Dajuan Blair’s big game leads Rookies to 140-128 win..
Written by The Go-To-Man Mattie T. on February 13, 2010
San Antonio’s Dejuan Blair set a Rookie Challenge game record with 23 rebounds to go with his 22 points, but it wasn’t enough to earn him MVP honors.
Sacramento’s Tyreke Evans won it instead after scoring 26 points to lead the Rookies to their 1st win in 9 years, a 140-128 win over the Sophmores.
Sophmore coach Patrick Ewing was not happy with his team’s effort, as he issued the following quote.
“We got our butts kicked in every aspect of the game. I know it’s an All-Star game, but we didn’t play with enough pride in my eyes. They outplayed us, they outhustled us, they outscrapped us.”
Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook poured in a game-high 40 points despite the loss, as he came close to upstaging Kevin Durant’s magnificient 46-point effort from just a year ago.
