Before the NBA All-Star Contest, the league first arranged a rookie challenge, and compared to the past, this rookie tournament used a different format to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the NBA, the NBA selected 28 players in the first and second grades of the rookie and the players in the development league to participate in the game in 4 groups, and in this rookie game, the Rockets are a high-profile team, the team has 3 players to participate, including the list of Geering Green was selected by the Worthy team with the Thunder's Gidy and magic's Sargus group, Shinkin and Tate were drafted by Barry, alongside the Pistons' Cunningham and the Cavaliers' Mobley.
The first to start the showdown was Green's Worthy team and Thomas team, both sides to who first reached the goal of 50 points, at the beginning of the game, both sides have not yet adapted, basically no defense on the field, there are opportunities to shoot three points on the outside, the game is not too much to watch, and finally in the game to The Worthy team 38:39 Thomas, Worthy's Cole Antoni a dunk to bring the score to 40:39 to overtake the opponent, after the suspension the game became fierce, Thomas scored 2 points to overtake the score, and then The Worthy side of Green responded with a three-pointer, and the referee also began to whistle while the two sides improved their defense, and finally Sagas had the opportunity to kill Thomas at the free throw line, but was eventually killed by Thomas for not scoring a free throw.
Although Green's team was eliminated, Green played quite well in this game, hitting 4 three-pointers and 20 points, as well as 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, including 61.5% shooting, 44.4% three-point shooting, and 76.9% true shooting, making him the best player on the Worthy side. You know, the original game Green's team still has a very good chance of qualifying, especially when the score is 49:48, Green faced the defense of Sadiq Bay he chose a three-point attempt to kill the opponent, but was fouled by the opponent, but the referee did not whistle at that time, so that the game continued. After the game, Sadikbe also admitted in an interview that it was a foul, and if the referee whistled at the time and Green won three free throws, then his Worthy team would undoubtedly qualify.
And this foul not only made Green miss the possibility of advancing to the final, but also let him miss the MVP trophy of this rookie challenge, because the final award link was based on the sum of the scores scored in the two rounds, and finally the Pistons' Champion Cunningham won the MVP trophy with a total of 18 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists in two rounds, which is undoubtedly a huge regret for Green. But fortunately, the Rockets' Shen Jing and Tate and Cunningham's group eventually won the medal of the rookie challenge champion, which is also a comfort for the Rockets fans, as for Green, he also hopes that he will have a better performance in the next dunk contest and finally win the dunk championship.