O.J. Mayo, Michael Beasley, Lopez and others experienced a crushing defeat in the rookie challenge a year ago and were beaten up by the Animal Brothers and Little Schoolbag. This time, they will face the challenges of rookie challenge such as Blake Griffin, Tyrek Evans, Brandon Jennings, etc. in the rookie challenge as sophomores.

Since the 2000 Rookie Challenge event became a showdown between rookies and sophomores, this event has become a stage for sophomores to teach rookies. Sophomores have won most of these games, and their overall record has also been 7 wins and 2 losses.

Last year at Phoenix's All-Star Weekend, the Animal Brothers' brave performance educated Derek Ross and Mayo, the group of rookies, now all they have to do is to give the "unfortunate" from a year ago to the current rookies.

Before the All-Star starts, Derek Ross applied to the league for absentee rookie after several considerations. Dragic of the Clippers was able to replace him, which will give Mayo and Westbrook more opportunities to perform.

Although Ross' absence weakens the overall strength of the sophomore, they have strong players on the inside and outside the team. Mayo and Westbrook will assume the responsibility of controlling the team's offense. In the inside, they have Brooke Lopez, Mark Gasol, Kevin Love, and attacking points such as Beasley and Gallinari from middle and long distances. They will use more balanced offensive and defensive performances to attack victory.

Compared with rookie teams, the inside will be the advantage of sophomores. Lopez, Gasol Jr. and Love have proved their inside players in the NBA arena. In addition, Beasley, sophomores are fully capable of dominating the three-second zone.

In contrast, only Griffin can cause damage to the second-year team in the interior. Therefore, in today's game, the second-year team should be more determined to hand the ball to the inside. Then combine the inside and outside, which will give them a greater chance of winning.

The most popular players in the first-year rookie team are Griffin, Evans, Jennings and Curry. This year's NBA best rookie competition has become a competition between three defenders and a power forward. The rookie challenge will be another stage for them to be more powerful.

Griffin and Evans are currently leading the competition, and the two of them are also regarded as players with potential to become superstars. This time the competition with Westbrook and Mayo will be another good opportunity for him to show his abilities. Jennings once had an amazing performance of 55 points in a single game, but his performance has become dull after that. I wonder if he can use this rookie challenge to regain his feelings. Curry has good offensive strength on the outside. He wants to strive to bring more offensive help to the team.

If the rookie team can not be at a disadvantage in the inside competition, then relying on the good performance of players such as Evans, Curry, Jennings and Harden, who are on the outside, they may be expected to defeat the more balanced second-year team.

Players selected for the first grade pair:

Defenders: Brandon Jennings, Stephen Curry, Tyrek Evans, James Harden.

Forwards: Blake Griffin, Ty Gibson, Omi Casby, Jonas Jerebko.

Center: Dejuan Blair

Players selected for the second grade team:

Defenders: Golan Dragic, Russell Westbrook, Eric Gordon, OJ Mayo.

Forwards: Michael Beasley, Danilo Gallinari.

Center: Kevin Love, Brooke Lopez, Mark Gasol.

"I said, where do you buy this time to win?"

Ji Guoxiong looked at the odds before the game and decided to buy the first-grade team to win.

"First grade? I don't think so. Even if Ross doesn't play, Russell will be enough to defeat the first grade team."

Kobe snorted and bought the second grade to win.

“Evans is good.”

James thought for a while and actually supported the first grade like the Dead Fox, because he was optimistic about Evans.

"That's right. Apart from Jennings, the first-year defenders are all players with outstanding overall situations. They won't play outside, and they should have a better chance."

Ji Guoqiu is also optimistic about the first grade, because the outside line of the first grade is more stable.

"I also bought the first-year team to win."

Durant also came to support his two teammates today, and he actually thought he would win in one year.

Kobe's face is not good now. The reason for these guys is that the first-grade outside line is more stable, while the second-grade outside line is all the same, but no matter how you hear this, it seems like you are scolding him.

Wade and Nowitzki, who had not spoken around, also nodded and bought the first-year team to win. Their reason was that the first-year outside was steady and selfless. In the interior, except Griffin, they were all defensive players. In the end, Griffin must have won the MVP. Of course, if Evans can win a triple-double, he will also have the chance to compete for the MVP. On the contrary, the second-year teams are all too self-contained players in the backcourt, and they may play first in order to make data.

Ji Guomo looked at Kobe who was isolated and helpless, couldn't help but use a joking tone, raised three fingers and teased: "Dear Bryant, villains like you can't survive three episodes in a TV series."

"you……"

All the big names laughed, Kobe's face turned blue, and an old mouthful of blood spurted out from his heart. The Peter Pan's mood was now broken.

The game began soon, and Kobe was still vomiting blood.

The performance of this year's first-year students is quite surprising. They can be said to be a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. They have a very strong offensive after the opening game and do not take the seniors seriously at all.

Griffin is indeed the most suitable stage for the All-Star. If it weren't for the cruel competition in the Western Conference inside, and if Griffin was replaced by the East, the first-year fourth position would have entered the main competition.

In the first grade, except for White Warcraft, Evans and Jennings performed equally well. After 4 minutes of the game, Evans quickly broke through, easily penetrated the crowd, and made layups. The first grader surpassed 15:13. After the two teams exchanged leads several times, Griffin stepped forward to steal the spotlight. After receiving Harden's pass, he made a dunk. Evans also made a layup afterwards, and the first grader led again with 21:19.

There are many sophomore players on the outside, and they keep making three-pointers. But as the big names on the sidelines expected, these guys' shots were all waves. The shooting percentage was not satisfactory. After the opening game, except for Gallinari's three-pointer, they repeatedly missed three-pointers since then.

Griffin performed well in the interior, Blair, the only center in the first-year team, also showed a level far beyond everyone's expectations.

Blair is the "Little Green House" player with the lowest pick in the history of the NBA draft. The reason is that he was found to have no ACL during the draft physical test. There is a saying that Blair's ACL in both knees is congenital, and another saying says that Blair's ACL in both knees did not have an ACL in both knees. It is because he broke the ACL in both knees in high school, and some unexpected sequelae occurred after the operation.

In any case, Blair's final pick has dropped sharply due to this hidden danger. However, after checking Blair's knees, the Spurs still chose him in the second round with confidence, and Blair's performance this season is worthy of the Spurs' trust.

From the beginning of the game today, Blair performed extremely vigorously. He was the only player in the rookie team who could play in the No. 5 position, but from the perspective of his control of the ball, he was not like a bulky center. Blair even once took the lead. He helped Jennings and Curry temporarily took on the role of point guard.

As a result, there was even a scene of Blair passing the ball behind the back and stoking a fast break. If Blair hadn't been too strong, he would have misunderstood it as Tony Parker, George Hill.

The first-year student played very well today and quickly played a scene of internal and external combination. Evans on the outside was willing to create a dunk opportunity for Griffin. Many commentators compared this rookie who was quite a general to James on the defender, and the first-year team gradually widened the gap.

With 3 minutes and 30 seconds left in the first half, Evans cooperated with his teammate Griffin. The latter pretended to dunk, but in fact he was rewarded. A wonderful pass from behind assisted Evans to make a layup, causing Westbrook to foul, scoring 3 points in a row with free throws.

First-year students also gained a double-digit advantage with 55:45.

Next, Gordon scored two consecutive draws at the basket, including an alley dunk, to save face for the second-year student. However, Jennings also made consecutive attempts. After forcibly breaking through, he made a layup like a juggling in the air, the first-year student led by double digits again.

The first half led 67:55.

Kobe is now the most frustrating of the big names on the sidelines. A group of bastards next to him all bought the first-grade victory. At this moment, they all seemed to be laughing at him. Even Durant was not sure what he was giggling?

Peter Pan misunderstood Durant. He is the one who is most certain to kneel in the second grade, because no one knows Westbrook. Since that kid said he wanted to win MVP before the game, the second grade would be dead.

In the first half, in the first half, Griffin scored 15 points and 8 rebounds, Evans scored 10 points and 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Jennings scored 15 points and 2 assists, Blair scored 6 points and 12 rebounds, Curry scored 7 points and Harden scored 5 points. In the second half, Westbrook scored 12 points and 1 assists, Mayo scored 12 points and 2 assists, Eric Gordon scored 8 points and 2 assists, Kevin Love scored 6 points and 8 rebounds, Brooke Lopez scored 8 points and 3 rebounds, Michael Beasley scored 6 points and 3 rebounds.

The first-year student continued to maintain his advantage in the second half. With 10 minutes and 20 seconds left in the game, Jennings made a shot after gliding in the air. The first-year student broke through 100 points and led by 100:86. After the second-year student rose up to narrow the gap to 10 points, Harden still had a three-pointer, and Griffin immediately broke through and dunked again. The first-year student scored 7 points in a row, and led by 107:90 with 9 minutes left in the game.

In the last few minutes, the defense of the two teams strengthened, and the second-year students began to chase points. They finally found a feeling outside the three-point line. Westbrook made two three-pointers in 20 seconds, chasing the score to 108:116. Dragic also made three-pointers thereafter, but the first-year students were not out of weakness. Jennings scored 4 points in a row, and the first-year students opened the gap with 125:111.

In the past 10 years, the second-year students defeated the first grade 8 times. With more than one year of experience, they had an absolute advantage in the game. However, this time, the first-year students did not give their seniors face and they firmly controlled the situation. With 3 minutes left in the game, Curry made a three-pointer, and the first-year students led by 15 points with 130:115.
Chapter completed!