Chapter Seventy-Five: Rookie Challenge

The first half ended quickly in such a relaxed atmosphere, and the entire first half was a showtime, with the rookies wantonly displaying their dazzling dribble moves, earth-shattering dunks and exaggerated aerial relay basketball beasts.

The players tried their best to show their most beautiful side to the fans, and even Yi Jianlian came to a violent dunk, although his dunk was not pretty, but the spotlights on the sidelines kept flashing, Zhang Kong saw clearly, most of them were from Chinese media.

Obviously, with the support of the people in his hometown, Yi Jianlian, who has always been introverted and dull, also has a rare passion.

Only Zhang Kong's interest is really lacking, he didn't have a dunk in the entire first half, not even a violent goal, he has been standing on the three-point line and keeps shooting, shooting, shooting, as if the rookie game is a shooting game. All-Star and the audience kept cheering as Zhang Kong hit a three-pointer and then memorized it.

Zhang Kong's three-point shooting rate is extremely high, in the case of unguarded Zhang Kong in the first half of the full addiction, a total of 13 shots in the first half, hit 9 three-pointers, half of the 27 points, the shooting rate is close to 70 percent, although this is said to be a high shooting rate in the case of no defense. For the fans, today they saw a completely different Zhang Kong.

Halfway through the second quarter, Zhang Kong was replaced by Luis Scola, and Yi Jianlian was sent to the center position.

Although Larry Love deliberately wants to take care of Zhang Kong and let Zhang Kong get the MVP of this rookie game, he can't completely fail to give other information even a chance to perform, which is easy to be criticized, so he was replaced by Louis Scola who was replaced by Zhang Kong soon after the opening, and he quickly got the first two points of his All-Star rookie game with a layup that was usually so sleepy that he was sleepy, but within two minutes, he fouled again when Aldridge tried to dunk, In the face of Aldridge's angry glare, Luis Scola had a calm expression on his face.

It was as if he had absolutely no idea what he was doing wrong.

Apparently Luis Scola struggled to get used to the atmosphere of the All-Star Game.

This Argentine, who was born in 80 and only entered the NBA at the age of 27, is definitely not a weak opponent at the same age as Yao Ming. As the Argentine national team's big forward position, of course, the starter and the team's second scorer, in Europe, he is already an honorary superstar. If it weren't for the fact that he entered the NBA too late, he would have achieved more than just a starting position in the NBA, and with his skillful footwork and understanding of basketball, he could even be a core player on a weak team.

However, perhaps because he has been playing in Europe for too long, Luis Scola has been engraved with the imprint of team basketball, overall basketball. In his brain, which is always calculating the situation on the court, the strengths and weaknesses, there is nothing about entertaining basketball.

As a result, Larry Ruff had to replace Luis Scola again. This time he chose to replace Horford and played a small lineup on the court.

At the end of the first half, the first and second graders were tied 55-55, and although it was not completely undefended, the defensive intensity was similar to that of a street show. The rookies of each team also have good performances, except for Luis Scola only Yi Jianlian looks like he can't let go, even if he receives a pass, many times he will not choose to come by himself, obviously many times he has a good chance when he receives a pass, but he seems to always lack confidence and dare not play. Instead, he re-passed the ball, and after a few times, gradually no one passed it to him.

ran back and forth with the first-grade team a few times, but he didn't even get a shot, and the few attacks were over before the ball even reached his hands, Zhang Kong could only sigh when he saw this situation.

You're not the core of the team, and if you regret possession, you must pass the ball to you, and you must think that you have a chance to score, and he can get an assist before passing, otherwise who will be idle and bored to hand you the ball. If you don't attack, the passer won't get the stats of assists, and everyone has to rely on the stats to eat. Since you're not attacking anyway, then don't touch the ball.

Yi Jianlian's future development in the NBA is sighing, largely due to his hesitation on the offensive end, now the NBA arena is switching between offense and defense is getting faster and faster, and the opportunity is fleeting, it is very likely that when you hesitate a little, the best offensive time has passed.

This lack of confidence also makes people shake their heads.

When Yao Ming first entered the NBA, in terms of ability and talent, he may not be as good as Yi Jianlian. But Yao Ming has one thing that Yi Jianlian does not have, that is, strong self-confidence. I have to say that Yao Ming's years of dominating the CBA league are very important, and the huge ability gap makes Yao Ming omnipotent in the CBA arena, and it can be said that 'he can score as many points as he wants' to describe Yao Ming's last CBA season.

This period of invincible years in the CBA league has cultivated Yao Ming's self-confidence and not conceited personality, and it is this kind of xing that makes him extremely firm on the court. My teammates have a chance, and I have a chance, so of course I have to do it myself, because I have more ability, and I have more chances......

In the eyes of some people, this is called independence, but just the right amount of independence is a manifestation of self-confidence.

In the third quarter, Zhang Kong sat down on the sidelines to rest. And the sophomore team gradually began to exert its strength, Gibson took the lead in three points, opening the offensive battle in the third quarter, Durant immediately cut in, shook off the defender and jumped high, and received the basketball air relay transferred by Mike Conley to score and return to Yan Se.

At the beginning of the third quarter, both sides were obviously serious, although it was not to the point where they needed to play desperately, but they were no longer as careless as they were in the first or second quarters.

In this quarter, the sophomore team gradually opened the score, after all, they have more than a year of game experience, compared to the first-year rookies, they have matured a lot, and all kinds of combinations are handy. The scores of the two teams rose alternately, but the advantage gradually tilted towards the second-year team.

It wasn't until the fourth quarter that Zhang Kong returned to the game. In the middle of the third quarter, when the first-year team was trailing by 10 points, Larry Ruff once asked Zhang if he needed to play.

At that time he refused.

Anyway, only the fourth quarter is the real time to fight, so as long as the fourth quarter is good. As for the front, Zhang Kong thinks that as long as he does not fall behind by more than 20 points, it is not a big problem for himself.

At the start of the fourth quarter, the score was 78-85, and the first-year team trailed by seven points.

The rookies were obviously nervous, and when they defended, they no longer made a show, but began to defend seriously, and from this time on, the show time of the game was over, and then it was the time of the real competition.

Mike Conley roamed the three-point line, and Rajon Rondo followed closely, waving his long arms up and down to block Mike Conley's view.

After pressing time on the three-point line, Mike Conley suddenly changed direction in front of his body, shook off a little space, quickly broke through to the baseline, and threw the basketball directly above the rebound before the two interior defenses came up......

The flying Zhang Kong was like a bomber roaring into the air, catching the basketball thrown by Mike Conley, and the two big hands stuck the basketball fiercely, put it behind his head, and pressed Aldridge and Bagyani under the basket into the net!

This domineering and violent dunk completely ignited the basketball atmosphere in New Orleans. And it also announced that Zhang Kong was completely serious.