Otherwise, what else can you do?

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On the morning of February 16th, the time has come for the players participating in the All-Star Game to engage in public training. Today, there are at least three times as many reporters on the training ground as there were in the rookie game. After all, the twenty or so players in the stadium at this time are the twenty most popular people in the league.

For Link, who has appeared here for the second time as a starter, he has become accustomed to public training.

So even under a bunch of cameras, Link was still doing his own exercises and was completely unaffected.

It wasn't until Kelly Owen walked towards Link that the calm atmosphere was finally broken.

"Hey, Link! How's it going?" Owen and Link greeted each other familiarly, but they didn't know each other personally.

Link watched Owen grin and give himself high fives and handshakes. He always felt that the weasel gave New Year's greetings to the chicken.

"You guys have been fantastic this season Link, and you've been fantastic."

"Thank you for the compliment, Kelly." Link was very cautious, Owen came to him for no reason, there must be something.

"Hey, you're really good, but I'm not the kind of player who gets weak when I see you. Link, let's play a heads-up. There are very few opportunities for us to meet and face each other in the regular season, but I I've always wanted to play with you, what do you think? Well, let's bet $50,000. It's a small amount of money for you, right?" Owen was eager to try, it seems that this guy really wants to do things this year It seemed to him that it was just a warm-up. Now, all-star players have been found.

Link suddenly remembered that Irving had challenged Kobe Bryant in the U.S. national team training camp before crossing the road. But due to various reasons, the two did not make it in the end.

And in the present history, has Owen's duel target become himself?

Many stars who heard the conversation between Link and Irving gathered together after hearing the news, and everyone started to boo. All-stars, naturally, the more fun the better. So it seems that there is nothing wrong with picking up a few balls in training.

This kind of thing happened often before, and O'Neal singled out Jordan's goal like this, and everyone was entertaining.

But Link knew very well that Owen didn't just want to play, that guy really wanted to win!

"See you at the game tomorrow, Kelly."

"No, let's just go 1v1, don't see each other in the game." Irving held on tight.

"Okay then," Link nodded, "I'll give you half of it. If you lose, you only need to pay 25,000. After all, your annual salary is not half of mine."

The audience immediately exploded, and Owen was also shocked.

He didn't expect Link to be so serious.