Last year, although Tang Tian averaged a lot of points per game, other All-Stars didn't recognize him much.

After all, his efficiency was there, and the Pelicans' record wasn't eye-catching either.

But this year, Tang Tian had three consecutive 50+ games before the All-Star Game, and the Pelicans were second in the West, so the sense of recognition was completely different from last year.

Last year, he got a lot of opportunities because of his relationship with Curry and Westbrook, but this year, his teammates were really willing to pass him the ball.

With more than seven minutes played in the first quarter, Tang Tian had already scored 12 points, the highest in the game.

The Western Conference team also led the Eastern Conference team by double digits with a score of 22 to 12.

Judging from this momentum, like the vote king, he would most likely win the All-Star Game MVP again this year.

At this point in time, both sides began to make substitutions one after another. Coach Budenholzer replaced everyone except James.

Irving, Wade, Horford, and Howard all came on together.

Coach Kerr was even more thorough, making five substitutions at once.

Westbrook, Harden, Thompson, Bosh, and Pau Gasol all came on.

Irving came up and hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding for the Eastern Conference team.

But soon, Westbrook of the Western Conference team broke into the inside and scored two points in response.

Horford's mid-range shot missed, and Bosh protected the defensive rebound.

After Westbrook got the ball, he went on a fast break all the way from the backcourt, rushed to the frontcourt and dunked to score.

"Russell has a strong desire to score tonight."

Curry said, turning his head.

Tang Tian nodded.

He and Harden were often compared by the media and fans, as were Curry and Westbrook.

Because in the peak season of the Thunder team a few years ago, they made it to the Western Conference Finals, but unfortunately lost to the Spurs and failed to enter the Finals.

Fans originally expected the Thunder to go further, but no one thought that it would become a swan song, and the Thunder team always stopped there.

And then this season, Durant was out for the season due to injury, and the Thunder were very likely to miss the playoffs, and the fans' disappointment became even stronger.

And it happened to coincide with the rise of the Warriors, whose momentum was even greater than that of the Thunder at the beginning.

The comparison between Curry and Westbrook was also reasonable.

Some fans even said that Westbrook's style of play was unreasonable, and how terrifying it would be if Curry and Durant were on the same team.

It would be strange if Westbrook didn't hold back to prove himself.

At the end of the first quarter, the score on the field was 44 to 38, Irving was hot, and the Eastern Conference team chased back some of the point difference.

Westbrook basically scored all the points for the Western Conference team in these few minutes, and he also scored 8 points, second only to Tang Tian.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Kerr made five substitutions at once again, and Paul, Davis and others who had not yet played also came on one after another.

He seemed to like this substitution method very much.

In addition, Budenholzer's substitutions were relatively conservative, and Anthony and Butler both played this segment, and the Eastern Conference team gradually tied the score.

Kerr was a bit too confident.

He began to replace the starters Curry and Tang Tian ahead of schedule.

The lineup on the field was one big and four small, Curry, Westbrook, Tang Tian, Bosh and Anthony Davis.

On the Eastern Conference side were Teague, Butler, Anthony, Millsap and Horford.

In the Western Conference team's offense, Curry went to the frontcourt and saw that Teague was a step away from him, two meters away from the three-point line, and he raised his hand and threw it.

This kind of ultra-long distance has almost become his label.

"Clang!"

However, the basketball hit the rim and bounced out.

Horford grabbed the defensive rebound, and the Eastern Conference team launched a counterattack. Anthony's layup was blocked by Davis.

The Western Conference team counterattacked again, and Curry took another three-point shot.

"Clang!"

He missed two shots in a row, causing a burst of booing from the audience.

Curry this season already has the potential to be "sky defying," and his three-pointers are like rain.

But it seems that he can never find himself on the All-Star stage. Last year, his sliding dunk "amazed the audience" and was also selected for the Top 5 Bloopers.

This year, he couldn't find his outside accuracy again.

This stage seems to be poisonous to him.

Teague assisted Horford with a layup under the basket, a tacit connection between teammates from the Atlanta Hawks.

The Eastern Conference team has already overtaken the score.

Cheers erupted from the audience.

Although the All-Star Game doesn't have a so-called home-field advantage, Madison Square Garden is the home of the Knicks, and the Knicks are an Eastern Conference team, so fans naturally support the Eastern Conference team more.

Curry stopped shooting after missing consecutive shots, and he passed the ball to Westbrook, who took the ball and rushed straight to the basket.

However, Horford was very serious, stood his ground under the basket and defended his shot.

Davis jumped up and grabbed the rebound and gave it to Tang Tian.

Butler pounced on him to defend as soon as possible.

The Eastern Conference team finally turned over, and at this moment, they seemed to be playing for real.

However, Tang Tian didn't force a shot either, he directly passed the ball back to Westbrook under the basket.

After Horford defended, he went to guard Davis, who he was guarding. Anthony didn't recover either, and Westbrook was in an undefended state at this moment.

Westbrook took the ball and easily made a layup to score.

The Western Conference team tied the score!

Westbrook smiled and pointed to Tang Tian as he retreated on defense, indicating that it was a perfect pass.

Tang Tian also smiled in response.

In the Eastern Conference team's offense, Anthony mismatched against Bosh, and his breakthrough layup went wide.

After Davis grabbed the rebound, he flicked it to Tang Tian again.

Teague and Horford on the Eastern Conference side were teammates from the Atlanta Hawks and had a tacit understanding, but the tacit understanding between the Pelicans' twin stars was even better.

Tang Tian accelerated forward.

At this time, there was a figure faster than him.

Westbrook!

Westbrook's fast break speed is definitely the best in the league, and he is now rushing without the ball.

Tang Tian passed mid-court, and Westbrook had already rushed to the three-point line in the frontcourt, with Teague desperately chasing him.

After Tang Tian saw it, he directly lobbed the ball into the air above the basket.

An alley-oop!

Tang Tian really dared to pass, and Westbrook really dared to catch!

He arrived outside the restricted area in the blink of an eye, leaped up, grabbed the ball passed by Tang Tian, and slammed it into the basket over Teague.

Teague wanted to dodge but didn't have time to dodge.

"Bang!"

"Beep!"

Westbrook's athletic ability in the air was undoubtedly revealed, and he smashed the ball into the basket over Teague, and also caused Teague's defensive foul.

A beautiful alley-oop 2+1!

There was a gasp of admiration from the audience.

Westbrook was also very excited after the successful alley-oop. After landing, he improvised a round of awkward dance, and then turned around and gave Tang Tian a powerful high-five.

Tang Tian had two consecutive assists, and Westbrook scored 4 points in a row.

His score rose to 12 points, tied with Tang Tian for the highest in the game.

Durant heard a sound of heartbreak after seeing this scene.

Last year, Tang Tian and Westbrook only had some verbal exchanges, but now the two of them have directly started getting physical!

Moreover, other players were passing the ball to Tang Tian this year, but Tang Tian was constantly feeding the ball to Westbrook.

He doesn't even want the MVP anymore, he just wants to win over Westbrook!

Deliberate!

Tang Tian is definitely doing it on purpose!