This year's Houston All-Star Weekend will be broadcast live in 215 countries for the first time in history, and will be broadcast live in 47 languages via TV, computer and mobile devices, with more than 312 international media outlets from 46 countries and regions participating.

On the first day of NBA All-Star Weekend, the highlight of the day was, of course, the much-anticipated Rookie Challenge.

However, there is also an All-Star Celebrity Game before the Rookie Challenge, which is mainly attended by big names from the entertainment and sports worlds.

Therefore, before the rookie game, rookies such as Gao Dazhuang also watched such an interesting game with great interest.

The political, athletic and artistic stars on the court are divided into two teams, and the coaches are James Harden, the star of the Rockets, and Russell Westbrook, the Thunder guard.

Harden coached the "Secretary of Education" team, because their first player on the team was U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who was previously a member of the Harvard University basketball team, in other words, he is also the predecessor of Houston Chinese-American star Jeremy Lin.

Westbrook coached the "Flyers", because the first player of their team was the world's "king of the 100 meters" and Jamaica's "lightning" - Usain Bolt.

The rest of the players on both teams are Hollywood actors Kevin Hart and Josh? Hutcherson, singers Ne-Yo and Trey Songz, ESPN host Ryen Russillo, ABCNews reporter John Schriffen, WNBA Maya? Moore and Tamika? Catchings, as well as NBA legends Dicambe Mutombo, Drexler "The Glider" and others.

The Masters are likewise divided into four quarters, each of which lasts 10 minutes. At the beginning of the game, the two sides launched a "fierce" competition.

I have to say that the popularity of basketball in the United States is very high, although the court is mainly entertaining, it can be seen that the basketball skills of these stars are not weak.

The best shot of the game came at the end of the first quarter, when Bolt ran to the basket in small steps after receiving the ball and dunked with both hands.

Bolt's dunk took at least 6 or 7 steps, so it also caused a burst of laughter from the audience, but although the ball walked, the referee would not be so puzzled in this kind of entertaining game.

Although Bolt only scored two points in the whole game. But that's enough to say it - lightning doesn't just run. You can also jump!

In the end, Harden's "Secretary of Education" team defeated Westbrook's "Flyers" team 58-38.

In the final vote of fans, Hollywood superstar Hart, who scored 5 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 2-of-5 shooting today, won the MVP for the second consecutive year.

The "entertainment" game is over. Next up is the highlight of the day, the All-Star Rookie Challenge.

Since last year. The two teams in the Rookie Challenge no longer use the names of the Rookie and Second-Year teams. Instead, the Barkley team was used against the O'Neal team.

This is because the two teams in the last Rookie Challenge are no longer divided according to the year they entered the NBA, but are mixed. And by Charles? Barkley vs. Shaquay? O'Neal's two former star players were selected and led by the team as coaches, and this year's rookie game also continued last year's rules, with 10 players each selected by O'Neal and Barkley to team up to fight, and the first and second grades were mixed, and the game time was changed from four quarters to two halves.

O'Neal was the first to get the right to select the players, and after he danced an impromptu dance excitedly, he was very proud to point with his hand and live up to expectations and picked the "rookie king" from the Brooklyn Nets tall and strong.

Not to be outdone, Barkley picked last year's No. 1 Knights star Kyrie Irving.

Anthony Davis and Damian Lillard were then the players they picked in the second round, followed by eight rounds of picking, with 10 players each.

The O'Neal team has players who are: Tall Strong, Anthony Davis, Kenneth Faryd, Coe Leonard, Bradley Beal, Ricky Rubio, Tristan Thompson, Nikola Ucevic, Brandon Knight, Isiah Thomas.

The Barkley squad includes: Kyrie Irving, Damian Lillard, Andre Drummond, Klay Thompson, Chandler Parsons, Dion Waiters, Harrison Barnes, Michael Kidd Gilchrist, Tyler Zeller and Kemba Walker.

The rookie game is a stage for the league's rising stars to show their talents, and who can become the star of stars in this game and win the MVP is undoubtedly the biggest attraction.

In terms of fame and strength, O'Neal's tall and strong, Davis, and Barkley's Irving and Lillard, these four people are more attractive to fans.

But there has always been no shortage of dark horses in the rookie game, and it is also suspenseful whether Parsons, the Rockets small forward who is playing at home, can stand out.

Because this year's All-Star Weekend was held in Houston, Parsons, who played for the Rockets, had home-court advantage, which can be said to have the right time and place, depending on the personal state in the game and whether his teammates are successful.

There is a precedent for a home player to win the MVP of the rookie game, and in the 2005 rookie game held in Denver, Anthony, who played for the Nuggets at the time, scored 31 points and was elected MVP.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, Chandler Parsons, who was playing at home, took the lead, only to see that after receiving a pass from his teammate Irving, he suddenly stopped a three-point shot after dribbling laterally.

With a "brush", Parsons hit a three-point shot and scored the first point of the game.

However, in turn, O'Neal's Anthony Davis sent a delicate pass and assisted Faried's dunk.

At this time, O'Neal's starting lineup is: center Anthony Davis of the Hornets, Kenneth Faried of the Nuggets of the power forward, Coy Leonard of the small forward Spurs, Tall and Strong of the Nets at point guard, and Bradley Beal of the Wizards at point guard.

The starting lineup of the Barkley team is: center Andre Drummond of the Pistons, the front two will be Chandler Parsons of the Rockets and Klay Thompson of the Warriors, and the guard line will be made up of Damian Lillard of the Trail Blazers and Kyrie Irving of the Cavaliers.

It can be seen that O'Neal's squad is relatively complete. The Barkley team, on the other hand, lined up a small lineup and played with bombardment.

In fact, the same was true in the game, where Barkley scored a layup with a stride from Lillard after a series of quick passes, followed by jumpers from Parsons and Thompson.

Of course, O'Neal's team soon returned the favor, with power forward Faried scoring a basket and Leonard making two free throws after a foul.

The offense on both sides was very fast-paced, but the two teams went back and forth with little defense, and O'Neal's center Anthony Davis even played a three-point shot, but he missed both three-point shots. even cast a three-no-stick. The audience burst into laughter.

In the 10th minute of the first half, with Parsons' layup, the score became 29:39, and Barkley temporarily led O'Neal by 10 points.

At this time, the highest scoring score for the Barkley team was the Rockets small forward Parsons, who was playing at home. He was 6-of-7 from the field. He finished with 13 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

And O'Neal's best performance is Nuggets power forward Faried. He shot 5-of-5 from the field and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line to finish with 11 points and six rebounds.

But the leaders of both sides, Tall and Strong, and Owen rarely performed. The tall man has yet to score and only dished out three assists, while Irving has only four points and two assists.

However, considering that both Tall and Irving will be playing in the All-Star Game, it is still a question of how long they will play in the rookie game, and even the reservations in the rookie game can be understood by fans.

But just when the fans thought that this game would be a battle between Parsons, Faried, Davis, Lillard and others, Irving suddenly began to exert his strength.

With a "cluster", Irving broke through the tall and strong defense with the help of his teammates' blocking, and Irving, who cut into the inside, faced Davis's defense and shot a glider-style pull-up layup.

With a "brush", Owen scored 2 points very elegantly.

Twenty seconds later, Irving faced a tall and strong defense, and after a series of "flower arrangement" dribbles, he suddenly made a dry jump shot.

With a "brush", Irving hit the Nets accurately with a half-volley and scored 2 points again.

"Big strong, come on", "Tall and strong, strong"...... At this time, there was a cheering sound in Chinese in the audience, and Gao Dazhuang knew that it was the National Olympic team led by Fan Bin sitting there, and even their dozens of tickets were handled by the staff of Gao Dazhuangtuo Rocket Team.

Fan Bin, the head coach of the national Olympic team, believes that watching the high-level game can improve the mentality and level of the players, although this is only a rookie challenge, but it can also allow the players of the national Olympic team to see the gap between them and American players of the same age.

Gao Dazhuang on the court waved his hand to thank the cheering of the national Olympic team, and when Gao Dazhuang trotted past him, Wang Zhelin also stood up and pointed at Owen and shouted: "Da Zhuang, single him out."

Obviously, although they were shocked by the strength of these young people in the United States, Wang Zhelin still hoped that the tall and strong could "grow a long face" for them.

"Bang" But Wang Zhelin's words have not yet fallen, O'Neal's pass was suddenly stolen by Owen, and after the steal, Owen quickly rushed to O'Neal's basket with the ball.

However, at this time, the tall and strong had been tightly clinging to Irving, and the two were entangled all the way to the basket, although Irving had a chance to pass, but in the face of the tall and strong defense, he obviously hoped to defeat this limelight kid head-on.

"Peng" Owen suddenly bowed his waist, and immediately forced his body to hit the tall and strong, and after opening up a little gap, Owen made a side layup.

"Don't think" was knocked back a step by the tall and strong, but he quickly adjusted his pace, and his strong explosive force made him spread his arms and pounce on him with one step.

On this ball, Gao Dazhuang and Owen have a real spark, young people are full of fighting spirit, like Owen, Gao Dazhuang also does not want to lose to each other, especially now, because Gao Dazhuang knows that it is not only the National Olympic team that is watching this game at this time, but also thousands of fans in China, Gao Dazhuang does not want to disappoint them.

Irving's all-out offense ushered in a 100% defense of Tall and Strong, and Irving's excellent burst and bounce made Irving have to change the way he shot at the last minute, and the layup turned into a pick-and-roll.

The ball bypassed the tall and strong defense in an extremely high arc, but with a "dang" sound, Irving's extremely difficult basket finally bounced out of the basket.

"Beautiful" watched Gao Dazhuang successfully defend the opponent, and the players of the national Olympic team also cheered loudly with excitement, and at this moment, Gao Dazhuang jumped again, and after grabbing the offensive rebound, he rushed to the opponent's basket.

"Cluster" faced the oncoming Parsons, tall and strong turned around and rotated 180 degrees, easily flashing the opponent, but at this time Owen also posted up, and the two were entangled again, but unlike the beginning, tall and strong changed from the defender to the attacker.

Almost exactly like the previous round, the moment he stepped into the paint area, the tall and strong was also hunched sideways, leaning on Owen.

But just when Owen thought that Gao Da Zhuang was going to launch a strong attack, Gao Da Zhuang suddenly threw the ball to the rebound, and in Owen's stunned, O'Neal's big forward Faried followed up from behind Gao Da Zhuang, only to see the "half-orc" jump high in the air, and slam the ball to the basket with both hands after receiving the ball.

With a loud bang, Faried's slam dunk immediately won the applause of the audience, and of course, more than half of the applause and cheers were given to the tall and strong assist. (To be continued......)