Chapter 540: I Am the Star of the Stars (Part II)
Not to mention what little Wharton was thinking at this time, the players in the west have already begun to applaud Ye Xuan's wit, after all, this sneak attack goal has helped the western troops to be in an invincible situation, even if the opponent can shoot a three-point shot, then his side still has a chance to make the final kill, and even if the kill is not successful, then his side can still have a chance to play overtime.
The eastern side is a little depressing, although it is just an entertainment game similar to an exhibition game, but the players in the league are not full of desire to win, in this kind of high-light stage, their side is at an absolute disadvantage, even the players who sit on the court and do not play will feel a little unhappy.
But fortunately, Stevens immediately made personnel adjustments, and then began to arrange tactics, his plan is also very simple, that is, Lao Zhan holds the ball at the top of the arc alone, and then the other four people run separately, using the way of interspersed running to disrupt the opponent's defensive formation, and then Lao Zhan makes the final fatal blow, or passes the ball to the player who runs out of the empty position for the final attack. And the players they replaced at the last moment are obviously all players with a very high three-point shooting rate, Lao Zhan, Pickled Pepper, and Irving still appeared on the court, Lowry was not replaced, and Paul Millsap on the inside has a certain projection ability, but his movement speed is not suitable for this tactic, so Millsap was replaced, and the East team was replaced with Kemba Walker, who has a good three-point shooting percentage, in fact, this is the first time Walker has been selected as an All-Star, and it is the same as all novices. He didn't get too many opportunities in the All-Star team, and now he is replaced because the East must go all out to gamble on a three-pointer, and he was forced to choose to replace him.
The timeout was soon over, the East team served on the sideline in frontcourt, Lao Zhan controlled the ball and pressed the time near the logo of the middle line, it was clear that they did not like to leave too much time for the West team, they hoped to hit a three-pointer and drag the game into overtime. Lao Zhan faced Durant's defense, and he looked very serious, as if he was playing the playoffs, and in a blink of an eye, there were only 9 seconds left in the countdown, and Lao Zhan also moved at this time, first using the pickled pepper's block to dodge some space, and then quickly dribbling two steps to the side, in fact, the strategy of the Western team at this time is also very obvious, do you want to break through? Please, but do you want to shoot a three? Sorry, no. So although Lao Zhan got two points to shoot, Durant kept stuck near the three-point line, otherwise he would have a chance to shoot three points.
At this time, the offensive time is being consumed little by little, Lao Zhan had no choice but to quickly pass the ball to Kemba Walker, who had just been replaced on the court, although Walker faced Harden's close defense after receiving the ball, but he did not panic, and directly took a step back to open up some space again and then pulled it up to be a super long three-point shot, the shot point of this ball was two steps away from the three-point line, and it was a forced shot after stepping back, and Harden's defense was not thrown away too much by him, The last hand still sealed his face, but the ball still smashed on the rebound and rebounded into the basket.
The western side immediately called a timeout, and the eastern bench was obviously very happy, a group of people stood up and cheered wildly to celebrate, as if they were the ones who scored the goal and won, unlike the eastern side, the western side seemed very calm, they had done what they needed to do, and the opponent hit this kind of fairy ball can only be said to be unlucky, and even if the opponent hit the ball, it is still the western side that occupies the advantage of the game, because Walker hit the ball and hit three points, However, the twenty-four seconds were not consumed, and finally left 4 seconds of offensive time for the Western troops, which was completely enough time for Ye Xuan, Curry, Harden and others to change their lives.
This timeout in the west is obviously a little different from the previous style, this time it has become Ye Xuan's tactics to arrange the team, in fact, Ye Xuan has no good way to kill in one blow in a short period of time, so the first tactic is very simple, that is, when the sideline serve is difficult, whoever receives the ball last will be responsible for the last attack.
However, in addition to this tactic, Ye Xuan also planned an additional tactic, if the interference encountered in the service stage is relatively small, then it is possible to attack by himself after receiving the ball, or it is possible to distribute the ball to his teammates who cut into the opponent's weak side of the penalty area after attracting the opponent's defensive attention, anyway, now they are not like the opponent just in the same situation, they need to force three points to continue their lives, so they still have more choices, and in the configuration of the playing personnel, the west has also made some adjustments, They replaced Curry again, and at the same time, Anthony was not replaced, and the thick eyebrows were replaced, and the finishing ability of the thick eyebrows is still a little worse than the five people who are playing now.
In this way, the players in the West have become Ye Xuan, Harden, Curry, Durant and Anthony, each of the five is a famous killer in the league, and the substitutions on the East side are obviously very targeted, they directly sent James, Brother Alphabet, Jimmy Butler, Pickled Pepper and DeRozan's five-man combination, this combination highlights a feature, that is, there is no problem with all kinds of misplaced defense, and this lineup is basically a player with very outstanding defensive ability.
At the end of the timeout, the West Army served on the sideline in front of the court, and it was Durant who stood outside the court to serve, although his finishing ability was very strong, but he was also the tallest among these people, and he had the guarantee of height to be able to successfully send the ball out under the opponent's crazy interference, and the opposite side of the defense was obviously very strict, not giving the West Force a chance to run out of the gap, but Durant successfully passed the ball out when the service time was about to reach five seconds, and Harden successfully got rid of the defense and got the basketball, But he is now a little too far from the three-point line, and letting Harden catch the ball in this place seems to be a trap for the opponent, and when he just received the ball, the long-arm letter brother and pickled pepper next to him immediately wrapped it up, Harden reacted quickly, seeing that the opponent was about to force him to make a mistake, and now the direction of the pass was all blocked, so he simply threw the ball directly to the basket with his back to the basket, the reason for using this action, It is also because only in this way can you get the space to shoot, otherwise it is easy to be blocked by the gibbon-like alphabet brother and then form a counterattack.
But it was Harden's action that gave Ye Xuan the opportunity to perform, Harden's back shot certainly did not have the slightest chance to hit, but he passed the ball out in disguise, and Ye Xuan occupied the peak of the landing point, and the position of the master was a little stuck next to the basket, James on the side had obviously discovered this problem, and immediately came over to compete with Ye Xuan for the ball, but Ye Xuan, who took the lead in the main position, did not suffer too much loss in the physical confrontation, and the moment the basketball fell, Lao Zhan and Ye Xuan jumped up at the same time to grab the ball, but Lao Zhan wanted to catch the ball, but Ye Xuan was more witty, he jumped up with one hand, and gently lifted the ball up again, and it was this support that directly ended this very wonderful All-Star Game.
The bench of the Western team is really blowing up the pot now, and this kind of lore makes the All-Stars in the West also addicted, and Wade, as Ye Xuan's current teammate, jumped up directly. At this time, there are actually 8 seconds left in the game, but Harden's genius stroke and Ye Xuan's light support are really exciting, so the players on the court are a little unrecalled.
Fortunately, Stevens didn't panic, and immediately called a timeout, so that the stars of the Eastern team on the field also hurried back to their senses, indeed in fact, Stevens's arrangement just now can be said to be very perfect, at least if this arrangement is not because of this series of accidents, then now they have definitely begun to prepare for overtime.
At the moment, Stevens immediately arranged two tactics, one is to directly hang the pass to the inside to make up the basket and then go into overtime, and the other is the plan of the outside Irving to catch the ball and shoot directly, after all, there is only 8 seconds to write a script for him, so the plot can only be as simple as possible. After the tactics are determined, the timeout is about to end, and this game is indeed enjoyable for the audience, after all, it is really rare to be able to have this kind of lore and anti-lore in the All-Star Game and even now there is a chance to 'anti-lore'.
At the end of the timeout, a group of players in the west also packed up their excitement and started the last 8 seconds of offensive and defensive battles. However, the plot of this game is already very bizarre, so in the end, Lady Luck did not favor the Eastern team, after the sideline serve was issued, Irving received the ball and shot directly and quickly, but was interfered with by Durant next to him, and the final much-anticipated shot did not even touch the basket, and the Eastern team also lost this super thrilling All-Star Game by two points.
It has to be mentioned that this year's All-Star Game was very successful, and the ratings of this All-Star Game were the highest in nearly a decade, especially in the final quarter, and the peak ratings were even comparable to the ratings of last year's NBA Finals.
After a while, Xiao Hua appeared in the middle of the venue, and the audience slowly quieted down, because they knew that the next thing was the All-Star MVP award ceremony. Xiao Hua is obviously very happy now, after all, the ratings have gone up, and the league's income has also increased, so he walked to the middle of the venue with a smile on his face, and then started to speak.
"Great games, we saw a lot of wonderful performances in the All-Star Weekend, we saw wonderful dunks in the All-Star Game before, we saw the three-point shooting, we saw all kinds of fancy aerial relays, but this year's All-Star Game has a lot of eye-opening places for us in addition to the performance dunks, especially in the last 32 seconds, the intensity of the game is no less than the intensity of the NBA Finals. Eventually, the game is over, but we have one person in every All-Star Game, who is the star of stars, and he is the one who shines among the stars, and I believe everyone knows who will win this award this year, so let's shout his name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
The audience was cheering, shouting the same name "Ye~~~~Xuan"
Xiao Hua also continued in a timely manner, "He played 31 minutes today, he scored 31 points today, and he also delivered a whopping 22 assists today!" He has 6 rebounds today, and at the same time, he can deliver 4 steals and 2 blocks on the defensive end, he is the brightest star today - Ye Xuan. ”
Ye Xuan was basically locked as the MVP of this All-Star Game at the end of the game, after all, he not only had gorgeous statistics, but also his various performances at critical moments also left a deep impact on everyone, and it was Ye Xuan's highlight performance that made this game so exciting, so Ye Xuan's MVP was well deserved.
At this time, Ye Xuan also went up to speak, took the MVP trophy in Xiao Hua's hand, and then took the microphone, Ye Xuan laughed a few times before he began to say, "First of all, thank you to all the audience who supported me, and thank my teammates for helping me in the game, of course, the excellent performance of my opponents is also very important." ”
Speaking of this, Ye Xuan paused for a moment, and then began to prepare again to grin, "Actually, before the start of this game, I was thinking about whether I should be a little more eye-catching in the game?" After all, this is the only one of the three MVPs that I haven't touched yet, but then I thought about it for a while, and finally gave up the idea of scoring by myself, after all, this is New Orleans, and I have a good relationship with Melo, so I think it's good to be able to help him brush up on points, and then help him get the MVP, but by the end of the half, my own stats have become very gorgeous, so in the second half I didn't continue to deliberately pass, as you can see. Saying that, Ye Xuanyou raised the trophy in his hand and shook it.
Then Ye Xuan continued, "In short, I am very happy to get this MVP trophy, which makes my career more perfect, thank you again for your support and love for the sport of basketball, we will still show you more exciting games in the future, thank you." ”