Chapter 608 Sharing AMVP (Fourth Update!)
If Tang Tian knew what was going on in Durant's mind, he would definitely call him an idiot.
The MVP is for the winning side, and it doesn't matter how many points you lose.
Westbrook has a chance, of course he will pass.
In fact, he would pass it to other people. The fundamental reason why they are all Westbrook is that the latter has a strong desire to attack and always appears in the end position.
Tang Tian's pass reorganized the Western team's offense, and they, who were superior in overall strength, gradually stabilized the situation on the field.
At halftime, the West team regained a double-digit lead 76-66.
Tang Tian scored 18 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists in the half, and Westbrook scored a game-high 22 points.
During the halftime break, Tang Tian was chatting and laughing with Westbrook beside him.
Durant behind him gritted his teeth.
Now he really has a feeling in his heart of watching his girlfriend being raped by others.
Back in the second half, the Eastern team suddenly picked up the pace and started to attack crazily.
Budenholzer is still very tactical.
This lineup without a center pushed the speed of the offense to the extreme.
Moreover, the Western team Gasol is not that kind of black and tough, and the dominance of both offensive and defensive ends is not as great as imagined.
In addition, Curry still kept hitting the iron with three-pointers.
Soon, the Eastern team tied the score.
Kerr was as unresponsive as he was in the first half.
He is now looking at the Eastern team's lineup, and his mind is spinning rapidly.
Before the All-Star break, the Warriors suffered a wave of injuries.
The team's starting power forward David Lee suffered a serious injury and is expected to be absent for about 2 months.
Lee averaged 17 points and 9 rebounds per game before, and he is the core of the team's inside offense.
Lee's absence caused the Warriors to suffer their only two-game losing streak of the season, leaving Kerr in a state of distress.
But looking at the Eastern team's style of play in front of him, he suddenly had a new idea.
The Splash Brothers of the Warriors relied on mercury-laden three-pointers, and most of the time they relied on the speed of offensive and defensive transitions, and it was unheard of to beat opponents.
If the Eastern team's James is replaced by Green, can the Warriors also play this fast game without a center?
The situation on the field became stalemate again.
At this time, Tang Tian took the initiative to reach out to Curry for the ball.
This kind of quick offensive and defensive transition is Curry's favorite, but he doesn't feel good, and the Eastern team's lineup on the field is very difficult to run.
Moreover, Cole did not make any substitutions on the sidelines, which is why the current situation is here.
Since the head coach didn't respond on the sidelines, he, the on-court coach, has to play a role in slowing down the tempo.
Although the victory or defeat of the All-Star Game is not important, the Western team is so much stronger than the Eastern team this year, and it is estimated that it will be miserable after losing the game.
So the best way to win is to win.
Curry also knew that he didn't feel good, so he gave the ball to Tang Tian's organization.
Tang Tian signaled Gasol to drop low, and then gave the ball in for him to play low singles.
James really defends in the low post, but Gasol is much taller than him, and the latter is still a technical stream.
A turnaround throw hit the board, and Gasol successfully sent the ball into the basket.
The West took the lead again.
The western troops scored, and the eastern troops had no offensive and defensive conversion speed, so they could only play positions.
James' cut layup was interfered by Gasol, and Griffin turned around and received the rebound.
The West team went to the frontcourt and continued to play inside.
Seeing that James couldn't defend, Butler shrank in and double-teamed.
Gasol returned the ball to Tang Tian, and the ball was given in time. Tang Tian got an open three-pointer.
Tang Tian made a direct shot from outside.
"Shua!"
The basketball was firmly in the frame, and the West team regained a 5-point lead.
Cole nodded thoughtfully.
From the failure of James' single defense in the previous round, he began to think about how to solve the problem of one-on-one defense in the low post; to the failure of double-teaming against a big man like Gasol who can play and pass, he thought of having a fast enough defense rotation.
No one expected that an all-star game that had nothing to do with victory or defeat gave birth to something called the "five small systems" in Cole's mind.
Cole didn't respond on the sidelines, but relying on Tang Tian's control of the field, the West team stabilized the situation again.
About 10 minutes into this quarter, Cole stopped thinking, got up and began to make substitutions and adjustments.
Another up and down.
Tang Tianxia scored 8 points in the quarter before the game. His personal score reached a game-high 26 points, and he also sent 4 rebounds and 9 assists.
The two sides entered the bench stage, and Westbrook once again became the focus on the court. He is a point guard and really does it with the ball.
When he played more than 3 minutes into the fourth quarter, his personal score had already broken 30 points.
Moreover, the strength of the Western team's bench lineup is much stronger than that of the Eastern team. The Western team's lead at this time is close to 20 points.
In the last few minutes, the main players of both sides came back one after another to fight the final moment of the decisive battle.
Curry's All-Star Game was poisonous, but James got rid of the cold outside feeling in last year's All-Star Game and scored two consecutive three-pointers, giving the East some hope.
But Tang Tian and Westbrook on the western team quickly scored three points each, killing this hope.
In the end, the Western team defeated the Eastern team 163 to 148 and won the game.
James on the Eastern team continued the normal state of empty scoring year after year, scoring a team-high 30 points and 7 assists. Irving, who came off the bench, scored 21 points, Wall scored 19 points and 7 assists, and Butler had 16 points.
For the Western team, Westbrook scored a game-high 38 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, Tang Tian scored 31 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists, and Curry scored 15 points and 7 rebounds.
After the game, the staff on the sidelines will conduct the final MVP selection on the sidelines.
According to the practice in previous years, the person with the highest score will become the final MVP, and Westbrook has a very high probability.
But Tang Tian's performance is also very eye-catching, and just 2 years ago, Paul scored 20 points and 15 assists, beating Durant, who scored 30 points, to win the MVP.
So until the final result comes out, everything is still unknown.
After waiting for a while, Xiao Hua came to the center of the arena with the envelope containing the results. After he opened it, he announced the final ownership of the All-Star Game MVP.
"The MVPs of the 2015 NBA All-Star Game are...Russell Westbrook and Tang Tian."
When Westbrook's name was read out, everyone had such an expression.
But when Tang Tian's name was read out, most people were a little confused.
"They share AMVP honors."
Xiao Hua then added.
By this time, everyone will understand.
This year's All-Star Game played quite ups and downs. The East team had a chance to turn the momentum around once in the first half and the second half.
If it weren't for Tang Tian's field control and Westbrook's consecutive scoring during the bench period, the outcome would have been hard to tell.
Therefore, from the perspective of being the most valuable, the roles of both of them are indispensable, and they should indeed be awarded this honor together.
Even in terms of statistics, Tang Tian's large double-double of 31 points and 11 assists did not lose to Westbrook's 38 points.
ps: The monthly pass was stolen? Commanders come to wave monthly tickets to support, chrysanthemum hurts~