rpbooks Chapter 189 Rookie Challenge
Chapter 189 Rookie Challenge
Chapter 189 Rookie Challenge
The game of the Rookie Challenge is finally about to start, and the holding of this event also marks the official opening of the 2012 NBA Orlando All-Star Weekend.
This year's rookie challenge is slightly different from the previous rookie challenge. In the past rookie challenge, the freshmen and sophomores were separated, and the competition between the first graders and the sophomores was held; and this year's rookie challenge The game mixed freshmen with sophomores to form two teams: the "Shaq" team with Shaquille O'Neal as general manager and the "Chuck" team with Charles Barkley as general manager.Promise was in the "Shaq" team and was arranged by the team's head coach Steve Kerr to become the team's starter.
"Did you arrange me as the team's starter because you heard Shaq O'Neal want to bet with me?" Xu Nuo asked their head coach Steve Kerr.
"Has Shaq O'Neal ever said something like that?" Steve Kerr smiled back and promised, "Why haven't I heard it, dear boy?"
Xu Nuo shrugged helplessly, the funny expression on his face amused the teammates around him.
The Rookie Challenge is different from the usual regular season. The regular season is divided into four quarters, each 10 minutes long, while the Rookie Challenge is only divided into two halves, each [-] minutes long.This has no impact on the game itself, and everyone will not care about it seriously. After all, the All-Star Game is just an entertainment-based game, and the same is true for the Rookie Challenge.
The "Chuck" players wear their respective team's home jerseys, while the "Shaq" players wear their respective team's away jerseys.When Xu Nuo came to the court, Xu Nuo discovered that there are many team jerseys that are uglier than the Indiana Pacers' away jerseys, such as the Minnesota Timberwolves' away jerseys, but Ricky Rubio didn't seem to care These.
"I will pass the ball for you later, and we will definitely help you get the highest score in the game." Ricky Rubio said to promise with a smile.
"In this way, you must have the most assists in the game!" Xu Nuo also said with a smile.
"But it's so boring, why don't you come as a point guard and let me have a taste of being a shooting guard." Ricky Rubio said jokingly.
"Okay," Xu Nuo said, "This is just like trying to see who has more assists." Xu Nuo said with a smile.
"Children, get ready, the game is about to start!" said Dan Crawford, who was the referee on duty for the game.
Hearing Dan Crawford say this, Xu Nuo was about to walk to the free throw line, but Ricky Rubio was already standing there.Xu Nuo smiled and continued to act as his shooting guard.The game officially begins as Greg Monroe of the Detroit Pistons battles DeMarcus Cousins of the Sacramento Kings for the opening jump ball.
Not long after the game started, Ricky Rubio made two turnovers in a row. DeMarcus Cousins seized the opportunity to use mid-range jumpers and dunks consecutively. 0 trailing rival team "Chuck" by eight points.
"Hey, although this game is just an entertainment game, you can't keep scoring." Xu Nuo thought about it, and suddenly realized that in his "Shaq" team, the power forward Blake Griffin can be said to be the strongest point in the team, and we must make good use of this strongest point.
At this time, Ricky Rubio was attacking with the ball outside the three-point line on the right side of the court. After making a circle on the court, he came to receive the ball near the three-point line. Ricky Rubio immediately handed the ball to promise.However, the promise of receiving the ball did not attack by himself, but threw the ball high, and Blake Griffin under the basket immediately jumped high and smashed the ball into the basket heavily.
"Nice pass," Ricky Rubio said softly, and Xu Nuo smiled.
After both teams scored six points each, Evan Turner of "Chuck" dunked and DeMarcus Cousins made a 7-pointer to keep them 19:[-] behind. point.
"Ricky, how can we catch up with this [-]-point difference?" Xu Nuo asked Ricky Rubio.
"It's simple, defense plus offense," Ricky Rubio said.
"That's right." Xu Nuo nodded and said, then began to defend.
The last No. [-] pick from the Washington Wizards, John Wall, broke through and went to the basket of the "Shaq" team. He jumped up and was about to score a layup. At this moment, John Wall suddenly felt a black shadow flashing around him. , and then the ball in his hand disappeared.
"Big cap?" Ricky Rubio watched as Promise jumped high and pressed John Wall's layup firmly on the backboard. "It's a good bounce!" Ricky Rubio thought in his heart road.
However, what was even more unbelievable was yet to come. After Xu Nuo pressed the ball in John Wall's hand on the backboard, he took the ball out of midair.At this point John Wall had almost returned to the floor, but Xu Nuo's body was still in midair.Immediately afterwards, Xu Nuo turned around in mid-air and threw the ball in his hand.
"Fast attack!" Xu Nuo shouted.
While promising to throw the ball in his hand, Ricky Rubio was still the first among his teammates to rush to the opponent's basket and make a fast break.
"That guy's physical fitness is too good, and his ability to stay in the air is unmatched!" Ricky Rubio thought in his heart while making a fast break.
At this time, the ball had already flown to the back of Ricky Rubio's head, and Ricky Rubio took the ball off with a backhand, three steps in parallel, and directly entered the three-second zone of the "Chuck" team, easily Song scored a layup.
Yet despite Ricky Rubio's two consecutive drives, Team "Chuck" Kyrie Irving hit an outside [-]-pointer and Derrick Favors made two free throws to keep them still behind. More than ten.
"That's not okay." Xu Nuo thought, and then assisted Greg Monroe from the Detroit Pistons and Markieff Morris from the Phoenix Suns to hit outside three-pointers, instigating a wave of 10:5 The small offensive climax helped the "Shaq" team gradually approach the score.Immediately afterwards, Xu Xu also received a pass from Ricky Rubio and made an outside three-pointer, getting his first point in the rookie challenge and helping the "Shaq" team to only 25:29 Four points behind Team "Chuck".
At this time, the head coach of the "Shaq" team, Steve Kerr, began to make substitutions, replacing Promise and Ricky Rubio with Brandon Wright and Kemba Walker.Xu Nuo sat off the court, while watching the two teams on the court staged a confrontational battle, while chatting with Ricky Rubio leisurely.
"Your peg board cap just now was really wonderful, both in terms of jumping ability and ability to stay in the air!" Ricky Rubio said sincerely.
"It's so-so!" Xu Nuo said lightly.
"I don't think even Kobe Bryant can do that kind of action. It is estimated that only Michael Jordan or 'Dr. J' Julius Owen can do it." Ricky Rubio Said with admiration.
"I think you can do this action too." Xu Nuo said.
"No," Ricky Rubio said, shaking his head, "I'm not that physically fit to stay in the air for that long."
Xu Nuo smiled, "I mean in the video game." Xu Nuo said with a smile.
"Maybe, but I don't play games," Ricky Rubio said.
Until the end of the first half, Xu Nuo didn't get another chance to play, so Xu Nuo only got three points and four assists in the first half, and the "Shaq" team where Xu Nuo belonged to also trailed "Chuck" 65:77 The team scored twelve points.
In the second half of the game, Promise remained as the starter for the "Shaq" team, and Ricky Rubio continued to serve as the starting point guard.At the beginning of the second half, Xu Nuo and Ricky Rubio respectively assisted Blake Griffin to score an alley-oop dunk. The "Shaq" team scored six points in a row.However, at this time, Kyrie Irving made an outside three-pointer, followed by two free throws, which stabilized the situation for the "Chuck" team.
However, soon, Xu Nuo responded with an outside three-pointer on the offensive end, followed by stealing Kyrie Irving on the defensive end, staged a one-stop dunk performance, and also scored five points in a row.But Kyrie Irving once again hit an outside three-pointer, and the "Chuck" team once again extended the point difference to double digits.
Promise was again replaced by head coach Steve Kerr shortly afterward, and then sat on the bench until the end of the game.Although Xu scored 13 points and seven assists in 133 minutes of playing time, he was as efficient as he was in the Indiana Pacers, but Xu's "Shaq" team lost to "Chuck" 146:[-] Team.
"See you tomorrow night," Ricky Rubio told the promise after the game.
Tomorrow, he promises to participate in the skill challenge competition, and at the same time he will help his teammate Paul George complete the dunk in the dunk contest.Like Xu Nuo, Ricky Rubio will also help his teammate, Xu Nuo's good friend Derek Williams, to complete the dunk contest, which makes Xu Xu look forward to tomorrow's game.
"Hey, Ricky, let Derek Williams come over and get together tomorrow, he is my good buddy." Xu Nuo said to Ricky Rubio.
"Yeah!" Ricky Rubio said, before disappearing into the crowd.
(End of this chapter)