Chapter 377 All-Star Game (1)(1/2)
After defeating the Heat at home, the Hawks were very morale and had never had a fighting spirit burst out on them.
As a result, the Atlanta people won consecutive games in the following games. Under the leadership of Wu Feng, they advanced rapidly and overcome difficulties, with many strong teams among them.
Finally, before the All-Star Weekend, the Hawks finally got their wish and rose to third place in the East, second only to the Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls.
Originally, the Bulls had a very good record and had always been ranked first in the East.
But since the "Son of Wind City" Derek Ross was injured for a while, the Bulls' record has declined a lot.
So, the Miami Heat later rose to the No. 1 position in the East.
As early as late January, the All-Star Game had already started voting.
However, since the voting election, there was one person who had been occupying the position of the vote king.
And this person is Wu Feng.
This shocked many people, because in the current league, LeBron James and Kobe are still signatures.
However, neither of them got the vote king, but Wu Feng.
In fact, this is no wonder. After all, Wu Feng was too shining last season, and his performance this season was even better than last season.
In addition, Wu Feng has so many fans in China, so he ranked first in the All-Star Game with almost no suspense.
At the end of the All-Star voting, Wu Feng was still the voter of this All-Star Tournament, leading the second-ranked former teammate Dwight Howard for about 100,000 votes.
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At 7:30 p.m. local time on February 27, the highly anticipated All-Star Game began.
This game was greatly promoted. Not only in the United States, but also in other parts of Asia, especially in China.
At this moment, the players from both sides have arrived on the court.
The lineup of the Eastern Conference Stars is: center Dwight Howard. The combination on the front line is "Little Emperor" LeBron James and "Little Melon" Cameron Anthony, shooting guard Dwyne Wade, and organizational defender Wu Feng.
The Western Conference star team also appeared on the big screen on the scene: the center is the already rising Lakers center Andrew Bynum, power forward Blake Griffin, small forward Kevin Durant, who has three-way goal of winning the scoring champion, and the shooting guard is undoubtedly Kobe, and the organization guard Chris Paul.
With Andrew Bynum and Dwight Howard jumping the ball, the game officially began!
The Eastern Conference Stars took the lead in getting the ball. Dwight Howard bounced well and had a long wingspan, so he basically won the jump.
Wu Feng received the pass from his teammate and let out a light breath before he quickly dribbled the ball forward.
Just after Wu Feng dribbled the ball, Chris Paul had appeared in front of him.
Although Chris Paul has not fought with Wu Feng yet, he has a certain understanding of Wu Feng's reputation and strength. Therefore, when defending Wu Feng, he did not slacken at all.
Wu Feng did not stick to the ball at all and quickly passed the ball. Chris Paul obviously did not expect Wu Feng to pass the ball so easily.
The moment the ball was regained, Wu Feng's speed suddenly increased. Chris Paul did not expect that Wu Feng would start so quickly. So he quickly prepared for defense and stared at Wu Feng tightly. There was no slackness at all.
Wu Feng was also cautious and did not dare to make any mistakes.
Wu Feng quickly activated his body. He stopped suddenly at a distance of one step within the three-point line, and his toes and the floor suddenly made a harsh friction sound.
Wu Feng did not stop at all, jumped up high, and the ball was raised by him. With a gentle tweak, the ball quickly flew out from his fingers.
With a "swish", the ball was arrested!
Wu Feng, who completed the attack, clenched with LeBron James beside him, and then retreated to defend.
Chris Paul shook his head. Wu Feng is really strong now. And his current physical fitness has become surprisingly good.
The Western Stars' counterattack was very fast. After Wu Feng succeeded, the ball was quickly passed out. Except for Chris Paul who took the ball and fell behind, several other players quickly ran towards the Eastern Stars' half.
Before the Chris Paul passed half, the ball flew out quickly. With his outstanding overall view, he saw the players who were not defending around Blake Griffin. The ball was delivered to him immediately. The latter took two steps lightly and threw the ball high before Dwight Howard came to defend. The ball passed through Dwight Howard's raised right hand and easily entered the net.
There are many scorers in the Western Star Team, which is a team that is so outstanding in the Eastern Star Team. In terms of scorers, they may be slightly inferior to the Western Star Team.
There is no need to say much about Kobe, a great shooter. In addition to Andrew Bynum, Kevin Durant, Kobe and Blake Griffin are all scoring experts who average 22+ per game. Even though the Los Angeles Clippers' "new captain" Paul, who has declined a lot this season compared to previous seasons, he is also a guy who can score easily.
Dwyne Wade also tried a mid-range and long-distance shot, but unfortunately, he failed to score and the rebound was taken off by Chris Paul.
On the Western Conference Stars, Chris Paul broke through the bottom line, and made a wonderful pass by Kevin Durant, who made a mid-range jump shot.
On the Eastern Conference Stars, Wu Feng used a double cover and made another mid-range jump shot.
Chris Paul roamed the top of the arc with a back pass, and the ball was handed over to Kobe. Dwyne Wade was blocked by Kevin Durant, and Kobe made a jump shot, but Wu Feng reacted very quickly and rushed on when Kobe shot. Although he did not block Kobe's shot, it interfered with his shooting. Therefore, Kobe's jump shot went off and Dwight Howard protected the backcourt rebound.
Many fans cheered Wu Feng's name at the scene. At the beginning of the game, Wu Feng faced "Peter Pan" Kobe and showed his strong defensive ability. Wu Feng not only had excellent defense ability in individual soldiers, but also did a very good job in assisting defense.
The assisting defense of Kobe just now was impossible for Wu Feng to appear in the past, but with Wu Feng's current game experience, he is already familiar with this aspect.
The players of the Western Star Team are constantly attacking the Eastern Star Team's basket, allowing the players of the Eastern Star Team to quickly consume the physical strength in the rapid running.
"Swish", Kobe received a pass from Chris Paul from outside the three-point line and hit a goal.
Kobe's shooting speed is very fast, and it often makes defensive players unable to defend.
Under the organization of Chris Paul, the Western Stars started with a 7:4 little **.
Wu Feng is surrounded by two Western star players at any time to defend, which makes every move very difficult, and Dwight Howard, the inside "Warcraft" Dwight Howard, is also uncomfortable. As long as he receives the ball, two players will come up to defend immediately.
When Wu Feng and Dwight Howard were both in a dilemma, the Eastern Stars urgently needed a third player to drive the Eastern Stars' offense.
At this time, LeBron James showed his value as the first player in the league.
LeBron James received a pass from Wu Feng and singled Kevin Durant. He turned around and threw away Kevin Durant, then rushed into the penalty area of the Western Conference Stars, jumped high, and made an extremely domineering and inspiring Tiger-style dunk.
LeBron James' dunk immediately ignited the passion of the Eastern Stars.
The Western Conference Stars missed the offense, and Wu Feng took the defensive rebound. Then a long pass was handed over to Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, who were almost out of the way.
Dwyane Wade and LeBron James cooperated. The latter easily dunked.
8:7, the Eastern Conference Stars overtook 1 point.
Kevin Durant broke through in the middle and then inserted the ball directly to Blake Griffin, who was inside. The latter directly picked up the basket, but was blocked by Dwight Howard. Andrew Bynum fought for the offensive rebound. He did not attack, but gave it to Chris Paul, who was outside.
However, when the ball was passed to Chris Paul, a gust of wind passed by Chris Paul and directly cut the ball away.
It was Wu Feng who intercepted the ball. After intercepting the ball, Wu Feng dribbled the ball quickly. He was in the middle, with LeBron James on the left and Dwayne Wade on the right.
Kobe and Chris Paul have already made a good defense in their half. The current situation is that the Eastern Conference Stars team has three-for-two. Wu Feng did not stop outside the three-point line of the Western Conference Stars team, but rushed to the Western Conference Stars penalty area. Chris Paul could only stick to Wu Feng tightly and did not give Wu Feng a chance to attack. Dwyne Wade and LeBron James were on both sides, so one person would always be free.
After Wu Feng rushed into the Western Conference Stars' penalty area, he swung his hand and passed the ball to Dwayne Wade on the right. The one that was free was Dwayne Wade. Dwayne Wade scored a three-pointer with a "swish" sound, and the ball entered.
The Eastern Stars completed this fast break, which took no more than six seconds.
11:7, the Eastern Conference Stars widened the gap to 4 points.
Western star coach Greg Povich requested a timeout.
After the timeout, the Western Conference Stars replaced Zach Randolph and Blake Griffin came off.
The Western Conference Stars' offense, Chris Paul controls the ball and organizes the offense, and after half the game, he passes the ball to Kobe.
After Kobe received the ball, Dwyne Wade immediately posted it.
Kobe played Dwyane Wade single, used Kevin Durant's cover to get rid of Dwyane Wade's defense, and then made an open jump shot. The ball drew a graceful arc in the air and floated into the basket.
The Eastern Stars attacked, Dwyne Wade held the ball and organized the offense. Facing Kobe's defense, Dwyne Wade looked calm and ended the Eastern Stars attack with a backward jump shot.
Chris Paul made a wonderful pass from Zach Randolph, who missed a layup, but grabbed the offensive rebound and missed a tip-in, but failed to make Kevin Love's foul.
Zach Randolph missed the first free throw. The Eastern Conference Stars replaced Kevin Love with Chris Bosh, and Andre Iguodala replaced LeBron James.
Zach Randolph made the second free throw.
Wu Feng attacked with the ball, but was disturbed by Chris when passing the ball. He made a mistake and the ball was cut off by Kevin Durant. The Western Conference Stars launched a fast break, but failed, and Andre Iguodala took the defensive rebound.
Andre Iguodala dribbled through the half and then passed the ball to Wu Feng.
Wu Feng organized the offense and broke through with the ball. A crossover threw Chris Paul aside, then jumped out, and with a "clang", the ball hit the iron.
Dwight Howard fought for an offensive rebound and passed the ball to Andre Iguodala on the outside, who shot three-pointers directly. The ball was swishing and entered the net with a hollow!
Chris Paul used his teammate Kevin Durant's cover to shoot a three-pointer from the left wing, but missed. Chris Bosh protected the defensive rebound.
Wu Feng broke through with the ball, used his speed advantage to get rid of Chris Paul's defense, then rushed to the basket, attacked the basket, and made a layup.
LeBron James's outbreak was previously. The Western Conference star team obviously strengthened its defense against LeBron James, so Eric Spoelstra replaced LeBron James with Andre Iguodala and gave him a good rest.
But what the Western Star didn't expect was that Andre Iguodala, who was newly on the court, was so strong. She scored a three-pointer as soon as she came up.
After Greg Povich called for a timeout, the Eastern Conference Stars scored another 7:3 climax, widening the gap to 8 points.
At this moment, Western Conference Stars head coach Greg Po Povich called another timeout.
After the timeout, the lineups of both teams on the court changed.
Eastern stars: Chris Bosh, Roy Hibert, Andre Iguodala, Joe Johnson and Deron Williams; while Western stars: Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol, Russell Westbrook, Kobe and Tony Parker.
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In the first quarter, both teams seemed to be more obsessed with offense, but obviously the Eastern Conference Stars did better off offense, and they also did the defense well.
The offense of the Western Conference Stars is very monotonous. Except for Zach Randolph, only Kobe has a better shooting percentage on the outside.
However, under Andre Iguodala's assisted defense, Kobe did not have many shots. After the timeout, he made a mid-range jump shot and a three-pointer, in the next two minutes, Kobe only relied on free throws to score 2 points, and all the other three shots missed.
With one minute and one eleven seconds left in the first quarter, the Western Conference Stars trailed the Eastern Conference Stars by 9 points at 21:30. Before the first quarter, the Eastern Conference Stars opened up such a big gap, and Greg Povich was extremely depressed.
To be continued...