Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"beep......"

The referee blew the whistle, calling a foul on Jokic and signaling Harden to go to the free throw line for two free throws.

In a blink of an eye, several rounds passed. This time, Harden broke through and caused Jokic to foul. When Harden stood on the free throw line and made both free throws, the Eastern team led by 8 points.

"Requesting a timeout."

The West team called a timeout.

After several players came off the court, Coach Scott spread out the tactical board and made some new arrangements...

He did not make any substitutions. There was nothing wrong with this lineup, except that it was not good enough on the defensive end, so Coach Scott emphasized defense.

In fact, their lineup is not undefensible. Zhuang Yu, Leonard, and Davis are all players in the best defensive lineup. With the three of them, the defensive basics are already there. Although Jokic and Westbrook's defense is not very good, it cannot be said to be bad when they are serious.

So the Western team can actually do a good job of defense.

But this is the All-Star Game after all. Although everyone starts to get serious at this time, it doesn’t mean that they will really play like the playoffs.

Secondly, the Eastern Conference team's scoring ability is indeed very strong. Harden, James, and Antetokounmpo all have super strong scoring abilities.

James is almost unstoppable. Once he starts charging, he can't be stopped at all.

So after a few minutes, the Eastern team was leading by 8 points.

"It doesn't matter. There are still 4 minutes left, which is more than enough."

Before going on the court, Coach Scott clapped his hands and encouraged the players: "Play well in these 4 minutes, and the victory will still belong to us. Come on."

The players responded in unison and walked towards the court with their heads held high.

......

The timeout ends and the game continues.

The Eastern team did not rotate personnel either, still with Paul, Harden, Middleton, James, and Antetokounmpo.

In the past few minutes, their lineup has played well and is now leading by 8 points, so there is naturally no need to make substitutions.

Coach Budenholzer feels that as long as they continue to play like this, victory will definitely belong to them, and the MVP will also belong to Antetokounmpo.

At this time, Antetokounmpo's personal score had reached 43 points, in addition to 9 rebounds and assists, he was one rebound away from a double-double.

He has a good chance of getting a 40+10 double-double today.

Even if he can make another breakthrough in scoring in the next 4 minutes, it is entirely possible for him to score 50 points.

After all, there is still enough time.

On the Western team side, the highest scorer is still Zhuang Yu, with a personal score of 42 points. In addition, Zhuang Yu also had 10 rebounds and 8 assists. His statistics are even more comprehensive than Antetokounmpo.

But now the Western team is trailing by 8 points, which makes the fans in the audience a little worried about them, wondering whether they can win the game in the end.

If they lose in the end, then Zhuang Yu's double-double of 40+10 today will be in vain.

"Come on, Western team."

"Come on Zhuang Yu."

In the audience, fans cheered loudly for the Western team and Zhuang Yu.

An Xin shook Xiao Nuomi's hand and said to him, "Xiao Nuomi, cheer for daddy."

Little Nuomi waved his arms obediently and shouted in a baby voice to the field: "Come on, Dad, come on, Dad..."

At this time, Zhuang Yu was standing on the field and happened to look over here. Seeing his daughter waving her hands to cheer him on, he couldn't help but smile happily. He smiled lovingly at Xiao Nuomi, then patted his chest and said, "Don't worry."

......

Western troops attack.

Westbrook was still responsible for holding the ball and advancing the game. After reaching the frontcourt, Westbrook looked at Zhuang Yu, who gestured to him, indicating that he should pass the ball to Jokic. Then Zhuang Yu ran towards Jokic and made a hand-to-hand pass with him.

Jokic passed the ball to Zhuang Yu and provided a screen for him sideways, allowing Zhuang Yu to break away from Harden's defense and move to the left.

However, the Eastern team had been guarding Zhuang Yu closely since a few minutes ago. Seeing Zhuang Yu using the pick-and-roll to get rid of Harden, Antetokounmpo from the Eastern team immediately stepped forward, stood in front of Zhuang Yu, and raised one hand high.

No matter what, they would not give Zhuang Yu the opportunity to shoot a three-pointer, because Zhuang Yu's three-pointer was too lethal.

Once Zhuang Yu's three-point shot starts to go off, the 8-point lead might be caught up in just a moment.

Seeing Antetokounmpo rushing towards him, Zhuang Yu suddenly raised his center of gravity and pretended to shoot directly.

Antetokounmpo subconsciously stood on tiptoe, but at this moment Zhuang Yu lowered his center of gravity again, changed direction and accelerated, and rushed past Antetokounmpo.

However, the Eastern team had already tightened their defense, James stood in front of Zhuang Yu, and the others also surrounded Zhuang Yu.

The next moment, Zhuang Yu jumped up. His eyes were not looking at the basket, but at Davis on the other side, as if he wanted to pass the ball to Davis.

In this situation, facing the siege of the Eastern team players, passing the ball is indeed an option.

However, Zhuang Yu did not do that. Although he looked at Davis, his hands did not stop moving. He grabbed the basketball and threw it towards the basket.

This ball was a bit unexpected. James was standing in front of Zhuang Yu, but he didn't have time to jump. However, even if he jumped, he probably wouldn't be able to reach it.

Because it's a throw.

A clear sound came from behind him, James turned his head and looked, he knew that the ball must have gone in.

"It is indeed difficult to defend Zhuang Yu and prevent him from scoring." James couldn't help but sigh.

Zhuang Yu's scoring ability is too strong and he has many ways to score. It is too difficult to defend him. Even if they defend him strictly, it is difficult to prevent him from scoring.

It doesn't matter if Zhuang Yu gets two points, as long as it's not a three-pointer. Although the score difference has narrowed, it will be no problem if they turn around and get another one.

The Eastern Force attacks.

Paul pushed the ball to the frontcourt and immediately passed it to James.

Paul is no longer in his prime. His organizational skills are still very strong, but his personal scoring ability and threat on the offensive end are not as good as before.

So he did not choose to initiate the attack himself, but gave the ball to James and initiated the attack from this point.

James lowered his center of gravity, dribbled the ball between his legs continuously, mobilized Leonard's defense, and then suddenly accelerated, still choosing to break through.

The Western team quickly contracted their defense. Except for the two big players, Davis and Jokic, the others also moved inside, making the three-second zone crowded. James had no way to rush forward, so he had to pass the ball to Harden.

At this point in the game, the Eastern team was clearly in the upper hand.

Even the players of the Eastern Conference team thought that there was not much suspense in their winning the game today, and Antetokounmpo would win the MVP of this All-Star Game.

Only Harden still refuses to give up and wants to try again.

Antetokounmpo only scored 43 points, and he has already scored 34 points. With 4 minutes left, he has a chance to tie Antetokounmpo's score.

Three three-pointers is about right.

So this time Harden did not pass the ball again. After receiving the pass from James, he chose to shoot directly from outside the three-point line.

As long as he makes three three-pointers, his personal score will be only one point less than Antetokounmpo, and he will become the strongest contender for MVP.

However, Harden faced Zhuang Yu.

Originally, James' breakthrough had attracted Zhuang Yu's attention, but when he passed the ball, Zhuang Yu immediately pounced on Harden and jumped up.

If it was any other player, it would be hard to have much impact on Harden even if they rushed over at this time, and they could only hope that Harden himself would miss the shot. But Zhuang Yu's speed and bounce were too good, which brought great psychological pressure to Harden and also affected the stability of Harden's shots.

With a bang, the ball bounced out of the basket.

"Damn it."

Harden cursed angrily and looked at Zhuang Yu with vicious eyes.

He suffered a lot at the hands of Zhuang Yu today. Although he also scored 34 points, most of his points were scored after he avoided Zhuang Yu and created a mismatch.

When facing Zhuang Yu, his performance was not good.

This time he faced Zhuang Yu's diving move, but his three-point shot missed and the basketball bounced out of the rim and was caught by Jokic.

Jokic did not pass the ball to Zhuang Yu or Westbrook, but instead held the ball and advanced. Zhuang Yu, Westbrook and others did not catch the ball, but rushed to the frontcourt as soon as possible.

In a blink of an eye, the Western team's quick counterattack had already started. The ball had arrived before the Eastern team's players had even gotten into their defensive positions.

Jokic made a long pass to Zhuang Yu. After receiving the ball, Zhuang Yu pretended to shoot a three-pointer, making the defender jump up, and then accelerated to break through.

"Stop him."

someone shouted.

Several players from the Eastern team were also startled and rushed towards Zhuang Yu together.

However, Zhuang Yu did not choose to attack the basket himself, but passed the ball to Davis.

In fact, Davis had just reached the three-point line in the frontcourt. There was no one in front of him. Antetokounmpo had already retreated to the inside, ready to defend Zhuang Yu.

The moment he received the pass from Zhuang Yu, Davis decided to shoot a three-pointer. He adjusted slightly outside the three-point line, then jumped up and flicked his wrist...

"Shh!"

The ball goes in.

There was a burst of warm cheers from the audience. After the three-pointer was made, the gap between the two sides was narrowed to only three points.

This made coach Budenholzer frown. How could the original score difference of 8 points be reduced to only three points in the blink of an eye?

This is not a very safe score.

Coach Budenholzer hesitated whether to call a timeout, but in the end he didn't. Instead, he gestured to the court, indicating that the ball should be given to James.

Although Antetokounmpo is a general under coach Budenholzer, at this critical moment, he instinctively chose to believe in James.

Sure enough, James did not disappoint him. After coming to the frontcourt, he played one-on-one. He first broke through, and when he saw the Western team shrinking their defense, he suddenly half turned around and gave Leonard a physical confrontation, then retreated a little and made a one-legged jump shot.