Chapter 641 Sharing AMVP
If Tang Tian knew what Durant was thinking, he would definitely curse him as a fool.
MVP is for the winning side, and it doesn't make sense to score more points if you lose.
Westbrook had a chance, so of course he had to pass on it.
In fact, if it were someone else, he would also pass it. The fundamental reason why it was Westbrook was that the latter had a strong desire to attack and always appeared in the end position.
Tang Tian's pass reorganized the Western Conference's offense. They had the advantage of overall strength and slowly stabilized the situation on the field.
At the end of the half, the Western Conference regained a double-digit lead with 76-66.
Tang Tian scored 18 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists in the first half, and Westbrook scored a game-high 22 points.
During the intermission, Tang Tian talked and laughed with Westbrook beside him.
Durant gritted his teeth behind him.
He really felt like he was watching his girlfriend being fucked by others now.
When he came back in the second half, the Eastern Army suddenly started to attack wildly.
Budenholzer is still very tactical.
This lineup without a center pushes the offensive speed to the extreme.
Moreover, Gasol, the Western Army, is not the kind of black, rough and hard, and the dominance on both offense and defense is not as great as imagined.
In addition, Curry still kept making blacksmiths with three points.
Soon, the Eastern Army tied the score.
Cole was as unresponsive as in the first half.
His mind was spinning rapidly as he looked at the lineup of the Eastern Army.
Before the All-Star Game, the Warriors suffered a wave of injuries.
The team's starting power forward David Lee suffered a serious injury and is expected to be absent for about two months.
Li has previously averaged 17 points and 9 rebounds per game, and is the core of the team's inside offense.
Lee's absence caused the Warriors to suffer the only two-game losing streak of the season, making Cole worried.
But looking at the Eastern Army's playing style in front of him, he suddenly had a new idea.
The Warriors' Splash Brothers rely on the three-pointer from Mercury to the Earth, and often it depends on the speed of offense and defense conversion, and it is unheard of forcing their opponents to gain a foothold.
If James from the Eastern Conference was replaced with Green, could the Warriors also play such a fast-paced style without a center?
The situation on the court has become stalemate again.
At this time, Tang Tian took the initiative to reach out to Curry for the ball.
This fast offensive and defensive conversion is Curry's favorite, but he feels bad, and the Eastern Army's lineup is at a disadvantage when running.
Moreover, Cole did not make any substitutions on the sidelines, so this situation was in front of him.
Since the head coach did not respond on the sidelines, he, the coach on the court, should play a role and reduce the rhythm.
Although the outcome of the All-Star Game is not important, the Western Team has so much strength on paper this year that it is more than the Eastern Team. If you lose the game, you will probably beat you up badly.
So it is best to win.
Curry also knew that he felt bad, so he gave the ball to Tang Tian organization.
Tang Tian signaled Gasol to fall low, then gave the ball in and let him play singles at the low post.
James is really defending in the low post, but Gasol is too tall than him, and the latter is still technical.
A turn-around throw hit the board, Gasol successfully sent the ball into the basket.
The Western Forces took the lead again.
The western troops entered, but the eastern troops did not have the speed of offense and defense conversion, so they could only attack and attack positions.
James' cut layup was disturbed by Gasol, and Griffin turned around and took the rebound.
The Western Army continued to play in the inside when they arrived at the frontcourt.
Butler saw that James couldn't help but shrink his double-team in.
Gasol gave the ball back to Tang Tian, which gave it very timely, and Tang Tian got an open three-pointer.
Tang Tian took action directly from outside.
"Swish!"
Basketball entered the frame steadily, and the Western Conference regained a 5-point lead.
Cole nodded thoughtfully.
From James' failure in one single defense in the previous round, he began to consider how to solve the problem of one-on-one defense at low positions; to the failure of double-teaming against a big man like Gasol who can play and pass the ball, he thought of having a fast enough assisted rotation.
No one expected that an All-Star Game that had nothing to do with the victory or defeat gave birth to something called the "Five Small System" in Cole's mind.
Cole did not respond on the sidelines, but relying on Tang Tian's control, the Western Army stabilized the situation again.
After playing for about 10 minutes in this section, Cole stopped thinking and got up and started to make substitutions.
Another five up and five down.
Tang Tian had already scored 8 points in this quarter before the game, and his personal score reached a game-high 26 points, and also sent 4 rebounds and 9 assists.
Both sides entered the substitute stage, and Westbrook once again became the focus of the field. He was the point guard and he really did it just as he got the ball.
By more than 3 minutes in the fourth quarter, his personal score had already exceeded 30 points.
Moreover, the Western Army's substitute lineup is much stronger than the Eastern Army, and the Western Army's leading advantage is close to 20 points at this time.
In the last few minutes, the main players of both sides came back one after another to fight the final moment of the battle.
Curry's All-Star Game was poisonous, but James got rid of the cold outside of the All-Star Game last year, and scored two three-pointers in a row, giving the Eastern Conference some hope.
But Tang Tian and Westbrook soon scored three-pointers to eliminate this hope.
In the end, the Western Army defeated the Eastern Army 163-148 and won the game.
James continued to score a lot of empty scores for years, scoring the team's highest 30 points and 7 assists. Irving, who came on as a substitute, scored 21 points, Wall scored 19 points and 7 assists, and Butler scored 16 points.
On the Western Conference side, Westbrook scored a game-high 38 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, Tang Tian scored 31 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists, and Curry scored 15 points and 7 rebounds.
After the game, the staff on the sidelines conducted the final MVP selection on the sidelines.
According to previous years' convention, the person with the highest score will become the final MVP, and Westbrook is very likely to be a very high.
But Tang Tian's performance was also very eye-catching. Just two years ago, Paul scored 20 points and 15 assists, surpassing Durant, who scored 30 points, to win MVP.
So before the final result comes out, everything still has unknowns.
After waiting for a while, Xiao Hua came to the center of the stadium with the resulted envelope. After he took it apart, he announced the final ownership of the All-Star MVP.
“The most valuable players who won the 2015 NBA All-Star Game are… Russell Westbrook and Tang Tian.”
When Westbrook's name was pronounced, everyone had a look that was indeed the case.
But when Tang Tian’s name was pronounced, most people were a little confused again.
“They share the amvp honors.”
Xiao Hua continued to add.
By this time, all the talents understood.
This year's All-Star Game has been quite ups and downs. The Eastern Conference each had a chance to turn the momentum in the first and second half.
If it weren't for Tang Tian's field control and Westbrook's continuous score during the bench, the outcome would be really hard to say.
So from the perspective of the most valuable perspective, both of them are indispensable and they should indeed win this honor together.
Even in terms of data, Tang Tian scored 31 points and 11 assists, and his big double-double was not inferior to Westbrook's 38 points.
Chapter completed!