The Zen Master's reliable strategy, if the lineup isn't strong enough, might crumble even worse, but when the lineup is powerful, there's no problem.
Now, the Eastern Team has weathered that phase. Although they were 9 points behind in the first quarter, at the beginning of the second quarter during this "default leave-the-court-time for both team's unimportant All-Stars," they put out a lineup with strong defensive intensity, answering back with a 13 to 5 run against the Western Team!
Both O'Neal and Moning were on the court simultaneously, making the mid-range area a scoring vacuum for the Western Team.
