Chapter 605: The curtain call of the 96 generation

It was the first All-Star Game in NBA history to be played at the Grand Stadium, with about 80,000 people in attendance for the first two days, but today no one expected the enthusiasm of the Dallasians. Before the start of the game, Cuban announced that today's attendance was 100,000 and 8,000, once again setting a new NBA attendance record for a single game.

Howard and Ji Guoqiu started the game, since last season's rebounding king and block king were both snatched away by Ji Guoqiu, and even the best defensive player was taken away by the Pandas, Warcraft will be extra serious every time it plays against the Clippers, hoping to respond to the fact that the media and fans have been completely blown up.

Although the American media does not want to admit that their players are inferior to the Chinese, they also have to accept the fact that Ji Guoqiu is the first center today, perhaps the dominance of these two on the defensive end is almost the same, but in terms of offensive and strategy, Ji Guoqiu can indeed be called Howard.

Red Panda is accurate in the middle and long distances, and the low-post hook and the foot of the penalty area continue to improve, and it is now a first-class level among the interior players, coupled with the historical ability to respond, no one has said what Ji Guoqiu will do in the nineties, even if he was really born in the nineties during the four major centers, Ji Guoqiu's current ability is not inferior to these people.

Howard is optimistic by nature, and smiling at one is his most basic attitude towards life. However, Howard has had some troubles recently, the Suns and the Magic have ended, and O'Neal is very unhappy with the "Warcraft" and his teammates' trapping tactics. Shark recalled that when he was young, he had always been one-on-one with top centers on offense and defense, so his words were even mixed with some swear words about Warcraft, humiliating Howard for not making progress in five years, and Big Dream couldn't teach him well. Can't compare with Brother Panda and so on.

Howard, who had no heart, heard this assessment. It inevitably feels hurt. But he didn't have a chance to compete with O'Neal in this year's All-Star Game, who missed the playoffs for the first time in his career, and this time he didn't even make the bench.

In the opening jump ball, Ji Guoqiu, whose jumping ability was at the peak, defeated Howard, whose jumping ability began to decline from the peak, although the athleticism of Warcraft had just begun to decline, and fans could hardly detect the difference, but in the competition of top masters, a little difference was enough to tell the winner. in the next five years. In the NBA, it is no longer the older generation like Chandler or Howard who can bounce with the two brothers, but a new generation of jumping men like Jordan Jr.

Nash replaced Paul as the starter today, and immediately assisted Ji Guosha to stage an aerial relay after coming up. Although the Eastern team said before the game that they would not play this game as a recreational game, because the damn West has won them for four years in a row, it is strange that it can still be entertained. But the two teams still didn't go too far in the first quarter, and even if they had to do it in real time, it would not start until the second quarter or the second half.

In the first quarter of the game, the players on both sides were a little unable to let go, except for Ji Guoyi, who opened with a 360-degree change of hands in the air. The rest of the people didn't have anything to make the fans scream. A couple of air relays from James and Wade in the East were slightly more pretty, but they could only be showmanship. It has not yet risen to the level of entertainment.

In the All-Stars of previous years, because of the storage zĂ i of O'Neal, the favorite funny shark, the entertainment on the All-Stars is always full of unexpected content, such as a dragon dunk from the backcourt to the frontcourt, such as continuous crotch dribbling on the outside line to prepare to break through the small man, such as passing after the crotch, such as the opening dance and the twisting of the ass in the middle of the court, etc. Led by him, Howard and James, two new generation players, also followed, making the court look lively.

And this year's all-stars are at the time of renewal, today's all-stars belong to an all-star who is "no Yao, no wheat, no science, no wormwood, no shark, no Carter", even the animal brothers have become old-timers, lacking the leadership of these old people like sharks, and there are many newcomers who are selected as All-Stars for the first time or the second and third times, so the atmosphere on the scene is neither fierce nor relaxed, and there is a taste of four dislikes.

Stylistically speaking, this All-Star Contest seems to present such a result, that is, the favorite ones don't come (Big Shark), some people who like to play don't have partners (Warcraft, James), those who want to learn to play don't know how to play (School Bag, Rose), and those who don't want to play sabotage others to play (Duncan, Panda, Nowitzki), and finally make it a result of playing but not playing.

Halfway through the first quarter, the two sides began to make substitutions, and the score was 21:18, leading the West by 3 points.

Ji Guozhi felt that this rhythm was too boring, since everyone didn't play and couldn't play, it was better to enter the game mode early, everyone would always play the game, right?

The dead fox ran next to James after a pause, and the two sides took the opportunity to discuss it and decided to enter the main play early, and the prelude or anything was gone.

After the substitutions on both sides, the Western lineup became; Jason. Kidd, Delong. Williams, Amare. Stoudemire, Nowitzki, Duncan.

The eastern lineup becomes: Delhi. Cross, Joe. Johnson, LeBron. James, Elton. Brand, Chris. Bosh.

The company players put their guns on the horse, and as soon as the main drama was played, the West troops took the lead, Stoudemire hit a mid-range shot, Nowitzki turned to shoot, and Delon broke through to make a layup, and they scored six points in a row.

Derek. Rose made his first appearance on the All-Star stage, but his injury was not healed, his condition was not good, his first shot was ridiculously off, and Duncan interfered with Bosh's layup, and the score immediately became 27:18.

The situation in the East was not good, James used a 3-pointer from outside the three-point line to stabilize the situation for the Eastern Army, and then used the breakthrough to score two points.

Rose played just three minutes in the first quarter before being replaced by Rondo, the new hope of the Bulls, who was a real regret for his fans today, as Rose didn't score a point in just three minutes, contributing only one assist but committing two turnovers.

Substitute Rajan. Rondo scored four points in a row after coming on the court, and Paul lost in the three-point game. Pierce also hit a 3-pointer in an attempt to close the gap in the East.

Nowitzki, who came off the bench in the West, was even better, as the host, every time he got the ball at the Cowboy Stadium, he would provoke the cheers of the Dallas fans in the stadium! And Nuo Tianwang also lived up to expectations, in this kind of real play, but the intensity was only maintained in the regular season game, his shooting ability was vividly played, and he scored 7 points in just three minutes, helping the West lead the East by 6 points at 33:27.

At 1 minute and 30 seconds in the first quarter, the two teams made adjustments again, and the Western lineup became: Tony. Parker, Delong. Williams, Ji Guoyi, Blake. Griffin, Paul. Gasol.

The Eastern lineup became: Rajan. Rondo, Dwyan. Wade, Siddo. Turkogru, Chris. Bosh, Al. Horford.

There is an obvious gap between the players on the court this time, especially the center position in the East, Horford's strength is difficult to equate with the All-Star Game, Griffin played less than a minute, received Parker's second pass, and his feet seemed to be equipped with two springs, and he bounced to the ground, and staged a super tomahawk-style dunk that shocked him, and it was Horford who defended him.

Then Gasol also scored two points on Bosh's head with his hook hand, but Turkoglou's breakthrough layup was blocked by Ji Guoyi for the first time today.

Seeing that the east could not withstand the offensive of the west, Wade used his lightning breakthrough to score four points in a row, and finally did not directly open up the gap by the west.

The first quarter ended with the score at 41:34, with the West leading the East by seven points.

In the West, Ji Guoqiu got 4 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Ji Guoqi 8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, Nowitzki 9 points and 2 rebounds, Carmelo. Anthony 4 points, Durant 3 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Nash 2 points and 4 assists, Duncan 2 points and 1 rebound, Stoudemire 2 points and 1 rebound, Paul. Gasol 2 points, Delon. Williams 2 points and 1 assist, Blake. Griffin had 2 points and 1 rebound.

In the East, James had 7 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Wade had 10 points and 1 assist, Howard had 2 points and 3 rebounds, Bosh had 2 points and 2 rebounds, Garnett had 2 points and 1 rebound, Iverson had 2 points and 2 assists, Pierce had 3 points, and Rajan. Rondo had 4 points and 2 assists, and Joe. Johnson 2 points.

At the end of the first quarter, most of the All-Star players got a chance to play. The reasonable master who comes to the scene to report on the All-Star every year commented on the table of all the players who played: "The animal brothers are good, originally the All-Star Game mainly looked at offense and not defense, but it has begun to change in the past two years, and it is no longer that you can score if you want to score." There was a help defense in the first quarter of this year, so Rose and other first-time players were not good. ”

After Master Reason's two sentences, he naturally couldn't get around his own people, and praised: "Most of the rookies' appearances are not good, but you see that Ji Guoyi is very smart, he didn't run in front like in the Clippers, but guarded in the back, and only showed up to score when you couldn't attack, and it has appeared several times." Speaking of this, Master Reasonable smiled: "Our pandas and foxes are also old rivers and lakes now, and they save effort and score more." This year, as the 96 generation gradually withdraws from the rivers and lakes, the 03 and 07 generations have become the protagonists. Veterans like Duncan, Gasol and even Smalls have to be recharged, not because they don't play well, but because they know how to protect themselves and prepare for the second half of the season. And the young players are inexperienced, and in the next few years of All-Stars, we will see the confrontation between the 03 and 07 generations, and the NBA has ushered in another cycle. ”

In the second quarter, the two teams tried their best to substitute, those players who have not yet scored should hurry, every year in the All-Star Game there will be one or two unlucky people who can't score, especially those who are temporarily replaced because of the injury of the big name, they are often unwelcome, the number of shots is limited, if you can't grasp it, then you can only come in vain.

Tony. Parker taught the opposite Rose a good lesson in the second quarter, it is useless to have a body alone, and the first thing a point guard needs to practice is passing skills, followed by shooting and finishing ability. These three skills, Rose and these old-school No. 1 stars have a gap, although relying on the current No. 1 comprehensive athletic ability, Rose still managed to score two points, not in vain, but the opposite Parker has cut six points in five minutes. (To be continued......)