From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 162 Rookie Challenge, Create Miracles

At 7:[-] p.m., an hour and a half before the start of the Rookie Challenge, Jianghu came to the stadium belatedly.

As soon as he came to the stadium, he first greeted tonight's teammates and coaches. In fact, everyone knew each other, and most of them had been abused face to face by Jianghu. It is impossible for him to have no impression of Jianghu...

World Team: Jiang Hu (Celtics), Bogdan Bogdanovic (Kings), Joel Embiid (76ers), Buddy Hield (Kings), Lauri Malca Ning (Bulls), Jamal Murray (Nuggets), Frank Ntilikina (Knicks), Domantas Sabonis (Pacers), Dario Saric (76ers), Ben Simmons (76ers).

Team USA: Lonzo Ball (Lakers), Malcolm Brogdon (Bucks, replaced by Taurean-Prince due to injury), Jaylen Brown (Celtics), John Collins (Hawks), Kris Dunn (Bulls), Brandon Ingram (Lakers), De'Aaron Fox (Kings), Kyle Kuzma (Lakers), Donovan Mitchell (Lakers) Jazz) Dennis Smith (Mavericks), Jayson Tatum (Suns).

The starting lineup of the two teams was decided early on. The world team is: Murray, Hilde, Jianghu, Simmons, Embiid.

The US team is: Ball, Ingram, Brown, Tatum, John Collins.

I have to say that the inside line in the United States is really lonely. Among the rookies in the past two years, there is not a qualified Zhengyin center. You must know that in the past, the centers in the United States were all David Robinson and O'Neal. ...

Looking at these wow melon cracked dates now, one can't help but sigh that the times have really changed.

As soon as Jianghu came to the stadium, he attracted everyone's attention. Simmons couldn't help staring at him when he saw Jianghu coming. His eyes stared at Jianghu.

Jiang Hu noticed the gaze of the two, and turned back without hesitation. When Jiang Hu glared over, the two turned their heads to one side in fright.

"Two cowards..."

Jiang Hu shook his head and smiled, then ignored them.

"Hey, Jiang!!"

When Murray saw Jianghu coming to the court, his eyes lit up instantly. He immediately turned into a dog's leg and came to the side of Jianghu to greet him enthusiastically, helping Jianghu pick up the ball for shooting training.

After Jianghu warmed up, he also gave Jianghu who was sitting on the bench a shoulder massage.

Although everyone is under the same agent, Murray still knows very well that Jianghu is the most important resource in Schwartz's hands, and other people are secondary compared to him.

And everyone knows that if a player wants to perform in the All-Star Game, he must rely on the help of the core, and Jianghu is the absolute core and trump card of the World Team. As long as Jianghu is willing to give him the ball, he can Brush up good data, in turn he may not even touch the ball.

Caruso on the sidelines was secretly unhappy with Murray's dog-licking performance, feeling jealous...

"This kind of thing should have been done by me, I am the most loyal dog leg of the elder brother!!!"

"Damn guy!!!"

For Murray's flattery, Jiang Hu calmly accepts everything as it is ordered. Anyway, he can enjoy it without spending money or effort, so why not do it?

Anyway, this game must be a very loose game, and it is very easy to win.

If you don't believe me, look at the lineups of the two teams. On the US side, there are only two insiders, and there is no orthodox center forward...

There are only two insiders, Collins and Kuzma, who are both 206cm tall, and they are both standard forward figures. To be honest, Jianghu himself can handle them casually.

On the other hand, the World Team, Embiid, Markkanen, and Sabonis are all above 210cm tall, which gives the World Team a huge advantage in the interior.

With such a gap in strength, he can play at will. If he wants, he can even become a ball bully and play alone with the ball.

However, he still decided to adapt to the situation and play normally first.
The pace of the All-Star game is very fast, so there must be a lot of rebounds. As long as the insiders pass some of the basketball back to themselves, it will be enough for Jianghu to regain the ball and don't have to worry about their own shot rights.

Before the official start of the game, the whole team of the World Team is here. According to the usual practice, everyone will wear their respective team jerseys and take a family photo. This photo will be remembered and recorded in the history of the NBA.

It took 20 minutes to take a small photo. It is said that where there are people, there is competition. Taking a family portrait is very particular. You can find some clues from the players' positions when taking pictures.

Jianghu and Embiid stood in the middle of the first row, flanked by Simmons and Murray, then Sabonis and Hilde, and then head coach Barkley and assistant coaches.

In such a position, the distinction of status is already very obvious. Jianghu and Embiid stand in the middle, which means that they are the two with the highest status in the team.

Embiid enjoyed this session very much, posing in a pose he thought was handsome, but Jianghu just stood still and smiled.

But judging from the effect shown in the photos, Jianghu is still the most eye-catching existence in the crowd...

No way, who made him handsome...

The Rookie Challenge was scheduled to take place at 8:8 in the evening, and it is now 20:[-]. The appearance ceremony has just been completed, and the two teams have just completed their admission and are warming up and waiting for the start of the game.

The players on the court are warming up, and the stars watching the game off the court are not idle.

James pulled Anthony Davis and sat with Wade, Anthony, and Paul on the sidelines to watch the game. James kept covering his mouth with his clothes and talking to Anthony Davis, while Wade was in suits and ties with him. His old teammate O'Neill talked and laughed happily.

In addition, retired Spurs legend "Admiral" Robinson, retired Lakers legend Magic Johnson, and retired 76ers legend Allen Iverson also came to the sidelines.

"Allen, sign me up."

Jianghu took his sneakers before the game and asked Iverson to sign himself.

Iverson's eyes widened with disbelief on his face. He never expected that the most popular fried chicken in the league is actually his own fan.

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At 8:30 in the evening, the 2018 All-Star Rookie Challenge officially started.

The ESPN commentators responsible for explaining the game are Hubie Brown and Bill Walton.

Before the game started, Walton introduced to the TV: "In the New Orleans All-Star Game last year, Jamal Murray of the World United taught the United States a lesson with his outstanding performance of 36 points and 11 rebounds. In this year's competition, the World Alliance still looks like the stronger team?"

Hubie Brown went on to say: "That's right, the World Alliance's lead is all-round. They have a balanced lineup both inside and outside. In terms of the backcourt, their lineups are not too different."

"But in terms of the frontcourt, the World United has the top players in the league. It has the 214cm All-Star starter Embiid and the 211cm power forward Markkanen. Their opponents are 203cm Jaylen Brown and 206cm. Collins? I think it's at least two notches down, and that kind of matchup gives them a huge advantage in the paint."

"You know, in a basketball game, the influence of the inside line far exceeds that of the outside line. After all, they are closer to the basket."

"In addition, they have Simmons who can play point guard but is 208cm tall, and Sabonis who is 211cm tall on the bench. Four people in their rotation are taller than the highest point of the American United team."

Walton shook his head and said, "This is also the tragedy of American basketball. The league's constant encouragement of offense has caused the new generation of players to play more and more outwardly. The dominant big man is currently out of gear."

Seeing the disappointment on Wharton's face, he looked extremely disappointed with the American insiders...

The fans in front of the TV couldn't help covering their foreheads...

Brother, you have said this question hundreds of times...

Hubie Brown hastily added: "However, it's not that the United States has no chance to win. Both Ingram and Brown are good strikers, and their lineup speed is likely to pose a threat to the World Team..."

"The world team has rivers and lakes..."

Before Brown finished speaking, he was interrupted by Wharton...

Brown went on to say: "They're also pretty good overall defensively, they can get through the press..."

Wharton interrupted again: "The World Team has Jianghu..."

Wharton's words made Brown completely at a loss as to how to respond. A top-ranked MVP player playing in the rookie game, isn't this a blow to dimensionality reduction? It's the rookie US team playing with a hammer...

"Okay, you won, the game has started, let's watch the game!!"

CCTV5 was also broadcasting the game live. When the two teams were warming up, the commentator chatted with the players.

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "Jaylen Brown's face is ugly, he doesn't look like he is here to perform. He may not want to start at all, because he has to fight Jianghu."

Yu Jia said with a smile: "He said in the interview that Jianghu's strength has been improving. At the beginning, the two were able to split [-]-[-], but after half a season he found that he could no longer defend Jianghu."

Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "If Brown can't defend, the others can't. Look at Ingram's small arms and legs. It would be great if he doesn't get knocked into the air!!"

At the beginning of the game, the rookie of the world team quickly stunned the rookie of the United States, and the point difference widened to double digits.

Jamal Murray's task is to dribble the ball across the half, and Jianghu is responsible for organizing.Jianghu holds the ball most of the time, and occasionally runs without the ball to catch the ball and throw it, or attracts Murray, who assists the defense to score the ball to the air cut, and Hilde, who runs from the outside to catch the ball.

The three of them practiced together for the first time today, and they played an amazing tacit understanding.

Hilde is a guard who is good at catching and shooting. He has no dead ends in the middle and long range. His career three-point shooting percentage in the regular season is as high as 41.7%, which is a little higher than Thompson's 40.8%. He also broke a lot of records about three-pointers. .

Murray passed the ball to his teammates after dribbling the ball at halftime, and Jianghu could also pull away from the three-point line to create space for his teammates.

These two have a high degree of cooperation in the arena, and the two grudges, Embiid and Simmons, have no chance to get the ball.

They don't need to hold the ball, anyway, they don't need to defend much in the rookie game. In terms of offense, as long as they stand on the court and can attract defense and keep their opponents from attacking the Jianghu, they are invincible.

After all, Collins and Kuzma are guarding the basket on the U.S. team. These two guys are not as strong as Jianghu, nor as fast as Jianghu, and the role and decoration of standing at the basket are similar.

Jianghu didn't shoot endlessly by himself. He passed the ball when he attracted the misplaced defense. The bomber was launched, and the inside line of the US team was bombarded.

On the defensive end, Jianghu learned from Anthony Davis' style of play and let Embiid do the task of guarding the basket, while he kept moving and assisting in defense to protect the basket.

The U.S. team is almost short in front of Jianghu. The tallest Collins has no advantage in terms of wingspan. Jianghu's style of play makes it easy for him to get block data.

In the first half, the World Rookie Team, led by Jianghu as the core, brutalized their opponents, leading by 22 points.

Jianghu scored 15 points, 8 rebounds, 6 blocks and 7 assists in the first half.

The two most exciting goals in the first half were both related to Jianghu. One was a 360-degree windmill dunk from Jianghu's fast break, and the other was an alley from Jianghu. Feeling refreshed.

During the intermission, Murray chatted with Jianghu, feeling that it would be so cool to be his teammate.

Jiang Hu shook his head with a smile and didn't say much.

Because this guy is completely in the blessings and does not know the blessings. He has a future historical teammate by his side. If he hadn't given up by himself, he should be the MVP for three consecutive times. He averaged 30 points + 13 rebounds + 9.5 assists in a playoff game and led the team. The fat man who won the championship, but that fat man is still developing and has not reached this level.

In the second half of the game, the US team also changed their strategy, from one man defending Jianghu to one man marking and one man double-teaming immediately after Jianghu started.

But Jianghu didn't panic at all. There was Murray who was very familiar with Jianghu here, and he knew how to fight at this time.

Murray took over the ball very decisively.

Jianghu began to run without the ball, the ball was not sticky, and he played directly in front of Brown as a traditional No. [-] position.

Although his job is as a striker, he can do the tricks of a general defender.

Empty cut, reverse run!
Catch threes, catch layups!
From time to time, he also comes for an empty-handed dunk!
The defensive end is constantly using his speed and jumping to help guard the penalty area and the basket.

Playing in the arena without the ball is more unrestrained and free, like a dragon entering the sea, galloping freely in the sea! ! !

The pace of the game was also fastened by Murray and Jiang Hu.

Murray, Hield, Bogdanovic, and Markkanen have cooperated together for a period of time. This is a lineup of all-powerful shooting. There are gaps in various cooperation among the five, and they made 8 consecutive shots. The three-pointer almost broke the American team's mentality.

Zhang Weiping couldn't help sighing: "This match is purely one-sided. The overall level of the world team is not comparable to that of the US team. It's better to restore the old first and second grade teams. There may be a little bit of suspense."

"Tatum hit the iron with a three-pointer, Jianghu caught the rebound and gave it to Murray, and Murray charged with the ball."

"Come to the frontcourt, with a ground pass, Jianghu got rid of Brown's entangled defense, cut to the basket, and received the ball."

"People and balls, exaggerated tacit understanding, even though they only played half a game together, they already have an excellent chemical reaction!"

"Jianghu scored a two-handed dunk!!!"

"Catch the ball from mid-range and go straight to the basket!!"

"Kuzma's retreat is a bit slow, and they have no one around the basket!"

"Here we come, Jianghu will be detained again."

"Folding back dunk, a difficult dunk, friends who just turned on the TV may think we are in a dunk contest, but it is not."

"This is the NBA Rookie Challenge, but I don't mind if you call it the American Rookie Challenge Jianghu Competition, or even the Jianghu Bullying Kids Competition!!!"

"It's not a level contest at all. Embiid, another All-Star starter on the same team, didn't even have a chance to exert his strength. Jianghu has already settled this game. This is the dominance of Jianghu over young people of the same generation!!"

"Their performance was too cruel. Just at the beginning of the second half, they played a wave of 8 to 31 again in the first 12 minutes of the second half. Except for Brown who scored 8 points and Ingram scored 4 points, the rest of the team still had No score."

"The U.S. team continued to attack, they continued to give the ball to Ingram, and Ingram is currently 6 of 6 from the field and has not missed a shot.

"Ingram received the ball, faced Jianghu in a low position, hit with his back, completely immobile, Jianghu's feet were as solid as reinforced concrete, Ingram turned left, turned right, swayed continuously, turned over and made jump shots!!! "

"No, it's hard, Jianghu failed to protect the rebound."

"Lonzo Ball picks up the ball and puts it back!!!"

"Jianghu quickly took off and blocked again, Brother Qiu won the prize!!"

"Jianghu's tenth hot pot, 28 points, 11 rebounds, 10 blocks and 9 assists, Jianghu has now completed a triple-double!!"

"Murray received the ball, Jianghu immediately went down, the midfielder received the ball, and passed it to Hilde on the right!!"

"Hilde threw a three-pointer directly, did you???"

"Go in, go in, go in, this is Jianghu's tenth assist, quadruple double, quadruple double!!"

"The only quadruple-double in the history of the rookie game!!"

"Although we had a premonition before the end of the halftime that he might complete the miracle of a quadruple-double today, but when it really happened, I still felt very dreamy!!"

"A Chinese completed a quadruple double in the NBA?? Is this true?? Can someone in China really do it?"

"It's true, the person who did this is on the field at this moment, right in front of us, and he is from Guangdong, China, wearing the No. 1 jersey!!!"

"I hope everyone can remember his name, because he is synonymous with miracles, and he will always perform incredible performances!!"

"The last time anyone had a quadruple-double in a regular NBA game was David Robinson on February 1994, 2, exactly 17 years from today!!!"

"24 years later, the miracle of quadruple pairs happened before our eyes again!!"

"Unbelievable performance, incredible Jianghu, he once again proved to us that he is one of the best rookies in history!!!"

"We have no doubt that he is on his way to hitting the strongest player in history!!!"

(End of this chapter)