Chapter 160: Arenas

ESPN will broadcast the Hawks' game against the Wizards, which they are known as the All-Star starters.

Around this topic, ESPN did a lot of warm-up for this game.

After the votes for the All-Star Game were released, the original heated discussion of public opinion had been ignored by the public under the guidance of Sun Yue's own efforts and the operation of the business team behind him.

But with Arenas' voice, the attention of this game reached a high peak, and whether Sun Yue qualified to become an All-Star once again sparked a lot of discussion in the basketball circle.

Among the many arguments, those who believe that Sun Yue's strength is not worthy of the title of All-Star occupy the majority.

ESPN has basically played the role of a pioneer, and it is not surprising that ESPN made such a choice.

After all, ESPN is a commercial sports outlet, and what he does is mainly for clicks and topicality, and Sun Yue, as a star who is not a local player, seems politically correct to boycott it.

Of course, there are also people on Sun Yue's side, Charles. Barkley expressed his support for Sun Yue: "Sun Yue is a very good point guard. On the issue of All-Star, it would be unfair to point the finger at him. They didn't break the rules, and the All-Star Game is all about letting fans see their favorite players playing on the court...... Since it was voted by one person, one vote, we must respect the result. ”

ESPN simply chose to turn a blind eye to its competitors' commentary.

The Hawks vs. Wizards game started quickly, and the three commentators sitting in the ESPN live broadcast room were... Mike. Brin, Bill. Simmons and Reggie, who just signed with ESPN, are in the same position. Miller.

One of the NBA's all-time best three-point shooters couldn't leave basketball after retiring and chose to start his basketball career as a commentator.

The three commentators made some predictions before the game. Brin & Bill. Simmons both predicted victory for the Wizards, while Reggie. Miller disagreed, saying that he was more bullish on the Hawks. Johnson and Al. Harrington will have an outburst...... Because the opposite Wizards don't have a defender to rely on on on the forward line.

While the three commentators were arguing in the commentary box, the starting lineups of the two teams began to play, and the on-site DJ in Washington began to introduce the visiting team's starting lineup in a deep voice, and the Hawks' starting lineup was still: Pachuria, Josh. Smith, Al. Harrington, Joe. Johnson, Sun Yue, facing a strong Wizards, Woodson put Pachulia back in the starting lineup.

And the starting lineup of the Washington Wizards is: center Brandon. Haywood, power forward Antoine. Jamison, small forward Caron. Butler, shooting guard Jason. Stevenson, point guard Gilbert. Arenas.

Before you know it, the game between the Hawks and the Wizards began in the passionate voice of the DJ on the spot.

Pachulia and Heywood jumped in the middle circle, in the spotlight, Pachulia actually won Heywood in a rare jump, which surprised the players on the field, Pachulia won the jump ball link only a handful of times, Sun Yue got the ball, just about to take the opportunity to attack quickly, but the referee's whistle sounded at this time.

It turned out that when he jumped the ball, Pachulia found that Heywood was distracted, and felt that the opportunity was rare, so he jumped up very excitedly and dialed the ball to Sun Yue, but the players did not find it, but the referee who threw the ball saw that Pachulia did jump early.

Sun Yue could only helplessly throw the ball to the referee, and the ball belonged to the Wizards. The players laughed, even Pachulia herself, and the game started in a relaxed atmosphere.

The Eagles quickly returned to defense, however, before all the Eagles players could return to the defense, Alinas threw a fast-break three-pointer, and just shot, the ball was still in the air, Arenas turned and ran back. Sun Yue was stunned from the sidelines, looked back at the basket, and the basketball fell into the basket very simply. "Huh"

This kind of three-point shot is an important scoring tool for Arenas, who has the fastest dribble pull-up jump shot in the league, realistic feints, fast rebound, high shots and unusually supple, making him a dangerous three-point shooter.

Arenas raised his hands high, mobilized the emotions of the audience, and lost such a morale-losing three points in the opening goal, Sun Yue decided to return it with his own hands.

He asked for the ball from Pachuria's hand and ran directly to the frontcourt, and when the Wizards had not yet completed the defense, Sun Yue ran quickly to the Wizards' half, and when he was still a little distance from the three-point line, he pulled up, and a three-point shot that was almost exactly the same as Arenas, and he also turned around and ran back as soon as he shot.

In the surprised eyes of the audience, Sun Yue's three-point shot was hit, and the momentum that the Wizards had just risen was instantly suppressed, and the Eagles were greatly imposed.

Reggie. Seeing this scene, Miller said excitedly: "I love this kind of ball, this is what a team leader should do, a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye." ”

Arenas looked at Sun Yue, his eyes flashed with excitement, the best second-round show in history has not been so excited for a long time, except for the answer to the black mamba in Los Angeles and Philadelphia, there is no one in the current league who can face him face-to-face. And now, just a ball, Arenas felt his blood boil all over his body.

Arenas arrived in the frontcourt, with the help of a porcelain cover from Haywood, against the slow-moving Pachuria, a feigned acceleration breakthrough completely deceived Pachuria, created space for himself to shoot, and cleanly pulled up and shot a three-pointer.

Sun Yue slapped the ball in his hand, staring at the gap in Arenas' body, because this is the first time the Hawks have played against the Wizards this season, so Sun Yue does not know Arenas's defensive ability, he has always retained the impression of his previous life, and feels that Arenas's defensive ability is similar to Nash, which is the defensive black hole in the league's No. 1 position.

But when he really went one-on-one with Arenas, he found that Arenas was not actually what he thought, Arenas and Nash are different, Nash is limited by physical fitness so he can't defend well, while Arenas is focused on offense, so he is relatively lax on the defensive end, but Sun Yue has already stimulated his fighting spirit, and he is rare to be so strict on the defensive end.

Sun Yue observed for a long time, but did not find any opportunity for a breakthrough. Little by little, time passed. Offensive time is running out.