When the western team was training, Guo Xu chatted with Yao Ming in Chinese on the sidelines, put forward his request, hoping that Yao Ming would help pull out the cover brush data at night, and suggested that Yao Ming shoot a three-point performance in the game.

This season, Yao Ming's style of play has become unpretentious, back and forth is hook hands and turn shots, and for him, shooting three points is a performance. As a result, Yao Ming said that he had not practiced three-point shooting in the Rockets in the past two years, and his shooting rate was not sure.

Guo Xu couldn't help but put forward his opinion, and couldn't bear to see him waste his talent. "Brother, you must not lose what you were good at in the past, you can shoot and break through, you can't just force a low post and turn around to shoot, don't let Fan Bald hurt you."

"It's not that exaggerated, is it?" Yao Ming smiled bitterly. He's also a little disgusted with Van Gundy, but he won't say it.

All the Rockets players felt that Van Gundy was too strict with training and very rigid about rotation.

Guo Xu blew a sigh and said with a smile: "At least I think Rudy's (Tang Shuai)'s tactics are more suitable for you, but you didn't have enough balls at the beginning." ”

Yao Ming frowned and whispered, "He wants me to gain weight, do you think I should listen to it?" ”

"I think you should refuse, if he forces you to gain weight, you should go to the management and make a deal. So that your career can be long-lasting. I've told you before, how can you gain weight if you have such thick legs and lower limb strength at a glance? Gain weight, put more pressure on your feet and knees, and that's risky. ”

"Thank you for your offer." Yao Ming nodded and made up his mind. He doesn't want to gain weight, his speed is already very slow, and how to prevent it from being blocked and dismantled by a small guard when he gains weight?

In his previous life, Van Gundy increased Yao Ming's weight from 132 kilograms to more than 140 kilograms, which doesn't seem like much, but it was actually a devastating blow to his height. His dominance hasn't gotten much stronger, it's just that he has more balls after the departures of Francis and Mobley, and he has scored more points with more shots, and there is not much difference in efficiency.

In the later stage of Van Gundy, the Rocket's small-ball tactics completely abolished Yao Ming, and he had to keep running back and forth.

By the time Adelman arrived, it was no longer realistic to let Yao lose weight, he had already been stereotyped and eventually lost to injury. Of course, part of the reason is that he has been playing for the national team in the summer, which has led to physical exhaustion. It's a pity that Yao Ming retired after only 7 seasons in the NBA, and Guo Xu hopes to help him change his fate.

A large number of Chinese fans began to pay attention to the NBA because of Yao Mingcai, and when he retired, there were no Chinese players playing in the NBA for a long time, and Chinese fans had less fun watching football, and there was no longer a "Chinese home team".

After chatting for a while, Yao Ming and Guo Xu practiced blocking and catching shots together, and he agreed to Guo Xu's request and was willing to help brush the data.

Yao Ming really didn't have the idea of grabbing the MVP, and neither did Maddie, the Rockets duo came to relax. Guo Xu didn't need to ask Maddie, just look at his eyes, he seemed to be able to fall asleep at any time when he was training, as if he had been touched by a "praying mantis girl".

Guo Xu's biggest competitor is Kobe, who should also have the ball when he comes off the bench, and the data is not bad if he is in good shape. Kobe's problem is that he is not good at communicating with people, and he will not form a gang to find someone to pass the ball to him, he can only rely on himself. And Guo Xu and three Sun teammates plus Yao Ming, this is a lineup.

On the evening of the 21st, the All-Star Game began.

Pre-game experts predicted that the East and West would be evenly matched, and the East was expected to end its losing streak this time, because after the Sharks swam east, the East did not suffer as much as in the past.

As a result, the West led by 21 points in the half alone, Guo Xu and Ray Allen shot three-pointers, and the Western positional battle was very efficient in blocking and dismantling.

Duncan had the best first half, playing 17 minutes with 15 points, nine rebounds and two assists, and made a three-pointer from the middle.

If it continues to play like this, Duncan, who is in a brave state, will win the MVP, and when Yao Ming is off the court, he and Guo Xu's cooperation is also very tacit, the cover timing is perfect, the catch and shoot are accurate, and he can also cut and play strongly, shooting 7 out of 10.

However, Popovich was unwilling to let his disciple be in the limelight, and let Duncan be a cold bench in the second half, giving other interior playing time. Of course, he didn't do this to help Guo Xu brush up his honor, but he wanted the Spurs players to save their physical strength to compete in the regular season and consume more physical strength of the opponent's stars, and he was silently cursing the opponent's injury in his heart.

Normally, academy coaches are player killers, and Popovich, who studied under Larry Brown, is just as stubborn and terrifying.

Popovich is known for turning stones into gold, and some people who have been abandoned on other teams or even unable to play have been rejuvenated by Popovich. In fact, if you think about it, Popovich needs more system players, and those individual players will most likely be abandoned if they join the Spurs.

This old man has always disliked people being too showy, so he replaced Duncan, fearing that Duncan would get carried away if he got the AMVP, and when he returned to the Spurs, he wanted to use his personal ability to solve the battle and affect the team's cooperation.

This year, the Spurs lineup has run in very well, and the players have a tacit understanding and are better than last season.

In the second half, the situation on the field could not be rewritten, after blocking and dismantling, Guo Xu broke through to attract the inside line to change defense, as long as the ball was passed, the middle inside player could get a good opportunity to shoot.

If the inside line does not change the defense of Guo Xu, he breaks through very quickly after getting rid of it, even if Iverson catches up on the weak side, he can also play alone, change direction and retreat to shoot, turn around and retreat to shoot, Iverson can't defend one-on-one.

In the final quarter, the western forces always maintained a lead of more than 20 points, and the eastern troops had no hope of returning, and finally the western troops defeated the eastern 141-117 to continue the winning streak.

When the two played for about the same time, Guo Xu finished blowing up Iverson, and everyone was used to it.

He shot 10-of-16 from the field, 6-of-11 from three-point range, and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line, scoring 30 points, 12 assists and 3 steals. Iverson finished with 12 points, four rebounds, six assists and four steals on 4-of-13 shooting and 4-of-4 free throws.

The Western team had a better combination inside and outside, with Ray Allen shooting 5-of-11 from three-point range, Joe Johnson 3-of-6 from three-point range, and Kobe Bryant 2-of-5......

The big men in the West also have a stable mid-range shooting ability, and Xiao Si, Nowitzki, Garnett, and Gasol are sure to catch and shoot, and it doesn't matter if Duncan doesn't play in the second half.

On the other hand, in the East Army, both O'Neal and Ben Wallace lack range in the center position, and O'Neal Jr. has no dead ends in the mid-range shot, but he suffers too much against a group of star power forwards in the West alone.

In Guo Xu's previous life, this All-Star Game was more alternative, none of the stars scored 20, the East Army won the ball, and Iverson's 30.8% shooting rate scored 15 points, 9 assists and 5 steals to win the MVP.

The Eastern team can win, relying on the unreasonable lineup in the West, and there is only one point guard in the whole team, Nash, and there is not much playing time. When Maddy and Kobe Bryant are on the starters together, there is no point guard, and the big man will have a hard time defending Iverson.

In this life, Iverson can only be deflated, his shooting is still inaccurate, and it is difficult to break through. Because Guo Xu was ready to grab the MVP, he didn't deliberately release water on the defensive end, and it was difficult for Iverson to get rid of him without covering.

After Guo Xu got off the court, Kobe Bryant played very hard, he was very angry after being reduced to a substitute, and he wanted to prove himself very much, cutting the second-highest 24 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the game, playing 29 minutes, just slightly inferior to Guo Xu.

Because Guo Xu is the king of votes, the coach arranged him the most 31 minutes of playing time in the game, and it is difficult to play without statistics. Relying on the large double-double data, Guo Xu won the AMVP for the third time, tying Jordan's number of times, and only Petit was in front.