I really play basketball

Chapter 174 Defending AMVP
In less than half a quarter, the Western Stars led by 10 points.

Penny, who was 4 out of 0, made the most of the contribution. Of course, the most fundamental reason is that Penny has greed that he shouldn't have.

He felt that he had a chance to compete for the MVP of the race, but obviously, he overestimated himself.

Although Pat Riley called a timeout, he stopped, but he didn't know what to say.

If this game is a Knicks game, if Pence is John Starks or Ewing.

After a pause, Riley can casually drill them so that they can't refute.

But this is the All-Star game, and someone with such a high EQ as Riley naturally understands the truth of being a human being.

So he struggled for a long time, and thought of a perfect words——

"Pence, you are a point guard, you have to understand that passing the ball is what a point guard should do..."

On the sidelines, no matter how stupid Penny is, he should understand that if he doesn't pass the ball next, Riley will definitely replace him.

It's not that star players are not allowed to stretch their hips in the All-Star Game, the main reason is that if the score is really too bad, it will be too ugly.

The timeout was quickly over and the game resumed.

After coming back to the Eastern Stars' offense, Penny passed the ball.

It wasn't Danzi who caught the ball. In this game, after Danzi scored 6 points in a row to save face, he really didn't want to play anymore.

The main thing is to keep fighting, it is really not certain who will win.

Even Danzi felt that if the game went on, there would be a high probability that the Western Stars would win the game.

Who made the eastern star team a bunch of crouching dragons and phoenixes?

emmm, the crouching dragon in Danzi's mind is Penny, who has made 4 of 0 shots since the start.

As for Fengchu, it can only be Hill who lost a mid-range shot at the beginning.

Pi Er scored at least one, and Dan Zi believed in his teammates.

He felt that if the Eastern Stars turned defeat into victory, there was a high probability that Pi Er would win the MVP.

The current wave of offense is Pi Er receiving the ball.

He made a breakthrough directly against Fei Zhu, and Fei Zhu, who was playing with an injury, felt a bit embarrassed and didn't try his best.

Pi Er rushed to the basket with ease and made a layup.

Turn around, the West Stars offense.

Lin Xing also slowed down a round and gave the ball to Kemp to do it alone.

When Kemp saw that Lin Xing directly passed him a singles ball, he couldn't help giving him a thumbs up and said: That's interesting, Si Da!

But in the end, Hill, who guarded against him, was very focused and worked hard.

the reason?The Eastern Stars trailed by as much as 8 points.

No matter how inattentively and hard he defends, is he waiting for this All-Star game to lose suspense ahead of time?
Hill, who was concentrating on his efforts, directly defended Kemp's shot. Lin Xing saw that Kemp had a tendency to become a penny.

I thought to myself: Anyway, the singles ball can no longer be given to Kemp.

The East star team grabbed the rebound and turned around to attack. Penny looked at Lin Xing in front of him with deep resentment.

Pi Er circled to the top of the arc, still wanting to fight.

Penny made a long swing and passed the ball to Hill on the other side.

Hill received the ball, but he didn't pass it. Who made him think about the MVP?
Hill did one, and Kemp defended very seriously. He only wanted to hurt each other.

But in the end, Hill passed Kemp, who was too tight in one step, rushed to the basket, and made a layup.

Danzi took a look: Hey, this first step is quite fast, a bit like Lin Xing.

But that's all, if you don't win the vote, you should be Fengchu, and you can only be Fengchu.

The MVP of this race, Hill has no chance.

Why no chance?Because Danzi is too familiar with the process of the All-Star Game.

Generally speaking, at the beginning, those who should release water on both sides will release some water.

There must be no auxiliary defense and supplementary defense, even for a blatant paddling like Barkley, there is no single defense.

But as long as the game reaches the decisive moment, both sides will get serious, and there will be single defense, auxiliary defense and even complementary defense.

As for Hill's style of play without a long-range shot, once he encounters an auxiliary defense and supplementary defense, he will immediately catch him blind.

Hill made a layup, and the Eastern Stars were only 6 points behind.

Lin Xing saw it, this is not good, there are too few leaders, and he feels restless.

He had to consider that there was still a GOAT on the opposite side, which was the biggest unstable factor.

Although Danzi has no idea about MVP, but Pi Er has an idea about MVP.

Danzi is still very happy to help his teammates get an MVP.

Turning around, Lin Xing did one.

This round, Danzi switched his defense back.

Although it seems to be cowardly, Bo Danzi really has a reason.

Lin Xing didn't guard against him anymore, why should he continue to guard against Lin Xing.

And, he has already written the mixed characters on his face, and he has been guarding against Lin Xing, so how can he be messed up?

Since you want to mix, the best way to mix is ​​to defend against Dan Marley, who is not a threat.

If Dan Zi changes back, it will be Penny who suffers the most.

Speaking of single defense, Danzi's single defense can also cause some troubles for Lin Xing.

Penny's single defense is pure gift.

Lin Xing didn't even need to cross steps, just made a straight breakthrough, crushed Penny, rushed to the basket and dunked successfully.

In the commentary seat, Matt Gudica praised Lin Xing: "The slam dunk king will also dunk in the All-Star Game. Star's ball is just beautiful!"

He stepped on Penny again: "In this game, Penny was defeated by Lin Xing on both offensive and defensive ends. The gap between the No.93 of the 1 generation and the second player is too big..."

After Lin Xing made a dunk, the Western Stars' lead returned to 8 points.

After that, there was a long tug-of-war, mainly because Lin Xing didn't want to make things too ugly.

He controls most of the ball rights, but also guarantees the most basic ball rights of Dameng, Barkley and Kemp.

For example, Barkley, at the beginning of the second quarter, he played with the ball for a while, and scored 6 of 3 in a wave.

Counting the score in the first quarter, he doubled his score, and waved his hand towards the sidelines, indicating that he would not play.

Another example is the big dream, which has a similar rhythm.

The difference is that most of Dameng's scores are direct shots from Lin Xing's pass.

The two even performed two big lob shows together, which made the sharks on the opposite side feel a burst of envy.

On the one hand, he was envious, on the other hand, the shark didn't have a good look at Penny.

He remembered back then, when Lin Xing was in the draft.

Although it would be a bit unkind to go over old accounts at this time.

But Shark still wants to say: If only John Gabriel could be more generous back then.

Because Dameng, Barkley and Kemp all got a lot of opportunities.

The offensive success rate of the Western Stars is not that high.

Although Penny can't defend Lin Xing, Hill's defense against Kemp and Pi Er's defense against Barkley are all doing their best.

Barkley and Kemp struck iron for a while, and in a blink of an eye, the Eastern Stars caught up to less than 5 points behind.

Although Lin Xing worked hard, he was no match for two fists.

At the end of the half, the Western Stars led the Eastern Stars by 66 points 62 to 4.

With halftime left in the game, the 4-point gap is really nothing.

It seems that the Eastern Stars have another chance.

During the intermission, Pi Er and Hill were calculating their halftime statistics.

Among them, Pi Er has the support of Dan Zi, and he has been facing Barkley who is always paddling.

He scored the most points of the Eastern Stars with 15 points, plus 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.

Alone, Hill faces Kemp's mutual hurt.

In the half game, he only scored 9 points, but grabbed 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 cap for Kemp.

It seems that Hill is so far behind that he has little hope.

But in reality, even Pi Er had no hope at all.

After all, the Western Conference star team leads by 4 points, after all...

In the Western Conference Star Team, Lin Xing is the only one out there, and no one can compete with him at all.

没人争的情况下，林星半场直接轰下全场最高的20分，还有4个篮板5个助攻1个抢断以及1个赏给便士的大帽。

For Lin Xing, as long as the western team's lead can be maintained until the end of the game, his second consecutive AMVP will be stable.

Therefore, the focus is on the second half of the game.

With a score gap of 4 points, the Eastern Stars can see hope, and the Western Stars also have a sense of urgency.

But no one would have thought that the second half of the game would be truly one-sided.

In the second half, the Western Conference star team directly replaced a group of substitutes.

Old Nelson's substitution was bold, but the main reason was——

Dameng and Barkley don't really want to play. Marley is not capable enough, so he has to change if he doesn't.

So, at the beginning of the second half, Lin Xing delegated power, and Mitch Richmond rushed first.

After that, the general who came up as a substitute for Dameng, although he has a bad relationship with Lin Xing, but they are all professional players after all, and they still have the professionalism they should have.

The general received a few passes from Lin Xing, put Ewing under the basket, and scored all of them.

The reason why the admiral is so professional and works so hard——

For an admiral who thinks he is no worse than Dameng, in this All-Star game, he also needs to score a dozen points, at least in face.

The general scored 11 points in this way, then raised his hands and left the field voluntarily.

No way, who let the African mountains wait behind?
Uncle Mu came up, he was invisible in the offense, but the defense went straight up.

As for the offense, the offense of the Western Stars during this period is all due to Karl Malone, who also just played for a short time.

Lin Xing has greatly delegated power. On the one hand, he feels that he has accumulated enough points.

On the other hand, he knows one thing: If you want a horse to run fast, you have to let the horse eat grass.

Switching to the arena of the All-Star Game, the reason is the same.

To make this group of substitute All-Star teammates do their best, Lin Xing has to let them see that he also has the hope of competing for the MVP.

Just like Mitch Richmond, although he came off the bench, there was no defender in the Western Conference. He played almost the second half of the game.

He scored a lot, but in the blink of an eye, the MVP is still far away from him.

During this time, Lin Xing was not paddling either, and his rebounds and assists soared.

All kinds of strong suppressed pennies, and steals and blocks were also accounted for one after another.

Compared with Rock, who played more than one quarter in the second half and scored 18 points directly.

下半场个人得分一端只有6分入账，却有7个篮板7个助攻2个抢断1个大帽入账的林星，直接就把自己的数据刷成了一个大号三双的模样。

Rock want to chase?It is no longer possible.

After that, Lin Xing's teammate Madman and Malone's teammate Stockton appeared one after another.

Lin Xing also partnered with Payton for a while, although both of them are point guards.

But the combination of the two, the defense like a grinding disc, the old Nelson on the sidelines looked bright.

Unknowingly, the Western Conference star team worked hard one by one, and in this way, the lead that was originally only 4 points was stretched to as many as 15 and 16 points.

The root cause is that the Western Conference star team played too well.

Everyone has room to play, and everyone has motivation.

The second is that the Western Star team itself is a head stronger than the Eastern Star team.

Look at this group of substitutes for the Western Stars, Rock Richmond, Malone, Stockton, Payton and generals.

Here are just a few of them, and they are enough to start in the East.

Look at the Eastern Conference star team again, regardless of the starting lineup, only the substitutes.

Joe Dumars, who is old and frail, Dana Barros, who can't make the bench in the West, and aunt Larry Johnson, etc.

How big the gap is can only be known after playing.

In any case, the second half of the game was a one-sided game.

The Western Stars crushed the Eastern Stars and won easily.

It's so easy, the process that should have been serious at the final moment of the All-Star Game has never passed.

"The gap is too big. The Eastern Star Team and the Western Star Team are not on the same level at all."

"If the Western Stars were not waterproof in the first half, the gap in this game would be even greater..."

In the commentary seat, Matt Gutica shook his head.

What he said was really not alarmist. In the first half, the Eastern Stars were generally very serious.

For example, Dan Zi, Lin Xing is serious, Hill defends Kemp, Pi Er defends Barkley, they are all serious.

But for the Western Conference Stars, Barkley just paddled, and Marley wasn't strong enough.

If there hadn't been a break in the first half, the Western Stars would have won more than fifteen or six points in this game?
The gap is so big that Marv Albert wants to appeal: "The league should reform the All-Star Game. It should not continue to divide the confrontation between the East and the West. It should be a different way."

On the court, in the last few minutes of the game, Lin Xing was directly replaced by Old Nelson.

On the one hand, the game is running out of time, and on the other hand, Lin Xing's accumulated data is enough.

Lin Xing, who was replaced, also felt that the game was boring.

It's like he's brushing a dungeon, it's extremely boring, it's really boring.

But after the last few minutes of the game, when the timer beeped and the red light came on, Lin Xing felt that this game was not boring.

At least, he got his MVP.

“28分12个篮板12个助攻3个抢断2个盖帽，斯大毫无悬念的当选了今年菲尼克斯全明星正赛的MVP！”

"This is his second consecutive All-Star MVP trophy, and he won this heavyweight personal honor in a row!"

NBC's commentary seat, Matt Gudica and Marv Albert followed the live host, loudly announcing the most important honor of the game.

On the court, Lin Xing also took over the trophy from the old man.

At that moment, the American West Arena was full of cheers and screams, and the 1995 All-Star Weekend came to an end...

And then, it is the final sprint stage of the regular season.

(End of this chapter)