Chapter 706: Our Time Has Not Yet Arrived
Nash and Nowitzki stood on the court together, and the two smiled at each other, still Texas, still these two Europeans, and time seemed to be starting to rewind seven years ago.
West stood behind him, looked at Nash and Nowitzki in front of him for a while, and said to Chamberlain: "Passionate, I think there is a problem between the two of them." ”
", there's an egg, people are brothers, just like the two of us." Chamberlain said, holding him by the neck.
West raised his eyebrows when he heard the first half of the sentence, and after listening to the second half of the sentence, he suddenly smiled.
Chamberlain didn't want to steal Nowitzki's play, and this year's All-Star Game in Dallas was the largest in the history of the All-Star Game, with more than 100,000 fans, of course, the most local fans in Texas.
And because Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant are absent due to injury, and Shaquille O'Neal has not been able to get another chance to please the fans, so this grand All-Star Game does not have many selling points, and Nowitzki is likely to win the MVP.
You see, Jason Kidd and Steve Nash were both added to the All-Star Game, and both of them are friends of Nowitzki, and with two palace-level point guards to escort them, the league is sending a signal that everyone can help Nowitzki cool down.
Nowitzki is really hard now, black eight, black seven and the like have been encountered, in 2006 finally reached the finals, but was disrupted by Wade, in the case of winning the first two games in a row, was overturned four games in a row, put on the psychological elements of the player, this will have collapsed a long time ago.
In fact, there was a tradition in the NBA in the early years, which city the All-Star Game was held, as long as the host was selected, the MVP was generally given to the host. Now, of course, these good traditions are gone.
Chamberlain served to Nash, and the East also changed, Howard, Garnett and Yi Jianlian went off the court together, the interior was replaced by Horford and Bosh, James returned to the small forward position, and the guard played a dual point guard strategy, with Rose and Wade both on the court.
Nash's offense was free and easy, Nowitzki was waiting for him in the high post, stepped forward to block it, Rose was blocked, Nash cut in, and then turned around to pass the ball, perfect blocking, and sent the ball to Nowitzki.
Rose didn't press in, Nowitzki jumped up to show off the Golden Rooster's independent stunt, and came up with an accurate mid-to-long shot.
In comparison, the advancement of the East is much faster, and both Wade and Rose have an extremely strong and domineering style of play.
However, Wade was very unlucky to run into the excited mad dog, who was not here to play, he went up and pressed, pushing Wade while shouting: "Z, come on, look at me caught a big fish!" Let's wrap it! them! ”
Wade rolled his eyes and had to hand the ball to Rose, and West didn't just talk.
Rose did not lose time after receiving the ball, he had already been clear about the position of his teammates and passed to the right wing of the penalty area, James was rushing in at a gallop, jumping as soon as he received the ball.
Chamberlain is displeased, you don't take me seriously, I'm right next to you, James rampage to dunk, he jumped up from the wing and slapped the ball, and at the same time his body collided with it, and the little emperor was even knocked down with the ball.
Auden was quietly running this way, and when he saw Chamberlain blocking James, he shrugged his shoulders and gave a thumbs up: "Z, you have such a violent temper, I'm really convinced!" ”
Referee Bavita gave Chamberlain a defensive foul, the ball was actually quite clean, but the action was indeed a bit big, after all, he was an All-Star.
Chamberlain smiled and took the initiative to stretch out his hand to James, the little emperor had this benefit, he did his work in the open and made people speechless, even if he was overturned, he was not angry, and he also smiled and dragged Chamberlain's arm and stood up.
But if you think James is really that open-minded, then you're wrong.
After that, Oxlade-Chamberlain helped West cover and then followed him into the penalty area, and West naturally passed the ball to him to score. As a result, as soon as Chamberlain got the ball and jumped, James also put him down, of course, the action was not big, but he knocked him down while Chamberlain was not stable.
James also smiled and reached out to pull him, and Chamberlain laughed too, reaching out and grabbing James's hands and pulling him to the ground with all his might.
Chamberlain had a thick artificial meat cushion on his waist, and it didn't hurt to fall to the ground, he dragged James down, patted his ass and stood up, and then stood on the free throw line, feeling that he didn't suffer a loss, so he laughed.
Although they were all laughing and the fans were laughing, the players present could feel that there was anger between Chamberlain and James.
Nelson Sr. is an old man, of course he understands this, so in the eighth minute, he called a timeout again, replaced Chamberlain and Oden together, and replaced them with Smalls and Durant, so that the Western team's lineup is more reasonable.
Durant came on the court with a dunk, and then Nash assisted Nowitzki to hit a mid-range shot, so that the West chased six points in a row to take a four-point lead.
Big Van Gundy chose to let his disciple Howard sit on the bench, and Garnett played for a while and got off the court, which means that the interior defense in the East is not strong enough, Bosh and Horford are too short and not enough deterrent, not to mention that there is an All-Star rookie among these two people, who has no intention of deterring at all, just running back and forth.
Wade then picked up the burden of leading the team, and he and Bosh took turns attacking and scoring, and the East team clung to the West team in the score. At the end of the quarter, the two sides were tied in a row, and Nash calmly used his teammates to cover two consecutive long-range shots from outside the three-point line, and suddenly opened the score away.
At the end of the first quarter, the West led by five points at 40-35.
This year's All-Star rookies are the most in history, West, Durant, Horford, Rose, DeLong, Gerard Wallace, Randolph, Rondo, plus Oden, who started for the first time, a total of 9, more than one-third of the total!
In this way, the scene is more chaotic, because newcomers play All-Star and are often more excited.
In the second quarter, Nelson Sr. and Van Gundy kept changing horses to bring these rookies to the court to show their faces, and Chamberlain sat on the court watching the game with an indifferent expression, and he didn't care about the constant cries of 'Z, MVP'.
Oden bumped him with his elbow and said enviously: "Z, why don't you give it a try, Old Don is your head coach, if you want, you can play as long as you want." I guess if you work hard, it's easy to take today's MVP. ”
Chamberlain sat honestly with his arms crossed, he looked at Deron Williams who was running on the court and shook his head, and said with a smile: "No, Grieg, it's not our time, we don't need to fight, when it's our turn, no one can snatch it, just like even if I snatch an MVP now, will the fans look up to me because of this?" ”
Next year's All-Star Game will be in Oakland!
Auden licked his lips and said, "But I think it would be great to have an All-Star MVP." ”
Chamberlain smiled and said, "There are other more dazzling things, and now we are sitting here watching the game, isn't it also dazzling?" ”
It's much more comfortable to sit on the sidelines and watch the game than to play on the court, especially if you can comment casually, Chamberlain pulled Iverson, Kobe, Roy and other injured stars to start chatting, analyzing the shape on the court.
After Deron Williams came on the court, he was very active, the little man jumped and jumped, and he came out with two dunks in a row in the second quarter, which received a lot of applause.
In fact, Delon has a good fan base in Dallas, because he is a Texan. Chubby cheeks are very practical, with a thick and powerful body, running around the court, Chamberlain laughed when he watched, Kobe Bryant asked him what he was laughing at, and he said: "Don't you feel like DeLong is a ball?" Rolling around, how interesting. ”
In the East, Horford, who also participated in the All-Star for the first time, played very badly, when he played with the Warriors, even in the face of Chamberlain, although Horford could not attack and defend as he wanted, he could be regarded as daring to fight, but he was very cautious in the All-Star game, and as a center, he kept passing.
In addition, Horford's style of play is also very realistic, playing more than ten minutes, shooting 4 of 5 with high efficiency, but they are all jumpers under the basket, no dunks or breakthrough layups.
The most disappointing is Rose, who is the one with the deepest expectations among the All-Star rising stars, but unfortunately he has to be a little restrained.
There's no doubt that Rose is the most physical, athletic player among today's point guards, and his breakthrough is very sharp. But compared to veteran point guards such as Steve Nash, his shooting and passing skills were a little rough, and the two were paired in the first quarter, with Nash delivering back-to-back assists and Rose making back-to-back turnovers.
The best thing about the table is Durant, no matter who he plays against after he plays, he will not fall behind.
Durant's offense is very decisive and resolute, breaking, mid-range shooting, long-range shooting, back play, Durant showed his full range to the fullest, in the middle of the second quarter, there was a ball that Randolph grabbed the rebound and passed the ball and was broken, Durant immediately forced to grab the ball and break the ball back, and then he held the ball quickly to counterattack, and under James's defense, he hit the dunk successfully, which was very beautiful.
Watching Durant play freely, Kobe Bryant touched his chin and said: "This kid has a great future, if he can stay healthy, then I bet he will definitely be an All-Star regular in the future." ”
Durant's thin frame has always raised concerns about him being murdered in a game, but his style of play is purely technical, and this kind of person is very difficult to get hurt, and if it weren't for that kind of foul, his career would have lasted a long time.
In the second half of the second quarter, Chamberlain was substituted along with Nash and Nowitzki, in addition to Durant and Anthony.
The East Force was Howard + Garnett + Pierce + Gerrard + Rondo, and the Green Army's Big Three appeared at the same time, which was also a good gimmick.
Gerrard was also known for his dunks in the early years, but with the arrival of Larry Brown in the Bobcats, he is more inclined to focus on the defensive end.
Durant was very confident today, Nash passed the ball to him, although the position was not very good, Durant still firmly chose to break through in the face of Pierce's defense, only to see him bend his legs and raise his arms to make a shooting feint, and then staggered his legs to make a change of direction, holding the ball in his left hand and his right leg and then stepping forward, breaking through Pierce's flank.
Pierce is a veteran All-Star, and at this time it was still the first half, and he didn't take it very seriously, and Durant threw him off one step and he stopped chasing him.
Durant was overjoyed and thought that he was about to find an empty spot and go to the pinnacle of his life to marry Scarlett Johansson, but he didn't take two steps, and a Gerald Wallace rushed out in front of him, and stopped him with his arms outstretched.
Adu bent his legs slightly and made two changes of direction in a row, but Gerrard was unmoved, but stretched out one arm and pressed up.
Chamberlain shook off Garnett and ran out from the wing to pick it up, and Durant sighed regretfully and threw the ball over.
After getting the ball, Chamberlain passed directly to Nash outside the three-point line, Nash thought he would attack, a glint flashed in his eyes, and he hung the ball back into the box and handed it to Nowitzki.
Nowitzki misplaced against Howard, he turned his back to his opponent and then flicked his shoulder, making a turn feint to trick Howard back away, while he jumped back half a step back and shot the ball.
Golden Rooster Independence!
The ball hit the rebound and landed in the hoop with precision, and Chamberlain gave Nash and Nowitzki a thumbs up and shouted, "Well done, come on, the MVP is yours!" ”