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All star salutes Kobe Bryant, and the all star game system has been greatly modified

The 2020 All-Star weekend is approaching. According to the schedule, this year's All-Star game will be held in Chicago from February 15 to 17. NBA officials have recently announced the starting lineup, substitute lineup and rookie lineup. At the same time, in order to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant who regretted his death, the league has also made many changes to this year's All-Star weekend.

In the past, during the All-Star game, players often wore their own team numbers. On February 1, according to American media reports, in order to commemorate Kobe Bryant and his second daughter Jaina, on the day of the All-Star game, the 'alphabet brother' team and James team will wear No. 24 and No. 2 shirts respectively. All players in the former array will wear No. 24 and all players in the latter array will wear No. 2.

In addition, in addition to mourning Kobe Bryant and his second daughter, the jersey of this All-Star game will also be embroidered with 9 stars to remember all 9 victims of the previous plane crash.

As for the competition system of the All-Star game itself, the league officials have also made significant changes to pay tribute to one of the greatest stars in NBA history.

Under the new competition rules, the first three quarters of the All-Star game are scored separately. The scores at the beginning of each quarter are 0-0, and the single quarter game is still 12 minutes; The biggest change is the fourth quarter. The last quarter will be an open-ended challenge. Both sides challenge only one target score, and the one who reaches the score first will win. NBA officials have specifically linked Kobe Bryant, who once wore the No. 24 Jersey, and the target score will be the cumulative score of the leading team in the first three quarters plus 24 points.

In the 24 member lineup of the current All-Star game, James, Paul and others are Kobe's good brothers, 'letter brother' adtokumbo, Lillard, Tatum, dongcic, Trey & middot; Yang and others have received Kobe's careful guidance. Not surprisingly, they will pay tribute to their friends or idols in their own ways.