bestfiction Chapter 260 Rookie Challenge
Chapter 260 Rookie Challenge
Chapter 260 Rookie Challenge
The Kunkun team's starting lineup: Captain Antetokounmpo, Simmons and Irving in the backcourt, Ge Feng and Embiid in the frontcourt.
The Kunkun team's bench lineup: Wizards' core Bill, Charlotte Hornets' Kemba Walker, Pacers' Oladipo, Griffin who was traded to the Pistons this season, Bucks Middleton (selected for the first time in his career as an All-Star substitute), and Raptors' Lowry and Jeremy Lin.
When this result came out, Van Vleet and Siakam were somewhat lonely.
They got a lot of votes this season, but in the final captain selection process, they still failed to be selected as the All-Stars.
Fortunately, whether it is Van Vleet or Siakam, they are all representatives of young players in the league, and it is only a matter of time before they will appear in the All-Star in the future.
The rookie competition on the first day of the All-Stars officially began.
Ge Feng only had the All-Star game to play this season, so during the first two days of the All-Star game, Ge Feng completely relaxed and watched alongside Lowry and Jeremy Lin.
In the rookie game, Anunobi of their team will play on behalf of the international team. Anunobi is Ge Feng's most important rotation player. The Raptors are still very concerned about Anunobi's growth.
After the warm-up, rookies from the international team and the US team came on stage one after another.
Passionate shouts from the audience came from all over the stadium. Ge Feng and Jeremy Lin were chatting and laughing endlessly.
The starting players of the World Team are Simmons of the 76ers, Doncic of the Lone Ranger, Markkanen of the Bulls, Ayton of the Suns and Anunoby of the Raptors.
The starting players for the U.S. team are Mitchell of the Jazz, Tatum of the Celtics, Kuzma of the Lakers, Collins of the Eagles and Knox of the Knicks.
Since it is a rookie all-star game, the defensive strength of both sides is not very high.
After the opening, the US team Tatum and Kuzma dunked consecutively, and the US team took a 6-0 lead.
Since then, Simmons has started to work hard, breaking through Kuzma in a row, scoring 4 points in a row.
Not to be outdone, Kuzma responded forcefully to Simmons' pull-up layup.
The first quarter of the rookie game completely turned into a contest between Simon West and Kuzma.
After the first quarter, Simmons made sudden shots and scored 12 points. Kuzma made steady progress and scored a game-high 14 points.
Back in the second quarter, the U.S. team's backup guard Yang hit two consecutive three-pointers, and Mitchell also hit a three-pointer from the outside. The U.S. team instantly led the international team by 40 points 30-10.
At the critical moment, Anunobi stood up and used his large tonnage at the small forward position to overwhelm the lazy rabbit.
Anunoby hit a three-pointer and a two-pointer in a row, helping the international team narrow the point difference to 5 points.
After Anunoby finished playing, the US team began to show off again.
Collins staged a self-throwing and self-dunk, Tatum scored a three-pointer in the half, and after Kuzma made another breakthrough, the US team scored 7 points in a row, further expanding the point difference to 12 points.
At the end of the halftime game, the fans continued to watch the climax.
The two sides entered the third quarter with a 12-point difference.
After the two teams exchanged positions, the international team showed strong strength.
Doncic didn't play much in the first half, but suddenly exerted strength in the second half, scoring two three-pointers in a row, helping the International team narrow the score to 6 points.
The fans kept screaming.
This is the first time Dongcic has been selected for the All-Star rookie game. At the same time, Dongcic has an All-Star game to play the day after tomorrow.
In the first year of entering the league, he was consecutively selected in the All-Star Rookie Game and the main game. Doncic's attention in the NBA is no less than that of James in 03.
Under the excellent leadership of Doncic, the international team gradually became active.
Markkanen made two dunks, which immediately ignited the desire of the international team to chase points!
Doncic made another aerial connection to help Simmons complete the inside air.
The two backcourt players of the international team actually completed the connection on the inside of the US team. Needless to say, the talents of these two people are strong.
With an 11-0 spurt, the international team instantly narrowed the 12-point gap to only 1 point.
Ge Feng jumped up excitedly, cheering for the international team.
Ge Feng is an international player, so in his subconscious, he has a better impression of the international team.
Besides, the international team not only has his teammate Anunobi this season, but also his good brother Simmons. It's hard for Ge Feng not to be partial.
Seeing the cheering Ge Feng, Simmons directly discharged Ge Feng on the court.
The two exchanged eyebrows across the air.
The camera of the director captured this moment very keenly, and projected the appearance of Ge Feng and Simmons discharging each other on the big screen.
There was a burst of laughter around.
Ge Feng blushed and hid in Jeremy Lin's arms.
After three years in the NBA, Ge Feng is not as young as he was when he first entered the league.
But the skin is still a little thin.
Simmons did a good job at this point. After finding out that he was embarrassed, he continued to devote himself to defense like a normal person.
The US team began to increase its intensity.
At the end of the third quarter of the game, the two teams began to have some real competition.
Jaren Jackson of the US team hit two long shots, and Trey Young and Mitchell also succeeded in three-pointers. After losing a wave of points, the US team quickly stabilized the situation and once again expanded the score advantage.
Doncic and Simmons of the international team began to exert their strength again, shooting suddenly and scoring 21 points in a single quarter.
However, with the U.S. team Mitchell's one-on-five layup, the U.S. team still entered the final quarter with a 123-117 advantage of 6 points.
At the end of the game, the fans thought that the international team would try to chase points, but what they didn't expect was that Kuzma stood up in the last quarter.
Kuzma hit 2 consecutive three-pointers, and Mitchell took advantage of the International Team's unsteady foothold to hit the net with another three-pointer.
With the outstanding performance of Kuzma and Mitchell in the last quarter, the US team directly expanded the point difference to 3 points in the last 15 minutes of the game.
Kuzma dunked and finished, completely sealing the victory for the US team.
The head coaches of both sides replaced the starters one after another, allowing the substitutes to spend the last 3 minutes on the court.
At the end of the game, the US team finally won the All-Star Rookie Game.
Kuzma played extremely well in this game. From the beginning of the game, Kuzma showed his determination to hit the MVP of the rookie game.
Throughout the game, Kuzma went inside many times and dunked successfully.
In the first quarter of the contest, Kuzma made 8 of 6 shots and scored 14 points. In the final quarter, Kuzma turned into a key man, hitting key three-pointers in a row, breaking through Simmons many times and successfully completing dunks.Kuzma's 16 points in the final quarter completely helped the US team kill the game.
In the end, Kuzma scored a game-high 35 points, breaking the scoring record (31 points) held by Kobe Bryant in the rookie season of the Lakers, and won the rookie game MVP honor.
Kuzma's 35 points are also tied for seventh highest in rookie game history.
No wonder the Lakers only leave Kuzma in the new season. Kuzma's future achievements are likely to be higher than Ingram and ball brother Ball.
(End of this chapter)