Chapter 393: Starry Three-Point Match (1/2)
The NBA All-Star Game is divided into three days, including the Celebrity Game, the Rookie Game, the Skills Challenge, the Three-Point Contest, the Slam Dunk Contest, and the main game. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
To put it bluntly, the first day is all about warm-up and entertainment.
The league invited Tang Hao to participate in the Rookie Challenge, but Tang Hao refused, so on this day, Tang Hao basically acted as a spectator on the sidelines, playing on the sidelines with Kobe, Curry, Paul, and other old fritters on the sidelines.
But even so, as long as he appears everywhere, the spotlight will always flicker, and this kind of treatment is even higher than Anthony who is playing at home, and I am afraid that only the original "basketball god" Michael Jordan can be compared.
However, Tang Hao is just a rookie.
Tang Hao sat on the sidelines for a day, but there were no less news reports about him.
Sharp-eyed reporters captured that Swift and Scarlett both appeared at the game site, the two did not sit together, but they were both photographed looking at the position where Tang Hao was sitting from time to time.
Tang Hao's All-Star weekend is destined to be impossible to keep a low profile.
The first day of the Masters and Rookie Game is over, and Tang Hao is finally about to make his debut in the NBA All-Ming Tournament.
The second day was the first to take part in a skills challenge.
Compared to other events, the Skills Challenge didn't get as much attention, but Beverley's surprise win made the fans more excited.
The Skills Challenge was followed by a three-point contest.
Tang Hao's three-point shooting rate so far this season has reached a record 55%, and the league naturally sent him an invitation to participate.
In fact, Tang Hao is also one of the few players in history who has participated in the three-point contest and the dunk contest in a row, after all, to some extent, this is simply the work of two different players.
In this three-point competition, in addition to Tang Hao, the favorites to win the championship are undoubtedly the Warriors' backcourt double guns, the league's hot Stephen Curry, and Klay Thompson, who also killed the game with three points, are all historic.
In addition, three-point sharpshooters Kevin Corvo, JJ Redick, and Mark Belinelli are all expected to challenge for the championship, and the addition of star players Kyrie Irving and James Harden makes this three-point contest even more star-studded.
It's not an exaggeration to say that this is the NBA's most intense three-point contest in nearly a decade.
The competition is about to start, and the players are introduced one by one.
Top superstars like Curry and Harden were introduced, and the Barclays Center was instantly ignited, but when Tang Hao appeared in the finale, the entire arena was detonated at once.
Fans are not media or journalists, they don't care who has more historical achievements, they just cheer for their favorite players.
This decibel has shown that Tang Hao is now the most popular player in the league, even in the United States.
Tang Hao waved in response to the enthusiasm of the fans, and walked to the sidelines and sat down in training clothes.
The rest of the players have already started to warm up for the game, and the basketball keeps shooting from three-pointers to the basket, and the players participating in the game are all the best three-pointers in the league.
Curry and Thompson are also hot to win the championship, but only Tang Hao, after sitting down, chatted with Kobe Bryant on the side, and seemed not to worry about his feel at all.
Of course, such a performance did not surprise the on-site commentators, after all, Tang Hao had made the media realize in the past that they must not try to look down on Tang Hao, otherwise the lower they look, the worse they will be beaten in the face.
The contestants completed the final warm-up before the game, and the three-point shooting contest was about to kick off.
The rules of the three-point contest revolve around five three-point points in the half, namely two bottom corners, two 45-degree angles and top arcs, five points, five balls at each point, and determine who is the final champion according to the sum of the number of points hit by the player.
There are two types of balls, with a 1 point scored and 2 points, and after the restructuring last year, the number of balls increased to 9, which also means that players will get more points in the game than before.
The competition is divided into preliminaries and finals, and only the top three in the preliminaries can advance to the finals.
First up was the Cavaliers' All-Star guard Kyrie Irving.
Irving won the three-point contest in 2013, and this is his second appearance, which is half a defending title.
Irving's three-point shooting is not particularly good, but he wins in the big heart, and he plays steadily in key moments, which is very suitable for a stage like the three-point contest.
After choosing the flower spot, with the referee's whistle, Owen's game officially began.
He seemed to be still looking for a feeling at the first point, only 1 of the 5 balls hit, and the final flower ball also jumped out of the basket, but at the second point, his performance stabilized, and he hit 3 goals in 5 balls, and then he gradually got better, circled his flower ball point, and he hit 3 goals in 5 flower balls, and his performance was quite good.
In the end, his score was fixed at 24 points, which is quite an impressive result.
In fact, that was enough to win the championship last year (2014 NBA Three-Point Contest champion Baeberry's score was 24).
After throwing, Owen also turned around excitedly and gave James a high-five, and it can be seen that he is quite satisfied with this result.
The second sharpshooter to make his debut, Kovo Er, is regarded as one of the favourites to win the title as the most accurate pure goalscorer since Ray Allen's retirement.
As soon as Kovo Er came on the court, he hit a series of shots, and the five balls in the first point, except for the last flower ball, all four balls were hit, and he felt hot.
This performance also drew a burst of excited cheers from the audience.
Although there is no head-to-head confrontation in the three-point contest, this anxious situation is also very exciting.
Kovo played very well in the first three points, but the luck of the flower ball point was a little poor, and he only got close to 1 in 5 balls, and his final score was fixed at 22 points, which is a little worse than Irving, but it is also a very good result.
Kovo Er sat back in the group of teammates when he left the game, and the Hawks had four All-Star selections in this year's All-Star Game, and he had no shortage of partners at this time.
The third player to appear is JJ Redick of the Clippers, who is also known for his projection and is also very competitive.
However, perhaps it was Owen and Covo Er who played too well in front of him, putting a lot of pressure on the players behind him, and Redick's performance was not satisfactory, and his final score was only 17 points, which was basically out of the tournament early.
At the end of the game, Reddick shook his head helplessly.
Redick was followed by last year's defending champion Baribery and "The Bearded" Harden.
The performance of the two was also average, and Berry's 18-point score still retained a glimmer of hope of advancement, and as for Harden, he was not consistent enough to make the game more entertaining, and his final score was only 15 points, ranking last among all players, becoming the second player to go out.
However, the "bearded" obviously didn't care about it, and laughed with Kobe Bryant after the game.
When Harden's game ended, the emotions of the fans quickly mobilized, and the next three players to play were the real favorites to win the championship, which can be called the confrontation between Mars and Earth.
The third-to-last appearance is Curry, who has participated in the three-point contest for the fifth time in his career, and can be called a regular in the three-point contest.
Everyone knows that as the league's best three-point shooter and a superstar in the league, Curry's purpose in the three-point contest is actually to win a championship.
He was eliminated last year with just 16 points in the first round, and this year he will be bound to make some adjustments.
He gave God a flying kiss before he got on the court, then gritted his braces and walked to the first shooting point.
The audience quickly quieted down, except for Tang Hao, Curry can be said to be the player they are looking forward to.
Even in fact, deep down, they still hope that Curry will win this championship, because Curry is also an American no matter how he says.
"Toot!"
As the referee's whistle blew, Curry grabbed the first ball and went out.
"Huh!"
The first shot hit steadily, which also seemed to show Curry's excellent touch today.
The second ball, the third ball hit in quick succession.
In the first point, Curry hit 3 of the 5 balls, and it felt pretty good.
In the second point, 3 of the 5 balls were also hit, including the last flower ball.
The third point continued and hit 4 goals.
The audience couldn't help but be restless, and Curry finally showed his strength in the most competitive three-point shooting contest.
In the end, Curry played blessly, playing well in the final two points, including the final corner of the flower ball point, and his score was fixed at a staggering 26 points, securing a place in the promotion early.
At this time, Owen on the field couldn't stop laughing.
This Thompson and Tang Hao are not comparable, if these two play normally, he may become the first player in recent years to score 24 points but be eliminated in the first round.
In that case, this three-point contest will really become a classic.
After Curry, he was followed by Klay Thompson, who took a deep breath when he came on the court, and it was clear that he was under a lot of psychological pressure.
There is Curry in front and Tang Hao in the back, this front and back are not counted, and there is an Irving's 24 points placed there, as long as he plays a little average, he will be eliminated directly in the first round.
Thompson came on, and the smell of nervousness gradually filled the air.
The referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and Thompson reached for the ball and started shooting straight away.
"Bang!"
The first ball pops out of the box.
"Bang!"
The second ball was still missed.
The scene couldn't help but feel agitated, it seemed that under the heavy pressure, even Thompson was a little unable to withstand the pressure and played abnormally.