:::AnSwEr InCoMpLeTe::: (NBA Live 2005)

[LegoTP]

Very nice, can't wait for ASW.

[brad feet]

tough loss against the mavs..... as usual, awesome recaps and nice quality pictures...... keep it up

[DREeaZy06]

finally ASW is here, cant wait to see what ur gonna pull off, and hopefully NASH & AMARE can make up for the loss against the MAVS, especially STAT in the dunk contest

[-BHZMAFIA-]

Very nice, can't wait for ASW.

thx man, you wont have to wait long for asw either

tough loss against the mavs..... as usual, awesome recaps and nice quality pictures...... keep it up

yea they remind me of the suns, they got all those shooters and they hard to stop even when you get in their face

finally ASW is here, cant wait to see what ur gonna pull off, and hopefully NASH & AMARE can make up for the loss against the MAVS, especially STAT in the dunk contest

thx, it will be fun since this will be my first ever allstar weekend playing a full dynasty

[-BHZMAFIA-]

got milk? ROOKIE CHALLENGE
Rookies vs. Sophmores
Pepsi Center, Denver, 7:00 p.m., EST


TV, radio: TNT , ESPN Radio

DENVER, Feb. 18 (Ticker) -- Denver will host the 11th annual got milk? Rookie Challenge tonight to start off the 2004-05 All-Star Weekend. There will be nine of the brightest young rookies featured in tonight's game, along with nine sophmore players who have extended their game this season to earn a spot on the roster. There will be four players from the Rookie-Sophmore game that will also partcipate in the 2005 NBA All-Star Game. Cavaliers guard/forward Lebron James, Heat guard Dwyane Wade and Bobcats forward Emeka Okafor will represent the East, while Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony will represent the West.

The Chicago Bulls are the only team to have three players playing in tonight's Rookie Challenge. Luol Deng, Ben Gordon and Kirk Hinrich. Each one of them have made solid contributions to the team as Hinrich leads the team in scoring (19.5) and assists (6.8). Gordon is leading all rookies in scoring, averaging 18ppg in 49 games and Deng is averaging 14.4ppg and 7.6rpg for Chicago.

The two top draft picks from this season's draft have made big impacts in the league and for their team. The number one pick, Dwight Howard averages just over 16ppg and 9rpg for the Orlando Magic who just stand 1.5 games out of the playoffs. Emeka Okafor leads the expansion Charlotte Bobcats in scoring and rebounding. He averages 17.7ppg and averages 12.8rpg which is 2nd in the league behind Ben Wallace.

Lebron James is leading in MVP votes for the first half of the season. He is amazingly averaging 25.5ppg, 9.3rpg, 6.6apg and 2.33spg for the Cavaliers who stand in the 8th spot in the Eastern Conference. "He has truly shown that he can mature as a player and his numbers have sky-rocket from last season," Cavaliers coach Paul Silas said. Lebron's long-time friend, Carmelo Anthony has had a great year as well averaging 20.7ppg, 9.0rpg and 5.4apg for the 30-23 Denver Nuggets. Anthony will have the home crowd on his side tonight in Denver.

ROOKIE ROSTER
C Rafael Araujo
F Emeka Okafor
F Andre Iguodala
G Ben Gordon
G Devin Harris
F Luol Deng
F Dwight Howard
G J.R. Smith
G Donta Smith

SOPHMORE ROSTER
C Chris Kaman
F Chris Bosh
F LeBron James
G Jarvis Hayes
G Dwyane Wade
F Carmelo Anthony
G Kirk Hinrich
F Josh Howard
F Udonis Haslem

[Fresh8]

Carmelo for rookie MVP!

[Jing]

who's donta smith?

[-BHZMAFIA-]

Carmelo for rookie MVP!

who's donta smith?

he plays for the hawks, i was surprised that he even made it

[DREeaZy06]

EMEKA and ALLSTAR , no JOSH SMITH , D-WADE doing double duty cant wait this lil update just builds up the excitement

[cocobee]

Atlanta brought the wrong "Smith"

Kirk for MVP!

[-BHZMAFIA-]

Rookies-156
Sophmores-163 OT

Rookies Boxscore | Sophmores Boxscore


Play of the Game: J.R. Smith 360 windmill on Jarvis Hayes

The Sophmores were able to recieve the jumpball as the game started. Carmelo Anthony scored the Sophmores first points by nailing a 3-pointer that came from an assist from Dwyane Wade. The Rookies wasted no time as they scored on their firstp ossession as Iguodala ran right by the defense to throw down a one-hand thunderous slam. Midway in the first quarter, the Sophmores went on a shooting slump, missing five straight baskets along with the Rookies who missed four shots. Devin Harris tied the game at 15-15 after a jumper that gave him 7 points in the game to lead the Rookies. Both teams made substitutions at the 5:27 mark. The Rookies placed Hornets guard, J.R. Smith and Bulls forward Luol Deng into the game and the Sophmores took Kaman and Wade out to put Udonis Haslem and Kirk Hinrich into the game to recieve their first action. The Sophmores took their largest lead of the quarter after Hinrich and Anthony hooked up on an alley-oop to lead 25-17 over the Rookies with 4:12 remaining in the quarter. Emeka Okafor ended the Sophmores 13-4 run with a tip-in after Deng missed a jumper. The Sophmores failed to score on their last possession as time expired and they led 38-27 at the end of the first quarter. Carmelo Anthony and Lebron James had 9 points apiece for the Sophs and Harris led the Rookies with 7 points. Okafor was tearing down the boards with 10 in the quarter.


Carmelo Anthony was 1 rebound and 1 assist shy of a triple double

Dwight Howard scored the irst points of the quarter for the Rookies as they didn't score til' the 10:14 mark. The Rookies cut the Sophmores lead under double digits after Donta Smith made two baskets in a row with the Rookies trailing 44-36. After Iguodala made a contested layup over Anthony, the Rookies only trailed 45-42 with 7:12 remaining in the first half. Donta Smith scored 8 points during the run and shot a perfect 4-4 from the field. The Rookies took their first lead of the game after Iguodalamade a baseline jumper to put the Rookies up 48-47 with 5:21 left in the 2nd quarter. The Sophmores were being outscored by the Rookies 21-9 in the quarter. The Sophmores ended the first half on a 22-16 run that gave them a 69-64 advantage heading into intermission. The Sophmores had four players in double figures with Anthony leading the way with 13 points. The Rookies had 3 players in double figures with the biggest surprise off the bench, Donta Smith leading them in scoring with 11 points on 5-6 shooting. The Sophs shot 51% from the field in the first half, while the Rookies shot 42%.


Okafor had 5 blocks in the got milk? Rookie Challenge

Ben Gordon began the 3rd quarter, scoring six straight points for the Rookies to put them back up 70-69. The Rookies took tehir biggest lead of the game after J.R. Smith made a jumpshot to put his team up 88-78. The 3rd quarter belong to the Rookies the entire way as they outscored the Sophmores 35-23 in the quarter. The Sophmores only shot 28% in the quarter compared to the Rookies 46%. Luol Deng led the Rookies with 16 points and 5 rebounds. Anthony led the Sophmores with 16 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.


Lebron throwing up the circus shot against Okafor

At the beginning of the 4th quarter, Wade made a free throw line jumper, then Hinrich stoled the inbounds and found Wade open again for a three that went in all net to close the Sophmores gap to 101-97. Wade then stoled the ball from Harris by ripping him at the top of the key and went all the way for the jam to give him 21 points and cut the Rookies lead to 101-99. Ben Gordon answered Wade's run with a 3-pointer on the other end. Carmelo Anthony's jumper moved the Sophmores within' 4 points with 1:38 remaining in the game. J.R. Smith nailed a 3-pointer on the other end to extend the Rookies lead to 143-136. The Rookie sstarted to miss many shots and the Sophmores got a couple of steals as they cut the lead to 143-142 with 1:13 remaining in the game. Donta Smith fed the ball inside to Dwight Howard as Howard overpowered Kaman in the post to put the Rookies back up 145-142. Wade missed a 3-pointer on the wing that could've tied the game up and Howard got the rebound. Anthony and Wade doubled Donta Smith and caused him to lose the ball and left Anthony alone for the easy jam with 46.7 seconds left as the Rookies led 145-144. The Rookies went ot their hottest guy, Ben Gordon, but he missed an uncontested layup that rolled off the back of the rim.Bosh got the rebound for the Sophmores and set Anthony up in an isolation. Carmelo posted up J.R. Smith and shot a fadeaway to give the Sophs a 146-145 advantage. The Rookies had no timeouts remaining so Gordon and Okafor worked a pick and roll play, but Okafor missed the 8 foot jumper with 19.2 seconds remaining in the game and Anthony got teh rebound. The Rookies fouled Lebron with 16.9 seconds left and he sanked both free throws to give the Sophmores a 148-145 lead. The Rookies inserted Harris and Deng into the game before inbounding from fullcourt. Harris recieved the ball and gave it to Deng who made a 3-pointer over Lebron to tie the game up at 148-148 with 11.1 seconds left. The Sophmores used their last timeout to take the abll out at midcourt. wade found a wide-open Lebron in the corner, and James drove to the basket against Okafor who hacked James, but no fouled was called as time expired for the game to go into overtime.


Dwyane Wade with the fancy crossover against Devin Harris

The Sophmores got on the board first with Wade finding a wide-open Carmelo in the corner for two of his 35 points. After Kaman made two FT's, the Sophmores took a 152-148 lead with 3:58 left in the overtime period. Wade made a fadeaway jumper over Dwight Howard to extend the Sophmores lead to 154-148. Deng scored the first points for the Rookies at the 3:03 mark to trim the Sophmores lead down to four. Iguodala scored his 20th point of the game to bring the Rookies back to within' 2 points. Lebron James shot a deep 3-pointer with 40.6 seconds left to extend the Sophmores lead to 161-156 and gave him 28 points for the game. Harris missed a 3 that he shot over Hinrich, and Haslem grabbed one of his 14 rebounds with 29.4 seconds left and the Rookies were forced to foul Hinrich. Hinrich sealed the game for the Sophs as he mae both free throws to give them the 163-156 win over the Rookies.

Wade throwing down a two-hand 360 jam in the 2nd quarter
Okafor grabbing one of his 16 rebounds of the game
Emeka using his left hand to get the easy dunk
Carmelo Anthony's player edition Jordan XX's
Anthony throwing down the reverse dunk off the alley-oop pass from Wade
Lebron James Nike Chamber of Fear kicks
Anthony posting up Ben Gordon in the paint
Lebron giving the fans a little something before the dunk contest
James getting the left-hand layup in the 3rd quarter
Chris Kaman's Nike Huraches 2k4
Kaman calling for the ball against Araujo
Bosh getting the big block on J.R. Smith
Josh Howard getting two-hand jam for two of his 11 points
Lebron showing his fatigue while Iguodala looks ready to go
Iguodala jumping out the gym with the one-hand jam
Kirk Hinrich's Converse Rookie Challenge shoes
Hinrich shooting the jumper over Iguodala
Haslem shooting the free throw line jumper over Okafor
Harris and Kaman colliding
Devin Harris dishing the ball back outside to Donta Smith
Luol Deng showing his hops with the one hand slam
Bosh grabbing the rebound
Ben Gordon throwing down the alley-oop pass from Harris
Bosh using two hands for the easy jam

Sophomores Stop Rookies in the
got milk? Rookie Challenge
Carmelo Carries Sophomores


Carmelo Anthony won MVP Honors leading the Sophmore squad with 35 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 5 steals

DENVER, Feb. 18 (Ticker) -- Carmelo Anthony gave the home fans plenty of reasons to cheer. Anthony, the Denver Nuggets' star forward who has always seem to be 2nd to his friend Lebron James, scored 19 of his 35 points in the second half to lead the Sophomores to a 163-156 comeback victory in the got milk? Rookie Challenge. "It's a wonderful feeling," said Anthony, who was named the game's MVP. "You know, this is another positive thing I can put on my resume. It's a great feeling coming out here on my home court and getting MVP of the rookie-sophomore game." Anthony said that this could be the beginning of something good as he also made the All-Star Game for the first time in his two-year career.

Lebron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers added 28 points, the Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade chipped in 27 and the Los Angeles Clippers' center Chris Kaman had 20 and 14 rebounds for the Sophomores, who trailed by as many as 14 points despite leading 69-64 at the end of the first half. The second-year players, who played very relaxed in the third quarter, came out into the 4th quarter with a sense of purpose and took the lead for good, after Lebron was fouled late in the 4th quarter to make both free throws. "We didn't play well in the 3rd quarter," Korver said. "We weren't really utilizing our abilities really well. We came out in the 4th quarter and Anthony said, 'We got to win this one.' We came out and started playing a lot harder on defense and ended up winning the game in overtime."

"I think the second half, we picked it up a little bit, especially just coming out right in the second half," Chicago Bulls rookie Luol Deng said. "I think the Sophomores must have spoke about it in the huddle before the start of the 4th quarter because they came out pretty intense, and we could see that." Anthony made 15-of-21 shots for the Sophomores, who shot just 28% in the 3rd quarter, but shot a combined 51% in the 4th and extra period. "It's a very talented bunch," Sophomores coach Bob McAdoo said of the young stars. "LeBron, especially, because he's so big and physical and he sees the court so well. And now he's developed a 3-point shot. He's just going to be impossible to stop the rest of the year and in the future."

"We came back, and our goal was to beat them by 20, and even though we didn't do that, we did what we needed to do to get the game in overtime," Anthony said. "Things have not went as good as it should have this season, but he's starting to get his mind straight and not worry about the off-the-court things," James said of Anthony. "I'm so happy for him, he got the MVP tonight. It's supposed to work out that way. It's going to work out the best for him." Ben Gordon led the Rookies with 25 points and 76ers' guard Andre Iguodala scored 21 points to pace the Rookies, who shot 47 percent for the game.

Tonight's game was brought to you by Sprite "Obey Your Thirst":

[-BHZMAFIA-]

Rookie-Sophmore game is up!

I would like to thank seraph for sending a special patch to where I had players with their shoes on that they wore in teh real life game. I would like to thank cocobee for the great Sprite commercial pic. There will be lots of where that came from as time passes.

[FendeR`]

Wow, really nice Sprite pic

[Riot]

woah, high scoring

[-BHZMAFIA-]

PlayStation Skills Challenge
Pepsi Center, Denver, 7:00 p.m., EST
TV, radio: TNT , ESPN Radio

Partcipants
G Gilbert Arenas | Ht. 6-3 | Wt. 191 | College: Arizona
G Earl Boykins | Ht. 5-5 | Wt. 133 | College: Eastern Michigan
G Steve Nash | Ht. 6-3 | Wt. Santa Clara | College: Santa Clara
G Luke Ridnour | Ht. 6-1 | Wt. 167 | College: Oregon

Official Rules and Flow of Play
Rules
Four players - Competing in a two-round timed “obstacle course” event consisting of dribbling, passing and shooting stations.

Two rounds of competition. The two players with the fastest times from the first round advance to the Finals.
Players will be timed on a clock starting at 00:00.0. The clock stops when the final shot is made. (Start and Stop is on ref's whistle.)
Players must observe basic NBA ballhandling rules while completing the course.
The three passing and the "top of the key" shooting challenges are considered completed (player can move on) when he either (1) successfully hits the target/makes the shot OR (2) exhausts the corresponding rack of balls at the target/basket.
For the opening layup and the final shot, the player must rebound his own ball until the basket is made.
In the case of a tie in either round (times will be to the tenth of a second), the tied players will repeat the course.
Players are subject to disqualification (at the final discretion and judgment of the NBA referee) for failure to attempt all of the challenges as they are designed and intended to be completed.
Order of competition in the Finals is determined by inverse order of first round times.
There are no "time penalty" assessments.

Flow of Play
1) Start - On referee’s whistle, the clock starts and the player picks up the first ball off of a pedestal. He proceeds to dribble along baseline towards the basket where he must make a:

2) Layup/dunk - (Note: player must rebound the same ball if he misses and once the shot is made he will leave that ball behind), he then proceeds to the far side of court to:

3) New ball - Picks up 2nd ball off pedestal and proceeds up court to:

4) Crossover dribble - starting around the 1st pylon to the left, then around the 2nd pylon to the right, around the 3rd pylon to the left, and finally around the 4th pylon to the right, he then approaches:

5) Chest pass – Using the ball in his hand from the crossover dribble section, he attempts to complete the chest pass. If the first attempt is made, he moves on. If not, he must use the four additional balls on the corresponding ball rack until either (a) the pass is made or all the balls are exhausted (one ball at a time/towards the target) – at which point he moves to:

6) Bounce pass – Five balls on rack. Player may move on when the pass is made or when all five balls are exhausted (one ball at a time/towards the target) – at which point he moves to:

7) Jump shot – Five balls on rack. Player may move on when the shot is made or when all five balls are exhausted (one ball at a time/towards the basket) – at which point he moves to:

8) Outlet pass – Five balls on rack. One final time, the player may move on when the pass is made or when all five balls are exhausted (one ball at a time/towards the target) – at which point he moves to:

9) New ball – Picks up new ball on pedestal and proceeds back downcourt to:

10) Speed dribble - starting around the 1st pylon to the left, around the 2nd pylon to the right and then around the 3rd pylon to the left, he then finishes up with:

11) Final basket – The clock will stop on the referee’s whistle, when the ball goes through the rim. Any type of shot may be taken as long as the final pylon in the speed dribble section has been cleared (at the referee’s discretion). Once again, the player must rebound the same ball if he misses and continue until he makes the basket to stop the clock.

Note: Players will be subject to disqualification (at the final discretion and judgment of the referee) for failure to attempt all of the challenges as they are designed and intended to be completed.

[-BHZMAFIA-]

Steve Nash Wins PlayStation Skills Challenge
Nash Shows Off Skills


Nash broke the Skills Challenge record finishing the final round in 28.7 seconds

DENVER, Feb. 19 -- Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash set an all-time course record as he won the 2005 PlayStation Skills Challenge during All-Star Saturday Night presented by America Online. Nash completed the course in 28.7 seconds during the final round, eclipsing the previous record held by Baron Davis of the New Orleans Hornets, who completed the course in 28.7 in the first round of the competition last year. The event consisted of four of the NBA's best guards -- Nash along with Seattle's Luke Ridnour, Washington's Gilbert Arenas and Earl Boykins-- racing against the clock through a dribbling, passing and shooting skills obstacle course.

Nash wins one of the many activites that Phoenix players will be featured in for the rest of the night and tomorrow in the All-Star Game. "It's great for the organization," said Nash after his win. "This year has been really exciting for all of the fans, coming out and really getting behind us. I think that was a really important thing for the organization this year." Nash was on-target throughout the compeition, completing the course in 31.4 seconds in the opening round to advance to the finals along with Boykins (32.6 opening round).

Boykins struggled with the shot from the key during the finals, taking four attempts to hit the jumper and finishing in 37.6 seconds to come in second. It was surprisingly the shooting, and not the passes, that proved to be the biggest challenges in the course. Before the event, Arenas said, "Shooting and dribbling I can do, but passing into a little hole, I am not sure I can do that yet. But I will do my best and most likely I will come out with the win."

But during the event itself, it was the shooting that proved to be the challenge for Arenas, who missed all five attempts from the top of the key, finishing the course in 51.7 seconds. Nash, however, was up for the challenge, despite minimal practice time. "This morning, you know, we did a bit [of practice]," Nash explained. "But I've been struggling a little bit lately, so I didn't want to really run around and do something. So just kind of figured out that bounce pass and then let it go."

Ridnour throwing a bounce pass through the basket
Boykins taking a jumper from the top of the key
Steve Nash aiming for the chest pass

[-BHZMAFIA-]

Wow, really nice Sprite pic

thx for checkin everything out, i really appreciate it

woah, high scoring

yea this was the highest scoring game ever for a rookie challenge game

[Fresh8]

Man.. told ya my man Melo would win MVP!

Same as my dynasty... lol!

[-BHZMAFIA-]

Man.. told ya my man Melo would win MVP!

Same as my dynasty... lol!

lol, he was dominating like he was lebron. dishing the ball and everything.


I will try to finish the 3-Point Shootout stuff tonight if I can it done. If not, it will be done by tomorrow.

[brad feet]

nice rookie-soph game..... good for melo to win mvp..... nice sprite commercial thing......
big ups for the playstation skills challenge...... funny pic of steve nash though

[The X]

woah, that's a high scoring rookie-soph game....guess the D went out of the window....just like real life I guess

[C89KF]

man i like that sprite commercial
those skills challenge pic were funny - real life body and a cyberface

[-BHZMAFIA-]

Footlocker Three-Point Shootout
Pepsi Center, Denver, 8:00 p.m., EST
TV, radio: TNT , ESPN Radio

2005 Partcipants
G Steve Nash | Ht. 6-3 | Wt. 195 | From: Santa Clara
G Reggie Miller | Ht. 6-7 | Wt. 195 | From: UCLA
G Baron Davis | Ht. 6-3 | Wt. 223 | From: UCLA
G Brent Barry | Ht. 6-7 | Wt. 210 | From: Oregon State
G Cuttino Mobley | Ht. 6-4 | Wt. 215 | From: Rhode Island
G-F Eddie Jones | Ht. 6-6 | Wt. 200 | From: Temple
F Mike Dunleavy Jr. | Ht. 6-9 | Wt. 230 | From: Duke
G Ray Allen | Ht. 6-5 | Wt. 205 | From: Connecticut

DENVER, Feb.18 -- With five players deciding to opt out of the contest a couple of days ago, the NBA found five more worthy players to get inthe contest. Reggie Miller who has been in the contest many times before but has never won, is shooting 39% from downtown this season for the Indiana Pacers. Brent Barry, who was signed in the off-season by the Spurs is shooting 38% from 3-point range. Cuttino Mobley was traded to the Sacramento Kings last motnh and has made a big impact on the team, shooting 37%. Mike Dunleavy and Eddie Jones are shooting the lowest percentage out of the eight contestants shooting 30% and 32% from downtown. Steve Nash won the Playstation Skills Challenge earlier this evening and he is a favorite to win this contest as well shoting 39% this season. Ray Allen is not in the top 20 in 3-point attempts, but still shoots 37% for the season. Baron Davis is top three in the league in 3-point attempts shooting 447 three pointers in 53 games this season.

TNT analysis Magic Johnson's prediction: Ray Allen
TNT analysis Kenny "The Jet" Smith's prediction: Reggie Miller
TNT analysis Charles Barkley's prediction: Steve Nash
TNT analysis Ernie Johnson's prediction: Brent Barry
ESPN analysis/writer Greg Anthony's prediction: Ray Allen
ESPN analysis/writer Stphen A. Smith's prediction: Brent Barry

[Micchy_boy]

very very high scoring game....
everything are great though i dont like melo CF, kinda weird (no offense to your Melo's patcher )

Nice Sprite pics... something new

Now about the Skill Challenge... another great idea
love those pics....

I'm rooting for Miller, hope Grandpa Miller win it before he retire

[Fresh8]

nice ad and nash tryin to be like michael jackosn.. damn plastic face! lol