The inter-section break is over and the next quarter begins.

Liu Mang made his second appearance on the All-Star stage.

Playing with Liu Mang are still Jordan, Tracy McGrady, Raheem, and Ben Wallace.

Since the Eastern Conference lineup was really small, the only three major players on the inside were O'Neal Jr., Ratliff, and Ben Wallace. Ratliff played center in the first half of the first quarter, and O'Neal Jr. played center in the second half. At that time, the Eastern team could barely

The disadvantage of keeping height is not that big.

The current lineup of the Eastern Conference does not have a single player taller than 2.06 meters tall.

The Western team's lineup in the second quarter was terrifying, with Nash, Ray Allen, Kobe, Rasheed Wallace, and O'Neal.

Liu Mang was well prepared and prepared to play without the ball.

But... the development of things went beyond Liu Mang's expectation from the beginning, thinking that he was here to replace Ray Allen.

Yes, the coach arranged for him to play without the ball, but after Tracy McGrady gave him the ball, he ran towards the frontcourt, leaving Liu Mang alone and stunned for two seconds.

Damn it! Isn’t my role as the system’s Ray Allen?

Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt and saw McGrady going to the left corner as a three-point catcher and waiting for the pass. Liu Mang was a little confused. He looked at Jordan who was in the middle distance at a 45-degree angle on the right. Jordan pointed to the basket.

He tilted his head and pursed his lips towards Liu Mang. The target was the basket. This means that the uncle is a little tired in the first quarter, so you should support him for a while.

It breaks your lungs! Liu Mang never thought that he would come up to hold the ball. He had just been thinking hard about his running route for a long time and was already prepared to play without the ball. But in the end, he still came up and played with the ball?

In fact, this is mainly because Liu Mang basically has the ball in his hands in the Hawks, so McGrady doesn't know what Liu Mang's ability is without the ball. In order to prevent Liu Mang's performance from being so ugly, McGrady gave the ball to Liu Mang.

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Liu Mang was surprised, and so was the Western Team. Nash, who was placed in front of Liu Mang, felt a little cold.

What did Adelman just say? Didn't he say that this kid will definitely be a pitcher in Carlisle's system, just like Hamilton this year? Why is it different from what was promised?

However, Liu Mang has a strong ability to adapt. He is good at holding the ball and is familiar with it. He immediately jumped in, lowered his waist, and prepared to attack!

Seeing Nash trying hard to take small steps, he was at a loss. Liu Mang took steps to the left and slapped the ball on the ground with his right hand. Nash immediately moved to the right... His efforts were in vain.

Liu Mang caught the ball with his left hand and swatted it, breaking through easily from the right!

As soon as he reached the free throw line, Kobe came up to cover the defense. Liu Mang flicked the ball to the right. Jordan was close to the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the right side. He caught the ball and took a long two-point shot...hit!

Jordan was in very good condition today. He made a mid-range shot and scored 17 points.

Although Liu Mang did not expect that he would still attack with the ball after coming up today, this style of play is obviously what he is best at.

On the whole, although the Western Conference is serious, it is more focused on offense. After all, this is an All-Star. Only Kobe is active in double-teaming and supplementing defense.

Liu Mang discovered this in his first round, and then he had an idea in his mind.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Western team attacks.

Nash advanced to the frontcourt, and Kobe asked for the ball. Nash was not greedy for credit. He didn't have much status yet, so he immediately passed the ball to Kobe.

Kobe VS McGrady!

Defend Kobe! McGrady’s sleepy eyes seemed to be a little wider, defending with all his strength!

But Kobe is worthy of being Kobe. After a fake move, McGrady, who was fully defending, couldn't guard him. Kobe found a gap and rushed to the three-point line. He squeezed the gap and broke into the inside amid McGrady's defense. There was one in Kobe Bryant

It seemed that there was a big gap to hit the basket, and Ben Wallace quickly came over to cover.

This is the difference between the East and the West. The East plays seriously and is certified on defense. Kobe immediately passes the ball to O'Neal inside...

However, O'Neal thought that Kobe was going to shoot against the defense as usual, so he turned around to grab the rebound.

He was ready to make up for the dunk, because the inside line was already empty, and Kobe Bryant could easily make up for the dunk...

Kobe's pass went directly to Raheem, who was guarding Rasheed Wallace on the other side of the three-second zone.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, especially the OK group.

Kobe was thinking that Kobe finally passed the ball, but you went to grab the rebound!

O'Neal was also depressed. You bastard, don't you usually say that when you encounter an inside defense, you will never pass the ball. If you score, you will score. If you don't score, can the Shark still grab a rebound and have an easy dunk at the same time? What?

Are you playing differently today than usual?

The Eastern team was the first to react. Liu Mang turned around and rushed towards the frontcourt. Rahim reacted quickly and immediately threw the ball towards Liu Mang. When Liu Mang passed the center line, no one was chasing him. He received the ball and rushed towards it.

Go to the front court and dunk lightly with both hands to score two points.

43 to 37, the Eastern team leads by 6 points!

It was still the Western team's attack. Nash returned to the half court to advance and wanted to pass to Kevin, but Kevin was arguing with O'Neal on the edge of the three-second zone in the middle distance of the baseline.

"Why did you turn around just now? Don't you know how to catch the ball?" Kobe yelled at O'Neal.

"Don't we usually have you shooting and me grabbing rebounds? Who knew you could pass the ball?" O'Neal yelled back.

"Hmph!" Kobe said, "If you don't listen, it's your problem."

O'Neal also turned his head to the side, saying that he didn't want to see this little brother who had stiffened his wings and became disobedient.

Nash is so confused, who should he pass it to?

Ray Allen? This guy is in the corner. Rasheed Wallace was bypassed by Raheem. Since it was the All-Star weekend, Rasheed Wallace didn't put in the effort to get the position. Nash is good.

Strange, didn’t you say you should fight well?

Although Liu Mang was surprised that the contradiction between the OK team had been exaggerated to such an extent that they could quarrel with each other, but this was their opportunity. He immediately defended Nash and used his body to press Nash's ball control.

Note, I didn’t expect that the opponent would defend so hard during the All-Star Weekend, and Liu Mang knocked the ball away!

Liu Mang was the first to pounce and catch the ball!

McGrady came over to respond. Liu Mang passed the ball to McGrady. McGrady protected the ball and was not intercepted by Ray Allen, who was following him. The Western team returned to defense in time this time. O'Neal and Kobe ran back in anger.

Liu Mang got up and Tracy McGrady gave him the ball again. Liu Mang didn't think so much this time and dribbled the ball forward.

Jordan was originally going to open up space for Liu Mang and prepare to go to the right corner, because if he was in the middle distance he was used to, Kobe could easily double-team Liu Mang, but Liu Mang had an idea now and pointed it to Jordan.

Looking at the position where Jordan stood at the beginning of the second quarter, Jordan did not hesitate and immediately returned to the mid-range position at a 45-degree angle.

The biggest advantage of players like Jordan and Kobe, who clearly have excellent organizational skills but use themselves as pure scorers, is that even if they are the best players in the team or even the league, they are still willing to play without the ball and obey the team.

The instructions given by the core of the tactics are different from the fact that an all-around player cannot play his role without the ball.

Liu Mang continued to break through. Sure enough, after Liu Mang passed Nash, Kobe immediately came over to cover the defense. Liu Mang passed the ball to Jordan again. Jordan had been preparing for the last game of the day for a long time. He felt very good today.

The ball hits again!

This is it!

The biggest problem Liu Mang discovered in the Western Conference was rotation defense. According to the conventional play style, when Kobe went to defend Liu Mang, Nash should immediately switch to Jordan. The Lakers were like that. Kobe was the strongest defensively, and he was on the perimeter.

Often switching defenses to make up for the loss, Fisher and Fox would immediately go to the person Kobe missed when he switched defenses.

However, Nash does not have that defensive awareness, and the Mavericks' Nelson does not emphasize this point!

It's the Western team's offense again. This time after the quarrel, Kobe and O'Neal both got angry. First, O'Neal knocked Ben Wallace directly into the basket and dunked him on the offensive end. Then in the second round, Kobe beat Tracy McGrady in the mid-range.

Forced a vote.

However, Liu Mang played this kind of small-scale cooperation, and Jordan also hit consecutive hits. It was useless for Nash and Ray Allen to switch defenses. Instead, Ray Allen, who could have just fought with McGrady, left, and McGrady got

When Ray Allen, who was still defensively aware, went to guard Jordan, Jordan passed a good ball to McGrady who was cutting through the air. McGrady cut to the basket to avoid O'Neal's outstretched arm.

Picked up the basket and scored two points.

The East and West are at war with each other!

Needless to say, the Western Conference is really too strong. If they are serious on the offensive end, they can compete with the Eastern Conference on both offensive and defensive ends.

Liu Mang didn't think so much now. He changed from the expected way of playing without the ball to holding the ball to break through and distribute the ball. He didn't change his positioning in this game. He just tried his best to play the game within the time he was on the court.

The point difference will be wider to create a better chance for the Eastern team to win.

The game time passed minute by minute, and after a few minutes of play, both the Eastern and Western Conferences were changing players. In the Western Conference, Kobe was not replaced, and in the Eastern Conference, Jordan was not replaced.

Halfway through the second quarter, the Western Conference team called a timeout. When Liu Mang came off the court, the score was 63 to 54, with a score difference of 9 points.

In the last attack before leaving the court, Liu Mang hit a three-pointer from the outside and ended the game with 5 points and 4 assists.

Liu Mang has done his best, but today's head coach is not Coach Kruger of his own team. All Liu Mang can do is try his best. Not all coaches are the same as Coach Kruger and Mike Wood.

Assistant Coach Sen is also very tolerant of himself. He knows that Coach Carlisle is dissatisfied with him in the first place. If he proposes any future tactics suitable for this lineup, he will be asking for trouble and will be known as a ball tyrant.

Moreover, the Eastern team was able to compete with the Western team until the last few seconds. Liu Mang did not do too many useless things. He did his best to open the score to 9 points. Next, he just

I can trust my current teammates!

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Except for the regular performance of each All-Star for a few minutes in the second quarter, Liu Mang didn't get much playing time in the rest of the game. After Liu Mang's style of play that was good at making use of small details disappeared, the Eastern team began to compete with the Western team again.

Strength.

When the Western team's Garnett returned to the field, two paranoid Garnett and Kobe were present. The Western team had two active defenders, played better, and also had a certain threat on the defensive end. The Eastern team played better

A little more difficult.

At the end of halftime, the score was reduced to 72-76 by the Western Team, back within 5 points.
To be continued...