newbobooks Chapter 525 The Eastern All-Star Team's Winning Hopes
Chapter 525 The Eastern All-Star Team's Winning Hopes
The Eastern All-Star locker room.
Budenholzer seriously explained the tactics to the players. Although he is an All-Star, he will play seriously in the fourth quarter.
After all, the All-Star Game MVP is awarded to the winning player.
No matter how well they perform, if they lose the game in the end, they will not be able to win the MVP.
"Corvo, you really don't want to join the Suns?"
The second half of the game started immediately, and Wei Dong persuaded: "Come over after summer, and I will take you to win another championship."
Kobe still refused, "I already have five championship rings, two more than you."
"Cut~"
Wei Dong shrugged his shoulders and stopped persuading him.
He took Kobe to fly with good intentions, but was pretended by Kobe.
When the second half started, Weidong remained on the court. In the first half, Weidong was allowed to rest for more than ten minutes, and the audience booed him.
Gentry was even worried that if Weidong didn't play all the time, some spectators would hit him on the head with mineral water bottles.
For safety reasons.
Gentry decided to sacrifice Weidong and let Weidong play the entire second half.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Durant steals Irving, then throws the ball forward, and Weidong catches the ball and makes a fast break.
Facing an empty basket!
The audience all stood up, and they had already simulated many possible scenarios in their minds:
Dunk from the free throw line?
720-degree turn and dunk?
Double dunk with one ball?
At worst it has to be a windmill dunk.
However, Weidong disappointed all the audience. After he got to the basket, he went out again. Knowing that Wade and James were both chasing the frontcourt, Weidong threw the ball above the basket.
"Bang!!!"
James flew and made an alley-oop dunk.
When Weidong threw the ball to the basket, he walked slowly to the front court without worrying about James dunking the ball.
85:74! ! !
Although the alley-oop cooperation between Weidong and James was wonderful, the audience could also see that Weidong didn't plan to score by himself today even if he didn't make an empty basket.
Subsequently, Bosh missed a shot and Weidong grabbed a defensive rebound.
Durant made an off-ball pick-and-roll for Curry. Curry was open beyond the three-point line, and the basketball naturally came to Curry.
"Shh!!!"
Curry made a three-pointer and went in again!
This is Curry's eighth three-point shot, and he has scored 24 points on [-] of [-] shots.
Subsequently, Weidong assisted James to score many times.
With 5 minutes and 17 seconds left in the third quarter
107:85! ! !
The Eastern Conference All-Star team is 22 points behind, and the game is about to end.
Gentry made substitutions and adjustments. Except for Weidong and James, the rest of the players were replaced. After playing, everyone was very measured. The next 4 minutes is the time to release water.
Let the Eastern All-Stars chase the score, and then everyone will start playing seriously in the fourth quarter.
"Shh!!!"
"Shh!!!"
"Shh!!!"
Irving and Wade started scoring consecutively.
116:113! ! !
At the end of the third quarter, the Eastern All-Stars were only 3 points behind.
Westbrook also gave up trying to be the MVP of this year's All-Star Game. He is hopeless. If the West wins the game, there is a high probability that the All-Star Game MVP will be produced among James, Curry, and Weidong. Curry has already scored With 27 points, James also scored 29 points. As for Weidong, although he didn't score a point, he already had 22 assists.
Three minutes before the fourth quarter, the Eastern and Western All-Star teams had substitute players on the field. When there were more than 3 minutes left before the end of the game, both teams replaced their main players.
West: Weidong, James, Curry, Griffin, Aldridge
East: Irving, Wade, Anthony, Teague, Millsap
The lineups put out in the East and West each have their own reasons.
Gentry didn't let Durant play because the Suns already had two players on the court, and Durant didn't have a strong desire to attack today, and he has missed the All-Star Game MVP. Let Griffin replace Durant.
In the East, because Budenholzer is the head coach of the Eagles, he is most familiar with his players, that is, Teague and Millsap, so these two players will naturally play at critical moments.
123:119! ! !
The Eastern All-Star team is 4 points behind, and it is time to fight the bayonet.
The East All-Stars attack.
Irving dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, passed between Curry and Weidong, and hit Aldridge with a backhand pull.
123:121! ! !
This is the closest the East and West All-Star teams have come after the first quarter.
Curry missed a three-pointer!
It was Curry's first missed three-pointer, and Aldridge grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it to Weidong.
Hands don't stick to the ball!
When the basketball came in front of him, Weidong sent the ball to James with a backhand shot.
"Shh!!!"
James made a three-pointer.
126:121! ! !
Weidong's pass seems random, but it has actually reached the state of the unity of man and ball. The strength of the Suns no longer requires Weidong to explode with full strength.
But after this All-Star Game, everyone realized that Weidong's skills seem to have improved again!
Speed, strength, shooting, dribbling, and defense are all top Weidong in the league, and he is still growing. What a terrible thing.
Millsap singles Aldridge under the basket and hits a hook layup!
Griffin received a pass from Weidong in the middle distance and made a shot!
Wade scored a European layup!
143:140! ! !
With 1 minute and 37 seconds left before the end of the game, the Eastern All-Stars fell behind by 3 points.
Budenholzer called a timeout and began to arrange tactics!
It's time for a decisive victory.
In this situation, Wade has the highest score in the Eastern All-Star team with 37 points, and James has the highest score in the Western All-Star team with 39 points. According to the usual practice, the MVP of the All-Star Game will be the winner The player with the highest score on the team.
"When Irving holds the ball at a 45-degree angle, Anthony and Teague run back around the baseline and bring the defender out. Millsap positions near the free throw line and screens for Irving."
"When the opponent attacks"
Budenholzer hesitated, "Let's take a gamble, Weidong won't make a shot today, so focus on defending the other four, let Weidong take one step to defend, and mainly guard against Weidong's pass."
So far, Weidong has scored 29 assists, but not a single shot!
Budenholzer is also betting that Weidong will not make a move tonight!If Weidong doesn't make a move, the Eastern All-Stars have a great chance of winning.