Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

The game continues.

The five players on Zhuang Yu's team became Zhuang Yu, Holiday, Klay, Antetokounmpo, and Lopez. The three players of the Lakers were all on the court. It was obviously intentional by coach D'Antoni, and this is also what the fans want to see.

At the same time, James' team also changed players.

Irving and Embiid were replaced by Harden and Westbrook, and now all three young players of the Thunder are on the court.

Zhuang Yu's team has the ball.

Zhuang Yu threw the ball directly to Holiday, asking him to be responsible for holding the ball and advancing, while he went directly to the frontcourt.

When Holiday reached the frontcourt, he did not take credit for himself, but quickly passed the ball to Zhuang Yu.

Both sides replaced players and the defensive position also changed. The person defending Zhuang Yu was no longer James, but Westbrook.

One of them stood outside the three-point line, and the other stood on the three-point line. They looked at each other from a distance of one meter and couldn't help but smile.

"Russell, you should defend Holiday." Zhuang Yu said.

"It's okay." Westbrook clapped his hands and said with a smile: "I took the initiative to ask to defend you. Now we are opponents, just come on."

Zhuang Yu shook his head in disappointment and said, "I treated you as a brother, but I didn't expect you..."

However, before he could finish his words, Zhuang Yu suddenly started, accelerated suddenly, and instantly passed Westbrook by half a body length.

Westbrook secretly exclaimed "this is unsportsmanlike".

This was an exclamation he learned from Zhuang Yu, but he preferred the word "awesome", which sounded more exciting.

After passing Westbrook by half a body length in one step, Zhuang Yu paused for a moment, then accelerated again, using a sudden stop and start rhythm change to completely leave Westbrook behind, then took two steps forward, jumped into the inside, grabbed the basketball with his right hand and sent it towards the basket.

"Humph......"

Suddenly, a cold snort came from behind him.

Westbrook quickly chased after him and jumped up. His jumping and explosive power were excellent. Although he was not as tall as Zhuang Yu, he jumped up with his arms raised high, far above the basket, and fanned the basketball in Zhuang Yu's hand.

"Wow..."

For a moment, the audience was in an uproar.

The fans exclaimed that Westbrook was really defending and saw his good brother actually punching hard.

People speculated whether it was because Zhuang Yu did not choose him first when selecting people?

Just as Westbrook was about to slap the basketball, Zhuang Yu suddenly took the ball back, bent his knees and tightened his abdomen in the air, curling up his body. He was suspended in the air for a moment, as if time and space were frozen and his body stopped in the air.

This caused Westbrook's shot to miss, and Zhuang Yu quickly changed hands after a brief pause in the air and made a layup.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

After scoring the goal, Zhuang Yu turned to look at Westbrook, winked at him, and said with a smile: "You still want to chase me? I've been on guard against you."

Westbrook also laughed: "Okay, you're lucky this time, I'll definitely take your chances next time."

Zhuang Yu curled his lips, wondering who was impersonating whom.

......

Team James attacks.

After Westbrook came to the frontcourt, he asked Harden for the ball. Harden wanted to do one himself, but when he saw Westbrook's request, it was obvious that he wanted to play one-on-one with Zhuang Yu to get back at him, he smiled and passed the ball immediately.

After getting the ball, Westbrook broke through without many fake moves because he knew he couldn't fool Zhuang Yu. He just made a simple change of direction and then suddenly accelerated.

If we compare the speed of long-distance sprinting, Zhuang Yu is not slower than Westbrook, and is even a little faster than Westbrook.

But if it is an instant acceleration, especially the instant acceleration after changing direction, Westbrook is a little faster than Zhuang Yu.

Because instantaneous acceleration or instantaneous jump are closely related to explosive power.

In terms of explosive power alone, Zhuang Yu is not as good as Westbrook.

However, Zhuang Yu did not intend to let up. He took a step back and at the same time stuck to Westbrook sideways. However, Westbrook only took one step forward and then jumped up. He did not jump directly up, but flew towards the basket, tilted his body, grabbed the basketball with his right hand, and made a low layup.

This shot was very sudden, the span was very large, and the action looked exaggerated. Zhuang Yu was behind Westbrook, so naturally he couldn't block it.

Lopez, standing under the basket, did have a chance to block the shot, but this was just the All-Star Game, and Zhuang Yu and Westbrook were just joking around to liven up the atmosphere.

There was naturally no need for him to rush forward to block the shot.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

"This breakthrough is really fast."

"It happened so fast that even Zhuang Yu didn't react."

"It seems that Westbrook is really angry. Who made Zhuang Yu not choose him first? Haha..."

In the audience, fans cheered.

In fact, everyone could see that Zhuang Yu and Westbrook were just joking, because the expressions on their faces were relaxed and they were smiling.

Besides, given their relationship, how could they fall out just because Zhuang Yu didn't choose Westbrook first when selecting players?

However, in the All-Star Game with a strong performance atmosphere, it still makes the fans happy to have one or two rounds of stars exploding against each other and having a serious showdown.

However, the exchange of insults between star players Zhuang Yu and Westbrook did not last long. The two were not really going to fight, they were just doing it for the sake of showing their respect and livening up the atmosphere.

In the next few minutes, Zhuang Yu didn't make much move.

He has no interest in MVP and naturally doesn't care how many points he gets.

He mainly passed the ball to his teammates, made a great pass to Lopez, assisted Klay in hitting a three-pointer, and also passed one to Antetokounmpo, but Antetokounmpo was too excited and missed the dunk.

As for James' team, James didn't take many shots. He knew very well what the fans wanted to see, so he left the game to the Thunder's big three.

It was a rare occasion for the Thunder's three young players to play together and become teammates again. They were a little excited and made some beautiful passes together, which drew cheers from the audience.

After a few rounds of goings on, the first quarter was quickly halfway over.

Team James leads the Lakers by 8 points.

The main reason was that the Thunder's three young players performed well and scored a lot of points.

On Zhuang Yu's team, Zhuang Yu didn't score much, and neither did Holiday. The offense was mainly carried out by Klay and Antetokounmpo. The two performed well, but they were inevitably inferior to the Thunder's big three on the opposite side.

At this time, James' team called a timeout.

Coach Casey replaced James, Durant and Anthony Davis with other players.

Most of the first quarter has passed, and some players have not yet played.

Zhuang Yu's team also made substitutions.

Zhuang Yu, Antetokounmpo, Lopez and Holiday were all replaced by Butler, Porzingis, Love and Oladipo.

The next few minutes of the game were rather dull.

Both teams used substitutes, some of whom just showed up to show their faces. There was no clash of superstars, and no big gimmicks. Fortunately, the strength of the All-Stars was not weak, and various dunks were performed one after another, which made the fans very satisfied.

Soon the first quarter ended with the score 1:46, with James' team leading.

......

After entering the second quarter, Antetokounmpo and DeRozan knew they would be sent on, along with Oladipo, Horford and Porzingis.

As soon as Antetokounmpo came on the court, he performed a dunk.

He played very well today, and his style of play was explosive and very eye-catching.

Seeing Antetokounmpo's outstanding performance, Oladipo and Porzingis also wanted to perform, but their three-pointers missed one after another.

It would have been fine if Oladipo had shot three-pointers, but Porzingis, an inside player, actually floated outside and kept shooting three-pointers, which caused complaints from fans.

Some fans, like those of the Knicks, have long gotten used to it.

Although Porzingis is an inside player with height and wingspan, he lacks the ability to fight and his skills under the basket are not proficient enough. Fortunately, he has good shooting ability and takes the path of a space-type inside player, which is different from a traditional center.

"Although Porzingis has the ability to shoot from outside, he doesn't need to play like that in a game like the All-Star Game. It might be better for him to go inside." Love sat next to Zhuang Yu, watching the game and chatting with him.

Porzingis also participated in Zhuang Yu and others' "mini training camp" during the offseason, and they are considered friends.

Seeing Porzingis play like this, Love couldn't help but shake his head.

In a game like the All-Star Game, neither team defended seriously. Porzingis had height and wingspan, and although his athleticism was not as good as Antetokounmpo, he only had to rush to the basket or stand under the basket. As long as he got the ball, the other team would definitely let him score directly.

It's better than shooting three-pointers from the outside and missing them one after another.

Zhuang Yu smiled and said, "He probably wants to score faster. Compared to shooting in the paint, shooting three-pointers can increase your points faster."

Love raised his eyebrows and immediately understood.

In the first quarter, Zhuang Yu and Curry did not take many shots, and their attitudes were very clear, and they did not intend to compete for the MVP.

They don't fight, but others want to fight.

For example, Antetokounmpo and Porzingis.

The reason why Porzingis always floats outside and shoots three-pointers is because Antetokounmpo has already scored a lot of points. If he wants to compete for the MVP, he must make his statistics rise quickly. So it’s not that he doesn’t know that going inside may be more effective, but he thinks that three-pointers come faster than two points.

However, he probably didn't expect that his outside shooting touch today would be so bad. There was obviously not much defensive strength, and he had the advantage of height. He didn't have to worry about being blocked by the opponent at all, and even the interference strength was not strong.

But I just can't make the shot.

"Fake."

Another missed shot, Porzingis cursed in frustration.

The basketball bounced back, James' team got the rebound and launched a counterattack. After reaching the frontcourt, Lillard made a three-pointer, which was a clean hit.

Suddenly, the gap between the two sides widened further and reached 12 points.

"The gap has widened."

"We have to make a substitution. Aside from Antetokounmpo, no one on Zhuang Yu's team scored much, while Lillard, Irving, and Wall on James' team are all scoring. If we don't make a substitution, the score difference will only get bigger."

In the audience, fans were discussing.

Here, Coach D'Antoni frowned slightly, it was indeed time to make a substitution.

"Requesting a substitution."

Zhuang Yu's team requested a substitution.

Several players came off the court. Coach D'Antoni glanced at them and said, "Porzingis, Oladipo, DeRozan, you guys come down and rest. Zhuang Yu, Curry, and Klay Thompson, you three will come up later."

Then he spread out the tactical board, made some simple arrangements, and finally emphasized: "Shoot the three-pointer, understand?"

"Yes."

Several people agreed.