On February 17, Su Bei, Wade and O'Neal flew to Houston to participate in the All-Star Weekend.
In the first month of the new season, Su Bei's performance was among the best among the 2005 rookies. Even if his performance declined later, he was still selected for the All-Star Rookie Challenge.
Wade was an All-Star substitute last year and was named an All-Star in 2006.
There is no need to say anything more about O'Neal. Without O'Neal, how could the interest of an All-Star be achieved with Yao Ming as the image representative?
At this time, Yao Ming's dynamic lottery had not yet appeared, and he could not play it yet.
When they arrived at the hotel where they were staying in Houston, the three of them immediately separated and went to find their respective mothers.
On February 18, Su Bei gathered with the first-year rookies, trained for a few hours in the morning, and played games in the evening.
As the prelude to the All-Star Weekend, the Rookie Challenge is used to warm up the following projects.
Su Bei met many acquaintances.
Such as Paul, Deron, Nate Robinson, and Luther Head.
There are also many people who are not very familiar with, such as the white-browed hero Villanueva, the bragging champion Bogut, Channing Fletcher, and Danny Granger, a total of 9 people.
In fact, it's training, it's nothing more than recognizing people. At least during the game, it's not like Sakuragi Hanamichi passing the ball to the wrong person.
Su Bei and Granger served as small forwards and occasionally played as power forwards.
The second-year opponent has already appeared.
The small forward position is probably Yingadala.
This has nothing to do with Su Bei. He faced a substitute, and not surprisingly, it was Nocioni.
Not to mention Yingodara, it was not easy to face Nocioni. He was the main player of Agenliang's golden generation. After defeating the American Dream Team in 2004, he did not participate in the draft, but was still favored by the Bulls, and Lore
Together with Deng, he shared the position of small forward 50-50 times and took turns playing. His strength is naturally not bad. In his rookie season, he averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds per game.
The number of goals increased this season, averaging 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists per game.
Su Bei has already met the Bulls twice with the Heat, and he knows Nocioni quite well. He is a player that Su Bei likes to play against very much.
His physical talent is average, he does not have a stable three-pointer, and his defense is very dirty. He should not be able to use it in the Rookie Challenge. His iron-blooded playing style does not seem to work well. Su Bei feels that he can beat this player. It is really not nonsense.
On the evening of the 18th, Toyota Center Arena.
At this time, the Rookie Challenge is about to be held in the arena, with bright lights and a sea of people.
After a brief warm-up, the lineups of both sides were also played in the arena.
Five first-year players: Nate Robinson, Paul, Danny Granger, Channing Fletcher, and Andrew Bogut.
The starting five of the sophomore team are Devin Harris, Ben Gordon, Ying Dala, Luol Deng, and Howard.
At the beginning of the game, Yin Gedala showed off his ability to ride alone. When he rushed up, his whole body was full of muscles. Granger had excellent defensive skills, but they were of no use. Yin Gedala was so reckless that he knocked his body away.
, with a clang and a click with one hand.
One word, can't stop it!
The second graders took the lead. To put it bluntly, since the beginning of the Rookie Challenge, this competition has been a stage for the second graders to ravage the first graders.
Last season, they were tortured by the stars of the 2003 generation until they could not say goodbye. Now it is time to get back everything they lost last year.
With this tradition, the second graders performed very confidently and strongly.
The first-year lineup, as well as the short duo of Paul and Xiaotuo, struggled to get rebounds even if they could defend, and the game was at a disadvantage at the beginning.
Especially here in Granger, it is simply the hardest hit area.
In addition to using his muscles to be aggressive, Yingadala is also very good at playing this kind of exhibition match.
Don't ask, just ask: Yingedala is an actor.
In the regular season, you can lie flat in various ways, but in the playoffs, you don't pretend to be the best and stand up to win the MVP.
The Rookie Challenge is a decisive game.
If you make waves under pressure and stimulation, it will easily explode.
After Yin Gedala broke out and charged forward, Granger's mediocre physical talent was shattered to pieces.
On the field, the game was mediocre. The rookies had not yet learned how to show off, and their skills were not yet mature. If they really played, their strength was not enough. Many of them were showing off, and there was no tactical coordination, so the game was a bit messy.
Unbearable.
There were no highlights in the game, only two things were passable.
The first one was Yin Guodala's dunk, and the second one was Paul's exquisite pass.
6 minutes later,
Yingodala counterattacked in one line, rushed to the basket, and after knocking Granger away, there was a clang, and his whole body hung on the basket.
Those bulging muscles look so terrifying.
Then, Paul showed off a back pass, but his teammates couldn't catch it.
Seeing that he was about to be beaten in the first grade, the Pistons' assistant coach substituted Su Bei on the court and replaced Granger, who had been beaten.
Su Bei couldn't wait, so he came on the bench with Nocioni and was quickly pushed out to block the knife.
Yingadala's sword could only be cut with more meat, but his sword couldn't cut anymore.
"Su Bei came on the court and was knocked away by Yingedala again. Then, with a dunk, he scored two points again.
The second grade has widened the point difference to 10 points.
The first graders still lack a figure who can lead. Chris Paul doesn't have that domineering attitude, and Bogut can only brag.
And on the second-year side, there is the unstoppable Yin Gedala, and the first-year rookie Wei..."
Swish——!
Paul and Su Bei played a pick-and-roll tactic, passing the ball hand-to-hand, assisting Su Bei to score a three-pointer over Devin Harris.
Subsequently, Yingodala was guarded. After all, the challenge was not his. Devin Harris also wanted to perform a sharp and fast breakthrough, but was intercepted by Paul.
"Paul rushed upcourt, drove into the penalty area, and then threw the basketball on the backboard, boom...
The basketball flew away!
No, it flew right. Su Bei, who was following behind, also flew up. The two flies cooperated, and Su Bei pushed the basketball into the basket from the air..."
Bang-dang——!
Although Su Bei couldn't guard Yingedala, the first-year offense gradually opened up the situation with the cooperation of Su Bei and Paul.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the first grade, Paul is still organizing passes and cooperating. As a second-year player, Harris is a one-man press, rushing to the basket when he gets the ball.
, will not cooperate at all.
Inguedala, Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, and Howard are all the same thing.
At the end of the first half, the first-year rookie slowly caught up from a maximum of 10 points behind, and was only 3 points behind the sophomore.
In the second half, Subei performed well. In front of Nocioni, he hit a pull-up three-point jumper.
He made continuous air cuts into the penalty area, received an assist from Paul, and got a long-lost piece of cake. He led the first graders to a 10-4 shock wave and achieved a go-ahead score.
Just when Su Bei was in high spirits and wanted to keep up his efforts and kick the second-year players' butts, Su Bei was replaced.
The Rookie Challenge is not held by Su Bei's family. If his condition is good, he will be replaced. At the same time, Paul was also replaced.
Replacing the fat guy like Deron Williams, all 9 players will have to eat from the same pot. Who should we really favor, and also Luther Head. His Rockets, and the All-Star Weekend is held in Houston, so naturally we should favor him.
Praise for the players who play for this city.
Lutherhead, who was ordinary, was indeed outstanding, scoring 18 points.
But, as the game is called, Luther, it sounds unlucky and not very efficient.
The score was that the first-year players did not break the tradition and lost to the second-year players by 10 points.
Yingadala made 4 of 8 three-pointers, scored 30 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and won the honor of the Most Valuable Player of the Rookie Challenge. He is truly the first person to win the MVP at the risk of death. Playing this kind of game,
Just one word, awesome!
Su Bei scored 14 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists. He had an eye-catching performance for a while, but after being replaced, he came back on the field. His performance immediately changed beyond recognition, plummeted, he couldn't pick up the gun, he was no longer interested, and he was soft!
Paul scored 13 assists, 8 points and 5 steals. He originally had a chance to compete for MVP, but he lost and there was nothing he could do. He has never been able to win the championship.