When the two brothers arrived at the American Airlines Center on an NBA bus, it was close to 7 p.m. Phoenix time, and people began to enter one after another.

Phoenix is the fifth largest metropolis in the United States, but it is such a large city that is sparsely populated, and the streets are not crowded with cars on weekdays, let alone crowded, and the entire street is likely to be empty during the day. But at this moment, traffic control had been implemented at the entrance of the American Airlines Center, and the crowd was surging, so much so that Ji Guoyi had just seen a familiar Chinese reporter, and before he could carefully identify him, he had disappeared into the sea of people.

In the dense crowd outside the stadium, there are two types of people who are more special, one is those who want to watch the game, but there are no tickets, so everyone asks: Do you sell tickets? There is also a kind of scalpers in our sense, where people ask: Do you want to buy tickets? But of course, the price has risen several times.

Taylor. Swift is a little spy, she doesn't get in the same car with her two brothers, it's a team bus, and family members are not allowed to enter.

Little Singer and Emma. Roberts, the two girls deliberately went to the store before entering, but before they could enter the door, they were overcrowded by the scene. The two girls went in and looked through the label, LeBron. James' jersey is $105 and Kobe's jersey is $100, indicating that the status of the two has begun to change, and the hosts Nash and Smalls have the most expensive jerseys, selling for $110. Look at the two brothers' shirts, which are the same as Kobe's $100, and when I asked, they were sold out, and there were only two pieces on display in the glass case left in the store.

The two girls left the store and entered the court, full of fans wearing James and Kobe Bryant jerseys, of course, the Suns are more diehards, after all, this is people's home stadium, and Nash's No. 13 jersey can be seen everywhere. Of course, they are mainly looking for their boyfriend's jersey, and they found that there are still more No. 9s in the court, almost on par with James and Kobe. But Ji Guoqiu's No. 6 is a little less, it seems that although everyone scolds the dead fox all day long, the number of Ji Guoqiu fans who complain all day long is still more, especially young people and female fans like his unruliness more.

The all-star labor during the day is just a show to entertain the public, and the all-star rookie challenge in the evening is also not lacking in alternative highlights, "Little Emperor" James served as the live commentator this year, O'Neal and Gasol served as the commentators for the first and second halves of TNT TV, and the Heat All-Star guard Dwyan. Wade was named the coach of the first-year team, while Magic center Dwight was named the coach of the first-year team. Howard is the coach of the sophomore team.

Before the game started that night, the two assistant coaches came to a fashion show.

Howard was dressed in a gray suit, with a white striped shirt and a floral tie that stood out; Compared with Howard, Wade is more fashionable, and he is also wearing a suit, but a yellow vest inside Wade's shirt really adds a lot of color to him, and with a pair of glasses and a bow on the collar of his shirt, Wade's gentlemanly charm is fully revealed.

"Flash" Wade and "Warcraft" Howard entered the NBA in 03 and 04 respectively, and the two are not rookies at the same level, but in fact, the two have been a pair of old rivals as early as 10 years ago.

Today in the position of coach, Wade obviously did not have Howard into the play, Superman Majesty Xià gave full play to his ability to steal the spotlight and play treasure, compared with Howard, Wade is firmly seated in the Diaoyutai, and the performance activities before the game are in stark contrast.

In this year's rookie game, the players' appearance ceremony did not have much novelty, and the biggest cheers from the fans were naturally the twin brothers and Durant.

When singing the national anthem, next to the American flag were the national flags of several international players participating in the competition.

The Rookie Challenge was scheduled to start at 19:30 in the evening, and it is already 19:20, and the player entrance ceremony has been completed, and the players of both teams have entered and are waiting for the game to start.

Although the game was only a confrontation between first-year rookies and second-year players, the game still attracted a lot of big-name stars to watch in person, because these young players who played on the game were more or less related to them.

Coach Wade of the Heat sat on the sidelines with sunglasses, and after sending out the main lineup, he began to work for his little brother Michael. Beasley cheers up; Paul of the Lakers. Gasol also walked around the sidelines with ease, and his younger brother Mark Brown. Gasol is playing on the field; Yao Ming was on the sidelines as usual with popcorn in one hand and soda in the other, and the little giant cheered for his two teammates and compatriots; At the same time, there were a number of other big names on the scene, and their arrivals brought stars to the relatively uneventful rookie game.

But if you look carefully, you can even see Sun Yue's shadow, but Yi Jianlian, who once became a topic of conversation, has disappeared, just like the title given to him by the American media - Space Yi. In the all-star voting, Yi Jianlian's votes once bit Garnett, causing a big discussion about whether strength is proportional to the number of votes. As a result, Yi Jianlian was injured "at the right time" and withdrew from the All-Star stage.

Yi Jianlian, who quit the All-Star, does not mean that he has evaporated from space, and he insists on updating his blog diligently with his inconvenient right hand, and he congratulates his teammate López: "I hope he can play well for us in Phoenix, the only complaint is that he has not invited us to dinner yet".

Back to the game, in the past rookie matchup, the sophomore team defeated the first-year team by a large score most of the time, and the sophomore team had a certain advantage in terms of game experience, so the sophomore team would take advantage of it in the rookie match, which was also an important reason why the sophomore team was able to win.

Last year was an exception, as the first-year team with twin brothers and Durant was successful, and it was one of the few first-year teams to win at the Rookie Challenge.

In the 2007 draft, experts believe that this is the best quality of newcomers except for the 2003 draft, and even they are not inferior to 03 and 96. This is also the case, Ji Guoqiu, Ji Guoyi, Durant, Al. Horford, Scola and others have made a name for themselves and occupied a major position in their respective teams, and the twin brothers have even been selected to the All-Star Game for two consecutive years.

The 2008 draft wasn't really favored by experts, but it was these 2008 rookies who shone this season, and the quality and quantity of their rookies were the best of the last decade.

Rose has become the star of the Bulls and the hope of the team's revival; Beasley also became an outstanding sixth man in the Heat, which has played a key role in the team's improvement this season; As soon as Tanhua Mayo arrived at the Grizzlies, he showed his true colors as the scoring champion, and there was already a trend of squeezing out Guy to become the Grizzlies boss; No. 4 pick Westbrook played well in the Thunder, and Durant and Green became the team's hope for the future; No. 5 Schullow is also thriving in the Timberwolves and can compete with David in terms of rebounding talent. Li Bimei; No. 6 pick Gallinani, although unable to play due to injury at the beginning of the season, is now in the rotation in New York and has a good appearance; No. 7 pick Gordon at Michael. In Reed's absence, he picked up the Bucks' pillars and had a good record of scoring more than 30 points in a single game; No. 9 pick Augustin has become the starting guard of the Bobcats, and the team even plans to trade the original starting Felton in order to make room for Augustin; As for the No. 10 show Lopez, he is even more familiar to Chinese fans, and his dominance on the inside has strengthened the determination of the Nets management to send the UAE away.

Among the top 10 picks in '08, except for the No. 8 pick Chinese boy Alexander, who did not make a name for himself, the remaining nine have established themselves on the team, which is a height that rookies in the last decade have not been able to reach. Even the top 10 players, Besler of the Trail Blazers, Rush of the Pacers, Lopez of the Suns, Spitz of the 76ers, McGee of the Wizards, Hibbert of the Pacers, Hickson of the Cavaliers, Anderson of the Nets, Lee of the Magic, Kofus of the Jazz, and Hill of the Spurs have all become semi-main players of the team or enter the rotation lineup.

Nowhere have there been as many outstanding rookies as in 2008, and there are future leaders such as Rose, which has not been seen in the last 10 years, and probably only in 1996, when there were Kobe Bryant, Ai Jr., Allen, Nash and other names like Kobe.

If the draft in '07 was a three-kingdom competition, then '08 was a group of champions.

"Guys, we've got one less person this year, poor Oden is out temporarily, so you're all going to have more chances to play, take advantage of this much-anticipated opportunity and show your real skills to let the fans all over the world know you." Wade's words made the first-year players eager to try, Auden the Great withdrew, the eight of them are indeed the winners, and no one wants to play a little longer, even if it's just for a few minutes.

"You've already managed to defeat your older opponents last year, and I don't need to say much about what to do this year, unless you also want to be challenged to succeed and go up and tear them apart!" Howard is a coach, and even if he is serious, these sophomores want to laugh.

"Good coach, we will definitely complete the task, it is not so simple for them to go against the sky." Ji Guo laughed shamefully. In terms of the low post, he and the Pandas are not much worse than Howard now, and the two brothers are veritable leaders in the sophomore team, and none of these sophomores disagree with the two of them.

Oh well, Durant seems to have been unconvinced, but he has the qualifications.

Durant is not in high interest today, he has little say in the team, he has not been selected for the All-Star Game once, the twin brothers have even won the All-Star Game MVP and the Finals MVP, Ji Guoqi is still a member of the 60+ club, Ji Guoqiu has completed only Abdul-Jabbar has completed the super triple-double feat, if you add a series of honors such as the championship and the Olympic Games, Durant's status is indeed incomparable with the two brothers, so here, the two animals are the bosses.

Second-year starter: Aaron. Brooks, Thaddeus. Yang, Kevin. Durant, Ji Guoyi, Ji Guoqiu.

First-year starters: Derek. Rose, O.J. Mayo, Michael. Beasley, Brooke. López, Mark. Gasol.

The Rookie Challenge was divided into two halves of 20 minutes each, with Ji Guoqiu jumping the ball to win, and the second-year team taking the lead in attacking.

At the beginning of the game, the two teams defended loosely, the two brothers didn't defend much, and the first grade team was the same, everyone had to score two points. In particular, Ji Guoyi was still thinking about the story of playing against Bosh in last year's All-Star Game, and hesitated to fight with the other twin Brooke today. López discussed how good it would be for everyone to brush each other's scores, and twins would not fight twins.

You go back and forth on both sides, and after a few rounds of offense and defense, Ji Guoqiu assisted Ji Guoqiu to hit a three-point shot, and then he dunked and scored, leading the second grade to start the game 13-7. However, "pseudo-rookie" Fernandez immediately showed off the European's superb shooting skills, and Gordon was unwilling to be reconciled and then hit another 3-pointer, setting off a wave of 14-3 to help the first-year team overtake 21-16.

LeBron. James's voice came from the live loudspeaker: "Why does our giant panda look weak on both feet, do you want to give Ms. Emma a kiss to replenish energy?" ”

Ji Guoqiu was furious when he heard this, the fake commentator of the dead orangutan actually openly mocked him, can he bear it?

Ji Guo smiled in his heart: "I think what he said is right, you let go of the water at the defensive end, and told you to take it easy last night, I found that the little radish shreds are a little unnatural to walk today, you are such a big man, what if you crush others." ”

"Nonsense, believe it or not, Lao Tzu won't pass the ball to you."

"Don't, I'm cheap, you're an uncle!"

Ji Guoyi has already got 8 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block at this time, and his personal count is the highest in the game.

At 14 minutes and 50 seconds, the two teams began to make substitutions, and the sophomore team replaced Scola and Ronnie. Starkey and Jeff. Green, but did not replace the twin brothers, which was requested privately by the two and Howard, who of course gave face. When the two brothers are players of the same level as themselves, if the person who asked for it was Durant, Howard would not give this face. In the eyes of Superman's Majesty, Durant is a small character, although the schoolbag is about the same age as the twins, but the basketball court does not look at age, but strength.

The Rockets' older rookie is on the court, and this is a player that Chinese fans are paying more attention to. However, in this kind of performance-oriented game, the practical Scola does not have many chances, and even his first attack with the ball was met by Brooke. López's cap. After just five minutes of play, Scola, who was constantly running back and forth on the court, was substituted, and it was clear that his lack of brilliance was not suitable for a show like All-Star Weekend.

Ji Guoshi played small forward during this time, and poor Durant was replaced after playing five or six minutes, and he could only watch his fox brother brush up on the court for a few more points before being replaced.

In the 10th minute and 20th minute of the first half, the two brothers played for almost ten minutes before being replaced, and at this time Durant had not been replaced. Howard knew that the little fox was going to brush the MVP, and this good guy did it thoroughly enough to offend Durant unknowingly, who took out a notebook from his school bag and secretly wrote down the bastard Howard who didn't give him playing time on his list of enemies. R1152