George Brown Center, when Anxi arrived, the door was already full of reporters. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Seeing Anxi appear, reporters gathered around again, and now Anxi can be said to be an elite player among second-year students, so media reporters are also more concerned.

"Ann, do you want to continue to compete for the Rookie King in this Rookie Challenge?"

"Ann, you also participated in the slam dunk contest, are you confident of winning the championship?"

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A few questions were thrown over, but An Xi didn't answer them, because he was in a hurry to get in, so with the help of the staff, he squeezed in.

Walking into the arena, sure enough, people were almost there, because it was related to the rookie challenge in the afternoon, and all the rookies arrived early one by one.

Anxi has no interest in the Rookie Challenge, he succeeded once last season, this kind of exhibition competition, after a successful one, Anxi has no ideas.

Since he didn't have any ideas, Anxi didn't want Barkley and O'Neal to group together, Anxi was selected by Barkley last season, and the result broke out to help Chuck's team win, so this time, O'Neal directly selected Anxi in second place.

This move also made An Xi smile and shake his head, because O'Neal was destined to make the wrong choice, and he didn't want to waste too much energy here in the rookie challenge.

The group ended quickly, and in the end O'Neal team included Damion Lillard, Anxi, Klay Thompson, Harrison Barnes, Chandler Parsons, Dionwittes, Chris Gilchrist, Taylor Zeller, Kemba Walker and Isaiah Thomas.

While Barkley brings in Anthony Davis, Kelly Irving, Kenneth Faried, Kawhi Leonard, Bradley Beal, Ricky Rubio, Tristan Thompson, Nicholas Vucevic, Blanton Knight and Alex Schived.

In the afternoon, before the game began, before O'Neal laid out his tactics, Anxi ran up to O'Neal and talked about things he didn't want to spend too much energy on the Rookie Challenge.

"What? aren't you going to play more in the afternoon game?" O'Neill immediately showed a depressed expression. "Well, alas, I made a mistake. ”

Anxi is also very helpless, this All-Star Weekend, his top priority can only be the slam dunk contest, saying it at this time can be regarded as a psychological preparation for O'Neal, this time, O'Neal may have to lose.

The Rookie Challenge was an exhibition game, but before the afternoon game, the George Brown Center was still full of fans in the arena, and Abby also found a seat in the front row under Anxi's arrangement.

The Rookie Challenge will not start first, the first to start is the Celebrity Competition, this Celebrity Competition, last year's MVP, well-known Hollywood actors, Screenwriter Kevin Hart will continue to play, while Houston has also contacted Deacon Bemutombo and Clyde Drexler to compete, and the Spurs also have Sean Elliott and Bruce Bowen to play, plus WNBA's Maya Moore and Tammy Kaccassins, ESPN host Ryan Rusillo, ABC reporter John Skorifin, rap singer Carmen, actor Terrence Jenkins, U.S. government Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, 100-meter flyer Usain Bolt, R&B singer Trae Songji, The Hunger Games actor Josh Hutcherson, Grammy Award winner Ne-Yo, and famous American actor and singer Nick Canon.

The star-studded Masters naturally attracted a lot of attention.

The game was divided into east and west, East coach Russell Westbrook, and West head coach James Harden, the two commanded the game decently, but as soon as the game began, the confrontation on the court made people laugh.

Needless to say, there are all kinds of empty shots missing, there are dribbling and losing when no one is defending, tripping yourself when you break through with the ball, several former NBA professional players didn't play much, and the two female players of the WNBA only played for a short time, and the court was left to those celebrities from all walks of life, and as a result, they showed the audience the power of so-called amateur basketball.

The Masters ended in laughter, and in the end, Kevin Hart, who had 5 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 2-of-5 shooting, once again defended the MVP of the Masters.

Then, the Rookie Challenge is already being prepared.

"Okay, this game is our battle, I, Shaquille O'Neal, I want to see your hard work, I want you to ...... Win this game!" O'Neal grimaced to boost morale, and the picture was transmitted to the big screen through the camera, causing a burst of laughter in the arena.

"So in this game, our starting lineup is, point guard Damion Lillard, scoring guard Klay Thompson, small forward Anxi, power forward Michael Gilchrist, and center Tyler Zeller. ”

In order to choose Anxi, O'Neal's team didn't even have a few inside lines, and in the end they could only let McKiegie go to the top forward and let Tyler Zeller start, and Anxi also got the opportunity to start, although Anxi won't play for too long, but at least in this group of rookies, Anxi's status is still higher, O'Neill also had to let Anxi be the starter, as for how long he will play later, it is up to him and Anxi to decide.

At the beginning of the game, on the Barkley team's side, the starting point guard was Kelly Irving, the scoring guard Bradley Beal, the small forward Kowhi Leonard, the power forward Kenneth Farid and the center Anthony Davis.

Anxi faced his teammates, which is also a highlight, but the two did not meet as many as people imagined, Anxi was unwilling to play more in the rookie challenge, and Leonard also didn't like this kind of exhibition game, so he was also unwilling to contribute.

At the beginning, Lillard and Irving faced each other, and the two continued to score each other, first Irving scored 2 points on a pull-up jumper, and then Lillard chased down a three-point return, and the game made the audience on the sidelines high-tide from the beginning.

Then, the two scored each other again, Irving scored on various breakouts, and Lillard felt good on the outside, so he fired from the outside, and in the second half of the first quarter, Anxi also got a shot, and hit an empty three-point shot, which brushed an assist for Lillard At the same time, he also got the first point of this rookie challenge.

But soon, before the first quarter ended, Anxi was replaced by O'Neal, Anxi himself said that he didn't want to play more, and O'Neal would not force it.

Replacing Anxi just happened to let Chandler Parsons play, and Chandler Parsons has also performed very well this season, so O'Neal decided to let Parsons replace Anxi and play the No. 3 position. The Barkley team is the same, replacing Leonard early and putting Alex Schewede on the field, which can be regarded as taking care of the European market.

An Xi was not interested in the rookie challenge, and actually looked down on the sidelines and thought about what dunk to use tomorrow to deal with the dunk contest. (To be continued.) )