After hearing DJ calling him, Tang Shuai walked out of the passage.

The spotlight hit him, and the fans on the scene suddenly burst into cheers, which was higher than anyone's appearance before.

This is not the first time he has played in the All-Stars. Compared to the last time, he seemed much calmer. After reaching out to signal the audience, he then walked along the aisle to the arena, reaching out to clap with the audience next to him.

"Dang, I love you!"

"Tang, you are mvp!"

...

Along the way, he could hear many excited shouts from fans, and he couldn't help but feel a little fluctuating. To be honest, the popularity he received in New Orleans is not much worse than that in Los Angeles.

When he was about to arrive, DJ introduced Wade's voice came from behind him. He looked back and turned around and had already walked to the field. He clapped his hands with his teammates one by one. He followed him to the end of the team.

After Durant, James' appearance started another round of *, but Curry's appearance finally made the scene really detonate, and only this wave overshadowed Tang Shuai.

The popularity Curry has accumulated in the West in the past two years can be said to be a vague trend of a new generation of alliance spokespersons.

After the players were introduced, the opening ceremony also ended. After greeting each other, the players then walked to both ends of the court.

On the other side of the Western Army, Thibodeau was already standing there waiting.

The Timberwolves are now ranked second in the Western Conference. Cole has coached the All-Star before, so this time the head coach is him.

Thibodeau has a big belly and looks a bit like a middle-aged Chinese man gaining weight.

Although Thibodeau was a bit old-fashioned, he deliberately restrained his character in the All-Star Game, and even didn't get a tactical board. When the players arrived, they arranged a few simple pick-and-roll tactics, emphasized the defense again, and then signaled the players to warm up.

After two minutes, the referee finished introducing the referee and walked towards the center of the venue, and the others began to walk back to the bench and sit down.

Unlike last year, Towns became the center of the Western Conference this year, and his selection also avoided the embarrassment of not having a center player for two consecutive years. He will jump the ball for the Western Conference.

James was jumping on the Eastern Conference side. A small forward and center jumped up. The two of them stood there, which immediately caused a burst of laughter from the fans.

The referee took the ball to the center of the field, and after signaling to James and Towns, he then threw the ball into the air.

James took the first jump, but Towns was tall and long. After James touched the ball, he threw the ball back to the backcourt of the Western Conference.

The Western Conference got the opportunity to take the lead in attacking!

Westbrook received the ball and then directly pushed forward with the ball.

The tactics have a double point guard tactic, but now the Western Conference has three point guards appearing at the same time.

Although the new voting rules of NBA distinguish between front and back courts, it has no effect for most fans. Last year's Kobe and Westbrook this year's real defenders are all.

After Westbrook advanced to the frontcourt, he did not pass the ball. He asked Towns to do a pick-and-roll, and after the ball was dismantled, it was a signature straight-up and straight-down pull.

Although the posture is not good, the hit rate is really good, and I got two points steadily.

Looking back, the Eastern Army attacked, Irving took the ball to the frontcourt, played a "in-team" cooperation with James, and passed the ball back to James. James also pulled out his hand and scored two points.

The ball was sent here, Curry went to the frontcourt, broke through and passed the ball to Westbrook. Westbrook faced George and directly pulled out three-pointers and shot.

At the beginning, Westbrook showed a strong score*.

"Bang!"

With a dull sound, his three-pointer jumped out of the basket.

The rebound was captured by Anthony, and the Eastern Conference took the reactionary fast break. Wade took the ball and advanced quickly, and saw the opportunity. He passed the ball to James who was about to fall in a long game. James took the ball and took three steps slowly. After squeezing Durant, he smashed the ball into the basket.

A burst of excited cheers suddenly broke out on the scene. The long-lost James and Wei line was staged again in the All-Star Game, and it was less than 2 minutes into the opening game.

In the attack of the Western Conference, Curry took the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Shuai Tang, and Shuai Tang gave Durant to Durant, and Durant took a step back and took action.

Prevent his Anthony's symbolic interference.

"Swish!"

Durant is a person with exclusive bags, and he is tall and has long arms, so this defensive strength cannot interfere with him at all.

After the Cavaliers' offense, Irving broke through, he gave Anthony to him. Anthony raised his hand and scored 3 points. The two familiar to the Olympics also cooperated in the All-Star Game.

7-4, the Eastern Army changed its previous trend of being behind the game and it was very meaningful to win the game.

On the Western Conference side, Curry held the ball to the frontcourt and still looked for Durant. Durant's move hit again.

When James made a three-pointer, Westbrook grabbed the rebound and launched a fast break, Curry followed up on the right.

2-for-1 in the whole game, an excellent opportunity to appear.

However, Westbrook did not choose to pass the ball, completely ignored Curry's and directly chose to go strong, causing George to make a defensive foul.

Curry just spread his hands, but a very subtle detail conveyed a lot of meaning.

This is also a microcosm of the first half of the first quarter. It is basically Westbrook and Durant who are fighting, Curry is responsible for passing the ball. As for Shuai Tang and Towns, they are both spectators.

However, the result was not good. Here we took turns to do it. The Eastern Army fought with conciseness and firmly occupied the initiative on the field.

Thibodeau frowned on the sidelines. He was not stupid. He could see Xiao Jiujiu inside. He didn't hesitate. He turned around and waved to Leonard and Anthony Davis behind him, and directly replaced Durant and Westbrook.

Although it is an All-Star Game, he is neither the head coach of the Warriors nor has anything to do with the Thunder. There is no such thing as being face-saving or not.

Davis' appearance caused cheers from fans on the scene, and no one paid attention to these details on the field.

But just when the two of them were over, Tang Shuai noticed that Tang Si looked at him, and the little man seemed to be saying that the two masters finally went down.

He smiled, then turned around and threw himself into defense.

In the attack of the Eastern Army, James suddenly distributed it to Anthony. Anthony crossed the steps and swept Leonard. Leonard was unmoved. He followed a step back to take action. Leonard bullied himself and his strong bomb came out.

Davis grabbed the rebound and followed with the ball and went forward one-stop.

At this time, Tang Shuai followed up from the left.

Amid the cheers of fans at the scene, Davis held the ball and quickly broke into the frontcourt.

James pushed Davis and refused to let him make a layup. He looked back and saw that Tang Shuai was following him, but did not choose to pass the ball, but forced himself to make a layup with his body.

James was strong and did not completely squeeze out. The interfering attack finally passed by, and was grabbed by James.

After James held the ball, he counterattacked and cooperated with George. George had the opportunity to make a layup, but he still squeezed away Towns in front of him and returned the ball to James who followed up. James made a dunk after he stepped up.

George turned around and high-five with James.

When the Western Conference attacked again, Tang Shuai ran out of the position, but Curry passed the ball to Davis who was cut at the empty cut. Davis originally wanted to deduct one, but James blocked it and he actually dunked the ball away.

Looking back, Anthony suddenly scored and attracted double teams, and then distributed them to James again. James caught the ball at the basket and shook the ball away from Towns to score.

The Eastern Army continued to open the score.

During this period, Tang Shuai also discovered a trend.

Because of Durant and Westbrook, the Western Army's opening rhythm was to fight each other, which gave the Eastern Army the lead at the beginning, and this advantage lasted for more than half a quarter, which also gave them hope of victory.

And this kind of hope has spawned another very subtle thing.

Because of the strong West and weak East, the Western Conference also defeated the Eastern Conference in the All-Star Game. As the spokesperson of the league, James won four regular season MVPs in his 13-year career, but only two MVPs in the All-Star Game.

Most of the time, James is the best in the game, but the Eastern Conference loses the game in the end. This situation not only makes James feel sorry for him, but even these players of the Eastern Conference feel very sorry. After seeing the hope of winning, they naturally want to "do" an MVP for James.

"Bang!"

James made a dunk in the counterattack and scored his 10th point in the counterattack. He also helped the Eastern Army widen the score to 30-19, which is the biggest lead in the first quarter in recent years.

Thibodeau called a timeout. After explaining some man-tapping defense against James to the players on the bench, he then replaced Shuai Tang and Towns with Harden and Thompson.

Leonard faced James. Although neither side tried his best, it still restricted James' score very well. The Western Conference took advantage of the situation and began to chase points. After Harden and Thompson each made a three-pointer, the Western Conference chased the score to 36-42 before the end of the first quarter.

When we came back in the second quarter, we changed people frequently on both sides.

What is unpredictable is that Thibodeau didn't know what was thinking in his mind, and he actually sent Durant and Westbrook to the court at the same time.

The two of them sat off the court for most of the quarter and did not grab points like in the first quarter, but they still had a bad relationship with each other. They had the chance to not pass it to each other several times.

Although the West is strong and the East is weak, the strength of the Eastern All-Stars is not much weaker than that of the Western All-Stars. They seized the opportunity and quickly widened the score to double digits.

After more than three minutes in the second quarter, the Eastern Conference's lead had reached 15 points. Until this time, Thibodeau seemed to give up on the two of them at the same time. He turned around and greeted Tang Shuai, asking him to come on the field and replace Durant.

Unlike at the opening, this time Tang Shuai appeared directly as the point guard. He pushed the ball into the frontcourt and did not choose to do it alone. Instead, he reached out to signal Davis to come out for pick-and-roll. After the ball was dismantled, he passed the ball back to Davis. Davis made a jump shot from the three-point line.
Chapter completed!