Chapter 288 All-Star MVP Belonging?
The final quarter of the final battle is also related to the ownership of the All-Star MVP, which can only select the player with the best data and the greatest effect from among the winners to receive the award.
At present, Osborne and O'Neal are the MVPs most likely to win the All-Star Game in the East and West All-Star teams, Osborne has scored 40 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, which is the highest scoring point in the Eastern All-Star team, and the best player stats in the All-Star Game, because his three-point shooting is too dominant in the All-Star Game. After all, the All-Star Game is an exhibition game, no matter how good it looks.
And O'Neal's stats are also very good, he is his home stadium as the West's super interior Staples Arena, so these factors make him motivated to fight for the MVP of the All-Star Game, and he is also the best scorer among the players of the Western All-Star team, with 38 points, 18 rebounds and 5 assists, and if the Western All-Star team wins, O'Neal is the most valuable player deservedly.
After a period of discussion, the East and West All-Star teams have unified their minds and made the final struggle, and the West has established a lineup with interior players as the core of the offense, which is a super interior lineup dominated by Shaquill O'Neal, Tim Duncan, and Kevin Garnett.
The East relies on the offensive lineup of outside players, in fact, the outside lineup led by Osborne, Maddy, and Allen Iverson, if you want to talk about offensive firepower, the West must be superior, but if you want to say that the scoring is explosive, it must be that the East outside line is more dominant.
After all, three-point shooting can really kill people, so the last quarter of the game is the big battle between the east and the west inside and outside, which is also another collision between traditional basketball and Jordan-style basketball, traditional basketball is to attack inside as the main offensive means, around the center or big forward for tactical construction, and Jordan-style basketball does not need any interior offense, only need the inside players to have super rebounding talent.
Before Jordan won the championship, people at the time thought that Jordan was just a super scorer, he couldn't win the championship on his own, he needed to partner with a strong center to get to the top, and it turned out that people were wrong, Jordan was right, even if he didn't have a super inside, he could still win the championship.
This is the most fundamental difference between traditional basketball and modern basketball.
At the beginning of the last quarter of the All-Star Game, Osborne restarted, and the Eastern All-Stars sent Ben Wallace, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Allen Iverson and other outside superstars, and the West was also reloaded, and the three major interior lines in the West, O'Neal, Tim Duncan, and Kevin Garnett all boarded, plus Kobe Bryant, Steve Francis, such a lineup is perfect.
At this time, the Eastern All-Stars are still behind, and if they can't take the lead next, the Eastern All-Stars will have no chance to make a late strike.
After Osborne figured this out, he didn't keep anything anymore, and he used his ultra-long range to open a three-pointer for the Eastern All-Stars, and the Eastern All-Stars also narrowed the gap to just two points.
Kobe Bryant saw that Osborne could shoot as he wanted, he was very envious, he dreamed that one day he would be able to have unlimited shooting rights, but it was a pity that he had a mountain called Shaquille O'Neal on his head, this mountain is not except that he will never come out, others are envious of him as an interior teammate of a superstar, but who can understand the suffering.
Kobe Bryant shouted at Steve Francis and motioned to give him the ball, but Francis obviously didn't trust Kobe, he threw the ball inside and left it alone, and went directly to defense, and the three superstars on the inside did not disappoint him, especially O'Neal had the intention of winning the All-Star MVP, so he forced Ben Wallace's defense to score the ball directly, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan also saw O'Neal's intentions, and also intended to fulfill him, help him get in position, and create a single opportunity.
O'Neal's goal opened the score again, and Osborne saw this and knew that today's three-point shot must not be iron, otherwise the Eastern All-Stars would be blown up by the Western All-Stars.
However, the Eastern All-Stars are not as united as the Western All-Stars, because Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, and Allen Iverson are all players who need the ball, and a ball doesn't seem to be enough to score at all, so there won't be too many balls that can be passed to Osborne, which makes Osborne can't make mistakes, and he must also throw the ball in, which is too difficult.
So he had to close the hole as quickly as possible, so he walked over to point guard Allen Iverson and said, "Hey, Allen, I'm going to need your cooperation in a minute, my three-point shot is a big killer on this stage." If so, our victory is assured. ”
Osborne saw Allen Iverson hesitate, so he continued, "Allen, it's not that I don't believe in your ability, it's just that the interior of the Western All-Star team really can't defend, we only have to attack against offense, so the three-point shot is our best choice, although you hate that you can't be a hero, but I know that you hate failure even more, and hate that guy who wears the number eight even more." ”
Perhaps it was Osborne's persuasion that played a role, Allen Iverson said: "Don't worry, as long as Osborne can shoot three-pointers to establish an advantage, then I will give you the opportunity to be a hero, not to mention that in the All-Star Game that fell behind by more than 20 points that year, I scored 20 points in a row to overtake the score, and won the All-Star MVP that year, so I have tasted what it is like to be a hero." So if you're going to score next, I'd love to get some assists. ”
When Osborne heard Aaron Iverson agree, he said, "Thank you Aaron, you are worthy of my idol, and I will definitely bring victory to everyone." ”
The game started again, Allen Iverson controlled the ball and hit the inside directly, trying to find a chance to score in the three major interior lines in the West, but unfortunately, when he rushed in, he regretted it, the Western interior team was really not easy to mess with, so he passed the ball directly to Osborne, who was standing in the bottom corner and ready to receive the ball.
Osborne's desperate run just now was to see that Allen Iverson would not pass the ball to a player who didn't work hard, so for the sake of Allen Iverson's favor, he also began to use the same hard work that he had just entered the league before.
Osborne received Allen Iverson directly facing the defense of him Kevin Garnett shot a direct three-point shot, Kevin Garnett saw that Osborne had already thrown the ball, and he was very annoyed by his carelessness, after all, what level of Osborne's three-point shot, he had only heard of it before, but now he has experienced it personally, although he doesn't like this experience very much, but his three-point shot really can't be underestimated, otherwise it will definitely suffer a big loss.
Osborne's three-pointer went into the net decisively, and the difference between the East and West All-Star teams was only one point, which cannot be said to be a point difference, after all, it is not safe.
So Kevin Garnett naturally took on the responsibility of defending Osborne, and the Western All-Stars were not to be outdone, Kobe Bryant also wanted to change a three-point shot after receiving the ball, but because he was too eager to shoot, his three-point shot was missed, but fortunately, the interior player could play, O'Neal grabbed the rebound on the head of Osborne's teammate Ben Wallace, and then a bully step directly exploded and scored.
The point difference was stretched to three points again, and it just so happened that Osborne was able to erase the score difference with a three-point shot, but Osborne is now in a small trouble, Kevin Garnett as an interior player actually ran to Osborne's side to defend him, Kevin Garnett is known for his strong defense and positive attitude, his defense is not top-notch, but also first-class, so Osborne can't get rid of Kevin Garnett's entanglement.
Seeing this, Allen Iverson didn't feed the ball to Osborn's side for the time being, he passed the ball to the 9 Vince Carter who was in the big forward position, Vince Carter accelerated through Kobe Bryant, who was misplaced and defended him, and jumped up directly to prepare to explode, but O'Neal Duncan and the two are not vegetarians, and they couldn't watch Vince Carter run rampant in the Western All-Star team's restricted area, so O'Neal directly covered the ball.
The basketball fell near Osborne, and after Osborne picked up the ball, he quickly stepped back to get rid of Kevin Garnett, and then Osborne showed the big names of the Western All-Star team what it means to be perverted.
Osborne shot directly from the three-point line two steps away, Kevin Garnett was surprised, he didn't expect Osborne's range to be so far, so he instinctively wanted to defend, but unfortunately it was too late, Osborne's three-point shot directly penetrated the iron bucket of the Western All-Star team.
At this time, the audience also applauded and cheered for Osborne's key goal, after all, Osborne's existence made the originally suspenseful game confusing, and it was difficult to distinguish the outcome of the game.
Taking advantage of this time, Phil Jackson of the Western All-Stars directly called a timeout, and Osborne also took the opportunity to go down and unify his thoughts again, after all, at this time, there are superstar figures in the Eastern and Western All-Stars, so Osborne has to fight for the right to shoot the Eastern All-Stars after all, otherwise the group of cattle in the West is really difficult to defeat, especially with a non-human existence like O'Neal, if he goes crazy, there is nothing to stop him from scoring.
As soon as Osborne arrived, he called the main players of the Eastern All-Star team over to discuss tactics, and because the head coach of the Eastern All-Star team was Osborne's head coach Larry Brown, he ignored Osborne's transgression.
So Osborne said directly: "Guys, this game has reached a white-hot level, we can't make any more mistakes, after all, we will quickly pull the score away, otherwise we will not have much chance of winning, although I know that you are all very good, but you must know that a great team is not stacked with superstars, but requires excellent execution to do it, so I implore everyone to correct their mentality and fight hard." ”
Everyone also saw Osborne's intentions, and his mind was also on the All-Star MVP, in this case, his teammates also had the heart to fulfill him, after all, being human is a human nature, and they don't want to accept failure. (To be continued.) )