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Last year, Durant just helped Curry win the All-Star MVP. If Durant also wants the All-Star MVP this year, it would be a bit embarrassing.

But now that we're here, we can't let Duen go back empty-handed, right?
Even if other All-Stars from the East and West do not agree, the four All-Stars on the Bulls, plus head coach Mike Brown, can join hands and give it a try.

Fortunately, because Kobe and Duncan were ready to retire, they made the decision to go on a retirement tour at the beginning of the season.

Influenced by this, this year's Western Conference All-Star starters are Paul, Kobe, James, Durant, and Duncan.

There is no doubt that such a starting lineup has little fighting power.

After the All-Star Game officially started, Durant stopped pretending and looked for Curry to get the ball and shoot three-pointers from the outside, quickly accumulating scoring data.

By the way, Kobe did cooperate.

Being a strong-willed person by nature, he likes to defend the strongest opposing player.

Although it is the All-Star Game now, Kobe still chooses to actively defend Duan to show his stubbornness.

However, after his Achilles tendon ruptured, Kobe's lateral movement speed dropped significantly.

In this situation, it is obviously impossible to keep up with Duane's dribbling rhythm and lateral speed.

Of course, we didn’t play much defense in the first three quarters of the All-Star Game.

Kobe's defensive intensity is now stronger than in the first three quarters of the regular season All-Star Game.

However, the impact on Dune was minimal.

Under the hips, hesitation step, shake the shoulders, pull back, step back for three points.

After Duane's series of moves, Kobe was almost staggered by Duane.

Since Duane created shooting space, he didn't hesitate and took a three-pointer directly!

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Beautiful parabola, wonderful sound of water splash!
Duane made the first three-pointer of the game with great speed, helping the Eastern Conference All-Star team take the lead.

Just 10 seconds into the game, Duane easily beat Kobe and hit a three-pointer.

More than 18,000 spectators in the New Orleans Smoothie King Center suddenly exclaimed.

Some fans have already started shouting "MVP" or even "GOAT" at Duane on the court.

In response, Duane did not say much, nor did he divert his attention to the fans. Instead, he looked at Kobe with a little complacency.

Kobe understood the meaning of Duane's eyes, which was simply - Kobe, you can't defend me!
Kobe also knows that he can no longer defend against Durant and can no longer beat Durant.

If he were in his prime, Kobe would still like to give it a try.

Of course, we tried several times in the finals, but always ended in defeat.

As for now, Kobe knows that he cannot beat Duane, but he does not show weakness.

"Chris..."

"Kobe, I'll leave this guy Duane to you. Show him some power!"

Just as Kobe was about to ask Paul for the ball, Paul took the initiative to hand the ball to Kobe.

After getting the ball, Kobe's eyes changed and became full of fighting spirit.

When dribbling across half court, Duane stared at Kobe, and Kobe also stared at Duane.

However, Duane had no intention of pressing forward. He waited for Kobe to dribble across half court and wanted to launch an attack before he pretended to let Kobe give it a try.

It's the All-Star Game, so just give each other some face and score some points.

There is no deep hatred. After all, this is Kobe's last time to participate in the All-Star Game.

Since Kobe wants to save face from him, let Kobe score.

But, the opposite happened.

Kobe thought Duane would defend him seriously, so he tried his best and used various fake moves to create shooting space.

In fact, Kobe's overall speed has slowed down, and Duane can use his arms to interfere with Kobe's dribbling.

Even if Kobe created enough offensive space, as long as Kobe jumped to shoot, Duane could strike back and block Kobe's shot in mid-air.

Considering that, there is really no need for this.

So Duane was just pretending, seemingly defending seriously, but in fact he took the initiative to give up the shooting space and let Kobe shoot freely.

The problem is that as Kobe gets older, his core strength has declined, and his shooting action requires the support of core strength.

In other words, Kobe's shooting percentage is average now, even when he takes open shots.

This time, Kobe's confident response was just one of the three missed shots.

Duang——

Kobe made the first iron shot on the court, but Leonard grabbed the rebound.

After grabbing the defensive rebound, Leonard dribbled the ball to the frontcourt by himself without any intention of cooperating with other teammates.

Duane had no objection to this. He just walked to the frontcourt, then moved to the wing and watched Leonard's next offensive choice.

Should we play against James or Durant?

However, neither James nor Durant seemed to have any intention of defending.

Well, Leonard didn't hesitate and took an open three-pointer.

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Another three-pointer!

Leonard's three-point shooting was not bad to begin with, and he also went through the Bulls' Magic Ball training, which deepened his three-point shooting ability.

Now it is the first three quarters of the All-Star Game. There is no defensive intensity, no physical contact, and it is an open three-pointer, so it is naturally a sure win.

Watching the Eastern Conference All-Stars shooting three-pointers in succession, Durant couldn't help but lead the charge.

Obviously, Durant cares about this game very much!

For Durant, this was a valuable opportunity to compete directly with Durant.

Durant came here to win and to defeat Durant.

Unlike Paul, the president of the NBA Players Union, who was still thinking about asking Kobe to hit the ball after he came on the court.

Having said that, Durant's touch was pretty good tonight. Durant took the initiative to attack Durant. Although Durant didn't defend much, Durant hit a three-pointer directly in front of Durant, helping the Western Conference All-Star team respond.

When Du En saw this, he was not angry, but felt a little happy.

Durant took the initiative to challenge me and wanted to hit me in the face. It should be reasonable for me to respond with the ball, right?

After all, Leonard and George also came from the Bulls and have some friendship with Duane.

Although he was traded by the Bulls management and abandoned by Duane, their relationship has faded a lot.

But at this time, I am still willing to give Duan some face and let Duan take the ball to respond.

Duane did not disappoint everyone. After getting the ball, he took the initiative to find Durant.

Kobe was helpless seeing this, the couple were in love and it was not easy for Kobe to interfere, so he could only step aside.

"Come on, come on!" Durant clapped his hands, signaling Duane to attack him quickly.

Durant thought Durant was serious about defense, so he also took it seriously, wanting to teach Durant a lesson. However, after changing his rhythm and focus several times and testing him, he found that Durant was still quite disciplined.

Just like when Duane defended Kobe before, he was more aggressive, without giving his all, without extending his arms, and without increasing physical confrontation.

Of course, there is still the intention of the arm to interfere with the shot.

If Durant relaxes too much, he may lose the ball to Durant or block his shot.

After understanding the current situation clearly, Duane made a drastic change of direction, quickly passed Durant, then rushed straight to the basket and dunked.

In fact, Durant can shoot three-pointers, but Durant's wingspan cannot be ignored.

In the end, for the sake of tonight's All-Star MVP and also to be safe, I chose to take an iron-blooded two points and slowly accumulate the data.

Durant seemed a little annoyed when he saw that Durant did not respond with a three-pointer.

Normally speaking, the defense in the first three quarters is wider and more suitable for shooting competition.

Wait until the fourth quarter when the real action starts, and then we can compare their ability to attack the ball.

Now that Duan was not playing by the rules, it was obvious that he had no serious intention of competing with him.

"Am I not qualified?" Durant felt that Durant didn't take him seriously.

So he wanted to take the ball and cause trouble for Duane.

However, Paul quickly did a favor and passed the ball to Kobe.

Kobe didn't refuse and still looked for Duane after getting the ball.

Duane continued to accompany the prince to study and cooperated with Kobe to perform. This time Kobe did what he wanted and made a mid-range shot to help the Western Conference All-Star team respond.

It was the Bulls' turn again. Duane could have continued to take the ball and looked for Kobe.

However, considering that there were other teammates on the field, he temporarily stopped and waited for the others to play a round before taking the ball to score points.

The following games were normal, with no difference from the All-Star Games in previous years.

The scores of the two teams rose alternately. Even though the overall quality of the Western All-Star Team was a little worse, the Eastern All-Star Team did not widen the gap.

With more than 6 points left in the first quarter, the Eastern and Western All-Star teams replaced some substitute players one after another.

At this time, the score was fixed at 21 to 17, and the Eastern Conference All-Star team temporarily led by 4 points.

Duane sat on the sidelines to rest and chatted with his former teammates Leonard and George.

Leonard and George also know that even if they want to compete for the All-Star MVP tonight, no one can help them.

The possibility of them winning the All-Star MVP based on their individual strength is very small.

So far in the first quarter, Duane has scored 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

If this continues, Dunn will most likely become the biggest winner of the night after the game.

In this case, why not go with the flow, borrow someone's favor, and restore the relationship with Du En.

After all, brotherly basketball is very popular these days.

Even if a good horse does not turn back and does not consider returning to Chicago to play with Duane, Leonard and George still have to consider Duane's influence on and off the court.

Now that Duan took the initiative to talk to their two rich teammates, there was naturally nothing to resist.

As Duane and others talked and laughed on the bench, the fans on the sidelines cheered from time to time.

Fans naturally don't pay much attention to the situation on the Eastern Conference All-Stars' bench.

What can make fans cheer is naturally the performance of the stars on the court.

Speaking of this year's Western Conference All-Star substitutes, the overall quality is actually higher than the starting lineup.

After substitutes from both sides came on the court, the Western All-Star team quickly caught up with the score difference with their overall strength.

However, in the first three quarters, no one was defending and both teams were able to score, so even if one side had stronger overall strength, it would be difficult to widen the gap.

After the first quarter ended and the second quarter started, Duane got the chance to play again.

What Duan did on the bench before was not in vain. After returning to the game, Duan gained more support from his teammates.

Because he had a lot of ball possession, Duane did not gamble on his touch, but instead attacked the basket again and again to secure two points.

The Western All-Star team seemed unaware of Duane's intention. The stars fought on their own. The outside players made a lot of shots and naturally contributed a lot of rebounds.

The Eastern Conference All-Stars, led by Duane, also played some transition offense.

Duane did not take these easy points, but instead passed the ball to his teammates, implicitly improving his assist data.

During this period, the Eastern Conference All-Stars took the lead again and widened the score gap to more than 5 points.

Of course, when Duane was substituted out in the second quarter, no matter how hard Duane tried, the score difference could not be expanded to double digits.

不过杜恩的个人数据已经来到了18分7篮板4助攻，照这样打下去，杜恩即便没有30+三双，至少也是30+10的两双数据。

This means that as long as he can help the Eastern Conference All-Star team win, tonight's MVP will most likely fall into Durant's hands.

Just as Duane was thinking about how to win the game tonight, his teammates began to exert their strength.

Curry made two three-pointers as soon as he returned to the court, which made Duane excitedly stand up from the bench and kept applauding and cheering for Curry.

There is no need to say much about Curry's strength. He won the All-Star MVP last year, which represents everything.

Of course, a stage like the All-Star Game is indeed suitable for stars like Curry who mainly rely on shooting.

Also because there was not much confrontation, Curry's touch was not destroyed. As long as the ball fell into his hands, he made three-pointers one after another.

By the end of the third quarter, Curry had already made 9 three-pointers in tonight's game.

His scoring data has surpassed that of Duane.

However, it is fortunate that Curry won the All-Star MVP last year.

According to the league's unspoken rules for selecting the All-Star MVP, Curry has no chance to win another All-Star MVP tonight.

So, luck only comes to Duane.

In fact, after the third quarter, the Eastern Conference All-Stars entered the fourth quarter with a 15-point lead.

The vast majority of people in the audience were certain that Duan would pick the sweetest fruit of the night.

The final result was not surprising. Led by Duane, the Eastern Conference All-Star team once again defeated the Western Conference All-Star team. Duane also won the All-Star MVP with a triple-double of 38 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists.

After winning the All-Star MVP, Duane and others quickly returned to Chicago to restart the regular season.

As the saying goes, once bitten, you fear the rope for ten years. In order to avoid injury, Curry started to rest early.

The Bulls have already arranged that when Curry needs to rest, it will be for simple injuries, such as groin.

Anyway, these days, there is no requirement for the number of games played when selecting the regular season MVP and the best lineup. More emphasis is placed on personal data and team record.

Of course, the regular season MVP, who played the fewest regular season games, also played 68 games.

Therefore, the Bulls arranged for Curry to play 70 games, just to show their appreciation.

As long as he doesn't break the lower limit, it also means that Curry still has the possibility of winning the regular season MVP.

However, it would be difficult for the All-Star MVP judges to ignore Durant's influence and award the regular season MVP to Curry. (End of this chapter)