In the last quarter, the East temporarily led the West 106:93. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the lagging West took the lead. 'Little Overlord' Stoudemire scored consecutive dunks in the paint and participated in the All-Star Game for the first time.
Carlos Boozer, who was very excited and active, also hit consecutive mid-range shots. The Western Conference quickly approached and overtook the Eastern Conference.
But at this time, Ray Allen stepped forward and hit three consecutive three-pointers to stabilize the score.
Rivers replaced LeBron James and Adrian, and the Eastern Conference has also entered a real rhythm. Adrian has already scored 6 points, 11 assists and 13 rebounds. A double-double has been achieved.
The only thing left to achieve a triple-double is scoring in double figures.
LeBron James's statistics were not bad at all, with 16 points, 4 assists and 6 rebounds. However, the top scorer in the Eastern Conference was Ray Allen, who hit six three-pointers and scored 24 points.
After coming on the court, Adrian steadily controlled the basketball and advanced to the frontcourt. Chris Paul did not find a good opportunity to steal the ball. This was the only thing he could do when defending Adrian. Chris Paul was only six feet tall.
That is 1.83 meters tall, while Adrian's height is 2.03 meters, which is six feet eight inches. The height difference of eight inches, or twenty centimeters, makes Chris Paul have to look up to Adrian. In defense
When Adrian was playing, he really had no other option except waiting for opportunities to steal.
Stealing the ball from the always steady Adrian is not an easy task. Adrian, who averages only 1.1 turnovers per game, has the highest assist-to-turnover ratio in the league. In addition, Adrian has a few points
And... strong! Almost every time Adrian takes a step forward, Paul has to take a step back. Although Paul's physical fitness is already considered strong among point guards. But when compared with Adrian, he immediately looks...
emaciated.
Step by step, they advanced to the three-point line. Others had no intention of coming over to help Chris Paul defend. First, because even serious men rarely double-team in the All-Star game. Everyone is an All-Star.
Have your own pride. If you come to help during a one-on-one attack and defense, it may be misunderstood as an insult. No one is so stupid as to make themselves uncomfortable for nothing.
Secondly, double-teaming means missing someone, and missing someone is absolutely fatal in the eyes of an obviously top point guard like Adrian. So Adrian advanced to the three-point line step by step.
Then he ignored Chris Paul and shot a three-point jumper. Although Adrian did not take off with all his strength, Paul tried his best to interfere with Adrian's shot. However, the huge gap between height and release point made it impossible for Paul, who was taking off with all his strength, to interfere with Adrian's shot.
Without the basketball, it would be difficult to even interfere with Adrian's sight.
"Shua..." With almost no interference, Adrian hit a three-pointer.
Adrian used this almost bullying method to knock down a three-pointer. If Chris Paul said he wasn't angry, it would be a lie. When he got to the frontcourt, he immediately wanted to beat Adrian alone, but at this time
Adrian completely put away his lazy attitude of casual defense in the first three quarters and only focused on grabbing rebounds. He squatted down seriously and carefully observed Chris Paul's body movements.
After struggling in the league for a season, Adrian is no longer as embarrassed as he was at the beginning when facing small, fast defenders. Adrian's lateral sliding is very fast, which gives him the ability to defend.
The breakthrough player has extremely solid basic abilities. His increasingly rich defensive experience also allows him to better judge the opponent's next move and respond in a timely manner.
After several attempts, Chris Paul failed to find a chance to break through Adrian's defense under Adrian's defense. Just when Adrian thought he was going to successfully defend Chris Paul, suddenly
It felt like I had hit something.
David West.
When Paul had no way to break through, David West came over and set a pick-and-roll for Paul. Then he quickly came down and took the opportunity to break through Adrian's Chris Paul, got inside and then directed the basketball toward
As soon as it was thrown from the sky, David West stood up from the ground, grabbed the basketball and was about to dunk it towards the basket!
"careful!"
A shout suddenly rang out.
Adrian, who was blocked by David West, did not give up defense, but followed David West who was about to leave. When David West took off and tried to dunk, Adrian
Derian also took off with all his strength from behind David West!
David West was three centimeters taller than Adrian, but when both jumped up, Adrian was obviously a head taller than David West in the air. Aimed at David
-The basketball was exposed in West's hand, and Adrian slapped it down hard.
"Crack!"
"Bang!"
The basketball was knocked off the backboard by Adrian, and the rebounded basketball fell into Adrian's hands. He looked up at the frontcourt, and Adrian threw the basketball violently.
LeBron James, who was about to leave, grabbed the basketball during the struggle with Boozer. After a step-up jump, he hit a backhand dunk that wreaked havoc on the basket!
The defensive and offensive ends continued to falter, and Chris Paul looked at Adrian with growing resentment.
Especially in the next attack, Adrian pushed Chris Paul to the three-point line as before, and once again ignored Chris Paul's defense and scored a three-pointer, there was resentment in Chris Paul's eyes.
Deep enough to drip water. The height gap is too serious. Even if Chris Paul is the leader among the younger generation of point guards in the league, he cannot change the 20 cm height gap between him and Adrian. However, he hit two consecutive shots.
After a three-pointer, Adrian had already scored 12 points, 12 assists and 13 rebounds, achieving a triple-double. No matter how outstanding James' data is, unless he can get a 30+10 double-double or the same as Adrian
Get a triple-double, otherwise there will be no chance of competing with Adrian for MVP.
But LeBron James probably didn't know it yet. The Eastern Conference team's form was getting better. James began to prepare intensively to improve the data and win the MVP. As soon as halftime passed, he opened his hand and asked Adrian for the ball. It was obviously a sign of dominance.
Taking over Adrian's organizational power.
Adrian didn't bother to argue with James about this, and directly gave up the organizing rights to LeBron James. Then he continued to vent his energy on the rebounds that he didn't have much use for.
On the offensive end, maybe James also felt a little embarrassed for taking away Adrian's organizational rights so straightforwardly. While he was attacking to gain points, he also did not forget to pass a few balls to Adrian to gain points. By the way,
Help yourself to get assists. Adrian also smiled and accepted them one by one. Anyway, if you catch the basketball, you can shoot it. If you can make the shot, you can get more points. If you see other people have a chance, just pass the ball and transfer it.
In the past, you could also get assists.
Compared to the West, the East has a somewhat larger advantage. Adrian was substituted with six minutes left in the game. At this time, the East already led the West by twelve points, 131:119. Want to win in the last six minutes?
Completing a comeback is not an easy task for the Western Conference.
Sure enough, the Western Conference failed to complete the comeback until the end. Adrian was substituted once more midway, assisted James in an alley-oop, and was substituted again. The game finally ended with a score of 141:136, following the last NBA championship.
After the star West won, the East once again defeated the West.
After the game, the most important award of the All-Star Weekend will be announced, that is, the All-Star MVP! This award will be presented by David Stern himself.
For this award, LeBron James is full of confidence. He scored 27 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists. Although his score was not the highest in the game, his victory was due to his comprehensive performance and nearly triple-double performance.
Both offensive and defensive ends played a huge role. And the Eastern Conference finally won the victory because of its own contribution. At least at this time, LeBron James has determined that the All-Star Game MVP is his own.
On the podium, league president David Stern also took the microphone and slowly read: "In the 2007-2008 season, the 57th All-Star MVP winner in New Orleans is...Adrian! Congratulations to Adrian.
, he became the first player in the history of the All-Star Game to win both the Rookie Challenge MVP and the All-Star Game MVP."
"What?" LeBron James' eyes widened, and he even wondered if he heard it wrong. When he saw Adrian walking up to the podium under the spotlight, he walked from David Ste.
When En took the All-Star MVP trophy in his hands and raised it high above his head, his first reaction was to raise his head to look at Adrian's data on the big screen. He wanted to see if there was anything wrong.
This kind of data is not only comprehensive, but also outrageous in all aspects. All three major statistics are 15+, which does seem to be more comprehensive and shocking than his 27 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.
"When did he get these data?" LeBron James thought with some frustration. Adrian brushed these data almost silently, and none of them noticed.
"Thank you, thank you all for your support." Amid the cheers, Adrian made a declaration of thanks into the microphone. Suddenly he glanced at LeBron James, who was smiling awkwardly and applauding in the crowd.
Blinking his eyes, he said: "What I especially want to thank is LeBron James. If it weren't for his strong performance in the end, it would be difficult for me to win this award. He is simply like a truck. When he wants to score,
, it’s best not to try to stop him.” (To be continued..)