The Koai confrontation originated in the Cleveland All-Star Game in 1997. There has never been an all-Ming weekend in history as lively as that year, when 47 superstars got together in Cleveland, but it still didn't drown out the first competition between Kobe Bryant and Xiao Ai. Before the rookie game, Xiao Ai became the protagonist of the newcomer. "Cardinal" auerbach personally adjusted the "answer", and then Xiao Ai scored 19 points in the rookie game, leading the eastern rookie team to defeat Kobe's western troops. However, the debate about MVP never stops. Kobe scored 31 points and was booed by Cleveland fans. Some reporters thought he was the MVP. The final result was that Xiao Ai was elected with that victory and 9 assists. One day later, Kobe became the champion in the dunk contest with a dunk of changing hands under his legs.