The opening three-pointer in basketball

Even though they were six points behind, even though Durant and Kobe had just average performances.

But Popovich didn't say much. With a wave of his hand, the Western Conference All-Star team was five up and five down, and all five main players were rested.

"You guys should take a break and start again in the second half of the third quarter."

The substitutes for the Western Conference All-Star Team are Nash, Paul, and DeAndre Jordan, as well as Nowitzki and Westbrook.

These three are small and two are big.

The reason is simple: there are very few reliable small forwards in the West.

Even if there is, he is not very famous and is not qualified to participate in the All-Star Competition.

At the same time, the Eastern All-Star team also made substitutions, also with five ups and five downs.

The substitutes for the Eastern All-Star team are Anthony, Stoudemire, DeRozan, Pierce, and Ray Allen.

There is only one Stoudemire on the inside, Pierce, Anthony, and DeRozan are all small forwards.

Just looking at the lineup, the Eastern All-Stars are actually better, but the Western All-Stars have Paul, who is the best traditional point guard in the league.

His presence can raise the lower limit of a team, not to mention the fact that the Western Conference has a big guy like Nowitzki.

As long as Nowitzki maintains his past shooting percentage and continues to give him singles, good results will be achieved.

Barkley, O'Neal, and Kenny Smith analyzed the current lineups of the two teams.

Soon after, the game showed a completely different situation.

It's not that Nowitzki's sword is rusty, his golden rooster independence is still very sharp.

Continuous scoring.

It's the old pairing of Ray Allen and Pierce. They participated in the three-point shooting contest yesterday and their performance was very average.

But today I don’t know what happened, it felt very good.

The two men shot three-pointers in a row.

"puff!"

"puff!"

"puff!"

The basketball keeps brushing the net into the frame.

The point difference between the two teams also widened slowly.

At the end of the second quarter, the point difference between the two teams actually reached sixteen points.

This time Popovich is in a bit of a dilemma. With Pierce and Ray Allen's touch today, if they are allowed to play like this in the third quarter, it is estimated that by the time the main players take the field, the point difference will have reached more than 20 points.

Then hit it with a hammer.

Popovich had to glance at the players, and then he came to Bai Yi and said, "Bai, you go first in the third quarter and then shoot a three-pointer."

His plan is to let Bai Yi and Pierce Ray Allen compete against each other first to maintain the point difference, and then use the main force to chase points.

The old thief Bobo's idea is not unreasonable.

The Eastern Conference All-Stars were able to take the lead in the first half because of their better touch and Howard's explosion.

But in fact, in terms of field goal percentage, the Western All-Stars beat the Eastern All-Stars.

Popovich believed that in the second half, when the main players had rested for so long, the Eastern All-Stars would no longer be able to maintain their touch.

As for Howard, he was not as brave as he was in the first half.

Howard's physical exertion was too great and it was impossible to recover easily.

So as long as Bai Yi can hold off the Eastern All-Stars, he thinks there is still hope for the Western All-Stars.

Bai Yi was a little surprised that this old guy actually let him take the initiative to score.

But it was obvious that he had bad intentions.

We should still treat him as a role player, just let him lead the substitutes to maintain the point difference.

But Bai Yi naturally would not refuse.

No matter what, this is an opportunity.

He didn't even use three-pointers in the first half, and there was just enough time in the second half.

Thinking of this, Bai Yi nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

Soon after, the players from both teams returned to the court again. The Western All-Star team made another substitution, and both Paul and Nash went off.

Replaced by Harden and Bai Yi.

Bai Yi is still in control.

He patted the basketball and walked forward slowly. Anthony, who was defending on the opposite side, had no intention of defending seriously and just watched from a distance.

Bai Yi then activated the full three-point skill.

Then, with everyone's shocked eyes, he raised his hand and hit a three-pointer.

The basketball flew up and drew a long arc.

Flying into the net.

"puff!"

The three-pointer that hadn't even passed the midfield line actually went in.

Bai Yi didn't even shoot a three-pointer in the first half, and everyone thought he didn't have a three-point shot today.

Only then did I realize that they were just hiding it so as not to explode.

Thibodeau suddenly became nervous and said, "Ray Allen, pay attention to your defense."

The current lineup of the Eastern Conference All-Star Team is really not good. It is too old. Stoudemire, Pierce, and Ray Allen are all old people.

Donny is considered a Mesozoic player, and DeRozan is considered a young player.

But neither Anthony nor DeRozan is very fast.

Thibodeau had no choice but to let Ray Allen make up the defense.

A moment later, it was once again the turn of the Western Conference All-Stars to attack. Bai Yi moved forward with the ball again. This time, Anthony ran over early. Ray Allen was in front and looked over from time to time.

Even at his peak, Anthony's speed was relatively average.

Bai Yi smiled, then accelerated, easily shook off Anthony, opened up space, and then raised his hand for a three-pointer.

Anthony didn't react at all. In Bai Yi's opinion, his defense was almost like a wooden man. Bai Yi seemed to have no one to defend him at this time.

Under such circumstances, his three-pointers can be very accurate, just like training.

The basketball flew up, crossed an arc, and flew into the net.

"puff!"

The clear and loud sound of brushing the screen sounded again.

Only then did Thibodeau helplessly realize that asking Anthony to defend would really embarrass Anthony.

He hurriedly called a timeout, then replaced Anthony and replaced him with Rose.

"Rose, I'll leave Bai to you."

Three black lines appeared on Rose's forehead.

"Coach, I can't guard Bai by myself, I need someone to flank me."

"Okay, Ray Allen, you and Rose double-team White. Everyone else is paying attention. You don't need to worry about Westbrook. This guy's shooting is a little worse."

At the same time, Popovich also arranged substitutions, with Westbrook coming off and Ginobili coming on.

Ginobili is known as the Demon Sword. When he is accurate, he is very accurate. When he is not accurate, it is very ugly.

Popovich replaced Ginobili because he also wanted to test the skills of his old subordinate.

Soon after, players from both teams returned to the court.

When Bai Yi held the ball again, Rose and Ray Allen ran over together. Bai Yi smiled, and then he passed the ball to Harden, and he quickly started running.

He ran very fast and fiercely.

Rose was naturally able to keep up, but it was difficult for Ray Allen. He was thrown away by Bai Yi after just changing speed and turning back.

Bai Yi then raised his hand to ask for the ball, and Harden threw the ball away immediately.

Bai Yi caught the ball and then raised his hand to make a three-pointer.

The basketball flew up, crossed an arc, and flew into the net.

It's incredible that we can still get in.

The DJ at the scene was dumbfounded, "Bai is too fierce. He only made three three-pointers and chased seven points. Just now we were leading by 16 points, and now we are leading by nine points."