Chapter 263: Lin Sen, who was shut down by the super insider
The West took the lead in the second half of the game. Harden, as the starter who played soybean in the Western Conference, had already put on a coat and started to rest. He didn't want to win the All-Star MVP, so he naturally didn't play much seriously in the All-Star Game, leaving more opportunities to others.
The Warriors and Gemini naturally had a happy rest. This year, the Warriors let go of many substitutes to sign Durant, and they had more tasks on the team. So they also asked D'Antoni to take a break.
However, if the Warriors' strongest Gemini cannot be on the field, there are naturally others. The West has set up a backcourt with Westbrook and Thompson. As the third position, Hayward has already conducted early exercises on Davis and Cousins, the strongest inside combination that will appear in the league.
Lin Sen's offense in the first leg of the second half fell into a relatively difficult situation because the opponent's defense began to be serious, at least it can be seen from Davis and Cousins' tacitly blocking Lin Sen's offense this time.
On this side, the Eastern Conference is also very familiar with the situation and is helping Lin Sen to play the ball. James is Lin Sen's old teammate. He doesn't discuss his former teammates in public, but for Lin Sen, James has expressed his optimism about Lin Sen more than once, and even said that he is more suitable for the first month's player of the month than himself, and also supports Lin Sen as the All-Star starter.
George is Lin Sen's partner, not to mention that he promised to pass the ball to the All-Stars, so he naturally would not go back on his word.
Lin Sen can get a score of 20 in the second quarter, so it is inevitable that the passes and help of these two big shots will be obtained.
Unfortunately, the Eastern Conference also made adjustments at the beginning of the second half. The two Lin Sen's forward partners were not on the court. Millsap and Antetokounmpo were also passing the ball to Lin Sen, but at most they gave the ball to Lin Sen outside the three-point line. Want to score? It depends on themselves.
Lin Sen directly tried to break through Davis at the top of the arc, but unfortunately the effect was not very good. Davis had a set of defense, and he was also very good at defending against Lin Sen's breakthrough. The All-Stars did not have much chance to show their dream steps. After all, this is a performance-oriented event. It is impossible to wait for Lin Sen to get a good position in the inside line and then pour the ball into Lin Sen's hands outside and then slowly score.
Especially during this breakthrough, Cousins was determined to get stuck on the other side, and Lin Sen's move was completely resigned to fate.
The ball went directly to grandma's house, but was counterattacked by Davis and made a one-stop fast attack, which was exactly the same as Lin Sen's one-stop fast attack in the first half. The attack was so simple and direct.
Lin Sen, the defense on the opposite side, wasn't this the way he attacked Antetokounmpo last time with George? He was so unrestrained that he would be punished in the end. It was finally his turn to be targeted by the method he was most familiar with, and this target was very effective.
Cheers were heard one after another, Davis's score had already exceeded 30 points, and the third quarter had just started less than two minutes. The situation was extremely unfavorable for Lin Sen. In less than two minutes, the West sent an East to a 10:0 wave to further widen the gap.
In any case, if it is not exaggerated to historical data, then if you want to win the All-Star MVP, you have to win the game first. Now it seems that the West, which is considered to be a home game, has a higher desire for victory.
Both sides still played many wonderful defensive performances. The most obvious thing was that the scoring trend slowed down. Lin Sen began to hand over the ball to his teammates, but these substitutes in the East did not have as many ideas as Lin Sen. After getting the ball, they pulled up without saying a word and just scored three points.
If Thomas, the strongest 175 on the surface, felt really good, it might have been announced that it was garbage time now.
Lin Sen did not perform much in the third quarter at all. There was Davis outside and Cousins inside. Both of these guys had already played the regular season. No, it should be the momentum of the playoffs to defend Lin Sen. Although he had never seen Cousins play in the playoffs, he is obviously more serious now than the regular season.
This All-Star MVP looks a bit hot! Lin Sen is a little unable to play in the league's well-deserved first inside team, and he is also under key guarding, which is a bit uncomfortable.
Lin Sen can only rely on the scoring method of defending this defense to accelerate the breakthrough and immediately score a jump shot when he reaches the middle distance.
This is a very efficient offense in normal times, but it is not very efficient in Davis's hands. The opponent's static physical talent is even better than Lin Sen, let alone trying to shoot three-pointers, which is even less efficient.
The difference between Davis and Linson scored like the difference between the West and East teams is constantly widening.
"Lin was targeted. This game was a bit difficult for him. How do you say it? What does China say? Two fists cannot beat four hands. At least at this time, Lin interpreted the meaning of this sentence very correctly. He can't beat the opponent's inside combination." O'Neal did not forget to continue to start his bragging career when he joked with Lin Sen. "I thought about what I was facing at the beginning," "Tim and David of the Spurs, Brad Chris of the Kings, and Wallace of the Pistons. I was facing several inside All-Star combinations at that time, both offense and defense."
"Shaquill, please note that you have Kobe." Barkley retorted firmly.
"Charles, this is different. I'm talking about the inside combination. You can't count him in." O'Neal said dissatisfied.
But Barkley ignored it at all, but was still emphasizing one thing: "Shaquille, you have Kobe."
Kenny Smith smiled and smoothed the game and said, "Shaquille, I understand what Charles means. Basketball is a game of five people. You are bullying one of them. You can't let Lin's teammates not exist. Wait, believe me, and will use Lin's counterattack opportunity in the fourth quarter. In the next fourth quarter, let's take a look at the overall playing style of the East. This is the key."
157:132, Davis' personal score has reached 41 points, and Lin Sen's score is still at 29 points, and he is 25 points behind. For Lin Sen, winning is even more difficult.
Chapter completed!