Author: Tiamo the Withered

After Howard returned to the field, he started the second quarter with a layup. Roy, who made his debut in the All-Star Game, also quickly entered the state and succeeded in two breakthrough attacks. However, Kidd also hit a jumper, and then Paul also made a mid-range shot. James slipped away.

Cutting in from the baseline and then dunking on a through ball from Kidd, the Eastern team maintained the lead at 41:33.

After that, the two sides each had several attacks, and of course there were also iron blows. During this period, Kidd, James and Howard continued to provide wonderful cooperation and completed alley-oop dunks. This not only helped the Eastern team expand its lead, but also activated the atmosphere of the entire game.

Especially I haven’t had enough of yesterday’s slam dunk contest, and now I’m even more satisfied.

After James hit a 3-pointer from the left wing, the Eastern team led by 11 points at 65:54.

At this time, Li Chengming came on the court again. Although Van Gundy intended to give him more opportunities and gave him as much playing time as possible, it was difficult for him to make the final decision on the distribution of the ball rights on the court. For example, Kidd, James, etc.

They can directly be the head coach on the field, but they may not listen to him, so it is better not to ask for trouble.

Anyway, Li Chengming, an All-Star, has already gained something, so he won’t lose anything.

If you want to perform in the All-Star Game, there will be more opportunities in the future, so don’t rush now.

Even if Jordan only scored 7 points when he participated in the All-Star Game for the first time, he would have surpassed Jordan if he scored another three points.

And this opportunity came soon. After Roy and Anthony of the Western Team succeeded in attacking respectively to help the team narrow the point difference, Li Chengming caught the ball in the low post and faced Stoudemire. He easily swayed with two consecutive fake moves.

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He still loves to dance so much...

Li Chengming made a move in the air and scored 2+1, helping the Eastern team continue to maintain the lead.

At the same time, it also successfully broke Jordan's scoring "record" in his first All-Star Game (laughs).

Then the Western Conference suddenly started double-teaming him, which surprised Li Chengming, but he quickly figured it out.

If the game is back-and-forth, it would be okay to relax a little on defense, score each other and then start serious in the second half, but it has been lagging behind. As the Western team is obviously stronger, it certainly cannot afford to lose this face, and it must be recovered.

Come.

The persimmons are weak. There is no doubt that Li Chengming, a first-year rookie, is the one with the smallest cards on both sides of the field.

The All-Stars are a stage to showcase themselves. They seem to have recognized that Li Chengming is young and energetic, and he will do whatever he wants when he gets the ball. He will not choose to pass the ball when faced with double-teams. Little did they know that Li Chengming really thinks this way.

Moreover, the intensity of their double-teams is not at the same level as the double-teams that Li Chengming encountered in the regular season. Therefore, Li Chengming was completely worthy. He easily got out of the space and shot directly twice, although it was only 1 of 2.

It hit, but it also made the opponent panic inexplicably.

Aren't brothers all-stars? There's no need to be so "life-threatening", right?

In Li Chengming's opinion, it is really necessary.

After all, the All-Star stage attracts more attention than the regular season. According to Mike, this is the best time to attract fans.

Moreover, the All-Star Game has nothing to do with regular season results, and there is absolutely no need for Li Chengming to play as reasonably as he does in normal games.

At the same time, since he is not good at bombing the basket and shooting from outside, he can only add some difficult shots to impress the fans. Otherwise, after playing for ten or twenty minutes and scoring ten or so points, none of the fans will be impressed in the end.

, then didn’t he come here in vain?

What does a high-difficulty shot mean?

Of course, it's a direct hit against the defender, or a shot from inside the crowd. It's hard to do a dunk in this situation. After all, everyone wants to save face. It's okay to brush each other's open dunks, and still want others to do so.

Become your background board, who do you think you are?

Li Chengming learned this from Kobe. Compared with Jordan, Kobe is not as good at staying in the air, but he can still use his skills to complete some amazing aerial operations.

The main reason why Kobe attracts fans is of course his super scoring ability, but his "beautiful and picturesque" aspect is also absolutely inseparable.

And many people criticize Kobe Bryant's offensive efficiency is not high enough, which is true, but it is also because he does have too many difficult balls, whether it is to help the team digest the shot, or his own paranoia leads Taijian to go to the wrong side.

This is very helpful for him to attract fans.

In fact, in the early years when swingmen were most popular at the beginning of the century, these outside stars who had outstanding playing styles and became extremely popular were not particularly outstanding in terms of personal efficiency alone.

As far as the past two years are concerned, Kobe's efficiency has been at the upper reaches.

The characteristic of these people is that they absorb a large amount of ball rights. In other words, they pile up shots in exchange for high scores. If the team has a good record, they are "leading the team". If the team's record is not good, it will naturally become a score gain.

This is inseparable from whether the league supports it or not, and it is specifically reflected in the penalty. If there is no star whistle, the data of many of them will have to be discounted.

This can't be helped, after all, the league has increasingly encouraged offense in recent years, and the status of outside stars has greatly increased.

However, Li Chengming is an inside man, and he also plays a floor style, which means there will be a gap in viewing quality compared to a flying style like Howard, but it doesn't matter, you can make it more difficult for yourself.

For example, if you have nothing to do, just lean back, dive into the crowd and throw the ball into the air like a twist. If it goes in, it is a good goal. If it doesn't, it may cause a foul.

Although the league is currently targeting him, and the referees will be stingy with their penalties, as long as there are many times, he still has to be given something that should be given, and it cannot be made too obvious.

What's more, this is an All-Star.

"Oh, Li Chengming's shot was not very reasonable, but it was scored beautifully, very Kobe..." Director Zhang occasionally likes CUE players, such as Kobe, Yao, etc., and now there are actually more

A Li became famous.

However, this time Kobe and Li Chengming had a "dream linkage" in his words. Although Kobe was injured and retired, his performance was completed on the court for him, and Li Chengming scored a beautiful 2+.

After 1, it's time to go to the free throw line again.

This immediately gave the Western Team a headache. It felt like it was not a double-team on him, or even a double-team on him.

If double-teamed, Li Chengming still chooses to attack by himself, but they still seem unable to resist, because Li Chengming is now very good at taking action directly after protecting the ball. This is an offensive method that he has slowly figured out.

This is also due to the fact that his shooting speed is incredibly fast. Shooting acceleration is one thing. He himself is also deliberately leaning on this aspect when practicing shooting.

It's also because he has benefited from it. He has no other choice. With his height, he faces so many long men in the paint. If he doesn't pursue space and speed, he will be easily interfered with.

Especially now that opponents are targeting him more, and their understanding of the same habits has deepened, so he must have the ability to make his opponents hard to guard against.

For example, take Allen Iverson. Everyone knew that he was going to the right, but they just couldn't keep up with him and couldn't guard him because he was too fast.

And Li Chengming was the same, as long as he shot quickly enough, others wouldn't be able to catch up. But he was used to such fast shots, and he had the ability to aim in an instant, and his accuracy could keep up, so he would basically not be affected.

This will allow him to still complete strong shots when facing multiple double-teams.

As a first-year rookie, many opponents are still not familiar with him, and they are all arrogant stars. They only think that he is a new star who is packaged and touted, and it is nothing special. It is only when he actually encounters him that he feels uncomfortable.

But soon, as starter James Wei returned to the court one after another, Li Chengming took fewer shots and could only provide some pick-and-roll screens for them.

Wade and James used the cover to break through and then performed wonderful dunks in succession, which started to ignite the audience again.

The Eastern team continued to maintain the lead, while the Western team was somewhat misfired during this period. Before Li Chengming came off the court, the Eastern team still maintained a 14-point lead.

The only problem is that the ball is in Wade and James's court during this period, and they even connected several times, reciprocating favors and sending stewardesses to each other.

The audience was delighted to see it, but Li Chengming kept running back and forth on the court without even a chance to touch the ball.

You can also feel that it is somewhat intentional.

Although James didn't even look at him, it proved that he was a little guilty.

Li Chengming knew that this kid had always been unhappy with being his backdrop before, but now that they were teammates, he couldn't confront Li Chengming head-on, so he could only use secret jabs like this.

Although he has never read any books and cannot be said to have great wisdom, James, who has always been considered a smart man, is definitely indispensable for such small calculations.

Although this was just his own guess, and it could be that a villain's heart is trying to judge a gentleman's behavior, Li Chengming still felt a little unhappy.

But he has nothing to say. After all, let alone him, Howard can't challenge James' status now.

It would be okay if Garnett was present, but without Garnett, James is undoubtedly the top player in the Eastern Conference.

In fact, there are reasons why the West is strong and the East is weak. Look at the quality of the stars. Apart from James and Garnett, who else in the East can compare to Kobe, Duncan, Nowitzki, Nash and others on the other side?

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It would have been OK if it was Kidd two or three years ago, but obviously not now.

Howard's rise is too fast, and the accumulation of honors is not enough for the time being; as for Wade, an FMVP seems to have exhausted his luck. He has been plagued by injuries in the past two seasons, and naturally there is no progress. Although his ability is still there,

It's like that for the time being in the coffee position.

As Bosh came on to replace Li Chengming, Li Chengming would not play again in the first half, and his statistics were fixed at 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Of course, there is still the second half, but from this half, it seems that Li Chengming is probably mentally prepared. Although he had expected it and didn't have many ideas, looking at James and others running around on the court, Li Chengming still had thoughts in his mind.

A villain's play was staged.

A little white man said calmly: "Everything in the world is like a chess game. This is how people are. Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. It is inevitable to have a normal heart and a normal heart."

A little black man smiled sinisterly and said: "It's not polite to come back and not return. It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. It's not too late to wait!"

The white villain said: "For example, Jordan has also experienced this kind of ostracism, and even he was ostracized openly. He is already pretty good, and he has a big brother like Howard to take care of him."

The little black man said: "Jordan came back with revenge soon? But he is not a member of the American team. This is just right. He will come back when he plays with the American team in the Olympics. There is always a chance..."

After the game, Li Chengming sat on the sidelines to rest, but Director Zhang and Yoga started chatting in the commentary box.

"Oh, Li Chengming played really well after he came on the court today. I don't feel any nervousness at all due to the change of circumstances." Director Zhang said with a smile: "It reminds me of the first time Yao Yao came on the court. It felt really good.

It’s very different.”

This is very different. Not only does the situation and performance differ, but Li Chengming and Dayao are also completely different.

Yoga nodded in agreement and said: "I originally thought that Dayao's mentality was already very good. Li Chengming gave me the feeling that he was a bit like a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. Although he looked stunned, he still hit the ball.

It’s so clear-headed when I come here. To be honest, it’s really rare.”
To be continued...