The current Kobe Bryant is not the five-star general Kobe Bryant in the future. Now Kobe Bryant is still a player who has just made a name for himself in the league, has just been selected as an All-Star starter, and is the second leader in the Lakers.

Even though the current Junzi Lei is very good defensively, and Kobe Bryant is not yet mature, Kobe Bryant has already shown the rudiments of a great scoring guard second only to Joe. While singles don't necessarily score, Bryant will create good opportunities for his teammates to score. The rest of the Western Army players are also gradually recognizing the current situation. The score advantage they had no longer existed, and the eastern troops had caught up, and there was a faint tendency to overtake. They need to get serious too.

So an all-star exhibition game formed to satisfy the fans' desire to spend more time to see the stars turned into a hand-to-hand match. But the fans were even more excited. The game is still better looking, and it's okay to watch this kind of exhibition game without defense, but it's not good to watch too much. Now this kind of competition is to their taste.

The two sides started to play this game as if it were a playoff game or even a finals.

Even Allen, who has always been bad at defending, put 100 percent of his energy into defending Kidd, although it didn't work much.

Of course, the players don't always give 100 per cent their best to attack and defend, and sometimes they play a little bit of other stuff.

Jason Kidd's arrival made Allen relax a bit, at least in his heart.

Kidd doesn't have the deterrent power of Gary Payton, both offensively and defensively. Even if he can make the team stronger, Allen is not afraid of him one-on-one. But he was afraid of Gary Payton's defense. So Aaron, who is very reserved in front of Gary Payton, is very active in front of Kidd. It's obvious to step forward and grab. Although the success rate is not too high. But there were still a few successes. Like this time.

Kidd played a beautiful assist in front of Garnett, and if the ball was in Garnett's hands, he could have delivered a very beautiful one-handed dunk when he was unguarded. But, unfortunately, the quick-witted Allen snatched the ball.

"Damn it!" Bryant and Kidd sensed danger at the same time and hurriedly retreated. And Carter, who is now defending Webb, also felt the opportunity to quickly rush to the frontcourt, of course, the unguarded Junzi Lei was not idle, and quickly followed. The interior players in the West also rushed back to defense.

Allen is a player with great acting talent, otherwise the league wouldn't be able to praise him right now. Of course, Aaron is also good at taking chances.

No matter which competitive sport you are in. Fast-break counter-attacks are very ornamental. Most of them will choose to go on their own. After all, he rushed to the front (of course, there will be some exceptions, for example, the Los Angeles Clippers will choose to pass the ball in the air, because they have Griffin and Jordan Jr., who are the best at dunking, of course.) It was after the other dunk kings had quietly retired).

Aaron is now on the selection list. Slow down first. In acceleration, this will give the enemy the illusion that they will be more successful in breaking through. Of course, you can also stop and observe where your teammates and opponents are. Kobe Bryant has returned to his defense, but his foothold is not stable. Of course Aaron saw it. So Aaron decided to go up.

Allen lunged forward with the ball, and Bryant was ready to defend at any time. But Allen suddenly threw the ball up, then jumped and turned his back to make a layup. Kobe Bryant also jumped up for the first time, but when he saw Allen's action, his outstretched hand was also retracted. It's better to don't foul in the All-Star Game. Allen's ball didn't fall directly into the frame, but smashed into the basket.

Carter waited for an opportunity to go up and make up for the dunk, but eventually found that the ball had a tendency to fall into the frame and gave up.

The ball fell into the box and Allen scored two points. But it's a great move. The Western players who did not succeed in defending Allen were not unhappy, and came over to pat Allen on the head to express their approval.

The game continued, with the scores of both sides alternating upwards.

Before I knew it, I was in the fourth verse. The scores of the two sides were very close, and the game situation was very close, and now the Eastern Army is 1 point ahead. All the members of the East were glad that they had finally filled in the two big holes at the beginning of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter.

But Luke knew that this was not a good sign, because history had changed.

Why did the 2001 All-Star Game become so famous in later generations? First of all, except for one or two in the East, that is, Anthony Mason Jr. and Antonio Davis, the rest of the All-Star starters later became the league's first-class superstars. Also due to O'Neill's injury, more people in the Western Army have more opportunities to perform. Carter became the ticket king, and Bryant was selected as the starter. Of course, this is not enough to make it the most classic game. There are other reasons why this game became one of the most classic All-Star games in later generations.

First of all, it was a big headwind. In the original 2001 All-Star Game, the East Force lost very badly in the first three quarters! At one point, it was more than twenty points behind. This is almost a foregone conclusion.

But the East Force did not give up, especially the defenders led by Allen.

Together, Aaron and Marbury changed the development of the whole situation.

In the final quarter, the two players with basically the same style of play exploded with amazing power.

Marbury hit three three-pointers in a row, and then Allen hit the winning shot to complete the comeback.

But that's all changed. Marbury's early entry and early exit was the biggest change, as Ray Allen scored several three-pointers to completely erase the East's inferiority.

Now there is basically no disadvantage in the eastern troops, and now they are all advantages. Of course, the Western Force did not line up their strongest defensive lineup. At least not yet. Both players are now out of the game.

After all, players are not iron-clad and need to rest.

The Eastern Force switched to a different lineup. Ratrier. Sprewell came on. Luke and Maddie are on the wings. Anthony Mason Jr., who hasn't played for a long time, and Big Ben are on the inside together.

On the western side, Karl Malone finally waited for his chance to play, and joined Verratti Divac on the inside. Gary Payton is back on the court to partner Michael Finley. The small forward position has always been plentiful in the West, but Phil Jackson still chose to let Antonio McDavies play, after all, he also has almost no playing time.

It seems that the Eastern Army basically has no advantage on the field. But in fact it is not.

The two weakest points of the East team right now are the two positions of point guard and center.

Needless to say, the current Gary Payton has not slipped too much, there are not many point guards, and even a few guards or swing guards can play or defend Gary Payton. Ratrier. Sprewell can only rely on his super vitality and seemingly inexhaustible physical strength to drain the line with Gary Payton.

On the inside, Big Ben is still the problem he can't get rid of at all in his life - height.

His height is simply too short for the center forward position. What's more, he is opposite the 2.16-meter Verratti Divac, and he will have a very beautiful hook hand from "Sky Hook" Jabbar. This is the biggest headache for Big Ben.

But five words floated through the sky: "It's not a thing!" "On the inside, the biggest threat is Karl Malone, but Anthony Mason Jr., who defends him, is a man who will have a headache even for "big dreams". What's more, there are two strongest points in the east.

The strongest point of the East team is in the forwards and shooting guards.

Maddie and Luke, a pair that play essentially the same style, haven't really played together.

"Come on, Tracy!" Luke said,

"Luke, let's make them tremble together!" Maddie said

"No problem!"

Legend has it that the Toronto Raptors were not the current Tyrannosaurus rex, but a pterodactyl. Carter and Maddie forged the wings of this pterosaur. They embarrass their opponents every game. When the opponent froze Maddie, Maddie smiled and Carter flew into the air. When the opponent went to freeze Carter, Carter also smiled and handed the ball to Maddie, who was flying.

Unlike Carter, Carter is a flying pterodactyl that doesn't defend much, while Luke can defend the team. And it's the best quality defense.

Antonio McDavies is a quality power forward, but not a small forward. He doesn't have the breakthrough ability of a small forward, but his mid-range shooting is still very good, especially low-post shooting, and his lethality should not be underestimated. But there was already someone on the inside, and he couldn't squeeze in. Luke doesn't shoot very well defensively, but he does a good outside interference.

And the shooting guard ...... You think there are a few guys who can beat Maddie at the point guard position, not many, especially right now. Not to mention Michael Finley, this is even worse, whether it is in the regular season or the playoffs, he is the target of Maddie's explosion.

Ratrier. Sprewell couldn't single Gary Payton, especially when Payton was serious. After two singles and found out that there was really no chance, Ratriel. Sprewell handed over possession.

The ball came to Maddie. Maddie was very easy to deal with Michael Finley, and he himself was a little dismissive. Facing Michael Finley, Maddie chose to play singles directly. Others also pulled away very consciously.

Knowing that he couldn't defend Maddie alone, Michael Finley, who was isolated, decided to take a gamble.

At the moment when Maddie was about to probe the step, Michael Finley went straight up to force the ball off Maddie, regardless of whether it was fouled or not. But Maddie didn't give him that chance. Maddie stepped straight back from the three-point line and dodged Michael Finley, then hit a jumper. All in one go, without a bit of stress.

"It's so easy!" Maddie was still so sleepy-eyed, with no change in expression, and went back to defense. (To be continued......)