"Hey guys, how's the preparation?" Just as An Jie was still bowing his head in the locker room, a familiar voice came into his ears. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Oh, D-Wade!" Before An Jie could look up, he heard the shouts of his teammates. That's right, the person who came into the dressing room was Dwayne Wade. However, Wade is not wearing a jersey at the moment, a black suit and big black-framed glasses, Wade's image is eye-catching.

"Are you supposed to be ......" Wade's teammate on the Heat, and former "All-American first-day talent" Michael Beasley seems to have guessed Wade's intention in coming to the first-year team's locker room.

"Don't doubt Michael, I'm your assistant coach!" Wade laughed and opened his arms to the players in the entire locker room.

In order to increase the gimmick of the rookie challenge, it has become a common trick in the NBA league to have popular stars serve as assistant coaches of two rookie star teams. When the game starts, the two assistant coaches will immediately "turn positive", and their every move as coaches on the sidelines will be faithfully captured by the camera.

"Oh my God, you guys are incredible. Wade shook his head, and even though it was only a team of first-year players, the lineup was dazzling enough. Derrick Rose, O.J. Mayo, Russell Westbrook, Eric Gordon, these are the small defenders who have played against Wade, and he is impressed.

However, in addition to these four guards, the person Wade is most familiar with is undoubtedly An Jie, who has a very special skin color and height.

He has dealt with this Chinese kid since the trial last offseason, and it can be said that Wade is the first NBA player to see Anjie's strength. Even now, Wade often hears Pat Riley mention Anjie's name.

"Ann, don't worry, I'm very good at using a center!" Wade also took the initiative to high-five An Jie, the reason why he said this was actually to joke with An Jie about the previous Kalesimo, and by the way, to relieve An Jie's nervousness.

In fact, Wade was a little worried, if An Jie was alone in the same locker room with this group of first-year geniuses, then he would indeed be very nervous. But fortunately, Westbrook has always been inseparable from Anjie, which makes Anjie feel very comfortable.

Wade casually drew a few strokes on the tactical whiteboard, in fact, he talked about some very basic and simple tactics, after all, this is just an entertainment-oriented game, and the players can perform as much as they want, and they don't need to care about whether the tactics are reasonable.

When Wade led the first-grade team to play, he was shocked to see the assistant coach of the second-grade team.

"Hey, Coach Wade! I'm looking forward to playing against you!" the assistant coach of the sophomore team came up and shook Wade's hand, who else but Dwight Howard could have such a burly figure and humorous tone?

"Is Howard a coach...... Uh...... "Anjie has to admit that the All-Star Game is really entertainment-oriented. Even someone like Dwight Howard, who only plays physically, can coach the team.

Gray suit with red patterned tie. When Howard is dressed like this, he really looks like a coach.

"Brother, you have a lot of inside players in your team. If the people who are waiting for me can't open up the situation on the inside, don't force me to go into battle myself. Howard tilted his head and looked at the first-year lineup, with Mark Gasol, Brook Lopez, and Anjie, all three of the most acclaimed rookie centers right now. If it weren't for Oden's injury, the first-year team's center lineup would have been a little brighter.

"Watch out Dwight, my outside firepower is not weak either!" The two grinned and sat back on their benches after shaking hands.

In addition to warming up, it was also essential for the rookies selected for the All-Star Game to take photos with each other, and Angel has long been regarded by Brook Lopez as a fierce rival in his career. But in the same way, Lopez respects An Jie, and he admits that this Chinese kid is really powerful, so Lopez also invited An Jie to take a group photo.

The players were chatting and laughing as they warmed up before the game, with Durant and Michael Beasley even competing for spot-up shots. And the vacant seats in the audience have become less and less available with the passage of time.

"Come on, Ann!" suddenly there was a scream from the empty court, and An Jie waved his hand in the direction where the sound came from, and Catherine and the bearded man were already seated.

"Oh, look who's coming. Kenny Smith has changed from a studio to a live environment, and today his partner has changed. Charles Barkley was not in the commentary lineup, and LeBron James, who wore brown sunglasses, took over Barkley's task as a guest commentator for the Rookie Challenge. Although the little emperor is "familiar with the road" on the basketball court, in terms of commentary, James is really an out-and-out "rookie".

"Don't worry, Tina, your voice will move everyone. At this point, the entire West Jersey Arena was filled with fans. Even though it was just an "appetizing" rookie challenge for All-Star Weekend, it still attracted a lot of fanatical fans.

A long-haired man in a white suit is cheering on his new idol.

"Well, I'll take care of myself, don't worry, Mr. Abrahi. A young and beautiful young girl nodded in reply.

"Next, let's welcome Tiffany Giardina!" shouted the stadium's on-site announcer as the young girl clenched her fists and stepped onto the pitch.

At this time, the players of the two teams were already standing in two rows, and the 1.73m Giardina looked very small when he passed by the players.

With everyone in the audience standing up and saluting, Giardina showed his delicate and soft singing voice to the world with just one American national anthem. The All-Star Game is not only for the players, as a 16-year-old rookie singer, Giardina is known to more people today.

"That's high. When Giardina got off the court, he looked up at An Jie, the highest point of the game, An Jie suddenly turned his head and looked at this young little girl, but Giardina found that he was actually a little blushing.

"Well, I guess these guys can't wait to make a big splash. Come on, let's see if the sophomore team can beat the first grader with the top pick, Rose!" As LeBron James uttered his first commentary, the game began.

There is only one center on the sophomore team, Al Horford, so the height advantage of the sophomore team on the court is very obvious.

As soon as Durant came out, he completed the breakthrough and dunked in front of An Jie, An Jie just made a symbolic jump, if it weren't for the fact that he was now an opponent with Durant, he really wanted to applaud Durant's dunk.

However, to Anjie's surprise, his teammates O.J. Mayo and Eric Gordon played surprisingly seriously. Under the loose defense of the sophomore team, the two of them hit consecutive three-point shots, and as soon as they came out, they led the team to a small climax of 9-2.

Seeing the first-year guys so arrogant, Durant must be the first to refuse. He also responded outside the three-point line, and his fiery touch surprised An Jie.

Then Al Horford finally got a chance to go one-on-one with Anjie under the basket, and the cheers of the fans continued to grow. In addition to the performances of the defenders, the duel between the talented centers in this game is also exciting.

With Anjie's half-successful defense, Horford easily turned and hooked up to score. After scoring the goal, Horford naturally knew that An Jie had given him enough face, so he also smiled and patted An Jie's ass in a friendly manner.

An Jie gave Horford face, and Horford naturally did not embarrass An Jie. With 14 minutes left in the first half, the outside players finally got tired of throwing, so An Jie also received a pass from his teammates for the first time.

With a few gentle leans, Horford gave up the restricted area in a playful way. An Jie was also unceremoniously, turned around and dunked, and did it in one go.

"You're awesome Angel!" Catherine was bouncing around the audience, and the reporters thought Catherine was a shy girl at first, but at this moment Catherine was revealed.

The first half ended in a largely defenseless state, with Wade and Howard's exaggerated off-court moves undoubtedly adding to the game.

75-61, with Jeff Green's final three-pointer from beyond the box, the sophomore team narrowed the gap to 14 points.

Although the half game was over, Giardina in the audience still covered her chest, and the exciting game made her heart beat wildly. Basketball, before she was invited to sing by the NBA, she knew nothing about the sport. But now, basketball is like a lot of magic, and Giardina is immersed in it.

In the second half, the rookies obviously started to compete. Although the intensity of the game and the regular season are still two completely different concepts, at least the defense in the second half is well done.

"Kevin Durant's breakthrough! He's in great form today, and if he can keep it up, he's the MVP of this year's rookie game!" Kenny Smith exclaimed excitedly.

Durant picked up the pace, jumped on one foot, held the ball with both hands, and prepared to dunk.

"Smack!" Just when Durant thought he was going to score two more points, An Jie appeared coldly and flew Durant's dunk block out of the three-point line.

"Oh! terrible defensive height! You know, when I played against the Thunder, the most fearful thing was Anjie's block!" LeBron James also confided.

"You kid. Durant smiled and pointed at An Jie, who innocently spread his hands, as if the ball had just flown out by himself.

Catching Anjie's block, Westbrook seized the opportunity to complete a trademark tomahawk dunk on the court at the All-Star Game, bringing the court to another climax.

In the first half, the first-year team had the advantage, but in the second half, Durant's perverted touch gradually pulled the score away.

"39 points!" Durant broke the record for the highest scoring in a rookie challenge set by Stoudemire!" With another three-pointer in the net, the sophomore team finally overtook the score. Seeing this, Coach Howard almost jumped to the commentary table with joy.

"15 points! This is the highest score a Chinese player has ever scored on the court during the NBA All-Star Weekend!" Of course, in China, Anjie also has his own record to break.

The rest of the game was not as exciting as before, because of Durant's strong performance on the periphery, the score difference was widened more and more, until the final whistle blew, and the score was finally pulled to double digits.

122-112, the sophomore team came from behind under Durant's leadership and successfully extended the sophomore winning streak to seven.

After the game, the three thunder boys hugged each other, and for some reason, the three of them just wanted to share the joy with each other for the first time.

After that, it was natural to come to the award moment for the MVP of the rookie game. This year's award can be said to be no suspense, if Durant, who broke the scoring record and led the team to victory, can't win this award, then who will be more deserved?

Sure enough, Wade picked up the microphone and officially announced that Kevin Durant had won the MVP award in the rookie game. Durant happily lifted the trophy, scoring 46 points to break the single-game scoring record in the Rookie Challenge, and finally receiving the award, Durant can be said to be the biggest winner today.

However, An Jie's 17 points and 8 rebounds were still enough to make domestic fans happy for a while.

That's the end of the crazy game, but the whole All-Star Weekend has just begun. (To be continued.) )