Chapter 718: The embarrassment of the lowest score in history
In this year's All-Star Weekend, in addition to participating in the All-Star Game, I also participated in this year's three-point competition. In this three-point competition, long-range shooters such as Curry and Thompson, the Warriors' splash brothers, and Korver, the Hawks, will participate. Compared to these players, Yi's three-point shooting ability may be slightly inferior. Obviously, he understands this, after all, this is not his offensive strength. ”
"But he still decided to challenge Curry, didn't he? That's why we succeeded, Shaq. He is not afraid of any difficulties, he dares to challenge any authority! ”
Although the person who was shooting on the court at this time was Wesley. Matthews, but O'Neal and Barkley are still chatting about Yiyang. It can be seen how much attention Yiyang has received.
The protagonists of today's three-point contest are Yiyang and the "Splash Brothers". But whether he can become the protagonist depends on whether Yiyang can reach the finals. In the three-point contest, it is not uncommon for the shutdown alternates to be eliminated in the first round.
"They're experts at that," O'Neal continued, "and three-point shooting is what they're good at, and this is the first time they've played in a game like this, and I think all he's going to do is just get out there and shoot." ”
"No, Shaq. Even if it's just a three-point contest, even if he wins, Curry won't be able to recover the loss of the last game. But believe me, he definitely wants to win, and he will never give up! ”
As he spoke, Wesley. Matthews has finished shooting. Keling's pioneer shooter, he didn't know that when he was shooting, the two commentators didn't even mention his name.
In 2014, the NBA added an all-point point to the three-point contest, which increased the perfect score from 30 to 34. And Wesley. Matthews, using this rule, saved himself.
Matthews scored eight points from his first three shooting spots, but hit four of his last five spots, making him hit a total of six balls, so Matthews ended up scoring 21 points.
21 points, which is already a very high score. You know, the highest score record in the three-point contest is only 25 points!
Matthews pushed the game to a climax as soon as he came up, and it was not easy to score 21 points.
The second player on the court was Clippers player J.J. Redick, the first three points, Redick's hand was not good, but the fourth point Redick hit all of them. Redick placed the dot on the baseline, and in the end Redick hit a total of 3 colored balls, and he scored 17 points.
A score of 17 is not bad, it is a relatively normal score. It's a pity that Matthews' first shot pulled the score too high. With him as a benchmark, everyone must do their best as soon as they come up.
The third to appear is the Rockets star Harden, the first two points, Harden hit a total of 7 points, the third point is the color ball point, Harden hit three color balls, the last two points, Harden only hit one shot. In the end, Harden made all five points and scored only 15 points. You can see that Harden is very, very nervous. Shooting three-pointers in the spotlight and with a time limit is not as easy as one might think.
The three-point contest is not only a competition of shooting skills, but also a test of a player's psychological quality.
However, people are not worried about Yiyang. That guy has a big heart!
The fourth to appear is Cavaliers guard Kelly. Irving, the first point, Irving scored 3 points, and Irving in the middle circle felt hot and continued to hit 4 points. Irving's color ball spot was placed on the baseline three-point point, and he hit a total of 4 color balls. Owen's terrifying shooting percentage ended up giving him 22 points! This guy came out as a dark horse and also surpassed Matthews' 21-point record.
Don't look at Irving's breakthrough is very riotous, but this guy's threat from beyond the three-point line is just as huge.
It seems that today, Yiyang's opponents are becoming more and more.
Subsequently, the cheers of the audience ushered in a small climax! Everyone stood up, and the DJ shouted the name of the next player. "Let's welcome, Stephen ~~~~~~~~~~ Curry!"
"Boom!" The court exploded, and although this is Curry's fourth time in the three-point contest, he has never been so high-profile.
Curry finally came out and shook his shoulders with ease as he got up from the bench. It seems that there is quite a bit of "forcing the king" Larry. Bird's gesture. At the same time, the camera is focused on Yiyang. Yiyang's expression was serious and he didn't say a word. How is Curry doing? This is also what Yiyang is most concerned about now!
Curry, who is participating in the three-point contest for the fourth time, is indeed very relaxed, and he feels hot in his hands. Unlike the cautiousness of others, Curry is very, very relaxed when he shoots, as if he is training. Curry scored a total of 12 points from his first three spots. At the last color ball point, Curry hit 4 color balls and scored 23 points in one fell swoop! In just the preliminaries, there were three people with scores above 20. This high-profile three-point contest did not disappoint the fans!
In the end, Curry finished in the top three with Irving and Matthews, and eliminated Redick. There have already been three people who have scored 20 points, and Yiyang's promotion prospects are not optimistic! Because if you want to advance, you must get 20+ points!
The sixth to appear is Curry's good teammate Thompson, the "Splash Brothers" is really extraordinary, and when Thompson finished shooting, O'Neal has already exclaimed. "Don't vote, he's already eliminated!"
Thompson's hand is hotter than Curry's, the second shooting point, Thompson hit all 5 balls, and he has already scored 10 points after completing the two points! By four points, Thompson had scored 18 points. At the final color point, Thompson finally hit three color balls and scored 24 points, surpassing Curry and Irving to rank first.
In other words, even Matthews, who scored 21 points, was eliminated! And if Yiyang wants to advance, he must at least surpass Owen's 22 points! That's nearly impossible for a guard who doesn't like to use three-point offense as his primary tool.
Not to mention Yiyang, even Korwall, a pure shooter, is only a part of the sand today. Korver scored a total of 18 points, which is a good result. But because Curry, Thompson and Irving have too high a score, he has no choice but to accept the fate of being eliminated.
Finally, in the end, Yiyang, who replaced the defending champion Belinelli, finally got the time to show his skills! The cheers were high, but the boos were not small.
Yiyang is such a controversial guy, there are as many people who like him as there are people who don't like him.
"Also, he made the finale! But I think it's good to feel the atmosphere of the three-point contest as well. Because this year, everyone's results are really good. Unless you can also score more than 22 points, it is impossible to qualify! O'Neill began to boast again, it was not that he intended to be black, but that it was indeed too difficult to advance.
"Hey, don't forget, the person in front of you is the MVP." Barkley continued to work against O'Neal.
"What about MVPs? The lowest score in the history of the NBA three-point contest is believed to have been heard of, yes, the basketball god Michael. Jordan, perhaps tired of the slam dunk contest in 1990, wanted to challenge himself in the three-point contest. And then what? Then he set the worst record in the history of the three-point contest, an embarrassing 5 points! Doesn't this experience sound like it? In 2011, Durant also threw a 6-point record, which is infinitely close to this lowest embarrassing record. And the above two are both MVP-level! If you want me to say, they are a jack-of-all-trades player, but they don't work hard outside the three-point line! O'Neill came up with his killer trick again - turning over the old calendar.
With Jordan and Durant as "role models" in the past, Yiyang is no wonder if he throws bad results, and O'Neal will not be surprised.
Amid the cheers of the fans, Yiyang breathed a sigh of relief and stepped onto the court. Heartbeat is racing, Yiyang hasn't had a heartbeat on the court for a long time. But a mere three-point contest made him a little nervous.
Peja watched the court intently, wondering if the "shooter" he taught would be as embarrassing as Jordan?
The electronic beep sounded, and Yiyang began to grab the basketball and shoot. But at the beginning, Yiyang seemed to be a little anxious, and the rhythm was a little chaotic. The first four balls were all conceded!
"Look Charles, I'm not wrong!" O'Neill smugly,
Fortunately, the last flower ball Yiyang shot and scored 2 points, avoiding embarrassment.
In the second point, Yiyang's hand recovered slightly, and he scored 3 out of 5. However, the first two points are only 5 points, which is obviously not good enough.
"Well, at least it won't break Jordan's embarrassing record." O'Neill continued to tease.
The third point is the flower ball point of Yiyang. He likes to shoot from the front, so he puts the ball on the front. As soon as this point came up, Yiyang hit a shot. Peja smiled, this kid has found his rhythm!
So next, the sound of the Nets tumbling endlessly! Yiyang threw all five flower balls in the front and scored 15 points in one fell swoop!
"Shaq! Shut up! Seeing this, Barkley started to get excited.
After two points, Yiyang continued his rhythm. The fourth point hit the first four ordinary balls for 19 points. It's only three points away from qualifying!
But in the end, because there was not much time left, Yiyang was a little anxious. In the first two balls of the last frame, Yiyang threw them all. In other words, Yiyang must throw all the last three goals to have a chance to advance!
Looking at the time, Yiyang decided to stabilize the rhythm!
The first ball, some skaters. But luckily, climbed into the basket. The second ball, with a great feel, is hollow into the net. The third ball, the flower ball that decided Yiyang's fate, Yiyang was thrown almost at the moment when the rebound turned on the red light.
This is equivalent to a lore shot, entered, and Yiyang advanced. didn't enter, Yiyang eliminated. Owen's heart hung in the air, but the flower ball rolled up the "waves" of the net! ”
"In! Entered! Entered! The ball is in! Also! His last-second shot stunted Kyrie. Irving! 23 points, and actually threw the same score as Curry! God, how is this possible!? As I said a long time ago, MVP can create miracles, and he is the spokesperson for miracles! "Barkley is completely insane, he grabs the microphone and yells desperately! And the atmosphere of the scene was also pushed to a climax by Yiyang's "lore".
"Even Irving, who scored 22 points, couldn't make the cut, and this year's three-point contest is crazy!"
Yiyang lit up the whole scene, but he didn't learn what Curry did to celebrate. This guy is just staring at the "Splash Brothers" viciously, in the finals, Yiyang vs. the Warriors duo, everything seems to be developing according to what is written in the script!
Curry also felt a sense of crisis, this is his fourth time in the competition, and if he can't win the championship again, it will be very humiliating.
No matter what, he has to defeat Yiyang!
And Yiyang also seems to feel the fun of the three-point contest, he is gearing up and ready to get Curry at any time!
At the beginning of the finals, because Curry and Yiyang were both lower than Thompson's scores, they shot first.
As soon as Curry came up, he almost locked up the championship. He hit 4 points in the first two shooting points and made a good start for himself, which made his mentality relax instantly, and he also performed well in the third point, the first hit the iron, but shot the last 4. The crazier scene was behind, he hit all the 4th shooting points, and the first 4 shooting points totaled 19 points, and victory was in sight!
"Win, win! Stephen. Curry, he's the champion of the three-point contest! "O'Neill doesn't believe in evil, Yiyang can create a miracle once, is it possible that he can create two miracles in a row?
At the last flower point, Curry shot more relaxed. But this guy seems to be a little too casual. Didn't score the first two goals, and finally scored three goals in a row. Even so, Curry's 25 points tied the three-point contest record.
"Stephen will pay for his carelessness!" Barkley yelled in displeasure.
"No, Charles. The reason why he is casual is because he also knows to save some face, hahahaha! If you want me to say, Stephen is simply Bird's reincarnation in the three-point contest! Want to win? Unless he breaks the record of 25 points! ”
Barkley has nothing to say, he can only watch you perform, too!
Yiyang was the second to play, and Curry's 25 points were more terrifying than all the players in the preliminaries. If you want to win, the only way is to break the record of the three-point contest.
But they've all stood here, do you want to give up? It's not the first time I've done this kind of thing to break a record!
Yiyang stood in the bottom corner, engrossed, waiting for the game to begin!
After finding the rhythm in the last round, Yiyang's hit rate is quite terrifying! In the first and second points, Yiyang both hit the first four balls. As soon as the third point came up, Yiyang lost one!
But from the second ball of the third flower point, Yiyang did not let the Nets stop swinging.
"Brush!" Score a goal.
"Brush!" The first two goals.
"Brush!" Score three goals in a row!
......
"Brush!" Go ahead and score five goals in a row!
"It can't be!" O'Neill covered his head with his hands, however......
"Brush!" Six goals in a row!
Yiyang is full of firepower! Starting from the second goal of the third point, Yiyang scored 13 goals in a row! Until the last ball, Yiyang didn't throw it within the specified time, so he didn't count the fate!
Scoring 13 goals in a row, Yiyang not only had to control his shooting hand, but also required him to remain calm in the tense game. But these harsh conditions, Yiyang has all been achieved!
In the end, O'Neill looked at Yiyang's score, 27 points! 27 points, a new record in the history of the NBA three-point contest, was born!
"He did it, he did it! It also broke the record of watching the three-point contest, not the record of the lowest score, but the record of the highest score! Hahaha, Shaq, didn't you say it couldn't be? Let me tell you, there is no such thing as impossible in the world of Yi! Do you know why Wade's children like it the most? Here's why! Hahahahaha! "Barkley joins all the fans in Madison Square Garden to cheer Yiyang!
"Champion! Champion! Champion! Champion! "The cheers were neat and unified, and the atmosphere of the three-point contest has never been so enthusiastic! Tonight, you don't have any reason not to like Yiyang!
Sweating profusely, Yiyang stood in the arena, raised his arms high, and enjoyed his own moment of victory!
There's also a Clay. Thompson? No, look at Thompson's incredulous expression. In this game, there is nothing to do with his kid......