Chapter 349: The main race begins
“Defense! Defense! Defense! ”
("Defend!") Defend! Defend! ”)
“……”
The All-Star Game officially began, and the West Army grabbed the opening ball, so the MCI Center resounded with a long-lasting shout.
The game was held in Washington, D.C., and it was half of the home field for the Eastern Force, so the MCI Center was cheering for the Eastern Force.
The first attack of the western team, according to Qiao Hai's arrangement, Chris Webber got the ball in the high position and ran directly into the tactics.
On the NBC commentary seat, McBlin was a little speechless: "All-Star Game running tactics, Qiao Hai is so interesting......"
Maddie has played a season of Princeton offense, naturally knows how to run, the first ball in the opening game, Maddie interspersed, shook off Carter, ran out of an opportunity, catch the ball and shoot.
Bang!
Ball in!
The Western Army scored 2 points first.
On the sidelines, Stan Love, who played as an assistant coach, was also a little speechless: "Joe, what do you think, an All-Star game, just let them play by themselves." ”
Qiao Hai shook his head and didn't speak.
His idea was simple, since the alliance had brought him here, he had to get involved as much as possible.
What is the role of a manager?
Troop arrangement and substitution are only one aspect, the most important thing is tactical arrangement, so in order to get himself involved, Qiao Hai can only think of ways in terms of tactical arrangement.
Demonstrate the role of a coach.
On the side of the Eastern Army, Larry Brown didn't have much tactics, and the first attack of the Eastern team was Iverson's singles as soon as they came up.
The Western troops didn't take it seriously, Kobe Bryant opened his long arms and blocked twice, and finally, Iverson rushed inside and made a layup.
At the beginning, the score became 2:2.
Then, it was the attack of the Western team, Kobe Bryant took the ball, pulled away the strong side, and directly gave Kobe Bryant a single.
Kobe Bryant held the ball and burst in, stopped and threw a jumper, Iverson symbolically raised his hand, but Kobe Bryant didn't score the ball, maybe it was a bad feeling.
The rebound was snatched by the West Army, which is not a surprising result, just look at the front court of the West Army, Webb plays small forward, Duncan plays big forward, and the center is still O'Neal, such a height, the rebounding advantage is too much.
O'Neal grabbed the rebound, made a basket inside, and hit a direct hook shot, and the West continued to score.
In the East's offensive round, Iverson continued to get the ball.
From this point, you can see the gap between Qiao Hai and Larry Brown, Iverson should also want to brush up an All-Star MVP, so Larry Brown helped.
But compared to the West troops, Iverson's continuous ball grabbing is too obvious.
This ball, Kobe Bryant still didn't take it seriously.
Iverson mid-range jumper to keep scoring! Scored 4 points in a row.
The score continued to be tied, and the Western team's offense, they continued to play according to tactics, and this time, after a block in the high post, the shot was in Duncan's hands.
The space was opened up by Maddie, and Duncan hit big and small in the middle distance, and directly made a mid-range shot, with a bang, 6:4.
The attack of the Eastern team, it was finally Carter's turn to get the ball, Carter rushed, it was Maddie who defended him, Maddie's adult beauty, not to mention that the opponent was still his cousin, he directly gave in and made Carter rush.
Bang!
In this way, the first violent dunk of this year's All-Star Game was born.
The MCI Center erupted in enthusiastic cheers!
The offense of the Western team, the ball continued to rotate, and this time it was Webb's turn, Webb singled in the low post, turned and hooked to the layup, and also scored 2 points.
In this way, in the first four rounds, every player of the Grizzlies made a shot, and except for Kobe Bryant, all other players scored.
And then, the Western troops also began to concentrate the ball.
Maddie began to break out, consecutive high-level singles, continuous mid-distance dry pulling, obviously, in the morning, Qiao Hai reminded Maddie, Maddie's condition remained good, and the opening broke out.
Kobe Bryant also singles with the ball, and in terms of ball possession, outside players still have a very advantage, and they can distribute the ball freely.
But in this game, Kobe Bryant's state was obviously average, after hitting an iron in the opening game, he hit an iron in a row from mid-range, and only scored 2 points with a layup on the fourth shot.
Maddie is in better shape, and Qiao Hai certainly let Maddie play more.
The first quarter played for more than 5 minutes, and there was no intention of calling a timeout on either side, and the Western troops relied on the advantage of the inside line to lead by 3 points at 21:18 in the first quarter.
When the official timeout came, both teams made substitutions.
Joe Hay was replaced by Jason Kidd, and there was finally a pure point guard on the court.
Jason Kidd played, the ball was about to go to Kidd's hands, and Qiao Hai didn't think about letting Maddie go crazy to score points, all in all, if you want MVP, you can give football rights, but you can't go too far.
Bryant was also on the court, and he partnered Maddie on the wing, with Chris Webber off the court.
O'Neal in the center forward position was a little injured, and before that, Michkupchak greeted Qiao Hai and asked O'Neill to play less.
Therefore, Qiao Hai directly replaced O'Neal with Patrick Ewing.
The Western Force changed two people.
In the East, Larry Brown replaced Bryan Grant with Jermaine O'Neal, adding to the interior dynamics, while replacing Vince Carter with Stephen Marbury, and there was also a pure point guard on the court.
Two people on each side were replaced, the game was still flat, there was no defense, and the score also rose in turn.
However, the Spanish team has maintained a three-point lead.
Larry Brown and Joe Hai also took advantage of the dead ball and continued to make substitutions.
Qiao Hai really lacked an outside line here, so he could only replace Gary Payton, let Payton and Kidd play double control, and let Maddie play the No. 3 position.
Then he replaced Garnett and replaced Duncan.
There are too many outside players in the East Army, and Larry Brown can only replace Ratlills Preville with Ray Allen, and replace Deacon Bemutombo with Anthony Mason Jr.
After the first quarter, only some players from both teams have not played.
On the Western side, Novisky, David Robinson, and Karl Malone are yet to play, and in the East, Glenn Robinson, Jerry Starkerhouse, and Alan Houston are on the Eastern side.
Qiao Hai was very simple, as soon as the second quarter came up, he directly let O'Neal partner Karl Malone appear, and Nowitzki also went to the No. 3 position, and the outside line was Kobe Bryant and Payton.
This lineup also has Qiao Hai's bad taste, O'Neal plus Carl Marlon plus Kobe and Gary Payton, this is the later Laker F4, of course, whether the Laker F4 will appear in this life, Qiao Hai doesn't know.
On the eastern side, Larry Brown also used Glenn Robinson to partner Ray Allen, which is considered a teammate combination, plus Stephen Marbury at point guard, Brian Grant and Jermaine O'Neal's interior.
In the second quarter, the game was still uneventful, still an exhibition game.
Qiao Hai also knows very well that the real outbreak has not yet come, and it will not become fierce until the second half, when the score becomes more and more anxious.
Because there are always people who want to win.
In the second quarter, O'Neal played for a few minutes, and Qiao Hai replaced him, and this time he was replaced, and basically O'Neal would not come back.
David Robinson came on, and in that way, all the players in the Western Army were on the field.
At halftime, the Western team led by 6 points at 77:71, and overall, the strength of the Western team was still stronger, which was also reflected in the score.