Chapter 58: All-Star Weekend (4)

After the rookie competition, Liu Ming also has to take a good rest and participate in the three-point shooting competition tomorrow. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The three-point contest requires players to have a stable, fast shot, as well as super shooting fitness and shooting rhythm. Actual star players generally don't play well, like Michael Jordan, who made a big joke. In the 90 All-Star Three-Point Contest, Jordan set a minimum score of 5 points, and of course there was a person who scored 6 points, which everyone is familiar with. In the '12 All-Star Weekend three-point contest, Durant was expected to replace Joe Johnson, who withdrew from the game due to a knee injury, and Durant, who shot 38.7% from three-point range that season, ended up scoring only six points and scored only one goal per point.

However, Jordan, a "professional slap in the face", is a man who does not admit defeat. Immediately came back, hitting 6 three-pointers in the half of the '92 Finals, setting a record for three-pointers in the Finals. (It wasn't until 20 years later, in 2010, that it was broken by Ray Allen)

So the average star player really can't play the All-Star three-point contest, after all, there are only two stars like "Big Bird" Larry Bird and "Free Throw King" Mark Price.

This year's players are Dale Ellis, Steve Cole, Tim Leegler, Terry Mills, Sam Perkins, Glenn Rice, John Stockton, Walter Williams and Liu Ming.

And Liu Ming has already studied it, and this time Liu Ming's biggest opponents are only two people, Cole and Tim Legler.

Tim Legler is the champion of the last three-point contest and is very powerful, and Kerr is the person Liu Ming is most familiar with, and the high three-point shooting rate in training is scary.

Since there is no All-Star Skills Contest yet, the first program is the All-Star Three-Point Contest.

In the evening, it was another gathering of heroes, similar to last night, and many basketball celebrities and active basketball stars came.

Jordan also arrived, but this time he didn't wear Liu Ming's jersey because Kerr was also going to play.

In the end, in everyone's cheers, the All-Star three-point contest began, the first to appear was Liu Ming, just came out of bursts of cheers, shouts, and mixed boos made Liu Ming a little dizzy, last night Liu Ming's wonderful performance in the rookie game won the attention of some fans on the scene, so as a "leader", he won applause and cheers as soon as he came out.

lived up to expectations, and Liu Ming played the level he usually practiced. I'm a little nervous though. 19 points.

This score is a bit high or low, but Liu Ming is quite satisfied with this score. Silently withdrawing amid applause.

Liu Ming got off to a good start, and then everyone showed their powers.

"When", "poof", the sound of striking iron seemed to be the main theme of the night, and at the end of the first round, no one scored more than Liu Ming, and the highest were Tim Legler and Cole, both of whom scored 18 points.

Stockton and the other players stepped aside, and according to the rules, the next round was Liu Ming, Cole, and Tim Legler.

Liu Ming scored the highest score in the first round, so he was the last to play in the second round. There are advantages and disadvantages, mainly depending on the performance of the previous two.

Unfortunately, both men withstood the pressure, with Tim Leegler scoring 18 points and Steve Kerr scoring 22 points. A terrible score, second only to Mark Price in '94 and the second-highest score in the three-point contest final so far. 22 points, even in the era when the rules were later modified to allow the position of the flower ball to be placed casually, and the full score was raised from 30 points to 34 points, 22 points was considered a high score.

Although Cole's score was already known without a game, the pressure of 22 points could only be felt in real life.

Liu Ming was the last to go to the battlefield, whether to win the trophy, win the prize or go home as the "biggest loser".

"Huh~~" Liu Ming stood near the three-point line in the bottom corner, took a deep breath, and then slowly made a few shooting postures, trying to concentrate his attention and avoid being disturbed by the noisy environment around him.

The audience at the scene of "Blues, Blues, Blues......" gave Liu Ming enough support.

With the referee's signal, the timer began, Liu Ming immediately reached out to take the ball, his knees were slightly bent, his lower limbs kicked his legs to exert force, his body stretched forward and upward, his arms bent forward, his fingers plucked the ball, and the ball was shot.

"Dang", but Liu Ming's first ball was a little too strong, and the basket bounced out.

"Oh~" A regretful voice immediately sounded in the Gunde Gymnasium, and it could be seen that Liu Ming was still a little nervous, but Liu Ming quickly calmed down and shot again.

"When" but Liu Ming's second ball hit the side edge of the basket due to too little force, and then a sigh sounded again in the arena.

"Lean" Liu Ming snorted softly, holding the third ball in his hand, he suddenly felt the unique weight of this basketball, which was slightly adjusted for nearly a second, and then jumped and shot, the action was still so fast, with the action of pulling the wrist on the basis of pushing and shooting.

"Brush", a beautiful sound, Liu Ming's third ball finally passed through the center of the net with a beautiful arc.

The "yes" goal calmed Liu Ming's mood suddenly, and then Liu Ming made consecutive shots again.

"Brush" and "brush" the same angle, the same strength, the same result, Liu Ming played 2 more balls, including the last "moneyball".

Liu Ming scored 4 points in the first point.

Liu Ming jogged to the second point. Because Liu Ming's shooting speed is very fast, this also causes Liu Ming to have a rare time of 2 or 3 seconds left in the first round, so Liu Ming maintained a constant speed on the road in this round to avoid ups and downs in his physical fitness, which affected the shooting basket.

"Brush", "brush", "brush" Liu Ming first hit three goals in a row at the second point of the flank at a 45-degree angle, but then missed two balls in a row, including "moneyball", which made the fans in the stadium who supported him suddenly nervous.

In the first two points, Liu Ming only scored 7 points. This can only be regarded as decent, and the situation is not very optimistic about Liu Ming.

"Brush" sound. Just when the fans sighed. Liu Ming, who ran to the third point in the center, raised his hand and threw a ball very cleanly.

This point is a point that Liu Ming is very familiar with and good at, Liu Ming often shoots at this point in the regular season, and his shooting rate at this point is more than 50%.

Really. Liu Ming hit three more goals in a row. When the fifth flower ball is shot. Liu Ming also felt very good, and his eyes were constantly staring at the basketball flying in the air while running to the fourth point.

Fortunately, this "moneyball" did not disappoint Liu Ming and the audience, and "brushed". The basketball goes through the net.

"Oh, Jeon-chue!" The audience applauded!

Liu Ming scored 6 points on the third shooting point in the center, hitting all five shots, and also made his score reach 13 points.

Coming to the fourth shooting point at 45 degrees diagonal, Liu Ming created another miracle.

When Liu Ming shoots, the strength of his big arm drives his wrist to turn his wrist forward, and his fingers will pluck the ball with nature, which is like a finger "bouncing" the ball, which is such an elegant posture that Liu Ming hit 5 balls in a row.

"Wow, it's all in the middle again" When Liu Ming threw in the flower ball, the shouts in the Gunde Gymnasium reached a climax.

19 points, four points after shooting Liu Ming has scored 19 points, has surpassed Tim Legler's 18 points, 2 or 3 balls away from Kerr's 22 points, and Liu Ming still has 5 shots.

When he came to the last shooting point, Liu Ming's mentality finally relaxed, "I am fortunate to have it, but I have lost my life".

"Blues", "Blues", "Blues" ...... At this time, the Gunde Gymnasium sounded with neat cheers, shouting Liu Ming's name, and Liu Ming also jumped again and shot in this majestic cheer.

"Brush" at the moment when the ball passed through the net, a huge cheer sounded in the arena,

22 points for "brushing" and 23 points for "brushing". Liu Ming has already won this year's three-point shooting contest.

Finally, there is a "moneyball", and if Liu Ming puts in this flower ball, he will tie the NBA three-point contest record.

"Dang" but in the expectant eyes of all fans, perhaps a little relaxed at the last moment, after hitting 14 three-pointers in a row, Liu Ming finally missed this "important" flower ball.

23 points! In the end, Liu Ming's score was fixed at 23 points.

got his wish, Cole just got the second best result in the final, which was refreshed by Liu Ming.

Liu Ming won the trophy and won the bonus. Accepted the blessing of Ray Allen, who is about to participate in the slam dunk contest.

Although Liu Ming knew that he was not very optimistic about Lei Allen, he couldn't help but encourage him.

This year's Slam Dunk Contest saw Finley, who lost to Brent Barry in the finals last year, make a comeback, and rookies Kobe Bryant and Ray Allen made their All-Star weekend debuts. Chris Carr scored the most points in the first round of preliminaries, Finley and Kobe Bryant finished second and third and reached the finals together, while Ray Allen was out of the tournament by 2 points less than Kobe.

In the finals, Kobe, who was less than 19 years old, not only did not have stage fright, but gradually entered the state, began to show the extraordinary jumping ability of "Peter Pan", conquered the judges with a light stretch and powerful dunk action, and beat Carl and Finley with a high score of 49 points (out of 50 points), becoming another rookie player crowned "dunk king", while Finley still performed poorly and fell to third.

The first two days of All-Star Weekend have ended, and Iverson, Kobe, and Liu Ming have also become people's after-dinner conversations.

These three rookies also gave people a clearer glimpse of the strength of the 96 golden generation.

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