NBA: Crazy Little Giant

The next day, the much-anticipated All-Star Game arrived.

Chen Cheng became one of the few players in NBA history to become an All-Star starter in his rookie season.

When the DJ on the scene called out his name, the whole audience was boiling.

With this sensational effect, apart from Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans, Chen Cheng had the most intense reaction.

This year's All-Star Game was held in New Orleans.

This is equivalent to the home court of Brother Brow.

Brother Brow is also the only active NBA All-Star inside player who has not played against Chen Cheng......

The starting lineups for the Eastern and Western All-Stars are:

Eastern Conference: LeBron James, Kyle Irving, Giannis Antetokounmpo, DeMar DeRozan, Jimmy Butler.

Western Conference: Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis and Chen Cheng.

The jump ball was played by Chen Cheng and Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo took the lead.

James advanced with the ball.

Kevin Durant led the defense.

James accelerated, leaned on Durant, pushed him away half a step, accelerated again, and rushed to the basket.

This immediately attracted the attention of Chen Cheng and Davis.

James quickly passed the ball to Irving who cut in without the ball.

After Irving received the ball.

A slutty behind-the-back pass shook off Curry.

Then, a horseback archery!

But not long after the basketball flew out, two big hands appeared almost at the same time,"Snap.""、"Snapped!"...

Two sounds.

Hmm!

The legendary double cap on one ball!

This made the fans at the scene feel numb.

Chen Cheng and AD are both active defensive masters in the league, DPOY-level existences.

Although Chen Cheng is big, he has excellent anticipation, and has the bonus of lateral movement and speed in the penalty area. Although Chen Cheng's coverage area is not as good as that of Brother Davis, it is not much different.

After blocking the shot, Chen Cheng smiled and said to the confused Irving:"I blocked it first! The statistics should be counted as mine!"

This made AD on the side laugh.

At the same time, the basketball that was blocked by two people was picked up by Center Curry.

For a while, Westbrook rushed up on the court.

The speed as fast as the wind made DeRozan, who was against him, unable to react.

Westbrook rushed into the free throw line in one step and jumped.

At the same time, James, who was returning to defense behind him, also took off and wanted to nail the block.

Westbrook in the air also noticed James behind him, so he made a big pull-up loop in the air, avoided James, and made a reverse layup.

But at this time, another figure rushed out from behind.

Antetokounmpo rushed out from the sky.

With one hand covering the sky!

He blocked Westbrook's shot.

At the beginning of the game, the offense and defense of both sides were very exciting.

But it was not over yet.

The basketball behind the top board was picked up by James, who failed to block the shot a second ago.

James, who got the basketball, made a cannon-like long pass across half the court to DeRozan.

DeRozan just received the ball!

Davis followed.

The former made a mid-range jump shot.

Davis jumped!

But he was a little slow.

The basketball slipped over Davis' fingertips.

Davis, who failed to block the shot, was ready to grab the rebound.

But at this moment, he felt a figure like a mountain jumping up from above him.

""Snap!"

Chen Cheng intercepted successfully!

He blocked DeRozan through Davis!

This block directly put the ball into Davis' hands.

It was Davis' rebound.

For a moment, AD felt unprecedented happiness.

Although he had helpers in the Pelicans for a few years, they were not many....

Although the helpers are capable, they are not many....

The AD who worked with Chen Cheng for the first time in his career felt relaxed and stable....

Everything was fine. What made AD feel even more incredible was that he had only played with him for less than a minute, yet he had such a strange feeling....

Russell will take the initiative to give up his top spot!

This ball!

The West does not intend to play fast!

Instead, it slows down the pace!

Let Chen Cheng receive the ball in the paint as much as possible to open up the stalemate.

Born as a point guard, Anthony Davis was too lazy to pass the ball to the guard at this time in the All-Star Game. He directly crossed the half court with the ball and signaled everyone to pull Chen Cheng away.

Westbrook and Curry immediately ran out of the three-point line. But

Durant, who was halfway on the right wing, was somewhat unwilling. He wanted to stand up and play singles.

Anthony Davis also roughly knew the subtle relationship between Chen Cheng and Durant!

Forget it!

At this time, he did not force Durant.

Durant is a killer who can play singles without or with the ball.

The defensive players are all close to him, for fear of giving him a little space.

Anthony Davis also has a certain ability to shoot from the outside.

This space makes Chen Cheng feel quite comfortable.

Antetokounmpo seemed to have forgotten how powerful Chen Cheng was and did not choose to go around.

This made Chen Cheng very happy.

Chen Cheng after receiving the ball!

He did not choose to back up, but faced the basket with the ball.

Suddenly, Chen Cheng threw the ball in the direction of Durant, which immediately attracted James' defensive attention, and he hurriedly stuck close to Durant again.

Antetokounmpo also thought that Chen Cheng passed the ball, and relaxed his vigilance a little.

But the next second.

Chen Cheng started.

He directly broke through with the ball!

Chen Cheng's first step was fast, but not faster than Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo blocked Chen Cheng's breakthrough route

...

It was just blocking.

But it didn't stop Chen Cheng's forward steps.

Chen Cheng was like a bulldozer, crushing the 211cm tall and 110kg Antetokounmpo, step by step to the basket.

After reaching the basket, Chen Cheng's strength was almost exhausted.

With a fake move, Antetokounmpo flew away.

Then he followed it up with a half-turn dunk!

Uh!...

A violent dunk on the spot!!!

This ball made Antetokounmpo spread his hands helplessly.

There was nothing he could do!

The difference in strength between him and him was too big.

During this period, Antetokounmpo also tried to steal the basketball from Chen Cheng, but he was pushed back all the time, not to mention trying to accurately shoot the basketball in Chen Cheng's hand.

"no way!"

"In fact, on this ball, Antetokounmpo's defense was good enough"

"Yes, many players were bounced away the first time they were hit by Da Chen."

"Although the alphabet is losing ground, at least it has not completely collapsed"

"Usually, Antetokounmpo used this trick to bully others, but when he met Chen Cheng, he was bullied by his own trick."

Teacher Su and Teacher Zhang in the Tianchao Sports Live Room said with some laughter.

Antetokounmpo is known as the Greek monster, and his violent style of play in the NBA is rampant.

But every time he met Chen Cheng, he was bullied.......

According to the rules of the NBA, in the case of a non-dead ball, after the opponent scores a goal, the ball can be served directly at the baseline without going through the referee's hands.

Chen Cheng's offensive method is indeed brutal, even when facing the new generation of beast players, it is a crushing defeat, but Chen Cheng's weakness.

The captain of the Eastern Conference, LeBron James, knows it best.

James immediately served the ball.

A long pass to Jimmy Butler.

The outside world calls him the"second toughest man in the NBA."

The latter directly attacked the frame!

Caught the Western All-Star team off guard.......

The two sides played back and forth!

The West bullied the East for not having a proper All-Star center.

The East also bullied Chen Cheng for not being able to run fast, and pushed back madly.

But the East's tolerance rate was too small. Once they failed to form an effective offense in a short period of time, once Chen Cheng returned to defense, they would only have hope on three-pointers.

5 minutes and 21 seconds into the first quarter.

Both teams had three players on and three off.

Kerr, the head coach of the Western All-Star team, replaced Draymond Green and Thompson.

The lineup on the court was: Curry, Thompson, Draymond Green, AD and Chen Cheng.

When the fans on TV saw this lineup on the Western court, they couldn't help but sigh, this couldn't be the best lineup in Kerr's mind.