The strength of the Western team is really nothing to say, Wade and Maddy's outside defensive combination is already very good, but there is still a "flaw" of Carter, and Carter has become the team's worst defensive one.

The All-Star team, unless Larry Brown is in charge, any head coach who doesn't have a bad offense can basically play an offense that is difficult to defend, let alone Popovich.

Although Popovich hates three-pointers, even more than a decade later, when the Spurs have the best three-pointers, he still claims that he hates three-pointers, but whether it is the previous use of Horry and Bowen, or the current three-point ability of Sprewell, Youdri, and Finley, he uses it very well.

Hate is hate, he doesn't hate offense like Larry Brown, after all, he also has a teacher named Mad Scientist, who easily used the threat of the other four All-Stars to help Ray Allen lay out a three-point strategy.

The best weapon for chasing points is the three-point shot, and Popovich has known this very well since Liu Mang repeatedly used three points to reverse the score.

However, on the side of the eastern troops, they never thought that after the western troops changed their lineup with a very good match, they could still restrain the other party, and they wanted to attack the attack!

O'Neal fed the ball to Maddy, who pushed to the front court and drew Kobe Bryant to him first.

Maddie saw that Cutley was as Liu Mang expected, and whoever held the ball on the outside would defend him, and Maddie actually had a trace of sympathy for Kobe......

Whether it is the Lakers or the Western All-Star team, Kobe Bryant is the one with the best outside defense, the first defense is great, but it is also a heavy burden!

Maddie felt that it was better not to let Kobe Bryant defend so tired, Maddie moved to the right 45-degree angle, Wade circled the inside line, ran out with Ray Allen, who switched to him, and came to the top arc, Maddy immediately passed the ball to Wade.

Wade looked at Ray Allen, who was defending in a big step inside the three-point line, and without hesitation, the strongest first step was launched!

The Flash Assault!

Ray Allen desperately retreated, but he didn't retreat in place!

When Wade broke through, O'Neal went to the left mid-distance to help Carter block the chasing Nash, which seemed to be an extra move, but it gave Yao Ming the opportunity to make up for Wade, Yao Ming stepped out of the reasonable collision zone, came to the position close to the arc in the free throw line, reached out to block Wade, Wade distributed the ball to Carter after O'Neal blocked Nash.

Yao Ming's ability to fly under the basket is really good, his steps are faster than they seem, mainly because he is tall, and he returns to the reasonable collision zone with one step, reaching out to cover the air above Carter.

But Carter jumped up, landed quickly, ran out of bounds, and spread his arms to celebrate.

Yao Ming hurriedly turned around, wanting to reach out and seal it, he knew that he had been tricked! The ball in Carter's hand is gone!

But it's too late!

O'Neal smashed the ball into the basket with a bounce that didn't fit his size at all, and Yao Ming!

Watching O'Neill excitedly high-five his four teammates, Liu Mang silently thanked Yao Ming for his selfless dedication......

When Duncan had not lost weight and the ball of his foot injury affected his movement speed, Yao Ming succeeded Duncan and became a new generation of background emperors......

O'Neill felt that the ball was so cool!

O'Neal hasn't received such a pass for a long time since he left Los Angeles, and although he won't admit it at this stage, he knows in his heart that no matter how many high-quality role players the Heat recruited last summer, it doesn't add up to the power of the guy who rushed to shoot three and his partner at that critical moment.

Can't guard against each other!

Wade's breakaway, Carter and Maddy's open cut and three points, Rasheed Wallace's three points, and O'Neal's dominance under the basket really fit the Heat's tactics too well.

O'Neal scored eight points in the second half of the first quarter and 18 in the back five minutes.

However, the offense of the western troops, the eastern troops can't prevent it, Kobe Bryant's no-ball mid-range and empty cut, Ray Allen's off-ball three-pointers, Nash's pass and Garnett's active and even crazy blocking, and Yao Ming's basket and mid-range scoring O'Neal can't stop it, and the West team also scored 18 points in more than five minutes, and the two teams tied the lineup!

At the end of the first quarter, the two teams scored 39-35!

And it's not the kind of score that is casually deducted and thrown casually, but a high score that really relies on tactics and personal ability!

……

"Tracy, you vote more!" When Liu Mang saw Maddie coming back, he went up and whispered.

Maddie rushed to the basket several times to receive the ball, and although there was Garnett or Yao Ming's defense, there was a chance to score on his own, but he passed to O'Neal or Rasheed Wallace.

Maddie played the whole first quarter, with 9 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds, but Kobe Bryant already scored 12 points!

Maddie smiled, looking very casual.

Liu Mang watched O'Neill play for more than five minutes and scored 8 points, this fat man played too hard today!

Looking at Maddie's not very indifferent look, Liu Mang was helpless, he knew Maddie too well, and felt that maybe 9 points in a quarter was enough in Maddie's opinion.

It is important to win the game first, Liu Mang did not say to Medido, called the four heroes of the 03 generation, and he was ready to lead the team on the field.

The score is so tight and anxious, Liu Mang's own head is not enough, and in the second half of the first quarter, he has begun to discuss the next tactics with Stockton and Coach Kruger.

Wade and James are very excited, and then they are the protagonists! Liu Mang has to cooperate with them!

……

On the side of the western troops, the pressure is no less than that of the eastern troops, or even greater!

It's important to want to win, but Popovich is not only facing to win, but also to get the All-Stars in the West to play and show their faces, and everyone has to have at least nearly 10 minutes of playing time, after all, it's an All-Star and a chance to be famous.

Unlike the Eastern Army, where there are five players on the same team, there are too many stars in the West, and the All-Stars are relatively more scattered, and Popovich's Spurs have three All-Stars that are already the most in the West.

Looking at the next player to play, Popovich also hurts!

……

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At the end of the intermission, the Eastern Army changed to the lineup of Liu Mang, Wade, James, Bosh, and Milicic.

This lineup came on the field, and the scene fell into a climax again!

Liu Mang plus the four heroes of the 03 generation!

Four third-grade All-Stars who have not won against Liu Mang even once!

These five players form a team and look like the future of the East, with little age difference, all full of talent and strength.

The most excited is David West!

In the Western Army, Kobe Bryant, Yao Ming, and Nash were also replaced to rest, and although Popovich wanted to use these three to death, the time was not ripe enough, and he was replaced with Parker, Francis, Ginobili, Nowitzki, and Gasol.

Don't say that Liu Mang wants to laugh when he looks at this lineup, Popovich himself wants to laugh.

The All-Star bench for the Western team, in addition to Marion and Gasol, the best defender is Ray Allen!

However, judging from the cards, the western troops are more experienced, and although the eastern troops are more talented, most of them are players who have not proven themselves in the playoffs, only Liu Mang and Bosh have played in the second round, and the rest are first-round debuts and have not played in the playoffs.

The second quarter of the game began, and the Eastern team had the ball.

Liu Mang sent the ball to James, and then ran to a 45-degree angle to stand.

The outside line of the Western Army looked at Liu Mang, Wade, and James's three outside lines, even Francis swallowed his saliva, these three monsters, how to prevent them?

Wade had already played half the first quarter and didn't fight for the ball with James, so he let his good friends play their first attack after the 03 Sijie came up.

Parker went to defend Liu Mang who received the ball at the fixed point, Ginobili went to defend Wade who was running, and Francis went to defend James.

That height is more than ten centimeters apart!

Bosh pulled up to the baseline and brought Nowitzki over, and Gasol and Milicic, two white insiders, faced off under the basket.

Although Francis is a little sore, he is very active in defense, and the Western All-Star team is very united this year, even Garnett and Duncan have no infighting, and this time it is really a face-saving game.

James was sticked, had a height advantage, and had no shooting confidence, he was very smart, and he didn't run over, firstly, Francis was physically strong, and it was not easy to pass directly with the bulge, and secondly, there was Gasol under the opponent's basket.

Gasol on the opposite side looks soft and is often insulted by outside breakouts, but Gasol's defensive efficiency under the basket is beyond the impression of fans to rank sixth among NBA centers, second only to Yao Ming, O'Neal, Duncan, Kwame Brown, Emeka Okafor, and more efficient than Ben Wallace's basketball defense, he is often abused, mainly because the defense looks harder than his skin color and expression and his non-beeping personality, and Garnett, who mainly plays power forward, is not as efficient as him under the basket.

James beckoned to block and dismantle the tactics that Liu Mang laid out for him, but instead of letting Bosh or Milicic come out to block and dismantle, he looked for Wade to block and dismantle!

Wade came up to help James block Francis, and the block was very solid, and after James bypassed the block, he threw his arms and sprinted towards the basket at full speed!

James has no ball in his hands!

The Western troops, who were just about to go to the double to break through and were ready to defend under the basket, quickly shifted their attention to Wade, who had already broken through directly after blocking and dismantling from the middle!

Just now, Francis and Ginobili's defensive attention was on James, but he didn't expect James to stuff the ball to Wade when the two blocked and dismantled!

Wade took a lightning step into the free throw line, Francis, Ginobili, and Parker surrounded the past, compared to the current James, Wade is recognized as the best player of the 03 generation.

At the same time, Liu Mang cut in from the left side, Wade gave the ball to Liu Mang, Liu Mang went to the basket to attract Gasol's defense, Milicic had withdrawn from the bottom line at this time, and Liu Mang threw the ball to the right side of the basket.

James entered the inside line faster, jumped high on the right side of the basket, caught the ball with both hands in the air, and a small windmill with both hands smashed the ball into the basket!

Simple and rough three-person cooperation, the combination of Liu Mang, Wade, and James, although James's skills are not good enough, but the combination of the three is too strong!

Now the lineup of the two teams on the field, there is no doubt that the popularity of the Eastern Army has the absolute upper hand, the old generation of dance kings plus the new generation of dance kings, these two people can fight against the five all-star starters in the west, not to mention the Western All-Star substitute.

In the cheers of the fans, the eastern troops did not celebrate, and quickly retreated, because the western troops were very fast!

Sure enough, Parker received the serve and rushed to the middle line in more than two seconds, thanks to Liu Mang's preparations, and went directly to the middle line to press at half-court!

Not only Liu Mang, Wade and James, but also began to press and defend in the half!

This defense is a tactic that Liu Mang moved from the future Heat Big Three, the young and unlimited James and Wade, plus Liu Mang, the outside defense experience of the Western Army may be a little worse, but the defensive oppression has a feeling of being ironclad!

Liu Mang's oppressor Parker, James and Wade went around Ginobili and Francis, both of them had difficulty receiving the ball, and Parker was made it half a year by Liu Mang's oppressive defense that should not belong to the All-Star!

Obviously three seconds was close to the halfline, but no one came to answer, Parker was blocked by Liu Mang three seconds, no matter how he changed direction, he was oppressed by Liu Mang's general feeling of enveloping him, seeing that it had been six seconds, almost eight seconds of violation, Parker quickly passed the ball to the right of the three-second zone, and Nowitzki ran out of the gap to catch the ball.

The pass was in place, but at this time Milicic and Bosh both pressed towards Nowitzki, Milicic carried Nowitzki, Nowitzki wanted to pass the high lob to Gasol who was empty under the basket, Bosh jumped high and hit the ball!

Milicic jumped quickly, took the ball down before Nowitzki and Gasol jumped over, and quickly passed to the halfway line, where Wade received the ball and threw it directly to the opponent's basket!

James is almost down! caught up with Wade's pass, although Wade passed a little big, but James was stunned to catch up, pounced, held the ball in the air, and then James flew out of the bottom line, sat on the ground and slid to the sea of the basket.

That's when the ball hits the rebound and bounces into the frame!

Jenway Connect!

03 After the success of the generation of four heroes and Liu Mang's pressing defense, Wade sent James an extreme empty catch!

It's so unexpected!

originally thought that the western troops would have an advantage at this stage, even if they did not have an advantage, it should be the reason for Liu Mang's might.

Unexpectedly, the main point of attack was Zhan Wei!

Moreover, this fits ...... It's so tacit! Mipo blocked the hat under the basket and Ai Jenway on the outside, and played too tacitly! The final finishing pass, so bold and complete!

Is this really the first time to work together?

Heat general manager Pat Riley and Raptors player trade advisor Marseille Ujiri both marveled at the combination of Janway's connection and James, Wade, Milicic and Bosh on the defensive counter-attack.

And all four of them are only in the third grade! If all five of them are counted, except for Wade, who is a little older, everyone else is only in their early 20s!

And this tacit understanding!

Both of them had some thoughts......