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Chapter 570 The End of Glory

If you have two points, the two sides will go to overtime, and if you have three points, you will directly win the lore, but if you have enough time, unless you are stuck at the last second to make a shot, otherwise you will leave the opponent with a chance to kill you, and leave the basket at the same time. The rule that the closer the frame is, the higher the hit rate exists at all times. If you choose three-pointers, you will bear the possibility of a greater failure rate.

Everyone thought that the timeout called by Carlesimo would be used to arrange the tactics and candidates for the last shot. Of course, there is almost no doubt that it must be Stephen who will carry out this task. Stephen never relents at critical times, nor does he let In addition to disappointment, Carlesimo's factor was added.

But just because everyone knows that he will be the last to strike, it is also possible to use him as bait and let someone else carry out the task.

In the Western All-Star team, Carmelo Anthony is also a candidate who is good at performing lore missions at the last moment. In addition, since Chris Paul entered the league, he has been known for being extremely calm at critical times. heart.

In fact, not only everyone thinks so, Carlesimo is also going to do it, but before he can speak, Stephen speaks first: "Coach, I think there is still enough time, why don't we shoot a quick three-pointer first, Then it depends on the situation, if we delay the shot at the end, it would be too risky, and it is very likely to leave time for the opponent to kill, I don’t want to leave the fate to others to make the decision.”

"Then what if we can't make a three-pointer? Even if we can make it, the opponent can still kill us." Carmelo Anthony once again stood up to question Stephen's proposal. The relationship between coaches and random meddling in tactical arrangements, although the All-Star Game does not pay attention to this, why should everyone listen to you.

"If you don't make a three-point shot, you grab a rebound. I think with Yao Ming, we still have a certain advantage in rebounding, and even if we don't make a shot, we still have enough time to execute foul tactics." Stephen looked at the card displeased. Melo Anthony glanced at him. This guy has been against him time and time again. It's not that he doesn't want to be talked about by too many people. Stephen has already hinted that Carlesimo replaced him.

"Foul tactics in the All-Star game?" Carmelo Anthony looked at Stephen suspiciously. It is true that the All-Star game rarely needs to use foul tactics in the end, at least not in Stephen's impression, but There is no rule saying that it is not allowed to be used, not to mention that it is only possible now, and it does not mean that it must be used.

"What do you think about Stephen's proposal?" Carlesimo asked everyone's opinions instead of being a villain. After all, this is an All-Star game, and everyone is an All-Star, not the Seattle Supersonics. Stephen and himself can have the final say.

Most of them just shook their heads, they didn’t have any opinion, there are still more than [-] seconds left, it’s okay to delay until the last shot, but that’s a one-shot deal, if you go in, you win, if you don’t go in, you lose the game, and what Stephen said This is also a relatively safe proposal. Even if you don't make the cut, you still have the chance to grab rebounds and fouls. If you drag it to the end, there are almost no chances.

Chris Paul opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't say it. Anyway, although Stephen's proposal was a bit offside, it couldn't be wrong, and Stephen didn't say that the three-pointer must be shot by himself.

"Okay, since that's the case, let's shoot a quick three-pointer first, and then decide according to the situation. The order of shots is Stephen, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, and the others are responsible for screens. Those who don't take shots have to be in order." Pay attention to grab this rebound after the shot." Seeing that the timeout was running out, Carlesimo didn't care about what to say to them, and immediately arranged it.

"How about I make a suggestion? The opponent may not be able to think that we will shoot fast three-pointers. In order to increase our threat and attract the opponent's defensive attention, should we replace Dirk at this time? I'm sorry, Kaka Ross, I didn't mean to target you." Although Chris Paul is a junior, he didn't dare to say anything because of his own qualifications, but he was very brave to speak up.

Carlos Boozer smiled slightly at this. Both Duncan and Dirk Nowitzki gave up their chances to play. His playing time has far exceeded the usual playing time of the All-Star substitute. How could he fall in love at this time? This 20 seconds of playing time, not to mention people also expressed their apology.

Although Dirk Nowitzki said that he didn't want to play anymore, but now the team needed him to play, he would not refuse. Seeing that Carlos Boozer had no objection, he stood up and took off his outer jacket. In the training clothes, he moved his body. The Eastern All-Stars saw him standing up. Rivers hurriedly told Rasheed Wallace to pay attention to Dirk Novicky's defense when defending.

Rivers didn't say much. He believes that the players are smart enough to know who to focus on defending, no matter what tactics the opponent adopts, but now the leading side is himself, as long as the defense is strengthened so that they don't shoot so easily. As for Whether he will be killed or not is up to God to decide which side he takes tonight.

At this time, the timeout was up, and the referees began to urge the teams to return to the court. The referees were also very reluctant to see how today's All-Star Game was played. The intense play meant that their workload increased greatly. The current game It doesn't look like an All-Star game at all, but they have nothing to do if they don't want to, because how to play the game is not in their hands.

Except for Boozer being replaced by Dirk Nowitzki, the Western All-Star team has not changed much, and the Eastern team has not changed much. After returning to the field, the Western team will be served by Yao Ming on the sidelines , the other four were running back and forth.

Yao Ming pretended to look around, as if he was looking for who to pass to whom, but in fact he had already made a decision. Dirk Nowitzki was squeezing forward, and suddenly ran back, Rasheed Wallace Turning around a step slower, Yao Ming flicked hard, and the ball immediately flew into Dirk Nowitzki's hands.

The Eastern team didn't expect the Western team to shoot fast three-pointers, but at this time, no matter who they are, they will strengthen their own defense, and Rasheed Wallace is no exception. Although he is very reluctant to participate in this All-Star Game, but Now that he's here, he has to express himself well, so he posted it right away.

In the first five years of the new century, when it comes to the power forward position, Rasheed Wallace ranked among the top five. Except for Garnett, Duncan, and Chris Webber, other opponents compared him the most It's also a tie, and Dirk Nowitzki is still a big man who can only shoot.

But now it is different, as other people are getting old and retired, the power forward position is already their world, and Dirk Nowitzki can get the most valuable regular season player, which shows his ability.

It’s not uncommon for big men who can shoot the ball to be as good as Nowitzki. Rasheed Wallace didn’t dare to underestimate Nowitzki and tried his best to defend Nowitzki. Visky.

Nowitzki also knows that now is not the time to waste time, but under the defense of Rasheed Wallace, let alone shooting, it is difficult to pass the ball. After getting the ball, he wasted less than three seconds. In time, the ball was passed to Yao Ming again.

Yao Ming is too conspicuous, and Yao Ming is now outside the three-point line, and it is very convenient to catch the ball. After Yao Ming received the ball, Dwight Howard did not take a close-up defensive action, but Yao Ming did not dare to shoot this three-pointer After all, he is not good at this. At the beginning of the game, it was just to please the fans. It really made him cast seriously, but he didn't have much confidence.

He stood there without moving, but someone took the initiative to come to him. It was Stephen who offered to shoot a quick three-pointer. Now that the ball cannot be shot, it is of course very important. Six or seven seconds of the game time have passed. If you don’t shoot again It's not called a quick three.

Stephen rushed towards Yao Ming like a beast, passed by Yao Ming's side, and at the same time received the ball from Yao Ming's hand. As soon as he passed Yao Ming, Stephen didn't care about Dwight Howard who had already rushed over, and immediately took off In the air, he completed the turn while taking off.

When he jumped to the highest point, he happened to be facing the basket, and Dwight Howard's hand was quickly covering it. Stephen ignored it and continued to turn around in the air. Just when his body was about to lean over completely, Stephen just shot the ball to the basket.

If it wasn't for Dwight Howard's closing fast enough, the ball almost completed a four-pointer. Even if Stephen couldn't make the shot, three free throws, with Stephen's nearly [-]% free throw percentage, would be enough to send the Eastern All-Stars to the team. Into the abyss of failure, let alone scored the ball.

150 five to 150 four, the Western All-Star team completed the score surpassing, although there is only one point advantage, and there are 15 seconds left in the game, but the initiative has come to their hands, this time it is the turn of the Eastern Conference The All-Star team called a timeout.

Now it's up to the Eastern All-Stars to make this decision. Their advantage is that they can win the game whether they choose two points or three points, and the 15-second game time is enough for them to play tactics.

The Eastern All-Star team also did not make substitutions. Although Dwight Howard has no offensive ability, his ability to grab rebounds is still unmatched by the Eastern team. There are players who can shoot in other positions, and it is okay to leave him alone. of.

Carlesimo hesitated here, should he replace Yao Ming with the more flexible Amare Stedmeier, but he thought of the relationship between Stephen and Yao Ming, and Yao Ming's defensive range is not as good as Ah Mares de Meyer is bigger, but his deterrence at the basket is greater than him, and the opponent does not necessarily have to shoot three-pointers. After thinking about it, he still let Yao Ming stay on the court.

Before the players were about to return to the court, Rivers grabbed LeBron James and Joe Johnson and arranged a tactic, which can also be said to be not a tactic, but a game strategy. After the Eastern team sent the ball, it came soon. In the hands of LeBron James.

LeBron James faced Stephen's defense, but he didn't stay to entangle with Stephen, but was running erratically, especially in cross-screen cooperation with Joe Johnson, deliberately hitting Kame Luo Antony's eyes dangled.

Sure enough, after several times, Carmelo Anthony was fooled. He even followed Stephen and surrounded LeBron James, letting go of the defense of Joe Johnson. The ball went to Joe Johnson.

With Yao Ming competing with Dwight Howard over there, Rasheed Wallace and Dirk Nowitzki both outside the three-point line, the path from Joe Johnson's position to the basket is smooth, like a light The avenue swayed in Joe Johnson's eyes, tempting him to rush to score.

Regardless of a layup or a dunk, as long as Joe Johnson gets to the basket, he is sure to get two points, and Joe Johnson did exactly that, but he just took a step, and he hasn't started a three-step layup yet. The referee's whistle blew early.

It turned out that as soon as Yao Ming saw that he got the ball in this position, and there was no defensive player from his position to the basket, he could score as long as he killed it, so he immediately made a decisive decision and fouled Dwight Howard in advance, and in order to attract The referee's attention, Yao Ming's attack was fast and ruthless, pushing Dwight Howard out of the court, almost knocking the referee at the bottom line to the ground.

The main reason why they choose to foul him is that Carlesimo has reminded them that if they see that the opponent's point increase is inevitable, they will immediately take the initiative to foul. They would rather let the opponent make free throws than let the opponent score easily.

However, according to their respective free throw percentages on the field, it is more appropriate to foul Howard. His free throw percentage is less than [-]%, and Yao Ming's reaction is very fast. Dwight Howard fouled.

Dwight Howard looked aggrieved, but he also knew that this was the time to test his free throws. According to his free throw percentage, it would be considered good to make one of two free throws. Some fans once jokingly said that he did not O'Neill's ability has the same weakness as O'Neill.

It's just that no matter how hard he tried, free throws should not be scored or not. The first free throw was missed. The Western All-Stars and the fans who supported the Western All-Stars breathed a sigh of relief. Two free throws were scored, and the two sides were just tied.

The Western Conference All-Star team still has one chance to attack, not to mention that the offense does not score, and the two sides can play another overtime game. It can be said that since Stephen proposed to shoot a quick three-pointer, until now, although it is only a few seconds In time, the Western Conference All-Star team changed from passive to active.

Of course, it is meaningless to complain about Dwight Howard's free throw at this time. Since he is put on the court, he should think of his weakness. Dwight Howard just sent the second free throw into the basket. Carlesimo called a 20-second timeout.

This is also the last timeout for the Western All-Star team. This timeout is not entirely for the purpose of arranging tactics.

At this time, no one is questioning anything anymore. Yao Ming is still arranged to serve, and then the order of shots is Stephen, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dirk Nowitzki, and even Yao Ming can also make shots. At this time Two points and three points are not important anymore, the success rate is the most important thing.

With less and less game time, as long as the goal can be scored, the pressure will all be on the side of the Eastern All-Stars, and this attack on the Western All-Stars will not leave them so long.

20 seconds passed quickly, and the players from both sides returned to the field. As soon as Yao Ming received the ball from the referee, he immediately threw it to Stephen. Instead of shooting, he controlled the ball and began to wander beyond the three-point line while counting down the clock in front of LeBron James.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, three!" When it came to three, Stephen suddenly raised his voice, LeBron James froze for a moment, although it might only be for a moment, Stephen had already jumped up, raised his arms in the air , ready to shoot.

Although LeBron James reacted very quickly, while Stephen was jumping up, he jumped up a few times simultaneously, and at the same time stretched out his hand to try to block Stephen's sight, but everything he did was useless. At the same time as this three-pointer made, it also left [-] seconds for the Eastern All-Stars.

In such a short period of time, even if they can make a three-pointer, they can only tie the score. Divide the ball, that's so easy, they don't have a "little fish" Fisher.

However, the Eastern All-Star team did not give up on this, but called a timeout and replaced all the candidates who could shoot three-pointers. The three-point ability is equally effective, but it is still not as good as Billups. Ray Allen is the shooting guard, Paul Pierce is the small forward position, LeBron James is the power forward, and Rasheed Wallace is the center.

It can be said that each of the five players on the Eastern All-Star team has a very good three-point ability, but at this time, it doesn't matter who they are on the court, there is only [-] seconds, what can be done Just catch and shoot, no one will relax.

However, Carlesimo replaced Yao Ming and replaced Dirk Novi with Amare Stedmeier because he had more defensive range. Ski, there is no way to change other positions even if you want to.

LeBron James served in the East. It seems that he will not participate in this shot. Stephen is defending against Ray Allen. Stephen has been running around with him. Although Stephen has tried his best, but He still found an opportunity. LeBron James sent the ball out at the last second of the tee time. Then Ray Allen caught the ball in the air and turned around to shoot. The whole process was smooth and smooth, but it was a pity that the ball just flew out of Ray Lun's hand was touched by the other hand, and it flew directly out of the bottom line.

Stephen was still in the air, and the whistle blew for the end of the game. The New Orleans arena was full of joy, and colorful ribbons began to fly in the air. Stephen, who was definitely the most valuable player of this All-Star Game, accepted After being interviewed by many media, other players began to exit to the locker room, and then came out to participate in the celebration ceremony.

The staff quickly set up a small stage in the center of the stadium as quickly as possible, and Mr. David Stern has already prepared the All-Star Most Valuable Player trophy, which is ready to be awarded to the player with the best performance.

There is no doubt that after the Western All-Star team won the victory, this trophy belongs to Stephen without any dispute. He scored 47 points, eight rebounds and ten assists in this game. Super luxury data.

While breaking Wilt Chamberlain's record of 42 points in the All-Star Game, Stephen also regrettably missed Jordan's triple-double record in the All-Star Game, but for him, this is his first time. Only once in the All-Star Game.

If there are no major problems, he will often appear on this stage in the future. It may be five years, ten years or even more. He has just embarked on the road of All-Stars. His future is limitless, just one For the record, Stephen didn't take it to heart at all.

Although David Stern didn't like Stephen very much in the past, although his appearance and rise were very legendary, he liked to do things too much, and he was in a team like the Spurs.

But this season is different. On the one hand, Stephen's personal performance is really outstanding, and his scoring average of [-] points per game is also the best player's personal performance since he took over as the league president. At the same time, the record of the Seattle SuperSonics is also very outstanding.

And Stephen has matured a lot compared to last season, or because there is an extra Coupard around him, there are fewer opportunities for him to do it, and his personal image is more positive. Could it be said that the league is about to usher in a yellow-skinned player? Michael Jordan?David Stern sometimes thinks so.

And Stephen has broken various records time and time again, making more and more fans realize his magic, and the league has promoted him more and more, although he can't compare with those old star players in terms of popularity However, among the new generation of players after 1, Stephen has become the undisputed No.[-].

As for Stephen's change of nationality is not a bad thing for the league, David Stern believes that it is more conducive to the league to develop the Chinese and Asian markets. Yao Ming's popularity is high, but as a center forward, no matter what Whether it is the figure or the characteristics of playing, it is not close to ordinary people, and it is not easy to arouse the crazy worship of young people.

And this time Stephen won the All-Star Most Valuable Player in the All-Star Game for the first time. Valuable player, but already great.

Stephen was terrified by David Stern's expectant eyes. When did the CEO start to look at himself with such eyes? It's really incomprehensible.

Many players came over to congratulate Stephen on winning the All-Star Most Valuable Player. LeBron James’ statistics in this game are also extremely dazzling. If there is no Stephen, even if the Western All-Star team wins, he is very likely to win This trophy, but with Stephen's focus on the front, he doesn't have his share.

However, there was no trace of frustration or disappointment on his face. He came over to congratulate Stephen with a smile on his face. He looked like he was a close friend of Stephen. nature.

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