Chapter 177: All-Star Game, Yuan Shu who was isolated
On February 20, 2011, after the first two days of the All-Star Weekend, the main dishes of the All-Star Weekend were finally put in front of the fans. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Eastern Conference All-Star Lineup:
Starter: Center: Dwight Howard; Forwards: Yuan Shu, LeBron James; Defenders: Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose;
Subs: Center: Al Horford; Forwards: Amare Stoudemire, Chris Bosh, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pearce; Defenders: Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo.
Coach: Doug Rivers
Western Conference All-Star lineup:
Starters: Center: Tim Duncan; Forwards: Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant; Guards: Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul;
Subs: Forwards: Pau Gasol, Blake Griffin, Kevin Love, Dirk Nowitzki; Defenders: Manu Ginobili, Russell Westbrook, Deron Williams.
Coach: Greg Popovich
The on-site commentators for this All-Star Game are still ESPN commentators Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson.
While the players on both sides were still warming up, Van Gundy and Jackson discussed the resignation of Jerry Sloan, the coach of Delon's Utah Jazz.
"Hey, Mark, seeing Deron warming up on the court reminds me of the recent resignation of Jerry Sloan." Van Gundy was the first to stir up the topic.
"Oh yes, Jeff, it was a surprise that Jerry had just accepted a new contract from the Jazz two days before he resigned." Jackson shook his head as he kept repeating the words "too surprising."
Van Gundy said: "Although there are many media that say that Jerry's resignation was caused by Deron and Jerry's poor relationship, I believe that this should not be the case, although Delon is a Jazz star, but Jerry is the real owner of Utah, I prefer to believe that there are other reasons than the broken relationship between the master and apprentice." ”
Jackson nodded and said, "Deron is a good player, I think he should have a lot of respect for Jerry, I haven't heard about Delon in the league who is bad with anyone, he is a good player." ”
"In any case, Jerry Sloan is a very respectable coach, and if Jerry is watching us right now, I want to send the highest tribute to Jerry, my good friend, on behalf of ESPN, for your coaching career and your contributions to the league that you deserve this kind of recognition."
"Not bad." Jackson nodded hurriedly in agreement with Van Gundy's statement.
After discussing Jerry Sloan's resignation, the topic is still inseparable from Yuan Shu, who served as an NBA All-Star starter in his rookie season, and the topic of discussion between the two naturally revolves around Yuan Shu's MVP in the rookie challenge two days ago, beating John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins.
When discussing who deserves to be the best rookie of the season, Yuan Shu, Griffin, Wall and Cousins, Van Gundy first shook his head and said that this question is difficult to answer, these players are rookies that every team particularly wants, but there must only be one best player, if he is allowed to choose, he will choose Yuan Shu, because under his leadership, the Cavaliers, who were abandoned by James, played a performance that surprised everyone at the beginning of the season, although later the team's main players were injured continuously, But now they are still in seventh place in the East, and they have a good chance of making the playoffs, which is a very remarkable achievement, and Yuan Shu, who has quickly become the first brother of the Cavaliers, has a very bright stat and fully deserves the title of best rookie.
For Van Gundy's statement, Jackson has a different opinion, he believes that Griffin should be the best rookie, compared to Yuan Shu, Jackson believes that Griffin's style of play is more mature, and more ornamental, and violent dunks have become Griffin's signature symbol, along with his death dunks on the court one after another, many big-name stars have begun to act as Griffin's background wall, Jackson believes that there is every reason to believe that Griffin will become a superstar who dominates the league in the future, and the potential is limitless, and Yuan Shu, although his rookie season performance is also very bright, but in the future, he may be like Yao Ming, entering the peak in the first 2-3 seasons, and there is no more potential to be tapped.
"He might have a chance to make the All-League Third Team, but he can't go any further." Jackson commented.
With the pre-match discussion between the two ESPN commentators, players from the East and West began to appear one after another.
Before the game began, James exchanged glances with Wade.
According to NBA official data, the 60th NBA All-Star Game attracted nearly 100 million people around the world to watch through various channels, setting a new record for the highest live broadcast of the event.
At the beginning of the game, Howard of the Eastern team won the scrum, and Duncan didn't even jump much, just a symbolic tiptoe.
Howard was about to pass the ball to Rose, but James had already run to Howard's side to ask for the ball, and Howard had to give the ball to James.
James received the ball and controlled the ball outside the three-point line, and then suddenly passed the ball into the inside, Wade didn't know when he had slipped to the bottom line, and after receiving the ball, he directly made a backhand layup and scored 2 points for the East Army.
After Wade, who was defending himself, took the lead in opening the Eastern Conference, Kobe Bryant did not show weakness, turned around and shot directly outside the three-point line, and the ball passed through the net and hit! Kobe Bryant's goal won the cheers of the fans in the stadium, after all, this is the Staples Center, Kobe Bryant's home stadium, and most of the fans naturally support Kobe.
After Bryant scored, James was also unable to show weakness, and in the face of Durant's defense, he used his housekeeping skills and scored a layup.
"Am I dazzled? That ball seems to have taken 6 steps just now! Yuan Shu couldn't help but rub his eyes, suspecting that he had just seen something wrong.
The offense in the West was also very sharp, and Anthony received Durant's breakthrough and scored 2 points!
After Anthony scored on a jumper, Rose finally got the first chance to control the ball, and the first time he controlled the ball, Rose used a sharp cross-step dribble, changed direction to break through Paul, and after carrying Paul with his body to the inside, he scored 2 points.
As soon as the game started, the players on both sides began to play their own tricks, and it seemed that both sides were quite serious in attack and defense, which is relatively rare in the All-Star Game.
The game lasted 5 minutes, and the scores of the two sides rose alternately, but the anger in Yuan Shu's heart, who was standing on the court and kept running, gradually ignited, because from the game to the present, Yuan Shu has not even touched the ball once except for grabbing 1 rebound.