On February 17, Su Bei, Wade and O'Neal flew to Houston to participate in the All-Star Weekend.
In the first month of the new season, Su Bei's performance was among the best among the 2005 rookies. Even if his performance declined later, he was still selected for the All-Star Rookie Challenge.
Wade was an All-Star substitute last year and was mentioned as a starting All-Star in 2006.
There is no need to say more about O'Neal. Without O'Neal, how could the interest of All-Stars be achieved with Yao Ming as the image representative?
At this time, Yao Ming's dynamic lottery had not yet appeared, and he could not play it yet.
When they arrived at the hotel where they were staying in Houston, the three of them immediately separated, each looking for their mother.
On February 18, Su Bei gathered with the first-year rookies, trained for a few hours in the morning, and played games in the evening.
As the prelude to the All-Star Weekend, the Rookie Challenge is used to warm up the following projects.
Su Bei met many acquaintances.
Such as Paul, Deron, Nate Robinson, and Luther Head.
There are also a lot of people who are not very familiar with, such as the white-browed hero Villanueva, the bragging champion Bogut, Channing Fletcher, and Danny Granger, a total of 9 people.
In fact, it's training, it's nothing more than recognizing people. At least during the game, it's not like Sakuragi Hanamichi passing the ball to the wrong person.
Su Bei and Granger serve as small forwards and occasionally guest power forwards.
The second-year opponent has already appeared.
The starting small forward position is probably Yingadala.
This had nothing to do with Su Bei. He was facing a substitute, and not surprisingly it was Nocioni.
Not to mention Yingodara, it was not easy to face Nocioni. He was the main player of Agenliang's golden generation. After defeating the American Dream Team in 2004, he did not participate in the draft, but he was still favored by the Bulls. Together with Lore Together with Deng, he shares the position of small forward 50-50 times, starting in rotation, and his strength is naturally not bad. In his rookie season, he averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds per game.
The ball has increased this season, averaging 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists per game.
Su Bei has already met the Bulls twice with the Heat, and he knows Nocioni quite well. He is a player that Su Bei likes to play against very much.
His physical talent is average, he does not have a stable three-pointer, and his defense is very dirty. He should not be able to use it in the Rookie Challenge. His iron-blooded playing style seems to be difficult to use. Su Bei feels that he can defeat this player. It is really not nonsense.
On the evening of the 18th, Toyota Center Arena.
At this time, the Rookie Challenge is about to be held in the arena, with bright lights and a sea of people.
After a brief warm-up, the starting lineups of both sides were also played in the arena.
There are five first-year starters: Nate Robinson, Paul, Danny Granger, Channing Fletcher, and Andrew Bogut.
The second-year team's starting five are Devin Harris, Ben Gordon, Ying Dala, Luol Deng, and Howard.
At the beginning of the game, Yin Gedala showed off his ability to ride alone. When he rushed up, his whole body was full of muscles. Granger had excellent defensive skills, but they were of no use. Yin Gedala was so reckless that he knocked him away. , with a clang and a click with one hand.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
One word, can't stop it!
The second graders took the lead. To put it bluntly, since the beginning of the Rookie Challenge, this competition has been a stage for the second graders to ravage the first graders.
Last season, they were tortured by the stars of the 2003 generation until they could not say goodbye. Now it is time to get back everything they lost last year.
With this tradition in mind, the sophomore class came out very confident and strong.
The first-year lineup, as well as the double-dwarf combination of Paul and Xiaotuo, struggled to get rebounds even if they could defend them, and they were at a disadvantage at the beginning of the game.
Especially Granger, it is simply the hardest hit area.
In addition to using his muscles to be aggressive, Yingadala is also very good at playing this kind of exhibition match.
Don't ask, just ask: Yingedala is an actor.
In the regular season, you can lie down in various ways, but in the playoffs, you no longer pretend to stand up and compete for the MVP.
The Rookie Challenge is a decisive game.
Playing waves under pressure and stimulation can easily lead to explosion.
After Yin Gedala broke out and charged forward, Granger's mediocre physical talent was shattered to pieces.
On the field, the game was mediocre. The rookies had not yet learned how to show off, and their skills had not yet been formed. If they really played, their strength was not enough. Many of them were showing off, and there was no tactical coordination, so the game was a bit messy. Unbearable.
There were no highlights in the game, except for two things that were passable.
The first one was Yin Guodala's dunk, and the second one was Paul's exquisite pass.
6 minutes later,
Yingodala counterattacked in one line, rushed to the basket, and after knocking Granger away, there was a clang, and his whole body hung on the basket.
The bulging muscles look so terrifying.
Later, Paul showed off a back pass, but his teammates couldn't catch it.
Seeing that the first grader was about to be beaten, the Pistons' assistant coach replaced Su Bei on the court and replaced Granger, who had been beaten.
Su Bei couldn't wait, so he came on the bench with Nocioni and was quickly pushed out to block the knife.
Yingadala's sword could only be chopped with more meat, but his sword couldn't cut anymore.
"Su Bei came on the court and was knocked away by Yin Gedala again. Then, with a dunk, he scored two points again.
The second grade has widened the point difference to 10 points.
There is still a lack of a leader in the first grade. Chris Paul does not have that domineering attitude, and Bogut can only brag.
And on the second-year side, there is the unstoppable Yin Gedala, and the first-year rookie Wei..."
Swish——!
Paul and Su Bei played a pick-and-roll tactic, passing the ball hand-to-hand, assisting Su Bei to score a three-pointer over Devin Harris.
Subsequently, Yingodala was guarded. After all, the challenge was not his. Devin Harris also wanted to perform a sharp and fast breakthrough, but was intercepted by Paul.
"Paul rushed upcourt, drove into the penalty area, and then threw the basketball over the backboard, and boom...
The basketball flew away!
No, it was flying. Su Bei, who was following behind, also flew up. The two flies cooperated, and Su Bei pushed the basketball into the basket from the air..."
Bang-dang——!
Although Su Bei couldn't guard against Yingedala, the first-year offense gradually opened up with the cooperation of Su Bei and Paul.
In the first grade, Paul was still organizing passes and cooperating. As a second-year player, Harris was a one-man force. He rushed to the basket when he got the ball and didn't know how to cooperate at all.
Yin Guodala, Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, and Howard are all the same thing.
At the end of the first half, the first-year rookie slowly caught up from a maximum of 10 points behind, and was only 3 points behind the sophomore team at 58-55.
In the second half, Subei performed well. In front of Nocioni, he hit a pull-up three-point jumper.
He made continuous air cuts into the penalty area, received an assist from Paul, and got a long-lost cake. He led the first graders to a 10-4 shock wave and achieved a go-ahead score.
Just when Su Bei was in high spirits and wanted to keep up his efforts and kick the second-year players' butts, Su Bei was replaced.
The Rookie Challenge is not held by Su Bei's family. If his condition is good, he will be replaced. At the same time, Paul was also replaced.
If Deron Williams, the damn fat guy, is replaced, nine players will all have to eat from the same pot. Who should we really prefer? Luther Head. His Rockets, and the All-Star Weekend is held in Houston, so naturally we should prefer it. Praise for the players who played for this city.
Lutherhead, who was mediocre, was indeed outstanding, scoring 18 points.
But, as the name of the game goes, Luther sounds unlucky and not very efficient.
The score was 106 to 96. The first-year players did not break the tradition in the end and lost to the second-year players by 10 points.
Yingadala made 14 of 17 shots, 4 of 8 three-pointers, scored 30 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and won the honor of the Most Valuable Player of the Rookie Challenge. He really deserves to be the first person to steal the MVP. This kind of competition is just one word, awesome!
Su Bei scored 14 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists. He had an eye-catching performance for a period of time. However, after being replaced, he came back on the court. His performance immediately changed beyond recognition. He couldn't pick up the gun, lost interest, and gave up!
Paul scored 13 assists, 8 points and 5 steals. He originally had a chance to compete for MVP, but he lost the ball and had no choice. He has never been able to win the championship.
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