Chapter 707: Sacrifice

Paul is a very good guy, and the Western stars supported him to win the MVP this year, but this kid was not keen on shooting after the opening, and he still took it as his responsibility to connect the team, and his consciousness still looks quite high.

Ji Guoyi faced the giant panda again today, and the two agreed to turn off telepathy this time, so as not to lose both!

Today's tactics in the West are to play inside, and in the first few attacks, everyone sent the basketball to Yao Ming on the inside, and the little giant threw the ball in Howard's head twice in a row with a hook hand, which made the face of the monster look ugly again, and the smile suddenly disappeared.

Howard himself knew that the only way he wanted to defend Yao Ming was to go around the front, but he couldn't put it down every time, and he always felt that doing so was tantamount to admitting that he was inferior to his opponent and a head lower.

Warcraft and O'Neal in previous years couldn't let go of their pride, so every time the two of them played against Yao Ming, they let the latter play a good hand.

O'Neal can at least save some face on the offensive end, and the big shark's low-post skills are not bad, and he and Yao Ming are mutually explosive. But Howard is different, his low-post skills are too rough to explode at all, and he is usually blown up unilaterally.

If he continues to play like this, as long as Yao Ming is still in the NBA for one day, Howard's title of No. 1 center will not be worthy of his name.

Ji Guoyi and Yao Ming also feel good, Yao Ming guards the penalty area very steadily, and he generally does not need to return to the penalty area to assist in defense. His teammate O'Neal, if he was of course much better than Yao Ming when he was young, it's a pity that the big shark is too old now, even if it is replaced by the big shark three years ago, I believe that the Clippers will have much easier to defend the title this year. But now the 39-year-old O'Neal really can't play, although he himself says that he can break out in the playoffs. But Ji Guoyan didn't believe him very much. The player is at this age. The decline in athletic performance can be severe. Especially with O'Neill's tonnage so big, can he still break out?

Ji Guoqiu is very dissatisfied with Howard's attitude, even if his current status is not as high as Howard, but it will not be lower than him. The last time the Nets played against the Mavericks, he went around Yao Ming to defend him, and no one said anything about him afterwards, he couldn't understand what he couldn't wipe his face?

Howard's performance is really confusing, O'Neal wants to save face. That's because the historical low position is really high, and the offensive end can explode back, but what are you Howard embarrassed about? Every time Duncan meets a rocket, he doesn't often go around to defend Yao Ming, and Shi Buddha's status is much stronger than your Warcraft, don't people do the same?

Five minutes into the first quarter, Yao Ming scored 10 points alone, and he hit Howard on the inside like a child, making even the Zen master frown, wondering if to call a timeout?

Fortunately, Carlisle quickly replaced Yao Ming. The little giant is now his favorite general, and the Mavericks don't need Yao Ming to break out in the regular season. As long as he can show the power he has today in the playoffs, then there is hope for the Mavericks to win the championship.

Cuban was also smiling happily on the sidelines, and the Mavericks boss saw Carlisle replacing Yao Ming, and stood up and shouted at Yao Ming, clapping his hands constantly, obviously excited about Yao Ming's performance.

Carlisle replaced Yao Ming with Duncan, and Popovich immediately felt the chrysanthemum tighten in front of the TV and scolded Carlisle for being shameless!

Popovich knew that this guy must want to exhaust Duncan, and he couldn't make Duncan play for more than 30 minutes today. However, the old man himself understands that if he is replaced as a coach, he will also let Nowitzki and Yao Ming stay on the court all the time, and find a way to exhaust the Mavericks' interior combination.

Chris. When Paul saw Yao Ming's end, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Don't look at Yao Ming scoring 10 points in such a short time, but Paul's assists have actually only increased by 1 time on Yao Ming.

Yao Ming's characteristic is that every time he attacks, he has to hold the ball and play with his back, and use his strength to get the best position and opportunity before shooting, so that Paul's assist is gone.

Duncan actually has the same trait, which is one of the reasons for Parker's low assists.

Basically, these interior players who are good at low-post offense are difficult to brush up on the data for point guards, and only projection interior lines like Ji Guoyi are the best partners for point guards to brush assists. If Paul partners with Ji Guoyi, it is not an unattainable dream to average more than 15 assists per game.

The Western Stars lineup became: Paul, Iguodala, Durant, Ji Guoyi, Duncan.

The Eastern Stars also made substitution adjustments, Zen Master replaced Brother Panda and Nash, and did the same thing as Carlisle, and the Eastern lineup became: Rose, Kobe, James, Stoudemire, Tyson. Chandler.

Duncan came up and was only responsible for defense and rebounding, and he didn't plan to put too much effort into this game, which he was tired of for a long time.

Ji Guoyi and Durant began to take over the offensive task, and Paul had these two good teammates who brushed assists, and the number of assists began to skyrocket.

On the eastern side, Kobe Bryant is still the same as before, this guy also became the offensive core of the east during Yao Ming's outbreak, and he scored 8 points in less than half a quarter, and the east relied on Kobe's offense to bite the score.

The Zen master thought it was very interesting, he hadn't seen Kobe Bryant with red eyes for a long time, and he was most familiar with this kind of scene, since Kobe Bryant was so eager to win, he was happy to fulfill him.

I didn't say a word to the Zen master before the competition, and the relationship between the two was delicate and always has been. Speaking of which, the two are not enemies, but they are not friends either. Some say they take advantage of each other, but sometimes they're more like rivals, even when they're on a team.

Thunder. Allen was blown up by Kobe Bryant before, and now he is replaced by Iguodala to defend, Kobe's offense has finally been slightly suppressed, but this guy is still the biggest threat in the East.

After these few minutes of play, fans of the Nets and Cavaliers found that as long as Kobe Bryant is on a certain team, then everyone else is like a big hindrance, and a group of big names seem to be no different from ordinary players, just watching the boss with the ball and doing it alone, because you don't know when he will pass the ball, and even Ji Guoqiu is a little bit unsure of how to run to cooperate with him.

If there is any difference, it is that Ji Guoqiu, James and others will have a greater grasp of scoring when they receive the basketball from the crowd from the boss.

Actually, there is nothing wrong with that. A team is best when it has an attacking core. It's just that Kobe's offensive grasp is not as good as Jordan's after all. And when he can't move, he doesn't have the overall situation like Jordan, so he will be criticized by fans.

Iguodala was still very successful in defending Kobe, and he was able to keep his teammates in time to help defend. Allen is often killed by Kobe Bryant before his teammates arrive, and this small difference can make all the difference in the final outcome.

Kobe Bryant failed to make two shots under Ji Guoyi's defense, and the boss began to choose to pass the ball next?

Ji Guoyi was the first to believe it, he felt that Kobe Bryant was so insulted by the fans at Staples. It should be a big fight, unlimited 1v5.

But the boss is so unpredictable, Kobe Bryant sometimes completely opposite to what others imagined, and he couldn't figure it out at all.

Dead Fox doesn't know that he is very similar to Kobe Bryant in some ways, except that he is more able to control his emotions at critical moments, but Kobe really depends on his mood.

"Looks like I'm going to provoke him, Iguodala doesn't talk trash, Kobe Bryant stays calm all the time, that's not going to work." Ji Guoyi saw Kobe Bryant learning Ray. Allen started running off the ball. I don't think it's a good thing to fight like this, and I must provoke Kobe's emotions. When the time comes, he will be controlled by his emotions.

At the end of the first quarter, the Western Stars led the Eastern Stars 38:35.

Paul played 4 points and 6 assists in the first quarter, Ji Guoyi cut 10 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks, Yao Ming 10 points and 2 rebounds, Durant 6 points and 2 rebounds, Nowitzki 3 points, Ginobili 2 points, Ray Allen 3 points.

Kobe Bryant also played the whole quarter, with 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. James had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Howard had 2 points and 3 rebounds, Rose had 4 points and 2 assists, Xiaosi had 2 points and 2 rebounds, Ji Guoqiu had 2 points and 3 rebounds, Wade had 2 points, Nash had 2 points, and Chandler had 2 points.

In the second quarter, Carlisle didn't bring on Yao Ming and Nowitzki at all, and only let Kidd play for a while, and only for a few minutes. However, Ji Guoyi didn't rest for a few minutes and was substituted on the court, and Carlisle obviously wanted Ji Guozhi to spend more physical energy in the All-Star.

The Western Stars team uses the interior combination of Duncan and Ji Guoyi most of the time, and the point guard is naturally Chris. Paul took the lead, he basically played at the same time as Ji Guoyi, and he went off the field at the same time. On the second and third positions, Carlisle mainly uses Ray. Allen and Iguodala, with Durant on the court at the No. 3 position, and Willis and Gay getting 10 minutes of playing time today.

The Zen master did even harder, Kobe Bryant was replaced again after only 2 minutes of rest, and no one knew what the old man wanted to do. And Ji Guoqiu, Nash and the three players of the Mavericks, the two only played for a while in the first quarter, and the Zen master did not let them play at all in the second quarter.

Ji Guoyi and Kobe Bryant rushed to each other on the court in the second quarter, and then they couldn't catch the ball. Paul won't always put the basketball in his hands, Durant has also got a lot of shots, and the queen bee uses this method to keep the fox brother from scoring too many points, and she can firmly control the MVP in her hands.

"Come on, let them play." Of course, Ji Guoyi knew Paul's plan, and when he saw that the panda didn't play much at all, he knew that he really didn't look down on the MVP of the All-Star this year, and he couldn't get the ball on his side, and he didn't want to play more.

"I told you a long time ago, it's you who don't believe it, this kind of competition just means it." Ji Guoqiu watched very happily off the court, he turned the All-Star game into a real confrontation, but he took a step back to watch the excitement, which is really obscene.

Kobe Bryant doesn't care so much, he is here for the victory and MVP today, and the more the Lakers in the Staples Arena booed him, the more he has to perform better and get more accolades to prove that he didn't do anything wrong.

James is also a player that the Zen master has been putting on the court, and the gorilla doesn't know if he has a delusion, and he finds that Kobe's eyes are actually green? I didn't bother to compete with him for a while, and after I got the basketball, it was basically passed out, and he was happy to watch the excitement.

There is only one Kobe Bryant on the Western Stars team, and that is Ray. Alan.

It's a pity that even at home, Ray. Allen also struggled to outperform Kobe.

Durant's score unconsciously caught up with Ji Guosha in the second quarter, and the little schoolbag also had a lot of ambitions. Fantasy about MVP arose in my heart.

Chris. Paul was as fine as a monkey. This guy has been in control of all his teammates' scores. Even the fox brother was calculated by him, how could he leave a chance for Durant to defy the sky?

Soon, Durant couldn't catch the blue ball.

The fans at the scene and in front of the TV don't know the truth of this, they just think that Paul has organized the team in an orderly manner, and everyone's statistics are good, which is a really good point guard. But what they didn't realize was that this distribution made it impossible for everyone's hand to really warm up, and Durant just found out that his hand was coming. Then I couldn't catch the basketball for half a day, and the hot feeling suddenly became cold again.

Chris. Paul's organization, while seemingly flawless, is actually more problematic the more perfect things are.

First of all, when a point guard has too much control, the team is already locked to the ceiling.

"Selfishness" and "selflessness" are by no means reflected by the number of assists and scores.

A high core score is not necessarily selfish; There are many core assists, and it is not necessarily selfless.

In the first half, Chris. Paul had eight points and 12 assists, but the Western Stars trailed by five points at 72-77.

There were two quarters left in the second half. It wasn't a big difference, and Paul wasn't much of a concern.

Phil. Jackson, for his part, made it clear that he didn't want to use his own players. Without Ji Guoqiu sitting on the inside, the strength of the Eastern Stars team has decreased, so the West has a great chance of winning.

In the first half, for the Western Stars, Paul had 8 points and 12 assists, Ji Guoyi 12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Yao Ming 10 points and 2 rebounds, Durant 15 points and 3 rebounds, Nowitzki 3 points, Westbrook 6 points, Ray Allen 6 points, Ginobili 4 points, Duncan 4 points and 3 rebounds, Iguodala 2 points, Guy 2 points, Kidd 2 points.

Kobe Bryant of the Eastern Conference Stars had 21 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. James had 8 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Rose had 8 points and 2 assists, Howard had 6 points and 7 rebounds, Xiaosi had 6 points and 3 rebounds, Nash had 5 points and 3 assists, Ji Guoqiu had 6 points and 4 rebounds, Anthony had 4 points, Wade had 4 points, Bosh had 4 points, Deron had 3 points, and Chandler had 2 points.

In the third quarter, Paul stepped up his individual offense after the start of the game, and he had a good hand, and the Western Stars once overtook the score in the early third quarter. Durant also feels good, but the small schoolbag that scores more and more naturally doesn't get many opportunities, and the ball is firmly in Chris's hands. Paul's hand.

Thunder. Allen got a lot of opportunities to shoot in the third quarter, but unfortunately the killer Ray who spent all his energy on competing with Cole, how could he feel it, and missed three consecutive points, and the Eastern Stars widened the difference to 10 points in a blink of an eye.

The third quarter was 7 minutes and 40 seconds, and the score was 80:90.

Kobe Bryant completely blew out Ray today. Allen, after the boss hit another three-point shot, the Western Stars were already trailing by 10 points before they knew it.

Paul was a little panicked at this time, and he didn't care about any balance, and began to pass the ball for Ji Guosha and Durant, the two scorers. However, Durant and Ji Guoshame were hung for a long time, and they didn't feel it, and the two each played a few irons, and the Eastern Stars widened the difference to 14 points in just two minutes.

Carlisle also wanted to win the game, and seeing that the situation was not good, he finally replaced Yao Ming, Nowitzki and Kidd to form the Mavericks trio.

A really good point guard must know when to hand over the ball, which is a truth that Paul still doesn't understand. Billups is not as good as Paul in any aspect of his stats, but he knows when to hand over the ball and when to take it back, and even the old fish knows this.

It is easy for a talented point guard to take back the ball, but it is difficult to hand over the ball, especially a genius like Paul, basketball is like a part of his body, if you look at it from his point of view, basketball is the safest in his hands, who in the whole league has his low turnover?

But the basketball game is by no means so simple, Paul and James can make an ordinary player play at the level of a quasi-All-Star, but they can't let an All-Star play the strength of a supergiant, because if the supergiants want to play, they must let them play with their hands and feet, that is, they need the ball in their hands, and someone must "sacrifice" at this time.

Yao Ming was the most sure in the low post, so Kidd handed over the ball to let the little giants play to their best in the low post, while Nowitzki was responsible for opening up the space, and the three Mavericks stars over the age of 31 taught the young players a good lesson, but the young superstars, including Ji Guoyi, couldn't see this at all.

Today, there are only four teams in the league that can "sacrifice" each other - the Spurs, Mavericks, Celtics, Nets, and the rest of the teams are in the stage of fighting for the ball, and they simply don't know the importance of handing over the ball and "sacrifice".

During the Clippers' three-game winning streak, it was the two brothers who accidentally reached this state, and Billups also played a key role, but now the Clippers no longer have the word "sacrifice".

The Eastern Stars did these two words today, no matter what their reason, but these stars in the East did give the ball to Kobe Bryant, and let the boss play his talents to the fullest, so the East will burst out with more combat power than the West.

At this time, the ceiling of the Eastern Star team is actually Kobe's limit, because the basketball power is in Kobe's hands, and his every move determines the success or failure of the team. It's just that the boss doesn't know what to be crazy about at this time, and he will often pass the basketball out, which is too difficult to defend, and it also makes the combat effectiveness of the Eastern Star Team exceed that of the Western Star Team. (To be continued......)