The era of point forwards in the NBA

Chapter 287

At the end of the three quarters, the Eastern All-Stars led the Western All-Stars by five points 114 to 109. At the end of the third quarter, Lin Yue and Pierce began to compete.

In just one minute, Pierce made 1 of 3 three-pointers and instantly opened the score.

At this moment, Lin Yue broke through with the ball and caused Joe Johnson's foul. At the same time, he threw the ball while his body was out of balance, and the basketball staggered and fell into the net.

A two plus one was not enough. In the next round, Lin Yue passed Joe Johnson again, and made a small throw in the middle of the move to hit the board and then went forward.

After scoring five points in a row, the Western All-Stars recovered the score.

At the last moment, Bosh hit a large three-pointer at the buzzer, which helped the Eastern All-Stars enter the final quarter with a five-point difference.

After three quarters, Lin Yue's personal data became 11 of 7, 2 of 2 free throws, 17 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds. The Western All-Star is currently the second most scoring player, second only to Anthony with 20 points.

Lin Yue had tried his best, but in the crucial fourth quarter, he didn't get another chance to play. George Karl still believed in his own players. Not only that, Durant didn't have a chance to play in the first half.

Only in the middle, Anthony, who was resting, was replaced, and he found a scoring opportunity again, fixing the All-Star's personal score at 18 points.

Indeed, compared to Nash and Billups, the first-year Lin Yue is still inferior in all aspects, especially his defense. Compared with his excellent offensive talent, his defensive awareness is not enough, which is why George Karl gave up using it.

In the last quarter, the game was very anxious, and the Western All-Stars who fell behind began to fight back under the leadership of Nash and Nowitzki.

In this quarter, Nash began to connect the team's offense. Lin Yuezai and Durant cooperated very well, but it was obvious that the seasoned Nash was better at driving the entire team's offense.

He made all kinds of points and asked for it in time in Nowitzki's comfortable offensive position. Nowitzki did not live up to Nash's trust at all.

The excellent shooting touch even Curry expressed envy. A hollow once helped the Western All-Stars slightly overtake the score, leading the Eastern All-Stars by two points.

Nowitzki is indeed the best shooting big man in the NBA. Looking at the smooth offense on the court, Lin Yue can also understand why he chose Nash and Billups.

Billups' defense is better than Lin Yue's. Wade's several attempted breakthroughs were blocked by Billups, and once he almost completed a match-up steal.

If it weren't for Flash Wade's quick hands and eyes, the ball would have been taken away by Billups.

When his offense was not going well, Wade passed the ball to James. James, who hadn't played much in the previous quarters, started to be serious at this moment.

James' breakthrough speed is not fast, but compared to when he first entered the league, now he has developed mid- and long-range shooting. Although the shooting percentage of three-pointers and mid-range shots is not high, he can still shoot.

In the game against the Thunder, James successfully overtook the score with an efficient three-pointer.

Facing Anthony's defense, James did not choose to push in. After all, Anthony's body is not bad, and it won't take much advantage to fight James hard.

However, in this defense, James chose to be unlucky after playing back, and took a step-back jumper. Anthony defended very tightly, and he didn't want to give James a good shooting position.

Under such a tight defense, James increased the range of his back, and when he was about to land, he hurriedly shot at this moment.

Howard at the basket was ready to pick up the rebound, and the ball went into the net hollow.

The fans were surprised at first, and then burst into thunderous applause.

They have all seen Kobe's fadeaway jumper, but James can also hit a difficult fadeaway jumper, which is incredible.

"The shooting problem has been criticized by experts for a long time. This season, the little emperor has made changes. In order to win the championship, he began to try to change his accustomed style of play. The fact is that the Cavaliers are temporarily ranked first in the league. The change is effective. It depends on whether he can stabilize in the face of high-intensity defense in the playoffs."

Basketball is changeable. If you don't take the initiative to change and seek improvement, then you won't get a championship.

It's nothing to complain about.

After the ball was scored by James against the defense, the "melon" Anthony, as a good brother, will not forget it easily.

He made a three-threat move, James didn't move, he still chose to take a step and wait until Anthony made a move before making defensive adjustments.

In this way, there may be a slight defensive loss, but he is fast enough to overtake in a curve and catch up from behind.

Anthony can't beat James with his back, he still chooses to use his good three threats for frontal singles.

This time he didn't make any extra moves, he directly adjusted his center of gravity, and made a move before James pounced on him.

"Bangdang."

A sound of striking iron announced the failure of the offense. Anthony felt the ball well, and James' defense was not in place, but the ball still failed to score.

Howard squeezed away the offensive players at the basket, took the defensive rebound strongly, and passed the ball to Rose who was waiting to receive the ball.

Rose started fast. He wanted to complete a one-stop fast break, and continuously changed directions ahead of time to deceive the players who had returned to defense. At this critical juncture, Nash caught up and gave a tactical foul.

This destroyed the opponent's fast break opportunity.

Rose sent the ball to Wade off the court, renewing the opportunity for positional warfare.

The Eastern All-Stars began to cooperate. Bosh gave Wade a pick-and-roll. Wade took advantage of the situation and rushed to the inside.

Nowitzki is a projection-type forward with a lot of space, and his defensive speed is also slow. After continuous cross dribbles, Wade went directly to the inside, stalking, avoiding the outstretched hand, and scored the ball against the defender.

The Eastern All-Star regained the lead, Wade's personal score continued to rise, and his offensive efficiency was very exaggerated. Once there was a flaw in the defense, he would definitely find that opening to break it.

The game has entered a fierce stage, the score is very close, there is not much time left in the game, and the defensive strength of both sides is also improving.

The audience was so addicted to watching, all-star players were fighting with real knives and guns, this kind of game was exciting to watch, and it was impossible to see which player would win.

Nash dealt the card again and gave Stoudemire an empty catch. The latter understood and took off one step ahead, touching the ball before Howard could react.

Seeing that the opponent successfully caught the ball, Howard also gave up his defense and gave up a position for a dunk.

If you want to put it down again, players on both sides will have the risk of injury, and Stoudemire will be given a chance to add two plus one. In this case, you can only watch the opponent score the ball.

A powerful dunk by Stoudemire regained a one-point advantage for the Western Conference All-Stars.

The players on both sides attacked each other like this.

Until the last two rounds of the end of the All-Stars, the Eastern All-Stars temporarily led by three points 139 to 136.

After the defensive intensity increased, the scoring efficiency of the players on both sides also declined, and the scoring could not be compared with the previous three quarters.

Anthony held the ball at the top of the arc, and Nash stood outside the three-point line. They must seize this offensive opportunity when they are behind. Only by scoring this ball can they have hope of winning.

At this time, there were still 42 seconds before the end of the All-Star Game. The players off the field were all excited. Lin Yue watched the duel between the big guys and dared not make a sound. If Duncan was on the field, the Western All-Stars would probably have more offensive options, but Duncan would not participate in the struggle.

He is like a melon-eating crowd, watching the two teams fighting on the field and smiling happily.

Durant was unwilling. He thought that he should stay on the court at such a critical moment, but the coach didn't think so. Like Lin Yue, he was completely left out in the cold.

The experience of participating in the All-Star Game for the first time was average. The atmosphere on the court was really good, but I had few opportunities to play. After all, I was a substitute player and had no chance to play at critical moments.

Looking at the group of stars enjoying themselves, Durant's eyes are full of envy.

"Do you think he can make this shot?" Lin Yue whispered to Durant.

Anthony didn't score many points in the last quarter. Under the restriction of James, he only scored 24 points at this time. Although it is higher than other players, compared with the first three quarters, his offensive efficiency has dropped a lot.

"I definitely can't score unless I shoot the ball." Durant shook his head and said disdainfully. He is so confident. He thinks he is the player with the strongest scoring ability in the world.

Unfortunately, that is ego.

"Just brag, the first time you enter the All-Stars, you look down on your seniors. There is something wrong with this kind of thinking." Lin Yue retorted.

"I think Cameron is a player with a big heart. It's hard to say whether LeBron can go in just defending him." Lin Yue said again.

Just when the bench and the audience began to speculate, Anthony made a decisive jumper and made a three-pointer after adjusting.

This is not the way he is good at scoring. His mid-range is very accurate, but moving the shot point beyond the three-pointer is another matter.

Throughout the All-Star, Anthony's three-point shooting percentage was 3 for 0. He hadn't scored a goal before, so James didn't take a close defense when defending.

He was very afraid that the opponent would force a breakthrough, quickly scored a two-pointer, and finally had a chance to make a shot.

The result was as he expected, Anthony played a quick personal offense, but he actually shot a three-pointer.

Unbelievably, in the selection of key shots, he actually chose three-pointers, which he is least good at.

The players who supported the Western All-Stars didn't dare to open their eyes to watch. They had already imagined the image of the ball bouncing out of the hoop in their minds. The only thing missing now was the sound of the ball hitting the basket.

However, after waiting for a while, it was not the sound of smashing the frame, but the sound of brushing the net into the net.

"Shh."

Anthony successfully scored an empty goal, chasing the score to 139 to 139. The fans at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium cheered amazingly. They celebrated wantonly. After the goal was scored, the Western All-Stars had another chance to attack.

After this goal was scored, Anthony's score in this game came to 27 points, surpassing Wade with 26 points, James with 25 points, and Nowitzki with 22 points. If the Western All-Stars win this game.

In the end, the MVP of the All-Star Game will naturally fall into the hands of Anthony. Of course, Nowitzki also has a certain chance. This is the home of the Mavericks, and there is no problem in giving the All-Star MVP to the players who play at home.

But it depends on whether the Eastern All-Star players agree or not.

James dribbled the ball at the top of the arc. They still chose to compress the attack time. The opponent had a timeout. After the timeout was called, the offense could be arranged. Therefore, the Eastern Conference must score this ball, otherwise the probability of being a lore will be very high.

At this time, the players on both sides are between the lore and being lore, and everything depends on the performance of the players.

When the time was almost up, James started to speed up. Just as he was about to use his body against Anthony to attack the basket, another defensive player, Billups, followed the defense.

If one person can't stop this kind of attacking the basket, then two people should be enough.

One man defends the left side and the other man defends the right side. Now James has no chance to break through.

If it is James who has not yet grown up in his youth, he will definitely choose to shoot the ball against the defense. There is a high probability that the ball will not be scored in the end, and it will miss the basket, and the weakness of shooting will be magnified again and again.

However, the teammates around him are also reliable at this time, and there is absolutely no need for him to shoulder the burden of offense alone.

James jumped up and passed the ball to Wade on the wing.

There are still five seconds in the attack time. James passed the ball to Wade at this time to embarrass him and also to believe him.

This All-Star Wade's efficiency is very high, the number of shots is only ranked third among the Eastern All-Stars, but he got the highest score in the Eastern Conference.

Billups saw the opportunity and immediately returned to the defense. He thought James would not pass the ball.

It is precisely because of the gap period when double-teaming and returning to defense, Wade immediately seized the opportunity to go straight to the basket after receiving the ball.

The goal is either scored or not scored.

There is no time to pass it on to others.

Wade passed Billups smoothly and came to the inside. Before Stoudemire got up to block the shot, he chose to throw the ball, and there was no time to figure out the attack.

Amid the rapid breathing of everyone, the basketball was successfully scored.

141 to 139, Wade successfully hit the quasi-lore, leaving only 7 seconds of attack time for the Western All-Stars.

George Karl hastily called a timeout. He needs to arrange the last offensive round. Although they are two points behind the opponent, as long as the last goal is scored, they will successfully win the victory.

That's right, compared to taking two points to enter overtime, shooting a three-pointer to end the game and win the game is an option that George Karl prefers.

After the timeout, Nash stood on the outside and prepared to serve. The Eastern All-Stars focused on Anthony, Nash and Nowitzki. Billups had participated in the three-point contest, but his three-pointers were not so impressive.

With the help of his teammates' cover, Anthony successfully got the basketball, but James was still relentless.

As long as this goal is scored, Anthony will successfully win the All-Star Game, and this goal will be recorded in the history of the All-Stars.

Unfortunately, he missed the shot. In a panic, the basketball hit the front and flew out. It can only be said that James' defense is too experienced. He knows Anthony's shooting movements and can naturally keep up with the defense.

Under the confrontation, it is only natural that this difficult three-pointer missed.

(End of this chapter)