New orleans.

At this moment, as the focus of global attention, the New Orleans Arena is already full of people.

The mascots were running actively on the court, the DJ was talking impassionedly, and the sidelines were crowded with NBA players and celebrities, who were chatting excitedly and enjoying the atmosphere.

That's right, that's where All-Star Weekend '14 takes place, and it's the most popular time of the year for fans, as well as the most watched and entertaining.

This year's All-Star Weekend was held in New Orleans on the 14th, 15th, and 16th days.

According to the NBA's official schedule, the 14th, that is, today, will hold an All-Star rookie match. And tomorrow, the Masters Game, the Skills Competition, the Three-Point Contest, the Slam Dunk Contest will be held, and the day after tomorrow, it will be the highlight of the All-Star Game.

This year's Rookie Match continues last year's rules, and the draft group is determined through a live broadcast, so as to form two teams with a mix of first- and second-year players.

The general managers of the two teams in the rookie matchup were Chris Webb and Grant Hill. The two of them replaced last year's Shaq O'Neal and Charles Barkley.

However, O'Neal is the president of the rookie game this year, and Barkley has become Hill's adviser. As for Chris Webber's advisor, it was Kenny Smith.

According to the draft rules, the two sides determined the player list through the live broadcast on the 7th.

Team Hill: Lillard, Beal, Otto Porter, Bennett, McCollum, Oladipo, Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes, Thomas Robinson, Antetokounmpo.

Webb: Trey Burke, Knoll, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Anthony Davis, Waiters, Pope, Cody Zeller, Dennis Schroeder, McCarvey, Drummond.

And from the 7th to the finalization of the list, a week has passed, and through fan voting, the starting lineups of both sides have been finalized.

The Hill team made up the starting line-up with Lillard, Beal, Porter, Bennett and Thomas Robinson.

As for the Webb team, it is composed of Burke, Wets, McGee, Davis, and Noll.

In this year's rookie game, there are a lot of potential players, and these players who are finally determined are undoubtedly the best among them, and they are the players that fans pay more attention to.

Of course, the core theme of the game is "Davis + Noll + Burke vs. Lillard + Bill + Porter".

From the perspective of grouping, this theme is indeed very interesting, and Hill's selection is mainly around the outside players, and his players are all very good projection ability. Like Lillard, Beal, Porter and Bennett in the starters, they all shot over 35% three-pointers this season, with Porter's three-point shooting rate reaching 44.3% and Bennett's 41.2%.

Then there's Webb, whose selection revolves around big men who are looking for interior and height, which is completely out of line with today's small-ball trend. However, such a choice was extremely appreciated by Chu Xuan, and Weber's thinking was indeed very consistent with him.

In Chu Xuan's opinion, the Webb team has four strong interior lines: Davis, Noll, Codyzelle, and Drummond, as long as they find the right tactics, they can easily defeat the Hill team.

Of course, how the script of the game will play is not just imagination, but ultimately depends on the performance of the players.

However, it is certain that today's game is undoubtedly very interesting.

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"Chu, it's a pleasure to meet you. Man, you're really great, I've been following your coaching. ”

On the side of the noisy arena, Webber and Chu Xuan hugged each other, and then they started talking.

This is the first time the two have met, but there doesn't seem to be anything strange between them.

Chu Xuan was extremely happy about Weber's friendliness, and his return to the arena made his bad mood much better because of the New York media attack.

"Chris, I heard that your team is missing a coach, so I came over." Chu Xuan said with a smile.

"If that's the case, I think I'd be more than welcome." Webber was also quite happy, "By the way, Chu, I heard about today's incident, those guys are too much, I support you, I hope you can fight back against them strongly." Really, it's unbearable for anyone to do such a thing. ”

When Webb heard about it, he felt that if it was on him, he would definitely explode. However, Chu Xuan didn't seem to have anything else to do except post a video to express his anger, which surprised Weber and made him a little puzzled.

Could it be that such an insult is really tolerable?

In fact, how did Webb know that Chu Xuan certainly wanted to break out, but he had no goal to break out at all.

"Chris, all I can say is thank you for your support, I'm definitely going to look for an explanation from those guys in New York." Chu Xuan had a gloomy look on his face.

Webber nodded: "Well, Chu, you just have a plan." By the way, Chu, can you give me a tip for today's game? I really want to beat Grant's team. ”

Chu Xuan was slightly stunned, he really didn't expect Weber to ask him. You know, All-Star Weekend is meant to be an entertaining game, and winning is often not that important.

"Are you sure your goal is just to win?" Chu Xuan asked.

Webb laughed, "Of course, you have to win. I love seeing Grant eating deflated. Also, this is my first time as a coach and it doesn't always taste good to lose. ”

Chu Xuan smiled slightly: "If that's the case, it's really easy to do." You just have to play this game as if it were a regular season. ”

"Gone?" Seeing Chu Xuan stop talking, Weber was a little surprised.

Chu Xuan nodded: "Yes, it's as simple as that." ”

"Of course, if it's necessary, then put defense first."

Chu Xuan's suggestion made Weber a little puzzled, he really didn't expect that Chu Xuan would actually support such a move for him.

Feeling Weber's puzzlement, Chu Xuan explained: "Team Hill's advantage is mainly focused on shooting, which is completely in line with the essence of the All-Star Game. As long as you concentrate a group of players with excellent shooting ability, it is undoubtedly very easy to win. After all, it was expected to be a game without defense. And Grant's choice is also very simple, that is, to choose the one who can vote. But, Chris, since you have chosen such a lineup, you must have a plan. So, if you want to win, it's very simple, just put the players on the defensive side so that you can play to your roster and play it like a must-win regular season, and I think the result will be as you want it to be, and it will probably get more than unexpected ratings and repercussions. (To be continued.) )