I just play ball

Chapter 304 Complete Refresh
As the game continued, Li Yue and Curry respectively carried out pick-and-roll tactics with Durant, shining brightly for a long time like three stars surrounding each other. The players in the Eastern Conference took turns trying to pinch the ball holder, fast rotation and partial Various strategies such as three defenses and two have failed to form an effective block, and they can only watch the three score.

Even so, Li Yue and Curry did not always play this kind of tactics. Every two to three rounds, the two would tacitly hand over the ball to Love or Harden. Without hesitation.

The game soon came to the end of the first quarter, and the West had a 12-point lead. Taking advantage of the timeout of TV commercials, D'Antoni replaced the main lineup, and Vogel in the East followed suit. The two teams began to compete with the second team.

Those who can represent the West are Paul, Aldridge, Howard, Davis and other veritable All-Star players, and those who represent the East are Noah, Joe Johnson, Hibbert and other All-Star players who occupy the advantage of the East. The gap in strength is a bit big, and even the on-site commentary said that the starlight level of the East is relatively low.

The West has returned to the opening state. The perimeter defensive strength is limited to standing in front of the ball holder. Davis watched Joe Johnson make a three-pointer, while the interior defensive strength was limited to running along. Noah made several air cuts, and Howard followed. Beside him, neither reaching out to interfere, nor colliding with the body, just pick up the basketball and stand outside the bounds to serve.

The defensive strength of the Eastern Conference was also zero, and the two sides scored friendly points against each other. By the first official timeout of the second quarter, the Western Conference not only maintained its lead, but further expanded it to 16 points, attracting the audience to cheer for the Eastern Conference.

With LeBron and other main players returning to the court, the Eastern Conference's defensive strength instantly increased, and the offensive end also showed various cooperation.

But in the west, Li Yue and other main players also treat it as a formal game, and they can respond every time.

After halftime, the West led 89 to 76.

During the intermission, the staff rushed into the arena and began to set up the stage.

The players of the two teams returned to the locker room respectively, and Li Yue, as the captain of the Western Conference, stayed to be interviewed by TNT reporters.

The first question talked about how it feels to attend the All-Star for the first time. Li Yue expressed his excitement. He was able to compete with so many outstanding players. Performance, this experience will become one of the best memories of the rest of my life, I hope everyone can feel happy.

The second question talked about how to lead the West to complete the overtake at the beginning of the first quarter. Li Yue said that it all depends on the cooperation of his teammates. Durant blew the offensive horn with a three-pointer, Griffin quickly advanced to boost morale, and Curry's spiritual organization tore the defense of the East. , I only did a little work, Paul and other players completed the connection well, and the credit belongs to the whole team.

The third question talked about the reason why the two teams scored too high in the halftime. Li Yue said that the defensive intensity was not so high at some times. Griffin has completed 8 dunks, and both Curry and Durant have ultra-long three-pointers, but when it comes to the fourth quarter, the two teams must go all out.

The fourth question talked about the upcoming halftime performance. The reporter asked if he liked jazz. Li Yue bluntly said that he was not that interested, and immediately blocked the remaining questions of the reporter, causing the interview to end early.

When returning to the player channel, Li Yue looked at the stage that had just been built. There was a black man standing on it, playing passionately with a saxophone. From a distance, he looked a bit like a fat version of Vince Carter.

Back in the locker room, all the players were busy with their own work, and Li Yue sat down to browse the news.

In the first article, data experts claimed that the ratings of this All-Star game have dropped further compared with the previous ones. Quickly pull back the viewership, the number of viewers can exceed last year, it depends on how many people the performance of many singers in the middle can attract.

Durant also saw this tweet and read it aloud, Harden and the others looked excited.

I thought I was going to make up my mind to continue playing with all my strength, but I thought I hurriedly turned on the TV to watch the halftime show.

Li Yue followed and watched, and found that the old man playing the saxophone was clapping his hands to accompany the accompaniment. The lead singer was an old white man with a floral hat and a big beard. It seemed to be a jazz style. Understand.

But Durant and Howard seemed to feel the charm of the song. The two stood in the middle of the locker room, swaying and dancing, and Curry and others joined in. Only Li Yue and Harden who couldn't understand were left to "watch with cold eyes" .

The old man's singing ended soon, and the saxophone brother came to a solo, and then introduced another singer with glasses,
It's also a jazz style, but the glasses singer's words are clearer. Li Yue understands, to the effect of "I know who you are, I know you are awesome, but I don't care at all, I want to be myself, I It is the most dick', which has the same essence as Mayday's "Stubbornness", but it is expressed in different ways, one is arrogance and the other is self-confidence.

Compared with the old man's song, the rhythm of this song changed very little. Durant and others all stopped swinging, but Harden, who had been watching, suddenly became agitated, and his two glasses stared at the TV screen as if they were glowing.

Everyone was a little confused, and it wasn't until the female singer Spicy Chicken came on stage that Durant smiled and said that it was Harden's favorite.

After the last song was played and the halftime performance came to an end, Li Yue felt that it was very ordinary. It was not as good as the opening scene with rappers such as Snoop and Pharrell Williams. It must have a negative effect on increasing the ratings.

The entire Western Conference team returned to the court laughing and laughing, doing shooting warm-ups like ordinary games.

Li Yue ran into Yao Ming on the bench. In order to avoid interpreting their lips, they covered their mouths and chatted for a few words. They learned that the Basketball Association has purchased wild card qualifications, and the national team will go to the World Cup in Spain from the end of August to mid-September this year. .

Li Yue once again stated that he is willing to play, and hopes that relevant domestic people will not be influenced by the media.

After getting the promise, Yao Ming smiled happily, and when he turned to leave, he encouraged him to try to win the AMVP, so as to avoid the regret that the Chinese had never won in the All-Star Game, and he has 18 points and 11 assists, which is a matter of course.

Li Yue didn't agree or object. After saying goodbye, he went to the field for training. The idea of ​​simulating one person playing five All-Stars came to his mind in advance.

Thinking about it, I put this strange idea aside for a moment. After all, there is a big gap between the NBA All-Star game and the FIBA ​​game. There are differences in defensive strength and rules such as defensive three seconds, and the simulation benefits are relatively small.

Intermission ends and the game continues.

The starting players of the two teams took the lead as usual, and the game rhythm and confrontation intensity were the same as before. By the middle of the third quarter, the West still maintained a 13-point lead, but with the debut of the second team of the two teams, the situation changed suddenly.

Noah began to perfectly show why he was considered by the media to be a candidate for the double team plus DPOY. He and DeRozan led the East to an offensive climax, and joined hands with Hibbert to suppress wildly. In the West, Paul and others did not follow Get up the rhythm, wait until you fully react, the East has tied the score and completed the overtake.

Fortunately, Paul showed the ability of the league's number one point guard, a few words and a few times of cooperation, and soon stabilized the situation in the West. Howard and Davis showed the dominance of super big men on both ends of the offense and defense. 9.

After three quarters, the West led 126 to 123, and the two teams returned to the original point.

Li Yue returned to the bench, looked up at the big central screen, and found that he had scored 31 points and 14 assists.

In the TNT commentary seat, Ernie said: "The director told me just now that the audience on the scene and in front of the TV would rather see a continuous high-level confrontation than this kind of cool performance that each played a wave of offensive climax. Li Yue accepted in midfield. During the interview, it was mentioned that the two teams will play with all their strength in the fourth quarter, how do you think the performance of these two teams will play with all their strength?"

"It must be full of muscle collisions. The referee may whistle at a high frequency, and then the two teams actively weaken the defense." Barkley said with a shrug, "So with the current defensive strength in the league, it is difficult for you to see classic games."

"In the past, it will indeed be different as you said, tonight." O'Neal said, "The players on the court are all All-Stars. Except for a few guards, everyone else has a high level of defense, and it is not necessary to use hand-to-hand combat. defense."

"I support Shaq's argument for a simple reason. Just like when Li Yue defended LeBron in the first quarter, the two had only a little physical contact, but the entire defensive process was at the textbook level, and the hand-to-hand combat method was outdated."

Just as Barkley was about to speak, O'Neal rushed to say: "With the Heat winning the championship, the mainstream play style of the entire league has already changed. The Lakers have further strengthened this trend. Internal confrontation is no longer the focus, and classic games can also be played around the outside."

"Then let's wait and see." Barkley curled his lips resentfully, "I'd like to see what classic games can be played around the perimeter."

...

On the bench in the West, D'Antoni held the stat sheet and kept an eye on the playing time.

The work of the All-Star head coach is very easy. The only complicated thing is the allocation of players' playing time, mainly because they are not familiar enough. Some players have special requirements, and they need to be checked every time they are rotated.

According to the previous arrangement, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Paul should lead the team, but Paul just led the team to stabilize the situation, and the consumption was a bit serious, and he didn't show the intention of playing. Curry and Harden simply didn't gather around to participate in the discussion .

It's not that they are playing big cards, but the two seem to agree that they will not appear on stage for the time being.

D'Antoni frowned for a long time, patted Li Yue's shoulder and said, "You go up for a while..."

He had to rely on his own people, Li Yue nodded in agreement, looked at Durant, hinting to give himself a helper.

Then I thought, D'Antoni turned around after finishing the arrangement, and didn't see it at all.

Considering that 'ordering' his head coach in public would damage his prestige, Li Yue put down his hand that was about to be raised, and strode into the field.

...

The whistle sounded and the fourth quarter started.

Western Conference lineup, point guard Lillard, shooting guard Li Yue, small forward Dirk Nowitzki, power forward Davis, center Howard.

Eastern lineup, point guard Wall, shooting guard Johnson, small forward DeRozan, power forward Bosh, center Hibbert.

According to the result of the opening jump ball, the West will attack first.

The audience cheered and shouted. Li Yue settled on the right wing and received a pass from Lillard. Squeeze through cover and chase.

Seeing this, Li Yue braked, put his hands together and raised the ball high, trying to pass it to Nowitzki who made an air cut and made a pass. The Eastern basket was unguarded.DeRozan took a big stride and withdrew to the defense, but before Johnson caught up with him, Li Yue kicked off the ground and took off with a two-stage shooting action.

Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.

Li Yue hit his fifth personal three-pointer and ran forward quickly after landing, actively leading the defensive intensity.

For the Eastern Conference offense, Wall and Johnson were on a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, one inward and the other outward.

Li Yue stepped up to grab the delay, then pulled back and returned to defense. In such a short time, Lillard caught up with Wall.

Wal pulls the ball back, frequently changes hands under the crotch, walks slowly in small steps, and Li Yue shrinks accordingly.

Suddenly, Wall slammed forward to the right, and Davis reached out to interfere at will, almost knocking the ball away.

Wall stopped the ball in a hurry, and Howard grabbed it when he saw it.

It is a taboo for a small man to stop the ball in the three-second zone. Wall threw the ball out in a panic, which happened to be the top of the arc.

Li Yue made a steal at the waist and pushed forward with his left hand. Seeing that Johnson was trying to grab the ball, he immediately changed hands behind his back, blocked the space sideways, dribbled the ball with his right hand and rushed forward, whizzing to the right 45 degrees of the frontcourt like a shooting star.

Johnson trailed by two bigs and watched as he took a wide-open three-pointer.

The basketball went into the net, and Li Yue scored his 37th point and hit his sixth three-pointer.

The audience cheered and shouted, Eastern coach Vogel and LeBron stood up at the same time, calling for a lower tempo and more cooperation.

Wall didn't make any response, quickly brought the ball to the top of the arc, used Hibbert to cover Lila, strode to the free throw line, ignored the interference of Howard, who was changing defenses, and made an emergency stop to shoot two points.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Davis grabbed the rebound, landed and handed it to Li Yue nearby, and the West launched a counterattack.

Li Yue dribbled the ball forward, saw Vogel and LeBron's faces were confused, and then saw Wall's expression of "I know you are awesome, but I don't care at all". He was not so convinced by the guidance of an unfamiliar coach.

Settling at 45 degrees on the right side, and looking for Nowitzki as a cover, Li Yue got rid of Johnson's interference and quickly shifted to the top of the arc.

DeRozan didn't delay at all this time. Looking at the big space in front of him, Li Yue jumped up and shot a three-pointer without hesitation.

Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.

The 40th point of the individual hit the seventh three-pointer to help the West lead the East by 12 points.

The referee whistled and Vogel requested a timeout.

"See it?" O'Neill pointed to Li Yue, "This is a classic game that revolves around the perimeter."

"Where is the classic?" Barkley asked back.

"The classic is that Li Yue may break the two All-Star game records for the number of three-pointers made and points scored in a single game." Kenny helped explain familiarly, "And with the current situation, the East will definitely put in 100% effort .”

"Li Yue has broken many records this season and is in the process of comprehensively refreshing it. This time it is the turn of the All-Star Game."

(End of this chapter)