Chapter 816 Tell everyone a ghost story
Every time he plays an All-Star, Wei Xia will involuntarily compare it with the All-Stars in the 1960s and 1970s and 1990s.
There is no difference between the All-Stars and the official competition in the 1960s, because there are only some audiences. Although there is a concept of performing for the audience, most people don’t know how to do it.
Therefore, the earliest All-Star Game is very close to the type of "the best players from the East and West gather together to fight a battle with real guns" that modern fans want to see in the All-Star Game.
In the early 1970s, Earl Monroe and Malawich brought the mode of performance.
From then on, basketball technology entered the era of innovation, and the prototypes of various modern technologies appeared at that time.
Wei Xia personally experienced the All-Star Games of those two eras from the perspective of Hafliceck, and felt that they were very practical.
Unfortunately, during the 1960s, the Cardinal always served as the head coach of the Eastern Conference star team. He would deliberately play more stars from other teams to give his players a rest time.
This phenomenon has turned upside down in modern times.
The head coaches of the celebrity team want their players to play more, which will help increase their exposure.
In the 1990s, Wei Xia mainly watched it through the TV at home.
The All-Star Game of that era was probably the closest All-Star Game to the fans' standards. Except for the super long three-pointer, all cool techniques have been perfected. Michael Jordan came out in the air that was rare in the 21st century every few days, the glider took off, the magician "showed him", and even Ewing's seemingly vulgar rabbit jump shot was quite interesting - perhaps this was caused by Wei Xia's childhood filter. He believed that the All-Star Game of the 1990s was the best.
When Wei Xia can play the All-Star Game in person, there are not many people who are willing to be serious on this stage.
The All-Star Weekend began to move towards family-style entertainment, entering the era when Barkley called "all those who play seriously in the All-Star Game are so sick."
Fortunately, there are people like Kobe who are terrible in this era. In the first 10th year of the 21st century, he brought out most of the gunpowder smells in the All-Star Game, a typical "black sheep".
This year, Kobe has stopped moving.
Due to his extraordinary popularity, he is still one of the hottest stars, and fans kindly put him into the starting lineup.
But, the protagonist is not him.
The protagonists are the Mesozoic generation such as Wei Xia, James, Durant.
Curry, Harden, Westbrook, Lillard, Anthony Davis, Cousins, Hayward, Lowry and other new stars are the protagonists.
Then, this main game comparable to the LK competition began.
James Harden fired from outside the three-point line and set a major direction for the game - Davarichs, let's shoot three-pointers together!
Harden made consecutive three-pointers, putting the West in the lead.
In the middle of the first quarter, James seemed to be trying to clear his shot, three three-pointers, one throwing farther than the other. Wei Xia thus determined that the Chosen Son, who placed his target on the Pantheon Throne, had at least one skill that had surpassed the ghost of Chicago - a three-pointer! His three-pointer was obviously better than the latter.
But the real protagonist of this game is Russell Westbrook, who scored triple-doubles in the game many times recently.
He scored 12 points in the first quarter and started to hit three-pointers in the second quarter.
Three-pointers began to form a trend, you shot, I shot, everyone shot from the outside. More and more players are investing in the "torrent" of three-point shooting. In addition to a group of defenders, even Lamarcus Aldridge is also joining in the fun.
Their range display made Wei Xia drowsy.
When teammates passed the ball to his hand, Kobe took the initiative to step forward to defend.
The stars in the East and West who almost hypnotized Madison with three-pointers finally found out what the audience liked.
At least compared to their irresponsible three-pointers like x**, the audience prefers a single-handed challenge like Wei Xia and Kobe, who are clearly familiar with each other but insist on taking a desperate move.
Kobe probably used all the strength he had to make a human with Vanessa when he went home tonight.
Looking at his expression, it was as horrible as the moment of Minako Konoko. After reading it, you just want to give negative reviews and exaggerate comments.
Just this round of the match against Kobe, Wei Xia used his magical skills to connect the ball behind the front of the crotch and receive a one-handed change.
Kobe was shaken away, and Wei Xia immediately jumped with one foot.
He jumped into the air gracefully and made a shot.
Then, the fans on the scene looked forward to the "holy wish!" and took advantage of the opportunity to scream out from the commentator's mouth.
However, Wei Xia is different from Kobe. Although he was lively Western stars before the start of the game, at the beginning of the game, although they were angry on their faces and physical movements, they chose a more relaxed game method with great sincerity.
The scattering and indifferent they showed were the main reasons for hypnosis in this game.
Three-pointer, three-pointer, or three-pointer.
The three-pointers of the two James from the east and west are hot, and Westbrook repeatedly raped the basket with his zombie jump shot.
However, it is not as interesting as the Golden State Warriors' Splash Brothers' successive shots and torture the basket.
The Splash Brothers joined hands to enter the All-Stars, and under the command of coach Cole, the Warriors are the big winners of the All-Star weekend. As the main player of the Warriors, Curry's performance space is naturally more freehand. However, he does not seem to be so eager for AFMVP. After winning the three-point competition, Curry did not have too obvious pursuits in the All-Star Game.
He and Thompson both made great contributions to torture the basket.
They also shot three-pointers, recognized as the two most accurate three-pointers in the league, made a bad feel in the game with the least pressure.
Thompson is a typical practical shooter, just like Duncan in the second position.
He has all the skills that classical number two should have. They are easy to use and practical, but they are not attractive. Now he can't even shoot the ball, and the scene makes it ugly.
Fortunately, Curry is still there in the west.
In the third quarter, Curry staged a shocking one-stop breakthrough.
He broke through the backcourt. When facing the first defender Wei Xia, Curry changed direction and used Gasol's pick-and-roll to throw away the world's default first player in the league. Then he dribbled the ball from his left hand to his right hand, and squeezed past Hayward who was making up for defense. At this time, Cousins led the defense all the way to his left. If he was an ordinary player, he might slow down and flick, but Curry did not do so. He did not accelerate or slow down, and just walked into the basket in a wind, with his legs in the air one by one and one behind, using his body as a cover, and threw the ball with a low hand with his right hand, throwing the ball from the far end of Cousins' arm, hit the board high and bounced into the basket.
This ball, whether it is an acceleration change during cover, a quick turnover before the dribble behind the back when facing the close defense, or a low-handed throw in the air in the final stage, has a very high technical content.
Moreover, Curry plays ball with a light rhythm, which makes him look graceful, stretched and generous, and has a high viewing ability. He can play such a chic and elegant one-stop. Curry also deserves the support of the fans and helps Thompson win over the supremacy.
Although there is the gimmick of Wei Xia fighting Kobe alone;
But Kobe is old after all, so it is difficult for him to fight back;
James has always been a dunk machine in the All-Star Game, but he became obsessed with three-pointers tonight;
Three-pointers, a damn three-pointer, became the core of the main game.
Throughout the game, the distribution of three-pointers on both sides showed an exaggerated side. Among the 24 stars on both sides, only Wei Xia, Duncan, Cousins and Horford did not take three-pointers; 7 people made no less than 10 three-pointers.
Logically speaking, there are more three-pointers and more long rebounds, and players directly push the counterattack after grabbing the long rebound. In the All-Star Game mode, everyone's defense is loose, and getting a rebound is an opportunity to perform a dunk.
But... these people seem to have a wrong understanding of the audience's g points.
They held the opportunity to counterattack and dunk in their hands, but were as confused as idiots who were shopping everywhere with the ancient dragon buff. They didn't know how to continue, so they made a three-pointer to chase the audience even more depressed.
The famous savage Bill Simmons tweeted at the end of the half: "The two sides made a total of 60 three-pointers in the 2011 All-Star Game, 66 in 2012, 71 in 2013, and 100 in 2014. And the 2015 All-Star Game was boring in less than 9 minutes, and both sides had already made 113. Li and the Demons in the Gan Shenshou?"
Because both sides are too persistent in three-pointers, although Wei Xia is unwilling to join the crowd, she cannot change the general trend.
He could only express his attitude by refusing to shoot three points.
In the whole game, Wei Xia scored 8 points, and those 8 points, one single against Kobe, and the other three were all counterattack dunks. He thought he was worthy of the audience's votes.
When everyone scored three points, Kobe was in no mood, while another Durant, who was attracted by the attention, seemed to be forgotten by the world after he was furiously criticizing the reporter, and scored 3 points in the whole game, which was not what he, the third person in the world, should have.
In the whole game, the West District Star Team scored 25 three-pointers, and the East District Star Team scored 68, both of which were the first in history. Both sides made a total of 133 three-pointers and 48 goals, which was also the highest in the All-Star Game history. The increase in three-pointers also created a high score and broke the historical records of many All-Star Games. In this game, the West District Star Team led 83-82 at the halftime, with both sides scoring a total of 165 points, and both sides scored a total of 321 points, both setting a record high in the All-Star Game. The West District Star Team scored 163 points, tying the historical record set by the East District Star Team last year.
Wei Xia watched Westbrook pick up the amvp from a distance, not feeling sad about losing the main game.
Chapter completed!