The world's best combo guard

Chapter 207 204 [Cut off the first trophy]

For Denver, the capital of Colorado, this is the second time in its history to host the NBA All-Star Game.

United States, local time in Denver, February 2005, 2 at 17:20 in the evening, the home of the NBA Nuggets ~ Denver Pepsi Center, the rookies who participated in the All-Star Rookie Challenge, which started two hours later, also arrived at the scene one after another !

This year's All-Star rookie game is still the first-year rookie team against the second-year rookie team. The first-year rookie team is led by Dwight Howard, Tony Allen, and Luol Deng.The second-year rookie team is led by Li Hao, Carmelo Anthony, and LeBron James.

The specific list is as follows:

Freshman Team: Tony Allen, Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, Devin Harris, Dwight Howard, Andre Iguodala, Al Jefferson, Josh Smith Benno Udry
Sophomore Team: Hao Li, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Udonis Haslem, Kirk Hinrich, Brian Cook, LeBron James, Kyle Korver Al, Dwyane Wade!
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From 20 o'clock, Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard... one after another, talented and potential rookies appeared one after another.

At 20:15, No. [-] of the Lakers, Li Hao, who is most likely to win the Rookie Game MVP in this year's Rookie Challenge, appeared with his wife Ling Sixue.

Li Hao, dressed in a silver-gray suit, caressed Ling Sixue, who was also beautifully dressed, under the camera's continuous flashing, and walked towards the arena with his iconic smile, looking like a man of talent!
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The second-year rookie locker room, Li Hao, who had been training on the court for more than half an hour, entered here. Immediately, Li Hao and his teammates also greeted him one by one. Everyone was very enthusiastic about Li Hao. After all, Li Hao is currently in the NBA. His reputation is enough for them to admire.

When he came to his own locker, Li Hao changed into his jersey. Since there was no special jersey for the Rookie Challenge, the players also wore their team’s jersey directly. Li Hao changed into his No. 10 home jersey for the Lakers, and then waited. With the beginning of the appearance ceremony.

Not long after, the lights of the Denver Pepsi Center arena dimmed. Under the passionate announcement of the live DJ, the players came out one by one. Because it was a rookie game, there was no difference between the two teams. There were huge cheers from the scene.

"Dwight Howard! Dwight!" The first player to play was Dwight Howard. Dwight Howard entered the NBA as the No. 2004 pick in the [-] draft half a year ago. He has unlimited potential, so among the first-year rookies, he is the most popular, and the scene immediately burst into thunderous cheers.

"Li-Hao!" Li Hao was the second to appear on the stage. In terms of fame, he was the tallest among all the first and second-year rookies tonight. Even the little emperor LeBron James had to be convinced.

When Li Hao trotted out all the way, all the fans started shouting: "Li, Li!"

Li Hao looked around. Although the lights were dim, he could roughly see the number of fans in the stands. Sure enough, the rookie game should be the least attractive of all the All-Star games. vacancy.

Of course, compared to the previous rookie games, this year's rookie games are considered to have good ratings. After all, several rookies in the 03 class are now famous, and they each have their own fan groups. Naturally, these fans don't want to miss them. rookie game.

What excited Li Hao was that he heard the sound of fans shouting his name from the stands. It was no longer purely Chinese shouting. Today, Li Hao is the most popular among foreign fans. It is also a very popular star. There is no doubt that this is the first time in history for Chinese and even Asian players.

Li Hao immediately showed his iconic smile and waved his right hand to signal to the fans in the stands.

"Carmelo Anthony!"

When it was Anthony's turn to play, the fans cheered deafeningly. After all, Anthony is the host player.

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Soon, everyone was on the stage, the geniuses began to warm up, and some were stopped by reporters on the sidelines to start pre-match interviews.

Li Hao, who is undergoing the final warm-up training before the game, also accepted the pre-match interview of ESPN.

"Li, who do you think is most likely to win the rookie game MVP?"

"Hehe, first of all, you know that this is a great honor. As a player, I will definitely strive for it with all my strength."

"Secondly, no matter who wins the MVP, first of all we have to work hard to win the game"

Li Hao's answer really reflects high EQ. His answer like this did not offend his teammates or the reporter. The ESPN reporter obviously dug a hole for him, waiting for Li Hao to jump in. However, Li Hao was not fooled. .

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"CCTV, CCTV, good morning everyone, the 2005 NBA All-Star Rookie Challenge has started, let's focus on this game..."

BJ, CCTV studio, Zhang Weiping and Xu Jicheng in suits and leather shoes. Among them, Zhang Weiping cleared his throat, and as the screen behind him switched to the game scene, he officially entered the commentary work of this game.

"The game has started. Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides. The starters for the first-year team are: Howard, Luol Deng, Andre Iguodala, Tony Allen, Ben Gordon, and the second-year team. The team's starting lineup is: Li Hao, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, the game has already started..."

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At the Denver Pepsi Center Arena, with the whistle of the referee, the game has already begun.

At the beginning of the game, the offense of the two teams was very chaotic, all kinds of singles, the first-year team grabbed the ball, Howard won the jump ball, and then the first wave of offense was Ben Gordon's singles, the second-year team There is not much defense here. Anthony may have taken a step back to show the hospitality of the host. Ben Gordon, who is not good at dunking, staged a violent tomahawk-style dunk, which ignited the fans at the beginning. enthusiasm.

Switching to the offense of the second-year team, the situation was similar. Li Hao's singles was completely undefended. He easily broke through Tony Allen, completed a layup, and scored the first point of tonight's rookie game!
In this way, the two teams started all kinds of undefended singles, or dunks...

In this kind of game with almost no defense and tactics, for a player like Li Hao, it is like a dragon entering the sea.

In the first quarter, Li Hao played a total of more than 7 minutes and easily scored 11 points and 2 assists.

"Li, you look so strong, tsk tsk, it's unbelievable"

During the break at the end of the first quarter, Carmelo Anthony from the Nuggets sitting next to him also said to Li Hao.

"Brother, you know, if you want to gain a foothold in the NBA, your physical fitness must pass the test. Obviously, for the current physical fitness, I have paid a lot." Li Haomeng took a breath and said after taking a breath!

"Oh, my fault, you are a rare training madman in the league, to be honest, I can't do it"

For Carmelo Anthony, he knows several famous rookies in the same class, especially LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. They have even established a good friendship in private, but to be honest, he only Du and Li Hao haven't had much contact, of course, this is also related to the lack of opportunities all the time.

Excellent people always like to be friends with excellent people, and the same is true for Anthony, he has always wanted to make friends with Li Hao.

Today happened to be a chance, so I took the initiative to open the topic.

"Training madman? Is this a compliment? Haha" Li Hao laughed. He didn't expect that he would leave such an impression on other players in the league, but thinking about it carefully, it's pretty good.

Afterwards, Li Hao chatted with Anthony, and the two chatted about some topics outside the basketball court and some topics inside the basketball court.

"Lee, tomorrow night I think I'm going to the slam dunk contest, man, that's so cool, it's bound to be a passionate night"

Anthony took the initiative to talk about tomorrow night's slam dunk contest. Maybe Anthony spoke out the feelings of many people, because LeBron James and others on the side also nodded to indicate that they would go to the scene tomorrow night.

"So, Li, see you tomorrow night at the arena." Dwyane Wade on the other side punched Li Hao and laughed. Although they used to fight each other in the game, in fact, the relationship between everyone Has been well maintained.

"LeBron, I'm curious. With your physical condition, why don't you go to the slam dunk contest? You must know that you are not a floor player like Cameron, haha" Li Hao said to LeBron James, while facing Anthony joked.

"Come on, LeBron is so cautious and careful with his body, he wouldn't do that." Wade shook his head.

"Okay" Li Hao hesitated to speak, he had to admit that in some respects, LeBron James is what they think in the long run

"Lee, I heard from this guy Chris (Bosh) that China is a magical country. It seems, hell, well, I don't remember very well. I heard that there is a delicacy in China-Master Kong Instant Noodles, which is very delicious? "

To be able to meet Kyle Korver in the second-year rookie game and become a teammate, to be honest, Li Hao is quite happy, but Korver's next question really makes Li Hao a little dumbfounded.

When Korver asked this question, Li Hao just picked up the water bottle and took a sip, but when Korver finished asking this question, Li Hao just spit it out, looking at Korver with a bewildered expression!
"What's wrong? It's not Master Kong's instant noodles? Could it be that I misremembered," Korver was also a little surprised by Li Hao's fierce "reaction"!
"NONO, Kyle, you remember correctly, China's Master Kong instant noodles are indeed a very delicious food, if you have a chance, you can taste it"

Glancing at Korver again, Li Hao said so while suppressing a smile.

"Really? That's great. After this season, my team plans to have a "China trip". At that time, I must taste it." Korver looked intoxicated.

This made Li Hao next to him have black lines all over his face!I really don't know what this guy Chris Bosh said to Korver.

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After the first quarter, the second grade team temporarily leads by 35:32!

At the start of the second quarter, Li Hao and Korver returned to the court from the very beginning, and because the two had a good chat just now and knew each other a long time ago, they cooperated more with each other on the court.

Either Korver assisted Li Hao to complete the dunk, or Li Hao assisted Korver to make a three-pointer. In just about 5 minutes, Li Hao scored 8 points and 3 assists, and Korver scored 9 points. Scored 2 points and [-] assists.

After the first half, 70:63, the second grade team continued to maintain the lead.

At the end of the first half of the game, the 10 players of the two teams have more or less got a certain amount of playing time.

Among them, Li Hao scored a total of 19 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 1 steal. His scoring is the second most among all players of the two teams.

Howard scored the most in the first-year team. He scored 23 points in the first half.

With the end of the first half of the game, the suspense about the final winner of the MVP of this year's All-Star Rookie Challenge is becoming more and more clear.

Not surprisingly, it was born between Li Hao and Howard. Among them, because the second-year team is leading, the probability of Li Hao getting the MVP is higher for the time being.

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In the third quarter, Li Hao made three three-pointers, completed a dunk, scored another 11 points, and directly overtook Howard in scoring. After the third quarter, the second-year rookie team also scored 104: With a 96-point lead, it seems that the No. 30 Lakers, who scored [-] points in three quarters, won the final Rookie Challenge MVP is almost a certainty.

"Brother, congratulations on winning the MVP of the Rookie Game, what an enviable guy"

Li Hao, who didn't play at the beginning of the fourth quarter, sat on the bench to rest, and Carmelo Anthony next to him gave Li Hao a thumbs up.

"Haha, man, obviously, although I won the MVP, you are more popular here," Li Hao said, pointing to the fans in the stands.

Carmelo Anthony has played well in the Nuggets this season. Although he was already very good last season, it is clear that he has been further upgraded this season. He is definitely one of the representatives of the 03 rookie class. One, especially his talent on the offensive end, even makes Li Hao a little envious.

Carmelo Anthony was a little surprised by Li Hao's confidence. After all, he congratulated Li Hao in advance before the game was over. He didn't expect Li Hao to admit himself like this.

"Maybe he is more confident than everyone else, that's why he took the lead," Anthony commented on Li Hao from the heart.

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Of course, Li Hao's self-confidence is also based on a certain strength. In the fourth quarter, Li Hao finally scored 6 points. He scored 36 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in the whole game, helping the second-year rookie team 141 points. : 133 to beat a first-year rookie team.

In the end, he won the Rookie Challenge Mvp without any suspense!

(End of this chapter)