Chapter 1138 1137. Hawks VS Western All-Star Team

The Eastern team called a timeout!

They called a timeout after being scored three goals in a row!

They really played for real!

The fans were more excited to see the tactical coordination of the Western team and the perfect use of the height difference by the Eastern team. They all played a beautiful start and the fans were looking forward to the next game.

Even Jordan and Olajuwon on the sidelines were in high spirits. This year's All-Star Game was very different!

Liu Mang returned to the bench and did not use the tactical board or anything. He replaced James and Iverson with Rasheed Wallace and Jason Terry.

Popovich was also very serious... Helping Nash, Kobe, and Yao Ming to arrange tactics and give them more playing time. In order to satisfy his sultry disciple's desire to play, Popovich did not replace Duncan, but replaced Garnett with Shawn Marion.

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After the timeout, Liu Mang watched the other side replace a power forward. He had guessed this a long time ago, but it was Garnett who was replaced instead of Duncan, which surprised Liu Mang!

However, the fans were more excited about the five All-Stars of the Hawks appearing together!

Hawks vs. Western All-Stars!

Eastern team attack, front court ball.

After Liu Mang received the front court serve, he came to the top arc. The one defending him was Marion, a defensive stalwart who could defend from one to five.

Popovich was really jealous of Marion. Such a defensive gate actually fell into the Suns. If he was given the ball, he would definitely not be worse than Kirilenko.

Liu Mang saw that it was Kobe who was defending McGrady, so he passed the ball to Jason Terry who was defending Nash.

After Jason Terry received the ball, Liu Mang ran to the most accurate three-point point at a 45-degree angle on the left to open up the space. Jason Terry did not play a singles game, but looked for McGrady to pick and roll!

Nash was extremely bad at defending pick and roll... It should be said that he was willing to defend any defense and was active in action, but he just couldn't defend. After Jason Terry bypassed the pick and roll, Kobe immediately switched defense with Nash to defend Terry.

For Kobe, preventing McGrady from scoring is not the key. As long as the West wins, he will score more points and the All-Star MVP will be his.

Jason Terry immediately passed the ball to McGrady, who made a big breakthrough!

Nash couldn't stop anyone, McGrady rushed into the inside, Duncan doubled up from the right corner, McGrady passed the ball to Rasheed Wallace, and Rasheed Wallace took a three-pointer...

Hit!

7 to 6! The East overtook!

It was crazy! The fans at the scene felt like they were living in a dream when they saw the East using the five All-Stars of the Hawks to deal with the West All-Stars!

The key is that after the game continued, it was even crazier!

The five-man team of the Hawks is the strongest five-man team in the Hawks. Rasheed Wallace has a good way to defend Yao Ming from the front. Duncan is not easy to play against Kwame Brown in the low post, mainly because of the decline in explosiveness. The last time the Spurs and the Hawks played against each other, Duncan was mainly in the high post with his back to the basket. It was a bit difficult to play against Kwame Brown who was about to reach his peak in the low post. This time, the high post was vacated for Kobe, and Duncan played so-so against Kwame Brown.

McGrady defended Kobe, Jason Terry defended Nash, and Liu Mang defended Marion. As the game went on, Nash scored in singles.

It is true that Marion, Kobe, and Duncan are very good at defense. Yao Ming has Duncan's help and is very dominant in the defense under the basket, but the tacit understanding is much worse. Duncan and O'Neal are not good at the pick-and-roll style of Nash's inside cut. When Stoudemire practices mid-range shooting in the season when he is reimbursed next season, Nash will have more experience and will definitely do better, but he is not used to it now.

Kobe's height is at a disadvantage when facing McGrady in singles. Kobe has always used his tall stature to deal with opponents in the shooting guard position. McGrady is under great pressure in singles, although his one-on-one efficiency is not bad, with a hit rate of 50%.

But on the Eastern team side, Liu Mang and Rasheed Wallace cooperated in defense, Nash defended Liu Mang or Jason Terry, and the two of them picked and rolled with McGrady. McGrady did not just shoot blindly, but passed when he should. About four minutes before the official timeout in the first quarter, the "Eagles" played a wave of 17 to 11!

At 6:40 in the first quarter, the score became 21 to 17. Seeing that the score difference was about to be pulled to the small dividing line of 5 points, Popovich called a timeout! The game entered the official timeout stage.

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Liu Mang and his teammates returned to the bench, and the Eastern team was about to explode!

The five-man team of the Hawks... is simply invincible!

All-Star teams with poor tacit understanding can't beat it!

"LeBron, Dako, Chris, you are ready to play in the second quarter, Tracy, you go to the small forward, Dwyane, Vince, you go to the back line, Rasheed, you play for a while, Shaq, do you want to play for a while?" Liu Mang was still very cautious when he asked O'Neal at the end. This fat man... is as unpredictable as Kobe!

"Of course, Ace, you have to arrange tactics for me! I want to dunk your compatriots! Let me dunk two, and I will pass the ball to Tracy." O'Neal couldn't wait any longer.

"Dunk! Dunk!" Liu Mang saw that O'Neal didn't feel like he was making trouble, and immediately agreed.

As a teammate of his national team, Liu Mang felt that Yao Ming should make a contribution.

Liu Mang immediately arranged the Heat's tactics that Wade told him. Coach Kruger and Stockton were writing and recording beside him. They had informed Liu Mang two days ago that they wanted to pry the tactics out of Wade. There was no time to ask Liu Mang during the day, so he started recording now.

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During the official timeout, David Stern looked at the chart brought by his secretary. The real-time ratings rose sharply. Only half of the first quarter was played, and the ratings in the United States had broken the historical record! It was higher than the ratings of the All-Star Game before Jordan retired in 1998 and 2003! David Stern was so happy that he was going crazy!

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On the Western team side, Popovich went over for a few minutes. Originally, the tactic he had planned was that Duncan played less. If Garnett was the power forward in the second lineup, he could cooperate perfectly with Nash, and Kobe's off-ball play could also be liberated. Kobe and Duncan are both players who seem to have a low hit rate, not just Kobe. Kobe's hit rate of 45.0% is definitely much better than most players, but it is a little worse than the historical superstars of the same level. Duncan is the same. Among super power forwards, his hit rate is the same as Nowitzki. In recent years, Garnett's hit rate has been higher than Duncan's. Both of them are players who rarely have open shots, but both of them are very accurate in open shots, but they just don't have the opportunity to shoot normally.

After all, they are the two players with the best basic skills in the league's outside and inside lines.

Now Duncan has had his fun for a while. Popovich replaced Duncan with Garnett, who partnered with Yao Ming in the inside line. On the outside line, Nash, Kobe, and Ray Allen played together.

It is important to consume the Lakers and the Suns, but it is also important to win. Now that it has come to this, if Popovich loses, he will lose face!

Losing to Coach Kruger in the regular season and the finals, people will still say that the Hawks have too many All-Stars, but if they play seriously during this All-Star weekend, they will lose, which really proves that they are inferior to others.

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After the timeout, the All-Stars of both teams are back on the court.

Rasheed Wallace is a luxurious enhanced version of Haslem, McGrady and Carter, and the ultimate invincible and enhanced version of Jason Williams and Posey. Pat Riley is watching this lineup on the sidelines and wants to drool! It is very suitable for the Heat's tactical system. It has offense and defense, and it can be more accurate in three-pointers!

With this lineup together, let alone three consecutive championships, he dares to shout out, and then squeeze a wave, and he doesn't have to catch Wade and O'Neal, the two sheep, to rub wool, but can rub them one by one.

Pat Riley is the first head coach in NBA history to publicly announce that he will come back next season after winning the championship. There is nothing he dares not do. In order to win the championship in the short few years when Wade still has a rookie contract and the Heat does not have to pay too much luxury tax, he dares to waste even O'Neal, who can be called the strongest center in history.

The Western team has the ball and serves in the front court.

When enemies meet, they are particularly jealous. O'Neal looks at the two major enemies of the opponent and fights for position with Yao Ming very seriously after coming up.

Yao Ming's strength is now ranked in the top three among NBA centers. There are only two centers who can make him suffer in the fight for position. One is Eddy Curry of the Knicks when he is serious, and the other is O'Neal in front of him!

After Nash received Kobe's serve, he pushed to the top arc. Facing Wade's defense, Kobe and Ray Allen took McGrady and Carter away. Although Yao Ming did not get a very good position under the basket, he could contain O'Neal. Now the lineup of the Western team is more perfect.

Facing Wade's defense, Nash did not continue to play alone. He scored 8 points in the first half of the first quarter, but only had two assists.

Garnett came out to help Nash block Wade!

Garnett's pick-and-roll was more comfortable than the one Stoudemire gave Nash. The more he blocked, the more real it was. Wade couldn't get around him. Garnett pretended to be running and kept moving his feet to block Wade tightly. He didn't push or block the opponent. Even according to the rules of the regular season or even the finals, it can be called or not, but he is a superstar, and it will definitely not be called.

Rasheed Wallace switched to Nash and couldn't keep up. After Garnett blocked Wade, he ran over to block Carter who was chasing Ray Allen. Ray Allen had an open space in the bottom corner. As soon as he had an open space, Ray Allen received the ball and shot a three-pointer...

Ray Allen made his first three-pointer!

When it comes to receiving the ball and three-pointers, Ray Allen is the only one in the league! He can't beat Liu Mang in forced shots, but he is better at grasping open space than Liu Mang!

Liu Mang didn't think much of Ray Allen's goal, but he was active in pick-and-roll against Garnett, and didn't take the initiative to cut in to challenge O'Neal for the ball, which felt a bit strange.

This guy, it seems, wants to show his "selflessness" in the All-Star Game!