Chapter 133: The Three-Point Contest
No, it's not that the ball didn't hit, but it hasn't gone in, and the ball keeps spinning on the basket. Russell was confident in his shot, and he was ready to move on to the next project. He stared at the basket and moved towards the baseline passing area, only to see that the ball had been spinning, and this lap seemed to be about to turn in, and the next lap the center of gravity was turned out. If the ball doesn't go in, Russell has to go back to shoot, he stops, but he is afraid that the ball will eventually turn in, and it will be a waste of time for him to go back, just when he is standing in the elbow area and hesitating, the ball finally turns into the basket.
Russell ran with his legs, came to the baseline to complete a long pass, and then rushed forward, at this time he was already two seconds behind, Russell decided to make a desperate bet and use Haugist's technique to go around the pile, but he didn't practice after all, the first time he couldn't grasp the rhythm at all, his rhythm was messed up after passing an obstacle quickly, barely bypassing the second obstacle, Russell's messy footsteps couldn't completely bypass the third obstacle, and when he dribbled the ball over the obstacle, he couldn't stop his footsteps, The shoulder hit the obstacle directly, and he stumbled, and when he got up to chase the ball, he returned the time he had just saved.
Russell sprinted desperately and switched to a layup to a throw, hoping to grab some more time, but unfortunately it was too late, and the time was already frozen at 28.77 seconds when the ball slid into the basket. Russell walked back to the bench disappointed
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"So why should I worry about you using my secret weapon?" Haugist took the initiative to meet and high-five Russell.
"It's just that you're lucky! If it weren't for that sore mid-range shot, I would have broken the NBA record in 25 seconds! Russell said depressedly.
"Luck is also part of strength! Maybe you'll have better luck in the next three-point contest? Hoggist said with a smile.
"Let's just let you win a game first!" Russell was not a stumbling person, and he simply lost and hugged Hoggist, who also stood in the middle of the field and received the trophy from a man dressed as Ronald McDonald.
Then it was cheerleading time, and the staff quickly removed the trick game set-up, and set up the five sets of carts needed for the three-point contest in one half court, and the four of Hougist and McColla Selbuck practiced their threes at various points.
The four took turns to try their shots, and in this relaxed state, each was very accurate, and the ball continued to pass through the net, making a series of pleasant sounds, and the spectators were fascinated by it.
"Haugist knew it, but I didn't expect you to be so accurate!" McCaw said in surprise.
"Don't we dare to come to the three-point contest? It's useless in normal conditions, and the quasi-ability to shoot under pressure in the game is called ability! Russell said and threw in another three.
McCaw thought that with his three-point ability, he could compete with Hougist in a three-point game where no one was defending, but he didn't expect that everyone was a leader, no one was worse than the other, and he couldn't show his ability after shooting for a long time. Anyway, there was a caddie picking up the ball, and McCaw began to throw backwards as he went, throwing farther and farther, and he was still able to throw in, gradually attracting the attention of most of the audience.
McCaw saw that he had become the focus of the court, he was very excited, retreated to the halfcourt line, raised his hand and threw a super long three-pointer, the ball flew to the basket accurately, Hougist wanted to make a prank and throw a ball to interfere, but seeing that the audience was looking forward to the end of the ball, he really had to be drowned by the spit of the audience, so after thinking about it, Hoggist still did not rush to shoot. Together with the other two and the spectators, they quietly held the ball and watched McCaw's throw.
To say that this McCaw really has two brushes in terms of long-range shooting, this kind of half-court long-range shooting can also be easily thrown with normal shooting movements, this arm strength, obviously has many years of age...... Oh no, it's ball age. The ball finally landed in the basket under the expectation of everyone, and the stadium erupted in cheers, and almost everyone raised their hands in celebration for McCaw, who looked smug and overflowing, as if he was more excited than winning the three-point contest.
"Are all your Nevada players so expressive?" Russell leaned in and asked.
"Don't be so mean, after all, this kind of ultra-long-range projection ability is too rare, this is a strategic weapon that can change the tide of battle! Whoever can shoot in the half of the court like Curry is worth showing off! I don't think there's any doubt about being a lotto show with that ability alone. Hougist replied.
"How do I remember you brushed five pairs on him? It seemed like a sensation at the time! And it seems that Linsanity was also watching the game at that time? Russell asked suddenly.
"yes, Jeremy and I are fellow countrymen, and he often comes to watch me play." Hoggist said, "Don't mention the five doubles, the main thing is that McCaw cooperated well and gave me a hat and a steal, but he can't be blamed for this, who made his team attack at that time!" As long as I lock him up, I can completely cut off their team's scoring, so of course I'm going to have to focus on the defensive end and entertain him. You know, I usually score 40 points in a game like digging into my bag, but I only took 8 shots and scored 20 points in that game, which was already the second lowest score in my high school career! However, if he enters the NBA, his teammates will never be rookies like his teammates on the high school team, and at that time, the defensive energy cannot be all on him alone, and his threat will rise to another level! ”
"You seem to have a keen sense of the strategic and tactical level! Listening to your analysis, I feel that you can observe the trend of the whole game from the height of the coach! Russell looked at Hougist in surprise, "It seems that I was wrong, not every player in Nevada is so expressive, your ability is much stronger than what you show, and your behavior is relatively low-key compared to your ability." ”
"Thanks for the compliment!" Hougist clenched his fists in thanks.
"Is that a Chinese etiquette? It feels cool! Are you really of Chinese descent as legendary? Russell asked curiously.
"What else is there to doubt about this? My dad is Chinese! And I can't see the face of the East? ”
"I really didn't see this, I thought you looked similar to me!" Russell said.
Hougist looked at Russell with a feigned dissatisfaction, and said half-jokingly, "Then you are really a little blind!" I'm so much more handsome than you, okay? ”
The two chatted for a while, and the game was about to begin, but this time it was Horgist who came out first. One of the major flaws in Haugist's personality may be that his mouth is too bad when he plays, although his personality is usually very kind and humble, but once he walks on the court, his mouth is itchy, and he always wants to say something to interfere with the opponent's mentality to enjoy it, and even the organizers arrange for him to make his first appearance can be used by him to give eye medicine to the other three opponents.
When the host called out Hoggist's name, he got up from the bench and wanted to imitate the big bird pretend to ask "Are you here to fight for second?" "But on second thought, this stalk is original to Big Bird, and it is very famous, and if they use it at this time, they will listen to it as a joke at most. In fact, it doesn't have much impact on their mentality, they have to be a little original!
After thinking quickly, Hogist turned to the other three and said, "My passes in the skills match just now were all one-handed passes with my left hand!" ”
"So what?" Russell asked.
"Remember what I said yesterday at the docks? Wait, it's not the ones I can help Downs and Okafor, it's the ones related to today's game! "Hoggist was afraid of pretending to fail, so he drew the key points in advance.
"Do you mean your boast of 'you can beat us with your left hand'? Rest assured! We didn't take it seriously, we won't be afraid of you even if you shoot with your right hand! Russell smiled and comforted.
"That's no fun, and after I'm done, you're in the mood to keep playing in front of a cold scoreboard with a 30-point record written on it?" Hoggist had a "how lonely it is to be invincible".
"Big brother, are you really happy to brag like this?" Booker looked helpless.
"Look!" After saying that, Haugist started his own shooting, but he didn't expect that Ha, who has always been accurate, missed the first ball and didn't even touch the basket. Such a bizarre performance caused the three people on the bench behind him to burst into laughter.
McCaw didn't forget to make up for it: "Big brother, there are only 29 points left"
Hoggist's mentality was unaffected, and he hit the last three ordinary balls in a row. can be regarded as suppressing the arrogance of the three people behind him. He threw the fifth ball with his left hand, but it landed directly on the side edge of the rebound.
"Hahaha! There are only 27 points left, a handsome guy! Russell didn't forget to fall into the trap either.
"27 points is not low, it is the first place wherever you put it!" Booker sang and harmonized with him.
Hoggist didn't speak, but chose to shoot back with action, the four ordinary balls on the flank, he threw them quickly on tiptoe, and hit them in a row, and the fifth flower ball he paused, still handed it to his left hand, jumped up seriously, and hit! All 6 points in this area are in hand.
Next, the top of the arc, all in; the other flank, all in; In the bottom corner, the first four balls were all scored, and it was already 25 points, and the last flower ball, Horgist grabbed a quick shot before the timer beep sounded, the ball smashed on the basket and bounced high, Horgist maintained the hand shape of the shot, staring at the ball with his back on his back. It wasn't until the ball finally fell to the basket that he celebrated with a fist with his left hand. After conceding two first-point shots, Hoggist eventually withstood the pressure and threw in the remaining 20 balls to score an astonishing 27 points. In the three-point contest with a perfect score of 30 points, not even an NBA star has ever scored such a high score.
Hoggist returned to the bench triumphantly, pretended to be disappointed and looked at the three of them, sighed and said: "Alas, I was slapped in the face by myself in the end, and I only scored 27 points, and it looks like I am going to be eliminated by you." ”
This time the three of them were silent, although everyone usually shoots quite accurately in training, but it is terrible to hit 20 balls in a row under pressure in the game like Hoggist, they feel suffocating when they look at it, they didn't expect Hoggist to be able to do it, this is already a miracle, such a brave performance makes these three people ashamed.
"Who's next? McCaw or Booker? You need to be merciful! Don't win too many points against me! Hogist teased as he sat back in his chair.
Booker is the second to play, he is now under a lot of pressure, he feels that whether it is Haugist's shooting speed or accuracy, he can only seriously jump shot every ball, but in this way, if you want to shoot it will be timed out; If you want to shoot 25 balls in one minute, it's up to you how much you can score. In the end, Booker still decided to shoot seriously, even if he only had enough time to shoot the first four groups, he could score 24 points if he shot them, and this result can be won in some years in the NBA!
Booker started to play, he shot steadily, the speed was a little slower, but the shooting rate was really good, until the flower ball on the wing did not throw the first ball, but unfortunately losing a flower ball is 2 points, Booker was a little distressed, but thinking about this flower ball caused the ordinary ball at the top of the arc to also lose two; He then put aside his distractions and returned to serious shooting, and when he threw the second ordinary ball into the corner, the end of the beep sounded, and although the shot was hit, the referee ruled that it was invalidated. Booker made a total of 21 effective shots, scored 3 flower balls, 15 ordinary balls, and scored a total of 21 points, which is also a very good result. Booker breathed a sigh of relief, this result was only 3 points lower than he expected, which is already quite rare, others may not be in such a good state, and he is still very hopeful of entering the finals.
McCaw's third appearance, he stood in the bottom corner shooting area and wanted to cry, he usually did this kind of three-point practice, the results were generally stable at about 17, and the highest only shot was 22, he thought that he was comparable to the level of the NBA and could win the championship in one fell swoop in tonight's three-point contest, but he didn't expect Hoggist to be so perverted, and even Booker was forced to have such a good result, if he can't beat Booker, he can't even enter the finals, how can he win the championship? It looks like I'm going to be desperate too!
McCaw did his best, but he only scored 15 points until he finished shooting in the fourth area, and unless he made all the shots in the last corner and scored the same points as Booker, he could keep the theoretical possibility of advancement. Booker patted his chest off the court, feeling that the big stone in his heart had finally fallen to the ground, and McCaw's shooting percentage should have little hope of equaling his score.
However, the world is so mysterious, McCaw glanced at the time, there were 11 seconds left, which was less than the average time it took him to shoot in front of him, but he did not rush to shoot, but took a deep breath, and then shot quickly and continuously like Hoggist, and threw 5 balls in 8 seconds, and the action was like a flowing cloud, all of them hit! He miraculously equaled Booker's score.