Wang Yi pushed down Antetokounmpo while dribbling the ball. Paul fell to the ground, grabbed the ball, and immediately passed it to James.
Falling to the ground to grab the ball is very rare in a performance game like the All-Star Game.
James advanced quickly with the ball, but his thick eyebrows were already almost gone.
James passed a pass that spanned most of the court to Nongmei, who directly connected and dunked.
In the next round, Durant and Antetokounmpo cooperated, and Antetokounmpo pressed inside and tried to dunk.
This time Wang Yi couldn't pounce from outside the three-point line. His thick eyebrows still couldn't hold up Antetokounmpo in terms of strength, so he simply pulled Antetokounmpo down.
Antetokounmpo made one of two free throws. Looking back, Wang Yi's team attacked.
Using the cover of his thick eyebrows, James entered the paint and tried to dunk, but was pulled down by Antetokounmpo.
Morant, Edwards, Jaylen Green and other young players on the sidelines were all dumbfounded.
What about the promised exhibition match?
In the first three quarters, everyone was in a harmonious mood, coming and going.
Why did the style of the painting suddenly change in the 4th quarter?
Everyone worked hard with all their strength.
Do it with real swords and guns.
Morant, Edwards and Jaylen Green looked at each other.
It turns out that these old guys are all liars.
Next, you and I will go back and forth.
The game lasted until the last five minutes, and the difference between the two sides was only one point.
Although Wang Yi has super scoring ability, Durant's team felt very good today and scored fairy goals many times.
The intensity of the game between the two sides is getting higher and higher. The first three quarters were just exhibition games, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter it was regular season. And slowly now their intensity has reached the playoff level.
There are more and more fouls.
People often turn their backs on the field.
In the last 5 minutes, Wang Yi's team called a timeout.
Head coach D'Antoni looked at James and Paul, who were already out of breath.
Both of them are veterans. D'Antoni hesitated and said to James and Paul: "In the last five minutes, you two have a rest for four minutes, and you will not play again until the last minute."
D'Antoni has selfish motives.
Originally, the All-Star Weekend was something the players were looking forward to because they were very exhausted physically and mentally during the long season.
The All-Star Weekend allows them to have a good rest and adjust their condition.
But at this point in the game, this is no longer a rest, but a real fight, even with playoff-level intensity.
Although it is an exhibition match, players from both sides want to compete for this opportunity.
This is also a feature of the All-Star Game in recent years.
D'Antoni considered that James and Paul are older and need more rest. If these few minutes of high-intensity fighting lead to injuries, it will be more than worth the loss.
With the competitiveness of the two of them, it would be impossible for them to agree to the coach's request under normal circumstances, but Paul reluctantly nodded in the end for the sake of his championship career.
His career has been cursed by injuries at critical moments in the playoffs many times.
Griffin was injured when he was with the Clippers, but he was injured himself;
He injured himself on the Rockets;
In the Suns, Booker was injured.
It seems that every time he is in trouble, fate will give him a heavy blow.
He never wants to experience it again at the end of his career.
James hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Now there are not only fouls on the court, but there is also a smell of gunpowder on the court.
If one of them is injured during such a high-intensity confrontation, it will be a huge blow to the Kings.
It was also a major blow to his fifth crown.
So both of them followed the coach's instructions and left the field for the time being.
Then Anthony asked Curry and Nongmei again:
"Are you two going to stay on the court and fight at the risk of injury, or are you going to preserve your own strength, stay off the court first, and then come on at the last minute?"
D'Antoni is relatively honest.
Curry and Nongmei are also considered veterans.
Since I have rested all the leading players in my team, I also need to seek their opinions.
The thick eyebrow thought for a while: "I'll rest first."
He has a glass body and has to miss more than ten or twenty games almost every season.
In such a game where no interests were involved, he still planned to rest.
Curry, on the other hand, said directly without hesitation: "I would like to work with Wang Yi for a few more minutes. There are not many opportunities to fight alongside him."
So D'Antoni nodded and then brought on a few substitutes.
At this time, the lineup of Wang Yi’s team is:
Wang Yi, Morant, Curry, Edwards and Teacher Yue.
This is a typical lineup of one big and four small.
The teacher can be a pivot in the middle, and others can move around the teacher.
At this time, Durant's team still has all their main players.
Harden, Durant, Embiid, Antetokounmpo and Irving.
The audience saw that the Kings had replaced James and Paul's thick eyebrows, and they were a little dissatisfied.
Replacing the three main players at such an important moment made them feel a little unhappy.
But as the coach of the Kings, D'Antoni always has to think about the Kings' future games. It is impossible for one exhibition game to consume too much of his two main players.
At this time, Wang Yi and Durant have been staying outside the three-point line. Both of them are huge three-point threats, so they have to attract a lot of defensive energy from the other side.
As a result, Durant's team will have an empty defense inside, and then the impactful Morant and Ai Huazi will have a chance.
They handed the first ball to Wang Yi.
After receiving the ball, Wang Yi did not go inside. Instead, he turned his back to the basket and moved directly towards the midline. This surprised everyone.
After Wang Yi came to the center circle, he suddenly turned around and made a standard jump shot from the center circle.
The basketball drew a long arc and then plunged into the basket.
Another three points for the logo!
James stood up on the sidelines and made a three-point gesture with his hands.
He shouted: "This is the king, he is the king, this is his home court! He is the king of the world!"
Looking back, Durant on the opposite side also shot a three-pointer with the help of Antetokounmpo's screen.
Looking back, Wang Yi attracted two double-teams and then passed to Curry, who also made a logo three-point shot.
If these two are on the same team, they are almost invincible.
Durant took the next shot. Bu Zhongwang launched a fast break.
But after reaching the three-point line, Wang Yi took the ball at the top of the arc and performed a three-point fake.
Antetokounmpo quickly came back to defend and stopped in front of Wang Yi.
But at this time, Wang Yi conveniently passed the ball to Morant, who was about to leave in the middle.
After Morant got the ball, he faced Embiid who came to defend him from the middle.
Embiid stood outside the reasonable collision line and had already stood still.
He tried to draw an offensive foul on Morant.
Morant is also a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.
Facing Embiid, he landed with both feet, then suddenly rose up and hit a shocking dunk directly across from Embiid.
During this dunk, his legs did not spread apart.
If they are separated, it seems that they can surpass Embiid.
This dunk instantly ignited the audience.
The scene was even more explosive than when Wang Yi dunked before.
Such explosive dunks are very common for Wang Yi, but when it comes to Morant, it is very shocking.
This is Wang Yi's current difficulty. In many cases, his dunks are much more difficult than other players, but he gets less applause than other players.
The same difficulty is faced by other players, that is a shocking dunk;
If you put it on him, it's a routine operation.
Chapter completed!