Chapter 173: Appearance time has passed
After the opening of the second-year team, the main player of Brandon Roy, Navarro, who was only 191cm tall, was beaten by Roy one after another. Huang Mamba fought with the Clippers and was very afraid of the twins' defensive ability in the inside. Several strong shots were shot at mid-range distance of about 15 feet and did not go deep into the basket.
When O'Neal saw Roy score 5 points in a row, he opened his mouth wide on the sidelines, using his verbal humor talent to boost morale to the players he led. However, in Kobe's opinion, this fat man was just making a show.
The second position of the first-year team is weak, and O'Neal has already made plans to replace Ronnie Brewer to play as a small forward, move Guy to the shooting guard, and continue to make a fuss about Navarro's height.
The rookie challenge is divided into two halves, each with 20 minutes, and the rules are closer to NCAA. The two teams each have a 100-second long timeout and a 20-second short timeout in the first and second half. In addition, there are two mandatory commercial ad inter-spreading pauses in the first and second half, which are forced to be held in 7 minutes and 14 minutes of the half.
The player's foul behavior in the game will be counted by the record station, but there is no case of 6 fouls leaving the field. The record station will notify the referee to enter the free throw procedure when the cumulative number of fouls on either side reaches the 11th time. Within 2 minutes before the end of the half, the second foul of any team will start and the penalty will also begin.
The first half entered the seventh minute and the game automatically entered a timeout. This timeout was calculated above the second grade, with a score of 16:15, and the first grade team led by one point.
In the first-year team, Ji Guochou contributed 2 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks in 7 minutes of playing time. Ji Guomo 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block. Durant 5 points. Conley 2 points and 2 assists, and Navarro 2 points.
In the second-year team, Rudy Guy scored 4 points and 2 rebounds, Brandon Roy scored 7 points, Rajon Rondo scored 2 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and Aldridge scored 2 points and 2 rebounds.
The Italian No. 1 pick looked embarrassed when he left the court. This timeout, he was the only one of the ten players on the court. Not only did he not score, he didn't even get a rebound.
"Damn Rondo, why do you grab so many rebounds with a point guard?" Bagnani cursed his teammate in his heart. Rondo just snatched a rebound from his head, which was so bullying!
In the All-Star Game, whether it is rookie or main game, the coach must let every player play. Since there are only nine players on both sides, he can only go 4 up and 4 down after this timeout.
After the game restarted, the first-year team replaced: Juan Navarro, Al Thorton, Kevin Durant, Louis Scola, Al Horford.
Sophomore teams are replaced: Daniel Gibson, Jordan Famal, Ronnie Brewer, Paul Millsap, Andrea Bagnani
O'Neal is very good at being a human being. Seeing that Bagnani did not get the data, he continued to stay on the field. After the two teams substituted, the first-year team's strong points were changed. They are now strong in the backcourt and weak in the inside. The second-year team has no strong points in the inside and outside.
At this time, we can see that the overall potential of rookies in 2007 will exceed that of 2006. Noah of the Bulls originally planned to participate in the draft last season, and the media predicted that he would be selected in the top three. However, Noah finally postponed his election for one year, and the consequence was that he fell into the lottery zone and was not even able to be selected for the rookie game.
Coach O'Neal replaced Bagnani in the tenth minute, and the Italian No. 1 pick finally got a rebound, but the sophomore team was already 8 points behind.
Durant of the first-year team made consecutive shots during this period, and the two 28-year-old rookies of the Grizzlies and Rockets showed off their power on the court. These two guys have rich experience in the game and are more skilled and conscious than other players. The first-year team looks older now.
Fortunately, Oden was injured, otherwise no one would believe the team on the first-year team's current rookie.
Charles Barkley kept laughing. This year's first-year team is indeed a bit tricky. Scora and Navarro are not a few years younger than their coaches. Both of them have won championships in Europe and proved their old world in the Olympics and World Championships. Daniel Gibson and Millsap, who faced them, were fooled by two old monsters.
The score was 28:20. The second-year team did not have outstanding strengths on the court. If it weren't for Daniel Gibson's three-pointer today, they wouldn't know how many points they were behind.
Durant has scored 10 points and 3 rebounds, Navarro has 3 points and 2 assists, and Scola has 4 points.
O'Neal made another substitution adjustment at the 9th minute and 50th second in the first half, and the sophomore team's lineup became: Daniel Gibson, Ronnie Brewer, Rudy Guy, Paul Millsap, and Lamarcus Aldridge.
Kobe also made substitution adjustments and replaced Space Yi, which has not yet played in the pre-season. The first-year team's lineup became: Juan Navarro, Al Thorton, Yi Jianlian, Louis Scola, Al Horford.
Yao Ming shouted off the court: "Come on, come on!"
Yi Jianlian nodded, but Space Yi was actually a little unrestrained in such a scene, especially when DJ said his name loudly on the spot, Liandi's heartbeat couldn't help but accelerate.
When Master Heli saw Yi Jianlian playing, he quickly said loudly: "Alien has played. In the January game, Yi Jianlian has made great progress. Now Alien plays very simply, and today's All-Stars are the same. Don't hesitate, he needs to do what he needs to do when receiving the ball."
Master Sun also said: "Today, both sides played very hard and did not slacken at all. When we were defending, we saw that Horford just slapped Famal and made a layup."
Of course, the Reasonable Master cannot say that the coaches on both sides are competing. The commentary must be harmonious. I can only say: "In New Orleans, which has just experienced the Hurricane disaster, this year's All-Star theme is serious and serious, so the players of both teams performed very seriously on the court. Such defense has made it rare today. The twin brothers pressed Guy's dunk at the beginning of the game, setting the tone for this game."
This is not a nonsense among the masters of reason. Ji Guochou first blocked Rudy and Guy's dunk, and then slapped Aldridge's layup. These two blocks did increase the intensity of the game from the beginning. There were not many slam dunks on both sides today. It was completely different from previous rookie games.
Yi Jianlian plays as a small forward, and he wants to play against Rudy Guy. Since Ji Guoqiu was exposed, he has always thought of returning it back. However, it is not easy to Gai Ji Guoqiu. Now when he sees Yi Jianlian who looks similar in his eyes, he has all yellow skin anyway, so he decided to vent his anger...
After the two teams substitutions, the game went on for another three minutes. In the 7th minute of the first half, the game automatically entered the second timeout, and this timeout was counted on the first-year team.
Yi Jianlian was so sad that he was tight and tight. He was defended by Rudy Guy in these three minutes. The Grizzlies' new core's perverted long arms made him repeat Bagnani's mistakes. He didn't get any data in three minutes. He ended up with 0 points, 0 rebounds and 0 assists.
Master Heli and Master Sun were speechless. Yi Jianlian could not get the data in the past few minutes. They could only mention Yao Ming's teammate Scola, or they would say repeatedly: "This ball is beautiful... This ball is really dared to shoot... I have to throw it..."
This timeout, both sides replaced most of their main players, and the twin brothers played again.
First-grade lineup: Mike Conley, Al Thorton, Yi Jianlian, Ji Guohuo, Ji Guoqie.
Second-year lineup: Rajon Rondo, Brandon Roy, Rudy Guy, Paul Millsap, Lamarcus Aldridge.
The score is 48:44, and there are 7 minutes left in the first half. The first-year team leads 4 points. Rudy Guy previously scored points on Yi Jianlian in a row, narrowing the score gap between the two teams.
The twins returned to the court, and the intensity of the game increased again. The two brothers were like Scola and Navarro on the court, and they didn't perform much at all. They were very serious. Well, the Fox brother may have it, but the Panda hero only wanted to win the game and win the MVP trophy!
Both of them received the Rookie MVP in their sneaker contracts, and it was not a small amount. Anyone of them could get the Rookie MVP, and they could get a prize of 1 million US dollars, which was enough to make them live in the game!
After Ji Guoqiu came on the court, the first-grade team no longer relied on players to score points alone like before. If they competed with the second-grade team, they would definitely not be opponents in the end. Just look at the personal data of the two teams this season, whether it was the two-point shooting percentage, three-point shooting percentage, or turnover rate... These important data, if not counting the two abnormalities of the twin brothers, first-grade players are far less outstanding than second-grade players. Including Durant, Tiedu's shooting is now even worse than Guy's. This is not a joke, but an iron-like fact.
The game started again, and the second-year team attacked first.
As soon as Ji Guomeng came on the court, he used to command his teammates to defend. Kang Li and Yi Jianlian did not resist this. Both of them followed Ji Guomeng's command and run, which was due to the player's character. But Sauton obviously did not want others to point fingers at him, pretended not to hear it, and did not do it according to Ji Guomeng's intention.
Roy broke through the dribble, and Sorton was broken through by the scalper Mamba in a realistic and fake move. The latter did not go deeper and again dodged the gap in the middle distance and made a hit.
"Have you heard me? I said let him break through!" Ji Guomo did not give Thorton any face, and he shouted at Thorton when he came up. His little fox is not a small character now. Even Artest obeys his command in the Clippers. Durant did not refute his face before. What is your little Thorton?
"I didn't hear it, stay away from me!" Thorton was scolded by someone. Not getting angry was considered to be tolerant. He didn't expect Ji Guomo to react so much.
Kobe was not good when he was present. Why is this dead fox more domineering than him?
However, Kobe still knew a little about the virtues of the Fox brother, so he quickly asked Durant to get up and warm up, preparing to use Durant to replace Al Thorton in advance.
Al Thorton was angry and did not argue with Ji Guomeng, so he turned around and ran to the frontcourt to take the position.
At this time, he was not only angry, but also regretted it. Now Thorton is worried that his twin brother will not pass the ball to him.
That's right, he guessed it right, Ji Guoqiu did not pass the ball to him anymore. This time, Panda brother received the ball at the low post and directly played Aldridge alone.
The players of the two teams dispersed. Aldridge was previously covered by Ji Guoqiu, but now he is holding his breath and intends to return it.
Ji Guochou turned around and frightened. Aldridge thought it was a fake move and did not jump to block it.
The Pandas immediately hooked his hand and made a cricket.
In the next minute, there was no dead ball in the game. Sauton was on the court, just as he thought, and he could not touch the basketball at all. Instead, Yi Jianlian got two mobile phone calls, hit a goal, and finally got 2 points. Now there is no score among the players on the court, only the poor spaghetti No. 1 pick left.
In the last 4 minutes and 40 seconds of the first half, Kobe replaced Durant and Navarro, and replaced Al Thorton and Yi Jianlian. No one noticed after the game that Thorton never played in this game again.
Chapter completed!