NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 92 The boos at Staples Center

Collins knew the art of balance.

After the first quarter, in the second quarter, Wang Chong and Wade, two players who played almost the entire game, did not appear. The game was handed over to James and Anthony.

On the second-year side, with Stoudemire gone and Dayao not playing again, the team's overall strength dropped sharply.

James and Anthony teamed up to score consecutively and launched a 12:2 attack wave, leading in turn by double digits.

At the end of the half, the first-grade team was 72:68, leading the second-grade team by 4 points.

James scored a half-high 18 points, Wang Chong scored 16 points, and Wade and Anthony both just scored in double figures.

On the second-year side, Stoudemire scored the most points. Yao had no intention of playing for too long in the Rookie Challenge. He only played less than 10 minutes in the first half and didn't take many shots. It puts too much pressure on the first-year interior defense.

However, at the beginning of the second half, the sophomore team began to increase the intensity of the game.

Although the Rookie Challenge is just an exhibition match and is insignificant, the first graders can lose at will, but the second graders cannot. Since there was a Rookie Challenge and the confrontation mode for first and second graders was stipulated, in most cases, the second graders faced the first graders. He can maintain absolute dominance at all times.

No one wants to be thought of as a rookie who can do whatever they want. Seeing that instead of having an advantage at halftime, they were still 4 points behind, the second-year team naturally started to get serious.

At the beginning of the second half, Boozer turned around and hit a jump shot inside, which also caused Kaman's defensive foul to score 2+1. Then Stoudemire continued to face the frame and stormed inside to dunk and score. Yao, who played again, scored under the basket. Easily handle rebounds and grab offensive rebounds to score tip-ins.

In just a few minutes, the sophomore team regained the initiative, catching up to the 4-point deficit and opening the score to 5 points.

The rookies in the 02 class are indeed very strong, but the quality of the rookies in the 03 class is really a bit high.

In addition to Wang Chong, whose overall evaluation has reached 87, James, Wade, and Anthony all have ability values ​​above 80 and have extremely strong personal abilities. On the other hand, in the second grade, except for Dayao and Stoudemire, There is no player who can reach an overall rating of 80.

Ginobili and Boozer may be barely close to this standard, but with their strength during the 03-04 season, they will definitely not reach the 80 overall ability rating.

The advantage of the second-year rookies is mainly reflected in their experience, but the pace of the game on the court is getting faster and faster. Wade, James and others make full use of their mobility advantages to turn the game into a chaotic battle. Originally, the Rookie Challenge was a group of players put together temporarily without any specific tactics. The role of the head coach was only to make adjustments and boost morale, which could easily lead to chaos.

What Dayao fears most is chaos. With his mobility and physical fitness, he cannot support frequent and fast-paced turnaround runs, so he comes off again a few minutes after re-entering the field.

Wang Chong and Wade both reappeared about 3 minutes into the third quarter, and as soon as they came on the stage, they immediately controlled the rhythm of the game. Their tacit cooperation in offense made it difficult for the second-year team to parry, and the score continued again. Once pulled back.

"Wang Chong and Wade work very well together. They are indeed the golden partners in college. Together they defeated Anthony and won the NCAA championship. Wade's breakthrough with the ball, coupled with Wang Chong's accurate mid-range shooting after the pick-and-roll, It’s going to be very difficult for the sophomore team to defend either one.”

"The initiative in the game was successfully taken back by the first graders. According to this situation, the first graders may win the final victory in this Rookie Challenge."

"In last year's All-Star Rookie Challenge, the final winner was the first-year rookies led by Dayao and Stoudemire. Are we going to repeat the same script that first-year rookies have defeated this year?"

And the Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean couldn't help but start complaining in front of the TV.

<divclass="contentadv">"What the hell? Wang Chong can finally touch the ball. Why is Yao not playing again? He is the starter of the Western Conference All-Stars and he didn't even get playing time in the Rookie Challenge. Give?"

"Hey, there is no way. Dayao's main focus is on the All-Star Game. He will definitely not play the Rookie Challenge seriously. Wasn't it the same with last year's Rookie Challenge?"

"But it's not a loss, Wang Chong has already scored 26 points! Today's game is about to go straight to 30+ points. If the first grader wins the game, Wang Chong will be the MVP of the Rookie Challenge! What kind of James, the chosen son? Any attack on Kaleidoscope Anthony is scum!"

After three quarters, the score of the two teams reached 96:89, with the first-grade team holding a 7-point lead.

The game was much easier to play than Wang Chong imagined, and it was much better than the 118:142 loss of 24 points in the first grade in the original history.

This is obviously because there is an extra Wang Chong on the first-year rookie side.

Don't underestimate the dominance of the overall rating of 87 on the field.

Compared with top superstars such as O'Neal and Kobe, Wang Chong is still a little lacking, but in a small scene like the Rookie Challenge where rookies are pecking each other, he is the strongest one!

After three quarters, Wang Chong has scored 26 points, 15 of 9 shots, 7 of 3 three-pointers, and 5 of 5 free throws. His offensive efficiency is second only to Wade among the first-year team, and his shooting percentage is much higher than James.

James also scored 24 points at this time. Although his score was overtaken by Wang Chong, the difference was not big.

Just on the surface that the scores are close, there is a huge gap in the number of shots taken.

Although Wang Chong and Wade have made it clear on the court to isolate James and not pass him the ball, there are other players on the court after all, and Collins also noticed a little contradiction on the court, so at the beginning of the second quarter, The playing time of Wang Chong Wade and James was staggered.

When Wang Chong and Wade were not on the court, James occupied most of the ball for the first-year team, taking as many as 20 shots and hitting 8 goals, with a shooting percentage of only 40%, including 9 of 3 three-pointers and 8 of 5 free throws.

Even the fans watching the excitement off the court can see James' strong desire to compete for the Rookie Challenge MVP.

After all, this is Los Angeles, not Cleveland. The vast majority of fans at the scene obviously support Wang Chong more. Therefore, when James attacks with the ball and fails to score, fans will boo. This is true on the All-Star stage. It is an extremely rare scene.

"This……"

Collins on the sidelines was keenly aware that the rhythm of the scene was not right.

As a TNT commentator, his ability to observe what is happening is much better than when he was an NBA head coach, so he immediately realized how to adjust.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Wang Chong and Wade teamed up to attack again, while James sat on the bench with an unsightly expression.