The 2009 All-Star Game is a special one in Wang Chao's memory, because at this All-Star Game, NBA President David Brown. Stern manipulated the game to a certain extent and staged a reconciliation of the century, which made Kobe Bryant and O'Neal laugh and win the All-Star MVP trophy together.

But in fact, Kobe Bryant scored 27 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the All-Star game, and O'Neal only had 17 points and 5 rebounds.

But one thing to say, when Kobe Bryant and O'Neal lifted the trophy together, it did evoke many people's good memories of the Lakers' three-in-a-row dynasty.

It's just that if you look at it more than ten years later, this scene is somewhat too embarrassing, this kind of scene of forcibly resolving grievances and laughing at enmity and hatred, Wang Chao is uncomfortable to watch.

I'm afraid that the two parties are also very disgusting in their hearts, after all, they are very tired of each other, and they didn't want to reconcile at that time, just in order to create a good image in front of the fans, they must be generous.

Of course, Wang Chao didn't cooperate with their idea of acting, and the alliance official did not control the whole process, but just pushed the boat with the water when the game went on to a certain extent and there was such an opportunity.

In fact, Wang Chao didn't know that Stern had a number of plans, and Kobe Bryant and O'Neal's grudge was just one of them.

Kobe Bryant and James are facing off at the pinnacle, and the script of staging the finals 24vs23 in advance is also a script.

Wang Chao's sudden rise to win the All-Star MVP is also in his script plan.

No matter which of these scripts is successful, it can gain the attention and love of a large number of fans.

As a foreign player, his popularity and attention in the NBA are not as good as those of local players in the United States, and there are not many opportunities to play basketball on the court and get in touch with basketball.

The same problem also exists in Da Yao, Nowitzki, Nash and others, and it is a common problem.

But this all-star, Wang Chao obviously felt the difference as soon as he appeared on the stage.

This is the first time Wang Chao has appeared on the main stage as an All-Star starter, and he thought that after a few minutes of appearance, he would be replaced by the coach and replaced by other popular players in the United States, such as Garnett.

But to his surprise, in the first quarter of the game, he actually played for a long time, and was not substituted until about seven minutes into the game.

And in these 7 minutes, Wang Chao also got a lot of opportunities to shoot.

James is naturally reluctant to pass the ball to Wang Chao, Wang Chao is now James's direct competitor, not only the competition between the Cavaliers and the Magic in the East, but also the explosive personal data performance of Wang Chao during the regular season also made James feel threatened.

As James, who aims to dominate the East and even the entire league, does not want to see Wang Chao's limelight overshadow him, including in the much-anticipated All-Star Game, after all, Wang Chao has surpassed him in the All-Star vote, which makes James feel very unhappy.

However, this kind of thing is not something James says alone.

The Eastern Conference All-Star starting center is Wang Chao's partner Howard.

Whenever Howard grabs the defensive rebound, as long as Wang Chao can be seen, he will choose to hand the ball to Wang Chao as much as possible, which is a small benefit for his partner, and it is also mutually beneficial.

On the All-Star stage, there are usually very few interior centers who can play well, and that's because they struggle to get the ball.

Howard also wants to be in the limelight on the stage of the All-Star Game, and handing over basketball to Wang Chao is obviously the best choice.

The mutually beneficial result of the two was that Wang Chao scored 8 points and 2 assists on 3-of-6 shooting in 7 minutes of playing time, and Howard also scored 5 points and 5 rebounds.

In the All-Star Game, which is full of star players, it is already very good to get such data in a single quarter, and James has 7 points and 2 assists in the first quarter on the Eastern side that can be compared with the two.

Compared with the multi-point flowering in the East, the offense on the All-Star side of the West is mainly focused on Kobe.

In the first quarter of the game, Kobe Bryant took 10 shots and scored 13 points, and anyone could see that Kobe Bryant was aiming to compete for the All-Star MVP.

Driven by Kobe, the Western All-Stars played significantly more united and serious than the Eastern All-Stars, and the two sides could fight evenly in the first quarter, but as the game entered the second quarter, the situation began to take a sharp turn for the worse, and the Western All-Stars quickly occupied the initiative on the court and continued to widen the score gap.

At halftime, the score was 82-67, and the Western All-Stars had taken a 15-point lead.

Wang Chao was not surprised by this, in his impression, the final score of the All-Stars should be 146:119, and the Western All-Stars beat the East by 27 points.

Wang Chao didn't play much time in the second quarter of the game, only playing for a few minutes in the second half of the game, and didn't play much.

This is normal, even if it is a top superstar, usually the playing time of the All-Star Game will be limited to about 25 minutes to 30 minutes, after all, the 12 players in the team are all star players, everyone has to appear on the stage, and the time of the game is just a little bit, no matter how it is not enough.

However, he didn't play much in the second quarter, which also allowed Wang Chao to play more time in the third quarter, and he also played as a small forward during the rest of James' time.

At this time, the small forward position of the Western Conference All-Stars is Nowitzki.

Speaking of which, the All-Star lineup of the Western All-Stars this time is a bit deformed, there is no traditional small forward in the lineup at all, Anthony was injured before the All-Star, and the vote rate in the voting was low. West stole the All-Star bench spot, and the other players selected for the forward position were Duncan, Stoudemire, Gasol and Nowitzki, all of whom were power forwards.

Although Nowitzki has an advantage over Wang Chao in terms of height, as Wang Chao has improved his speed and agility to the level of a first-line defender, the opponent has completely failed to keep up with his speed.

In the third quarter of the game, after Wang Chao came on the court, he immediately used his speed advantage on the outside to force a breakthrough in Nowitzki's defensive frame to score.

Wang Chao's wave of power directly drove the scoring efficiency of the Eastern All-Stars, and soon chased the 15-point difference back to within single digits.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Western All-Stars immediately called a timeout to adjust, and after the timeout, rearranged Kobe Bryant to play.

This pause is clearly an arrangement for winning the game.

After Kobe Bryant came on the court, he directly opposed Wang Chao, and the defensive intensity exerted on Wang Chao on the defensive end was obviously greater than that of other players.

“……”

Looking at Kobe Bryant, who had a serious expression and must win the game today, Wang Chao's brows furrowed slightly.

Is this the Mamba spirit?

Anyone can see that the players on the court are mainly performances, and basically no one will seriously defend others on the defensive end.

But the current Kobe Bryant is obviously targeting Wang Chao, he doesn't want Wang Chao to score more points, and he doesn't want the eastern score to catch up with the west, so he has become completely serious.

But since this is the case, Wang Chao can't help but cheer up.

Originally, the system did not release tasks in the All-Star Game, this kind of entertainment game, Wang Chao didn't pay much attention to it, who loses and wins, who wins the All-Star MVP, he doesn't think it's a big deal, just play soy sauce to relax.

But what do you mean by being so serious about defending me? Think you can really stop me?

If it was two seasons ago, in the face of Kobe's defense, Wang Chao might really have to avoid the edge for a while, after all, this is recognized as one of the strongest defensive players on the scoring guard after Jordan, and the 12 times he was selected to the best defensive team in his career also fully proves Kobe's ability on the defensive end.

But now Wang Chao is really not afraid of Kobe's defense at all, no matter how strong Kobe's defensive ability is, the height of 1.98 meters and the arm span that is not outstanding among the players are Kobe's considerable flaws.

Wang Chao's static talent naturally has a huge advantage over Kobe, and at this stage, his dynamic talent is only bounced and explosive, compared to Kobe Bryant is at a disadvantage, in addition to this, whether it is speed, agility or strength, he can touch Kobe.

Wang Chao, who thinks that his offensive ability has reached the top level of the league at this stage, really has the idea of confronting Kobe Bryant, although the two are in different positions, and they have not been directly opposed in the regular season before, but if they really meet in the finals, with Kobe's character, the two are bound to have a fight, just think this is a preview before the finals!

Holding the ball in the top arc position, Wang Chao grabbed the ball with one hand and placed it behind him to prevent being stolen by Kobe, and at the same time leaned forward and stared at Kobe Bryant.

Seeing Wang Chao's attitude, Kobe Bryant was also in his heart, and he knew that Wang Chao was also serious.

But just as Wang Chao is not afraid of him, Kobe Bryant will not be afraid of Wang Chao being serious.

For a while, the atmosphere on the field froze a little, and the players on both sides stood in their respective positions, looking at the two opposing pairs.

At this moment, Wang Chao moved.

He jumped up suddenly, and when he raised his hand, he threw a crisp pull-up jumper.

Bryant reacted quickly, jumped immediately and raised his hand to try to block.

But the difference in height and arm span allows Kobe Bryant to interfere with Wang Chao's shooting vision at most.

The basketball came out of his hands and fell straight into the net, brushing the net hollow.

"Nice dry pull! Wang Chao's dry-pull jumping skills have reached the level of perfection, which is exactly the same as Maddie at his peak, too similar!"

The NBA All-Star Game, Huaguo CCTV Sports naturally broadcast live throughout the whole process, and the people responsible for commenting the game are also familiar to the audience, Yu Gui and Zhang.

When he saw Wang Chao's crisp pull-up jump shot to meet Kobe's defensive hit, Director Zhang couldn't help but admire.

"Wang Chao is 2.06 meters tall, this height really has a considerable advantage in the dry pull-out jumper, and Wang Chao is also different from other big players, with speed, bounce, explosion and body coordination, which makes his pull-up jumper have a picturesque feeling similar to Maddie."

When it comes to Maddie, it's a pity.

In the All-Star voting stage, Maddie did not get a lot of votes, after all, in the Rockets, with the support of a large fan base in China, Maddie finally received 1.67 million votes, second only to Kobe and Paul in the Western Conference guards, even if he can't start, there is still a chance to be selected as a substitute with his influence.

But at the end of January, Maddie suffered another injury and was out for the season, so naturally there was no way to participate in the All-Star Games.

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was hit by Wang Chao's bukkake for three points, which made Kobe Bryant feel gloomy, and in the next round, in the face of Wade's defense, Kobe Bryant directly hit a mid-range backward jumper with his back to fight back.

In the next few minutes of the third quarter, it became a scoring show between Kobe Bryant and Wang Chao, and Wang Chao was obviously better in scoring ability, because the difference between the two teams was constantly narrowing in the process of the two duels.

Wang Chao's scoring ability is stable and extremely efficient, which is a well-known thing in the entire league, and Wang Chao, who averages 34 points per game in the regular season, has been steadily maintaining a shooting rate of more than 50%, and a three-point shooting rate of 46%.

If compared with Kobe, Kobe, who averaged 27 points per game this season, shot only 46.7%, which is similar to Wang Chao's three-point shooting rate.

Even if the strength of the players cannot be fully measured by data, Wang Chao's scoring ability is enough to prove his strength.

And the duel between the two is not a direct confrontation in the real sense, Kobe Bryant faces Wade, a scoring guard in the East, on the offensive end, and Wang Chao on the defensive end, which is a loss in a sense.

But Wang Chao didn't think about having a real 1v1 heads-up with Kobe Bryant at all.

After all, his training so far has focused on how to make himself more capable of scoring, and he has not put any time or effort into it on the defensive end.

If you compare it with the system's ability rating system, there are as many as 19 abilities on the offensive end, and his current average ability value has reached 85, and many shooting ability values have reached 90 or even higher.

With only 7 defensive abilities, the average is only in the early 60s, which is still 84 defensive rebounds to increase the average score.

Wang Chao's defense is completely based on the dynamic and static talents of speed, agility and height and arm span, and when he defends carefully, he can reach above the league average, but when the opponent is Kobe Bryant and James, the league's top scorers, it is definitely not enough to see, and these opponents only need all simple tests to find out the loopholes in Wang Chao's defense and score easily.

Wang Chao is well aware of his own shortcomings, so he always plays to his strengths and avoids weaknesses on the field, and tries to avoid direct confrontation with the opponent's attacking arrows.

The same is true of the league's top scorers in the future, such as Durant, Harden, Curry and even Doncic further down, who will focus all their energy on offense and defense to other players.

It must be admitted that such an approach can indeed make it easier for players to score on the field, after all, they don't have to worry too much about defense, and they can also see Kobe's toughness from another aspect.

With 15 career All-Defensive selections and 12-time All-Defensive Team selections, he can juggle both offense and defense for a long time, and he can do both very well, which is difficult to imagine.

It's just that even the current Kobe Bryant has to admit that he can't guard against Wang Chao.

Wang Chao held the ball and raised his hand to pretend to shoot to deceive Kobe's center of gravity, and then held the ball to accelerate and break through a dragon layup to score! Kobe Bryant's defense is really serious, not at all the defensive attitude that an All-Star should have, even if it is the finals, I am afraid it is nothing more than that, but he still can't stop Wang Chao from scoring! Coach Yu said: "Scoring this goal, the scoring difference between the two teams has narrowed from 15 points at the beginning to only 5 points, and the third quarter of the game is coming to an end, Wang Chao has scored 16 points in this quarter of the game, and the shooting rate is as high as 67%!" ”

"In fact, Kobe's performance is not bad, scoring 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting, but obviously Wang Chao is better in this scoring matchup, and the only suspense now is the final outcome of this game, which side of the East and West All-Stars will win the game, does Wang Chao have a chance to lead the Eastern All-Stars to win the game, win the All-Star MVP, and become the first Chinese player in NBA history to win the All-Star MVP?" Director Zhang also said: "Although an All-Star MVP award is irrelevant for Wang Chao's career resume, it still has a certain symbolic significance for all those top superstars in the league to win this award." ”

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"Wang, do you want to win the All-Star MVP?"

During the break of the game, Howard came to Wang Chao's side, muttered in a low voice: "If you want to take it, I fully support you!" ”

Wang Chao thought about it, then nodded and said, "Okay." ”

To be honest, Wang Chao really didn't think about this problem at first, and the All-Star MVP was not something worth competing for.

But after scoring 16 points in the third quarter, his personal score at this time has unconsciously reached 26 points, and the score in the fourth quarter has reached 30+.

What's more, in the third quarter, Kobe Bryant's persistence in wanting to win the game also made him a little competitive.

Originally, All-Star was an entertainment exhibition game, and you were serious first, so since you are serious, there is nothing wrong with me taking it seriously, right?

Wang Chao now really has the idea of winning the game and winning an All-Star MVP by the way.

Since he has such an idea, he doesn't hide it, and directly expresses his attitude to his good brother Howard, with the assistance of Howard, who can help fight for rebounds under the basket, it will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.

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In the fourth quarter of the game, Wang Chao did not appear at the beginning, because he played nearly 10 minutes in the third quarter of the game, and the cumulative playing time in the three quarters of the game also reached 20 minutes. Brown still arranged for other players to rotate and show their faces.

But such an act immediately brought a price to him.

Taking advantage of Wang Chao's absence from the court, the Western All-Stars immediately launched a wave of powerful offensives, a wave of 12:4, and re-widened the difference to more than 10 points.

It's not that the Eastern All-Stars are not strong enough, it's that their attitude is obviously not as serious as that of the West.

(End of chapter)