Chapter 343 342. Is it so great to partner with Zhang San?

James and Wade use pick-and-roll to attack, and the opponent has to expand out to block it. Bosh's mid-range shot is good enough to contain the opponent. Tianzun can do everything on the offensive end. The space on the court created by these people is like a playground for Zhang Yang!

When the Western team attacked, Roy received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt, wanting to return the ball to Iverson.

In the last round, he initiated the attack with the ball because he had just come on and Iverson took the initiative to attack him. He was a man who knew how to handle things and had no intention of stealing the ball from a senior who had entered the NBA 10 years earlier than him.

But Iverson waved his hand and took the initiative to stand at the left baseline.

Seeing this, old rival Kobe clapped his hands, signaled Roy to play, then waved to Stoudemire and started moving along the baseline.

When Stoudemire saw Kobe's gesture, he was a little stunned - isn't this the tactical gesture that Raja Bell makes when he is about to set a wing screen?

But he immediately started moving in coordination with Kobe's running position.

Both big guys asked him to come, and Roy was no longer modest. It was the All-Star Game, and he was eager to show off his abilities, and excitedly made a singles breakthrough!

Kobe slipped out from the baseline and attracted part of the defense with Stoudemire's off-ball screen. Gasol's high-post support in the last round also made the Eastern team feel wary. Roy broke through to close range and attracted help defense before lobbing the ball... Iverson cut in from the baseline, jumped high, and scored two points with an alley-oop slam dunk!

It was the East team's turn to attack. As soon as Zhang Yang arrived at the frontcourt, he noticed the changes in the opponent's defense. It seemed that they were preparing to target him?

Just after Zhang Yang dunked over Stoudemire in the last round, Kobe told his teammates as he retreated: "If you want to defend Jack, you must firmly double-team and cut off the pass. Don't waver, or you will end up doing nothing well."

They defended very badly in the last round. They wanted to block Zhang Yang and defend against James and Wade's pick-and-roll, but they failed to defend anything well.

防守摇摆不定的原因——张杨开局3投2中、其中三分球1中1、加上2中2的罚球拿到7分，只用了4分钟时间。

This reminded the Western Conference players of last year's All-Star Rookie Game.

Zhang Yang’s scoring environment is too similar.

The Western Conference All-Star team is definitely much stronger in defense than last year's Western Conference Rookie Team, even if they didn't send out the strongest defensive combination. However, Zhang Yang's personal ability has also improved qualitatively compared to last year.

The All-Star players of the Western Conference team, who only play against Zhang Yang once every one or two months during the season, feel this deeply. In their impression, every time they meet Zhang Yang on the court, they see a new version of him.

Moreover, the containment and threat of the Eastern Conference players are not comparable to those of last year's Eastern Conference sophomore team.

Even the most talked-about point guard group of the sophomore team was not as good as James, Wade, Billups, Hinrich and others on the bench in terms of passing ability and experience.

The most headache-inducing point for the Western team players is that Zhang Yang plays without the ball, and the other players on the Eastern team don't have to pass the ball to him. From a tactical point of view, the team cooperation is really centered around Wade.

After Kobe made the on-the-spot instructions, the Western team players firmly united in their defensive goal - they could no longer let Zhang Yang easily run and score!

Zhang Yang, who has a strong ability to read defense, saw through the opponent's defensive changes at a glance.

He did not linger on the wonderful feeling of getting 4 points with 3 of 9 shots at the start. When James and Wade launched a pick-and-roll attack, he ran at full speed toward a 45-degree angle on the left, stopped suddenly, and turned toward the top arc.

Roy couldn't keep up with Zhang Yang's speed, Iverson let go of James and switched defense, James rushed into the inside, received the pass from Wade, and flew into the basket!
Kobe was in a bad mood when he saw Zhang Yang switching so smoothly from running to looking for scoring opportunities to running to pull the defense.

Nash, Kidd, Ginobili, Iverson... and others saw that Zhang Yang's playing style was similar to theirs, and they thought - wow, this kid is like me.

What Kobe was thinking was: This bastard is learning from me!

The main reason is that Zhang Yang plays this style better than him, not because of his personal ability, but because of his level of commitment.

This season, everyone feels that Kobe plays more reasonably, but he still loses his cool occasionally. If he scores as well as Zhang Yang did tonight, he will definitely keep shooting, even if the opponent starts to target him. This is one of the few things he has been criticized for and attacked by haters this season. Zhang Yang switched his style so decisively... Kobe felt like this bastard was scolding him in person.

When the Western team attacked, Roy made a sudden pass, Kobe received the ball and passed it again, Gasol made an outside pick-and-roll for Stoudemire as an inside player in the high position, and Stoudemire received the ball, turned around and made a mid-range shot!
After scoring in three consecutive rounds, Iverson excitedly shouted to Kobe as he retreated: "The five of us can average 5 points per game!"

Kobe: "150 points!"

Roy: "..."

Little Overlord and Sister-in-law: Please don’t bring us along if you want to brag, we can’t play for 48 minutes!

But the three of them also felt that the five of them were a perfect match.

Roy, Kobe, and Gasol, when Kobe plays without the ball, the three of them have a natural understanding of cooperation. If you only look at the offense, the three of them are not inferior to Kidd, Kobe, and Garnett.

Kidd is a better passer than Roy, but Roy can initiate offense independently and has a wider shooting range than Kidd.

Gasol is not as good as Garnett in cutting into the basket without the ball and playing one-on-one from the outside, but he is quite capable of catching the ball and shooting from mid-range and long-range. His supporting ability is almost the same, and he is a greater threat in one-on-one situations in the low post.

As for the supporting players, this trio is countless times better than that trio. Iverson and Stoudemire can both make mid-range shots and cut into the basket. The two can switch roles according to actual needs. Stoudemire is also the league's top off-ball screen executor, and both of them are superstars, and the threat they pose individually is the best in the league.

The five of them played a triangle offense together, which was even more cheeky than OK. The offensive firepower they brought was like the Lakers plus Promax version.

The ability to work together has something to do with the changes in Kobe and Iverson's playing styles, and the fact that they are only playing this one game tonight.

If they were in their past, they would definitely try to see if they could defeat the entire opposing team by themselves.

But now, Kobe is playing a reasonable game this season. Seeing Zhang Yang playing so reasonably, he wants to be the best in everything, so he wants to compete in this matter as well.

Iverson had already become the club's second scoring point. After realizing that his team was not as well prepared as the opponent and was suppressed for half a quarter, he took the initiative to start the cooperation mode.

The Zen Master's ability in personnel matching, tactical coordination, and controlling players' ideas was fully demonstrated in this wave of rotations, and he single-handedly eliminated the disadvantages in tactical preparation.

However, in the Zen Master's vision, they should play to their advantage at this time, because he applied his understanding of Kobe to Zhang Yang, and felt that Zhang Yang should start to attack fiercely. After all, he is a player who can score 80+ in the rookie game and 60+ in the regular season.

He also believed that Kobe would take the initiative to direct his teammates to adjust their defense, and Kobe did so.

However, if the team can play a good team offense, Zhang Yang will devote all his energy to the team offense and cooperate well with his teammates. This is what he has been praised for since his rookie season, and this style of play was demonstrated again tonight.

With the assistance of Zhang Yang, the James-Wade combination led the Eastern Team to fight back and forth with the Western Team!
The James-Wade combination is a match made in heaven as long as one of them is willing to play second fiddle, and their impact is unparalleled in the league.

Bosh's mid-range shooting ability is comparable to Garnett, and Rasheed Wallace's long-range shooting ability is also good.

The main reason is that there is Zhang Yang, a versatile player who can run, catch the ball and shoot, and can also serve as a supporting player. Moreover, when the team's offense is unable to open up, the ball can be given directly to Zhang Yang, who can easily beat Iverson and Roy in singles.

If Kobe goes to defend Zhang Yang, James can just rush forward.

At 9 minutes and 58 seconds in the first quarter, Zhang Yang played against Roy and made a quick stop jump shot, the score came to 35 to 31. The Eastern team widened the gap to 4 points, and the Zen Master called a timeout!
The team had a certain advantage, but it was not big. The Zen Master felt a little regretful, but there was nothing he could do. The youngest player in the league played too maturely. He couldn't help but wonder if Kobe was as mature... but he didn't dare to think about it.

But you can imagine that in another six or seven years, when Zhang Yang's second contract expires, Charlotte will not be able to keep this big Buddha...

On the other side, KING, who was replaced, was reluctant to leave - it turns out that it is so cool to partner with Zhang San!

(End of this chapter)