Healing Basketball

Chapter 642 642. Come to an end
During the halftime break, the players of the Western Conference gathered to discuss and there was controversy.

Garnett said: "We have Ray, Dirk, and Steve. We have the three best three-pointers in the world. We should make good use of them and adjust our style of play for them."

Duncan's rare rebuttal: "Three-pointers are gambling on luck. We have better options. We have the best mid-range shooters."

It's halftime with the Eastern team. Now, the Western team is united in the pursuit of victory. Both Garnett and Duncan have fans.

After thinking for a while, Liu Xiu said: "I have an immature suggestion...we still focus on mid-range and short-range tactics and seize counterattack opportunities."

Garnett was about to refute immediately, but Liu Xiu stretched out his hand to stop it, and Garnett quickly took a step back when he saw Liu Xiu stretching out his hand.

Liu Xiu continued: "We need better running positions for three-pointers, Ray, Steve, Big-King, you must take the initiative to find better opportunities to respond, and shoot the ball in a difficult shooting environment! "

While Liu Xiu was talking, Maurice Cheeks pushed the small blackboard to the side of Liu Xiu...then went fishing again.

Everyone looked at the three-point statistics on the small blackboard, and then focused their attention on Ray Allen, Nash, and Silver Horn King standing together.

Parker, who was the youngest, couldn't help complaining: "Warden, you can't ask them to throw the ball in without giving them help!"

"Help?" Liu Xiu thought for a while, opened her eyes wide, and said energetically, "Lei, Steve, Big-King, you all work hard!"

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Everyone was speechless, and even a little nauseated.

Nash looked at the tactical board, the Western team made 9 of 2 three-pointers in the first half... He thought for a while, and replied: "I understand, the defense of three-pointers is the strength of the Eastern team. If we strengthen the three-point shooting tactics, we will actively attack their best defense, and the mid-range is our advantage, and I will try my best to shoot the ball in!"

When Nash said this, Nowitzki patted his chest and said: "Leave the outside shot to us."

Ray Allen didn't speak, but nodded.

The three pitchers agreed, and the others focused their attention on Garnett, who was at odds with Liu Xiu. Unexpectedly, Garnett also nodded in response...

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Back from the halftime break, the third quarter began. In the opening stage, relying on O'Neal's outstanding performance, the Eastern team quickly overtook the score and overwhelmed the Western team.

Falling into a positional offensive and defensive battle, with O'Neal at the basket, the East has a huge advantage.

At this time, Ray Allen, who was highly expected by his teammates, made a contribution. When the Eastern team scored 72 to 65, and it was possible to open the gap with a goal, Ray Allen received the ball and turned to face James. A three-pointer hit, and the West team used this to narrow the disadvantage to 4 points.

With Ray Allen's return of blood, the Western team slowed down for a while, and when it was in the middle of the fourth quarter, Kobe, who entered the state, scored 4 goals in a row from mid-range, got 1 additional penalty and also made a hit, and played a wave alone 9 to 2, the score was changed from 4 points behind to 3 points ahead, achieving a lead!

In the second half of the third quarter, Eastern team coach Philip Saunders did not replace O'Neal with Yao Ming, but continued to let O'Neal play, and also used words to stimulate O'Neal to compete with Kobe, until the end of the third quarter. Yao Ming played for 2 minutes.

Facing the encirclement and suppression by Duncan, Gasol, Randolph, Garnett and others, O'Neal's offensive and defensive performance declined in the second half of the third quarter. When Yao Ming came on the court in the last 2 minutes, he did not cooperate well with his teammates. , In the second half of the third quarter, the Eastern team's offense became James rushing to attack the frame, and the defensive end became that the perimeter defense performance was stronger than that of the basket.

With the two centers of Yao Ming and O'Neal, there will be a situation where the frame protection is unfavorable, which surprised the commentators.

It’s not that James’ teammates are not playing well with James’ offensive style. Billups, Carter, McGrady... Even Kidd has developed the ability to catch and shoot this year, but his style of play has changed. It's very simple, that is, James breaks through to attract pincers and then divides the ball. With Garnett, the defensive efficiency of the West team gradually improves...

At the end of the three quarters, the West team scored 98 to 88, widening the point difference to 10 points!
The western team's strategy of insisting on focusing on CIC and looking for counterattack opportunities has succeeded!

Mainly Ray Allen, Nash, Nowitzki, Liu Xiu, and Kobe Bryant performed quite well in strong shots from beyond the three-point line and long two-pointers. They scored 5 three-pointers in a single quarter, and the Bidong team There was one more three-pointer over there, and they scored a single quarter score of 38 to 30!
At the end of the quarter, although the East team tried to reverse, the West team became a defensive game around Duncan. Duncan was paired with Garnett, Marion, Kobe, and Liu Xiu. Sent to take turns to chisel, and at most they fought back and forth with the Western troops.

Combining Duncan's steady attributes with these teammates, he is so strong that he has no friends!

In the final quarter, the Western and Eastern teams played a score of 27 to 29. The Eastern team cut a quarter and only narrowed the difference by two points.

In the end, the Western team defeated the Eastern team 125 to 117!
AMVP的获奖人没什么悬念，24投13中，其中三分球10中4，加上8中6的罚球，科比拿到全场最高的36分外加4板2助攻3抢断，拿下本届全明星MVP。

During the game, swords were on the verge of breaking out. After the awards were announced, stars from the East also went up to congratulate Kobe on winning the award... Not all of them were so big-hearted. There were still two who were obviously unhappy. One was Shaquille O’Neal, who was sulking while sitting on the bench, and the other was James, the best performer in the East, scored 22 points, 11 rebounds and 29 assists on 6 of 9 shots, but the Eastern team lost.

James also went to congratulate Kobe, but everyone could see that he was unhappy.

Liu Xiu also went to say congratulations to Kobe. Thinking of his stats of 10 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals, he regretted it a bit... If he had known earlier, he would ask his teammates to help him get a few extra points and get a few rebounds.

But then the AMVP might be snatched away by him... I regret it even more when I think about it!If you can grab it, why not grab it... But if your teammates help you get stuck but don't get it, which affects the defense, you may lose...

In short, after winning the game, Kobe won the AMVP, and his warden repaid the favor owed to Kobe in last year's All-Star Game, which can be regarded as a small matter.

All-star MVP, there will be plenty of opportunities to compete in the future, it's better to have fun.

And this year's All-Star Game, on the whole, he played very happily. This kind of All-Star Game with grievances, desires, star types, and cooperation can play infinite possibilities... In another ten or eight years, maybe no more!Enjoy it now if you can!
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Since this All-Star is held at Mosaic's home stadium, I will write it briefly so as not to mention too much about that arena...

(End of this chapter)