The older superstars of the NBA

The second quarter begins.

The Western All-Stars put on their bench, and the Eastern All-Stars put on their own bench. Although both sides are substitute lineups, it is obvious that their strengths are not at the same level.

Western Conference All-Stars serve.

Damian Lillard controlled the ball, and after halftime, Kawhi Leonard from the wing came up to respond.

Snapped.

The ball fell into Leonard's hands.

Leonard was playing one-on-one with the ball, and Ben Simmons came up to defend him. The two met each other, and Leonard suddenly accelerated away from Simmons and rushed to the basket. Although Simmons reacted in a very short time and chased after him, he still failed to interfere with Leonard's shot.

boom.

Smashed the ball in with a one-handed dunk.

It was the Eastern All-Stars' turn to fight back.

Kemba Walker held the ball, and after halftime he broke through to two zones with the ball. Seeing the opponent's big man Nikola Jokic coming up to defend, Walker planned to forcefully throw the ball.

Snapped.

Jokic aimed at Walker and slapped him, and a big block directly sent Walker's layup flying away.

The whole place was in an uproar.

The ball fell into the hands of the Western Conference All-Stars.

Leonard grabbed the ball and quickly released it. The ball fell into the hands of Russell Westbrook. Westbrook accelerated and rushed directly to the half court.

Before the players from the Eastern Conference could catch up, he jumped high and dunked the ball in.

The fans outside the court were instantly ignited by his dunk.

Seeing Westbrook score, the Eastern side continued to send the ball out.

This time the Eastern Conference was much more cautious. Walker took the ball across the half court and began to look for his teammates. He gave the ball to Khris Middleton. Middleton swayed with the ball and rushed to the basket. This time, the shot was not blocked, but unfortunately the ball still hit the basket.

The rebound was grabbed by Bam Adebayo, who passed the ball to Kyle Lowry on the outside. Lowry raised the basketball and hit a three-pointer.

boom.

The moment the basketball bounced off, the entire Eastern Conference team bench couldn't help but let out a sigh of disappointment.

"Oh! It looks like the situation in the east is not very optimistic!"

"Although I can understand that there is a gap between them, but now it seems that such a gap seems a bit unacceptable..."

"Actually, I didn't think there was a big gap between the two sides at first. After all, they are the core players of every team. No matter how they compare with each other, they are never as exaggerated as I imagined..."

In the studio, the host Harris, who is responsible for the commentary, and the guest Ward are discussing the game on the field.

Their thoughts are the same as many fans.

Originally, everyone thought that the gap was limited, but everything on the court told them that the situation in the Eastern Conference did not look good.

The game goes on.

It didn't go beyond the fans' expectations. Throughout the second quarter, the Eastern Conference All-Stars' performance was quite average.

The team did not cooperate enough, and the coverage between each other was not as good as in the West. Some players wanted to rely on their personal abilities to play in isolation, but unfortunately their shooting percentage began to drop once they encountered double teams.

In short, after the Western All-Stars also put on a life-threatening posture, the Eastern All-Stars were quickly left behind by their opponents.

beep.

At the end of the first half, the score difference between the two sides widened to 15 points.

65:80.

Such a huge point difference also embarrassed the stars on the Eastern All-Star team.

The team's head coach Norman Thomas certainly has the right to make substitutions, but he knows that the All-Star Game is still an exhibition game after all.

No matter how strong or weak the players are, they are the number one players in every club in the league. If they replace the opponent because of a slight performance error, there is no doubt that this is questioning the opponent's ability, and I am afraid that they will also be resented by the opponent.

Therefore, it is Coach Thomas's idea not to make substitutions easily, and it is also his respect for the players.

Especially when the first half didn't even pass.

Half time.

As the core of the team, Zhao Feiyang took the initiative to chat with the players on various topics in order to ease the atmosphere within the team.

Many players were originally a little down, but when they saw that top stars like Zhao Feiyang didn't take the score seriously, they naturally recovered quickly.

Antetokounmpo Giannis even found time to whisper to Zhao Feiyang in private.

"Zhao, when your contract with the Knicks is over, why not come to Milwaukee! Man, I'm looking forward to working with you..."

After hearing this, Zhao Feiyang asked, "Giannis, why don't you come to New York? I also want to play with you! But obviously New York is a better place... The ball market here is bigger, if you It will definitely be more helpful for you to come here..."

Antetokounmpo was silent after saying this!

It took him a while before he responded, "I have no idea of ​​leaving Milwaukee just yet! However, I will consider what you said..."

"After all, it was the Bucks who trained me! At least, I had to help them win a championship before I would consider leaving..."

Although the latter once did some stepping-stone work, he didn't like some of his styles on the court. However, there is really nothing wrong with this guy off the court.

My experience is very inspiring, and my talent is also very good. Although it is risky to be an opponent, as a teammate, there is no problem at all.

"Giannis, good luck!"

Zhao Feiyang patted Antetokounmpo on the shoulder.

beep.

The second half soon arrived.

This time Coach Norman didn't plan to wait any longer. He directly mixed the main and substitute lineups and sent all the players who had performed well before on the court.

On the Western Conference All-Star team, head coach Frank Vogel also made adjustments, with core players such as LeBron James reappearing.

Snapped.

The Eastern Conference All-Stars send out basketball.

The person who got the ball was Zhao Feiyang. He took the initiative to assume the responsibility of the No. 1 position. Just after passing the half court with the ball, he went to the top of the arc to observe the situation.

The teammates kept running, and the Western Conference players kept defending.

After seeing that others did not move to a better open position, Zhao Feiyang continued to raise the basketball and make hand movements this time.

Luke Doncic subconsciously rushed to interfere. Just as he stretched out his hand, Zhao Feiyang suddenly accelerated away from him and rushed towards the basket.

Seeing that he was about to reach the free throw line, Zhao Feiyang deliberately used a pull-up jumper to attract the Western Conference's inside players to fill the position.

Sure enough, Anthony Davis, the thick-browed brother standing under the basket, rushed to defend. Zhao Feiyang seized the opportunity and threw the ball directly to Antetokounmpo under the basket. After receiving the ball, Antetokounmpo jumped up and made an alley-oop and smashed the ball into the basket.

boom.

The ball went in.

After the goal was scored, within a few dozen seconds, the Eastern Conference All-Stars launched another attack.

This time, Zhao Feiyang threw a super long three-pointer directly near the midline after halftime.

Swish.

When this goal was scored steadily, it also officially represented Zhao Feiyang leading the Eastern All-Stars to launch a counterattack.