pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 487 Star Level

"Shouldn't the All-Star game be an entertainment game? But why are the expressions of the stars uncharacteristically serious, without a trace of smile on their faces?"

The returning stars seem to have changed teams. Players including James and Chris, who have always maintained a relaxed mentality, also changed their state in the first half and became fully committed.

"The decisive battle is ahead of time." Mu Chenfeng seemed to have foreseen the next trend of the game, and his nerves also became tense.

"So much earlier?" Su Mengyao was stunned for a moment. She had heard the word "decisive moment" mentioned by Mu Chenfeng all the time, but generally the decisive moment of the game was at the end of the fourth quarter, when the game was about to end. There were also some cases where it would be earlier, but it was basically in the fourth quarter. It was the first time she heard that the decisive moment entered at the beginning of the second half.

The decisive moment is the critical moment that determines the outcome of the game. Players will devote themselves to the game, the rhythm of the game and the consumption of physical energy will also increase. For ordinary players, it is difficult to persist in such a high-intensity game for too long, but for these All-Star players, it is still possible to persist in the high-intensity half-court game.

The two sides re-appointed the starting players and matched them one by one.

The first players to show their determination in the game were Sanchez and Wallace in their hearts. The fight between the two inside lasted almost the entire half.

Although both are inside players, they have different skills. Sanchez's blocks and dunks are very violent, all relying on his excellent physical fitness, while Wallace is a center who plays with his brain.

The difference in characteristics led to different game effects between the two. Sanchez seemed a little helpless when facing Wallace's style of playing out of the penalty area, and it was difficult to limit his shots. Wallace scored a total of 14 points in the half, 10 of which were scored when facing Sanchez head-on. He made 6 of 5 shots, an amazing hit rate.

Sanchez's scoring is not as good as Wallace, but his scoring visual effect is very explosive. 5 of the 4 goals Sanchez hit came from dunks.

The two showed their technical characteristics to the fullest, but after several confrontations, Wallace clearly had the advantage. As long as he pulled out of the penalty area, Sanchez's defensive effect became extremely bad. On the other hand, when Wallace was defending Sanchez, he paid special attention to his turns and fake moves. No matter if Sanchez swayed, Wallace still maintained the original defensive plan.

Wallace gradually took the lead in the inside competition. Regardless of the offensive end or the control of rebounds, he was slightly higher than Sanchez, which also slowly gave an answer to the discussion about who is the strongest inside player between the two.

Wallace is the better one.

But even with Wallace's efficient performance, the Wade team still did not open the score. A very important reason is Fox's performance.

In this era of "forwards in charge", Fox and Hudson are the two most typical representatives of shooting guards. However, as forwards gradually control the dominance of the offense, the role of shooting guards has become more and more marginalized.

Fox and Hudson stick to "the last glory of the shooting guard."

Muller has completely become the biggest "joke" in this All-Star Game. His shooting rate of only 10 of 2 shots is terrible enough. At the same time, he suffered 3 steals and 2 blocks, playing a game picture that does not match his identity at all.

Lyles, standing opposite him, successfully completed the task of "exploding" Muller. Although 12 points were not many, 8 rebounds were quite satisfactory for an inside player, but the 4 assists he sent made the audience feel that it was really worth choosing him to be an All-Star. Lyles' 4 assists were given to his 4 teammates on the field. How calm, he has to entangle the opponent inside while observing the position of his teammates, the purpose is to be able to send a "cold arrow" shot that makes the opponent hard to defend in the first time.

Both Barrett and Chris have played wonderful statistics, and both scored 20 points. Even the number of assists and rebounds is very close. From the statistics, there is no difference between the two.

However, judging from the efficiency value of the audience, the gap between the two can be seen immediately.

Chris's efficiency value has reached +10, which is already a very good value, but Barrett's value is as high as +18, almost twice as much as Chris.

The reason for such a large gap in efficiency is that Barrett’s defense is better than Chris’s, and there are many things in defense that cannot be reflected in statistics. His strong body endows Barrett with an innate resistance. He can defend from position one to position five. Few people can take advantage of his injury.

Although Chris scored 23 points, he used 16 shots. Barrett also scored 24 points, but he only used 14 shots, and most of Barrett's scoring methods were dunks.

Chris' fancy dribbling has already made the audience mesmerized, and they even ignored that he has taken so many shots, but even if it is iron, the audience still hopes that more basketball will be handed over to Chris.

Barrett's efficiency value of +18 can only be ranked third among all players, ahead of him are James and Wade.

James topped the list with an ultra-high efficiency value of +28, followed by Wade with +26.

The All-Star Game is originally a "gathering" among the stars, but there is also a hierarchy among the stars, and this hierarchy gradually emerges in the matchup between the two sides.

Fortunately, the grouping of the All-Star Game is fairly even, so that the suspense of the game will not be lost early, both sides have their own advantages, and the suspense will not disappear until the game is over.

(End of this chapter)