the great gatsby

Chapter 195 Rookie Challenge

On February 2010, 2, the 14th NBA All-Star Game was planned to be held at the Cowboys Stadium of the Dallas professional football team.

The All-Star weekend event is co-hosted by the Mavericks, Cowboys and the city of Dallas.The new Cowboys stadium, which cost $11 billion to build, has more than 10 seats. The NBA All-Star Game will be the first game of the four major American professional leagues after the stadium is completed, and it will also break an NBA record ——The largest number of spectators in a single game.However, the rookie game, slam dunk and three-point contest of this All-Star Weekend will be held at the home of the Mavericks.

The three of Gatsby arrived on February 2. After arriving, they first filmed commercials. Gatsby showed his face at the fan carnival the next day, and then participated in NBA care activities and went to an orphanage the next day. Give some gifts, talk and play with the children.

Then there is the Rookie Challenge. The Rookie Challenge is a confrontation between the first-year team and the second-year team. 9 rookies from this year and 9 rookies from last year will each form a team to compete.Each team has a coach, assistant coaches and trainers.

The composition of the first grade here is:
Guards: Gatsby, Tyreke Evans, Stephen Curry, Brandon Jennings, James Harden. (Due to Gatsby's appearance, Jonny Flynn was not selected.

Forwards: Omi Casspi, Ty Gibb, Yonas Jereb.

Center: DeJuan Blair.

Sophomore Team:

Guards: Derrick Rose (Rose will not play because he has to participate in the All-Star Game and Skills Competition), Eric Gordon, Russell Westbrook, OJ May.

Forwards: Michael Beasley, Danilo Gallinari.

Centers: Kevin Love, Brook Lopez, Marc Gasol.

Prior to this session, the second-year team had defeated the first-year team seven times in a row.There are outstanding rookies such as Gatsby, Evan Sterick and Jennings in this first-year class. People are optimistic that this year's first-year rookies are likely to break the previous situation. However, there is a lack of centers in one year and only one Dehu. Ann Blair, on paper, has a greater inside advantage as a second-year player.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the game began.

Last year, after Wade and Howard joined the coaching staff of the two teams in the Rookie Challenge, they attracted a lot of attention.This year, the NBA announced that Bosh and Durant will replace this responsibility. Durant will assist the Nuggets assistant coach Adrian Dantley in coaching the first-year team. Correspondingly, Bosh will serve as the magic assistant. Yin's assistant guides the second-year team.

There is basically no coordination in this kind of game, and there is very little pre-match training. Both sides warm up separately, and then when it is almost time to play, Dantley clapped his hands and asked everyone to come over, and arranged the personnel to play, without even explaining the tactics. .

The second-year starters are: Beasley, Gallinari, Love, Westbrook, Gordon.

First-year starters: Gatsby, DeJuan, Evans, Gibson, Casspi.

In previous years, there were usually not many people watching the Rookie Game, but this year there were particularly many people watching. Gatsby knew that this year's All-Star Game would have a record-breaking number of viewers, but when he took the field, he knew it wouldn't be that big. Simple, because there were many female fans at the scene. When they saw him, they screamed loudly and shouted his name heartbreakingly. Several other rookies looked at him, especially Stephen Curry, who laughed so hard that his molars were broken. Seeing it, Gatsby touched his nose, a little embarrassed but also a little proud.

The first-year center DeJuan and the second-year center Love jumped the ball in the middle circle. DeJuan touched the ball first and passed the ball to Gatsby. Because it was a rookie game, Gatsby didn't feel nervous and went directly Quickly dribbled the ball across half court, and it was Westbrook who was defending Gatsby. Westbrook entangled tightly, but the defense did not relax. Gatsby frowned: This is just a rookie game, why are you so serious?
Gatsby looked at Westbrook, who looked very serious, and felt a little annoyed. Beating you before was just for the competition. Now in this situation, you do it as soon as you come up. You are trying to cause trouble. Now that the challenge has come, Gatsby Cibi was not afraid, Gacibi shook it slightly, found a small gap, pulled it up and shot!
Ewing was taken aback. This was at least three steps away from the three-point line, and it was already close to the logo. This shot was made just after halftime!
Stephen Curry stared at the fast-spinning basketball with bright eyes. He often shoots such balls during training, but he only shoots once in the game except at the buzzer. He never shoots such a ball as soon as he comes up. And there is a Westbrook in front of him!
The basketball goes straight to the hoop!

Three point hit!

The entire arena was instantly filled with screams from the girls.

Westbrook received the ball and quickly rushed across the frontcourt. Gatsby was coming and going, and he was also sticking closely to Westbrook, preventing Westbrook from easily starting. The coach and the players watching looked at each other in confusion. At that time, they realized that Westbrook and Gatsby were in love!

Dantley quietly asked Durant: "Kevin, did Russell and Gatsby have any problems?"

Kevin Durant was a little confused, and then suddenly remembered that Westbrook was beaten up by Gatsby because he said disrespectful words to Gatsby before the game, but he couldn't say it or it would make Westbrook look too bad. He shook his head and said, "Maybe it's because both of them are too competitive."

Dantley's eyes were so sophisticated that he could tell at a glance that Durant didn't mean what he said. He had an idea in his mind and smiled without saying anything.

Westbrook was forced to stop by Gatsby, but he didn't want to play the ball easily. He signaled Love, who came up to pick and roll, to go away, and he wanted to single Gatsby.

Gatsby lowered his center of gravity and opened his hands to wait for Westbrook's impact. Westbrook didn't make too many moves. He just adjusted his dribbling and broke through to Gatsby's right hand. Gatsby blocked it sideways. The center is placed on the side, and the footsteps are dense and the body keeps confronting Westbrook. It makes Westbrook unable to go at full speed and unable to shoot. Even if he takes the shot, it is a difficult mid-range shot. If he must break to the basket, what is waiting for him is Big hat for DeJuan.

But Westbrook's response is puzzling. He just took a right step and directly made a difficult mid-range shot. Well, this is an All-Star. Some difficult moves are normal, but this ball was not scored.

De Juan controlled the rebound, and then passed it to Gatsby. Gatsby dribbled the ball over the frontcourt, and Westbrook entangled him again. It seems that today he and Gatsby are on the bar. I feel that it is unusual. There are no All-Stars who play like this. Well, it’s not uncommon. It happened when the All-Star Game first appeared. Gatsby and Westbrook are indeed at odds as rumored.

But this has aroused the interest of the fans. What a good fight. With so many stars of tomorrow gathered together, what a waste it would be if they were just having fun. If they could compete with each other in a real way, that would be great. happy!

The fans watched the next development with wide eyes, because the tense atmosphere of Gatsby and Westbrook made the entire rookie game even more attractive.

　When I go back to my hometown in the past two days, there may be a little less updates. It’s Mother’s Day, I have to go back to see my mother, and I will continue to update more when I come back!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)