Chapter 599: Fight the Three-Point Contest
Last year, Tang Shuai scattered the remaining 4 flower balls in 5 points, in order to increase the number of hit balls, but in the end, it turned out that this did not seem to have much impact on the outcome of the game, so this year, he did not separate again, but directly arranged the flower balls at the second point. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Toot!"
After the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Tang Shuai took the ball and made a quick shot.
Although it is still Novak's three-pack, after using it for more than a season, he has significantly more control over his shots.
In the first point, 4 of the 5 goals were scored.
After the first point, his body also warmed up, and when he came to the second point, he could feel that his body was in an optimal state.
He even took a deep breath to prepare before shooting.
"Whew! Swish! ……”
After a series of crunch sounds, he hit all five flower balls at the second point accurately.
The fans at the scene were dumbfounded, following the skills challenge, Tang Shuai once again showed absolute dominance in the three-point contest, and I am afraid that only Thompson and Booker have the strength to challenge him.
In the last 2 points, Tang Shuai deliberately reserved and deliberately missed 2 balls, but after 5 points, he still scored a high 26 points in the preliminaries.
All 7 players have been bowled, and the players who have advanced to the final are also determined.
Tang Shuai, Thompson and Booker became the three candidates for the finals, and Booker, Thompson and Tang Shuai were in the order of scoring and playing.
Unlike last year, Tang Shuai's game this year is the finale.
"Devon, don't be nervous, play well." Before Booker came on the court, Tang Shuai patted his shoulder and said that he was still very concerned about Booker's little brother.
Booker nodded vigorously, and then appeared.
Booker also took a deep breath before starting to shoot, and when the referee's whistle blew, his three-pointer was also shot.
In the first point, Booker made 4 shots, including the last flower, and his performance was quite consistent.
In the second point, his play was still the same, scoring 3 of the 5 goals, and the final flower ball was still thrown.
It can be clearly felt that in addition to strength, his luck is also quite good, in the exclamation of the fans at the scene, he threw 5 points, further than the preliminaries, and he finally scored 25 points.
At the end of the game, in the cheers of the fans at the scene, he kept jumping in place, and it could be seen that he was quite excited to win this score.
"Well done!" When Booker went off the court, Tang Shuai gave him a chest bump, and the familiar scene seemed to return to the days of playing during the Clippers.
After Booker finished shooting, it was Thompson who took a deep breath unconsciously before coming on the court, and it could be seen that Booker's performance still gave him a lot of pressure.
However, Thompson is obviously not the only one who is nervous, Booker is also nervous when he sits on the sidelines, he has been training with Tang Shuai for more than half a year, Tang Shuai doesn't know too much about how accurate the three points are in this vacant position, as long as Thompson scores more points than him, he basically misses the finals.
The audience was also holding their breath, and Booker's strong play made the three-point contest skyrocketing to some extent.
The most calm person on the scene was Tang Shuai, who even turned his head and chatted with Kobe Bryant behind him for a while.
The referee's whistle blew on the sidelines, and Thompson took the ball and threw it.
"Bang!"
The first ball pops out of the box.
"Bang!"
The second ball still popped out of the frame, and I don't know if it was too nervous, and Thompson's first two balls were completely out of order.
The fans at the scene were in an uproar.
Booker's nervous expression eased a little.
Tang Shuai didn't have any change in expression, Thompson's strength was there, and the feeling at the beginning was not good, which didn't mean anything.
Sure enough, after missing two balls in a row, he deliberately slowed down his shots, and after the speed decreased, his shooting percentage also increased.
In the second point, 5 scored 4, and at the flower ball point at the top of the arc, he scored 5 goals in a row.
This kind of performance of first suppressing and then raising attracted one cheer after another from the audience.
Amid the cheers of the crowd, Thompson hit the last flower ball and scored 26 points, which was only one point short of his own scoring record.
The last to appear was Tang Shuai.
As soon as Tang Shuai stood up, he attracted the cheers of the fans at the scene.
As the champion of last year's three-point contest and the record scorer, the shock he showed is still fresh in the minds of fans even after a year, not to mention that he scored the highest score in the first round.
Tang Shuai smiled at the fans, and then walked to the sidelines.
In this round, he chose to put the flower balls in the same way as in the preliminaries.
Before the start of the game, he had already set himself a goal of 28 points, one point less than in last year's finals.
With this goal, he was also deliberately controlling when shooting, but when he shot the last shot, he miscalculated a little and ended up scoring 26 points like Thompson.
When the last ball jumped out of the basket, Tang Shuai couldn't help but smile bitterly.
There are two rounds of the NBA three-point contest, but when there is a tie, overtime will be played, but Booker, who only scored 25 points, has been eliminated directly.
Booker's face couldn't hide the disappointment, he had already shown his competitive form, and it was a pity to be eliminated like this.
Tang Shuai comforted him for a while, and his mood became better.
"Don, how in the end are you shooting so consistently, you're really a hooligan like this." Curry teased Tang Shuai behind him, he announced his retirement from this event after participating in the game last year, but as a three-point shooter, Tang Shuai's performance still moved him.
Before Tang Shuai could answer, Kobe Bryant said: "Stephen, he is not as strong as you, looking at his shots, you know that he usually trains a lot." ”
Kobe Bryant's words, Tang Shuai's face turned slightly red, although he does usually train a lot, but the three-point shot is a talent, if it weren't for the existence of the packaging system, no matter how much he practiced, it would be useless.
"Well, that's right, Kobe, Don really looks like you, I wonder if he also knows what Los Angeles is like at four in the morning?" Curry said jokingly.
"He knows, he should know." Kobe Bryant affirmed.
Kobe's answer made Tang Shuai even more embarrassed, and he could only jokingly say: "There is no sun at four o'clock in the morning, I can't see clearly." ”
This sentence made both Kobe and Curry laugh, and at this moment, the referee came over to signal that the finals were about to begin.
Although it was the same score, Tang Shuai's results in the preliminaries were better than Thompson's, so in the final overtime, Thompson threw first.
Thompson's expression is serious, unlike Curry, although he is also a top three-point shooter, he is obviously much more serious than Curry.
Tang Shuai felt Thompson's aura, and had a faint premonition.
"Toot!"
The referee's whistle blew and the final officially began.
There was a sound of pins falling on the spot.
Thompson's first goal, in.
The second goal, also scored.
Under the watchful eyes of the fans at the scene, Thompson showed a super competitive state, hitting all five balls in the first point.
In the second point, 5 goals were scored and 4 were scored.
In the third point, 5 flower balls scored 4 again.
After three points, he has scored 19 points and is in hot form.
Four points, 5 balls hit again, and the score has come to 25 points.
The fans at the scene couldn't help but shout.
Even Curry and Kobe Bryant stood up from the sidelines.
If, if Thompson had hit all of his shots in the final minute, it would have been a new record of 31 points, which is absolutely unprecedented.
Tang Shuai also focused on it, the feeling in front of him was really right, Thompson was really about to explode.
The fifth point.
The first goal, in.
The second goal, also scored.
The score has come to 27 points.
The third goal, back in!
Tang Shuai also got up from his seat, under the new three-point shooting rules, the full score is 34 points, even if his shooting percentage is not guaranteed, he can score 31 points, Thompson is really going against the sky this round.
"Huh!"
The third goal, back in!
At this moment, the whole arena went crazy, and although most of them didn't shout, almost all of them got up from their seats.
"Huh!"
The fourth goal, back in!
Some people couldn't help but shout, this goal has tied the new three-point contest record set by Tang Shuai last year.
Sure enough, there is no limit to shooting, and under heavy pressure, Thompson really stormed this time.
The last flower bulb.
Thompson took a deep breath, glanced at the basket, and threw it.
The eyes of more than 20,000 people at the scene were all focused on the spinning basketball.
"Bang!"
"Toot!"
The sound of striking iron and whistle sounded almost simultaneously.
The fans at the scene were in an uproar, and the last flower ball still failed to be thrown.
But soon, there was a cheer at the scene, and 29 points was already an absolute score.
"Don, do you feel the pressure?" Kobe Bryant patted Tang Shuai's shoulder at this time and said.
"Truth or falsehood?" Tang Shuai replied with a smile.
"Looks like you're not too nervous." Bryant said with a smile.
"Honestly, a little bit, but it doesn't affect the game." Tang Shuai smiled, and then walked to the field.
Thompson's outburst made it impossible for him to keep it like he had before, and this time he was going to really go all out.
"Don's expression is solemn, I can see that Thompson's 29 points have put a lot of pressure on him, 29 points, why am I saying so lightly, I want to be anyone, I can't calm down at this time, and now the pressure is all on Don's side." The narrator at the scene said incoherently.
"Don! Come on! A fan shouted at the scene.
Tang Shuai stretched out his hand and gestured, and then walked to the initial position of the shot.
The fans at the scene also quieted down, holding their breath one by one, for fear that any sound would affect Tang Shuai's performance.
"Toot!"
When the referee's whistle blew, Tang Shuai grabbed the first ball, looked at the position of the basket and threw it out.
The moment the shot was made, the Novak triple subcontract was activated. (To be continued.) )