Durant was unable to return to the All-Star game due to a knee injury. But in fact, Durant has selected some strong interior players and defenders in the previous personnel selection, Embiid, Towns, Gobert and Wiggins, who are all the top interior players and defenders in the league. At present, in the era of small ball, Durant gave up the advantage of the outside line, so as to take the side of the sword to achieve the attack of the inside line, there is still a certain risk. However, we have to admit that Durant still caused some trouble to the opponent in the specific duel.
In the first quarter, although Embiid handed over 11+3+2 data, he did not help the team to take the lead in the score, but once let the LeBron team, which played all the soldiers, get a 2-point lead with a score of 47-45. Admittedly, the point difference between the two teams is not very large, and it is still not a great threat to Durant. Yes, after entering the second quarter of the showdown, they launched an effective counterattack and achieved a score reversal, taking the lead.
With the help of Substitute Lamelo Ball shooting 4 of 7 in a single quarter, sending 10 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Murray 6 of 8 shooting, handing over 13 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Durant can also recover the 2 points behind in the first quarter with a single quarter score of 49-46, and achieve a 1-point reversal. It is worth saying that LeBron's advantage in the first half of the competition, the advantage of the outside three points is obvious, Curry half of the three-point shooting 11 shots 8, the whole team three-point 33 shots 17, shooting rate as high as 51.5%! James, meanwhile, hit 39 three-pointers in the All-Star Game, tying James Harden and tied for first place in history.
As the saying goes, he who gets three points wins the world. As long as LeBron can continue to maintain efficient outside output, winning the game is inevitable. Easy to fight again, Curry, who scored 8 three-pointers in the first half, can continue to threaten and maintain a high outside output. In the third quarter of the competition, Curry was able to produce a key 21 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal with 7 of 10 three-pointers, and accumulated 15 three-pointers in three quarters, breaking the NBA All-Star Game Record of George's highest 9 three-pointers in a single game.
However, in the process of Curry's record-setting, LeBron still failed to achieve a reversal of the score, continuing to deliver a 45-45 score, allowing Durant to once again maintain a one-point lead with a score of 139-138. To be sure, in the first three quarters of the competition, Durant's Embiid performed very well, 12 of 15 shooting in the third quarter, sending 29 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Devin Booker also contributed 18 points and 3 rebounds, as well as Murray who delivered 17 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, and Tray Young, who had 13 points and 9 assists.
And see the LeBron side, the alphabet brother sent a comprehensive data of 26 + 8 + 5, the old Zhan also had 17 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and there were three three-pointers in the third quarter, 21 shots and 15 shots, sending the key 45 points curry. The game continues, and even more by the rules of the tournament, LeBron must take the lead in the fourth quarter to win the game and score 163 points!