On February 20, the highlight of the All-Star Weekend, the All-Star Game, was staged.

In the morning, the East and West star teams took turns using the Toyota Center for pre-game joint practice.

As the head coach of the East Army, Qiao Hai naturally appeared in the arena, with his three assistants, Elvin Gentry, Tang Yi and Tom Thibodo, as well as a lot of tactical materials and props, to face 12 Eastern All-Stars.

"Alright, boys, I'm your interim head coach, and hopefully we'll have a good time working together with the All-Star this time."

Qiao Hai clapped his hands, and the all-stars in front of him also clapped their hands with Qiao Hai.

Then, Qiao Hai took a stack of tactical materials from Tang Yi behind him, took it in his hand and raised it: "This is the tactic you want to play in this All-Star Game, it is very simple, one copy per person, give you half an hour to understand this set of tactics." ”

The tactic is very simple, it is to cover in the high position, cooperate with the breakthrough of several players in possession, and the outside shooter will shoot when he receives the ball.

In terms of defense, Qiao Hai directly moved the infinite change of defense, but it is the most basic version of the infinite change of defense, that is, the change of defense in case of cover, and one-on-one single defense at other times.

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Half an hour later, Qiao Hai gathered the star players again, and then clapped his hands again: "Everyone should understand the tactics, it's very simple, break through the ball on the offensive end, and mark people on the defensive end plus infinite defense." ”

"As for who will break through with the ball on the offensive end, who will shoot when he catches the ball, it's up to you to discuss and decide, and now, your task is to divide into two groups and start practicing."

Johi quickly divided the players on the field, starting with Gilbert Arenas in one group and the other six substitutes in one group.

Then, the practice begins.

The starters and benches each had five players on the lineup, playing five minutes to rotate one player, and so on for more than two hours until the Western Stars arrived at the Toyota Center, and the Eastern Stars finished their joint practice.

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After finishing the joint practice, Qiao Hai turned his head and went to the hotel, and after sleeping and recuperating his spirits, he was already ready.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the neon lights come on, and the Toyota Center is full of colors.

At the beginning, the female singer Kelly Underwood, who is known as the American Li Yuchun, sang, and the cheerleaders of the Houston Rockets also came on the stage to contribute a hot dance.

Then, the appearance ceremony of the star players of the East and West began.

Starting from the bench and gradually to the starter, the finale of the eastern team is LeBron James, the king of the eastern ticket, and the western team is naturally the host and the king of the league Yao Ming.

Amid the frantic cheers at the Toyota Center, Greg Popovich also walked out of the players' tunnel and waved to the sidelines.

Then, when the host of the scene shouted Qiao Hai's name, the cheers of the Toyota Center were one step higher.

As the meritorious coach of this Rockets, although Qiao Hai has left Houston, he is still one of the most popular head coaches in the city, and the reason will not be repeated, the cheers on the scene have proved all this.

After the ceremony, the star players began to warm up, and Qiao Hai, who had nothing to do, walked directly to the sidelines, first finding Leslie Alexander, Darrell Morey and Stan Love, who were in the front row of the courtside to watch the game.

After chatting for a few words, Qiao Hai just turned around and was stopped by Mitch Kupchak and Byron Scott.

"Joe, you're finally coaching the Eastern Conference All-Star team." Byron Scott's words directly reminded Qiao Hai of the 2004 All-Star Game, when Qiao Hai, who was still the head coach of the Rockets, became the head coach of the All-Star Game, and the head coach of the Eastern All-Star Team was naturally Byron Scott, who was the head coach of the Nets at the time.

Then, Qiao Hai didn't command much, and the Western Star Team crushed the Eastern Star Team by relying on its strength.

After that game, Byron Scott complained, believing that if Qiao Hai coached the Eastern Stars, the final result would be a loss.

Qiao Hai remembered the conversation between the two two years ago, and then smiled: "That's right, I'm going to coach the Eastern Stars, but this All-Star Game, the result will only be the victory of the Eastern Army." ”

Byron Scott shook his head and smiled, "Okay then, I'll wait and see." ”

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After some teasing, the warm-up on the field is over.

Qiao Hai beckoned, the players formed a circle, the opening arrangement had nothing to do with Qiao Hai, and there was nothing to say about the tactical arrangement, so Qiao Hai only said briefly: "Okay, boys, the game is about to start, for the honor of the East, let's cheer!" ”

Qiao Hai stretched out his right hand and put it in front of everyone, and the stars of the eastern team put it up one by one, and then shouted in unison: "Come on!" ”

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"The game started, and the starters of the Eastern and Western Stars came on, with Allen Iverson at point guard for the Eastern team, Vince Carter at shooting guard, LeBron James at small forward, and Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace on the inside."

"On the Western side, the guard combination is Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant, small forward Tracy McGrady, and the interior is Tim Duncan and Yao Ming."

In the commentary seat, the commentary teams from major TV stations and various national teams each have their own independent space, and the commentary team sent by TNT is hosted by McBrin, with Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith as guests.

CCTV5 also sent Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia to broadcast the All-Star Game live.

"The two sides jumped the ball, Yao Ming faced Rashid Wallace, the referee of this game was Dick Bavita, and the two linesmen were Joe Crawford and Dan Crawford."

Dik Bavita threw the basketball into the air above the Toyota Center, Yao Ming and Rasheed Wallace jumped at the same time, and then, Yao Ming, who was taller, touched the basketball first, reached out and the West team got the ball.

Steve Nash gets the ball and pushes forward.

When the ball reached the frontcourt, Duncan pulled up to the high post, a sideways cover, and Nash walked inside the three-point line.

Duncan went down and quickly received a pass from Nash, and after receiving the ball, he misplaced and singled Iverson, controlled the ball, and raised his hand to a 45° board.

After a bang, there was another bang, and the basketball hit the board and smashed into the basket.

At the beginning, the Western troops played a wave of cooperation, which means a lot.

This shows that Popovich is also serious, he began to pay attention to this All-Star Game, and the strength of the Western Stars is already higher than that of the Eastern Stars.

Now, they're back in the game, and it's going to be a tough game for the Eastern Stars.

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The attack of the Eastern team, Allen Iverson took the ball and began to break through, and several other people completely pulled away, James felt that his three points were very average, so he rushed directly and gave Iverson a cover.

Iverson borrowed cover to kill in, and at the beginning, the defensive intensity of the Western team was not high, and after Iverson went in, he made a stop-and-go jump shot, and the ball was easily hit without confrontation.

At the beginning, the East and West Stars played 2:2.