Ray Allen responded: "It's not that he takes this game seriously, but that he pays great attention to his body... Is this your first time participating in the All-Star Game?"

Parker felt like he had been stabbed in the heart. This is the fifth year of his career, and it is indeed the first time he has been selected to the All-Star. And after looking at the other players in the Western Conference, he is indeed his best, Brand was in the third grade.

He has already been selected to the All-Star Game once.

Shaking his head, Parker gathered his emotions and responded: "Yes, I am an All-Star now. My goal is to be selected as an All-Star every year like you."

Ray Allen looked at Parker without even nodding his head. After Parker finished speaking, it took two seconds before he responded: "I know, I'm going to warm up first."

After saying that, Ray Allen really walked towards the gym and started to warm up.

Parker: "???"

In the past, I thought the warden was a devil. Occasionally, I would have a chance to say a few words to the warden, which would make me angry to death.

Now he discovered that compared with Ray Allen, Liu Xiu was simply too good at communicating...

But looking at Liu Xiu and Ray Allen, Parker thought for a while and then walked to the gym to start warming up.

It’s past 4 o’clock for dinner, and it’s just past 5:30. At this time, the All-Stars haven’t even planned to officially warm up yet.

Last year, Liu Xiu started to warm up early, and no one without him was missing. The year before last, Liu Xiu and Garnett "battled each other" and didn't warm up much. But this time, 3 of the 12 All-Stars started to warm up, and 1/4 of them started to warm up.

In terms of numbers, there are always people who are not willing to lag behind. The first person who is not willing to lag behind is Garnett, the wolf king who defaults to "fighting each other". When Kobe looks at this industry, how can he be missing in training?

Then Nash also started to warm up, and Duncan followed...

LeBron James, the new Eastern Conference vote king who always likes to make friends with other team's stars, brought his brothers to the Western Conference training ground to visit. What they saw was that the Western Conference team started to warm up just after 5:30 as if they were playing a formal game. Hurry up.

He brought Wade and Bosh back to the training ground, and invited his All-Star teammates who had become familiar with each other in the past two days to warm up together, and then the Eastern Conference team was also led... His little emperor has a goal for this year's All-Star Weekend.

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Liu Xiu was very surprised when he found out that the All-Stars suddenly rolled up...

…

At 8 p.m., the 2006 Houston All-Star Weekend started.

Eastern team starting lineup: Iverson, McGrady, Carter, James, Yao Ming.

West Team: Nash, Liu Xiu, Kobe, Garnett, Duncan.

The game was very intense from the beginning. The top vote-getters from the Eastern and Western Conferences went head-to-head from the very beginning. James and Kobe took the first three shots from the Eastern and Western Conferences.

On James' side, with the support of Iverson, he got the chance to attack.

Kobe also has the support of Liu Xiu and Nash, both of whom are willing to give the ball.

Nash supported it, but Kobe didn't think it was strange. Liu Xiu supported it, and Kobe was surprised but thought it was natural.

This guy comes to his house every summer to eat, drink and practice his skills. Last year he helped this guy get AMVP. This year it's this guy's turn to repay him.

As Kobe thought, Liu Xiu originally planned to compete for the honor. Who wants too much honor? Naturally, he would compete if he had the opportunity. But when he saw Kobe taking the initiative to ask for the ball, Liu Xiu chose to give it to him.

There's always a return.

In the All-Star Game, everyone doesn’t have much experience working together, and they don’t work too hard in preparation and warm-up, so the initial stage always requires an adaptation process.

However, this year's initial adaptation period was extremely short, mainly because the players warmed up relatively well and entered the game rhythm quickly.

The strength of the players on both teams is there. The minimum strength of the inside and outside players is the level of Brand and Parker. Even if they have not cooperated much and have a poor tacit understanding, they can still rely on their strength.

The atmosphere had reached this point. Everyone wanted to win the game. Both teams were open to attack and it was really hard to tell the difference. So, as they fought, the two teams unconsciously started to play defense.

At the end of the first quarter, James made 1 of 2 shots and 2 of 2 free throws to score 4 points. Kobe made 2 of 3 shots, including 1 of 3-pointers and scored 5 points. However, the score in the entire quarter was only 27 to 28.

The Western team is 1 point behind the Eastern team.

In the second quarter, Maurice Cheeks began to take the initiative to adjust his lineup and play style. At the beginning, Parker and Duncan's pick-and-roll was used as the starting point of the offense. Kobe was the main attack, Garnett supported, and Ray Allen provided support.

The stars of the two teams are more accustomed to each other's defense, and there are more small-scale cooperation on the offensive end. With the defensive cooperation of the two teams becoming better, the scoring is still on the rise.

Seeing that Liu Xiu gave up the opportunity to Kobe today, Maurice Cheeks knew that Kobe helped Liu Xiu last year, so he helped Liu Xiu return the favor and created such a lineup for Kobe.

When Liu Xiu watched the pick-and-roll between Parker and Duncan on the sidelines, he discovered that from this perspective, Parker's pick-and-roll offense with the ball, as well as his style of play after splitting the ball, were similar to his!

It’s not easy to spot if you don’t look carefully, because Parker likes to attack the frame through pick-and-roll breakthroughs, while Liu Xiu likes mid-range shots. Parker splits the ball and passes it out. When he gets to the bottom line, he turns around towards the basket to seek opportunities to attack the frame. He is the main attack point, and

After reaching the baseline, Liu Xiu often walks to the bottom corner, using himself as a containment point to receive shots from the right sideline.

The similarities lie in the rhythm and the choice of shots or passes at certain times.

After watching a few more rounds, Liu Xiu confirmed that the little sports car was imitating him!

He was quite surprised. Parker entered the NBA two years earlier than him. He felt that he was learning how to play from Parker. For example, Parker's control of the pace when the center circle began to accelerate, and his Champions League floater were all from him.

learning goals.

He opened the system and looked at the temporary list of teammates for the All-Star Game.

Parker, born in May 1982...

Well, it turns out that I am just a little brother, so just learn it.

When it comes to technology, there are times when one learns from others, and there are times when others learn from him.

At this moment, Liu Xiu finally understood why Kobe and Nash, his two direct competitors, were willing to teach him.

I am actually quite happy when my skills that I am good at are imitated by others. I would be even happier if a third party sees it and spreads the word.

And teaching others is creating this kind of happiness.

Of course, the premise is that the personal relationship is acceptable.

Since he was going to be a support staff, Liu Xiu did a good job as a support staff. After Liu Xiu came on the court in the second half of the second quarter, he continued to cooperate with Duncan in pick-and-roll. The essence of this style of play was still the two-tower strategy. Duncan played

The entire quarter was filled with Garnett playing the first half and Gasol playing the second half. Duncan + Garnett or Duncan + Gasol were the core of the tactics, creating many catch-and-shoot opportunities for Kobe.

Relying on Duncan's 2 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Parker's 6 points and 1 assist, Liu Xiu's 4 points and 3 assists, and Kobe's 11 points, the Western team scored 33 points in the second quarter and scored 33 to 30 at halftime.
Chapter completed!