Standing pretty old

Chapter 565 Rookie Challenge ([-])
The rookie challenge is full of stars on the field, and the off field is also full of superstars.

For example, Paul Gasol came to the sidelines to cheer for his younger brother, and LeBron James made a temporary cameo as a live commentary, explaining today's game with Kenny Smith, Barkley's best partner. Contest.

James, who dresses like a hip-hop singer, said: "It's an unfair competition, but I don't think the first grade has no chance!"

Kenny Smith laughed, "How?"

"Obviously, Kraft Nguyen is above his class, hey, I want to complain for a freshman, why is this guy a second-year rookie," James said.

Even so, though, I think the first-year rookies are more motivated because they have a chance to beat the best player in the league so far. "

As Ruan Erniu's Eagles won [-] consecutive victories, James, who was gradually opened up, wisely chose to retreat temporarily. If Kobe was sitting in this position, he would never say such a weak word.

But from another perspective, it may be understood that James is motivating the enthusiasm of the first-year rookie, wantonly to consume Ruan Erniu's physical and energy.

Although A Lian and Sun Yue are not eligible to be selected for the rookie challenge again, but there are two bulls, and the five sets of Chaotingtai will never underestimate the rookie competition.

In the studio of the Imperial Capital headquarters, Yu Jia and Su Junyang had been preparing for a long time, and at the Phoenix scene, Ruan Erniu once again saw Teacher Zhang Lili waving to him, and today the male host next to Director Zhang is Yang Jian.

Before the game, when Zhang Lili interviewed Erniu, he also asked about his goals for this year's Rookie Challenge.

Ruan Erniu originally came here with the mentality of not working hard, but for the sake of the league's face, he couldn't say this clearly, so Erniu said with a smile: "Enjoy the game, this is the only thing I want to do!"

After the warm-up of the players of the two teams, the Imperial Capital also talked about the final stage before the game, and finished introducing the special prize that is almost impossible to win, Erniu's "Wangyi" sports suit. (Including backpack, "Generation Heng Yi" All-Star Edition, special T-shirt and sweatpants.)
The camera returned to the scene, and the starting players of the first and second grades finally came to the court.

First-year starters are:

C Marc Gasol

PF Michael Beasley

SF Rudy Fernandez

SG Eric Gordon
PG Derek Rose
And the sophomore starters are:

C Ruan Erniu

PF Al Horford

SF Thaddeus Young

SG Kevin Durant

PG Rodney Starkey

Er Niu came to the middle circle to stand still, and then Gasol Jr. also came over, and as the referee threw the ball high into the sky, the game officially started.

"Snapped!"

Relying on the advantage of bullet speed, Er Niu touched the basketball first, and the ball flew into Stucky's hands.

Stuckey dribbled the ball forward quickly and played in the All-Star Game. Ruan Erniu knew very well that if the defensive guard is not a player like Kidd, Paul, or Nash, it is best not to expect the ball to take the initiative.

Er Niu was wrong. He misjudged his lofty status in this group of rookies. As a well-deserved leader in the 07 class, even if he insisted on concentrating the ball in his hands, Stuckey would definitely pass the ball to him.

Besides, the second-year head coach sitting off the field is, after all, the assistant coach of the Eagles, Larry Drew. Ruan Erniu has now firmly grasped the indisputable leadership position, but he has not yet controlled this right self-awareness.

Anyway, if he had to work and not work hard, Erniu simply didn't hold back with Gasol in the low post. He took the initiative to raise the post to cover for Stuckey.

Stuckey used the cover of Erniu to successfully enter the penalty area. I don't know if Stuckey is really used to being suppressed by Iverson in the Pistons, or he feels that he is not sure about the misplaced single-handedly against Gasol, so he uses Looking back at the moon, he passed the ball back to Ruan Erniu in the high position.

Ruan Erniu in the open position still didn't have much desire to attack, but he just had a wonderful exchange of eyes with Durant in the running position.

Both the contemporary super giants and the future super giants have enough basketball talent. Although it is only a short look, it is enough for the two star players to have a tacit understanding.

"Boom!" A ground-hitting pass that crossed more than 20 feet, Durant, who was striding long legs, suddenly made a back-running cut, and at this moment Gasol and Beasley had already been pulled away by the defender .

Durant got the basketball on the move, hopped the ball high, slammed his arms and dunked, and scored the first point of the Rookie Challenge.

"Snapped!"

Er Niu and Durant, who were retreating, celebrated by high-fiving. Even if they are not playing on the same team, the two have enough tacit understanding to complete such a wonderful cooperation. Superstars are born with their own connection function.

But the first grade seemed to understand that they couldn't stop the second grade's offensive firepower with defense alone, so they chose to attack.

Rose quickly drives the ball upfield and passes it to Eric Gordon on the run.

This may be a first-year tactic, or it may be that Ricky Davis has ruined Ricky Davis. Anyway, he has no intention of pressing the rhythm. After receiving the ball, he immediately took a step outside the three-point line without warning. Dry pull, the ball is scored!
3:2, the first grade immediately overtook the score.

Ruan Erniu suddenly felt a little interesting. He can be sure that even if he does not work hard today, he will not miss the rebounds. It is the easiest way to rebound the rebounds by playing a few blind shots and constantly increasing the conversion speed of offense and defense. The way.

Otherwise, why would David Lee of the Knicks be able to grab so many rebounds? He is far inferior to Ruan Erniu when it comes to strength and ability to protect the frame.

Immediately afterwards, Thaddeus Young returned a three-pointer from the outside. Horford and Beasley scrambled together. The basketball was clicked in the air, and the ball flew to the relaxed second. bull hands.

Facing the pounced Gasol, Er Niu originally wanted to pass the ball again, but Gasol rushed too hard this time, Er Niu really thought that he would not cheat a foul, and he was a little sorry for his skills.

"boom!"

Er Niu bumped into Marc Gasol sideways, and then threw the ball with his left hand.

The referee's whistle sounded, and the basketball spun 2 and a half times on the hoop, and finally fell into it safely.

Durant and Horford took the initiative to pull up the smiling Ruan Erniu. He obviously played casually, even with a playful attitude, but the hand feeling was unexpectedly good. There was no way around it.

Ruan Erniu made a steady free throw to help the second grade take the lead again.

After the opening, the offensive rhythm of the two teams was very fast, but the shooting percentage was not too high. After Er Niu's 2+1, the shooting percentages of the pitchers of both teams dropped to a certain extent.

Even though the two teams didn't pay attention to defense, the frequent sounds of iron strikes continued to increase.

Since the Rookie Challenge is only divided into two halves, each with 20 minutes of game time, this is a test of the rotation skills of the head coaches of the two teams.

After 3 and a half minutes of the first half, the rotation of the two teams began. Interestingly, Larry Drew seemed to have forgotten the instructions of the two bulls before the game. Er Niu and Durant were replaced.

Although Er Niu doesn't pay much attention to the offensive end, but he can't stand his offensive rebound awareness.

He seems to have a magnetic force. Anyway, in just a few rounds, rebounds always go into Er Niu's arms from all directions. Sometimes, Er Niu obviously has no intention to fight Gasol or Lopezka. position, but rebounding just hides from the first-year insider.

When Larry Drew finally woke up and replaced Erniu and Durant, Ruan Erniu actually scored a full 6 rebounds in just over 13 minutes.

5 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, this is the data of the Chinese, and three of them were given to Durant.

Er Niu looked at KD who scored 13 points beside him, and didn't know what to say.

If the game continues like this, Er Niu will definitely break the rebounding record of the Rookie Challenge, and it is hard to say whether Durant can break the scoring record of the Rookie Challenge, so what the Er Niu promised before the game will be troublesome!
(End of this chapter)