NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 133 Howard: Revenge!
Wang Chao and Howard appeared on the stage at 4 minutes and 32 seconds into the fourth quarter. This time, the head coach of the team had already made it clear that they would not be replaced before the end of the game. end up.

We played 20 minutes in the three quarters, and played another 7 minutes and 28 seconds in the fourth quarter. The playing time was less than 28 minutes. This playing time is definitely not too small, at least on the same level as James, and Howard's playing time is even more. A little more, barely able to reach 30 minutes, which has a lot to do with the fact that Howard is the only center in the Eastern All-Stars.

There are Dayao, Duncan, and O'Neal in the West who can serve as centers, but Garnett is the only one in the East who can replace Howard when he is off the court, so Howard can get a lot of appearances in the All-Star Game time.

The reason why Mike Brown told Wang Chao like this is that they don’t care about the outcome of the All-Star Game, including James, who doesn’t have a strong desire to win. If you want to win, it depends on your performance. up.

In this All-Star game, James did not perform actively. Although he played a lot of time and had a scene of scoring against Kobe during the game, he did not show his full strength at all.

This season, James has many goals, including the championship, regular season MVP, and the best record in regular season team history. These are all his goals, and each of them can greatly enhance his historical status. , This definitely does not include the All-Star MVP. James, who already holds two All-Star MVPs, no matter how many All-Star MVP awards he wins, no one will think that he is very strong.

This is also the difference between James and Kobe. It is also an award that has no meaning for the two. James, an egoist, will selectively give up and save his energy to deal with the more stringent regular season games after the All-Star Weekend, while Kobe is paranoid. His competitive character determines that no matter what kind of game it is, he will try his best to win whenever the outcome is decided.

When Wang Chao appeared on the court, Kobe had already played 25 minutes on the court, and his personal data also reached 28 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. If he continues to play the rest of the game, his playing time will exceed 32 minutes, and he has a high probability of scoring. It will also exceed 30 points or more.

"Wang Chao and Kobe are both standing on the stage now, and the scoring battle between the two is about to begin again." In the CCTV sports studio, Director Zhang said: "As soon as Wang Chao came on the stage, Kobe immediately went up to defend him. I am very dissatisfied with Kobe, who is very confident in his defensive ability, for not being able to defend Wang Chaorang."

On the field, looking at Kobe standing in front of him, Wang Chao was also a little happy, and couldn't help asking.

"You don't really think that by marking me yourself, you can limit my scoring efficiency?"

Kobe frowned slightly, and looked at Wang Chao with displeased eyes.

Wang Chao didn't care if his words would offend the vengeful Black Mamba, but he said very honestly: "To be honest, if Pau Gasol were to defend me, maybe he could still create something for me. If you really want to win this game, you might as well consider discussing it with your head coach and let Gasol come up."

What Wang Chao said is the truth. As a power forward with a height of 2 meters, Pau Gasol has excellent mobility among big players in the post. Although he can't compare with Wang Chao in terms of speed , so he can't prevent Wang Chao's breakthrough with the ball, but at least the advantage based on his height and wingspan can allow him to effectively curb Wang Chao's performance outside the three-point line.

Use big players on the outside to defend, and arrange players on the inside to assist and supplement defense at any time. This is the defensive tactic that most teams will use against Wang Chaoshi in the regular season. Although under this targeted tactic, Wang Chao can still play. Both scored 34 points, but that was not due to Wang Chao playing alone, but the pick-and-roll tactics assisted by Howard and other Magic players.

Kobe actually understood this truth very well, but it made him feel very uncomfortable to say this sentence from Wang Chao's mouth.

"Do you only dare to face me on the offensive end? Then when I attack with the ball, you will only hide behind others? Do you dare to challenge me 1-on-1?"

Facing Wang Chao's trash talk, Kobe chose to fight back without hesitation.

"Okay."

When Wang Chao heard the words, he nodded without hesitation, and Kobe was a little surprised by the neatness.

Wang Chao's defensive ability is generally recognized by the entire league. Compared with his talent on the offensive end, he is far behind in terms of awareness, ability and enthusiasm on the defensive end. Even this season, Wang Chao is in the Magic's defensive system. It is still a drag. If Howard hadn't wiped his ass at the basket, Wang Chao's defensive efficiency would have been at the bottom of the league's starting players.

At least Kobe, who is the league's top scorer, never paid attention to Wang Chao's defense.

Just when Kobe was stunned, Wang Chao suddenly took the ball and accelerated the breakthrough.

"Oops!" Kobe was startled, and hurriedly retreated to pursue the defense, but Wang Chao stepped back and retreated beyond the three-point line, and a crisp three-pointer hit again.

Kobe's face fell.

"This guy……"

The possession of the ball alternated, and the Western All-Stars attacked. Just after halftime, Kobe was eager to get the ball, and Wang Chao did not break his promise, and directly switched defenses with his teammates and stood in front of Kobe.

"Oh, Wang Chao actually took the initiative to confront Kobe. This is the first time Wang Chao has defended Kobe in the game. I don't know how effective his defense is? Can he limit Kobe's offense?"

This scene caught many fans by surprise.

In the first three quarters, although Wang Chao and Kobe staged some offensive battles, they did not have a complete matchup. Kobe was marking Wang Chao all the way, but Wang Chao never defended Kobe.

In fact, everyone knows that Wang Chao is strong on the offensive end, but not satisfactory on the defensive end. It is somewhat difficult for him to defend Kobe, and no one thinks that Wang Chao can really defend Kobe.

But even so, when this scene appears in front of people, it is still more interesting. What will be the result of the direct confrontation between the two?

"Boy, watch how I beat you!"

Kobe, who lowered his weight and slowly dribbled the ball, looked at Wang Chao in front of him and said with a sneer.

"Blow me up?" Wang Chao pouted, showing no sign of weakness. "Even if you attack in front of me, it's just a mutual explosion with me. If this is also called killing me, then did I already kill you before?"

Kobe: "..."

Suddenly, Kobe accelerated with the ball and accelerated to break through from Wang Chao's right hand.

Wang Chao reacted extremely quickly and followed immediately.

In terms of speed and agility, Wang Chao is not inferior to Kobe at present, and even because he is taller and has bigger steps than Kobe, he is slightly better in terms of linear acceleration.

Of course, in terms of instant explosive power, Wang Chao is still inferior to Kobe. In addition, the offensive players themselves naturally have the advantage of being one step ahead, so Kobe's breakthrough with the ball still missed Wang Chao by half a body.

Kobe continued to accelerate until he reached the basket, then took off, raised his hand for a layup, and when Wang Chao jumped to block the shot, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Do you think it's so easy to prevent me? Naive!"

The basketball that had been raised to the sky was taken back by Kobe. Kobe straightened his waist suddenly, and pulled his hands from one side of the basket to the other side to pull the bar for a layup.

At this moment, Kobe's super bouncing, staying in the air and strength of waist and abdomen were fully displayed.

Wang Chao's block shot was empty, and his body began to fall uncontrollably. He could only watch helplessly as Kobe was about to pull the bar for a successful layup.

But Wang Chao couldn't guard against it, someone could.

Howard suddenly came out from the side, jumped, and slammed Kobe's layup on the backboard.

After completing the block, Howard was very excited, jumped up on the spot and took the rebound into his arms, thinking: "Kobe, you also have today?"

In 04, Howard, who had just joined the league, was still a newborn calf. He took the initiative to defend Kobe in a defense, but was humiliated by Kobe's dunk. The picture was extremely bloody and violent. That dunk was even listed as the best in Kobe's career One of the dunks and the best dunk of the year in 04.

Howard feels very upset every time he sees himself being dunked on the background board. Although the top hat in the All-Star Game cannot be regarded as complete revenge, it still makes him feel good a lot.

Howard, who grabbed the rebound, immediately passed the ball to Wang Chao, who was already running towards the frontcourt, without pausing.

The moment Howard shot out from the flank to block Kobe, Wang Chao immediately ran to the frontcourt. After receiving Howard's pass, Wang Chao continued to accelerate with the ball, maximizing the speed of 93.

The Western All-Stars are also quickly returning to defense. The first one to stop Wang Chao is point guard Chris Paul.

Paul, who is 1 meters tall, chooses to defend Wang Chao by jumping up and stealing. In his opinion, no matter how good Wang Chao’s dribbling ability is, the problem of too high dribbling point still exists objectively. His agility and stealing ability should be able to break Wang Chao's dribbling in the fast break.

Originally, with Wang Chao's dribbling ability of 91, there is indeed a possibility of being intercepted by Paul, but the problem is that in addition to his dribbling ability, Wang Chao also has a dribbling talent.

Ball handler: The dribble is not easy to be intercepted, and the dribbling speed is accelerated.

At the moment when Paul was about to attack Wang Chao's dribble line, Wang Chao also dribbled the ball behind his back, passed Paul with a neat step, and continued to rush towards the basket.

The other Western All-Star players on the court are less mobile than Paul. When Paul is passed, it is too late for others to catch up.

Wang Chao, who rushed to the free throw line, took two big strides, soared into the air, and successfully scored with a powerful dunk with both hands.

Kobe came late behind Wang Chao. When Wang Chao took off, he also tried to follow the jump to complete the cover from behind. However, although Wang Chao's jumping ability was slightly worse, his lack of height still made his take-off height quite high. It's impressive, and it's not something Kobe can easily cover.

Wang Chao scored 5 points in a row as soon as he appeared on the stage, and the original double-digit point difference was reduced to single digits in the blink of an eye.

This attack and defense was largely a coincidence. Wang Chao couldn't defend Kobe. If Howard hadn't turned out to give Kobe a big hat, Kobe had already successfully scored the ball against Wang Chao.

But the same, this is a basketball game, not a 1v1 duel in the true sense. Just like when Wang Chao was fast-breaking with the ball just now, Paul also came up to try to defend, but it was unsuccessful.

The All-Star team in the Western Conference, Kobe is here again.

Realizing that after rushing to the basket, he not only has to face Wang Chao, but also beware of Howard. He gave up hitting the basket and turned his offensive method to mid- and long-range shooting.

But if it's a breakthrough, Wang Chao will have a hard time defending against it, and Wang Chao is the least afraid of shooting.

No matter how high the 1-meter Kobe Bryant's shot is, even if Wang Chao can't block it, he can still form an effective interference. Moreover, after the first three quarters, Kobe's hand feeling has also declined significantly, and his shooting percentage has plummeted. When Howard blocked the shot, he only hit 98 goal in 5 consecutive shots.

Seizing this opportunity, Wang Chao used Howard's pick-and-roll to cover and hit a three-pointer from outside the three-point line. He caught Howard and scored a dunk, directly tying the point difference.

The Western All-Stars called for a timeout again, but the momentum of the Eastern All-Stars had already started. In the last few minutes, except for free throws, the Western All-Stars had almost no sports scores recorded, and the point difference was overtaken by the Eastern All-Stars. .

At 129:125, the Eastern All-Stars finally reversed and defeated the Western All-Stars, winning this All-Star Game.

Wang Chao played 28 minutes in the game, made 22 of 13 shots, including 11 of 7 three-pointers, 9 of 7 free throws, scored 40 points and 4 assists, and won the All-Star MVP without any suspense.

On the other side, the Western All-Star, Kobe Bryant played 34 minutes and scored 38 points. His scoring is comparable to that of Wang Chao, but he made 28 shots and hit 12 goals in the whole game, and his shooting percentage was only 42.8%. Compared with Wang Chao, his efficiency There was a lot of difference, especially in the fourth quarter when he was directly facing Wang Chao, he only made 8 of 2 shots, and became the main culprit for the Western All-Stars being reversed by the Eastern All-Stars in the last quarter.

The All-Star is an entertainment stage, whether the performance of the players is good or bad, will not be recorded by too many people.

Just presenting the All-Star MVP trophy to Wang Chao, the smile on the face of NBA Commissioner David Stern was not very bright.

Wang Chao won the All-Star MVP, which was also one of the scripts he planned, but it was not the best script.

In his plan, Kobe and O'Neal won the All-Star MVP together, and the best script on the All-Star stage is to smile away all grievances.

In order to create momentum for O'Neal, who has fallen from the top star echelon, during the opening performance of the All-Stars, O'Neal, who is the host, was specially arranged to perform a very exciting masquerade opening show.

But the final result is still a bit unsatisfactory...

In fact, it’s not unsatisfactory. Wang Chao’s All-Star scored 40 points to defeat Kobe “head-on” and led the Eastern All-Stars to defeat the Western All-Stars. This performance is not too bad. Stern is also very optimistic about Wang Chao’s future development prospects , this is definitely a Chinese superstar with more stars than Dayao.

A world emerged where only Kobe and O'Neal were injured.

What Kobe was upset about was that he actually lost the direct duel with Wang Chao. Although this has a lot to do with Howard's lack of martial arts, but if he loses, he loses. No matter how many reasons he finds, it's just boring self comfort.

As far as O'Neal is concerned, the 37-year-old Shark has basically performed on the All-Star stage for the last time, just like the basketball god Jordan's last All-Star retirement performance.

But in calculations, this can be regarded as a tit for tat. In Jordan's last All-Star that year, almost all players who participated in the All-Star consciously gave up the opportunity to Jordan to perform, and wanted Jordan to play the most perfect performance in the All-Star. curtain call.

It was Kobe who stood up in this situation and led the Western All-Stars to win the game, causing Jordan to miss the All-Star MVP, which became one of the great regrets on the All-Star stage.

Now that Kobe and O'Neal jointly won the All-Star MVP trophy was destroyed by Wang Chao, it can be regarded as a turn of events.

……

"Wang Chao scored 40 points, shining on the stage of the All-Star Game."

"Kobe vs. Wang Chao, 38 points vs. 40 points. The offensive battle staged by the All-Stars ended with Wang Chao winning!"

"The first Huaguo All-Star MVP in NBA history was born, and Wang Chao once again made history!"

The All-Star Weekend is over, but the enthusiasm for the All-Star Game continues unabated.

In particular, the battle between Wang Chao and Kobe Bryant in the game made the fans talk about it.

But for all teams in the league, the All-Star Weekend for relaxation and entertainment is over, which means that the regular season has entered the final sprint stage, and the remaining 30 regular season games will be one Extremely fierce battles between dragons and tigers!

(End of this chapter)