Chapter 186: A Group of Uniques!
The atmosphere of the All-Star Game is much more harmonious than that of the Rookie Game, and the stars on both sides greet each other in a friendly manner before the game, which does not seem to smell of gunpowder. James has already put out the winning declaration before the game, the West beat the East in Las Vegas last year, and this year the East players are planning to make a comeback in New Orleans!
Ji Guoyi secretly thought in his heart that there was Kobe Bryant in their team who was extremely eager for any honor, don't look at the harmonious atmosphere now, after a while, the smell of gunpowder will naturally come up. Besides, O'Neal's fat man is also in the east, Kobe Bryant must still remember O'Neal singing in a bar two days ago to satirize him, the big shark's current hit song is indeed catchy, and the little fox likes to hum a couple of sentences when he is fine.
Thinking of this, the two brothers couldn't help but look at Kobe at the same time, Peter Pan really stared at O'Neal sitting on the field, his eyes were on fire, right...... That's the right atmosphere......
The reason for Bryant's anger was not only because of O'Neal's taunting song, but also because the big shark hit him into the street yesterday and made him make a fool of himself in public; The day before yesterday, he almost injured his hand in the rookie game, and the new hatred and old hatred were combined, and he didn't find a chance to elbow him hard for a while, how could he swallow this breath?
In the opening jump ball, Yao Ming beat Howard and lost the scrum without any suspense.
Charles. Barkley opened his mouth and said: "Who said that the jump ball must be jumped by a center, and a big forward can also be jumped, Brother Panda just won the slam dunk contest championship, at this time, he should be asked to compete with Superman, I think Yao Ming can't even jump over the brick I moved yesterday." ā
Kenny. Smith laughed: "It's not a playoff game, it's an All-Star, and Yao Ming's bounce is also a very funny thing." ā
Kidd dribbles the basketball to the frontcourt. Didn't attack on your own. for his name is not to be attacked.
The basketball was soon in Wade's hands. The Flash made a tentative move against Kobe Bryant, forced his way through with his fastest first move on the roster, and took only two steps to reach the penalty area, and then scored a goal with his trademark layup around Ji's head.
The fans immediately applauded the Flash's wonderful goal, the Heat have a very poor record this year, Wade is also plagued by injuries, and he just returned not long before the All-Star break, but look at his layup this time. Wade is still the same Flash.
"Hey, big rookie, don't be nervous, take it easy!" Wade's layup was wonderful, but it almost made the little fox cover it behind him, and the Flash said to Ji Guo shame with his big cheeks after the goal.
Kobe Bryant didn't give face at all, but when he passed by Ji Guoyi, he said-for-tat: "Good job, cover him next time!" ā
Wade: "............"
Iverson in the west had already received the panda brother's serve at this time, and pulled out his legs to kill him......
Bryant hurriedly landed outside the three-point line on the wing and reached for the ball. only to see the answer follow Wade's example, relying on explosive power to get rid of Kidd, who was clumsy in his eyes. Inside the line first made a feint pass, deceived Howard and then took the basketball back, and after jumping, a big lever in the air dodged the block and scored the ball.
Ji Guoshi is very depressed, Kobe Bryant is even more depressed, but Yao Ming is not surprised, half of the all-stars are alone, and whoever calls the fans likes to watch these lonely heroes play in singles. The low-key and powerful players in the league even have a much lower salary than these experts call a cancer, and there are many examples, such as the twins' new teammates, Billups is twice as low as Iverson's; The Spurs' Parker also only has a 10 million annual salary, but both of them have rings in their hands.
The pace of the game was very fast, you came and went on both sides, the fans only saw the stars flying around in the sky, you deducted one and I poured one, no one noticed that the two brothers didn't get a chance to shoot for three minutes in a row, and they didn't even touch the ball a few times.
There's no way around it, there's just one ball on the court, and the two big odds of Iverson and Kobe Bryant on their side are not enough points, so how can they care about passing the ball to them?
At 9:01, Kobe Bryant passed Yao Ming an aerial relay, which made the little giant curse "tomatoes" in his heart, he couldn't catch this kind of ball!
Kobe Bryant's pass finally smashed over the frame and smashed on the rebound, Howard Card grabbed the rebound in the main position, the Eastern All-Star quickly counterattacked, the Gorilla and the cheeks sparked, the two staged a wonderful continuous pass cooperation, and finally the Gorilla air relay scored a goal with a tomahawk-style one-handed heavy dunk!
With a score of 4:10, the Eastern All-Stars had a good opening shooting rate, on the other hand, the West was full of individual singles, Iverson and Kobe Bryant played two irons each, and both of them shot 1 of 3.
Popovich looked cold off the court, thinking to himself: "It's a shame that you are not my players, otherwise the water cooler will be your eternal guardian!" ā
Yao Ming finally scored two points in the 8th minute and 30 seconds, and the little giant was really not suitable for the All-Star, he obviously couldn't keep up with the rhythm on both sides of the court.
At 7:50 in the first quarter, Popovich replaced three Chinese with Duncan, Anthony and Nowitzki.
The two brothers didn't score a point when they got off the court, the two of them couldn't even get basketball, just watching Iverson and Kobe take turns to play iron, and it was difficult for them to grab rebounds in front of Howard and Garnett in the frontcourt, but there were a lot of rebounds in the backcourt.
In the first four minutes of the game, Ji Guoqiu got 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, and Ji Guoqiu had 2 rebounds.
Ji Guoyi sat on the court, thinking to himself, since we can't get basketball, then Duncan and Nowitzki think the same, aren't their templates just these two?
But things turned out completely unexpectedly, Iverson and Kobe Bryant actually passed the ball at this time, and Duncan and Nowitzki quickly scored points.
"What's the matter, is it deliberately excluding us?" Ji Guozhi was furious in his heart, and the little fox saw that this situation was obviously deliberately not passing the ball to them.
He was thinking about it, and Yao Ming next to him suddenly said in Chinese: "Don't worry, your first year, other rookies entering the NBA are the same, Kobe and Iverson in order to brush the All-Star MVP, occupy your shots." ā
Ji Guoyan was very dissatisfied when he heard this: "Why do you occupy our shots, and James was treated like this in his first season?" ā
Yao Ming smiled: "James didn't make it to the All-Star Game in his first year, and Wade didn't make it to the All-Star Game in his first year. Including our two starting defenders. Do you think there are a lot of players who make it to All-Stars in their first year? ā
The little fox immediately stopped talking. I secretly said in my heart: The gorilla is so pitiful, and the little black snake is so pitiful...... It's so cool!
Yao Ming didn't talk about it, Ji Guoyan really didn't know that these superstars failed to be selected for the All-Star Game in the first season? No wonder they caused such a stir when they became the starters, this is going to change themselves, seeing a rookie enter the All-Star starting lineup in his first season, why not pass the ball? Why did the two rookies, who were not better than themselves back then, not only entered the All-Star Game, but also directly became starters?
Nash also secretly said to the two brothers: "You want to fight more." I'll teach you a way, when you get on the court, defend with all your might, and don't let the East light yƬ score. Kobe Bryant and Iverson are embarrassed to defend, and if you do something for them that you don't want to do, you will naturally get the ball from those two guys, and the coach will let you play a little longer, trust my experience. ā
When Ji Guoqiu and Ji Guoyan heard this, their eyes lit up.
"That's right, the coach of the West this time is Popovich, and the defense is to his liking. Besides, you see that this old man actually didn't choose his own players to be All-Stars. Even Duncan didn't want him to play more, making it clear that he didn't want his players to waste their bodies in the All-Star Game. But they are not afraid to waste their bodies. This is their chance. ā
Popovich really didn't want Duncan to play more, so he replaced Duncan with Stoudemire at 3 minutes and 40 seconds in the first quarter, and the lineup became: Paul, Roy, Anthony, Nowitzki, Stoudemire.
With a score of 25:32, the Eastern Conference All-Stars led by seven points.
Speaking of which, Chris is already in his third season. Paul, this season has just entered the All-Star Game for the first time by relying on the advantage of the host, it can be seen that the two brothers became starters in the first season is a lot of hatred, Ji Guoyan now feels that the eyes of the players on both sides are jealous, and I don't know if it is a psychological effect?
The West now plays a more reasonable lineup, Paul and Roy are not like the previous two independent competitions, which makes the on-court cooperation of the Western Stars team smoother, especially Paul's dribbling breakthrough and sharing the ball are chic and free, which is very ornamental and full of threats, and every time it attracts the host fans in the stadium to cheer loudly!
At the end of the first quarter, Chris. Paul played well and helped the team close the gap to within five points, with a score of 35-39.
Western Stars, Kobe Bryant scored 7 points in the first quarter, Iverson 7 points, Nowitzki 6 points, Paul 4 points and 2 assists, Anthony 5 points, Duncan 2 points, Yao Ming 2 points, Stoudemire 2 points, Roy 2 points.
Eastern Stars, James 6 points, Wade 6 points, Howard 6 points, Garnett 6 points, O'Neal 4 points, Billups 4 points, Ray Allen 3 points, Pierce 2 points, Bosh 2 points.
In the second quarter, Popovich replaced the twin brothers as soon as the game started, replacing Anthony and Nowitzki, who played half the quarter, with the rest of the court unchanged.
The Western lineup became: Paul, Roy, Ji Guoyi, Ji Guoqiu, and Stoudemire.
The Eastern lineup became: Billups, Ray Allen, Pierce, Bosh, O'Neal.
Ji Guoqiu secretly called luck in his heart, he didn't want to run into a big shark of more than 300 pounds, this small physique really couldn't stand it.
D'Antoni in front of the TV saw Popovich let Stoudmire face O'Neal, and immediately scolded, this must be a conspiracy of sworn enemies, their little overlord weighs no more than the two brothers, can he withstand O'Neal who is more than 300 pounds?
Of course, Popovich did this on purpose, and the Spurs coach did something unethical and scolded in his heart: Damn the Suns, it's better to let that big shark be your center with a butt, and see how you guys still run and bomb?
The two brothers didn't know that the Spurs coach took the opportunity to overshadow the sun, and they faced Paul after they came on the court. Pierce and Chris. Bosh.
The Western Stars attacked first in the second quarter, Ji Guoqiu took the initiative to pull out and block with Paul, and Queen Bee used the cover to kill the inside line, and dribbled to the penalty area.
The Eastern Stars didn't take the defense too seriously on the defensive end, just a simple single defense, and basically no help defense.
Ji Guoqiu followed after covering, and there was no one around him to defend him.
Chris. Paul and Tyson. Chandler was accustomed to this kind of cooperation in the Wasps, and passed an aerial relay, and the panda hero immediately bounced to the ground, caught the basketball with both hands and found that no one paid attention to him, and immediately performed a big windmill slam dunk on the basket, and dunked the basketball into the basket!
The fans in the New Orleans arena still remember that the Panda Hero won the championship of the slam dunk contest yesterday, this ball was really beautiful, and the fans immediately cheered for Ji Guoqiu!
Yao Ming thought sourly off the court: "The two of them are really more suitable for the All-Star Game than me!" However, jealousy is jealousy, and Yao Ming took the initiative to ask Popovich to reduce his playing time and give his playing time to his twin brothers.
The little giant was right, the athletic twin brothers were indeed better suited to an All-Star game, and they were the best looking among the big players, not inferior to the Superman and the Wolf King opposite. (To be continued......) R1292