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In the end, this year's Rookie Challenge ended with a score of 145:168.

Barkley's team won by a large margin. Davis scored the highest score of 37 points, followed by the half-orc Faried with 32 points. The two first-year rookies almost took up two-fifths of the team's points and were the two players who ate the most"cakes" made by Joey.

Leonard took the initiative to say that he didn't want to waste too much energy in this game, so he only played the first quarter of the game. Joey didn't arrange for him to continue playing, but he also got 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal.

The rest of the rookies of Barkley's team, Bill 24 points and 4 rebounds, Knight 28 points and 3 assists, TT 12 points and 10 rebounds, Weapon 25 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block...

Joey's assists were basically"all-round", and almost every player on the court ate the"cakes" made by him.

On the O'Neal team, West scored 36 points in vain and could only watch Joey and his team celebrate their victory with envy;

Irving contributed 18 points and 11 assists, Lillard 30 points, McGee 19 points and 13 rebounds, Walker 15 points and 9 assists, Tyler Zeller 16 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks, Thompson scored 23 points with 4 of 7 three-pointers...

In fact, their performance in this game was also very good, but Joey and Davis on the opposite side were much stronger than them in terms of talent and strength at this stage.

And because of Joey's existence, the internal harmony of O'Neal's team was far less than that of Barkley's team, which was also a temporary team.

These are also two important factors that led to the"miserable defeat" of Irving and others.

Joey had his own"little thoughts" before the game, and the head coach of Barkley's team in this game was Budenholzer, the team's assistant coach with whom he had a very good relationship.

So he gave himself some"special treatment" in this game, and became the one with the best data in this game - he played 43 minutes and contributed 17 points, 23 assists, 7 rebounds and 5 steals.

Among them, the single-game data of 23 assists successfully surpassed the historical assist record (22) of the Rookie Challenge set by his senior John Wall at Staples Center in Los Angeles two years ago.

In the end, Joey got what he wanted. Amid the applause and cheers of nearly 20,000 fans of George Brown, he received the trophy representing the Rookie Challenge MVP from the chairman of the League Players Association,"Old Fish" Derek Fisher (Paul in 2013 and CJ in 2019).

Davis and other teammates behind him also gave their sincere applause and blessings.

Lillard, McGee and others from O'Neal's team, who had a good relationship with Joey, even got champagne on the spot and sprayed Joey who had walked to the player channel to change clothes for an interview.

Later, Davis, Faried and other rookies from Barkley's team also joined in.

The road from the player channel to the locker room was made a mess by these young and energetic rookie players with nowhere to release male hormones. The stadium staff and security guards did not even dare to approach them for fear of being affected.

After the game, Joey, who won the Rookie Challenge MVP, was also led by Bill Duffy to participate in a makeshift"post-game interview".

It is conceivable that with the All-Star Game to be held the next day, the Spurs' first-year rookie Joey won the"MVP"What kind of heated discussion will the news cause?

Joey didn't care about that. After the interview, Bill Duffy took him to a dinner party with celebrities from all walks of life in the Mi Li family.

The Mi Li family's dinner party was actually no different from what they call a"party". At most, it was a"party" with a more luxurious venue and richer participants...

Joey was dressed in a suit and tie. He was a little socially anxious and was not very suitable for such occasions. After accompanying Bill Duffy and some celebrities and officials to drink a glass of wine, he found an opportunity to slip out.

"call——"

After less than an hour in this so-called most famous banquet hall in Houston's wealthy area, Joey felt a little breathless.

At this moment, he came to an open-air stand outside the fourth floor of the banquet hall with a glass of champagne that he had been drinking for more than half an hour without much movement.

While admiring the brightly lit night view of Houston and lamenting that this place was comparable to Chicago, a female voice came into his ears:

"Hey! Are you...Joey?"