Chapter 280: Three-Point Shootout
Not long after the end of the Skills Challenge, people were still intoxicated by Paul's miraculous performance, and even when they were in high spirits, the players who participated in the three-point shooting game had already begun to warm up with shots!
This three-point contest still attracts many big-name stars to participate, and after the league is becoming more and more enthusiastic about shooting three-pointers, more and more players have emerged in the league who are particularly confident in their own hands and shots. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The Splash Brothers, who rested last year, joined together again this year, and last year the two of them put all their focus on the league because of the addition of Durant, and during the All-Star Game, except for the symbolic quarter of the All-Star Game, they did not participate in all other games!
After defeating the Cavaliers to win the championship last year, the Warriors players relaxed a little, and continued to hold the first place in the West before this year's All-Star break. Curry and Thompson even bet on who could break the 27-point three-point record held by the two! Durant joked that the person who broke their record would be himself.
In addition to the above three, 2017 three-point contest champion James Harden has signed up again! Harden, who was jokingly called the Splash Brothers who won the three-point championship in his absence, also threw a good 25-point score in the finals, but compared with Curry and Thompson's 27-point record, he still has no confidence. However, it is precisely because of this that Harden signed up to participate again, just to defeat Curry and Thompson and prove that he deserves to win the three-point contest!
As the hosts, two teams from Los Angeles also have players in the tournament, they are JJ Redick and Jordan Clarkson of the Los Angeles Clippers.
JJ Reddick also participated in the three-point contest twice, but neither made it to the finals, as the top scorer in the United States in college, Redick, who has the reputation of "sharpshooter", also intends to win the championship in this three-point contest where the elite gathers!
Jordan Clarkson is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and the physical Clarkson tries to prove that he can jump and dunk at home, and he also has a beautiful three-point shot, but for Clarkson, who participated for the first time, everyone was not optimistic about him, of course, his participation was just for fun!
In addition, the players participating in this competition also include Liu Hao of the San Antonio Spurs, as a Chinese player with very ordinary physical fitness, Liu Hao squeezed Danny Green to the bench with an accurate three-point shot, becoming another "Robert Horry" and "Matt Bonner" type player under Popovich! Of course, the reason why Liu Hao was able to participate in the three-point shooting contest was because of his 58% highest three-point shooting rate in the league!
The last player to participate in the competition is the Celtics' starting point guard this season, the team's summer league three-point champion - Blanton Rush, since leaving the Warriors, after staying in the Timberwolves for one season, Rush who came to the Celtics seems to have suddenly opened up on three-point shots, averaging 1.7 three-pointers per game and a 45% three-point shooting rate also proves his good three-point shooting ability.
To sum up, the list of participants in the three-point contest in this year's Los Angeles All-Star Game is:
Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors),
Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors),
Kevin Durant (Golden State Warriors),
James Harden (Houston Rockets),
J.J. Redick (Los Angeles Clippers),
Jordan Clarkson (Los Angeles Lakers),
Liu Hao (San Antonio Spurs),
Brandon Rush (Boston Celtics).
There are eight people participating in this three-point competition, and the scale has become the largest in the past!
The first to appear was last year's three-point contest champion - James Harden! Harden, who came to Los Angeles yesterday, couldn't wait to come to the nightclub in Los Angeles that night to enjoy the nightlife here, it is undeniable that the number of beauties in the Los Angeles nightclub is far more than other places, and the Harden who is like a fish in water soon fell into the gentle country, and successfully took away the two hot girls again in the early hours of the morning!
After a whole night of practicing with both hands dribbling and breaking the press, Harden stood trembling outside the three-point line, because he was too excited last night and used too much force, so his legs and stomach were still a little shaky when he stood on the basketball court today!
"Damn! I knew I shouldn't have been so foolish yesterday! Harden, who regrets it at the moment, didn't think that when he was ridiculous yesterday, he had long forgotten the goal of defeating Curry and Thompson.
"Forget it, just treat it as entertainment! It's an inconsequential game anyway! Thinking of this, Harden seemed relieved again, and secretly sighed that he knew that participation was the main thing, and he should have fought another 300 rounds yesterday!
In this indifferent mood, coupled with Harden's physical condition is not optimal, 5 points of 25 balls, Harden only hit 12, of which 1 is a flower ball, 3 are advantage balls, and score 16 points, this result is obviously unable to enter the final three-person list!
The second to play was Kevin Durant, who relaxed a lot after seeing last year's champion Harden shoot only 15 points, hitting 12 shots from the first 3 points! However, it took a bit of time to shoot in the first three points, and Adu, who was a little in a hurry in the last two points, only hit five balls. That adds up to 17 balls, 4 of which were flower balls and 4 dominant balls, and 25 points were scored!
The third player to play is Klay Thompson, and before going on the court, Thompson designated the position facing the basket as his advantage point, and after hawling like between his hands, signaling that the game can start!
With a whistle, Thompson threw balls one after another in a very rhythmic and smooth manner, hitting a terrifying 13 balls in the first 3 points! One more than Durant, and with the cheers of the fans at the scene, Klay Thompson once again scored 27 points! If it weren't for missing three goals from the last corner point, Thompson would have had every chance of breaking the 27-point scoring record held by himself and Curry!
At the end of the game, Thompson and Durant off the court and Curry, who was preparing to play for the fourth time, took turns to high-five, allowing people to see the terrifying three outside guns at the same time!
Perhaps seeing teammates Durant and Thompson perform very well, Curry's performance was not as good as the previous few games, and he only shot 18 points in the end. Curry also felt very embarrassed by this result, shaking his head as he walked off the court amid the laughter of Durant and Thompson.
JJ Redick, who came out in the fifth, threw up 24 points and is currently the third most out of all appearances.
Jordan Clarkson, who came out next, received enthusiastic cheers from the home fans, but this kid may not be really suitable to participate in the three-point contest, and even shot a three-way no-stick in the bottom corner at the beginning, and finally scored 15 points.
The seventh to appear was Yahi's teammate Rush, who scored 26 points in the cheers of Paul, Horford and Yahi! Brutally eliminated JJ Reddick, who threw 24 points, and locked a spot in the finals in second place!
The Celtics' players were in the limelight at this year's All-Star Game!
The last one to appear is Liu Hao, the most low-key and most starless player in the league, but his shooting percentage is the highest in the league!
In the absence of expectations, Liu Hao, who has a strong enterprising spirit, still moves forward bravely, throwing three-pointers one after another according to his usual training, and everyone's eyes gradually change from surprise to surprise and then to amazement with Liu Hao's continuous shots and continuous hits! Liu Hao's shots in the first three points actually hit all of them! In the end, he scored a high score of 28 points! In one fell swoop, he broke the record for the most three-pointers with 27 points held by Curry and Thompson! And advance to the final as the first place!
The players who will participate in the final in this way are:
Liu Hao, 28 points;
Klay Thompson, 27 points;
Blanton Rush, 26 points.
In the finals, Rush was the first to play, and the steady Rush played at a normal level, scoring 25 points, which is a score that has a chance to win the championship in the three-point shooting contest in previous years, but the remaining two are very strong, and no one dares to say what the final result will be before they finish shooting.
In the cheers of Curry and Durant, Thompson played, and the calm Thompson played to the extreme in the cheering of his teammates! After hitting the last ball, Thompson looked at the big screen and it showed a score of 29!
In less than 10 minutes, Thompson once again broke the scoring record in the game! , The American media immediately focused on Thompson, and even American commentators spoke: After the record was broken by Chinese player Liu Hao, Thompson immediately responded to the opponent by breaking the opponent's record again, announcing to the world who is the sharpest pitcher in the world!
29 points, this record is almost impossible to break, everyone looked at a calm face, Liu Hao who stood at the starting point, although Liu Hao threw a score of 28 points just now, but almost no one believed that he could replicate the feeling just now, let alone break Thompson's 29 points.
When the whistle blew, Liu Hao still threw one after another according to the rhythm he usually practiced with, and when Liu Hao threw the last fifth point, the fans in the audience had already begun to follow the number of balls after balls!
The live broadcast room in the United States immediately gave a real-time number of goals, as long as Liu Hao hit all five balls at the last point, he will get 30 points! Surpass Thompson's 29 points again!
25! 26! 27! 28! 30! With the last flower ball into the net, Liu Hao actually got 30 points against the sky!
It seems that Liu Hao himself felt incredible, looking at the score on the big screen and his own replay, and when he watched the replay in its entirety, Liu Hao was finally convinced that he really got 30 points! At this moment, Liu Hao finally raised his hands excitedly and accepted the applause of the audience!
It's really a wonderful three-point contest, the record of the event has been continuously raised by two players, and even the eliminated Rush and Durant and others have played the role of the best supporting actor very well!
Liu Hao, who was overshadowed by the brilliance of the star-studded stars before the game, relied on his stable performance and instantaneous outburst to win the 2018 All-Star Three-Point Contest with record-breaking scores of 28 and 30 points!
When Liu Hao held the three-point championship trophy high above his head, he sat in the VIP private room, watching the game from yesterday's rookie game to the present, Yao Ming, who is already the technical advisor of the Chinese Basketball Association, knew that the opportunity for the Chinese men's basketball team to rise in the world has finally arrived! (To be continued.) )