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Chapter 167 Who Says You Can't "Slash Sharks" During the All-Star Game?

Wang Dalin started his first performance in the NBA All-Star Game with a three-pointer, and also announced to everyone that he, the strongest three-pointer in history, did not have a name for nothing.

Looking back, Duncan and O'Neal played an exquisite cooperation in the internal pass. O'Neal completed the attack with a two-handed dunk, and then showed off his iconic overlord step.

Before he could hold his breath for two seconds, the eastern side immediately launched a fast break. Iverson only killed the inside after receiving Kidd's pass.

When Iverson scored, O'Neal had just run back to the top of the three-point arc in his own half. It can be seen how fast the East's fast break was. Well, it was fast anyway!
The western side still mainly plays inside, this time Duncan is receiving the ball inside again, and Wang Dalin is defending him... No way, he is a power forward in this lineup, it is impossible for Jordan to face Duncan, right?

Relying on his strength advantage, Duncan advanced two steps to the basket, and then leaned on Wang Dalin with his left shoulder and made a hook shot. The ball was there!

Wang Dalin was a little depressed. He felt that if he had worked a little harder just now, he would have been able to defend the ball. The main reason was that the hook shot was too low, like some old court players in China. Not only was his movement slow, but his release point was also very low.

In fact, this is just his illusion, because Duncan is such a player.

Wang Dalin felt that he was only a little short of defending him, but he would know when Duncan attacked next time... or just a little bit!

If he didn't have superhuman strength, how could the system list him as one of the only three S-class superstars in the current league?

In the East, Jordan called a timeout immediately after receiving the ball in the frontcourt. He didn't want to play anymore, so he took the initiative to apply for a rest.

It's not that he's really tired, it's that his knees and shoulders are a bit uncomfortable, and he's really not in a good mood tonight.

After Jordan came back this season, the Wizards' market is indeed much hotter than before, but the team's record has been poor. Although he has worked hard, he always tasted the bitter fruit of failure.

Remember when he was in such a mess when he was in the Bulls?

Once upon a time, they only lost 10 games in a whole season. How cool was it then?

So...Jordan is really not in the mood to play in the All-Star Game. There is no way to be selected into the starting lineup by the fans, but he is also serious about paddling!
In fact, think about it from another angle... If Jordan is really not selected into the All-Star starting lineup this year, maybe he should be disappointed again.

Just like Jordan's last All-Star tour a year later in the original time and space, he really lost the starting lineup, so McGrady and Carter gave him his place.

This time McGrady showed a high emotional intelligence. He offered to give up his starting position to Jordan twice, but Jordan declined.

Jordan also said that sentence-"There is only one person in this league that I can willingly play as a substitute for him, and his name is Tracy McGrady."

Carter was obviously a little behind the scenes. When a reporter asked him if he would give up his starting position to Jordan, he straightforwardly refused, but when the game officially started, people found Carter sitting on the sidelines and Jordan appeared in the starting lineup.

At that time, Carter did not explain why he had to give way to Jordan, and he did not tell the truth until 13 years later when he participated in an interview program——

"I definitely wanted to be voted champion at the time. You know this is very important. You definitely want to be voted champion when you play basketball, but I think the media reports exaggerated what I was going to do or what I should have done.

"That's what I was thinking, I thought it was a smart thing to do, so I walked up to him and offered him the starting spot, but when I said all that Michael said no!"

"He said: No, you should take the starting position you won by relying on your strength!"

"I said: I will never let you sit on the bench and start the game by yourself tonight. Don't do this to me. If you do this, I will never want to be in this league!"

"Even so, Michael was still unwilling to accept this starting position, until I sat on the bench in my training uniform, and I told him: Anyway, I will be a substitute tonight, you can figure it out!"

Regardless of whether what he said is true or not, this kind of behavior is a typical low EQ. He has done good deeds and is hated by Jordan's fans. The popularity of "half man, half god" has plummeted since then.

One more thing, this year Carter missed the All-Star Game due to injury, which was the serious knee injury that made him fall from "UFO" to the level of a human on earth!

Jordan made it clear that he was feeling unwell today and wanted to play less for a while, so Carlisle immediately adjusted the lineup and replaced Pierce.

Carlisle was expressing his attitude. Even if he wanted to help Wang Dalin compete for the AMVP, at least he had to put on a show, and he couldn't clearly show that he favored his disciples.

Pierce smiled at Wang Dalin, the meaning was obvious——"Let's each rely on our own abilities!"

Wang Dalin looked at Kidd at the side, then at Mutombo and Iverson, and thought, "Then each depends on his ability. Anyway, our side is three to two!"

Players from both sides returned to the court. Uncle Mu passed the ball directly to Wang Dalin from the sideline, and then walked into the court to help him cover. Wang Dalin dribbled the ball close to the three-point line, and Garnett stared out.

Wang Dalin saw that Iverson on the other side of the court was in a wide open position, so he passed the ball with a flick of his wrist. Iverson caught the ball and shot it, but he missed the three-pointer.

Wang Dalin couldn't help exclaiming in his heart that it's a pity, if he was allowed to shoot this ball, he would probably score it.

It can be seen that Iverson's three-point shooting is really not good. His three-point shooting rate this season is only about 29%, and he is not as accurate as the "Fat Toutuo" on the bench on the sidelines!
In the All-Star Game, few people could grab offensive rebounds, so "Uncle Mu" didn't try his best. O'Neal took off the rebound and dribbled the ball to the frontcourt... This guy started to play tricks!
He actually initiated a one-on-one challenge to Kidd. In front of the number one point guard in the league, he first showed off two cross-down dribbles, followed by a behind-the-back dribble, and then... he even raised his hand to shoot.

The audience was all laughing, and the players on the field couldn't help laughing. O'Neal deliberately put on a shameful look, covered his face and ran back to his own half.

O'Neill's exaggerated performance this time seems to have opened up everyone's "two veins of Ren and Du", and everyone began to show off their tricks, with various clever passes, empty catches, and dunks one after another.

In front of Garnett, Wang Dalin made a dribbling action that had never appeared in this era, that is "Sam Gold"!
Garnett was caught off guard and was easily swayed by him. After Wang Dalin completed the one-handed dunk, he made a face in front of the camera lens behind the basket.

This scene made the audience burst into cheers. They really had never seen this move in the NBA. Wang Dalin brought them an unprecedented surprise.

In fact, this trick has already appeared in the street court of "Rock Park" in New York, but no one has applied it to the NBA arena.

"Sam Gold" is a dribbling action named after the streetball master Gould Sam Gold, but many people don't know that this action was not invented by him.

As early as the 70s in the European leagues, some players made this move, and then European players brought this technology to the international arena, and gradually more people came into contact with this ghostly extraordinary technique.

In the 90s, although the Internet media was still underdeveloped, anyone who could perform well in New York's Rock Park, the mecca of streetball, could become a star in everyone's eyes.

Sam Gold, who was only a high school student at the time, learned this move by accident. He continued to study this move and used it to make a name for himself at Rock Park.

And the one-handed ball dribbling technique he showed many times crazily detonated the atmosphere of the court, and was soon sought after and imitated by people, and this move was named after him.

Not only has he become a streetball star as famous as Marbury and Alston, but he has also brought this technique to a new level.

One more thing, although Sam Gold's dribbling skills are extremely gorgeous, he has only played 20 games in the NBA, averaging only 3.1 points per game, and was cut by the team when the season was over.

After that, he played in the CBA and won the scoring title in the 2003-2004 season. It is estimated that some old fans still have a certain impression of him.

Wang Dalin staged such a cool dribbling move as "Sam Gold", and other All-Stars were not to be outdone. For example, Tracy McGrady in the East finally showed off the big move of "self-throwing and dunking", which immediately won warm applause from the audience.

I have to say that this trick is really dazzling, showing McGrady's amazing physical talent and delicate skills to the fullest.

There are so many stars on the court, and many of them will become historical superstars in the future. It is true that there are very few physical talents who can reach the level of McGrady. Even Carter is inferior to McGrady in terms of height and wingspan, let alone Kobe and Pierce.

Later generations of James tried the "self-throwing and self-ducking" action. Of course, his physical talent is fine, but the work on his hands is too rough, and he failed to play it twice.Later, everyone pulled away to let him show off, and he finally managed to play once.

It can be seen that this movement is really not something you can do if you want to do it. At least Wang Dalin dare not try it.
During this period of time, everyone was performing to their heart's content, and Kobe also rushed to the basket twice to show off a reverse dunk.

His jumping height is actually not top-notch, but his ability to stay in the air is first-class in the league. This kind of pull-bar reverse dunk in actual combat is really only he can complete so beautifully.

When everyone was keen to perform, maybe everyone didn't notice that the East gradually led the score.

Although they were all performances, the Eastern side obviously made more three-pointers, while the Western side was more keen on dunking. The point difference between the two sides even widened to double digits.

It is true that dunks must have a higher shooting percentage, but you must first ensure that you can break into the basket, right?
Even though this is just an All-Star Game, everyone is just putting on a show on the defensive end, but even if it's a show, it's impossible to completely open the door for you to rush in and dunk, right?
Do you really think that Mutombo, O'Neal, and Big Ben are shameless?

Especially "Uncle Mu" and Da Ben, these two are defensive centers, and there is nothing to show off offensively. If they don't defend anymore, why are they here?

The first quarter ended quickly, the score between the two sides was 41:30, and the Eastern Stars led by 11 points.

The stars on the western side were a little dumbfounded. Everyone had a great time at the performance just now, but after playing it, they saw that the score was so far behind, which was a bit unacceptable.

Especially Kobe, he wants to get the AMVP. If he loses the game, even if he scores 50 points tonight, it will be useless.

Both Wang Dalin and Pierce were very satisfied. They both performed well in the first quarter. Among them, Wang Dalin scored 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, and Pierce scored 12 points and 2 rebounds. They were comparable in terms of statistics.

In fact, Wang Dalin knows that Pierce still has the upper hand, because most of the selection of AMVP depends on who has the higher score.

For example, in the 1997 All-Star Game, Jordan scored the first triple-double in the history of the All-Star Game, but the MVP was awarded to Glenn Rice, who scored higher. It is said that the "old rascal" was very angry afterwards.

So Wang Dalin decided to seize the opportunity to score as soon as he was on the court, and put aside rebounds and assists for the time being.

The second quarter started quickly, and the western side has obviously strengthened their strength on the defensive end. Obviously, they have begun to exert their strength.

Wang Dalin was a little surprised, he didn't expect Kobe to be so impatient, and he was going to start a real fight so soon?

In the previous All-Star Games, everyone basically played in the first three quarters, and didn't start to play until the last quarter. That's why the East Star team staged a big comeback in the last quarter of the last All-Star Game.

Wang Dalin and Pierce originally planned to play in the second half, but now that the West has taken the lead, it is impossible for them to sit back and watch each other easily recover the score, so the two camps in the East have all started to play seriously.

This fight made the audience a little dumbfounded. Pierce and Wang Dalin took turns to attack in the east, and Iverson, Ray Allen and others were not idle, and they all played brilliant offensive performances.

On the western side, Kobe was the only one outputting at full strength. For a while, two fists were no match for four hands.

After halftime, the East led the West by 88 points 72:16, and the audience couldn't help but look at each other... Isn't it that the West is strong and the East is weak?Why does it look like the east side is stronger?

Wang Dalin and Pierce each scored 18 points. In addition, Iverson scored 12 points, Ray Allen scored 11 points, and Davis scored 10 points. Five players in the Eastern Conference scored in double figures in just halftime, so even though Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 24 points in the Western Conference, they were still behind.

Jordan only played 6 minutes in the second quarter and then took a break again. It seems that he is not going to play again in this game... This is probably the least time Jordan has played in the All-Star Game in his career, and the total is about 10 minutes.

During the intermission, Kobe gave a very serious speech to his teammates.

"Guys, now we have to be more serious!"

"I didn't expect that we would fall behind so much in the first half. It's all my fault. I wasted a lot of shots. If I could pass those balls to you, maybe the result would be different!"

"Everyone must cheer up. A mere 16 points is nothing. As long as we work together, we will catch up soon!"

"Shaq, as long as you get into the basket, they can't stop you at all. Don't worry, I will definitely pass the ball to you!"

"Tim, you go inside to fight Darling-Wang, he can't guard you!"

"Kevin, with your height, no one in the East is your opponent at the third position!"

"It's not just because I want to win the AMVP, it's for the honor of all of us!"

"I don't think you guys want to lose to those guys in the East, do you?"

"So brace yourselves, we're going to kick their asses hard... take out the East!"

Kobe's last yell was almost hoarse, and everyone was infected by his passion, even O'Neill was no exception, and they all yelled after him-"Kill the Eastern team!"

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The Eastern Stars players didn't know about Kobe's speech, but Wang Dalin was very clear about Kobe's peeing. He knew that the Western Stars would launch a crazy counterattack in the second half, so he specially reminded everyone.

Pierce nodded after hearing this and said, "Well, Darling is right, we must be careful, I think they are likely to disperse the attack!"

Kidd also nodded and said, "Paul makes sense, so... shall we consider zone defense?"

Everyone looked at Carlisle, and Carlisle smiled and said, "Guys, you can decide for yourself whether you want to play zone defense or not. I don't want to waste my brain in this kind of game!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and after laughing, Wang Dalin said: "Okay, let's fight zone defense, we can't let that guy Shaq cut through our inside line, we'll 'cut the shark' when necessary!"

Iverson laughed uncontrollably: "Isn't it? This is the All-Star game, are you sure you want to deal with Shaq like this?"

Pierce also showed a bit of unbearable expression and said: "That's right, we're a bit too unkind to 'cut the shark' in the All-Star Game?"

Wang Dalin nodded and said: "Who said that the All-Star Game can't 'cut the shark'? Who told him that it's not good to make free throws? If they have the ability, they will also attack us. Everyone will directly compare free throws to see who is more accurate!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and Da Ben asked weakly from the side: "If you're 'cutting the shark', what if they chop me up?"

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(End of this chapter)