Chapter 310: All-Star Race

The first day of All-Star Weekend is still the All-Star Rookie Challenge, which is a good occasion for rookies to play, and as rookie head coaches, it is still Barkley and O'Neal.

After the rookie challenge, it is the favorite shooting star, skill competition, three-point contest and slam dunk contest, the most eye-catching of this, of course, is the most watchable slam dunk contest, but since Wang Meng, Griffin, McGee and other dunk masters came out of the slam dunk contest, the back dunk contest is undoubtedly much inferior compared to before, after all, I have seen a good one, and then look at some lower grade dunks, there is definitely not much excitement.

And this season is not much different from last season, there are no particularly big names in the players in the slam dunk contest, among which the most famous are Paul George of the Pacers and Farid of the Nuggets' power forward. Therefore, this slam dunk contest, like last time, has far less attention and exposure than Wang Meng Griffin and the one they participated in.

And after these events, which is the third day of All-Star Weekend, is the main event, the All-Star Game.

The All-Star Game is one of the most watched programs in any session, and it gathers almost all the stars in the NBA, and there will be no reduction in ratings at all.

The All-Star Game is not particularly new for Wang Meng, Wang Meng joined the league in the first season, he was selected as an All-Star starter, to this season, it is the third time, according to this efficiency, when Wang Meng retires, the number of All-Star starts may be able to surpass Kobe Bryant and others, of course, the same as Wang Meng, there is also a Griffin, he was also selected as an All-Star starter in the first season, the difference is that Griffin should actually enter the league a year earlier than Wang Meng, It's just that he was accidentally injured in the preseason the previous year and was reimbursed for the entire season, and he officially attended the regular season in the second season, and was counted as a player in the same class as Wang Meng.

At the beginning of the game, the players on both sides held the mentality of entertainment first, and frequently made all kinds of violent dunks on the field. Wang Meng also found an opportunity to open an instant explosion and contributed two extremely violent dunks, which did not belong to James Griffin and others.

The All-Star Game has never been a serious game, and no player is serious at the beginning of this game, because it is not necessary at all, but in recent years, with various reasons, the All-Star Game has been played behind, and many players have played seriously at the same time.

After all, the all-star players are all the pride of the sky, and no one wants to be said to lose to anyone, like the last all-star, when the game was halfway through, the players on both sides were already serious.

At the beginning of this race, entertainment was paramount, but in the middle and late stages, the situation changed a little bit.

The players in the east took the lead in getting up in real life, and the offensive and defensive intensity rose several notches in an instant, and there was no way, the east had already lost to the west several times. Although the All-Star is just an entertainment game, it's not a thing to lose to the West all the time, right?

Under the leadership of James, the East instantly launched a wave of 12:0 attacks, directly beating the Western All-Stars to a timeout.

As a rookie head coach, Monty is still coaching an All-Star for the first time in his career, and in his heart he still wants his coach to win in the West.

As Monty's number one general, Wang Meng naturally saw Monty's thoughts, so he took the initiative to say, "Since they are serious, we can't show weakness, let's fight OK next?" ”

Kobe Bryant sneered, looked at the players in the East, and said, "That's exactly what I mean." In fact, since the beginning of the Olympic Games, Kobe Bryant has intentionally or unintentionally reduced his sense of existence, for these honors, Kobe Bryant, who has already had 6 championship rings, has seen it very lightly, in his heart, the team's victory has been above all else, and he has reached the age where he can sacrifice his data for the team's victory.

But this doesn't mean that Kobe will let people ride on his head, if that's the case, Kobe is not Kobe.

Wang Meng and Kobe Bryant, the bosses of the two teams said so, what else will the players of other teams say? It's not about a regime grab, it's just a lesson for the Eastern Conference players, and other players including the Thunder's Durant Westbrook and the Clippers' Griffin Harden have all done so.

It hit it off, and the Western players got serious.

The All-Stars in the West got serious, enough to make the entire league tremble, Wang Meng, Kobe, Durant, Paul, Howard, and the West went directly to such a lineup after the timeout. Of the four outside lines, the only one inside is Howard, a lineup with four small lines, which is definitely much stronger than the Heat.

Durant's height of 2.08 meters is at the top of the big forward position, and there is not much discomfort, think about it, James is 2.03 meters, Anthony is also 2.03 meters, these two guys can also play power forward, why can't Durant? Although Durant's physical fitness is much worse than the strong two, it doesn't hinder too much.

Paul was on the court, Wang Meng decisively handed over the ball to Paul to deal with, Wang Meng knew that although the name of the league's first point guard is now on Wang Meng, but the league's current real first point guard should be Paul's strictly speaking, although Wang Meng is strong, but strictly speaking, Wang Meng should be counted as a dual-purpose guard, not a traditional point guard. When Wang Meng holds the ball, he uses his super offensive ability to pull space to assist teammates. Paul, on the other hand, really uses his big-picture vision, vision and passing ability to drive the team's offense.

Wang Meng knows that in the case of the Western All-Star cluster, Paul's role in ball control should be more efficient than his own ball control.

In fact, Paul's first pass after possession of the ball was passed to Durant, who was in a very good position at the moment, defending him was the Heat's Chris Bosh, and Durant hit a three-point shot against Bosh's defense.

The Eastern All-Star lineup at this moment is not much inferior to that of the West, with Delon at point guard, Wade at point guard, James at small forward, Anthony at power forward, and Bosh at center.

This lineup may be the only weakness compared to the West, in the big man on the inside, how is Bosh Howard's opponent?

In front of Bosh's weak body, Howard seemed to be suddenly rejuvenated, blocking, rebounding, and offense were omnipotent, especially two consecutive frontcourt rebounds, and the strong Bosh had no temper at all.

The Western All-Stars made a strong effort and soon caught up with the score after the pull, not only that, but also surpassed by several points.

(To be continued)