Chapter 749: The Underrated Class of '09
Dallas, Texas.
The first two days of the All-Star Games were held at the Mavericks' home arena, the American Airlines Center, but the rest of the All-Star Game will be moved to the Cowboy Arena in Arlington.
Arlington is located in the northeast, 32 kilometers west of Dallas and 12 kilometers east of Fort Worth, forming the fourth largest urban agglomeration in the United States, such as Dallas and Fort Worth.
Back on October 30, 2008, the 59th NBA All-Star Game scheduled for February 14, 2010 was ready to be held at the Cowboys, a Dallas professional football team that was under construction at the time.
This is the official news released by the NBA together with the Mavericks and Cowboys.
This year's All-Star Game weekend event is co-hosted by the Mavericks, Cowboys and the City of Dallas.
The new $1.1 billion Cowboys arena, which has more than 100,000 seats, will see the NBA All-Star Game be the first event hosted by the stadium's four major professional leagues and break an NBA record for the most viewers in a single game.
After a series of fan carnivals and NBA care activities, the first game day of All-Star Weekend ushered in its own highlight, the NBA Rookie Challenge.
When Er Niu was asked about his opinion on the rookie game in an interview with the court station before the game, he said with a smile: "My only opinion is that I finally don't have to participate in the rookie game!"
When asked who would be elected MVP of the rookie game, Erniu said categorically: "Russell Westbrook, I can't think of a second option in my mind, Rose withdrew from this All-Star because of a hip injury, so I think Russell is the most promising person to become the MVP of the rookie game!"
Erniu naturally gave his friends the greatest support, but the game itself had nothing to do with these.
The line-ups of both teams are as follows:
Year 1 Aspects:
Tony Blair (Spurs), Cosby (Kings), Curry (Warriors), Evans (Kings), Flynn (Timberwolves), Gibson (Bulls), Harden (Thunder), Jennings (Bucks), Jerebko (Pistons).
The team's head coach is Nuggets assistant coach Dantri.
Year 2 Aspects:
Beasley (Heat), Marc Gasol (Grizzlies), Gallinari (Knicks), Eric Gordon (Clippers), Brook Lopez (Nets), Love (Timberwolves)? O.J. Mayo (Grizzlies), Morrow (Warriors), Westbrook (Thunder).
And the head coach of the team is Magic assistant coach Patrick Ewing.
The '09 rookies were undoubtedly a surprising class of rookies, and before the start of the '09-10 season, they were considered standard draft boys, and there weren't many big names that could have been featured.
However, just after the season of first-round pick Blake Griffin was lost, a number of defenders came to the fore:
Jennings made a name for himself early in the regular season, scoring 55 points in a single game, while Evans and Israeli Cosby became the king's shining duo, and the Warriors' Curry scored a career-high in his final game before the All-Star break, breaking or tying five personal records.
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and the first-graders are very aggressive after the opening, and they don't take the seniors seriously.
Evans and Jennings are the most eye-catching. Four minutes into the game, Evans made a quick break, easily penetrated through the crowd, and made a layup to put the first-year students up 15-13.
After the two teams exchanged leads several times, Evans stepped up again to steal the spotlight, and after receiving a pass from Harden, he scored a dunk, and teammate Cosby also made a layup to give the first-year students a 21-19 lead.
There are a lot of sophomores outside players, and they keep shooting three-point shots, but the shooting rate is not satisfactory.
Shortly after the opening break, Gallinari hit a three-pointer, but they missed a lot of three-pointers after that.
First-graders gradually widen the gap.
With just over three minutes left in the first half, Evans teamed up with teammate Cosby to make a layup and drew a foul on Westbrook, scoring three points on a free throw to give the first-year students a double-digit 55-45 advantage.
Gordon made two consecutive baskets, including an aerial relay dunk, to save face for sophomores, but Jennings also scored back-to-back baskets, forcing a breakaway and scoring a juggling-free layup in the air to give the rookies a double-digit lead.
First-graders led 67-55 in the first half.
First-graders continued to dominate in the second half.
With 10:24 left in the game, Jennings hit a shot after gliding in the air to give the first-year student the first 100 points to take a 100-100 lead.
At one point, the sophomore narrowed the gap to 10 points.
But then the game went into the first-year track, Harden also scored three points, Jennings immediately broke through and scored a layup, and the first-year students scored seven straight points to take a 107-90 lead with nine minutes left in the game.
The defense of both teams strengthened in the final minutes, and the sophomores began to chase the points, and they finally found their groove outside the three-point line, with Westbrook hitting two three-pointers in 20 seconds to tie the score at 108:116.
Morrow also hit a three-pointer after that, but the first-year students did not show weakness, and Harden scored four straight points to open the gap in the first year at 125-111.
Under normal circumstances, it is easier for second-graders to beat first-graders, after all, they have an absolute advantage with one more year of experience, but this time, first-graders do not give face to their seniors and firmly control the situation.
With three minutes left in the game, Curry hit a three-pointer to give the first year a 15-point lead at 130-115. The second grade fell into chaos, and in a hurry, he made consecutive mistakes and lost hope of a comeback.
In the end, the rookies defeated the second-year veterans 140-128.
Wei Shao scored 40 points, the highest score in the game, but the losing side could not become the MVP after all.
First-year side: Tyrek Evans had 26 points, six rebounds and five assists, Brandon Jennings had 22 points, eight assists and six rebounds, James Harden also had 22 points, DeJuan Blair had 22 points and 23 rebounds, and Stephen Curry had 14 points.
Eventually, Evans and Blair shared the MVP trophy of the rookie game, just like last year's Erniu and Durant.
However, from data analysis, the qualifications of these two people are far from those of Ruan and Du.
After the game, after Durant, Erniu gave Wei Shao a hug.
The turtle did everything he could, but this game didn't belong to the discordant sophomores.
The first day of the All-Star game passed quickly, and after the warm-up of the first day, fans could transfer more of their expectations to the next two days of the game through a series of activities.
Erniu finally avoided the first day's match, but he will play the finale on the second day.