After the curtain came down on the unique and exciting skills challenge, the three-point contest of this year's All-Star began. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are eight people who will participate in this three-point contest: Stephen Curry (Warriors), Klay Thompson (Warriors), James Harden (Rockets), J.J. Redick (Clippers), Chris Bosh (Heat), Kyle Lowry (Raptors), Devin Booker (Suns) and Khris Middleton (Bucks).

Curry was the winner of last year's All-Star Three-Point Contest, and he was crowned a record 27 points in the finals.

Curry is shooting 45.8 percent from three-point range this season and has made 232 three-pointers in 47 games, leading the league in 47 games.

If Curry can defend his title in this tournament, he will become the first All-Star three-point contest winner since Jason Capono in 2008 to win two consecutive three-point games.

Since the league established the three-point contest at All-Star Weekend in 1986, there have been only a handful of players who have won back-to-back championships: Larry Bird (three-time champion), Craig Hodges (three-time champion), Mark Price (two-time champion), Jeff Hornacek (two-time champion), Peja Stojakovic (two-time champion), Jason Capono (two-time champion).

If Curry successfully defends his title in this three-point shooter, he will become the seventh man after those six.

This is Klay Thompson's second appearance in the three-point contest, having reached the finals last year but lost to teammate Curry. Thompson is shooting 43.4 percent from three-point range this season, and he's shot over 40 percent from three-point range in five consecutive seasons since entering the NBA.

Redick also participated in last year's three-point contest, but failed to reach the finals with 18 points in the first round, Redick shot from a distance this season, ranking first in the league with a three-point shooting rate of 48.2%, a new NBA career high.

However, judging from Redick's technical characteristics, people are still not optimistic that he can win the championship, and it is even difficult to reach the final. Because Redick's shooting action is combat-oriented, every shot requires full strength to jump and shoot the ball at the highest point. Compared with the easy tiptoe shooting of the "Splash Brothers", Redick's shooting method requires a lot of physical strength, and it is not easy to shoot 25 balls in one minute while maintaining the shooting rate.

This year's All-Star canceled the shooting star link, as the three-time champion of the shooting star, Bosh will switch to the three-point shooting contest this time. He is the only interior player in this three-point contest, shooting 36.6% from three-point range this season.

However, it is a pity that Bosh will miss the entire All-Star Game due to a calf strain, and the three-point contest will naturally not be able to play. The league ultimately decided to put CJ McCollum of the Trail Blazers on the court in place of Bosh.

Lowry is also competing in the three-point contest for the first time in his career, and he has been shooting from long range this season, shooting a career-high 38.8% from three-point range.

Devin Booker is a rookie in the class of 2015 and is now just 19 years old. Three-point shooting is his forte, shooting 41.8 percent from three-point range this season.

It is worth mentioning that Booker is the fourth player in NBA history to participate in the three-point contest as a rookie, the other three being Dennis Scott (1991), Kyle Korver (2004) and Curry (2010).

Middleton is also a representative of the league's top shooters, he has shot 41.2% from three-point range this season, and his three-point accuracy has been above 40% for the third consecutive year.

It was Middleton's first time in the three-point contest.

Unlike Middleton, Harden is in contention for the three-point title for the second time, having been eliminated by scoring just 15 points in the first round of last year's three-point contest. Although it has made a comeback this year, it still seems that there is still no capital to be ashamed of.

Of the eight players in this competition, Harden has the worst three-point shooting efficiency. He shot just 34.9% from three-point range this season, barely more than 30 percent! Compared with Curry and other three-point masters, Harden has no advantage in three-point shooting, and unless he has a very good hand in the game, he can only focus on participation.

Eligibility to participate in the three-point shooting contest is ultimately determined by the league. But there are several other factors that make the league decide on this list:

The first is, of course, that the player should be able to shoot threes. Whether it is the three-point shooting percentage or the average number of three-point shots per game, it must be among the best in the league;

Secondly, if a player is popular enough and the gimmick is big enough, the first rule can be appropriately relaxed. For example, Harden, who has been on the roster for two consecutive years. His average three-point shooting per game is indeed high, but the three-point shooting percentage is a bit unsatisfactory;

Finally, there are some other factors. For example, if a player applies to the league himself, or if a player who was scheduled to participate is suddenly unable to participate, the league will find someone to take the player's place, as in the case of Bosh who was absent due to injury, and McCollum took his place.

And when it comes to the players themselves applying to the league to participate in the three-point competition, we have to mention the tragic Jason Terry.

Every year since 2007, Terry has submitted an application to the league to participate in the three-point shootout, but the league has not approved it once. Even in 2010, when All-Star Weekend was held in Dallas, Terry, who was still playing for the Mavericks, didn't get a chance to perform in front of the home fans.

Terry, who entered the NBA in 1999, is now already past his prime, not too strong, not very popular, and has no chance to participate in this All-Star effort.

This year's three-point contest has finally started in the anticipation of fans.

First up was Klay Thompson, who put the special point of all 5 balls at the end.

It has to be mentioned here that the rules of the three-point contest are made. Last year's three-point contest, the league changed the rules of the game, and the rules of 5 shooting positions on the court, 5 shots per position and a one-minute time limit remained unchanged, but there were also new interesting rules: among the 5 shooting points, 4 positions were normal positions, and each point had 4 ordinary balls and 1 colored ball, and the colored ball was worth 2 points; The other position is the special position, where all 5 balls are colored balls, each worth 2 points, and each player can designate a position that he or she is best at as a special position.

By changing one of the shooting spots, the perfect score for the three-point contest became 34 points, so Curry was able to shoot a game-high 27 points in the three-point contest last year. It's not because he throws the most goals, it's because the goals he throws are worth more.

Thompson put the ball, which was all worth 2 points, at the end and started from the right side at a zero degree angle.

In the first point, he scored 4 goals, but unfortunately the final color ball did not score. But the next series of basketball "swish" sounds into the net completely made up for this small regret. Thompson scored 18 points in the first 4 points!

I don't know if he was overjoyed, and only scored 2 goals in the last special point. In the end, he scored 22 points, and although he only scored 4 points out of 10 points in the special point, the total score of 22 points was also guaranteed to enter the final.

Next up was Harden, who made the top of the arc a special spot, and it's a spot he often likes to shoot in games. He did well on the special spot, and although he missed the first two shots, he hit all three of the last three colored balls. In the end, he scored 20 points, an embarrassing score that could either make it to the final or be eliminated.

Redick came out in third, with a zero degree angle to the left of the first point, and all five balls were hit. Looking at his shots, he jumped with strength every time, as if every time he shot, there was someone in front of him defending him. Although the first 5 goals were all hit, it also consumed a lot of physical strength.

In the next two points, out of a total of 10 goals, he only scored 3 goals. The last zero degree angle on the right side was a special position he set, but because of the severe physical exertion in the end, the unsteady Redick only made two shots and scored the same 20 points as Harden.

Middleton made his fourth appearance, and the 45-degree angle on the left flank was his special point, but unfortunately only two of the five colored goals were scored at this point. At the top of the arc, he didn't even score a single ball! In the end, he only scored 13 points, becoming the first person to go out early.

Booker's fifth appearance, the rookie was really a rookie, he was a little nervous at the beginning, did not let go, and scored only 4 goals in the first 3 shooting points with a total of 15 goals.

But fortunately, his self-adjustment ability is very good, and he quickly regained his shooting feeling, and he scored 4 balls at a 45-degree angle on the right wing, and the last special position, the color ball was also 4 of 5! In the end, he also scored 20 points, the same as Harden and Redick.

Booker was followed by McCollum, who replaced Bosh in the three-point contest, and he made a special position on the left wing at a 45-degree angle, where he scored three colored shots. At the top of the arc, McCollum felt good, hitting all five shots. Unfortunately, in the remaining three shooting points, his performance was too poor, and he only scored 14 points in the end, becoming the second person to go out early.

Lowry made his seventh appearance, and as the host, he won the cheers of the crowd as soon as he appeared.

Starting from the zero angle on the right, Lowry threw three, including a color ball. The 45-degree angle on the left wing is Lowry's special point, but unfortunately only 1 of the 5 colored goals was scored, and the poor performance of this special point directly made him hopeless in the final. In the end, he scored 15 points, and the third was unfortunately out early.

As the defending champion, Curry was the last to play, shooting from a zero degree angle on the left side, missing one of the first three shots and scoring the last two. At the top of the arc, Curry made all five shots and hit 11 shots in a row. That's Curry's style, and whether he goes in or doesn't go in, it's a flurry.

The zero degree angle on the right side is a special position he set, but unfortunately he didn't score the first three colored balls, but fortunately, the last two colored balls were thrown, and he scored a total of 21 points and locked a place in the finals.

In this way, Klay Thompson, who scored 22 points, and Curry, who scored 21 points, entered the finals, but there were three finals spots, and the last spot was contested by Harden, Redick, and Booker, who scored 20 points together.

Before the play-offs began, fans already knew that no matter who won the play-offs, entering the final would also accompany the prince to study. Because in terms of three-point shooting, there are few people in the NBA who are opponents of the "Splash Brothers", although Harden, Redick, Booker and others are all three-point players, but the first round of the game has proved that they are still inferior to the "Splash Brothers" in terms of stability.

The play-offs are different from the rules of a normal game, with only 30 seconds to go, but there are still 25 balls left to throw, and how many you can shoot depends on how fast you are. The safest practice is to set the special point in the front, which can ensure that all 5 colored balls are thrown.

Harden was the first player in the playoffs, missing a zero degree angle on the left side and hitting all the special points from a 45-degree angle on the left wing to score a total of 10 points.

Redick started from a zero degree angle on the right, which was a special point, and he made four shots to score eight points. Unfortunately, he only scored one goal after that, and only scored nine points in the end. In the three-for-one playoff, he was already out early.

Booker was the last to appear, and the zero degree angle on the right side was also a special point, and he scored two goals. He scored three goals from a 45-degree angle on the right wing, three at the top of the arc, and the final ball was also a whistle hit! In the end, he shot faster than Harden and Redick, and won the playoff with 12 points to get the last place in the finals.

This year's three-point competition, even the preliminary round is tense and exciting, and the final is even more exciting.

Booker was the first to appear in the finals, but he continued to play in the tournament, and his physical exertion was not small, which also affected his final result.

He started from a zero degree angle on the left side, and only scored 1 goal in the first point, although his hand picked up slightly after that, but he didn't grasp 3 colored balls on the next three ordinary points, and in the last special position, he threw 3 goals and scored only 16 points.

Things really went as the fans expected, Booker worked hard to defeat Harden and Redick, and the result was only a role to accompany the final. With 16 points, he obviously has no capital to compete with the "Splash Brothers" for the final championship.

Next on the stage was Curry, who scored the second highest score in the preliminary round, he also started from the left zero degree angle, and hit all five shots as soon as he came up, such a wonderful performance, coupled with his popularity as an All-Star vote king, completely detonated the arena!

However, in the next three positions, his hand was average, and there was no magical performance of continuous hits. The final right-hand zero angle was a special position, and Curry hit three colored balls.

In the end, Curry's score was 23 points, which is not high, low or low. Whether you can win the championship depends on the performance of your opponent. But Thompson, who lost to Curry last year, is obviously not going to let water out at this time.

Thompson, who was the last to appear, started at a zero degree angle on the right side.

It looked like he was a little nervous. Curry hit all of his first points at the beginning, almost suffocating him, and he thought he wouldn't have a chance again this year. But I didn't expect Curry to perform well next, and only scored 23 points in the end.

This is Thompson's chance!

Although Thompson seems to be indisputable on the surface, he still has his own pride in the three-point shot. Even if his teammates put on a wonderful performance of "perverted quasi", he is still confident that he is not inferior to anyone.

Shooting 23 points, for Curry, is just a normal play. And throwing more than 23 points is not difficult for Thompson. In normal training, he has already hit all 25 shots more than once.

But now it's on top of the finals of the All-Star Three-Point Contest! Even as steady as Thompson is still a little nervous.

Before he started pitching, he took a deep breath to steady his emotions.

In the first point he scored three goals. This was a good start for himself, and then he threw more and more smoothly, scoring the last four goals from a 45-degree angle on the right flank, and four goals in a row at the top of the arc!

Not counting the last special point worth 10 points, only counting the first 4 ordinary points, Thompson and Curry both scored 17 points!

Curry hit 3 shots at the final special point, and Thompson only needs to shoot 4 or more to beat Curry and win the championship of this three-point contest!

However, for Thompson in the game, he didn't know exactly how many shots he made. He just knows that he feels good and that he can hit it.

He kept this feeling until the end, and all 5 colored balls on the special point were hit!

As a result, Thompson, who scored a total of 27 points, defeated Curry, who only scored 23 points, and Booker, who scored 16 points, to become the champion of this three-point contest and be crowned the three-point king!

At the same time, his score of 27 points also tied Curry's championship record last year, and it was also the highest scoring record after the implementation of the new rules in the three-point competition! (To be continued.) )