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Chapter 161 The All-Star Game Comes to an End(1/2)

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

The lineup sent by the Eastern Conference All-Star Team is: Rose, Wade, James, Bosh, and Howard.

The lineup sent by the Western Conference All-Star Team is: Nash, Anthony, Durant, Sun Yi, Stoudemire.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Eastern All-Stars took the lead.

Rose dribbled to the top of the key and noticed that the Western Conference All-Stars had increased their defensive intensity.

"Are you starting to get serious?"

Rose didn't want to aggravate the injury, so he immediately passed the ball and ran to the side to continue paddling.

Outside the three-point line on the right, Wade received the pass and immediately took the first step, easily passing Anthony and then broke straight into the penalty area.

Upon seeing this, Sun Yi and Stoudemire quickly rushed back to the basket to defend.

Seeing this situation, Wade did not force a breakthrough and chose to pass the ball away.

In the mid-range area on the right side, Bosh received the pass and saw that there was no one around him to defend him. He adjusted and took off to shoot.

At this moment, Sun Yi rushed back quickly and stretched out his arms to interfere.

"Why did this guy come back so fast?!"

When Bosh saw this scene, he was shocked, causing some deformation of his shooting movements.

Bang!

The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!

Under the basket, Stoudemire grabbed the defensive rebound, found Nash immediately and passed the ball over.

Nash received the pass and immediately rushed forward to launch a defensive counterattack.

At the same time, Sun Yi, Durant and others quickly rushed towards the frontcourt.

The Eastern All-Stars retreated very quickly, each returning to their own defensive zone, without allowing the Western All-Stars to initiate a fast break.

Falling into a positional battle, Nash and Stoudemire played a pick-and-roll.

After blocking the pass, Stoudemire was intercepted by Bosh who came to help defend and failed to break into the penalty area.

Seeing this, Nash immediately passed the ball to the unguarded Sun Yi.

Sun Yi received the pass, faked a shot to get rid of James who came forward to cover, and then accelerated towards the basket.

"Sun's attack was too bold and a bit unwise." Kenny Smith commented, shaking his head.

"I think Sun must have a purpose for doing this. He relies on his golf skills to play." Barkley supported Sun Yi without hesitation.

In the penalty area, Sun Yi soared into the air, and after a physical confrontation with Howard who came to defend him in the air, he stuffed the ball from Howard's waist into the basket.

Under the basket, Stoudemire, who was preparing to grab the rebound, subconsciously received the pass.

Nash often passes this kind of ball, and he has developed a conditioned reflex.

After receiving the pass, Stoudemire picked up the green onion and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands.

"Good shot! I'm right, Sun won't play mindlessly." Barkley said proudly.

Kenny Smith was a little embarrassed and did not make any response.

Back on the court, the Eastern Conference All-Stars attacked. Wade broke through with the ball and rushed to the basket. He flew for a layup but was interfered by Stoudemire and failed to score the ball.

Since Howard has no shooting ability, he can only be a deterrent by staying near the penalty area.

Therefore, the penalty area is very crowded, making it very difficult for the Eastern All-Star team to break through and score.

Under the basket, Sun Yi quickly rushed back, jumped up and grabbed the defensive rebound. After landing, he immediately passed the ball forward.

Durant, who was on a fast break, received the pass, took three steps outside the three-point line, rushed into the penalty area, jumped into the air, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand.

After the goal was scored, the Western Conference All-Stars took the lead!

At the critical moment, James stood up. He used a tank-like breakthrough to knock Durant away, and hit a mid-range emergency stop jumper to stabilize the situation on the court.

Looking back, Durant was not to be outdone. He hit a pull-up jumper against James' defense and responded with a goal.

Ball transition, Eastern Conference All-Star offense.

Rose dribbled the ball across half court, passed it immediately, ran to the side and continued paddling.

In the free throw line area, James received the pass and faced Durant in a single.

At the same time, Wade, who was standing in the right corner, suddenly started, broke away from Anthony's defense as quickly as possible, and cut along the baseline towards the basket.

James quickly threw the ball to the basket with quick eyes and hands.

Wade rushed to the basket, jumped into the air, grabbed the basketball in the air with both hands, and dunked it into the basket.

The Western Conference All-Stars served quickly. After receiving the ball, Nash started to push forward at the fastest speed and launched a run and gun.

Sun Yi didn't care so much and ran towards the basket with all his strength.

Seeing this, Nash hit the ground and passed the ball into the penalty area.

Sun Yi, who was running fast, received the pass, rushed to the basket, and was about to take off for a dunk. He was hugged by James who rushed over, causing a foul and earning two free throws.

Amid the cheers and shouts of the fans in the audience, Sun Yi stood on the free throw line, took the basketball from the referee, and made two free throws steadily.

During the next game, the two sides fought hard to separate each other, taking the lead alternately.

About 4 minutes into the fourth quarter, the head coaches of both teams made substitutions.

The Eastern All-Stars replaced Rose and replaced him with Joe Johnson.

The Western Conference All-Stars replaced Nash, Sun Yi and Stoudemire and replaced Billups, Nowitzki and Gasol.

At the critical moment, George Karl believed more in Billups, who had defensive ability, and was interested in helping Anthony win the MVP. Flounder could help Melo to exert his strongest strength on the court.

After substitutions and adjustments, the Eastern Conference All-Stars attack.

Wade quickly dribbled the ball forward and came outside the three-point line to organize the offense, preparing to hit the strong point inside.

Howard quickly came to the penalty area, squeezed Gasol away to occupy a favorable position, and then reached for the ball.

After Gasol was out of position, he could only defend forward.

Wade had quick eyesight and quick hands to flip the ball into the basket.

Howard received the pass, jumped up from the ground, and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands.

The Eastern All-Star team once again overtook the score.

It was the Western All-Stars' turn to attack. Billups dribbled to the top of the key and passed the ball to Anthony for a single.

Anthony received the pass, made a triple threat action, and took a tentative step.

James did not step forward to defend closely. He always watched Anthony's knees and was prepared to prevent a breakthrough.

Melon didn't try any more, released the ball and started quickly, breaking through to the right.

James reacted immediately and moved sideways to provide physical confrontation.

Seeing that he couldn't squeeze away from James, Anthony suddenly stopped, stepped back to distance himself, and hit a mid-range jumper.

Looking back, James hit a ball in the same way, but unfortunately he missed.

Under the basket, Howard occupied a favorable position, jumped up hard, grabbed the basketball in the air with both hands, and dunked into the frame.

Immediately afterwards, Anthony repeated his old tricks and beat James but failed to score.

The Eastern All-Star team protected the backcourt rebounds and launched a defensive counterattack.

Wade took the lead and rushed into the penalty area, took a European step to avoid Durant's defense, rushed to the basket and scored a backhand layup.

In the next few rounds, Anthony and Durant took turns playing singles, with very poor shooting percentages and failed to narrow the point difference.

The Eastern All-Stars took this opportunity to rely on their strengths inside, frequently rushing to the basket to cause damage, and winning free throws to further widen the point difference.

When the game entered the final three minutes, the Eastern All-Stars led by 8 points.

Western Conference All-Star head coach George Karl immediately requested a substitution and replaced Sun Yi and Duncan.

Duncan was not very willing at first. After all, he was old and could only play basketball for health and did not want to work overtime.

But Deng Dadai couldn't resist George Karl's tough words and had no choice but to go into battle again.

After substitution adjustments, the Western Conference All-Star team attacks.

Billups dribbled to the frontcourt, observed the position of his teammates, and prepared to deal the cards.

Originally, he wanted to pass the ball to Anthony for a single, but he saw Sun Yi running forward to coordinate with the pick-and-roll.

Flounder could only cooperate with the pick-and-roll with tears in his eyes. After bypassing the screen, he broke through into the penalty area while observing the position of his teammates.

At the same time, after Sun Yi finished the screen, he immediately cut towards the basket.

Seeing that Anthony had no chance, Billups could only pass the ball to Sun Yi.

Sun Yi received the pass and rushed into the penalty area. He was double-teamed by Bosh and Howard and passed the ball through the gap to the basket.

Duncan received the pass and hit the ball with an unpretentious rebound, recovering 2 points.
To be continued...
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