Chapter 602: The Cunning Fox and the Tender Curry
The "Skills Challenge" was followed by the more eye-catching "Three-Point Contest", and the six players who participated in this year's competition were: Ji Guoyi, Novak, and Channing. Fry, Danilo. Gallinari, Paul. Pierce and Stephen. Curry.
The All-Star Three-Point Contest has been held for 22 years. Bird and Hodges have both won three in a row, but no player has ever won a third in a row after winning twice.
In the 22 three-point contests in history, a total of 15 champions have been born. The first three champions were all won by Celtic legend "Big Birdie" Larry. Bird was in the bag, and the NBA also relied on Bird's fame to make the three-point contest quickly known to fans. Before the inaugural three-point contest in 1986, Bird threw the famous trash word at the other players in the locker room: "Are you here to fight for second place?" "Big Bird's strength and self-confidence are evident.
This year, except for Ji Guoyi and Pierce, there are no other All-Stars participating in the competition, this is because the Dead Fox has imitated Bird in the locker room since the last session, but everyone can't kill this dead fox for two consecutive years, so this year even Durant doesn't want to be angry anymore, since the Dead Fox wants to win three consecutive championships, then let him win three consecutive championships.
Before the game, Ji Guoyi and Pierce also had a quarrel in the locker room, how could the temper of truth stand the provocation of the dead fox, and after the two choked each other in the locker room, they were quickly separated by the other participating players, saving them from staging an all-martial arts in the locker room.
As mentioned earlier, only two people in NBA history have won three consecutive championships, and the other god shooter who has won three consecutive championships is Craig. Hodges, who replicated Big Bird's feat in 1990-92. Hodges is also the player with the most appearances in the three-point contest, with eight in total. From the inception of the three-point contest in 1986 until his retirement from the NBA. It never stopped. In the first two crowns of the Bulls' first triple title. His three-point shot is an offensive weapon for the Bulls.
In addition to the two mentioned above, Mark. Price, Jeff. Hornacek, Peja. Stojakovic and Jason. There is also Ji Guoyi, these five have won the three-point tournament twice, and they have won two consecutive times. However, the first four all failed to defend their titles for the third time, and now it is up to Ji Guoyi to become the third player to complete three consecutive titles.
Taylor. Swift and Emma. Roberts has been watching the game live this year, and the two brothers have not participated in many competitions, so this year they have time to watch the game on the sidelines with their sisters.
In the preliminaries, Pierce was the first to play. He scored just one point on the first point, but then got better and better, but missed the last point and ended up scoring 17 points.
Novak came out on the second and hit all four shots on the first spot, but unfortunately the final color ball missed. Novak was also good at the second point, but the tall shooter wasn't fast enough, and after the third, he found that time was running out, which made him have to speed up the shot. As a result, the last two dots were not good until the last ball missed again. Novak also scored 17 points.
Curry came out in the third game, and the first point was also the first four shots, but the color ball missed. He did the same for the second point, and only the last ball missed. Although Curry only hit one color shot in the whole game, he still scored 18 points and temporarily ranked first.
The fourth was Italian golden boy Garynelli, who didn't feel good on his first few shots, but fortunately won back-to-back shots. However, from the third point onwards, Gary lost his rhythm in a hurry and missed consecutive shots. It was at the last point that Gallinelli found his senses and scored consecutive shots, but unfortunately only scored 15 points in the end.
QIAN Ning. Frye was also a top scorer on the inside, making his fifth appearance, scoring five points from the first point, but then disallowed a number of goals for stepping on the line, and ended up scoring just 15 points.
The defending champion was arranged to be the last to play, Ji Guoyi only scored a color ball in the first point, and did not score a goal at all in the second point.
Just when the fans felt that Ji Guo was about to kneel, Dead Fox exerted his super adjustment ability, and only scored 2 points in the first two points, which failed to affect his next game. He hit all five shots on the third point, missed only one orange ball on the fourth point, and also missed only one orange ball on the fifth point.
Ji Guoyi finally relied on his power in the second half of the game and scored 18 points, tied for first place with Curry.
Pierce couldn't laugh on the sidelines, he was the same score as Novak and needed extra time.
In extra time in the preliminaries, Pierce was no longer slow to heat up, and threw three orange balls and a flower ball in the first point. In the second and third points, Pierce continued his excellent hand and scored 8 points. But from the fourth point, Pierce didn't feel good on the shot and scored just two points. The last point only scored one point, with a total of 16 points, and the table was not as good as the last time.
Novak is participating in the three-point contest for the first time, and the tall white shooter has only one skill in the NBA, which is the three-point shot, and his shooting skills are naturally superb.
In overtime in the preliminaries, Novak adapted to the rhythm of the three-point contest, scoring 4 points in the first point, 4 points again in the second point, and 5 points in the fifth point. Unfortunately, the last two points, Novak, like Pierce, did not grasp it, and only scored a total of 5 points. However, with the first three points played, Novak still scored 18 points and eliminated Pierce to enter the final.
In the end, the finalists were Ji Guoyi, Curry and Novak.
In the final, Novak, who scored the lowest score in the preliminaries, was the first to play, and with the form found in the preliminaries, Novak played more steadily in the final, although the color ball only hit 3, but Novak hit at least three balls at each point, and finally scored 20 points, which is the highest score in the game so far.
Next, the immature-looking Curry appeared for the second time, and Ji Guoyi took the opportunity to pat Xiao Zhengtai's shoulder and said with a smile: "The shooting speed must be fast, otherwise the last two points will be affected, and don't think about those missed balls." ”
Curry was a little moved when he heard this, he didn't know Ji Guoyi's dark psychology at all, and thought that the other party was teaching him the experience of the three-point contest, after all, Ji Guoyi was a two-time three-point king, and he could also enter the shooting god of the 180 club in the playoffs.
The game begins. Curry has a humble and studious mentality. Sure enough, I sped up a little bit of my shot. As a result, the first point was only 1 point, and the second point was only 2 points. After that, Curry became impatient, and still only made two shots in the third point, and the flower ball was not thrown. Although in the last two points, Xiao Zhengtai finally scored 9 points after adjustment, but he had no choice but to lose the opportunity, only scored 14 points, and was eliminated!
Ji Guo was ashamed to see this. I laughed in my heart. I think that at the beginning, that bastard of Capono played a similar trick on him when he was a rookie. However, Ji Guoyan is more cunning than a fox, so he naturally will not be fooled. But Curry is obviously too tender, otherwise this little guy is also an opponent who can pose a threat to him.
The defending champions were the last to play, and the 80,000 fans in the "Cowboy Stadium" suddenly burst into the warmest cheers of the day!
As the all-time all-time vote king and the only player with more than 3 million votes, Ji Guoyi's status as a two-time three-point king has unknowingly surpassed Kobe and James and become a new generation of league leaders.
"Hello comrades, comrades have worked hard!"
After Ji Guosha's appearance. muttered secretly in his heart, and waved to the fans in response. After a full minute of posing, after provoking a stronger reaction from the fans, he slowly came to the shooting point and prepared for the game.
He, the defending champion, is full of style, but the price of pretending to be too strong is that the first ball thrown by Ji Guoyi is three non-sticks. But the defending champions were not given for nothing, scoring the first four goals and nine points from the first two. The third point is Ji Guoyi's best position, all five goals were hit, and Ji Guoyi scored 15 points after three points.
The remaining two points, Ji Guo's shame is not so crazy, but it also remains above the level. He scored 4 points on the fourth point, 5 points on the fifth point, and after shooting five points, Ji Guoyi scored a total of 24 points, and once again successfully defended his title with a high score of more than 20 points.
After Ji Guoyi threw the last ball in the "Cowboy Gymnasium", all the special effects lights were turned on, and Ji Guoyi was hit down by a colorful light, making it like a god, and the fierce cheers of "MVP" and "MVP" sounded in the audience at the same time!
Ji Guoyi raised his arms and closed his eyes to enjoy the cheers of the fans, this guy seems to really regard himself as God.
The Clippers' Billups, Ji Guoqiu, and Dragic all cheered for Ji Guoyi on the sidelines, and after the game, the three took to the court to congratulate Ji Guoyi on successfully defending his title.
Ji Guoshi posed for a while, and he didn't put his hand down until the reporter and his teammates came over.
"My team-mates are supporting me, which is very important, support means a qiē, and that's the kind of team we are, always supporting each other in everything, whether it's on the pitch or off the pitch."
Ji Guoyi's flower ball shot 8 out of 10, and the first two were 10 shots and 9 shots out of 10, which was an important reason why he won three consecutive championships. In this regard, Ji Guoyi said: "This is what a player should do in the fourth quarter, if you need it, this is the most critical shot. Throughout my career, I've always been known for hitting key shots, and that's really why I've been able to win three in a row. ”
The All-Star Three-Point Contest originated in 1986, when it was also in Dallas, where the Celtics' legendary superstar "Big Bird" Bird won the first championship. Wow, so history repeats itself, and it's like that again tonight. ”
Finally, when asked if he would participate in the three-point contest again next year, Ji Guozhi replied clearly: "No, I have completed my task and successfully continued to write history, and then it is time to hand over the baton to the latecomers." However, Ji Guoyi didn't say anything to death, and added: "However, before I retire, if someone can complete the honor of three consecutive championships again, I think I will go out of the mountain again to compete with this little guy." ”
The Cowboy Stadium once again set off a tidal wave of cheers after Ji Guosha's words fell, and the fans certainly wanted to see such a scene.
Emma. Roberts whispered to Taylor. Swift teased, "Your husband is very handsome." ”
Taylor. When Swift heard this, although he was happy in his heart, he still pretended to be and said, "Where, your husband is also very handsome." ”
The two looked at each other and smiled, both thought it was very interesting, and at this moment, looking at the two identical guys on the field, except for those who had been in contact with the two brothers for a long time, the rest of them must not be able to tell who was who.
After the end of the "three-point contest", today's individual event is only the final "slam dunk contest", which is also the most concerned individual event in history. Participating in this year's slam dunk contest is Nate . Robinson, Shannon. Brown, Gerald. Wallace and DeMarr. DeRozan.
None of the four contestants are All-Stars, which makes fans who have been raised by the animal brothers of the previous two editions a little unhappy, and if these four can't give you a refreshing performance in the game, it is conceivable that they will be booed by disgruntled fans for a month after the game.
Nate. Robinson, a little green-skinned frog, spoke wildly as early as last year, taking the initiative to provoke the animal brothers, saying that he was ready to defeat the two of them for a dunk. It's just a pity that this guy's words even New York fans feel embarrassed, this little frog even took out the trick of leaping Yao Ming back then, and the result was not a complete defeat, could he still leap over Manute this year. Bol can't make it?
The two brothers didn't pay any attention to him, which made Nate . Robinson was bored and could only shift his focus to James. It just so happened that last season, the gorillas expressed interest in participating in the 2010 Slam Dunk Contest in an interview with the media, which aroused the interest of the entire league.
In fact, since James entered the NBA, the league has very much wanted him to show his skills in the slam dunk contest, but the little emperor has refused for five years. And in Dallas in 2010, James may have feasted the eyes of the long-awaited crowd.
If James participates, then Robinson is naturally reluctant to give up this opportunity, he publicly called the gorilla in January this year, and said in front of the media: "Obviously, I didn't plan to play in the slam dunk contest, but there is only one special situation, and that is LeBron or the animal brothers, if you can compete with LeBron in the dunk contest, I think it will scare a lot of people." ”
Nate who won the title of dunk king. Robinson is ready to write a war letter to James, don't look at the little emperor's dunk in the official game is extremely pleasing to the eye, but in the more creative arena of the dunk contest, James really has no certainty of winning against Robinson, who is only 1.75 meters tall.
Nate. Robinson was also confident in defeating the Emperor, saying, "I just want to beat him, beat LeBron, and it doesn't get any better than that." ”
But it's a pity that James didn't come to the scene today, and the little emperor unsurprisingly regretted it again, and this is probably the most boring "slam dunk contest" has officially begun...... (To be continued......)