After the end of the tense regular season, the NBA ushered in the All-Star Weekend, and the rookie game that started first also attracted a lot of fans and media attention.
After all, compared with the format of previous years, this year's rookie tournament has ushered in a major reform, and the rookies will be divided into 4 groups, 3 group matches, and the winner will be decided!
The First Game of Worthy and Isaiah team, can be described as no shortage of highlights, although the Worthy team is not dominant in height, but the defenders led by Rockets guard Jaylen Green, this game has caused a lot of trouble for isaiah.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Bane caused a shooting foul, and then 2 free throws helped the team to reach 50 points first, completing the kill, and successfully eliminated the Worthy team, leading Theaiah team to the rookie challenge final!
In contrast, Payton and Barry, who started on the other side, became two big players, McDaniels and Mobley.
At the same time, the dialogue between Hornets player Lamello Ball and Pistons player Cade Cunningham has also become a major attraction in this group of duels!
And facing Cunningham + Mobley, who scored 13 points at the same time, although the three-goal Lamelo Ball made 1 of 2 free throws, helped Payton win the match point and saw the hope of promotion.
But Tate completed the difficult pull-bar kill, helped Barry win the game, defeated The Payton team, and successfully met isaiah in the final!
In the rookie challenge final, the rules of the game will change again, and the two teams of Barry and Isaiah will compete for 25 points.
As for who the rookie challenge MVP will spend, the victory or defeat of this game, and the performance of the rookies, it is particularly crucial!
In the end, after a scorching battle, Isaiah's Achuva, although his hands were hot, personally cut 12 points and 3 rebounds.
But at the crucial moment, Cunningham stepped forward, hit a three-pointer, helped Barry win the match point, and then Wagner Jr. completed the free throw kill, and Bari also defeated Isaiah 25-20 to win the rookie challenge!
And with the three rookie challenge MVP hot Edwards + Ramello Ball + Jaylen Green out at the same time, Pistons player Yuanlang Cade Cunningham, also won the rookie challenge MVP with 18 points + 7 rebounds + 9 assists + 2 steals + 2 blocks in two games!
As the champion of this year, playing for the Pistons this season, Cunningham's performance is obvious to all.
Throughout the regular season so far, Cunningham has played in 44 games for the Pistons, and the season attendance can be said to be quite impressive!
In the case of averaging 32 minutes per game, Cunningham can average 15.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game, which has become an indispensable and important part of the Pistons' offensive and defensive ends.
More importantly, considering that Cunningham is only 20 years old, is in the ascending stage of his career, and has a high cultivation value and development ceiling, the potential and talent have not yet been fully realized.
I have to say that although the Pistons' regular season record this season is very bad, rationally speaking, the skills and temperament shown by Cunningham in the rookie season are indeed a big gain for the Pistons management!
As for the next schedule, Canningan, who has just won the rookie challenge MVP and has high hopes, can play a season performance, and whether he can win the best rookie, we obviously have to wait and see!
Of course, with the end of the rookie challenge, in the upcoming skill challenge, three-point contest and dunk contest, as well as the All-Star Game, this All-Star Weekend, what kind of surprises can be brought to us, it is indeed a thing worth looking forward to!