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Chapter 225 Escalating Competition

Driven by Jiang Bei and Curry, the entire Durant team took it seriously and showed their true strength, which forced the James team to also take it seriously.

As a result, Curry's three-pointers and old cotton pants' elastic defense turned the All-Star Game into a three-pointer and back-and-forth training field. Everyone returned to the state of the 2020 All-Star Game and became more serious.

Hello, hello, everyone, the party atmosphere is gone, the whistle is as dense as a playoff game, and the fierce confrontation made the audience shout wonderful, but the referees did not expect this year's All-Star Game to enter the fierce confrontation so early. After all, in the 2020 season, it also started from the second half of the game, and all of this caught people off guard.

In the next game, Jiangbei continued to break into the inside to attract the defense, creating open three-point opportunities for Curry. Curry lived up to expectations and made consecutive hits, allowing Durant to maintain a large lead.

Of course, Durant and others also played well. The first half ended under the anxiety of the two teams. Durant took the lead in the first quarter, and Durant won the first quarter 48:43.

Durant's two fouls in the second quarter once again raised the intensity of the game to a higher level.

The game began to become tense, but in the end it was still a straggler without the support of the battle formation, so the James team, with three starters, still failed to establish an advantage.

Conversely, on Durant's side, Jiangbei can always shoot sniper shots efficiently, increase points, and create opportunities for his teammates. His elusive and beautiful passes make people mesmerized.

Ayton, who played in the All-Star Game for the first time, scored points quietly and did not perform particularly well, but his score was indeed not low. It seems that he is still very smart!
In the second half of the second quarter, it was also the high-roller style of play. After LeBron James and other main players came back, their bodies were sluggish, while Durant's substitutes were in full swing. In addition, Durant performed a pull-up dunk on the inside. Suddenly, Durant led by more than 10 points.

On the James side, the parry seemed to come from Leonard's hot touch. He threw three more three-pointers, 25 points in the half!
At the end of the second quarter, as Curry responded with a long-range three-pointer to Leonard, it ended the second quarter.The Durant team won another victory 52:50.

Judging from the situation in the first half of the game, this year's All-Star Game is very likely to be won by the Durant team. As for the MVP, it depends on the next performance.

Some people concluded that the game in the first quarter was like a preseason game. Everyone was looking for status, but the Durant team paid more attention to it, and the game in the second quarter was the regular season.

As soon as the third quarter started, Jiangbei and the others couldn't always let Jiang Bei increase the intensity and lead the game away. As the No. 1 player in the league, LeBron James had to set an example to increase the intensity of the game in the third quarter.

But the state does not come as soon as it is said. As the saying goes, haste makes waste. Instead, the James team was swept 11-3 in the opening game.This period of assault from Jiangbei is like a young hero who doesn't follow the rules of the rivers and lakes.

This is Jiang Bei's real thinking, and it's very Kobe, after all, competitive sports don't need to advocate modesty and gentlemen!
Seeing Jiangbei's continued performance, Leonard couldn't stand it any longer, "MD, this kid is really strong, we can't let him go on like this, or the MVP Jiangbei will become his possession, then let me push the game to another climax!"

Now that Leonard thought of this, he took action. Under the cover of his teammates, he pulled to the outside and made another three-pointer. His three-pointer seemed to turn on the switch of the James team, abruptly turning this into a shooting game.

After Leonard, James also made a three-pointer, Harden also made a three-pointer, and the Durant team also responded. Curry, Jiangbei, and Durant also made three-pointers one after another, but overall, the Durant team's shooting ability is still stronger.

With this back and forth, the score became anxious, and no one maintained a large lead.

Afterwards, the two sides replaced several outstanding players in the starting lineup. After all, no matter how fierce the game is, this is still an All-Star Game. To give everyone a chance to play, it is impossible to really be like an ordinary team. Some substitutes really don’t have any playing time at all.

James, Durant, Jiangbei, Leonard, and Curry all went down, and the dead warriors came up to rub against each other again!
Paul, Lillard, Gobert, Ayton, Rose, Anthony, a bit like gnashing their teeth in the regular season.

Paul can be said to have contributed the most. He performed very well today and made an open three-pointer to help the James team complete the overtake.

Now the score on the court, the point difference is only one point, and the time counts down. This is the critical moment when every ball must be contested.

Timeout. At this time, the Durant team immediately applied for a timeout. After formulating some tactics, they returned to the game again.

The Durant team sent the ball to the sideline, but due to Paul George's serve error, Ingram almost completed the steal. Fortunately, Rose adopted foul tactics in time and sent the opponent to the free throw line.

Ingram made the first free throw, but it can be seen that his shooting action seems a little tight.

Rose walked to Ayton's side and said, "I will control the rebound later, can I do it?"

"Nonsense, of course it's okay, leave it to me!" Rose's disbelieving tone seemed to have stimulated Ayton, and he replied excitedly.

Ingram seemed really nervous. After taking a deep breath at the free throw line, he shot again, but the ball deviated from the basket. Ayton, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately flew over to control the rebound, and then passed it to Rose to let him organize the offense.

Anthony took advantage of the chaos and returned to the opponent's half court. The experienced players of the older generation had a lot of ideas. Rose's wide passing vision had already seen Anthony returning to the half court.

At this time, the James team also quickly called a timeout to arrange the tactical arrangement for the last ball.

This ball, after arranging this critical moment lore, was handed over to Doncic.

But Doncic's lore failed!His shot was blocked by Ayton.

46:46, the two sides drew in the third quarter!

(End of this chapter)