Xiaoka was selected by Barkley and became a member of the Barkley team.

In addition to the small card, the Barkley team also includes Anthony Davis (Hornets), Kenneth Faried (Nuggets), Bradley Beal (Wizards), Ricky Rubio (Timberwolves) , Tristan Thompson (Cleveland Cavaliers), Nikola Vucevic (Knicks), Brand Knight (Pistons), Isaiah Thomas (King), Alexei Shevid (Timberwolves).

The ten players on the O'Neal team are Damian Lillard (Blazers), Kyrie Irving (Cleveland), Andrew Nicholson (Magic), Klay Thompson (Warriors), Harrison Bart. Enns (Warriors), Chandler Parsons (Rockets), Dion Waiters (Cleveland Cavaliers), Michael Kidd Gilchrist (Lynx), Taylor Zeller (Cleveland Cavaliers), Kemba -Walker (Lynx).

Among them, O'Neal's Andrew Nicholson replaced the Pistons player Drummond, who missed the game due to injury.

The starting players from both sides have already arrived on the field.

The jump ball was first, and TT (Tristan Thompson) and Zeller were responsible for the jump ball. TT first touched the basketball and slapped the ball into the backcourt. Rubio controlled the basketball and the Barkley team began to attack.

The five starting players for the Barkley team today are TT, Davis, Knicks, Knight, and Rubio.

The O'Neal team started with Zeller, Parsons, Owen, Lillard and Walker.

In fact, whether from the selection of the coaches of the two sides or the starting lineup at this time, it can be seen that the concepts of the two sides are different.

As a center in the history of the NBA, O’Neal chose most of the defenders. Irving, Lillard, Walker, Klay, Waiters, a total of ten players, defenders occupy 5 seats, but there are very few inside players. Just Zeller and Nicholson.

It is not difficult to see from the lineup that the O'Neal team is obviously more focused on the outside.

On the other hand, the Barkley team is obviously more balanced. There are TT, Davis, Vucevic, and Faried in the inside, the striker has a small card, and the guards have Knight, Rubio, Bill, Thomas Jr., etc.

The difference in the lineup also determines the way the two sides play differently. After Rubio pushed the ball to the frontcourt, he did not rush to attack, first slowed down and played a positional battle, first passed the ball to the small card, and then rushed to the inside. Pointing, Xiaoka knew, and gave the ball to TT.

Confronting TT is Zeller. He is no problem in height, 213 cm, but his body is too thin, and he is restrained by TT's type of insider.

I saw TT pushed back two steps after taking the ball, retreating Zeller's steadily, and then TT turned around one and a half times, from the back basket to the face frame, and it was a two-handed burst buckle.

"Hey!"

There was a burst of cheers in the audience.

In fact, the rookie game is similar to the All-Star game. Although it is more serious than the Masters, it still has a "performance" nature. The average players don't take it too seriously, at least not at the beginning.

"It seems that the O'Neal team is going to be unlucky inside." Butler said with a chuckle, rather gloating. Although Clay is in the O'Neal team, he still supports the Barkley team.

"The inside line is at a disadvantage, but O'Neal has an advantage outside." Qin Hao shook his head, noncommittal.

The difference in lineups between the two sides is obvious. Barkley has obvious advantages in the inside and O'Neal has obvious advantages in the outside.

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On the field.

O'Neal attacked. Irving took the ball in the backcourt. After reaching the frontcourt, he glanced at Knight in front of him. He suddenly changed directions and accelerated. Knight's heart jumped and moved quickly, but it was too late. Irving gave him one step. Falling, can only watch him rush into the inside, a tie rod layup hit.

"It seems that Irving has a strong offensive desire today. He doesn't pass the ball, he just plays singles. Is this for mvp?"

"I guess so."

In the audience, fans talked a lot.

Last year's rookie game Irving performed very well, but it is a pity that Butler had Qin Hao to help, and finally beat Irving to win the rookie game mvp.

Irving is naturally not reconciled. Without Qin Hao or Butler this year, he will undoubtedly be his best chance and last chance to win the rookie game mvp.

Because Irving is already a second-year player.

In the next few rounds, the two sides will come and go. The O'Neal team mainly relies on the outside, especially Irving. The game was very aggressive at the beginning of the game. Obviously, this mvp is bound to win.

On the Barkley team's side, there is an absolute inside line. TT scored a burst button, Davis made four shots and scored two, which is not bad.

"Kazuo is a little bit inactive," Butler said.

In the past few minutes, Kaka didn't make a lot of shots, so he made one shot. He didn't score a point yet, but grabbed two rebounds.

Old God Qin Hao was there, and he was not in a hurry: "What hurry, the game has only been played for a few minutes."

Soon, the two sides began to change.

After all, this is a rookie game. Just like the All-Star Game, the first quarter still has to let all the players go up and play for two minutes to show off.

On the Barkley team's side, the small card was replaced. In addition, TT and Knight were also replaced, replaced by Vucevic and Bill and Shevid.

The O'Neal team on the opposite side also had a personnel rotation. Walker, Parsons, and Zeller were replaced with Clay, Waiters, and Barnes.

After this replacement, the situation suddenly changed.

I saw Lillard first made a breakthrough layup and then made a three-pointer, and one person scored 5 points in a row. Then Clay also hit a three-pointer, and the two helped O'Neal hit a wave of 8:0 shock waves, which suddenly widened the difference between the two sides by 10 points.

The Barkley team tried to make a comeback. First, Vucevic hit the iron with a jumper, and then Bill also ended up with a three-pointer, and fell into a scoring drought.

On the other hand, the O'Neal team has become more and more courageous. The defensive intensity and confrontation intensity of both sides are actually not very large. Under the same circumstances, the O'Neal team is just the right vote.

For a while, the situation fell to the side of the O'Neal team.

Until the end of the first quarter, the players on both sides showed up, but O'Neal as the head coach was smiling, but Barkley had a stern face and an ugly expression.

In just one quarter, Barkley has fallen behind by 12 points.

This is not the effect Barkley wanted.

......

Entering the second quarter, Barkley sent TT and Davis together, with Thomas and Knight on the outside, and Farid as the striker.

The inside strength of this lineup is obviously further enhanced, and Barkley's layout is also to take advantage of the inside.

But when the game started, I didn't know what was going on. The inside line was beaten repeatedly and failed to give full play to the advantages it should have.