Super Evolution of Basketball

Chapter 418 Poor Beard

The Eastern Stars can run, and the Western Stars can shoot. Unfortunately, Curry and Durant's touch has been cold, and their three-point shooting percentage has declined.

What's more, it doesn't seem like that to shoot three-pointers in the All-Stars. After all, performance games still require more cooperation and more dunks.

The Western Conference star team has the ball, Curry is responsible for advancing, and Irving is on the opposite side to defend.

Irving was depressed throughout the game, and his playing time was fragmented. His style of play is not known for his toughness and ferocity, so he is always reduced to the background of the opponent's performance.

In the last quarter, Irving wanted to show off his defensive skills, so he increased his focus and pushed Curry.

Such Irving is really rare. Curry passed the ball to Harden and adjusted his state by the way.

At this time, Jimmy Butler was in charge of defending Harden. He had the same mentality as Irving. No, he was more depressed than Irving. Westbrook had humiliated him severely before.

So he became more energetic when he came up. Jimmy Butler, who is usually very "iron and blood", is now like a crazy beagle, trying to swallow James Harden alive.

The bearded man felt the resentment emanating from Jimmy Butler, and was puzzled. After thinking about it for three seconds, he decided to break through in the middle. If he didn't have a good shot, he would trick Jimmy Butler into a foul.

Harden cat lowered his waist and began to frequently change hands and dribble in front of him.

Chris Paul: "This is a precursor to Harden's breakthrough."

The Warriors and the Rockets are old rivals. Klay Thompson also knows Harden very well. He nodded and said, "He wants to confront Jimmy Butler. It's not that easy. Look at Jimmy's expression, he's planning to risk his life."

Chris Paul: "Maybe he just wanted to find a foul. Harden is an expert in this area."

Klay Thompson: "I'm sure it will cost him a lot to cheat this time."

Harden suddenly launched, handed the ball to his left hand, and rushed in from the left.

Jimmy Butler took precautions and took a slow shot, so he could only grit his teeth and follow, half a body behind.

Harden reached the basket in a few steps, and Antetokounmpo rushed back from the high position to defend, but the distance was too far.

Yuan Qingshan sat on the court and squeezed the towel tightly. Harden rushed extremely hard this time. He was too heavy and it was difficult to slow down.

Harden took a hard step, then flew up, ready to split the dunk with one hand.

"Dunk, dunk again, it's fine for Westbrook dunk, even you, James Harden, want to dunk me?"

Jimmy Butler was furious, and then jumped high, swung his palms and slapped Harden's ball holder.

Yuan Qingshan: "!!!"

Slap, Jimmy Butler's palm didn't even touch the shadow of the ball, and it hit Harden's wrist completely.

Beep, whistle, Jimmy Butler thug foul.

Butler raised his hands and signaled to the technical stage, saying that you have seen it, don't show off in front of me casually in the future, I am not a vegetarian.

The auditorium was full of boos, everyone hoped that the All-Star Game would be played more realistically, but no one expected such a severe foul.

Harden kept squatting under the basket and clutching his wrist. The referee hurried over to ask, and the doctor of the Western Conference team also rushed in.

Yuan Qingshan squatted down to look at Harden's wrist, it was already swollen after only a while.

Beads of sweat flowed down his cheeks, and then were absorbed by the thick beard, shining brightly.

"Substitution, substitution." Cole rubbed his head, thinking about how to explain to Rockets coach D'Antoni.

The scene fell into chaos, and only Jimmy Butler was complacent.

Stevens frowned, this Jimmy Butler is really worrying.

Harden squatted for a while before he had the strength to stand up, and walked off the field with the support of the team doctor. Applause rang out at the New Orleans Center. This end also announced that James Harden's 2017 All-Star tour ended early.

The Western Conference star team needed a guard to partner with Curry. Klay Thompson stood up and warmed up directly. When the referee ordered him, he was ready to rush to the court to kill the Quartet.

As a result, Coach Cole hesitated and clicked on Yuan Qingshan: "Qingshan, you will replace Harden and exchange places with Stephen."

Klay Thompson was stupid on the spot, and Chris Paul behind him looked at Thompson's back and laughed, thinking that this is not the finals, why make himself so nervous?
Yuan Qingshan came on the court with a hint of surprise. The first thing he had to do was to take the free throw instead of Harden.

One free throw, hit.

Two free throws, hit.

Now Yuan Qingshan's free throws are still very stable, with a hit rate of over 90.

The Eastern Stars took advantage of free throws to replace the villainous Jimmy Butler, and Dwyane Wade continued to play.

Even though Wade is not a starter, but his position in the team is very important. The coaches and teammates trust him, especially the No.1 LeBron James in the team. Wade cannot be described as trust, it is simply dependence.

DeRozan is off, Paul George is on top, Irving is off, and Chris Bosh is at the fifth position.

The Eastern Stars basically come up with the most balanced lineup.

PG Wade, SG Paul George, SF LeBron James, PF Antetokounmpo, C Chris Bosh.

O'Neill: "This lineup has offense and defense, it is really strong."

Barkley nodded: "If these few people go back to our era, they will be enough to make trouble!"

O'Neal chuckled: "What word do you use? Also, do you think Bosh's soft noodle can play inside in our era? I guess he will transition to play point guard."

Barkley laughed loudly. It was an era full of bones and muscles. If you were not careful, you would be buried in the meat grinder in the penalty area. A center like Chris Bosh is really only enough to bite the teeth of those ferocious behemoths.

O'Neal swiped his iPad to see the lineup of the Western Conference Stars.

PG Yuan Qingshan, SG Curry, SF Kawhi Leonard, PF, Kevin Durant, C Anthony Davis.

This lineup is obviously better than the Eastern team's shooting skills.

I don't know if Cole was annoyed by Jimmy Butler's foul. At the last moment, he stopped hiding the Warriors' players and seemed to want to win the game.

Outside the court, James Harden was sitting in the infirmary watching the live TV attentively, and the doctor carefully applied medicine to his wrist.

"Doctor, there are still a few minutes left in the game. With timeouts and dead balls, we still have to play for a while. Can I catch up?" Harden asked, watching his teammates play vigorously on TV, and his heart was itchy.

The team doctor of the Pelicans is an old man. He snorted coldly and said, "Calm down, boy, don't think about it. Your injury is not serious, but you can't use your strength after the congestion. Endure it for two days. You should be able to play after the All-Star break."

"Huh?" Harden was dumbfounded. He was still planning to use the All-Star break to practice hard.

The Rockets left Howard this season, and are at a disadvantage in the powerful arms race. If they don't practice hard, how can they compete with others in the playoffs?
"What are you? Rest well and don't touch the wound!" The team doctor glared at him.

The poor bearded man could only sit obediently on the hospital bed and watch TV.

(End of this chapter)