Chapter 206: The Strongest Shooter (I)
Reed's failure to win the Rookie Challenge MVP was a real regret for many, including Hamon, who was interested in Reed's accurate three-point shot. But Chang Wei didn't think so, Reed had proven himself in the game, and it was enough for opponents to start facing up to his three-point threat, and the Rookie Challenge MVP didn't matter to him.
Seeing that Harmon still looked regretful, Chang Wei smiled, hugged her fragrant shoulder and said: "Don't be depressed, in fact, Michael's three-point shot is not the strongest in our team, and you can meet our team's top scorer tomorrow." ”
To be honest, Chang Wei does mean to put gold on Lewis's face, but Lewis's three-point shooting rate is already the second on the team, and Snow, who is taller than him, averages nearly 2 fewer three-point shots per game than him. Overall, there's nothing wrong with Lewis being the team's top scorer, and he's also a reliable scorer for defenders' favorite assists.
Of course, Harmon knew who her boyfriend was talking about, but Reed's three-point shooting just now was really super high-level, and she said with some disbelief: "Even if Reed is not your strongest three-point shooter, but if you only play on the spot, I believe that Lewis's performance is definitely not as good as him." The pressure of the Rookie Challenge and the Three-Point Contest is not a notch at all, and I dare say Lewis won't be any better than Reed tomorrow. ”
Chang Wei smiled: "I still know the two of them well, and I know their technical characteristics and psychological state well." But it's not interesting to say it now, wait and see how Rashad plays tomorrow, I think it's a battle for his name. ”
The next day, Chang Wei and Harmon showed up in the arena on time, but the first game was not a three-point contest, but a slam dunk contest that makes the fans blood rush every year. Unfortunately, the lineup of this year's slam dunk contest is far from last year's, Desmond Mason, Corey Margetty, Strommeier Swift, Jonathan Bendel, Byron Davis, DeSean Stevenson, these are all the players who participated in this year's slam dunk contest.
Not only are their fames very different, but this year's players seem to be completely imaginative, and their dunk moves are highly complete, but the viewing is not flattering. This also made Chang Wei completely lose interest, just biting his ear with Harmon while waiting for the three-point contest to begin.
Unlike the slam dunk contest, this year's three-point contest is full of talent, with Ray Allen, Alan Houston, Peja Stojakovic, Nash and Nowitzki, and Lewis' competitors are still very strong. Not to mention, Ray Allen, Peja and Nowitzki were all champions of the three-point contest in their previous lives, and Nash and Houston were also among the top in the league in shooting.
After the recess show, several players who participated in the three-point contest began to warm up. Lewis saw Chang Wei on the sidelines at a glance, Chang Wei made a cheering gesture to him, and continued to turn his head and laugh with Harmon. Seeing that Chang Wei also came to watch the game, Lewis secretly made up his mind that he must perform well in the three-point competition, and it would be better if he could defeat all opponents and win the championship.
After the draw, Lewis was third in the playing order, which is still a good position, at least there won't be too much pressure. But ahead of him are Nowitzki and Peja, and if the two of them can get high scores, Lewis will definitely be Alexander. In Chang Wei's view, it is ironclad for these two people to get high scores.
Sure enough, Nowitzki, who was the first player to play, scored 20 points, especially hitting all five balls from both corners. Such a performance caused a burst of exclamations from the fans at the scene, and most fans had the impression that a big man would not shoot a three-point from the outside, but Nowitzki undoubtedly broke this stereotype.
Peja, who was not far behind, didn't have the pervert of hitting all five of Nowitzki's single points, but he was average on all five points, finishing with 22 points, so the pressure was all on Lewis.
You must know that more than 20 points in the three-point contest is already a high score, and even if it is put in the final, there is hope to compete for the championship. Lewis took off his training clothes, stood up, looked quite solemn, and strode to the bottom left corner to shoot.
"Tick-" As soon as the timer went off, Lewis took a deep breath, took the basketball from the shelf next to him, and took a quick shot with a slight aim.
In the first point, Lewis hit 2 regular balls and 1 flower ball. This is not a bad score, after all, it is only 6 points to hit all the points. But Lewis was unmoved, he quickened his pace and ran to the second point, continuing his previous movements like a robot.
The second point, Lewis hit the first four ordinary balls directly, which provoked the fans to start cheering for him. Unfortunately, the last flower ball failed to hit, and when the ball smashed out of the basket, the audience resounded with a sigh. But Lewis didn't have time to frustrate the missed ball, he had to go to the top of the arc to shoot a third point.
The top of the arc is where Lewis is better, and he only missed one normal shot at this point, scoring a total of five points. On the other side, Lewis scored four points in both the 45-degree angle and the bottom corner, so that his total score was 21 points, and he temporarily moved over Nowitzki in second place.
That score made Lewis' face look a little better, but after Ray Allen finished the race, his face turned cloudy again. As the champion of this three-point contest in his previous life, Ray Allen scored 25 points in one go, squeezing Lewis into third place, and the ticket to the final became precarious.
The fifth player was Houston, known as the "king of mid-range shooting", who lived up to his reputation and scored only 15 points, and it was clear that he preferred mid-range shooting to three-point shooting. Such a result means that he can already be a quiet beautiful man on the sidelines.
The last to play was Nowitzki's good friend Nash. Chang Wei knows that this assist-loving Canadian is actually a top pitcher, and many times he scores less just because he doesn't want to shoot. Unfortunately, Nash's shot was relatively slow, and he missed two shots in the end, but even then he scored 18 points and showed strong shooting skills. But in any case, his 18 points are going to be eliminated, and with his shooting rate, given a few more seconds, there is a chance that he will have to play an overtime game with Lewis.
Soon the results of the preliminary stage were shown on the big screen on the live field, and Ray Allen, Peja and Lewis made it to the final stage.