Chapter Fifty-Nine: You and Me (Part 1)

The two teams played back and forth, and at the end of the first half, the West led by as many as 15 points, 80-65.

Indeed, as Tang Tian said, the western army was enough to defeat the eastern army by relying on talent alone.

At halftime, Tang Tian was concerned by a group of players, and the focus of the topic was naturally Swift.

Especially Maddie, this guy can't wait to announce for Tang Tian right away that his head coach is in love.

However, Tang Tian still has a lot of experience in dealing with these.

only said that Swift was his sister, and this sang a kind of brother and sister relationship.

Although the team members didn't believe it, they didn't want to ask any more questions.

Coming back in the second half, the Eastern Army, led by Wade, set off a wave of counterattacks.

In this wave of counterattacks, an unexpected scene occurred.

O'Neal made a dunk under the basket, and Maddie grabbed the rebound and pushed forward, but missed dribbling the ball to his feet, and O'Neal turned around and grabbed it back.

O'Neal made a steal and then made a powerful dunk.

It was nothing, but O'Neal gave full play to his entertaining nature, turned around Maddie, and kissed him on the forehead.

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and O'Neill also laughed, but Maddie looked a little embarrassed.

Tang Tian shook his head unconsciously.

This scene, in fact, he had seen it in his previous life, and he originally thought that he had crossed over and would not have it again, but he didn't expect it to happen.

Maddie turned his head to look at the bench at this time, and after seeing Tang Tian's expression, he unconsciously clenched his fist.

If the head coach is someone else, he doesn't care anyway, after all, the NBA is just an exhibition game.

But his own head coach shook his head, and if he didn't react, he really couldn't say anything.

The offense of the Western team, Maddie took the initiative to ask Kobe for the ball.

The Western team didn't have a proper point guard in the starter, and the ball was between Maddie and Kobe.

After Bryant called the ball over, Maddie directly pulled a three-pointer.

"Huh!"

The basketball is firmly in the frame.

This season, because of Tang Tian's emphasis on three-point shooting and Kerr's training, his three-point grasp has reached the highest point of his career.

And this is just the beginning of the performance, and the next third quarter is completed as Maddie's solo performance.

After his back injury healed, he felt like he was back to being the scoring champion of the Magic era.

The signature emergency stop here pulls one, and the 45-degree angle outside the three-point line over there is another three-point shot from a teammate to block and dismantle.

Just after taking the ball, he broke through and performed a one-handed strong slam dunk, and the next round was a super difficult 360° pull-up layup.

In the third quarter alone, Maddie scored 16 points alone.

"Shaq, Shaq, do you regret it?" Barkley shouted laughing in the commentary booth after seeing this.

This is completely a "bloody case" caused by a kiss!

Maddie's solo performance directly dragged the game into garbage time, and the East Army fell behind by more than 30 points.

In the fourth quarter, the two sides played relatively long off the bench.

In the last few minutes, Tang Tian was also very cooperative, and put the players who scored the most points on the field.

Bryant 27 points, Maddy 27, Anthony 20, Stoudemire 22 and Ray Allen 12.

The Eastern Army didn't want to lose too ugly in the last few minutes, so they played seriously, and the intensity of the game also increased.

In the end, the Eastern Army chased the difference to about 20 points, and the Western Army scored 31 points for Kobe Bryant and Maddie scored 29 points.

In the final round, Kobe Bryant held the ball, and he locked up the MVP if he attacked, but he finally gave the ball to Maddie in the bottom corner.

If Maddie's three-pointer is scored, the MVP will be his.

Maddie adjusted her posture and shot.

The attention of the audience was all focused on him, and although it was garbage time, this goal MVP was destined to become a classic scene in NBA history.

"Huh!"

Maddie's shot went into the frame steadily.

The scene was cheering, and at the last moment, Maddie's score surpassed Kobe!

The AMVP trophy is Maddie's!

Wrong!

While the fans were cheering, the referee on the sideline blew the whistle and signaled that the ball had stepped on the three-point line.

The replay was given on the LED screen at the scene, and the replay showed that Maddie adjusted her posture and deliberately stepped on most of her feet in!

It's a two-point shot!

In other words, Kobe Bryant and Maddie both scored 31 points!

Barkley was still teasing Kobe Bryant for sending the MVP out at the end, and he was stunned after seeing this strange scene.

Kobe Bryant and Maddie also laughed together, and the two walked together and hugged each other.

The fans cheered and applauded the two superstars.

One sent the MVP, the other didn't want to receive the MVP like this, the scene of you and me is definitely a classic among the NBA classics.

Tang Tian didn't expect it to turn out to be like this in the end, looking at the sympathy between the two historical superstars, he also stood up and applauded them.

At the end of the game, the West Army defeated the East Force 153-132 to win the final victory.

However, fans are more concerned about the next All-Star Game MVP than the winner, after all, this has never happened in history when the same highest score occurred.

Theoretically, Kobe Bryant has a higher probability of getting it, after all, he has a move to make at the end.

But it can't be said if you don't give Maddy, in addition to the same score, Maddie also handed out 8 assists, 2 more than Kobe.

The fans talked about it to no avail.

In the end, this problem could only be solved by the organizing committee.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the live host finally got the envelope containing the final MVP attribution.

After he opened it, his expression showed a look of surprise, and he read it with a smile.

"2007 NBA All-Star Game, Most Valuable Player, Kobe Bryant ......"

As Bryant's name was pronounced, the fans of the Lakers and Bryant on the scene had already begun to cheer out.

"And Tracy McGrady." The moderator read the whole result.

At this moment, the fans of the entire stadium cheered.

This turned out to be a shared MVP!

In the history of the NBA, there have only been three previous sharing, namely Elgin Baylor and Bob Petit in '59, Malone and Stoke in '93, O'Neal and Duncan in '00, each time it is very classic, Kobe Bryant and Maddie became the fourth group, which is destined to go down in history.

However, this result is also the best result, the All-Star Game is originally entertainment, which is also a joy for all.

The most excited is naturally the Rockets fans, last year's Houston All-Star Game, Maddie slashed 36 points, but because the East team finally beat the West team, unfortunately missed the MVP, this year is to make up for it.

When presenting the award, Maddie first thanked the fans and management, and finally thanked coach Tang Tian.

"Thank you, coach, you saved me, you saved the Rockets, you are the best coach in my heart."