Chapter 182: Record Holder
With 4-of-5 three-pointers in the first quarter, can Curry break the three-point record held by him?
This topic has already begun to be discussed on the Internet, because in the next three quarters, as long as Curry averages 3 three-pointers per quarter, he can track his own record, and if he makes one more shot, it will break the record.
Judging by the current situation where the two teams are shooting three points, this is very likely.
Most neutral fans said it didn't matter, as long as they didn't break the record on their home team and their favorite team didn't have the right historical background. Kings fans believe that it is impossible, and they firmly believe that Zhang will interfere with Curry at a key point in the record, even if he loses the game.
On the contrary, the attitude of the Warriors fans is the most surprising, they hope that Curry will not break the record, because the data in the preseason are not counted in the career statistics, in case this game scores 13+ three-pointers, the next game will have to wait until the year of the monkey, and they believe in the 3-point skill CD.
On the court in the second quarter, the two teams continued to bombard, Curry's three-point shooting rate was still terrifying, even under Zhang Feng's defense, his 3-point shooting was still 3 of 4 in the second quarter, and Thompson also made 2 three-pointers.
On the king's side, Zhang Feng and Bogdan did not lag behind, their hand seemed to return to the state of the original internal competition, and at halftime, counting the three points in the first quarter, Zhang Feng hit 5 three-pointers.
The score of the two teams reached a terrifying 56-50, and of course the one behind was the Kings.
After a halftime timeout, Curry was interviewed.
"Hello, Curry, seven three-pointers in the half are in good shape, are you confident of breaking your own three-point record?".
"Go with the flow, I don't have a three-point shot"
"Evaluate Zhang Feng who is opposite to you"
"He played really well, and you don't forget, he also made five three-pointers."
"What do you think about Zhang Feng going to the wedding with the championship?"
"It's everyone's preference, didn't LeBron also say that if he didn't win the championship, he might cancel the wedding? Fans shouldn't criticize him."
Zhang Feng didn't know what Curry said in the interview, and he was in the locker room discussing the second-half strategy with his teammates.
"We've got to step up our defense against Curry, not to be a backdrop," Justin said stupidly.
Randolph gave him a blank look: "You are unhappy that Nick Young forced 2 three-pointers on the head, and it is not you to defend Curry, don't add pressure to Zhang Feng."
"It doesn't exist, we certainly can't be the background of the record, but there is another way besides defense," Zhang Feng smiled mysteriously.
"How," Justin and Randolph asked in unison.
"That's if we set the record, Curry threw 13, we threw 14, Curry threw 14, we tried to throw 15," Zhang Feng said easily, but Justin and Randolph were extremely surprised.
If Mason said this, they immediately started to spray, but Zhang Feng said this, and they were silent, because Zhang Feng always showed them miracles, and the previous game against the Lakers was the best example.
"Come on, we support you" Carter deliberately walked up to Zhang Feng and high-fived, what he said was not to believe you, but to support you, which means that Zhang Feng said Carter at least partially agreed.
The cheerleaders left the court, the halftime was over, and the game between the two teams continued.
The two teams tacitly maintained the rhythm of the game against the three-point bombardment, on the King's side, Papayannis blocked and dismantled, Zhang Feng cast, Willy blocked and dismantled, Bogdan shot, and there was really no chance to pass to Justin to break through, and if Justin couldn't score, he gave a strong hit to the inside.
On the Warriors' side, the whole team blossomed, with Curry, Thompson, and Nick Young all hitting three-point shots.
Until the end of the third quarter, the scores of the two teams still could not be opened, and the Warriors only led by 4 points.
In the TNT live room, O'Neal and Barkley had a heated argument about who could shoot more threes between Zhang Feng and Curry.
In order to get the argument to a conclusion as soon as possible, Kenny suggests, "Let's take a look at the technical statistics".
The stats showed that Zhang Feng hit 8 3-pointers and Curry hit 10 3-pointers.
Barkley looked up and pretended to be haughty and said, "How? Curry would have broken the record by scoring four more 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, so he would definitely have hit more 3-pointers than Zhang Feng."
O'Neal shook his head: "Charles, pay attention to the shooting percentage, Zhang Feng shot 8 of 12, Curry shot 10 of 18, do you need me to hire a math teacher?" ”。
"11 percentage points, it doesn't mean anything," Barkley said and lowered his head and counted again, confirming that he was not wrong.
"Dude, according to the 66% shooting rate, if Zhang Feng shoots 21, then there will be 13.86 three-pointers, rounded up is 14 three-pointers, he only needs to shoot 9 more balls"
At this point, O'Neill paused for a moment before continuing: "Do you want me to slow down, can you keep up with the rhythm?" The implication is that Barkley can't calculate.
"Hehe, according to your algorithm, Curry only needs to shoot 8 more balls to have 13.5 3-pointers, according to you, rounding is 14 three-pointers, do you think it is difficult for Zhang Feng to shoot 9 more balls, or is it difficult for Curry to shoot 8 more balls?" Barkley clenched his fists after saying that, and he felt that he was very witty.
"Wait a minute, I have to tell you the fact that the probability is going to become, and you are a theoretical situation, and if they change their play, your theory will not be valid at all," Kenny said weakly.
O'Neill and Barkley were stunned when they heard this, and used silence to express their insistence.
Thankfully for O'Neal and Barkley, the two teams did not change their playing style in the fourth quarter, and the Warriors started the same routine, with Pachulia blocking and dismantling, Thompson transitioning the ball, a few rotations, and Curry scoring 3 points.
Eleven, three away from Curry's record, and the fans at the Oracle Center have stood up and feel like they're going to witness another great moment.
Zhang Feng is not soft, in the face of Thompson's defense, he pretended to break through the inside line, Thompson retreated, and he stepped back to the three-point line, which was also a 3-pointer.
The Warriors attacked again, Pachulia was blown to move the cover, the King served fast, Zhang Feng passed to Papa inside, Papa attracted Thompson to wrap and then passed back to Zhang Feng, Curry couldn't defend it, and Zhang Feng threw an open three-pointer.
With a 4-point gap and only 1 point left, the Warriors turned around and decided to play another three-pointer, Pachulia and Jordan Bell double-covered for Curry, and the Kings chased the defense inside, and finally in the 45-degree chaos on the right side, Curry hit a strong three-pointer.
12 three-pointers, which is already the second-highest single-game three-point record in the NBA. The most intuitive embodiment of Curry's three-point prowess is that the NBA's single-game three-point record is the first, and the second has his name.
In the face of the excited Warriors players and fans, David gave Zhang Feng a look and asked him if he wanted to take a timeout, Zhang Feng shook his head and refused, he felt that the Warriors were just gaining momentum and not to the point where they couldn't deal with it.
Sure enough, Zhang Feng did what he said, he first hit a long-range 3-point shot, and then returned to steal Thompson's dribble, and scored another 3 points in the fast-break situation without defense.
The whole Warriors wanted Curry to break the record and give Curry every offense, but Curry suddenly fell silent and failed to hit 4 shots in a row, just like when Maddy scored 52 points in the third quarter, but shot 1 of 6 in the last quarter.
But Zhang Feng took advantage of this time to shoot 2 of 3 points and 4 shots, hitting a total of 13 three-pointers, reaching the same highest single-game three-point shooting of 13 as Curry.
Try to write it differently, don't describe how to fight, but describe the process, if the old iron is not satisfied, say directly, I change back or try a better way. In addition, I recommend the author's friend's book "Dominating the Arena".