The NBA All-Star Game of Skills is an event that entered All-Star Weekend in 2003 and is designed to showcase the skills of the league's best guards.

After the referee's whistle, the players take the ball and make a layup, then dribble through four obstacles, then have five chances to complete a chest pass (which would be a nice run if it is consistent with the previous move), then another test of ground passes, and then the players will make a jump shot at 7.63 meters, after which they will be subjected to another through pass test, and then go around three obstacles and complete a layup.

The two players with the shortest time in the heats will advance to the finals, while the players with the shortest time in the finals will win the championship.

In the All-Star Weekend, the skills game has always been considered the most "mediocre" game, but it is this game that allows many "pragmatic" players to volunteer to participate, and LeBron James, who has always refused to dunk the contest, has also offered to try his skills in the skills game to prove how versatile he is.

But for those who are in control of the court, getting a basket on the court, passing two undisturbed balls, and passing some "wooden people" is simply too childish to do, and many good guards have proven that this is a game full of chance and luck.

"Da Zhuang, come on, come on, take it easy" It was his former boss Yao Ming, who was invited to be a judge of this year's slam dunk contest.

Gao Dazhuang had just made an OK gesture when LeBron James, the league's number one star sitting in the first row, also clapped at Gao Dazhuang and said, "Hey, man." I'm optimistic about you."

"I hope I won't let you down," the tall and strong came to LeBron's side and bumped his fist with him, somewhat flattered.

The Skill Challenge is led by defending champion Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs, and the other five players in the competition are Jeremy Lin of the Houston Rockets, Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers, Jrue Holliday of the Philadelphia 76ers, Jeff Teague of the Atlanta Hawks and Tall and Strong of the Brooklyn Nets.

The first player to play was Jrue Holliday of the Eastern Conference 76ers, and as the crowd cheered him on, Holliday made an easy layup and made a successful first pass, but he used three balls on the jumper to finish with 30.3 seconds.

The second player was Teague, who had some errors in his passing and shooting in addition to a successful layup, and he finished with 41.5 seconds.

The last one to appear in the East was Tall and Strong. The tall man hugged the basketball and took a deep breath. Constantly shaking his body, adjusting his pace, waiting for the referee's whistle.

"Tempo, control the tempo," LeBron James said loudly as he directed from the sidelines.

"Beep" with the referee's whistle. Tall and vigorous start. A gliding layup. It was an easy hit, and because he was tall and strong and ran very fast, he had a very short time in this section.

The same goes for dribbling over obstacles next. The ball was perfectly combined with Tall and Strong, and Tall and Strong came to the pass after several successive changes of direction.

"When", but there was an accident in the pass of the tall and strong, and the pass was too hasty to prompt his pass to hit the basket, and the tall and strong immediately picked up a basketball again, adjusted slightly, shot again, and "brushed" the ball into the frame accurately.

In the subsequent ground-hitting pass, Gao Dazhuang also missed in the first pass, but fortunately he quickly succeeded in making up for it, and made a great hit in the next jumper.

The final through ball, around the obstacle and the layup are all in one go.

"How much?" As Tall and Strong made his final layup, he panted and looked back at the timer.

29.5！ The time on the timer is 29.5.

"Not bad, not bad," James and Yao Ming both applauded, and the tall and strong led Holliday to take first place in the East by less than a second.

The three who appeared in the West were Jeremy Lin, Tony Parker and Lillard.

Jeremy Lin was the first to appear, and the tall and strong man also gave the former teammate and the Chinese player enough applause very politely.

Jeremy Lin was calmer, and on the first through pass, he also had the same problem as Gao Dazhuang, making a mistake in the first pass, but succeeding the second time.

But on the crucial three-point shot, it took Jeremy Lin three chances to hit, and he finished with 35.8 seconds.

The second to come out was Lillard, who had a very good rhythm throughout, not too fast or slow, and Lillard didn't make a single mistake in the whole process, with a time of 28.8 seconds.

Lillard, who finished the game, raised his hands above his head and enjoyed the cheers of the fans.

The last to play was defending champion Tony Parker, but he was in a bit of a hurry, missed the first pass, and when he shot a three-pointer for the first time, he thought he had hit the next move, but the ball unexpectedly bounced out of the basket.

This obviously affected his tempo, and he followed a series of misses, eventually using up five balls and still missing the shot.

In the end, Parker used 48.7 seconds, which was out of sorts, considering that Parker still used 29.2 seconds last year.

Finalists were the Brooklyn Nets' tall man and the Portland Trail Blazers' Lillard, and the two best rookies of the year met in the All-Star Game finals.

Gao Dazhuang took the lead, and in the noisy cheers, the referee's whistle sounded.

Tall and strong ran out like an arrow off the string, and the layup and dribbling movements were very fast, but in the process of passing, Gao Dazhuang had an adjustment that could suppress the rhythm.

So Gao Dazhuang went very smoothly in every link, hit the first three-point shot accurately, and finally he ended the whole process with a dunk without a single turnover.

27.7 seconds! A very impressive result.

The tall and strong result obviously put a lot of pressure on Lillard, who was behind him, and he had to adjust his pace.

In the previous session, Lillard also passed smoothly, and the speed was much faster than his first round, but in the shooting session, Lillard shot two shots to hit a three-pointer.

When Lillard made the final layup, all eyes were on the timer: 29.5 seconds!

Lillard finished in 29.5 seconds. The champion of the skills competition belongs to the tall and strong!

played perfectly on the spot, and stars such as LeBron James and Yao Ming on the sidelines also stood up and applauded the tall and strong rookie.

"Oh, this feels great, and I have earned another $25,000," said the tall and strong man as he received the trophy from the award presenter.

"Hehe, yes, what I want to ask is, what keeps you from losing control and being so calm? Have you practiced this? The award presenter interviewed with a smile.

"No, I've never contacted this before. I think the trick is not to run away until the ball is in the frame or in the target. This is a waste of time. Today was the first time I played with this thing, and when I came to the Toyota Center today, I saw that ground-hitting passing machine and I played with it. Almost 50 successful passes in a row. The organizers give everyone 10 minutes to try it. In fact. I didn't finish the first round of today's race very well, but I adjusted my pace. And then I got the trophy," Gao Dazhuang replied with a smile.

It should be noted that each player who participates in the skills tournament will have a child assigned to each player, and if that player wins the championship, the corresponding child will win a college scholarship, for which Gao Dazhuang continued: "It is an honor for me to win this competition, and participating in this competition allows me to get a scholarship for a child, I know that it is very important, if it weren't for sports, maybe I wouldn't have had a chance to get into the NBA, and it means a lot to me to be able to help others."

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After the skills competition, the next thing is the three-point competition, Gao Dazhuang doesn't even need to change clothes, after handing over his trophy to the staff, Gao Dazhuang sits quietly on the sidelines for a short rest.

The three-point contest is when the contestant scores the most points in one minute is the winner, and the game has a total of five shooting points: two symmetrical feet, two symmetrical at a 45-degree angle, and one at the top of the arc.

There are 5 balls at each shooting point, of which 4 ordinary basketballs are worth 1 point, and the final flower ball (a kind of red, blue, and white basketball) is counted as 2 points, so some people call it "moneyball", and the full score of all points is 30 points.

The two top scorers in the East and West advance to the final to determine the three-point winner.

Competing in the All-Star three-point game this year are Ryan Anderson of the Hornets, Matt Bonner of the Spurs, Stephen Curry of the Warriors, Steve Novak of the Knicks, Kyrie Irving of the Cavaliers, and Tall and Strong of the Nets.

In terms of configuration, both teams each have a sharpshooter, as well as a point guard and a shooter in the unconventional sense.

Judging from the pre-match predictions, Novak, Anderson, Curry, and Irving were undoubtedly much more popular than Gao Dazhuang and Bonner, but in the first round, surprises appeared.

David Lee, the Warriors' All-Star power forward, cheered on teammate Curry, and in front of reporters interviewed at the scene, he threatened that Curry had scored 27 points in practice and would win the championship.

But Curry was the first to appear, but he didn't find his touch at all.

"When", "When", "When" Curry scored only 2 points on the first point, and he missed three other balls, including flower balls.

And it's not bad, in the second point Curry was even wiped out, and he didn't get a point.

Although he got better and better, hitting all the fourth points, he still only scored 17 points in the end.

The Hornets' Anderson was in his second appearance, scoring five points on the first point, but only one point on the last point, for a total of 18 points.

The Spurs' Bonner hit the first point, and although he got worse and worse after that, and even scored only one point on the last point, he still scored 19 points and became the player to represent the West in the finals.

The first to appear in the East was Irving, but apparently he had a mediocre hand today, hitting the iron frequently in the first few points, and although he was lucky to jump in the last flower ball at the fourth point, he still only scored 18 points.

The New York Knicks' Novak was not far behind, and as a pure shooter, Novak played well, hitting all the first points, but he took too much time and was in a bit of a hurry after that, resulting in a drop in shooting percentage and ending up with just 17 points.

"Huh" Gao Dazhuang was the last to appear on the stage and took a deep breath, but compared to other individual events, the three-point game is an event in which Gao Dazhuang is more confident.

Irving, Lillard and Curry, who were copied in the "Basketball Miracle" game, are all good three-point players, and they have their own characteristics.

However, compared to Irving and Lillard, Tall and Strong appreciates Curry's shooting, accurate and fast,

"Brush" the tall and strong to hit the first shot accurately, similar to Curry's shot, the tall and strong toe will just leave the ground, and while the body is still rising, the tall and strong have already completed this shot.

In the case of no defense, as long as the rhythm is maintained, it is not difficult for NBA players, "brush", "brush", "brush", "brush", "brush" tall and strong, the first point is all hit! 6 points.

In the next shooting points, although Gao Dazhuang missed the ball at every point, as his last "moneyball" accurately passed through the Nets, Gao Dazhuang finally scored a game-high 20 points and successfully squeezed into the finals.

Finals, tall and strong PK Bonner!

Judging from the regular results, Gao Dazhuang's three-point shooting rate this season has reached 42.7%, which is a good result.

But Bonner's three-point shooting percentage is even more terrifying, at 44.6 percent, and Bonner is the typical shooter, making 152 shots this season, including 83 three-point attempts and 37 of them.

Although he has hit 97 three-pointers this season, his 227 three-point attempts are much lower than Bonner's total of 786 shots.

Bonner played with a very good game, and after shooting the first four points, he scored a decent 14 points.

But he hit all the last points and scored 20 points, which is the same result as Gao Dazhuang's score in the preliminaries.

Now the pressure has completely shifted to Gao Dazhuang, who is also slightly nervous and walks to the bottom corner three-point line.

"Come on, all-round boy" LeBron James yelled at Gao Dazhuang and waved his fist, and Yao Ming on the side also stood up nervously, completely ignoring the audience behind him... (To be continued......)