Du En knew that O'Neill was trying to persuade him, but at this time, he might as well agree first.
After all, this deal is a guaranteed profit.
"Shaq, who of us is following whom? We are brothers! As long as you ask, I will definitely help you with this!"
Du En said while patting his chest, and then patted O'Neal's thigh to signal him to relax.
There are a total of 12 players in the Western Conference All-Stars. Duane is the starter and O'Neal is the substitute. The time between the two should only last six or seven minutes in the entire game.
What Dunn can do for O'Neal is very limited. The only thing he can do is pass the ball to O'Neal during this time on the court together.
Originally, Du En had been specializing in this skill in the past two months.
As long as you don't have an idea about the MVP of the All-Star Game, then the data of the All-Star Game is irrelevant!
In this case, it doesn't matter much if Duane shares his ball rights with O'Neal. He can only say that one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer.
Besides, Yao Ming and O'Neal are starters and substitutes. They will not be on the court at the same time. Duen does not need to face the multiple-choice question of passing the ball to both of them at the same time.
Now that Yao Ming has scored 14 points, Francis will still be feeding Yao Ming the ball in the next three quarters.
Even if Du En no longer passes the ball to Yao Ming, Yao Ming will score 20 or 30 points in the entire game.
If Yao Ming can score 30+10 gorgeous statistics, even if Duan tries his best to pass the ball to O'Neal, it will be difficult for O'Neal to steal the All-Star MVP from Yao Ming.
Unless O'Neal changes his mind and doesn't want to win the game if he is not the MVP, he will hand over the victory to the Eastern All-Star team.
Otherwise, Yao Ming will not be able to win the All-Star MVP tonight. It is only possible that he does not want to work too hard and compete with O'Neal for the All-Star MVP.
If that were the case, it would be impossible for Doon to wink at the blind man.
After understanding this, Du En no longer paid attention to the situation on the field.
Instead, he began to boldly imagine that in the second half of the regular season after the All-Star weekend, he would use O'Neal's prestige in the locker room and use chicken feathers as arrows to give orders, and gradually try out the leadership ability brought by Kidd's template.
The Lakers, who have an F4 lineup, have a strong ability to protect themselves. If Kobe doesn't cause trouble, Duane, who has the ball, can do more things in the triangle offensive system without worrying about problems with the team's record.
If a superstar or super giant wants to win the championship, he usually needs one or more tactical systems.
If you don't want to become a mercenary, you must tailor a system that is more suitable for your performance.
Du En has no other choice. The only tactical system he currently has is the triangle attack.
However, the triangle offensive system is really awesome.
Whether Duen is playing as a pivot and holding the ball now, providing a starting point for the OK combination, or he will become the end point of the triangle offensive system in the future.
This tactical system can bring a lot of help to Du En.
Kidd can be a coach after retiring, and his level is not bad. He discovered Antetokounmpo and led the Mavericks to the Western Conference Finals.
With the help of Kidd's template, Doon can also completely understand the triangle offense and transform it into his own tactics.
By then, Duen will become the absolute core of his own system.
Whether you stay with the Lakers or leave for the next superstar, you can be prepared.
"Brother, were you scared by Shaq's dunk? That's right, the person standing in front of you is Superman Shaq. Shaq comes from Krypton!"
O'Neill's voice came to his ears, and Du En came back to his senses.
He scratched his head and looked around, only to realize that the first quarter had just ended and O'Neal and other All-Star substitutes had just returned to the bench from the court.
During the inter-quarter break, Sanders briefly arranged the lineup for the second quarter, and then said nothing more.
Because there are seven All-Star substitutes, two All-Star substitutes who did not get playing time in the first quarter will play in the first half of the second quarter along with the three All-Star starters.
Kirilenko and Nowitzki are the two "redundant" Western Conference All-Star substitutes.
Next, he will cooperate with Francis, Kobe and Yao Ming to appear in the first half of the second quarter.
This also means that in the second half of the second quarter, Duane will be on the court with O'Neal.
O'Neal had guessed this a long time ago, so when the game came to rest, he immediately got close to Du En and tried to please Du En in every possible way.
After the first quarter of the game, O'Neal made 3 of 4 shots and scored 6 points and 3 rebounds.
Because no one was feeding him, O'Neal could only take the ball in the low post and play post-up singles, and then mostly ended with hooks and rebounds.
After all, the opponent didn't defend hard, but he was standing under the basket. O'Neal couldn't have thoughtlessly squeezed to the basket with brute force, and then dunked hard on his head.
To some extent, the first three quarters of the All-Star game were not suitable for O'Neal.
If O'Neal wants to get better data, he really needs help from Duane.
Time passed quickly. After the official timeout in the second quarter, Duan and O'Neal began to prepare and play together.
"Duen, don't forget the agreement between us!"
Seeing that Yao Ming made 10 of 12 shots in the first half and scored 20 points and 5 rebounds, O'Neal couldn't help but give Duan another instruction before going on the court.
Du En said angrily: "I am the boss now, Shaq, just obey me!"
O'Neal was immediately deflated upon hearing this. He had indeed promised to support Du En as the Lakers boss. It was understandable for Du En to say so.
Moreover, O'Neill also knew that Duen might have felt that he was a little annoyed, so he chose to obey orders and shut up.
After returning to the court, Duan just like O'Neal agreed before, as long as he got the ball in the frontcourt, he would break through with the ball, find O'Neal under the basket, and pass the ball to O'Neal.
With the help of Duan, O'Neal finally found the opportunity to show off the shark splash in the All-Star Game.
The Eastern All-Star team's basket was shaky for a time, and the fans at the scene were worried that the basket would be overwhelmed and destroyed by O'Neal in one fell swoop.
Ben, who was under the basket, felt a little numb. He faced Yao Ming in the first quarter, O'Neal in the second quarter...
Daben, who was questioned about his life, thought deeply: "Am I here to participate in the All-Star Game, or am I here to suffer?"
Fortunately, Ben's defense against O'Neal only lasted half of the game.
O'Neal scored 8 points in a big way, and then returned to the bench triumphantly.
After the first half, O'Neal had 14 points and 7 rebounds, and Yao Ming had 20 points and 5 rebounds.
Although there is a big gap between the two figures, O'Neal feels that since this is the Staples Center, there is still a bit of home court advantage in selecting the All-Star Game MVP.
And because the Western Conference All-Stars took an 8-point lead in the first half and continued to play, O'Neal felt that the hope of winning the All-Star MVP was naturally getting bigger and bigger.
Coincidentally, during halftime, O'Neal heard the conversation between Sanders and Yao Ming.
Yao Ming said that he was not ready to continue playing after 6 minutes of the third quarter.
This is exactly what O'Neal wanted. If Yao Ming insists on playing in the fourth quarter, it will be more difficult to achieve a lead in statistics.
However, Yao Ming's performance in the third quarter was somewhat beyond O'Neal's expectations.
With Francis' full support, Yao Ming made 5 of 6 shots, 10 points and 2 rebounds.
In other words, even though Yao Ming only played 18 minutes in this game and stopped playing for the next quarter and a half, he still made 15 of 18 shots, 30 points and 7 rebounds.
As long as the Western Conference All-Stars win and Yao Ming wins the MVP with this data, it will definitely be more than enough.
Although Yao Ming's influence in this game is indeed not great, we have to admit that basketball is a game where the team that scores more points wins!
O'Neal came back on the stage with an uneasy mood, but Duan quickly stuffed the cake into O'Neal's mouth.
With O'Neal's talent, even if he was a little distracted, he still subconsciously made coherent movements and dunked the ball into the basket.
Then Ben was confused: "Why did O'Neal use so much strength?
I didn't use any force to defend myself? Who made him angry?
No, why am I the one who got hurt again? "
After instinctively completing the dunk, O'Neal came to his senses and realized that he had returned to the court and was charging towards the All-Star MVP.
At this point, it is naturally impossible for O'Neal to give up winning this game and giving up his pursuit of the All-Star MVP.
The other Western Conference All-Star players are not fools, and they quickly guessed the reason why O'Neal is so motivated and trying his best.
However, they did not pass the ball to O'Neal because they sympathized with O'Neal and served as Yao Ming's substitute for two years during his peak period.
Originally, the All-Star game was just a show. Everyone wanted to collect statistics and needed the ball.
O'Neal and the Lakers are once again the big demons that prevent them from breaking out of the Western Conference and winning the championship.
So at this time, no one lends a helping hand to O'Neal.
By the time the third quarter ended, O'Neal, with the help of Duan, had only scored a near-double-double of 21 points and 9 rebounds.
Although O'Neal still has a chance to catch up with Yao Ming, there is only half a quarter of game time left for O'Neal.
Unfortunately, this half of the game is still the All-Star Game, the half of the quarter where the defense is toughest with real swords and guns.
"Philip, put Kobe and Duane in the second half of the fourth quarter, and come out with me!"
During the break, O'Neal could only go to Sanders for help.
At this time, Garnett took the initiative to stand up: "Tim and I will play the first half of the quarter, and leave the second half to Shaq and the others!"
Due to unspoken rules, Garnett cannot win the All-Star MVP, so he has no idea about the All-Star MVP tonight.
So I wanted to finish the game early and go back to rest, so I brought along my old rival Duncan and asked him to play center for 6 minutes.
Duncan has no objection to this, so the starting list and substitute list for the fourth quarter are basically determined.
Starting: Francis, Ray Allen, Kirilenko, Garnett, Duncan.
Substitutes: Cassell, Kobe, Duane, Nowitzki, O'Neal.
The starting lineup of the Western Conference All-Stars in the fourth quarter. Although the defense of the back line was average, Kirilenko and Garnett's assisting defense directly turned the wings and the front of the penalty area into no man's land.
In addition, Duncan is sitting under the basket, and this is a no-man's land plus a no-fly zone, an iron wall!
Baron Davis, who had just won the skills competition, saw this scene, dribbled the ball past half court, and handed the ball to Michael Reed.
Reed approached his big brother Ray Allen to discuss his skills. Although he hit a few, under Ray Allen's defense, his three-point shooting rate was relatively average, only 2 of 5.
Pierce also had a try, but under Kirilenko's defense, the ball in his hand was almost taken away.
As a result, O'Neal had to hold the ball and beat Garnett in isolation, but he didn't want to shoot an inefficient 1-for-3 shooting rate.
It was also through the first half of the fourth quarter that they consolidated their advantage. Before the second half of the fourth quarter started, the Western Conference All-Stars already had a 10-point lead.
After Duane and others came on the court, the most unexpected thing was that Kobe rushed to the basket and fed O'Neal the ball as soon as he came up.
Although O'Neal didn't know why Kobe Bryant suddenly changed his mind, he didn't dwell on it. When he got the ball, he attacked the basket hard and strived to overtake Yao Ming in statistics.
In Dunn's view, O'Neal actually bought Kobe over at some point!
"Is O'Neal trying to kill three people with two peach and telling Kobe what he said to me before?"
In Duan's opinion, if O'Neal hadn't used his position as the boss to fool Kobe, it would have been impossible for Kobe to take the initiative to help O'Neal.
When this unexpected situation occurred, Du En didn't know what to do.
If you continue to follow the previous agreement, it seems that you will be deceived by O'Neal!
Yao Ming is also the symbol of men's basketball. As a Chinese player, Du En still hopes that Yao Ming can win an All-Star MVP.
Unwilling to be at the mercy of O'Neal, Duan pretended to rush to the basket after getting the ball, and his pass was slightly deflected.
O'Neal did not catch the ball, Duan made a pass error, and Jamal Magloire stole the ball instead.
No one present felt that there was anything wrong with Duan. After all, there was indeed a risk of a passing error when passing in a crowd.
Not to mention, Duan didn't take the initiative to attack tonight. He was either passing the ball to Yao Ming or O'Neal.
Judging from Du En's data column - 0 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, we know that Du En is not a player who cares about statistics...
Originally, in the second half of the fourth quarter, Duan only had the ball two or three times.
The fourth quarter was another critical moment. Kobe saw that O'Neal's scoring data was still worse than Yao Ming's, and he was worried about O'Neal, so he took the initiative to find Cassel to get the ball.
Du En couldn't touch the ball, so he just happened to be playing soy sauce on the side.
While playing, Du En suddenly discovered that McGrady, who was facing him, seemed to be paddling too.
It just so happened that the two of them took a walk together in the corner where no one was paying attention.
I don’t know where Du En attracted McGrady’s interest, but McGrady actually took the initiative to ask Du En for his contact information.
"This is Shaq's place!"
With O'Neal's dunk and roar, the Los Angeles All-Star game came to an end.
132 to 139, with a 7-point advantage, the Western All-Stars defeated the Eastern All-Stars and became the winners of the All-Star Game.
The real big winners are the backbone of the Western Conference All-Stars - Shaquille O'Neal and Yao Ming!
Stern, the little old man, was very mean. He only read out O'Neal's name at first, then paused, looked around at other people's reactions, and then read out Yao Ming's name.
Hearing the boos from the Los Angeles fans at the scene, Stern, instead of paying attention, grinned.
Obviously, Yao Ming's name was forcibly added by Stern.
Stern has been promoting NBA globalization and focusing on the development of the Chinese market.
All-Star MVP has both commercial and entertainment attributes, and there have been cases of double-yolked eggs before.
As early as four years ago, O'Neal and Duncan received the All-Star MVP trophy together.
What does it matter if O'Neal, the double-yolk All-Star MVP, goes through the same experience again this year?
In terms of statistics alone, O'Neal only had 29 points and 12 rebounds!
If Yao Ming hadn't voluntarily given up playing time in the fourth quarter, he wouldn't have only had 30 points and 7 rebounds.
Because he got the All-Star MVP as he wished, O'Neal, who guessed the truth, didn't make a fuss. Instead, he and Yao Ming hugged each other enthusiastically and celebrated each other.
While the All-Star MVP Award Ceremony was filled with joy, in a corner where no one cared, McGrady took Du En, whom he had just met, to chat...
If he hadn't known that McGrady and Francis would swap clubs during the offseason, and also knew that McGrady was about to suffer from injuries, Duane would have been interested in chatting with McGrady for a while.
It can only be said that not everyone is qualified to call Du En a brother.
In the end, Du En only exchanged contact information with Maddie, treating them as multiple friends with multiple paths.
(End of chapter)
