Chapter 151: Blossoming

From the big lead at the beginning to the fall behind at halftime, the second-year team taught the younger brothers of the first-year team a lesson with a hearty attack, a lesson called the sacrosanctity of the seniors' demeanor.

The first-year team's up-and-down fighting style obviously made head coach Cheeks very unhappy, and he was ready for a first-year defeat, but his team first led madly and then was beaten madly by others.

So, as the core of the first year, Chamberlain came on the court again, but before he played, Cheeks grabbed him and said cautiously: "Z, the team needs you now, but this is an All-Star, just have fun, have fun......"

He thinks that with Chamberlain's ability, the second-year old birds who can play even if they just play have a headache.

The players on both sides played, and the second year was still led by Roy, and he and Chamberlain said with a smile when they staggered by: "Man, you are going to lose this game, I don't want to bully you too much, because you are rookies, I like to respect the old and love the young, but the gap in strength between us is too big, even if we want to lose, we can't lose." ”

Chamberlain nodded solemnly and said seriously: "Very good, man, I'm still worried that you will admit defeat when you see me playing." In that case, let's all show our sabers, and let's see if each other's blood is bright red. ”

Aldridge looked at Chamberlain's solemn expression, and he smiled dryly at Roy: "This guy isn't serious, is he?" ”

Roy smiled playfully, "So what? When the bayonet is red, am I afraid? ”

"Two madmen!" Aldridge muttered under his breath.

This time, Chamberlain didn't look at Conley when he served, served directly to Durant, and then ran to the frontcourt. The basketball passed a few times in the hands of the outside players and did not find a suitable offensive gap, and Chamberlain was ready to attack the restricted area, but at this moment, Roy wanted to pass the ball, stood outside the three-point line, and shot from a distance.

Hit!

Roy gave Durant a surprised look, and then he broke into the box and shook Chamberlain off for a basket.

Durant dribbled the ball himself through the half, he glanced at Gibson who was defending him, staggered his shoulders with both feet, and dribbled the ball with his right hand to the three-point line. Gibson stepped back, and at this time, Roy also stepped back, stepped back from the three-point line, jumped up directly, and shook his hand and shot from a distance.

"Huh!" The basketball hits the net, and it sounds so wonderful.

Chamberlain happily high-fived Durant and shouted, "Damn, why are your hands so hot?" I gave you a nickname called 'Teppanyaki', how about that nickname? ”

Yi Jianlian was also on the field, and Cheeks knew what the Chinese fans at the scene wanted to see, he ran past the two of them, smiled and interjected: "I think Kevin should be called a microwave oven, he can always bake the opponent anytime and anywhere." ”

Durant nodded thoughtfully and said, "Microwave? That's a good nickname. ”

As if to prove that he deserves the nickname, and then the offense and defense switched, Chamberlain grabbed the rebound and handed it to Durant, shouting: "Man, one more, let those old birds see the power of the microwave oven." ”

Durant grinned, he slowly swam outside the three-point line with the ball, his slender body swayed like a willow branch in the wind, Gibson stared at him, the two looked at each other for two or three seconds, Durant's shoulder suddenly leaned forward to the right of Lu.

Gibson remembered his opponent's previous long shot, and did not dare to retreat, but stepped forward and stuck to Durant's body, and the latter's body twisted, like a loach in a swamp, and killed Gibson in it. Gibson was taken aback and had to hurry back.

But the difference between the explosiveness and stride length of the two was too big, Roy took a step and directly threw off Gibson, he took a step sideways and jumped up immediately, his body stretched out melodiously in the air, his wrist shook gently, and the basketball flew out of the air with a whistling.

Hit again!

Roy winked, and Guy pushed Gibson away and stared at him himself.

But Durant's hand warmed up, and although he performed well in the first half, he was still warming up, and now it was finally his turn to start performing.

Roy missed a long shot, Chamberlain took off the rebound and carried the ball forward, Durant quickly interspersed and ran in the frontcourt, and when Chamberlain arrived in the frontcourt, he suddenly stood up and blocked Guy, and with a wave of his hand, he gave the ball to Durant who ran against him.

Durant strode out of the three-point line, and as soon as he stepped out of the three-point line, he immediately turned around and jumped, almost without aiming, and shook his hand to make it three points!

Hit again!

The fans in the stadium suddenly boiled, and more than 20,000 people stood up together, as if there was suddenly a jungle in the stadium.

Hit four times in a row and three were three-pointers, even if he was as calm as Durant, he became excited, he slapped his chest with a punch, and roared wildly: "Can't stop, can't stop, ****, come on, welcome Uncle Durant's favor!" ”

Not to be outdone, Roy shot again from distance and hit a three-pointer as well.

But an exciting scene then happened, Durant rushed to the front court with the ball, and suddenly braked one step away from the three-point line, facing Guy's close defense, he decided to jump, and hit another three-point shot!

Seeing Durant so accurate, Reggie Miller, who had just joined ESPN, couldn't help but stick out his tongue, he looked at the radiant Durant, and said in a daze: "What a versatile guy, as long as he can stay healthy, he will be the best marksman in the league in the future, and he is also a Bird-style big man shooter!" He is unstoppable, and his future is limitless! ”

If the fans thought this was the end, then they guessed wrong, the first-grade miracle kids.

When Roy hit another mid-range shot, Durant still chose to shoot from a distance, but this time he missed the shot, and the basketball fell out of the hoop after two turns, but Chamberlain was already stuck in position under the basket and waved his hand to pick up the rebound.

Defending Chamberlain is the Raptors' favorite babe Bagnani handsome guy, who pesters Chamberlain in the back, bluffing and muffling in his mouth, looking very shocking.

But in fact, for this kind of frivolous defense, Chamberlain never had to waste energy to think about how to pass him, he was very resolute in dealing with such players, knocking him away and scoring a dunk!

Whatever you think is what you do, Chamberlain leaned back with his strong upper limbs, and the big elbow as hard as iron **** Bagnani's lower abdomen, and then easily got the space for the layup.

"It's just an All-Star Game, does this brute guy think it's the Finals?" Bagnani rubbed his lower abdomen and said angrily, he has never seen such an eyeless player, they are all entertainment, what are you doing so seriously?

Roy patted Bagnani on the shoulder, not knowing whether it was comfort or intimidation, he said: "Man, I know this kind of guy very well, he does know that this is the All-Star Game, if this is the Finals, he won't give that elbow to your lower abdomen, but directly to your head." Do you think in the finals, he will let his opponent live for so long? ”

Bagnani shook his head disdainfully, he didn't believe it, isn't this nonsense?

A series of long-range shots gave Durant a big boost of confidence, and the sophomore team now focuses on Roy, and the two sides began to fight an offensive battle. It has always been Green who defended Roy, but the defense was not effective, and the latter's stormy offense was really unguardable.

Durant and Green's teammates, he knew the ability of his teammates, so he took the initiative to step forward and said, "I'll defend him." ”

Seeing Durant bend over and stand one step in front of him, Roy smiled slightly and said, "Are you going to fight alone with me, rookie?" With that, he blinked, his shoulders shook violently, and his left hand slapped the ball past Durant.

Durant didn't move at all, just stared at Roy's eyes, even if he rushed over? There was also a Chamberlain behind him, and he didn't believe that Roy would find himself to face Chamberlain's defense.

But Durant guessed wrong, Roy, who is already a top scoring machine, is not afraid to confront anyone, although Chamberlain defends well, Roy does not believe that the opponent can block his every shot. Seeing that Durant was unmoved by his actions, Roy directly implemented the feint into a real offense, and even led people past him.

He strode past Durant, who was swept away in the blink of an eye, and Aldridge, who knew his friend's idiosyncratic well, jammed Chamberlain when Roy shook his shoulders and made an unblocked pick-and-roll. Roy also used this block to pass Chamberlain and kill directly to the basket.

However, Roy knew Chamberlain's speed and explosiveness, so although he rushed in, he did not shoot directly as before, and sure enough, Chamberlain turned around Aldridge and followed Roy closely from behind.

Seeing this, Roy took a deep breath, stomped his feet on the floor and flew into the air, and when he jumped, he did not stretch his body, but curled his body together, stretched out his long arms, and slid the ball all the way to the basket with his ball, and threw the ball up with a backhand lever.

Just as Roy jumped, Chamberlain's legs tensed, but when he saw Roy take the ball into his lower abdomen instead of making a layup, he gave up the jump and took another step. It wasn't until Roy's glide began to descend that he jumped high.

The basketball shot just entered Chamberlain's field of vision, and Chamberlain did not hesitate at all, raised his right hand and slapped the ball to the floor.

Durant, who followed up, picked up the ball and rushed straight out of the court, there was no one in the front court, he jumped in the restricted area in two steps, and staged a vigorous turn dunk.

"Do you dare to come?" Chamberlain shook his fist hard at Roy.

Roy shrugged and walked with Chamberlain to the backcourt to wait for the serve. He is even more of a proud person, how could he stand being provoked like Chamberlain?

Seeing Roy take the initiative to ask for the ball, Famar, who had just come on as a substitute for Gibson, casually threw the ball over Roy's head to complete the serve, lowered his head and ran to the frontcourt.

As soon as the ball flew up, Roy secretly screamed in his heart, of course he knew who was following him, it was a madman who was even much stronger than him in bouncing.

Sure enough, before the ball could fall, a big hand slapped it lightly at the bottom, and the basketball immediately changed its direction. Jumping up twice in a row to get the ball in his hand, Chamberlain looked at Roy, who was guarding against him, and Aldridge, who came up from the back, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and suddenly threw the ball to the rebound.

Spinning his body through a large circle, Chamberlain walked past Roy, stood on the inside line and quickly blocked in front of him. Then Chamberlain took two big steps, only to hear him roar, stomp his feet on the floor, and flew like a rocket into the sky.

After receiving the ball that bounced back after the rebound with both hands, Chamberlain pushed forward with his lower abdomen, pulled back with the ball between his arms, and bent his powerful legs back at the same time, and the whole person turned into a powerful curved bow and shot at the hoop.

"Boom!" A thunderous sound spread throughout the audience. Hanging on the hoop, Chamberlain pulled the hoop back, as if to pull the basketball hoop down, and did his best to wreak havoc on the orange hoop.

“MVP! MVP! ......" louder than thunder appeared in the stadium, and the shout was loud and persistent, like a tsunami, sweeping across the stadium.

Chamberlain raised his right arm and scanned the room proudly, just a little taller than Roy, but he was looking down at him with absolute oversight—as if he were standing on a mountain.

I'm the MVP!

Two consecutive offenses were disrupted, and the key was that the score was once again stretched to double digits by the opponent, and the sophomore players had more or less no desire to continue fighting.

Looking at his absent-minded teammates and then at his scrappy opponents, Roy felt that the game was really boring, and the sophomore team had been relying on him to attack since the game. When he appears, the ball is handed to him, and then the others start watching the show, and this feeling that he once liked now disgusts him, we are all one!

Durant's crazy shooting continued, he and Chamberlain took turns performing, the latter sent a shocking dunk and then the former began to shoot wildly from a distance, until the end of the court, he shot a total of eight three-pointers in the second half, directly breaking the half-court three-point record in the All-Star Rookie Challenge!

With two minutes left in the game, the sophomore team went straight into garbage time, 128:112, and it was impossible for the second-year team to recover 16 points in less than two points, especially when they lost their fighting spirit.

At the end of the game, the final score was 140:128, and the first-year team won the victory, which was the first time since 2002 that the first-grade team defeated the second-grade team, and after five years, the rookies once again defeated the senior brother to win the victory.

All-Star Game host Mark Jaynes smiled and walked to the middle of the court, where all the players, both the main players and the bench, stood behind him and waited for him to preside over the award ceremony. Chamberlain and Durant stood side by side, and the limelight was not the same for a while.

Judging from the data, both of them were unapologetic tonight, Chamberlain chipped 22 points, 24 rebounds, 10 assists and 8 blocks, and set two records in a row, that is, the Rookie Challenge, one rebounding record, one block record, in addition to becoming the first player to score 20+20+10+5 in the rookie game.

Durant scored 46 points on his own, in addition to 8 assists, and Chamberlain's 22 points, six assists must have been given by Durant.

Jaynes asked Chamberlain to stand in the center, and he didn't even speak, just put the microphone to his mouth, and the more than 20,000 fans in the audience cheered at the same time:

"MVP, Chamberlain! MVP, Chamberlain! MVP, Chamberlain! ”

Chamberlain stood in the middle of the players with a smile and waved to the fans in attendance, thanking them for their support.

It wasn't until the cheers of the fans subsided that Jaynes smiled and shook his head and said, "Wow, wow, it looks like there is no suspense at this awards ceremony, right?" It seems that everyone knows who is the best guy in the audience, right? ”

"MVP, Chamberlain! MVP, Chamberlain! MVP, Chamberlain! The cheers rang out like a tidal wave again, and Chamberlain's No. 1 jersey flew vigorously in the hands of the fans.

"It was a fantastic performance and first of all we would like to thank every one of the lads who put on a hard show on the pitch, they did a great job and to be honest, they gave us a feast for the eyes, a blast from the eyes to the brain!" "But there's one guy who's so good, and there's one guy who's there, and we're all drawn to him, and that's a great thing, who is that guy?" ”

"MVP, Chamberlain! MVP, Chamberlain! MVP, Chamberlain! With Jaynes' words, the roar that had once resounded throughout the arena rang out again.

"Yes, this person is ......" Jaynes looked back at Chamberlain and suddenly blinked, raised his arms and shouted, "This person is Kevin Durant, a super scorer from the Seattle SuperSonics!" ”

The atmosphere suddenly cooled down, the fans were dumbfounded, Chamberlain was also dumbfounded, and Durant was of course even more dumbfounded. In fact, it is not unreasonable for Durant to win the MVP, he got the highest points in the game and has a lot of assists, but compared to Chamberlain's history-making 20+20+10+8, it is still a little bleak in terms of data.

And in the game, Chamberlain is leading the game, which everyone can see, Durant is also playing very well, but he is just simply scoring, except for the three-point shot, which is really eye-catching, other performances have no advantage over Chamberlain, and Chamberlain's violent dunk has ignited the atmosphere of the whole court several times.

Jaynes laughed as he looked at the jaw-dropping look of the crowd, he pulled Chamberlain over, and then exclaimed, "This is a rare and wonderful game, dear friends, there are two young people who performed equally well today, and we can't make a choice, so allow me to go on - this year's MVP is Kevin Durant from the SuperSonics and SUPER-Z from the Warriors!" ”

Hearing this, the fans burst into enthusiastic cheers again, indeed, both Chamberlain and Durant's performance was impeccable, and they also had some guesses about the result of the two flowers.

Jayns took Chamberlain's hand and continued: "I'm very sorry, Z, I **** you just now, Ha Luha, but if you are upset, you can come and beat me." Congratulations, man, you are the protagonist of this game, one of the two protagonists, congratulations on winning this precious trophy. I think today's scene will forever be etched in your memory, right? Chamberlain, is there anything you would like to say now? As the first non-American player to win this award. Jaynes handed the microphone to Chamberlain.

Chamberlain took the microphone, he took a deep breath and reached out to hug Durant, and then smiled: "I have to thank these my teammates first, Kevin Durant, Yi Jianlian, Al Horford, Scola, Conley, Green, Moon, Navarro, ......"

He hugged each and every one of his teammates deeply, "They have helped me the most, beyond borders and races, thank them." ”

"And my opponents, I wouldn't have been able to play without them, Brand-Roy, I've got my opponents, my friends forever." Chamberlain pointed at Roy, who smiled in response to an American military salute.

Roy's stats are equally good, with 42 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists, but his teammates are too CBA today, and it can also be said that the defense deployed by Chamberlain at the beginning was too effective.

Chamberlain and Durant raised the trophy in their hands together, and Jaynes asked, "Do you guys have anything else to say?" ”

Durant is really human, he glanced at Chamberlain and shrugged his shoulders meaning that he had nothing to say, Chamberlain was not polite, he held high the MVP crystal trophy and angrily bullfight: "I want to say that our time will eventually come!" ”