Chapter 377: No Regrets
The lineup in the East does lack outside projection, and the best shot in it is undoubtedly Li Kaiming, and the most accurate outside line among the rest is Wade, who is known for his breakthroughs......
Therefore, after the eastern army played a few conversion fast attacks in the opening game, they were quickly suppressed by the western troops with timely defense, and the fast attack is the easiest offensive strategy in the professional game, but it is also the easiest tactic to be prevented.
In particular, the Western team also has Duncan, who has a mouth to restrain fast breaks and layups, under the basket, so the Eastern team is quickly in a backward situation.
The western team is playing steadily step by step, gradually widening the point difference.
At the end of the first quarter, the West led the East by 10 points at 37-27, in fact, this score in the West is normal, the All-Star Game has more points than the regular season, and the defense in the East is not dry.
The reason why the east is really lagging behind is that the offense pulls the crotch, especially the feel of the outside line, except for Li Kaiming, the rest of the people are a mess.
James was 2 of 5 in the first quarter, Wade was 1 of 3, Rose was 1 of 3, and as for the starting center Howard, he didn't even have a normal chance to make a shot, either grabbing the frontcourt rebound and attacking by himself, or others threw the pot to the inside, which finally led to Howard coming to a 1 of 5 in the interior......
The best performer was Li Kaiming, who played 6 minutes in the first quarter, hit 3 of 4 shots, and caused two fouls and free throws, and finally got 9 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist in the first quarter.
Sanders, the old boy, was happy to be an All-Star head coach at first, but he couldn't laugh after the first quarter!
Sanders also has a reason to say, what team did people lead before, it was the Wizards team with the most three-point firepower in the league, you give me this group of people now, you shoot three points outside with James, can you shoot it? I don't have the ability to know how to cut down!
If you continue to fight, the basket in the Staples Center will be smashed, and you won't want to hit the iron in the face!
However, even if James did not play well in the first quarter, but after changing to the rotation lineup in the second quarter, he still had to let James continue to play, mainly because his popularity was here, if James was not allowed enough time, then maybe there would be extreme fans who sent blades to Sanders after the game!
Although Sanders is not young, he said that he has not lived enough, so this must not happen.
James's playing time is indispensable, and several other stars are also famous for a long time, and there are also substitute stars, this battle is too rich Sanders doesn't know how to distribute it, so he can only use his own people to reduce Li Kaiming's playing time!
The starting lineup in the East is really inappropriate, after replacing Xiao Si and Ray Allen in the second quarter, the attack in the East immediately became smooth, James was in charge, controlled the ball and Xiao Si blocked and dismantled, or used his breakthrough threat to kill the inside, and then passed the ball to Ray Allen on the outside.
The game suddenly became less constipated, Li Kaiming only played 2 minutes in the second quarter, and the East also scored 37 points in a single quarter.
However, the opposing Western team's offense in the second quarter was still ferocious, Durant and Kobe Bryant scored for the Western team with continuous heads-up, and finally after the second quarter, the Western team scored 39 points in a single quarter, that is to say, under the leadership of James, although the Eastern team found its feel, but the point difference is getting bigger and bigger.
Sanders was also a little confused, so he came up with a familiar All-Star five-out lineup in the third quarter, and expelled Wade, Ray Allen, Pierce, Li Kaiming and Xiao Si, five people on the court, although Wade and Xiao Si are not good at three-point people, but this lineup is at least the most spacious lineup in the East.
I have to say that space is simply life on the basketball court, and after taking out this lineup, the scoring of the Eastern team began to explode, and the three of Ray Allen, Pierce and Li Kaiming fired one after another on the outside, opening up space for Wade and Xiao Si to break through on the inside.
In the third quarter, the Eastern team was full of firepower, scoring a new high of 42 points in a single quarter, and also led the Western team by 36 points.
At this time, the difference between the two sides is still 7 points, and the final quarter that determines the outcome of the game begins!
Although James's effect on the court was not very good, Sanders still had to play him, and the Eastern lineup at this time was Wade, Ray Allen, James, Li Kaiming and Xiaosi.
The West side has a lineup of Deron Williams, Kobe, Durant, Duncan and Pau Gasol.
It looks like the lineup in the West is super huge, with each position being one size bigger than the East.
The eastern team served, Wade dribbled over half the court, and the western team had already guarded its position in the front court, waiting for the eastern team to throw the net.
Wade passed the ball to James after arriving in the frontcourt, and according to Sanders' arrangement, as long as James is on the court in the East, he is the core of the ball and the starting point of the tactic.
After James got the ball, he called Li Kaiming to come over to block and dismantle, because Li Kaiming was a great threat on the outside, and James was not afraid that Duncan would wait for him on the inside.
Sure enough, Li Kaiming's outside dismantling made Duncan follow the mouse-throwing device, James used the gap from the block to kill directly to the inside, and then before Pau Gasol reacted, he directly made a layup, which not only scored, but also caused Gasol's foul.
James walks to the free throw line and hits the free throw!
The difference between the two sides has reached 4 points, which is the second time since the start of the game that the difference between the two sides has been so small.
The Western team did not call a timeout, the ball was given to Deron Williams, and after dribbling to the frontcourt, Delon called Gasol to come out to cover, and then a rhythm change stuck with Xiaosi to rush to the basket.
Li Kaiming immediately helped to defend the past, but DeLong accurately found Duncan who was vacated by Li Kaiming during the movement, and the latter picked it up and faced the unguarded basket and hit the board directly.
"Hey! Plum! Be careful not to overdo it! James was unhappy with Lee's defensive options and began to complain.
Li Kaiming did not bird him, but ran to the front court by himself, the eastern team served, James held the ball for half the court, but this time he did not call someone to block and dismantle, nor did he play alone, but stood one step away from the three-point line, directing the eastern players to run.
At this time, the others looked confused, when are they going to play tactics? How did I not know?
However, since James has said it, they are also very cooperative to play a few small areas of cover and off-ball movement to attract the attention of the Western defense.
There are still less than 10 seconds left, and it stands to reason that no matter what tactics are played, this time should start passing or breaking through, but James is still dribbling the ball on the outside to find opportunities.
Seeing this scene, Li Kaiming immediately remembered James' strange choice when the game came to the last minute when he played the regular season with the Heat.
So he silently began to lean into the three-point line, striving for not to be the receiver.
However, he was afraid of something, Li Kaiming just moved a step towards the inside line, and James on the other side of the court suddenly made a strong pass, and the target was Li Kaiming!
I grass!
Li Kaiming scolded angrily in his heart, but he still stretched out his hand to catch the ball, it was James' problem if the pass was not good, but it was his problem to deliberately not receive the ball.
He took a step back, grabbed the basketball, and then made a three-point shot before Duncan could pounce!
Swish!
James saw Li Kaiming's three-point shot, grinning and revealing his white teeth, he patted his chest with his hand, and then pointed at Li Kaiming, I don't know if he was celebrating Li Kaiming's throw or celebrating his assist +1......
The two sides went back and forth until the last five minutes, and the score was 135-130, with a three-point lead in the West.
The West team hasn't rotated since the fourth quarter, and it looks like Popovich wants to play with this lineup until the very end.
The eastern side is replaced with a starting lineup other than Howard, although Howard is a very good performance in the frame, but he is too much space on the offensive end, to this kind of high-end game, Howard's offense is not enough to see, he can only do the dirty work of grabbing rebounds and defense, to put it bluntly, he is a senior blue-collar player.
However, to Li Kaiming's surprise, this [Outside Offensive Badge] is actually useful in the All-Star Game!
Now the probability of winning on your side is greater!
The West served and attacked, and after coming to the frontcourt, he directly handed the ball to Kobe Bryant and let him play alone, Wade's defense was also very pressing, but Kobe's favorite thing to do was to score goals under high-pressure defense.
After Kobe Bryant got the ball, he broke through to the middle distance, and then a shooting feint shook Wade, and then took advantage of the time difference to jump, and a toss ball to hit the cricket ball and score!
137 to 130!
The ball was transferred to the East, James still wanted to break through to the inside, but at this time, all the players on the floor began to defend with real guns, and in the case of Duncan and Pau Gasol on the inside, James could not break through, and the Western team broke fast, and Durant, who was given to the outside, directly faced James with a three-point shot!
140 to 130!
Sanders, who was on the sidelines, immediately called a timeout to cut off the momentum of the opposite side, and as for the tactics, he could play how he should play.
When the game came back, the East still passed the ball to James, but after the last round, James found that he couldn't score easily, and he might be prevented from being less efficient, so he simply passed the ball to Li Kaiming after he arrived in the front court, and then squatted far away in the bottom corner, as if he disappeared from the court......
Boy! This is not the right situation, and it will start to be a turtle with a shrunken head!
Before the game was lost, James began to react passively......
Li Kaiming sighed in his heart that James was changing, but he didn't have any angry meaning, since James handed over the ball, then he reluctantly stood up, won this game at the same time, and engaged in an mVp to play.
After all, I have won so many trophies before, if I miss this most important trophy, then this all-star trip is somewhat regrettable!
Li Kaiming took the ball on the outside, Duncan also had to drag his old body out, and Li Kaiming was not afraid of Duncan on the outside, he changed direction sharply, and then suddenly pulled back, and then pulled back and stepped back to open up the space, and then pulled up and threw it directly outside the three-point line!
Swish!
140 to 133!
Zhang Weiping in the broadcast area raised his hands, "Li Kaiming stood up!" There is still a chance in the East, and the suspense of the game is still there! ”