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Yao Ming missed the All-Star Game due to injury, Stoudemire entered the starting lineup as a replacement, and Turkish center Okur filled his vacant position. The strength of the Western Conference team has declined somewhat.

Also because of this reason, in terms of CCTV's statistical approval rating, the Eastern All-Star team overwhelmed the Western All-Star team. This is also the first time since Yao Ming entered the league.

Eastern starters: Paul, Wade, James, Garnett, O'Neal.

Western starters: Kobe, McGrady, Nowitzki, Duncan, Stoudemire.

Stoudemire won the jump ball and the game officially began.

McGrady passed the ball to Kobe, and he ran to the baseline to pull away.Kobe faced Paul in the middle of the road, leaned against the opponent and pushed in twice, then turned around and shot a jump shot. The arc of the ball was very flat, with a little force, and it bounced out of the frame. Garnett got the rebound and handed it to Wade. The player immediately made a long pass to find James, who assisted the latter in a fast break dunk.

There are no traditional point guards in the West. McGrady, who is full of skills, holds the ball across half court, plays a pick-and-roll with Duncan in the middle, and breaks through to the right. Facing O'Neal's defense, he breaks through in one step.

In the All-Star game, everyone switched to a more relaxed state, but O'Neal may not be sure.Since this season, O'Neal has been in a bad state, and the decline is very obvious. He didn't let McGrady go, but he really couldn't keep up with McGrady's cut!

Eastern offense, James runs to catch the ball, breaks through without breaking out of the perimeter, Wade catches the ball on the right side, makes a textbook turn and breaks past Kobe's defense, pulls up directly, and completes a dunk against Duncan!

This season, the Heat's record is not good. With a group of CBA teammates, Wade also played very hard.Participating in the All-Star Game, Wade's state looks good.Finally, I can say, "Teammates in the NBA are just different."

The Western team's offense was equally simple. Kobe dribbled the ball across half court, passed Paul with continuous fake moves, and broke into the basket to complete the dunk.

The defense is loose, which is the characteristic of the All-Stars.What Ke Yan has to do is to try not to let the two sides open the score, and match in time when the opponent is strong!

Garnett made a quick start, the East switched offense and defense, Paul gave James, and the latter passed to Wade after attracting Kobe's defense.

The Flash got rid of Duncan with his speed, went into the penalty area from the right, and scored with a one-handed tomahawk dunk.

In the All-Star Game last year, James won the AMVP. It seems that this season he is going to help his good brother Wade.Ke Yan didn't have much opinion, and planned to cooperate with Wade and give him more playing time and tactics.

At this time, the West completed another offense. Kobe broke through the middle, faced Garnett's defense and missed a layup. The rebound was picked up by Garnett and passed to Paul.

The ball was thrown to the frontcourt, and it was Wade who took the lead in charging again, but he was not greedy. He made a gesture of attacking the frame and then threw the ball into the air in a juggling posture. . (8:4)

Without a real point guard, Kobe and McGrady didn't play much for the inside.In the next offense in the West, Stoudemire, who couldn't wait for the pass, took the initiative to pull out to make a pick-and-roll for Kobe, but saw that Kobe was not happy and handed the ball to Nowitzki.Nowitzki pulled to the three-point line to catch the ball, and after a fake action clicked James, he made a jumper!

In terms of seniority or strength, Stoudemire has no advantage over other big names, and he himself is a player who needs a point guard to feed the ball.Obviously it is more comfortable to play with Nash as a substitute, but because of Yao Ming's injury, he was adjusted to the starting lineup. As a result, he couldn't touch the ball at all, and he was uncomfortable playing!

Paul and Garnett played a high pick-and-roll, Garnett went down to catch the ball, overcame McGrady's "defense", dunked and scored, showing his toughness, and at the same time broke the record.

With Paul allocating resources, James and Wade are also people who are willing to share the ball, the offense in the East is obviously running more smoothly!As for the West side, one of Kobe and McGrady should have been taken earlier, and Nash should be replaced to feed Nowitzki and Stoudemire.

But D'Antoni didn't know whether it was to avoid suspicion or simply save Nash, and he didn't make substitution adjustments until 5 minutes into the first quarter.At this point, the Eastern Stars had established an 8-point lead. (14:22)

Another minute was played, the point difference was still 1 points, and the game entered an official timeout.Ke Yan got up and gave the players high-fives in turn, and then replaced all the main players. Billups, Arenas, Carter, Bosh, and Howard appeared on the stage.

Compared with the bench lineup of the Western All-Star team, the Eastern Conference is a bit shabby.But in Ke Yan's view, this lineup has strong combat capabilities.There are organizers, single players, and inside pillars. Billups, Arenas, and Carter are all high-level shooters. Bosh also has mid-range shooting space, which can effectively open up offensive space for Howard.

Ke Yan's idea is more about actual combat.However, this is the All-Star, and the mentality of the players is different.Arenas, who has always been at a disadvantage in various honor selections, took over the possession of the Eastern Conference after coming off the bench, held the ball for halftime, and directly singled out Kobe.

Unexpectedly, the score was in a backward state, and Kobe improved his defensive strength and abruptly blocked Arenas' shot.Turning around to play offensive and defensive transitions, assisting Marion to complete the dunk!

Consciously losing face, Arenas took the initiative to ask for the ball when Howard served, and then stubbornly dribbled the ball across the half court, looking for a chance to single out Kobe!

"Kobe is the number one weapon in the league! If we win against him, I will be number one in the league; if we are tied, then we will be tied for number one; if we lose, then I will be number two!" Thinking of this, Arenas ignited Full of fighting spirit.

Arenas wandered outside with the ball, and Kobe tightly covered him from a distance at the three-point line.

Howard stepped forward and made two pick-and-rolls for Arenas, but none of them worked. Seeing that the 24-second attack time was about to come, Arenas gritted his teeth!After a shake, he accelerated and changed direction to parallel row to the right, and suddenly jumped up and shot.

The ball slams into the rim, explodes, and Boozer protects the rebound.

Arenas stared intently at the basketball in Boozer's hand, then turned around abruptly and ran towards his half court.

Looking back, Nash and Boozer played a high pick-and-roll. The latter turned around nimbly and shook Bosh away, and grabbed the basket before Howard came up to defend. Not only did he hit, but he also fouled Howard by the way, scoring a 2+ 1! (19:22)

Ke Yan frowned, Howard ignored Arenas and handed the ball to Billups.

Carter singled Marion, broke into the paint and threw the ball into the air without shooting. Howard soared into the air, bowed his whole body, and smashed the ball into the basket heavily.

This was Howard's first point in the All-Star Game. Excited, he turned around and pointed to Carter to express his thanks!

Although some people criticize him for his rough skills and not having low-post dominance like his predecessors, the "Happy Beast" who is now playing hard is really an existence that is hard not to like.

Looking back, Kobe singled out Carter, broke into the penalty area and scored a dunk. (21:24)

After Kobe's "changing jerseys" turmoil, the situation of the Lakers this season is slightly better than last season, but there is a high probability that they will still be ranked 6 to 8 in the West.For Kobe, whose reputation has reversed in recent years and was promoted to the No.1 position in the league by fans, this result is not enough. Therefore, Kobe is full of desire to harvest this AMVP!

D'Antoni may also have seen Kobe's desire to fight. He played for 10 minutes in the first quarter, helping Kobe become the most beautiful boy in the All-Star.Kobe also lived up to expectations, scoring 16 points in a single quarter, helping the team overtake the score before the end of the first quarter. (42:41)

D'Antoni helped Kobe "clean up the data", and Ke Yan made Wade the main output of the Eastern Conference. In the second quarter, it also became a duel between the top two shooting guards.

However, compared to Kobe who "takes all the shots" so that Stoudemire and Nowitzki on the inside are running back and forth, Wade was more selfless and sent a lot of passes to help Joe. Johnson, O'Neal Jr. and others "break the wasteland".

This is also Ke Yan's arrangement. If everyone is selected into the All-Stars, at least they should bring back some data. If they fail, it will be embarrassing!

At the end of the first half, the West led the East by 77 points 75:2. This game can be regarded as the most intense All-Star game in recent years!

During the intermission, JAY-Z and Beyoncé, the most famous couple in American pop music, performed on the same stage.The former can be said to be the most influential rapper in history, known as the "King of the East Coast", and also the Bole of Kanye West and Rihanna who later shined; Just a "goddess", closer to a belief, and also the most "ZZZQ" singer.The status of the two of them is greater than that of any player present, and it is also because of the magic of the casino that they can come to the All-Stars to sing.

Beyoncé was not the only beauty who appeared in this game. Russian beauty tennis player Sharapova, hot girl Victoria, wealthy slut Paris Hilton and her follower Kim Kardashian all appeared on the sidelines, forming a team Beautiful scenery.

Of course, there is also Wang Lifan. With her popularity, she would not have gotten attention in such a grand event. After all, this is not an Eagles game.However, Ke Yan is the head coach of the Eastern All-Star team. The biggest label surrounding him besides basketball is "Choose Atlanta for love". Barkley mentioned this matter again when he was making jokes at halftime, and the director also naturally pointed the camera at her.

In the third quarter of the game, the main lineups of both sides returned and continued to compete.

At the beginning of the game, Garnett showed off a wave of fantastic footwork in front of Nowitzki, and sent the ball to the basket before the defense came up.

Looking back, Tracy McGrady, who has been making Kobe's wedding dress today, took him by surprise and used his height advantage to shoot Paul and hit it accurately!

Last season in the Houston All-Star Game, Kobe played for Tracy McGrady all the way and supported him to win the AMVP. In this game, Tracy McGrady reciprocated and frequently created opportunities for Kobe.

It's just that the two of them are "good brothers", and Duncan, Nowitzki, and Stoudemire on the inside have fewer opportunities to perform.Duncan and Nowitzki have a relatively peaceful mentality and don't want to argue about these things, but Stoudemire, who is a direct descendant of D'Antoni, played more depressed.

"The Age of Rebirth"

After only playing for 5 minutes, he was replaced on the bench again. Stoudemire didn't score a point, and his face was a little unhappy when he left the field.

Keyan made a large-scale rotation in the third quarter, and everyone played for a while.Ke Yan frequently mobilized and constantly changed the lineup; while D'Antoni responded to all changes without changing, and played a 39:27 advantage in the third quarter, widening the point difference to 14 points. (116:102)

In the All-Star Game last season, the Eastern Stars once fell behind by 20+ points. In the end, Philip Sanders resorted to the combination of "Pistons Trio" + Wade + James, played a high-intensity defense, and recovered points. Difference.In the last 3 minutes, James and McGrady soloed one-on-one, killed their "idol" point-to-point, and won their first AMVP.

In this game, Ke Yan also adopted a similar strategy, but instead of taking care of his disciples, he experimented with his own defensive tactics of "on-line flanking".

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Ke Yan deployed a lineup of Billups, Wade, Carter, Garnett, and Howard, and made it clear that the players would use a defensive strategy of "online flanking" with Garnett as the defense rotation. Defensive core, continue to put pressure on the ball holder!Howard is responsible for squatting to protect the frame and protect the rebound.

Parker held the ball for halftime, and even though he was attacked by Billups and Carter, Parker, who was targeted by Ke Yan many times, had already developed an "antibody", protected the ball without panic, and then sent a pass from behind; Shhoward received the ball, was immediately entangled by Garnett, dribbled a step, and then was glued by Carter who returned to the defense.

This round of offense ended with Josh Howard's pass error. Wade made a fast break to catch the ball ahead of time and dunked with both hands to score.

As soon as Okur served, Parker encountered Wade and Billups' pincer attack. The French sports car tried to protect the ball, but it suddenly started when Wade and Billups shifted their center of gravity forward, breaking through the blockade of the two.

It can be seen that the Spurs have lost to the Eagles three times in a row, and the team also has targeted research on the Eagles' tactics. In the next confrontation, it will not be so easy for Ke Yan to continue to focus on Parker!

Wade caught up with Parker, delayed Parker's advancement, and fell into a positional defense. Wade and Garnett executed a flank attack. Parker's sprint space became smaller, and it was difficult for him to break through the flank attack with his personal ability, so he was forced to split the ball.

Marion received the ball and passed the ball to Josh Howard before the next round of pincers came. The latter lobbed the ball to O'Neal Jr. on the inside, and was destroyed by the monster before the baseline!

Howard's defense did not stick to the rules, but actively referred to Ke Yan's defensive system's "high pressure and strong play" defensive concept, made his own judgment, and made Ke Yan himself have new thinking.

Back in the game, the western side still had no choice but to use Ke Yan's tactics and made frequent mistakes; and the audience was not satisfied with Ke Yan's defensive tactics in the All-Star Game at first, but with the continuous "mistakes-steals-dunks" , They also experienced the fun of it, and felt that it was more exciting than the low-end "you give me a hammer" back and forth, and the cheers became louder.

The same tactics are used by the Eagles, and the defensive effect is good, but the impact on the counter-attack end is really mediocre; but the All-Star team is different. As long as these guys steal the ball and launch a counter-attack, they are like wild horses that have run wild. The power is rising geometrically!

Laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the doorway.Seeing that the Western All-Stars couldn't break Ke Yan's defensive system, many basketball coaches have really seen the power of "upline attack".Especially the head coach of Duke University, Mike Krzyzewski (Old Coach K), seemed to be "enlightened" at this time, and instantly thought of transplanting this tactic to the American Dream Team!

The Dream Seven team lost in Japan, and Coach K was under a lot of pressure.After being pushed by Ke Yan, his confidence has been boosted a lot!

Ke Yan only has "Billups, Paul, Wade, Joe Johnson, Carter, James" in his hands. His own cards are richer than his, and he can play higher-intensity and longer-lasting "upline pincers."

After a wave of 24:5 climax, the Eastern Stars overtook the score and the game entered an official timeout.

The tactical demonstration time was over, and in the last half of the game, Ke Yan switched back to the main lineup and handed the game back to the players. The game returned to the hero duel mode of Kobe+McGrady VS Wade+James.

As the head coach, Ke Yan has a good grasp of the rhythm of the All-Star Game. When it’s time to act, it’s time to act, when it’s time to put on intensity, when it’s time to show off tactics, when it’s time to show tactics, when it’s time to satisfy the fans, it’s also fulfilling the wishes of the fans. .

And with the PLUS version of the "online flanking" tactic being promoted to the whole world through this game, no one will question Ke Yan's status as a "tactician master". This will greatly improve Ke Yan's reputation. Negative is irrelevant.

Just like what Ke Yan said before the game, everything will be fine if you win the game. If you lose, it's just to save the Eagles for their recent winning streak!

As a result, this wave of character really accumulated.In the last 2.7 seconds of the game, the West fell behind by two points at 151:153.Kobe used the back and forth movement to get rid of the defense and received a pass from Duncan. He tried to break through the inside but was blocked by Garnett.Can only continue to dribble outside, but the time is running out. With only 0.4 seconds left in the game, Kobe hit a drifting three-pointer against Wade when he lost his center of gravity.

The goal light came on, and with Kobe's three-pointer, the Western All-Stars defeated the Eastern All-Stars 154:153.

This is the first countdown lore in the history of the All-Star team, and the entire arena is in a state of boiling.

In the whole game, Kobe played 31 minutes, made 23 of 15 shots, 8 of 4 three-pointers, 6 of free throws, scored 40 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.With such a performance, Kobe was elected the MVP without any suspense and became a star among the stars.

From the individual event to the All-Star Game, this All-Star Weekend is full of excitement. Even in history, there is hope to compete for the most successful one. President Stern is very satisfied.

And it is in line with Stern's vision that the current "League No.1" Kobe Bryant will get the MVP.