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Chapter 222 Player scoring records in the Rookie Challenge [First Update, please subscribe]

The Philadelphia Union Center is full of fans, and Chinese fans supporting Lu Yu can be seen everywhere in the arena. Unfortunately, Wang Zhizhi was not selected to participate in this year's Rookie Challenge.

I don't know what the algorithm of the alliance's regulations is.

For example, Kirilenko is not a player in this year's draft, but because he only entered the NBA this year, he is naturally a first-year rookie.

Wang Zhizhi...Last season, he seemed to have played the last five regular season games. I don't know if his situation is considered a second-year rookie.

Probably not.

Otherwise, the alliance would not have given such a good opportunity to stimulate the Chinese market.

When Lu Yu was warming up, the camera passed over him from time to time, causing the fans on the scene to scream, in stark contrast to other rookies.

Gasol had to sigh: "Lu Yu seems to have become a star-level player."

Although many fans questioned that Lu Yu won the All-Star ticket king because of the blessing of the Chinese market, more and more people admit that even if Lu Yu is not the All-Star ticket king, he has absolutely no problem getting an All-Star ticket. .

This is already great.

You must know that Lu Yu is only a first-year rookie.

Scarlett Johansson sat in the front row as an audience, and Lu Yu greeted her with a smile.

Sitting not far from Scarlett was Kobe, the big screen locked Kobe, and the host came over with a microphone.

"Hey Kobe, are you ready to enjoy this All-Star Weekend?"

"Yeah, I mean I'm going to enjoy the game first, I like the atmosphere of the game, there's competition, there's confrontation, that's what makes it interesting."

"Which team do you prefer to win?"

"The first-year team, of course."

"why?"

"Because the first-year team has my brother, Lu Yu, he will be the best player in this game. Don't worry, you can just watch how he dominates the game."

"Wow, I'll wait and see."

The host hurriedly ended the interview because he saw another recently popular star in the audience, a beautiful woman, Scarlett Johansson.

Scarlett Johansson said that she wanted to watch Lu Yu's rookie match, so she naturally had to pick a good spot, so she asked Lu Yu for a first-row ticket.

"Bannell, you are the best!"

"Parker, I want to see you dunk!"

"Come on Lu Yu!"

"Lu Yu is the most handsome!"

Scarlett Johansson's ears were filled with cheers from fans, and when she found herself on the big screen, she found the fans screamed even more.

Fans around have started looking for her to sign autographs. After signing a few, the host of Kobe Bryant came over with a microphone at the end of the interview.

"Hi Scarlett, I'm glad you came to watch the Rookie Challenge. Do you like basketball too?"

"Of course, I like to play basketball since I was a child." Scarlett Johansson winked playfully.

Lu Yu rolled his eyes, I don't know if you liked playing basketball since you were a child, but I know you like watching me play basketball.

"Do any of the rookies in the game this year have any players you like? I remember that you voted for the All-Star for Lu Yu of the Bulls before."

"Oh, yes, one of my friends is a fan of Lu Yu." Scarlett Johansson glanced at Lu Yu next to the court, and the conversation changed: "But my favorite player among the rookies is Gilbert Ali. Nurse, I hope he can play well in this game."

Hearing Scarlett Johansson's words on the big screen, Arenas couldn't close his mouth. He didn't expect such a beautiful and sexy female star to be his fan. Straightened up a bit.

And Garnett, who was sitting next to Kobe Bryant not far away, always felt that these words were a bit familiar.

The interview with the stars is a temporary interactive activity initiated by the host, followed by a series of star performances. After the performance, NBA league commissioner David Stern announced the official start of the Rookie Challenge.

The lights in the arena dimmed, and the appearance ceremony of the players from both sides began immediately.

Countless fireworks suddenly spewed out around the stadium, dazzling and beautiful. The large ceiling screen above the stadium began to flash the footage of every player playing. On Lu Yu in the team uniform.

After discussion in this game, the NBA finally put the camera on Lu Yu, not only because Lu Yu is the most powerful and famous player among these players, but also because the league attaches great importance to the Chinese market.

The MC at the scene also loudly announced the names of every player on the field, with a long tail behind each name.

The second-year starting lineup is:

Defenders: Quentin Richardson, Mike Miller

Forwards: Kenyon Martin, Darius Miles

Center: Chris Mimm
The first-year starting lineup is:

Defenders: Lu Yu, Jamal Tinsley
Forwards: Jason Richardson, Sean Battier

Center: Pau Gasol
Greeted by the spotlight and applause, players from both sides ran onto the court, and after the referee threw the ball into the air, the game officially began.

Every player on the court was wearing their own team's uniforms, which turned out to be colorful at first glance. Fans who didn't watch football often didn't even know which was the first-year team and which was the second-year team.

But fans who often watch football can still tell the difference. The second-year players wear the jerseys of their respective home teams, while the first-year players wear the jerseys of their respective teams' visiting teams.

Chris Mim didn't jump over Pau Gasol in the jump ball, and he was 213cm tall, but it seemed that Gasol was also 213cm tall. Anyway, Lu Yu was envious of this height.

Although he is now two meters tall and has not tested it in detail, he still wants to grow longer.

The basketball was passed into Lu Yu's hands, and Lu Yu dribbled the ball to his left hand. With a slight shake of his left shoulder, he passed his teammate Quentin Richardson.

A one-step pull-up jumper was brought into the three-point line.

2 is better than 0
Quentin Richardson didn't work hard on defense either.

Lu Yu felt that Richardson's defense seemed to be much lower than when he encountered him in the Clippers. It wasn't because of today's Rookie Challenge. Even in the last game against the Spurs, he felt that Quentin's defense was not as good. Excellent as expected.

Did you look away?
The second-year team attacked, Quentin Richardson dribbled the ball over half court, and Lu Yu was a three-pointer in the middle. He wanted to return one, but with such a shot selection, Lu Yu didn't have to jump, just stretched out his hand to interfere arrive.

The basketball missed the hoop and Gasol grabbed the rebound.

Lu Yu dribbled the ball over half court and played a pick-and-roll with Gasol. After getting rid of Quentin Richardson, he cut directly to the basket, and under the three-person enclosure at the basket, he chose to pull the rod, and his body was in the air like a twist. Twisted, and finally stretched out, the basketball rubbed the backboard and transferred into the basket.

4 is better than 0
The fans on the scene gave warm applause. He is the most popular player on the court. Nearly half of the fans came to him and wanted to see him scoring crazy scores.

The commentator commented: "The defense of the second-year team is too loose. If this continues, Lu Yu may be able to break the scoring record of the rookie game after the first- and second-year system in the past two years."

After the NBA Rookie Challenge was divided into first- and second-year matches, it was held for a total of two years. In 2000, the first-year team won the second-year team, and in 2001, the second-year team won the first-year team.

That is, in the past two years, the winners are the players who were drafted in 1999.

Looking at the list of players in the 1999 draft, although at the time, these players were not outstanding, far less dazzling than the 96 generation, but now looking at the past, we can find from the first pick that this session may not be. The existence of superstars is absolutely the backbone of the league.

Brand, Francis, Baron Davis, Lamar Odom, Szczerbiak, Hamilton, Miller, Marion, Terry, Maggette, Artest... Players who have almost no water .

Even Ginobili, the second-to-last drafted, is a future Hall of Famer.

This class of players can win the Rookie Challenge for two consecutive years, and some clues can be seen from it. As for the previous, the Rookie Challenge was not divided into two teams for the first and second grades.

The rookie game was held for the first time in 1994, and it was divided into "Team Talent" and "Team Passion".

Team Talent sounds like a team of sophomores.

Led by Anfernee Hardaway and Fan Lunzi, the entire team has nothing to do with genius except Penny.

As for the passion team, there is no passion element.

Leading the team are Kukoc and Chris Webber. Whenever I think that these two are players of the same era, it is surprising. I always feel that Kukoc belongs to the last century, because Kukoc of the Bull Dynasty has pivotal role.

But Kukoc is still playing, this year with the Milwaukee Bucks.

It's hard to accept the name, and the game was extremely ugly. The final score was 74 to 68. The fans were drowsy because both sides were first-year players. There is no tactical literacy to speak of, the two sides are like a group of crazy blacksmiths on the field.

David Stern saw that there would be no ratings if he went on like this, so he changed his name the following year, the white team and the green team.

Turns out it wasn't a question of names at all.

In the third year, Stern learned from the All-Star Game to create the Eastern Rookie Team and the Western Rookie Team, trying to use the confrontation gimmick between the East and the West to attract the attention of fans.

However, compared with the East and West confrontations in the All-Star Game, the East and West of the Rookie Tournament have no urine points throughout.

There are neither stars to attract attention, nor wonderful cooperation and tactics.

At this time, David Stern realized that it was because the rookie level was too bad that no one watched it?
In 2000, NBA commissioner David Stern gritted his teeth and changed it to a first-year team against a second-year team. As a result, the first-year team won 92 to 83. Originally, Stern wanted to have a scene where the second-year team harassed the first-year team. , As a result, the situation on the field has contrasted, and the ratings have also increased a lot.

Since then, the league has found the right game mode. Whether it is the second-year madness against the first-year, or the first-year anti-killing of the second-year, all fans love to watch, so this kind of rookie challenge has continued.

But the players in the Rookie Challenge these two years have not been scoring high.

Elton Brand, who had 16 points and 21 rebounds in his first year, was a big man with a little more rebounds.

Szczerbiak scored slightly more the following year, with 27.

According to this trend, it is not difficult for Lu Yu to break this record!
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