Chapter 160 The Fabulous All-Star Game(1/2)
The timeout ends and the game continues.
The Western Conference All-Stars made substitution adjustments, replacing Sun Yi, Billups, and Randolph and replacing them with Nash, Durant, and Nowitzki.
The Eastern All-Stars also made substitution adjustments, replacing Gerald Wallace and replacing him with Bosh.
Back from the timeout, the Western Conference All-Stars attack.
Nash dribbled to the top of the arc, waved to the inside, and called for pick-and-roll cooperation.
Stoudemire quickly ran out and set up an off-ball screen.
Lao Na bypassed the screen and broke into the three-point line. Seeing the Eastern Conference All-Stars changing defense, he immediately hit the ball to the ground and passed it out.
After blocking the opponent, Stoudemire quickly went down, received Nash's pass, rushed into the penalty area, jumped into the air, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand.
It was the Eastern All-Stars' turn to attack. Wade dribbled the ball across half court and saw Howard running outside the three-point line and reaching for the ball. He hesitated and passed the ball.
At this stage, the Eastern Conference All-Stars are in the leading position and have the capital to make waves.
Howard received the pass, saw Stoudemire's casual defense, and jumped up to shoot.
The basketball hits the board and bounces into the basket.
After scoring the goal, Howard was very happy. When he retreated from defense, he turned into a happy beast and made a celebration gesture of pointing his finger in the sky.
Looking back, Anthony picked up the ball and hit a three-pointer against James' defense, and responded with a three-pointer.
The Eastern All-Star quickly served the baseline ball and launched a fast break.
Wade quickly dribbled forward, made a forward change of direction to shake Nash away, broke into the three-point line, took advantage of the Western Conference All-Star team's defensive footing, rushed to the basket and scored a layup.
Ball transition, Western Conference All-Star offense.
Nash dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, suddenly shot a cold arrow, and shot a three-pointer.
Bang!
The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!
Howard grabbed the defensive rebound, found Wade immediately, and passed the ball over.
After receiving the ball, Wade quickly sprinted forward. Just after halftime, he saw his good brother running out of the opportunity and immediately hit the ball to the ground and passed it over.
James, who was running fast, received the pass, took a big step, jumped up hard, swung the ball around with one hand and then dunked it into the basket.
The audience burst into thunderous applause, and cheers and shouts resounded throughout the arena.
It was the Western Conference All-Stars' turn to attack. Nowitzki came to the mid-range area on the right, received the pass, turned over and hit a jumper.
Immediately afterwards, Joe Johnson continued to add firepower from the outside and hit a three-pointer, opening the point difference to double digits.
Seeing that the score was widened, Nash slowed down the offensive rhythm and took his time dribbling the ball to outside the three-point line to organize the attack.
Durant ran to the mid-range area on the right side and leaned on Joe Johnson to reach for the ball.
It's very easy to beat Joe Johnson in isolation with his height and wingspan.
At the same time, Anthony, who was outside the three-point line on the left, was also reaching for the ball.
His condition was really average before, but now he has regained his touch and feels that it is his turn to perform at the critical moment.
Nash was a little confused when he saw this situation and didn't know who to pass it to.
Durant was a little embarrassed about this. He understood Sun Yi's feelings very well before, so he immediately put his hands down and ran towards the outside to open up space for his teammates.
Lao Na breathed a sigh of relief and passed the "hot potato" in his hand.
Anthony received the pass and made a three-threat move. Seeing that James was indifferent, he immediately started to break into the penalty area.
James let his guard down and didn't defend with all his strength.
Melo took the lead and passed James and came to the mid-range area on the left. Seeing Howard rushing back to the basket, he directly stopped and hit a jump shot.
On the bench of the Western Conference All-Stars, George Karl smiled when he saw the scene on the court.
Anthony finally returned to normal, and it was worth his efforts to create opportunities to win MVP.
On the court, James missed a mid-range jumper. Howard grabbed the offensive rebound and scored in the second attack.
It's the Western Conference All-Star's turn to attack, and Anthony is still in charge of singles.
Melo started quickly, got rid of James' defense, rushed into the penalty area and prepared for a dunk.
However, Howard didn't realize that something was wrong. He quickly came to help defend and slapped the basketball out of Anthony's hand.
James grabbed the basketball, observed his teammates, and passed the ball forward with a long pass.
Wade, who was on the fast break, received the pass, rushed to the basket, and ended the fast break with a civilian layup.
When it was the Western Conference All-Stars' turn to attack, Anthony was very unconvinced and reached for the ball again.
Seeing this situation, Nash felt helpless and passed the ball.
Melo received the pass and immediately started the breakthrough.
This time, James didn't let his guard down too much and quickly moved sideways to defend, preventing Anthony from getting past him easily.
Anthony did not stop and continued to break through, but was unable to squeeze away from James. He could only stop and jump to shoot.
James also stopped the car and straightened his arms to interfere.
"Dang!"
The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!
Under the basket, Howard grabbed the defensive rebound, passed it to Wade for dribbling, and then quickly ran towards the frontcourt.
After Wade received the ball, he ran towards the frontcourt as quickly as possible. When he saw his teammates running out of opportunities, he immediately passed the ball over.
Joe Johnson received the pass and took advantage of the Western All-Star team's defensive footing to hit a mid-range jumper.
"The point difference is almost 20 points. If we keep playing like this, there will be no suspense about the result of the game. We can just announce the winner of the All-Star MVP." Barkley joked.
"George Karl should make adjustments. After all, fans all over the world are watching, and he doesn't want to be embarrassed!" Kenny Smith agreed with a smile.
On the bench of the Western Conference All-Star Team, head coach George Karl frowned.
He did not expect such a situation to arise.
If he creates the largest point difference in an All-Star game, he will forever be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
Immediately, George Karl made substitution adjustments, replacing Anthony and Stoudemire and replacing them with Sun Yi and Duncan.
The Eastern All-Star team also made substitution adjustments, replacing Wade, James and Howard with Rondo, Pierce and Horford.
After substitutions and adjustments, the Western Conference All-Stars attack.
Nash dribbled forward and came to the top of the key to organize the attack.
Sun Yi quickly stepped out of the perimeter and prepared to catch the ball and shoot.
Pierce, who was pursuing the defense, failed to intervene in time, giving Sun Yi an open three-point opportunity.
When Nash saw this, he immediately passed the ball.
Sun Yi picked up the ball and shot a three-pointer.
A swish sound!
Hollow into the net!
Immediately afterwards, Joe Johnson's mid-range jump shot was severely interfered by Durant.
Sun Yi grabbed the defensive rebound. Seeing that no one stepped forward to block it, he quickly advanced towards the frontcourt and launched a defensive counterattack.
Durant and Nash understood the situation and quickly started rushing towards the frontcourt.
Sun Yi dribbled to the outside of the three-point line, made a fake move to dodge Pierce, who came forward to defend, and quickly rushed into the three-point line.
Horford and Bosh quickly retreated to the penalty area to defend.
Seeing this situation, Sun Yi immediately distributed the ball with the bonus effect of the badge [Dealing Cards from the Top of the Arc].
Nowitzki, who was outside the three-point line on the right, received the pass and hit a three-pointer.
"The Western Stars played tacit cooperation and hit two consecutive three-pointers to narrow the point difference to less than 10 points. This game is full of suspense again." Kenny Smith analyzed.
"If George Karl had played Sun earlier, I think the score would have been overtaken by now." Barkley defended Sun Yi.
On the field, Horford attacked the inside but was blocked by Duncan and failed to score.
Duncan grabbed the rebound, turned around to find his teammates, and immediately passed the ball forward.
Sun Yi, who was on a fast break, received the pass and quickly came to the three-point line. Seeing Durant rushing into the penalty area, he changed his shot to a pass and threw the ball to the basket.
Durant rushed to the basket, jumped up hard, grabbed the basketball in the air with one hand and dunked it into the basket.
The Western Conference All-Star team launched an 8-0 offensive climax.
In the auditorium, the fans burst into deafening cheers and shouts.
This is the game they want to see. What was the point of Naolao Shizi's singles before?
On the bench of the Eastern Conference All-Star team, head coach Van Gundy immediately requested a timeout and called the players back to the bench to adjust.
To be continued...