Chapter 137: What I Want Is Stability
"The Chinese team? Dream team? To hell with it! ”
As soon as Zhang Qi saw this BUFF, let alone let him join the Chinese team now, even if Clinton asked his wife to seduce him, and then invited him to join the dream team with eight sedan chairs, he would have to run back to Australia with a crawl, and then fly to a sparsely populated country overnight, away from the hustle and bustle of the world. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Rabbit, help me find out, which country in the world has the least population?"
Of course, the rabbit butler knew what he was thinking, and replied directly: "The Vatican has a population of less than 1,000, but it is a city within a country and a religious center, so don't think about it, you will be tied to a cross and burned by a scum." ”
"I suggest you join Liechtenstein, a European country, although it is not the smallest country in the world, it is a very popular business center, and there are more companies registered in the country than the population of the whole country, which is perfect for you."
"Awesome, I'm going to think about it."
Zhang Yi is now bound to get this BUFF, so it becomes too necessary to join a sparsely populated country, this Liechtenstein sounds very good, it seems to be a tax haven, it is more suitable for him, and he has to climb over.
However, in order to get the BUFF, you must first win this game.
No matter how good he plays, once he loses the game, he is likely to lose fans, let alone increase his popularity.
"Little Flying Squirrel" was very embarrassed, he didn't expect Zhang Yu to be so faceless, although his pass was a bit of a cheat, but this is an All-Star Game, it stands to reason that everyone has to put water on the defensive end, but this guy can't see the slightest look like he wants to release water, this is going to do something!?
The two guards of the Eastern Rookie team did not have a good relationship with Zhang Mao, and it could even be said that it was very bad.
At the beginning, Stackhouse and Stoudemire didn't deal with Zhang Qi in the joint tryout, and now that everyone is in the NBA, the two of them don't plan to remember those old things anymore, because Zhang Zhu is obviously several notches higher than their status.
But Zhang Zhu didn't plan to release his previous suspicions, at least in the eyes of the two, Zhang Zhu was nakedly retaliating against them.
"Revenge chicken!"
Zhang Yu said that he was too lazy to take revenge on these two scumbags, he just wanted to win this game with all his might, and he didn't have time to target these two small characters, don't be sentimental!
Hill soon discovered that Zhang Qi actually used the strength of the regular season to defend him.
"Man, I'm ready to fight this game seriously in the morning, if you don't, then watch me win the game."
Zhang Qian has always been very polite to this humble gentleman since he fought with Hill, and although he plans to fight seriously today, he will not use any small tricks, let alone talk trash talk.
Of course, this is probably still worried that Chinese fans will have a bad impression of him because of this.
Zhang Wei knows that China is an ancient civilization, so he must fight very civilized, and today he has to play a positive role.
"It's good, I don't like acting either."
Hill doesn't think there's a problem with playing like this, the performance is wonderful, and there are highlights of serious fighting.
But soon, Hill suffered under the basket.
The former Soviet Union does not need to be happy, it is not Sabonis who has stepped up, the center who now belongs to Lithuania, has a pair of knees that were overhauled before entering the NBA, which is why he can only play more than 20 minutes per game. At the same time, the knee problem has also caused his movement speed to slow down, and his bounce ability has been lost, so it can be said that Sabonis is now only qualified for the task of single-defense large-tonnage center, and the help defense is already his shortcoming.
Hill has suffered the loss of Joe Smith on several offenses, this guy who has always been called the top parallel by the media, at least in terms of physical fitness, and excluding the fact that Zhang Zhu is too dazzling, Joe Smith's performance is not as bad as a parallel import.
Zhang discussed with a few temporary interior teammates before the game, and he would put Hill in, and they used the tactic of "catching turtles in the urn" to deal with this guy who is good at breaking through and has no outside basket today.
Of course, American players don't know what it means to "catch a turtle in an urn", but they can still understand what Zhang Mao means, isn't this just "closing the door and beating the dog".
Zhang Zhu dared to play like this, this is because he saw that his No. 4 position was full of tall and long-arm jumping men, especially Garnett, although the guy was a little thinner, but his running and jumping ability was against the sky, Zhang Zhu really wanted this thin bamboo pole to partner with him, he believed that this guy would better help him complete the task of closing the door and beating the dog.
Joe Smith is not bad, his mobility is also excellent, and he is more obedient, coupled with Sabonis, who is not fast but has a good sense of defense, and the rookie team in the West actually defended the box well, and let several attacks of the Eastern team in the opening minutes go home.
"This rebound is mine!"
Zhang Yu got another rebound under the basket, and felt that he was too smart.
In the past few minutes, he has basically not been hard with Hill on the defensive end, putting him in every time and waiting from behind for a block or a rebound.
But from the perspective of a bystander, it can be clearly seen that he did not really lose his position every time, and obviously deliberately put the enemy inside to defend.
CCTV's commentary is naturally frantically licking and kneeling, not to mention that Zhang Yu did deliberately put people in, even if he was really passed by people in a row, the reasonable teacher must also say that he is inviting you into the urn.
Hill also felt that he had been tricked, and there was certainly not much tacit understanding between the players in this kind of improvised team, and it was difficult for him to pass the ball once he entered the basket.
In addition to being ready to block and grab rebounds at any time, Zhang Qian also used his footwork and awareness to block a large part of the passing route, and it was easy for Hill to break in, but it was difficult to pass and shoot.
The opening score was 8:0, and the rookies in the West had a very smooth start, and Zhang Mao also brushed up to 2 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and he successfully brought his brush attributes to the All-Star stage.
Hill realized that this was not the case, and began to hand the ball to "Little Squirrel", letting the fast defender take the lead attack.
Stoudemire averaged 20+9 per game in the regular season, and Zhang's performance stimulated this guy to play better than the other time, and he and Starkerhouse both averaged more than 20 points per game.
This guy's sharp breakthrough is basically insoluble in the league, and he has been firmly holding the second or third place in the rookie list with Stackhouse, if it weren't for the big brother above his head who has been pressing, the two of them took out this data last year, and they could compete with Hill and Kidd for the best rookie.
However, "Flying Squirrel" soon ran into the same problems as Hill, and although Kidd's scoring ability was more urgent, his defensive ability was very strong.
In another time and space, Kidd's honor of 4 defensive formations, 5 defensive second formations and countless actual combat performances made him finally become the top ten defenders in the history of defense, he is extremely good at card positions, card feet, and card routes on the defensive end.
"Damn, you guys throw the ball at me!"
Howard's temper has come up, as a top interior who dares to shout that he is the first in the world in the half-volley, the current Howard is not the second Uncle Huo who wandered around because of the sky-high contract.
This season, someone has already named Howard's half-volley as the first in the league, and now Howard not only has a god-accurate half-volley, he can even play from the No. 3 position to the No. 4 position, and he is very skilled in back-to-back hooks, and he is a proper All-Star inside.
After seeing that their breakthroughs were all ineffective, Hill and Stoudemire began to break through in time to break the ball in time, not daring to go deep into the basket and fall into the siege of the opponent.
Howard has become the offensive hub of the Eastern team, don't think that he can only attack, Howard has the ability to become a high commander of any team in this period, his average assists per game are also close to 5, and he can currently cut an average of 22+8+4 data per game, otherwise what will he take to enter the All-Star Game.
This year's two rookie teams competed with real guns after the start of the game, but suffered a big loss at the beginning, and the western troops always maintained a lead of about ten points before the first substitution.
But it's not so much that Zhang couldn't be restricted, but rather that Kidd and Sabonis' passes were too elusive.
Kidd's passing ability is outstanding, and everyone knows that.
But few people will notice that Sabonis is also a center forward who can perform in the high post without looking at the back pass, which is also a role that can be qualified as a high post commander.
With these two people feeding the ball, Zhang Wei doesn't know how comfortable he plays after the opening, even if he rarely takes the initiative to attack with the ball, he can easily get a lot of offensive opportunities just by running without the ball.
The CCTV film crew captured a picture in the afternoon, when Zhang Qi made it clear in front of his teammates: "I want to earn MVP tonight, I hope you will help me achieve this goal, I now want to know who is in favor and who is against?" ”
At that time, Kidd was the first to express his approval, anyway, with his offensive ability, he would definitely not get the MVP, so he was willing to help Zhang Mao.
And in this matter, as long as Kidd does not object, and Sabonis is too lazy to earn it at this age, then basically no one will object, and no one dares to object.
Therefore, today's western troops took Zhang Mao as the offensive core from the first second of the game, and everyone's first choice was to help him score, so the execution and discipline of the western troops on the field were much higher than those of the eastern troops.
Zhang made eight shots in the first eight minutes of the first half, hit four shots, and scored a total of 11 points from the free throws, which may not seem like much, but he also got five rebounds and three assists, which is perfect.
In the 8th minute of the first half, both teams began to make substitutions.
The Rookie Challenge is played using NCAA rules, and the game is divided into two halves of 20 minutes each, with coaches generally starting to make substitutions in the eighth minute, and the benches going up to play for five or six minutes, and then the main players should be on the court again.
The score is 22:14, the Western troops have maintained the advantage accumulated in the opening stage before the first substitution, and after the coaches on both sides are replaced, the lineup on the field becomes-
Western Forces: Jalen Rose, Zhang Fu, Kevin Garnett, Antonio McDyce, Bryant Levi.
Eastern Forces: Damon Stoudemire, Grant Hill, Glenn Robinson, Rashid Wallace, Kurt Thomas.
Both teams had people who didn't get off the court, and the West team naturally continued to stay on the court, but he switched to shooting guard.
The Western Army lacks excellent defenders, so Zhang Mao has to stay on the field.
The East team is similar, there is a lack of good defenders on both sides this year, but there are a lot of excellent interior players, so the flying squirrel and Hill are also left on the court.
"Why do you always come against me?"
When Zhang Yu saw Hill coming to the second position with him, he couldn't help but joke, and he wanted to play against Robinson, who was average defensive.
"Kevin, he's too tall."
Hill glanced at Garnett and said he couldn't guard against such a tall guy.
"Although he is tall, his confrontation ability is very bad, you must be able to clean him up, I don't believe you to try."
"Uh, this ......"
Hill has never seen this kind of guy stabbing his teammate with a knife, and I don't know if Garnett will be annoyed and angry when he hears Zhang Yu say this about him.
In this lineup, Zhang Qi is still playing without the ball, Jalen Ross is also an outside line who is good at passing and controlling, since he wants to score points and win MVP, he naturally can't let his teammates not even get the ball, you always have to let people show their strengths.
Rose's specialty is all-round, he also has a heart to be a point guard, and his passing level is quite good, which makes Zhang Mao still very comfortable.
"Big man, jump up!"
Zhang Yu circled the baseline and received a pass from Rose, turned around and threw it directly to the basket, looking for the direction Garnett cut into, he knew that the ball would not be lost.
Garnett's ball was a perfect display of his bounce ability and terrifying touch stats, as you can see from the parallel shots, he caught the ball almost flat on top of his head when he received the basket, and easily caught the ball and pressed it into the basket.
Glenn Robinson will still be watching the scenery from a high position, he has no intention of chasing defense at all, and it is estimated that he is the only player in the field who does not take this game seriously.
"Beautifully buttoned!"
Although Zhang Qi complained about Garnett in front of Hill, he was not stingy with praise at this time.
Of course, this is still for Chinese fans, and he wants Chinese fans to see how high his quality is!
Don't say anything, hurry up and increase your followers!
Garnett and Zhang Fu slapped each other, but did not respond to Zhang Fu's praise.
His impression of Zhang Qi is not very good, the two have no problem playing together, but they will never talk much after the game.
Jalen Rose's side soon found that it seemed difficult to get an assist for his passing, because Zhang was going to pass the ball out again, and it was him who got the assist, not himself?
"Needless to say, of course I'm brushing assists."
When Zhang Qi cooperates with Kidd, he usually looks for opportunities to shoot immediately when he receives the ball, so that the opponent can get an assist, but he also makes his shooting rate more average, because there are many reluctant shots.
Hill's defense wasn't bad, and he was able to shoot 4-of-8 from the field before.
But now it's different, he won't give Rose face, and he doesn't bother to care if he will make the other party unable to get the data if he plays like this.
Needless to say, he definitely won't get the data.
It is unlikely that "everyone is satisfied" This kind of thing will happen, someone will be a foil if someone is brilliant, and the only reason why all five people on the field play well is that the opponent is too good.
The East Army is not a dish, they just don't have such a domineering big brother as Zhang Fu, everyone in the team wants to perform, and several people want to win the MVP, and the result is to make Zhang Qi the most dazzling player.
In the 9th minute and 11 seconds of the first half, Zhang Yu assisted McDyce to complete the basket and get his sixth assist.
In just a few minutes, he turned his stats into 13 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.
The head coach of the Western team finally replaced him for a while, but if nothing else, Zhang Qi will be back on the field in the last five minutes or so of the first half.
He also got angry with the interim coach before the game, and he wanted to play as long as possible, and the coach agreed.
With a score of 38:25, the western troops played extremely well today's attack, but the eastern troops were difficult to score stably in front of a bunch of interior commanders in the west.
The defense of the Western team is not without holes, and the fear of "closing the door and hitting the dog" is to be shot through on the outside.
But the East Army's output ability on the outside is really urgent, Hill and Stackhouse have no three-point shooting ability, Glenn Davis can only say that he can shoot, but the three-point shooting rate of less than 35% can't even reach the passing line, and only the flying squirrel's three-point shot is not bad in the entire outside line, but he has encountered the tall Kidd and Jalen Rose's rotation defense.
Zhang Zhu watched the play off the field is also very pleasant, the strength of the eastern team is not weak according to reason, but on the field they just can't play the strength they should play, it can be said that they were pressed and beaten by the western troops from the beginning, Zhang Zhu is now off the field, and the eastern troops still have not been able to change this passive situation.
After Sabonis left the court, he finally showed his ability to play inside singles at the level of four centers.
The Lithuanian's outburst was a pain in the shoulders for Eastern team center Eric Montrose and Sharon White, who were able to make it to the rookie game by the big ones, and they couldn't resist the big-tonnage Sabonis and star-level back-to-back skills.
In addition to Sabonis, last year's Rookie Challenge MVP winner, Eddie Jones, also hit two three-pointers after Zhang went off the court, and the West team extended their lead even further.
Zhang Yu is still smiling happily, he doesn't feel that the two sides have to fight inseparably, and then he will be a savior at the last moment, because he can't afford to lose.
How good it is now, the team has been leading the opponent by a large score, he can not only steadily brush the data, but also win the MVP in the end, which is much better than the bloody script that was saved in danger.