The second-grade team exposed their lack of ideological preparation for this game. It was not until the first grade that they took the initiative to call for a timeout after taking the lead of 2o to 6 at the beginning of the first grade.

The rookie match is a reference to the NCAA game rules, with the first and second half system, with 20 minutes of game time per half.

Now less than 4 minutes have passed in the first half, the first-year team has a very high shooting percentage, with 10 shots of 12 shots, and half of them are dunks.

In the second grade, he only had 3 of 1o in the first grade in the shooting percentage, and made 2 mistakes.

The sophomore team's head coach is Doug Reeves's assistant coach Tom Thibodeau.

This is an old tradition in the rookie tournament. The coach of the All-Star Game is the coach of the team with the best record in the division, while the head coach of the rookie tournament is the assistant coach of the No. 1 team in the East and West.

Thibodeau was not very interested in this performance-oriented competition system. However, after the opening, the second-year team seemed to be suppressed by the opponent, so he applied for a timeout.

He casually emphasized the players' defensive attitude, and then arranged a single tactic for Brandon Roy. The rest depends on the players' free swings.

Roy was a little calm about the outcome of this game. Like Li Rong, he still needs to participate in the third day of the All-Star Game.

However, as the leader of this temporary team, you have to express your attitude.

"Guys," Roy said, "we can't be so lazy anymore. Those rookies kicked my ass hard, and now it's time for us to fight back!"

"Come on!" Everyone in the second grade folded their hands together and shouted in unison.

The atmosphere in the first grade was relatively relaxed. I didn’t expect the start to be so smooth, and the laughter and slap sounded.

The head coach of the first-year team is Darrell Walker, the Hornets' assistant coach. He also played NBA when he was young and was once a member of the Bulls dynasty.

He was very satisfied with the performance of the first-year team, but he also reminded everyone that this is an entertainment event after all, so don't work too hard to avoid injury.

After the timeout, the second-year team scored a goal with Roy's inside breakthrough, which narrowed the gap slightly.

His breakthrough was not fast, but his control of rhythm was perfect. Jeff Green moved a little slowly when playing the second position, so he could not cause too much resistance to it when defending alone.

In fact, Li Rong had the opportunity to assist in this goal, but as head coach Walker said, it was just an exhibition match. Just sell the strength when defending alone. There is no need to work too hard to assist in the defense.

After all, everyone is in the same alliance and stays at the front line. I really want to see you in the future.

And if you really get injured in such a game, it will be really not worth the loss.

The second-year team's defense after the timeout was restored was indeed much more serious, which interfered with Conley's emergency stop and mid-range shot.

Gibson dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and drew it directly, making a large three-pointer, which narrowed the gap between the two sides to within ten.

Looking back, the first-year offense missed again. Paul Millsap took the rebound and dribbled one way to try to make a layup by himself, but was chased by Horford, who was chasing behind, and was out of bounds.

"This game is more interesting than in previous years," Barkley said without much attention. "The defense of the second-year team has improved a lot after the timeout. I bet Thibodeau must have specially arranged defensive tactics for them. He is such a boring person."

"But he does have a good defensive ability to build. This year, Boston's defensive efficiency is ranked among the top in history." Harlan said.

After Millsap was blocked, he felt a little embarrassed. After the bottom line, he took the initiative to take the position in the inside and play one single.

Roy is very good at adult beauty and handed the ball back to him.

When Millsap really started to face Li Rong, he felt how much defensive pressure the opponent put on him. His breakthrough in the face basket was always blocked by the opponent in the middle of the road, and he could not move forward at all.

In desperation, Millsap chose to attack with his back, but his back ability is still very rough and he does not have the advantage in strength. The back shot he shot was not strong at all, and he only hit the front of the basket, and was easily taken away by Li Rong.

Li Rong directly carried the ball and pushed it forward. As soon as he crossed the half, he smashed the ball hard on the floor at the top of the three-point line arc.

The ball was very powerful, and the ball then bounced high from the floor and was received by Moon, who followed up, in the air, and staged a big windmill dunk that shocked everyone.

"Wow!" This slam dunk caused a burst of exclamations on the scene.

Especially Li Rong's creativity in floor assists has only been seen several times in the dunk contest in the past.

However, Moon also signed up for the dunk contest this time, which was considered to warm up for tomorrow's performance.

"Charles, don't you think this Chinese guy looks very similar to when you were young?" Kenny Smith said.

"It's a bit like that," Harlan agreed. "He has a solid position at the basket, but Charles can't pass such a pass."

"Hey hey hey!" Barkley shouted dissatisfiedly, "Why can't I pass such a ball? When I play, I often use the ball to grab the rebound and push with it. I bet this kid must have learned the video of my game secretly."

"Haha!" Kenny Smith laughed happily after hearing this, "Then you should ask him if this happens after the game. I feel that he has a higher chance of watching the video of "Magician". He can't learn anything good when watching your video."

"But seriously," Harlan said, "we haven't commented on the Timberwolves this season, but from those highlights he's still more like Larry Bird, at least his shooting posture and shooting percentage are much better than the Magic."

The three were talking about who Li Rong looked more like. Daniel Gibson received a pass from Roy to hit a three-point jump shot again, continuing to help the second-year team approach the gap.

Durant then tried to fight back from the outside, but unfortunately the ball jumped far away, and Guy took the long rebound, and then performed a single fast break and switched hand dunk. He was also a member of the dunk contest tomorrow.

"The second-year team seemed to have woken up, and the score difference was quickly chased to only 6 points left." Harlan said.

"Li Rong hasn't taken any action yet, but he caught 5 rebounds and 6 assists." Kenny Smith looked down at the technical statistics.

"It looks like he is more like a traditional point guard who can't shoot. He is just too tall and is forced to play inside." Barkley joked.

The first grade seemed to be in a scoring drought. Horford's mid-range shot hit again. Gibson dribbled through half the game this time and once again chose to make a sudden move from the outside. This was his third three-pointer.
Chapter completed!