The Fifth Point Guard

As in previous years, the appetizer on the first day of the All-Star Weekend is also the Rookie Challenge.

The lineup sent by the second-year team is:

Dwight Howard (Magic), Luol Deng (Bulls), Ben Gordon (Bulls), Nocioni (Bulls), Devin Harris (Mavericks), TJ Ford (Bucks), Kos Teach (Nets), Jameer Nelson (Magic), Andre Iguodala (76ers).

The first-year rookie lineup is:

Andrew Bogut (Bucks), Luther Hyde (Rockets), Danny Granger (Pacers), Jaskovicius (Pacers), Chris Paul (Hornets), Channing- Frye (Knicks), Nate Robinson (Knicks), Charlie Villanueva (Bucks), Deron Williams (Jazz).

Both teams have 9 players each.

The Cavaliers did not have anyone participating, so Shentong, Wagner, Hardaway and others who came to watch the game came with the mentality of watching the fun.

Before the game, some media expressed their optimism about the first-year team. Wagner also believed that the first-year rookie lineup with Paul and Williams had a chance to overturn the second-year team, but Shentong knew that this was impossible. Howard alone would not be able to defeat the first-year team. It means there is no solution.

Especially Howard's failure to be selected as an All-Star made the big boy quite dissatisfied.

"I think my performance in the first two seasons was no worse than LeBron's, but I didn't get selected to the All-Stars once. This is so unfair to me."

It looks like Howard is ready to go big at the Rookie Challenge.

At 10 a.m. on February 18, the 2006 NBA All-Star Rookie Challenge began at the Toyota Center, home of the Houston Rockets.

This is the 12th year of the Rookie Challenge and the 7th year of competition between first and second graders.

In the previous six years of competition, the second-year team had a slight advantage with a record of 4 wins and 2 losses.

The starting lineup for the first-year team is Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Danny Granger, Channing Frye and Andrew Bogut.

The starting five of the second-year team are Devin Harris, Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, Andre Iguodala and Dwight Howard.

At the beginning of the first half, Iguodala scored on a mid-range jumper, then Williams scored two points and Gordon hit a three-pointer from the outside. The sophomore team started 5-2.

But then the first graders played a 9-3 spurt under Paul's guidance and overtook the score.

The second-year team couldn't bear to show weakness. After Hyde scored two points on a layup, they hit back with a 9-2 spurt. Iguodala scored 7 points in this wave of offense and performed very well.

After Iguodala performed a flying dunk, Iverson, who was sitting on the sidelines, immediately jumped up, pointed at Iguodala on the court and shouted, "Did you see that? That's from the Philadelphia 76ers!"

Seeing that the second-year team was about to gain momentum, Paul and Williams worked hard one after another. Paul first hit a jumper and then assisted the latter to hit a three-pointer.

Both teams played at a fast pace.

Howard performed two consecutive powerful dunks under the basket, seeming to vent all his hard work and resentment.

The rim kept shaking.

Soon, Hyde sent an alley-oop pass, and Villanueva scored an alley-oop dunk.

In the first half, the two teams fought hard, but the scene was very exciting, with dunks and passes coming one after another in front of the fans at the scene.

At halftime, the score was 54-51, with the sophomore team leading by 3 points.

At the beginning of the second half, Paul hit a three-pointer from the outside to tie the score, but Iguodala stood up again and scored 7 points in a row to help the team lead 61-54.

As Howard dunked with both hands, Granger hit a three-pointer from the outside, and Iguodala dunked again, the second-year team began to gradually open up the score.

The first-year team did not give up. Hyde succeeded in consecutive layups and jump shots, and Williams also hit a three-pointer. But unfortunately, the second-year team's inside line was so good that Bogut had no sense of presence in front of Howard.

With Iguodala hitting a three-pointer, the sophomore team took a 21-point lead at 93-72.

The first-year team took advantage of the slack of the second-year team to launch a fierce attack. Paul even performed a fast-break dunk. However, as Iguodala responded with a dunk, the second-year team stabilized its position.

In the end, the second-grade team defeated the first-grade team 106-96.

Iguodala became the brightest star of the game, scoring 30 points and winning the Rookie Challenge MVP trophy.

On the first-year side, Villanueva scored a team-high 18 points and 12 rebounds, Hyde also scored 18 points, Paul had 15 points and 11 assists, and Bogut had 12 points and 7 rebounds.

On the second-year side, in addition to Iguodala, Ben Gordon also performed well and scored 17 points. Howard contributed 16 points, 16 rebounds and 4 blocks. Nocioni scored 13 points.

Compared with last year's rookie game, the support ratings of both sides in this year's rookie game are evenly matched.

The rookies, led by the new queen bee Paul and the "boasted No. 1 pick" Bogut, had a high voice before the game started. The confrontation between Paul's pass and Iguodala's dunk, the two-time No. 1 pick Bogut and Howard The internal dialogue between them has become something new to be shown to the fans in this rookie game.

In the first-year camp, Paul and No. 1 pick Bogut, who have enjoyed great success this season, showed their strength to fans and the second-year team through the Rookie Challenge after going through the adaptation period at the beginning of the season.

However, compared with last year's bright stars, this year's rookie game is a bit dim.

Without the reigning "little emperor" James, Jordan's chosen successor "Little Melon" Anthony, "Flash" Wade, "Plesiosaur King" Bosh and even the flawless "marksman" Korver. , no wonder some people said after the game that this rookie game has nothing but dunks.

After all, it is an appetizer, and even if it is a little lighter, no one can compete with it.

The next day, February 19th, hot dishes will be served, and there will be three steaming dishes.

Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest.

The first thing to start is the skills challenge.

After all, even if it’s a hot dish, it’s all about the appearance, and the skills challenge can only be served on the first dish.

However, although this competition has not been as popular as the latter two in the past, it is different this year.

Because STO participated in this competition!

When someone asked him if he wanted to challenge the skills competition and achieve a Grand Slam because he had won the three-point shooting contest and the slam dunk contest, Shentong smiled slightly and said: "There is only one reason why I am here, Gilbert If you can win the championship, then I will definitely be fine!”

It was this sentence that forced Arenas to sign up for this competition and use practical actions to snipe Shentong, proving that his view was quite wrong.

In front of the interview camera, Arenas also had a tough mouth.

"I'm going to teach him well during the game, just like I taught him in college."

This made Wade and Nash very embarrassed.

Wade and Nash: Are we not human? Are we human after all? Why was it just ignored?

This skill challenge is still divided into two rounds. The participating players must complete basic technical actions such as dribbling over obstacles, fixed-point passing, and shooting in a designated venue. The player with the shortest time wins.

The lineup this year is extremely strong.

In addition to defending champion Arenas, there are also the league's popular Wang Shentong, "Flash" Wade and "Sun Propeller" Nash.

After a brief warm-up, the game officially began.

The first round is the preliminary round.

The first one to appear was STO.

When Shentong walked onto the court, the atmosphere immediately became excited.

Arenas couldn't help but said: "Is this a warm-up show? Why did it become so popular all of a sudden?"

Wade's tone was full of envy.

"It would be great if I could have such popularity."

"I'll cut off your cheeks first."

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As a defender, Shentong's hand skills are quite good.

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Shentong's dribbling, ball control, and passing skills have improved three times a day. They have made great progress!

Amid the cheers of the fans, Shentong completed the game in one go.

The time is 28.1 seconds.

Very good results.

If STO hadn't ensured a one-time success rate, perhaps the speed would have been faster.

In other words, STO is not doing its best.

The second player to appear was Nash, whose shot from the top of the circle missed.

I don’t know whether it was because no one was picking and rolling or no one was defending, but the commander suddenly lost his focus.

After consecutive attempts and finally hitting, he was already destined to miss the finals.

The time is 52.8 seconds.

Marion and Stoudemire, who were watching the game on the sidelines, laughed and hugged each other.

I wonder if Nash will give them cakes in the future after seeing this scene.

Wade came on third.

The Heat star also wastes too much time shooting from the top of the circle, but he is better than Nash.

The time is 39 seconds.

After the little brother's game, O'Neal came forward in a serious manner and pretended to instruct Wade on how to dribble, pass and shoot, which made people laugh.

Finally, defending champion Arenas made his grand entrance.

The general has now accumulated a lot of popularity in the league, so when he comes on stage, the cheers on the scene are not small.

It seemed that he was a little nervous. It took Arenas three times to successfully pass the ground pass, but he still completed the shot from the top of the circle once.

In the end, Arenas took 37.5 seconds, slightly better than Wade.

In this way, two good brothers, Shentong and Arenas, entered the finals hand in hand.

"Chicken, you must perform at your highest level, otherwise I won't feel any sense of accomplishment if I win against you."

"We'll see, I'll tell you, my chicken won the championship last time, and it was definitely not in vain!"

Based on the results of the first round, Arenas took the lead.

Perhaps because the opponent was STO, Arenas really focused all his energy on the game.

All actions are completed at once, and the time is 27.6 seconds!

Breaking the fastest result in the first round of STO.

When Arenas finished his last action, he made a signature move: opening his hands to greet the cheers of the crowd.

"Did you see it, Shen, this is the champion!"

"You can do it, kid, just give it a try!"

Shentong took the ball and walked onto the court.

Now the pressure is all on Shentong.

But for Shentong, pressure is just motivation and will not affect his mentality.

For someone who has "died" once, how can he still feel pressure?

As soon as the whistle blew, STO started!

As the STO game progressed, the exclamations and cheers on the scene became louder and louder. Arenas gradually widened his eyes in shock. Even Tracy McGrady, who was watching the game at the scene, gradually opened his sleepy eyes. opened!

Shentong actually shot left and right!

After passing the ball, proceed directly to the next action without looking at the ball!

It shows STO’s strong self-confidence.

When hitting the ground and passing the ball, in order to maximize the speed, Shentong directly holds the ball with his left hand, completes this action with his left hand directly before reaching the line, and then twists and runs directly to the next point.

Arenas was stunned.

"He he he he." King Jiji said, "When did he practice his left hand?"

For Shentong, the three-pointer at the top of the circle is no different from a free throw, and it is an easy hit.

As STO finished the layup, the lights on the scene kept flashing!

Shentong raised his head, 22.7 seconds!

Set the fastest record!

Barkley, who was in charge of the live broadcast commentary, even said directly, "This result will be the ceiling of this event."

What's even more amazing is that Smith, who always likes to ridicule Barkley, doesn't dare to refute.

Suddenly the record was advanced by a full 3 seconds.

This is definitely a step up.

You must know how difficult it is to take the next step forward.

Players such as Kidd, Nash, Paul, Deron, and Payton were watching the game. When the camera cut to them, they all made self-deprecating smiles, shook their heads, pursed their lips, and nodded. Obviously, In their minds, this achievement is beyond their reach.

Shen Tongyi is a brave man and showed extremely strong confidence and strength in this skills challenge.

The first person to shoot left and right!

When Shentong walked off the field, Arenas didn't say anything. He bowed with both hands and bowed to Shentong.

This is completely convincing.

When Shentong lifted the Skills Challenge championship trophy, he also became the first Grand Slam winner in NBA history!

He is the first person in NBA history to win the Rookie Challenge MVP, Skills Challenge Champion, Three-Point Contest Champion, Slam Dunk Contest Champion, and All-Star Game MVP.

This record is unprecedented and will probably be difficult to break even in a few decades.

This record really took some luck and even some very special talent.

In Barkley's view, Shentong is already the most powerful wing player in the league after Michael Jordan.

"If there are five major shooting guards in the league, then STO is definitely the only one in the league, and the remaining four are in another category." Barkley said confidently.

STO's victory has already heated up the atmosphere at the scene, and next is the three-point shooting contest.

This year's three-point contest is a bit special, because a big man is also participating in the contest. This man is the Mavericks' "German Tank" Dirk Nowitzki.

It is rare for a power forward to participate in the three-point contest, and it is quite interesting in itself.

In addition to Nowitzki, players who signed up include Ray Allen, Raja Bell, Jason Terry, Chauncey Billups and defending champion Quentin Richardson.