pinnacle swinger

Chapter 108 Closing
Superstars sometimes get paranoid.

Kobe and Wade's duel, there is a little bit of the meaning of falling into it.However, this is undoubtedly a very good condiment for the overall All-Star Game, making this big meal dedicated to the fans more colorful.

This year's Staples All-Star Game, the protagonist is the "Peter Pan" Kobe who is in his prime.

Tang Wenlong was like a mirror in his heart, beating soy sauce silently.

Then he didn't get a chance to show himself until he came back on in the second quarter.

It was a fast break from the East team. James threw the pass high and high as soon as halftime passed. The arc was very high, allowing Tang Wenlong, who had a 45-degree cut from the hypotenuse to the basket, to have enough time to adjust his pace and timing.

Then he jumped up, like a dragon out of the water, controlled the basketball with his strong arms, made a big loop in the air, and then dunked the ball in with his side.

This is a very imaginative dunk, the new dunk king once again demonstrated his unparalleled dunk ability in front of the world.

And the Staples Center Arena, after this dunk, sent earth-shattering cheers.

Tang Wenlong's brilliance was more than that. After the start of the second half, he got a breakthrough from Wade in a back run from the baseline. The pass was so comfortable that he wondered if he had cooperated with Wade many years ago.

Duncan turned his head in a daze, and decisively got out of the way.

Stepping on the floor, Tang Wenlong tensed his calves and exerted strength. With a turn of his waist, he glides and spins in the air, and then buckles his arms down to complete a 360-degree turn and dunk.

"It's brutal!" Stoudemire almost rolled his eyes. After all, he was also a well-known dunk general in the league, but he was still beyond shock.

Chinese fans are happy, the better Tang Wenlong performs, the more they like it.

At such times, some fans raised the issue that Tang Wenlong is already the number one basketball player in China. In the face of Yao Ming being reimbursed for another season and his career in jeopardy, Tang Wenlong surpassed too many of his peers, and he was even regarded by his fans. He is considered to be the best male athlete in China now, omnipotent.

Whether he is the best male athlete or not, Tang Wenlong made a lot of money during the entire All-Star Weekend. Joe Thomas helped him accept several big contracts, including a three-year Pepsi contract, a An endorsement contract with BMW.All in all, Tang Wenlong signed tens of millions of commercial endorsement contracts during the entire All-Star Weekend. If the sneaker contract signed with Nike is added and apportioned to each year, it has already exceeded 2000 million a year.

Tang Wenlong's salary income, which seemed to be a lot before, is now only a small part of his annual income.

Even Joe Thomas, according to the 20.00% commission of the commercial contract stipulated by the NBA, has now become a small rich man as he wished. I suffered a lot of jealousy for no reason, and how many low-level brokers regretted it. Why didn't I find such a cash cow in the first place?
Tang Wenlong himself did not expect that his success would cause a surge of oriental enthusiasm in the circle of American basketball agents, and many agents who could not get along had traveled across the oceans to start a carpet-like investigation of this country where miracles continue to occur. The report, this time, is not only aimed at professional leagues and youth sports schools, but also ordinary high schools and junior high schools. Who can guarantee that the hidden student is not the next Tang Wenlong?

After three quarters, the Eastern All-Stars trailed the Western All-Stars [-]-[-] by [-] points, while Kobe had already scored [-] points and [-] rebounds. The second highest scoring Western All-Star was Durant, who scored [-] points .The scoring in the Eastern Conference was not average. Wade scored [-] points, James had [-] points, [-] rebounds and [-] assists, Tang Wenlong scored [-] points, and substitute Rondo sent [-] assists.

The camera suddenly showed the stars on the sidelines, and Beyoncé and Jay-Z flew up from the sidelines lovingly.Then turn again, it is the star player of the Lakers Odom, he came to watch the game with his charming wife, it is the famous Khloe Kardashian.Moving to the midfield position, the Chinese fans were surprised to see that movie star Huang Yi and singer Jay Chou were also present, both of whom were loyal fans of Kobe Bryant.

Then, during the break after the third quarter, a young magician invited from somewhere did not know where to perform a live transformation, which was amazing.

The substitute stars of both sides continued to play undefended offensive basketball after they came on the court in the fourth quarter.

As a substitute in the West, Westbrook was very active. He rushed into the paint several times and completed a wonderful split dunk after walking in the air. His dunks are different from Tang Wenlong's. In the East, only Ross is similar to him. Yes, the two are simply James at the point guard position.

James has been staying on the court to play. After the fourth quarter, he slowly cheered up and released his power on both ends of the offense and defense.

A few minutes later, the All-Stars in the East gradually recovered the score. The lineup of Stoudemire, Rose, Bosh, James, and Rondo was very fast, and there were actually three players who could control the ball on the court.

With 8 minutes left, Kobe replaced Westbrook and Paul replaced Ginobili.

However, maybe it was because of the long break. After Kobe came on the court, he made a strike and made a mistake, and the point difference got closer and closer. After the Eastern Conference replaced Howard and Tang Wenlong, the score was further pulled down.

Immediately on the Internet, a group of fans who turned against the Eastern Conference emerged, cursing the Eastern All-Stars for not knowing the rules, and daring to grab Kobe's MVP on his territory.Tang Wenlong was a little better, James was slammed so badly, everyone turned over the old account of the Houston All-Star Game in 06, when the West was feeding McGrady, but in the end it was reversed by the East, and James took away the only possible win in McGrady's career Chance for MVP.
However, history did not repeat itself. Kobe's paranoia far surpassed McGrady's. Seeing that he couldn't make a shot, he simply rushed inside and caused Howard's thug foul.

After two free throws, the scoring drought in the West was broken, and the stars in the West began to regain their scoring status.

Five minutes before the last official timeout, the West led the East by 5 points 134 to 122. At this time, Kobe had 12 points and 37 rebounds, Durant had 10 points, and Gasol had 27 points.The highest scorer in the East has become Stoudemire. He scored 15 points. James has already scored 24 points, 22 rebounds and 10 assists. Tang Wenlong scored 8 points. Wade has a little ankle discomfort. , Did not play again in the second half.

At the last moment, all the audience knew that it was time for real action.

In the Eastern Conference, Wade was replaced by the fiery Derrick Rose, and the heavy responsibility of defending Kobe was handed over to James. Tang Wenlong was promoted to small forward to defend Durant.

Back from the timeout, Ross transferred the outside line to Stoudemire.

Anthony was three steps away, and he still looked like he was not defending. Stoudemire saw that Anthony was not defending, so he simply shot a three-pointer.

It actually went in like this, and the Eastern Conference 125 to 134 pulled the point difference back to single digits for the first time.

Kobe immediately glanced at Anthony resentfully, what he said just now should he defend well?
The Eastern side's defense was impeccable. Tang Wenlong was wrapped around Durant. Durant was a little taller than him, but now he didn't have the ball in his hand. Tang Wenlong thought to himself, no matter how tall you are, it's useless.

Kobe Bryant missed a jumper and his face darkened.

Gasol, who replaced Duncan at the basket, had a little longer arm and put the basketball into the basket. Kobe was overjoyed immediately, and his teammates were the best at the critical moment.

On the court, Duncan looked helplessly at the head coach Popovich, and Popovich just turned his head at this time.

"Don't even think about playing." Although Popovich didn't speak, Duncan read the meaning.

Every time Popovich is the head coach of the All-Star Game, Duncan, Ginobili or Parker, don’t even think about playing for more than 10 minutes. As the main opponents, such as the current second Lakers star in the Western Conference, Kobe and Gasol, the combined playing time of the two has exceeded 10 minutes.

The scores of the two teams rose slowly during this period, but the excitement continued unabated.

1分46秒时，西部142比135领先东部7分。

Tang Wenlong received the pass from James and hit a three-pointer from the outside. While sending James to a triple-double, he chased the score down to 4 points!
And Kobe has not scored during this time. He knew that he didn't feel good, so he simply concentrated on defense and handed over the ball to Durant.

Durant felt really good today, and Tang Wenlong, who shot a mid-range straight-arm jumper, couldn't do anything about it.

Turning back, Stoudemire missed a jumper on the right wing, and the offensive rebound was grabbed by James. He stood up and made two points under the basket. The ball stuck to Anthony, and the two looked like power forwards.

In 28 seconds, Durant's jump shot was missed by Tang Wenlong.

At this most critical moment, the rebound was snatched by Gasol again. The Spaniard was simply superb for his teammate's MVP, and Howard's various rebounds were counted off.

James had no choice but to deliberately foul and send Gasol to the free throw line.

The audience immediately burst into cheers, and it is rare for an All-Star to have foul tactics.

Gasol made two free throws, and the West led the East by 146 points 140 to 6.

Ray Allen replaced Howard, and the East prepared for the final three-point attempt.In the Western Conference, Popovich replaced the slow-moving Gasol with Westbrook!
The last-minute substitutions of the two teams were simply a stroke of genius, but Popovich was obviously superior.Westbrook's playing made the West's rotation defense rise to a higher level in an instant, and the strategy of emptying the two-point defense against the three-pointer made the East never find a chance. It was not until the last 5.3 seconds that James broke through and scored the ball to Ray Allen!
Ray Allen immediately made a life-saving three-pointer from the bottom corner! 143 to 146, the Eastern Conference is only 3 points behind!
However, there was not much time left. James sent Durant to the free throw line, and Durant unceremoniously made two free throws.The West leads the East by 148 points 143 to 5!
Stoudemire missed a 45-degree long shot from the left wing, and the game was over.

The audience stood up and gave applause to all the stars who gave wonderful performances. The audience looked up at the technical statistics given on the big screen, waiting for the final MVP announcement without any suspense.

"Kobe Bryant!"

"The audience had 37 points and 14 rebounds, including 10 offensive rebounds, breaking the record for offensive rebounds in the All-Star Game!" Stern smiled and handed the MVP trophy to Kobe.There was a smile in the old man's eyes, he was very satisfied with this All-Star Weekend.

(End of this chapter)