ebonymovies Chapter 169 169. The race begins!
Chapter 169 169. The race begins!
Chapter 169 169. The race begins!
Every team's home arena is indispensable for "part-time" staff. Compared with the leader in the West who makes others think of Kobe in Alexander, James in the East directly mobilizes everyone to help Irving win. MVP thing.
Although the staff who heard about it didn't know what was going on, it was big news just because Liu Ren and Owen got involved in it, so they quickly sold the news to familiar reporters.
Ever since, all the fans knew that Liu Ren was going to compete with Irving for the MVP.
Because of this, there are a lot more fans who choose to buy the live broadcast of the All-Star Game, which brings an extra income to the NBA.
Of course, this news also spread to the fans watching the game. Who can watch the news without a smartphone?What's more, these rich fans who spend tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars to buy a ticket to watch the game.
So when the Eastern and Western players entered the arena one by one during the introduction of the host, all the fans on the scene shouted the names of Irving and Liu Ren loudly. Find a "flow of people" that burrows into the ground.
Finally, after the tedious and complicated entertainment items and various ceremonies before the All-Star game are over, the game begins!
"Don't worry, Liu, I will help you open up space, you know my ability on the outside!" Curry emphasized his sense of presence with a domineering face. He has made great progress in the past two years, and this year is already the first in history. It's a three-pointer.
"Thank you Stephen, I will help you next year!" Liu Ren responded.
"Haha, it should be like this." Curry finally got the approval, and the baby smiled.
The other familiar All-Star starters were all saying hello, and James and Kobe hit it off.
"Kobe, I will definitely help Kyrie get the MVP, and I will beat you!" James is very excited every time he plays against Kobe. Kobe retired in a few years. If James wants to beat Kobe the most, Unfortunately, the two never met in the finals.
This year, the Heat and the Lakers lost both matches. James, who has a special obsession with victory, is naturally very upset. Let's see if this young junior has the ability to lead his strong teammates to win.
"No, no, you can't win, you will lose. You have been lucky to win the championship in the past two years only because I am not here." Kobe shook his head with contempt.
"Smelly old man, I will make you look good in this game!" James began to attack personally.
"You mediterranean, do you want to cover up your baldness by wearing a wig? It's useless!" Kobe shot back immediately.
In the "spraying" of the most powerful men in the east and west, the competition began.
The starting lineup of the Western All-Stars is more like a regular lineup. Although Thackeray is a bit weaker and somewhat out of step with the others, he is a center after all. Griffin's standard power forward, Liu Ren small forward, Kobe and Curry partnered in the backcourt.
Even if Thackeray is a little weaker, this lineup is enough to be the core of the team to compete for the championship!
Think of Griffin as an enhanced version of Gasol, and Curry as an enhanced version of scoring and a weakened version of Nash. This lineup is really similar to the Lakers' recent starting lineup.
The tactics that Popovich arranged during the warm-up training are also the offensive tactics of the Lakers, but it may be because of Kobe's emphasis on the importance of this game. Defensive tactics were deployed.
On the other side, the starters in the East are three small forwards in the frontcourt. James, George, and Anthony are going to fight the Western All-Stars in the frontcourt. It doesn't seem so reliable.
Irving and Wade in the Eastern backcourt against the Western backcourt are half a catty defensively... Bad.
Thackeray was about to go forward to jump the ball with James, but was stopped by Liu Ren.
"Robert, let me do it!" Liu Ren really didn't have any confidence in Thackeray's jump ball.
"Okay!" Thackeray gave up resolutely. His jumping ball was really bad, and he was even less confident when the opponent was James. Instead of embarrassing himself in front of the audience around the world, it is better to let Liu Ren go. Liu Ren's bouncing Thackeray Be quite confident.
As for Griffin, although Griffin bounces very well, he is only [-] meters tall, not much taller than Liu Ren and James. The key is that his wingspan is extremely short, only [-] meters, which is almost shorter than Liu Ren and James. ten centimeters.
When Liu Ren and James came to the center of the court, all the fans were surprised. Let’s not talk about the east, there is no one. There are two big men in the west who don’t jump the ball. It seems that they are really on the hook !
The fans are even more excited. They feel that this game will not be as random as before, and it may be more interesting!
Liu Ren and James looked at each other, both of them were full of fighting spirit, James looked at Liu Ren as if he had found an opponent after Kobe.
The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the sky.
The two who had been ready to take off with all their strength, jumped up violently when the ball reached the highest point!
Liu Ren's figure is much slimmer than James', but his bullet speed is better because of this. He pushed the ball back, Thackeray received the ball and passed it to Kobe, and the West went first!
The players in the Western Conference settled down, Curry played Kobe's role to open up space in the corner, Kobe played Nash to organize the offense, Thackeray fell inside, Griffin supported at a high position, and Liu Ren led James to run around.
D'Antoni in front of the TV saw this scene, and secretly scolded Popovich as a stinky old man. He had already guessed Popovich's "sinister intentions" to prevent Kobe and Liu Ren from resting in the All-Star Game. They will definitely use them to death.
However, Popovich was still under the guise of his tactics, which made D'Antoni even more anxious.
Guarding Kobe was Wade, two of the best shooting guards in the East and West in the past eight years.
Kobe continued to maintain a good state after his comeback, but Wade has begun to fall behind early. Because of his style of play, height and team, Wade is no longer the defensive big who can enter the defensive second team brake.
In one-on-one singles, Kobe passed Wade and went inside with a feint to speed up.
Paul George, who was defending Griffin, hurried over to make up the defense.
Kobe immediately passed to Griffin, who was in the space on the left, and Griffin's long-range shots have become more and more powerful in the past two years.
Anthony, who was defending Thackeray inside, immediately rushed out to make up the defense.
On the other side, when Kobe passed the ball to Griffin, Thackeray ran to the right to block James, and Liu Ren cut into the paint.
Griffin made a shot fake after receiving the ball and then saw Liu Ren cut in and immediately threw the ball to the basket.
Easy alley catch and split button succeeded, winning the first place for the West.
(End of this chapter)