At 7 o'clock in the evening on February 11, 2001, the high-profile 2001 All-Star Game will kick off in more than one hour. In this year's Western All-Star, O'Neal was absent due to injury, and the two veterans of Mike Finley and Stockton were not selected, and were replaced by Meng Xu, Nowitzki and Antonio McDess, and this All-Star may also be the last All-Star of the aging Karl Malone and David Robinson.

Compared to the West, the All-Star roster in the East has changed even more, with nearly half of last year's 12 All-Stars replaced this year, Alonzo Mourning and Grant Hill out due to injury, Reggie Miller, Dale Davis, Eddie Jones 3 people were not selected, and they were replaced by Tracy? McGrady, Stephen Marbury, Ratriel Sprewell, Anthony Mason Jr. and Antonio Davis.

And this year's All-Stars, there is also a very interesting phenomenon, among the 12 All-Stars in the West, there are 8 inside, and among the 12 All-Stars in the East, there are as many as 8 swing guards, and this situation is basically the same as the current distribution of players in the league.

As the main meal of the All-Star Weekend, whether it is compared to the Rookie Challenge two days ago, or the 3-point contest, or even compared to the slam dunk contest, the All-Star Game is undoubtedly the focus of everyone's attention. And now the entire MCI Center Arena has long been full, and today's game is a feast for the American basketball community, or the entire basketball world.

When the Western All-Stars as the away team took the lead, the entire MCI Center Arena erupted in enthusiastic cheers, and the previous All-Star appearance ceremonies were the first to appear by O'Neal, who was good at funny, but this year, after O'Neal was absent due to injury, the appearance ceremony of the entire Western All-Stars was much more mediocre than in previous years, and as this year's All-Star starter, Meng Xu only waved to the audience when he played after Webb and Duncan. Unlike O'Neal, who likes to be funny, Duncan, who led the Western All-Stars this time, is too decent, and in this case, the atmosphere of the entire Western All-Stars has become a lot more serious.

Then after the All-Star in the West, when the home team played the All-Star in the East today, the atmosphere was more enthusiastic than just now, but it was a little regrettable that as the host of this year's All-Star, none of the players of the Washington Wizards could be selected for this year's All-Star.

"In this game, from the perspective of the staffing of both sides, the Western All-Stars have a great advantage, and perhaps the Western All-Stars will always maintain this advantage in the future." As the players on both sides began to warm up, Michaels, the on-site commentator of the game, looked at the lineups of the two teams and said. Although there is no O'Neal in the Western Conference in this game, the starting lineup also has Webb and Duncan, the two strongest of the two "big forwards", and there are Garnett, Nowitzki, Rasheed Wallace, David Robinson, Karl Malone, Antonio McDyce on the bench, and on the Eastern All-Star side, the starting center turned out to be Antonio Davis, who is only 2.05 meters tall, and there is only DiCambe Mutombo on the bench An orthodox insider, it is predictable, In this game, the interior of the Eastern All-Stars will definitely be blown up very badly.

"El, you're too pessimistic, the Eastern Conference still has its own advantages, and if the coach of the Eastern Conference All-Stars in this game is Pat Riley, I think he will like the current lineup very much." As a representative of the Eastern Conference, Larry Bird will more or less be a little more inclined to the Eastern All-Stars in the process of speaking.

"Larry, that also needs a playmaker like me, maybe Meng to the East. I don't think Stephen and Allen can put this team together very well. After hearing Larry Bird's statement, Johnson, the magician on the side, immediately retorted not to be outdone. The two guards in the East, whether it is Allen Iverson or Marbury, are the kind of scoring guards who wear the skin of playmaking guards, so the current Eastern Conference All-Stars also lack an orthodox playmaking guard.

"Erwin, what age is it now, there are enough playmaking forwards on the Eastern All-Star side, even if they don't have playmaking guards, they can still play well." Before the game started, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were on the bar first, you must know that the private relationship between these two guys is very good, even if they commented on the game together before, there was no dispute between the two, and this game I don't know if the two are deliberately creating some gimmicks, or if the two really have irreconcilable differences.

"Erwin, which team do you like for this game?" Looking at Larry Bird and the magician, who were about to quarrel, Michaels, who was sandwiched between the two, was also dumbfounded, and immediately began to interject, wanting to interrupt the quarrel between the two.

"Of course, I'm bullish on the Western Conference All-Stars, it's a game with no suspense." After Magic Johnson finished speaking, he glanced at Larry Bird, and at the same time secretly cursed in his heart that this old thing was unruly and wanted to break the bet between the two.

"So, Larry, what about you?"

"Both sides have chances, and the Western All-Stars look like they have a certain advantage, but it's hard to say whether that advantage can be converted into a win."

Just when Magic Johnson wanted to refute Larry Bird, the game officially began, when Chris Webber defeated Antonio Davis very easily in the jump ball, the basketball was handed over to the Western All-Star point guard Kidd, compared to those guards in the East who are stronger than the organization, Kidd is an orthodox playmaking guard, and now an All-Star, every player on the court has a very strong offensive ability, so the current situation on the court is whoever has a good chance, Kidd will pass the ball to.

Because it was an All-Star game, the team's joint practice was only one afternoon, so neither side could play any effective tactical cooperation. Even famous coaches like Adelman and Larry Brown can't mix together a group of superstars in one afternoon, so now both the Eastern All-Stars and the Western All-Stars are implementing XJBD tactics, whoever has a good chance will be on it, or everyone will take turns to come.

And in this first round, Duncan very easily squeezed away Anthony Mason Jr., who was defending himself, and as soon as Duncan appeared in the vacant position, Kidd immediately handed the basketball into Duncan's hands, and Duncan shook Anthony Mason Jr. again with an easy turn and won the one-handed dunk.

Unlike the Western All-Stars, who played inside at the beginning, the Eastern All-Stars, who did not have any interior advantage, could only make a fuss on the outside, after Iverson dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, through continuous cross-steps, he shook off Kidd very easily, rushed directly to the area below the free throw line, and hit a stop-and-go jump shot to equalize the score for the Eastern Conference.

When the game reached the 3rd minute, Meng Xu finally ushered in a chance, after Duncan, Webb, Kobe, and even Kidd each singled at least once, this time Kidd handed the basketball to Meng Xu.

"I'll go, you guys are obviously Laipi." When Meng Xu held the ball outside the 3-point line, Vince Carter immediately posted it, and Maddie also moved not far from Meng Xu, obviously preparing to wrap Meng Xu, or to block Meng Xu's breakthrough route in advance. Didn't you say that you can't wrap it up at the All-Star Game?

Meng Xu took a step back, slightly widened the distance between him and Carter, and then directly began to break through inward, just after Meng Xu left Carter behind him through a change of direction, Maddie immediately pounced, and Carter behind Meng Xu formed a situation of wrapping Meng Xu.

Facing Maddie and Carter, whose physical talents surpassed him a lot, Meng Xu continued to lower the center of gravity of his body and increase the range of change of direction when he continued to break through, so that when Meng Xu changed direction for the second time, his knee was less than 10 centimeters away from the ground.

Although the Eastern All-Stars are slightly ahead in height, but in terms of mobility and movement speed, this group of forward swingmen is undoubtedly the top in the league, just after Meng Xu got rid of Maddie, Antonio Davis immediately gave up the entanglement with Webb and pounced on Meng Xu, and at the same time, Carter behind Meng Xu also caught up again.

Seeing that Meng Xu had been blocked by Antonio Davis, and Carter was coming around from behind Meng Xu, ready to wrap Meng Xu again, and when he made a mistake or steal by the way, Carter found that the current Meng Xu's change of direction was a little larger than just now, and now Meng Xu's knee has basically reached the ground, and he has no chance even if he wants to make a steal.

At this time, Antonio Davis suddenly felt that a gust of wind was blowing, Meng Xu, who was carrying the basketball in a very low posture, suddenly picked up his fingertips, and the basketball passed through Antonio Davis's block, and Meng Xu was very elegant through the gap between Antonio Davis and Carter, and Meng Xu, who passed through Carter and Davis's defense, once again used his fingertips to lightly touch the basketball that was almost close to the ground, and the whole basketball quickly rebounded into the air, and Meng Xu at this time also quickly raised his body. He took the basketball that bounced into the air and rushed straight to the basket.