The era of point forwards in the NBA

Chapter 285 The All-Star Janeway Connection
Yi Jianlian was envious of the audience's screams after Lin Yue's fallback jumper. He had heard this kind of sound in New Jersey, but it was not dedicated to him.

"Hey, it's obvious that a young player who was unknown before has grown into a household star all of a sudden. Basketball still needs talent."

If what Yi Jianlian wanted in his heart was heard by domestic players, he would definitely not be able to help scolding him. Good guy, isn't this talent not good enough to be in the NBA?

Yi Jianlian was also the No. [-] pick in the draft, and his talent was also recognized by scouts. Now he just hasn't stimulated his personal potential.

"Lin Yue hit the first goal of his All-Star career with a fadeaway jumper. He was selected into the All-Star Game in his rookie season. Who would have thought how good he would develop after that." Barkley praised.

Ever since the Yao Ming incident, Barkley didn't dare to underestimate the players from China. What's more, Lin Yue is now his disciple.

12 to 12, the scores of the two teams did not open.

The defensive strength of both sides is not enough, the defense is not too loose enough to cause the players' passing to start to deviate, and the players' attention is not concentrated enough.

Rose's breakthrough was not fast enough. Lin Yue judged that he intercepted the ball before Wade, and then made a fast break.

When James saw this, he chased after him. The pegboard chasing cap is James' specialty when defending fast breaks. He always uses his speed and bounce to give fast break players a surprise pegboard cap.

Obviously they were the ones who took the jump, but they couldn't avoid this trick. Many players in the league have already fallen for this trick over the years.

Lin Yue did not miss the highlights of the five best balls in the NBA. At this time, he did not lose when he completed the steal. He still knew that James would probably be chasing after him.

During the rush, Lin Yue didn't choose to go directly to the layup with three strides. Instead, he slowed down and had a physical confrontation with James behind him. In order to avoid defensive fouls, James also chose to slow down.

At this moment, Lin Yue made a layup motion and successfully put the ball into the basket. James had no choice but to give up. He lost the opportunity to take off and simply watched the opponent layup, otherwise he might be fouled with two plus one.

"This kid seems to know my defensive habits, and he is very smart at playing." James thought in his heart, and at the same time walked to the bottom line to serve.

14 to 12, the Western All-Stars lead for the first time.

After returning to defense, Anthony and Nash took the initiative to high-five Lin Yue. After the two balls were played, they also recognized the rookie's strength. He was selected as the All-Star starter and became the All-Star vote leader. Lin Yue really relied on the votes of the fans.

However, Lin Yue himself also has strength. His only weakness is his age. He has a mature and steady style of play beyond his age, but he has no matching experience.

He'll be a good player over time.

After that, the two sides continued to fight each other. Lin Yue did not choose to make a shot himself, but continued to distribute the ball to his teammates, and learned the details of Nash's pass control on the spot.

At this time, Lin Yue understood that the first thing he had to practice well was dribbling. After the basic skills of dribbling were improved, his style of play could gradually improve.

With the ability to pass the ball, coupled with the deceptiveness of dribbling breakthroughs, his passing deception will be further enhanced.

However, these cannot be learned overnight. He still needs a lot of training and guidance, which can only be stepped up during the offseason.

"It seems that this year's offseason task is not easy."

After the half quarter, George Karl called the first timeout. He replaced Lin Yue and Duncan, and replaced Billups and Nowitzki.

Lin Yue was replaced because he felt that this young man was not qualified to be an All-Star starter, and he was more willing to give playing time to these experienced veterans.

Duncan was replaced because Duncan didn't want to play in the All-Stars for too long. After all, he was only here for vacation. The usual games are already difficult enough, and there is no need for the All-Stars to waste too much energy.

Rather than playing on the court, he prefers to sit on the bench and chat with players, enjoying the game on the court.

The Eastern Conference also made substitutions. Rondo replaced Rose, and Elvis Gerald Wallace replaced Garnett. Every player in the All-Star team had a chance to play. During the rest of the first quarter, the starting players of both sides were all off the field, and the players who replaced them came up to experience the atmosphere of the All-Stars.

At the end of the first quarter, the Eastern All-Stars led the Western All-Stars by three points 37 to 34.

Lin Yue scored 4 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds and 1 steal in the first quarter and rested.

The starting lineup for the second quarter still consisted of some players who hadn't been able to play, and Lin Yue sat on the bench to watch the game.

There are not many players who can make a living in this All-Star. Pau Gasol and Chris Kaman are quite satisfactory players in the interior, and there will be no fancy styles of play.

Duncan is still sitting on the sidelines and smiling with Nowitzki. The two old friends, the old opponents in the playoffs, have no restrictions at this moment, and they can say whatever they want.

The referees will not send Duncan off for smiling.

Durant also got the opportunity to appear on the stage. He cherishes the few opportunities to perform. Before the game started, he was still looking forward to getting the All-Star MVP, otherwise he would not have won the trophy this time.

Unfortunately, not as he wished.

His first two shots were all missed, and he entered the All-Star for the first time, but his state was not as good as usual in the regular season, and the opponent's slack defense did not seem to be challenging.

In this way, his hit rate will drop instead.

On the other side, Rondo frequently sent lobs to David Lee and Horford at the basket, igniting the atmosphere of the court as much as possible.

The score was once pulled to 8 points.

At this time, Durant finally showed his offensive level. After all, he is a guy who can average 30 points per game. Isn't it a piece of cake to score in the All-Star.

Durant made a big change of direction and went inside, scoring his first All-Star point with a dunk.

At this time, Durant took more shots. Kidd and Deron didn't care about their scores, especially Kidd. After shooting a three-pointer, he started paddling and handed the ball to Deron.

When I get older, I have participated in the All-Stars many times. It is like celebrating the New Year every year. After losing the freshness, I have no desire to perform.

If it wasn't for Kobe's injury, he would still be able to comfortably watch the All-Star Game at home.

As for Deron, he will also try to get inside to score points. Anyway, everyone's defense is not good. As long as he wants to score, he can still get some points.

By the time Lin Yue came on the court, there were only 2 minutes left in the second quarter.

At this time, the Western All-Stars are still six points behind the Eastern All-Stars 62 to 68.

Lin Yue pushed forward with the ball, while Nash waited outside the three-point line. He didn't care about the All-Star stats.

Seeing the senior backing down like this, Lin Yue didn't waste the opportunity. He just raised his hand and scored a three-pointer, but the ball bounced out of the frame.

At this time, Durant was replaced for the second time. He grabbed the offensive rebound against Stoudemire and passed the ball back to Lin Yue.

After Lin Yue received an assist from Durant, he passed Wade directly and went to the basket to force two points.

Stoudemire just made a symbolic jump to interfere. After Lin Yue changed hands in the air to avoid the opponent's defense, he hit his third goal.

Durant also gave Lin Yue a high-five. He knew very well that he would definitely not be able to win the All-Star MVP with this amount of playing time.

The All-Star game is an entertainment game. After passing the ball back and forth with Lin Yue, he understood this truth.

Wade then made a jumper on the move, which was different from Kobe's another fadeaway jumper, but Lin Yue still couldn't prevent it.

The basketball crossed a beautiful arc and went into the net. Wade scored two more points. At halftime, he made 10 of 8, 3 of 2 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 20 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. He scored the most points in the game.

If the Eastern All-Star wins, Wade will undoubtedly win the MVP of this All-Star Game.

Of course, the game is not over yet. If the Western All-Stars win, the MVP will not fall into the hands of Eastern players, even if Wade's statistics and efficiency are so exaggerated.

In the next round, Lin Yue gave Durant a goal. The two played a pick-and-roll, and the latter went down to catch the ball thrown by Lin Yue above the basket and successfully dunked the ball into the basket through an alley-oop.

The audience was excited. Their favorite thing to watch was dunks. The lobs were highly entertaining.

Afterwards, both sides' offenses failed to score. Wade grabbed the defensive rebound and quickly rushed to the Western All-Star half. However, Lin Yue tried his best to keep up with the defense this time.

He no longer wants to watch Wade score.

Feeling the defensive pressure, Wade did not choose to score by himself, but threw the ball upwards, and then made a gliding posture.

Lin Yue was still chasing after him. When he saw the ball thrown by Wade, he was still hesitating whether the opponent's hand slipped to cause this situation.

Just when Lin Yue took off and wanted to catch the ball, a black shadow jumped out, James took off to catch the ball with one hand, and dunked the ball into the basket.

The side of the basket vibrated and made a loud noise, and the powerful fast-break lob was much more enjoyable than the ball Lin Yue passed to Durant.

Wade's gliding posture, Lin Yue's appearance of preparing to take off, and James' gesture of catching and gliding in the air were photographed by reporters. After that, this picture will become a classic scene of two dunks.

It was the beginning of Jane Wei's connection, but there was an extra Lin Yue who was at a loss in the middle.

At this time, people don't know that Janeway's connection is not just in the All-Star game.

At the end of the halftime game, the Eastern All-Stars led the Western All-Stars 76 to 69 and entered the second half by 7 points.

It has to be said that Wade's state tonight is simply explosive. Although this is an All-Star, Lin Yue's defense is not just a show.

No wonder Wade was once the leading scorer, scoring and defending very well. In the one-on-one All-Star game, the young Lin Yue could only look at the ball and sigh.

However, Lin Yue's performance in the second quarter was not bad, and he was able to contribute on the offensive end after playing, especially after Nash handed over the ball to Lin Yue, he was still able to organize the offense and help the team score.

The cooperation between Lin Yue and Durant made Curry in the audience envious, and he was very annoyed why he couldn't be an All-Star?

In fact, Curry's popularity is not much worse than Durant's, and in China, Curry's popularity is close to those of the All-Star starters, such as Nash.

When Chinese fans pay attention to Lin Yue, they will naturally know his partners, especially after learning that Curry and Lin Yue were teammates in college. Curry has always helped Lin Yue, which makes fans like Curry very much.

Of course, in the United States, Curry is still a legacy that failed to enter the All-Star, and it will be sooner or later to enter the All-Star with his strength.

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During the halftime session, the league will prepare some other activities, such as inviting singers to sing two songs, but Stern, who was sitting at the scene, could not feel the enthusiasm of the fans.

Maybe singing has nothing to do with basketball, and even popular singers can't raise the enthusiasm of the audience. Maybe we should try to change our thinking in the future and use other ways to raise the enthusiasm of the fans.

"Adam, do you have any good opinions." Stern told Adam Silver beside him about this, and asked for his opinion.

After all, Xiao Hua is the one who will succeed the NBA president in the future. Stern wants to see what good ideas he can come up with, and hopes that the NBA he has painstakingly managed can continue to expand its influence and promote basketball under his leadership.

Basketball has always been considered as one of the two major ball games in the world, and it is held down by football.

Football has always been more influential than basketball, but Stern hopes to shorten the distance between the NBA and other football events. Unfortunately, he doesn't know that the NBA will be destroyed by this unreasonable guy.

"How about moving the slam dunk contest to the All-Star halftime session as a warm-up for the second half?"

Adam Silver's suggestion was immediately approved by Stern. The slam dunk contest is the last event to pay attention to besides the All-Star Game. After all, every shocking dunk will resonate with everyone. The most explosive dunk in basketball has to be the dunk.

Using slam dunks as part of the All-Star midfielder will indeed increase the enthusiasm of the audience present and better engage in the second half of the game. However, if a player participates in both the All-Star and the slam dunk contest, he will be slightly disadvantaged in terms of physical strength.

Of course, this is all for later. For professional basketball players, this is nothing. The defensive intensity of the All-Stars in the first half is not great, and there is not much consumption in terms of physical fitness.

The second half of the game continued, but Lin Yue still failed to become the starter in the third quarter, which made the fans watching in front of the TV and the Lin Yue fans at the scene feel a little dissatisfied.

Even if Lin Yue's qualifications are not enough, he is also an All-Star starter, and he still has to be given the playing time that should be given, not to mention Lin Yue's performance is not bad.

George Karl heard the boos of the fans but ignored them. He is the coach and he decides how to use the lineup.

"Adam, if it were you, what would you do." Listening to the boos, Stern asked Silver again.

"The existence of Lin Yue guarantees the market, and I will praise him." Adam Silver said very straightforwardly.

But Stern disagreed. What the NBA needs now is a topic, not a dominant player. He shook his head and let Silver think for himself.

(End of this chapter)