Legendary star

Chapter 68 Rookie MVP
"Boy, don't try to catch the ball easily." After the game restarted, Meng Xu ran to the edge of the three-second zone in order to confuse the opponent. Paul Pierce followed him everywhere, and even kept pulling Meng Xu's jersey with his hands.

Elton Brand near the penalty area is constantly reaching for the ball towards Andre Miller, Riff LaFrentz firmly blocks Brand behind him, and Nowitzki is Hovering around, ready to double-team Brand.Now that the first-year team is only 1 point behind, it is the best choice to hand the ball to Brand to score 1 points steadily, so the main target of the second-year team is also Brand.

As the whistle sounded, Meng Xu quickly ran towards the 3-point line. James Posey appeared beside Meng Xu just right, blocking Pierce behind him. A pass from Andre Miller is received outside the line.

Looking up at the time, Meng Xu didn't make a shot immediately, but wanted to press the time. Just as Meng Xu was slapping the basketball in his hand one step away from the 3-point line, Pierce and Michael Dick Sen jumped out at the same time.

Just when the time on the timer was still 1 second, Meng Xu took off the basketball lightly and left his hand with a blank face. The time was just right. The moment Meng Xu made a shot, Pierce and Michael Dixon jumped in front of Meng Xu at the same time. , and at the same time take off to block.

"You lost." Meng Xu, who was thrown off balance by Pierce's violent collision in the air, smiled slightly the moment he landed, looking at the two people who fell from the air.After landing, Pierce, who wanted to know the result, immediately looked back at the basket, but the last thing he wanted to see still happened.

With a bang, the basketball hit the net, and the whistle sounded at the end of the game at the same time, 94 to 92, Meng Xu's lore at the last moment helped the first-year team beat the second-year team and won the Rookie Challenge. .

Meng Xu opened his arms and accepted the cheers from the fans. All the first-year players on the field, except Brand, rushed towards Meng Xu frantically.

"A lore, another lore. After the lore in the game against the Raptors this year, in this season's Rookie Challenge, Meng made another key shot and beat the second-year team." After Xu succeeded in the lore, Kenny Smith was the first to wake up from the shock.

Compared with Kenny Smith's excitement, Magic Johnson is much calmer. After making key shots many times in his career and being killed by others many times, Johnson has a considerable immunity to this kind of scene Yes, what surprised Johnson a little was Meng Xu's calm expression when he shot, as if he knew before he shot that he would definitely hit it.

"Meng, I knew that you would make the shot." Andre Miller was the most excited, hugging Meng Xu and shouting crazily.

"We won, we won." In the previous games, Szczerbiak, who was always calm, couldn't hide his inner excitement at this moment.

James Posey hugged Meng Xu from behind. Several young men surrounded Meng Xu and watched his teammates celebrate wildly. Brand on the side was a little nervous. Although he won the game, he was also very nervous. I am happy, but the ownership of the MVP is still uncertain. You must know that before Brand came, he had already made preparations to bring the MVP trophy back to Chicago. Before the ownership of the MVP was not clear, Brand was also a little apprehensive .

Brand, who made 16 of 8 shots in the whole game and contributed 18 points, 18 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, performed well in this game. He originally thought that Odom and Francis were the ones who won the MVP the most. Unexpectedly, Meng Xu came out halfway through the competition. After only 21 minutes in the game, he made 12 of 7 shots, including 3 of 9 5-pointers. He contributed 19 points, 7 rebounds, 6 steals and 2 assists. , especially at the last moment of the game, he killed his opponent and made his data close to double 20 a bit eclipsed.

"A very exciting game, whether it was Pierce's quasi lore, or Meng's lore shot, it was very exciting, of course, and Meng's two wonderful dunks. The performance of the boys in this game All good, Elton Brand once again showed the world his excellent low singles ability, and Dirk Nowitzki Pierce of the second-year team also performed very well." The game on the field is over, but the TV broadcast It's not over yet, and there will be an award ceremony for the Rookie Challenge MVP trophy, so taking advantage of this opportunity, Johnson is also making a final summary for the game.

Soon, after the game ended, the president of the league, David Stern, accompanied by many basketball celebrities and NBA sponsors, appeared in the center of the court and handed the MVP trophy of the rookie game to Meng Xu.

"Meng, congratulations. You led your team to the final victory. You are the brightest star in this game." David Stern said with a smile on his face.

Winning the MVP trophy was very unexpected to Meng Xu, because Meng Xu knew very well that Brand performed better than himself, but Meng Xu was not humble either. After all, it was appointed by the president of the league.

After being stunned for a moment, Meng Xu tied the trophy, then raised it high, accepting the blessings and cheers of the audience, and the first and second graders off the podium were also applauding Meng Xu in unison, but among them Some people still look unwilling and lost.

"Boy, this trophy should be used as compensation for you. I hope you won't let me down in the future." David Stern, who was smiling and applauding on the stage, thought it was indeed another matter.

"Elton, in fact, this trophy should belong to you. You performed better than me in this game." After the awards ceremony, Meng Xu pulled Brand, who was a bit lost, and comforted him with a smile.Originally, Brand was determined to win this trophy, and Brand's performance was indeed worthy of this trophy, but for some reason David Stern gave this trophy to himself.

"It's okay, but we can't win without you." Seeing Meng Xu's sincerity, the resentment in Brand's heart gradually dissipated.

"Elton, next year, next year will definitely fight for this trophy for you."

"Thank you, but next year maybe we will participate in the All-Star Game. We will be opponents by then, and I will not show mercy." Hearing Meng Xu's idea of ​​winning the MVP for himself next year, Brand The last bit of dissatisfaction in my heart was gone, and I stretched out my arms around Meng Xu and walked into the player tunnel together.

(End of this chapter)