On February 12, the Lakers challenged the scheming Jazz away, the two teams were tied in regular time, and after an overtime battle, the Lakers won hard, Kobe Bryant became the hero of the whole team, and the god scored 5 points alone in the last minute was the key factor in the Lakers' victory.

In the days that followed, the Purple and Gold won a rare rest day, and some veteran players such as Fisher, Odom and others were ready to take advantage of this time to take a good rest in order to prepare for the playoffs in the near future.

Of course, if someone is idle, someone will inevitably be busy, as is the case with Li Chen and Kobe, and the Lakers' super-rookie seems to have a heavier task than the big gods, for the simple reason that the long-awaited All-Star weekend is about to begin.

The annual All-Star Feast consists of three days, including the Rookie Challenge on the first day, the four entertainment items of dunk, three-point, skill competition and shooting stars on the second day, and the major event on the third day - the All-Star Game.

The reason why Li Chen is the busiest person in this All-Star Game is because in addition to the dunk and skill games, there are this guy on the list of participants in the other three events, and this enthusiasm is rare in the history of the league.

In fact, Li Chen himself was not willing to participate in so many projects, but David Stern specifically requested it, and Li Chen was embarrassed not to give face to the boss, after all, the chic days ago were inseparable from David Stern's help. If you don't want the boss to put on small shoes for yourself, then try to do what the old man asks.

This year's rookie game, a total of 18 players from 33 teams in the league were invited to participate, and 9 people were sent from each of the first and second grades, and since the rookie game was restructured into the first and second grade competition in 2000, the first year has suffered the embarrassment of not winning for 6 consecutive years.

Although every year there will be a few pretentious rookies who want to lead the first grade to break through the invincible circle, but unfortunately they all ended in failure, even the 03 platinum generation who was blown to the sky by the outside world still had to bow down in front of the second-year team led by Xiao Si in the rookie game.

Li Chen has noticed this phenomenon since he received the invitation, of course he also wants to be a dark horse, although there are promising players like Durant and Horford in the second year, but they also have Westbrook and talented players like Rose, compared to the strength, the rookies in the first year are not much inferior, what they lack is just experience.

Thinking of these, Li Chen felt that he still had a chance, although in his memory this rookie game still ended in failure in the first grade, and Durant in the second year seemed to have set a scoring record, but now that everything has started again, it is naturally up to to be debated who will lose and who will win.

The line-ups for both teams are as follows:

Sophomores: Kevin Durant (Thunder), Jeff Green (Thunder), Al Horford (Hawks), Al Thornton (Clippers), Teddy Young (76ers), Wilson Chandler (Knicks), Ronnie Starkey (Pistons), Yaaron Brooks (Rockets), Luis Scola (Rockets)

First-year team: Derrick Rose (Bulls), O.J. Mayo (Grizzlies), Marc Gasol (Grizzlies), Cruz Lee (Lakers), Greg Oden (Trail Blazers), Russell Westbrook (Thunder), Eric Gordon (Clippers), Michael Beasley (Heat), Brook Lopez (Nets)

What the? Uncle Auden is on the 1st grade team!

Ha, you read that right, Uncle Auden was indeed classified in the first grade, because of the sad injury in the first year, this year is Oden's rookie season in the real sense, and at the same time, the rookie in 07, the emperor is already a generation lower than his friends in the same year.

However, according to the news before the game, the emperor seemed to have strained a tendon in training and had no choice but to withdraw from the rookie challenge, and his place was replaced by Kevin Love of the Timberwolves. So far, Uncle Oden has managed to avoid the only two rookie games of his career, which is unprecedented in the league record.

The Emperor's case tells those bad teams that if you want to turn around, it's not enough to just get a champion pick, provided you have to make sure that you don't pick a bad champion. If the Portlanders had chosen Durant, it is likely that the current Trail Blazers would have been different.

Of course, this kind of thing is obviously impossible, Durant's style of play is in conflict with the current core of the Trail Blazers, Roy, the technical characteristics of the two have many similarities, and the Trail Blazers are unlikely to give up their original core for the sake of a rookie with an uncertain future. But if the Portlanders knew what happened to Roy, they might have changed their minds.

Back to the rookie game, take a closer look, and then think about the future prospects of these players, Li Chen found that the quality of the rookies in 08 was higher, but this could not be used as a basis for the victory of the first grade, otherwise according to this view, the 03 generation of the year would not have lost. So, experience is still very important.

The assistant coaches of the first and second grades are Wade of the Heat and Howard of the Magic, Li Chen doesn't know much about the Flash, although the Lakers had a fight with the Heat not long ago, and the Heat narrowly won at that time, but Li Chen did not have much communication with the Heat's boss after the game.

Since winning the championship with the help of Ao Fat, the Heat's situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse, the record is getting worse year by year, and the team's core Wade is also plagued by injuries.

"Lee, how's your state? Do you have the confidence to take over those second-grade guys? To Li Chen's surprise, the Flash's attitude towards him seemed to be good. Because of the media hype, Li Chen and James have faintly antagonistic posture, and Wade, as a friend of the little emperor, Li Chen thought that the other party would not give him a good look.

Obviously, this is what he thinks about too much, in the NBA, there are more examples of players being friends on the court for the enemy off the court, not to mention that Li Chen and James do not have any hatred, even if they take a step back, even if Li Chen and the little emperor have an indissoluble hatred, then these have nothing to do with the Flash.

Your enemy is my enemy! The relationship between the Flash and James has not yet reached that point. Maybe there may have been a time when the new Big Three teamed up in 10 years, but the problem is still in 09.

The senior took the initiative to say hello, and Li Chen naturally did not lose his manners, and said very kindly, "Of course, I have been preparing for this day for a long time, and I will definitely not disappoint you!" ”

Wade looked at Li Chen amusedly, "Well, that's good, I'm looking forward to your play, we lost the last time we played magic, and this time I have to get one back." ”

Because it was a rookie game, Li Chen didn't dare to be too high-profile, otherwise it would be sad if his teammates didn't pass the ball when he was playing, so someone was very decisive to show favor to his temporary teammates.

"Dwyan, you can't just expect my performance, there are so many people like Derek, OJ, Russell, etc., these are the future stars of the league, you can't favor one over the other!"

Rose, who has successfully seized the core position of the Bulls, has the demeanor of a general, and the loss to the Lakers a few months ago did not affect him in the slightest, Rose said according to Li Chen's words.

"Yes, Dwyan, you Heat don't have to be like this if you want to pursue the Big Apple, although his contract is about to expire, everyone knows that he belongs to New Yorkers, and your Miami heat wave will steam the Big Apple. Isn't it, Cruz? ”

I didn't expect Ross to be so joking, Li Chen picked up the conversation, "What's the matter, tell you Derek, my favorite thing is the beach and bikini beauties, as for the heat wave, for the sake of the beauties, I can still bear it!" ”

"Ha, you're done, Lindsay is right behind you!" Li Chen's friend Da Gasol's younger brother Xiao Jia suddenly gloated.

Uh, no, someone looked back cautiously, there was no imaginary royal sister, what appeared in front of him was Westbrook's bitter gourd face.

Realizing that he had fallen for the other party, Li Chen still decided to put the joke down, holding Westbrook's face, and said with a sad face.

"Oh dear, how did you come to be like this, is the sun blazing so hard in Phoenix? God, what about your fair skin? ”

Westbrook is obviously not a person who can be easily stopped, his eyes are blurred, Wei Shao's expression instantly became extremely disgusting, and the disgusting point almost made the bystanders vomit, but in order to cooperate, Li Chen endured the discomfort and wanted to see how the other party continued.

"Well, dear, I heard that you like sun-colored healthy skin, I specially went to Miami to show it, do you like it, although it is a little too tanned, but I'm sure you won't mind, will you, Cruz?"

Can you imagine Wei Shao saying this with a shyly face, anyway, Li Chen, who was in front of the attack wave, was already about to fall to the ground and died, and the others were not much better.

"Come on, Russell, you don't play like you at all, you went to Miami to dry it, it's obvious that you accidentally broke into the baker's oven!" OJ Mayo said that he couldn't stand it anymore, although it was acting, but it was better to be realistic.

Wei Shao was very helpless, "What can I do, I said earlier that I should let Lefu play it, he is white, and you listen to his name, how romantic, when you hear it, it is an emotional drama!" ”

Eros reluctantly interjected, "Eh, you're sure you're going to have a 250-pound behemoth play the petite and cute Lindsay Lohan, God, this must be a joke!" Aren't you worried that Lindsay will take a gun and crash me! ”

"Don't worry", Li Chen patted the shoulder of the god of love comfortingly, "Don't need Lindsay to interfere, I will collapse you with my own hands!" ”

Yes! Le Fu pretended to be afraid, and jumped out of Li Chen's attack range in one step. Seeing a fat and strong inner beast hiding behind Mayo, who was a few days younger than him, as a bird, Li Chen couldn't think of any words to describe his bad feelings at this time.

"Hey, stop playing, the game is about to start, I'll arrange the starting lineup!" Wade interrupted everyone's jokes, of course, it may be that the Flash can't stand the bad taste of this group of people, although the atmosphere is friendly, but the game is still the first thing.

"Derek, OJ, Cruze, Michael, Love, all five of you are starters, make sure you play with our momentum! Show the second-grade birds, we're not for them to be bullied. Have faith? In the end, Wade roared, and with little coaching experience, he could only rely on this simple move to boost his morale.

However, for rookies from different teams, it seems that this method is the most effective. The joke just now brought their relationship a lot closer, and they were well prepared for the game.

"Yes!" Yiganren and others did not hesitate to give a guarantee, and the dream of the first grade to overturn the second grade set sail again.

They're rookies, so they're not stressed, and because there's no pressure, they're confident. Even if the experience of their predecessors tells them that this task will be very difficult, for rookies who are new to the alliance, the last thing they lack is the courage to face the difficulties.

The second-year starting lineup is a five-man roster handpicked by Howard:

Kevin Durant, the core of the SuperSonics, Al Horford, the Hawks' high-quality interior lineman, the Rockets' dream foot, Luis Scola, and Ronnie Starki and Thaddeus Young, respectively, are the main players of their respective teams.

The first- and second-year players are ready to go, and the rookie battle is about to begin!

"Whether it's the second-grade old birds who cut the rookie under the horse, or the first-grade calves who pick up the seniors, please wait and see what the result is!" Accompanied by Mr. Zhang's passionate commentary, the audience finally ushered in the pre-dinner dessert of the all-star feast!

(Recently, I've been busy with internships and measurements, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., writing internship reports at night, I really have time, and uploading them is all in the manuscript, hey, it's really not fast!! ）