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Chapter 191 Judgement
At 2010 o'clock in the evening on February 2, 15, the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Dallas, which can accommodate more than 8 spectators after special renovation, was nearly an hour before the start of the All-Star Game. It was already full of seats.

Although this year's All-Star Game is full of various surprises, these accidents can't stop the enthusiasm of Dallas fans. According to the official data provided by the NBA, this year's Dallas All-Star Game will have nearly 11 spectators. Watching live at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, there is no doubt that the Dallas All-Star Game will break the NBA's two records for the number of viewers in a single game and the number of All-Star Game viewers.

This year's All-Star Rookie Challenge, three-point contest, skill challenge, and slam dunk contest, although they are also very exciting, but there are not many new ideas, so for the final All-Star Game, whether it is the fans who come to Dallas Those of you who are still waiting in front of the TV are all extra expectations, looking forward to this year's All-Star Game, which will be as exciting as before.

Although the Dallas All-Star Game is the home of the Western All-Stars, when the visiting Eastern All-Stars walked out of the player tunnel, they were still greeted with cheers and applause, but compared to when the Western All-Stars played, These cheers and applause are still much inferior, especially when Dirk Nowitzki of the host team Dallas Mavericks and Jason Kidd walked out of the player tunnel, the audience at the Arlington Cowboys Stadium surpassed The [-] spectators shouted in unison, and even made people worry that their cheers would lift the roof of the stadium.

"Kenny, without Shaq, the All-Stars lack a lot of fun." Seeing the regular appearance ceremony of the Eastern and Western All-Stars, Charles Barkley, who was on the sidelines, began to take Shaq again. - O'Neill joked.

In the previous All-Star games, as long as Shaquille O’Neal participated in the All-Star game, there was never a lack of various funny and innovative appearance ceremonies. In the Phoenix All-Star game last season, with Shaquille O'Neal, who wore a mask to show off the mechanical dance, was regarded by almost all fans as the most classic appearance ceremony in the previous All-Star Game.

"Haha, Charles, Shaq is a comedian and funny genius who has been delayed by basketball. Tim and Dirk are nothing compared to Shaq." Tim Duncan and Dirk Nowitzki, Kenny Smith also shook his head and said with a smile.

After Shaq O'Neal left and Kobe Bryant was absent due to injury, Tim Duncan was a well-deserved leader in the Western All-Stars, but as the leader of the Western All-Stars, when Tim Duncan played, It was too routine, too boring, and couldn't stimulate the atmosphere of the fans at all.

Whether it is the Eastern All-Stars or the Western All-Stars, many new faces have been added this year. Although everyone knows that the All-Star Weekend is an entertainment show, but the All-Star Game is such a big stage, and there are 10,000+ people on the scene. Under the watchful eyes of many spectators, those new players who were selected for the All-Star for the first time will inevitably be nervous and cramped when they play.

And Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, these old men and big men in the All-Star Game, don't have the entertainment talent of Shaq O'Neal, and some even simply It's just a boring gourd, what kind of tricks can they play with a group of newcomers?

"In today's game, judging from the main lineups of both sides, the Eastern All-Stars still clearly have a certain advantage."

After the appearance ceremony, the starting lineups of the East and West All-Stars began to warm up one after another. For the Eastern All-Stars, today’s starters are center Dwight Howard, two forwards Kevin Garnett and LeBron James, guards Dwyane Wade and Joe Johnson, as for the Western All-Stars, center Yan Hua, two forwards Tim Duncan and Carmelo Anthony, two Guards Steve Nash and Jason Kidd.

Due to the absence of Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, and Brandon Roy due to injuries, the guard position of the Western All-Stars is simply horrible. One counts as one, Steve Nash, Jason Key Germany, Chauncey Billups, Deron Williams, all of them are point guards, and the two All-Star starters are even more funny. , In front of the Eastern All-Star backcourt composed of Dwyane Wade and Joe Johnson, this pair of Western All-Star backcourts will definitely not take advantage of any advantages.

However, for a game of the All-Star level, the lack of an outside attacker is not necessarily a bad thing. After all, if all five All-Stars want to attack, let alone a basketball, even two basketballs may not be able to divide. Come.

The status quo and configuration of the Western All-Star starters are undoubtedly very beneficial to Yan Hua, because the relationship between position and play style, whether it is basic or defensive, it is impossible to become a Western All-Star As the main attack point of the Western Conference, Tim Duncan, as the All-Star leader in the Western Conference, has no intention of fighting for the gun at all. In addition, the Spurs' current playoff situation is not very optimistic, so in the All-Star Game , Tim Duncan is absolutely going to paddle and play dead to save his energy for the regular season after the All-Star Weekend.

Therefore, although Rick Carlisle, as the head coach of the Western Conference All-Star, did not arrange any specific offensive tactics in the locker room, nor did he specify who would be the main offensive point, but judging from the configuration of the Western Conference starting lineup, at least in the During the period when they were on the stage, Yan Hua would definitely get a lot of offensive opportunities.

Due to the lack of an attack point on the outside, and Carmelo Anthony is not the kind of small forward who is good at organizing, when Yan Hua defeated Dwight Howard at the opening jump ball, as the Western All-Star organization The defender Jason Kidd, after taking the ball to the frontcourt, handed the basketball directly to Yan Hua's hands.

The competitive relationship between Yan Hua and Dwight Howard is well known, and the grievances caused by it have been spread everywhere by the people who eat melons, so when Yan Hua and Dwight Howard after the opening After the direct encounter in the first attack, the rest of the All-Star players on the field all pulled away, letting them two one-on-one, complaining with resentment, and revenge with revenge.

Seeing Dwight Howard with a face full of resentment and treating himself like an enemy, Yan Hua knew that, whether he wanted to or not, the grievances between him and Dwight Howard could no longer be resolved.

Since there is no way to downplay the grievances between each other, it might as well let the grievances deepen a little bit!After making up his mind, leaning sideways on Dwight Howard's Yan Hua, he began to adjust his body posture, ready to attack.

Although this is the All-Star Game, facing an opponent who regards himself as an enemy, Yan Hua did not stay on the front line at all. He really wants to see this option in the future, so after adjusting his position a little, Yan Hua will Using a set of footwork that is complicated and complex, simple and simple, after shaking Dwight Howard away with great ease, he dunked directly.

"Yan Hua's footsteps under the basket are really incomprehensible in this era!" After watching Yan Hua play tricks on Dwight Howard in his first offense after the opening, Ken who was sitting on the sidelines commentary Ni-Smith couldn't help sighing, in this era where rough guys are everywhere, he learned the Yanhua of dreamy footsteps from Hakeem Olajuwon, and he is like a god in front of them.

In terms of the use and understanding of fantasy footsteps, Yan Hua is definitely not as good as Hakeem Olajuwon, but in the era that Hakeem Olajuwon lived in, there were Magic Johnson and Bird Bird before him. , and then there is Michael Jordan, and there are three other existences in the same position who can wrestle with him. Even when he ran near the paint area, he was at a loss, so he could only throw a soft bastard with a SB hook in a perfunctory manner. In the environment full of opponents like this, Kenny Smith really couldn't think of it. Who can control Yan Hua, and who else can stop Yan Hua's rise!
"Kenny, so it is really important to be born to the times." After Kenny Smith sighed, Charles Barkley, who was sitting next to Kenny Smith, followed suit. Charles Barkley has always been He believed that the reason why he failed to wear the championship ring and failed to achieve greater achievements in his career was because he was not born in the right era. Barkley believed that if he lived in this era, he would be more conservative. To put it bluntly, he can also wear a full championship ring on one hand.

In the first attack of the opening game, Yan Hua successfully singled out Dwight Howard with fantastic footsteps, and then Dwight Howard, who returned to the offensive end, immediately reached out to his teammates for the ball, ready to hit Yan Hua back. The scene of directly confronting Gang just at the beginning also attracted cheers from the audience.

Although after being beaten by Yan Huaqiang, Dwight Howard took the lead for a while, trying to get back the field in the next offense, but when his teammates passed the basketball to him, Dwight Howard was a bit difficult .

Players with excellent core strength and strong lower body strength have always been Dwight Howard's sufferers. Yao Ming of the Rockets, Tim Duncan of the Spurs, and Yan Hua in front of him, as long as they meet such players, Dwight Howard It will be quite uncomfortable to play, because in front of such players, it is difficult for Dwight Howard, who has weak lower body strength, to get deep, but Dwight Howard is an offensive range that is limited to three meters around the basket. For a center, this type of inside line, if you don't have a deep position, you can imagine what the result will be.

Dwight Howard not only has basically no high-post attack with the ball, but also lacks low-post attack methods. Dwight Howard couldn't figure out what kind of attack method he should use to break Yan Hua's defense and complete the attack.

But the entanglement is entangled. Amidst the cheers of more than [-] spectators in the Cowboys Stadium, Dwight Howard, who had no way out, finally activated after slapping the basket a few times on the spot, ready to use his own Attack Yan Hua with a back attack.

Dwight Howard, who still knows his own strengths and weaknesses, did not blindly use brute force when playing against Yan Hua with his back, because Dwight Howard knows very well that in front of Yan Hua, it is not a good idea to back up and fight against Yan Hua. own strengths.

So after pushing Yan Hua fiercely behind him, Dwight Howard turned around to the right side of his body, trying to use his turning speed and explosive power to forcefully wipe Yan Hua, and then go to hit the basket Down.

However, while Dwight Howard was turning around, Yan Hua moved sideways one step ahead of time, blocking Howard's forward path after turning around.

Dwight Howard, who had already foreseen that this would be the result, immediately stopped his steps and adjusted his body posture after turning around and encountering Yan Hua's obstruction. After making a nondescript fake action, Dwight Howard White Howard jumped up next to Yan Hua sideways, preparing to use his left hand, which he was not good at, to hook the basketball towards the basket.

"No progress at all!" Before Dwight Howard dropped the basketball, Charles Barkley on the sidelines commentary shook his head in disappointment. Originally, Charles Barkley was still looking forward to Dwight Howard If he can come up with something new on the All-Star stage and fight Yan Hua, not to mention regaining his title of No. Fake moves that can no longer be faked, and zombie hooks that are not at all innovative, what was Dwight Howard like before, and what is Dwight Howard like now.

Dwight Howard's fake moves that couldn't even fool Charles Barkley on the sidelines, naturally couldn't fool Yan Hua, so Dwight Howard had already sensed Howard's next move the moment he took off. Yan Hua followed Dwight Howard and jumped up.

The hook is a shooting method that is difficult to block, so after taking off with Dwight Howard, Yan Hua did not hold the idea of ​​blocking Dwight Howard, but kept in physical contact with Howard. , Try to raise your arm as high as possible to interfere with Dwight Howard's shooting.

Although he failed to block Dwight Howard's hook shot, under Yan Hua's interference, Dwight Howard's hook shot ended in a strike.

On the one hand, there are unparalleled footwork and domineering dunks, and on the other hand, there are fake fake moves and zombie hooks that are hard to shoot. In the first round of the opening round, Yan Hua and Dwight Howard competed. sentenced.

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