Zhang Feng was completely unaware of the discussion of Green, and he lay down for less than 2 minutes, and the NBA staff found him and asked him to enter the player tunnel quickly, and the three-point contest was about to start.

Zhang Feng walked into the players' tunnel and saw that good guys, Klay, Paul-George, Booker and other players who participated in the three-point contest were all in place, and he was the last to arrive.

Let everyone wait, Zhang Feng was a little embarrassed, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm late."

Embarrassingly, no one paid any attention to the words, Paul George and Lowry huddled together and whispered, Gordon bounced back and forth to warm up, and Clay lowered his head and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Only Gordon smiled at Zhang Feng, but instead of responding, he pointed to the Rocket jersey and said, "Hey, do you see that?" Chinese, rocket, cool enough, right? ”。

I didn't expect it to be a jersey, Zhang Feng couldn't cry or laugh, so he could only nod and reply: "Very good, I wish you good results."

Leaving the Kings, facing non-teammate players, no one sold Zhang Feng's face, although he led the Kings to the first record in the league, but after all, he has not won the championship, and he is a foreigner.

Fortunately, the live broadcast sounded, and the awkward atmosphere was suddenly swept away, "Ladies and gentlemen, the 2018 All-Star Three-Point Contest starts now!! ”。

"The first to play was Tobias Harris from the Los Angeles Clippers!"

Harris entered the NBA in 2011 and has played for the Bucks, Magic, Pistons, and now to the Clippers, although he plays at the forward position, but he shoots 40% from three-point range, which is better than the team's scoring guard Louis Williams.

As one of the few players at home to participate in the All-Star Games, Harris's appearance was welcomed by the fans, but the applause was sparse and did not have much momentum.

"Let's welcome the 6-foot-4" shooting guard, Wayne Ellington from the Miami Heat!"

Ellington just walked out of the players' tunnel, Wade immediately stood up and applauded, although he has just returned to the Heat, he will always be the king of Miami, as the boss on this occasion to stand up and applaud will undoubtedly give Ellington great support, and Ellington at the end of last year, with a single quarter of 6 three-pointers tied the Heat team's history of single-quarter three-point record, also deserves such support.

"Five-time All-Star, Paul George from the Oklama Thunder"

When George's name was mentioned on the radio, the fans and even the players laughed because he only scored 10 points in the '13 Houston All-Star Three-Point Contest, which was the lowest score since the three-point contest changed the rules.

After Paul George played, Lowry and Booker also played, and only Zhang Feng, Klay, and Gordon were left in the player tunnel. As the champion of last year's three-point contest, Gordon must be the last, and Zhang Feng moved his steps to prepare to play.

"Three-time All-Star and '16 Three-Point Contest Champion Klay Thompson from the Golden State Warriors!"

Unexpectedly, the host called Clay first, Zhang Feng could only return to his original position, but I don't know if Clay ran too fast, or the host was in a hurry, Zhang Feng just retreated, and his name was called by the host.

"NBA record holder for the number of three-pointers made in a single game, MVP of the Rookie Challenge, champion of the Skills Challenge, Zhang Zhang Zhang Feng from the Sacramento Kings!"

Originally, this was nothing, but unexpectedly, as soon as Zhang Feng walked out of the players' tunnel, the cheers of the fans were obviously louder than Clay's appearance just now, or it was not accompanied by screams, and the flash of mobile phone photography also filled the stadium, O'Neal also pulled Ray Allen and other celebrities to get up to welcome, and the fans also got up and applauded.

Obviously, Zhang Feng's popularity is much higher than that of Clay, and it would be fine if the two appeared far apart, but the two appeared almost at the same time, and the host gave Zhang Feng a long list of introductory titles, Clay's situation was suddenly very embarrassing, and Clay was still waving at the fans.

Such an embarrassing scene made Green's face gloomy on the sidelines, and he was still calling on the fans to cheer for Clay, but it made Clay embarrassed so much, he gritted his teeth angrily and kept glaring at Zhang Feng.

Fortunately, the awkward atmosphere did not last long, and after Zhang Feng appeared, Gordon also followed, but he was the champion of last year's three-point contest, and the fans also acted as if they didn't know him.

According to the process, after the host introduces all the participating players, it is Gordon's turn to be interviewed live.

"Hey, Gordon, you've competed in the three-point contest before and won the championship once, so what's your goal in this contest?"

"You kno, it's a great experience to play with these great shooters, but I only have one goal in playing, and that is to win"

"OK, as you said, does anyone feel the pressure in the face of such a shooter?"

"Zhang Feng," Gordon said casually, but he probably realized that it was a bit disrespectful to the other players in the competition, and quickly added: "Well, I mean, everyone is very good, there is no need to be nervous, just do the best you need to do."

"Okay, understood, good luck".

After the interview, the host left the playing area, Harris, who was the first to appear, stood on the left baseline, and the countdown to the live broadcast began.

After three short beeps, Harris picked up the basketball and started shooting, because he had to shoot 25 basketballs in one minute, and he was relatively fast.

The first shot hit, the second shot was a bit off the right, but Harris didn't make any adjustments and continued to shoot.

After shooting from the left baseline position, Harris scored 3 points, he quickly rushed to the left 45 degrees, here, he chose to place all the flower balls, probably considering that each flower ball counts as 2 points, and his shooting speed was much slower than before.

But it's a pity that the sudden adjustment of the shooting speed not only did not improve the shooting rate, but caused his shooting rate to decline, and in the case of 3 consecutive flower balls, he re-increased his speed and finally saved the last 2 flower balls.

In the blink of an eye, Harris made four shots, and the fifth position was a bit rushed, and he picked up the pace of the shot again, but only hit two balls to score 18 points.

The 18-point mark in the first round, although it did not guarantee a second round, was not bad, and Clippers owner Ballmer in the front row nodded with satisfaction.

The second to take the field was Ellington, who was on the fire, conceding only two goals in the first two positions, and the fans at the scene began to cheer when they found out about the situation, and Wade also stood up from his seat and applauded.

But things took a turn for the worse, and Ellington couldn't shoot a single shot at the top of the arc where he put all the flower balls, and only scored one point in the 45-degree position on the right side of the next one, and he only scored a total of 17 points when he finished shooting from the fifth position.

The 17 points were lower than Harris's 18 points, and with six players still not playing, the chances of reaching the second round were too small, and Wade on the sidelines shook his head helplessly and sat down.