Chapter 149: Breaking the Chamberlain Record
In addition to O'Neal and Barkley's confrontation, Jordan and Battle also started a battle against each other.
These two are completely the absolute protagonists on the field, and almost all the ball is occupied by these two people.
Pippen is Jordan's best helper, no matter the occasion, Pippen is definitely on Jordan's side.
Seeing that Jordan's score is not as high as Battle's, even if Pippen is not good at defending Battle, he is desperately trying to defend at the moment.
And Drexler is not good at offending people, and he is still just pretentious about Jordan's defense.
In this case, Davidson called a timeout and replaced Drexler with Richmond.
"Help Battle." That's all Davidson said to Richmond.
Richmond was not a fool, so he naturally knew what Davidson meant.
The confrontation between the two sides has entered a white-hot stage, and he appeared at this point in time, so he naturally wanted to limit Jordan.
Thinking of this, Richmond felt a little excited in his heart.
He didn't play Jordan many times, the two were in the East and West, and they didn't play each other again in the playoffs, so every time he had the opportunity to play Jordan, Richmond took it very seriously.
"Huh." Battle carried Pippen's defense and hit another three-pointer.
Now Battle, who has a three-point attribute of 95, coupled with the shortening of the three-point line, is definitely a death-like existence outside the three-point line.
As for the mid-pitch, in the case of using the Golden Rooster Independence, Battle's mid-pitch will definitely not be worse than Jordan's, and may even be a little stronger.
In this case, how can Pippen defend against Battle, so that Battle's score continues to rise.
Jordan's side was originally under Drexler's defense, and the situation was still quite good, and he was able to bite Battle's score, but now that Richmond is completely defense, Jordan's score is naturally affected.
Davidson off the court was already dumbfounded, because Battle's current score was already as high as 47 points!
There are only two players in NBA history who can score 40+ points in the All-Star Game.
One was Chamberlain's 42 points in '61-'62 and Jordan's 40 points in '87-'88.
And now that the game is not over, Battle has easily broken Chamberlain's record!
With two minutes to go, Battle has raised his NBA All-Star Game scoring record to 50 points tonight, and there will certainly be no problem!
Jordan's face was a little ugly, and in his opinion, Battle was definitely here to smash the field.
Everyone knows that this is his first All-Star since his comeback, and in this case, Battle didn't save any face and cut down such a high score......
This made Jordan feel that there was no place for his old face.
The fans are now full of joy to watch.
This fourth quarter of the game can be said to be a confrontation between the Bulls and the Kings!
Pippen vs. Battle, Jordan vs. Richmond.
What's even more frightening is that, judging from the situation on the field, it seems that the King's side has a slight advantage.
Kings fans are frowning, what does this mean? If the king meets the bulls in the finals, he has a chance to kill the bulls and win the championship!
And Bulls fans don't care, after all, Pippen plays the No. 3 position, and it is normal that he can't guard against Battle.
When the time comes, Rodman will clean up Battle......
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With two minutes left in the game, the West relied on Battle's brave play to temporarily lead by three points.
Last season's All-Star, the West side took out the East by a big score because of Richmond's outburst.
This all-star, because of Jordan's existence, the West is obviously not so easy to win the East.
Battle tried to make a three-pointer in the frontcourt, but missed.
The rebound was snatched up by O'Neal......
In tonight's game, O'Neal can be said to have made a great contribution to the East, fully playing a blue-collar role, and has grabbed 15 rebounds so far.
If O'Neill hadn't been there, it would have been almost impossible to declare the West the winner.
The ball was converted, and Jordan scored a mid-range shot in the counter-attack round, which pulled the difference between the two sides back to one point.
And Jordan himself scored more than 40 points tonight!
Since the establishment of the NBA, counting tonight, there have only been four 40+ scores, of which Jordan alone has occupied twice!
The time before the end of the game was getting closer and closer, and Davidson on the sidelines began to get nervous.
At this last minute, whoever can play better will win the game.
And if you win the game, you can get the VP!
For Battle, winning an All-Star VP in his rookie season was definitely quite an achievement.
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When it was the King's turn to attack, Davidson prayed silently in his heart that Battle would score the next goal.
Battle received the ball from beyond the three-point line again, took a deep breath, and hit another three-point shot.
In the current situation, it is actually more appropriate for Battle to shoot in the middle of the shot.
Davidson didn't bother to remind Battle what to do.
Just like Dad said, the things that need to be explained to the players have already been explained in the usual training, and on the field, it depends on the players' own performance.
Especially the players at the level of stars, they know best what to do on the pitch.
"Huh!" Battle's three-pointer hit the gap to four points.
Jordan looked bitter, with less than a minute to go until the end of the game, and the four-point difference looked difficult to recover.
In the All-Star Game, there is no way to use foul tactics, and if you really want to use them, it will be too ugly.
Moreover, if they use foul tactics, they will suffer even more in the east because of the presence of O'Neal......
But if Jordan gives up like this, he will definitely not be able to do it.
Quickly controlled the ball to the front court alone, and directly made a three-point shot.
Unfortunately, the three-pointer didn't hit......
It's basically a sign that the East has lost.
Next, Battle fired from outside the three-point line and hit another three-point shot, which directly widened the difference between the two sides to seven points!
The West has won the game, and Battle himself scored a super high score of 53 points in this game!
The fans were dumbfounded, their ticket money for this game was definitely worth it, and they witnessed the birth of a miracle with their own eyes.
"Doot toot!" The referee blows the whistle for the end of the match.
The West won the East by 5 points.
Battle recorded 53 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal in this game.
Jordan recorded 43 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals......
Whether it's Battle or Jordan, tonight's stats are historic, all breaking a record held by Chamberlain for more than three decades.
Many fans sighed for Jordan and broke Chamberlain's record, which should have been a good thing.
But the strong have their own strong players, and Jordan's explosive performance tonight can only be the background board for Battle.
When fans in the future mention Battle's rookie debut All-Star, I am afraid that Jordan will definitely be mentioned in passing......
Stern, who came to present the award tonight, had a strange face.
He is indeed very optimistic about Battle and wants to use Battle to open the Chinese market.
But he definitely still leans in his heart for Jordan to win tonight's VP.
Jordan is a savior-level existence for the NBA, and without Jordan, the current NBA may not be in a certain situation, and it may all be closed down.