unfinished glory

Chapter 61 Rookie Challenge ([-])
In order to appease the emotions of Denver fans, Stern also came to the scene today to show his importance to the rookie game.Seeing Li Chongxiao's performance in the two rounds, he felt a little regretful.This kind of acting talent can also complement the All-Star Game.

Look at the starters in the West, Kobe, McGrady, Garnett, Duncan, and Yao Ming. There is nothing to say about their playing ability, but in the All-Star Game, one is more boring than the other.

The only one who let go was the fat shark, and that was the only one.

The two teams on the court were full of laughter and continued to play.Li Chongxiao's performance also continued.

James scored his first point today by dunking, and the two sides began to lead alternately.Here, Wade's wonderful pass assists Bosh to score an alley-oop, and Howard then dunks back in return.

After Anthony dunked, the sophomores led 21-19, and the first-year team requested a timeout first.

Li Chongxiao went all the way to high-five the audience and players watching the game. Duncan was already holding a towel in his hand and handed it over graciously.O'Neal and Kobe saw this scene, and then re-examined the rookie.

The two sides began to change players. The coach of the second-year team may have seen that Haslem is not good at acting, so he replaced him immediately.The other replacement is James. He didn't come to steal the limelight today, so he might as well take a rest.

The first-year team replaced Tony Allen and Li Chongxiao. The former seemed out of place because he was not good at attacking.The latter was replaced by the head coach for only one reason, that is, Popovich told Don Newman to let Li Chongxiao spend less time.

After the timeout, Jefferson, who replaced Okafor, came on and he hit a goal to tie the score.The second-year team won't play Anthony anymore, and they're all joking and having fun, while the first-year team will only play with their heads slumped after Li Chongxiao's talent is gone.

When his friend was not on the field, Luol Deng took over the initiative. He scored 5 points in a row and led the rookie team to a 10-2 spurt, leading 31-23 instead.

Seeing these "junior boys" jumping up and down, the second grade team started to get serious.First, Wade broke through and dunked, and then he scored a three-pointer to Korver.Back on defense for another steal, a long pass to the frontcourt for a Bosh dunk.

Then Anthony took over the game and scored consecutive goals within 2 minutes. After a wave of 13:4, he went to rest first.

After the two sides were serious for a while, the players who replaced them started to perform again. Various undefensive dunks were staged one after another, and the score fell into a tug-of-war until the end of the first half.

Although the dunk was fancy, the audience was a little tired. No matter how well these rookies dunked, how could they have the enthusiasm of the All-Star Game?
The audience came to watch the rookie confrontation, but after playing for a while, the fans easily found that the strength of the two teams was not at the same level at all, and the second-year team was obviously stronger than the first-year team.

Judging from the previous wave of confrontation, the second grade not only has many stars, but also basically knows how to play overall basketball with unfamiliar teammates.The first-year team played in a mess, and the rookies seemed to know no other offensive methods except singles and slam dunks.

The fans began to miss Li Chongxiao. His performance on the court made the game not dull, so some fans shouted "Daye Lee!" to the first-year bench

The first-year head coach also obeyed the public opinion, and at the beginning of the second half, Li Chongxiao, who had been resting for a long time, was brought back into battle.The assistant coach of the Heat over there also asked James if he wanted to play.

James smiled and shook his head. Although he is keen on performance, he has no choice but to have poor acting talent, and always creates embarrassing scenes.

The score in the first half was 68:64, and the first-year team unexpectedly took the lead.

In the second grade, Korver took advantage of the players just coming up, hit a shaky foothold and hit a three-pointer.

Li Chongxiao also received a pass from teammate Iguodala and returned a three-pointer.Korver, who was defending him, leaned back a little bit, giving him room to shoot.

They are all players in this year's three-point contest, and they can't be timid before fighting.Korver took the lead to challenge, facing Li Chongxiao, he made another three-pointer.

In the first-year offense, Li Chongxiao didn't intend to continue to shoot three-pointers. Everyone has come here to play the game, and they can't play alone.But Iguodala signaled Li Chongxiao to return one, and then passed the ball over.

Li Chongxiao took a step outside the three-point line, caught the ball and hit it. Facing Korver, it was another three-pointer.On the way back to the defensive half, he gave Iguodala a high-five that made Howard roll his eyes.

The two sides scored four three-pointers in a row, and the audience's emotions were mobilized. The commentator on the scene shouted, is this the three-point contest staged in advance?
The second-year team was on the same page, as Luke Ridnour threw another pass to Korver.Li Chongxiao hadn't gotten into shape yet, and he wasn't serious about defending.Korver also caught and shot this ball and hit it again.

Li Chongxiao also became excited this time. He took the initiative to ask for the ball this round, but Korver stuck up and didn't give him room.Li Chongxiao was hesitating whether to force the shot, Howard took the initiative to pick and roll, Li Chongxiao took a step at the top of the arc, and made another three-pointer.

This time Li Chongxiao finally gave Howard a high five, which made Howard smile immediately.

On the sixth three-pointer, the audience felt very enjoyable. The substitute players of both sides and some anxious spectators stood up.

Now it depends on who can't stand it first, and the pressure comes to Korver first.

Going back to the second-year offense, Bosh, who didn't actively switch positions just now, also made up for it, blocking Li Chongxiao for Korver, and Korver hit again!
Li Chongxiao also withstood the pressure. He dribbled the ball directly from the backcourt to the frontcourt. He rushed to the top of the arc and scored a three-pointer. He caught the second grade by surprise and gave Korver no time to prepare.

In the fifth round of the duel, Li Chongxiao decided to defend well.They both knew that this was the last round, and the teammates were willing to save face, and it was already very difficult for them to play for five rounds.

Korver's single-handed ability is not strong, this round he chose to use the running position.Around the three-point line, he ran from the top of the arc to the right corner, and after two blocks in the middle, he finally ran out of position and received a pass from Ridnour.

But Li Chongxiao was only delayed for a while, and still rushed over, his fingertips touched the shot.As a result, the ball Korver threw didn't even touch the basket and fell to the ground.

Wade, who was closest, didn't even go to pick up the ball, and ran across the half court directly.

Korver didn't score this goal, so he could only count on defending Li Chongxiao's attack, and the two sides tied.This time, he followed Li Chongxiao from the backcourt, not allowing him to catch the ball.

Li Chongxiao ran to the frontcourt and received the ball one step away from the three-point line.Korver didn't leave an inch, only stepped back a little, staring at him intently.

The second-year players on the field all pulled away, and the first-year players also backed away after seeing Li Chongxiao stretched out a finger, letting them one-on-one.

The ball must be a three-pointer. Li Chongxiao thought about how to end it, Kobe's way, McGrady's way, or Jordan's way.
Pooh!As a player determined to win the three-pointer tomorrow, how to learn from Jordan at this time?
Li Chongxiao didn't dribble with his right hand, but dribbled a few times with his left hand first, and stepped back slightly to make a breakthrough from the left to confuse Korver.

Korver was unmoved. At this moment, everyone knew that the ball would definitely be a three-pointer. It was not his own failure that was really broken, but the opponent's confession.

Seeing that Li Chongxiao really couldn't deceive the opponent, he pulled the ball from behind to his right hand and made a bow to Buddha, as if he was about to force himself, which tricked Korver's center of gravity.

Then he took a bit to the left, took a step back, and was two steps away from the three-point line. He looked at Korver, who was a little staggering in front of him. He didn't even take off, and stood up and made the three-pointer .

The ball went into the basket like a spark falling into a keg of dynamite. The audience stood up and applauded desperately. The noise was about to blow off the roof of the Pepsi Center.

The stars sitting on the sidelines all got up, uttered exclamations like "WOW" and "FK", and looked at each other in disbelief.

Everyone was shocked by Li Chongxiao's domineering and confident goal.

The teammates on the field ran over frantically, Luol Deng threw himself on his back, and Josh Smith came over and hit his chest twice like a boxer.Iguodala walked and retreated facing Li Chongxiao, pointing at him with one hand, talking in a rambling manner.

Li Chongxiao suddenly felt a familiar touch on his head. He looked back and saw Duncan on the sidelines mixed in with the rookie team, and pushed Howard aside, occupying the best position, ravaging him non-stop.

(End of this chapter)