Chapter 161: Rookie Battle

(Thanks to the white humor children's shoes for the reward~)

didn't wait long, on February 13th, Li Shihao and they waited for the All-Star Rookie Challenge.

The first-year team is selected as follows: Tyrek Evans (Kings), O'Millily Cosby (Kings), Stephen Curry (Warriors), Lee Se-ho (Timberwolves), Brandon Jennings (Bucks), James Harden (Thunder), Ty Gibson (Bulls), DeJuan Blair (Spurs), Jonas Jennebuk (Pistons)

Sophomores: Derrick Rose (Bulls), Michael Beasley (Heat), Eric Gordon (Clippers), Kevin Love (Timberwolves), Brook Lopez (Nets), Danilo Gallinari (Knicks), Russell Westbrook (Thunder), Marc Gasol (Timberwolves), O.J. Mayo (Grizzlies)

Such a matchup lineup makes Li Shihao feel quite unaccustomed, his long-term training teammates Kevin Love and Marc Gasol are in the second-year team opposite, and in the first-year, there are many players who are not interested in Li Shihao.

Today's Rookie Challenge is not easy to play!

Li Shihao sighed, secretly wondering if he wanted to deal with it by the way, Curry suddenly walked in front of Li Shihao with Jennings and Harden.

"Bruce, we'll try to give you the ball tonight, and you distribute the ball!" Stephen Curry smiled and spat out such a sentence.

Li Shihao was surprised, but he didn't expect Curry to pay attention to this.

"Why, Stephen, you're not easy people to listen to, and I'm not sure you'll be willing to listen to my assignments."

Stephen Curry smiled and shook his head. Glancing back at James Harden and Jennings, he explained: "Bruce, you are the strongest among us right now, we all admit that, but the strength of the sophomore on the other side is not weak, especially the Derrick Rose guy." You and I have suffered a lot in the NCAA. ”

"He's improved a lot this year, he's completely different from him in the NCAA, he's so strong, and now you're the only one who can play against him."

"He's got a lot of weirdness, it's hard to let go, and he's got a great sense of the big picture, and once he gets it done, whether it's attacking himself or sharing the ball with his teammates, it's going to keep us scrambling."

"The strength of the second grade is not weaker than ours. And they have a year more experience than us, so they are much more mature than us in terms of experience, and we have to work together to beat them! ”

"You all want to win this game?" Li Shihao looked at Curry and them, and his eyes were very solemn.

"Yes, we don't have a history of being beaten by sophomores in our rookie season, this year is the eighth year, and the first seven rookie players were beaten by sophomores without incident, and this time we need to end that history!"

Li Shihao smiled when he heard this. "Then call Terek Evans and them too!"

As soon as these words came out, Stephen Curry glanced at everyone. said to Li Shihao: "Bruce, you know, that guy Terek Evans thinks very highly of himself, and he will not choose to join forces with us, he will definitely choose to go it alone!" ”

Li Shihao said solemnly: "Stephen, we want to win this game. We have to gather everyone's strength, Tyrek Evans is very good, we can't do without his strength, he will help us! ”

Stephen Curry took a deep look at Li Shihao and sighed. He had no choice but to say, "Then listen to you, Bruce, tonight's game is in your hands, we trust you!" ”

Li Shihao nodded, turned around and walked to Tyrek Evans.

"Tyrek, fight with us tonight, we need your strength to defeat the second-year team together!" Li Shihao said quite sincerely, with serious eyes.

Tyrek Evans was a little surprised, he used to be the No. 1 high school student in the United States, he was very strong, he thought very highly of himself, and his relationship with players like Stephen Curry was not very good, although he was called James Jr., he did not have the excellent interpersonal skills of LeBron James.

Tyrek Evans didn't expect that Li Shihao would take the initiative to come to him, according to his guess, Li Shihao should have reached an alliance with Stephen Curry, and should join forces to resist himself in the game, it would be good not to stumble him behind his back, and he would join forces with him?

It's unbelievable!

"Bruce, you want me to join forces with you?" Although Tyrek Evans thinks very highly of himself, he is not stupid, and now Li Shihao's strength has improved a lot compared to the NCAA period, which is enough for him to look at it as an equal, and if he can ease the relationship with Li Shihao, it is also a good choice.

After all, they both came from the same draft, and when their rookie contracts expire in the future, there is still a good chance of teaming up.

Li Shihao nodded, "Tyrek, you are the best breakthrough among us, we need you to open up the situation for us, I will pass the ball to you, you and Curry will be the protagonists tonight!" ”

"What about you? Aren't you going to compete for the rookie game MVP? "Tyrek Evans is not a fool, he wonders what Li Shihao thinks.

"The MVP of the rookie game is not very attractive to me, it will be more suitable for you!" Li Shihao shook his head and smiled.

"Also, you've been selected for the All-Star Game, so you can't look down on the honor of MVP of the Rookie Challenge!" Tyrek Evans stood up, "I agreed, I'll join forces with you, I hope you remember your promise!" ”

Li Shihao nodded, indicating that he understood.

Tyrek Evans snorted and turned to leave.

Li Shihao shook his head and smiled, turned around and gestured to Curry and the others who were paying attention to the movement in the distance, indicating that the matter had been successfully negotiated.

Tonight's rookie challenge is destined to disappoint Derrick Rose, and Lee Se-ho obviously has no intention of giving his best in the game, and he doesn't plan to be in the limelight, but he is playing for his teammates all over the court to help them get better offensive opportunities.

Stephen Curry and Tyrek Evans are the players who benefit the most, Curry, as a friend of Li Shihao for many years, has received passes from Li Shihao, as long as Curry runs out of the open space on the outside, Li Shihao's passes will always come like a ghost.

It turns out that Curry's shooting skills are still very good, especially the three-point shooting skills, which are much better than Li Shihao, 6 of 10 three-pointers, and scored 20 points in the game.

Tyrek Evans was the biggest protagonist tonight, with 26 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals, and he was undoubtedly the best candidate for MVP.

Once Tyrek Evans has the right opportunity, Li Shihao will always hand over the ball to him to deal with, and Evans will not dominate the ball too much, know how to handle the ball reasonably, and when the opportunity is not good, he can pass the ball back and let others score.

With Lee Se-ho and Tyrek Evans organizing the offense, the first-year rookies had good stats, with Blair scoring 22 points, 23 rebounds and 4 assists, Jennings scoring 22 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds, and Harden scoring 22 points and 5 rebounds.

In the end, the second-year team led by Derrick Rose lost the game and failed to maintain the sophomore unbeaten record. When the score was fixed at 140-128, the fans in the stadium gave warm applause.

These young and young rookie boys staged an offensive and defensive drama for them! (To be continued.) )