Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 319 The Strongest Firepower

After the start of the second half, Rivers sent a mixed formation of the Celtics and the Heat according to his own ideas. In order to give his players more rest time, he chose the combination of the Big Three of the Heat plus Rondo and Garnett. Special, this is the strongest lineup he thinks he can come up with.

No way, who told the Celtics and the Heat to be the top two in the Eastern Conference?Judging from the team's record alone, this is indeed the best card in Rivers' hands. After all, the Heat's Big Three are still at the peak of their careers, and several of the Celtics' main players are already old.But what made him feel a little frustrated was that Popovich didn't seem to see his thoughts at all. Instead, he continued to deploy a mixed lineup of starters and substitutes step by step, and he didn't see any deep meaning at all.

In fact, it's right if you don't see it. Mr. Popovich doesn't have any deep meaning. If he is in the All-Star Game, who will be in the All-Star Game?Besides, the Western Conference led by 15 points in the halftime, and everyone is a star with almost the same level. If you want to directly close the point difference with a small climax, it's almost meaningless.

Popovich deserves to be a historical head coach. He has a good view of the situation on the court. Even though Rivers kept his so-called strongest lineup on the court for most of the third quarter, the point difference It was only caught by the East to 8 points, and the West still holds the lead.However, Popovich doesn't care about the outcome of the All-Star Game. He liked to rotate when he was in the Spurs.

After three quarters, the West led by 117 points 110 to 7. This is a small enough difference to be ignored, and the remaining fourth quarter is the time for the two sides to fight.Only then did Rivers suddenly realize that he sent Howard, who has been playing tricks on the sidelines, at the fifth position, paired with the Heat's Big Three and Rondo. It's no wonder he couldn't think of Howard, an old player like Garnett Basically, it is better for the All-Star to participate in one less time, or let him have a sense of presence, but at the last moment, Howard is obviously stronger than Garnett, and he is more dominant inside, so it is time for this "Warcraft" "Come out to make wind and rain.

At this time, Popovich sent a seemingly weird combination: Kobe, Ye Feng, Durant, Anthony and Love.His lineup made the audience exclaimed. This lineup is really awesome. One guard + four forwards. Even if Love can be used as a center forward, who will play the point guard?Who will play shooting guard?What about small forwards and power forwards?Although the All-Star game pays attention to entertainment, you don't need to entertain the public like this, do you?
But Popovich was completely unmoved, and continued to insist on his own ideas, and he did not arrange any specific tactics, but only assigned roles to five people.It can be directly determined that Kobe played shooting guard and Love played center, but among the other three, only Durant got his original position - small forward. In addition, Anthony was sent by the old man to play power forward, and Ye Feng was out. Unexpectedly became the point guard in the West!

What kind of point guard is this?Rondo didn't have any advantage in height, strength or speed, and he wasn't directly crushed by Ye Feng?Popovich also has his own considerations for Ye Feng as the point guard. When facing the Spurs in the playoffs last season, Ye Feng's pass control ability left a deep impression on him, and he sent UCLA in the second quarter. When he was in a trio, he was surprised to find that Ye Feng's passing had been further improved, and at the same time, his height could form an absolute advantage in the first position, so it seemed a bit funny for Ye Feng to be the point guard, but in Bo That is definitely a normal thing in Povich's mind.

After the game started, Ye Feng quickly entered his new role. In fact, this is not new. After all, he is the real organizer in the team. The so-called point guard is just a title. That's right, it's just that he's facing Rondo.Rondo was very aggrieved. Ye Feng's ability to combine man and ball was still higher than him. He couldn't break the ball, and the opponent passed the ball very easily. Because of his height, Rondo couldn't interfere at all.

Under Ye Feng's go-between, the Western All-Stars exploded with terrifying scoring ability, especially Kobe, although his offense with the ball is very strong, but his off-ball ability is also excellent, and besides Durant and Anthony are two major scorers Experts help to open up the space, and there is a rebounding machine like Love inside who can reload bullets. Kobe feels that this should be the best All-Star game he has played in so many years.

Ye Feng didn't attack by himself. Although he was also eager for the MVP of the All-Star Game, he knew that the focus of this year's Western Conference All-Star was Kobe.Kobe is no longer young, and this is his home court, so he deserves to be the MVP.Ye Feng acted like a purest point guard, but his height seemed a bit inconsistent. He could always quickly find teammates who were in the gap, and use various defenses to pass the ball over.Even Love, who was standing on the inside, got a few shots. Kobe even poured out his firepower crazily, but Ye Feng didn't make a single shot.

This is hard to imagine in an official game. Generally speaking, whenever the attack time is approaching, there are two kinds of people who are most suitable for taking the blame. One is the team's top card, and the other is the team's point guard.But now it's the All-Star Game, even if there is a blame, it's not Ye Feng's turn to take the blame. Moreover, he has organized the team's offense in an orderly manner, scoring like quicksilver, without any sense of stagnation at all.

Seeing Ye Feng's directing on the field, Popovich nodded slightly on the bench, and his affection for Ye Feng increased greatly.Although Ye Feng led the Trail Blazers to eliminate the Spurs in the playoffs last season, Popovich has always favored such an all-round player with team spirit, and it is normal to have a good impression of Ye Feng now .But it's still too early to talk about poaching, and the Blazers are definitely unwilling to make a move.But if there is a chance in the future, he may not be able to wear a Spurs jersey, Popovich thought blankly, holding his chin.

In the end, with the help of Ye Feng, the Western All-Stars won the final victory. He scored 12 points and 15 assists, marking a successful end to his first All-Star Tour.The MVP of the All-Star Game was of course awarded to Kobe Bryant, the scoring leader in the Western Conference. He scored 29 points and 37 rebounds in just 14 minutes of the game, and successfully won his career on his own territory. Four All-Star Game MVPs.

(End of this chapter)