This is the first time in the contemporary basketball era that a rookie has been selected as an All-Star for the third consecutive year.

The title of All-Star player is very important. Election and having All-Star strength are also two different things. If you are elected as an All-Star, that is, an All-Star player. Whether you are a member of the All-Star player, whether you are discussing contract renewal with the team or talking about endorsement fees with the sponsor, it will be beneficial.

Iverson's All-Star selection in the rookie year has gained more attention, but there is no doubt that it will also allow him to be treated equally with O'Neal, Grant Hill and Zhang Hao in the rookie season and become the targets that other superstars want to bully.

Public opinion generally believes that Iverson's next game will not be better, because Iverson's performance in the rookie season is indeed quite different from O'Neal, Grant Hill and Zhang Hao.

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After the Lakers played against the Heat, they took two days off.

The three were selected as All-Stars. Although they were robbed of the most important limelight by Jordan's vote king and Iverson's rookie All-Stars, they were also quite eye-catching.

But, some people are happy and some are worried.

Kenny Anderson was still a little depressed. He was also an All-Star back then! Although he was selected for both retirement from Jordan and Isaiah Thomas that year, he was also popular at the time.

But fortunately, he was selected for the All-Star that time, and he was defeated.

And O'Neal was really depressed.

He was an All-Star in the first four years of his career, but in the first year he came to the West, he was crushed by Olajuwon.

On February 2, the Lakers ushered in a home game against the Washington Bullets.

Before the All-Star Weekend, the Lakers' remaining three games were home games, and the game against the Bullets was the first home back-to-back game.

At 6:10 pm, after the two teams warmed up and entered the stadium, Zhang Hao was speechless when he looked at the depressed O'Neal.

What a big deal! Isn’t it just that I’m not selected as an All-Star?

Zhang Hao was about to comfort the fat maniac, and came to O'Neal and asked, "Mr. O'Neal, what does it feel like not being selected as an All-Star?"

FU…!

O'Neal was about to go wild on the spot.

Really, Zhang Hao really wanted to comfort O'Neal. Yesterday, he prepared for the game tonight, and he could see O'Neal's face collapsed in the morning.

However, when Zhang Hao blurted out that when he came to O'Neal, he was the problem.

Because, he became an All-Star in the NBA, I don’t know what it feels like…

O'Neal really wants to squeeze the dog head of the second-grade bastard in front of him!

But, thinking about it, I was still pointing at this guy and winning easily and happily, so I endured it.

However, he was anxious not only because he lost the All-Star selection. That, there is no way. He was injured during the key All-Star voting. It just so happened that Olajuwon performed well in December and January, averaging 24 points, 9 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. He was also the highest-achieving center in the league today, so he was convinced.

What he was most anxious about was that even the All-Stars couldn’t enter!

Seeing that the fat man ignored people, Zhang Hao felt that he had been a little too much just now...

Turning his brain, Zhang Hao quickly analyzed O'Neal's anxiety and said, "Ahem, I think Mr. O'Neal, you don't have to worry about not being able to enter the All-Star. Even if you only played 30 games, your performance is still the best of all centers in the league."

Finally said something human! O'Neal was in a much better mood.

Not to mention, O'Neal cared about Zhang Hao's praise. In his mind, Zhang Hao was enough to become his competitor, so he disliked Zhang Hao so much, just like when he saw Anthony Hardaway.

But I still don’t want to pay attention to this guy because he was selected as the All-Star!

Zhang Hao had no choice. He had tried his best to comfort him, but he ignored him and he ignored him.

Actually, it's good. When it comes to the playoffs, O'Neal will probably play harder when he looks at the All-Stars.

Soon, at 6:30 pm, the Lakers and Bullets game started.

In the last fight, Weber, Juwan Howard and Rhode Strickland three major stars went wild together, and the Lakers were beaten.

That time, it was the same as the Lakers' own condition. In addition, it was a little relaxed when facing a team that was not very strong or was not a competitor. The Lakers lost. In this regard, Lakers players always kept their grudges.

This time, it was the Lakers' turn to go out collectively!

O'Neal is really a magical player. More than a week ago, he weighed 140 kilograms and needed a long time to adapt. By this morning, Zhang Hao saw O'Neal's weight recovered to 134 kilograms.

He regained his flexible style of play, because he had to vent his vent and work hard when he lost the All-Star. O'Neal played 17 minutes in the first half, made 9 of 9 shots, plus a free throw of 6 of 10, making 231 cm high. George Murraysan, who weighed 137 kilograms, wanted to do it, and 24 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks in the first half!

Under O'Neal's leadership, the Lakers led the Bullets 71-50 at halftime by 21 points.

O'Neal rested the entire half in the second half. Zhang Hao and Kenny Anderson played for a while in the third quarter and went down to rest. Barkley and the Magic were on the court and played for a while until the fourth quarter before going to rest.

After scoring 71 points in the first half, the Lakers scored 58 points in the second half, 58-48 in the half.

In the end, relying on O'Neal's 24 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, Zhang Hao's 16 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks, the Magic's 8 points and 5 assists, Barkley's 26 points, Kenny Anderson's 11 points and 7 assists... The Lakers slaughtered the Bullets 129-98 and completed their revenge!

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Led by O'Neal's venting performance, the Lakers defeated the Bullets and improved their record to 36 wins and 10 losses. On the next day, on February 3, the Lakers ushered in a home back-to-back game with the Kings.

As the All-Star weekend is getting closer, coupled with O'Neal's performance of running wild yesterday and the last two games against top teams in December, Lakers players are becoming more and more motivated.

Although the Lakers were back-to-back games, the Kings did a pretty good offensive performance tonight, scoring 109 points in the game, but the Lakers played better off!

Zhang Hao scored 35 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists in 31 minutes, O'Neal scored 20 points and 8 rebounds in 30 minutes, Barkley scored 22 and 16 points, Doug Christie scored 14 points, and Kenny Anderson's 7 points and 14 assists... The Lakers scored 117 points in the whole game.

117 to 109, the Lakers steadily defeated the Kings and improved their record to 37 wins and 10 losses.

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After playing back-to-back at home, there was only one game left before the Lakers All-Star weekend.

February 4th, the holiday day, tomorrow, the Lakers will play against the Bulls at home.

Unlike before back-to-back after the Christmas game, this time, the Lakers, which only had a day off, did not arrange a pure rest, but resumed the rhythm of the early season, gathered at 9 a.m. to prepare for tomorrow's game with the Bulls.

42 wins and 7 losses... Zhang Hao really felt his scalp tingling when he looked at the Bulls' record.

The Bulls played two more games than their Lakers and lost three less games!

The Bulls this year are too stable! Every game they lose is worth studying.

After the tactical meeting and preparation training, Lakers players concentrated in the lounge. O'Neal operated the mouse that was like a lighter in his hand, refreshing the NBA official website, and the TV was also broadcasting the midday news of CNY.

O'Neal's personality is very popular in the team, and his teammates are waiting to see the results of this year's All-Star substitute. By the 1st, the coaches of each team had already completed the official telephone voting of the league one after another.

At 12 noon, when CNY's midday sports news switched to the press conference of live footage at the NBA headquarters, the NBA's official website was updated first.

Zhang Hao is still quite uncomfortable with this. The online information comes earlier than the live broadcast...

The Internet penetration rate is not that high these days.

O'Neal quickly clicked on the web page, took a quick look, and jumped up with excitement!

"Hahahaha... I was selected as the All-Star after playing 31 games!"

O'Neal laughed excitedly. Although he was not selected as the All-Star, he was selected as the substitute after playing 31 games, which is also very awesome.

The teammates were all trying to make O'Neal treats, and O'Neal responded excitedly.

O'Neal was very excited, while Zhang Hao felt that this was expected.

David Robinson was injured. O'Neal performed the best in other centers in the West, and Olajuwon was the most popular. Although O'Neal was absent from 16 games, except for O'Neal, Divac, who averaged 14 points, 9 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, can barely be as good as the All-Star tail.

O'Neal's average performance of 24.2 points and 13.1 rebounds per game is much better than Divac. He plays more than a dozen games less than Divac and can also suppress Divac.

However, at this time, Zhang Hao noticed that Kenny Anderson's expression was very frustrated.

Zhang Hao just found O'Neal's name, but didn't pay attention to other names, and looked at the All-Star substitutes again.

In the Western Conference, seven people including O'Neal, Kemp, Malone, Stockton, Richmond, Garnett, Schramff were selected as the All-Star substitute.

In the Eastern Conference, seven people including Mutombo, Mooning, Wen Baker, Chris Webber, Anthony Hardaway, Tim Hardaway, Glenn Rice were selected as the All-Star substitute.

No Kenny Anderson!

This is really not a big deal. Kenny Anderson is definitely an All-Star performance in the first 10 games of the season, averaging 23.9 points and 9.4 assists in the first 10 games. However, as the season deepens and the continuous changes in playing style, Kenny Anderson has played to the present, with averaging 16.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game. It is indeed a little difficult to be selected into the All-Star.

O'Neal was excitedly talking to Brian Shaw and others about the All-Star Weekend, and Kenny Anderson quietly left the lounge.

Zhang Hao looked at this scene and touched his soft beard whose chin was growing vigorously, thinking about something...

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The All-Star Weekend is coming, and the long mid-season is finally over!

In the early stage of the season, fans will be very excited because there hasn't been a game for a long time, but the season is too long. Players have a period of physical and energy fatigue, and fans also have aesthetic fatigue. In addition, the NFL playoffs have attracted a lot of attention.

Up to now, the All-Star Weekend is an event that fans are looking forward to. In addition, the NFL season has ended, and North American sports fans' attention has begun to return to the NBA at the end of January.

The All-Star substitute lineup was announced on February 4. Some people were happy and some were worried, and some were happy and some were scolding.

There are 24 All-Star players every year, but there are definitely more than these players with All-Star level strength. There are always people who think that All-Star players are not selected, and they may be lost again and again.

On February 5, the NBA officially announced the list of All-Star rookie competitions.

In the Eastern Conference, Iverson of the 76ers, Anthony Walker of the Celtics, Camby of the Raptors, Ray Allen of the Bucks, Eric Danpeer of the Pacers, John Wallace of the Knicks, Vitalie Potapanko of the Cavaliers, Corey Kittles of the Nets, Tony Delk of the Hornets were selected.

In the Western Conference, Sharif Raheem and Roy Rodgers of the Grizzlies, Derek Fisher of the Lakers, Stephen Marbury of the Timberwolves, Samaki Walker of the Mavericks, Steve Nash of the Trail Blazers, Lorenzen White of the Clippers, Todd Fleur of the Warriors, Matt Marlonney of the Rockets were selected.

The 96th rookie group is talented enough, and there are several highly anticipated first-round European players who have been selected yet to join the NBA.
To be continued...