Chapter Seventy-Three: The Knicks Foursome
At the end of the first half, the players who played were generally the ones with the lowest fan votes on both sides or "wild card" players like Mo Xi, but this set of matchups was not as simple as imagined. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info The East side is very interesting, the Knicks all four played, and then partnered with a Reggie Miller, although this lineup does not have a serious organizer, but it can be said that the few people on the court know the roots, and they are absolutely tacit understanding with each other, not to mention that these five people have just played in the Eastern Conference Finals, Larry Bird directly put his beloved apprentice on the court with the Knicks four, and it is unknown what the meaning of this is; The western side is a little scary, without him, which is almost a random group of halls of fame, the second Utah elder, Gary Payton, David Robinson, plus a textbook that may not be a Hall of Fame, but is a real textbook "Roaring Heaven" Rasheed Wallace.
Phil Jackson has been deeply involved in the entertainment of the league for so many years, this lineup is put up, and a rashid Wallace is returned casually, ten years ago he was absolutely invincible in the world, Phil Jackson also made a double point guard very coquettishly, but he felt that there was no point guard in the East who could hold the court.
When Mo Xi saw this posture on the opposite side, the whole person was still in a state of panic, he had fought these insiders, and there was no shortage of direct counterpoints, just pull out one and he was about to knock him down, not to mention that now there are three on the other side in one breath.
With a cruel smile on his face, Ewing said to Mo Xi, "What, scared? ”
Mo Xi nodded frantically without hesitation, does this still use a question sentence?
Ewing said, "You should be, this is the finals. ”
Listening to Ewing's murderous words, Mo Xi didn't dare to look directly, he turned his head to look west, only to find that Carl Malone and Stockton both had similar eyes to Ewing, but David Robinson was a little scattered, as if he was wandering in the world. After all, he is the only one among these veterans who has a championship ring.
The murderous atmosphere on the field also seemed to affect the many fans on the sidelines, people blushed and began to cheer the name of their favorite star, and Mo Xi heard it clearly, and his name was among them, looking for the direction from which the voice came from, Mo Xi couldn't help but feel a warm heart, there, the Chinese compatriots in San Francisco, who had only met more than ten days ago, were shaking huge posters there, shouting Mo Xi's name loudly in Chinese, which was very eye-catching in this world that was either black or white.
The game restarted, although it was only more than two minutes, but surprisingly, these people on the court didn't seem to feel like it was a game of entertainment, and even the two juniors Mo Xi and Rasheed Wallace were driven by the emotions of these people, as if this was a life-or-death playoffs, or even the finals.
In the East, although there is no point guard here, there are actually three guards, and Sprewell is the one who does not let the ball go to the frontcourt.
At this time, the western part of the country was in a good position early, and it was ready to fight.
Sprewell followed the Knicks' usual approach, first giving the ball to the inside, coming to the wing, hanging high and handing the ball to Ewing.
Defending Ewing is David Robinson, although Olajuwon is not in the All-Star team this time, but it is actually because Olajuwon has been troubled by injuries this season, and in terms of reality, David Robinson is the fastest declining form among the several. Even in peak form, David Robinson may not be able to eat Ewing, not to mention that Ewing is indeed in much better shape than him now.
Ewing leaned against David Robinson and chiseled inward, Robinson couldn't hold back and took half a step back, but there was always half of his body attached to Ewing. But this time also made Ewing see the reality of David Robinson, and the admiral is no longer the bodybuilder of the past.
Ewing took a tentative step and swiped backwards while pushing Robinson backwards with his broad torso.
Robinson was a little unwilling, and stepped back with his other foot, stepping on the floor with both feet, forcing himself to support himself and pushing Ewing outside.
Ewing felt the determination from David Robinson, and suddenly withdrew his feet, flipped out, and detached himself from the collision of muscles, and then Ewing slid backwards in the way he was most familiar with and rolled over for a jumper.
Ewing hit the shot, and with the crisp sound of the basketball going into the net, Ewing ran to the backcourt with his fist, leaving behind the cheers of the fans.
Attacking in the West, Gary Payton didn't ask for the ball and gave it to Stockton.
John Stockton and Carl Malone, no matter whether or not Malone went to Los Angeles to chase the last championship of his career, no one can deny the greatness of this pair, they have been together for eighteen years, even longer than some couples, nothing to do with victory, nothing to honor, nothing to do with the final championship, in the land of Salt Lake City, they will always be remembered, for them, there is no such thing as betrayal, not to mention that Malone at that time was after Stockton decided to retire, Leaving amid the blessings of many fans in Salt Lake City. (Relatively speaking, it seems that only Nash has ever been treated like this, and the same ending)
Pick-and-roll by Stockton and Malone.
With experience playing against the Jazz, Mo Xi and Sprewell quickly made a choice, Mo Xi moved to the side, delaying Stockton's advance, and Sprewell quickly got rid of Malone's interference and went around the back defense, while Mo Xi quickly pulled back and returned to Malone.
The two relied on their prime of life and used their physical advantages to complete the blockade of Stockton and Malone's blocking and dismantling tactics.
However, as the most inexplicable tactic in the true sense of the alliance, compared to the incomprehensible triangular attack and inexplicable shelling, blocking and dismantling, but the basis of all misplaced attacks, was he really prevented so easily?
Stockton still passed the ball to Karl Malone, but the blocking was not over, Malone suddenly turned his back and sat down towards Mo Xi, Mo Xi was able to block the impact of Karl Malone, but found that Stockton turned back with Marlon's cover, and Sprewell was blocked by Malone again, and Mo Xi had no way to step forward to interfere with Stockton at the first time because of Malone's impact. So, Stockton easily received a hand-handed pass from Karl Malone and hit the shot directly.
Simple and rude, but it looks extremely elegant and gorgeous blocking and dismantling won a round of applause from the fans, it is not easy to win so much applause even though it is just a simple shot.
The East served quickly and attacked again.
Sprewell still chose to put the ball in Ewing's hands, but this time David Robinson also had some blood and began to exert his strength on the defensive end.
Murphy was originally in the high position, and here he blocked Houston and Reggie Miller, and he has completely played this game as if it was a playoffs, and there are two such good shooters on the team, where is there no such stance.
Reggie Miller and Houston ran left and right, pulling the formation apart, one left and one right outside the three-point line. It was at this time that Mo Xi's eyes suddenly lit up, the middle was empty, there was no one under the basket, but having a Carl Malone by his side was enough to lock himself, and he had to find a way to get rid of Ma Long.
Mo Xi suddenly pulled out to the outside, Ma Long followed out unhurriedly, only to see Mo Xi suddenly accelerate and rush to the bottom line, Ma Long hurriedly followed, but found that Mo Xi suddenly made an emergency stop and ran back to a high position. Malone was about to follow, but found that he was blocked, it was Spreville, and he didn't know when he came.
Stockton changed the defense of Mo Xi, but Stockton was not the kind of point guard with excellent physical fitness, and Mo Xi really seemed to treat this game as a playoffs, so he directly shook his hand, put Stockton away, and rushed straight to the basket.
Ewing stepped up his efforts to block David Robinson, and then passed the ball directly forward to Mo Xi, who cut into the basket, and Mo Xi flew up and scored a dunk directly.
There was another exclamation at the scene.
Ewing and Mo Xi celebrated with a rare high-five.
As everyone knows, when the two of them were celebrating, Van Gundy, who was far away in New York, was already angry and scolded, a group of xxxx who had never seen the world, this was a ploy! Stratagem! Can't the little ones see it, can't you old ones see it either? Why did Larry Bird let the four of you play together, isn't it because this year's Eastern Conference Finals is estimated to be the Knicks playing the Pacers? Tactics were put over so quickly, can you have a snack!
Unaware of Larry Bird's "sinister intentions," he was happily celebrating with his teammates as his first All-Star point, and he remembered that it was an All-Star game.
The West is attacking again, only this time, the man who is leading this offense is replaced by Gary Payton. Legend has it that there is such a man, at his peak, he said that many players in the same position went to different divisions, pay attention, it is to say, not to play, the current Kidd, with the future Arenas, they choose to travel east to some extent, a large part of the reason is because this guy named Gary Payton is too talkative, and unlike Reggie Miller's scolding style, it is pure trash talk, which Kidd mentioned in an interview back then, I can finally get away from Gary Payton's mouth and only have to hit him twice a year, although it's still a bit much.
So, there is a super highlight of this all-star, two trash talk masters with different styles face each other, what kind of sparks will be generated?
Gary Payton directly turned into a back-to-back push, pouting his big ass and facing Reggie Miller is a mess. Reggie Miller was born with a disability in his body, and it was Gary Payton's opponent, who was squeezed into defeat, and the annoyed Reggie Miller directly made a big move.
"Gary, you know what? You're a stinky gay.,Take your xxxx that I don't know how many people have used against my xxxx.,You must feel very good.,Haven't you ever used such a big xxxx?,Comfortable? "Reggie Miller is also really anxious, and he doesn't show any virtue in his mouth.
Gary Payton is not an honest lord either, how can he not fight back when he is sprayed like this, and said: "Miller little cripple, I really don't know that you like this mouthful, there must be a lot of traces you left in the Indiana countryside, and the people there must be very enthusiastic about you, so weak, aren't they worried about playing you badly?" ”
"Oh, shit, Gary, %...... &()##%¥*()&))%%##”
Gary Payton, in his own words, is that the more he sprays, the more energetic he is, there are few people in the entire West who can match him like this, Garnett's trash talk is not technical, Kidd is still too young to teach him slowly, but Stockton is still strong in this regard, but he is a white man. Gary Payton continued, "You know, even though I don't have a championship either, I have a division championship, I've played in the Finals, and, oh, you're so pathetic, like that little newborn teddy in my house. ”
When it comes to the level of trash talk, it's clear that Gary Payton is more casual and free-flowing, while Miller's is a little too intense and unartistic.
Payton squirted, but didn't forget to get down to business. With a "bang", Payton found a very thief angle and passed the ball to Rasheed Wallace, who demanded it on the baseline.
At the time, Portland was like a prison, a grave, and after Drexler was gone, it was in complete chaos, but there's no denying that the players here were all in a mess (at the time, the Trail Blazers were chaotic and kept trading, but there were some ruthless people like Steve Smith, Pippen, Damon Stoudemire, Arvedas Cybernes and Jermaine O'Neal), such as Rasheed Wallace, who is now an All-Star.
This Wallace is known as a textbook for low-post back-to-back singles, and this title was given when the big four centers and the big four forwards were still playing, not to mention that there were people like Mashburn, but everyone was the first to push Rashid Wallace's back, which shows how strong he is. (In this way, I can't help but think about it carefully, now do we call the back body push a back body technique, it seems that there are really few people who can play with the back body, Wade is one, Kanter is also OK, Cousins is half, and the others don't understand)
Defending Rasheed Wallace was Sprewell, who was a defender but opted for a less competitive Eastern forward in order to become an All-Star. The difference between him and Rasheed Wallace was six feet, which was not a small amount, and the difference of almost twenty centimeters gave Wallace no motivation to use the backbody technique he was so proud of.
Wallace arched and stepped back to make a jumper, and Sprewell could only look up. No way, this time the Western All-Star forwards are all big forwards.
Wallace hits easily.
With a few seconds left, the last chance of the first half was in the hands of the East.
After a trash talk battle, Reggie Miller has reached the point where he can't bear it, he goes straight to the ball, goes straight to the frontcourt, and then forces a three-point shot in front of Gary Payton, and hits.
Miller, who got what he wanted, became arrogant again and said to Gary Payton, "This is for you, xxxx"
Gary Payton's eyes narrowed, but he didn't reply, but it seemed that he could foresee what would happen to Miller next.
At halftime, the Eastern Stars were still four points behind at 59:63 after Miller's three-pointer at halftime, with the West slightly ahead.