Because it was a rookie challenge, both sides of the contest scored quickly.

After Wadega's free throw, the sophomore team relied on Xiao Si's fast break and quickly scored two points.

Immediately afterward, Doon also played a fast attack and returned to color.

On the sophomore team's side, Yao Ming had just run past half court, and Ginobili burst to the front court basket with the ball and made a layup to recover two points.

Wade dribbled the ball across half court again, Doon took the ball and broke into the box to attract the defenders, and then passed the ball to Anthony in the low post.

However, Anthony was a little muddy after taking the ball, obviously there was no one in front of him, but he didn't shoot directly, but dribbled to find a feeling, and then jumped and shot.

The goal was scored, but in those years, that kind of goal didn't count as an assist.

This also made Doon realize that playing brother basketball with Anthony seemed to be a waste of some easily obtained assist statistics.

And in terms of grasping the opportunity to shoot some balls, Anthony is not as good as Kobe, who is good at catching and shooting.

In other words, because the coaches of both teams did not call a timeout, the game time quickly came to 7 minutes, and the rookie challenge entered the first official timeout.

The rules of the Rookie Challenge are similar to those of the NCAA, with two halves and two halves of only 20 minutes each.

(There was a mistake in the previous chapter, quoting the current rookie challenge 4 quarters of 10 minutes in a single quarter, in fact, in '04 it was still a two-half format, which has been corrected here.) ）

If the coaches of both teams do not call a timeout, then the game will enter the official timeout at 7 minutes and 14 minutes, and the corresponding advertisements will be introduced.

"Doon, can you please keep playing?"

Mike Brown consulted with Doon.

In the Rookie Challenge, both teams have only 9 players, and even if the starters and substitutes are two sets, there will inevitably be one who will take care of both the starters and the substitutes.

Doon is undoubtedly the strongest player on the first-year rookie team!

Judging from the performance in the first 7 minutes, Doon made 2 of 2 shots, scored 4 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists, and played very teamly.

Compared to the second-year teams that fought separately, the first-year team played more organized under the tandem of Doon.

It is precisely because of this that in the first 7 minutes, the first grade was 27-22, temporarily leading the second grade team by 5 points.

"No, I'm going to play in the slam dunk contest and the All-Star Game tomorrow.

I'm not going to take up too much of your time tonight.

If you can have fun and have fun, you don't have to worry about me. ”

Doon used this as an excuse to reject Mike Brown's offer.

When the first-year team heard Doon say this, they naturally had a little more affection for Doon.

Not many people watched the Rookie Challenge, but if it were on television, millions of viewers across the United States would be tuning in to tonight's game.

First-year rookies who are desperate to become famous will naturally want to get more playing time tonight and play more flashy statistics.

In fact, Doon said this just a honey-bellied sword, and he didn't want to travel with James at a staggered peak.

The happiness is contrasted, and then let James go up and play for 7 minutes, and the rest of the first-year team will know who to play around.

7 minutes of playing time, not too much, no less. If you keep playing fast breaks, it stands to reason that everyone will have at least 3 shots if they distribute the ball equally.

However, James also apparently has thoughts about the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, and is unwilling to have only three shots in the first half.

Because the first-year team bench lineup is, point guard James, point guard Hinrich, small forward Josh Howard, power forward Haslem, and center Carman.

Therefore, it was normal for James to get the ball in the bench at the beginning.

The other substitutes saw James break through with the ball at the beginning and had little opinion.

After all, everyone thinks that James and Doon are the same type of players, and in the first 7 minutes, Doon relied on the breakthrough point to connect the team, so that Bosh, who defended Yao Ming, also played 4 shots and 3 shots, and scored 6 points in 7 minutes.

However, when James scored three goals in a row, everyone realized that the situation did not seem to be right.

James called his teammate over to cover him, only to burst to the basket without giving his teammate the ball.

This directly made Haslem hairy!

"LeBron, what are you doing, pass me the ball, you get out of the way!"

Haslem was undrafted in '02 and finally got the opportunity to play in the NBA by participating in the Heat's training camp last summer.

Now it is also because the Heat management trusts him and fully gives him the ball that he can be successfully selected for this rookie challenge.

Haslem, who has no independent offensive ability, especially eats the passes of his teammates, and Haslem's scoring area is exactly the same as James's, all under the basket.

Seeing that James was eating alone, but asking him to do coolies, Haslem was naturally not happy.

James listened to Haslem's opinion, and only glanced at it contemptuously, and then passed the ball to Hinrich.

With a look of "how old are you, Lao Tzu just doesn't bird you", he didn't look at a draft loss like Haslem at all.

Haslem reached out and didn't get the ball, so he was naturally even more angry!

Just as he was about to fight with James, Hinrich burst to the basket with the ball and distributed the ball to Haslem.

Haslem was a little hasty when he got the ball, but he still held his temper and was ready to attack the basket to score first, but he was accidentally blocked by the basket.

Seeing this, James couldn't help laughing: "That's it? ”

Hearing James' taunts, Haslem became even more angry and wanted to reason with James.

However, Carman on the side grabbed the rebound coldly, and then hit the ball into the basket on the second offense.

When Carman turned back to the defense, he saw James and Haslem spraying nose to nose and mouth to mouth.

"Don't fight anymore!"

Hinrich and Josh Howard also noticed that something was wrong on the court and immediately came over to pull Haslem and James away.

Haslem put on an unforgiving, menacing posture, as if he wanted to break free from Hinrich's entanglement and continue to rush towards James.

James squirted more fiercely when he saw this, but he didn't mean to break free of Josh Howard.

Haslem continued to rush forward strongly, and even when Mike Brown also rushed to the court, Haslem still had a mixed attitude.

Haslem didn't really care, he actually did it on purpose.

It is precisely because he knows that he has made a mistake, so he chooses to make a mistake, and he is already making a fuss anyway, so it is better to attract the audience's attention to him.

Just like what he learned in the rookie training camp yesterday, he is a blue-collar worker who is not famous and has always been able to do dirty work, and if he wants to get ahead, he can only keep meeting stars who are stronger and more famous than them.

Haslem can't meet a strong opponent, and they won't choose to deal with him, so they can only play with teammates like James who have only been together for a day.

Anyway, after the incident, he will be banned for a few games at most, and there will not be much loss.

However, after this battle, there will be many fans who know him, want to understand him, and become his fans.

In other words, it was also because of the conflict that the game was temporarily suspended.

And because the fight didn't really start, and James squirted with Haslem.

As a result, Mike Brown, as the coach of the first-year team, could only choose to play 50 boards each, pressing James and Haslem to the bench together.

After learning of Mike Brown's decision, James, who was very upset, turned around and went back to the locker room.

Haslem laughed like a victorious general on the bench.

As the game resumed, Haslem was also waving towels for his teammates on the sidelines.

By the end of the first half, the first-year rookies returned to the locker room with Mike Brown, only to find that James had already taken his belongings and gone to the empty building.

In this regard, Mike Brown has nothing to say, but can only warn everyone that after the game, it is best not to mention the previous on-court conflict and James' early departure.

Mike Brown said that without James, everyone can get more playing time, and as long as they can win against the sophomore team, everyone can gain a lot of fame.

In this regard, Doon and the others did not disagree, but had a bit of a taste of celebration.

At the end of the first half, 73-70, the first year still had a three-point lead.

Wade has scored 16 points and Anthony has 12 points.

Doon has scored a few points to just nine points, but his assist stats have double-doubled.

9 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists in the first half, and hard work in the second half, 20+20 big double-double is still no problem.

As long as the first-year team can win, the MVP of this year's Rookie Challenge is basically in Doon's pocket.

Having said that, it was also because James disappeared directly and stopped playing in the second half, and the first-year team lacked people who could connect the team.

Doon, who was originally "not ready" to play more, could only be forced to start in the second half.

It is also considered that in the last 10 minutes of the second half, the defensive intensity will be greatly improved, which is not conducive to Doon's assists.

As a result, Doon continued to stabilize his personality, played team basketball, and didn't shoot a single shot, just feeding other teammates.

The other players of the first-year team, after seeing Doon's initiative, were naturally very moved.

After the first official timeout of the second half, Doon had just come off the court, and Josh Howard, Haslem and others strongly wanted Doon to play with them.

In the face of enthusiasm, Doon could only insist on playing for a few more minutes.

However, the second-year team was a little unethical, and after returning from the timeout, it seemed that they began to work hard to defend, and the first-year team's fast break was heavily defended.

Considering that the sophomore team is 7 points behind, and it doesn't want to lose face to the first-year rookies, there is nothing wrong with doing so.

In short, the first-year rookies watched the second-year old-fashioned birds defend seriously, which seriously affected their scoring data, so they were forced to roll up.

The defensive intensity on both sides quickly increased, and the pace of the game naturally began to decline, and it began to focus on positional warfare.

Seeing that the difference was reduced to 3 points, Mike Brown took the initiative to call a timeout and replace the player in the starting lineup who can really play and defend.

At this time, Doon retreated into advance, saying that he needed to take a break.

Doon observed that Yao Ming did not play again after playing the first half, which shows that Yao Ming should have taken the initiative not to play again in the second half.

Without Yao Ming, a low-level killer, the offensive and defensive level of the second-year team is relatively average.

Neither Koss nor Boozer will interfere much with Doon and Wade's breakthrough.

Therefore, Doon is confident that he will lead the team to win when he returns to the field.

Mike Brown heard that Doon wanted to rest, and did not force Doon to continue playing, but reluctantly agreed and let Doon go to rest.

With four minutes left before the end of the game, the first-year team went from leading by three points to falling behind by four points, and Mike Brown couldn't sit still and could only continue to call a timeout and switch Doon to the court.

Doon has no problem with this, and neither do the other first-year players.

The next first-year team is a pure starting lineup, Anthony and Bosh formed an inside line, although the defensive level is limited, but the first-year team's outside defense is still very strong.

The sophomore team didn't have a serious point guard, and it was difficult for Smalls and Boozer to get their hands on the ball and then launch an offensive attack to score under the basket.

Relying solely on Ginobili to break through and score under the basket with the ball, under the iron chain of Wade, Hinrich, and Doon, Ginobili's demon knife is no longer sharp.

Besides, Ginobili wasn't going to fight more.

Seeing that the score was overtaken, Ginobili also handed the ball to Ronald Murray and others to let others hold the ball.

139-134, after Doon re-played, the first-year team came back from defeat to win, and finally won by 5 points, defeating the second-year team.

Ten minutes later, the MVP of this year's rookie challenge was immediately announced.

[Congratulations to Ling for scoring 22 points, 7 rebounds, 21 assists and 1 steal in the 2004 Los Angeles All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge, and was successfully elected as the MVP of the Rookie Challenge!] 】

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