The Eastern Stars made a substitution, replacing "Big Shark" O'Neal with Dwight Howard. O'Neill was unwilling, he thought that he would one day be overwhelmed by a newcomer, that person could be Yao Ming or Howard, but he never thought about Hayes's name, even if he was old, he shouldn't be guarded by someone less than two meters tall, if he couldn't completely defeat Hayes, it would be a shame for him.

However, the East has not been able to give him time to prove himself, and the West has played with momentum, and if they don't make adjustments, they may lose a quarter of the game.

"Dwight, you and Chris (Bosh) must control the backcourt rebound, play counterattacks immediately, don't wait for people to fall into position, as fast as you can, and the outside players will attack directly when they have the opportunity, I believe in your individual ability." Eddie Yodang said: "Play flexibly, use speed to break them, Dwight you are the key, use speed to shake off Yao Ming." ”

Although the cooperation of everyone in the star game is not tacit enough, the lineup is luxurious, and the superstars grab a lot of them. Therefore, in the offensive tactics, whether to focus on the interior bulldozer-style offensive method or the peripheral bomber group, let the coach be uncertain.

There are scoring machines all over the perimeter, Arenas, James, and Wade are all top offensive players in the league, and in terms of interior players, although only Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh are also first-class offensive machines in the NBA.

It can be said that outside players are bigger names than inside players, but the closer you get to the bottom of the basket, the higher the shooting percentage is an unchanging truth, and the outside offense is related to the state and feel of the players to a certain extent. In the end, Eddie Yodang simply did not arrange the tactics, but only formulated a general direction of fast attack, allowing the players to adjust themselves and play freely. None of the stars here are willing to be foils, they are all players who need to hold the ball and attack, and how to distribute the ball is a headache.

Sometimes, having too many stars isn't always a good thing.

There were no lineup changes in the West, and D'Antoni said: "Chuck, your change of position just now was timely. If they bring on Dwight in a moment, you'll go back to the small forward position and keep an eye on LeBron. Kevin (Garnett) is in charge of the interior along with Yao. When attacking, the pick-and-roll is pulled away. You're all singles specialists, and you can pass the ball when you attract the bag. ”

The game resumes.

The Eastern star serves, Bosh blocks and Wade bypasses Kobe Bryant and runs to the middle to attract Hayes to help defend. At this time, James hit the baseline from the right, Wade hit the ground and passed, and James received the ball and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands. 18 to 10.

James's momentum was comparable to a human cannon fire, and Yao Ming didn't dare to block it.

To defend James, you can't let up for a moment. Most of his offense has to go to the basket, and as long as he is guarded outside, there is a lot less of a threat. But this is not a knight, and Wade is not something that can be guarded against alone. As long as you help defense, it is inevitable that there will be vacancies.

Maddy drove the ball to the frontcourt, Garnett went to the high post to receive the ball, and all three except Yao Ming started to run. Garnett singled Bosh, shook it for a while, turned around Wade from the side, broke the basketball, Wade went to the front court in one go, Garnett chased back the block, Wade handed the ball to Bosh in the back row, Bosh scored two points, 18-12.

Being broken by the opponent and counterattacking is a very rare thing for Garnett, but today his opponent is not an ordinary person, but the Flash.

After replacing Howard, the Eastern Conference Stars picked up. The western star with Yao Ming was immediately in a passive situation.

If Jeff Van Gundy were the coach, he could rely on sound tactical literacy and positional offense to change this unfavorable situation. But the All-Star Game pursues a fast-paced offense, and in 2006, Pistons coach Saunders tortured the audience with defense, so this All-Star Game did not select coaches according to the team's record, but directly found the two coaches who played the best.

The east is handy in counterattacking, D'Antoni is a little painful, he doesn't like to play positional battles, and with Yao Ming here, he definitely has to fight positional battles. He could only leave all three of them on the court and let the players adjust freely.

Hayes made a pick-and-roll for Maddy, who burst through to Garnett, and the "Wolves" didn't feel very good under Bosh's defense today, and once again shot wide. Both are tall and skinny, have super long arm spans, and are very athletic types, and they restrain each other.

James grabbed the rebound, the East counterattacked, and Arenas also made a move. He dribbled the ball in disguise, flashed an open space that was enough for him to shoot, jumped one step from the three-point line, gently threw the ball, and as soon as he landed, Arenas raised his arms.

There was a "bang", and the basketball hollowed into the net. 18 to 15. The East Side played 7-0 in the under**.

The West fell into a strange circle of fighting alone, Yao Ming turned around and missed a jumper, Bosh won the rebound, Wade took the ball to the frontcourt, made a lost step, and threw the ball sideways when his body hit Kobe Bryant and lost his balance, and the ball went in.

Bryant fouled and Wadega hit a free throw, and the score became 18-18.

The Eastern Stars have broken down the Western defense in the simplest way possible. Several of the stars are all masters of chaos, and they are all the kind of super players who can solve battles with the power of one hit.

The West is not good at this. The Rocket Big Three are used to playing team basketball, and when the opponent counterattacks, Yao Ming is always left behind, and the opponent scores, and his inside barrier has not yet run back to the restricted area.

The Western Stars requested a substitution. Four up and four down, Marion, Stoudamire, Duncan, and Parker replaced the Rockets' Big Three and the "Wolf King" Garnett.

The East also replaced James, Wade, Arenas, and Bosh with Chauncey Billups, Hamilton, Vince Carter, and Jermaine O'Neal.

Carter came out and was immediately applauded by the fans, and the Canadian flyer often scored some unbelievable goals after moving to the Nets. In the first half of the first quarter, the two sides played more intensely, but not enough. There weren't particularly spectacular goals other than the alignment of Hayes and O'Neal, and fans were hoping Carter could change that.

As for the West, the support was halved after the substitution, because Duncan was on board. At the All-Star Game, "Stone Buddha" is synonymous with boredom.

Duncan can't perform, but to win, he's going to be a regular on any team. D'Antoni arranged for Duncan and Stoadamire to form a twin tower to attack the interior, while the others looked for opportunities to shoot.

On the commentary bench, Smith said: "The West is playing a bit monotonous at this time, and both sides have changed their lineups. I don't know what will happen next. ”

"D'Antoni is a good coach, but he's used to playing fast and won't use Yao Ming. Now that the two big players of the Suns have been replaced, it should be better, but unfortunately Nash is not there, otherwise the offense in the West will be much sharper. Barkley looked at the technical statistics and said: "Both teams have shortcomings, there are a lot of outside players in the East, and there are only four inside players. The West is the opposite, it's all big guys. ”

Smith said: "Being tall is not a problem, the main thing is that there is no real point guard in the West, Iverson is good at scoring, Parker is the top scorer in the interior of the guard this season, and he is also good at breaking through and not good at assisting. ”

"Hayes can actually play point guard, and he played against the Clippers and it worked well. But James is here today, and if both play point guards, the audience can watch them wrestle in the backcourt. Johnson smiled: "This kind of tonnage swing man is difficult to guard, but it's a pity that the two of them bumped into each other, restricting each other's play." Charles, you said that the two of them are lifelong rivals, and I completely agree. ”

Smith added: "I think this substitution in the East is a bit early, in fact, the outside can play a little longer. The opposition's substitutions do not necessarily limit their attack. Arenas is in good shape, he should stay on the court and shoot a few more threes, it is estimated that the coach has selfish intentions and wants him to save his strength to play the regular season, so he replaced him. Butler hasn't played yet. ”

Johnson laughed and said, "Hahaha, speaking of three-pointers, I think of Arenas' three-point king yesterday." He and Hayes combined for the same number of points as Jones, who was eliminated in the preliminaries. ”

Miller also laughed: "It was definitely a farce. Hayes was out of the limelight this weekend, but unfortunately he struggled to play today. ”

"That's not necessarily, isn't there still a block? Whether Chuck can play or not depends on how D'Antoni arranges. I think Chuck is the best core of the Western stars, he should play power forward, and it would be a waste of talent to just let him be a blue-collar defender of James. "The person who likes Hayes the most is always Barkley.

Like Barkley, Hayes would love to get back to the power forward position. Today he played small forward is not the same as when he was in the Rockets, no one gave him a pick-and-roll, and he thought about James without a pick-and-roll, it was difficult. If the attack is strong, it won't work well, so he can only pass the ball through his hand.

In the past few minutes, he has been very uncomfortable, and there is a feeling that there is no place to use his strength.

Am I just going to be a blue-collar guy defending the opponent's arrows? If I was the core of the attack, I could score single-handedly, and I could also attract the defense and create opportunities for my teammates.

Hayes knew very well that it was Yao Ming's problem that the score was caught up during this time. Yao Ming can play at the level of a team with a tall center, but if the opponent plays fast, Yao Ming can easily drag down the team's defense.

In this game, if he is allowed to play inside, Hayes is confident that he will play better than Yao Ming. However, it was difficult for the coach to get him inside again, and now Duncan is strong on the court, Stadamire is not a vegetarian, and there are still Nowitzki and Boozer on the court. There are too many big guys.

The rookie scored 101 points, and Hayes' mentality changed a bit. He's starting to feel like the whole team is going around him. It is depressing to have the ability to give someone else a wedding dress.

Hayes didn't get another chance to play in this quarter, and the scores of the two teams were close. The Eastern stars relied on the good touch of Billups and Hamilton to take a 31-34 lead.

(To be continued)