The three-point contest and dunk contest are just warm-ups. The All-Star Game the next day is the real stage.
The best players in the world are standing on the same court, bringing a visual feast to all fans. The night view of Philadelphia is beautiful, but the pedestrians on the road are not in the mood to take a second look. They are all rushing to the first place. United Center Arena, and at this time, the First United Center Arena was already packed with people.
In addition to the five big and three fat stars during the All-Star Weekend, beautiful stars are another focus that attracts attention.
The big screen kept flashing the stars appearing in the stadium.
Every appearance of a star will make the fans scream.
The first thing Lu Yu saw when he walked into the locker room was McGrady. He couldn't help but let McGrady sit in the crowd. He looked so special as he was about to fall asleep. Lu Yu walked over and said hello: "Hey, special Lei Xi, there are a bunch of reporters outside waiting to take pictures of us, your hair is no longer neat?"
One of them is a starter in the Eastern Conference All-Stars, and the other is a substitute in the Eastern Conference All-Stars. They are also good friends, so they naturally got together. Lu Yu made fun of his hair because Tracy McGrady was wearing a shit-yellow hat today.
McGrady smiled and took off his hat: "Long time no see, Lu, this is the first time the two of us are teammates. When we are on the court at the same time, you have to pass a few more balls to me."
Lu Yu nodded: "Okay, I'll give you all my balls today."
The scene of the two of them chatting was also captured by reporters outside the locker room, and the broadcast cameras followed them until Scott was about to lay out his tactics before asking the reporters out.
In the locker room, the Eastern and Western star teams were nervously making final preparations before the game, and at this time, the arena had become a huge show.
Big names and celebrities take turns performing on stage...
The performance was over and it was finally the players' turn to appear.
Amid the roaring applause of the audience, the first player to appear was center Chris Webber, who was wearing a dark-colored Kings away uniform. After Webber came on the court, his dark face showed off his jersey solemnly.
Next up was Duncan of the Spurs. Duncan was very low-key and waved to the fans expressionlessly.
Then Kevin Garnett walked onto the court coolly, raising his arms as if he was back as a king. His Timberwolves team had a pretty good record this season, and he felt like a serf who had turned over and started singing.
Suddenly, the fans started to boo loudly, and a tall figure stood on the court, and the MC at the scene shouted his name.
Ko...better than...Bryant...
This is a man who crushed Philadelphia's championship hopes at his feet time and time again at the First United Center in Philadelphia last year. If it were O'Neal who came, it might be O'Neal who was booed, but O'Neal did not play today due to injury, so he was booed Only Kobe is left.
Even though he's from Philadelphia.
But Kobe doesn't care at all!
The last person to appear was Francis. He looked extremely excited as he trotted along. He was the only one who could become an All-Star starter with such a poor record.
Especially in this fight between gods, Francis gloriously became the starter of the Western Conference All-Star simply by virtue of his shitty leadership performance.
This kind of thing is even more embarrassing than Lu Yu relying on the Chinese market to win the vote.
Arenas, who was sitting in the audience, looked at the All-Star players on the field. He said in his heart that he was not envious. That was a lie. Like Artest, who was sitting next to him, they both secretly swore in their hearts...
Next year, I will also stand on this stage!
Arenas and Artest were almost deafened by the cheers of the fans in their ears. They had waited for this moment just to watch Lu Yu's All-Star Game performance.
Arenas seemed to hear Artest's voice, but couldn't hear clearly. He turned around and asked loudly: "Ron... you! Say! What! What?"
Artest answered her with the same shouting voice: "I! Say! Lu! Yu! Comes! Out!"
Under the spotlight, Lu Yu appeared on the court as the first starting player in the Eastern Conference.
He is wearing a white sportswear with the four letters "West" printed on it in black, and inside is the Bulls' white jersey. In this year's All-Star Game, the Eastern team, as the home team, wears the home uniforms of their respective teams, while the Western team wears
are the visiting team uniforms of their respective teams.
For some reason, Lu Yu looked at himself on the big screen and suddenly a sentence came out...
Yesterday there was a young man in white dressed in bright clothes and an angry horse on the street. Today I can’t see your face clearly because of my pale brows.
Before I knew it, I had reached a position that attracted the attention of the whole world.
When Arenas and Artest saw Lu Yu coming on the court at this time, apart from envy, the first thing they thought of was the long string of bank card numbers in the text message.
The Eastern Conference All-Star starting lineup is: Allen Iverson, Lu Yu, Michael Jordan, Anthony Walker and Dikembe Mutombo.
Jason Kidd, who originally replaced Carter, took the initiative to give up his original substitute position because the host was Iverson.
"Hello, audience friends, I am Sun Yiping. Today, Director Zhang Weiping and I will explain the annual NBA All-Star Game."
Chinese fans sat in front of the TV and finally waited for the start of the game. Sun Yiping's unique voice came from the TV, and the screen had switched to the First United Center Arena.
"Director Zhang, which star team do you think has the upper hand in terms of lineups?"
Zhang Weiping is still wearing his black suit, and familiar fans know that he can wear this suit for a season.
"Actually, the All-Star Game is just for fun. Compared with the strong teams in the west and the weak in the east, the Eastern and Western All-Stars have similar star players. For example, the Western Conference has Kobe, Garnett, Duncan, and O'Neal.
The East has Tracy McGrady, Carter, Iverson, Kidd..."
"Director Zhang seems to have forgotten that we have a Chinese player in the Eastern Conference, Lu Yu. However, although Lu Yu is a starter in the Western Conference All-Stars, from the perspective of star halo, he is still a little weaker than several other long-established stars.
, after all, he is just a rookie."
What Sun Yiping said is true. Everyone knows that Lu Yu is actually just a first-year rookie. His ability to become the All-Star vote winner this year is largely due to the support of domestic fans.
Of course, Lu Yu also has a large fan base in the United States, but it is far from the number one vote-winner.
"Actually, the reason why I didn't mention him is not because his star halo is not as good as the others. On the contrary, I am very optimistic about Lu Yu." Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "This is Lu Yu's first time to participate in the All-Star Game. I really want to
We know what kind of performance he can have after training for most of the season."
"Okay, the game is about to start, let's watch the game together."
Following Sun Yiping's words, the referee threw the ball into the air.
Webb and Duncan consciously gave up the opportunity to jump the ball to Kevin Garnett, but unfortunately Garnett faced the tall and long-armed Mutombo. He tried his best to jump up, but he did not reach the highest point.
, the ball has been passed by Mutombo.
Jumping high is sometimes not as good as growing tall.
Soon, Lu Yu got the basketball amid the screams of the fans in the audience.
Fans across the country were excited to watch Lu Yu carry the ball across the half court. This was Lu Yu’s moment. All Lu Yu fans will also remember this day. This was the first time Lu Yu appeared in the All-Star Game.
From then on, his remarks became: All-star player Lu Yu!
Well, the value has skyrocketed!
Sun Yiping, who was broadcasting live, also said excitedly: "This is a memorable moment. It is the first time that a Chinese player appears in the NBA All-Star Game. I hope that more Chinese players will enter the NBA in the future..."
Lu Yu slowly dribbled the ball past half-court. Faced with Kobe's defense, he dribbled the ball directly and accelerated directly to break through. Kobe didn't really defend, and gave up after taking two steps. Lu Yu drove straight to the basket.
The ball is thrown towards the backboard.
Michael Jordan immediately followed up and directly pushed the basketball in the air into the basket.
"Beautiful dunk!" Sun Yiping exclaimed happily: "Although Lu Yu and Jordan had a heated argument last summer, after they got to the court, the two of them cooperated tacitly. As soon as they came up, the Eastern Star team relied on Lu Yu and Jordan
Jordan’s cooperation led to the first victory.”
This cooperation was indeed wonderful. Lu Yu didn't even look in Jordan's direction, but just relied on his intuition to guess where Jordan would appear.
The happiest people in front of the TV are the Chinese fans. The first goal of the All-Star Game was assisted by a Chinese player, which made countless fans scream with excitement.
"That's a good dunk." Lu Yu said to Jordan.
"That's not because you passed the ball well." After Jordan was modest for a moment, he felt something was wrong. Shouldn't he be praising this kid for his good passing?
…
Francis continuously changed directions to get rid of Iverson's defense. After pulling back to the emergency stop, he did not choose to take a mid-range shot. Instead, he continued to break through from the other side. Facing Mutombo's defense, he easily hit the ball with a pull-up layup.
Enter.
…
Jordan got stuck in position to receive the pass from Lu Yu. After taking a step, he suddenly hit the ball and passed it out without anyone paying attention.
Iverson, who was running from the baseline, caught the ball and folded his back for a dunk.
The audience immediately burst into countless applause. This is his home court after all, and the fans were more excited to see Iverson score than other players.
Iverson gave Jordan a thumbs up to indicate that the ball was passed beautifully.
Jordan feels that today's young people are becoming less and less concerned with martial ethics.
…
After a few minutes of the game, fans began to complain because Lu Yu didn't score after playing for so long. This made many fans who were expecting Lu Yu to score anxious.
Mutombo hit Weber with his back, turned over and hooked, and the shot missed the basket. Walker picked off the rebound and threw the ball to Lu Yu outside the three-point line.
After Lu Yu caught the ball and saw that no one came to defend him, he slowly adjusted and took the shot easily and freely...
"The ball went in!" Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "Lu Yu hit his first goal in this All-Star Game, and it was a long-range three-pointer. I have to say that Lu Yu's shooting is still very stable."
He even laughed when he said this: "Fans who were worried about Lu Yu not getting points before the game can rest assured."
What he said was that a few days ago many American fans said on the Internet that Lu Yu was only selected to the All-Star Game because of the large number of Chinese people. Lu Yu could not score points in the All-Star Game based on his strength alone.
This sentence made Lu Yu’s fans unhappy!
What's wrong with the crowd?
Why can't Lu Yu get any points?
Isn’t the boss of the Bulls Lu Yu?
Lu Yu led the Bulls to third place in the Eastern Conference this season. Isn't he qualified to be an All-Star starter?
Lu Hei immediately retorted that Lu Yu was probably just messing with the assist data, because there are so many players who can score, and just throwing the ball out is an assist.
They even thought Lu Yu couldn't even get two points!
Lu Yu actually proved that he could not only score two points, but also get one more than two points.
Lu Yu played a pick-and-roll game with other players. Lu Yu would often find the position of Jordan who was cutting in the middle of the breakthrough, or else directly throw it to Iverson to let him shoot open. The All-Star Game became their
A show for three people.
In addition, Kobe didn't try his best to defend Lu Yu, so Lu Yu hit two more mid-range shots.
Under Lu Yu's teamwork, Jordan and Iverson also became more and more skilled in cooperation. Jordan played post-ups in the elbow area and could also roll down after pick-and-rolls, while Iverson drove breakthroughs from the top arc.
"I have to say that Iverson and Jordan are really not enough to score points with one basketball. If Lu Yu hadn't coordinated, they would have had to fight for the ball first." Sun Yiping sighed.
Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "That's what singles players are like. Although Iverson is very strong, he is still far behind Jordan at his peak, and Jordan's defense is much better than him. This is why Jordan can win the championship, and
The reason why Iverson stopped in the Finals last year..."
Jordan and Iverson hadn't played such a comfortable game for a long time. The more they looked at Lu Yu, the more pleasing they felt.
The three of them were also replaced by Scott after a wave of scoring bombardment.
It wasn't until halfway through the second quarter that he was replaced together.
They seemed to be a perfectly coordinated trio, but after a few minutes of playing together on the field, the relationship between the three of them became familiar.
From the beginning, Jordan hated Lu Yu, to his superficial appreciation after Lu Yu saved Stewart, and then to this game, he discovered that Lu Yu is really great.
He looks at Lu Yu now like...
Bastard looks at mung beans?
Lu Yu, who was slowly walking onto the court, scorned Scott fiercely: "I finally played in the All-Star Game, but I was replaced just after the first quarter! It was obvious that I was not given a chance.
ah!"
After Lu Yu came on the court, he clapped hands with Jordan and Iverson and said: "I'm going to take two more shots in a while, remember to cover for me!"
Iverson was stunned. Very few people asked him to help cover. But when he saw Jordan smiling and nodding, he didn't say much. Anyway, even Jordan, an old gangster, agreed to help Lu Yu. He originally wanted to
If you vote a few more, you won't have the nerve to open your mouth.
Jordan also thought that Lu Yu just wanted to score more points, so he agreed without much thought.
If he knew that what Lu Yu wanted was the MVP trophy, I wonder what he would think?
The trio of them suddenly started playing team basketball on the court. The quick passes between the three of them made the defensive players not sure what to do. In addition, the defensive players did not work very hard to guard Lu Yu at all, leaving Lu Yu
Another easy mid-range shot.
Even Jordan couldn't help but lament that Lu Yu's shooting was really accurate. It would be impossible to grow into the core of the Bulls without two skills.
Suddenly, I felt as if the child I had raised had been robbed by Lu Yu.
For a moment he thought about going back to the Bulls.
But just as he was passing by the bench, he heard a familiar voice coming from the sidelines: "Hey, I don't like shooting during the All-Star Game. Let me dunk one for everyone to see..."
Jordan didn't need to look back to know it was Carter. Although Carter said it with a smile, it was obvious that he had the idea of provoking Lu Yu.
What's the reason? Everyone knows that Carter didn't win the vote this year because he lost to Lu Yu.
It was a sure thing that he would win the votes, but Lu Yu suddenly snatched her love, which made him very unhappy. Although he sang and danced very funny at the beginning, who knew that he was not happy in his heart.
What's more, he can't play this year, which makes him even more depressed.
Lu Yu obviously heard what he said. No one understood better than him why Carter would find trouble with him. It stands to reason that he and McGrady have such a good relationship. They are cousins, so they would not embarrass their cousin's friends...
Well, unless this cousin is actually not a close relative.
Lu Yu suddenly remembered that they were really not cousins. He remembered that Maddie once said that Maddie's grandma's brother was Carter's grandma's father-in-law, which meant that the two were actually super distant cousins.
So he doesn't care about the relationship between Lu Yu and McGrady at all.
Lu Yu just stood next to Carter, put his hands on his hips, smiled lightly, and retorted, "This is the All-Star Game, not a slam dunk contest..."
When Jordan heard this, a smile appeared on his lips.
This kid really looks a bit like me.
Of course, their conversation will not be regarded as a conflict on the court, because after all, they were said in a joking tone, and at most they will be regarded as ridicule on the court by the fans.
Duncan wanted to try a dunk, but because he didn't jump high enough, the basketball hit the neck of the basket and jumped out. Since the injury, his jumping has been much worse than in his peak period.
The moment the basketball was about to fly out of the sideline, Lu Yu grabbed the ball back with his big hand and ran wildly with the ball.
Duncan looked at the flying Lu Yu and had no intention of catching up. He was on the inside and his brain was broken before he chased after the defender.
Lu Yu rushed inside, and Chris Webber wanted to make up for it, but was blocked by Mutombo.
Lu Yu's action made the players on the bench stand up and made the entire arena become silent. Sun Yiping even forgot about his broadcasting duties and just murmured: "What is he... going to do?"
Webb finally caught up to the backcourt and tried to cover up the defense, but Mutombo kept him firmly stuck behind him with his body. At this time, when he saw Lu Yu flying into the air, he couldn't help but said angrily:
"Fake, are you taking your anger out on me today?!"
Jordan just dunked one on his head.
He jumped up forcefully and covered Lu Yu with his big hands.
Lu Yu's whole body hit Weber like a high-speed bullet.
Weber was simply too strong, and this collision wiped out Lu Yu's momentum.
But it doesn't matter, it's enough to reach the position under the basket. He seemed to pause in the air for a few seconds, calmly transferred the ball from his left hand to his right, avoided Weber's giant palm, and exerted force on his waist and abdomen, making his upper body look like a snake.
He also twisted towards the front of the basket, and hit the basket with his right hand with great force!
"Oh my God, what did this kid do?" Arenas, who was watching the game in the stands, was stunned. He stood up involuntarily and murmured.
Artest next to him was also stunned. He shook his head: "Don't ask me, I don't know either."
The entire First United Center was silent, with no applause or screams. All the fans could not recover from what they had just seen. They all couldn't believe that the scene just now was real!
That rookie, that rookie named Lu Yu, dunked on Webber?
How many guards in the league can dunk on Webber?
Lu Yu is one, and there is also... Carter sitting in the audience?
Most fans didn't know their conversation, but fans sitting near the Eastern Stars could hear it clearly.
Did Lu Yu detain it for him to see?
Zhang Weiping originally wanted to explain this dunk from a technical point of view, but he opened his mouth and didn't know what to say for a long time. After all, this dunk-average guard really couldn't do it, and the entire All-Star lineup could only do it with a few super talents.
players, such as Carter, Tracy McGrady, Kobe...
But can Lu Yu's physical fitness compare with any of them?
Well, now it seems that it really works.
The players on the court were also a little stunned, especially Weber, who stood under the basket with his mouth open and looked incredible. It wasn't that he was showing off, he really couldn't even believe it himself!
In the end, it was only after Kobe’s reminder that I realized what I was doing and ran to the backcourt!
The audience in front of the TV, especially the Chinese fans, had woken up from their initial dullness and began to scream and applaud. They danced and laughed to express their mood at this time. Many people felt that
Still depressed, I threw out everything I could throw at my fingertips...
In the bj men's basketball training center, a group of young players who had just finished the game were watching the game on the TV.
"Lu Yu is really good at dunking. He didn't dunk very much during last year's competition..." Du Feng said in a daze.
"That's because a game of this intensity doesn't require him to dunk like this. Our level is at most about the same as his NCAA opponents." Zhu Fangyu curled his lips. In his opinion, Lu Yu's performance like this is very normal.
It's a matter.
"I feel that Lu Yu can dance better than the three of us combined..."
Wang Shipeng murmured to himself.
The three of them are all players from Guangdong Hongyuan, and they naturally have the best relationship in the national team. Du Feng immediately comforted Wang Shipeng and said: "Hey, what are you comparing with him? He doesn't rely on his body to make a living... Uh, I mean
Talking about your physical fitness... forget it, you don’t have to compare with him anyway, you can definitely play well if you play hard."
He really didn't know how to comfort Wang Shipeng.
The discussion among the players was lively, and Wang Fei, who was sitting at the back, was also watching the game, because Lu Yu will be the core of the Chinese men's basketball team in this World Championship.
…
Since everyone was still immersed in Lu Yu's dunk on Weber just now, they had no idea how the second half of the second quarter ended.
The big screen at the scene repeatedly played the dunk that Lu Yu just made. Whenever the fans at the scene saw Lu Yu attacking, they would loudly shout "Dump one!"
The whole audience asked Lu Yu to dunk his voice one after another, which was spectacular.
Then every time Lu Yu scored, the audience would burst into applause, because Lu Yu was so handsome whether he was breaking through or shooting, and many 76ers fans became fans of Lu Yulu.
Unknowingly, Lu Yu scored 20 points at the end of the first half.
Iverson suddenly felt cold...
Doesn’t this seem wrong?
During the halftime break, there are some singing and dancing rap performances as usual. The difference between the All-Star Game and the usual games is that usually the players will return to the locker room during the halftime break and the coach will make tactical arrangements for halftime adjustments, but the All-Star Game does
There was nothing to adjust. The coach simply called a timeout, replaced players, and reasonably arranged the playing time of each star player, so during the halftime break, the players sat on the sidelines and watched the performance.
O'Neal performed an impromptu dance, twitching his butt in a naive manner, which made the whole audience burst into laughter.
The break ended quickly in joy, and the third quarter began.
Scott put on a substitute lineup. After all, the substitutes had been sitting off the court for a while in the second quarter, and Kidd's resentful eyes had already made him somewhat uncomfortable.
But he didn't expect that after the substitutes came on, the game began to go against the Western Conference. Lu Yu sat on the court and frowned slightly. If he kept playing like this, the Eastern Conference might lose... He originally went for the mvp. If the Eastern Conference lost, he would have nothing to lose.
Can't get it.
In order to increase his scoring, Iverson kept asking to hit the basket. Although his scoring increased, there was something wrong with the team's score.
Maybe he wants to win this MVP too much.
In the blink of an eye, the Western Conference not only caught up with the score, but also took the lead after Kobe's breakthrough layup!
Scott immediately called a timeout and replaced Jordan to stabilize the situation, but he seemed to have forgotten about Lu Yu.
There was nothing he could do. There were a total of twelve players in the Western Conference All-Star starting lineup and substitutes. If Lu Yu was left on the court all the time, the other players would definitely be dissatisfied.
Even though Lu Yu is very useful, he still has selfish motives because Kidd is a player on his Nets team.
Lu Yu sighed, knowing that it would be more difficult for him to get the MVP.
The Eastern team started to exert force after the timeout. First, Kidd assisted Jordan for an alley-oop dunk, and then Iverson assisted Mutombo for a two-handed dunk after a steal. The Eastern team narrowed the gap slightly, and Iverson seemed to have no entertainment on his face.
His expression seemed to have returned to the scene of fighting in the regular season.
Walker also defended conscientiously, and Jordan's dunk made the Eastern Conference strong.
But Kobe's gliding dunk reminded people that this was an All-Star performance. They saw him dribbling alone from the backcourt to the frontcourt, throwing the ball to the backboard all the way from the basket, jumping high and then flying in the air.
Stretching out his body, he stretched his right hand completely like a bow string and then suddenly exerted force. He caught the ball in the air and stuffed the ball into the hoop with a roar.
This is also the most beautiful dunk in the whole game except Lu Yu’s just now!
After this dunk, Lu Yu finally got the chance to play. He looked at the game time and saw that there were still more than four minutes left, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Who knew that after he came on the field, he would get a foul, and he could only admit that he was unlucky. At this time, the score between the two sides was already very tight, and they both started to play seriously. However, he could not find the rhythm of the confrontation at the beginning, so he gave up Kobe for nothing.
Two free throws.
Of course, Lu Yu was not the only one who failed to adapt to confrontation, but also his fellow sufferer, Jordan.
When Jordan was attacking, he suddenly made a pass behind his head. He wanted to pass it to Lu Yu who suddenly slipped to the baseline. Unfortunately, the ball was passed too far back and flew out of bounds from behind Lu Yu.
He smiled and stretched out his hand to indicate that he hadn't passed it well.
He didn't expect Garnett to give him a body blow at the last moment of passing the ball. It seemed like everyone was serious about it!
"The Western Conference has been playing very hard during this period, especially Kobe Bryant. His talent is really visible through the screen." Zhang Weiping sighed: "It seems that he not only wants to win the scoring champion
, I also want to win the mvp this time.”
Kobe played really well during this period. He showed his elegant style of play on the court. Whether it was shooting or layup, he was as smooth as silk. Sometimes he broke through and dunked, and sometimes he sent wonderful passes to make people aware of this year's game.
Kobe is not only a scorer, but also has the potential to be a leader.
Kobe kept dribbling the ball at the top of the arc, jumping sideways to avoid his opponent's hand that was trying to steal the ball, swinging his shoulders and changing direction in front of him to throw off the defender.
Lu Yu, who was guarding Kobe, was temporarily deceived. When he turned around again, Kobe had already gone to the basket.
"Boom!"
A heavy dunk was full of elegant beauty under his slender figure. Kobe dominated the game in this quarter, and the Western Team also expanded the point difference to ten points under his leadership.
After Lu Yu came on the court in the third quarter, he did not choose too many shots, because the intermittent game obviously had a certain impact on the continuation of the touch. He chose more for Jordan, Iverson, and Mutombo on the court.
, Anthony Walker feeds the ball, and he just attacks when he has the opportunity, performing his duties very orderly!
Although he really wants to score, he understands that he must first ensure the team's victory, otherwise it will be useless no matter how high your personal score is!
The fourth quarter begins, this is the last quarter of the All-Star Game.
"Lu Yu did not play. Although the game was still fierce, it seemed that the coaches of both sides did not intend to go all out at the beginning of the fourth quarter." Zhang Weiping said.
Sun Yiping took a look at the technical statistics in his hand, then took over the conversation and said: "The score between the two sides is now 89:97. The West is temporarily leading. Let's take a look at the scoring of the players on both sides. The one with the highest score from the East is
Iverson, he scored 28 points, followed closely by our Lu Yu, who scored 25 points and 9 assists, one assist shy of a double-double, the first All-Star.
Brigade showed us his endless potential."
"As expected, the highest-scoring player in the Western Conference is Kobe. He has already scored 33 points. If the Eastern Conference wins this game, the MVP should be his." Zhang Weiping added.
The game time passed very quickly. Amidst the nonsense from the two commentators, Western Conference head coach Don Nelson called a timeout and then replaced Nash and Peja.
"The Western Team started to make substitutions. They replaced Nash and Peja with five minutes left in the game. It seems that Nelson is ready to field the strongest lineup." Zhang Weiping said.
"The strongest lineup?" Sun Yiping was stunned: "Aren't Garnett and Francis strong?"
"Of course they are also very strong." Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "But in terms of team configuration, Nash can improve the overall strength of the team, and Peja is a sharpshooter and can play threatening offense. In addition,
Kobe is a super scorer, Duncan is rebounding and defending, and Weibo is supporting from a high position. It seems that Don Nelson doesn’t want to lose this game..."
Almost at the same time, Scott also requested a substitution. He replaced Kidd with Lu Yu, but did not replace Iverson, who should have been replaced. Iverson's efficiency during this period was indeed not very high.
Kidd also knows in his heart that this is Philadelphia, this is the First United Center, and Iverson is the master here.
Scott could only put Iverson on the court at critical moments of the game, because Iverson was as determined to win the mvp trophy as Kobe Bryant in the Western Conference.
Iverson, who was already furious, had completely forgotten about Lu Yu...
Lu Yu finally got through the intermittent game time. He silently calculated his score in his mind, and the corner of his mouth quietly curled up.
Alas, who made me a point guard...
"It's a pity that Kidd didn't have a chance to play at the last minute." Sun Yiping sighed: "Obviously because this year's All-Star Game is in Philadelphia, but fortunately Scott still put Lu Yu on the court.
superior."
"Yes, I think Scott's decision to put Lu Yu at the last moment must have been made under pressure. Although Lu Yu is only a rookie, don't forget that Lu Yu has already won this game very well.
The data... Well, Lu Yu's performance today should shut up many people who doubt him." Zhang Weiping said: "After the whole game, Lu Yu seemed to get a lot of playing time, but it was all piecemeal. Even so, Lu Yu
Yu still scored outstanding statistics...beautifully, Lu Yu passed the ball and assisted Walker to hit a three-pointer...I think Lu Yu may not have expected that he would perform such an outstanding performance. Of course, Lu Yu's natural ability to pass the ball made him perform like this
more popular with other players in the game.”
"Does Lu Yu have a chance to win the MVP?" Sun Yiping asked.
Zhang Weiping hesitated for a while and said: "It shouldn't be possible. There has never been an Asian player winning the MVP in history..."
"But Lu Yu's data today is very good." Sun Yiping continued.
"It's one thing to have good statistics, but his scoring is not the highest in the Eastern Conference. The highest scoring player in the Eastern Conference is Iverson. Plus this is the All-Star Game in Philadelphia. If there is an MVP, Iverson will definitely win it. Of course
The premise is that the Eastern Star Team wins." Zhang Weiping said.
"That's true. Kidd didn't play for this reason... Good shot. Mutombo screened and received Lu Yu's ground pass and hit the board... Lu Yu's pass was really timely. He had already
Did you get a double-double?"
"I already got it when I assisted Walker last time."
As the two commentators exchanged words, the game was extremely intense. After Kobe Bryant hit a three-pointer, Lu Yu immediately hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc.
Lu Yu broke through again, causing Duncan's thug to foul and made two free throws.
…
Jordan hit the net with a post-up shot.
…
What about Iverson?
Iverson struggled to break through the opponent's defense and then made a layup to barely increase his score to 32 points. He then turned back several times and didn't even enjoy an assist from Lu Yu.
He couldn't lose his temper because Lu Yu played very reasonably and the Eastern Conference gradually caught up with the score, not to mention...
Who makes someone a point guard?
People play games at this pace, what can I do?
I'm so angry that I can't even do anything!
Lu Yu also took the time to shoot two three-pointers, raising his score to 31 points.
The Eastern team overtook the score, leading the Eastern Conference by one point at 121:120.
With the last 30 seconds left, the basketball was handed over to Kobe. Today, he had a hot touch and had already scored 40 points, showing his strength as the top scorer. Nelson's strategy was to hand the ball to him and let other teammates pull away.
Let him fight Lu Yu alone.
Kobe still had that calm expression, as if this was just an ordinary attack.
With 7 seconds left on the 24-second shot clock, he started.
There was no fake move, he just relied on his height and long legs to accelerate towards the basket. His first step was too fast. Even though Lu Yu was following closely beside him, he was still ahead of him by a shoulder.
Suddenly, he made an emergency stop, stopped before Mutombo could catch up, bent his knees, and floated backwards.
Fallback shot!
He jumped very high, and his slender body seemed to be frozen in the air. At the highest point, he flicked his wrist slightly, and the basketball drew a high arc.
"Whoosh!"
The fans in the West started screaming. This was a fatal shot, leaving only nine seconds for the Eastern team. This is Kobe, the handsome and capable Kobe!
Kobe opened his arms and began to let the fans cheer more violently.
Scott had no choice but to call a timeout. This should be the last timeout of the game. He glanced at everyone and said: "Who will take the last shot?"
For nine seconds, Iverson was about to open his mouth, because everyone looked at him.
"Let me do it!"
Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect that it was Lu Yu who said this?
They couldn't believe that a first-year rookie would have the audacity to ask for one last shot at the end of the All-Star Game?
Iverson was also stunned, but didn't say anything.
Because he saw a shadow in Lu Yu's eyes, the same shadow as him before.
Originally, he cooperated very well with Lu Yu in the first half, and his impression of Lu Yu was very high. In addition, although he wanted to compete for mvp in this game, the fourth quarter was won by Lu Yu led the team.
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As for whether he won't be able to make a shot?
Iverson never thought about it.
Scott was also startled, and touched his nose awkwardly: "Originally, I was thinking of letting Allen shoot...forget it, since you all have no objections, then Lu Yu, you can make the final attack."
In this way, under Scott's arrangement for the last attack, all the players were restrained by Lu Yu and the ball was given to Lu Yu.
When the time came back on the court, the time was set at 9.6 seconds.
It may be that no one thought that this crucial goal would be played by Lu Yu, a first-year rookie, or it may be that Iverson and Jordan's running and trying to catch the ball were too realistic. Anyway, when the ball reached Lu
When Yu had it in his hand, he took it easily.
Lu Yu originally planned to take advantage of the gap and start shooting, but soon he found a person standing in front of him - Kobe Bryant.
He didn't expect that at this time, it would still be Kobe who could see the Eastern team's offensive intentions.
The timer started beating the moment Lu Yu touched the ball: 9...8...7...
After receiving the ball, Lu Yu used his arm to shake off Kobe's defense, and then slowly dribbled the ball toward the three-point line. At the same time, he kept his eyes on the timer. With 6 seconds left, he accelerated.
He started accelerating directly to the right, because he knew that it would be a waste of time to make fake moves at this time. Obviously Kobe also guessed that Lu Yu would make a breakthrough, but what he didn't expect was that Lu Yu would use his own body while accelerating.
The body squeezed open a gap.
Lu Yu's strength training for the past half season finally saw results. The gap he squeezed allowed him to find a way to break through. Without any extra movement, he pushed hard with the soles of his feet and drove inside.
"4...3..."
Duncan saw Lu Yu rushing in and immediately made up for it. Iverson raised his hands in the bottom corner and shouted: "Give me the ball!"
He had a good opportunity. As long as Lu Yu passed the ball, it would probably be a three-pointer to solve the problem, but he did not see Nash behind him.
Iverson didn't see it, but Lu Yu did.
But even without Nash, he had no intention of passing it.
Duncan saw that Lu Yu was still accelerating, and he already guessed that Lu Yu was going to dunk, just like he dunked Weber's ball in the first half.
But he is not Weber.
He bent his knees slightly, preparing to block Lu Yu's shot: "You, a first-year rookie, underestimate my defensive ability!"
Lu Yu smiled, which made Duncan feel a little nervous. Just when Lu Yu jumped up, he suddenly discovered that Lu Yu's body was not rushing forward but jumping straight up and down.
"Oops! It's a throw!"
The basketball went over Duncan's head.
"2...1..."
"Shua..."
The basketball fell from the basket and fell right into the hands of Iverson who rushed into the basket. Iverson looked at the basketball in his hand with mixed emotions.
In contrast to him, there were already crazy fans in the audience.
