In order to regain his sense of existence, James decided to do something.

When the game was about to start and the players came on stage, he and Wade walked to the technical table together, and both of them looked for the camera holding magnesium powder in their hands.

After looking up to make sure the photographer on site had given the shot, the two threw magnesium powder into the air together.

This kind of operation finally earned him some attention before the game.

At this time, Xu Yong was on the court and discussing the opening tactics with Rose. When he heard the noise of the fans and turned around to see this scene, he couldn't help but smile.

How could he not know about what James did before the All-Star Game?

But how much meaning does it have?

Didn’t James notice, or was he pretending not to notice, that three of the five starters in this year’s All-Star Game were Bulls players?

Especially among these three people, point guard Rose is also from the Bulls.

What he said to Rose last year was not a joke, but something very real.

The Eastern Conference All-Star team is not your Heat team, where the point guard serves as a backcourt porter.

In addition to this, the Bulls had the best record in the league before the All-Star Game this year, and the head coach of the Eastern Conference team is Thibodeau!

My teammates and coaches are all my people, is there really any point in doing this?

The game is about to begin and the starting players of both sides will appear on the court one after another.

Eastern team: Rose, Wade, Xu Yong, James, Yao Ming

Western team: Paul, Kobe, Anthony, Durant, Noah

Yao Ming passed the ball back to the Eastern Conference team's half, officially opening the curtain of this year's All-Star Game.

Rose controlled the ball to the frontcourt, Yao Ming pulled down to the low post and pretended to ask for the ball, then suddenly turned around and set a screen for Xu Yongli.

This pindown tactic was a common tactic used by the Bulls before, and it is now also the starting point of Thibodeau's pick-and-roll tactic.

Yao Ming had a good timing for the pick-and-roll, but unfortunately it was Kobe instead of Durant or Anthony who was defending Xu Yong tonight. With his agile puppy steps, Kobe was able to bypass the pick-and-roll and get to Xu Yong.

And Kobe followed up with full resistance, which instantly caused a burst of booing at the scene.

During this period, the All-Star Game would generally only be played in the last quarter.

But there are occasional exceptions. Whether it is true or not basically depends on the first round of the game.

From Kobe's defensive action, we can see that this year's All-Star Game is just as previously reported by the media, with intensity starting from the beginning.

The intense All-Star Game is the fans' favorite.

Xu Yong also understood it very well. He did not ask Yao Ming to set another pick-and-roll or pass the ball to his teammates to make more reasonable plays. Instead, he directly signaled them to move away.

The All-Star Game is never just about dunks or three-pointers; this one-on-one head-to-head competition is also extremely entertaining.

Sure enough, when Xu Yong made this move, the booing at the scene became even louder.

The opening was so exciting, the tickets for the All-Star Game are definitely worth it.

Xu Yong started to play one-on-one with his back to the basket. Kobe gave him enough resistance and tried to cut the ball several times. Neither of them held back.

While protecting the ball, Xu Yong looked for Kobe's defensive center of gravity. When he caught Kobe's center of gravity leaning to the left, he turned right to create distance and jumped to shoot.

Due to his short training time, his technique of turning and fading away is definitely not as good as Kobe's. Too much forward movement will only increase the risk of being intercepted. However, his advantage is his body size, so he has a greater chance of shooting as soon as he catches the ball.

Facts proved that his judgment was very correct. Although Kobe's reaction was very fast and he pounced on him almost half a beat later, it was this moment that gave Xu Yong enough space in the air to shoot.

The basketball passed over Kobe's fingertips and spun in the air, drawing a parabola.

“Swish!”

Hollow pocket.

There was a burst of cheers from the fans at the scene.

Although this is in Los Angeles, theoretically the home court of the Western Conference team, the All-Star Game is more about performance.

Xu Yong's opening shot was tough and very entertaining.

Looking back, the Western team also understood what he meant. After Kobe asked for the ball with his back to Wade in the high post on the right side, Paul quickly passed the ball to him and then signaled to create space for singles.

Wade said that this matter seemed to have nothing to do with him, but after setting the tone of the game in the first round, he naturally would not let up.

He put enough physical confrontation on Kobe before he caught the ball, and after Kobe caught the ball he even tried to steal it.

However, Kobe was very experienced. He raised the ball high early, then shook his shoulders left and right, and suddenly turned and leaned back towards the baseline.

Wade's reaction was not slow either, and he pounced on him almost instantly.

This is the intensity of the All-Star Game, and the opportunity is basically just a moment.

And it is obvious that because of the size difference, Kobe's chances were not as good as Xu Yonggang's.

Wade's hands almost covered Kobe's face. Kobe could only raise the shooting angle and rely on muscle memory to complete the shot.

The basketball drew a high parabola and finally hit the backboard, bouncing and falling into the net!

The moment the ball went in, the Staples Center was boiling.

Although there is no distinction between home and away games, this is in Los Angeles after all, and because of the difficulty of Kobe's shot just now, the visual impact is even stronger than Xu Yong's shot just now!

Both sides started to fight right from the start!

In the Eastern team's offense, Rose advanced to the frontcourt and ignored James' request for the ball, continuing to pass the ball to Xu Yong.

In fact, there is no need for so many twists and turns between real teammates, especially for someone like Rose, whose relationship with Xu Yong is even better than that of teammates. Xu Yong doesn't even need to ask, he will definitely help Xu Yong.

As for James and the like, he is not a subject of the king of any village.

Xu Yong continued to hold the ball. This time Yao Ming used a high pick-and-roll. Xu Yong took advantage of the pick-and-roll to make a quick stop and jump shot.

Kobe was a little slow when he went around the pick-and-roll, but he still managed to jump into the air and interfere with Xu Yong.

However, Xu Yong's McSweeney pull-up shot was too high, and such interference was obviously not enough for Xu Yong.

“Swish!”

Xu Yong started the game with a hot hand and made consecutive shots at the beginning.

Moreover, while retreating after scoring the goal, Xu Yong took the initiative to communicate with Wade and asked to switch defense with the opponent.

Since it is an All-Star Game, it should be as exciting as possible.

Wade agreed. He had no reason to refuse such a performative request.

But his decision almost made James next to him angry.

It’s fine that he can’t get the ball on the offensive end, but what’s going on with this teammate cooperating with Xu Yong?

Kobe became more and more excited when he saw Xu Yong switching defense. He subconsciously recalled the scene when he faced Jordan in his first All-Star Game.

Xu Yong is so much like him back then.

The same youthful vigor, the same fearlessness.

The two faced off again. This time, Kobe chose to break through head-on. After relying on Xu Yong to get to the basket, he adjusted his posture in the air and made a difficult fadeaway shot.

Xu Yong has put a lot of defensive pressure on Kobe, but Kobe's strong waist has not declined much due to age.

The scene was once again filled with cheers and whistles from the fans.

If possible, they would like to watch this kind of offense and defense all night long!

The photographer's next shot was of Jordan in the audience.

Jordan stroked his chin and smiled.

It's hard not to laugh when you see two extremely talented players using their unique skills to compete against each other on a big stage like this.

The camera cuts back to the court, and James finally has the ball in his hands.

Because just now he ran directly to the passing route of Rose and Xu Yong and completed a steal from his teammate.

Fortunately, the camera was just focused on Jordan, otherwise this scene would have been a comedy.

James faced Durant with the ball.

Durant was originally in the SVIP state of watching the show. He didn't expect James to hold the ball and hit him. He certainly wouldn't let the opponent succeed easily.

Even if he agreed, the dozens of small-time people under him would not agree.

James didn't know what the trumpet was. He just used his body to break through Durant while holding the ball.

Durant really couldn't hold on to James and was pushed to the basket by James.

But just when James was about to shoot, Noah's help defense arrived.

The tone of the opening match was set, how could it be possible for you to make a layup so easily?

What's more, although he moved from the Bulls to the Rockets, the previous experience of being eliminated by the black eight has been engraved in his DNA, and he was automatically awakened when he saw James.

The two men had a muscle confrontation, and Noah's long arms directly blocked James' shot and sent it out of the court!

There were whistles everywhere.

Noah was also very excited after the block. He turned around and found...Xu Yong and gave him a high five.

Xu Yong was a little confused and didn't react, but when he came to his senses, he was happy.

Noah subconsciously treated him as a teammate.

James' ears were buzzing. This teammate is your teammate, that's fine, but the opponent is also yours?!

The Eastern team has the ball in the frontcourt and Wade throws the ball from the sideline.

Wade was consciously looking for James. He was not stupid and knew that James was anxious to get data at this time.

However, Durant had just lost face by James, so how could he give James an easy chance to break in at this time? He used all his strength to fight James.

He had no choice but to pass the ball to Xu Yong, who had just created an opportunity with the help of Yao Ming's screen.

Xu Yong received the ball and made a fake shot to shake off Kobe who was rushing towards him. After seeing that Kobe was able to make up for the defense, he accelerated and rushed towards the basket.

When Noah saw Xu Yong rushing towards him, he knew he couldn't stop him so he just made way.

“Bang!”

Xu Yong used a violent one-handed tomahawk to slam the ball into the basket.

James: Wade you! You guys!

Xu Yong: You didn’t expect that they are all my people.

There were cheers from the audience; Xu Yong's dunk was extremely powerful.

And the photographer's camera immediately locked onto Swift in the audience.

Swift was seen throwing popcorn into the air and then dancing in place.gif.

This was to fulfill her wish, to dance for Xu Yong on the spot.

This scene also caused another round of whistles at the scene.

If before they were just speculating that Swift and Xu Yong might have some relationship, then Swift's action just now showed that the relationship was not ordinary.

You have to know that Swift was just a Kobe fan before, but Kobe has a family while Xu Yong doesn't, not to mention that they are the same age.

However, at this moment, Xu Yong on the field noticed Swift's dance on the large LED screen, and smiled and pointed in the direction of the screen.

This almost confirms the fans' speculation.

Now, not only teammates and opponents, but even fans are Xu Yong's people...

Kobe's physical strength could not be recovered from the continuous strong attacks at this time. After breaking through with the ball, he chose to pass the ball to the weak side.

It was Durant who received the ball. Facing James' defense, he made a fake shot and then broke through.

But James was feeling depressed at the moment, so how could he be proud?

He basically stuck to Durant and didn't give him any chances.

It was still very difficult for Durant to break through James when he had the upper hand in the confrontation. Seeing this, he directly chose to make an emergency stop and pull up.

This ball was not a good opportunity, and James also rushed forward.

However, Xu Yong has used his experience in the World Championships to prove that it is useless to defend Durant in this way.

When Durant lifts the ball, your defense is half done.

“Swish!”

The facts proved this once again, Durant easily scored against James' defense.

Poor James, before he could recover from the ball being blocked on the offensive end, he was shot in the face when he returned to the defensive end.

It's going to snow in February on Miami Beach.

6 flat.

The intensity of the game has been very high from the beginning to now, but the offensive efficiency of both sides is high enough under the high intensity.

And the game started with the stars fighting each other one-on-one.

The performances of both sides at the opening this year really satisfied all the fans' fantasies about the All-Star Game.

The Eastern team attacked the frontcourt again, and James no longer asked for the ball.

The smart player has realized that the intensity of the opening game is not conducive to his performance, but this is the All-Star Game after all, how can he play like this throughout the game.

So what he needs to do now is to avoid the attack and wait until the time is right before traveling during the off-peak period.

No matter how brilliant your goal is, it's the same as a fast break dunk, you only get two points.

In fact, James' judgment was correct. After playing the game at a high intensity for about five minutes, the defensive intensity inevitably decreased with the rotation of personnel.

When playing the All-Star Game, most players come here to relax.

At this time, both sides rotated on a large scale.

On the Eastern team side, except Xu Yong and James who remained on the court, everyone else was replaced by Rondo, Bosh and Howard.

The Western team was even more thorough, with four players replaced, except Kobe, who went off to rest. Westbrook, Ginobili, Griffin and Gasol came on the court.

As soon as he saw the lineup adjustment, James instantly felt energized.

Westbrook of the Western Conference broke through and made a layup but missed, and Howard grabbed the rebound.

When he advanced to the frontcourt, he reached out to Rondo for the ball.

However, what he never expected was that Rondo, whom he described as "the most competitive and smartest player", did not pass the ball to him!

After Rondo saw the opportunity to pass the ball to Xu Yong for an alley-oop, he high-fived the other party in front of James.

In fact, there is one thing that James may not have thought about, that is, when he was still playing for the Cavaliers, his relationship with the Celtics players was very bad.

Especially for players with Rondo's personality, James has always been defeated by him, and now he has gone to the Heat. He is very disdainful of James.

Could he change his mind just because of a compliment from James?

And originally, there was no need to be so petty in an All-Star Game, but James' actions before the All-Star Game disgusted him, so he chose to follow his inner thoughts.

Well, it’s all a performance anyway, I’ll pass it on to whoever I like.

Now James was really confused, because what he did seemed useful, but in fact it was meaningless.

On the other hand, Xu Yong did nothing, but he already won.