God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 212 Defensive Victory
In fact, there are very few players in the NBA who are both offensive and defensive. Especially at this time at the turn of the century, it is difficult to find a player who can play the league's top performance on both ends of the floor.Jordan at his peak is counted as one, and so is Kobe, who will achieve great success in the future. Duncan and Garnett among the Western All-Stars are also top insiders who can take care of both scoring and defense. On the contrary, the Eastern All-Stars are very short of such players. , After all, players with strong offense are more likely to get votes.

Of course, this does not mean that Brown has no available soldiers. McGrady is a player who has the ability to dominate both offense and defense!
McGrady was not surprised by Brown's instructions, because Chang Wei had already greeted him before the game, and he knew that Brown might play a very aggressive defense at the end of the third quarter or the beginning of the fourth quarter. , If you are mentally prepared in advance, the job at hand can be done beautifully.In contrast, the only one who has played well is Mutombo, who guards the basket. After all, this is his main task in the team. Several other people have not entered the state for a long time, including the 76ers Iverson, before the game, he didn't know that the old coach had such a crazy plan. It shouldn't be too difficult to stretch the loose strings.

However, McGrady and Mutombo's inner and outer gates are enough. McGrady is responsible for slowing down the speed of the assaulters, and then handed over to Mutombo to solve the remaining problems.And sometimes Mutombo even has nothing to do, McGrady directly completed the steal at the elbow or even outside the three-point line, and then it was a textbook-like long-distance attack.Driven by McGrady, the other three All-Stars in the Eastern Conference also began to work hard on the defensive end, especially Iverson. Although Snow is usually responsible for the perimeter defense in the 76ers, it does not mean that Iverson Sen will not defend, and he currently ranks in the top 1.5 in the league with an average of [-] steals per game.

Relatively speaking, the All-Stars in the Western Conference seem to be a bit entangled. They do have many players with excellent offense and defense, but with Adelman's personality, how can he compete with Brown on defense?He can only attack, attack, and attack again. Although he is not as perverted as the "seven-second running and bombing" Suns under D'Antoni in the future, he is also very persistent in offense, just like Brown hopes to win in the way he is good at. Adel Man also hopes to use his own way to help the Western All-Stars win the game.

But what made him scratch his head was that Kobe had already turned on the singles mode. He kept asking for the ball to play singles, trying to beat his opponent by himself.However, McGrady is no longer the lazy guy in his previous life. After Chang Wei's training in Villanova, McGrady is now a top-notch swingman in the league, and his defensive strength can even make Kobe immobile.However, being interfered for three consecutive rounds did not make Kobe give up his individual singles. He gritted his teeth and wanted to kill McGrady.

Since shooting would be interfered with, Kobe wanted to rush inside, at least in theory, the shooting rate would be higher in places closer to the basket.But what he encountered was another mountain. Mutombo was like his nickname "African Mountain" lying between Kobe and the basket, without giving him any room to shoot.Although most of the time it's just interference, but occasionally Mutombo will show his famous stunt and shake his finger, the premise is that Kobe's shot is slapped away.

This made Adelman feel very tangled. There are very few guards in the Western Conference this year. Kidd, Kobe and Payton are the only three pure guards. The rest are basically big players, not even forwards. more common.Adelman intends to use Payton to replace Kobe to play double point guards, but this also means that the team has lost a firepower point, and Payton is 33 years old this year, whether he can keep up with the footsteps of the boys on the Eastern guard line or not an unknown.

Because of Kobe's reckless shots, the Eastern All-Stars quickly opened up the point difference. Although their offensive rhythm is not fast, their success rate is very impressive. The three-point shooting of Sen and Stackhouse is not vegetarian. Davis also showed his skillful mid-range shooting skills on the All-Star stage. As for McGrady, he is now playing like he was at Villa Like the Wildcats of Nova University, from offense to defense, he can intervene in every link. He is an outside gate and an excellent defensive helper; he is the initiator of offense and also the end point. Many places stayed on McGrady. Obviously, if the Eastern All-Stars win the final victory, he should be crowned the MVP of the All-Star Game.

This suggestion was naturally made by Chang Wei to Brown. After all, there is no real organizer among the Eastern All-Star guards. Whether it is Iverson, Carter, Ray Allen, or Stackhouse, they are more suitable as The end point of an attack.Marbury is a good choice, but even if Chang Wei doesn't mention it, Brown will shy away from his lone wolf attributes. It's enough to let him play handsome in regular time, and he can't be counted on in the real tough battle.

Chang Wei clearly remembers that Iverson was the MVP of this All-Star Game in his previous life, but this does not mean that he will also praise Iverson as the MVP now.According to Brown's tactics, McGrady is more suitable to be the core of the team, and winning the MVP is also a matter of course.In fact, Chang Wei is the same as Brown in his bones. He can pay any price for the victory of the game. It is no big deal for the MVP to change someone. Let alone McGrady is an acquaintance, Ray Allen or even Marbury is almost the same, as long as they can It is not impossible to help the team win this game and let them win the MVP trophy.

Although the All-Stars in the Western Conference are chasing points crazily under the command of Adelman, their scoring waves are always shot against an iron wall.Although Garnett and Duncan can slowly dig inside and score in the traditional way of inside players, McGrady often turns around and completes a conversion attack, which offsets their points.The two sides have always maintained a point difference of about 10 points. The West cannot narrow the point difference, and the East cannot continue to expand.But that's enough for Brown.

When the final whistle sounded, the score was fixed at 107 to 100. The Eastern All-Stars won the game with their crazy defense in the fourth quarter. The All-Star Game MVP was naturally awarded to McGrady who played well throughout the game. 27 Points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists quasi-triple-double, plus 3 steals and 2 blocks, McGrady won the MVP trophy can be said to be well deserved.

(End of this chapter)