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Chapter 193

"Yan, well done."

After more than 6 minutes in the first quarter of the All-Star Game, the game also ushered in the first timeout. When Yan Hua came off the field, Kevin who was already waiting on the sidelines -Durant, after high-fiving the starting players who left the field, hugged Yan Hua who was the last to leave the field, and then handed Yan Hua a towel.

Among all the Western All-Stars, only Kevin Durant and Yan Hua are similar in age. With the introduction of Russell Westbrook, the distance between Yan Hua and Kevin Durant The relationship is barely acceptable, so when the starting players on the field are off the field, Kevin Durant is also the most enthusiastic about Yan Hua.

"Thank you, Kevin." After taking the towel from Kevin Durant, Yan Hua patted Durant on the shoulder and thanked him.

There are also small groups in the All-Stars, and these small groups are often exclusive, especially those players who have just entered the All-Stars. The rookies are no different, so it is very difficult to get along with them and be accepted by them. Therefore, these players who have just been selected as All-Stars can only look for players who are in a similar situation as themselves and can talk to them. Form a new small group until they themselves become the big players in the All-Stars, and Yan Hua and Kevin Durant can barely be regarded as a new small group now.

After chatting with Yan Hua, Kevin Durant, Amare Stoudemire, Dirk Nowitzki and other substitute players boarded the court together to enjoy their own It's the first All-Star Tour.

Since Dwight Howard was at a disadvantage when facing Yan Hua, when the starting players of both sides were on the court, the Eastern All-Stars not only failed to exert their backcourt advantage, but also because of Dwight Howard, from head to toe The end was suppressed by the Western All-Stars. When the first quarter was officially suspended, the Eastern All-Stars were 13 to 20, 7 points behind the Western All-Stars.

However, all of this changed after the bench lineups of both sides came on stage, consisting of Al Horford, Chris Bosh, Paul Pierce, Gerald Wallace, and Derrick Rose. Although there is still a big gap compared with the main lineup in terms of overall strength, compared with the main lineup, the Eastern All-Star bench lineup is undoubtedly more reasonable in configuration.

Although the Western All-Stars are all Dirk Nowitzki, Amare Stoudemire, Kevin Durant and other big-name players, as well as Chauncey Billups, Deron -A first-line star like Williams, but the backcourt of the Western All-Stars is still a very obvious shortcoming. Stars are directly at a disadvantage.

In particular, Derrick Rose, who came off the bench as an All-Star in the East, directly sieved the perimeter of the West, suppressing Deron Williams, who is known as the second point guard, on both offense and defense, and Derek - The backcourt combination of Rose and Gerald Wallace also blew up the backcourt combination of Deron Williams and Chauncey Billups.

So when the first quarter was over, the Western All-Stars, who led by 7 points in the first half of the first quarter, were overtaken by the Eastern All-Stars, and the score between the two sides became 35 to 34. The Eastern Conference All-Stars lead by 1 point.

From leading by 7 points to trailing by 1 point, Rick Carlisle, as the head coach of the Western Conference All-Stars, felt a bit overwhelmed. If you want to fight for a winner or loser, no matter who you are, you don't want to be the loser.

So when the timeout ended, Rick Carlisle began to arrange the next lineup according to his own intentions, Yan Hua, Paul Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Durant, Steve Nash.

In order to solve the shortcomings of the Western All-Stars in the perimeter offense, Rick Carlisle changed Dirk Nowitzki to small forward and pushed Kevin Durant to the shooting guard position. - Nash's defense is still an obvious shortcoming, but in Rick Carlisle's view, only Steve Nash can coordinate the offense of so many stars and distribute the ball between them.

As for the Eastern All-Stars, after the warm-up in the first quarter, Jeff Van Gundy also started to play for real, sending Dwight Howard, Chris Bosh, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade , Derrick Rose such a lineup puts Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, who are focused on paddling, and their teammate Rajon Rondo, all on the bench.

Although the lineups of the two sides have changed a lot compared with the first quarter, the tactics of both sides have not changed much compared with the first quarter. In other words, the two sides have no tactics at all. In singles with the ball, I play singles with the ball and repeat this. Of course, occasionally there will be some small-scale cooperation, but the mainstream on the field is still singles.

The All-Stars in the Western Conference are a bit better. As a point guard, Steve Nash basically doesn’t take many shots. Whoever has a better chance among the rest, Steve Nash will give the ball to whoever, just like Rick-Nash. As Carlisle expected, no one who distributed the ball on the field said anything.

As for the Eastern Conference All-Stars, although it is the first time to enter the All-Stars, Derrick Rose is not at all embarrassed in front of these big shots. After Nash's defense, go to the basket to find Yan Hua's trouble.

With the ball in hand, the opposing player is still a defensive black hole, so after entering the second quarter, Derrick Rose is still the best performer among the Eastern All-Stars, and he is also the one with the most points.

"Yan, I didn't expect that we could teach each other here!"

When the official timeout of the second quarter was approaching, Derrick Rose made his way to the basket after breaking through Steve Nash's defense on the outside. Yan Hua, who made up the defense, scored a layup, and after the layup, Derrick Rose turned to Yan Hua, who was not far away from him, and said a challenging word with a smile on his face.

Since it was the first time that he was selected as an All-Star, and he entered the All-Star as a substitute, Derrick Rose had no idea at all before coming to Dallas. But Derrick Rose didn't expect that he would get so much playing time and have many direct conversations with Yan Hua, whom he always wanted to beat and surpass.

Although the relationship between Derrick Rose and Yan Hua is very good, and the two were called the 08 double pride by the media, in Derek Rose's view, there is still a winner between him and Yan Hua Yes, just like Jordan and Olajuwon back then.

"Come on then, Derek!"

(End of this chapter)