Chapter 145: Three-Point Contest
During the raising of the national flag and the singing of the national anthem, Roy suddenly saw a photo of Derek Ross.
A photo of Derrick Rose, the former darling of Chicago, is imprinted on the background wall in front of him, along with photos of Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and others.
These legendary stars all walked out of the McDonald's High School All-Star Game in the United States, and they became real All-Stars, and the stunned young people who will appear today are still waiting for their time.
When the players and the audience sang "The Star-Spangled Banner Never Falls" in unison, Roy was the only one in the audience who had nothing to do with the United States. He knows that he may be very lonely today, but this loneliness will give him endless motivation to express himself.
The massive Chicago Theatre was packed tonight, with 4,000 spectators holding cheering cards in their hands to build momentum for their favorite stars.
At a cursory glance, Roy saw that the audience was full of black and white faces, and there was hardly a single Asian in sight. This can't be done, the McDonald's High School All-Star Game in the United States is not open to the public, and the tickets that can be obtained are not the VIP of the sponsor, or the fans invited by the organizer and the media.
Of course, it is not without fans who support Roy, on the top floor of the stands, there are a few fans playing "LUO YI" and "ROY" fluorescent boards, it seems that they are not sure how to spell the name of their idol.
"Isn't Roy the hapless 'Yellow Mamba'?" Roy muttered to himself that he didn't want to be as unlucky as another American "Roy".
After the host introduced all the players, all 32 players from the east and west appeared on the stage, and they consciously stood in two columns, and the next host wanted to invite the finale guests.
The name that the MC shouted was - Michael Jordan.
"Oh." The audience exclaimed, the king of Chicago, the god of basketball, Michael Jordan, actually came.
At this moment, Jordan is slowly coming from the backstage, still familiar with the big bald head, still familiar figure, or familiar smile, Jordan is in a good mood, he enthusiastically stretched out his hands and greeted his little players one by one.
The host certainly didn't miss this opportunity, and he interviewed Jordan for the first time.
"Michael, it's great to have you here at this year's McDonald's High School All-Star Game, we know that you also entered the world of thousands of fans from this event, do you have any advice for these juniors?"
Jordan happily took the microphone, his eyes scanning the 32 high school students, "First of all, I want to congratulate all the newcomers on becoming All-Stars, welcome to Chicago." Then, I want to say that this All-Star Game is not easy to play, and I think I didn't win the MVP of this game back then, and now I can say that it is my lifelong regret. ”
"Hahaha." Jordan's witty remarks drew laughter from the audience.
"Finally, I want to say to everyone, enjoy it, you will become big stars in the future."
"Bang Bang Bang Bang ......" Jordan's opening remarks were exchanged for warm applause from the audience, this is his chassis, presumably he will be flattered when he farts on stage.
Seeing Jordan's Roy, he was also very excited, the last time the two of them met, Jordan was recruiting Roy to join the Charlotte Hornets, and Jordan was the team owner at that time.
And today, he has become the all-powerful god of basketball, majestic and full of aura.
From the first few eye contacts, Roy sensed Jordan's anticipation.
Jordan does have something to look forward to, and he wants to see Roy prove in action that he can make it to the first round of the NBA draft.
Today is indeed a good opportunity for high school stars to perform, and it is the first time that the MVPs of these state championships and the leading stars of major high schools have appeared in front of fans across the country and around the world. Plus, with so many celebrity guests, team managers and senior scouts on hand, they definitely need to put on a good show.
The first single-event event is a mixed half-court three-on-three match, equivalent to the NBA All-Star Game's Masters Game. Roy didn't sign up for the tournament, so he sat quietly on the sidelines and watched.
There wasn't much to see about Roy in this game, and the only highlight was probably the second Chinese-American player in the game, Natalie chou from Chenowith, who ranked 8th in ESPN's Women's Top 100 Players, and is said to join Baylor Women's Basketball next year in the National Women's Basketball League.
Daron Fox was also in the tournament, and Roy was hoping his new friend could win the title, but unfortunately, his Jaeschke team didn't seem to be able to play at all and lost in the first round.
Six teams battled it out, and in the end, the Wiggins team with Jayson Tatum won the championship.
After the medal ceremony and the cheerleading team, the individual event will usher in the first climax, the "Men's Three-Point Competition", which is also the first event Roy participates in.
Unlike the NBA All-Star Three-Point Contest, the High School All-Star Game features 12 players and three rounds.
Of course, this is also understandable, so many hairy guys rarely appear in front of the national audience, and the organizers must give them more opportunities to perform.
This year's players have captured nearly every outside scorer for the Eastern and Western All-Stars, including Terrence Ferguson, Markelle Fultz, Kelly Gooy, Andrew Jones, Josh Langford, Malik Monk, Daron Fox, Mills Bridges, Devan Hull, V.J. King and Tony Bradley.
Roy doesn't know anything about their strength, and according to the order of the draw, Roy will play with the sixth pick, which is quite a good position.
The first to play was the unlucky Daron Fox, who had only finished a three-on-three match, although he still felt good, but his physical strength was consumed, and he was the first to play, so he couldn't help but be nervous. In the first two points, Daron Fox staged a good show of iron, "bang bang", eight iron in a row, embarrassing the whole court, although in the end he chased with all his might, but he owed too much debt, and finally only scored a pitiful 11 points.
Thanks to this new friend, Roy has seen a little bit of the way, this three-point game, not only is the crosshair, but more importantly, the shooting rhythm and endurance.
Roy has a high ball quotient and has cracked the mystery of the three-point contest right away, while some guys are completely headless flies. This is the case with Josh Langford, the second player on the court, the strong guard from Madison College who is proud of his amazing physical strength and not verbose, his shooting rhythm is ridiculously fast, and he actually ended the game 10 seconds early, and the result is bound to be not good, and he will score 12 points.
Of course, there is a negative example like Langford, which is a real three-point master, and the third player who played Terence Ferguson and the fourth player who played Kelly Gooy, black and white, one tall and one short, are a good interpretation of what a three-point shooter is.
Let's talk about Terence Ferguson first, this slender guy has quite a potential shooter, and he maintains a very good shooting rhythm and shooting hand, which makes Roy amazed.
Then there's Kelly Gooy, a small white guard who has a good hand and is easy to get excited when he shoots, and you can guess that he's in very good shape today just by looking at the way he runs off the court.
Of the two, Terence Ferguson scored 21 points and Kelly Goey scored 22 points, and it doesn't look much of a problem to advance to the next round.
Fifth place went to Markelle Fultz, who drew the biggest applause from the audience and seemed to be as popular as his nickname, "The Rich Son".
It's true that Fultz is a good point guard, but his shooting ability has always been mediocre, and in stark contrast to his exuberant popularity, his cold touch, as the final bell rings, "Rich Son" scored only 15 points, which is not too good in a three-point game with a perfect score of 34.
With the five players finished, it was Roy's turn......