The third quarter of the All-Star Game lasted for more than six minutes. After the official timeout, today's two absolute protagonists, Kobe Bryant and Chen Jie, were both replaced by their respective head coaches.
Once the two of them take the field, for many fans, the game will not be worth watching for the time being.
Especially after Yao Ming was also replaced by **Vicci and there was no Chinese on the field. For tens of thousands of Chinese fans, the All-Star Game seemed a bit boring and there was no sense of expectation for the time being.
Taking advantage of this moment, some fans who had nothing to do expressed their opinions on the game on major websites. There were many people talking about it, and for a while, countless scolding wars broke out...
The fans were shouting, and the commentator in the live broadcast room was commenting on the game.
On the court, Chen Jie and Kobe took the time to restore their physical strength so that they would not lose to each other when they took the court again.
Only when they actually play against each other will we know how strong the opponent is. No matter who it is, Chen Jie or Kobe, as long as they don't want to lose, they must put in more effort.
Because they all know how talented the other player is.
In fact, although both of them are not on the court at the moment, the All-Star Game is a gathering of superstars after all, and the excitement of the game has not diminished at all.
The current lineup of the Eastern Conference is with Ben Wallace as the center, O'Neal Jr. as the power forward, Arenas, James, and Wade.
For the Western Conference, only Duncan is left in the starting lineup. The other four players are Nash, Marion, Stoudemire, the Suns' Big Three, plus Dirk Nowitzki of the Mavericks.
Because the game has now lost its original performance nature. Therefore, these ten people on the court are playing very strictly. People who don't know these superstars may really think that they are watching a regular season game.
Yes, it's the regular season.
Yang Yi just commented that the intensity of the previous game was a bit like the finals. In fact, what he said was not wrong. The intensity of the current game is slightly weaker than before.
After all, without Kobe and Chen Jie on the court, there would be no such bloody duel.
Although both teams defended and attacked seriously, the intensity of the confrontation was still not as good as before.
With this lineup of the two teams on the court, the Eastern team is at a disadvantage compared to the Western team.
Although Ben Wallace's defensive ability is strong, when facing Duncan, he can withstand the bottom set. However, he suffers from height disadvantage. Duncan is not the kind of insider who can't live without the basket. He occasionally opens up and uses his height advantage to play singles.
Wallace was still at a loss.
O'Neal Jr. has offensive ability, but he can't guard Nowitzki.
As for the other three points, Arenas, James, and Wade are all players with outstanding personal abilities, but compared with the Western Conference team, they always feel like they are fighting alone.
Lack of connection and coordination.
The Western team is still different. Nash, Marion and Stoudemire are teammates in the Suns. They have a tacit understanding of cooperation for a long time. Although they are in the All-Star game now, the cooperation between the three of them is still strong.
Still skillful.
If it weren't for Wade's constant individual singles that helped the Eastern team not be too far behind by the Western team, I'm afraid that when Chen Jie came back, he wouldn't have to work hard anymore, because by that time, the game might be over.
There is no suspense anymore.
Even with Wade's outstanding performance, with nine minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Eastern Conference still fell behind.
Not only were they caught up with a four-point deficit by the Western Team, but they were also overtaken by six points.
In other words, when these two lineups were on the court, the Eastern team's lineup lost to the Western team by a full ten points!
Simply, at this time, Scales called a timeout and put Chen Jie back on the field.
As for the Western Team, Vicki obviously didn't expect Skiles to send Chen Jie up at this time, but he still put Kobe on the bench.
Of course, **Vic reacted quickly and replaced Kobe the next time the ball died.
But in the two attacks in between, Chen Jie hit two life-saving three-pointers to help the Eastern team tie the score.
McGrady's breakthrough caused a foul, allowing the Western team to still maintain the lead.
At this time, Kobe stood up from the bench and replaced the point guard, Nash.
It can be seen that in the last eight minutes and thirty-three seconds, Vicky still wanted McGrady to play point guard.
He feels that McGrady should have a better understanding of cooperation with Kobe than Nash.
When Kobe Bryant came on the court, Chen Jie stood outside his own three-point line.
Kobe passed by Chen Jie, but the two of them still didn't say a word.
However, they both knew in their hearts that the final duel would be these eight minutes and thirty-three seconds.
At this moment, with Kobe standing on the court, the duel began.
At this time, everyone is focusing on the best. Who can win the game? Who will be the final All-Star Game mvp, Kobe or Chen Jie? As for Chen Jie, he has already created the second best All-Star Game score in history.
No one pays attention to the news.
McGrady's two free throws helped the Western team continue to maintain the lead.
Iverson received the baseline ball from Ben Wallace, dribbled the ball past half court, and passed the ball to Chen Jie.
Kobe put his hand on Chen Jie's waist, the two faced each other, and Chen Jie made a triple threat gesture!
The 1v1 between Kobe and Chen Jie, which made fans miss most of the game, starts again!
This time, it was Chen Jie who beat Kobe Bryant in singles first.
In the previous face-to-face offensive and defensive confrontation between the two, it turned out that neither one could defend the other.
However, this is just the surface.
In fact, both men have done a very good job defensively.
After all, they force the opponent not to score easily. Every time they score, they are beautiful and difficult moves that can enter the top five goals.
So this time, can Kobe Bryant guard Chen Jie?
And how will Chen Jie defeat Kobe Bryant in singles?
Will you be able to score easily with conventional means, or will you still have to work hard, challenge your physical limits, and perform those extremely beautiful moves?
No one can guess it, but everyone is looking forward to it.
The two protagonists, Kobe and Chen Jie, looked at each other, guessing the other's physical condition after such a long rest, as well as the other's true thoughts at the moment.
Chen Jie attacks, Kobe defends, and the initiative is still on Chen Jie's side for the time being.
Kobe still needs to wait for Chen Jie to make a move before he can react.
