"Meng, come on." When Meng Xu sorted out his jersey and left the bench, there was also a cheering sound behind Meng Xu, Meng Xu turned his head to see that it was a female fan wearing his No. 5 Spurs jersey, who looked a little familiar, and after smiling at the female fan, Meng Xu turned his head and walked to the court.

25 points, Meng Xu silently muttered in his heart, it takes 25 points to enter the second round of the finals, he is so full in the player tunnel, it will be really funny if he is eliminated in the first round, and now Meng Xu is also thinking about whether to use that All-Star 3-point shooting card, after all, that card still has 2 chances to use.

"Let's see how it goes, and then we'll talk about it in the last round." Meng Xu stood on the first point, held the basketball in his hand and waited for a while, then stood on tiptoe and threw the basketball in his hand, and finally Meng Xu shot 3 of 5 in the first point and scored 4 points.

Next is Meng Xu's best shooting area, with the sound of brushing, Meng Xu hit 14 balls at this point in the middle, scored 17 points, after the first 4 points of shooting, Meng Xu scored 21 points, as long as the last point plays normally, then Meng Xu will join Nowitzki and Ray Allen to enter the second round of the All-Star 3-point competition.

When Meng Xu scored the highest 27 points in this year's All-Star 3-point contest with 5 shots at the last point, the MCI Center Arena, which had just been silent, suddenly erupted into a tsunami-like cheer.

"Larry, looks like you're right." Looking at Meng Xu, who had a breezy face and didn't even sweat, Craig? For the first time, Hodges agreed with Larry Bird that compared to those young players who are nervous when they get to the big scene, the better the opponent plays, the better the little guy plays, this is a natural player with a big heart.

"Yes, Craig, you have to trust your brother's vision." Larry Bird laughed and responded to Craig? Hodges, at the same time with a look of pride.

After a short break, the finals of this year's All-Star 3-point contest officially began, the first to appear was Nowitzki, who scored 25 points in the first round, this year's All-Star 3-point contest can be said to be the most intense year ever, compared to the usual 20 points, or even lower to get the championship Compared to this year's 3-point contest, 24 points can not enter the second round.

"Larry, I have an urge to play against these little guys right now." Looking at Nowitzki as he prepares, Craig? Hodges also showed a look of envy, whether it was Craig? Hodges or Larry Bird, in the era when they won the championship three times, no one could pose a threat to them, and in Craig? In Hodges's heart, not being able to compete with Larry Bird in the All-Star 3-point contest has always been his biggest regret, because there was really no opponent in his era, and Larry Bird must have a deep understanding of the loneliness of not having an opponent.

"Craig, you're going to be blown up by them." For Craig? Hodges, the three-time 3-point king, Larry Bird is actually very disdainful in his heart, if he didn't want to continue to participate in the 3-point competition, that round would have been for you to win the championship. But with Craig? Like Hodges, Larry Bird also has some of the same thoughts, his own era is really not competitive, so that he knocked them down in training clothes, and even now, he is a handful of years, but in the Pacers, whether it is God's left hand Chris Mullin, or Reggie Miller These marksmen are not their opponents, and they can abuse them in terms of shooting with only one hand. And when Larry Bird saw Meng Xu, he really ignited an idea in his heart that he wanted to compete with Meng Xu on the court.

Nowitzki, who was the first to play, obviously has some problems with his mentality now, he missed 3 balls at the first point, one of which was still a two-point ball, although after adjustments, Nowitzki found his touch in time and hit 17 of the next 20 shots, but Nowitzki's total score was only 22 points, compared with 25 points in the previous round, the gap was slightly larger.

After Nowitzki, it was Lei Allen who came on the court, although he had a breezy expression, but in his heart Lei Allen was still a little pressured, after all, Meng Xu threw a high score of 27 points in the last round. After adjusting his mentality a little, Ray Allen shot quickly, and finally threw all 25 balls, although Ray Allen hit 11 goals in a row in the middle, but because he missed two flower balls in the two bottom corners, when he saw that his total score was 23 points, Ray Allen also shook his head and went off the court. Throwing 23 points in the final of the 3-point competition, this is already the third-highest score ever, behind Mark Clap in '94 and Meng Xu last year. This is a score that is likely to win the championship, but when he thinks that Meng Xu has not played behind him, Lei Allen has no confidence at all.

"It's time for my brother to pretend to be *forced again." After seeing Ray Allen shoot 23 points, Meng Xu also smiled very brightly, and it seemed that he was going to fulfill his promise to achieve two consecutive championships in the All-Star 3-point competition.

When Meng Xu was the last to play, the fans in the stadium stood up and shouted in unison: "Closeyoureyestoshoot, Closeyoureyestoshoot。。。。。。 At the same time, on the big screen in the center of the court, a clip of Meng Xu's participation in the All-Star 3-point contest last year was also played again. Meng Xu hit 5 shots in a row with his eyes closed at the last moment of last year's 3-point competition, and then won the championship The picture is too shocking, although Jordan has also shot with his eyes closed in the game before, but it was at the free throw line, and Meng Xu is farther away from the 3-point line, or it was previously identified as the bottom corner that Meng Xu is not good at, and the difficulty of the two is not the same.

When Meng Xu waved to the audience, walked to the first shooting point, and grabbed the first basketball, the referee on the sidelines blew the whistle for the start of the game. Then Meng Xu threw all 5 basketballs at the first point at a very fast speed, and at the first point, Meng Xu only hit 3 balls, and like Nowitzki and Ray Allen, Meng Xu also threw the first point of the flower ball.

"Is there a problem with this flower ball, all three people failed to shoot." Looking at the flower balls that Meng Xu also thrown, turned around twice on the basket, and finally brushed them out, Larry Bird also said with a playful face, this is really a coincidence.

It was the turn of the middle 3 points, Meng Xu began to hit consecutive shots again, in last year's finals, Meng Xu had hit 13 consecutive shots, and the audience is now looking forward to Meng Xu breaking his own record.

However, this time, Meng Xu missed two goals in a row after hitting 6 goals in a row, and finally after all the 3 points and 15 balls in the middle were thrown, Meng Xu's total score was only 19 points, and if he wanted to defeat Lei Allen, the last point must ensure that he scored at least 5 points.

When Meng Xu stood at the last shooting point, the audience shouted in unison again: "Closeyoureyestoshoot, Closeyoureyestoshoot。。。。。。 ”

"Ding, the All-Star 3-point shooting card is in effect, and the host will have a 100% chance of hitting the next 5 shots." After hearing a pleasant system prompt, Meng Xu closed his eyes expressionlessly. Soon, on the big screen at the scene, there was a picture of Meng Xu closing his eyes.

"It's shooting with your eyes closed, it's shooting with your eyes closed." When Meng Xu closed his eyes tightly and the picture of holding a basketball appeared again, the entire MCI Center Arena immediately boiled. is still 4 points behind Lei Allen, and he dares to use this kind of shooting method that is unreliable in the eyes of others, how confident Meng Xu is in his shooting.

Compared with the players in front of him in the game, the audience at the scene will remain silent, now every time Meng Xu hits a goal, the audience at the scene will burst into warm cheers, and finally when the last ball is thrown, Meng Xu directly turned around and opened his arms and walked towards the center of the court.

"Larry, this guy really looks exactly like you." After watching the basketball throw, Meng Xu, who had already begun to celebrate his victory with his eyes closed, Craig? Hodges remembered again that he sat in the audience and watched Larry Bird participate in the 3-point competition, Larry Bird, who was wearing a training uniform, was still one point behind before the last shot, and Larry Bird stretched out his fingers after throwing the flower ball, while celebrating the victory, he ran idle in the middle of the court, and Meng Xu is now even more exaggerated, still with his eyes closed.

"Craig, I think you're the only one right thing to say today." Larry Bird, who had already stood up, applauded Meng Xu's outstanding performance while responding to Craig? Hodges.

And when Meng Xu's last shot defeated Ray Allen and Nowitzki with a total score of 25 points, and defended the championship of this year's All-Star 3-point contest, all the players participating in this year's All-Star 3-point contest stood up from the bench and gave Meng Xu their own applause. Lei Allen, who was standing on the sidelines, while regretting himself, also sincerely admired Meng Xu.

"Meng, congratulations." When Larry Bird handed the trophy symbolizing the winner of the All-Star 3-point Contest to Meng Xu again, in the cheers of the audience, Meng Xu raised the trophy of the 3-point contest high, and this year's All-Star 3-point contest also officially came to an end.