God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 211 Is it ugly?

In the first quarter, both sides scored 40+ each, and the West led slightly 45 to 42.Looking at the crazy-looking fans around him, Chang Wei shook his head lightly. Now everyone is too restrained when participating in the All-Star Game. If he remembers correctly, both sides in this game in the previous life just surpassed 110 points. It is true that it looks high, but you must know that since the 06-07 season, at least one team in the All-Star team can get a very scary score every year. Sometimes the crazy confrontation between the two teams can make the total score exceed 300 points, now it seems far less exciting.

Of course, this is largely caused by the change in the style of the entire league. Now the team's offensive rhythm is not very fast, and the players are not very used to fast whirlwind games. Low scoring is a matter of course.However, Iverson, who has adapted to the fast offense, became the most eye-catching star in the game. His fast breakthrough and sharp three-pointers are the key to the Eastern Conference's tight score.However, Brown does not intend to let his love consume too much energy at the beginning of the game. In his opinion, if he wants to win the game, he can wait until the second half to decide the outcome, so Iverson only played in the first quarter. After less than 8 minutes, Brown used the rest of the time to try other inside combinations.

For the head coaches of both sides, any player can be replaced in the All-Star Game. Anyway, the players sitting on the bench are all the stars in the league. They just need to consider whether their style of play is gorgeous enough and whether they can arouse the interest of the fans. , You don't need to care too much about the ratings and strength of the All-Star Game. .Compared with Brown, Adelman's coaching style is more unrestrained, so at the end of the first quarter, everyone in the Western All-Stars got a chance to play, while the Eastern All-Stars still had Sprewell and Houston. Watch over the drinking fountains.

But this does not mean that Brown will not let them play in this game. After all, these two people are still stronger than Mason. Not wanting to let Mason play does not mean that he does not want to let Houston and Sprewell play. .So when the second quarter started, Brown put them directly on the field, with Stackhouse, Mutombo and Marbury, this is a pure All-Star bench lineup.

However, the effect of this lineup is not very good. It is not for nothing that Marbury is called the "lone wolf". As a point guard, he prefers to attack with the ball, especially in the All-Star game, counting on him to pass the ball Undoubtedly unrealistic.Stackhouse and Sprewell are also guys who are not very willing to pass the ball. Houston has the idea of ​​​​passing the ball, but unfortunately he has more than enough energy but not enough energy. He passed the ball twice to the basket and was intercepted. After all, he is Nick An end point for Adams, passing the ball is indeed not his strong suit.In the end, the task of organizing the offense was actually handed over to Mutombo, which made Chang Wei on the sidelines a little dumbfounded. What kind of weird lineup could allow Mutombo to act as a high-level support point?
It is true that Mutombo did consciously increase the content of high-position support during training, but first you have to be able to get the ball!Playing with Marbury on the court, the only time Mutombo can get the ball is to fight for rebounds by himself, and he can't take the ball to the frontcourt by himself when he gets a defensive rebound, and rush to the inside like a guard After completing the layup and getting the offensive rebound, he directly made a second offense. Isn't he a fool to bring it out and continue to organize?Mutombo is not a fool, so he just completed the offense inside.

At the end of the first half, with all players on both teams playing minutes in varying degrees, the score was 62-60 with the Eastern Conference leading by 2 points.The 24-minute scoring leader is undoubtedly Iverson, who is most suitable for fast offense. He scored 15 points and 3 assists. Kobe in the West was not far behind. He scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. But no one else from either team scored in double figures.

But the most dazzling stars in the third quarter were not the two of them. The two top insiders Garnett and Duncan of the Western All-Star teamed up to dominate the game.The East suffers from too few interior players. Even if Brown sends Mutombo and Davis to form a twin tower, it will not work. Garnett and Duncan are both inside and outside. Adelman is very clever. A partner, coupled with the three guards Kidd, Kobe and Payton, is equivalent to a lineup of two big and three small.For Kobe and the others, this was undoubtedly the happiest time. Duncan and Garnett teamed up to create countless scoring opportunities for them. The backward situation was reversed.

This situation did not surprise Brown. He was already behind the first three quarters and prepared to use defense to win in the fourth quarter. It is completely acceptable to be behind by 5 points.Every fan who watched the All-Star game on the spot and in front of the TV soon saw a scene they had never seen on the stage of the All-Star game. Brown sent Iverson, Tracy McGrady, Stackhouse, Dayton The lineup of Weiss and Mutombo played a suffocating high-intensity defense majestically, which is difficult to see in previous All-Star games.

Originally, Brown didn't plan to use McGrady, but Chang Wei repeatedly assured that McGrady was also very strong on the defensive end, which made Brown choose McGrady at the second position. To his surprise, McGrady's defense was really good. Coming up is a predictive steal, followed by a fast-break dunk.It was only then that Brown remembered that Tracy McGrady had played for Villanova University, and he was obviously a star trained by Chang Wei.

The Western Conference All-Stars obviously didn't have any mental preparations. They didn't score a point in the first 3 minutes, and their opponents played a wave of 10-0 spurts. They went from leading by 5 points to falling behind by 5 points in an instant.Adelman quickly called a timeout, and while arranging tactics for the players, he was also preparing to replace with the strongest lineup on his side.Unexpectedly, the East's sudden defense did not draw boos from the fans on the scene. After all, the confrontation with real knives and guns is very eye-catching.

Of course, it’s not that no one has complaints about Brown’s approach. Harmon is one of them. She said angrily: “Why are you still playing defense in the All-Star Game? Didn’t everyone let go of offense from the beginning to the end? There are still people on defense. look?"

Chang Wei smiled and said, "Is this ugly? I think such a fierce confrontation is exciting enough, and I know that the old man wants to win, so in order to win, he will pay any price, as long as he can win."

(End of this chapter)