Chapter 192: Getting Better
"Karim, a 38-year-old veteran, left hand hook! The goal went in, and it was the first goal scored by the Western Conference All-Stars. ”
The first goal of the Western All-Star team was scored by Abdul-Jabbar, who was 38 years old but still struggling on the court, and he easily hit it with skillful hook hands, but in the All-Star game, his offensive methods were too monotonous.
On the eastern side, as soon as Abdul-Jabbar hit one, it was natural to let Abdul-Jabbar's old rival, Moses Malone, return one on Abdul-Jabbar.
Moses certainly doesn't have the slightest height advantage in front of Abdul-Jabbar, but Moses has never been afraid of opponents taller than him, and in fact he spends most of his time in the NBA fighting with centers taller than him, so he has an absolute advantage in strength.
I saw that his ass arched and squeezed into the three-second zone on the front of the basket, while his 76ers teammate Dr. J Irving took the ball at the top of the arc, and as soon as he saw Moses run over like a bulldozer, he immediately stuffed the ball inside with a low flat ball.
Moses Malone looks like a simple bear when he doesn't catch the ball, but once he receives the ball under the basket, he begins to show his sharp claws.
"Malone turns around with the ball! Fouled, Malone was fouled by Abdul-Jabbar. ”
Ma Long's position is fast and ruthless, and the timing is excellent, Dr. J just touched the ball and he started to act, and after taking the ball, he quickly turned around and completely pressed Abdul-Jabbar behind him, and Abdul-Jabbar didn't seem to want to put Malone dunk on it, but hugged Malone down.
It seems that the pair of rivals, who have been grudges since the first round of the Western Conference in 1981, are not willing to give each other a chance to perform at the All-Star Game.
"Look at Ma Long's card position, Gan, you still have room for improvement." At this time, on the bench, Ramsey, who was sitting next to Gan Guoyang, seized every opportunity to preach to Gan Guoyang.
Gan Guoyang nodded, he also learned Moses Ma Long's card position, which was strong and stable, and the ferocity was just right, making up for his height disadvantage as much as possible.
In contrast, Gan Guoyang's card position is more than fierce and not enough to retract and release, especially at the beginning of the season, he often pursues too much to go deep into the basket, which makes him lose his tactical flexibility.
If you want to reach the realm of Ma Long, you need not only the accumulation of experience, but also Gan Guoyang to enrich his offensive means and response ability, and the key position is just a part of the whole set of lethal weapons.
With Malone hitting one of two free throws, the Eastern Stars still held the lead.
At this point, the magician began to show his outstanding ability to pass long balls, and as soon as he received the serve in the backcourt, he immediately made a long pass and the ball flew straight to the front court.
Dantley received the ball in the front court, and after adjusting the dribble, he passed the ball to Sampson who followed at the top of the arc, and Sampson jumped directly after receiving the ball!
"Phew!" The ball didn't score, and Sampson didn't succeed in the opening two attacks, which made Gan Guoyang a little anxious.
And Jordan got the backcourt rebound, this is his third rebound, this game Jordan grabbed the rebound very actively, maybe he knew that if he didn't grab it himself, no one would pass the ball to him.
Isaiah Thomas broke through quickly and made a low-arm layup with the ball in one hand, but unfortunately he couldn't go up, and he was interfered with by his opponent and threw a bridge shot.
Now, it was the turn of the magician again, he received the rebound grabbed by Gervin, dribbled and rushed to the court.
He turned his head to look behind his right as he dribbled, followed by Abdul-Jabbar, but when he turned back and continued to rush forward, his hand gently swung back and passed the ball to Sampson behind him to the left!
Sampson was like a small forward, and he couldn't tell that he was a staggering 7-foot-3, and he received the ball and scored his first point of the game with a light layup!
"How did he pass the ball? Did he see Sampson? Gan Guoyang still felt unbelievable when he saw Johnson's pass off the court, to be honest, he had been watching the Magic's game for several years, but he still couldn't figure out how Johnson's ball came out.
The TV station was also replaying the fast-break footage, and it was clear from the front camera that Johnson turned his head to look behind right, but he eventually passed the ball to the left, and no one knows how he did it.
And right away, the Eastern Conference All-Stars made another mistake, they smashed the ball to their feet while passing, and the Magic was quick to grab the ball and launch a fast break again, and this time Dantley seized the opportunity to make a successful layup.
At 6:6, the Western All-Stars equalized the score under the leadership of the Magic.
"Johnson's ability to advance the fast break is so strong that any mistake from the opponent, Johnson can give them a taste of blood."
Compared with Johnson's ability to advance and break quickly, Dr. J's shooting ability is a big surprise, he shoots directly after receiving the ball on the right baseline, but the arc of the ball is obviously wrong, and the Taiping is too soft.
"I guess not!" As soon as he saw Irving shooting, Gan Guoyang shouted on the bench.
The ball really didn't go in, only grazed the basket, and the ball couldn't bounce, and after the Western All-Stars grabbed the rebound, the ball came to the hands of the magic again, and it was another quick counterattack!
Johnson, the dribbling Magician, looked like a lively fawn, and after two laps near the top of the arc, he distributed the ball to Ralph Sampson.
This time Sampson didn't have a chance to make a layup, but held the ball in front of the basket from about 10 feet from the basket at 45 degrees on the right side, and he faced Larry Bird.
After a slight shake, Sampson opted for a pull-up jumper!
The vast majority of ordinary interior players choose to shoot upside down when they jump shots, that is, their feet do not leave the ground or slightly off the ground, not to mention that the average interior players are sparse in their shots.
But Sampson, the big guy, directly pulled it up and rose into the air, and then shot the basketball, which is a standard backcourt player action.
"Huh!" Ball in! Bird didn't pounce on the defense at all, because Sampson jumped up and shot no one could reach.
The Western All-Stars team with the Magic continued to use counterattacks to score, so just over a minute passed, but the Western All-Stars overtook all of a sudden, 8-6.
In contrast, the Eastern Conference All-Stars are all kinds of non-goals and mistakes.
Michael Jordan, who wanted to show himself so badly, finally got an offensive opportunity in the positional attack, and he dribbled and dribbled out of the baseline! Another blunder.
However, the Western All-Stars did not seize the opportunity to widen the score gap, and they also "returned" the Eastern All-Stars with a mistake, Magic Johnson wanted to pass the ball to Dantley, who was running in the air from the baseline, but the ball went out of the baseline too hard.
"What kind of All-Star Contest is this, it's just a battle of mistakes." Gan Guoyang couldn't stand it when he sat on the sidelines, this was not at all the same as the all-star games he had seen in his impression, it had been open for several minutes, and there was not a single dunk.
Gan Guoyang is still watching this game in front of the TV, and he must have changed the channel to watch other TV shows.
But soon, the first small climax of the first quarter came, Larry Bird went around the corner position to catch the ball, and under Dantley's defense, he took the ball and rolled over and jumped back!
The flinch was huge, almost 45 degrees, but the ball still crossed a wonderful arc and hollowed into the basket!
"Beep!" At the same time, the referee's whistle blew, Dantley fouled, and Bird hit a three-pointer!
The scene finally erupted in huge cheers, and I couldn't help but think that Bird was an Indiana because of Bird's shot, and he came here to play an All-Star to go back to his hometown to fight.
"Larry Bird's goal earned a cheer from the crowd, and Bird will surely recall the heroic treatment he received in Indiana when he was playing for the Figs in the NCAA." Dick Stockton began helping Bird recall his college, and the Figs were the name of the Indiana State University basketball team.
"Bodegar hits the penalty! At 9:8, the Eastern Conference All-Stars regained the lead, and I think that with this goal, the state of both sides will get better and better, and the performance will be more and more exciting. ”
As soon as Dick Stockton finished speaking, the Western Conference All-Stars made a mistake when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tried to pass inside to the Magic of the air cut, but the ball was cut off by a positive Jordan.
"Jordan, don't you want to be so positive!" Gan Guoyang sat on the sidelines and was still very anxious, although Sampson scored 4 points, this was far from enough, and the Western All-Star team had to win.
The Eastern All-Stars, who launched a counterattack, immediately triggered a second climax, and the creator of this climax was Dr. J, Julius Irving.
Irving gets the ball at 45 degrees on the left side, he's still far from the basket, and there's little threat to him here.
At this point, he began to hold the ball and go inside, but was defended by Magic Johnson, who dodged Johnson's defense with a back, but Sampson pounced, and Sampson covered Irving like a big black net.
At this moment, Owen suddenly increased his stride, and the ball was caught in his right hand with one hand, and he began to stride towards the basket!
The ball seemed to merge with his body, and his gesture was undoubtedly reminiscent of "Rock-the-baby", but he was still too far from the basket.
But he couldn't dribble anymore, he jumped high and threw the ball to the basket with his right hand in a beautiful arc while dodging Sampson's interference!
The ball bounced a few times on the basket and eventually stumbled into the net, and the ball went in!
The audience exploded again, and the reason why Dr. J was elected as an All-Star starter every year was because he was able to bring this kind of unbelievable performance.
Gan Guoyang couldn't help but applaud this wonderful goal while sitting on the sidelines, and he also began to feel that the game was getting more and more interesting, and people began to get excited.
"Sampson, if you don't work hard, don't blame me for stealing your limelight!"
(There will be a second update, the time is uncertain)