pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 482 "Solo" in the middle circle

The atmosphere at the scene was "fired" to the extreme by O'Neill and the stars.

After the hot dance, all the stars walked towards the stadium through the aisle of the stage, and high-fived each other with fans on both sides on the way.

The stadium for the All-Star game is directly opposite the stage. At this time, the stadium is already brightly lit, but such lights are nothing to mention in front of the "starlight" of the stars.

When the stars come to this field, they are the only focus of the audience.

After the players enter the field, the last suspense before the All-Star Game will also reveal the head coaches of the two teams.

Rajon Rondo and Karl stood in the middle circle, facing 24 star players.

The president of the league, Stern, officially announced the rules for the coaches to select the team. To everyone's surprise, the lottery decision released before was completely a smoke bomb. The real form of selection was not a lottery, but a heads-up.

Of course, it is not a one-on-one duel in the traditional sense, but a "head-up" shooting in the middle circle. The two coaches take turns shooting in the middle circle, and the advanced team will get the right to choose a team.

It has to be said that Stern's ability to create "gimmicks" is far superior to that of David Stern, and even the coach has become a "tool" for him to exaggerate the atmosphere of the All-Star.

However, the two coaches were quite surprised by this, but they both showed strong interest. They usually direct the players' training and tactics in training, and rarely have the opportunity to participate in competitive things. This time, they finally have the opportunity to show their shooting.

Rondo has been away from the game for many years, and he hasn't been so passionate for a long time. However, shooting in the middle circle is still very unfavorable to him. After all, everyone in the league knows how poor his long-range shooting ability was when he was a player.

Compared with Rondo, Carl's shooting is much better. When he was a player, Carl mainly shot from outside. Although he is not the core of the team, he is definitely a qualified rotation player, so he is full of confidence in the long-range shooting competition in the middle circle.

Confident, he also had a brief exchange with Muller before shooting, as if he was saying something like "wait for me". After listening, Muller's face showed excitement and joy.

"Who goes first?"

"It will be all right."

"Then I'll come first." Carl walked to the middle circle with confident steps. Although he has retired for many years, he has never been far away from the training ground. In addition to daily training players, he will also participate in the players' shooting competitions during training. His winning percentage is still very high. It is very appropriate to describe him as a treasured sword.

Carl glanced at the basket, then adjusted the shape of his hand holding the ball, ran up, raised his hand, and pushed the ball. The basketball went straight to the basket after a long flying distance in the air!

clang!
There was a crisp and powerful iron strike, and the line of the basketball was very straight, but it was a little short in strength. As a result, the basketball hit the front of the basket and bounced out.

Although he didn't hit the soul with one shot, Karl's attempt still yielded something. The problem lies in his strength, and the possibility of scoring a goal after adjusting his strength next time is very high.

The coach is so good at summarizing and making up.

"Don't give me another chance to shoot, I will definitely score the next goal." Karl "provocatively" said to Rondo.

Of course, Rondo knows how hot Carl's touch is. He can shoot such a small shot without any contact or trial shot. If he is asked to shoot again, he might really make it.

But the probability of such a shot is still very small. After all, the distance is so far, no matter how strong a shooter is, there is no guarantee that he will hit it.

It was Rondo's turn to shoot. He took a long time to adjust the ball in the middle circle, and he didn't make a shot for a long time.

"Don't be nervous, take it easy." Karl kept putting pressure on Rondo.

Rondo dribbled the ball with a calm face, stopped the ball, ran up, shot, and the basketball flew towards the basket at an extremely fast speed.

"It's gone." Carl asserted as soon as he saw the shot, "The ball is too fast, this ball will not be scored."

The biggest problem caused by the fast ball speed is that the flight line of the basketball will become stable and lack arcs. Such shots will basically hit the backboard or the basket directly, and score?impossible!

Rondo didn't think there was a problem with his shot. Instead, he felt very good after the shot and felt like scoring a goal.

clang!
As Carl expected, the basketball hit the backboard straight, but Carl only guessed half right. The basketball bounced back violently after hitting the backboard, and hit the basket again. After rebounding twice, it crashed into the basket.

Carl was dumbfounded for a moment, and the stars gave warm applause to this wonderful long shot.

Instead of giving Carl another shot, Rondo ended the game on his first attempt.

"I'm sorry." Rondo turned around and teased Carl. Carl also seemed to have foreseen the result of the team selection. Rondo would not let himself be on the same team as Muller.

"I had to confront my players today, and I hope you do the same." Rondo gave his answer directly. He chose the James team, and Carl will coach Wade.

The coaches are divided into groups, and the All-Star Game is about to officially begin.

The addition of the coach undoubtedly adds half of the backbone to the two teams, especially the two coaches have proved their coaching ability with their records, and they have absolute authority even in the All-Star team.

"I know each of you very well. Of course, I also know my opponents well." In order to make his first All-Star coaching a successful result, Rondo did enough analysis before the game. He hopes to lead the team to win, especially with superstars like James and Barrett in the team. Winning, he is bound to win.

James is Rondo's most ideal coaching target. He used to be an assistant coach in the Lakers before, and now he finally has the opportunity to coach James as a head coach.

Rondo's first high-five player was not his favorite disciple Barrett, but James. This made Barrett "jealous".

How much Rondo likes James can be seen from his words and deeds, so Barrett's "emotions" are also joking with him. After all, today's Heat have the league's first record and completely suppress James' Heat. Rondo likes James very much, but he loves Wade and Barrett no less than James.

Officially, the last 5 minutes are about to start.

The All-Star game has always been an incubator of "tribute", where many younger players pay tribute to their predecessors in various ways, and the biggest tribute to the All-Star is the tribute to the "legendary star" Kobe Bryant. The tribute to him is everywhere in the All-Star game.

(End of this chapter)