lakers championship

Chapter 401 Super Giant Never Compromises
In the last 2 minutes of the first quarter, both Casey and Walton tore down the remaining three starters and replaced them with players from the second team.

In this way, the Tianyang team is controlled by Westbrook, and the LeBron side is controlled by Green.

The referee blows his whistle and the game continues.

Westbrook dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and used Harden's pick-and-roll to go inside the basket. Horford reached out and grabbed it symbolically, allowing him to start a three-step layup and easily scored 2 points.

Changing sides to attack, Green dribbled the ball to the right wing and cooperated hand-in-hand with Horford. Harden stood still and watched without changing defenses. Westbrook wanted to bypass the defense and catch up, but Green shot a three-pointer.

Dang, the shot hit the iron, but it was a defensive error, and Walton shook his head helplessly.

Butler grabbed the rebound, looked up, and suddenly swung a long pass.

Thompson, who could pass the ball in the target area, didn't pay attention at all. The basketball hit him, allowing Towns to grab the ball.

The SkyOcean team stopped and turned back to defend. At that time, Towns also passed the ball vigorously, as if he wanted to cooperate with Horford, but the force was too great, and the basketball flew out of bounds, which made Casey feel helpless. Shake your head.

Obviously, the players in the second team are far inferior to the starting players in terms of shot selection, defensive intensity, and devotion to the game. The main reason for this phenomenon is the difference in desire for victory.

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In a blink of an eye, the game entered the first official timeout of the second quarter.

According to the general situation, it should be switched back to the starting lineup at this time, but this is the All-Star game, the main purpose is to make the fans look good, and the players selected for each team, unless they don't want to play themselves, otherwise they have to arrange playing time no matter what.

As a result, Wharton sent players such as Lowry and Oladipo, and Casey sent players such as Zhuang Shen and Poljijins.

The two teams continued to maintain the tactical strategy of blocking and shooting, but the defensive strength was not only inferior to the starting lineup, but even the second team was inferior to the previous team. 'The All-Star Game.

In addition, a bunch of players from the SkyOcean team had a poor choice of shots, and they made several shots. The LeBron team took the opportunity to chase points. During the second official timeout of the second quarter, the two teams tied at 78.

In the TNT live broadcast room.

O'Neal shook his head slightly: "At first, I thought this game would become a classic and be remembered as Jordan's third retirement. I thought it would be another ordinary shooting show."

Kenny chuckled: "The four of us will have so many different opinions when commenting on the game. What's more, there are 24 players participating in the All-Star Game. Some want to win and some want to rest. It's quite normal for this to happen."

Barkley spread his hands: "Isn't it the same when we played the All-Stars back then? Take it easy, as long as the last quarter is good."

On the court, perhaps by coincidence, both teams replaced all starters.

The SkyOcean team took the lead, and Irving dribbled the ball to the right wing, and transferred to the top of the arc with the help of Curry's pick-and-roll. Facing Giannis, who switched defenses in time, he accelerated sideways to the free throw line, then retreated and stopped suddenly, and made a dry shot.

Dang, the shot hit the iron, the basketball bounced high, Davis and George took off at the same time to fight for it, but naturally no one caught it, and the basketball flew to the right half court, LeBron and Tianyang looked up at the landing point, and at the same time Run to the touchline.

As a result, the basketball flew out of bounds, but LeBron and Tianyang flew to save it at the same time.

Unfortunately, no one rushed, the referee blew his whistle, indicating that he wanted to watch the video and return to defense.

O'Neal nodded frequently: "Wonderful! This is the All-Star matchup we want to see!"

One grab for the ball is enough to see the desire for victory among different players.

About 20 seconds later, the referee made a penalty and the ball belonged to the Tianyang team.

George stood on the right sideline, and the other four settled down. The referee blew his whistle, and Curry, Irving, and DeRozan set up a wall to cover one after another in the top area of ​​the arc. Tianyang used this to bypass the right wing and easily receive the pass.

At the same time, after Curry, Irving, and DeRozan finished the human wall, they immediately spread out to the left wing, the basket, and the bottom corner. George also stepped into the field and cut to the basket. The entire right half was instantly emptied.

Tianyang continuously crossed steps and changed directions. After testing left and right, he took a step to the left to drive LeBron to move laterally to intercept, and then stopped suddenly and dribbled the ball to the left to make a breakthrough.

Now it's hard for LeBron to catch up, and Embiid can only make up defense.

Tianyang threw the ball directly to the basket, and DeRozan received a dunk.

An excellent cooperation was formed, but the two had no time to celebrate. LeBron, Giannis, and Durant had already rushed to the center line. Davis made a long pass, and the LeBron team instantly formed a fast break!

Kenny gave a thumbs up: "Awesome! This is the offensive level that an All-Star player should have!"

One pass is enough to see the offensive awareness among different players.

The SkyOcean team had almost no chance of intercepting, but George, Irving, and Curry still charged forward.

Although it was three-on-three in the frontcourt, the height gap was too big. Durant hit Curry with his back and easily scored.

George hurriedly picked up the basketball and retreated to the bottom line. He was about to make a long pass, but found that the three players of Team LeBron seemed to have expected him to do this. They had already retreated to the center line, and the long pass was meaningless.

In such a situation, Curry had to catch the ball and lead it to the frontcourt, walk to the top of the arc, and Tianyang stepped forward to make a pick-and-roll.

Curry took the opportunity to get rid of Durant, but LeBron switched defenses fast enough, and the risk of making a strong shot was relatively high, so he could only distribute the ball to the right wing.

Irving received the ball and decisively changed his hands and dribbled behind his back, but failed to shake Durant away.

In desperation, Irving chose to score the ball to the bottom corner.

DeRozan received the ball, shook Embiid with a shooting fake, and strode towards the basket, but Davis made up the defense early, so he had to stop and look for a chance to pass the ball, but he couldn't find it for a while. LeBron, Durant, and Embiid surrounded him in an instant, and there was already Davis, so it was already difficult to pass the ball.

"Throw it out, throw it out, go to..."

Before Tianyang reminded him, Durant had already completed the steal.

Barkley Papa applauded: "Terrible! This is the defensive level that an All-Star player should have!"

One grab for the ball is enough to see the defensive attitudes of different players.

In between words, Durant had already rushed to the left wing, facing Tianyang's defense, simply turned his body forward and turned backwards, and directly received the ball and pulled it out. can do.

But he never expected that the moment he raised his hands up, the basketball was stabbed off by Tianyang!
This steal is very rare, so rare that even Ernie, who doesn't know much about the ball, grew his mouth.

"Isn't Tianyang's hand speed too fast? Or is it just a coincidence?"

The three of O'Neal didn't answer the call, because after Tianyang poked the ball, he grabbed it with Durant again.

One is tall and has long arms, and the other jumps earlier and bounces faster. Durant and Tianyang continued to grab points, and neither of them would give up.

It seems that out of tacit understanding, the other players of the two teams watched from the sidelines, patiently waiting for the two to come up with a result.

Amidst the cheers of the fans, Durant finally got the ball in his hands after taking off four times in a row. After he landed, he immediately bent over and accelerated to the three-point line, and shot straight away!
Snapped!Tianyang blocked Durant from the side, but unfortunately the basketball fell into the hands of Giannis, and Curry was still under the basket.

Giannis's three-pointer was relatively average. After getting the ball, he hesitated a little, but with only 2 seconds left in the attack time, he could only shoot.

His shooting speed was relatively slow, and he hesitated for a while, so Tianyang got time to defend!

Snapped!Tianyang completed the cap with his left hand, the basketball rolled to the basket, Curry picked it up and played a fast break.

After Tianyang landed, he turned around and rushed to the frontcourt; Curry stopped in the middle and pulled the ball to get rid of Durant. When he turned around and broke through to the left, he saw that Tianyang had already rushed up, so he decisively chose to pass the ball; Tianyang received the ball and was happy , Super long three-point shot!

Swish, the basketball is hollowed into the net!

The entire Staples Center cheered like a tsunami!

Ernie pushed his glasses and said seriously: "One steal, two blocks, and one more shot, Tianyang fully showed us the difference between superstars and ordinary stars. Superstars never compromise!"

(End of this chapter)