In the much-anticipated All-Star game, players from both sides have arrived on the court and the referee is selecting the game ball.

NBA game balls have strict regulations. The manufacturer, material, elasticity, and inflation amount all have strict regulations.

Of course, if it is the regular season or playoffs and the home team has a superstar, this kind of thing can be discussed.

For example, at the Lakers' home court, with O'Neal's explosive style of play, he would prefer to be full of energy. When he bumps backwards, the ball can immediately bounce back into his hand, and he can directly pick it up and dunk it.

Breakthrough players also prefer to be full of energy. The ball can fly faster when released quickly. For top players, even 0.1 seconds is very important.

Among the 450 players in the NBA, apart from the United States, any player in any other country would be the top world-class player.

As for pitchers, they like to have less air, so that they will be less elastic. If they hit the basket or backboard, they will be less likely to fly out. Firstly, they may bounce back to the basket, and secondly, they will not bounce as far.

You won't be easily counterattacked by your opponent just because you miss a shot from outside.

But during the All-Star Weekend, generally speaking, neither side's home court counts, so the referees can finally pick the ball with tears in their eyes. It's not easy for referees in this era. Almost every team has top stars, even the Bulls.

Among the players ranked last, there is also Jaylen Rose, a player who averages 24 4 5 per game.

When Jordan and Kobe stood on both sides of the midline, a tense atmosphere spread on the court.

The referee came to the center of the court with the selected ball. Mutombo and Duncan, two super defensive gatekeepers who are among the top five interior defenders today, came to the center of the court to jump the ball.

The referee blows the whistle to start the game and throws the ball into the air.

Duncan leapt high, and his explosive jumping power won the jump ball over Mutombo, who was beginning to show his age.

Kobe received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

Jordan defended Kobe.

8VS24, Jordan faced off against the player who looked most like Jordan! The fans at the scene cheered and their eyes widened.

"Tch." Kobe hated it most when people said he looked like Jordan. Even if he really imitated him all the time, he just didn't want to make other people happy. He just didn't play alone!

Moreover, although Kobe's style of play is mainly singles, if he really has good teammates, he can basically make these good teammates reach the peak of their careers, because his characteristics are so obvious that he is a puzzle piece for a championship team.

Players can allow their superstar teammates to better utilize their own characteristics.

For example, in the OK period, Kobe and O'Neal were both functional players. The core support was Ron Harper, Fox, Brian Shaw and Fisher. The second team was Gasol, and Odom was

Core, Kobe, and Bynum are all championship pieces.

Kobe handed the ball to Garnett who was on the left side of the free throw line. The one guarding Garnett... was Iverson.

Garnett received the ball without hesitation and took a two-point shot!

"Shua"

There was a crisp sound of the net falling, and the Western team took the lead.

Kidd immediately rushed inside. Mutombo picked up the ball and immediately sent it to Kidd. Iverson and Raheem ran forward.

The five members of the Western Team were all at their peak, with excellent physical fitness, and they quickly returned to defense...

But as I was running, I realized how could the five of us get back to the three-point line before Iverson?

Depend on!

The Western team looked at Kidd who was slowly advancing and attacking, and they agreed to counterattack!

fraud!

big liar!

Kidd's characteristics are too outstanding, that is, he makes long passes like a quarterback and leads his teammates to counterattack. Running and gunning is not considered as running and gunning. He is tired of running and gunning, but he mainly focuses on attacking the basket, rather than the characteristics of a running and gunning team.

Compared with three-pointers, the Eagles' cavalry tactics are closer to run-and-gun.

But Kidd left such a deep impression on people. This year, relying on his accurate long passes, he brought the Nets to second place in the Eastern Conference, and even first place in the Eastern Conference at one time. After half a season, their record was better than the entire season last year.

Even better, he was only behind Duncan in the MVP rankings. When the Western team saw Kidd quickly receiving the serve and raising his left hand, the Western team subconsciously went back to defend.

I didn't expect that Kidd, who looked like a loyal and honest veteran cadre, could be so cunning!

Coach Kruger on the sidelines looked at Liu Mang and Jason Terry who were snickering, with a look of disgust on his face, and then a little sad.

I don’t know if this disciple who seems to have a very good brain is brought into the NBA. Is it a curse or a blessing for basketball...

Kidd advanced to the frontcourt, and Francis defended and tried to steal the ball with pressure, but Kidd pushed him beyond the three-point line with pure strength.

"The magic trigger, the on-court coach is level 5, from Jason Kidd."

coming!

Liu Mang heard the system prompt from Kidd and focused his attention on Kidd.

Kidd was not disturbed by Francis' pressure at all. He moved to the three-point line at about 70 degrees and made a gesture to his teammates. The Eastern team moved at Kidd's signal. Jordan slipped to the baseline and started a ball-free pick-and-roll inside.

After that, Jordan pulled Duncan out. Iverson went to the left corner and took Garnett out. Mutombo stood on the edge of the three-second zone on the left side of the basket. He could catch the ball and dunk in one step.

Position, Jordan led Duncan to the shooting area one step inside the three-point line in the right corner.

Kidd lobbed the ball to Rahim, who had Kobe on his back. At the same time, Jordan ran one step outside the free throw line and almost left the right side empty. Rahim's weak side played a one-on-one single!

"Oh my god, Shaq, did I read that right? The Eastern Conference is playing a triangle offense?" Barkley exclaimed in the live broadcast room.

"Oh! Charles, you read that right, this is the triangle offense! Michael played Kobe's role, and Raheem played my role!" O'Neal was also stunned.

Someone actually played the triangle offense in the All-Star Game!

This is not a tactic that everyone can play together happily, but an absolute superstar tactic!

In other words, except for two singles, everyone else is a supporting role. Let’s not talk about the rookie game. It is destined from the beginning that there will be no absolute star in the second grade. Liu Mang in the first grade is the first player without any suspense.

Everyone should cooperate with him.

But in the All-Star game, almost every player is a big shot, and they actually hit the triangle offense in such a game. It really worked!

Kobe's defense is very strong, but if he can't hold off Rahim, if he hits the opponent's defender, he will still be on the edge of the three-second zone. His power is not much different from O'Neal!

Sure enough, just as the two fat men thought, Rahim suddenly pushed back, turned around and resisted Kobe. Although Kobe was known as Malone, Rahim was a power forward and was extremely strong.

Even Test can't stop him at this position, let alone Kobe.

If it were an ordinary All-Star game, Raheem would have dunked the ball after he pushed it in. However, the Eastern team was well prepared, and the Western team had already discussed it with Kobe and Garnett after they came to Philadelphia. They wanted to fight to death.

east!

When Rahim leaned back, Duncan quickly rushed in and accurately predicted the direction of Rahim's most likely shot.

At this moment, Raheem had a chance to face the basket, but he did not dunk. The ball was passed from Duncan's flying crotch, and Jordan received the ball and made a jumper from the free throw line!

"Shua"

Hit!

2 to 2 draw!

Excellent teamwork!

With Jordan, the master of the triangle offense, and Jason Kidd, a field coach who can fit into almost any system, the Eastern team's triangle offense played so smoothly! Raheem was also good at distributing the ball after fixed-point singles.

This is what he has been doing all the time. Although the position of catching the ball this time is not so used to him, almost entering the basket, but he must play equally well!

The Western Conference team was shocked. The All-Stars actually played like this. There was one coach on the court and another off the court. This was bullying others with their IQ!

The most surprising thing was Kobe. The opponent used the triangle offense. Well, just use it, but Jordan actually played the second position!

Isn't it just the second position? Jordan plays the style of play that Kobe is most familiar with. How can he not know it better than others?

After the goal, Raheem ran out and high-fived Jordan, who was returning to defense, to show his tacit cooperation.

Raheem is so excited, he finally got his first All-Star statistic in his career, and it was an assist!

If this thought were known to a certain player No. 8 who bought a table tennis table specially for the Olympics after losing to his teammates in table tennis and hired a Chinese college student to practice at home for a month, he would definitely despise him.

However, the Western team is now taking this game seriously again.

In terms of lineup, the Western Conference is much better than the Eastern Conference. Even if they lost last year, they only lost by 1 point, 110 to 111, and Iverson won the MVP.

This year, the strength of the Eastern team has been further weakened, but the Western team is stronger than last year. They all think that as long as the goal is clearer and they want to win, they will definitely win.

But the east gave them a shock when they came up!

Francis received the serve and pushed forward. When he saw that it was Jordan who was guarding him, he no longer hesitated and charged forward!

Jordan is indeed old and can't keep up with his speed and so on, but his strength is still good, and his awareness is very good.

There was no way to do it with the Wizards, there was no help defender inside, but this game was different, with Mutombo and Raheem at the basket! Jordan used his static strength, which got stronger as he got older, to try his best to put pressure on Francis.

It guided Francis to not be able to hit the basket directly without being slowed down, forcing Francis to walk off the line, and this feeling of not being slowed down made Francis unable to feel the change in his path, rushing to the inside and attacking the basket directly.

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Rahim successfully relied on Jordan's experience in defense to cover up the defense when Francis gave him a little space. Francis only realized that he had fallen into the trap when he saw Rahim's huge body in front of him, but he had already jumped up.

Jordan interfered with the pass from behind and had no choice but to shoot!

Experience is the biggest treasure for veterans! To defend your opponent without affecting your physical fitness, you must have rich experience!

Francis dodges a throw from Raheem's arm and strikes!

but!

The West's inside group is too strong. Garnett beat Mutombo and Kidd to get the rebound, took advantage of the situation, and smashed the ball into the basket!

"Ah..." After Garnett landed, he habitually roared back while defending!

As expected!

The Eastern team has long thought that if they defend two against one, they will definitely not be able to hold back the rebounds. The opponent's top three players averaged almost 40 rebounds per game in the regular season combined.

Rahim picked up the ball and immediately passed it to Kidd. Then he and Iverson ran towards the frontcourt. Kidd made another fast break gesture.

This time the Western Team ignored him. You guys with two old arms and legs still want to deceive us... Oh, let me go!

Kidd really threw the ball directly to the frontcourt!

Lead people with the ball!

Iverson rushed to the frontcourt to receive the ball and went straight to the basket, but did not attack the basket and threw the ball into the air. Rahim rushed inside and smashed the ball into the basket!
Chapter completed!