Chapter 1919 How Boring Is All-Stars without Ji Feng (Part 2)

As for the lineup, it's not bad. It basically includes the rookies who have performed better and are more popular in the past two years. Apart from the big brothers who are related to the CBA, the others are also full of potential.

The general managers of the two teams are also another highlight. Fans who have watched the TNT live broadcast this season should know the effect of the combination of Barkley and O'Neal, and this can be regarded as making up for people's inability to enjoy O'Neal's performance on the court. regret.

Coupled with this unique competition system, people have high hopes for this rookie competition. People hope that they can give new vitality to the rookie competition that has been somewhat weak in the past two years.

The NBA is also promoting it vigorously. Posters about the Rookie Game can be seen in the Orlando subway, in stores, and on the streets. The league also allows these rookies to record VCRs in various languages ​​​​like the players participating in the All-Star Game. , this is generally a treatment only available to players in the All-Star Game.

Among them, Griffin is undoubtedly the person with the highest expectations. To be honest, Griffin has been really popular in the past two seasons. His popularity is even higher than that of his teammate Chris Paul. This year's No. 1 pick Irving plus last year's No. 1 pick Wall is not as popular as him. It can be seen that dunking out of the circle is really a shortcut to fame.

Griffin is also the third player in recent years, following Ji Feng and Roy, to participate in both the Rookie Game and the All-Star Game.

Therefore, the league has gone out of its way to praise him, hoping that he can perform well in this rookie game and rejuvenate the rookie game.

Griffin himself is also quite confident. In addition to the crowds of assistants entering and exiting the training hall looking like big bosses, his tone of voice is also quite arrogant, because he knows that the core of the opponent is Kyrie Irving, a The equally popular No. 1 pick, so he directly said: "This is a war that belongs to us, but I am confident that I can play well and excitingly. After all, who can refuse a dunk, and the victory naturally belongs to our team."

Irving almost lost his temper when he heard what he said. Wasn't this a naked statement that he didn't know how to dunk? Wasn't this a direct stab into his lungs? What's wrong with not being able to dunk? In basketball, just dunking is called a spike. Why is it called basketball? This rough guy who only knows how to dunk has the nerve to talk about it!

"You will see the charm of basketball soon. After all, basketball is not just about dunks. This is not a dunk contest. I will let him see what real basketball is." Irving naturally would not give in.

"Hey, how did these two idiots get to fight against each other?" The chatter between the two attracted Ji Feng. Ever since Irving entered the league, Ji Feng felt that his and Griffin's brain circuits were very similar. Don't pretend to be a Death Star. At that time, Ji Feng regretted that these two guys were not in the same team, otherwise it would have been very exciting. Now it's better, rounding off the wish is fulfilled.

Decisively attend!

On the morning of the 25th, Ji Feng, who had participated in a day of activities and met with his teammates from the Western Conference in the afternoon, decisively dragged a few acquaintances to the sidelines of the rookie game, facing the commentary box, in a good position for super VVVIP. Behind him was Avril Lavigne, who also came to join in the fun, and beside him were Magic Johnson and other celebrities. He wanted to see what he could do tonight.

"Who did O'Neal pick? He is really poisonous."

The starting lineups of the two teams came out, and Ji Feng knew at a glance that it would be difficult for O'Neal tonight.

Although you and I picked out the lineups on both sides one by one, O'Neal obviously picked out all the 'dross' in advance.

Of course, it's not enough to talk about the bad, but O'Neal's lineup is obviously very imbalanced.

Morris started with Griffin, and the three outside players were Jeremy Lin, Wright, and Rubio.

At first glance, there are inside and outside, as well as organizational capabilities, but the problems with this lineup are simply too big.

First of all, there is no shooting ability. Everyone knows Rubio's shooting skills. The other two's three-point shooting percentage is below 40%. Secondly, the offensive ability inside is too poor. Morris has no mid-range inside, and Griffin can't. Not to mention, top pie-eating figures all need to feed the ball. This restriction is really too big.

On the other hand, next door, Irving and Wall are partnered in the backcourt and can pass the ball. Paul George is a good offensive and defensive player at the third position. Cousins ​​is partnered with Derrick Williams in the post. He has strong independent offensive ability and can eat cakes. Support.

This fight...

Ji Feng felt that the alliance had miscalculated.

Sure enough, Barkley's team started with an 8-0 start, led by the two top picks Wall and Irving, who kept sending all kinds of wonderful passes, and their teammates kept dunking. Cousins ​​​​had a good time in the paint, and the first half was At the half, they had already deducted 7 times, and they quickly expanded their advantage to 53-39.

At the end of the quarter, the Shaq team entered the state. Morris responded with a dunk. Cole and Walker succeeded at the basket one after another, once narrowing the gap to 4 points. However, Irving broke out and hit three three-pointers in one minute. He hit four three-pointers in the last 2 minutes and 30 seconds of this quarter. He scored 18 points in the half and led the team to a 77-65 lead.

Griffin, who was boasting before the game, was completely invisible. He played 16 and a half minutes in the first half and scored 10 points. There were almost no wonderful dunks because no one passed the ball to him. Cousins ​​​​wasn't given in vain. He couldn't gain any advantage at all, but was beaten until he couldn't breathe.

The Barkley team played in a relaxed and carefree manner, and the second half was just for fun, throwing three-pointers and dunks in an endless stream. The game entered the decisive stage. The Shaq team began to be more serious and frequently hit three-pointers, but The gap could only be narrowed to 20 points, and they were ultimately unable to make a comeback.

156-130, Barkley's team beat O'Neal's team, Kyrie Irving scored 34 points as VP, Paul George scored 23 points, DeMarcus Cousins ​​18 points and 11 rebounds, Evan Turner had 16 points and 11 rebounds and 7 assists, John Wall had 17 points.

Crush the game.

It's not very close to the excitement, it's just a one-sided abuse. Except for fans who like to watch abuse, there is nothing attractive about this game.

Ji Feng was also bored, and in the second half he sneaked out with Avril Lavigne for a dinner date.

"This is simply a waste of time." Ji Feng complained. This reform is considered a failure. Let the first grade compete with the second grade without losing so miserably. There is no suspense.

The ratings were also high and low. This time it was a failure on the field, and Griffin's 13 points in the game also made him ridiculed by many people. Of course, there are still reasons, after all, people still want to People who participate in the main competition!

Ahem, old Yin Yang is getting angry.

And there are many fans who are as disappointed as Ji Feng. The night after the rookie game was full of fans complaining about the poor performance of the game. I guess Stern would also find it difficult when he saw it.

And if the rookie game still has stars and a bunch of dry dunks and three-pointers, then the individual game on the 26th can be said to be the most boring game in recent years.