From today on is the king

Chapter 1142 1141. Bosh's tears are flying...

From the most exciting All-Star Game in history to the ugliest All-Star Game in history, it only took a few minutes.

NBA executives and the top executives of major TV stations really want to strangle Popovich to death.

Although Liu Mang also did it, but
Popovich didn't expect the opponent to be so straightforward. Liu Mang's direct retaliation and tit-for-tat approach disrupted Popovich's plan for chasing points. Originally, he thought he could narrow the point difference to less than five points.

But at least it lasted until the middle of the second quarter, with a score difference of 8 points. The West team had the ball. Duncan was facing a free throw crisis. Popovich could justifiably replace Duncan and replace him with Yao Ming.

Popovich likes to use intrigue, but he is hard steel. He now has such an excellent lineup under his hands, and he is worthy of the head coach on the opposite side.

Seeing coach Kruger surrounded by players, Popovich rearranged his tactics.

On the Eastern side, coach Kruger was surrounded, but he didn't have a tactical board in his hand. A group of people surrounded two people, one was coach Kruger, and the other was Liu Mang holding a tactical board.

O'Neal didn't cooperate and was hacked, which hurt Liu Mang, but fortunately there are more All-Stars available, so Liu Mang has a new idea.

Bosh looked at his assigned position, turned his head and glanced at the big guy who had already taken off his training clothes, Bosh really wanted to ask: "Brother, are you serious?"

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Back from the timeout, the West team sent out a lineup of Nash, Kobe, Marion, Nowitzki, and Yao Ming.

On the east side, the lineup of Liu Mang, Wade, Tracy McGrady, James, and Bosh played.

The lineup of the two teams came up, and the fans who were a little depressed because of the shark attack just now cheered up!
The lineup of the Eastern team consists of one big and four small... No, Bosh is a dwarf in front of Yao Ming, and the Eastern team can be described as five small!Nowitzki is three centimeters taller than Bosh, and it seems that Bosh's shoulders probably reach the position of Nowitzki's chest!From the height of the shoulders, it seems that there is more than three centimeters difference, but from the distance of the top of the head, Bosh's slumped corn whisker hairstyle has increased the height by two or three centimeters, and Nowitzki is really the same height...

Western troops attack.

Nash advances to the frontcourt, and Liu Mang defends Nash. Now with Wade and Tracy McGrady, the Eastern Conference's three outside lines can all defend.

Nash didn't look for the pick-and-roll. He couldn't play the pick-and-roll with this lineup, so he passed the ball to Yao Ming in the low post.

Bosh worked hard to get around the front, but the not-so-strong Bosh was thrown behind by Yao Ming's arm.

Bosh felt his tears fly... After Yao Ming dunked in, he immediately picked up the ball and threw it towards Liu Mang who was in the top arc.

The eastern troops immediately counterattacked!

The four of them pressed towards each other in unison!

Yao Ming's slam dunk just now was really cruel, and it has re-mobilized the enthusiasm of the fans at the Toyota Center. Seeing the four players from the Eastern team coming down, the scene was excited!

Liu Mang received the ball and turned around, leaving behind Nash, who wanted to steal it, and triggered it alone!
Kobe and Marion, who were chasing James and Wade who were about to come down, blocked Liu Mang. Liu Mang's speed was terrible. Liu Mang was blocked a little past the center line, and immediately passed the ball to James. James rushed to the basket without dunking himself, but threw the ball behind his head.

Just fast!
Dirk Nowitzki and Yao Ming couldn't keep up, and the Eastern team could play four against three!

The difference is still 8 points!
When it comes to the West's offense, the West has three absolute singles strengths. Kobe can maintain a one-on-one hit rate of more than [-]% against McGrady, Dirk Nowitzki against James, no matter how hard James tries, he can't defend him, and Yao Ming... O'Neal can't defend him, let alone Bosh.

But... the Eastern team, no matter whether the opponent scores or not, no matter how strong the opponent's rebounding advantage is, they just want to counterattack!

The success rate of the Western team is high. Yes, Yao Ming and Nowitzki’s rebound protection kept the West’s shooting rate at more than [-]%.

However, for the Eastern team, this is enough!

Liu Mang never imagined that he could widen the point difference in twos and threes to secure the victory. The opponent was an All-Star team, an All-Star team who played hard, or a All-Star team led by Popovich who played hard, and wanted to waste garbage time... It was really a dream, Liu Mang never thought about such a thing.

Liu Mang's goal is to keep scoring and maintain a lead of more than 5 points, just grind!Keep grinding!

Popovich's team must seek stability. Liu Mang grasped this point and set up a lineup with four ball-holding points. Whether it is a counterattack or a landing position, there are points that can break through and attract flanking attacks.

The main scorer is Tracy McGrady, who is making the ball for Tracy McGrady. If the opponent flanks Tracy McGrady without the ball, or Kobe, who defends Tracy McGrady, insists on not assisting in the flanking attack, then the person holding the ball can do it himself.

Simple, rude and direct, I didn't think about opening up the difference, just wasted like that!

After halftime, the Eastern team maintained a 86-point lead with 79 to 7!

McGrady scored 23 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in the half, and scored 14 points in the second half.

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Back in the second half, the Eastern team still focused on grinding.

Both Jason Terry, Rahid Wallace, and O'Neal were not on. Nine other nine players played alternately. The main controlled balls were Liu Mang and Iverson. James, Wade, and Carter were mainly responsible for receiving the ball. McGrady was right. He also passed on, but he saw Liu Mang. Qi, Qumei Brown's three inside line played a big four, and continued to grind time.

On the side of the Western team, Popovich could see what the Eastern team was thinking. He was not in a hurry to overtake the score. He liked to seek stability. If he was too impatient to chase points and made a mistake on his side, the opponent's simple and rough style of counterattack and misplacement was really hard for them to guard against.

The Eastern Conference team wanted to drag the game to a critical moment, and Popovich was not afraid, so he just spent time with the opponent. Before he did not have Kobe, he was played by Kobe in the Western Conference playoffs for several consecutive years. Now that he has Kobe, he can play with his opponent!

The game returned to the state where the two teams were playing tactics and talents at the same time, and the atmosphere on the scene continued to be hot.

McGrady played very easily, mainly responsible for shooting, and he didn't have to worry too much about the defensive end, because he couldn't defend the opponent's inside line.

In the third quarter, McGrady scored 17 points in a single quarter, and the Eastern team scored 38 points in a single quarter. After three quarters, the Eastern team entered the intermission with a 124-119 lead of five points.

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McGrady scored 40 points in three quarters!

Liu Mang looked at the scores of the East team. James had 17 points, Wade 18 points, Iverson 10 points, O'Neal 9 points, Liu Mang himself had 11 points and 8 assists, and the East team scored 10 points or close to 10 points. They were the only ones who scored more than 5 points. Rasheed Wallace scored 7 points.

McGrady's scoring is enough, no matter how the final quarter is played, unless James and Wade have something wrong with their heads to steal the limelight, otherwise as long as the Eastern team wins, McGrady's MVP is basically a certainty!
Then the next thing is to win!
A 5-point lead is basically not considered a lead for the opponent's All-Stars, and it's time for a tough battle!
Now there is a very difficult problem in front of Liu Mang.

The inside gap is too big!

The opponent has Yao Ming, Yao Ming scored 8 points in 12 minutes in the third quarter, 26 points in the third quarter, Duncan and Garnett both had 12 points, Nowitzki also had 10 points, the Western team had the advantage inside.

If it is based on the previous All-Star games, the Western team's inside advantage has been greatly weakened. When O'Neal was there, it was fine. When O'Neal was not, the Western team did not dare to play inside. The Western team has almost never won the All-Star in the past few years, because the big All-Stars did not perform well.

But this time it was played according to the official game, and the inside advantage of the West team was immediately reflected. The four insiders scored 70 points!
The Eastern team is strong on the outside, and almost all of their points were scored from the outside. Except for Kobe, who scored 33 points, the Western team has no outside line to compete with the Eastern team.

Just when Liu Mang had a headache, O'Neill came up and pulled Liu Mang's jersey.

"Go away, the guy who doesn't talk too much." Liu Mang ignored O'Neill.

"Don't worry, I'll help Tracy next." O'Neal didn't want Kobe to win the MVP. He originally wanted to repay Liu Mang's "revenge" against Duncan. Now he only has those 9 points, which has nothing to do with the All-Star MVP. Now that he has a common opponent, let's fight each other together!

"Really?"

"real!"

Liu Mang was originally worried that the inside line would be blown up by the opponent, and once the outside line counterattacked and the long-range shot was inaccurate, the opponent would seize the opportunity to comeback, but if there is O'Neal, then the problem will be solved!
There is another problem that needs to be feared, that is, the opponent may chop the shark, but this is not a problem at the last moment of the game. The shark cannot be hacked in the last 2 minutes, and O'Neal is undoubtedly the most fierce insider at the critical moment!
"Gamble on this fat man's character!"

Liu Mang and O'Neill looked at each other, and saw "Damn Kobe" written in each other's eyes, a tacit understanding was reached!

Then do it!

The first three quarters have exhausted all means to maintain the lead, and the crucial fourth quarter is coming soon. Anyone who can be used must be used. Both Rasheed Wallace and Jason Terry are moving their bodies again. Players who need to be used at critical moments must be used!

(End of this chapter)