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The first time, the second time.

Of course, we have to say that the biggest credit for Jordan's goal is still due to O'Neal and Malone's letting him go.

If these two big guys really want to defend this ball, Jordan will definitely be slapped to the ground, and at most he will be sent to the free throw line!

But we still have to say that this is the All-Star Game, this is a show, this is an All-Star show for the fans!

We give the audience what they want to see!

Do the audience want to see Jordan dunk the historical twin towers, or do they want to see Jordan being slapped to the ground in embarrassment?

It's obvious! It goes without saying!

The reason why fans once again lifted Jordan into the All-Stars with the highest votes is that they want to see the Jordan show!

So, it is not appropriate to slam Jordan to the ground in such an occasion, right?

If you don't win the house, you don't win the land. If any team gets hurt by an ungrateful guy in such a game, David Stern will kill that team!

And from this ball, Jordan transformed and became the basketball god who looked down on the world again.

Of course, Jordan did let him go in the interior defense, but Kobe, who was the main defender of Jordan, would never let him go and would try his best to compete with Jordan!

And this is wonderful!

The Western Conference insiders who could give Jordan a fatal blow in the interior did not dare to really kill him, and the young Kobe who tried his best to kill Jordan here was really not strong enough!

At least Kobe, who is less than 20 years old now, is really good against the 35-year-old Jordan!

What fans like most is to defend seriously in the All-Star Game. The tit-for-tat war between stars is simply too fascinating!

However, don't be too serious about defense. What Michael Jordan's fans want to see most is the wonderful scene where the opponent goes crazy to defend Jordan and is finally beaten by Jordan!

Now Jordan's blowup is halfway out!

Kobe can't defend Jordan at all. Jordan uses his rich combat experience to fool Kobe. Every shot hits Kobe, and Kobe doubts his life with a 70% hit rate!

Han Yi once again deeply understood the indiscriminate nature of Jordan's rage.

Originally, Han Yi only knew that as an opponent, he must not anger Jordan, because angering Jordan means that Jordan will turn on the super-powered mode and sweep the whole court.

But Han Yi knew for the first time that as Jordan's teammate, he could actually anger Jordan.

After angering Jordan, Jordan would naturally get angry with his teammates, but in addition to his teammates being injured, his opponents would be more injured.

After all, no matter how crazy Jordan was, he would just curse his teammates' ancestors, but it was pure physical damage to his opponents!

This was not the first time Kobe played against Jordan, but it was the first time he played against such a violent Jordan.

No matter how he defended, no matter how hard he tried, he could not defend Jordan's elegant two-point shots one after another.

He could not defend, he really could not defend Jordan!

The only thing Kobe could do was to respond from the offensive end!

In terms of offense, Jordan may not be worse than before, but in terms of defense, he is really much worse than before, especially facing a young man with terrifying physical talent like Kobe!

In a 1V1 duel, if Jordan blocked Kobe on the outside defense, it would be fine. Whether it was a disguise or a shot, Jordan could cover it, but if you kept shooting, Jordan would be completely beaten!

It is true that people get old first in their legs. Kobe is naturally one level lower than Jordan in terms of physical talent, but that is also called the best among men!

Especially these 20-year-old legs are better than 35-year-old legs!

It doesn't matter whether you accept it or not, because this is an objective law!

When Kobe found that he could not take advantage of Jordan in outside shooting, he switched to breakthrough mode and scored back the points Jordan had scored on the offensive end!

You can't say that Jordan didn't work hard on defense, but hard work can't make his old legs younger. When Jordan desperately chased Kobe, he was still ruthlessly left behind by Kobe, you had to sigh at the cruelty of time.

During this period, the protagonists on the court were Jordan VS Kobe, and the result was half a catty to eight taels, and no one could defend the other!

The half-time game ended!

67:65!

The Eastern All-Stars were only two points ahead!

Jordan made 9 of 18 shots in the first half, 21 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, and 2 blocks!

Kobe made 8 of 16 shots in the first half, 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 steals!

This made Jordan very angry. He had exploded into this

But he only tied with a guy who was a substitute in the Lakers?

What made Jordan even more angry was:

Except for Han Yi who scored a few wonderful goals in the first quarter, he seemed to be slacking off afterwards, but when you look at his statistics:

Shooting: 7 of 9, 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 6 blocks!

This score ranks second only to Jordan in the Eastern Conference All-Stars, and this efficiency is even more terrifying!

Completely beat Michael Jordan!

When you only look at Kobe and Jordan's statistics, the first reaction is that Kobe and Jordan scored against each other to keep the score from being pulled apart!

When looking at Han Yi's statistics, it is hard not to think that the Eastern Conference can lead by two points, isn't it all because of Han Yi's high hit rate?

But what did Han Yi do?

It seems that he didn't do anything remarkable. Apart from a three-pointer from the outside, he kept picking up leaks in the inside or playing some fast break counterattacks. Obviously, he didn't have much presence, but the score increased really fast!

Simple ball, this is a standard simple ball!

But you say it's a simple ball, I won't argue, but I just want to ask you, does this simple ball also count as two points?

It's also a two-point ball, is it really necessary to grind the position one by one?

Although Han Yi, who traveled back from 2024, also likes to watch the head-to-head duel between Jordan and Kobe, he also feels that their efficiency is really too low!

You have to take 20 seconds to finish a ball that can be done in 5 seconds, right?

You only know how to duel, and then you can't see the 10,000 opportunities that appear on the court, right?

No wonder fans 20 years later said that the game 20 years ago had no tactics at all and was played at a very low level after watching the video. From this perspective, it does make sense.

The NBA in the 1990s was too superstitious about superstars and singles!

Han Yi didn't want to complain about this, because in the Celtics, he was a superstar, the absolute core of singles. If he complained about himself, wouldn't that be pure sickness?

Han Yi made some small complaints simply because in the Eastern Conference All-Stars, although he was the starter, in front of the domineering Jordan, everyone got out of the way and served Jordan!

Eastern Conference All-Stars head coach Phil Jackson obviously saw that Jordan and Han Yi were not getting along on the court, so in the third quarter, Han Yi was replaced by Phil Jackson just after playing for two points, and then he was pressed on the bench!

So who was replaced?

It turned out to be Dikembe Mutombo, who only knew how to defend!