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[King James #23]

AK in the dunk contest and the 3pt one AND starting all star. damn you made him good.

[Anthony15]

Granger, only 2.0 PPG and in the rookie/sophomore challenge? Damn...Ak made everything, good job

[Fresh8]

The Boogeyman made the All Star team??? Well.. only because Kobe's not there!

[Jing]

haha yeah kobe's out 10 weeks... thats hm.. 2 month and about a week, and he injured himself on jan 18 was it? so he'll be out till end of march

and guys i will post the rookie game recap tomrrow

[Buckley]

nice kobe out 10 weeks........great that c-webb is starting

[[C][B]#4]

lol kirlenko in the slam dunk contest

[Gordon_#7_]

Ofcourse Kirilenko should be in Slam Dunk Contest, he can jump high, and I've seen him dunking some impresive dunks in real life...

[DREeaZy06]

dooling in the dunk contest , thats my pick to win lol, i want bogut to get dunked on by AI2 , cant wait for ur all star weekend recap

[-BHZMAFIA-]

Dooling in the dunk contest seems interesting. I have him winning it. The Western All-Stars is a little mixed up, I'm surprised Kobe isn't even in it

[kibaxx7]

lol you still have Joe Johnson in Phoenix

[Jing]

Dooling in the dunk contest seems interesting. I have him winning it. The Western All-Stars is a little mixed up, I'm surprised Kobe isn't even in it

kobe's out for 10 weeks with broken bone in foot

lol you still have Joe Johnson in Phoenix

booo ahha suck on a lollipop man
i might try to somehow reupdate during dynasty, but i have a feeling that will mess up stats so i am reluctant in doing so

[Jing]

Rookies Win For First Time Since 2002 As Two Centers Shine



[HOUSTON, Feb. 24] – The opener of All-Star Weekend in Houston could not have been more exciting as the Rookies faced off against the Sophomores in the Got Milk? Rookie Challenge. On paper it looks like the Sophomores have got the Rookies: Emeka Okafor, Dwight Howard, Andre Iguodala, Ben Gordon, Sebastian Telfair… and the list goes on, every player on the Sophomore team is a starter on his respective team, whereas the Rookies only have Martell Webster, Andrew Bogut, and Deron Williams start for their own teams. As the game neared, it looked like experience was going to beat raw skill. The Rookies haven’t won this game since 2002, when Jason Richardson won the MVP. In 2003 Gibert Arenas led the Sophomores, and then Amare Stoudamire for the Sophomores in 2004. Last year the Rookies were destroyed 133-106 to Carmelo Anthony and the Sophomores; they will look to end that 3 year losing streak tonight in Houston.








First Quarter

As it looked on paper, the Rookies fell behind early to the Sophomores and were not able to get anything going. Dwight Howard did most of his damage early in the game with 6 quick points to put the Sophomores up 6-0, however Howard did not manage to score any more points after that, but he did not need to as the points were pretty well distributed, which each starter scoring at least 4 points. The Rookies were not to be outdone however as center Andrew Bogut start to take over and show why he was the college player of the year and the number one draft pick. Bogut and Granger double-blocked Gordon, and on the ensuing possession, he dunked over Dwight Howard. Through feeding the ball to Bogut the Rookies came back to pull 27-25, but that’s how the quarter ended.


Left: Gordon gets blocked by Bogut and Granger Right: Childress is fouled by Bogut

Second Quarter

The 2nd quarter was much like the first, except for that it was Nenad Krstic who dominated instead of Howard. Krstic scored only 2 points in the first, but followed it up with 8 in the 2nd. He also managed 6 of his 9 boards as well and led the Sophomores’ counter against the late Rookies run. The star for the Rookies shifted from Andrew Bogut to Channing Frye, who had a great quarter with 6 points, 2 boards, and great lockdown defense on Howard, holding him scoreless. The score was tied at 49 all with 2 minutes left, but the Rookies were unable to score and gave up scores to Telfair, Krstic, and Iguodala in that span to fall behind by 6. At the break the leading scorers were Bogut with 12 while Krstic and Gordon had 10 each.


Left: Bogut runs over Krstic for the layup Right: Frye adjusts his body to make the ally-hoop shot

Third Quarter

Whatever was said at halftime lit a fire in the Rookies as they came out on fire hitting 5 shots in a row, including three pointers by Chris Paul and Danny Granger. The Sophomores tried to come back behind the slashing Ben Gordon and Sebastian Telfair, but it was just not enough. Bogut again began to dominate and had 25 points by the end of the quarter. Marvin Williams was a good contributor in the points category for the Rookies in the first half, but that took a backseat to his passing and he dished out 6 assists during this quarter. With 2 minutes left backup center Sean May was subbed in for forward Williams, and it all of a sudden became his game. In 2 minutes May scored 4 times for 8 points, and also grabbed every defensive rebound there was as well as 2 offensive boards for a total of 6 boards.


Left: Danny Granger dunks on Howard and Krstic Right: Martell Webster drains a fade away in Luol Deng’s face.

Fourth Quarter

By now the game was almost out of reach as the Rookies continued to surge. Sean May played even better than he did in the 3rd with 12 points, and 6 more boards. The play of the game came from a guard though. The Sophomores Iguodala went in for a windmill, but point guard Deron Williams came out of nowhere to rejected the shot out of bounds. That play summed up the last quarter for the Sophomores as they were not able to get much going and failed to convert on many occasions. Before the knew what happened, the Rookies were up by 20. In a last attempt Gordon tried to bring his team back but it was too late and the Sophomores fell for the first time since 2002, 116-95.


Left: Williams block’s Iguodala’s windmill Right: Howard on the fast break


The Rookie Challenge MVP was shared between two Rookie centers, Andrew Bogut and Sean May. Bogut led the game with 29 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, 6 blocks, and 2 steals; May played 7 less minutes and still scored 20 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, had 2 assists, 2 blocks, and 2 steals.

Rookie Stats


Sophomore Stats


Other images from the game

[Rookies during player introductions] [Sophomores during player introduction] [Bogut blocks Okafor’s dunk attempt] [Telfair is denied by a flying Andrew Bogut] [Childress dunks by his teammate Marvin Williams] [Frye with the hook over Howard] [Danny Granger blocks Krstic in the first quarter] [Howard does chin-ups on the rim] [Iguodala going showtime] [May’s sneak attack on Telfair] [Okafor going over guys for the powerful finish] [Chris Paul celebrates a three point shot] [Paul crosses Iguodala up] [Sebastian Telfair fights through the double team] [Deron Williams guarding Telfair] [Webster going over Krstic for a tough shot] [Williams goes up and under]

Last edited by Jing on Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:39 am, edited 1 time in total.

[fasz]

nice recap !! (y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y) !!!! best dynasty and recap so far :p

[Buckley]

nice recap of rookie game......who was mvp? im assuming it was bogut...

[The X]

hey, who's Bogut face patch is that? might need to d/load it

nice recap....although won't look at thousands of pics you did due to time restraints

[Jing]

hey, who's Bogut face patch is that? might need to d/load it

nice recap....although won't look at thousands of pics you did due to time restraints

lol sorry i kinda went crazy.
look at em when u got time

and here is the link to the bogut cyberface, by mikki
http://lbm.zapto.org/4th-quarter/dload. ... ile_id=178

[kibaxx7]

Wow a 21-point win. Great pics!

[Arcane]

the bogeyman steps up great to see

[Jing]

the bogeyman steps up great to see

bogeyman? i am gonna assume you are talking about bogut?

[Jugs]

YEs, he is talking about the bogeyman Bogut.

Nice recap, good to see AK47 in the dunk contest

[zakIrah]

good to see him in EVERYTHING...that he could possibly be in. did i mention the pics are sweet?

[Fresh8]

Nice recap Jing!

[BOSS]

Nice game mannnn.

Everyone had a great game. Especially May, Bogut and Williams for the Rookies. Marvin had a nice all-round game.

The big men on the sophomore team did there work. Posting up double doubles.

Nice recap and graphics as well

[brad feet]

thanks brad I try. whatever happened to your lakers one?

im still setting up my pc back here in singapore..... i'll continue with it maybe by tomorrow.....
your dynasty keeps on improving a lot..... nice coverage of the rookie/sophomore game..... and great presentation...... keep it up.....

[Ruff Ryder]

Atta boy Channing Frye.