However, while the fans cheered for the dunk, they continued to cheer for Tang Tian.

Tang Tian had already made all three of his shots after the opening! Kobe and Curry were taking turns feeding him the ball!

Durant was really angry at this point, and he had already made up his mind that as long as he grabbed the rebound, he would go for it himself.

Pass the ball to Tang Tian?

Dream on!

"Swish!"

Anthony pulled up for a three-pointer from the outside and nailed it.

It seemed like the Eastern Team wasn't cooperating with him either...

In the Western Team's frontcourt offense, Tang Tian returned the favor, receiving the ball and assisting Curry to hit a three-pointer.

The Eastern Team's offense failed to score, and Griffin grabbed the defensive rebound, then passed it to Curry.

Curry passed to Kobe, Kobe passed to Tang Tian again, and Tang Tian scored on a fast break layup.

In less than five minutes of the first quarter, he had already scored a game-high 8 points!

Durant's face was bulging with anger, and he went to Griffin while retreating on defense.

Aren't you from the Clippers? Weren't the Clippers ravaged by the Spurs so many times? Didn't you have that 58-point massacre?

See, I'm being beaten by the Spurs too, right? The enemy of my enemy is my friend, we're friends!

So you should give me the rebound, so that if I have a chance, I'll pass it to you!

That way, we're not just friends, we're comrades!

Griffin's Shiba Inu attributes were triggered, and he thought what Durant said made a lot of sense, nodding repeatedly.

As a result, the Western Team's offense in the first quarter was extremely strange, with Griffin and Durant cooperating with each other, and the remaining three of Tang Tian passing the ball to each other as well.

But Durant and the others obviously didn't have much ball possession...

Because All-Star games are exhibition games with high shooting percentages, most of the ball possession is in the hands of the guards!

Without the ball, there's no way to play!

Around eight minutes into the first quarter, both sides made substitutions.

On the Eastern Team side, Wall, DeRozan, Joe Johnson, Bosh, and Noah were all substituted.

Spoelstra made five substitutions all at once.

The Western Team also made a large number of substitutions, with Westbrook, Paul, Aldridge, and Howard being substituted.

Out of the 10 starters, only Tang Tian remained on the court.

Although Tang Tian was no longer his disciple, Popovich's favoritism towards him was still evident in his actions.

On the Western Team's possession, Westbrook showed a very strong desire to attack as soon as he came up, using Aldridge's pick-and-roll to accelerate through the inside and leap up.

It wasn't that Bosh was letting him, it was just that his speed couldn't keep up.

"Boom!"

After flying through the air, Westbrook slammed a violent one-handed dunk.

His momentum made it seem like he wanted to swallow the hoop whole.

Tang Tian was moved by what he saw.

The Divine Turtle Bombardment (Shen Gui Hong Zha) was the only breakthrough technique in the purple skill pack, and this kind of explosive attack method was really awesome.

"Cool! Dude!"

While retreating on defense, he couldn't help but give Westbrook a thumbs up.

Westbrook was a little surprised to hear Tang Tian say that.

He knew about the conflict and back-and-forth between Durant and Tang Tian, so even though he was very good at interpersonal relationships, he didn't take the initiative to talk to Tang Tian.

He didn't expect Tang Tian to actually chat with him and say he was cool!

He was very pleased. Whether it was his fashionable clothes or his explosive scoring style, that's what he wanted to hear most!

"Not as cool as your dunk contest yesterday, that was the best dunk."

Westbrook returned the compliment with a smile.

Tang Tian was also a little surprised after hearing that.

Westbrook was prone to getting hot-headed on the court and his basketball IQ was average, but his EQ wasn't low.

Come to think of it, apart from Durant, everyone who had been Westbrook's teammate in history had a very close relationship with him.

Paul George even gave up the opportunity to go to Los Angeles for him!

This could only mean one thing: Westbrook was very good at interpersonal communication.

"No, no, it's just that you didn't participate. With a performance like yours just now, there would have been nothing for me to do in the dunk contest."

Tang Tian continued to blow him up.

"Haha!"

Westbrook was completely amused when he heard that.

"I like you, man!"

He smiled and gave Tang Tian a thumbs up as well.

He showed all his emotions on his face, without hiding anything.

Tang Tian laughed as well after hearing that. Westbrook's personality was quite to his liking.

The two had already retreated to their own half of the court while talking, and their exchange ended there.

At this time, Durant on the sidelines was stunned.

Hello? 911?

I want to report a crime!

Something happened here!

My buddy is chatting with my enemy!

And they're acting intimately, with laughter and cheer!

DeRozan's mid-range shot missed, and Aldridge grabbed the defensive rebound.

The Western Team launched a fast break, and Tang Tian made a long pass to Westbrook, who ignited the audience with a violent rim attack in the frontcourt.

His reckless style of play was really spectacular!

Westbrook had dunked twice in a row after coming on the court, and he looked very excited.

He was the kind of player with the highest ambition, and he was quite concerned about not being selected as an All-Star starter, and he was also very unhappy with Curry.

His stats this season weren't much worse than Curry's, and the Thunder's record was far better than the Warriors'.

But the fans voted Curry into the starting lineup, which was a total disrespect to him.

That's why he was holding back and wanted to prove himself after coming on the court.

Tang Tian's praise earlier, plus the assist just now, really made him want to befriend Tang Tian.

He even thought that he could ease the antagonistic relationship between Tang Tian and Durant through himself!

The NBA is a business league, there are no eternal enemies!

Bosh nailed a three-pointer from the outside to help the Eastern Team keep the score close. He was really in good shape this season.

Back on the other end, Westbrook continued to break through with the ball.

Wall was really defending this time.

Westbrook didn't have a chance, but he suddenly saw Tang Tian moving on the outside, and there was an opportunity.

He passed the ball!

Tit for tat.

His thinking was very simple.

Tang Tian gave him a good pass, and he would return the favor.

Tang Tian caught the ball and shot a three-pointer.

"Swish!"

The basketball went straight through the net, and Tang Tian scored his 15th point of the game!

The fans' cheers exploded at this moment.

Not only were starters Curry and Kobe passing the ball to Tang Tian, but even substitute Westbrook was passing!

Tang Tian had really become the 'Cake King' (Bing Wang) tonight!

At this time, Durant was already gnashing his teeth on the sidelines.

He was going crazy!

His good brother was now not only chatting flirtatiously with Tang Tian, but also passing the ball to each other!

What on earth did Westbrook want to do!

Westbrook's attention was all on the court. All he was thinking about now was to act as an ice-breaking bridge to turn Durant and Tang Tian from enemies into friends.

At the end of the first quarter, the Western Team led the Eastern Team 42-40.

Tang Tian scored 17 points in this quarter.

Kobe, Curry, and Westbrook took turns feeding him the ball, turning him into a 'Cake King'!