pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 450 You Are Being Targeted

This is the NBA's All-Star scene, and it couldn't be more exciting.

The audience enthusiastically cheered for the team they supported through sound waves.

Paying homage to tradition, not only did Popovich and Phil Jackson come back, but even the dress code of the players changed. Freshmen will wear the team's light-colored home jerseys, and sophomores will wear dark-colored away jerseys.

Once this decision was put forward, it received support and response from all 30 teams and all players, but this "tribute" will only be used in the Rookie Challenge, and the "West Red, East Blue" jersey style is still maintained in the main game.

Before the game started, the field was already warmed up by the audience, and everyone couldn't wait to see how these young talents showed their basketball talents on the field.

The Orlando All-Star Weekend officially kicked off after a brief welcome from the Orlando Magic owner.

The players in the Rookie Challenge entered the court, and from the way they dressed, it seemed that everything had returned to the league in the early 20th century, when the All-Star Game players participated in the game wearing the jerseys of their respective teams.

"Sure enough, this outfit still looks kind." Phil Jackson, who has been away from the NBA for a long time, couldn't help expressing emotion when he saw Felix and Oscar wearing the classic Lakers "Purple and Gold" color jerseys. Phil Jackson's years in the Zijin Dynasty were undoubtedly brilliant. He won five championships here, so when he saw the Zijin jerseys, he was very emotional, and there were two Lakers players in the first-year team at the same time.

Although Phil Jackson is far away from the NBA due to his age, he still occasionally reads the news about the Lakers. He is satisfied with the achievements of the Lakers this season, especially the performance of the core James, which is even more difficult to extricate himself from.

But the Lakers' record today is not entirely due to James alone. Other players in the team also have a lot of credit. As a rookie, Oscar has become the Lakers' second scorer. Felix's talent has already created goals and assists. The careers of these two rookies are worth looking forward to.

What makes Popovich a little regretful is that he couldn't see the Spurs players in this rookie challenge.

Originally, Sandro, a second-year rookie of the Spurs, was selected for the Rookie Challenge. However, due to injuries, he was unable to attend this All-Star Game. The league only had to choose a substitute to replace Sandro.

Compared with the "star-studded" first-year, the second-year "star-light" is a lot, but the team's only core Thompson's mentality is very optimistic, "It's okay, I will lead you to win."

An average of 20+5+5 per game, such a performance only allowed Thompson to appear on the roster of the Rookie Challenge, which is a bit puzzling.

Thompson won a total of 2432323 votes in the All-Star voting, ranking 25th among all players. If he missed the top 24, he missed the All-Star. Fate is cruel to Thompson. He is only 24 votes away from the 3th.

Losing the All-Star selection gave Thompson a feeling of déjà vu, just like losing the No. [-] pick back then. Thompson was very dissatisfied with this, especially after Mu Chenfeng was specially selected, Thompson's anger reached a fixed point.

A novice who lagged behind him in terms of statistics was unexpectedly selected as an All-Star, and he could only be rejected.

At that moment, Thompson secretly swore in his heart that if he met Mu Chenfeng, he would definitely beat him up.

"My family still lacks an MVP trophy." Thompson said swearingly. His teammates didn't think his words were surprising, but felt that he really might be the MVP of the rookie challenge. He had no chance to win the MVP of the main game, so he could only use the rookie game to make up for it.

Judging from his expression and attitude before the game, Thompson didn't take the first grade seriously. After all, he was a quasi-All-Star player, and he could easily win against a group of rookies in the first grade.

The two sides sent the starting lineup:

First grade: Mu Chenfeng, Felix, Oscar, Jackson, Enzo Ronnie!
The players who killed red eyes in the NCAA once again assembled on the same team.

Sophomore: Thompson, Hill, McConton, Kamler, Morant.

Enzo Ronnie and Kamler performed a jump ball. Although Kamler was average in talent, he was in excellent physical condition and played very fast. Before Enzo Ronnie started, Kamler jumped into the air with a pound.

"I want this ball." Kamler is getting closer and closer to the basketball, and he is within easy reach of the ball.

"Oh, I thought so too~" Enzo Ronnie's knees slowly sank, and then he was sent into the air like a spring. His bounce speed and jump height were faster than Kamler's, and he was the first to touch Kamler when he took off later.

The first wave of ball rights belongs to the first graders.

"This guy is a monster." Kamler was stunned by Enzo Ronnie's jump. He obviously jumped before the opponent, but failed to grab the ball.

"It's okay, come back!" Thompson was very clear-headed, and immediately organized his teammates to return to defense. After the players heard it, they immediately returned to defense, killing the "sudden" fast break tactics of the first grade in their own half.

"Returning to defense so quickly." Mu Chenfeng couldn't believe that the team in front of him was a patchwork team from various teams in the Middle East. Their returning speed to defense maintained a high degree of unity and was extremely fast.

Seeing that there was no chance, Mu Chenfeng wanted to pass the ball to Oscar. The moment the basketball left his hand, a dark shadow flashed in front of him and snatched the ball.

"Thompson!" Looking at the fast-moving back, the first-year players rushed back to defend, but Thompson's speed was shocking, and the players without the ball couldn't keep up with his speed at all.

It took Thompson just 4 seconds to go from steal to fast break, helping the sophomore team take the lead.

"It's my problem. I underestimated his speed." After losing points, Mu Chenfeng took the initiative to resist the responsibility.

"No, it's not just a matter of speed." Oscar seemed to see that this was not an ordinary steal, but more like a long-planned attack, and the speed and timing were just right.

"What do you mean?" Mu Chenfeng didn't fully understand Oscar's words.

"You're being targeted!" Oscar said five creepy words.

"I'm being targeted?" Mu Chenfeng turned his head, at this time Thompson was looking at him with cold eyes.

(End of this chapter)