King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 115 Rookie Challenge

It was already the afternoon of the second day when He Yixiang saw Cousins ​​again. Of course, Su Ruoxuan who came with him yesterday, but she seemed to see that He Yixiang was unhappy, but she also I understand that I haven't seen him for a long time, but it took me less than 3 minutes to meet him at the airport yesterday, which naturally made him feel dissatisfied.

Su Ruoxuan took the initiative to go up: "Hey, my good student, if you win the MVP tonight, I will listen to you for everything." After finishing speaking, she patted He Yixiang's butt, indicating that it was time for him to be interviewed by the reporter. In the afternoon, it was the rookie interview for the All-Star Rookie Challenge.He Yixiang was stunned all of a sudden, hey, I want Cousins ​​to win the MVP!

During the entire interview, He Yixiang was thinking about how to operate. He even asked during the interview whether there was any precedent for two people to win the MVP together in the previous Rookie Challenge.The reporter was puzzled, but he still told him accurately: "No, none." After hearing this sentence, He Yixiang felt a little depressed, and even lost the mood to continue the interview.One side is to be a good partner, and the other side is the welfare of the girlfriend, it is really tangled!
In the evening, the Masters Tournament started at 7 o'clock. This year's Masters Tournament was full of stars, and the biggest star was the little Canadian Justin Bieber.Under the intentional or unintentional humility of the players on the field, this new generation singer won the MVP.But it is true that from the perspective of the field, this "little fresh meat" played pretty well.

But He Yixiang has no time to lament this, because the Rookie Challenge will start soon, and the first-year team will start with five players: He Yixiang, Wall, Wesley Johnson, Griffin, and Cousins.The second-year team is led by last year's Rookie of the Year and Rookie Challenge MVP Evans, and the other four are Curry, DeJuan Blair, Ty Gibson, and DeMar DeRozan.

The first-year head coach is Spurs assistant Mike Budenholzer, along with All-Star Stoudemire and commentator Kevin McHale.What’s interesting is that these two assistant coaches had very average impressions of He Yixiang and Cousins ​​at the beginning. The former was slapped in the face by He Yixiang many times in the NCAA, but he was beaten by He Yixiang’s 20 seconds and 10 points in the final. Convinced, praised that it was the best individual performance in NCAA history.Although the latter was hit by He Yixiang with a "phenomenal" 22+22 in the game, he saw his own shadow in them.

The second-year head coach is Celtics assistant coach Lawrence Frank, as well as All-Star player Anthony and commentator Steve Kerr.The same configuration, but in this kind of all-star rookie exhibition game, their role is not very big, basically just changing players.

However, as soon as the game started, the second-year players gave the rookie a bad start. Blair jumped to the ball first. After receiving the ball, Evans directly passed it to Curry, who had already run to a 45-degree angle. , Curry directly raised the knife and dropped the super fast shot and directly threw the first three-pointer of the audience.Seeing this wonderful three-pointer, He Yixiang stuck out his tongue. Fortunately, this guy didn't sign up for tomorrow's three-pointer contest this time, otherwise he would be a formidable opponent!

Immediately afterwards, Wall, who was holding the ball, wanted to express himself. He broke through to the inside with the ball alone. Next, Blair directly rewarded the ball with a volleyball hat. The ball just flew into He Yixiang's hands. Buckle, got the first grade team's first point.

These consecutive rounds stunned the audience at the Staples Center. This is a bit serious. Generally speaking, even if it is just a rookie game during the All-Star Game, these players are at least important rotations for the team. In this kind of performance game, they won't play very aggressively, but it doesn't look right now. Why do these two teams seem to be serious about defending.When the audience thought this way, Cousins ​​gave Evans a big hat just like Blair did to Wall just now.This time, not only the audience, but even the coaches and commentators noticed.

"These little guys are very serious, but if they continue to play like this, they won't use fouls and small moves to stop each other?" It doesn't look good.After all, at this time, what the audience wants to see more is the dunks and three-point performances of the two sides. This is in line with such a leisure weekend.

Fortunately, after the advice of the coaches of both sides, coupled with their own attention, although the two teams still defended seriously, there were no fouls or small moves, and under the effective defense, the ball was played even more exciting.Wall even performed a pass through the crotch, a precise hit through the crotch and directly passed Gibson to Griffin. Griffin also took off and dunked the ball directly into the basket. This wonderful pass It also aroused the cheers of all the audience.The commentator also breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that both sides still restrained their actions.

In the first quarter, the offensive core of the second-year team here is no longer Evans, but Curry and DeRozan, who have been in hot form recently. Curry directly scored four three-pointers in the first quarter. Luo Zan showed his demeanor as the runner-up of last year's slam dunk contest. In the quick counterattack, he turned the stage of this rookie game into a drill for participating in the slam dunk contest again tomorrow. He folded the lever for dunks, dunked with a big windmill, and even scored a goal. After he hit the rebound, he turned around and dunked with both hands behind his body. This ball was exactly the same as the one won by last year's champion Nate Robinson, and it seemed to be a declaration of war against him.However, Robinson, who won the third crown in the slam dunk contest last year as the only triple crown, has made it clear that he will not participate in the slam dunk contest again.Of course, this goal also won the applause of the fans.

The first-year team played much easier. Although the opponents were serious about defending, they did not have a tacit understanding of defense after all.What's more interesting is that He Yixiang passed the ball to Cousins, and Wall passed it to Griffin. The two sides did nothing concealed. The first-year head coach Budenholzer could see it at a glance. , and the two assistant coaches looked at each other and smiled, shaking their heads, this team is really hard to lead.

(End of this chapter)