Wang Chao and Howard came on the court at 4 minutes and 32 seconds into the fourth quarter, and this time, the team's head coach made it clear before the game that the two would not be replaced before the end of the game.

The third quarter played 20 minutes, and the fourth quarter played another 7 minutes and 28 seconds, and the playing time was less than 28 minutes, which is definitely not less, at least at the same level as James, and Howard's playing time is a little more, barely enough to reach 30 minutes, which has a lot to do with the fact that the Eastern All-Star only has Howard as a center.

On the West side, there are Da Yao, Duncan, and O'Neal who can play as centers, but only Garnett can be replaced at center when Howard is off the court, so Howard can get a lot of playing time in the All-Star Game.

Mike. The reason why Brown told Wang Chao like this is that they don't care about the outcome of the All-Star Game, including James, who doesn't have too strong a desire to win, if you want to win, it depends on your performance.

This All-Star, James did not perform actively, although he played a lot of time, and there were also pictures of scoring against Kobe Bryant during the game, but he did not give his full strength at all.

This season, James has many goals, including championships, regular season MVPs, and the best results in regular season team history, these are his goals, and each of them is a score that can greatly enhance his historical status, which definitely does not include All-Star MVP, James, who has two All-Star MVPs, no one will think he is strong even if he wins more All-Star MVP awards.

This is also the difference between James and Kobe, the same award that has no meaning for the two, the egoist James will selectively give up and recharge his energy to deal with the more demanding regular season games after the All-Star Weekend, while Kobe's paranoid and competitive personality determines that no matter what kind of game it is, if it decides the outcome of the game, he will go all out to win.

When Wang Chao came on the court, Kobe Bryant had been on the court for 25 minutes, and his personal data had also come to 28 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, if he continued to play the remaining game time, he would play more than 32 minutes, and the score would probably exceed 30 points.

"Now that Wang Chao and Kobe are standing on the stage, the scoring battle between the two is about to start again." In the CCTV sports studio, Director Zhang said: "As soon as Wang Chao appeared on the stage, Kobe Bryant immediately took the initiative to defend him, and it seems that he was very dissatisfied with Kobe, who was extremely confident in his defensive ability, because he failed to prevent Wang Chao. ”

On the field, looking at Kobe Bryant standing in front of him, Wang Chao was also a little happy, and couldn't help asking.

"You don't really think that by keeping an eye on me yourself, you can limit my scoring efficiency, do you?"

Kobe frowned slightly, and looked at Wang Chao with unhappy eyes.

Wang Chao didn't care whether his words would offend the grudge-holding black mamba, but said very honestly: "Seriously, if it is replaced by Paul. Gasol is coming to defend me, maybe he can cause me some problems, if you really want to win this game, why don't you consider talking to your manager and let Gasol come up. ”

Wang Chao is telling the truth, Paul. Gasol, as a big forward with a height of 2.13 meters, is very mobile among the big players on the inside, although he can't compare with Wang Chao in terms of speed, so he can't prevent Wang Chao's breakthrough with the ball, but at least the advantage of height and arm span can allow him to effectively curb Wang Chao's play outside the three-point line.

The outside line uses big players to defend, and the inside line arranges players to assist in defense at any time, which is the defensive tactics that most teams will carry out in the regular season against Wang Chao, although under this targeted tactic, Wang Chao can still average 34 points per game, but it is not the credit of Wang Chao playing alone, it is the blocking and dismantling tactics assisted by Howard and other Magic players.

Kobe actually understands this truth very well, but Wang Chao's mouth said this sentence, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

"Do you just dare to face me on the offensive end? And then when I'm attacking with the ball, I'm just going to hide behind other people? Do you dare to go head-to-head with me 1-on-1? ”

In the face of Wang Chao's trash talk, Kobe Bryant chose to fight back without hesitation.

"Okay."

When Wang Chao heard this, he nodded without thinking, which made Kobe Bryant a little surprised.

Wang Chao's defensive ability is generally recognized by the whole league, compared with his talent on the offensive end, he is far from below the defensive end in terms of awareness, ability and enthusiasm, even this season, Wang Chao is still a laggard in the Magic's defensive system, if there is no Howard to wipe his ass under the basket, Wang Chao's defensive efficiency value has long been the bottom of the league's starters.

At least Kobe, who is the league's top scorer, has never taken Wang Chao's defense seriously.

Just when Kobe Bryant was stunned, Wang Chao suddenly held the ball and accelerated to break through.

"Oops!" Kobe Bryant was startled and hurriedly retreated to chase the defense, but Wang Chao stepped back and withdrew from the three-point line, and hit again with a crisp three-point shot.

Kobe's face sank.

"This guy ......"

The ball is alternated, the Western All-Star offense, just after halftime, Kobe Bryant was impatient to come to the ball, and Wang Chao did not break his promise, directly changed the defense with his teammates, and stood in front of Kobe.

"Oh, Wang Chao actually took the initiative to face Kobe, this is the first time Wang Chao defended Kobe Bryant in the game, I don't know how effective his defense is? Can you limit Kobe's offense? ”

This scene made many fans shine.

In the first three quarters of the game, although Wang Chao and Kobe Bryant staged an offensive battle, they did not have a complete alignment, Kobe Bryant was staring at Wang Chao throughout the whole process, but Wang Chao did not defend Kobe.

In fact, everyone knows that Wang Chao's strength on the offensive end is strong, but the defensive end is a little unsatisfactory, so it is somewhat difficult for him to defend Kobe, and no one thinks that Wang Chao can really prevent Kobe.

But even so, when this scene appeared in front of people, it was still very interesting, what would be the result of the direct confrontation between the two?

"Boy, look how I beat you!"

Kobe, who lowered his center of gravity and slowly dribbled, looked at Wang Chao in front of him and sneered.

"?" Wang Chao pursed his lips and showed no weakness. "Even if you hit me in front of me, it's just a mutual explosion with me, if this is also called blowing me up, then I have already blown you up before?"

Bryant: "......"

Suddenly, Kobe Bryant accelerated with the ball and accelerated from Wang Chao's right hand side.

Wang Chao reacted extremely quickly and immediately followed.

In terms of speed and agility, Wang Chao is currently not inferior to Kobe, and even because he is taller and more tall than Kobe, he is slightly better in terms of straight-line acceleration.

Of course, in terms of instantaneous explosiveness, Wang Chao is still inferior to Kobe, and the offensive players themselves naturally have the advantage of being one step ahead, so Kobe's breakthrough with the ball still passes Wang Chao's half of a smaller position.

Kobe Bryant continued to accelerate until he jumped to the basket, raised his hand to the basket, and when Wang Chao jumped to block, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly.

"Do you think it's so easy to stop me? Naive! ”

The basketball that had been raised to the sky was taken back by Kobe, who stiffened his waist and pulled his hands from one side of the basket to the other for a layup.

At this moment, Kobe's super bounce, air retention and waist and abdominal strength were vividly displayed.

Wang Chao's block was empty, and his body had begun to fall uncontrollably, and he could only watch as Kobe Bryant was about to pull up the lever and make a successful layup.

But Wang Chao can't prevent it, someone can prevent it.

Howard slammed out from the side, jumped and pressed Bryant's layup to the rebound.

Howard, who completed the block, was excited, jumped up on the spot and took the rebound into his arms, and said in his heart: "Kobe, you also have today?" ”

In 04, Howard, who had just joined the league, was still a newborn calf, and took the initiative to defend Kobe Bryant in a defense, but was humiliated by Kobe Bryant's dunk, and the picture was extremely bloody and violent, and the dunk was even included in one of Kobe's career best dunks, and it was also the best dunk of the year in 04.

Howard feels very unhappy every time he sees himself being violently buckled in the background, although this hat on the top board at the All-Star Game cannot be regarded as a complete revenge, but it always makes him feel much more comfortable.

Howard, who grabbed the rebound, immediately passed the ball to Wang Chao, who was already running towards the front court, without pause.

The moment he saw Howard block Kobe Bryant from the wing, Wang Chao immediately ran towards the front court, and after receiving Howard's pass, Wang Chao continued to hold the ball and accelerated, bringing the speed of 93 to the extreme.

The Western All-Stars are also quickly returning to defense, and the first to stop in front of Wang Chao is point guard Chris. Paul.

In his opinion, no matter how good the dribbling ability of the 2.06 meter Wang Chao is, the problem of too high a dribble point still exists objectively, with his agility and stealing ability, he should be able to cut off Wang Chao's dribble in the fast attack.

Originally, with Wang Chao's 91 dribbling ability, there was indeed a possibility of being broken by Paul, but the problem was that Wang Chao had a natural ability to dribble in addition to the ability to dribble.

Ball handler: The dribble is not easy to be tackled, and the dribble rate is increased.

When Paul was quick to shoot towards Wang Chao's dribbling route, Wang Chao also took advantage of the situation to dribble behind his back, and simply passed Paul in a neat step, and continued to rush towards the basket.

The rest of the Western All-Star players on the court are a little less mobile than Paul, and when Paul is gone, it's too late for others to catch up.

Wang Chao, who rushed to the free throw line, took two big steps, and the whole person rose into the air, and scored with a powerful and heavy two-handed dunk.

Kobe Bryant was late behind Wang Chao, and when Wang Chao jumped, he also tried to follow the jump to complete the block from behind, but although Wang Chao's jumping ability was slightly worse, the lack of height still made his jumping height quite impressive, which was not something that Kobe could easily cover.

Wang Chao scored 5 points in a row as soon as he appeared on the stage, and the original double-digit score difference was narrowed back to single digits in the blink of an eye.

This offense and defense are largely a bit flattering, Wang Chao didn't prevent Kobe, if it weren't for Howard who gave Kobe a big hat in the air, Kobe Bryant would have successfully scored the ball in the face of Wang Chao.

But it's the same, this is a basketball game, not a 1v1 heads-up in the real sense, just like when Wang Chao was holding the ball and attacking quickly just now, Paul also came up to try to defend, but it didn't succeed.

The All-Star of the West, Kobe Bryant is here again.

Realizing that after rushing to the basket, he not only had to face Wang Chao, but also had to watch out for Howard, he gave up hitting the basket and switched to mid-to-long-range shooting.

But if it is a breakthrough, Wang Chao is still more difficult to defend, and Wang Chao is the least afraid of shooting.

No matter how high Kobe's shooting point is at 1.98 meters, Wang Chao can form an effective interference even if he can't block it, and after the first three quarters of the game, Kobe's feel has also declined significantly, and the shooting rate has plummeted, counting the time he was blocked by Howard, he only hit 1 goal in 5 consecutive shots.

Seizing this opportunity, Wang Chao hit a three-pointer outside the three-point line with the help of Howard's pick-and-roll cover, and scored a dunk in the air, directly tying the difference in a wave.

The Western All-Stars called out a timeout to adjust again, but the momentum of the Eastern All-Stars had already been played, and in the last few minutes, the Western All-Stars had almost no athletic scores except for free throws, and the point difference was also overtaken by the Eastern All-Stars.

At 129:125, the Eastern All-Stars reversed and defeated the Western All-Stars to win this All-Star Game.

Wang Chao played 28 minutes in the game, shooting 13 of 22, including 7 of 11 three-pointers and 7 of 9 free throws, scoring 40 points and 4 assists, and won the All-Star MVP without any suspense.

On the other side of the Western All-Stars, Kobe Bryant played 34 minutes and scored 38 points, scoring on par with Wang Chao, but he hit 12 of 28 shots in the whole game, with a shooting rate of only 42.8%, and the efficiency value was much worse than Wang Chao, especially in the fourth quarter of the game when he was directly opposite Wang Chao, only 8 shots and 2 hits, becoming the culprit of the reversal of the Western All-Stars by the Eastern All-Stars in the final quarter.

All-Star is an entertainment stage, and not too many people will remember whether the player's performance is good or bad.

It's just that Wang Chao was presented with the All-Star MVP trophy, NBA President David Wang. The smile on Stern's face wasn't very bright.

Wang Chao won the All-Star MVP, which is also one of the scripts he planned, but it is not the best script.

In his plan, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal jointly won the All-Star MVP, and a smile is the best script on the All-Star stage.

In order to build momentum for O'Neal, who has fallen from the top star echelon, during the All-Star opening performance, O'Neal as the host was specially arranged to perform a very wonderful masked dance opening show.

But the end result was still a bit unsatisfactory......

In fact, it's not unsatisfactory, Wang Chao's all-star score of 40 points to defeat Kobe Bryant "head-on", and the performance of leading the Eastern All-Stars to defeat the Western All-Stars is not very bad, and Stern is also very optimistic about Wang Chao's future development prospects, which is definitely a more star-studded Chinese superstar than Da Yao.

A world has emerged where only Kobe Bryant and O'Neal are injured.

Kobe Bryant is unhappy that he really lost in the direct confrontation with Wang Chao, although this has a lot to do with Howard's lack of martial arts, but losing is losing, and no matter how many reasons he makes, it's just boring self-comfort.

And for O'Neal, the 37-year-old shark is basically the last time to perform on the All-Star stage, just like the basketball god Jordan's last All-Star retirement performance.

But counting, this can be regarded as a report and a report, Jordan's last All-Star, almost all the players who participated in the All-Star consciously gave Jordan the opportunity to perform, wanting Jordan to have a perfect curtain call on the All-Star.

It was Kobe Bryant who stepped up in this situation and led the Western All-Star to win the game, causing Jordan to miss out on the All-Star MVP and becoming one of the big regrets on the All-Star stage.

Now the scene of Kobe Bryant and O'Neal jointly lifting the All-Star MVP trophy has been destroyed by Wang Chao, which can be regarded as a feng shui rotation.

……

"Wang Chao scored 40 points and shined on the stage of the All-Star main event."

"Kobe Bryant vs Wang Chao, 38 points to 40 points, the offensive battle staged by the All-Stars ended with Wang Chao winning!"

"The first Chinese All-Star MVP in NBA history was born, and Wang Chao once again made history!"

The All-Star Weekend is over, but the heat of the All-Star Game has persisted.

Especially the battle between Wang Chao and Kobe Bryant in the game made fans talk about it.

But for the teams in the league, the All-Star Weekend for relaxation and entertainment has ended, which means that the regular season has entered the final sprint stage, and the remaining 30 or so regular season games will be extremely fierce!

(End of chapter)