From the most exciting All-Star Game in history to the most ugly All-Star Game in history, it only takes a few minutes.

NBA executives and the top executives of major television stations are desperate to strangle Popovich.

Although Liu Mang also did it, but

Popovich didn't expect the other party to be so direct, Liu Mang disrupted Popovich's goal chasing plan with a direct revenge and a tooth for a tooth, originally he thought that he could narrow the difference to within five points, and the other party responded, the All-Star Game cut the shark, the other party definitely didn't expect it, but he didn't expect such a situation.

However, it managed to survive to the middle of the second quarter, with a difference of 8 points, the Western Army had the ball, Duncan faced a free throw crisis, and Popovich could rightfully replace Duncan and replace Yao Ming.

Popovich likes to use intrigue and toughsteel, and he now has such a great roster at his disposal, and he is not worthy of the brains on the other side.

Seeing Coach Kruger surrounded by players, Popovich rearranged his tactics.

On the side of the Eastern Army, Coach Kruger was surrounded, but he did not have a tactical board in his hand, and a group of people surrounded two people, one was Coach Kruger, and the other was Liu Mang who was holding a tactical board.

O'Neal was uncooperative and was cut down, which hurt Liu Mang, but fortunately, there are many all-stars available, so Liu Mang has a new idea.

Bosh looked at his assigned position, turned his head to look at the big guy opposite who had taken off his training uniform, Bosh wanted to ask, "Big brother, are you really playing?" ”

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After the pause, the Western Army sent a lineup of Nash, Kobe, Marion, Nowitzki, and Yao Ming.

On the eastern side, Liu Mang, Wade, Maddy, James, and Bosh played the lineup.

The lineups of the two teams came up, and the fans who were a little depressed because of the shark just now came to the spirit immediately!

The lineup of the Eastern Army, one large and four small...... No, Bosh is a little man in front of Yao Ming, and the Eastern Army can be described as five small! Nowitzki is three centimeters taller than Bosh, and it looks like Bosh's shoulders are about the same as Nowitzki's chest! From the shoulder height, it really looks like it's more than three centimeters, but from the distance above his head, Bosh's collapsed cornbeard hairstyle adds two or three centimeters to the height, and it's really the same height as Nowitzki......

Western troops attacked.

Nash advanced to the frontcourt, Liu Mang defended towards Nash, and now there are Wade and Maddie, and the three major outside lines of the Eastern Army can be defended.

Nash didn't look for a pick-and-roll, he couldn't play a pick-and-roll in this lineup, and passed the ball to Yao Ming in the low post.

Bosh tried very hard to go around, but Bosh, who was not strong, was grabbed behind him by Yao Ming's arm, Yao Ming received the ball and struggled to crash into it, and smashed the ball into the basket through Bosh to score two points.

Bosh felt his tears flying...... After Yao Ming dunked in, he immediately picked up the ball and threw it towards Liu Mang who was at the top of the arc.

The Eastern Army immediately launched a counterattack!

The four of them pressed towards each other in unison!

Yao Ming's dunk just now was simply cruel, and he had remobilized the enthusiasm of the fans at the Toyota Center.

Liu Mang received the ball and turned around to leave Nash who wanted to steal behind him, and rode alone!

Kobe Bryant and Marion, who were chasing James and Wade, blocked up towards Liu Mang, Liu Mang's speed was terrible, Liu Mang was blocked at the past point of the middle line, and immediately passed the ball to James, James rushed into the basket and did not dunk it himself, but threw the ball behind him, and Maddie followed up with a one-handed split dunk to score two points.

It's fast!

Novitsky and Yao Ming can't go back, and the Eastern Army can fight three in four!

The difference is still 8 points!

When it comes to the attack of the Western Army, the Western Army has three absolute singles strong points, Kobe Bryant can maintain a one-on-one shooting rate of more than 50% against Maddie, Nowitzki beats James, James can't prevent it no matter how hard he tries, Yao Ming's side ...... O'Neill can't even prevent him from coming, let alone Bosh.

But...... On the side of the Eastern Army, no matter whether the opponent scores or not, no matter how big the opponent's rebounding advantage is, it is necessary to counterattack!

The success rate of the western troops is high, yes, the rebounding protection of Yao Ming and Nowitzki can't shoot the ball so that the shooting rate of the west has been maintained at more than fifty percent, which is very good, no matter how the eastern troops counterattack, no matter how fast they play, the western troops are playing steadily and steadily according to Popovich's rhythm, and the point difference has been within ten points, and they have played until the end of the half, and the eastern side has not expanded the point difference, or within ten points.

However, for the Eastern Army, this is enough!

Liu Mang never thought that he could open up the difference in three or two to lay the victory, the opponent was an all-star team, an all-star team that played seriously, or an all-star team led by Popovich who played seriously, and wanted to pull out garbage time...... It's really a dream, Liu Mang never thought about anything like that.

Liu Mang's goal is to keep scoring and maintain a lead of more than 5 points, just grind! Grinding all the time!

Popovich's team must seek stability, Liu Mang seized this and put out a lineup of four ball-holding points, whether it was a counterattack or a landing position, there were points that could break through to attract and pinch shots.

The main scorer is Maddie, who is making the ball for Maddie, if the opponent hits Maddie without the ball, or Kobe Bryant, who defends Maddie, sticks to the defense and does not help defend the pinch, then the person with the ball can come by himself.

Simple, rough and direct, I didn't think about opening up the difference, just like that!

At halftime, the Eastern Army won 86-79 and maintained a 7-point lead!

Maddy had 23 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in the half, and 14 points in the second quarter and a half.

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Coming back in the second half, the eastern army was still mainly grinding.

Jason Terry and Rashid Wallace and O'Neal are all on the court, and the other nine players alternately play, the main ball control is Liu Mang and Iverson, James, Wade, Carter is mainly in the air, Maddy is mainly responsible for catching the ball and shooting, Maddy just needs to score the right, he also passed back, but seeing Liu Mang yelling at O'Neal, Maddie also focused on more shots, with Bosh, Milicic, Kwame Brown three inside play one big and four small, continue to grind time.

On the side of the western troops, Popovich saw the thoughts of the eastern troops, and he was not in a hurry to overtake the score, he liked to seek stability, in case he wanted to chase the score too impatiently, his side made a mistake, and the opponent played counterattacks and played the simple and rough style of play that was misplaced, they were really difficult to defend.

The Eastern Army wants to drag the game to a critical moment, Popovich is not afraid, he consumes it with the other party, he didn't have Kobe Bryant before, and he was cast by Kobe in the Western Conference playoffs for several years, and now he has Kobe, and he can cast the opponent to play!

The game returned to the state of the two teams on the one hand and talent on the other, and the atmosphere on the scene continued to be hot.

Maddie plays very easily, mainly responsible for shooting, and he doesn't have to worry too much on the defensive end, and he can't defend the opponent's interior line.

In the third quarter, Maddie scored 17 points in a single quarter, and the Eastern Troops scored 38 points in a single quarter, and after the third quarter, the Eastern Troops entered the break with a five-point lead of 124-119.

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Maddie scored 40 points in the third quarter!

Liu Mang looked at the scoring situation of the Eastern team, James 17 points, Wade 18 points, Iverson 10 points, O'Neal 9 points, Liu Mang himself has 11 points and 8 assists, the East team reached 10 points or close to 10 points, just a few of them, the other people's scores are scattered, and only Rasheed Wallace's 7 points are more than 5 points.

Maddie's score has been enough, no matter what happens in the final quarter, unless James and Wade have a head problem to steal the limelight, otherwise as long as the East team wins, Maddy's MVP is basically ironclad!

Then the next thing is to win!

A 5-point lead, for the opposing all-stars, is basically not a lead, and the time has come for a tough battle!

Now there is a very difficult problem in front of Liu Mang.

The gap between the inside line is too big!

The opponent has Yao Ming, Yao Ming played 8 minutes in the third quarter and scored 12 points, and the third quarter has 26 points, Duncan and Garnett are both 12 points, Nowitzki also has 10 points, and the Western Army has an advantage inside.

If it is according to the previous All-Star Game, the interior advantage of the Western team has been weakened very much, O'Neal was okay when he was there, O'Neal was not there, and the Western Army did not dare to play inside, and the Western Army almost never won the All-Star in the past few years, just because the big man had a few All-Star performances.

However, this time it was played according to the official game, and the inside advantage of the western team was reflected at once, and the four big inside lines scored 70 points!

On the side of the eastern troops, it is strong on the outside, and almost all the scores are taken from the outside, except for Kobe Bryant, who scored 33 points, the western troops have no outside line to compete with the eastern troops, which is an advantage that the east has always had, counting Jason Terry's 5 points, 101 points of 124 points in the eastern troops were obtained from the outside.

Just when Liu Mang had a headache, O'Neill came up and pulled Liu Mang's jersey.

"Go away, guy who doesn't talk." Liu Mang ignored O'Neill.

"Don't worry, I'll help Tracy next." O'Neal didn't want Kobe to win the MVP, he originally wanted to repay Liu Mang for his 'revenge' against Duncan, but now he only has those 9 points, which has nothing to do with the All-Star MVP, and now since there are common opponents, let's each other together!

"Really?"

"Really!"

Liu Mang was worried that the inside line would be blown up by the opponent, and once the outside line counterattacked and the long shot was not accurate, the opponent would seize the opportunity to turn the tables, but if there was O'Neal, the problem would be solved!

There is another problem to be afraid of, that is, the opponent may cut the shark, but this is not a problem in the final moments of the game, the last two minutes can not cut the shark, and O'Neill is undoubtedly still the most ferocious inside line at the critical moment!

"Bet on this fat man's character!"

Liu Mang and O'Neill looked at each other for a while, and saw that each other's eyes were written "dry Kobe", and the tacit understanding was reached!

Then do it!

The first three quarters have exhausted all means to maintain the lead, and it is about to come to the crucial fourth quarter, everyone who can use it has to be used, Rasheed Wallace and Jason Terry are moving their bodies again, and the players who need to be used in key moments have to be used!