Chapter 72: The Quathlon (Part I)

After the Shooting Star Contest and the Skills Contest are over, the next step is the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest that have attracted more attention. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Anxi handed over his two trophies to Abby, who was sitting on the sidelines, for safekeeping, and in an instant, Abby's seat became the focus of the audience.

Jeff Hornacek and Mrs. Hornacek also sat next to Abby, Mrs. Hornacek was still holding little Angel in her hand, little Angel had just been full moon, but the overall outline had come out, and she would be a little beauty in the future, after all, Anxi and Abby's genes were here, even if they were bad, they were not far behind.

Before the start of the three-point contest, Anxi changed another set of jerseys and changed into the 76ers' away jersey this season - the blue and red jersey.

Then, on the sidelines, An Xi was interviewed by the media.

"Hey, Ann, we're meeting again, first of all, congratulations on winning the Shooting Star Championship and the Skills Championship in a row." David Aldridge again, Anxi is a little helpless, but at this moment, he is already the focus of the scene, and Turner Sports will definitely not let Anxi go.

David Aldridge, with permission from Anxi, began interviewing before the three-point contest.

"Having won the first two competitions, what do you expect from the next three-point contest?"

"Looking forward to it? I don't think there's anything to look forward to, the championship is already doomed, it's definitely mine. "Anxi is full of confidence, and David Aldridge is not surprised by Anxi's self-confidence, this is Anxi, and he knows this very well.

So, David Aldridge began to give Anxi a problem.

"I took a look at the list of players participating in this three-point contest, Stephen Curry in '13, Klay Thompson in '14, Kyle Korver, who is the No. 1 three-point shooting percentage this season, and Kelly Irving, James Harden, JJ Redick and Marco Belinelli, so many strong opponents, will your confidence still be maintained?"

"Of course."

Anxi's answer was simple, he felt that David Aldridge's question was nonsense.

David Aldridge shook his head helplessly, and then asked one last question: "Then winning the three-point contest should be no problem for you, but what about the record?" ”

Record? The record of the three-point contest is Klay Thompson's 32 points, and in the 14-year All-Star Three-Point Contest, Klay Thompson only missed one flower ball and finally scored 32 points, and Anxi wants to break this record, unless he hits all, or only misses an orange ball, it is still very difficult.

Therefore, David Aldridge felt that he should have asked Anxi for this last question.

However, An Xi's answer was still unexpected: "Record? That's not a problem if I want to. ”

The interview was live, and after Anxi made this answer, there was an uproar.

On the field, after a short warm-up in Anxi, the three-point contest is about to begin.

Because of the high attention of the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest, the appearance ceremony of the three-point contest is more formal.

The lights on the scene dimmed, all the participating players sat on the benches on the sidelines, and the host stood in the center of the field, and a beam of light passed through.

"Ladies and gentlemen, next, please participate in this three-point contest......"

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Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, James Harden, Kelly Irving...... One by one, they stood on the sidelines, and another light flashed as they waved in all directions, cheering on the crowd.

"Last one, Anxi! From the Philadelphia 76ers! Anxi made the finale, and the audience cheered.

The main highlight of this three-point contest is that the 12-year three-point king Anxi, the 13-year three-point king Stephen Curry, and the 14-year three-point king Klay Thompson, the matchup of the three three-point kings is the matchup that many people are looking forward to.

As for James Harden and Kelly Irving, they have long been regarded by many people as supporting roles to accompany the runner.

On the sidelines, the players drew lots, and the final order of appearance was, Kelly Irving, JJ Redick, James Harden, Klay Thompson, Marco Belinelli, Stephen Curry, Anxi and Kyle Cornwall.

The rules of the three-point contest have not changed much in recent years, the total score is still 34 points, and there are five shooting points, one of which is a flower ball point, and the other four shooting points have one flower ball each, and after the previous three three-point contests, each flower ball has become crucial.

Kelly Irving, who was the first to play, had already walked to the sidelines at this time, shook his hand and prepared to start shooting.

When the fans saw that the game was about to start, they all fell silent, and more than 20,000 pairs of eyes in the Madison Square Garden arena stared at Kelly Irving in the bottom corner of the court.

Kelly Owen took a deep breath and put his hands on the ball ready to go.

However, it may be the first time to participate in the competition, and from the big screen on the scene, you can see that Kelly Irving is a little nervous, and his two feet have been moving, which is a sign of nervousness.

"Toot!"

As soon as the whistle blows on the sidelines, the first round begins!

Kelly Owen grabbed the ball quickly and threw it with a flick.

This season, with LeBron James' return to Cleveland, Irving has also made a lot of three-point shots, and this season he is averaging 5 three-pointers per game, hitting 2.1 three-pointers, and he has made a lot of shots and three-point shots.

But maybe it was really too nervous, and the first ball was obviously too strong, and it hit the edge of the basket and bounced out.

The fans at the scene were in an uproar.

The reason why the three-point contest is beautiful is that he has a time limit, and he throws all 25 balls in one minute, and the time is still very tight, and the players who participate in the game simply do not have time or opportunity to think about how to shoot each ball, or what to do if the ball misses.

The first goal didn't go in, and Kelly Owen could only quickly pick up the second ball and shoot quickly.

But the second ball was also thrown in a bit of a hurry, and it actually popped out of the frame again, causing an uproar among the fans at the scene.

Two goals in a row. Coupled with the voices of the fans at the scene, Kelly Irving was obviously out of rhythm, and the next three balls, including the flower ball, were all deflected.

The sound of "bang" was endless, and Kelly Irving's first point was that he didn't score a goal.

Kelly Irving's teammates on the sidelines couldn't help but smile bitterly, especially Kevin Love, who is also a three-point master, and has also shot a lot of three-pointers with LeBron James this season.

On the court, the next second shooting point, Kelly Irving tried his best to adjust, but after the adjustment, it played a small role, and only one flower ball was scored in the end.

But finally it was the goal, and Kelly Owen breathed a sigh of relief, which means that in this three-point contest, no matter how miserable he is, he can't score 0 points, at least he has points.

The two shooting points only scored a total of 2 points, and Kelly Irving already knew that he had no hope of qualifying, so he simply broke the jar and broke it, regardless of whether he could shoot all 25 balls or not, he slowed down the pace and carefully shot the next three points.

In the third point, Kelly Irving, who shot carefully, actually shot all five balls.

In the next flower ball point, Kelly Irving also shot 4 flower balls, plus 2 points from the last shooting point, after all the three-point shooting, Kelly Irving finally scored 18 points, 18 points looks like a lot, but after the change of the three-point contest system, the total score of 34 points scored 18 points, which is obviously not much.

The second to appear is JJ Reddick.

JJ Redick's three-point shooting rate this season is 46%, ranking third in the league, behind Kyle Cavour and Anxi, and it is worth mentioning that he has played in the league for more than ten years, and the three-point shot has been the main means of scoring, and the shooting percentage is also quite good, so if Redick plays normally, it will obviously be a strong opponent.

JJ Redick's appearance on the court drew a round of applause from the fans, after all, Kelly Irving's performance in the first round was really sorry for the audience, and the audience still wanted to see a wonderful three-point contest, and they wanted to see JJ Redick play well.

JJ Reddick walked to the sidelines, and the audience fell silent.

"Toot!"

As soon as the whistle blew on the sidelines, Redick grabbed the ball and threw it quickly.

As a veteran shooter in the league, compared to the previous Kelly Irving, JJ Redick is obviously much more stable, scoring 3 goals in the first shooting point, although the final flower ball is a little regrettable to bounce out of the basket, but the 3 points from the first shooting point are still acceptable.

And when it came to the second point, he made persistent efforts to score four goals, including the final flower ball, and such a strong performance also attracted a burst of cheers from the fans at the scene.

And when it comes to the third point, even the contestants are paying all their attention.

This is Reddick's point of play, and if Reddick maintains his previous level, it is likely to lock in a promotion spot.

Redick also knew that the point of the ball was critical, and he slowed down the pace of shooting very steadily.

The first ball is aimed at and then thrown.

Enter.

The second ball.

Also in.

The cheers of the fans at the scene broke out all at once.

There are still 2 points and 3 flower balls that are not thrown, and Reddick's score has already reached 12 points!

"JJ deserves to be a top three-point shooter." Kenny Smith on the commentary bench couldn't help but say with emotion, fellow three-point shooter, Kenny Smith knows that with JJ Reddick's current results, it is very likely that he will lock a place in the finals.

"Bang!"

But Kenny Smith had just finished boasting when JJ Reddick's third flower ball bounced out of the basket.

After the end of the Shooting Star Competition, Charles Barkley, who returned to the commentary box, couldn't help but reach out and hold his forehead, a mouthful of poisoned milk.

Then, the poisonous milk continued to ferment, and the next three flower balls, JJ Reddick all missed, and at this moment, the original good situation disappeared in an instant.

JJ Reddick also looked a little annoyed, but the game had to go on, and he reached the fourth point to show the fans his stable mental qualities as a goalscorer, and hit four goals in a row again, although the final flower ball jumped out of the basket, but also drew a cheer from the fans in the audience.

At the last shooting point, time was running out, and Redick made a quick shot, and finally hit two of the five balls, including the last flower, so that all of them were shot, and his final score was 20 points.

At 20 points, JJ Redick suppressed Kelly Irving, which is not a high score, but it is still possible to advance to the final finals, after all, Redick has suppressed an Irving.

JJ Redick was followed by James Harden.

This season, Harden has also made a lot of three-point shots, because of the Rockets' tactical changes, the magic ball tactics continue to strengthen, and the Rockets team's requirements are to either shoot three-pointers or impact the basket, with James Harden's style of play, three-point shots will naturally be more.

This season, James Harden averaged 6.9 three-pointers per game and hit 2.6 three-pointers, even more than Kelly Irving, but the accuracy was a little worse.

With a whistle on the sidelines, James Harden's shooting began.

In the first point, 5 scored 3, and just like JJ Reddick just now, the different final flower ball went in, which attracted the full applause of the fans.

The forty-five-degree angle to the right of the second point is Harden's flower ball point.

After he got the ball, he played quite well, the sound of "swish" goals continued, five goals scored four, the fans on the scene suddenly exploded, five flower balls scored four, it was simply too accurate.

After shooting 2 points, his score has come to 12 points, which is more than JJ Redick just now.

At the top of the arc, James Harden still scored another 3 points, and had already scored 15 points with 2 shooting points remaining.

James Harden's last two shooting points were relatively poor, but he also scored 7 points, so that he scored a total of 22 points, surpassing JJ Redick to temporarily rank first.

At this time, the most helpless is Kelly Irving, after three shots, he ranks first from the bottom, as long as Klay Thompson, who shoots next, scores more points than 18 points, then Kelly Irving will be out early.

In the face of Klay Thompson, Kelly Irving knows very well that Klay Thompson's three-point shot is powerful, and Irving knows very well that if nothing else, he is going to be eliminated early.

Klay Thompson was the fourth to play, and the scene was even more hilarious.

Klay Thompson is the record holder in this tournament, and in the last three-point contest, Klay Thompson missed only one flower ball, and finally broke the record held by Stephen Curry with 32 points.

And this year's three-point competition, with the first two three-point kings Anxi and Stephen Curry announced their participation one after another, Klay Thompson also boldly faced the competition, and also announced his participation, Klay Thompson's goal is to keep his three-point king title.

"Toot!"

The whistle blew for the start of the game on the sidelines.

Klay Thompson followed and took the ball and threw it straight away.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

In the exclamation of the fans at the scene, Klay Thompson seemed to be transformed into a shooting machine, the basketball was thrown, and the next second it hollowed into the basket, making a crisp sound of wiping the net.

The first shot was made, and all five shots were hit!

The fans cheered, and Klay Thompson's state was hot and a little scary.

Even An Xi on the sidelines was a little amazed by Klay Thompson's precision.

Klay Thompson's second point was still accurate, and with the sound of a smack of the net, he scored all four of his first four goals, but the final ball was missed.

Nine goals out of ten, the accuracy of the first two shooting points has already made the fans at the scene crazy, and Klay Thompson's shooting show has started again!

The third shooting point is Klay Thompson's flower ball point, the flower ball point should be Klay Thompson's strongest point, at the top of the arc, Klay Thompson hit three consecutive shots, the fourth ball was a little off, but then the fifth flower ball went in.

In the end, Klay Thompson scored 8 points.

In the first three shooting points, Klay Thompson scored 18 points and tied Kelly Irving, and then only one more goal was needed to let Irving go straight out.

Then, Klay Thompson's performance continued to be stable, and Klay Thompson only missed one orange ball from the remaining two shooting points, and the final score was fixed at a terrifying 29 points! The fans at the scene were completely crazy, this was only the preliminaries, Klay Thompson threw 29 points, an extremely high score, Klay Thompson had almost locked a place in the finals, and on the other side, Kelly Irving could only let out a wry smile, he was already out......

An Xi took a deep breath, this three-point contest didn't look easy to deal with.