Yesterday, the NBA All-Star Weekend officially kicked off at the Stamp Center in Los Angeles. The first appearance of the Rookie Challenge was full of gimmicks: the top NBA players from the past two years gathered on the first-year team......

In the end, 2010 No. 1 No. 1 John Wall was named MVP with 22 assists in NBA Rookie Game history, and 2009 No. 1 No. 1 pick Blake Griffin made a few spectacular dunks. In addition, the two also teamed up to contribute the best goal of the game...... Led by the two of them, the first-year team defeated the second-year team 148-140.

In this game, the first-year team Wall had 12 points and 22 assists, Cousins had 33 points and 14 rebounds, and Johnson had 25 points; Sophomore Blair had 28 points and 15 rebounds and Harden had 30 points.

2010 Champion

2009 champion

Wall won the MVP

A record 22 assists

Under Wall's threading of the needle, the first-year team "bullied the big with the small" and won by 8 points, and Wall became the MVP of the rookie game, which is well deserved.

When he received the MVP trophy after the game, Wall's expression was as calm as ever, and he modestly said, "We have a lot of guys on our rookie team who can score, so I just need to pass the ball well and let them finish the offense." For example, DeMarcus Cousins, I have always had a good understanding with him as teammates in college, and I am very comfortable with his finishing ability, as long as I give him the ball, it is easy to score. As Wall said, yesterday, he dished out a staggering 22 assists and set a record for his rookie game, up from Paul's 17 in sophomore years.

"I asked before the game what the assist record was." After the race, Wall smiled and said he was staring at the record, "I thought I would contribute a lot of stats, but I didn't expect to break the record, which was really cool." Of course, my number one goal is to win. ”

In the final moments of the game, Wall also showed off a dunk. With 12 seconds left, the sophomore missed the shot, Wall grabbed the rebound and passed it to Cousins, then went straight to the basket, and Cousins was an adult and smashed the ball to the rebound. Wall soared into the air, catching the rebound ball in the air and exploding the dunk basket.

On the stage, the champion who was in a good mood was cheering at his teammates.

After winning the MVP on Griffin's "home court", Wall didn't forget to compliment Griffin: "When you see a guy next to you wearing the No. 32 Clippers jersey, you can throw the basketball anywhere near the basket, and if I throw it high, he can catch it and continue to attack." ”

2009 champion

Griffin "Playing Soy Sauce"

I just want to dunk the game

Griffin was the No. 1 pick in 2009 and missed his first season due to injury, so this is his rookie season, so it's only natural that he will be part of the rookie team.

As a member of the Los Angeles Clippers, Griffin is the "host" of this All-Star Game, and he is the only player to participate in the Rookie Challenge, Slam Dunk Contest and All-Star Game. Yesterday's match was his "debut". But this debut is obviously not satisfactory. Griffin's label is a big dunk, and yesterday, almost every goal he scored was done with a dunk. Among them, Wall gave him a lot of good passes. After the game, Griffin did not forget to praise Wall: "It's nice to have someone like him who can pass the ball, he's a natural performer. However, the fly in the ointment is that Griffin only played 13 minutes yesterday, scored 14 points, and had two turnovers, which made the fans not enjoy watching.

After the game, Griffin, who "played soy sauce", still became the focus of attention of various media, and Griffin explained the rookie Sailiuli's move: "In fact, it doesn't matter how long you play, the important thing is that as long as you play on the court and gain experience." ”

In fact, anyone can see that Griffin is reserving his strength for today's slam dunk contest! This season, Griffin averaged 22.8 points, 12.6 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game. This time, everyone was expecting him to explode again. Today, he will usher in the slam dunk contest he cares about the most.

Express reporter Tang Haojie