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For example, Pau Gasol came to the sidelines to cheer on his brother, while LeBron James made a cameo appearance in a live commentary, commentating on today's game with Barkley's best partner Kenny Smith.

James, who dresses like a hip-hop singer, said: "It's an unfair game, but I don't think it's without opportunities in first grade!"

Kenny Smith laughed, "What do you say?"

"Obviously, Kraft Nguyen is a player above the level, hey, I want to complain for the first grade why this guy is still a second year rookie," James said.

Even so, I think first-year rookies are more motivating because they have a chance to beat the best players in the league so far. ”

With Ruan Erniu's Hawks winning seventeen consecutive victories, James, who was gradually widened the gap, also wisely chose to temporarily retreat, if Kobe Bryant sat in this position, he would never be able to say such a show of weakness.

But from another point of view, this may be understood as James is motivating first-year rookies and using opportunities to consume Ruan Erniu's physical energy and energy.

Although Ah Lian and Sun Yue are not eligible to be selected for the rookie challenge again, there are two bulls here, and the five sets of the imperial court will never despise the rookie competition.

In the studio of the imperial capital headquarters, Yu Jia and Su Junyang had been preparing for a long time, and at the scene of Phoenix, Ruan Erniu once again saw Teacher Zhang Li waving to him, and today the male host next to Director Zhang was Yang Jian.

Before the game, when Zhang Li interviewed Erniu, he also asked him about his goals for this year's rookie challenge.

Ruan Erniu originally came with the mentality of not working hard, but for the sake of the alliance's face, he couldn't say this thoroughly, so Erniu said with a smile: "Enjoy the game, this is the only thing I want to do!"

After the warm-up of the players of the two teams, the imperial capital also talked about the final stage before the game, and introduced the special prize that is almost impossible to win, Erniu's "Hengyi" sports suit. (Includes backpack, Generation Sideways All-Star Edition, special T-shirt, and sweatpants.) ）

The camera returned to the scene, and the starting main force of the first and second grades finally came to the court.

The first graders are:

C Mark Gasol

PF Michael Beasley

SF Rudy Fernandez

SG Eric Gordon

PG Derek Rose

The starters in the second grade are:

C Ruan Er Niu

PF Al Horford

SF Thaddeus Young

SG Kevin Durant

P.G. Rodney Starkey

Erniu came to the center circle to stand, and then Gasol Jr. also walked over, and as the referee threw the ball high into the sky, the game officially began.

"Smack!"

Erniu relied on the advantage of bounce speed to touch the basketball first, and the ball flew to Starkey's hand.

Starki quickly dribbled the ball forward and played the All-Star Game, and Ruan Erniu knew very well that if his defensive defender was not a player like Kidd, Paul, and Nash, it was best not to expect the ball to take the initiative.

Erniu was wrong, he misestimated his lofty position among these rookies, as a well-deserved leader in the class of '07, even if he advocated to concentrate the ball in his hands, Starkey would definitely pass the ball to him.

Besides, the second-year head coach sitting on the court, after all, is Larry Drew, assistant coach of the Hawks, and Ruan Erniu has now firmly grasped the indisputable leadership position, but he himself has not yet consciously controlled this right.

Anyway, if he didn't have to work, Erniu simply didn't die with Gasol in the low position, he took the initiative to improve the position and cover for Starkey.

Starkey successfully entered the penalty area with the help of Erniu's cover, and I don't know if Starkey was really used to being suppressed by Iverson in the Pistons, or he felt that the misplaced Gasol Jr. was not sure, so he turned his head to look at the moon and re-passed the ball to Ruan Erniu in the high position.

Ruan Erniu in the big vacancy still didn't have much desire to attack, but he happened to have a wonderful exchange with the eyes of Durant in the running position.

Both the current supergiants and the future supergiants have enough basketball talent, and although it is only a brief look, it is enough to make the two star players feel good.

"Boom!" a ground-hitting pass that spanned more than 20 feet, and Durant, who had stepped into the long legs, suddenly ran back and cut into the air, and at this moment Gasol and Beasley were already empty by the defenders.

Durant got the basketball on the move, jumped the ball high, and shook his arms to score the first point of the Rookie Challenge.

"Smack!"

Erniu and Durant in the retreat high-fived to celebrate, even if they don't play on the same team, the two have enough tacit understanding to complete such a wonderful cooperation, superstars are born with their own connection function.

However, the first grade also seemed to understand that they couldn't stop the second grade's offensive firepower by defense alone, so they chose to attack.

Rose quickly carried the ball forward and then passed it to Eric Gordon on the move.

Maybe this is a first-year tactic, or maybe the round-faced den was taken by Ricky Davis, anyway, he didn't have any intention of pressing the rhythm, after receiving the ball, he immediately pulled out one step outside the three-point line without warning, and the ball went in!

3:2, the first grade immediately overtook the score.

Ruan Erniu suddenly felt a little interesting, he can be sure that even if he doesn't work hard today, he won't brush the rebounds less, so a few blind plays, constantly increasing the speed of offensive and defensive conversion, is the easiest way to brush rebounds.

Otherwise, why can David Lee of the Knicks grab so many rebounds, when it comes to strength and rim protection ability, he is far inferior to Ruan Erniu.

Immediately after that, Thaddeus Young returned a three-pointer from the outside, and Horford and Beasley grabbed a ball, and the basketball was clicked in the air, and the ball flew into the hands of Erniu, who was still relaxed.

In the face of Gasol who pounced, Erniu wanted to pass the ball again, but Gasol pounced too fiercely, and Erniu really thought that he would not cheat a foul and be a little sorry for his skills.

"Bang!"

Erniu collided sideways with Marc Gasol, then threw the ball out with his left hand.

The referee's whistle sounded, and the basketball spun around the basket for two and a half turns, and finally fell into it safely.

Durant and Horford took the initiative to pull up Ruan Erniu, who was smiling, obviously playing carelessly, and even having fun, but the feel was unexpectedly good, so there was no way.

Nguyen Er Niu hit a free throw to help the second grade take the lead again.

After the opening, the offensive rhythm of both teams was very fast, but the shooting rate was not too high, and with the 2+1 of Erniu, the shooting rate of the pitchers of both teams decreased to a certain extent.

Even though both teams didn't pay attention to defense, the frequent sound of iron strucking continued to increase.

Since the Rookie Challenge is only divided into two halves, with 20 minutes of play time each, this is a test of the rotation skills of the two teams' head coaches.

From 3 and a half minutes into the first half, the rotation of the two teams began, and interestingly, Larry Drew's side seemed to have forgotten Erniu's instructions before the game, and anyway, he did not replace Ruan Erniu and Durant.

Erniu is certainly not very attentive on the offensive end, but he can't bear his frontcourt rebounding awareness is too good.

His whole person seems to have a magnetic force, anyway, in just a few rounds, the rebounding ball is always drilled into Erniu's arms from all directions, and sometimes, Erniu obviously didn't have the heart to get in with Gasol or Lopez, but the rebounding ball is to avoid the inside line of the first grade.

When Larry Drew finally woke up from a big dream and replaced Erniu and Durant, Ruan Erniu actually brushed up a full 13 rebounds in just over 6 minutes.

5 points, 13 boards, 5 assists, that's the Celestial Empire's stats, and three of those assists went to Durant.

Erniu looked at KD, who scored 13 points next to him, and didn't know what to say.

If it continues to play like this, Erniu will definitely break the rebounding record in the Rookie Challenge, and it is really hard to say whether Durant can break the scoring record in the Rookie Challenge, so what Erniu promised before the game will be troublesome!