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Chapter 119 The Moment of Battle (4000, please subscribe)

Huo Song and Da Ben wanted to achieve the goal of restricting O'Neal in the All-Star Game. This was not a big deal, but O'Neal felt that he was attacked by surprise and suffered a dull loss, so he became angry and dealt with it seriously.

O'Neal plays hard and hard, Huo Song and Daben seriously defend, and the resulting confrontation between the Eastern and Western All-Star teams gradually affects the trend of this All-Star Game.

Real defense should have happened in the fourth quarter, but not long after the second quarter, there was already such a trend, and others could only be forced to keep up with the rhythm of the game and adapt to the new rhythm of the game.

After all, if the opponent's defense is a little stronger, the goal that could have been scored may not be scored.

When stars come to participate in the All-Star Game, they definitely don't come to play iron.

Competing with other stars on the same stage, it is hard to say who is the best performer, but who is the worst performer can be clearly seen just by looking at the shooting percentage.

"The Pistons are really troublesome!"

Talking is the official staff of the alliance on the technology station.

The main purpose of the league to host the All-Star Game is to promote stars, win more ratings, and expand the commercial value of the league.

A game with frequent iron strikes is naturally not as good as a game with continuous scoring.

And the one-on-one strong dialogue between the stars is much better than zone defense and double-teaming.

The development of modern basketball is the progress of the whole era, but the ratings are going from bad to worse.

Why is this?

It is not because the legalization of the zone defense has enhanced the team's overall defense. When the individual abilities of the stars cannot keep up with the defensive strength, the decline in offensive efficiency is inevitable.

And the subsequent changes are not through tactics to help stars have higher scoring efficiency.

Instead, the league uses lazy and shameless methods to support stars through body whistles and create a phenomenon of basketball prosperity.

In the end, the defense declined, but the offense became more lazy.

Stars take the lead in scoring in simple ways to create a false superstar image. If it weren't for the emergence of perverted and accurate superstars like Curry in the small ball era, the ratings would only drop and drop to the bottom.

Since Jordan retired in 98, the league has been trying to find ways to increase the ratings, and until now, it has been trying to save the ratings.

The annual All-Star Game is an important part of saving the ratings.

For the league officials, the All-Star Game must be more and more prosperous, and the All-Star Game must present a wonderful side and win the hearts of fans.

Therefore, the league secretly reminded the stars participating in the All-Stars to keep them restrained in the first three quarters and use offense to solve everything as much as possible.

It doesn't matter if the star is shot by the opponent, it doesn't matter if he is dunked, as long as he comes back in the next round.

If you can continue to respond to the ball indefinitely, the league will be very happy to see this scene.

Today, however, the Pistons' leading players and head coaches joined forces to start a real defense in the second quarter, adopting a strategy of strictly guarding against the No. 1 in the current league.

O'Neill is not a man with a big belly. After being teased by others, he naturally wants to get back on the spot immediately.

But speaking of it, the Western Conference All-Star team is not monolithic.

Duncan was bullied by the inside team of the Pistons, and Nowitzki didn't mean to come to help.

The Mavericks' record this season is also very good, and the Lakers are one of the Mavericks' main competitors.

Besides, Nowitzki's defense is just average.

It's just playing the All-Star Game, so why do O'Neal do the dirty work.

As O'Neal's side was deflated, the score on the field quickly changed.

The Eastern All-Stars quickly raised the score to 50 points in half a quarter, but the Western All-Stars were four or five points behind.

"It's okay to bully O'Neill, but you can't control the score in a sneaky way, and widen the score in a sneaky way!"

Seeing that the point difference was widened, the other Western All-Stars also felt a little bit of the same hatred.

The Eastern All-Star team really played in advance, which has the taste of an undeclared war, without talking about martial arts.

Now that the Eastern All-Star team is playing well on the offensive end, it is even more excessive.

If you keep your points steady, play whatever you want.

Isn't this deliberately embarrassing them by secretly expanding the point difference?

The same is the All-Star players, the Eastern All-Stars are better than the Western All-Stars?
The Western Conference All-Star players definitely don't agree.

With the change in point difference, the second half of the second quarter became a real hit.

The transfer of personnel in the West has also become more frequent, and players are no longer waiting for an official suspension before scheduling players.

Annoyed but not efficient, O'Neal was forced to replace him, and Duncan was replaced temporarily as a center. The power forward position was also replaced by Garnett, who was better at defense.

After the lineup adjustment, Huo Song and Da Ben no longer adopted the defensive method of zone defense, but man-to-man defense.

Huo Song had no problem defending Duncan. Duncan personally trained Huo Song and told Huo Song how to defend him.

Duncan didn't have any ambitions to play in the All-Star Game, so he just came over to check in and show his face.

As for Ben's defense against Garnett, originally he was not tall enough and there were some problems, but after half a season of wing singles training, Ben's small defense and big skills have obviously improved a lot.

To deal with many power forwards who are particularly good at offense like Garnett, Big Ben is the easiest to handle.

After re-entering the court, Garnett was very confident, but he made three shots and hit the iron twice, so it was easy to find the problem.

DPOY is DPOY. Garnett thinks that his defense is no worse than Ben's. In fact, there is still a certain gap between the two.

If the physical talents of the two are swapped, Garnett feels that he will never be able to guard Daben.

And once he accepts this setting, Garnett will soon be able to understand that if he continues to play like this, his performance and statistics in the All-Star Game will be worse than Big Ben.

Big Ben does not attack, he cannot attack.If you don't attack, at least you don't waste the ball. If you don't attack, you will be hindered.

And defense is difficult to intuitively express with basic data.

As for high-level data, the All-Star Game will not count this stuff.

It has to be said that under the serious defense of Huo Song and Da Ben, the Western All-Star team fell into a situation where it was difficult for inside players to score.

The outside star stepped forward, DuangDuangDuang.

The more anxious you are at this time, the lower your hit rate will be.

If you can't score inside and win by outside shooting, it's pure nonsense.

Huo Song and Daben played for 10 minutes in the second quarter, and the Eastern Conference has already led by 9 points. The advantage is quite obvious.

"Good performance." Larry Brown took the initiative to praise after replacing the man.

The Pistons star and head coach came with a purpose, and other Eastern All-Star players have seen it.

Fortunately, the Pistons did not eat alone.

Although we played a lot of time in the second quarter, we still left some points for other stars.

In the first half of the third quarter, Huo Song and Da Ben didn't play either.

But Larry Brown will basically send players who are good at defense to play, and try to maintain the advantage in the score as much as possible.

Originally, Larry Brown planned to keep Huo Song and Da Ben to rest for a while.

However, in the third quarter, O'Neal took advantage of the absence of Huo Song and Da Ben to attack frantically and beat Jamal Magloire and O'Neal Jr. without temper.

From time to time, O'Neal also glanced at the East All-Star team's bench, and his intentions don't need to be too obvious.

Larry Brown didn't mean to be used to O'Neal. After playing for 5 minutes in the third quarter, Huo Song and Da Ben played again.

At this time, the point difference had been narrowed to 2 points, and the atmosphere on the court became anxious again.

O'Neill knew what Huo Song and Da Ben were doing, and O'Neill became serious.

Unexpectedly, after Huo Song played, the effect was immediate.

Kidd broke into the inside and passed the ball to Huo Song. Huo Song took off to catch the ball, and it was a double-handed ball and a dunk.

O'Neill was also called for a foul because he kept his hands on Huo Song's waist.

The All-Star game was relatively loose, but O'Neill kept his hand on Huo Song's waist and almost pulled Huo Song's pants down. The referee couldn't ignore it.

Standing on the free throw line, Huo Song suddenly felt some pressure.

Although Huo Song also spit on his hands before executing free throws during the national live broadcast, this time it is the All-Star Game.

For a free throw, the vast majority of All-Star players in the East and West, as well as the tens of millions of fans across the United States who watched the game, are a bit expensive.

There was no other way, Huo Song could only stop in time.

He grabbed two pairs of pants with his hands and wiped the sweat off his hands.

Then he touched his hair before he was ready to shoot.

The sweat on Huo Song's hands and body will be a little oily, but the sweat on the tip of his hair is a little better, and it still feels moist.

Relying on this wave of secret "hydration", Huo Song skillfully threw the ball again.

"Huo Song made an extra penalty!"

"Before I knew it, Huo Song had already scored 20 points!"

"That's right, Huo Song is the first player to score 20 points in this game. The closest player to such scoring data is Shaquille O'Neal, who has already scored 17 points."

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Eastern and Western All-Star teams had already started to play, and each other's shooting percentage began to decline.

As for ball possession, it is basically equalitarianism. Even the starting players on both sides rarely take more than 10 shots.

Because of the shooting percentage and offensive rebounding, it is normal for center players like Huo Song and O'Neal to take more shots.

霍嵩12投8中，罚球5投4中，拿下了20分。

奥尼尔14投8中，罚球3投1中，砍下17分。

At first glance, O'Neal's shooting percentage was not as good as that of Huo Song, and this game was suppressed by Huo Song.

In fact, it was Huo Song and Da Ben who joined forces to limit O'Neal's shooting percentage to less than 60%.

A No. 57 pick in the freshman year, a DPOY, and two-on-one at the basket can only limit O'Neal's shooting percentage to [-]%.

Have to say, O'Neill is a monster.

As for Huo Song's good shooting percentage, in fact, the main reason is that he played more time in the first quarter, and there was no defense in front, so the shooting percentage increased.

In the case of O'Neal's single defense, Huo Song's shooting rate is actually a little lower than O'Neal's.

However, after all, O'Neal is taller and heavier. It is normal for Huo Song to single out O'Neal and fall to the disadvantage.

If you have the ability, see it in a few years?
Huo Song felt that after his rookie contract was over, he could compete with O'Neill again!
Then you will know what cruelty is!

As for now, I can only be beaten first!
You have to be hard to strike iron!

The game progressed quickly, but since the third quarter was still played, the scores of the two sides rose very slowly.

After the third quarter, 82 to 81, the point difference was narrowed to 1 point.

Huo Song and Da Ben played well, but Kobe is in good form today.

After all, he is playing at his home court, and it is impossible for Kobe to play wrought iron every time.

In the third quarter, Kobe made 6 of 5 shots, including two three-pointers, and scored 12 points in a single quarter. This is the main reason why the Western All-Star team narrowed the gap.

Had it not been for the Eastern All-Stars grabbing more rebounds and dominating possession, the score on the court might have been reversed.

"Don't worry, just rest for a while and trust the other teammates." Larry Brown said unhurriedly.

Huo Song played with Da Ben for the rest of the third quarter, and it was unreasonable to play immediately after the fourth quarter.

It's one thing to rest, and it's another thing to give other All-Stars a chance to perform.

The fourth quarter is the most important part of the All-Star Game. In previous years, the fourth quarter may not be the most exciting, but it is definitely the moment that attracts the most attention from the audience.

Stars can often score 120 points, and the smell of gunpowder on the court will be quite strong.

In this situation, key players tend to wait until the critical moment to appear.

In the first half of the fourth quarter, it mainly relies on a group of substitute players, or players who are not worthy of the name in the starting lineup.

"It seems like we don't need to play anymore!" McGrady who was sitting on the bench with Huo Song suddenly said.

What McGrady said is true. Now that the point difference on the court has been widened, Kidd led the other Eastern All-Star players to play quite well.

Carter and Pierce each scored a three-pointer, and Kidd personally fed Martin three cakes.

In just 3 minutes and 5 rounds, the team rose by 12 points all at once.

Although the Western All-Star team also scored 3 goals, they were all 2 points.

At the same time, with the same ball possession, the Eastern All-Star team scored twice to kill the Western All-Star team, which makes people feel quite incredible.

Because the Western All-Star team can also score, it is not easy to call a timeout at this time.

Kidd continued to lead the Eastern All-Star team to expand their advantage. When the point difference widened to 10 points, the Western All-Star team had to send the main force in advance.

"Tracey, you play the second position." Larry Brown took advantage of the timeout to change the lineup, but did not replace the Nets duo, only Huo Song, Da Ben and McGrady.

McGrady has no personal ability this season, but his leadership attributes have been completely exposed.

The All-Star game requires McGrady, the top statist in the league.

Although Larry Brown doesn't like McGrady's youth, he also believes that McGrady has the ability to score at any time.

Among other things, as long as McGrady is on the court, it is impossible for Kobe to take the initiative to pinch Kidd.

And the Western All-Star team can't prevent Kidd by relying on Francis alone.

Kidd can feed Martin by running inside. With Huo Song, there is another option.

Although it is a bit nondescript to let Martin play the third position, the Western Conference is also similarly arranged.

The inside line is O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett, and the offensive and defensive ends are full.

Compared with the East, the West's inside lineup is even more gorgeous.

"The decisive battle is about to begin!"

"Go, that's your stage!"

(End of this chapter)