After Zhao Feiyang scored consecutively, the attitude of the Eastern All-Star players on the field towards him changed a lot.
Kyle Lowry, in particular, not only defended harder than before, but also lost his previous contemptuous attitude.
The Western All-Star team's offense continues.
Zhao Feiyang held the ball and organized an attack at the top of the arc, but his teammates seemed to have little reaction.
The replaced James Harden, LaMarcus Aldridge and others barely moved. They just stood there waiting for the pass and made no move to cover.
"what's the situation?"
Zhao Feiyang was wondering when he suddenly realized what Jimmy Butler said, and he immediately understood.
Of course, it is impossible for stars to show such submissiveness when facing those they think are inferior to them.
Especially in the NBA world, everyone has struggled from the bottom and believes in the "law of the jungle", so naturally these things are particularly important.
His teammates did not move, and Zhao Feiyang was not in a hurry, but pretended to pass the ball and actually pulled away.
When he got some distance away, he suddenly raised the basketball and shot a three-pointer.
Uh-huh.
Jimmy Butler rushed at him immediately, but still couldn't stop him from making this shot.
There were exclamations outside the venue.
Zhao Feiyang's three-pointer obviously surprised his teammates on the court.
Of course, it was just a surprise.
Soon the Eastern All-Stars struck back.
Jimmy Butler held the ball through halftime and then made a wonderful pass to Chris Bosh. Chris Bosh took advantage of the vacancy under the basket and threw the ball first.
As soon as the ball was scored, Zhao Feiyang signaled LaMarcus Aldridge, who was closest to the basket, to serve for a fast break counterattack.
He waved and ran wildly towards the half court.
If this ball is passed, it will be another wonderful sneak attack.
However, even though LaMarcus Aldridge saw Zhao Feiyang's signal, he still didn't make any long pass.
boom.
Standing under the basket, he just calmly threw the ball into the hands of James Harden.
"Holy crap! What are you doing?"
"Such a great opportunity..."
Zhao Feiyang was speechless about this.
Soon, James Harden came over half court with the ball.
After reaching the three-point line, he started to dribble and shake. John Wall wanted to challenge him, so he stretched out his hand to interfere with his movements.
The two met each other, and James Harden suddenly changed direction and shook John Wall away.
After shaking away, he took the ball and broke through into the penalty area. When he was about to take action, Pau Gasol stretched out his hands to interfere with his shot.
boom.
The ball thrown by James Harden failed to score and hit the basket.
Inside players from both sides went up to grab rebounds.
Both sides jumped up and shot at the same time, and the basketball fell out, landing right on Zhao Feiyang's side on the wing. Jimmy Butler was also beside Zhao Feiyang at this time. When the two of them saw the basketball falling, they jumped up and took action immediately.
Jimmy Butler even had to jump one step ahead of Zhao Feiyang, but Zhao Feiyang was faster than him and snatched the ball away the moment Jimmy Butler was about to touch the basketball.
Snapped.
Zhao Feiyang, who won the rebound, did not rush to take action, but dribbled to the top of the arc and tried to organize the team's offense to play again.
As before, no players reacted this time. Whether it was James Harden or LaMarcus Aldridge, these players did not react much.
Zhao Feiyang felt quite unhappy, so he simply raised the basketball and shot another three-pointer.
This time Jimmy Butler was on guard and pounced on Zhao Feiyang the moment he jumped up. After a moment, his hand hit Zhao Feiyang's palm, and the basketball still fell steadily into the basket.
call out.
The referee whistle sounded.
Three plus one.
The fans outside the stadium almost went crazy.
"nice shot."
"Well done!"
Zhao Feiyang, who made this shot, looked more energetic, especially when he looked at James Harden and LaMarcus Aldridge again, he looked more confident than before.
"You're not coming to pick me up, are you?"
"Okay...then I'll keep shooting...I can throw the ball in anyway..."
Zhao Feiyang stood on the free throw line, received the referee's pass, and easily made the layup.
After this goal was scored, the point difference between the Western All-Stars and the Eastern All-Stars was reduced to 5 points.
More than a minute later, the Western All-Stars attacked again.
Zhao Feiyang advanced with the ball. This time, other players reacted just after halftime. James Harden came around from the wing to respond, and LaMarcus Aldridge on the inside also tried to move up to the high post for cover.
Zhao Feiyang was very satisfied with their actions.
He first signaled James Harden to come in to respond. After the opponent covered from the side, Zhao Feiyang first attracted double-teams and then quickly handed the ball into his hands with a hit pass.
James Harden entered the basket and was marked by two players when he reached the penalty area. At the critical moment, LaMarcus Aldridge came up to cover, and James Harden pretended to take a shot, but actually threw the ball with an alley-oop.
boom.
LaMarcus Aldridge received the basketball and dunked successfully.
"Good job man!"
James Harden and LaMarcus Aldridge are happy.
The two of them even took the initiative to exchange hands with Zhao Feiyang when they ran across half the court.
Although it was just a small cooperation, from this moment on, the two people's views on Zhao Feiyang did change a lot.
The third quarter quickly came to an end.
With less than 3 minutes left in the game, Zhao Feiyang was replaced by head coach Steve Kerr.
The Western All-Star team finally tied the score at this time, and the two sides scored 100-100.
Beep.
A few minutes later, the third quarter officially ended, and both sides went off to rest again.
The host and guests responsible for the on-site commentary also began to discuss the players' data, and discussed with the fans in front of the TV who was the most likely candidate to become the All-Star Game MVP.
"Let's take a look at the statistics of the Eastern Conference first. The top scorer is LeBron James, who scored 26 points and 7 assists. Then there is Carmelo Anthony, the protagonist of New York, who scored 16 points. This data It doesn’t look too good…”
"John Wall is the second-highest scorer. He currently has 19 points and 7 assists... There is still a gap between him and LeBron James..."
"In the West, Russell Westbrook currently scores the most points. He came on as a substitute and now has 29 points, followed by James Harden. He now has 21 points, 6 rebounds and 6 steals. Data, LaMarcus Aldridge scored 18 points..."
"Oh, we also forgot about a guy, yes, it is Zhao from China... He scored 28 points, only one point less than Russell Westbrook... ..This guy's performance is really surprising..."
"If the Western Conference wins the final victory, it is indeed possible for Zhao to become the MVP..."
