Healing Basketball

   Chapter 642 642. Come to an end

  During the halftime break, the players of the West team got together to discuss, and a dispute arose.

   Garnett said: "We have Ray, Dirk, and Steve. We have the three best three-pointers in the world. We should make good use of them and adjust our style of play for them."

  Duncan's rare rebuttal: "Three-pointers are gambling on luck, we have better options, and we have the best mid-range shooters."

  Having a hard time with the Eastern team, now, the Western team is united in the pursuit of victory. Garnett and Duncan have fans.

  Liu Xiu thought for a while and said: "I have an immature suggestion...We still focus on mid-range and short-range tactics and seize counterattack opportunities."

   Garnett was about to refute immediately, Liu Xiu stretched out his hand to stop it, and Garnett quickly took a step back when he saw Liu Xiu stretching out his hand.

Liu Xiu continued: "We need better running positions for three-pointers, Ray, Steve, Big-King, you must take the initiative to find better opportunities to respond, and shoot the ball in a difficult shooting environment! "

   While Liu Xiu was talking, Maurice Cheeks pushed the small blackboard to the side of Liu Xiu...then went fishing again.

  Everyone looked at the three-point statistics on the small blackboard, and then focused their attention on Ray Allen, Nash, and Silver Horn King standing together.

  Parker, who was the youngest, couldn't hold back and complained: "Warden, you can't ask them to throw the ball in without giving them help!"

   "Help?" Liu Xiu thought for a while, opened her eyes wide, and said vigorously: "Lei, Steve, Big-King, you all work hard!"

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  Everyone was speechless, and even a little nauseated.

Nash looked at the tactical board, the Western team made 2 of 9 three-pointers in the first half... He thought for a while, and replied: "I understand, the defense of three-pointers is the strength of the Eastern team. They have a lot of players who are fast and change defenses quickly. On the outside, if we strengthen our three-point shooting tactics, we are actively attacking their best defense, mid-range is our advantage, and I will try my best to shoot the ball in!"

   When Nash said this, Nowitzki patted his chest and said: "We leave the outside shooting to us."

   Ray Allen did not speak, but nodded.

  The three pitchers agreed, and the others focused their attention on Garnett, who was at odds with Liu Xiu. Unexpectedly, Garnett also nodded in response...

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  Back from halftime, the third quarter began. In the opening stage, relying on O'Neal's outstanding performance, the Eastern team quickly overtook the score and overwhelmed the Western team.

   Falling into a positional offensive and defensive battle, with O'Neal at the basket, the Eastern team has a huge advantage.

At this time, Ray Allen, who was highly expected by his teammates, made a contribution. When the Eastern team scored 72 to 65, and it was possible to open the gap with a goal, Ray Allen received the ball and turned to face James. A three-pointer hit, and the West team used this to narrow the disadvantage to 4 points.

With Ray Allen's return of blood, the Western team slowed down for a while, and when it was in the middle of the fourth quarter, Kobe, who entered the state, scored 4 goals in a row from mid-range, got 1 extra penalty and also made a hit, and played a wave alone 9 to 2, the score was changed from 4 points behind to 3 points ahead, achieving a lead!

In the second half of the third quarter, Eastern team coach Philip Saunders did not replace O'Neal with Yao Ming, but continued to let O'Neal play, and also used words to stimulate O'Neal to compete with Kobe, until the end of the third quarter. Yao Ming played for two minutes.

Facing the siege of Duncan, Gasol, Randolph, Garnett and others, O'Neal's offensive and defensive performance declined in the second half of the third quarter. When Yao Ming came on the court in the last two minutes, he did not cooperate well with his teammates. , In the second half of the third quarter, the Eastern team's offense became James rushing to attack the frame, and the defensive end became that the perimeter defense performance was stronger than that of the basket.

  With Yao Ming and O'Neal as the two major centers, there will be a situation where the frame protection is unfavorable, which surprised the commentators.

It’s not that James’ offense is not bad for his teammates. Billups, Carter, McGrady... Even Kidd has developed the ability to catch and shoot this year, but his style of play has become very Single, that is, James breaks through to attract pincers and then divides the ball. With Garnett, the defensive efficiency of the West team gradually improves...

   At the end of the three quarters, the West team scored 98 to 88, widening the point difference to 10 points!

  The West team’s strategy of insisting on focusing on CIC and looking for counterattack opportunities has succeeded!

Mainly Ray Allen, Nash, Nowitzki, Liu Xiu, and Kobe Bryant performed quite well in strong shots from beyond the three-point line and long two-pointers. They scored 5 three-pointers in a single quarter, and the Bidong team There was one more three-pointer over there, and they scored a single quarter score of 38 to 30!

At the end of the quarter, although the East team tried to reverse, the West team became a defensive game around Duncan. Duncan was paired with Garnett, Marion, Kobe, and Liu Xiu. Sent to take turns to chisel, and at most they fought back and forth with the Western troops.

  Duncan's stable attributes combined with these teammates make him so strong that he has no friends!

  In the final quarter, the Western team and the Eastern team played a score of 27 to 29. The Eastern team scored a quarter and only narrowed the difference by two points.

  In the end, the Western team defeated the Eastern team 125 to 117!

There is no suspense about the winner of the AMVP. He made 13 of 24 shots, including 4 of 10 three-pointers, and 6 of 8 free throws. Kobe scored a game-high 36 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals. Star MVP.

During the game, swords were on the verge of breaking out. After the awards were announced, the stars from the Eastern Conference also went up to congratulate Kobe for winning the award... Not all of them were so big-hearted. There were still two who were obviously unhappy. One was Shaquille O’Neal, who was sulking while sitting on the bench, and the other was from the Eastern Conference. The best performing James, he scored 29 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists on 11 of 22 shots, but the Eastern team lost.

   James also went to congratulate Kobe, but everyone could see that he was unhappy.

  Liu Xiu also went to say congratulations to Kobe. Thinking of his stats of 10 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals, he regretted a bit...I would have known that I would ask my teammates to help me get a few more spots and get a few rebounds.

  But then AMVP might be snatched away by him... I regret it even more when I think about it! If you can grab it, why not grab it... But if your teammates help you get stuck but don't get it, which affects the defense, you may lose...

  In short, after winning the game, Kobe won the AMVP. His warden has repaid the favor owed to Kobe in last year's All-Star Game, and it can be regarded as a small matter.

   All-Star MVP, there will be plenty of opportunities to compete in the future, and it’s better to have fun.

And this year's All-Star Game, overall, he played very happily. This kind of All-Star Game with grievances, desires, star types, and cooperation can play infinite possibilities... In another ten or eight years, it may be there is none left! Enjoy it now if you can!

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   Since this All-Star is held at Mosaic’s home stadium, I will write it briefly so as not to mention too much about that arena...

  (end of this chapter)