Chapter 1142 1141. Bosh's Tears Are Flying...

From the most exciting All-Star Game in history to the ugliest All-Star Game in history, it only took a few minutes.

NBA executives and the top executives of major TV stations all wanted to strangle Popovich.

Although Liu Mang did it,

Popovich did not expect the opponent to be so direct. Liu Mang's direct complaint and tit-for-tat approach disrupted Popovich's plan to catch up. He thought that he could at least narrow the score difference to within five points before the opponent responded. The opponent would definitely not expect to hack Shark in the All-Star Game. He did not expect this situation.

However, he managed to hold on until the middle of the second quarter. The score difference was 8 points. The West team had the ball. Duncan faced a free throw crisis. Popovich could legitimately replace Duncan with Yao Ming.

Popovich likes to use conspiracy and tricks, but he is tough. He now has such an excellent lineup under his command, and he is not inferior to the big-headed coach on the opposite side.

Seeing Coach Kruger surrounded by players, Popovich rearranged his tactics.

On the Eastern team side, Coach Kruger was surrounded, but he didn't have a tactical board in his hand. A group of people surrounded two people, one was Coach Kruger, and the other was Liu Mang who was holding a tactical board.

O'Neal didn't cooperate and was hacked by Shaq, which was very hurtful to Liu Mang, but fortunately there were many All-Stars available, so Liu Mang had a new idea.

Bosh looked at his assigned position, turned his head and glanced at the big guy opposite who had taken off his training clothes. Bosh wanted to ask: "Brother, are you serious?"

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After the timeout, the Western team sent out Nash, Kobe, Marion, Nowitzki, and Yao Ming.

On the Eastern team side, Liu Mang, Wade, McGrady, James, and Bosh came on the court.

The two teams came up, and the fans who were a little depressed because of the hack-a-shark just now immediately became energetic!

The Eastern team's lineup, one big and four small... No, Bosh is a dwarf in front of Yao Ming, and the Eastern team can be described as five small! Nowitzki is three centimeters taller than Bosh, and it seems that Bosh's shoulders are about at the level of Nowitzki's chest! From the shoulder height, it seems that the difference is more than three centimeters, but from the distance of the head, Bosh's corn-silk hairstyle adds two or three centimeters to his height, and he is really the same height as Nowitzki...

The Western team attacked.

Nash advanced to the frontcourt, and Liu Mang defended Nash. Now with Wade and McGrady, the three major outside players of the Eastern team can defend.

Nash did not look for a pick-and-roll, he could not play a pick-and-roll in this lineup, and passed the ball to Yao Ming in the low post.

Bosh tried very hard to go around, but Bosh, who was not strong, was swung behind him by Yao Ming's arm. Yao Ming received the ball and rushed back, smashing the ball into the basket through Bosh to score two points.

Bosh felt his tears flying... After Yao Ming dunked, he immediately picked up the ball and threw it towards Liu Mang at the top of the arc.

The Eastern team immediately counterattacked!

The four of them pressed towards each other together!

Yao Ming's dunk just now was simply cruel, and it has re-mobilized the enthusiasm of the fans at the Toyota Center. Seeing the four players of the East team rushing down, the scene was excited!

Liu Mang received the ball and turned around to leave Nash who wanted to steal the ball behind him, and triggered it alone!

Kobe and Marion, who were chasing James and Wade who were rushing down, blocked Liu Mang. Liu Mang's speed was too terrible. Liu Mang was blocked a little past the center line and immediately passed the ball to James. James rushed into the basket but did not dunk himself, but threw the ball behind his head. McGrady followed up with a one-handed slam dunk and scored two points.

It's fast!

Nowitzki and Yao Ming couldn't catch up, and the East team could play four against three!

The score difference was still 8 points!

When it came to the West team's attack, the West team had three absolute singles strengths. Kobe could maintain a hit rate of more than 50% when playing one-on-one against McGrady. Nowitzki played against James, and James couldn't defend him no matter how hard he tried. As for Yao Ming... Even O'Neal couldn't defend him, let alone Bosh.

However... the Eastern team, no matter whether the opponent scores or not, no matter how big the opponent's rebounding advantage is, they must fight back!

It's true that the Western team has a high success rate. Yao Ming and Nowitzki's rebounding protection keeps the Western team's hit rate above 50%. It's amazing. No matter how the Eastern team counterattacks, no matter how fast they play, the Western team plays steadily according to Popovich's rhythm. The score difference has always been within ten points. At the end of the half, the Eastern team did not widen the score difference, which is still within ten points.

However, for the Eastern team, this is enough!

Liu Mang never thought that he could open up the score difference and win the game in a few moves. The opponent is an All-Star team, an All-Star team that plays seriously, and an All-Star team led by Popovich that plays seriously. Wanting to pull out garbage time... is really a dream. Liu Mang never thought of such a thing.

Liu Mang's goal is to score continuously and maintain a lead of more than 5 points. Just grind! Keep grinding!

Popovich's team must be playing safe. Liu Mang seized this point and arranged a lineup with four ball holders. Whether it was a counterattack or a defensive position, there were points that could break through and attract double-teaming.

McGrady was the main scorer, and everyone was passing the ball to McGrady. If the opponent double-teamed McGrady without the ball, or Kobe, who was defending McGrady, stuck to him tightly and didn't help double-team, then the person holding the ball could do it himself.

Simple, rough and direct, without thinking about widening the score difference, just wasting time like that!

At the end of the first half, the Eastern team maintained a 7-point lead with 86 to 79!

McGrady scored 23 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in the first half, and scored 14 points in more than half a quarter in the second quarter.

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Coming back in the second half, the Eastern team still focused on grinding.

Jason Terry, Rasheed Wallace, and O'Neal were not on the court. The other nine players took turns on the court. Liu Mang and Iverson were the main ones in charge of the ball. James, Wade, and Carter mainly cut through. McGrady is mainly responsible for catching and shooting. McGrady only cares about scoring. He also passes back. But seeing Liu Mang yelling at O'Neal, McGrady also focuses on taking more shots. There are three insiders: Bosh, Milicic, and Kwame Brown. Play one big and four small, and continue to waste time.

On the Western team's side, Popovich saw what the Eastern team was thinking. He was not in a hurry to overtake the score. He liked to seek stability. If he was too impatient to chase points, his side made a mistake, and the opponent counterattacked and attacked. It's really hard for them to defend against the misplaced, simple and crude style of play.

The Eastern team wants to drag the game to a critical moment, and Popovich is not afraid, just fight with the opponent. In the past, he did not have Kobe, and he was played by Kobe in the Western Conference playoffs for several consecutive years. Now that he has Kobe, he can You're toying with your opponent!

The game returned to a state where the two teams competed for tactics and talent, and the atmosphere at the scene continued to be heated.

McGrady played very easily, mainly responsible for shooting, and he didn't have to worry too much about the defensive end. He couldn't guard the opponent's inside.

In the third quarter, McGrady scored 17 points in a single quarter, and the Eastern team scored 38 points in a single quarter. After three quarters, the Eastern team entered the intersection break with a five-point lead of 124 to 119.

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McGrady scored 40 points in the third quarter!

Liu Mang looked at the scoring situation of the Eastern Team. James had 17 points, Wade had 18 points, Iverson had 10 points, and O'Neal had 9 points. Liu Mang himself had 11 points and 8 assists. The Eastern Team had 10 points or close to 10 points. Yes, they were the only ones, the others' scores were scattered, and only Rasheed Wallace's 7 points exceeded 5 points.

McGrady has scored enough points. No matter how the final quarter ends, unless James and Wade have brain problems and try to steal the spotlight, as long as the Eastern Conference wins, McGrady's MVP award is basically certain!

Then, the most important thing is to win!

A 5-point lead is basically not a lead for the opponent's All-Stars. It's time for a tough battle!

Now there is a very difficult problem before Liu Mang.

The gap inside is too big!

The opponent was Yao Ming. Yao Ming played 8 minutes in the third quarter and scored 12 points. He already had 26 points in the third quarter. Duncan and Garnett both scored 12 points. Nowitzki also had 10 points. The Western team had an advantage inside.

If we look at previous All-Star games, the Western team's inside advantage has been greatly weakened. It was fine when O'Neal was there, but without O'Neal, the Western team's inside players didn't dare to play. In the past few years, the Western team has almost never won. All-Stars are just because big men don’t perform well in All-Stars.

But this time it was played according to the official game, and the Western team's inside advantage was immediately reflected. The four big insiders scored 70 points!

The Eastern team is strong on the outside, and almost all of its points are scored from the outside. Except for Kobe, who scored 33 points, the Western team has no outside players who can compete with the Eastern team. This is an advantage that the Eastern team has always had, including Jason Te. Of the 5 points in the game, 101 of the Eastern team's 124 points were scored from outside.

Just when Liu Mang had a headache, O'Neal came up and pulled Liu Mang's jersey.

"Go away, you guy who doesn't mean what he says." Liu Mang ignored O'Neal.

"Don't worry, I will help Tracy next time." O'Neal didn't want Kobe to win the MVP. He originally wanted to repay Liu Mang's 'retaliation' against Duncan. Now that he only has the VP, it doesn't matter. Now that he has We have a common opponent, so let’s fight each other together!

"real?"

"real!"

Liu Mang was originally worried about being beaten by the opponent on the inside. Once the counterattack and long-range shots on the outside were inaccurate, the opponent would seize the opportunity to make a comeback. But if there is O'Neal, then the problem will be solved!

There is another problem that needs to be feared, that is, the opponent may chop the shark, but this is not a problem at the last moment of the game. The shark cannot be hacked in the last two minutes, and O'Neal is undoubtedly still the most fierce insider at the critical moment!

"Bet on this fat man's character!"

Liu Mang and O'Neal looked at each other and saw "Fuck Kobe" written in each other's eyes. They reached a tacit understanding!

Then do it!

They have tried their best to maintain the lead in the first three quarters. It is about to reach the critical fourth quarter. Everyone who can be used must be used. Rasheed Wallace and Jason Terry are both moving their bodies again. It is necessary at the critical moment. All players who use it must use it!