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695 The Fall of the Star

January ended and February entered, and the All-Star lineup was released. Now the players are waiting for the All-Star weekend in peace for more than ten days.

The Warriors hope to have a perfect ending before the All-Star Weekend, which is a season's separator, and they still have five games in February, so they want to win a five-game winning streak.

The next four games are easy to talk about. The first game in February is not easy to deal with. Their opponent is the Hawks.

Since joining the NHAO, the Hawks have played several good seasons, from Petit to "Gullers V" to "Essence of Human Movies", this team has indeed produced many famous stars. In addition, Wilkens, the king of victory shining in NHA coaching history.

But when it comes to the 21st century, when it comes to this team with a strong name, most fans' first impression is the bottom, but in the past two seasons, this team has begun to rise.

This season, if you have to find a team in the East that has the potential to challenge the Magic, Celtics and the Cavaliers' top three, it may only be the Hawks.

The Hawks are wild and calm. Mike Beebe and Joe Johnson are the team's helmsmen, Josh Smith and Malvin Williams are the attacking vanguards, and Al Horford are the inside big axes.

As of now, the Hawks ranked first in the league in offensive efficiency. They are the only team that averages control turnovers per game. The top 10 teams per game are only 13.0, and the top 10 free throws per game. The ratio of free throws per game is 3.0.

The Hawks' main lineup is complete, and their combat effectiveness may not be inferior to any team in the league.

Although Johnson is not a superstar, he has all-weather scoring firepower; Bibby's three-pointers and offense are trustworthy; if Williams had not been troubled by injuries, he would have been expected to compete for the fastest improvement award, but this summer's body shape is a bit distorted and needs to recover as soon as possible; Smith is very talented but has not found his own game, but there is still room for improvement; as for Horford, he is really too obedient and needs to ask for the ball more toughly.

The biggest magic weapon for the Hawks to enter the second round with the Heat last year was the frontcourt power. Their big guys can change their steps at will and will not be unable to keep up with the opponent's ball-holding attacker after pick-and-roll.

In addition, Zaza's second-tier team consisting of Churia, Morris Evans and Ronald Murray was the biggest surprise. Although these three people are not very famous, they are extremely practical in line with the temperament of the whole team.

In addition, in terms of scoring ability, they also have a super tough Jamal Crawford, who has become the sixth-man killer known as West this season.

Other new players, Jeff Teague is definitely better than Asi-Lao. He uses speed to break through and kill and emergency stop jump shots to high standards, but Teague is good at playing ball and has average shooting ability at fixed points or catches on the outside. The professional quality of the wandering No. 1 pick Joe Smith, veteran experience and stable field output are urgently needed in the inside. After all, it is not practical to expect Jason Collins or Randolph Morris to act as the fourth round candidate.

This game is the home court of the Warriors, and the Eagles players made a steady appearance amid the booing of the fans. They seemed to be well prepared for this game, and the players were full of confidence and did not care about the booing of the fans.

The starting lineup sent by the Hawks are center Horford, power forward Josh Smith, small forward Marvin Williams, organizational defender Mike Bibby, and shooting guard Joe Johnson.

The Warriors' starting lineup is Chamberlain FL Ibaka Blair Iverson Seven Loops.

Horford was one head shorter than Chamberlain. The NHA, who entered the same year, played in the regular season, joined forces in the All-Star rookie match, and was trained at Olajuwon training camp in the summer | The two knew the bottom of the game, so when they jumped the I-ball, Horford did not struggle, which made Chamberlain lose the ball.

Not competing for the ball does not mean that the Hawks are not competing for anything else. You should know that in this game, the Hawks came with the power of seven consecutive victories. If they win, it would be close to ten consecutive victories with the most.

Billups moved forward with the ball, Johnson stepped forward and forced pressure. Bibby, who was not good at defense, followed Iverson, not giving the latter a chance to have a free space.

Facing Johnson's hand stretched out from time to time, Billups said there was no pressure. He brought the ball to the frontcourt steadily, waved his hand to signal his teammates to pull it away, and quickly passed the ball to Iverson who was inserted into the diagonally.

After getting the ball, Iverson bent down, his arms drooped and made a head-shaking posture. Bibi was not good at defense. Seeing this, he was a little nervous and subconsciously moved forward to get stuck.

Seeing this, Iverson did not hesitate, and Yu Shou stepped forward with his calves, raised his body like a sharp blade, and broke through Bibi's defense and rushed forward.

Bibby hurriedly retreated, Blair's huge body was waiting for him, while Ibaka tacitly retreated to the high position, which not only posed a threat, but also helped Iverson block Williams who had switched defense.

A blank passage was forming, and Iverson ran towards the money without hesitation. Horford was stuck behind Chamberlain. Seeing Iverson entering the penalty area, Chamberlain immediately moved one step and raised his arm to catch the ball. Horford was immediately frustrated and his defense hesitated.

Iverson's offense was calculated in milliseconds. Horford missed the opportunity after hesitation. Iverson rose up and sent the ball into the ring.

A tide of continuous and loud cheers sounded in the Oracle Center Arena: "Allen, Mp Allen, All Stars"

Iverson ran forward, slightly leaning his head and holding his ears to make a listening gesture, which was his signature move.

Sure enough, when he showed this action, the fans cheered louder, and the sounds that rushed from all directions were like whistling war horses, as if they would not stop until the players were trampled to the ground.

This is the charm of basketball, passionate, passionate, wild

Chamberlain chewed his braces and waited for Horford to take the place. The latter did not enter the inside, but instead helped Joe Johnson cover at a high position. The latter was one of the five best shooters in the service and had a variety of scoring methods. When Chamberlain saw that things were not good, he shouted to change defense. He went to chase Josh Howard, while Ibaka changed defense to block Johnson.

Josh has excellent physical fitness and is known as another LeBron James. He took a step back and made a counter-run, so he turned around and rushed into the penalty area.

Chamberlain was half a second slow, and Johnson stepped into the penalty area in one step. Bibby was worthy of being a white devil. Johnson passed the ball back to his hand less than a second. He shook his hand and passed the ball straight into the penalty area, which fell into Josh's hand.

Josh shouted, soared into the air and raised his arms above his head and dunked.

A powerful force was passed from the ball to his arms and spread throughout his body. Josh was shocked. He turned his head and looked at it in the air. He was stunned to see Chamberlain, who seemed to have been thrown away, appearing behind him and giving him a strong hat.

The ball was capped by Chamberlain on the ground, and Horford followed it up and picked up the ball. Iverson wanted to grab it but was pushed directly to the ground by his shoulder to the lower abdomen.

Horford's legs stretched out and jumped up as if he was stepping on a spring, and a light pick-up basket sent the ball into the ring.

Chamberlain had just landed at this time. When he saw the ball falling from the ring, he shook his hand helplessly. Old Nelson shouted off the court: "Defend their sports wars and use the height advantage of the inside to tie and push them in and push them in."

Billups organized the offense to be stable, and Johnson tried hard to stop him.

Speaking of defense, Johnson is pretty good. He can defend from No. 1 to No. 4, and his footsteps are not fast, but his height of nearly 6 feet B and accurate judgment can lock the opponent's breakthrough route and also shock the opponent's outside shooting.

In addition, he has a good overall view, is patient, never makes interceptions easily, and is good at creating offensive fouls. What is even more commendable is his defensive attitude. Even if he has to play for 40 minutes and organize more than half of the team's offense, he can still spare no effort to participate in the defense.

But he had a loophole, that is, because of explosive power and horizontal movement speed, he often seemed at a loss when facing the small fast spirit defender.

What makes Billups the most powerful thing is that he is very flexible and can always grasp the opponent's weaknesses.

Faced with the kind of straits and slack defender, Billups is good at playing steadily, but when facing Johnson's model as immovable as a mountain, he will use his breakthrough skills.

Don't think that Billups can't make a breakthrough, it's just that he doesn't show it often.

He dribbled the ball continuously with his right hand and sent it to his left hand again. At the same time, he pushed the left shoulder forward and pulled the right shoulder backward. Billups' feet were staggered to break through from the left side, and Johnson's energy sinks into his dantian and moves horizontally to pursue him.

But the next second, Billups suddenly changed direction quickly, and rushed forward with his right shoulder, and the ball in his left hand instantly landed on his right hand, and he stepped out and rushed in against Johnson.

During the breakthrough process, Billups neither looked at the ball in his hand nor Johnson, but was always looking at Chamberlain.

After the breakthrough, Horford had just given up Chamberlain's defense and Billups hung the ball into the penalty area.

Chamberlain raised his left hand and took the ball and turned around. Horford's scalp was numb and hurried to hold him back. As a classmate in the training camp, he was really full of fear of the steps of this academic master.

Blocked by Horford, Chamberlain retreated and retreated for two consecutive steps. Horford could only follow. Seeing this, Chamberlain attacked like a tiger, and slapped the ball with his right hand to break through again. He slipped over the bottom line and passed Horford, and rushed to the other side of the ring, turned around and jumped, and made a dunk.

The applause and cheers from the fans immediately sounded again, and Chamberlain's previous breakthrough dunk began to be played over the big screen. The whole set of movements was smooth and it made people unable to help but high-fives and praise them.

Chamberlain smiled and raised his eyebrows at Horford, shouting: "Man, do you have any hatred with your teammates? Why didn't they come up to double-team me for you? They just let me play with you like this."

"You said you were playing with him? Play with him?" Blair, who was running by the side, asked in discomfort.

Chamberlain nodded seriously and said, "Play, yes, just play with me like playing with a woman's breast."

Horford had a good temper and cultivation. He smiled at Chamberlain and said, "But I just dunked over your head."

Chamberlain got the position, he stuck Horford from behind and said provocatively: "Man, then you have another one, and another one on my head."

While speaking, Bibi passed the ball into the penalty area.

Horford's footsteps were also very flexible, but he knew that his disadvantages when facing Chamberlain did not show his footsteps, but instead used the advantage of low center of gravity and sufficient strength to advance.

"Don't even think about it," Chamberlain shouted loudly.

Horford leaned back hard, slapped the ball on the floor with his right hand, then twisted his waist and broke through, then took two steps from the top of the penalty area to the right wing close to the ring, and put up his arms and made a hand gesture.

Chamberlain did not catch up, but stopped half a step away, staring at the ball in Horford's hand. He was confident that if the opponent dared to take action, no matter whether it was dunk or shot, it would definitely be a block.

Horford had a clear mind. He realized Chamberlain's plan, so he did not fight for intention, but passed the ball to Johnson on the outside.

Johnson jumped and shot from a long jump, and Billups' hands almost covered his face. Johnson made a long shot with his touch, but the ball was not very reliable. He turned around and flew out again in the ring.

He was such a natural shooter. Chamberlain was secretly amazed and jumped up and took the rebound. Bibi was cunning and wanted to come in and steal. Chamberlain protected the ball and elbowed him. Bibi screamed and retreated to the ground, but the referee didn't look at him at all, it was obvious that he was pretending to fall.

At the beginning, the Eagles were sniped.
Chapter completed!
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