The game entered the second quarter, and whether it was in the West or the East, there was a big change in the players who came on the court. This is also the characteristic of the All-Star Game, the rotation of players is more frequent, and even the best players cannot play a whole game.

The All-Star stage will give all players a certain amount of playing time, the least, 14.5 minutes, a little more, more than 20 minutes, and almost no players can play more than 30 minutes.

Because if you arrange it that way, it will be unbalanced.

Of course, where there are people, there will be "exceptions", such as Michael Jordan, who is famous in the United States.

In previous years' All-Star Game, Jordan, as the façade, basically played more than 30 minutes.

There's no way, who makes people have traffic?

As long as Michael Jordan is on the court, the All-Star Game ratings will be very stable

Exposure to the players is, of course, the main purpose of this type of competition, but for the coaches and players on the field, victory is also very important.

Philip is also a person with a strong sense of victory, even in such an exhibition game, he is very serious, and when Kobe Bryant and others come on the court, he tells his players to play more inside.

After all, judging from the lineup ratio of the east and west, their interior line in the west is even more talented and flexible than the players in the east.

Rick Schmitz and Jason Williams are both very good players, but both players have a relatively "traditional" style of play, and Philip feels that a "full rookie" like Duncan and a super rookie like Garnett should not lose to the opposite two.

As for Kobe Bryant and others on the outside

Philip doesn't expect much, he doesn't think these guys can have any advantage over the "big" stars like Jordan, Reggie Miller and Glen Rice.

It's already thankful to be able to defend well and not be blown up by the opposite side.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the East had the ball.

The basketball was in Jordan's hands, and he served as the point guard for the second team in the East.

Don't look at Michael's terrifying scoring ability, but in fact, this guy is also addicted to "ball control", and he likes this feeling of control.

As long as the ball is in his hand, his heart will be calmer than ever, and his self-confidence will also radiate from the inside out.

As Jordan dribbled across the halfway line, Nick Van Exel, who was supposed to be in charge of marking the players in the same position, had no time to step forward, and Bryant's figure quickly ran past him and ran towards Jordan near the top of the arc.

Needless to say, in this ball, Kobe Bryant wants to take over the task of playing against Jordan. The corners of Nick Van Exel's mouth twitched slightly, and he turned his head to find Reggie Miller, who was tangential to the empty space in the bottom corner, and ran over quickly.

For Kobe Bryant's behavior, Nick Van Exel can't say that he is angry, after all, the matter of opposing Jordan is a hot potato, and now it is a great thing to be able to directly throw out this hot potato!

It's just that Nick Van Exel is a little dissatisfied with Kobe Bryant's self-defense against Jordan without even saying a word.

He knew Kobe Bryant was eager to defend Jordan, but you could tell the story! Is this really not his Nick Van Exel watching him personally?!

From Kobe Bryant, Nick Van Exel did not see respect for himself.

Suppressing the dissatisfaction in his heart, Nick Van Exel, when he came to Reggie Miller, couldn't help but look at Kobe's back and pouted his lips unhappily.

"Hey, Michael, I'm here to be your opponent."

At the top of the arc, Kobe Bryant came to Jordan and greeted the other party with a smile. Playing against Jordan is what he desires in his heart, not only against him, but also against Jordan on this field!

However, H responded to Kobe, but Jordan's slightly contemptuous smile, after Jordan simply dribbled under the crotch, he began to accelerate, Jordan's breakthrough speed was not too fast, but the step was very solid, the moment the body leaned on Kobe's body, Kobe only felt that his breath was stagnant, and his body couldn't help but take a step back.

The strong physical fitness of the "old" seniors made the young Kobe suffer a dark loss. Taking advantage of the gap created by the physical confrontation, Jordan forced Kobe Bryant to move closer to the inside, and after crossing the three-point line and striding a few steps, Jordan's body suddenly stopped.

Kobe Bryant thought that Jordan was going to pull out from the middle distance and jump directly to block, but Jordan had no intention of projecting at all, pulled the basketball back in his hand, and quickly passed the ball back.

In the elbow area outside the three-point line on the left side, Reggie Miller received the ball in the open position, and the basketball went into the net steadily.

It wasn't until the East completed this round of offense, and it wasn't until Nick Van Exel's hindsight looked at Reggie Miller, who shot smoothly into the net, that he realized that he was actually leaking.

At that moment, the dissatisfaction with Kobe Bryant in his heart made him briefly distracted, and that kind of flaw is really a great opportunity for an off-ball god like Reggie Miller.

"Hey, guys, what are you thinking, focus on the game!"

Garnett saw that there was an empty space on the outside so easily, allowing the opponent to shoot and score smoothly, and immediately twitched out of the corner of his eye and shouted loudly.

He's a straightforward person, and he's a self-acquainted guy with no scruples. Garnett didn't name names, which is also the gentlest embodiment of what little emotional intelligence he has left.

If it's not an All-Star Game, if Nick Van Exel is on his team, he's going to have to greet Nick Van Exel's family.

The east began to retreat, Michael Jordan glanced at the young man in front of him, and said with a smile:

"Young people should focus on doing the things in front of them first, and don't be too ambitious."

"Be my opponent? You're still too tender! ”

"It's pretty much the same as being my student."

Jordan left with a smile, and hearing his words, Kobe Bryant was unusually not annoyed, followed Jordan as usual, and quickly entered the frontcourt.

Jordan landed at the top of the arc and led the whole team, but Kobe, the No. 2/3 position, did not go to the wings on both sides to prepare for the attack, but came to Jordan's side and stopped, forcing Nick Van Exel, who was holding the ball, to go to the right wing, and the defense in the east rotated quickly, and the person who defended Nick Van Exel became Miller.

The line of sight on the wing, the path when passing the ball is quite limited, because Nick Van Exel, who is stretched out on the right wing, cannot make a long pass across the court to the left, which is too risky, and he can only pass inward, or to Kobe Bryant at the top of the arc.

If he breaks through, the limitation will be a little smaller, but the projection of the inefficient area on the flank, he is a little difficult to digest.

Bryant's position fell, which made Nick Van Exel very uncomfortable and very unaccustomed.

Kobe Bryant at the top of the arc was completely unaware of this, and while reaching out to Nick Van Exel's for the ball, Kobe Bryant asked Jordan:

"Hey, Michael, how did you see Reggie in the empty seat just now?"

"From your point of view, you shouldn't be able to see it, my defense should block your vision!"

"Can you tell me? How did you see Reggie? ”

Kobe Bryant didn't pay attention to what Jordan said to him before, he didn't get angry and didn't say it, but humbly asked for advice, he also wanted to have Jordan's perspective and be able to keenly perceive the position of his teammates in the march.

"Huh?"

Hearing Kobe's question, Jordan, who had always been interested in Kobe, suddenly sighed softly and looked at Kobe in a little surprise.

This young man! It's much more pleasing to the eye than a bastard like martial arts!

"Don't look at it, I know Reggie Miller!"

"Also, I can't see the left elbow area behind me from that position, but I can see the bottom left corner."

"Reggie was there at the beginning, but he wasn't there when I broke through and he wasn't in the basket."

Faced with Kobe's inquisitive face, Jordan didn't have the idea of hiding himself, and replied with a smile.

He likes the sharp young man of martial arts, but he prefers the "humble" and studious young man like Kobe.

From Wu Dao's body, Jordan could feel the pressure brought by the opponent's strong strength, and the excitement of fighting against a strong enemy made him like it very much.

And Kobe Bryant met his other "need".

Being a good teacher is something that many people will do subconsciously, and Jordan likes this feeling of guiding the growth of juniors, which makes him feel respected.

"I see!"

Some things are easy to say, but not easy to do. Kobe Bryant heard Jordan's words and understood.

There is no doubt about the tactical literacy of NBA players, and the team's offensive rotation is often traceable, and all teams often pursue the so-called "space" sense of offense.

On the court, apart from blocking and cross-covering, you will hardly see a large group of people standing on the same side when a team is attacking.

The fact that two or three people are standing on the same side and asking for the ball can only be seen on the rookie field.

The basketball court is so large in total, and which player should be in which position often does not need to look at the overall vision, only need to look at half of the court to be able to roughly count.

Jordan is very talented, and he plays with his brain.

Kobe Bryant's experience in this area is slightly lacking, and there are some things that I have not personally experienced, and I don't know the mystery.

Many coaches will always emphasize "seeing people" and "broadening their horizons" when teaching staff, but very few people will teach players these things, this kind of thing is the experience of top players, often not by "learning" can be learned, but by "understanding".

Some people, who have played all their lives, can't figure out such a simple truth.

While Kobe Bryant and Jordan were talking, Nick Van Exel, who was on the wing, set his sights on Garnett, who was in the middle distance and carrying the basket at this time, after several attempts to break through to no avail.

Just as he was about to hang the ball inside, he saw Reggie Miller, who was defending himself in front of him, lift his center of gravity, Miller was taller than him, and when the opponent was on guard, Nick Van Exel did not dare to play the ball. Helplessly, he could only quickly send a pass to Kobe Bryant at the top of the left arc.

He's stuck to the ball for a bit of a long time, which affects the team's offensive tempo, and he has to rotate the basketball around the team.

"Smack!"

After starting with basketball, Kobe Bryant immediately closed his mouth, one second he was still a "good student" who was humble and studious, and the next second he exuded a strong fighting spirit all over his body, and his sharpness made Jordan stunned, and then immediately became more serious.

"Smack!" Kobe Bryant dropped the ball on the right side, without any superfluous movements, and started directly, he was young and explosive, and the moment his body was on Jordan, although he was not able to push Jordan away directly, he also created enough space for himself to break through.

Bryant's figure quickly passed past Jordan's side, quickly attacked the basket down the middle, took a big step when he crossed the free throw line, and then exploded directly, grabbed the ball with one hand and dunked the ball into the net.

The fans in the stands were thrilled by the slam dunk, and then the enthusiastic cheers entered the court.

Bryant

In this period, he is also known as the most Jordan-like person by fans. Compared with Jordan in his twilight years, Kobe Bryant is now full of vitality, and there are many times when he plays ball, there will be such amazing slams under the basket.

It's not that Jordan hasn't fought against Kobe, it's just that he hasn't faced Kobe Bryant all along, after all, in his eyes, the other party is just a fledgling young man.

Until today, until Kobe Bryant is also standing on the All-Star field with him, Jordan's perception of Kobe has not changed for a while.

He always thought that Kobe Bryant was just a poor copycat.

And when Kobe Bryant crossed him to score an inside slam dunk, Jordan realized that this young man has grown a lot over the years.

From this "botched imitator", Jordan saw himself as he was younger.

It's a completely different feeling from when facing martial arts, looking at Kobe, Jordan seems to be looking in the mirror

"It's kind of interesting!"

"This kid is really interesting!"

Kobe Bryant's previous "humility and studiousness" left a deep impression on Jordan, and Kobe's desire to win at this time also made Jordan feel deeply.

Seeing Kobe Bryant running out slowly after scoring a goal, a thick smile appeared on Jordan's face, and he took the initiative to talk:

"Kobe Bryant, your ability is really good."

"When we have time, we can communicate more."

"If you want, you can come to me, I won't hide anything from you, I will teach you everything I will."

"After today's game, I'll give you my personal contact number!"

Jordan admires Kobe Bryant very much, and in the face of the people he admires, Jordan also releases his kindness to Kobe.

Well, the god of basketball has cultivated a new god of basketball, Jordan, who can change to dominate the league for fifteen years!!

Kobe didn't know what Jordan was thinking, he only knew that he regarded him as an idol, as a "god" to be surpassed, to give his other party's private contact number, and even generously said that he could teach himself all the techniques that the other party mastered.

This surprise is too big for Kobe!

"Really?!"

"Thank you, Michael."

"Still. Even so, I won't keep my hand, I'm going to beat you! ”

Kobe Bryant smiled and said arrogant words, but now his provocative words did not usher in Jordan's slightest disgust, he just said that it was a "little brother chasing his brother".

"Haha."

"If you can do it, you can do it."

"You can't do it, Kobe."