Chapter 702: Best Rookie Showdown

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Philadelphia is one of the oldest and most historic cities in the United States, having played a very important role in American history from 1790 to 1800 when Washington was founded before it was founded.

Philadelphia, also known as the "City of Friendship," is Pennsylvania's largest city, just across the river from New Jersey.

In addition, it is the 5th largest city in the United States, after New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston, and the 4th largest metropolitan area in the United States, after New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

Philadelphia is the largest economic city in Pennsylvania, and the Port of Philadelphia is one of the largest estuary ports in the world, with the second largest market in the NBA in the United States after New York.

Just last month, Philadelphia was inscribed as a World Heritage City, making it the first U.S. metropolis to be inscribed on the World Heritage List.

The Philadelphia 76ers are an NBA team whose home court is set up in Philadelphia.

The 76ers are a veteran team in the NBA, joining the NBA in 1949 and having a history of 66 years, winning the NBA League championship in 1954-55, 1966-67 and 1982-83. In addition, they have won nine divisional titles.

However, from the 1982-83 season to the present, for 32 years, the best result of the Philadelphia 76ers is the division championship, but they have never won the NBA championship again.

This is a wound in the hearts of the Philadelphia 76ers, and it is also a pain in the hearts of the people of Philadelphia.

This year, Philadelphia went through a bit of a run, selecting D'Angelo Russell and Jahir Okafor in the draft.

For the sake of these two rookies, they gave up all of their other draft picks this year, and even paid a lot of cash in order to build on these two rookies and build the team after the Timberwolves' model.

The 76ers proved to be successful, with Russell and Okafor showing their talent during Summer League, both averaging double-digit points per game.

Heading into the regular season, the duo did not disappoint.

Last month, Russell averaged 14.6 points, 4.8 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game and was named the best rookie in the East.

Okafor, on the other hand, is averaging 13.8 points and 7.8 assists per game, which is not inferior to Russell, and the combination of the two has become the new core of the 76ers.

Last month, it was with their performance that the 76ers achieved an 8-9 record, and the winning rate was close to 50%.

Of course, this result may not be maintained, but there is no doubt that the combination of Russell and Okafor has proven themselves and made the 76ers better, and they have used their performances to show people that the 76ers are not the 76ers they used to be.

Wells Fargo Center on Dec. 2.

Before seven o'clock in the afternoon, the fans had already poured into the arena in twos and threes, and the 76ers executives were also very happy to see the endless crowd.

In the past two years, the attendance of the Philadelphia 76ers has been very low, and for this reason, it was once criticized by other teams in the league, and they were very reluctant to play against the 76ers, because the 76ers' home court is just that, anyway, the tickets are sold by the 76ers, and the attendance rate is low.

But if it is the home court of other teams, when people see that the away team is the Philadelphia 76ers, the attendance rate will immediately drop a notch, even if it is in the American Airlines Center and Oracle Center, the attendance rate will not be ideal, so that the home team will lose a lot.

It wasn't until this year, with the arrival of Russell and Okafor, that attendance at Wells Fargo Center picked up as the team's record picked up.

However, it is still rare to see such a hot spot today, and the attendance rate of the Wells Fargo Center Arena today directly exceeded 50%.

The reason why it is so popular is because today's opponent of the 76ers is the Lakers, and people are looking forward to the showdown between Russell and Chen Feng, both of whom are guards, one is the best in the East last month, and the other is the best in the West last month, which naturally makes people compare together.

And who is better, the best way is to put it together and compete in a game.

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Today's game doesn't start until half past seven, but in the 76ers' locker room, the atmosphere is already a little oppressive.

Russell lowered his head to tie his shoelaces, Okafor had already tidied up, walked up to Russell, patted Russell, and asked, "How is it, do you have confidence?"

"What?" said Russell.

"I mean the confrontation with Chen Feng, you and him are both PG, and one won the best rookie in the west and the other won the best rookie in the east, and the outside world has long been looking forward to the collision of the two of you. "Honestly, do you have the confidence to beat him?"

Russell frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "No, you also know how powerful that guy is." However, I won't be afraid of him, everything will have to be compared to know, will I?"

"Of course, I support you. Okafor grinned, he wasn't as stressed as Russell today, but it wasn't small.

After all, he was also a rookie and was once a favorite for the top pick, although he ended up with the seventh pick, but that was because of injury.

As Okafor, who has been regarded as a genius since he was a child, he will never allow himself to hide behind and watch the other two rookies perform.

This match is a showdown between Russell and Chen Feng, but it is also the stage for him Okafor!

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At half past seven in the afternoon, the game is about to begin.

Today's game also attracted a lot of media reporters, on both sides of the basketball hoop, there were two dozen reporters sitting cross-legged on the ground, carrying video cameras and digital cameras, pointing the cameras at the court, waiting to see the wonderful performance of the players on both sides.

"Toot ....."

The whistle blows, and players from both sides take to the field.

It was Hibbert and Okafor who jumped the ball, and Chen Feng was standing in his backcourt, but he noticed that Russell's eyes were always on him, and his heart couldn't help but be shocked, and he squinted his eyes slightly.

In an instant, Chen Feng felt a kind of provocation, Russell's eyes did not converge in the slightest, as if telling Chen Feng that he was going to declare war on Chen Feng today, that is, to compete with him, to divide the winner and loser, and see who was the best rookie this season.

In this regard, Chen Feng frowned at first, but soon relaxed, since Russell wants to challenge himself, then come!