For the players, All-Star Weekend is considered their holiday, although a small number of people need to continue playing, but the intensity is not comparable to the regular season at all, others, participate in some incidental charity activities, and then wait on the sidelines of each game to cheer on their teammates, let the photographer take a few photos, and it's over.

Like Chang Wei, when there are no games to watch, he basically stays in the hotel, surfing the Internet, reading books, and time flies slowly. However, from the second day after arriving in Washington, he couldn't stay at home because Harmon also took advantage of the team's vacation to come over to see the All-Stars. Chang Wei didn't know much about the NBA in his previous life, but he always thought that when the NBA held the All-Star, there would be no games in the NBA nine times out of ten, otherwise the game of Shooting Star would not be justified.

The so-called Shooting Star is also a popular game on All-Star Weekend, which consists of four teams, each consisting of three players, including an active NBA player, a retired superstar and an active NBA female player. There are a total of 6 shooting points, three people shoot separately, the first person can shoot after the next person shoots, and the winner is determined by a round of games. Of course, according to the schedule of the previous life, this game will not be officially released until 2004, but this does not mean that the NBA will not have a holiday during the All-Star Weekend now, and even if there is no holiday, the game can not be arranged!

Hamon's arrival further confirmed Chang Wei's conjecture, but now is not a matter of discussing whether the NBA should take a vacation during the NBA All-Star period. Because of work, Chang Wei and Harmon rarely see each other a few times a year except for the offseason, and this time they happened to have a date on All-Star Weekend, so they naturally wanted to go shopping. However, for someone like Harmon, who is a basketball player herself, shopping is important, but she still wants to watch the All-Star Weekend game.

Although Chang Wei is still a nobody in the NBA, he can still eat well during All-Star Weekend with the name of the 76ers, plus there are players he knows in the Rookie Challenge, Three-Point Contest and the main game, and getting extra tickets is a matter of one sentence. According to the NBA All-Star Weekend schedule, the first game that gets a lot of attention is naturally the Rookie Challenge.

The Rookie Challenge is one of the major events of All-Star Weekend, as well as an important exhibition game for the first- and second-year rookie games. In most of the tournaments, the rookie team will challenge the rookie team in January, and the coaching team will select the best nine rookie players and sophomore players in January to form the rookie team and the sophomore team, and the assistant coach of the best team in the East and West will serve as the team's interim head coach, and sometimes invite NBA stars to serve as the team's nominal manager to add to the topic.

The game was divided into two halves, 20 minutes each. There was one 100-second timeout in each half, and two mandatory commercial breaks in each half, one at 7 minutes and 14 minutes into the half. If they don't use their timeouts at 14 minutes (when the rookie team loses the timeout) and 7 minutes (when the sophomore team loses the timeout), both teams will automatically lose a 100-second timeout. Each team has one 20-second timeout at halftime. Foul play will be counted by the Record Desk, but there will be no 6 fouls left the field.

Reed benefited from his strong three-point ability and the team's aura at the top of the Eastern Conference and was named directly to the rookie starting lineup. By the time Chang Wei and Harmon entered, the warm-up of the players on both sides was nearing the end, Reed didn't see Chang Wei and them, and Chang Wei didn't plan to go up to greet him in order to avoid affecting the state of the game, but whispered to Harmon.

"What? You said he was the one you suggested the team to pick in the first place? Harmon's eyes widened in disbelief.

Chang Wei said with a smile: "Yes, I was very optimistic about him at the beginning, although this kid fell to the second round, I still suggested that the team choose him." You see, isn't that a testament to my vision now that he's selected for the Rookie Challenge? ”

Harmon glanced at him and said angrily: "You are still panting when you say you are fat, I think, your team management should also have a good impression of him, and it is only a second-round show, the price will definitely not be very large, and this has nothing to do with you." ”

Chang Wei knew very well that sometimes he couldn't reason with women, so he quickly changed the topic: "Whether it's me or the management, at least Michael is already in our team, I don't know how he will perform later......"

It didn't take long for Reed to prove that Chang Wei's worries were unwarranted. Although he was the lowest pick in the starting lineup and was not responsible for controlling the ball, he still worked hard to keep running and looking for every open space to exploit. Amy, the point guard of the rookie team, has a mediocre offense, so she is willing to share the ball, and when everyone else is struggling with the opponent, Reed, who is in the open position, is like a lighthouse, and Amy simply passes the ball with tears in her eyes.

Reed didn't waste any chances, converting Amy's pass into an assist and hitting a three-pointer at the top of the arc. The sophomores were noncommittal and didn't send anyone to mark Reed, but they quickly paid the price, and he hit three three-pointers less than three minutes into the game, leaving his opponent stunned.

The first sophomore to react was also a pitcher, Wally Szczebiak, who knew he didn't have much defensive ability, and in order to keep Reed from being so arrogant, he chose to go on a three-point run. Led by the two, the game quickly turned into a three-point shootout, with players like Reed, Richardson, Stephen Jackson and Mark Jackson on the rookie side and Szzczebiak, Andre Miller, Terry and Francis on the sophomore side.

The saddest of all were the two interior players on both sides, Kenyon Martin and Lamar Odom, who were completely turned into pure rebounding machines with few shots other than secondary offenses and pick-and-rolls. Chang Wei couldn't help laughing, of course this is for Odom, this guy's one-handed three-point shot in his previous life was stimulated in this game?

Because of the overall level gap, the rookie team finally lost to Big Brother 121-127, and the MVP was also taken away by Szczebiak. But if you had to ask fans and the media to vote for one player of the game, it would be Reed, who scored 33 points on 11-of-20 shooting from beyond the three-point line and could well be arguably the new generation's top scorer.

Looking at Reed's still unconvinced expression, Chang Wei nodded secretly, this guy seems to be able to add a little burden.