Chapter 532: Three-Point Contest
After a short break, everyone's attention-grabbing three-point contest is finally about to start, after a random draw, the first to play Wesley Matthews Matthews stood on the sidelines, but for the audience, Matthews is obviously not a star player, so the scene was very embarrassing, and Matthews lived up to expectations, only got a 16 points, in the three-point contest after the restructuring, the full score is 35 points, 16 points is basically a failure, And Wesley Matthews obviously knew that his performance was not ideal, so he also looked a little unhappy when he came down.
In fact, Irving's three-point shooting rate is not high among these people who participated, and it can even be regarded as the bottom among these people, but he couldn't bear to help the Cavaliers win a precious championship with three-point shots in the finals last season, so after Irving came on the court, the cheers of the fans were obviously much louder.
In fact, Owen has participated in the three-point contest for the second time, the last time he participated in the three-point contest was the season when Ye Xuan won the championship, and then Ye Xuan missed last year's three-point contest due to injury, and Owen also did not participate in last season's three-point contest for various reasons. And the last time Irving participated in the three-point contest, the results were not particularly ideal, so this time he also wants to achieve a slightly better result.
Although Ye Xuan actually wanted to open his mouth to cheer him on or something, the other people next to him would not continue to let Ye Xuan 'dominate the game', so they didn't give Ye Xuan a chance to open his mouth at all, and directly came over and covered Ye Xuan's mouth with their hands. A few people on the sidelines are still fighting, Irving's game has already begun, the first point, Irving's shooting rate is not very high, only two of the five shots, two points, the second point, is also Irving in last year's finals staged that shocking three-point angle, Irving seems to feel very good at this angle, so directly put all the flower balls at this point, and his play is also like in the finals, very amazing, all five shots hit, and the score also came to 12 points at once.
When it came to the third point, that is, the point at the top of the arc, Owen didn't know if it was because he used up his luck at the second point, so the point at the top of the arc, which was easier to hit, was only three of five shots, and the flower ball was also missed again, and only three points were scored. After that, in the fourth and fifth points, Owen stabilized his mind, hit three shots respectively, and the ball was shot steadily, and finally got an excellent score of 23 points, you must know that 23 points are very high scores even in the three-point contest after the restructuring, and this score should be able to help Owen enter the final round.
Owen finished his game, and the audience on the court also cheered warmly, after all, the 23-point preliminary score is already very good, and the next player to play, although it can be said that he is the least famous in the three-point competition, and the only person who is not the team's starter in this three-point competition - Nick Young, but his popularity is not lost to the average star, after all, although Yang Shaoxia has a lot of nonsensical things in the league, But his dedication to basketball still gives him a lot of points, plus he is now not only Ye Xuan's teammate, but also a Chinese emoji Internet celebrity, so his popularity will naturally not be bad.
This season's Yang Shaoxia has actually made great progress in three-point shooting, although since he entered the league, everyone has been criticizing his selfishness, from the beginning of the single Yang, to the later Yang Shaoxia, in fact, it is a derogatory term, but then everyone gradually accepted his way of playing, after all, he is now playing on the bench, and there are many people who play this way on the bench, such as Ke 6, such as Lu Wei, these are super six-level people, and they don't pass the ball much when they play.
This season's Yang Shaoxia, the three-point shooting rate can reach 38%, this shooting rate is a new high in his career, and at the same time, he averages 5.8 three-pointers per game, which is also a new high in his career.
Yang Shaoxia's game began, the first point in the bottom corner is a point that Yang Shaoxia is very good at, and he made the most shots at this angle in the game, but he didn't choose to put the flower ball here, four of five shots, and five points! It played very well. Turning to the second point, Yang Shaoxia was still very brave, with three of five shots, four points, and nine points after the first two points were over.
The third point is also the point where Yang Shaoxia puts the flower ball, this point he actually doesn't have many opportunities to shoot in the game, but in training, he shoots the most in training at this point, and putting the flower ball on this point is also the suggestion given by Ye Xuan, and Yang Shaoxia is indeed very accurate at this point, and the convulsive hand shot four, and after three points, he has already scored 17 points, which is higher than the score that Wesley Matthews has shot all. The fourth point, Yang Shaoxia is estimated to be too excited just now, so he didn't grasp the feeling well, only two of the five balls were shot, and he scored 2 points, Ye Xuan also sweated for him, after all, Yang Shaoxia pumped the kind of nerve knife physique from time to time, no one knows if he suddenly failed the crosshair.
But fortunately, Yang Shaoxia has changed a lot in this third-level level, and when it came to the last point, Yang Shaoxia slowed down, and then started to shoot again, hitting three of them in five shots, scoring 4 points, and the final score was the same as Owen, which was also 23 points, and this score also made Ye Xuan breathe a sigh of relief for him, after all, the score of 23 points should be out of himself and Thompson, and it should be relatively difficult for several other people to shoot.
But what Ye Xuan didn't expect was that the fourth appearance, who was also the champion of last season's three-point contest, gave him a heavy slap in the face, as a super shooter who has hit 149 three-pointers this season, Thompson's performance in this three-point contest can only be described as spicy eyes, the first point is five shots, and the second point is good enough to hit three goals, and when it comes to the third point, Thompson still feels cold, only hitting two balls, and the first three points are over, There are only 8 points in total, and the fourth point is also where his flower ball is placed, as long as his performance is a little worse at this point, then he can basically be declared out of the finals, and Thompson is sure enough... Still didn't show his true colors as an efficient shooter, only hit two goals in the fourth point, and the last point was also a blind shot, and in the end only 14 points were scored, which was very embarrassing.
And after Thompson, it is Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan actually attaches more importance to the three-point competition, after all, since he appeared in the league, his first impression is that he is a super shooter, if he loses in his best project, then it is estimated that everyone will be very disappointed. Therefore, before appearing, Ye Xuan also directly used the scope props to ensure that his hit rate could defeat other opponents.
In fact, Ye Xuan has no need for this, under the addition of the system and various mechanized shooting training, Ye Xuan's three-point shooting rate under the unguarded is already very terrifying, in the placement of the flower ball, Ye Xuan also seems very casual, directly stuffed on the first point, and then the first point is pulled up and five shots, one point will get 10 points, the second point, Ye Xuan is also very stable, still five shots, two points over, Ye Xuan has caught up with Thompson's 14 points, The score was already the same as Wesley-Matthews, and then at the top of the arc, Ye Xuan began to be unable to resist his pretending spirit, just like O'Neal suddenly changed his action in the free throw and turned into a one-handed shot, Ye Xuan's shooting posture at this point also changed to a one-handed shot, but this shooting posture did make Ye Xuan a little uncomfortable, and as a result, he failed to pretend to be forced, and only scored 3 points at the third point.
And the most important thing is that the third point is a waste of time when he shoots with one hand, so when he comes to the fourth point, Ye Xuan only has about fifteen seconds left, and the audience and commentators on the sidelines also sweat for Ye Xuan, but fortunately, Ye Xuan's hit rate is still very guaranteed, he rushed to the fourth point, and then quickly threw five basketballs, although these balls were shot a little urgently, they still hit three, and then there were only 7 seconds left, Ye Xuan quickly came to the last point, He continued to hit two more goals quickly, raising his score to 25 points. Ye Xuan still had two basketballs left at the last point before she had time to throw them out, but fortunately, the score was still very good, enough to make her lead all the players in the previous competition, but this process still made everyone sweat, Ye Xuan also pretended to shake the sweat in his hand after finishing the game, which made everyone laugh again.
Immediately followed by Ye Xuan, Eric Gordon, who suddenly had a second spring in the Rockets this season, Gordon has hit 170 three-pointers so far this season, which is slightly inferior to Ye Xuan and Curry, and higher than Thompson just now. The most important thing is that Gordon was sent to the Hornets in the original Clippers and Hornets trade Paul , and the Hornets later changed their name, which is now the Pelicans, so this city can also be said to be Gordon's half of the parent team, although he did not renew his contract with the Pelicans this season, but his performance in the team in the previous seasons still made the audience cheer him warmly.
Gordon is worthy of being a player who has been with the Pelicans for five years, the basket here must be very familiar to him, after the game began, Gordon really showed his strength as a three-point madman, the first point is all in the middle, the second point is three in five, the third point is also the position of the color ball is also three in five, the first three points are shot, Gordon's score has come to 16 points, and the next two points Gordon still played well, two points got a total of eight points, a total score of 24 points, although this score is worse than Ye Xuan's 25 points, But it's also higher than Irving and Nick Young's 23 points, so he can at least temporarily sit high in the rankings.
Gordon's result also made his next three players feel a little pressure, and then Gordon played out Kemba Walker of the Hornets, in fact, Walker's three-point shooting rate is not particularly high, but his three-point shooting is very large, which makes his three-point shooting this season also ranked relatively high.
At the beginning of the game, perhaps because of the pressure on him from the records of the previous players, Kemba Walker's performance was not particularly good, the first point was only three points, the second point was even worse, only two points were scored, the third point was not bad, four of the five shots were hit, but unfortunately the key flower ball was deflected again, and the fourth point was also his flower ball point, but maybe because he was nervous, so there was still no progress in the projection of this point, and he scored six points on three of five shots, and the last point, Walker's time was running out, which made his shot quicker, and the more he hurried, the more he missed, two out of five, three points, and finally a total of 18 points obviously missed the finals.
In the end, there are two players left who have not played, one is Kyle Lowry, who has also played very well this season and can almost be said to be the No. 1 point guard in the East, and the other is C.J. McCollum, who has shared Lillard's ups and downs with the Trail Blazers. McCollum is the next player to play, this season's McCollum is also playing smoothly in the Trail Blazers, compared to last season, his data has also been improved again, but a little embarrassing is that this season's dark horses seem to be a bit more, which makes it very difficult for the Trail Blazers to play well in the Western Conference, although they have a high win rate for Eastern teams, although their winning percentage is even higher than that of the Wizards in the fifth place in the East, but they are still not ranked in the top eight in the West, They are still struggling for a playoff spot.
In the first four points, McCollum scored 19 points, but he was not able to maintain his excellent state at the last point, and finally only scored 22 points, although only one point was missing, although 22 points were already a relatively high score, but this score still did not let him enter the finals.