All-Star Game

"The All-Star Game officially begins!"

Amid the cheers of Orlando fans, the basketball was tossed high into the air!

"Mine!" Veins bulged across Alonzo Mourning's sharply defined face!

"Damn it!" The instant O'Neal jumped, he realized he was a step too slow!

Against ordinary players, even if he was a step late, O'Neal could still rely on his Superman-like leaping ability to win the tip back.

But the player across from him was a center second only to the Four Great Centers!

Or rather, with Ewing and Hakeem Olajuwon growing old, Alonzo Mourning was one of the league's three best tough-guy centers!

Mourning was deeply obsessed with the Four Great Centers!

At every moment, he dreamed of surpassing them—or joining their ranks.

But the season before last, Ewing had crushed him!!! Giving him a humiliating playoff series.

Last season, the Heat had been overturned by the Hawks. Mutombo completely shut Mourning down and directly reversed the course of the game.

For two straight seasons, the powerful Heat had fallen short, and one major reason was Mourning.

Mourning's nickname was Tough Guy, yet in crucial games over the past two years, he had been anything but tough.

That undoubtedly put his plans of reaching the summit of the league's centers on hold. For now, he was still the league's fifth-best center.

If Dikembe Mutombo weren't only capable of defending, Mourning might even rank behind him.

He couldn't accept that!

Mourning wanted to change the outside world's opinion of him, and he put nearly all his strength into the tip against O'Neal!

O'Neal, meanwhile, wasn't taking it all that seriously.

"Alonzo Mourning! He wins the tip!"

"They're pushing! Grant Hill brings the ball up!"

"Jordan! Penny! Big Dog! The three of them are like three arrows, sprinting madly toward the Western Conference