Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

Chapter 370 All-Star Weekend! Tied with Hawks legend Bob Pettit, Adu won the AMVP for the second time!

In the second quarter, Lu Yong sent Rose, Dort, Oubre, Porzingis, and Claxton.

Porzingis rested for more than 4 minutes in the first quarter and came back to bring substitutes. The inside can crush the SuperSonics.

Lu Yong continued to try lineup combinations during the regular season and found that this bench lineup was very strong, with two frame protectors inside.

At the small forward position, Oubre can not only shoot three-pointers, but also rush in to cause damage without worrying about becoming a defensive vulnerability.

Not to mention the two players on the back line, Rose is a strong contender for the best sixth man. Dort's 3D attributes are suitable for any lineup without any sense of incompatibility.

In this quarter, Dort performed perfectly except for throwing the ball out of the sideline during a fast break. He hit two three-pointers from the corner and scored 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal.

The Sonics' two substitute perimeter players, Diallo and Burton, were neither very good. They couldn't attack and couldn't defend. They relied on playing hard and were beaten by the Nets, which had diverse tactics.

Deonte Burton is a tonnage outside line. He is 1 meters tall and weighs 96 kilograms. If he uses it well, he is an excellent human shield. If he doesn't use it well, he will be a liability on the defensive end.

If Donovan lets him play the fourth position, it will improve the mobility of the lineup. He is a bit short, but he can't be stretched to the outside to get the basket, and he can hit people in the low post.

But Donovan arranged for him to play small forward to defend Oubre, and the result is self-evident. Oubre made a sudden outside shot and quickly destroyed this matchup.

To put it bluntly, the current Sonics can only do a lot of damage.

Ubre was passed over again and again in pick-and-roll defense, and his 113-kilogram weight did not play any role. Instead, it became a targeted weakness.

In the second half, in order to catch up with the score, Donovan did not send Adams to play. He directly let the space-based insider Muscala play as the starting center and put five offensive players on the court.

Lu Yong was not polite to Donovan. Cousins, Porzingis, Durant, LeVert, and Brunson continued to play, and the offense completely crushed the Sonics.

If he continues to play like this, it will be really difficult for Durant to score a high score of 60+. In addition to his own touch, he and his opponents must also meet multiple conditions.

At the end of halftime, the Nets led 73 to 52 and the game was unplayable.

The Nets led 107 to 79 and the game entered garbage time.

Of course, the best performer was not Ding, but Vincent. He scored 10 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists in a single quarter, driving the team's offense.

小丁这节爆发，登场后4投4中，用100%命中率贡献9分2篮板。

Lu Yong originally thought that the SuperSonics were suitable for Adu to score points, but now he found that it was not possible if his opponent was too weak, and he often clocked out in the third quarter.

Before Alexander grew up, no one outside the world was optimistic that the SuperSonics would be a championship team.

If he is too harsh on the Sonics, tomorrow's news will probably not say anything good about him, and they will say that he, Seattle's meritorious coach, is ungrateful.

In the last quarter, Lu Yong was not allowed to start again. He had to give some face to his old club. Even for the sake of Seattle fans, it was hard to let Adu continue to play.

这节杜兰特得了11分，三节29分6篮板11助攻2抢断，考辛斯三节24分10篮板4助攻1盖帽，两人都只打了不到30分钟。

Paul was very aggressive when he led the team, but when they encountered a team with stronger offensive firepower, they could only be beaten passively.

Both sides sent fringe players, and the SuperSonics kept "Little Black" Schroeder to lead the substitutes, but they were still beaten out of breath.

The SuperSonics' lineup is barely capable of making the playoffs, but that's about it.

There is nothing Lu Yong can do. These five people on the court are already the most marginalized lineup of the Nets, Vincent, Dort, Ding Yanyuhang, Caleb Martin, and Claxton.

The result is that these five people are still chasing the Supersonics.

The SuperSonics substitutes are a group of blue-collars who attack weak chickens. Positional battles rely entirely on Schroeder's personal singles, with average efficiency.

At the end, 135 to 98, the Nets won the away game by 37 points.

Scored high scores in regular time, and the starting time was not very long. Even Adu played less than 30 minutes.

The Nets who shined in Seattle made headlines that night, and the team's strength was once again touted by the media.

After the game, both the Nets' coaches and players attributed their victory to a good touch, leaving a fig leaf for the SuperSonics.

When talking about the outstanding performance of the fringe lineup in the final quarter, Lu Yong smiled: "This is why we are invincible this year. There are too many potential players in the team, and they all have specialties that cannot be replaced by others. Just like Vincent, he Not only can he be a spot-up shooter without the ball, but he can also initiate offense with the ball if necessary, but because the rotation is too deep, he can only be a marginal player on the team."

"There is also Ding Yanyuhang. As long as he is given appropriate tactics, he has been performing very well. However, he does not have many opportunities in the Nets. For the time being, he can only learn behind his teammates."

While praising Vincent, Lu Yong also did not forget to bring Xiao Ding with him.

If nothing happens, just praise him in front of the camera, which can be regarded as paving the way for Xiao Ding.

As for how far he can go in the future, it depends on Xiaoding's own efforts and talent. With his status as a Nets champion, at least he doesn't have to worry about his next contract.

The next day, the NBA released the latest strength rankings. The Nets topped the list with a record of 46 wins and 3 losses.

The Bucks ranked second with 41 wins and 9 losses, and the Lakers ranked third with 40 wins and 10 losses.

When Lu Yong first became the coach, the league was still strong in the west and weak in the east. This phenomenon lasted for many years. Even if Lu Yong later led the 76ers to win the championship, the overall strength of the west was still stronger than that of the east.

It wasn't until Lu Yong coached the Knicks to establish a dynasty that the gap in strength between the east and the west gradually changed, causing a large number of eastern stars to move to the west and find it impossible to survive against Lu Yong.

Now that Lu Yong has settled in the Nets, he has been in the Eastern Conference for many years and almost single-handedly broke the backbone of the strong Western Conference teams. Only this summer did fans finally see a glimmer of hope for the Western Conference championship.

But as the Nets used unreasonable offense to defeat strong opponents in a row, neutral fans became desperate again and could not see the possibility of sniping the Nets.

Two of the top three teams in the rankings are from the Eastern Conference. Among them, the Lakers, who are first in the Western Conference, can only be ranked third. This is undoubtedly the straw that breaks the camel's back. The future of the Western Conference is dark.

What's even more sad is that the fourth place is still the Eastern Conference team Raptors, and the Clippers can be ranked fifth after being defeated by the Nets.

The Clippers' current championship prospects are not as good as before the start of the season. The main problem is that Paul George is a ghost. It is not easy to expect him to team up with Kawhi to win the championship.

In the West, the Clippers are not as competitive as the Lakers.

At least the Lakers still played back and forth with the Nets in the regular season, while the Clippers lost cleanly. Ballmer, the new Clippers boss, was heartbroken. He spent a lot of money but still couldn't compete with the Nets.

The Clippers are going to change this summer. The wealthy Ballmer will definitely not give up on strengthening. In the next few years, his team will be a stumbling block in the Nets' championship.

Before the All-Star Weekend, the Nets had another winning streak. The only playoff teams they encountered were the Magic and the Pacers. With a half-season record of 50 wins and 3 losses, the Nets ushered in the All-Star Weekend in Chicago.

Durant undoubtedly became the top vote-getter in the Eastern Conference. During the selection process, three teammates, Porzingis, Mitchell, and Brunson, were selected for his own team.

The Nets have a total of four All-Stars selected this year, including Adu, Porcelain and Mitchell as starters, while Brunson, who is less popular, is a substitute.

The top vote in the Western Conference is still won by LeBron James. He has successively chosen several heroes such as Big Eyebrow, Kawhi Kawhi, Paul, Doncic and Jokic. It seems that he is racing to win this year.

In addition to the All-Stars, rookies Claxton, Caleb Martin and Dort will also participate in the Rookie Challenge. Dunro was invited to participate in the three-point contest and competed with Booker, Hield, Trae Young, Joe Harris, Zach LaVine, Graham and Bertans.

On the 15th, the first day of the All-Star Weekend was the Rookie Challenge, and the three Nets stole the show.

It's just that the person who ushered in a big breakout surprised Lu Yong. It was not first-round pick Claxton or Dort, but Caleb Martin, who didn't have many opportunities to perform in the regular season.

马丁全场出战32分钟，砍下31分7篮板2助攻1盖帽，手感火热的投进7记三分球，快攻反击时还多次上演暴扣。

Under the leadership of Martin, the U.S. team established a double-digit lead in the first half and ultimately defeated the International team 152 to 128.

Martin, who scored 30+ points, was also successfully elected as the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, winning his first personal honor in his career.

Of the three challenges on the next day, the most eye-catching one was the three-point contest.

Although only Dun Luo from the Nets participated, his teammates came to the scene early to cheer, and the atmosphere in the locker room was united to the naked eye.

Hawks guard Trae Young took the lead. He hit 4 goals at the second shooting point, including a flower ball, and scored 5 points.

Unfortunately, Trae Young missed the next three-pointer. He seemed to have lost his rhythm and missed 7 consecutive shots. In the end, he only scored 15 points.

Graham came on the scene for the second time. He looked a little nervous. His first two shooting points were not satisfactory, and he was even worse at shooting from long distances.

However, Graham hit 4 colorful balls at the top of the arc. In the end, Graham scored 18 points.

Hield, who came on the scene next, only scored 3 points in his first two shooting points. It wasn't until Hield hit the green ball on his second long-range three-pointer that he found the feeling. He hit three flower balls at the last colorful ball point and scored 2 points, surpassing Trae Young and Graham. .

Suns star Booker was the fourth to play. He scored 4 points in the first two rounds, and then hit two super long-distance green balls worth 8 points. At the last lottery spot, Booker hit 3 flower balls, with a total score of 3 points, temporarily ranking first, while Trae Young was eliminated early.

Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, Nets youngster Dun Luo took the field for the fifth time. He felt hot and scored 5 points on the first shooting point. But Dun Luo failed to score the two ultra-long-distance green balls. At the last ball point, Dun Luo worked hard and hit 4 balls in a row, with a total score of 5 points, tying Booker.

LaVine, who played behind Dun Luo, was also very popular. He only scored 1 point on the first shooting point, but regained his form on the second shooting point and scored 2 points. On the second ultra-long three-point point and the subsequent colorful ball point, LaVine scored 4 goals in a row and finally scored 2 points.

After that, Bertans and Joha appeared one after another, but due to the changes in the rules of the three-point contest, the results they delivered were unsatisfactory.

原本三分大赛是有5个投篮点，包括4个普通点和1个彩球点，每个普通点包含4个1分球和1个2分球，彩球点则是5个2分球。

This year, the league added two ultra-long-distance green balls to the original basis, which are 6 feet (1.83 meters) away from the three-point line, and each ball is worth 3 points.

这样一来，参加三分球大赛的球员每轮就要投27个球，包括16个1分球，9个2分球和2个3分球，总分达到40分。

Joha and Bertans ran out of energy in the end, scoring 22 points and 18 points respectively, and had no choice but to accept the fate of being eliminated in the first round.

After the first round, the three highest-scoring players Booker, Dunro and LaVine advanced to the finals together.

In the finals, LaVine took the lead. His first two shooting points were average and he scored 6 points. But after that, LaVine hit the green ball and 4 flower balls at the colorful ball point, and finally scored 22 points, which put a certain amount of pressure on Booker and Dunro.

Booker, who came on next, hit 2 goals at the second shooting point and scored 4 points. Then, at the top of the arc, he scored 6 more points and hit the second green ball. Before the final ball point, Booker had already scored 6 points. He hit 2 flower balls and finally scored 20 points, successfully surpassing LaVine.

Dun Luo played in the finale. He hit all the shots on the second shooting point and scored 2 points on the first two shooting points. But unfortunately, Dunro missed two green balls. At the last lottery spot, Dunro hit 9 goals and ended up with 4 points, beating Booker and winning the three-point contest.

When Dun Luo raised the three-point champion trophy high, the fans at the scene burst into violent cheers.

It's not that Dun Luo is popular, but that Chicago fans seem to have witnessed a reincarnation today.

The last time Chicago hosted an All-Star game was in 1988, and that three-point contest was one of the most classic three-point contests in All-Star history. Larry Bird, who won the previous two championships, made bold remarks before the game and said the famous saying "Which of you will finish second?"

As a result, Bird encountered a huge challenge in the final. Before throwing the last three balls, Bird was behind in the score and had to score all the goals to win the championship.

Then he withstood the pressure, hit the first two shots, and confidently shot the last flower ball. Before the ball fell into the net, he had already stretched out his arms and celebrated in advance, achieving three consecutive three-point contest championships. feat.

Unexpectedly, 32 years later, when Chicago hosted the All-Star Games again, the three-point contest once again staged a winning shot.

Lu Yong sat on the sidelines and applauded with the fans. Although the three-point contest was not as entertaining as the slam dunk contest, this year's three-point contest was very exciting, and he, as a coach, is proud of his disciples.

On the last day, the grand finale of the All-Star Game kicked off.

Under Lu Yong's deliberate operation, Durant scored a game-high 38 points, 22 of 15 shots, 11 of 6 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws, which was extremely efficient.

波尔津吉斯11投7中，三分球8中5，没有罚球，得到19分8篮板3助攻，其中首节贡献11分。

Mitchell made 8 three-pointers in the game and assisted Durant on multiple alley-oop dunks. He scored 24 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists, all of which came from outside the three-point line.

The Nets' three starters stole the show. Only Brunson's statistics were average. He played 16 minutes and scored 7 points and 2 assists.

Brunson's style of play is unpretentious and not suitable for exhibition games, so his popularity has not been high.

Brunson was selected to the All-Stars because of the Nets' outstanding record. As the starting point guard, he deserves to show up during the All-Star weekend.

Durant's team firmly suppressed their opponents from the first quarter, and finally defeated James' team 176 to 151. The All-Star MVP was won by Durant, who scored the highest score in the game.

Adu has won the award for two consecutive years, tying Hawks legend Bob Pettit. Together, they have become the only players in history to win the MVP for two consecutive All-Stars.

(End of this chapter)