In the absence of an All-Star Second Head, the Bucks still defeated a Western powerhouse like the King under the leadership of He Li.

This made the team that originally wanted to take advantage of the incomplete lineup of the Bucks and take advantage of the situation and lose other ideas. If they want to defeat the Bucks, they can only play a game with the Bucks with real swords and guns.

"The Bucks are worthy of He Li's parent team. The Bucks' management knows best what kind of strength He Li has!

They traded Michael Reed, not to weaken the Bucks.

Perhaps they, like most fans, want to witness the miracle that He has created with all their strength!”

"We all know that He Li can score 40 in the finals.

But it is obviously impossible to get He Li to play like this in the regular season.

There are 82 games in the regular season. Even though He Li has excellent physical fitness, he will still run out of it.

But fortunately, He Li has no All-Star defender helper like Michael Reed.

We finally witnessed He Li who was doing his best once again!”

"He Li had already turned on 30 mode two days ago, and now it is 40 mode. Let's continue to look forward to whether He Li will turn on 50 mode?"

Before the All-Star Game began, the Bucks attracted a lot of attention in the league.

Of course, for the Bucks, it was really a mess, and it was so unlucky.

With Reed's departure, if the Bucks want to win the game, they have to rely on the core strengths of He Li, Payton, Karl Malone and others.

Although rookies such as Wade have grown up, the stability of rookies has always been a problem.

The veteran has enough stability, but lacks vitality and is out of place for the update show.

At this time, He Li stood up and scored 30 efficient scoring data per game with 20 shots per game while keeping the plan to train rookies unchanged.

However, just as the Bucks continued to move forward in a stable record, Payton suddenly suffered an old injury.

This is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the Bucks.

After trading Kassel and Alstom, the Bucks had a lack of point guards.

Payton's old injury relapsed, and the Bucks had to pay attention to it.

Although the injury is not serious and Payton can play with injuries, it is okay for the Bucks to enter the playoffs this season. What is important is how far they can go in the playoffs.

There is no doubt that the Bucks' goal this season is still the championship.

Therefore, Payton's injury cannot be taken lightly.

Injuries are a topic that NBA players cannot avoid.

Especially for veterans, even if they recovered from injuries at that time and felt healed, they might be injured again in the same area after a while.

The repetition of old injuries is a key issue that tortures players and consumes their energy.

He Li himself was also injured, so he naturally supported Payton to recover his injuries first and then play for the Bucks.

Having said that, Penny Hardaway has not yet arrived at the Bucks, and Payton is lying down, and the only thing that the Bucks can control the ball, is He Li who can organize it.

If someone on the team can take on the heavy responsibility of scoring, there is no problem for He Li to be the organizer.

But, however, the Bucks also have some problems in scoring.

Then, as the team's number one scorer and organizer, He Li will be under great pressure.

Fortunately, He Li is still young. If he only played for a while, he could still hold on.

So, in the three games before the All-Star Weekend, He Li started 40 modes and scored 45 points, 42 points and 46 points respectively.

The final record was two wins and one loss, and the only loss that lost was to the Pistons, who were both in the five tigers.

It has to be said that the situation in the East this season is grim.

Not only the Celtics and Pacers have already squeezed into the championship sequence, but the Pistons, who quietly built the championship team, have also entered this echelon.

In addition, there were 75 people who were eyeing the Eastern Conference Final.

If the Bucks still wanted to sweep their opponents to win the championship like they did in the previous two seasons, it would be absolutely delusional.

Faced with such a situation, He Li is also under pressure as the leader of the Bucks.

Fortunately, I finally ended up with the All-Star Weekend and had some time to breathe.

As for the All-Star Weekend, Penny Hardaway and Joe Johnson will also officially join the Bucks.

Not to mention how Joe Johnson integrates into the Bucks offensive and defensive system, the arrival of Penny Hardaway can solve the urgent need for Payton's absence.

At least someone can help He Li share the pressure on ball control and organization, so that He Li can continue to turn on the 40 mode and lead the team to continue moving forward.

If conditions permit, He Li also wants to compete for the scoring champion this season.

Now some of the personal hard honors that He Li lacks are score kings and dopy.

Back to the topic, in mid-February, the eye-catching 2004 NBA All-Star Weekend kicked off in Los Angeles.

Like in previous years, the first rookie challenge was to be held.

The first-year and second-year teams were led by their No. 1 pick.

From the beginning of the game, it was very interesting.

James took the initiative to run to the center circle and jumped the ball with Yao Ming. Yao Ming didn't seem to care too much. He was negligent when he jumped the ball. He was prepared and was quickly bounced to the ball first to help the first-year team grab the ball rights.

Then James and Anthony played a very tacit cooperation, and the first attack was completed by Anthony's dunk.

But soon, Anthony also found an opportunity to make a ball for James, giving James a lot of opportunities to perform dunks.

Because first-year players have a more talent and score frequently on fast breaks, the gap between the two teams was quickly widened.

Seeing that the second grader was so dizzy that he was beaten by the first-grade rookie under the leadership of Yao Ming and Xiao Si, Boozer couldn't help but stand up, seized the power of the class, and re-led other second-grade players.

With the cooperation of Ginobili and others, Boozer scored an efficient shooting percentage of 4 shots in the inside, quickly narrowing the gap to about 4 points.

The coaches of the rookie challenge tournament usually do not call for a timeout, but just wait for the official timeout to advance the ads, so the second-year team quickly took off under Boozer's leadership.

Although the talent of the second-year team is a little less, they are a year older in the league after all.

Maybe they couldn't control the situation against the wind, but they beat the dog in the water in the wind but had a lot of experience.

Soon, Sir, Prince and others also showed their strengths. By the end of the first half, the second grade took a 6-point lead.

In the second half, James wanted to lead the first-year players to turn defeat into victory.

However, perhaps because of the fact that there were too many dunks in the first half, James, who originally had good shooting, made extremely bad shots in the second half.

All of the first four shots were hit, and in the rookie challenge, James only had a few shots!

To be honest, the opportunity has been given to James, but James is useless!

Is there any way?

James, who originally wanted to turn the tide and become a savior, could only stand aside and watch Anthony, Milicic and Wade continue to chase points with their personal strength.

But in the end it was still useless!

The second graders are mainly inside players, while the first graders are mostly outside players.

The second grader set up a joint defense, and the first grader attack stopped instantly.

On the other hand, the main players in the second grade played first-year players in the inside, but the attack was not difficult.

Boozer and Sir have been successful in the inside and constantly refreshing the team's scores.

However, Yao Ming, who should have shined on the court, did not play too much.

Yao Ming only played for more than ten minutes throughout the game, and the final data was average, with only 6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block.

However, this is not because Yao Ming is lazy, nor because Yao Ming is not fighting well enough, but because there is a reason for the matter.

After all, Yao Ming is different from the rookie challenge rookie, Yao Ming is already an All-Star center.

This year, just like last year, Yao Ming entered the All-Star Game as the starting center of the Western Conference.

Therefore, the humble Yao Ming gave up his playing time in the rookie challenge and distributed it to other second-year players.

Yao Ming himself can also accumulate energy and prepare to have an amazing "bright" in the All-Star Game.

"Dwyane, you kid almost affected me to get the MVP!" Boozer said to Wade beside him.

Boozer and Wade are both Bucks players and also participated in this rookie challenge together, but in the rookie challenge, the two changed from teammates to opponents.

Originally, neither of them was the core of each other's players, but because other core players did not perform well enough, opportunities were for those who were prepared.

Both of them seized the opportunity, but they had a bit of a domineering look, and eventually led each other's teams to move forward towards victory.

Fortunately, Boozer is still better at his skills.

Boozer quickly gained the trust of the sophomore coach and players with his identity as the only champion on the court.

The first-grade lineup is indeed weak in the inside, and Boozer's main strength lies in the inside offense.

After He Li focused on cultivating Boozer's ability in this area, Boozer has already initially possessed the strength of a star.

Therefore, Boozer, who has a lot of ball rights, scored 32 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in the rookie challenge.

Compared with Sir, who had 24 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists, Ginobili, who had 21 points, 4 assists, and Prince, who had 18 points, 6 rebounds.
To be continued...