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Chapter 209 Rekindling
"What is this substitute lineup this year?"

"I didn't even look at the substitutes in the Eastern Conference. George, Noah, Holiday, Chandler, there are three newcomers. Why choose so many centers? It's better to let Chen Xiao continue."

"Now the star flavor of the NBA is really weak. In the past, Kobe and Iverson were off the court, Kidd, Nash, and Arenas were on the court, Duncan and Garnett were off, Webber and Nuo Tianwang were on, and the substitutes were all unique and rich. Recognizable superstars, in the entire lineup, there are at most one or two stars at the end who are not star-like. Now I feel that the substitutes are basically not star-like. Of course, old stars like Duncan Garnett are not counted.”

"In the past, the substitutes were also the bosses of the same team, stationed in one side with their own style. Now, Noah, George, Holiday and David Lee and AD from the Western Conference are the bosses of their own teams. No."

The boring last few minutes of the first quarter caused endless complaints on social media. Not only fans, but many commentators and older players also felt nostalgic about the past and fell into reminiscing about the good memories of the past.

I think back then, there were fierce generals like clouds, counselors like rain, and superstars gathered and the stars were shining brightly. What about now?Hey, let’s not mention it.

Amid sighs, the All-Stars continued to play in the second quarter.

During this traditional substitute period, Kobe and James were still missing. All-stars such as Chen Xiao, Paul, and Anthony also sat back for a while, waiting for the follow-up showdown together.

In the West, only Durant returned to play, which also reunited the Thunder's three young players at the Toyota Center.

This is okay. After leading the team to the finals, Durant has become a well-deserved superstar, and Westbrook, who has a strong style of play, and Harden, who became the mosaic leader this year as the host, are also well-known now. These three new league forces reunited Together, fans expressed their love for watching.

As for the West's inside line, Ade and Randolph, this is a post-playing combination.

In the East, after the hard play in the second half of the last quarter, the center was replaced by Noah. Irving partnered with Holiday on the outside. George and Bosh continued to play. Fans said that only Irving can be counted on to show off, and George dunks twice.

"From the announcement of the All-Star substitute list until now, there have been many controversies over the selection of All-Star players, and many people say that the star flavor of the current league is weakening." Ernie started the conversation.

"Of course, the All-Star list at that time was announced in our studio. It was a generous gift. Now I can't accept that Stephen Curry is not included in the substitute list this time." Barkley complained.

"Listen, when Big Diesel was the All-Star starter, the backup big men in the league were Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, and worst of all, Alonzo Mourning and Mutombo. Now, No. Ah? If Rose is the Bulls, then I won't have any objections, Chandler? He won't wag his fingers." O'Neal expressed his opinion solemnly, and finally shook his fingers at the players on the court. .

As soon as "Boom" was spoken, Paul George stole Westbrook's pass, came to the frontcourt, pulled the ball behind his head with both hands, and swung it into the basket with force. The crisp dunk sound made the fans applaud.

"That's it. The fans chose you to hit the ball in the air, then turn half a circle, take the ball out around your hips, and do more tricks." O'Neal said plausibly.

"Hey, Man, you don't understand All-Stars." Walker's soft voice reached Chen Xiao's ears.

Chen Xiao smiled knowingly. It was obvious that Walker was talking to the French bull who had a strong presence on the field.

At this time, Noah was jumping around in the Western Conference interior, frantically scrambling for rebounds and tip-ins. He didn't get any and had to turn around and complain to the referee.

Maybe today's referees Wood and Foster didn't expect to encounter fans chattering at them in the All-Star Game.

The tip-in failed. In the next round, Noah, who stepped on the All-Star floor for the first time, was still full of enthusiasm. After cutting inside, he did not receive Irving's pass, but he jumped high and grabbed the rebound in the empty inside.

OK, I caught the frontcourt board, so I can dunk it.

Noah raised the ball to dunk, but the clay figure was still angry. Ade, who had also made Noah angry in the first two minutes, did not let go this time. When he returned to the basket, he made a knife with his left hand and half-raised the ball. After cutting it off, Noah got the ball back and adjusted and got up again, but was blocked by the basket. He got up again and was blocked by Ade.

The sound of "Ah~~" was long and profound.

At this time, Stern, who was watching the game in the box, looked at Noah, who couldn't beat and turned around to complain to Foster. His brows tightened. The fans were right. If this had happened in the past, how could there be such a rough guy like Noah? There is a chance to play.

Dunlap, hurry up and make a substitution.

A good shot. Irving slowly dribbled the ball across half court. Noah tried to block it and tried to pass it down. Facing a double attack from Randolph and Westbrook, Irving flipped the ball with his right hand and passed it between the two. Through the middle, the ball passed by.

Taking the basketball back, leaping into the air, Kyrie Irving dunked with both hands.

Stern's tight brows relaxed, this is ALL STAR.

The audience's decibels soared, beautiful dribbling, beautiful passing, a small man who is not known for his explosive body still ended up dunking with both hands after dedicating his signature dribble.

If the fans don't shout or scream at this time, they won't wait until later.

Chen Xiao, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but nod his head, applauding Irving who turned around calmly after completing the dunk. The ball came out in one go, which was really cool.

This time, the person to be replaced was also standing on the technical stage. Stern took a closer look, and it was not the superstar or super giant that he expected to arouse the cheers of the audience, but David Lee and Chandler.

Yes, Noah, who aroused the opponent's anger and almost started to fight with real swords and guns in the second quarter, was about to go down, and the boxing champion was up.

As for Brother Li, after all, Brother Li is an old All-Star, somewhat popular, and has a good organization, not a stupid insider.

With this substitution, Spoelstra and Dunlap also have something to say. There are too many people on the bench, and they have to rotate again. If you want to see Kobe James, wait for the second half of the quarter.

However, the subsequent duels between the two young men Harden and George still made the fans feel refreshed.

After Harden scored with a European step, Paul George hit Harden in front of the bench where Chen Xiao was sitting.

"GOOD JOB" "Go on, PG"

As George's teammate, the Bobcats Duo and the Heat's Big Three stood up and cheered George up.

Denzi missed a three-pointer. When he came back, Chen Xiao and others had not yet sat down. George, who received a long pass from the team, directly failed to attack the basket and turned around to shoot a fadeaway jumper.

"Swish"

"Hahaha, good shot, PG."

Paul George hit another shot and gained a slight advantage over Harden.

"Oh Man!"

After George's show, Holiday, who was also a rookie, couldn't sit still. After receiving a pass from George, he cut inside the basket and jumped up to dunk with a one-armed tomahawk.

Chen Xiao, who had just sat down, stood up again, and everyone in the East rushed out of the bench, expressing their shock at this small but powerful Philadelphia master.

"It's interesting. The guard wings in the East are full of energy. These young people have a heart to show off. I like this." Barkley grinned.

"Right, this is the All-Star. I have to say that the Eastern Conference bench is also part of the wonderful performance." O'Neal agreed. "Beep~" The official timeout time is up. As the fans in front of the screen can predict, the appetizer is finished and the main course is on the table.

There was no arrangement during the timeout. Chen Xiao looked up at the screen, and at this time he was looking at Yao Ming, a star of the host team who was also present today.

Dayao and Dameng, who looked slightly serious, didn't know what they were talking about.

Then, the official selection of Yao Ming's top 10 career goals was played on the screen. This is the card.

Yao Ming hit Ratliff with a back dunk and shouted T.

Oh, isn't this Gua Ge? The Nuggets' Gua Gua exploded with the ball under the basket. This time he didn't block the basket, but gave Yao two solid blocks in a row. The second one was a direct hit. Hat flies.

James Wade, who was also watching from the Eastern Conference bench, chuckled, and Anthony, who appeared on others' top ten games, also covered his face.

Button Mourning, my bowl!

Come on, classic back-up dribbling, one-stop dunk;

"Iverson", the back-up dunk piston;
Okay, okay, if Iverson is playing No. 3, he can hit the top 10 goals, right? Oh, it has "WALLACE" written on the back, so that's fine.

"Nice Move, I like this so much." O'Neal commented.

The 10 best goals ended with the "Shanghai Dance" tricking O'Neal. Halfway through the second quarter, the starting players returned to the court again.

Howard made a three-pointer from the top of the arc, but the basketball circled around the basket and missed.

Chen Xiao received a pass from Wade in the bottom corner and responded with a long shot, but also missed.

The result was a miss, but the three-point shots of the two former top vote-getters still won bursts of cheers from the fans at the scene.

The little man dunks and the big man shoots three-pointers. Fans are happy to see contrasting shot choices, but shooting is naturally the best.

Howard and Chen Xiao finished shooting three-pointers, and Griffin, who had been idle off the court for a long time, had to work.

As soon as the basketball was passed from Paul in the backcourt to Kobe in the frontcourt, Kobe slammed it up, and the white monster slammed into the basket with both hands. "Boom", the crisp and strong dunk sound turned on the cheering button of the fans.

James, who dunked several times in the first quarter, took a three-pointer from the same corner as Chen Xiao, and "swish", the three-pointer was obtained. James, who had 3 dunks and 7 points in the first quarter, had already scored in double figures.

Back in the backcourt, Howard may have figured it out. If he wants to dunk or show off, it's useless to rely on his teammate Kobe. What's more, the two have been at odds for the past half of the season and still have to mess with Paul from the same city.

Howard stepped up to set a pick-and-roll for Paul, who was showing off in front of James.

Paul turned his back and shook off James, who was held by Howard's hands, and came to Chen Xiao, who was one step inside the free throw line.

Chen Xiao, who knew with his butt that the next step would be Empty City (black version), also followed suit and focused his defense on CP3.

However, Zhan Huang seemed a little dissatisfied with Howard's forced pick-and-roll. After complaining to the real CP, he pulled Howard who went down.

But in the end, Paul looked at Chen Xiao with a "No Look Pass" move, moved his hands, and sent Howard a groundstroke.

Howard broke away from James to catch the ball, raised his right hand over the basket, and knocked the ball into the basket. When he turned around, he looked at James with a cold face.

It's easy for me to dunk a basketball. You already have 10 points, so why don't you give me two points for dunking?

Chen Xiao, who saw the small flames between the two people whose transaction value was "equal", laughed secretly. Only when he was personally there could he feel the overt and covert fighting between these beasts and emperors.

Hahaha, but the next Gua Ge made Chen Xiao forget all that and could only hold back his laughter.

Wade in the corner faced Kobe with the ball. In the anticipation of the fans, the two best shooting guards in the league did not start offense and defense because Anthony had already turned his back on the edge of the paint to ask for the ball.

Wade lobbed the ball to Melo, and Melo received the ball and squeezed out of the way of Paul behind him. Facing Howard's seemingly insubstantial help, he just took a step towards the basket, and Melo hit the basket hard.

Of course, the result was still the same. The basketball touched the basket and fell. Anthony got up and tried to tip in, but this time Anthony's usual combo didn't work. Howard took the ball off with his hand, and Anthony, who couldn't fight for it, staggered and fell out of the baseline. .

Then Howard dribbled the ball and pushed for a transition. He passed the half court and handed it to Paul in the distance. Paul dribbled the ball and hit it under his crotch. Durant between the two caught the ball and faced the unmanned straight road. Durant dunks with a tomahawk in his right hand.

Durant dunked beautifully. This goal was dunked. In this game, Kevin Durant has raised his score to 19 points, currently ranking first in the game.

But quietly, after providing consecutive assists for Howard and Durant, Chris Paul has also pushed the number of assists to 9 times.

"Kemba, show us Charlotte's change of direction, okay?" Chen Xiao on the baseline threw the ball to Walker.

Walker dribbled the ball across half court, and Chen Xiao moved up to set up a pick-and-roll. Naturally, it was not for his own sake, but to switch Master Huo in front of Walker.

The effect must be contrasted. Let's not talk about Paul's defense. Paul may not be serious about guarding, and a small man beating a big man is obviously more different and contrasting, and Master Huo will not be angry.

But unexpectedly, Paul was quite serious this time, bypassing Chen Xiao and pursuing Walker.

This was the delivery, Chen Xiao looked sideways, and Walker, who broke through with the ball, moved the ball with his right hand, pulled it, and made a light and rhythmic crossover.

Paul, who was chasing, slid past outside as if stepping on a banana peel.

Walker collected the ball and jumped steadily amid the cheers of the fans in the audience.

"Shua" the basketball fell straight into the basket, and the net barely swung.

Howard, who was originally supposed to be the backdrop, had long since broken away from his previous gloominess. Although it was Paul who was thrown away who sent him an assist, the corners of his mouth were still twitching.

Chen Xiao and Howard were enjoying themselves, but Paul looked a little embarrassed. He put his right hand on the floor and straightened up.

"I like this, hahaha, Kemba Walker may be the best changing dribbler in the league, look at the range of this cross dribble, Amazing." As a shooter, Kenny looked envious.

(End of this chapter)