Chapter 265
Bosh served on the sideline, Westbrook's defense was still tightly attached to Lin Yang.
Reverse run! Lin Yang originally wanted to run over to catch the ball from the three-point line to the middle circle, but at the moment when Westbrook chased, Lin Yang quickly cut into the penalty area and got rid of Westbrook.
Perhaps everyone is too impressed by Lin Yang who has broken through with the ball, which makes everyone forget that Lin Yang played a lot of off-ball at the beginning of last year, and his running ability is actually outstanding in the entire league.
Lin Yang suddenly got rid of Westbrook's defense and received the ball one step ahead of the three-point line.
Durant, who was raising his hand, instantly shook his defense, and Lin Yang got rid of the two-core Thunder who had just performed well.
The left hand dribbled the ball and rushed to the front of the penalty area, and did not choose to make a layup, but completed the attack with a beautiful backward jump shot.
This jump shot choice is actually quite good, because after completing this shot, Durant and Bynum all jumped on the rebound.
5 points! Although this attack was achieved, it didn't take much time, leaving 50 seconds for the Eastern Conference All-Stars, which was enough for them to attack for another two rounds.
The east fights fast, while the west fights slow, because they are behind. They say they must ensure their success rate.
Just like the East gave the ball to Lin Yang, they of course had to give the ball to Durant. After all, this game is also related to Durant's All-Star MVP, and their trophy must be obtained by their own performance.
Westbrook and Durant played a beautiful pick-and-roll. The purpose of this pick-and-roll is very simple, and it is misplaced.
Durant vs Lin Yang, Lin Yang replaced Durant.
The height difference looks quite big. Lin Yang is much shorter than Durant. The height difference between the two is 16cm. This is almost a gap between the inside and the outside. Lin Yang is not easy to defend against when fighting alone.
Of course, the first priority is that Lin Yang does not intend to let Durant break through the penalty area. He recalled in his mind how Tony Allen defended Durant in the 12-13 season and 13-14 season, and now he has to defend.
Lower the center of gravity to prevent breakthroughs and give enough anti-interference shooting. This is Lin Yang's purpose.
Durant felt that the hand in front of his waist was really uncomfortable. He turned around and wanted to break through, but Lin Yang's movement was very fast and it stuck Durant's breakthrough route at the first time. He didn't want to shoot the final shot every time, and he had to end the game on this defense.
The first time he was blocked from breaking the route, Durant was forced to transform from his back into a face frame.
The back is a little better. With the frame, it is not that easy for Durant to beat Lin Yang. Lin Yang's speed is there and his wingspan is also there. It is not easy for him to dribble and break through the front.
But Durant is high, so high requires the advantage of high. After dribbling, Durant quickly retreated and wanted to take action.
But from the defensive highlights of many defensive players who put Durant in defense, we can draw a conclusion: Don't give him a move. The best time to defend Durant's jump shot is to cut off the ball when he lifts the ball up.
In the fifth game of the Western Conference semi-finals in the 13-14 season, Tony Allen's cutting ball, and Iguodala's cutting ball in the 15-16 season's Western Conference finals in the 15-16 season's cutting ball in the last moments of the 15-16 season.
Lin Yang clearly turned these conclusions drawn from the videos he saw from his mind into practice.
Death entangled, Lin Yang completed the key steal like those great scenes, and his right hand accurately captured the basketball where Durant raised his hands.
Durant was caught off guard. He had too many jump shots. He was used to his jump shots being unstoppable. The small man in front of him suddenly chose to steal the game beyond his expectations.
"Kevin was stolen! Kevin was stolen!" Barkley shouted wildly.
He knew that this steal was likely to be the goal that decided the outcome.
"No, it's not just a steal, he's also a fast break," O'Neal added quickly, "This will also be a fast break that kills the game."
Because Lin Yang and Durant are in the outermost position, at this time, no one in the Western Conference All-Star team can play back in place, Lin Yang scored a layup with one dragon speed and completed the score.
7 points! There is about half a minute left, and there is almost no suspense about the difference. Kevin Durant scored 4 three-pointers in the fourth quarter, but this does not mean that he is really wearing Miller's jersey.
Durant did not hit the goal he wanted to see after the timeout.
The rebounds were also won by the Eastern Conference All-Stars. Since it was an All-Star game, the Western Conference had no idea of fouls to get offensive opportunities. While the Eastern Conference won the rebounds, they gave up this game.
As the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, the West finally won this All-Star game with a 7-point advantage. This is the first time the East has won in several years. The West is strong and the East is weak, which includes the All-Stars.
"I didn't expect that the East would still play back and forth with the West when they were leading by 16 points in the last quarter. I really didn't expect that the mistake they made in the last quarter was too big." O'Neal shook his head, feeling a little regretful that the West failed to win the final game at a critical moment. After all, the score difference of 16 points has been recovered, but the result was lost in the last minute. How could it not be regretful?
But Barkley had a different opinion: "You said the defense in the last quarter of the West was not good? Sorry, haven't you seen Lin steal Kevin's ball at the last moment? I even think that if the Knicks and the Thunder could meet in the finals, Mike D'Anthony could consider using Lin to defend Kevin."
"But this defense cannot cover up all his mistakes in the last quarter. He let Russell score three three-pointers alone in the last quarter."
"So what? At the last moment, did you rely on Lin's last defense to win? Maybe there were some twists and turns in the process, but the Eastern Conference who won the final victory was also Lin."
Lin Yang didn't care about the two commentators fighting for their defensive performance in the last quarter, and they were alive and dead.
He only knew that he was very close to the first MVP trophy in his life, even though it was just an All-Star MVP trophy.
Chapter completed!