Chapter 1542 1541. Special Performance Part 1 (Asking for Monthly Votes)

Originally, Liu Mang just wanted to have fun. As long as he didn't do pole dancing, this activity would still be fun.

As the NBA took it so seriously, he also took it seriously.

Liu Mang didn't want to lose this kind of "promotional film" competition that the whole world would watch.

Originally, on the 18th and 19th, the days of the rookie competition and the three-event competition, Liu Mang, McGrady, and James had to participate in some NBA activities, but this time the NBA did not arrange any activities for them. The warm-up performance of the "Dancing King Competition", that is, the "NBA Internal Dancing King Competition", was also taken seriously by the NBA. It was a performance to help the National Dance King Competition sound the horn for the finals. Except for taking the makeup photos, the alliance did not arrange for the three to participate in this roundtable meeting.

Everything is for mystery.

The matter of advertising for the "National Dance King Competition" is a confidential matter, in order to surprise the audience in front of the TV when the All-Star Game comes.

The All-Star Game does not need to be warmed up to increase the ratings. Instead, for the "Four Dance Kings", it is a matter of increasing their popularity in this area.

So James and Prince, two dance kings who have made a lot of money by dancing, are so excited, and McGrady, who wants to get a share of the dance, is so excited.

The four dance kings began to rehearse intensively with their dance teams.

The current situation is not very optimistic for the four people. The time is too short. The good news is that the dancers assigned to them are all professional and familiar with the dance style of each "Dance King". Except for Liu Mang who wanted to change the dance style willfully, the other three are all going smoothly.

On the evening of the 18th, the All-Star Rookie Game and the Celebrity Shooting Challenge were played.

The rookies of 2007... When promoting the rookies of 2007 last season, they were compared with the rookies of 84, 96, and 03, but after more than 50 games in the new season, their performance is very average.

Except for Kevin Durant of the Hornets who averaged 17.9 points and 6 rebounds per game, and Al Horford of the Grizzlies who averaged 13.3 points and 10 rebounds per game, the overall performance of the first-year players is not as good as the performance of the 2006 rookies in their rookie year.

Although the rookies of the 2006 class did not score as high as Durant in their rookie season, nor did they average double-doubles like Horford, there were as many as five players averaging 10+ points per game.

Now that the 06 class players are in their second year, the performance gap with the 07 class players is even greater.

Roy and Aldridge almost made the All-Star reserve, as well as Rondo, Gay, Farmar, Brewer...

Although Kevin Durant of the first-year team scored 40 points and 9 rebounds, the second-year Rondo led the team with 15 points, 17 rebounds and 18 assists, and the second-year team beat the first-year team 144 to 115!

With teammates who can run and jump, such as Gay, Shannon Brown, Sefrosa, and Tyrus Thomas; and teammates who can shoot, such as Roy, Aldridge, and Redick, and the opponent is a weak team composed of first-year players, Rondo is simply invincible!

Rondo is also very narrow-minded. He actually got 18 assists in garbage time, breaking the historical record of 17 assists in a single game in the rookie game set by Chris Paul last year.

Three players won the attention of fans in this game. Rondo undoubtedly has no way to score, which is not his strong point. 17 rebounds are the highest in the game, and 18 assists are a historical record.

The second is Durant. Apart from Liu Mang, Durant can get 40 points in the rookie game, and his performance is very outstanding.

Another is Brandon Roy, who scored 29 points with 10 of 10 shots, and he is not like a second-year player.

On the 19th, the difference from the previous All-Star Weekend came. This time the three-event competition day was particularly grand.

There are 6 competitions in total. In addition to the three-way competition, there are also the Shooting Star Challenge, the Mixed Shooting Contest, and the first NBA Development League All-Star Game to be arranged during the All-Star Weekend.

This year's three-way competition is quite interesting. Kobe, Nash, Peja, Nowitzki, Kapono, and Korver participated in this competition.

Kobe, Nash, and Nowitzki came to participate in the three-point contest at this age, which is inseparable from the nature of this All-Star Weekend. They need such popular superstars to participate in the competition. Who asked Liu Mang and Ray Allen to have no interest at all?

This game has a highlight. Except for Kobe, the three-point shooting percentages of the other participating stars are all above 40%.

Can Kobe break the strongest record of 5 points in history created by Michael Jordan? This record has been for so many years. Except for Payton, it is difficult for others to even get close.

However, it was unexpected that Nash was eliminated with only 9 points in the preliminary round, and Nowitzki and Korver both scored only 14 points. The three were not suitable for this kind of competition. Kobe, on the other hand, entered the final with 15 points...

And Peja and Kapono both entered the final with 26 points.

In the final, Kobe was the first to lose hope of winning the championship without suspense. He made 9 straight shots and ranked last with 11 points.

Kapono narrowly defeated Peja with 25 points in the final to defend the three-point contest champion!

Peja felt that something unspeakable had happened with the Huskies. When he participated in the three-point contest, he met Ray Allen in 2001, and Liu Mang was there to compete for the championship in 2002 and 2003. Now Liu Mang and Ray Allen are not interested in the three-point contest. He came to participate in the three-point contest again to win a championship, but he met Kapono for two consecutive years!

Compared with the three-point contest, fans of the slam dunk contest missed Liu Mang and Carter. Gerald Green, who only had nine fingers, defeated Dwight Howard and Nate Robinson and won the dunk king.

After seeing Nate Robinson perform one action more than 20 times, the league is ready to change the rules.

The Skills Challenge is more interesting than the Slam Dunk Contest. Kobe, Wade, Kidd, Harris, Paul, and Deron participated in the competition. Except for Harris, the other five stars are very popular.

Kobe and Wade were both eliminated in the preliminaries. I don't know what they were thinking. There was a link where they had to pass the ball. As a result, both of them dribbled the ball and rushed for layups, as if the pass button was broken.

Kidd failed in another layup. It was incredible. He only made it on his third layup...

In the end, Deron defeated Paul by five seconds and won the skills challenge.

The All-Star Game of the Development League... In terms of the viewing experience of the game, it is still very good, but the stars are really not famous, but the game is still very lively...

Because of the All-Star Weekend, the number of people in New Orleans began to increase on the day of the rookie game. By the day of the main game, there were tens of thousands more tourists in New Orleans.

Bars, clubs, hotels, and B&Bs near the New Orleans Arena all use discounts and promotions to compete for consumers. This is something you cannot see in other All-Star Weekend host cities. Others just don’t increase prices.

There is nothing here in New Orleans now. There are only a lot of rooms in hotels and B&Bs, which can accommodate more than ten or two hundred thousand people. After many people's houses were rebuilt, they were rented directly to chain B&B companies.

On the afternoon of the 20th, Liu Mang took San Niu, Liang Zai and others to the New Orleans Arena to meet up with his dance troupe.

Levia and Alexia took their two children to the lounge to chat with the wives of the Eastern All-Stars, while the little Loli followed Liu Mang for the final rehearsal.

On the 18th, Liu Mang just taught the dance moves to the dancers, and also recorded all the moves and asked NBA officials to burn them into CDs, and the members of the dance troupe went back to learn them.

When Liu Mang returned to the villa that night, the little Lolita who woke up in the morning and found out what Liu Mang was doing kept pestering him and insisted on dancing together...

Liu Mang couldn't resist, so he agreed.

From Levia and Alexia, Liu Mang learned that the other three "Dance Kings" were very serious in the past two or three days. The two girls learned from their wives that these three guys were still studying in the middle of the night. Liu Mang has also been very serious about dance steps these two days.

The little loli seems to have quite a talent for dancing. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the dance is not too difficult. She has practiced pretty well. In less than two to three hours, the All-Star Game is about to begin. Now we have to Go to the final rehearsal.

Originally Liu Mang was not that serious. Even if the other three were serious, he didn't really care.

However, seeing the new tasks on the task list, Liu Mang had to take it seriously...

"Celebrity Series Mission: Become a Dancer."

"As a dance partner: I won the pre-game performance before the 2008 All-Star Game in New Orleans, and became a special guest of the first "All-American Dance Championship", establishing my place in the literary and artistic circles."

Surprisingly, Liu Mang's "Celebrity" triggered the first mission.

A positive image is important to becoming a celebrity.

Even if he is known as "shameless" on the playing field, his image must be positive outside the field. There can be many things that are criticized, but in terms of the overall image, it must be positive.

The "National Dance King Contest" that helped rebuild New Orleans was judged by the system as something that could enhance the image.

This was the beginning of Liu Mang's desire to "leave his name in history". As the saying goes, both culture and style blossomed...

As for the All-Star Game...

For Liu Mang, it is enough to be selected. If there is nothing else, it doesn't matter if he has fun. Since there are other things...

The four "Dance Kings" all have the same idea now...

"What's the point of the All-Star Game? It's not as fun as dancing!"

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"Ladies and gentlemen, fans in front of the TV, this year, our All-Star Weekend is completely different from the past All-Star Weekends. Today, we invite..."

After the entrance ceremony of the 24 All-Stars, the host took advantage of the frenetic atmosphere after the stars entered and began to announce tonight's surprise program. When the host said, "NBA superstars will dance tonight." , the scene was completely exciting!

The pre-match performances of the four "Kings of Dance" were not revealed before, but now they are suddenly mentioned. Although we don't know who is going to dance, the dance shows of NBA players are always the focus. The fans feel so surprised!

First of all, it’s the Grammy Award winner’s singing show. Amy Winehouse won four major awards at this year’s 50th Grammy Awards: Best Female Vocalist, Best Record, Best New Artist, and Best Song. came to perform her award-winning song "Rehab."

When a certain No. 24 player was on stage performing a Grammy singer, his attention was not on the singer. He was looking for the three Eastern Conference All-Stars and found that they had disappeared!

The little blacksmith is so angry!

I don’t want to play with him!

Player No. 24 is still very confident in his dancing skills, but he has never had the opportunity to display them.

The best opportunity to show off his dancing skills is to ask Liu Mang for help, but as the same player No. 24, the little blacksmith is not as generous as Liu Mang, so he has always been embarrassed to speak out.

But the little blacksmith felt that he had hinted it many times!

Equally angry is a fat man whose career can never be completely separated from the little blacksmith...

After Grammy winner Amy finished singing, all the stages and instruments on the court were removed. During the removal process, the host came out again.

Looking at the card in his hand, the host looked at the "poetry"-like script and secretly cursed who the bastard wrote it, but he could only read it like this:

"He is a talented player who entered the NBA in 2002..."

After a sentence is read, a three-second pause is marked at the end.

When the fans heard this, they immediately started cheering and shouted "Death".

The lighting engineer put the spotlight on Yao Ming on the sidelines at the right time, and Yao Ming was stunned.

"Are you asking this giant to do an impromptu dance? I only know a little bit of square dancing!"

Just when everyone's eyes were focused on Yao Ming, the host started reading the script again.

"He is a champion, and his arms have built the strongest defense in the NBA..."

This is more like Yao Ming. Yao Ming's effective defensive efficiency in the three-second zone ranks second in the paint this season, second only to Kevin Garnett and higher than Duncan.

Only two people were unhappy. They both said that even if O and K left, their hands would often show the same nicknames they used to have. Both of them knew that they were definitely not talking about Yao Ming.

But other people shouted louder for Yao Ming. Yao Ming was at a loss and no staff came to call him! , it doesn’t matter if he steps forward, and it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t step forward.

"He has an inseparable relationship with the best player in the world, Ace Liu. Although they are not on the same team, they both regard each other as teammates forever."

After the host finished speaking, he paused again, this time for five seconds.

This is so obvious, Liu Mang and Yao Ming are teammates on the national team!

The cheers at the scene reached a boiling point, and many fans stood up and cheered for Yao Ming.

Yao Ming, as the strongest traditional center now, is very well-known in the United States. Centers are always favored, just like the second "Great Emperor" in the future. As long as traditional centers play well, they will be better than the jumping types that are currently rampant in the league. Center forwards are more popular.

Moreover, Yao Ming is still with the Lakers, and the attention is much higher than when he was with the Rockets.

Yao Ming now has to stand up even if he doesn't want to stand up. He regards this as a "surprise prank".

Just when Yao Ming was about to stand up in response to the call from the scene, the host said: "He is the dancing king of the NBA: Tayshaun Prince!"