roccoschili Chapter 138 Rookie Challenge
Chapter 138 Rookie Challenge
Chapter 138 Rookie Challenge
The 2004 All-Star Weekend lasted from February 2th to 13th.
The Rookie Challenge is scheduled for February 2th, which is also Valentine's Day.
Candice shows up to watch James play.
There were also many celebrities and entertainers from Los Angeles arriving at the scene, such as Xiao Li, who has always wanted to win the Oscar winner but failed, rap superstar Gou Ye, director and Oscar winner Nicholson, actress Scarlett, Jessica and Kohler Kardashian et al.
The players selected for the rookie challenge first-year team are: James (Cavaliers), Anthony (Nuggets), Bosh (Raptors), Haslem (Heat), Jarvis Hayes (Wizards), Xin Rich (Bulls), Josh Howard (Mavericks), Kaman (Clippers), Wade (Heat)
The players selected for the second-year team are: Yao Ming (Rockets), Boozer (Cavaliers), Dunleavy (Warriors), Ginobili (Spurs), Jaric (Clippers), Murray (Sonics), Inside (Nuggets), Prince (Pistons), Stoudemire (Suns).
In fact, the NBA has a rule that if a rookie participates in the All-Star Game, he cannot participate in the Rookie Challenge.
Yao Ming became the starter of the All-Star Game last year, so he didn't participate in the Rookie Challenge.
This year, this rule was abolished by the league, because last year's No. [-] pick, Yao Ming, and this year's No. [-] pick, James, were both selected for the All-Star Game. If this rule is still implemented, neither Yao Ming nor James will be able to appear in the Rookie Challenge , that will greatly reduce the attractiveness of the Rookie Challenge, and the ratings will inevitably drop significantly, which will affect the league's income.
Therefore, the alliance abolished this rule. In the face of interests, the so-called rules can still be abolished at will.Then the alliance's freedom of speech, maybe it's bullshit.
This also contributed to the confrontation between the two top picks in the Rookie Challenge.
At the start of the challenge match, Yao Ming and James were the two players jumping the ball.
The first-year team's starting lineup is Hinrich and Wade in the backcourt, James and Anthony in the forward line, and Kaman in the center position.
The second-year team started with Jaric, Ginobili, Boozer, Stoudemire and Yao Ming.
With his extraordinary jumping and agility, James even jumped to win the ball from Yao Ming.
The first-year team attacked first.
Hinrich took possession of the ball across the half court and gave it to James on the right. James rushed forward with the ball and went to the basket from the right. He noticed that Anthony had followed from the left. He threw the ball high and passed it. Give it to Anthony.
Boozer jumped forward to defend Anthony, but instead of shooting, Anthony threw the ball towards the basket.
Bang!
James took off to complete the alley-oop and dunked the basketball into the basket.
"Wow!" Candice stood up immediately, clapping her hands, applauding the wonderful cooperation between Anthony and James.
Scarlett also stood up and applauded vigorously.
Looking back, the second-year team attacked, and the ball was in Ginobili's hands. He dribbled the ball beyond the three-point line in the frontcourt. After a serpentine breakthrough, he hit the ground and passed the ball to the following Star In Demire's hand, Stoudemire took off and dunked, and returned the favor.
In the opening game, both sides were so cool and played, and the defensive intensity was lower than the official game by more than 01:30 points.
Dunks are the most common operation.
The fans at the scene were very happy to watch.
"Grandpa, which side do you think will win?" Lord Dog asked Nicholson.
"You don't need to look at it. The second-year team must win. The first-year team is a class of rookies. How can it be possible to play against the second-year team?" Nicholson was a little dismissive of Lord Dog's question.
"Haha." Lord Dog smiled, and seemed to think that the question he asked was a bit silly, "I think so too. The second-year team has won for many years in a row, and there will definitely be no exceptions this year."
"Yeah, the second-year team has Stoudemire and Yao Ming. The strength of these two people in the interior is much better than that of the first-year team. There is also a cunning guard like Ginobili in the back line. Don't you win?"
As if in response to the disapproval of the duo on the sidelines, Anthony dribbled from the baseline, past Boozer, to the hoop, dunked with both hands and added two points for the first-year team.
When Jaric wanted to lob the ball inside and hand it to Yao Ming, he was predicted by James and intercepted midway. He dribbled the ball and rushed down, followed by Wade who followed like lightning.
James ran to the basket, and instead of laying up himself, he passed the ball back, over his head, and handed it to Wade, who followed up and jumped in the air. Wade also dunked.
The three brothers dunked one by one, playing very happily on the court.
The three laughed and clapped their hands and retreated to the backcourt.
The fans in the Staples Arena also enjoyed watching, their emotions were mobilized by such a dunk. The Rookie Challenge, which had always been considered a bit tasteless, now seems to be really worth the ticket price. .
The second-year team attacked. Jaric rushed to the front court with the ball. After breaking through, he passed it to Boozer in the middle. Boozer could have jumped and dunked, but instead of dunking, he handed the ball to the penalty spot. On the right side of Stoudemire, Stoudemire took off and dunked and bombarded the basket.
"This group of guys are really young!" the "half-human, half-god" Carter, who was watching the game, sighed.
"Haha, we were like that back then." McGrady next to him said with a smile.
"Pretend, is someone saying you are old now?" Duncan, who was sitting in the row behind McGrady, answered the question. He unconsciously stretched out his hand to touch the top of McGrady's head, but when he caught sight of Ginobili on the court, Realizing that McGrady is not Ginobili, he retracted his half-stretched hand awkwardly,
"That little guy from your team played well." McGrady pouted at Ginobili on the field.
"He, under my guidance and education, can play well." Duncan was not humble in private.
"Did Kobe ask you out for a get-together last night? Los Angeles is his territory." Carter changed the subject.
"No, he's been in constant trouble recently, so where's the time to play?" McGrady replied.
"Isn't the eagle group incident about to be settled by him? What's the trouble?" Carter continued to ask curiously.
"There was something wrong between him and O'Neill, and there was a dispute."
"Really?" Duncan was immediately interested when he heard about it. The Spurs and the Lakers have been rivals in the playoffs for the past few seasons. It seems that it would be good to get a little military intelligence from McGrady.Now the media has not made any troubles, and there is no news reporting that the Lakers have conflicts.
But McGrady chose to shut up this time and stopped talking about the Lakers. Realizing that it is not good to talk too much, he looked at the ball seriously.
(End of this chapter)