(The title of the previous chapter was wrong, this chapter is 96)

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The Rookie Challenge officially begins.

"This is the appetizer for the All-Star game. But if you think the rookie game is not exciting, you are totally wrong!"

"Yes, I completely agree with you! Who can say that among these rookies, it is impossible for the next Kobe and the next Wade to emerge?"

"All the gentlemen and ladies present, please let me hear your enthusiasm!"

Under the provocation of Houston's on-site commentator, the fans cheered and the atmosphere reached its peak.

Many current or retired celebrities also came to the side of the court and sat at the front to watch the game.

Shots of many well-known stars sitting on the sidelines appeared on the big screen.

Yao Ming sat in the first row. Under Lian Feng's arrangement, he and Allison sat together. The two talked and laughed.

Kobe was sitting on the other side of the court. When players from both sides were warming up, Lian Feng saw him and took the initiative to say hello.

Kobe smiled and patted Lian Feng on the shoulder: "Hit me well, man."

At this time, Kobe could not say that he regarded Lian Feng as a friend. Lian Feng could also feel that there was still a certain distance between the two. But there was no doubt that Lian Feng had won Kobe's approval with his attitude.

Getting Kobe's recognition is a very difficult thing in itself.

More big-name stars are cheering for the rookie teams on both sides of the court. After all, many of them are teammates of those stars.

Iverson waved to Iguodala and Lian Feng and told them to come over. Then he grabbed their shoulders and said like a big brother: "Play hard! I will cheer you on from the sidelines!"

Iverson's conflicts with the team have become more prominent during this period, but he is as always very good to Iguodala and Lian Feng.

Lian Feng could not describe his feelings for Iverson. He was the first team boss he met when he first entered the NBA. He was both a teacher and a friend, and taught him a lot of experience on and off the court.

More importantly, Iverson is willing to treat himself as a little brother.

Although, although there is an inexplicable sense of distance between him and Iverson, both of them understand tacitly that it is respect for their respective lifestyles.

It does not affect Iverson's care for Lian Feng on the court and in life, nor Lian Feng's respect for Iverson.

At this time, Iverson was cheering Iguodala and himself up, and Lian Feng really felt his inner joy from the bottom of his heart.

Later, Weber also greeted Lian Feng and others with black gestures and hugged them.

"Come on, brothers!"

The camera also captured this scene.

The commentator smiled and said: "I have to say that Iguodala and Lian Feng are both very popular players in the league. I seem to have never seen any news about the two of them having a locker room turmoil!"

"Yes, both of them have very high emotional intelligence."

Weber and Iverson, two veterans, sat down and chatted while watching the players in the rookie game.

Lian Feng caught a glimpse and felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

That's the tension brought about by the alternation of old and new.

After chatting with friends on the court, Lian Feng began to warm up attentively. Because if he hits during the warm-up, it will also be counted as a hit on the field to gain experience in the hot zone, so he warms up very seriously every time.

For today's Lian forward, several hot spots under the basket have been upgraded to Level 1, and the hot spots at the free throw line and the mid-range positions at 45-degree angles on both sides have also been upgraded to Level 1.

If this trend continues, it will take less than two or three seasons to upgrade the dozen or so hot spots that are often used for finishing to the top level.

Of course, the experience value of a large number of hot spots beyond three points is still very low, almost equal to none.

Not only in terms of skills, he also did not focus on outside training in his usual training.

It doesn't matter, just do it step by step.

At the beginning of the game, Bogut jumped the ball on behalf of the first-grade team and successfully got the ball.

Villanueva tried his luck at the beginning and hit a three-pointer from the left side. The rookie team took the lead in scoring.

The second-year team immediately retaliated. First, Iguodala made a breakthrough, and then Gordon hit a three-pointer. The second-year team took a 5-3 lead.

In the next round, Hurd held the ball at the top of the arc, and Bogut popped up from the high post to provide support. At this moment, the forward ran out of the empty guard and shouted loudly for the pass.

Bogut seemed to be completely unable to hear Lian Feng's voice. He ignored him and passed the ball to Hurd, who obviously had no space to attack.

Subsequently, Hurd chose a bad shot in the mid-range and the basketball flew out.

Lian Feng sneered, already understanding what Bogut meant.

Just don't pass the ball to me?

very good!

Lian Feng didn't say anything. He ran back from Bogut's side and whispered: "Guess who has a higher possession of the ball in position 3 or 5?"

Bogut frowned.

The score rose slowly.

The rookie game adopts a two-half game system, that is, the first half is 20 minutes and the second half is 20 minutes. In the first 5 minutes, the players on both sides did not enter the state and played at a very slow pace.

Paul hit a three-pointer and went ahead 8-5.

With 14 minutes and 17 seconds left in the first half, Hurd made a fast break layup. This was Hurd's first score as the host, and the rookie team expanded its advantage to 13-7.

Lian Feng and Bogut still didn't score a point.

It seems that he was indeed influenced by Bogut. There were several times when he was clearly unguarded and had good opportunities, but no one passed the ball to him.

This moment made him a little angry.

At this time, Paul ran over and whispered: "Man, don't play like this. You are trying to express yourself in the rookie game. I know you are very selfless, but don't be like this at this time. Pass the ball that can be turned into an assist. Otherwise,

Otherwise, just go it alone!"

Lian Feng was slightly startled.

Indeed, as Paul said, the awareness of creating opportunities for teammates has been deeply rooted in the bones. But these teammates don't care about that. It is obvious that some balls can be passed twice to create a very good opportunity, but in order to express themselves, they all choose

Go it alone.

As Paul said, they only pass the ball that can be converted into assists.

After understanding this, Lian Feng quickly adjusted his playing style.

Paul dribbled halfway and broke through to the inside. Seeing the opportunity, Bogut quickly stood up and prepared for an alley-oop.

However, at this moment, the forward cut in. Paul made a back-up pass, threw the ball high, and passed it to the forward further behind.

Lian Feng jumped up, grabbed the basketball in the air and poured it in vigorously.

Bogut jumped up in vain, his expression ugly.

"Humph. This is just the beginning!" Then Lian Feng began to really torture Bogut.

As Bogut doesn't have much ability to handle the ball, he originally needs outside players to feed him the ball.

First of all, Paul won't pass the ball to him at all. Secondly, the forward with the strongest breakthrough ability has good finishing ability after breaking through. In addition, the intensity of the exhibition game is not very high. If he can break through, he can finish. Naturally, there is no reason to pass the ball to him.

ball.

Support is one of the few ways that Bogut can directly obtain the ball. Originally, the loose defense in the rookie game allowed him to use his footsteps to complete low-post attacks, but the initiators of support were often Paul and Lian Feng.

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Each time, Paul would loudly ask Bogut, who came to support the pick-and-roll, to go away.

Lian Feng simply ignored Bogut.

At the same time, Lian Feng also participated in actively fighting for rebounds.

Because he has the golden skill of seeing through shooting percentages, Lien Feng always has the upper hand when grabbing offensive rebounds. His approach has only one purpose: he doesn't want to grab the rebound himself, he just wants to prevent Bogut from grabbing it.

And Bogut was powerless to stop it.

It's hard to get offensive rebounds originally. It's hard to find a position, but Lian Feng always suddenly comes out to distribute the ball or catch it himself.

For a monster like Lian Feng, whose touch height is stable at 380+, if he just distributes the ball like playing volleyball, it shouldn't be too simple.

However, when an offensive rebound is distributed, it doesn't matter who grabs it.

As for the backcourt rebounds...forget it, let's just give him a hand and grab a few.

Before the first half was over, Bogut's mentality collapsed.

Originally, Bogut asked several familiar rookies not to pass the ball to the forward, just to reduce the statistics of the forward. He also knew that it was impossible for the forward to have no shot rights at all.

But after all calculations, I didn't expect that Lian Feng did an even better job. He didn't pass a ball to himself, and he didn't know what method he used. Paul also refused to pass the ball to him.

Paul's refusal to pass the ball to him is the most fatal.

damn it!

Really fucking awesome!

Before the end of the first half, Bogut failed to score a point, prompting the on-site commentator to repeatedly say: "Our No. 1 pick seems to be in poor condition today, and he hasn't scored a point yet!"

After Bogut heard this, he almost cursed and shouted directly to the commentary box: "Are you blind? Didn't you see that those idiots didn't pass the ball to me?"
To be continued...