In the Rookie Challenge, the sophomore team beat the first-year player 155-114.

Yi Jianlian played as a starting first-year power forward, scoring 8 points and 2 rebounds.

Chris Paul recorded a quasi-triple-double of 17 points, 16 assists and 9 steals and won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge.

The moment Paul stood on the podium, Yang Di, James, and Wade stood up and applauded and encouraged.

The camera swept over the three people, and their expressions were the same.

Danny Granger scored 22 points and Monta Ellis also scored 29 points, but alas, Paul's stats are more comprehensive and better, and the loss to Paul is reasonable.

Yang Di noticed that Chris Paul has entered the S- level, since he entered the league last year, Paul has improved rapidly, and if it goes on, by next season, the league will have another supergiant.

It was the evening of February 18 in North America, and it was also the morning of February 18 in China.

Yang Di made a long-distance call to his family, and gave his parents, younger brothers and sisters an early year, wishing them a prosperous Year of the Pig.

The Spring Festival is a traditional festival, and it is also the most important festival in Yang Di's mind, and the longer he stays abroad, the more he values this bond of family and friendship.

The second event of All-Star Weekend is the traditional Saturday night.

On the evening of this day, there will be a mixed challenge, a skills challenge, a three-point contest and a slam dunk contest.

If the Rookie Challenge was just an appetizer, Saturday night was a big dish, and on this night, the All-Star Weekend was in full swing and the attention was several levels higher than yesterday.

Especially the slam dunk contest, although I have been complaining that there is no good slam dunk contest after Carter, the slam dunk contest of each session is still the focus.

In the end, the mixed competition was won by the Detroit Pistons, the trick game Wade defended the title, the three-point game Capono was upset, and won the championship with a high score of 24 points, and the title of slam dunk king was taken away by Gerald Green.

The night of February 19 was the night of the 2007 All-Star Game.

The arena prepared in Las Vegas attracted some celebrities in the entertainment industry in the United States, and the organizers specially held a red carpet ceremony for these celebrities. Former NBA star Barkley was also invited to greet guests at the entrance of the Thomas & Mark Center. Barkley had no choice but to leave the table and go to the stadium to pay respects and hugs to the celebrities who walked the red carpet.

Because it coincides with the Spring Festival, there are not many Chinese stars who come to Las Vegas to participate in the All-Star Game this time, and there are few Chinese faces on the red carpet.

Fortunately, fans mainly watch the performance of Yang Di and Yao Ming.

All-Star East lineup, starters: Arenas, Wade, James, Bosh, O'Neal. The benches were Billups, Hamilton, Carter, Kidd, Caron Butler, Jermaine O'Neal, Dwight Howard, for a total of 12 players. Western All-Star lineup, starters: Kobe, Maddy, Yang Di, Nowitzki, Yao Ming. The benches were Nash, Iverson, Ray Allen, Parker, Duncan, Garnett, and Stoudemire.

Boozer has whined on social media that he thinks he should be selected for the All-Star Game.

Just two days before the All-Star break, he also hit the winning shot to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the East, the Jazz record of 34-18 and the Rockets equal, Boozer has a career-high 21.7 points and 11.3 rebounds this season, shooting 56.1 percent from the field, and can compete with veteran power forwards such as Garnett and Duncan.

But obviously, in the final selection, he was still left behind.

It should be said that the entire Jazz team is a team that is easy to be left behind, and although they have emerged this season and are not slower than the Rockets, everyone is staring at the Rockets and not remembering a Salt Lake City monster.

Sloan has reinvented his pick-and-roll team, with Deron and Boozer gradually reaching the pinnacle of their careers under his tutelage.

In terms of star composition, there are some new faces in the East, such as Caron Butler and Dwight Howard.

Howard is very excited, following Big Brother O'Neal to prank everywhere, hoping to become a representative of the new generation of comics, and the spirit of entertainment is relatively strong.

Such a cheerful and boy-like personality made him gain the recognition of many fans after this All-Star Game.

The pre-game performances were very rich, and the casino first invited two magic masters, Sigfred and Roy, to welcome all the spectators and guests who came to the NBA All-Star Game, and then it was Newton's turn to sing on stage to welcome all the NBA stars.

But it's a pity that Newton is surrounded by more than a dozen Las Vegas girls wearing long red feathers and colorful costumes, which attract the attention of these wolf-like NBA stars.

By the time the starters and substitutes were introduced in turn, the party reached a climax.

Then the lights come on and the clean floor reflects the light, with the red jersey representing the Western Stars and the blue jersey representing the Eastern Stars.

Yao Ming and O'Neill stood in the middle circle and prepared to jump the ball.

O'Neal had an idea and pulled Arenas to the center circle, Yao Ming understood, laughed "haha", got out of the way, and gave Kobe Bryant to stand in front of Arenas, and the two guards began to jump the ball.

But even if he is also a guard, Kobe Bryant's height is much taller than Arenas, and Arenas is really not prepared to have to fight Kobi at this point, and he is known as Peter Pan.

Bryant smirked and jumped to win Arenas to win the first wave of the ball for the Western Conference Stars.

After Yang Di got the basketball, he didn't pass it to Maddie, he dribbled forward, and in front of him was a bunch of the strongest players in the NBA, and the game officially began.

CCTV5 invited Yi Jianlian as the guest commentator on the scene, and Cai Nan and Yu Jia also arrived at the scene.

Yu Jia said with a smile: "It is understood that the 2008 All-Star Game will be held in New Orleans, where the hurricane has been hit. ”

"Yes, but Las Vegas is the entertainment capital, and the players seem to enjoy hosting the All-Star Game in the city." Cai Nan nodded, still commenting with his breaking news-style speech: "In an interview, Hamilton said more directly, he said, "If they can't hold the All-Star Game in Las Vegas every year, then they, the official of the NBA, will hold it here at least once every two years." ””

"That's a high rating for Las Vegas." Yu Jia commented briefly.

Cai Nan said: "That's right, we saw the mayor of Las Vegas sitting with NBA league president David Stern, and there are reports in the United States that Las Vegas may welcome an NBA team that belongs to the city. ”

Yi Jianlian was dumbfounded when he heard the news on the side, which he had never heard of himself.