unfinished glory

Chapter 111 2006 All-Star ([-])
Both sides changed into the starting lineup and started the final decisive battle.

As the team chasing points, the Western Stars took the lead in launching an offensive. As soon as they came up, Li Chongxiao and Kobe made a three-pointer each, and the point difference dropped to 8 points in an instant.

Then O'Neal succeeded in singles against Yao Ming and stabilized the situation.

McGrady dribbled the ball across the half court and encountered Carter's defense from beyond the three-point line. Li Chongxiao hurried over to help him block.

But McGrady didn't appreciate it, and instead of advancing along the route blocked by Li Chongxiao, he shot the iron against Carter.

Fortunately, Yao Ming got the offensive rebound, and he hit the ball to Li Chongxiao.

Li Chongxiao broke through and was interfered by James. He returned the ball to McGrady, then ran to the bottom corner and pulled James out, allowing Duncan to hit Wade in a misplaced position.

As a result, McGrady didn't have the slightest desire to pass the ball, and he forced Carter to miss again.

This time Yao Ming failed to grab the offensive rebound, and the ball fell into the hands of O'Neal, and then James scored a goal for the Eastern team, and the point difference was widened to 12 points.

Li Chongxiao was so angry that he wanted to curse, but Duncan caught the falling ball first, and pushed Li Chongxiao, motioning him to catch the ball.

Li Chongxiao took him to halftime, and Wade stepped forward to interfere.

As the sixth man in the past half season, Li Chongxiao has been fully familiar with the ball-handling skills as an attacking vanguard in substitute time.

He easily avoided Wade's interference and took the ball to the frontcourt.

McGrady leaned on Carter and asked for the ball again.But Li Chong didn't give it to him, but went to the other side and gave it to Duncan.

James couldn't guard Duncan at all, and the latter scored easily.

After Duncan played two consecutive rounds in singles, the Eastern Conference coach and Pistons head coach Philip Sanders had to choose to make a substitution.

He removed Wade, replaced Rasheed Wallace, and strengthened the defense.

The latter two teams fell into a tug-of-war. Li Chongxiao made two three-pointers in the chaotic battle, raising his personal score to 15 points and helping the team gradually shrink the point difference to 4 points.

With more than 2 minutes left in the game, the score on the field was the Western Stars 145:149 Eastern Stars.

The two sides entered a timeout, and Avery Johnson was very embarrassed.Although it is only the All-Star Game, as the head coach, he also wants to win. Otherwise, Philip Sanders would not have sent the Pistons four-man + James lineup, so that McGrady returned without success when the main attack was made, and he took advantage of the situation. Points difference.

McGrady's condition today is really not good. The tempo of the two sides is very fast today. They shot about 130 times. McGrady shot more than 30 times by himself and only scored 27 points.And his free throws were terrible, only 7 of 2 free throws.

With the current lineup in the regular season, he would have been replaced long ago. With Garnett, the West would not still be behind now.

But this is an All-Star game in Houston, and you can't throw the home team's star on the bench.

For the remaining four places, Yao Ming is the star of the home team, the highest in the game; Duncan is irreplaceable; Kobe this season, is not on the court at critical moments, because the coach has a problem; Missed.

Let's just play it, Avery Johnson did not make lineup adjustments.As a result, Wade, who was replaced by the Western Stars, passed McGrady and made a shot.

Kobe quickly fought back and made a layup, and the point difference was still 4 points.

The Eastern Stars aimed at McGrady's loophole and used the pick-and-roll. Rasheed Wallace succeeded in eating McGrady alone.

McGrady was also very annoyed that a dignified scoring champion was being bullied like this. He took the initiative to catch the ball and crossed the half court. This time he did not choose to shoot from the outside, but went to the basket.

But he didn't ask Yao Ming or Duncan for a pick-and-roll, resulting in four big men crowded under the basket, and this difficult throw was also hit.

Fortunately, God gave Houston a little face. The ball bounced to Yao Ming's side. He did not hesitate to make a one-handed dunk and scored the 40th point.

After four rounds, there is still 1 minute and 23 seconds before the end of the game.

In the next round, James, who was eager for success, failed to score a key goal, leaving the Western Stars with a chance to chase points.

This time Kobe no longer made a wedding dress for McGrady, but chose to do it himself.Facing Wade's defense, he dribbled through, and under Carter's double-team, he drifted back and made a shot.

The ball was so picturesque that Li Chongxiao couldn't help but went over to give Kobe a high five.

The two-point difference gave great encouragement to the players of the Western Stars.In the defensive round, Yao Ming fought hard to withstand O'Neal and stopped the attack.

Duncan took the rebound and stepped up at the critical moment, a simple half-turn small hook in the offense, and scored the ball.

The West Stars tied the score with 35 seconds left in the game.

James has already scored the highest 29 points of the Eastern Stars. Seeing that the MVP in his hand is about to fly, he is anxious and starts a tank-like breakthrough, pushing Li Chongxiao to the inside.

But Li Chongxiao is no longer Wuxia Amon. Facing James' style of play, he does not confront James head-on, but interferes from the side to prevent the opponent from rushing up.

James couldn't rush up, so he didn't dare to force himself in the crowded inside line. He could only stop the ball and wait for his teammates to come to respond.

At this time, Li Chongxiao had quick eyes and quick hands, cut off the ball from James, and then prepared for a fast break.

But James also reacted quickly. He quickly blocked Li Chongxiao's dribbling route, and Li Chongxiao could only choose to pass the ball.

He looked up and saw that Yao Ming and Duncan were not the starting points for the fast break. Kobe and Tracy McGrady had already rushed to the frontcourt, and no one responded to him.

He can only choose to slowly dribble the ball across the frontcourt and wait for his teammates to get in position.

With 26 seconds left in the clock, Li Chongxiao wasted time dribbling outside. He didn't want to hand the ball to McGrady, and he didn't pass the ball to Kobe. He decided to do it himself.

At about 9 seconds, facing James' defense, he used his speed to force a breakthrough.

James was over half of his body, and quickly chased after him, sticking to Li Chongxiao on the right to prevent him from jumping up suddenly.O'Neal waited in the paint, waiting for Li Chongxiao's throw.

Li Chongxiao dribbled two steps in, then suddenly threw the ball with his left hand, and O'Neill pounced, only to feel that the arc was wrong, turned around decisively, and saw Yao Ming catch the ball and successfully dunk with both hands.

Both Pippen on the outside and Rasheed Wallace on the court shrank their eyes, and the "Chongming" team connected, re-enacting the classic scene of the OK team playing the Trail Blazers back then.

After a long tug-of-war, the Western Stars finally took the lead, with only 7.2 seconds left for their opponents.

The Eastern Stars came back from a timeout, and Iverson, who was in danger, made an emergency stop and missed a jumper, and Yao Ming got the rebound.

Then he made a long pass to the frontcourt. After McGrady received the ball, without any defense, the windmill dunk actually flew.

The ball bounced into James' hands, and he shot it quickly, but the time was up, the game was over, and the ball missed.

It can be seen that James is a little unwilling.

The 2006 Houston All-Star Game came to an end. During the awards ceremony, Yao Ming scored 42 points and 15 rebounds and won the MVP.

Stern highly praised Yao Ming, calling him the banner of international basketball.

Local fans in Houston also cheered, celebrating that the All-Star MVP stayed in their home court.

(End of this chapter)