Chapter 235: All-Star Game
"The bounce of "people" is indeed terrible. With neither height nor wingspan, Howard still won the basketball before Angel. "With the commentator's praise, the basketball fell into the hands of Rajon Rondo. Originally, the point guard of the Eastern Stars team was Allen Iverson, but because AI's daughter suddenly fell ill, he announced that he would give up this All-Star game and replace him with David Lee of the Knicks.
The Western Conference also has insufficient lineup. Western Conference vote king Kobe Bryant gave up participating due to injury. Originally, Anjie was looking forward to working with Kobe, but it seems that it is impossible to achieve it at present.
At the beginning of the game, Rondo used the accurate pass to help Garnett, who cut in, dunk. Duncan did not want to defend against this ball at all. When Garnett broke through from him with the ball, Duncan just "didn't" watch the Wolf King enter the penalty area, and then dunked with both hands.
"Duncan is distracted again. Does this guy rarely forget that the game has started?" The live commentator kept teasing Duncan. The various abnormal actions of this old man on the court made people feel cute.
"An, how about giving you a meeting gift! Just treat it as welcoming you to the big family of the Western Stars." After being led by the Wolf King, the players of the Western Stars did not regret at all. They had no time to regret because they were considering how to "play" the next attack.
Nash blinked at Anjie, and Anjie knew that he had to concentrate later. Nash's pass was elusive and he would not be able to receive his pass without high concentration.
"The two international players cooperated happily with Ann and Nash's pick-and-roll cooperation."
After borrowing Anjie's pick-and-roll, Nash yi plunged into the penalty area. At this time, the opponent's defensive lineup did not shrink because he did not want to stop Nash at all.
Even so, Nash still passed the ball to Anjie as planned. While the dribble was advancing, Nash suddenly slapped the basketball under his crotch. Although he was facing away from Anjie, the basketball still obediently passed through Nash's big hole in his crotch, neither high nor low, neither fast nor slow, and just fell into Anjie's hands.
"It's so amazing!" An Jie had to marvel in his heart at Nash's superb passing technique. What does it mean to turn passes into art? Only by taking the ball from him with his own hands can he deeply understand the meaning of that sentence.
But there is a problem. Nash's pass was too fast. Although he successfully received the ball, Anjie was outside the three-point line at this moment.
"Don't worry!" An Jie was also interested. Anyway, it's just a play, so what if you shoot a three-pointer? Besides, in the regular season last season, An Jie also scored three-pointers, but he was still buzzer-beating.
An Jie no longer hesitated and raised his hand to shoot. Howard, the opposite side, saw An Jie making a three-pointer, but he just raised his arms symbolically.
The basketball arc is very high, and Anjie hardly shoots three-pointers, and he doesn't shoot much in both games and training. So although Anjie has a soft touch, if you want to make a three-pointer, you still have to rely on the confusion.
"It's bad, this ball is not good." Charles Barkley seemed to have seen something, and the ball was still flying, so he started to laugh.
The basketball drifted through the high parabola, then deviated from the basket and flew straight to Garnett's face.
"Haha, An Jie tried long shots at the beginning, but unfortunately he made a three-pointer." Yu Jia also smiled relaxedly. In the All-Star Game, as long as you dare to play, it doesn't matter whether you enter or not. What fans want to see most today is the scenes that you can't see in the regular season?
The subsequent games were still very exciting, with all kinds of dunks and breakthrough layups coming out one after another. However, the most dazzling one on the court was the Flash Wade. He first used a sudden breakthrough to break through the elderly Kidd's defense, and avoided Anjie's block in the air and pulled the ball into the ball.
Later, he successfully passed the ball with very little space, helping the "Little Emperor" LeBron James hit a three-pointer.
The game is getting better and better, but Anjie has almost never touched the ball except for the long shot at the start of the game.
After all, he is just a newcomer, so he has to let the big guys on the field have fun first before he can get An Jie's turn to do it seriously.
After five minutes of the yi quarter, the score on the field was still very anxious. Of course, no one on the field would care about the score.
It's now the offensive round of the Western Conference Stars, and the ball-handler has changed from Nash to Chris Paul who came on as a substitute.
Seeing that Anjie was in a good position, Paul quickly passed the ball and planned to let Anjie come on his own. Because off the court, Stademar was already preparing in front of the technical table, Anjie was about to end. It was impossible for everyone to go down if they couldn't score.
Fans originally thought they could see the fierce back-to-back showdown between Anjie and Howard, but Anjie turned around and faced the frame after receiving the ball, and took a few steps back to a medium and long distance position. And, looking at Anjie's gesture, he was asking his teammates to pull him away!
"What does this guy want to do? Howard plays singles, is he willing to play the matchup like Iverson?" Even Charles Barkley was extremely expecting Anger's next move.
Anjie's temporary teammates were also very good. On weekdays, others played singles for them. Today, they also played supporting roles for the sake of separation.
Seeing that the battlefield was freed up, An Jie began to dribble the ball with his left and right hands under his crotch.
"Hahaha, he really wants to be the defender! Let's see how Ann wants to break through Howard's defense." Barkley stared at the court with interest. Two big men were confronting each other unusually on the outside, and one of them was still learning to dribble the defender.
Anjie began to speed up the dribble frequency and the center of gravity gradually decreased. Howard faced Anjie's attack with a smile on his face, and even he wanted to know what Anjie would do.
An Jie suddenly added! Howard didn't plan to let An Jie go so easily. He followed An Jie's breakthrough direction and moved his footsteps.
Just as Anjie and Howard were about to collide, Anjie suddenly changed hands and dribbles behind his back, allowing him to dodge past Howard.
"Oh! This is something that the 2-meter yi9 big center can do!?"
After breaking through Howard's defense, An Jie raised the ball and prepared to make a layup. The Warcraft was naturally unwilling to give up, and he was willing to complete the performance.
When he saw An Jie, he jumped up quickly. The monster jumped with all his might, intending to use a block to declare An Jie's attack failure.
"Oh no." But after Howard took off, he realized that he had been deceived by Anjie for the second time.
Anjie's layup was fake. Seeing Howard being tricked, Anjie turned around and hooked up, and the basketball flew over the head of the Warcraft, but the ball did not deviate from the target, but entered the hollow.
"Boom!" All the fans of the audience applauded Anjie's wonderful performance. After this ball, Anjie's popularity soared instantly. Although it was just an entertainment-style attack, it could not be entertained without delicate skills and solid basic skills. If you don't believe it, you can ask Howard to copy that ball to try.
Anjie's wonderful performance conquered the hearts of all fans.
After Anger scored the ball, Eastern Stars coach Stan Van Gundy called a timeout, and Anger's performance in the first quarter was officially announced to end.
When he got the chance to play again, the game had reached the last three-pointer in the second quarter.
Facing David Lee, Anjie scored the ball with several beautiful steps, which won rounds of applause. The audience may also think that Anjie can play so easily because David Lee did not defend seriously, but David Lee knew in his heart that although he did his best, his defense was not a waste of money. Anjie was able to score these balls entirely by his ability!
If such an opponent continues to grow in the future, it will be terrifying!
However, Wade's strong performance still makes An Jie only a supporting role. If he continues to play like this, it is not impossible for Wade to score a triple-double in the All-Star Game.
"We have to be more serious in the second half. The first half is entertainment, and we will treat him as a real game in the second half!" During the half-time break, Western Conference Stars head coach George Carl issued instructions to his subordinates. This is the unwritten rule of the All-Star Game. In the second half, both sides will always do it with real guns for so long.
However, even though Anjie began to defend seriously, even if Durant and Anjie scored frequently, the person who dominated the game in the end was still the Flash.
"Wade is expected to break the All-Star triple-double record created by Jordan! The Flash is simply omnipotent today!"
Another time, he saw Wade breaking through, but An Jie didn't know what to do. If he stepped forward, Wade's trance would instantly lose his protective effect. If he stayed in place, Wade might choose to stop and jump shot or throw.
Just when An Jie was still having trouble making up his mind, Wade had already jumped and was about to lean on An Jie to complete the layup.
Anjie jumped like a conditioned reflex, but he neatly flew the basketball racket in Wade's hand.
"An's iconic volleyball hat! Hoho, I didn't expect that the first person to eat Anjie hotpot today would be Wade!"
"I'm sorry, buddy, I don't want it either." Anjie waved to Wade, and Wade patted Anjie's arm indifferently.
However, this is also the only time Wade was defeated in this game. After that, the Flash continued to kill all sides. An Jie was glad in his heart, fortunately this was just the All-Star Game. If the Thunder encountered such Wade in the regular season, the consequences would be unimaginable.
In the fourth quarter, Angel and Durant did not play much time. But the two young men seized the fleeting opportunity and completed the aerial cooperation.
That was An Jie holding the ball with his back in the low post, just as David. When Lee was still very nervous, An Jie suddenly threw the basketball into the air, Durant, who followed the cutting, jumped with the trend, caught An Jie's pass in the air, and dunked it into the frame.
O'Neal was overjoyed from the court, and Anjie's performance did not disappoint him. Although he was injured, Kobe, who also came to watch the game, also applauded Anjie.
Finally, with Wade's strong performance, the Eastern Conference Stars won the game with yi4o to yi33 and successfully took revenge.
After the game, mVp in the All-Star Game was undoubtedly won by Wade, who performed well. 28 points, yiyi assisted, 6 rebounds and 5 steals. This result was worthy of winning the mVp award.
Although An Jie only scored 6 points and 6 rebounds, his performance today undoubtedly impressed the fans. Several exciting goals were scored, and An Jie participated in it.
In the Cowboy Stadium, which can accommodate 100,000 spectators, Anjie ended his first All-Star Tournament. In the face of this record number of live fans, Anjie showed his talent to the fullest.
After the game, Kobe and Anjie greeted each other enthusiastically. Everyone who participated in the All-Star Game also took photos and said hello to each other.
An Jie no longer remembers how that night ended. He only knew that he was very excited and very happy. He met many people and did a lot of things.
But while being happy, An Jie did not forget. The next half of the regular season, which is related to the playoff spots, will be much harder than in the first half.
Chapter completed!