First of all, it’s the Eastern team’s baseline ball.
Previously, both teams had very few fouls, less than four, so Kobe's foul was just a sideline serve by the Western team.
Paul Pierce stood outside the sideline to serve. Iverson spared a circle and came to the top to receive the ball. Nash obviously couldn't keep up with Iverson.
Among superstars, Nash's defensive ability is relatively poor.
Facing a superstar like Iverson with a strong offensive ability, at least on the defensive end, Nash had nothing to do.
After Iverson caught the ball, he passed Nash in one step.
Facing the two big men in the West, Duncan and Nowitzki, Iverson was not afraid and directly broke through to the basket. With Nowitzki's big hand blocking the shot, Iverson used a pick to the basket to pass the ball.
Smeared into the basket.
The defense in the Western Conference is still of no use to players like Iverson.
Nash, who is facing off against Iverson, is a player who is not good at defending. Nowitzki, who is defending inside, is not a barrier-like inside line like Duncan or Garnett. Iverson's breakthrough looks very good.
It's easy.
However, despite this, Iverson still suffered a disadvantage due to his height. After the ball was scored, Iverson still fell to the floor.
Scenes like this have not happened to Iverson once or twice. It seems that every time Iverson scores a goal, he has to throw his center of gravity out, and every time the ball hits the ground, he will fall down.
This is a fighter. There are countless scars on his body, but he never flinches no matter how powerful or powerful the defense is.
Such falls are something Iverson has become accustomed to.
Iverson didn't wait for his teammates to come over and pull him over. Iverson got up on his own, and there was no pretentiousness to see if he was injured. After Iverson got up, he immediately accelerated back to defense.
Players like this are real fighters!
Of course, Iverson is not the only fighter on this court.
Standing opposite Chen Jie, Kobe Bryant, who is dribbling the ball at the moment, is also such a person.
After seeing Iverson's goal, which completely helped the Eastern team that had been lagging behind tie the score, Kobe couldn't stand it anymore.
He wants to use his own offense and his own goals to help the Western team take the lead again.
Kobe didn't know why the Eastern Conference team suddenly worked so hard and brought the rhythm of the game to this point.
Kobe thought they didn't want to lose for four consecutive years. Of course he didn't know why Eastern players wanted to help Chen Jie win the MVP.
However, even if Kobe knew, he would not show mercy.
Kobe and Chen Jie had a good relationship in private, but that didn't mean that on the court. In order to help Chen Jie, Kobe would let loose.
He has never been such a player!
If he really knew what the Eastern Team was planning, I believe Kobe would be even more desperate because he believed that would be the greatest help to his friend Chen Jie.
If Chen Jie won the MVP because of his own betrayal, then what is the meaning of this MVP?
If Kobe knew the Eastern Conference's plans, he would definitely have such thoughts.
However, now he doesn't know the thoughts of these players in the Eastern Conference, but so what? Kobe still won't let go.
The Eastern team wants to wipe out a three-year losing streak. Why doesn't Kobe want the Western team to defeat the Eastern team for four consecutive years?
And you must know that this year's All-Star Game has another important significance, that is, this is the first time O'Neal has played on behalf of the Eastern Conference All-Stars.
The relationship between Kobe and O'Neal goes without saying.
The two people were as incompatible as O'Neal and Chen Jie. Many media even joked that the reason why a rebellious player like Kobe liked Chen Jie so much was probably because of the relationship between Chen Jie and O'Neal.
Kobe liked it very much.
Of course this is just a joke.
O'Neal played for the Eastern Conference for the first time, and also faced Kobe Bryant for the first time in the All-Star Game.
Judging from the serious and stubborn attitude that Kobe showed against the Heat in the Christmas Day game, Kobe definitely doesn't want to lose to O'Neal in today's game.
If the Eastern Conference team wins, Kobe will feel very shameless.
He will lose to O'Neal for the second time this season.
Kobe doesn't want this to happen, so today, the Eastern team must not win!
The winner can only be the Western Team!
Kobe faced Chen Jie's defense with a firm gaze!
This is not the first time that these two people have faced off and defended like this. Once in Los Angeles, in the famous Kobe and Chen Jie game, in the crucial third and fourth quarters, the two people directly had a face-to-face contest.
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In that game, Kobe scored more than Chen Jie, but the Bulls defeated the Lakers.
After the game, both of them agreed that it was a draw.
After that, the Lakers visited Chicago. At that time, the Lakers were already full of conflicts and their record had plummeted. In that game, the Lakers were bloodbathed by the Bulls, but that couldn't be blamed on Kobe.
After that game, Lakers head coach Tomjanovich resigned, which had a huge impact.
Chen Jie set a new high in assists in his career in that game, but it would be unreasonable to say that Chen Jie completely defeated Kobe in that game.
After all, everyone knows that Chen Jie performed very well and Kobe also worked hard in that game. The reason for the miserably defeat was because of the team's problems.
Therefore, until now, the two people have not actually distinguished themselves.
Of course, many people think that the game at the United Center in Chicago was already decided.
But Kobe's supporters definitely think that's unfair to Kobe.
So today, in the All-Star Game, when there is no problem of the team dragging down his teammates' incompetence, Kobe can finally compete with Chen Jie in a real way.
In fact, both Chen Jie and Kobe knew in their hearts that in this game, the two of them were going to compete again!
Chen Jie might not be sure before the game, but when his teammates said they wanted to win MVP for themselves, Chen Jie knew that he and Kobe could not escape the competition.
Because no matter how you look at it, the protagonist of today's Western Conference team should be Kobe.
If you want to win the MVP, you have to take it from Kobe.
So, Kobe, let's get started!
This time, we must compete.
Watching Kobe dribbling the ball, Chen Jie slightly bent his knees, his eyes were firm, and he said silently in his heart!
Similarly, Kobe also had such an idea in his mind.
