Legendary star

Chapter 236 Rookie Challenge

When Elton Brand overwhelmed Kenyon Martin with a successful jump ball, the All-Star Rookie Challenge of the 0001 season officially kicked off. As two players who are both power forwards in their respective teams, this game With no one available at the center position, Elton Brand and Kenyon Martin also served as the starting centers of their respective teams. In last year's rookie challenge, at the end of the game, Brand has been playing the center position. In comparison, Kenyon Martin is much worse than Brand, and he is 5 cm taller than Brand Under the circumstances, Kenyon Martin weighed 15 kilograms less than Brand. This kind of thin body could not adapt to the fierce confrontation at the basket. In addition, this is a player in the CIC class.At the same time, Brand is at least one grade better than Kenyon Martin in terms of low-post skills and defensive ability. Therefore, in front of the strong Brand, Kenyon Martin basically has no power to change hands. All it took was a side-to-side, side-to-side poke, and Kenyon Martin was out of position.

In this game, the second-year team was also feeding Brand. Brand and Odom almost took all the shots taken by the second-year team. There is no tactical coordination at all, basically the whole team stretches out to let Brand single-play Kenyon Martin, or let Odom single-play Darius Miles, and the first-year side does not double-team the two. , just watched them wreak havoc under the basket, this is a game that is doomed to a good result before the game starts.

It wasn't until the 7th minute of the first half that the two teams made their first substitutions. On the second-year team, Meng Xu, who hadn't planned to play, suddenly discovered the main player of the game after a timeout. The coach, that is, Adelman's assistant coach Dunn still kept Meng Xu on the court, letting Meng Xu and Jason Terry, Sean Marion, James Posey, and Szczerbiak continue to stay on the court .The fact that Brand and Odom are fighting for the MVP of this game is basically known to everyone in the second-year rookie team. Therefore, in order not to offend both sides, the strategy Dunn adopted in this game , that is, the two are at the same level. As for who can reach the MVP in the end, it depends on your own abilities.

After the game restarted, Meng Xu was arranged by Dunn to play point guard. In this second-year team, there was only Brad Miller as an orthodox point guard. Although Jason Terry was wearing the point guard hat , but what he did in the Hawks was the job of a shooting guard. Therefore, Meng Xu, who played point guard for almost half a season in the Spurs, was pushed to the point guard position by Dunn.

In the first round, when Meng Xu dribbled the ball across half court, Jason Terry reached out to Meng Xu directly for the ball from outside the 3-point line. After coming off the bench, Jason Terry showed A strong desire to attack.During the offseason of last season, after the contract of former Eagles boss Isiah Rydell ended, he rejected the Eagles' high-salary contract extension. Instead, he chose to go to the Lakers to hug O'Neal's thigh, relying on his outstanding performance this season, Jason Terry has now become the boss of the Atlanta Hawks. With the sharp increase in statistics, Jason Terry is also likely to become the Most Improved Player of the season.At the same time, after becoming the boss of the Eagles, Jason Terry now needs some honors to decorate himself as his status has risen.Originally, Terry agreed to Odom to help Odom win the MVP trophy, but judging from the current situation, he and Odom must have very little time to play at the same time, so under this situation, seeing the field The MVP trophy of the Rookie Challenge placed next to him, Terry is also full of enthusiasm.

"There are people who steal the spotlight every year." After seeing Terry reaching out to him for the ball, Meng Xu also smiled slightly. Last year it was him, this year it was Terry, and maybe it will be the same every year in the future.After a little hesitation, Meng Xu passed the basketball to Terry at the top of the arc.Originally, Meng Xu planned to paddle in this game. This year's All-Star Weekend, Meng Xu is still very busy. Today he will participate in the Rookie Challenge, tomorrow he will participate in the All-Star 3-point competition, and the day after tomorrow he will participate in the All-Star Game as a starter. Moreover, Meng Xu also promised Brand that he would win this trophy for him, so in this game, Meng Xu no longer jumped out to steal the spotlight, and one MVP of the rookie game was enough.Therefore, in the first 7 minutes, as long as Meng Xu had a basketball in his hand, he would look for Brand first, while he would run around casually, or simply stand in the bottom corner. Anyway, Brand and Odom would not Pass the basketball out.

"You guys should perform well in this game." After handing over the basketball to Terry, Meng Xu still ran towards the bottom corner. Originally, the competition between Brand and Odom was interesting enough, but now he squeezed in Come on Terry, don't make it to the end, you played a pig's brain, and it would be funny if you lost the game.

After Terry received the ball, he rushed directly to the basket in a hurry, but was taken aback by Mike Miller. Terry's breakthrough was okay, the speed was very fast, and he could change direction in the middle, but in the end The layup was a little short.As a small forward, Mike Miller's defense is very average, not to mention the ability to protect the frame, but facing the basketball that Terry almost sent to his hands, Miller can't justify not giving him a big cap.

When Meng Xu passed the middle circle with the ball again, he found that his teammates had all pulled away, waiting for him to play singles. This situation was unexpected for Meng Xu, but he was relieved after thinking about it carefully. In this lineup above, Szczerbiak and Posey's ability to hold the ball is very poor, let alone Marion, and Terry also started to play after being given a hot pot by Mike Miller in the last round. Play off the ball.

This time, it was Stephen Jackson who defended Meng Xu. In this game, he was the player who played the most seriously. Perhaps it was because of the upheaval in the past that Stephen Jackson seemed to cherish this opportunity very much. this stage.This former talented high school player who participated in the draft in 97, but was immediately waived, and was once mixed in the CBA, was not signed by the Nets until this season and was able to enter the NBA. Judging from the first few minutes of the game, Stephen? Jackson's defense is still very good. His strength should be the highest among the opposing group, and his attitude towards the game is also very good. He did not deliberately give up the game because of the disparity in strength like other players in the first grade. Stephen Jackson, Meng Xu still has some respect.

Meng Xu slapped the basketball and took two steps back, avoiding Stephen Jackson's personal defense. After opening a certain space with Jackson, Meng Xu first made a fake move to break to the left, and then moved to the right. He strode out, and then quickly changed direction to the left, wiped Stephen Jackson behind him almost instantly, and then Meng Xu entered the paint after another change of direction, and the first-year team's backup center, the Georgian When Jack Chakalidis saw Meng Xu rushing towards him, he subconsciously chose to dodge, but this time Meng Xu did not choose to layup or dunk directly, but when he was about to reach the basket. , Szczerbiak flicked the basketball behind his butt, and after receiving the pass from Meng Xu, after being obviously stunned for a moment, he quickly shot a 3-pointer and hit the basketball hollow.

"Meng, it's a pleasure playing with you. Your pass is so comfortable." When Meng Xu passed the breakthrough again and then distributed the basketball to Szczerbiak in the corner, he made the third shot of the game. Szczerbiak, who scored 3 points, ran over excitedly and gave Meng Xu a high-five to celebrate.If the first-year team could struggle and resist a couple of times after the start of the game, then now they have completely lost the ability to resist.The current situation on the court is completely one-sided. The second grade's offensive play is full of mercury. On the defensive end, with Posey and Meng Xu, the second-year team's perimeter defense is also impenetrable, especially with Posey. Stephen Jackson on the opposite side is not pleasing to the eye. The two have been teaching and competing with their own defense.

"Perhaps, we will have the opportunity to play together in the future." Meng Xu and Szczerbiak said secretly after high-fiving. In fact, Meng Xu is also playing very happily now, but this feeling is destined to be impossible to bring back. Spurs.

Although he has always held the ball, Meng Xu has only scored 10 points in the game for 3 minutes. From the beginning to the end, Meng Xu has been playing for his teammates. According to the principle of accounting, pass the ball to Posey, Szczerbiak, Terry, and Marion one by one.It was also in the present few minutes that Meng Xu realized the powerful ability contained in the combination of the king of sudden points and the sudden point system. Originally, Posey, Szczerbiak and Terry all had very good abilities. Shooting ability, their 3-point shooting percentage has also reached about 40% this season. At the same time, after adding Meng Xu's own breakthrough bonus, in the 6 minutes from the timeout to the present, these guys have a total of He made 12 of 7 shots, and all 7 of them were assists from Meng Xu's breakthrough.In the end, when Meng Xu finished with 3 points, 8 assists, and 5 rebounds, it was 51 to 26. The second-year team had already led the first-year team by as much as 25 points. not end yet.

And now Barkley and Smith in the commentary are also booing each other. They don't know how to describe this game. Although everyone knew before the game started, this is a game with great disparity in strength. But it's beyond everyone's imagination to be so bad. If this continues, maybe this game will eventually create a historic score.

Maybe Dunn couldn't hold back, and played a huge score in the first grade. After this timeout, Meng Xu was allowed to rest, and at the same time, the players in the second grade team cooperated tactically, and they were very close to each other. After the unfamiliar second-year team started to cooperate, the number of mistakes also increased significantly.At the same time, Dunn also relaxed the team's defense and let the first-year team chase points. Meng Xu and Posey, the two best defensive players in the second-year team, did not play until the end of the game.At the end of the game, 80 to 71, the first-year team finally caught up with the score within 10 points, and Brand also won the MVP of this year's Rookie Challenge with his 21 points and 16 rebounds.

"Brother, thank you." Brand, holding the trophy in one hand, hugged Meng Xu and the others excitedly.

"Don't forget my great sword." When Brand excitedly held up the MVP trophy to greet the fans, Posey reminded at the right time.

　Thank you for the monthly ticket to bid farewell to the days of Xiaosan, thank you.

　　Thanks for the monthly ticket of book friend 1452104806, thank you.

　　Thank you for the monthly ticket with big eyes, thank you.

　　Recently, many book friends have reacted too slowly, and hope that the protagonist can leave the team as soon as possible.In fact, I am also speeding up the pace now, the outline has been written long ago, and I will leave after the end of this season. These days, I also thought about trading after the All-Star Game, but this will require a new outline. There are many places to modify.So I am very sorry, I will try to speed up as much as possible. I have deleted a lot of the games and things that were originally written in the outline.To be honest, the dozen or so chapters I have written in the past few days feel like a running account.Finally, I am very grateful to those book friends who read my books and those who gave me advice, maybe without you, I would not be able to persevere.

　　
　
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