From sparring to superstar

Chapter 168 166. Thank you Lakers legend for not killing me!

In the afternoon, when Kidd helped the Los Angeles trio design tactical coordination, he felt that the three offensively matched too well.

Kobe Bryant and O'Neal are the main attackers, and they can both line up with Li Ao. With a power forward with a bit of wing shooting and a top arc shooter, this triangle offense is impossible to defend.

However, the OK combination with three role players, the offense is already unsolvable, so Kidd and Webber just think 'fortunately the Lakers don't have another more suitable triangle puzzle'.

Now, the two of them finally understood why Garnett had a lot of fun when he devised a defensive play that afternoon.

Fortunately, these three are not on the same team!
It may also be a mockery of the Lakers' lack of studs...

In the transition between offense and defense, Kidd received the ball from Li Ao and pushed it to the frontcourt.

The corner of Kidd's mouth turned up, signaling Kobe to go to the high position on the right side of the three-second zone, and lobbed the ball over.

After passing the ball, Kidd ran to the bottom line on the right, where he could cover for Li Ao who was running, and he could also support the ball from the bottom line or catch the ball.

Tonight, he will be the supporting role.

It would be a pity for Lakers fans not to see the perfect cooperation of the three stars in Los Angeles.

McGrady did a good job defending against Kobe. His height, wingspan, and confrontation intensity are not as good as Li Ao, but he has better single-defense skills and more experience.

Kobe didn't make a shot in the middle and long range, seized the opportunity, changed direction, and rushed in the middle!

Duncan guarded the arc of the reasonable collision zone, while covering Kobe's attack frame and O'Neal's response.

Without Duncan's interference, Li Ao and Kidd easily completed the off-ball pick-and-roll on the right side of the three-second zone. Kobe went to the right side of the front and short-range shot. ...The first attack felt hot, and he hit it easily!
With the experience of the last offensive and defensive round, the All-Stars in the Eastern Conference have a certain degree of immunity.

Anyone with championship ambitions is thankful that the Clippers picked Spider-Man away.

The news has long been exposed. The Lakers planned to trade the No. 5 pick for Li Ao, while the Bulls were ready to pick their head coach's son with the No. 4 pick.

When the Eastern team attacked, Iverson advanced very slowly this time. He drew countless breakthrough lines in his mind, and all of them were crossed out.

At least for the current lineup, there is no solution to teamwork.

Then you can only play singles!

A group of players who can attract defense get together and actually play singles.

Even Iverson, who loves singles, thinks this style of play is too blind.

But now with this lineup, there is only one solution.

When it was beyond the three-point line, Iverson didn't come by himself, he motioned for Carter to come out and catch the ball.

Iverson can play singles against Kobe, but he needs space in the middle and short distances.

Gaining two points is equal to looking for a hat, and he has been wasted for three points.

As for the sudden mid-to-short-range step-back shot, he is good at it.

But with Kidd and Li Ao on the flanks, and O'Neal under the basket...he didn't want to lose that person.

On McGrady's side, he met Kidd, who was on the first defense.

Anthony Mason Jr. singles Webber, very creative idea.

In Iverson's view, the two matchups with the highest probability of scoring in singles are Carter playing Li Ao and Duncan playing O'Neal.

The teammates have high golf quotients, understand Iverson's thoughts, and expect Carter to use his comprehensive mid-range and long-range shooting skills to blow up Li Ao like Stackhouse... Then I saw Carter rushing to the inside with a dynamite bag. O'Neill took off and got a big hat...

Duncan rarely showed a dumbfounded expression. What kind of outrageous operation is this?
The ball fell right into Li Ao's arms, and Li Ao immediately passed it to Kidd, turned around and quickly played with Kobe's wings.

Li Ao rubbed his chest while running, the fat man is really strong!

Both wings flew together, Weber followed up, this counterattack, Kidd's favorite!
Kidd caught the ball at the right time, Kobe circled the bottom line and entered the inside line, received the ball and took off, turned 180 degrees, and pulled the back of the bar!

The scene exploded again!

After Kobe scored a goal, he bumped his chest with Li Ao, who was following up, to celebrate, and then shouted at Carter: "It's your turn! Flying man!"

In the morning, Carter asked Kobe to challenge him for a dunk. Kobe didn't refuse, but he didn't say much. He responded to Carter-"You dunk first, and I will dunk."

When the Eastern team attacked, Iverson gave the ball to his cousin. The cousin waved for the ball, and the cousin said to get out.

Although they didn't know that Kobe accepted the slam dunk duel, they took it as Carter and wanted to use the dunk to provoke Kobe to a duel with him.

Before Kobe dunked, Carter's brain twitched.

Now that Kobe has completed such a beautiful fast break dunk, Carter has to rush in and be capped by the big shark.

Although Carter's actual dunks are very strong every time, he must be among the top five shots of the day and the top ten shots of the week.

But the success rate is very low. Let's just say that with 10 players present, Carter has only more dunks than Kidd and Iverson this season. He has 48 dunks in 24 games.

McGrady singled Kidd and missed the first goal, O'Neal blocked Duncan, and Webber received a defensive rebound.

The success rate is not high as expected.

There are too many restrictions on McGrady's singles. There are big sharks inside and Spiderman on the flanks.

McGrady can only choose to stop the jumper and pull up, but Kidd puts his back on the big spider and the big shark, focusing on posting McGrady's take-off, McGrady can't do it.

Iverson couldn't even try to run. The high school students in the same class have improved in defense against the ball. It is difficult to stop staring at the ball.

But you still have to hold on first, get through the first few minutes, and wait until the rotation time.

Next, the Western team played a wave of 8 to 3 with the Eastern team.

Duncan pulled to the middle distance and scored an open shot. The tip caused O'Neal to foul and made one of two free throws.

The Eastern team's outside singles all hit the street!
14 to 3, the Western team led by 11 points at the start, and the Eastern team called a timeout!

Crush!

The Eastern Conference starters were collectively numb.

Apart from cursing, they were amazed by the rookie Spider-Man's performance!
It's not that Li Ao played friendlier than the four starting teams.

Li Ao's personal ability is far behind these four. He is a rookie with special skills, good physical fitness, and good defense.

It's just that in the eyes of the All-Stars of the Eastern Team, Kidd, Kobe, Webber, and O'Neal are all first-team players. Among them, Kobe and Kidd are even expected to be double-team players. These people are much stronger than Li Ao, and they should be.

This rookie's performance in such a game is really good!
Their evaluation of Li Ao's performance in the first 3 minutes - concise.

They felt this when they played against the Clippers, but the Clippers sometimes need Li Ao to do more things, such as rushing, counter-running and attacking the frame, and making strong shots. Li Ao is not good at these now, so it is concise Get limited.

But when partnering with the four All-Star starters, Li Ao doesn't have to do anything that he is not good at. He only needs to run, catch and shoot, and support.

What impressed the stars of the Eastern Conference most was the fit of the three brothers in Los Angeles.

Compared with the first two times, which were just a tactical cooperation, the Western team's subsequent attacks made them even more fortunate that the Clippers intercepted Spider-Man.

Later, when you can't play completely according to the tactics, and you have to rely on tacit understanding and vision to cooperate, it really shows how suitable these three are!

It can be simply regarded as a Rick Fox with better body shape, better physical fitness, ability to run, and more accurate shots. If Li Ao goes to the Lakers...

And it's just the offense, the performance of the three on the defensive end really frightens the All-Stars who have the goal of competing for the championship.

Thanks to the Lakers celebrities for their support!
The players of the two teams returned to the bench, and the 11-point difference did not feel anything to the Eastern team. The starting lineup really couldn't beat the opponent.

But it doesn't matter, tonight, they have top players!
Rivers poured a pot of chicken soup for the players, which was very useful to the starters who were destroyed by the Los Angeles brothers.

Rivers replaced Ray Allen and Mutombo, with Iverson, Tracy McGrady and Duncan.

The five of them looked at each other, their confidence soared, and now they also want a lineup of whatever they want.

Duncan + Mutombo, O'Neal has to be put down by them!
Duncan played power forward with mid-range shots, cuts and singles, and Ray Allen in the running position, which was perfect.

Iverson adjusted his mentality and stepped onto the court with arrogance... Mare Facco!
The five-man team of Kidd, Kobe, Li Ao, Garnett, and O'Neal came on stage with crazy smiles.

Even Afro and Wolf King, who rarely smile on the court, are particularly unflattering.

Seeing these five people gathered together, the All-Stars in the East looked up to the sky and shouted: "Go to the basketball dream!"

This voice really blew most of the confidence of the Eastern All-Stars.

How to play this game?
...

It's not like the fans have never seen a 20-point difference in a single quarter in the All-Star Game.

But one side of the game only scored more than ten points in a single quarter, and those who have seen it are already gray-haired.

And even the All-Star Game in the 50s was not as exaggerated as it is today. The Eastern team only scored 13 points in the first quarter!
Afro, Spiderman, and Shark all want to seize the rare cooperation opportunity to have fun and play life defense.

Ji Bugong and Wolf King want to 'be good' and let Lakers fans see how powerful their dream combination really is.

After the five played together, the West didn't even care about the offense. They scored as they wished and slammed the defense.

But when the five of them got together, no matter how bad the score was, they scored 33 points in a single quarter, and at the same time they defended the Eastern Conference with only 13 points.

Of course, the Eastern team's low score also has their own reasons.

Who the hell would have thought that the Western Conference would have such an exaggerated defensive lineup?

What's more, they didn't expect these five players to play the remaining 9 minutes of the first quarter, and they also slammed the defense throughout the whole process.

They were all stunned.

In the following games, these five players will definitely not be able to play all the time.

In the second quarter, the Eastern All-Stars wanted to seize the opportunity to chase points.

It's just that the tone of the game has been set. When Payton, Finley, Webber, Antonio McDyess, and Tianzun came on the field, they still unconsciously knocked on defense.

Those brothers defended so well, if they were blown up, they couldn't afford to lose that person!

Adelman also became a good-hearted person, allowing the five members of "Basketball Dream" to rest for half a quarter, and then play together in the second half of the second quarter.

In the second half, when the five of them couldn't continue to play together, Adelman also ensured that the three brothers in Los Angeles would always be present at the same time.

Such a perfect trio, see more, let the whole world see...

After playing for a few minutes in the last quarter, the Eastern team gave up.

What else can I do if I can't beat it?
In terms of preparing for the battle alone, they are far behind the opponent.

The opponent's offensive and defensive coordination and preparation have reached the regular season level.

They have an impromptu discussion here, but they can't handle the opposite side at all.

At 10:41 p.m., the game ended.

首节比分33比13、第二节27比24、第三节28比21、第四节31比33。

119 to 91, the Western team beat the Eastern team by 28 points!
When the final whistle sounded, the three brothers in Los Angeles unconsciously stood together again.

During the post-match interview, the reporter went straight to the three of them.

Both Li Ao and O'Neal bulged their biceps to show off their muscles, and shouted: "The strongest combination!"

After the two yelled, they found a misfit, staring at...

Bryant bravely puffed up his biceps and shouted: "The strongest combination."

After the group photo, the reporter found O'Neill.

Tonight, O'Neal is the only one who scored 20 points in the game, and he has a high probability of being the AMVP.

The afro is very sour, and Li Ao is also a little bit, but the latter is not so sour, he never thought about AMVP at all.

Anyway, he played very well tonight.

9投6中，外加罚球3中3，拿到15分5板7助攻2抢断2盖帽。

He has the feeling of playing in the NCAA again. He doesn't need him to do things he is not good at, and he can safely hand over the things he is not good at to his teammates.

But the happy time is always short-lived, and the next time we want to work together again, we have to wait until next year.

He began to adjust his mentality.

Tianzun told him in the morning that playing the All-Star Game is not all a good thing, and returning to the team after this game will inevitably feel a huge gap.

An All-Star player may not be considered outstanding among a bunch of All-Star players, but he is a pillar in his own team.

This Li Ao recognized it very much. After the game, he immediately began to adjust his mentality and stopped thinking about the game just now.

According to the past practice, if the point difference is so large, it means that the game is not fierce, and there will be no grievances between the Eastern and Western All-Stars. After the game, the losing side will go to congratulate.

But today, no one from the Eastern team went to congratulate the opposite side, and they were all shut up.

Ji Bugong, afro, wolf king, big shark, plus a big spider, bullying people!

But the top all-stars in the West don't care, the OK combination is the same as Li Ao, playing well tonight, Webber, Kidd, Tianzun, Malone, Payton and others are waiting to see the good show after the game...

After a while, Stern, who was equally grateful in his heart, came to the field with Miss Manners.

Originally, he already thought that he should update the version and cut OK...

Amidst the booing of the All-Star teammates, O'Neal walked in front of his teammates.

Different from the seriousness of the draft and final awards, Stern smiled into a chrysanthemum and patted the big shark's arm, took the microphone handed over by the host, and said loudly in an excited tone: "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you The All-Stars brought us a wonderful game, congratulations to the West All-Star team for winning the game!"

After getting the familiar booing response, Stern continued with satisfaction: "The player who won the Most Valuable Award at the NBA All-Star Weekend in Washington in 2001 is... Shaquille O'Neal..."

O'Neill squatted halfway, posing in a thinking pose, and detonated cheers.

But Stern didn't finish: "...and Kobe Bryant..."

Two people winning at the same time?The fans keep on cheering!

But this time, the cheers of the fans were not so loud, leaving a little voice.

After saying O'Neill's name just now, Stern prolonged the ending sound. No one noticed at the time, but now it seems that he deliberately left a hole for the fans to cheer.

Now Stern is prolonging the ending again... Could it be that he still has a name?
The fans guessed it right!

Stern continued: "...and Spider-Man Leo!"

This time, Stern finished decisively!

Although the fans guessed that there might be a name, they were still shocked!

Three people winning at the same time?

After the shock, the fans broke out into even more violent cheers!
Li Ao was stunned for a moment, then ecstatically, what else is this good thing?

Kobe was also ecstatic when he heard his name, he also has the MVP trophy!Although there was an extra A, he was not happy after hearing Li Ao's name.

Why do these two people call nicknames, but he doesn't have an afro?

(End of this chapter)