Chapter 45: Rookie Race (Subscription Request, Reward)
There are still a lot of highlights in the various events of this year's All-Star Weekend, although many superstars did not participate in the slam dunk contest, such as Kobe, James and others, which is definitely a pity for many fans.
Although there are not many superstars participating in the slam dunk contest, there is also a superstar participating in this year's dunk contest, the star of the Magic team, Dwight Howard, who is undoubtedly a superstar, is also the starting center of the Eastern All-Star this year.
Howard is a tall man, and on the contrary, there is a very short guard who participated in this year's slam dunk contest, that is Nate Robinson, who is known as the little potato, he also participated last year, but ultimately lost to Howard, and whether Howard can successfully defend his title this year and whether the little potato can stop Howard, there is no doubt that this is a point to watch.
In addition to the slam dunk contest, the attention of the three-point contest is also good, and this year's three-point contest can be described as very lively, why is it lively? Because there are many superstars participating in this year's three-point contest, unlike the excitement of the dunk, the three-point contest is soft and without any violence, so the chance of injury is also very small, so there are many superstars participating, and it is not surprising.
There are still six players participating in this year's three-point contest, namely: Raptors guard Capo, Mavericks' Nowitzki, Celtics' Ray Allen and Pierce, Hawks' Bibby, and the last one is Kevin Durant, the star of last year's Thunder. (In reality, this is naturally not the case, the novel needs it, don't take it seriously.) )
Why did the Mavericks' Nowitzki participate in such a boring, meaningless three-point contest? Although he is a power forward, he has three points, and he still has a very good shooting percentage of open three-point shots, and the reason why he wants to participate is to prevent Capono from making a triple championship.
Ray Allen participated because he thought he hadn't participated in the three-point contest for a long time, and many people forgot that he was also the champion of the three-point contest, and among these six, Ray Allen's three-point shooting percentage ranked first.
Why did Durant participate, in his words, since it was All-Star Weekend, wouldn't it be sorry for the All-Star if it wasn't fun, so he decided to participate, and his task in the team is to score three points, and Durant's skills in shooting are still very deep, and in addition to this three-point contest, Durant was naturally selected for the second-year team of the rookie game.
Oden, on the other hand, was reimbursed for last year's injury season, so he was selected for the first-year squad this year, and the battle between the champion and the top eye is undoubtedly one of the highlights of this meaningless one.
And this year's sophomore lineup can be said to be very weak, except for Durant, if you can see it, other things are really not good, such as Scola and Moon, they are not young, but they are only sophomores.
The first year is different, the lineup can be described as very strong, and the second year is completely incomparable. The main lineup of the first year: Huang Jun, Rose, Beasley, Oden, Lefu and others, this lineup is very young, and all of them are geniuses, Lefu also showed the strength of his No. 5 show, and it is not a parallel product. As for Oden, no one will say that he is a parallel product, after more than 50 games this season, Oden has not suffered any injuries, and can average 15 points plus 13 rebounds and three blocks per game, the stats do not look good, but such statistics are done in a limited time.
In his previous life, Oden was injured too often, but I don't know if it was after Huang Jun came, there was a butterfly effect, and many things were no longer in accordance with the trajectory of history, completely changing history. Huang Jun naturally doesn't know about all this, and of course no one else knows, it can be said that there is no one else except for Fallen Leaves.
Beasley's performance this season is also very good, although his status as the leader was robbed by Huang Jun, but his days with the Timberwolves are still very "happy", because he is the absolute core of this team, no one can threaten his position, in this team he has unlimited firing rights, if he joins the Heat or the Cavaliers, he will never get such treatment.
In addition to the rookie game, there is also a skill game and a shooting star. However, the highlights of the technique are not interesting, because its lineup is very bleak, and it will be bleak without a star joining, and there are not many people who pay attention.
The All-Star Game is the real show, and that's the real theme of All-Star Weekend. In recent years, the west has won more and lost less, although the competition in the west is very fierce, but there are also many excellent players.
This year's All-Star bench lineup also came out the other day, on the Eastern side: Rondo, Pierce, Ray Allen, Wade, Granger, Lewis and Chris Bos. West side: O'Neal, Nowitzki, Blanton Roy, Anthony, Pau Gasol, Billups.
The lineup in the West is undoubtedly the strongest, and many of those who should have entered the All-Star did not enter, because there were not enough places, so the West's record in recent years has been very good, with more wins and fewer losses.
The All-Star Weekend first started with the rookie game, and this year's rookie game is also very interesting due to the joining of Huang Jun and Rose, what kind of sparks will the backcourt combination of Rose and Huang Jun have, the tacit understanding between Oden and Huang Jun and others, and the competition between Oden and Durant.
Although the two cannot be directly opposed, there are still highlights, and the two of them can also prove in this game who is the real champion, and now Durant has gradually improved, and the progress is not one or two points, the progress is very big, completely beyond everyone's expectations, even the Thunder, who chose Durant, did not expect to progress so fast.
In this rookie game, many NBA superstars came here to cheer for the members of their respective teams, such as James, who is on the same team as Huang Jun, also came to the scene to cheer for Huang Jun. And the superstars who didn't have players on the team to participate in the rookie game also came, such as Kobe Bryant of the Lakers and the Big Three of the Celtics.
At this time, James and Wade were sitting together, James looked at Wade sitting next to him and said with a smile, "Wade, I didn't expect Huang Jun's progress to be so great, now it seems that you didn't expect it, and I didn't expect it." You must be very sorry that you didn't ask the team to choose him in the first place, but traded the draft picks to us. ”
James is not a problem, but said affirmatively, obviously he thinks Wade will regret it, because Huang Jun got his starting position in his first season, and he has regret or hatred.
Although Wade knew that James was not hitting himself or making fun of himself, he couldn't help but be angry, because what the other party said happened to be the truth, and it was also his biggest regret, and the biggest regret was that he did not accept Huang Jun to his own team, and gave it to his rival Cavaliers.
"James, you don't know how much I regret it now, I didn't expect that the original kindness has become a tragedy today." Wade said helplessly.
After listening to Wade's words, James smiled and didn't say anything, although Wade had a chance to get Huang Jun, but if it wasn't for his own carelessness, how could the other party have a chance, in the end, he still has to blame his own carelessness.
The rookie game started quickly, and players from both sides were already on the court, ready to jump the ball.
The starting lineup for the rookie game is as follows: point guard Huang Jun, shooting guard Rose, small forward Michael Beasley, power forward Marc Gasol, and center Oden.
Sophomore lineup: Starkey, Brooks, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and Al Horford. The rookie lineup is basically the same as the sophomore lineup, there is no authentic scoring guard, and they are all transferred to the point guard with a point guard, but the second-year backcourt lineup is completely incomparable to the rookie backcourt lineup, and it is not a grade at all.
Oden and the Hawks' center Al Horford, in the end, Oden jumped the ball without any suspense, and jumped to Huang Jun. Huang Jun's position in this lineup is point guard, and Rose, who is also a point guard, moves to the scoring position, because Rose's scoring ability is indeed much higher than his playmaking ability, so moving him to the scoring position is indeed a very wise and correct choice.
Huang Jun controlled the ball to the half court and sat down directly with a gesture, and this gesture naturally everyone knows what this means, because before the game, Huang Jun has already interacted with them simply, and also explained the meaning of many gestures, because everyone is a newcomer, and it is also the first time to fight side by side in a team, all of them are completely absent in terms of tacit understanding, to put it bluntly, the tacit understanding is zero, and Huang Jun's gestures will play a great role, and there is no tacit understanding can only rely on gestures to understand what he is going to do.
As Huang Jun's gesture fell, Oden immediately came up to cover him, and it was very easy for the knight Huang Jun to pass the defender Starkey, but he didn't choose to pass the opponent's player himself, but asked for a block.
The reason why I want this block, because Huang Jun wants to form a short tacit understanding with some players in the first quarter or something, so as to prepare for the next game, although the opponent's lineup is not their opponent at all, but Huang Jun has no intention of underestimating the enemy, even if the enemy is a strong team, it will not be able to get rid of the tragedy in the end.
And as soon as Huang Jun entered this team, he was already the leader of this team, and no one dared to be dissatisfied, even if Rose and Oden, who had performed well this season, were very supportive of him, so he naturally had to listen to his words, and Huang Jun's first words were that everyone in this rookie game could not deal with this game with a light enemy mentality.