In fact, there are only a handful of players in the NBA who are good offensively and defensively, especially at this turn of the century, and it's hard to find a player who can play at the top of the league on both ends of the floor. Jordan at his peak is counted as one, and Kobe Bryant, who will be a great accomplishment in the future, is also counted as one, and now Duncan and Garnett among the Western All-Stars are also top interior players who can take into account scoring and defense, but the Eastern All-Stars are very lacking in such players, after all, players with strong offense are more likely to get votes.

Of course, that doesn't mean Brown doesn't have a player at his disposal, Maddie is a player who has the ability to dominate both ends of the floor!

Maddie was not surprised by Brown's instructions, because Chang Wei had already greeted him before the game, and he had long known that Brown might start to play aggressive defense at the end of the third quarter or the fourth quarter. In contrast, the only one who played at the level was Mutombo, who guarded the basket, after all, this is his main task in the team, and several other people have not been in the state for a long time, including Iverson, who also plays for the 76ers, before the game, he didn't know that the old coach had such a crazy plan, and it was not too difficult to tighten the loose strings.

However, it is enough to have Maddie and Mutombo, who are responsible for slowing down the Assault and then handing it over to Mutombo to solve the rest of the problems. And sometimes Mutombo doesn't even have anything to do, with Maddie making a steal right outside the elbow zone or even beyond the three-point line, and then it's a textbook long-distance run. Led by Maddy, the other three Eastern All-Stars also began to work hard to show themselves on the defensive end, especially Iverson, although it is Snow who is usually responsible for the outside defense of the 76ers, it does not mean that Iverson will not defend, and he is currently ranked in the top 20 in the league with an average of 1.5 steals per game.

Relatively speaking, the Western All-Stars seem to be a little tangled, and they do have a lot of offensive and defensive players on their team, but how can Adelman's character fight with Brown defensively? He will only attack, attack, and attack, although not as perverted as the "seven-second run" Suns under D'Antoni in the future, but he is also very persistent in offense, just like Brown hopes to win in the way he is good at, Adelman also hopes to help the Western All-Stars win the game in his own way.

But what made him scratch his head was that Kobe Bryant had turned on the singles mode, and he kept asking for the ball to play singles, trying to defeat the opponent on his own. However, Maddie is no longer the lazy man in his previous life, after Chang Wei's training in Villanova, Maddie is now a first-class swingman in the league, and his strength on the defensive end can even make Kobe Bryant unable to move. However, being disrupted for three consecutive rounds did not make Kobe give up his individual singles, and he gritted his teeth to take out Maddie.

Since the shooting would be interfered with, Kobe Bryant thought about rushing inside, at least closer to the basket, and the shooting percentage would be higher in theory. But he encountered a different mountain, and Mutombo, like his nickname, "African Mountain", stood between Kobe Bryant and the basket, leaving him with no room to shoot. Most of the time it's just a distraction, but occasionally Mutombo will show off his famous stunt and shake his fingers, provided that Bryant's shot is fanned.

This makes Adelman feel very entangled, there are very few guards in the Western All-Star this year, Kidd, Kobe Bryant and Payton are the only three pure guards, and the others are basically big men, even forwards are rare. Adelman is interested in replacing Kobe Bryant with Payton as a two-point guard, but it also means that the team has lost a firepower point, and Payton is 33 years old this year, and it is still unknown whether he can keep up with the boys on the Eastern Conference guard line.

Because of Kobe's reckless prodigal shooting, the Eastern All-Stars quickly opened up the point difference, although their offensive rhythm is not fast, but the success rate is very impressive, even if there are Duncan and Garnett on the opposing team to guard the basket, Iverson and Stackhouse's three-point shooting is not vegetarian, Davis also showed his skillful mid-range shooting skills on the All-Star stage, as for Maddy, now he is playing like he was on the Villanova University Wildcats, from offense to defense, he can intervene in every link, He's the outside gate, and he's also an excellent assistant; He's the initiator of the offense, but he's also the finisher, and the camera is more focused on Maddy, so it's clear that if the Eastern Conference All-Star wins the eventual victory, he should be crowned All-Star Game MVP.

This suggestion was naturally given to Brown by Chang Wei, after all, there is no real playmaker among the Eastern All-Star guards, whether it is Iverson, Carter, Ray Allen, or Stackhouse, they are more suitable as the end point of an offense. Marbury is a good choice, but even if Chang Wei doesn't mention it, Brown will shy away from his lone wolf attribute, and let him play handsome in regular time, and the real battle can't count on him.

Chang Wei clearly remembers that the MVP of the All-Star Game in his previous life was Iverson, but this does not mean that he also wants to praise Iverson as MVP now. According to Brown's tactics, Maddie is better suited to be the core of the team, and winning the MVP is also a natural thing. In fact, Chang Wei is the same as Brown in his bones, he can pay any price for the victory of the game, it is not a big deal to change the MVP, not to mention that Maddie is an acquaintance, and it is similar to Ray Allen or even Marbury, as long as they can help the team win this game, it is not impossible for them to lift the MVP trophy.

Although the Western Conference All-Stars are chasing points like crazy under Adelman's command, their scoring wave always slaps against a copper wall. Garnett and Duncan can certainly chisel slowly on the inside and score in the traditional way of interior players, but often in the end, Maddie completes a transition offense that negates their points. The two sides have always maintained a score difference of about 10 points, the west cannot narrow the difference, and the east cannot continue to expand. But that's enough for Brown.

When the final whistle blew, the score was fixed at 107-100, and the Eastern All-Stars won the game with their crazy defense in the fourth quarter, and the MVP of the All-Star Game was naturally awarded to Maddy, who played well throughout the game, with a quasi-triple-double of 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists, plus 3 steals and 2 blocks, Maddie deserved to win this MVP trophy.