full court guidance

Chapter 89

Several people, including Pierce, felt that their footsteps were a bit heavy. No player in the West entered their half, but the opponent scored 9 points!2 points higher than their score in the East.

The four kings of the Pistons exchanged glances and changed their defensive strategy again. Billups hardly participated in the offense and followed Late all the way, absolutely not giving him an easy shot.

In order to limit lateness, the Eastern All-Stars also worked hard.

It was reasonable to be late to play. Afterwards, Kobe played him the ball many times, and passed the ball again when he was late. He did not choose to mess around against Billups' defense.

Billups is a low-key guy, and he doesn't like to talk trash. He followed up late silently, with focused eyes, as if to confirm whether he could completely guard against him.

This is very important to them. The Pistons have an excellent record this year and are currently ranked first in the league. If there is no accident, they are likely to reach the finals again. Once they meet the Rockets, being late will inevitably be hanging over their heads The Sword of Damocles.

Unable to limit the lateness, the Rockets will inevitably sweep the Pistons again-for the team's offensive ability, Billups is very clear.

Although Sanders replaced Larry Brown as the team's head coach this year, the Pistons' offensive power has been improved by more than one level, but they still cannot be compared with the late Rockets.

Because of the lateness, the Pistons' four kings raised the defensive intensity of the game to the playoff level, and the Western All-Stars also began to get serious.

The fans at the scene were dissatisfied and shouted the late name: "late! Late! Late!"

Although Sanders has said that he will play this All-Star Game as a playoff game, it does not mean that he will directly turn the All-Star Game into a bad defensive battle. There are 3 minutes left in the first quarter. , Sanders took the initiative to make substitutions, the Pistons were under the four kings, Bosh, Arenas, James, and Wade were on, and the Eastern Conference changed to a lineup of one big and four small.

In fact, this lineup has a big problem - their outside shooting ability is insufficient, and only Arenas' three-pointers can barely be seen. Today's Paul Pierce also scores mainly by two points. If the Western All-Stars want to win In the game, you only need to hide under the basket, and the Eastern All-Star lineup, which can only hit the basket, can return without success.

It's a pity that this is an All-Star Game, at least until the fourth quarter, everyone's defense will not be so serious.

Avery Johnson also made adjustments. He replaced Kobe with Nash, Ray Allen replaced Tony Parker, and Nowitzki replaced Garnett. The All-Stars are a group of top shooters, and even Pau Gasol is very good at mid-range and long-range shooting.

After this substitution, the two sides faced each other. The All-Stars in the Eastern Conference were indeed attacking the basket. Under the deliberate defense of the Western Conference, all kinds of flat-frame dunks and Wade's throws made the fans hooked.

The response of the Western All-Stars was to shoot. Late, Nash, and Ray Allen fired successively, with amazing shooting percentages. Nowitzki also tried to shoot from outside the three-point line, but unfortunately the ball missed.

With the efficiency of the two sides being similar, the scoring efficiency of outside shooting is obviously higher. At the end of the first quarter, the Western All-Stars scored a high score of 42:27, leading the Eastern Conference by 15 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides continued to use the starting lineup again. Yao Ming received a pass from McGrady and wanted to dunk, but was hugged by the fat man with a smirk on his face. The scene was full of laughter, and even Yao Ming laughed along with him.

Both Yao Ming and Duncan, who started the Western Conference, lacked acting talent, which led to a lack of entertainment in the All-Star starting lineup. Avery Johnson let Sean Marion, who didn't play in the first quarter, also perform.

Sitting on the bench lately, chatting with the star players around him, he seemed to enjoy the game very much.

The strength of the Eastern All-Stars is slightly weaker than that of the Western All-Stars. James' comprehensiveness has not yet reached its peak. The Pistons' four kings were also put on the bench in the second quarter because they were not good at performing.

The two sides deployed troops, and all the players selected for the All-Star participated, but because of this, almost no players played more than 30 minutes.

After the first half, the Western All-Stars have led by 20 points, and it seems that the game has lost its suspense.

But in the second half, Sanders took the lead in making adjustments and replaced the four kings of the Pistons. The uncomprehending Pistons players interrupted the performance of the Western All-Stars with tough defense, and quickly narrowed the difference between the two sides to 10 points.

Avery Johnson did not begin to choose to make substitutions until the second half of the third quarter, sending the lates to the field again.

Now the entire league knows that with late and accurate three-point shooting, the defensive effectiveness of the Pistons' four kings is not great.

He arrived late but habitually chose a more reasonable style of play. He received the ball about one step ahead of the midfield logo, saw that Kobe was open, and immediately passed the ball.

Brother Snake caught the ball and rushed inside, and he had already reached the basket. As a result, he looked back at the moon and returned the ball beyond the three-point line.

Received the ball late and handed it over to Kevin Garnett.

Wolf King catches the ball and hits a mid-range jumper with ease. Uncharacteristically, he didn't beat his chest and feet, but ran over and clapped his hands with Late.

"It seems that in this All-Star Game, Garnett and Late shook hands and made peace." Barkley explained.

Late’s style of play is very reasonable, try to give the ball to open teammates, but Kobe obviously disagrees, and stops Late: “Hey! Brother, we all know you are not the kind of guy who likes to occupy the ball, but today is The All-Star Game is time for performances, if you catch the ball, I hope you can shoot more, if you don’t have good data, you can’t get the AMVP tonight!”

Being late can't say that you actually don't like the most valuable player in the All-Star Game, can you?Doesn't that seem a little ignorant?
Eastern LeBron James dribbled the ball into the basket. He took the ball with both hands and took four or five steps. He didn't blow away the step and easily completed a dunk.

West served, Nash gave the ball to Kobe, Kobe dribbled the ball across half court, and Garnett had already completed a beautiful screen for the late two meters ahead of the three-point line.

Billups, who was blocked, couldn't follow up immediately, so Late got an open shot.

Kobe passed the ball in time, caught the ball late and shot directly, and hit a super long three-pointer again.

The All-Stars in the Eastern Conference switched to Wade's singles this time, and he went to the inside with a European step and completed a dunk.

Wade's throw is a relatively signature move in the NBA, which also proves from the side that Wade plays very hard.

But being late does not appreciate this style of play, because it hurts the body too much, and Pat Riley is a neurotic who admires devil training. He once locked the 39-year-old Kareem in the sauna for 1.5 hours, and squeezed Wade even more. It is omnipotent, which caused Wade to become the top superstar in the league in a short period of time, but after just a few seasons, Wade was plagued by injuries.

Although in the original history, Wade has played in the league for 15 years and is considered a fairly long-lived player, but Wade's peak period is really brilliant and short, and it is completely incomparable with LeBron James.

Late took the initiative to reach out to Wadela, and warned in a low voice: "I advise you not to use this style of play in the future, if you still want to continue to play in this league."

Wade just said thank you, but didn't say anything about the late warning.

The West attacked again, and Pau Gasol tried to set a late off-ball screen, but it didn't work.

This year is the first time he was selected as an All-Star, but Gasol was too unlucky this year. He fell ill after arriving in Houston. small impact.

Bryant made a timely pass again, but Gasol's screen wasn't enough, and Wade came after him.

Wade is 193cm tall and weighs 100KG. He is very strong, and he is very fast at his peak. In terms of physical fitness, he completely crushes Late. All the skills that Late is good at are almost useless when facing Wade.

But he was late and still made a shot. He made a three-pointer two meters away from the three-point line and was interfered by Wade.

After completing his defensive task, Wade walked towards the western half with Wan Lai, reminding him in a low voice: "Hey! Brother, don't forget what you promised me. We will train together this summer. You are going to teach me how to play. Shoot threes."

"Don't worry, I keep my word."

The two chatted in a low voice while continuing the game.

LeBron James once again completed the important task of hitting the rim, catching up with two points for the Eastern Conference.

The West still focuses on lateness. Garnett and Pau Gasol take turns to screen off the ball to help lateness and gain better shot space.

Gasol is not in good shape today, but Garnett's cover is real.

Garnett, who is now at his peak, has a pretty good mid-range and long-range shooting ability, and his cover cannot be let go easily, which allows late to get more shots when cooperating with him.

After the third quarter, he played 13 minutes late, hit 9 3-pointers, and scored 27 points. The West led by 17 points and entered the fourth quarter.If nothing else, today's AMVP will be in his pocket.

The Eastern All-Stars were naturally unwilling to give up the victory. Sanders made adjustments again. Wade, who lacked three-point shooting ability, was taken down. Vince Carter played with LeBron James to form a striker combination. Jazz, Rasheed Wallace and Billups teamed up to assist the duo.

As soon as the fourth quarter opened, the Eastern All-Stars gave the Western All-Stars a blow.

Sanders has obviously also studied how to deal with being late. LeBron James chose a three-pointer for the first attack-this is not his strong point. James' three-pointer is not stable, and it is even ugly to look at the shooting percentage alone. , His touch seems to be not good today. He took 8 shots in the previous three quarters and only hit 2 goals.

(End of this chapter)