When Elton Brand beat Kenyon Martin to jump successfully, the 0001 season of the All-Star Rookie Challenge officially kicked off, as two players who are big forwards in their respective teams, this game is really unavailable in the center position, Elton Brand and Kenyon Martin also served as the starting center of their respective teams, Brand is a little better, in the usual game on the occasional cameo center, and last year's rookie challenge, at the end of the game, Brand has been playing the position of center, compared to Kenyon Martin is much worse than Brand, in the case of being 5 cm taller than Brand, Kenyon Martin's weight is 15 kilograms less than Brand, this thin body can not adapt to the fierce confrontation under the basket at all, so in ordinary games, Kenyon Martin's style of play is also relatively outward, this is a mid-shot beautiful boy. At the same time, Brand's low-post skills and defensive ability are at least one notch stronger than Kenyon Martin, so in front of the strong Brand, Kenyon Martin basically does not have the slightest power to change hands, often Brand only needs to shake left and right, and then fart* pout, Kenyon Martin is out of position.

In this game, the sophomore side is also feeding Brand, Brand and Odom almost all the shots of the sophomore team, so from the beginning, there is no tactical coordination on the offensive end of this game, basically the whole team pulls away and lets Brand go to single Kenyon Martin, or let Odom go to single Darius Myers, and the first-year side does not wrap the two, just watch them wreak havoc under the basket, this is a game that has been doomed before it starts.

It wasn't until the 7th minute of advertising time in the first half that the two teams began their first substitution, and on the second grade team's side, Meng Xu, who was no longer ready to play, found that the head coach of the game, that is, Adelman's assistant coach Dunn, still left Meng Xu on the field, so that Meng Xu and Jason Terry, Sean Marion, James Posey, and Szzebiak continued to stay on the field. Brand and Odom are going to fight for the MVP of this game, which is basically a well-known thing in the sophomore rookie team, so in order not to offend both sides, Dunn's strategy in this game is that the two are the same as above, and it depends on your own ability to win the MVP in the end.

After the game restarted, Meng Xu was arranged by Dunn to play playing, in this second-year team, there was originally only Brad Miller an orthodox playmaker, and although Jason Terry wore the hat of playmaker, he did the work of a scoring guard in the Hawks, so Meng Xu, who played as an organization's guard for almost half a season in the Spurs, was pushed to the position of playmaker by Dunn.

In the first round, when Meng Xu advanced the ball across the half court, Jason Terry was outside the 3-point line, and directly reached out to Meng Xu to ask for the ball, and after coming on the bench, Jason Terry showed a strong desire to attack. In the offseason last season, after the Hawks' former boss Isiah Ryder ended his contract, he rejected the Hawks' high-salary extension and chose to go to the Lakers to hug O'Neal's thigh, relying on his excellent performance this season, Jason Terry has now become the boss of the Atlanta Hawks, and with the sharp increase in statistics, Jason Terry is also likely to become the most improved player this season. At the same time, after becoming the boss of the Eagles, Jason Terry now needs some honor to decorate himself as the tide of status rises. Originally, Terry promised Odom to help Odom win the MVP trophy, but looking at the current situation, the time for himself and Odom to play at the same time must be very small, so in this case, seeing the MVP trophy of the rookie challenge placed on the sidelines, Terry is also full of spring.

"There are people who steal the spotlight every year." After seeing Terry stretching out his hand to ask for the ball, Meng Xu also smiled slightly, it was himself last year, it was Terry this year, and maybe every year in the future will be the same. After a slight hesitation, Meng Xu passed the basketball to Terry at the top of the arc. Originally, Meng Xu was going to paddle in this game, this year's All-Star Weekend, Meng Xu is still very busy, participating in the Rookie Challenge today, participating in the All-Star 3-point contest tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow as a starter to participate in the All-Star Game, and Meng Xu also promised Brand to fight for this trophy for him, so in this game, Meng Xu is no longer jumping out to steal the spotlight, and one MVP of the rookie game is enough. Therefore, in the first 7 minutes, Meng Xu would find Brand first as long as he had a basketball in his hand, and he would run casually, or simply stand in the bottom corner, anyway, Brand and Odom would not pass the basketball out.

"You guys should put on a good show in this game." After handing over the basketball to Terry, Meng Xu still ran towards the bottom corner, the competition between Brand and Odom was interesting enough, but now there is another Terry, don't get it to the end, you played a pig's brain, and it would be funny if you lost the game.

And after Terry received the ball, he went straight to the basket in a hurry, but he was taken to the bottom by Mike Miller, Terry's breakthrough was okay, the speed was fast, and he could change direction in the middle, but it was a little worse when he made a layup in the end. As a small forward, Mike Miller's defense is average, not to mention his rim protection ability, but in the face of Terry's basketball that is almost sent to his hand, Miller can't say anything without giving him a big hat.

When Meng Xu passed through the middle circle with the ball again, he found that his teammates had all pulled away, waiting for him to play alone, this situation was also unexpected by Meng Xu, but after thinking about it carefully, he was relieved, in this lineup on the field, Szzerbiak and Posey have poor ball-holding ability, not to mention Marion, and Terry also began to play without the ball after being sent a hot pot by Mike Miller in the last round.

This time it was Stephen who defended Meng Xu? Jackson, in this game, the most serious player is this player, maybe because of the upheaval in the past, so that Stephen? Jackson seemed to cherish this opportunity and this stage very much. This former talented high school player who participated in the draft in 97 but was immediately cut and used to be mixed in the CBA was not signed by the Nets until this season and was able to enter the NBA. Jackson's defense is still very good, his strength should be the highest in the group of people opposite, and he has a good attitude towards the game, and he is not like the other players in the first year, deliberately giving up the game because of the disparity in strength, so for Stephen? Jackson, Meng Xu still has some respect.

Meng Xu slapped the basketball, took two steps back, avoided Stephen Jackson's close defense, and after opening up a certain space with Jackson, Meng Xu first made a feint to break to the left, and then took a big stride to the right, and then quickly changed direction to the left, almost instantly wiped Stephen Jackson behind him, and then Meng Xu changed direction again, and entered the paint area, and the substitute center of the first-year team, Georgian Jack Chakalidis, watched Meng Xu rush towards him. subconsciously chose to dodge, but this time Meng Xu did not choose to go directly to the basket or dunk, but when he was about to reach the basket, he threw the basketball behind his buttocks, and Szzerbiak, who received Meng Xu's pass, was obviously stunned for a moment, and then quickly shot 3 points, and the basketball was hollow hit.

"Meng, it's been a pleasure to play with you, your passing is so comfortable." When Meng Xu broke through again, and then distributed the basketball to Szzczebiak in the bottom corner, he shot Szzambiak, who scored the third 3-point of the game, and ran over to high-five Meng Xu very excitedly to celebrate. If the first-year team was able to struggle and resist twice after the start of the game, now they have completely lost the ability to resist. Now the situation on the court is completely one-sided, the sophomore side is playing with mercury, the defensive end is with Posey and Meng Xu, and the sophomore team's outside defense is also impenetrable, especially with Posey It seems that Stephen Jackson on the opposite side is not pleasing to the eye, the two have been teaching and competing for their own defense.

"Maybe, we'll have a chance to play together in the future." After Meng Xu and Szzebiak high-fived, he said secretly, in fact, Meng Xu is also playing very happily now, but this feeling is destined to be unable to bring back the Spurs.

Although he has been in control of the ball, but the game has been played for 10 minutes, Meng Xu has only scored 3 points until now, from beginning to end Meng Xu is making the ball for his teammates, in these few minutes, Meng Xu is also in line with the principle of rain and dew equally, to Posey, Szebiak, Terry, Marion, one by one. It is also in the current few minutes that Meng Xu realized the powerful ability contained in the combination of the king of sudden points and the sudden scoring system, originally Posey, Szebiak and Terry, all have very good shooting ability, and their 3-point shooting rate has reached about 40% this season, and at the same time, after adding Meng Xu's own sudden point bonus, from the pause to the current 6 minutes, these guys have a total of 12 shots 7 hits, and the 7 shots are all from Meng Xu's assists after the breakthrough. In the end, when Meng Xu came off the court with 3 points, 8 assists, and 5 rebounds, 51-26, the second-grade team had already led the first-year team by as many as 25 points, and now the first half of the game is not over.

And now Barkley and Smith on the commentary bench are also booing each other, I don't know how to describe this game, although this game before the start, everyone knows that this is a game with a huge disparity in strength, but it is so bad that it is beyond everyone's imagination, if it continues like this, maybe this game will eventually create a historic score.

Maybe Dunn can't pull it off, play a super big score in the first grade, after this pause, let Meng Xu rest at the same time, but also let the players of the second grade team play tactical cooperation, the second grade team is very unfamiliar with each other, after the start of cooperation, the number of mistakes has also increased significantly. At the same time, Dunn also relaxed the team's defense, letting the first-year team chase points, and Meng Xu and Posey, the two best defensive players in the second-year team, did not play until the end of the game. Finally, at the end of the game, 80-71, the first-year team finally chased the score to within 10 points, and Brand also won the MVP of this year's Rookie Challenge with 21 points and 16 rebounds.

"Thank you, brother." Brand, who was holding the trophy in one hand, hugged Meng Xu and the others excitedly.

"Don't forget my great sword." When Brand excitedly held up the trophy and questioned the fans, Posey reminded him at the right time.