Chapter 173: Under the Fierce Battle All-Stars
In the second quarter, Liu Han and Jordan did not play again, and they both rested off the court. However, the atmosphere on the court is still very hot, with the gradual development of young players in the West, the East has also begun to get serious, and there are also young players like Kobe Bryant in the East, his personality can be said to be very similar to Jordan, even if he is not the protagonist today, but he still plays very hard.
At the end of the second quarter, the West led the East by 11 points at 72-61, Liu Han scored 14 points in the first quarter, and Jordan scored 13 points, and the two performed comparably.
At halftime, the rapper JAY-Z invited by the organizers in New York, and the diva Mariah Carey gave a wonderful performance to the fans, but Liu Han didn't understand JAY-Z's rap except that Mariah Carey's singing voice was high-pitched enough, and the rapper's music used a lot of slang so that Liu Han couldn't understand what the other party was saying, and he felt that there was no difference in the Allegro of this hometown.
The second half continued, with both sides fielding their starters.
Liu Han and Jordan began to grapple again, and the two superstars of similar height and weight began their respective performances.
Jordan used his experience and skills to repeatedly break through Liu Han's defense, but Liu Han's kraft candy-like defense still put a lot of pressure on Jordan, even if he broke through Liu Han's defense, he couldn't completely get rid of Liu Han, which made Jordan's shooting rate not high.
Liu Han took advantage of his youth and kept breaking through Jordan in a way like stopping and starting, plus Liu Han's projection ability is indeed better than Jordan, so from the perspective of performance on the field, Liu Han is better than Jordan.
Five minutes into the third quarter, the East attacked.
Jordan once again took the ball on the outside to face Liu Han's defense. Liu Han didn't get too close to Jordan this time, but put Jordan two steps away, he felt that Jordan's hand in this game was not very good, so he could let him shoot.
Jordan himself knew that he didn't feel good today, so he reduced his outside shots, but Liu Han was always stuck in his breakthrough route, and the opponent's speed was indeed faster than he is now, so it was difficult for Jordan to break through.
At this time, there is still Pippen in the Eastern lineup, and Larry Bird is eager to have all the Bulls players on the court in this game, which can consume the physical strength of the Bulls players and make them decline after the All-Star break, which is beneficial to the Pacers.
Pippen mentioned the outside line to cover Jordan, and Liu Han saw Pippen's coming from the afterglow, and he started to move ahead of time and approached Jordan.
Jordan saw Liu Han move ahead of time so he suddenly accelerated and ran in the direction that Pippen came from, but he was a little careless with the dribble, Liu Han suddenly grabbed and broke the ball that was lined up to the ground when Jordan changed direction with his left hand.
Jordan, whose dribble was broken, quickly turned around and counter-attacked, but Liu Han was faster, and he had already started to grab the ball and kill it in the Eastern team's half.
Pippen and Jordan accelerated to the backcourt together, but Liu Han's speed was very fast, and they were never able to catch up with Liu Han.
Liu Han did not slow down after dribbling after half the court, his pace was very accurate, there would be no problem of mixing garlic under his feet, and his dribbling and running steps were also very good.
The distance of the half court may only be three seconds for Liu Han to run at full speed, but this time Liu Han suddenly slowed down a little when he entered the three-point line, and then he flew up the moment he stepped into the free throw line, and his whole body was completely spread in the air, behind him were the powerless Jordan and Pippen.
Liu Han held the ball with one hand in his left hand in the air, tried his best to balance his two legs in the air, and his entire upper body slashed the left hand holding the ball towards the basket like an axe that was about to open the world.
Under the attention of the audience, in the stunned eyes of all the stars, Liu Han's body flew in the air for the entire three-second zone, and the ball was heavily dunked into the basket with his left hand.
The sound of the audience suddenly stopped, and then there was a cheer that shook the court, and Liu Han completed a dunk that could win the championship of the slam dunk contest.
Jordan looked a little dazed behind Liu Han, this is the action he used in the 87 slam dunk contest, but he has never used it in the game, this time Liu Han made this action perfectly, which made Jordan a little overwhelmed, he knew that he could no longer make these actions, but now this action was completed in front of his eyes.
Liu Han passed by Jordan's side when he returned to his half, and his expression did not change at all, as if his dunk was a matter of course.
However, Liu Han was "ravaged" by the team's stars just after halftime, O'Neal didn't say it first, even Tim Duncan, who looked a little dull, took the initiative to come up and hit Liu Han's chest, O'Neal wanted to lie on Liu Han's back several times, but Liu Han was dodged.
At this point, the fans were overjoyed and cheered for such a wonderful performance, and the game on the field had to stop after the cheers of the crowd had stopped.
The next attack of the Eastern Army seemed to be frightened by Liu Han's dunk, and they were a little overwhelmed, and Jordan seemed to have lost the interest in continuing to fight Liu Han.
The East's offense ended with a missed shot by Anfernee Hardaway.
The West team began to get more and more excited like a chicken blood, and O'Neal also completed several dunks with the assistance of Liu Han and Jason Kidd.
When the third quarter was nine minutes into the game, Liu Han and other starters were replaced again, which was Liu Han's 26 points.
After Liu Han got off the court, several old players in the East and West also came off the court, and the court was full of young players who have only entered the NBA in recent years, with Kobe Bryant, Grant Hill, and Anthony Walker playing in the East, while Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, and Jason Kidd in the West are mainly playing.
The younger players played more aggressively and had a desire to perform, and even Tim Duncan, who was known for his calm and solid fundamentals, played several trick dunks and layups.
When the fourth quarter hit 5 minutes, the two sides changed the starters again, Liu Han also lost the desire to fight after Jordan no longer hit hard, he played very casually, hit three points in a row on the outside, the game has lost suspense in the last three minutes, the West Army has led the East Army by 25 points, and now the only suspense is whether Liu Han can break Chamberlain's All-Star Game scoring record, and Liu Han has scored 37 points with two minutes left in the fourth quarter.
The starters in the west all passed the ball to Liu Han, but Liu Han himself didn't seem to want to break the record, and he passed the ball again. After seeing that Liu Han did not intend to score in the last two minutes, George Krent replaced Liu Han.
In the end, the West defeated the East 142-124 to win the All-Star Game in the 97-98 season.
The MVP of this game has no objection to Liu Han's, he scored 37 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, and also delivered many wonderful dunks and performances, making this All-Star Game look very good, at least the audience thinks so.
When Liu Han received the MVP trophy of the All-Star Game from David Stern, the fans in the stadium cheered, in their opinion, Liu Han deserved this trophy, just like David Stern said, he is the "star of stars" tonight.
However, the new All-Star Game MVP will have no ball to play in the next two months, and Liu Han himself is a little worried about what he should do in the next time. (To be continued.) )