Coach Carlisle's purpose is very simple. If you want to defend the Western Conference, you can't defend it. So you have to replace all the best key players to at least ensure the offense. Playing a positional battle with these guys in the Western Conference will be too disadvantageous.

Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady, two three-point masters.

Jordan's singles, Iverson's breakthrough points and mid-range shots, Raheem's inside singles and offensive rebounds.

This is the ideal lineup for the best offense in the East.

The Western Team sent Nash, Kobe, Marion, Garnett, and Duncan.

Seeing the lineup of the Eastern team, the Western team players were more surprised than the Eastern team players.

After the timeout, the Eastern team has the ball.

Liu Mang suppressed his inner uneasiness and pushed forward to the frontcourt, but Marion defended him.

Liu Mang felt really cold when he saw the lineup of the Western Conference team. Except for Nash, whose defense was poor, the other four players were both capable of running and defending. It was amazing.

McGrady went to the weak side of the left corner to open up space and brought Garnett to the left corner. Iverson took Nash around the baseline to the right corner, and Jordan dropped to the low post to trap Kobe.

At this critical moment, Jordan has to stand up and play solo!

Liu Mang passed the ball to Jordan, and Jordan leaned on Kobe, but he couldn't move! Now Jordan's explosive power is indeed far inferior to Kobe.

Kobe did not give Jordan face. In the heart of the hateful little blacksmith, going all out is to give the opponent the greatest respect. He continuously gave Jordan physical contact, and Jordan was forced to retreat to the mid-range.

At this time, Liu Mang, who had already anticipated this, cut inside. When Liu Mang made an air cut, Rahim pulled out to help Liu Mang block Marion.

Jordan's eyes lit up and he made a decisive fadeaway jumper!

Kobe caused a lot of interference. Jordan was forced to lean back and lean back again, and he threw a ridiculously crooked air ball!

Duncan has turned around to grab the rebound. Duncan trusts Kobe's defense. Jordan is out of breath at this time. He will definitely not be able to beat Kobe!

However, Duncan did not expect that the ball would be so crooked and fall directly from the left side of the basket. Liu Mang had originally cursed Jordan because of his wasteful shooting.

Down, Liu Mang received the ball!

Damn it! Liu Mang instantly felt that an opportunity had come!

Duncan originally opened his arms to stop Rahim who was rushing in, but unexpectedly Liu Mang grabbed the ball!

Liu Mang grabbed the ball at this position, and Duncan was not in a defensive position. If it was an ordinary inside post, he would not make up for it, because it is impossible to make up for it. Unless there is a foul, pushing past is still blocking, but Duncan is so different.

Stepping inside, he turned around and raised his hands in an attempt to struggle.

At this time, Liu Mang took off with all his strength, jumped up on the spot, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand. Just as he smashed the ball into the basket, he saw Duncan standing in the three-second zone and approaching him with his hands raised, but this time

By then Liu Mang had already dunked the ball in...

Buttoned again!

Duncan is in the background again!

Liu Mang was deeply moved by Duncan's spirit of selfless dedication. Duncan's empty dunk turned into a dunk!

There was no reaction on Duncan's face. He picked up the ball and passed it to Kobe without any sense of being dunked.

Maybe at first because of this active defense, Duncan had an inner struggle when he was in the background. For example... next time when he was in the background, what posture should he use to look more cool?

But after too many times, Duncan became numb and got used to it...

But there was no chance to rejoice, so Liu Mang quickly returned to defense. Jordan, who followed him back to defense, came up with a big smile and high-fived Liu Mang.

Only then did Liu Mang realize that the old man had the old man's play style. Jordan's ball just imitated the OK combination's play style. He had developed excellent ball-reading skills when playing with Rodman and sent the ball to Liu Mang.

in hand.

Jordan can also be clever!

It's just that this ball probably won't be regarded as a pass assist, but as Liu Mang's second rebound attack.

Jordan just had no choice but to pass the ball directly, and Duncan would react, so he tried his best once, and there would probably be no next time. This was the last time Jordan tried his best in an NBA game, so he was so happy.

At two minutes and eleven seconds, the Eastern team led 157 to 155 by two points, and the pressure was still great.

Because, I can’t prevent it!

After coming here, Kobe didn't take credit for it and commanded his teammates to open up the space. Marion averaged 1.5 three-pointers per game this year with a 38% three-point shooting rate. Nash even approached 50 for the first time.

The 180 club of 40 to 90, in addition to the overall shooting rate of 48%, is still a bit short, mainly because the Mavericks play more singles, which affects the overall shooting rate. At the age of 29, his personal ability is already at its peak.

In terms of personal ability, it will only be stronger than during the solar period.

Nash and Marion opened up the space in the bottom corner. Kobe gave the ball to Nash. He and Garnett went to the mid-range to open up the space. Duncan dropped to the low post and squeezed Raheem aside. Nash passed to the inside and Duncan turned around.

Dunk the ball directly into the basket.

Duncan's playing at his peak was also called violent.

157 square meters.

It’s less than two minutes, so you must hold on!

Liu Mang received the serve and advanced past half court. This time he gave the ball to Iverson, and he could just take away Marion's defense. Jordan also found that he really couldn't beat Kobe, so he didn't force himself and kept the Western team's perimeter defense at bay.

Good players are taken away.

Iverson beat Nash, and Nash was going to scold him again. There are too many super perimeter players in the Eastern Conference!

In order to open up the offensive space, the West had to send Nash, but the defense was not good.

This was originally a very conventional defensive lineup. There were already four defensive gates. It didn't matter much if Nash had poor defense. But Adelman didn't expect that coach Carlisle, who was very strict in the Pistons, would actually do something like this today.

's fame.

Iverson continued to change directions, and Nash quickly jumped behind Iverson. Once again, he showed his extremely miserable side on the All-Star Weekend stage. The harder he works, the more sad he will be.

Iverson broke into the paint, and the Eastern team opened up a lot of space. Only Duncan was left under the basket. Rahim decisively withdrew from the paint when Iverson broke in to open up space. Iverson rushed to the right edge of the three-second zone.

Grab the ball, three big steps!

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Duncan slides well inside, very good. He lowered his focus to prevent Iverson from taking the European step, but Iverson took the first step with his left foot.

After that, when he stepped out with his right foot, he directly shot the ball with his right hand!

Iverson's iconic step-up layup! Beat Duncan with a time difference!

Another two-point hit. In this situation where the lineup was obviously unbalanced, Iverson was not afraid, he played as he should and hit a layup.

Duncan is worthy of the title of Background King. At this critical moment, he is the strongest background.

Still two points difference!

1 minute and 27 seconds left!

The Western Team calls timeout!

It's one for you and one for me. The Western team's outside shooters have no chance. Although they have such a huge inside advantage, they can only score two points. They tied the Eastern team and immediately took the lead by two points again. They need to improve their outside defense.

This is the biggest strength of a small lineup. When you can put three or four All-Star players plus outstanding pitchers to form a small lineup, it is very invincible, but the requirements are also very strict, so the small lineup can play a dominant role.

, only Splash Warrior and Space Warrior.

It's not that this system is invincible. Every system is built with the goal of perfection and invincibility. It's just another matter whether it can have as many stars and have as good a chemical reaction as envisioned.

However, these conditions do not exist in the All-Star Game. Except for a few exceptions, superstars are usually very versatile and strong enough. If you set up a theoretically perfect system, you can win if you really want to.

The Eastern and Western teams seemed to have been swapped. There were no substitutions on the Eastern team. Coach Carlisle used the strategy of who has the chance to play in isolation, which is also commonly known as the strategy of playing blindly. There are so many super outsiders, why not make a wave?

In the West, Francis replaced Nash. After Francis had a chance to win with Yao Ming, Francis' defensive awareness began to become better. Although it was only a comment level, it was much better than Nash who had no body and no awareness. The defense was really good.

It's not just hard work alone, defensive awareness also requires talent.

The West is actually strengthening its defense, and the East suddenly plays so unrestrainedly, which scares the fans.

After the timeout, the Eastern team made no substitutions. The Western team sent out the strongest defensive combination of Francis, Kobe, Marion, Garnett, and Duncan.

The West attacked, Francis advanced, and the East team's defense had to change!

It seems that Xia Xixi replaced Francis just to strengthen the defense. However, except for Francis, the Western brothers are all the best defensive players in their respective positions. In addition, they are all the best offensive masters in their respective positions!

At the same time, Francis is also among the best in terms of offense at the point guard position.

McGrady was forced to defend Francis, because it was impossible for Liu Mang to block Francis' body.

Since there is no center, Raheem and Duncan have been stuck in the position for a long time. There is no such thing as a back-up defense. The defensive strategy that Liu Mang is good at cannot be completed.

Jordan defended Garnett's mid-range shot, Iverson defended Marion's corner three-pointer, McGrady defended Francis, Raheem defended Duncan, and Liu Mang and Kobe were entangled.

There were less than two minutes left, and Duncan didn't dare to catch the ball in the paint. He wasn't a good free throw shooter, not much better than O'Neal. Garnett might not be able to beat Raheem if he went inside. Francis looked at the guy who was guarding Kobe.

Liu Mang, seeing Kobe elbowing Liu Mang behind him, Francis smiled darkly and passed the ball to Kobe.

Kobe is enjoying this kind of game so much, playing critical moments with another of the best teams in the world with Jordan.

Although Jordan no longer had the ability to defend himself, Kobe saw that it was that damn kid who was guarding him and felt that it was okay!

Liu Mang tried his best to make physical contact with Kobe, but it seemed to be of no use. Kobe was used to this kind of defense. He pushed Liu Mang, then turned his back to face Liu Mang and took a step-back mid-range shot!

Offensive and defensive transition, the Eastern team attacks, Liu Mang speeds up, the Eastern team's small lineup is very fast, but the Western team is not slow to return to defense! Liu Mang rushed to the frontcourt for a layup, Francis had already rushed back and gave Liu Mang a pass

Tough interference, and Liu Mang's collision, the referee's whistle-blowing standards were also raised to a much higher standard than the All-Star Game due to the fierce competition. There was no whistle, and Liu Mang missed the layup!

Fortunately, Tracy McGrady followed up and grabbed the offensive rebound, and immediately passed it to Jordan, who was slow to enter from outside the three-point line. Liu Mang just wanted to catch the ball and backed out to reorganize the offense. The Western team's defense had already surrounded him. At this time, Liu Mang
To be continued...