Chapter 1223: James Who Really Became Different!
After the heads-up contest is over, public opinion is still in turmoil, and the All-Star Weekend is also entering the Sunday, February 16 in such a lot of turmoil.
February 16 is the climax of All-Star Weekend, and on this day, the much-anticipated All-Star Game is about to begin.
In the second day of the All-Star Weekend on Feb. 15, the two teams played 2-2 in the SuperSonics All-Stars and League All-Stars.
It can be said that there is no winner or loser.
This is actually quite a surprising result.
After all, the superSonics are playing a league with one team.
In the end, it was able to score 2-2, which is really surprising.
Because in many people's predictions, on the second day of the All-Star Weekend, the Seattle SuperSonics may be able to win the heads-up king, and the other three games, the All-Stars of the league team should be able to win.
But it backfired, and Ye Si won the three-point contest and heads-up contest with strong strength, which made the Seattle SuperSonics and the league team tied.
The result of the draw is an acceptable result for the Seattle SuperSonics players and fans.
It's unacceptable to play the best of the league with one team and still be able to achieve such results, so what else is acceptable?
It's just clear that for the league's All-Stars and fans, it's a bit unacceptable.
So while the world is arguing about the heads-up contest on February 15, many All-Stars in the league have actually set their sights on the All-Star Game on February 16.
is preparing to use today's All-Star Game to save face with the SuperSonics.
For the league team, the All-Star Game, their advantage is the greatest.
No matter how strong the Seattle SuperSonics are, it's still a team, and no matter how strong Yes is, it's also a person.
And the league team is different, this is the essence of this league!
In terms of the hard power of the players, there is no problem with the strength of the players of the league team to beat the supersonics, right?
Whether it's from finding the top strength of five players or the average strength that represents the team's thickness, the league team can beat the supersonics.
"Tonight's All-Star Game is the time for us to give the SuperSonics their first defeat of the season!"
On the morning of February 16, at the training ground where the league team practiced together, the faces of the players of each league team were very solemn and serious.
This game is not just about beating the Seattle SuperSonics, it's also about themselves.
When the whole league brings the best together, if there is still no way to beat the Seattle SuperSonics, everyone knows what that means.
When even the best of the 29 teams can't beat the SuperSonics, do you still expect your own team to beat the SuperSonics, can you have such confidence?
Of course not!
It can be said that as long as the league team loses this game, then the morale of the entire league will instantly fall into underestimation.
No kidding, the outcome of this All-Star race has nothing to do with the regular season record.
But this seemingly meaningless game turned out to be the most important game of the season for the teams of the entire league.
Again, this game is one that can change the course of the season for the entire league.
If you win, you will be able to bring great confidence and continue to fight against the invincible demon of the Seattle SuperSonics.
And if it loses, then the entire alliance against the great demon king of supersonic will fall apart directly, and at that time, the entire alliance will become a lamb to the slaughter.
It is precisely because of this that even the selfish James is now sacrificing himself.
The entire league team, now Kobe Bryant is the leader, and he, the captain, is the ornament.
In the past, he was placed there like this, and he would have stopped doing it a long time ago.
But now, no matter how unwilling he is in his heart, he must cooperate sincerely with Kobe Bryant and must cooperate with Kobe.
No way, he wants to win the Seattle SuperSonics too much, he wants to win Yes too much!
No one would believe that he has not won a single match in his career so far.
This one is a little uncomfortable.
Although the Cavaliers only need to gather 6 superstar lineups, the Cavaliers will be invincible, but this premise is that the All-Star Game can beat the SuperSonics.
If the All-Star Game and the league team loses to the SuperSonics, even if his Cavaliers have a six-star team, it will be difficult to be invincible, right?
The result of an All-Star game cares about the fate of all the strong teams in the entire league this season, which is never expected.
Every player in the league has to give their all for this game.
Of course, compared to the dignified side of the alliance team, the supersonic side is actually about the same.
If you can win it all, why lose?
The SuperSonics' winning streak has come to this point, so why not win another season?
If you want a winning streak, you definitely want it.
But the hard power of the league team is there, and it is not so simple for the Seattle SuperSonics to win this game.
So, starting in the morning on February 16, the SuperSonics and the league all-star team have been preparing like crazy.
"In the history of the NBA's All-Star Game, there have never been two All-Star Game teams that have prepared for the game as they did for the Finals!"
"The attitude of these two teams towards tonight's game is incredible!"
In terms of the current state of the superSonics and the league team, it is indeed incredible and terrifying.
In the NBA, in this place where talent gathers, you are really afraid to take everything seriously.
The strength and talent of these players are the best in the world, whoever is not serious will pull his hips, and the same who is only serious enough, the stronger the strength, the stronger the strength.
Seeing the attitude of the two teams before the All-Star Game.
Many fans, journalists, and media experts were all excited and excited after being stunned for a while.
Even many people are looking forward to this All-Star Game at this time, which can play the strongest game in NBA history.
February 16, 2014, evening, Yes Memorial Stadium.
When the all-stars of the two teams appeared on the court to the cheers of the fans, singing and dancing, Barkley, O'Neal, Kenny Smith, Zhang Li and other commentators from all over the world introduced the game with their most enthusiastic voices, introducing the players who were going to participate in the game.
For an All-Star game, they used to treat such a game more with an entertaining attitude.
However, after the two teams were so serious, they also became extremely serious.
This game between the SuperSonics and the league team is likely to play the strongest game in NBA history, and in such a situation, every commentator wants to make himself a historical witness to this game, with the best image and mentality, to be a historical witness to this game, this season.
The commentators are like that, not to mention the players from both teams on the pitch.
They are so serious about preparing for this game, they are not playing tricks, and they are not pretentious.
Rather, seriously.
Very serious.
Yess, Rondo, Leonard, Durant, Antetokounmpo
Irving, Rose, James, Anthony, David Lee
That's how the starting line-ups for both teams in this game were.
The SuperSonics starter was the start of the Western All-Stars.
The league's starters were voted by the Eastern Conference All-Star team.
It can be said that the starting lineup of the league team is the weakest time for this team in this game.
No way, the starting lineup in the East, this is very understandable.
This is clear not only to the fans, but also to the players on the court, and the head coaches of the league teams on the sidelines, Scott Brooks and Phil Jackson.
If it weren't for this starting lineup, it would be an All-Star starting lineup in the East.
People like David Lee, Irving and Rose are unlikely to be starters.
Even David Lee couldn't even get into this year's All-Star plastic surgery.
So in Antetokounmpo and David Lee's jump ball, David Lee even gave up the jump ball with Antetokounmpo directly.
Instead, he politely padded his toes and waited on the spot for Rondo, who was advancing with the ball.
After Rondo came over, David Lee directly hugged Rondo.
"This is a tactical foul, David Lee of the League team made a premeditated tactical foul on Rajon Rondo!"
After David Lee fouled Rondo, he immediately trotted to the sidelines.
Not only David Lee, but even Rose and Irving were trotting to the sidelines.
Obviously, the substitution of this tactical foul of the league team is not only for David Lee, but also for Irving and Rose.
The players who replaced David Lee and Ross Irving were Curry, Kobe and Oden.
After the All-Stars of the league completed the substitution, the All-Star starters of the entire league team also became Curry, Kobe, James, Anthony and Oden.
The combat effectiveness of this lineup, and the combat effectiveness of the starting lineup of the previous alliance team, can be described as incomparable.
"Curry, Kobe, James, Anthony, Oden...... This lineup of the alliance team is too strong! ”
Barkley looked at the league players waiting on the field, and couldn't help but let out the deepest admiration in his heart.
After Barkley finished admiring, Kenny Smith and O'Neal next to him also nodded.
There are inside and outside, there is offense and defense.
On top of that, while being mobile and able to start against a small supersonic lineup, Oden also has the advantage of the interior.
At the very least, in terms of lineup, this is a lineup that can fight against the supersonic five small tactics, and maybe even have an advantage.
At a time when the whole world is admiring this starting lineup of the league team, the SuperSonics, who are the first offense in this game, have also started their own attack.
In the first attack of the SuperSonics, Rondo pushed the ball across the half court with the ball, and then over-gave the basketball in his hand to Durant, who was standing there at 45 degrees on the left.
And not like he liked to direct traffic in supersonic control three years ago.
As a player who is admittedly incapable of attacking, he can trap Leaves when he holds the ball.
The player with the ball has no offensive threat, the opponent does not cover the box, that is a fool.
So, for the current league, it's better for the player with the ball to be an offensive threat.
And it's the kind of constant attacking threat, not the kind of offensive threat that's intermittent like Rondo.
After Rondo handed the basketball to Durant, he went to the basket very interestingly.
If it had been three years ago, before Rondo left, his tactical execution would not have been so strong.
After coming back from the outside this time, Rondo has changed a lot, most of the recklessness and edges on his body have been worn out, he was only willing to cooperate with Yes in the team before, but now everyone is willing to cooperate.
After Durant held the ball, the players of the league team naturally had no way to continue to contain Yees.
After Bryant hugged Yes, Curry quickly retreated to the basket to defend Rondo.
All of a sudden, the entire court became a singles formation in which all five players pulled apart and became a one-man single formation.
And opposite Durant is James, who has been in love with him all these years.
Singles!
On the field at the same time as Yes!
And the opponent is James.
Durant certainly won't be careless.
Instead, the afterglow was once again placed on Ye Si's body.
He was listening to Yess as if he were listening.
Yes allowed him to play singles, and after Yes allowed him to play singles, when to let him play singles, as long as the singles were pulled apart like this, as long as he was on the court with Yes, Durant habitually listened to Yes's instructions.
Because after following Yes's instructions, his singles success rate is much higher than when he didn't have Yes's instructions.
The overall hit rate has increased by 5%, and the singles hit rate has even increased by more than 10%!
He has the highest singles shooting percentage this season.
Durant was following Yes's instructions, and at this time, after James held the ball in Durant, the whole person had already leaned in.
"James puts a lot of defensive pressure on Durant!"
James' strength and weight were all pressed on Durant's body, which made Durant have to retreat.
That is, a good ball-handling player like Durant, and his strength is not weak now.
The average small forward really has to be so oppressed by James, let alone singles, and he can't even dribble steadily.
"James gave his full strength at the beginning of this game!"
Those who know James well know James's character, he is a person who likes to test his opponents, and he will never give it his all at first.
But in this game, James didn't have any energy to go all out at the beginning.
And it's not just James, look at the players in other positions on the court.
Kobe Bryant, who hugged Yes.
Hanging on to Rondo's Curry.
Resist Leonard Anthony to the death.
Oden who stuck Antetokounmpo.
"It's not just James, at the beginning of this game, the league team took out all their strength!"
"The league team is going to play hand-to-hand with the SuperSonics from the first second!"
"It's a very good strategy for a league team with a thicker roster!"
After all, after all the starting five, the five people who are replaced on the supersonic side will fall off a cliff in terms of strength, while the strength of the alliance team will not drop much.
"In this game, the supersonic is going to be difficult!"
Almost at the same time as Kenny Smith shouted excitedly, Durant, who was instructed by Yes on the court, took advantage of James' pressure to step back and dribble, followed by a large change of direction under the two crotches, and after shaking off James, Durant stepped into the three-point line and pulled it high against James's block.
With a bang, the shot hits!
2 to 0!
The SuperSonics took the lead in scoring despite the league's tough defense at the beginning.
James is under so much pressure on the defense, but Durant's step-back step-back mid-range jumper with a sharp change of direction under the crotch is so freehand and easy.
This has to be said to be amazing.
Not to mention the audience at the scene and O'Neill Barkley in the commentary booth yelling.
Even Ye Si was nodding his head secretly.
KD's offense now seems to have entered that kind of transformation.
Compared with three years ago, Durant's offense is now much less frizzy, and much less complicated, and the offense is becoming more and more concise and effective, and every move is no longer superfluous.
Don't say it's James, even if it's him, he can't prevent such a Durant.
Of course, with Durant's height, Yes really can't be prevented no matter what.
In the face of the morale of the league team's defense, the supersonic's first attack was successful, which made the atmosphere on the scene suddenly take off.
But on the court, James's face is not so good-looking.
TM, every time you meet Durant, there will be no good results!
No matter how far his defense has improved, whether he has beaten the other small forwards in the league on the defensive end and is invincible, he will always be unable to defend against Durant.
There's no way to defend, and I've been YanS again and again, which makes people's hearts congested.
Of course, the superSonics are very strong in the starting lineup, which is something that the league team has predicted for a long time.
The league team will not be unbalanced by the inextricability of playing in the starting lineup and the SuperSonics.
This is just James's personal heart, not to mention the imbalance of the mentality of the whole team, even James himself will not be unbalanced.
Defending Durant is indeed a very tough thing, especially Durant who stands with Yeyes.
Even the strongest Kobe Bryant, who is known as surpassing Jordan in the Christmas War, barely managed to defeat Durant, who stood with Yas?
So, as long as you give Durant consumption, give supersonic consumption, what the score is like, what the opponent scores, in fact, it is not that important.
The strategy of the league team in this game is attrition!
It's these people who are holding these supersonic starters to die together!
Therefore, looking back, Kobe Bryant did not single Yes, but after blocking and dismantling with James, after James took Yes away, Kobe Bryant broke through to the right after a three-threat feint, faced the blocked Durant, and returned a mid-range jumper.
2 to 2!
Durant's defense is in place as well as James just now.
But Kobe Bryant still hit!
"Kobe Bryant didn't indulge in heads-up with Yes in this game, but started to play tactics!"
"James is no longer cross-waisted when he is off the ball, but a blocker for his teammates!"
You must know that James is on the court, and his teammates block and dismantle him, and it is very rare that James blocks and dismantles his teammates!
"When Kobe Bryant is willing to cooperate and James is willing to sacrifice, this hard-powered league team can beat any opponent!"
"Including Yes!"
In fact, Ye Si looked at James who was hugging him at this time, and his eyes were full of surprise.
He was willing to do the dirty work for his teammates......
"I am no longer the same me!"
Now he's not just tweeting the word 'King'!
James ignored Yes's surprise and clenched his fists tightly with both hands.
When I let go of all my baggage and lose all my personality, I will gain the whole world!