"Yiyang announced that he will replace Belinelli in the three-point contest, and the dream duel has come true!"

"Yiyang VS Curry, a game outside the three-point line!"

"Yiyang goes deep into the tiger's den to fight the Splash Brothers, there are a lot of highlights in the three-point competition!"

"The best three-point contest ever? Yiyang joins to save the boring all-stars! ”

Since the 21st century and the All-Star Weekend has waned, no player has announced a three-point contest that would cause such a stir in the league.

The three-point contest has neither the intense physical confrontation nor the violent aesthetic of the slam dunk contest, which makes this contest fundamentally harder to attract attention than other tournaments.

In recent years, the three-point contest has even been reduced to a "hot field" before the slam dunk contest. Even with the Splash Brothers participating this year, the heat still can't overpower the following slam dunk contest.

But Yiyang's joining completely reversed the situation.

Maybe it's someone else, who doesn't care about winning or losing a game at all. Some people also said that Yiyang was a little too impulsive, and decided to participate in the three-point contest that he was not good at because of a loss in a game. He's already a superstar and doesn't need to prove himself in the three-point contest anymore.

But it's because he's a superstar that he's unusually competitive. No superstar is content with the status quo, and even if it's just a loss, they'll find a way to get it back.

For this matter, Kobe, who is also very competitive, agrees very much.

"It's great to be able to be part of the competition! He doesn't believe he's worse than any player and dares to challenge! Such qualities are becoming less and less common in the league. On Twitter, Bryant publicly expressed his support for Yiyang. Maybe only these two competitive guys can understand each other's thoughts.

Before the All-Star break, the Mavericks have three games to play. Everyone speculated that in preparation for the three-point contest, Yiyang would definitely increase the number of long shots he made from outside the three-point line.

As a result, the Mavericks' tactics will be disrupted, so their record will certainly not be much better.

But the game between the Mavericks and Yiyang is always very different from what others predicted.

On Feb. 7, the Dallas Mavericks host the Portland Trail Blazers, who are currently fifth in the West and have a 34-16 record.

Before the game began, everyone thought it would be a long-range shooting battle between Yiyang and Lillard.

However, they only guessed half right. Lillard did take a lot of shots from outside the three-point line today, but Yiyang didn't follow up and shoot blindly from outside the three-point line.

For the game, Lillard hit three of his 10 shots from beyond the three-point line. Although the shooting percentage is not high, Lillard should be satisfied. You know, he was on Yiyang's head last season, but he couldn't even get a point!

What about Yiyang? He also hit a couple of three-pointers, but the number of shots was nowhere near as exaggerated as 10. On 3-of-4 shooting, Yiyang was very efficient from beyond the three-point line. He shot less than half the number of three-pointers Lillard made and made the same number of three-pointers as him. Either you don't vote, and if you do, there is a high probability that you will enter, this is Yiyang's three-point way!

In the case of normal play on both sides, it must be the Mavericks with stronger hard power who survived to the end.

In the final two minutes of the game, Lillard's shooting percentage began to decline due to his declining fitness.

Aldridge took the reins and hit several turnaround jumpers on Dirk's head.

But Aldridge was still hard to beat with one punch and four hands, and in the last three minutes, Yiyang, Dirk and Wade all made achievements. The Dallas Mavericks also relied on their efforts in the final three minutes to win the game by eight points.

111-103, the Mavericks and Yiyang were still playing steadily, and the unreasonable three-point shots did not appear.

Although Yiyang wants to win Curry, he will never lose his mind because of the three-point contest.

To avoid consecutive defeats, this is what Yiyang has to lead the team to do first. The heavy defeat to the Warriors on the road has become an irretrievable past. What Yiyang can do now is to lead everyone to win more games to make up for their regrets.

So two days later, the Mavericks first successfully took revenge on the Los Angeles Clippers, and then easily took out the Utah Jazz, who had started high and low this season. The loss to the Warriors was followed by a three-game winning streak that turned the record to 51-5. The Mavericks quickly came out of the haze of defeat and continued to get on track.

At this point, the Mavericks' pre-All-Star weekend game is complete. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and halfway through the game, the Mavericks had no major injuries and a very good record. This weekend, taking the opportunity to relax is the real goal of the Mavericks players.

But for Yiyang, this year's All-Star Weekend will certainly not be easy. Curry's shooting ability is perverted, and the world has seen it. In the last game, even in the face of Yiyang's defense, Curry shot a terrifying 10-of-16. In the three-point contest, without any defense, Curry's score will definitely be pervertedly high!

This year, Yiyang himself accepted this challenge, but it was not easy at all.

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Because this year's All-Star Weekend "perfectly" avoided the winter break of the Italian league, Vignali will not be able to show up to share one of the few happy moments of the season with Yiyang this year.

However, this wife, who has only been married for less than a year, will not feel pity at all. Because she has decided that she will not renew her contract with Lazio.

"What!? Are you really planning to retire!? "The gym was empty, and the basketballs were scattered all over the place. Yiyang sat on the wooden floor with a surprised expression.

"yes, after this season, I don't plan to renew my contract! In the future, being by your side every day will no longer be just! Vignali doesn't seem to feel sorry, maybe for Chinese, work is important. But for Italians, life is the most important thing.

"Are you ready to be a stay-at-home wife?" Yiyang smiled, even if Vignari didn't have to work, their family wouldn't have any financial burden. But the term "stay-at-home wife" doesn't seem to match Vignarie's age.

"A stay-at-home wife? Of course not! I decided to be a graphic model! Take on some advertising work, and ah, I can make some investments. After all, I'm a merchant's daughter! It's a busy job, but at least we don't have to be separated for a long time! Vignary's eyes lit up and she looked forward to the future.

"Really? It's pretty good, too. It's just that...... Can you really put down basketball? Yiyang knows that what sets Vignari apart from other girls is her love for basketball.

"So, can you put down the basketball?" Instead of answering, Vignari asked rhetorically.

Yiyang was speechless, he couldn't answer this question.

"The two of us are destined to have one of us put down the basketball. But I knew that that person could only be me. In fact, if you don't play in the professional league, you can't completely put down basketball. I'm not going to put down basketball, but I'm willing to put down my current job. ”

This time, Vignarie's tone was very serious. It seems that this girl has thought it through.

"Vig ......"

"What's wrong?"

"I'll wait for you to come back!"

"Hehe, I'll be back soon. And after this time, I'm not going to go again! By the way, how are you preparing for the three-point contest? "For two professional basketball sports, basketball is always a topic of conversation.

Yiyang looked at the scattered basketballs and the sweat on his jersey, and smirked. "I don't know how to practice three-point shooting at all, because it feels like I'm practicing every day. Shooting is such a thing, and it is impossible to practice a qualitative change in a few days. I just hope that on the day of the game, I don't play out of place. ”

"You've picked a strong enemy this time, too."

yes, a very formidable enemy. He was up against, and could even be said to be an epoch-making three-point shooter. But so what?

"If the opponent is not strong, the game will be boring!"

Yiyang said, walked outside the three-point line, picked up the basketball, and threw it out with one hand.

The basketball crosses a wonderful arc and hollows into the net, without dragging the mud and water.

Using a three-point shot to decide the winner, this is the first time Yiyang has experienced playing basketball for so many years.

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After the boring Celebrity Game and Rookie Game, the NBA All-Stars are about to kick off the real appetizer with three individual events: the Skills Challenge, the Three-Point Contest and the Slam Dunk Contest.

Due to the influence of the league's basketball trends in recent seasons, the three-point shot can be described as a popular style of play in the basketball world today, and every strong team in the league has a three-point mastery, especially the Warriors' Splash Brothers, who have set off a revolution about three-point shooting this season. As a result, the three-point contest of the NBA All-Star Weekend has attracted more and more attention from fans, and this year, with the joining of Yiyang, the popularity of the three-point contest has even surpassed the chicken dunk contest.

It's also a coincidence that Yiyang just saved the declining slam dunk contest a few years ago. As a result, this year, he came to save the three-point contest again.

The NBA All-Star Three-Point Contest was first held in 1986, and in the early days of the tournament, the championship was won by one person for three consecutive years. That's right, he is the "forced king" of the alliance's generation, "Big Bird" Larry. Bird. During the game, Bird didn't even take off his training clothes, he threw and defeated the opponent smoothly, and at the moment when the ball didn't go in, he had already pretended to raise his hand to signal to the audience, of course, there was the most classic pretending to be a famous saying: Are you here to compete for second?

I don't know if it's by Larry. Bird's influence is too deep, and Curry is also very "forced" before the start of this year's game.

"I'm here to win the championship, and I know and want to beat me, but that's not something you can just talk about." Before the game, facing the camera of reporters, Curry looked at ease.

This year's three-point contest is regarded as the brightest lineup ever, bringing together the league's best current shooters, the Warriors' "Splash Brothers" Curry and Klay. Thompson, the Hawks' white shooter Korver, the Rockets' Harden, the Cavaliers' Irving, the Clippers' Redick, the Trail Blazers' Matthews, plus Yiyang, who replaced the defending champion Belinelli! This makes this three-point contest a real star!

However, even with so many strong opponents, Curry is very confident. But the perverted Curry does have the capital to be confident, and he has made 161 three-pointers in the regular season this season, tying Korver and Matthews for first place in the league. But you have to know that Curry has suffered a defense that Korver and Matthews can't match. It's not an exaggeration to say that Curry is the most accurate three-pointer in the regular season of all the players in the competition.

On the contrary, Yiyang, who is the most famous of all people, is the least favored. Because compared to others, Yiyang's desire to shoot outside the three-point line is simply low. This is related to the fact that Yiyang was not good at shooting three points before, and now although he is accurate, he still doesn't like to shoot.

Therefore, in most people's impressions, Yiyang still can't be equated with the word "shooter".

But he's an MVP, an MVP who has created countless impossibilities. Who says that MVP can't do miracles in the three-point contest?

The "Splash Brothers" who rushed to the championship, Yiyang, who is eager to be disgraced, Harden who hopes to prove himself, Irving, who is strong, plus Korwall, Redick and Matthews, three pure shooters.

This year's three-point contest is the fiercest ever. Yiyang, who participated in this event for the first time, can he fight his way out of the encirclement?

The atmosphere has become more and more enthusiastic, and the shouts of the fans almost broke Yiyang's eardrums.

But the bloody game is the right way to start All-Star Weekend!

Matthews has already stepped onto the pitch with the cheers of the fans, and the game has officially begun! Yiyang, who was sitting on the bench, rubbed his hands, today, you can't lose at all!