Defending champion

Chapter 101 Rookie Challenge

The 2006 NBA All-Star Rookie Challenge kicked off its annual competition at the Toyota Center.

So far, the Rookie Challenge has been held for No. 12 years.However, the rule that a first-year rookie plays against a second-year rookie was formed in seven years.

In the previous six years of confrontation, the sophomore team had a slight advantage with a record of 4 wins and 2 losses.In the past two years, the league has not produced particularly outstanding rookies, but the strength of these players is very average.

Since the sophomores have won in the past three years, this year's first-years led by Jack and Chris Paul are particularly eager to win the game.

The starting lineup for the second-year team is Devin Harris, Ben Gooden, Luol Deng, Iguodala and Dwight Howard.

The first-year starting lineup was Chris Paul, Nate Robinson, Fry, Michael Jack, and Andrew Bogut.

Before the All-Star Game, Jack averaged 12 points, 13 rebounds and 1 block per game. Jack squeezed out Granger, and Jack successfully entered the lineup of the rookie game.Became the starting power forward for the freshmen.

The game started with sophomore center Dwight Howard making a jump ball first for the sophomores.

Devin Harris assisted Iguodala to score a mid-range jumper. The first-year players were not very used to this kind of game when they first started playing.

In the first wave of offense in the first grade, Nate Robinson broke through and passed the basket and missed.After getting the rebound, Devon Harris flew all the way to kill the freshmen's defensive camp and scored with a flying dunk.

Freshman offense yet to score, Howard grabs rebound, hands off to Devin Harris, Devin Harris assists

Ben Gooden made a three-pointer from the outside and the sophomore team took a 7-0 lead.

Faced with the fighting in the second grade, Jack's temper also emerged.It's unforgivable for him who likes to win so much, even though he knows it's an exhibition game.

Next, Jack and Paul directed a 9-0 climax. Jack first grabbed the backcourt rebound, Chris Paul assisted Jack, and Jack jumped high and ravaged the basket, opening the scoring for the freshmen.After Jack scored this time, he couldn't stop.

Andrew Bogut picked up the rebound and handed it to Paul as Jake charged ahead of the sophomores.Chris Paul and Jake put on a thrilling pairing.

Chris Paul has not forgotten in the high-speed dribble, observing the situation on the court, seeing Jack's raised hand.Paul knew it immediately, a pass that ran through the court.

Jack shot out halfway in the air, caught the pass in the air, and bombed the ball directly into the basket.

"Boom" the basket made a loud noise.

As his teammate, and his good friend Jack, and the director of this ball, Chris Paul, rushed over and hugged Jack tightly.

After this goal, the first-year team took advantage of the victory to pursue and hit a 9-0 spurt.

The second graders are unwilling to be lonely when they see their juniors are so crazy.Luther Hyde scored a layup, followed by Iguodala's mid-range jumper, and the sophomore team just overtook the score with 11 to 9 points.

After seeing such a ferocious offensive by his senior, Chris Paul also showed his bayonet. Paul once again assisted Jack with a successful mid-range shot, and then he forced a breakthrough and slammed a dunk.Both teams played very fast.

Lure Deng made a three-pointer from the outside, but soon Chris Paul sent a wonderful pass, and Michael Jack dunked in a relay.Both sides fought very fiercely and neither would let the other.

In the first quarter of the game, the two sides fought to a 25-level tie.

At the beginning of the second quarter, both sides replaced the lineup of the bench, Deron Williams replaced Chris Paul, Granger replaced Michael Jack.The second grade side has also been adjusted.Their all-star player Dwight Howard has gone down. This one, known as the greatest center since O'Neal, didn't look down on the Rookie Challenge at all. He went down after 3 minutes.His heart has already flown to the arena of the All-Star Game the day after tomorrow.

Therefore, at the end of the second quarter, the sophomores were still 3 points behind the first-year freshman team, temporarily falling behind 45 to 48.

The halftime break ends and the second half begins.

Chris Paul made a three-pointer from the outside and opened the score to 6 points.Then Lu Erdeng of the second-year team hit 2 points with an emergency stop jumper from the right.Then Iguodala scored 7 points in a row.

After the start of the second half, except for Paul who scored a goal, no one else in the first grade scored a goal.The first grade once fell into a scoring crisis.

At this time, Robinson came out to make trouble again and threw two air balls.The second-year team seized the opportunity and immediately counterattacked. Howard dunked with both hands.

The first-year boys team went ahead by 5 points in a blink of an eye.

Jack saw that his teammates were not good enough, so he had to do it himself.Received a return pass from Paul and made a mid-range shot.Today Jack's hit rate is still very high. He made 8 of 8 shots and scored a game-high 16 points before finishing the three quarters.Not only that, Jack also turned into a professional rebounder and scored a game-high 12 rebounds, including 3 frontcourt rebounds.It can be seen that Jack has spelled out his own bayonet in this game.

The first grade chased two points, the second grade team missed a shot, Jack and Howard grabbed the rebound ball, Jack scored a crucial rebound over Howard's head.

Seeing the slack defense, Paul chased and hit the second grader with a three-pointer, directly tying the score.

48 to 48 tied, the third quarter of the game has passed halfway, with 5 minutes and 35 seconds left.Seeing my junior brother riding on my head, how could I suffer as a senior brother?

Iguodala steals Robinson, immediately slams into his own basket and scores a dunk, followed by a wonderful pass from Devin Harris, and Iguodala dunks again.

All of a sudden, the second grade team had a 14-point advantage, and Luhr Deng turned around and hit a jumper.

There are not so many methods in the first grade, and everyone except Paul and Jack is out of order.At the end of the third quarter, the first-year team was led by 16 points, and the first-year team was 50 to 66, temporarily behind the first-year team.

(End of this chapter)