Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 318 Troika
The All-Star Game is a good opportunity for recruits like Ye Feng to watch performances. Normally, the Eastern and Western Conferences will not start to fight each other until the end of the fourth quarter. In the first three quarters, they basically let it go. , Everyone is very casual on both offense and defense.Of course, there are no coaches who have broken this unspoken rule. Pistons coach Saunders became the head coach of the Eastern Conference All-Stars in 2006. He calmly replaced the four Pistons players selected for the All-Stars and played an iron-blooded defense. .

But looking at the lineup this year, we know that this kind of thing will not happen, and the theme is still 23VS24.Kobe and James, the two top stars in the league, have never met in the finals. This is the biggest regret for the fans, and the regular season matches are not very enjoyable. After all, the Lakers always have an outside gate. Players of the same type block James, and there is no such concern in the All-Star Game.Sure enough, after the opening, both sides consciously focused their offense on these two people, but James' task was more serious. The starting point guard Rose in the East was an offensive guy, while Paul in the West was a master-level control player. It's easier.

The ten starters on the field played in full swing, but the players on the bench began to chat quietly.Of course, the three of Ye Feng and the others were sitting together. Watching Kobe complete another picturesque layup with a back-up pull-bar, Westbrook curled his lips and said sourly: "Hey, watching the game here is better than going to VIP." The seat is comfortable, and I don't know when we will be able to play, I feel like my whole body is going to be moldy sitting here..."

Ye Feng rolled his eyes and said in a low voice: "Don't worry about it, Mr. Popovich likes to make some inexplicable substitutions in the All-Star Game. Maybe after hearing your complaints, this game will be for you." Play garbage time for a minute or two, and you can find a corner and cry yourself!" Love smiled beside him, and under normal circumstances, he said that he was just an innocent eater when it came to Ye Feng and Westbrook's rivalry. Melon crowd...

Because neither side was serious about defending, the consumption of the players on the court was not high. There were no substitutions on the Western side throughout the first quarter. Instead, the Eastern Conference replaced the Celtics with the Big Four and played together for a few minutes.I have to admit that Kobe is indeed the top scorer in the league. In the first quarter, he scored 15 points alone, leading the Western Conference to a slight lead of 47 to 43.Seeing Kobe on the field blocking and killing Buddha blocking and killing Buddha, which of the All-Star substitutes sitting off the field is not envious and jealous?However, Popovich sat firmly on the Diaoyutai on the sidelines and insisted on playing the first quarter with five starters.

But what is even more speechless is still behind. After a short break, Popovich waved his hand, and the Western All-Stars went up and down, and the lineup he replaced was: Westbrook, Ginobili, Leaf Forward, Love and Nowitzki.The former UCLA troika finally teamed up again after the Rookie Challenge!Westbrook didn't expect the opportunity to fall on him so quickly, and he kept giggling when he came on the court.Ye Feng shook his head helplessly: This guy is hopeless, he should play his own ball well!The lineup on the Eastern side is not something that can be dealt with casually.

Out of the protection of veterans, Rivers did not use Pierce, Ray Allen and Garnett. He sent a lineup of the Heat's Big Three plus Rondo and Horford. Help the team erase the point difference.In his opinion, Popovich's formation is very unreasonable. He actually joined three third-year boys. It is said that they are teammates in college, but no matter how strong they are, can they compare with James and the others?
But Ye Feng and their UCLA troika quickly answered this question with facts. In terms of tacit understanding, the Big Three of the Heat are really not as good as them!
Indeed, James, Wade, and Bosh are all top stars in their playing years, and they have a very good personal relationship with each other, but it is very clear that the Heat are still behind the Celtics in the Eastern Conference. In running-in, that is to say, the degree of tacit understanding has not yet reached the target expected by the Heat.But Ye Feng and the others were just the opposite. The three of them had teamed up to win the NCAA championship as early as in college, and they had cooperated again in the Rookie Challenge, so they knew each other's little habits very well.Coupled with the fact that Ginobili and Nowitzki, who appeared with them, are players with great team awareness, the Western Conference has been playing well for a while.

Janeway's connection is really awesome, but James forgot one thing. Rondo's playing style requires him to have the ball in his hands. When he concentrates the ball in his own hands, Rondo's threat on the offensive end drops a lot.When he and Wade started to play dunk dunks, Ye Feng and Westbrook were not willing to be lonely, but what made people feel speechless was that Westbrook, who was the point guard, was the one who dunked. Ye Feng The small forward worked tirelessly to deliver the ammunition.

Of course, Ye Feng didn't just care about his good friend, Ginobili and Nowitzki also got a lot of good shots, and what surprised Nowitzki was that Love's dominance in the interior Let him float outside and shoot with complete confidence. He knows how comfortable it is to cooperate with a good insider. Love's performance has undoubtedly conquered this historical power forward.Although Love is the absolute core in the Timberwolves, when he fights side by side with Ye Feng and Westbrook, he prefers to go inside to grab rebounds. Neither Bosh nor Horford is his opponent in this regard. .

Although the All-Stars in the East are constantly scoring, the All-Stars in the West who mobilized the firepower of the team appear to be more efficient, and their speed is also faster.With Love, Nowitzki doesn't have to run back and forth at all. During the fast break, he can watch the show in his own half without worrying about rebounding. The tacit understanding of the UCLA trio made Popovich unwilling to replace them at all. Even when Deron was to be deployed, Manu Ginobili was replaced first, and Deron and Westbrook formed a double point guard. , The firepower of the West throughout the second quarter has not stopped.

Rivers seemed very calm. Even though the Eastern Conference had fallen behind by 15 points at the end of the half, 15 points in the All-Star Game was only a small gap. The mixed United team can establish a victory in one fell swoop. It is obviously impossible to win the MVP with the status of the Celtics' Big Four, but it is also good to keep this award in the East.

(End of this chapter)