Chapter 349: Let you release the water
February 10, 2002, 10 o'clock in the evening, this season's NBA All-Star Game has reached the end of the stage, today's game can be said to be ups and downs, at the beginning of the game, relying on the huge advantage of the inside, the Western All-Stars directly beat the Eastern All-Stars, the Western All-Stars led by 21 points when the most Western All-Stars, fortunately, under the timely adjustment of Byron Scott, the Eastern All-Stars who came back to their senses caught up in the third quarter, and once overtook the score in the fourth quarter.
"Now this game has risen to the intensity of the playoffs or even the Finals, with 1 minute and 17 seconds left, and the difference between the two teams is 4 points, whether it is an Eastern All-Star or a Western All-Star have a chance to win."
After the pause, the players from both sides appeared again, but both teams made adjustments to the lineups on the court, the Eastern All-Stars side Byron Scott replaced his disciple Kidd and replaced Ray Allen, the players on the Eastern All-Stars are currently on the court, Mutombo, Meng Xu, Jordan, Ray Allen, Iverson, the Eastern All-Stars who are behind in the score, directly sent a lineup of four pitchers at the center, and wanted to fight to the death at the last moment.
On the Western All-Star side, adjustments were also made, in order to strengthen the team's outside defense, Nelson Sr. replaced Webb with Szczebiak, pushing Duncan to the center position, Garnett was also put in the position of power forward, and the other three outside lines were Szczebiak, Kobe and Payton.
After Byron Scott made adjustments, Kidd sitting on the bench also had an unhappy expression, although Kidd did not have any ambitions for the All-Star MVP, but at this critical moment, he was replaced by the head coach, and he was also the head coach of his own team, which clearly shows that he doesn't trust himself! In fact, Kidd also knows that his playing style is not suitable for this kind of occasion that requires gambling, after all, shooting has never been his forte, but Kidd is unhappy at the moment.
Iverson who walked on the court also had a dignified face, Iverson's score in this game was the most in the game, and the current 31-point score also means that as long as the Eastern All-Star can win the game, then he will have a great chance of winning the All-Star MVP, but Jordan and Meng Xu's performance in this game is also very good, Jordan scored 17 points in the third quarter and scored 25 points in the whole game, and Meng Xu currently has 21 points, 13 rebounds, and 8 assists in a quasi-triple-double, which can be said to have an advantage, but the advantage is not big, and the head coach Byron Scott is also clearly impartial, leaving all three people on the field. But after Kidd was replaced, Meng Xu took over the ball again, Kidd is a point guard who is biased towards the organization, it is certain that as long as he has the opportunity, Kidd will pass the ball to himself, but Meng Xu is not like this, this guy's offensive desire is no worse than his own, and the more critical the moment, the more this guy grabs the basketball and does not let go, in the words of the New York Times, it is to weld the basketball in his hand, at this time let him control the ball, his first choice will not be himself with his toes.
"Alas, what do you want to do so much? Everything has to wait until the game is won. "A glance at the scoreboard, the Eastern All-Stars who are still in a backward position, Iverson lost all the entanglements, can't win the game everything is for nothing, as long as he can win, what does it matter who wins the MVP?
"It's a very important offense, it's better to score a three, but they're going to focus on me, what should I do?" Meng Xu, who was slapping the basketball and advancing slowly, looked at Kobe Bryant not far from him, and glanced at his Payton from time to time, Meng Xu knew that it was not so easy for him to calmly shoot outside the 3-point line, and now the entire league knows his playing style, so at the last moment, the old Nelson will definitely continue to pinch himself, or even the bag, so in order to win, Meng Xu has to make some changes now.
"Meng Xu, this is? Want to break through? Meng Xu stood below the middle circle and thought for a few seconds, first slowly advanced two steps, and then directly began to accelerate, after being blocked by Kobe, Meng Xu first made an emergency stop, moved one step laterally, and made a move to make a move, Meng Xu turned around in front of Kobe Bryant and changed direction, and directly entered the 3-point line.
"Ugh." Byron Scott, who was on the sidelines, also clenched his fists and sighed after seeing Meng Xu's offensive options. The reason why Byron Scott replaced Kidd at the last moment and let Meng Xu control the ball was to hope that Meng Xu could use the 3 points he was good at to chase points, but he didn't expect Meng Xu to choose a more stable breakthrough, Meng Xu's breakthrough is nothing to say, but in this case, even if you score 2 points steadily, we can't prevent Duncan's offense when we turn back, and we still can't change the overall situation, after Byron Scott shook his head, he sat directly on the seat behind him, presumably ready to give up.
"Is Meng going to single-handedly take on Duncan? It's definitely not a good offensive option. With Meng Xu's breakthrough and continuous change of direction, the Western All-Star defense has been cut to pieces by Meng Xu, and when Meng Xu completed the third change of direction in the paint area, got rid of Garnett, and pulled his body up, only Duncan was left between Meng Xu and the basket.
"Bastard." Seeing Meng Xu rushing towards him, Duncan also unceremoniously raised his arm and took a step forward, while occupying the best defensive position, he was also ready to block Meng Xu's shot at any time, but Meng Xu jumped lightly and threw the basketball towards the back of his head, and the basketball thrown out by Meng Xu happened to fly towards the unguarded Ray Allen, and now Duncan also understands that Meng Xu is using a breakthrough to force the Western All-Stars to shrink, and then create opportunities for his teammates.
"Beautiful 3 points, Ray is simply a natural killer." As soon as Meng Xu landed, he saw the basketball thrown by Ray Allen flying over his head, unlike Duncan Mutombo, who was ready to fight for rebounds, Meng Xu did not have the slightest intention of grabbing rebounds, because Meng Xu believed that Ray Allen would definitely be able to shoot this ball. Among these players in this year's Eastern All-Stars, in addition to Meng Xu's own 3 points, Meng Xu's most trustworthy is Ray Allen, this guy's 3-point shooting rate this season has an astonishing 44%, which is higher than Meng Xu, if you add Meng Xu's own system bonus, Ray Allen has 6 percent hope of shooting this goal.
After Ray Allen's 3-point shot, the Western All-Stars still chose to play inside, Duncan first pushed Mutombo, and after being sandwiched by Meng Xu, Duncan gave the ball to Kobe, Kobe hit a jumper, and the two sides still had a 3-point difference.
"With 41 seconds left, press the time to put the whistle on the whistle? And then let them make a final attack? It's impossible! Mutombo sent a baseline ball, after receiving the ball, Meng Xu rushed to the front court at the fastest speed, Kobe, who had been slowly retreating to the middle circle, saw Meng Xu in the backcourt began to accelerate, did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, quickly rushed up, wanted to stick to Meng Xu, but Meng Xu's speed was too fast, but fortunately, when Meng Xu was about to approach the 3-point line, Kobe Bryant finally forced Meng Xu to slow down under the cooperation with Payton.
"What a madman, Meng's choice to attack this time is really terrible." Obviously, Meng Xu has been stuck to Kobe Bryant, and the breakthrough route has also been blocked by Payton, losing the opportunity to break fast, but Meng Xu is still making the last struggle, after twisting his body several times in a row to get rid of Kobe to no avail, Meng Xu, who looks a little "angry", jumped up directly at a step away from the 3-point line. Seeing that Meng Xu wanted to reluctantly make a move in front of Kobe, the press box under the basket was also in an uproar.
"Kobe, what if you don't want me to score?" When Meng Xu fell from the air almost at the same time as Kobe, Meng Xu stretched out his arms and shrugged his shoulders at Kobe.
"I knew this kid wasn't going to let me down." When Meng Xu hit a 3-point shot and equalized the score, Byron Scott, who was sitting on the bench, jumped up directly. Clenched his fists, he rushed to the sideline in disheveled clothes, and roared angrily.
"It's really hard to prevent." With 35 seconds left, 127-127, the Eastern Conference All-Stars equalized again, and after a sigh, the elder Nelson immediately called a timeout and prepared to lay out the final tactics.
"Meng, let's make a final decision." Although the score was equalized, and it seems that the balance of victory has begun to tilt towards the Eastern All-Stars, Kobe Bryant did not have the slightest decline when he returned to the game, but his face was full of fighting spirit, and it can be seen that Kobe Bryant is very excited at this moment.
As the whistle blew, Garnett, who was standing on the sidelines, threw the basketball directly to the basket, and the last tactic formulated by Nelson Sr. was to score a goal quickly, leaving about 28 seconds, and then wait and see, so Garnett threw the sideline ball directly to the basket to find Duncan.
Although Duncan successfully received Garnett's pass, Mutombo also occupied the defensive position in a very timely manner, if Duncan singled out Mutombo with his back, then the tactic of scoring quickly would definitely be bankrupt, so Duncan first raised the basketball and made a gesture of playing with his back, and then quickly turned around and passed the ball to Kobe Bryant who slipped from the baseline to the weak side, and after receiving the ball, Kobe Bryant, a gliding split, helped the Western All-Stars overtake the score again.
"Meng is starting to press the clock, and I don't know who will execute this last throw this time." There are still 27 seconds left, and there is no possibility of continuing to grab points anyway, so Meng Xu also stood in place after passing through the center circle with the ball.
When there were still 8 seconds left on the timer, Meng Xu moved, first took a step back to ensure that he had enough space to start, Meng Xu began to accelerate in the middle circle, one step, two steps, three steps, after three steps in a row, Meng Xu quickly lowered his body center of gravity, and got rid of Kobe Bryant with a large change of direction, facing Payton and Garnett who rushed over to wrap him, Meng Xu did not hesitate at all after pulling up the center of gravity of his body, and jumped up, in order to avoid Garnett's block, his body leaned back sharply in the air, When there were 5 seconds left in the time display on the timer, the basketball in Meng Xu's hand came out.
"It's incredible, it's crazy, it's a crazy game." The Eastern All-Stars, who once trailed by 21 points at the end of the half, overtook the score with 4.1 seconds left in the game, and if the Eastern All-Stars can win this game, then it will be an epic comeback in All-Star history.
"Tell you to release the water, this is retribution, hahahaha." The convention on the All-Star Arena is that in the first 3 quarters, neither side will beat each other to death, so in today's game, the Eastern All-Stars in the 3rd and 4th quarters of the first half of the crazy chase score, in the eyes of the audience, is that the Western All-Stars are deliberately releasing water, but they obviously did not grasp the size well, put it in the end, but will lose the game.
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