Chapter 194: Star-studded
On the evening of the 26th, the stars gathered and shone all of Orlando.
It's an NBA event, and the whole of Orlando is in the mood for All-Star Weekend, with All-Star Game posters lining the streets, especially closer to the Amway Center, home of the Magic.
Before the game, head coach Doug Collins didn't set up any tactics, the All-Star Game was an exhibition game, at least in the first three quarters, the two teams certainly didn't have too strong physical contact.
When it was time to warm up in the evening, the Orlando All-Star Game held a grand ceremony, and stars from all walks of life took the stage to sing, and the atmosphere was constantly turned up.
After the distinctive appearance ceremony, the starting All-Stars of both sides stood on the court, wearing uniform All-Star Game jerseys, blue in the East and red in the West.
East: Wade, Tang Wenlong, James, Anthony and Howard, West: Paul, Kobe, Durant, Griffin and Bynum.
Among them, the Lakers' Bynum was selected for the All-Star Game for the first time in his career, and he played a masterpiece of his career this season, averaging 18.9 points and 11.8 rebounds per game, becoming a big killer for the Lakers' low-post offense.
I have to say that there are many Lakers fans, Bynum just played excellent statistics for the first time in his career, and the fans were very good at throwing him directly into the starting center position in the West, of course, this also has a certain relationship with the fact that there are not many good centers in the league.
When the ball was jumped in the center circle, Howard stood up with Bynum.
The two men are clearly different in stature, and Howard is the obvious inverted triangle. The upper body is broad. Shoulders wide and waist thin. And Bynum is like a pyramid, the lower body is very large, and the thickness of the thighs is comparable to Yao Ming.
Amid the applause of the audience, Howard flew up with a whoosh and slapped the ball towards the Eastern Conference All-Star halfcourt.
Tang Wenlong's eyes were quick, his feet moved a step, and he stopped the ball, and he turned his head to look at Wade. Wade made a gesture to control the ball on his own, and ran forward with his head down.
Because it was Orlando's home court, the Eastern All-Stars said that they would give Howard a chance to perform well, and as soon as Tang Wenlong passed halftime, he saw Howard with his back against Bynum.
Tang Wenlong raised his hands and distributed the ball to Howard.
Most of Orlando's home stadium was filled with local Magic fans, cheering happily when they saw their star get the ball.
Howard picked up the ball and turned his back, which was his most proficient low-post offensive skill, but Bynum was too wide. Howard didn't turn around, but when he turned, he found that he was still within Bynum's defensive range.
In fact, Bynum is not prepared to defend either. He's got an injury, and I've told the manager before that he's going to play three minutes and then he'll be off.
But Howard didn't know, he turned around and saw that there was no chance, the ball was sad in his hand, and then found that there was no teammate to answer, and he stood awkwardly in the middle distance position with the ball, and he rolled his eyes, and simply threw it directly!
He looked like he was on his toes, and after the basketball shot, it was obviously deflected, bounced off the rebound, and then bounced off the frame.
The audience laughed back, thinking that Howard was doing it for fun, and they loved to see the scene of the living treasure in the All-Star Game.
Bynum turned around and grabbed the rebound and handed it to Paul.
As soon as Paul crossed the half, he singled out Wade in the middle position, dribbled two steps and then rushed into the three-point line for a one-step jumper, the basketball smashed the back edge and bounced, Howard slammed into the air, and his head was more than the basket for this rebound, which was comparable to a flat-frame gunboard.
With no one answering, Howard dribbled across half the court himself, causing the audience to laugh.
He twisted his ass, feeling that he had really become a point guard, the change of direction of a wrist dribble at the top of the arc three-point line, breaking through to the right side with a short body, his shoulders sinking, no one came to block him, everyone dodged a way, he was rushed to the inside, Howard dribbled and got up in one step, and grabbing the ball with one hand was a tomahawk dunk.
2-0, the audience is high-up!
After this dunk, it was officially opened the curtain of the All-Star Game, and the stars on the western side itched in their hands, and they started to fight with the ball.
Looking back, Kobe Bryant missed three points to grab a rebound for Tang Wenlong, Tang Wenlong dribbled to the front court one by one, and the three-point line surgery defense was like Tang Wenlong defending him just now, very relaxed. Tang Wenlong slowed down, pointed to the rebound with his toes, bounced straight up, and raised his hand to pull out three points.
The ball was fast, and it went into the Nets with a bang, 5-0.
After Kobe Bryant took the ball and dribbled the ball a few times outside, he turned his back to pick up Tang Wenlong, everyone opened up the space, there was no bag, Kobe Bryant took two steps with his back, shook his shoulders a few times with the ball with both hands, and turned back to the bottom line.
hit, 5 to 2.
Eastern All-Star offense, James broke through to the basket at the top of the arc, rushed in with almost no resistance, turned one hand into two hands, and scored a big windmill dunk in reverse. 7 to 2.
Both sides are mainly breakthroughs, and the offensive efficiency is very high, Durant on the Western side took the ball for the first time, dribbled a few steps, and then pulled out a jumper, James stretched out his hand meaningfully, and the basketball hollowed into the net. 7 to 4.
When the hand was turning, Anthony's hand slipped when he broke through, and the basketball flew out of the baseline without grasping it steadily, and the game entered dead ball time.
At this time, Western head coach Brooks replaced Aldridge, an All-Star substitute in the West, and replaced Bynum, who was injured, and Bynum played exactly three minutes and picked up a rebound.
Aldridge got the opportunity to shoot when he got on the court, but this was also his first All-Star game, maybe a little nervous, nine out of ten like a training shot actually missed, and the rebound was grabbed by Howard.
Howard subconsciously gave the ball to Tang Wenlong, and he regretted it after the score, this kind of game should be promoted by himself, what to do with the guard?
Tang Wenlong dribbled through the half, crossed and changed direction after two consecutive crotch, and instantly passed Kobe Bryant into the western paint area, Aldridge had no intention of making up for the defense, Tang Wenlong stepped on the floor, flew up, took the ball in his left hand and put it behind his head, and smashed the ball into the basket with a "clang". 9 to 4.
Western offense, Paul broke through with the ball himself, and after hitting the inside, he attracted James's bag, he passed casually to Durant, who was ambushed at the bottom, and Durant made a quick three-point shot and hit. 9 to 7.
The point difference between the two sides is very tight, and the one who is really willing to pass the ball in the All-Star Game is James on the East side, and Paul on the West side. However, the two obviously have different purposes, James is thinking about whether he can brush a triple-double, and Paul is thinking about breaking the All-Star Game assist record...... (To be continued.) )