Last year, although Tang Tian averaged a lot of points per game, the recognition of him by other All-Stars was not high.

After all, his efficiency is there, and the Pelicans' record is not impressive.

But this year, Tang Tian has 3 consecutive 50+ games before the All-Star Game, and the Pelicans are second in the West, and that sense of identity is completely different from last year.

Last year, because of his relationship with Curry and Westbrook, he got a lot of opportunities, but this year, it was his teammates who were really willing to pass the ball to him.

After more than 7 minutes in the first quarter, Tang Tian had already scored 12 points, the highest in the game.

The West also led the East by double digits 22-12.

Looking at this posture, like the ticket king, he is likely to win the MVP of this year's All-Star Game.

At this point in time, both sides began to make substitutions one after another, and Budenholzer replaced everyone except James on the court.

Irving, Wade, Horford and Howard all appeared together.

Cole over there was more thorough, and came straight to the next five morning.

Westbrook, Harden, Thompson, Bosh and Pau Gasol all featured.

Owen came up and scored a three-point shot to stop the bleeding.

But soon, Westbrook scored two points inside on the Western side.

Horford's mid-range iron was played, and Bosh protected the defensive rebound.

After Westbrook got the ball, he went directly to the backcourt and made a quick attack, rushed to the front court and scored with a dunk.

"Russell had a strong desire to score tonight."

Curry on the side turned his head and said.

Tang Tian nodded.

He and Harden are often compared by the media and fans, as are Curry and Westbrook.

Because in the past few years, the Thunder team reached the Western Conference Finals in its peak season, but unfortunately lost to the Spurs and failed to enter the Finals.

Fans originally expected the Thunder to go further, but no one expected it to become a swan song, and the Thunder team never stopped.

This season, Durant's season reimbursement Thunder is likely to miss the playoffs, and the fans' disappointment is getting stronger and stronger.

And it happened to meet the rise of the warriors, and the momentum was even better than the original thunder.

The comparison between Curry and Westbrook is understandable.

There are even many fans who say that Westbrook plays unreasonable, how scary it would be if Curry and Durant were on the first team, and so on.

It's strange that Westbrook doesn't hold back to prove himself.

At the end of the first quarter, the score on the court was 44-38, Irving was very hot, and the East team recovered some points difference.

Westbrook was basically scoring in the past few minutes, and he also scored 8 points, second only to Tang Tian in scoring.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Kerr came up and down again, and Paul, Davis and others who had not yet appeared on the court also played one after another.

He seems to like the substitution.

In addition, Budenholzer's substitutions were relatively conservative, Anthony and Butler both played this section, and the Eastern team gradually tied the score.

Cole was a little overwhelmed.

He began to replace Curry and Tang Tian, who started one after another, on the court in advance.

On the court is a big four small lineup, Curry, Westbrook, Tang Tian, Bosh and Anthony Davis.

On the Eastern side, Teague, Butler, Anthony, Millsap, and Horford.

On the offense of the Western team, Curry arrived in the frontcourt and saw that Teague was one step away from him, and he raised his hand two meters from the three-point line and threw it.

This distance has almost become his label.

"Bang dang!"

But the basketball smashed out of the frame.

Horford grabbed a defensive rebound, the East team counterattacked, and Anthony's layup was chased by Davis.

The Western team counterattacked, and Curry chased a three-pointer and then shot.

"Bang dang!"

He hit two irons in a row, causing a commotion at the scene.

This season, Curry already has a lot of potential, and three-point shots are raining down.

But it seems that he can't find himself in the All-Star arena, and last year he was selected for the Big Five.

This year, he couldn't find an outside crosshair.

This stage seemed toxic to him.

Teague assisted Horford for a basket in the frontcourt, which came from a tacit connection between Hawks teammates.

The Eastern Army has overtaken the score.

The scene burst into cheers.

While there is no such thing as a home-and-away All-Star Game, Madison Square Garden is the home of the Knicks, and the Knicks are the Eastern Conference, so it's natural for fans to support the Eastern Team more.

Curry didn't even miss, and he gave the ball to Westbrook, who took the ball and rushed straight to the basket.

However, Horford was serious, and he stood under the basket to defend his shot.

Davis flew down to grab the rebound for Tang Tian.

Butler pounced on the defense as soon as possible.

The Eastern Army finally turned over, and it was a bit of a real fight at this time.

However, Tang Tian didn't attack strongly, he directly gave the ball back to Westbrook under the basket with a straight stopper.

After Horford defended Davis, he took care of his own defense, and Anthony didn't recover it, and Westbrook was undefended at this time.

Westbrook took the ball and scored with ease.

Western troops tie the score!

When Westbrook retreated, he smiled and stretched out his hand to Tang Tian, indicating that this was a second pass.

Tang Tian also responded with a smile.

On the Eastern team's offense, Anthony misplaced Bosh and broke through to the basket for a layup.

Davis took off the rebound and shook it off to Tang Tian again.

On the Eastern side, Teague and Horford have a tacit understanding between Hawks teammates, and the Pelicans twins have a better understanding.

Tang Tian accelerated and rushed forward.

At this time, there was a figure faster than him.

Westbrook!

Westbrook's fast-break speed is definitely among the best in the league, and he's still off the ball.

Tang Tian passed the halfcourt, Westbrook had rushed to the three-point line in the frontcourt, and Teague was struggling to chase him.

After Tang Tian saw it, he directly threw the ball into the basket.

An empty catch!

Tang Tian really dared to pass it, and Westbrook really dared to take it!

He blinked to the outside of the penalty area, jumped up, grabbed the ball passed by Tang Tian, and pressed it to the basket through Teague.

Teague didn't have time to dodge.

"Bang!"

"Toot!"

Westbrook's physicality in the air was evident, smashing the ball into the basket through Teague and causing a defensive foul on Teague.

A nice air connection 2+1!

There was an exclamation at the scene.

After the successful air catch, Westbrook was also quite excited, and after landing, he improvised an awkward dance on the spot, and then turned around and asked Tang Tian for a powerful high-five.

Tang Tian had two assists in a row, and Westbrook scored 4 points in a row.

His score rose to 12 points, which was already tied with Tang Tian for the highest in the game.

Durant felt a burst of heartbreak after seeing this scene.

Last year, Tang Tian and Westbrook only had some verbal exchanges, but now the two of them have directly started it!

And this year, other players are passing the ball to Tang Tian, but Tang Tian is constantly feeding Westbrook.

This is the MVP don't want to go, but also to win over Westbrook!

Deliberately!

Tang Tian definitely did it on purpose!