This can be said to be the most intense All-Star game in history, and it finally came to the last two minutes.
122 to 121, the Eastern team leads by one point.
The two players competing for the All-Star Game MVP, the two absolute protagonists today, Chen Jie has scored 44 points, and Kobe Bryant has also scored 39 points. Chen Jie has surpassed the record set by Chamberlain that year, becoming the all-time leading player in history.
The person with the highest score in a single game of the All-Star Game. And Kobe is one point away from Michael Jordan's record of 40 points. In two minutes, Kobe may even catch up with Chamberlain's record!
What a game this is!
It's just that at this time, no one cares about these records. What everyone cares about is two words - victory or defeat!
For players and fans on and off the court, there is only one question they are most concerned about at the moment, and that is, who can win this game, win the mvp of today's game, and become a star among stars.
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The Western team has the ball, and Kobe controls the ball.
In the past few minutes, Kobe and Chen Jie had several one-on-one encounters, but not as frequently as in the previous third quarter. The two seemed to have a tacit understanding at the last moment and began to mobilize their teammates.
But at the last moment, both of them should still be able to resolve the battle on their own. Otherwise, even if they win, they will feel uncomfortable.
This is Kobe, this is Chen Jie, people know their characters.
Therefore, no one would think that Kobe could pass the ball. He would definitely have to hit it himself.
Chen Jie thought so too, so he knelt down and stood in front of Kobe. Chen Jie didn't care at all about the direction Kobe might throw the ball. Instead, he focused all his attention on defending Kobe's offense.
Chen Jie did not make a mistake in judgment. People did not think wrong either.
Kobe is Kobe, and he really didn't choose to pass the ball.
Standing on the three-point line, Kobe took a step with the ball, then quickly turned around, turned his back to Chen Jie, leaned on Chen Jie, and started a post-up singles against Chen Jie.
Kobe is worthy of being Kobe. He has long discovered that compared with Chen Jie, his speed and agility are not advantages. His biggest advantages lie in strength, body and height.
And these advantages can be reflected in the process of post-up play.
At this moment, Kobe is not looking for beautiful goals, he only thinks about how to score and then help the team win.
So, he chose to play post-up.
In fact, Chen Jie also guessed this possibility.
Therefore, after seeing Kobe attacking him with his back, Chen Jie was not too surprised. Instead, he quickly withstood Kobe and prevented Kobe from easily turning over and shooting a jumper.
Although his physical strength is not as good as Kobe's, it is not too bad. Chen Jie worked hard to hold up Kobe, knowing that he would not be beaten by Kobe right away.
Kobe was almost sitting on Chen Jie. Every time he dribbled the ball, he had to squeeze in. Little by little, it took about ten seconds for Kobe to squeeze into the inside. At this time, there was no
People came up to help Chen Jie to defend himself.
After all, the All-Star Game is a little different from ordinary games.
Everyone on the court is a superstar. You have to complete the defensive tasks yourself, and your teammates generally won't come to help. Because you can't guard your defender, you don't deserve to enter the All-Star Game.
This is the pride of All-Star players.
Unless you are completely passed by the opponent, no one will come up to help you attack.
Everyone is a star. How is it possible for two people to flank one person?
In this way, Kobe finally squeezed into the inside, but he wasted attack time.
He didn't shake Chen Jie away, he just got closer to the basket. At this moment, with four seconds left before the 24-second violation, Kobe had no other choice but to shoot.
Chen Jie was still behind him. When Kobe shot, Chen Jie could still interfere.
Post-up play doesn't mean that Chen Jie can be easily defeated.
However, Kobe was already prepared. Seeing that the distance was about the same, Kobe suddenly stopped dribbling, then pivoted with his left foot, quickly turned around, and with a slight tap, made a fake shot.
Kobe's fake moves were so realistic that Chen Jie almost took off.
Fortunately, Chen Jie kept his hand and only slightly raised his center of gravity without jumping up hastily. Kobe did not shake Chen Jie away from the ball.
However, as long as the center of gravity is raised, it will be enough.
Kobe knew that Chen Jie was not that easy to deceive, and he had follow-up actions.
Seeing Chen Jie's focus, Kobe did not shoot immediately, but turned back faster and hit it again.
He must have taken action this time?
Chen Jie thought so and jumped to block Kobe's shot.
He bet that Kobe would make his move right now.
Of course, Chen Jie knew that his best choice at this moment was not to jump, and then opened his arms to block Kobe's shooting space.
But because Kobe's first fake move had already shaken Chen Jie up, at this moment, it was impossible for Chen Jie not to jump.
Take off and maybe block Kobe's shot.
Without jumping, I could only watch Kobe put the ball into the basket.
But Kobe would not give Chen Jie the chance to block him.
This is still a fake move.
Kobe successfully shook Chen Jie up, using two realistic fake moves.
Seeing Chen Jie take off, Kobe lowered his head, stepped out with his right foot, took off, flew past Chen Jie's body, wiped the basket, and the basketball obediently entered the basket.
122 to 123, the Western team took the lead by one point.
This offense took Kobe a full 23 seconds.
By the time Kobe Bryant finished his offense, there was still one minute and forty seconds left.
The Eastern team did not call a timeout, and then quickly handed the ball out. After Iverson took the ball as quickly as possible across the half court, the Eastern team began to organize the offense.
Iverson's quick dribbling is not to hit a ball quickly, but to buy more time for the offensive organization.
Although there is still one minute and forty seconds, there is enough time with a one-point difference. What the Eastern team has to do is to organize the offense and score the ball steadily.
The basketball was given to O'Neal in the paint, and O'Neal hit Garnett with his back.
Compared with Garnett, O'Neal's body did not have an advantage. After two hits, O'Neal felt that he could not hit Garnett, and then passed the ball back to Iverson on the outside.
The Eastern team's inside attempt was unsuccessful, and the few seconds Iverson had gained were wasted.
However, after O'Neal gave the ball to Iverson, he quickly stepped out of the paint and set a pick-and-roll for Iverson.
Iverson saw a teammate picking and rolling, so he dribbled the ball and accelerated without thinking. O'Neal fended off McGrady, and Iverson accelerated past Garnett, who delayed his attack with a layup, and entered the paint.
Inside, Duncan is waiting for Iverson with open arms. His arms are like a dragnet, covering all possible routes for Iverson to take action.
Seeing that he had no hope of taking action, Iverson took the ball inside and walked around inside, and then had no choice but to hand the ball to Chen Jie, who had been waiting for a long time on the outside.
Two attempts to attack failed, and there was not much offensive time left for the Eastern team.
When Chen Jie took the ball, Kobe was still standing in front of him.
Chen Jie took a look at the attack time. There were eight seconds left. Chen Jie had no time to think anymore and could only choose to attack immediately.
At this moment, Chen Jie was standing on the right baseline, with only Kobe beside him.
Chen Jie dribbled the ball and chose to go to the baseline. The angle inside was already very small. Kobe just moved his body to block it, and Chen Jie had no space to break through.
The breakthrough was blocked, and Chen Jie could only turn around and dribble the ball back to his original position.
When Kobe saw that there was not much time left to attack, he didn't hesitate and pressed forward directly.
The position where Chen Jie was standing happened to be in a blind spot, so he didn't need two people. As long as Kobe was alone, Chen Jie could be forced to the point of no return.
Chen Jie protected the ball in front of him, with his feet still in bounds, but the ball had already reached out of bounds.
Chen Jie carried Kobe with his body and looked around. At this moment, he could only pass the ball.
But…………
"Jie, shoot, shoot. There's no time!" James yelled so loudly that Chen Jie's mind suddenly jumped.
Yes, at this time, how could I possibly pass the ball again?
There's no time left.
I can only force myself to shoot.
With this thought in mind, Chen Jie gave up his plan to pass the ball and forced himself to turn around under Kobe's pressing pressure.
After turning around, Chen Jie's body had lost his balance, and he used his last strength to jump up.
Kobe also jumped up. Obviously, he jumped higher than Chen Jie.
Chen Jie also noticed this while in the air.
In this case, if you use standard shooting gestures to throw the ball, it will definitely be blocked by Kobe.
If the basketball does not touch the basket, it is a 24-second violation. Yes, Chen Jie is not thinking about whether the basketball can go in. He just wants the basketball to touch the basket, so that his teammates under the basket can still fight for rebounds!
With this offense going like this, it would be great to have a chance to compete for rebounds!
Thinking like this, Chen Jie no longer thought about throwing the ball in a comfortable posture. Instead, he leaned back hard and threw the ball with almost the strength of his entire arm!
It seems that the action of throwing is more appropriate to describe it!
Kobe didn't block the basketball shot by Chen Jie. Chen Jie had already thrown it. If Kobe could still block the shot, he would be a god.
The basketball draws a beautiful arc. When it is in the air, the time is up.
If this ball is not touched, this offense will definitely be a violation!
Just hit the basket!
This is Chen Jie’s only prayer!
After landing, Chen Jie kept his eyes on the basketball.
Everyone is staring at the basketball.
Duncan Garnett has already positioned himself in the paint. How about if he can touch the basket? The rebound must still be ours!
Bang!
Just as Chen Jie thought, the basketball hit the neck of the basket.
He was able to grab the rebound, but Garnett jumped up.
He has been the rebounding champion for several years! (To be continued...)
