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This year's All-Star Carnival will be held in Denver starting on the 18th and will last three days.
The Rookie Challenge will be held on the 18th, the Slam Dunk Contest, Three-Point Contest, Technical Challenge and Mixed Shooting Competition on the 19th, and the grand finale All-Star Game will be held on the 21st. The three-day game is undoubtedly a visual feast for fans.
It's just a basketball party, where winning or losing doesn't matter, the key is that you have to enjoy it.
The Magic also has many players participating in this festival, including Edison.
The first is the Rookie Challenge on the 18th, which is also the event with the largest number of Magic participants. The two sides of the game are the rookie team of the new year and the rookie team of the previous year (sophomore team). The assistant coaches of each team were voted on in January.
The first-year and second-year rookie squads consist of a total of 18 players.
The Magic team has four players including Howard, Josh Smith, Iguodala, Martin, and Diaw. Fortunately, the rookie game was changed to a rookie team versus a sophomore team in 2000. If it was still a confrontation between east and west like before, then
The Magic can participate in more players. The first four of them represent the rookie team, while Diaw represents the second-year team.
In addition to the four players from the Magic, this year's rookie team also includes Luol Deng from the 76ers, Ben Gordon from the Bulls, Devin Harris from the Mavericks, Al Jefferson from the Celtics, and Udrih from the Spurs. Originally
The Charlotte Bobcats' main center Okafor has been selected, but he accidentally injured his ankle in the game a few days ago and was unable to participate, so he was replaced by Jefferson.
Compared with the rookie team, which is still unknown, the second-year team is full of stars. Many players have begun to occupy a place in the league and will become the dominant players in the league in the future.
The second-year team consists of James of the Cavaliers, Anthony of the Nuggets, Bosh of the Raptors, Wade of the Heat, Diaw of the Magic, Hinrich of the Bulls, Josh Howard of the Mavericks, Korver of the 76ers and the SuperSonics
Made up of Ridnour. Now looking at the state of these players in their peak years, the term "03 golden generation" is really well deserved.
Therefore, this All-Star Rookie Challenge is destined to be extremely exciting.
The most important thing is that in the past, after Duncan and Yao Ming were selected to participate in the Rookie Game and the Eastern and Western All-Star Games at the same time, they usually refused to participate in the Rookie Game due to lack of physical strength, but the young James, Anthony and Wade did not participate in the Rookie Game this year.
Otherwise, they are full of energy and passion and will participate in two battles to show their fans their skills and abilities in an all-round way. This will further increase the expectations and enthusiasm for the Rookie Challenge.
Compared with the "Little Emperor" James and "Flash" Wade of the second-year rookie team, the first-year rookie team is slightly less famous. After all, they have not been in the NBA for a long time and have not yet gained the same reputation as James and Wade.
After training in more games, he has yet to make a big splash. Moreover, Okafor's absence due to injury has affected the strength of the first-year rookie team.
However, as the saying goes, "Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers." These rookies are full of passion and drive, and they are more eager to show themselves.
As the new No. 1 pick, Howard also made a high-profile statement before the game, "I will teach James a lesson during the game."
Now that both sides have spoken, there must be a fierce battle between the two No. 1 picks. But whether it is the east wind overpowering the west wind or the west wind overpowering the east wind, the game will definitely be more exciting in the passionate collision of these young people, with wonderful dunks one after another.
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Because many of his players participated in the rookie game, Edison also came to watch the game.
How could Rachel's agent Martin miss this opportunity for global exposure? He wished he had freed up the schedule for these few days a month in advance. Then he dressed Rachel up and stuffed it next to Edison...
If the All-Star Game is about entertainment, then the Rookie Challenge is about entertainment to death.
There has often been a scene like this in the Rookie Challenge over the years. A certain player instructs all the other players to get out of the way to make way for himself, and then dribbles the ball and performs a particularly beautiful movement such as a crotch dribble or a windmill.
, and then dunked successfully.
Not to be outdone, the opponent also let a channel out of the way, and then found a more confident player to return the favor. It felt like a hip-hop bullfight, and this year was no exception. Josh and Iguodala took turns.
Challenged James and Wade.
The Rookie Challenge is different from the usual NBA games. The game is not played in four quarters, but in two halves of 20 minutes each. If the scores are tied during regular time, a two-minute overtime will be played.
Because it was an entertainment game and there was no coaching guidance, the players on both sides played very casually. The first half of the game was neither tepid nor impatient. Both sides were not strict in defense and did not run fast. Apart from taking turns to dunk the game, there was no competition.
Any highlights.
The two sides alternated the lead 18 times and drew 9 times. Relatively speaking, the rookie team was more passionate and played more actively, while the "big brothers" of the second-year team seemed "old-fashioned". This may be because James and others have acquired the skills.
They also had to participate in the All-Star Game, and they were confident of winning, so they were ready to strike later. At the end of the first half, the sophomore team trailed the rookie team 58:64.
But in the second half, the situation suddenly changed. The second-year players suddenly became serious. Anthony came up and hit three slam dunks. Wade followed up and scored two goals in a row. James was not to be outdone, and he shot from a long distance.
After a dunk, the situation of both sides took a turn for the worse. Just after 10 minutes, the sophomore team widened the point difference to 100:88.
In these ten minutes, although the rookie team's dunks and dunks were still very passionate and exciting, the point difference continued to widen.
Just when everyone thought that the game had been settled, the second-year team would win the game steadily, and the remaining 10 minutes were just a formality. At this time, Edison couldn't sit still. How can I say that among the 9 rookies, there are
How can it be that half of his players are being brutalized like this?
So he stood up and crossed the front row of the audience to the sidelines. Without saying anything, he walked directly to the bench of the rookie team. Then he asked Iguodala, who was resting, to apply for a 100-second long timeout, and then took the
He set up the tactical board on the side, squeezed out the inactive coaching staff composed of media commentators and celebrities, and began to direct by himself.
Edison's unexpected action immediately aroused everyone's excitement. The commentators and commentators on the scene were all excited and started grabbing the microphone to start shouting.
"Look, the most interesting scene of this game has appeared. Tomorrow's Eastern Conference All-Star coach Paul Edison has come to the rookie coaching bench. Is he planning to warm up for the All-Star coaching the day after tomorrow?" Marv Albert supported him while
Headphones, he said with a smile.
"Haha, Marv, I think you may have guessed right this time. But having said that, it is only natural for Edison to go to the rookie team. After all, half of them are players from his Magic team." Steve Kerr also smiled.
"So we have to admire Paul's vision in this year's draft. A total of 6 people were selected, 4 of whom can enter the Rookie Challenge. Varejao and Tony Allen now seem to be very good rotation players." Kevin Harlan is
The analysis was carried out from another angle.
"So it's not called 'Golden Eye' for nothing. Do you know what I'm most looking forward to right now?" Cole brought up another topic.
"Can he lead a rookie team back to victory?"
"Of course this is a question, but it's not what I'm most looking forward to. What I want to know most is who he will pick in the draft in June this year."….
"Looking at it now, the Magic have three draft picks this year, one from the Bobcats, one from New York, and one from the Kings. The Bobcats are protected, so it's not certain whether they can be obtained. The New York and Kings are both outside the lottery. I
I’m also looking forward to what outstanding performance he can have by then.”
Others, such as Buckley, were also in front of their commentators, chatting about Edison's appearance.
The cameraman at the scene also specially gave a close-up of Rachel who was alone. Rachel, who had a strong sense of camera, found out and pointed at the empty seat where Edison had left, with a slightly naughty look of helplessness.
After all the players came back, Edison said domineeringly, "If you want to win, you have to listen to me." After saying that, he glanced around coldly.
As everyone said, Edison is here to direct, and the players on the rookie team don't have much resistance. After all, half of them are his players, and the other five don't dare to resist.
When Edison saw that no one dared to cause trouble, he squatted in front of them with his tactical board and made a big "V" sign.
"Let's play the V-shaped attack later. Your team has played against me. I believe your coach has also analyzed this tactic for you. You should basically know how to play it." Edison said and looked at it again.
Check out the players' reactions.
Sure enough, the other five players nodded.
"Very good. Wait a minute, our inside line is still Howard and Josh. Iguodala and Luol Deng take the corner three-pointers, and the point guard is Udrih. You all know the basics, Udrih.
Play a pick-and-roll with two big men in the high post. After the pick-and-roll, you go down to the bottom along the three-second line, try to attract the defensive players on the bottom line to double-team, and then distribute it to the open players and let them shoot three-pointers. If you don't double-team, you can do it yourself
Attack or pass to the player cutting inside."
The game soon restarted. After the players stepped onto the court, the rookie team quickly showed off the V-shaped attack routine.
"Unexpectedly, Edison brought his horn attack to the Rookie Challenge." The groom couldn't help but shook his head and chuckled.
"Well, actually there is no way to do this. After all, the players in the rookie team have not cooperated before. If you give them any complicated tactics, they will definitely not be able to execute them well. So he must rely on a few players from his own team.
Players use tactical coordination and play the tactics they are most familiar with. And in itself, the horns tactic is relatively simple. It mainly depends on the point guard's organizational ability, and Udrih, as a European player, has quite good organizational skills. In addition, Luol Dengyuan
He has outstanding shooting ability and can provide another stable three-pointer. It can be said that this tactic is the most suitable for the current rookie team." Kevin Harlan analyzed.
"And the most important thing is that the defense in this kind of exhibition game is not good. Even if the players start to take it seriously at the end, they only increase the intensity of single defense and man-marking. Like rotation defense, there must be no tacit cooperation between players in breaking the pick-and-roll. So.
It is easy for players to get open shots, and the three-point rain of the horn tactics can maximize their strength." Steve Kerr made the final addition.
Sure enough, as the experts analyzed, the rookie team played a decent V-shaped offense. Josh and Howard bullied the second-year inside line. Only Bosh frequently cut into dunks, attracting James, Anthony and others to close the inside line, and Igo on the outside line.
Dara and Luol Deng also started shooting three-pointers, and after five minutes, the score was reduced to 114-110.
However, in the end, the sophomore team relied on the invincible singles abilities of James, Anthony and others to defeat the challenge of the rookie team 133-126 and won the victory. In the end, Anthony contributed 31 points to the winning team, and Anthony from the host nation won the best award in this competition.
valuable player mvp.
Although they lost the game, no player looked downcast and everyone was very happy. And the audience watching the game was also very satisfied. After all, such a high score and 30 or 40 dunks in a game are rare.
Of course, Edison's appearance at the last moment was also a highlight of the game. After the game, countless media, players and others began to make fun of it.
Among them, the words of ESPN columnist Chris Sheridan resonated with the most people, "With Paul Edison, the rookie team is complete. After all, he is also the best rookie among coaches this year."
