173 Three-point shooting contest
After saying goodbye to Avril Lavigne, Zhang Chen returned to his own place in the hotel, and happened to see Xiao Si in the lobby elegantly holding a glass of wine, laughing with a beautiful waitress in front of him.
Zhang Chen didn't plan to greet him and went upstairs, but Xiao Si had just turned around at this time and saw Zhang Chen. Then he shouted: "Chen, you are back." ”
"Yes, I'm back!" Zhang Chen dealt with Xiao Si, and then ran upstairs, Xiao Si couldn't stop him from behind, so he continued to drink with the beauty. In the corridor, Zhang Chen saw a drifting blonde hair wet on his body, and said with a smile: "Hey, Steve, you still haven't slept so late?" ”
It was shaking his head and saying, "I'm playing a game...... Speaking of which, Tatsu, you did a great job tonight, congratulations on winning the MVP. ”
Zhang Chen unconsciously touched the trophy, it seemed that there was still Avril Lavigne's body temperature on it, and suddenly this guy was a little embarrassed, said thank you and ran into his room, and quickly closed the door.
Nash glanced at Zhang Chendi's back strangely, and suddenly felt that this guy was a little weird today.
Lying on the bed, Zhang Chen put the trophy on his chest, as if he could smell the slightest hint of beauty left on it.
-- At the same time, on the other side of the city, near the arena, there was also a large soft bed, and Avril had taken a shower, her hair was wet, and she was drying her hair with a hair dryer, while she was already sitting on the soft bed.
Her soft and bumpy body was now exuding the scent of a beauty who had just come out of the bath, and then she suddenly hooked the corners of her mouth, as if she remembered something.
Something was always inadvertently imprinted in her heart, and Avril pulled out a pearl from her neck with some nervousness, and the pearl shone with a strange light in the light.
Avril took back the pearl again, then thought about it, picked up the mobile phone on the table, and sent a text message to Zhang Chen.
After not replying for a long time, she directly picked up her mobile phone and made a call, and the phone prompted Zhang Chen to turn off the phone. Now that Zhang Chen has entered the study space to cultivate, he naturally won't turn on his mobile phone.
Avril put down the phone with some disappointment, muttering, "This damn guy ......"
Zhang Chen entered the learning space again, and after accumulating over the past few days, he had improved his experience bar a lot, and the speed of the sixth level was already faintly showing signs of a breakthrough.
Zhang Chen had already experienced the feeling of extreme speed in the last game, and when he thought of the feeling of dunking in front of Bagyani that day, he felt that he was fascinated, and if he could reach the legendary ten-level speed realm - it would be really good.
He was now at level six, and he was getting closer and closer to level ten. This kind of thing is not in a hurry, and it needs to be gradual, especially in the shooting space, he needs to step on the top step by step.
When he came out of the shooting space, he saw Avril's text message, and he immediately made his mood feel inexplicably soft again, and then he took the phone on the table and began to reply.
It's a pity that he didn't see a reply for more than half an hour, and when he called, Avril had already turned off his phone.
Zhang Chen put down his phone, and his heart was still a little soft.
-- The next day, Zhang Chen got up from the bed and started training directly to adapt his talent without eating, and now that he is not at home, his training will be carried out in his room. Otherwise, he would be embarrassed to be seen by others, and at the same time, he didn't want people to see his strange secrets, and then he would add trouble to himself.
At the end of the training, Zhang Chen was already refreshed, and after eating something more, he was a little full of thoughts.
He immediately remembered last night, remembered when he was with Avril, he was just about to find some excuse to ask her out to play, at this time, his mobile phone rang, Zhang Chen was looking forward to watching the name above, but when he saw Noah, he immediately sank his face.
"Hello, Joaquin...... Is there anything wrong with you? Zhang Chendi's words were a little inexplicably unhappy.
"Hey, of course there's something!" Noah didn't hear the kind of unhappiness in Zhang Chen's tone, and continued: "Don't you remember to invite me to dinner? You know I'm almost leaving New Orleans, and this is your last chance! ”
Zhang Chen said depressedly: "I didn't expect you to remember this incident, let's say, what do you want to eat?" ”
Noah laughed: "Whatever, I don't think you should invite me to eat something too bad." ”
The two of them said a few words and then made an appointment to eat, Zhang Chen thought that there would be no time to ask Avril Lavigne, and he was a little disappointed, but thinking that Noah was about to leave New Orleans, and he was about to return to Phoenix to start a new journey...... He and Noah listened to each other, and as soon as they left, they basically didn't have much chance to see each other again, but they were still a little reluctant.
After all, they are scattered in all corners of the United States, although the transportation is extremely developed in this era, but the distance is still an insurmountable peak, and people will often make the relationship between people become weaker and weaker because of the distance.
After having a meal with Noah at the restaurant outside, the two of them will see each other in the evening. All-Star Weekend just started yesterday, and tonight there will be a three-point shooting contest, a skills challenge and a dunk contest in the arena, with the dunk contest being a major part.
Zhang Chen is also going to participate in the three-point long-range shooting competition held in the evening this time, and Zhang Chen is also ambitious for this competition, after all, his three-point shooting percentage this season is leading the league.
-- In the afternoon, they walked around New Orleans with Nash, and Nash and they left after a while, and they had to participate in today's first All-Star training camp.
Zhang Chen wandered around boredly, and then immediately made a phone call to Avril, and the two met again, thinking of what happened last night, a little embarrassed, but when they chatted, the embarrassment quickly disappeared.
The two didn't stay together for too long, and Avril said that she was going to leave New Orleans after watching the whole star tomorrow night, Zhang Chen was suddenly a little stunned, looking at Avril's still beautiful face, and didn't know what to say.
"It's a pity......" Speaking of this, Zhang Chendi's face was a little gloomy.
How could Avril be completely reluctant? Before she knew it, she already had that inexplicable affection for this boy, so she said, "I think you should still have a game against the New York Knicks...... In a month I will go back to New York and stay there for a month! ”
Zhang Chen immediately began to brainstorm, and after searching for a while, he found that there was a game against New York in a month near the end of the regular season of the season, and he began to rejoice, looking forward to the next meeting.
-- At night, in the brightly lit arena, Zhang Chen and several other opponents of the three-point contest simply greeted each other.
The fair-skinned guy with a little narrow cheeks was Capono, who was last year's long-range champion and he managed to win last year's three-point shoot. The man with the big beard was Hamilton, and many others had seen before, such as Cavaliers youngster Gibson and Hornets tall shooter Peja.
These people are all guys who have a pretty good three-point shooting percentage this season, but their shooting rate is compared with Zhang Chen, and they will be directly killed by Zhang Chen without any suspense, so now these guys are a little ill-intentioned when they look at Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen didn't care, but went up to warm up with them.
The warm-up was underway, and several shooters threw amazing three-pointers on the basketball court, one by one with unparalleled precision into the net, and the audience applauded for a while.
"Drop!" After the whistle, everyone returned to their seats below and waited for the referee to announce the start of the game.
The people present also included the Mavericks' German tank Nowitzki, and the league originally invited Kobe Bryant of the Lakers, but because of Kobe's finger injury, he was replaced by the Mavericks' leading star.
This guy is tall, but his shooting is quite stable, and this year's three-point shooting contest can be said to be star-studded.
Many people still pay their attention to the No. 6 of the Suns, this guy has a hit rate that kills everything in seconds, and many people also bet on Zhang Chen.
"The 2007-2008 NBA Three-Point Shooting Contest has officially begun! First up was Dirk from the Dallas Mavericks? Nowitzki! ”
“hohoho!” On the side of the basketball court, there were immediately many cheering voices, Nowitzki has a beautiful mid-range shot, flowing blonde hair, and the most important thing is that this guy also has a handsome appearance, he was naturally cheered by many female fans.
Nowitzki stood in the bottom corner of the left wing of the basketball court, took a deep breath, and began to prepare for the shot.
"Toot!" The whistle that symbolized the beginning was harshly remembered, and in an instant, Nowitzki's face opened his mouth, and he quickly took the first basketball of the three-point shooting contest from the ball rack next to him!
The tidal cheers have already sounded wildly on the basketball court, the post-80s Shaolin abbot!
This was certainly a pretty good sign, as several Mavericks guys who came to watch the game cheered on Nowitzki next to the basketball court, and for a moment, the whole court turned into a sea of cheers.
That's the entertainment style of the All-Star Game.
"Huh!"
The post-80s Shaolin abbot, he actually shot all the shots at the first point, and he has already scored 10 points, as long as he plays well in the back, he will basically be able to advance.
"Huh!" The jumper hit, and Nowitzki hit the last ball of the last point.
In his entire shooting process, he played the best in the first point, shooting all of them, but the next few points played a little cup, and in the end, his total score was 20 points, and the promotion was basically okay.
Novitsky smiled and shook his head and walked down, high-fived his old friends one by one, he didn't miss Zhang Chen, and after high-fives with Zhang Chen, he smiled weirdly and said, "Chen...... Be careful to hide your strength and don't hit all the balls with your first shot...... Then the game will be boring. ”
Zhang Chen knew that he was joking, so he said, "This is a good proposal......"
Nowitzki smiled and sat next to Zhang Chen, and then the second shot was ready to go from the bottom corner of the left wing of the three-point line.
"The second one to come out is a great pitcher from the Cavaliers - Gibson!" The voice sounded, and Gibson, a young player bathed in the lights, began his own shooting.
The last ball went wide of the basket, and the guy scored a total of 22 points, which was already more than Nowitzki's score, which made Nowitzki's smile a little worried.
"The third player to come on the court is Jason from the Raptors? Kapono! He was the winner of last year's NBA All-Star Game Three-Point Shooting Contest! Let's look forward to the performance of this champion player! As soon as the DJ's words fell, many Capono supporters were cheered, and all of a sudden, applause and cheers rang out in the basketball hall.
Zhang Chen also straightened his body and sat precariously watching Cappano's shooting performance.
He knew that Capono was a pretty great shooter, and he shot more than 51% from three-point range, which is quite a good shooting percentage, and he was able to score a lot of points every game with this three-point shot.
This is the opponent he takes most seriously today.
Whistle blows, kick off!
Kabo was a Shaolin abbot after the 80s.
First ball! Three points hollow!
Zhang Chen felt that his pupils shrank slightly, and this guy's shooting action could naturally be seen clearly in front of an expert like himself. Capono's sale is a natural thing, one in which every little action is tempered to become the most suitable for shooting.
This kind of shooting, like his, is the most perfect projection that has been hammered and chiseled and experienced that kind of exquisite polishing.
In front of such an opponent, Zhang Chen unconsciously sat up straight, looking at the Shaolin abbot of Cabo after the 80s, at this time, Zhang Chen felt that the champion of the three-point shooting contest next to him, Nowitzki, was also a little serious.
The third ball finally came out of the basket.
The fourth ball was still missed, and it wasn't until the fifth flower that he hit it.
After a round of Kapono's battle, the final score was 21 points, this score was just sandwiched between Gibson and Nowitzki, Nowitzki began to be a little worried, he knew that the next few people were also not easy to mess with, especially Zhang Chen, who was brilliant with a three-point shot in one hand, who knows if this guy will create a miracle or something?
The next one to play was Hamilton of the Pistons, who had a terrible hand and ended up scoring 16 points and was basically eliminated, with a wry smile on his face as the Mask Monkey walked down.
Zhang Chen was the last to play, and in front of him was Peja, the long-time goalscorer from the host Hornets? Stojakovic, his performance is not good, and his 18-point score is basically out of action this year.
Because everyone this year feels that this three-point shot is more windy.
The last player was standing on the left wing of the three-point line, and he was blowing into his palm.
"The last player is a talented shooter from the Suns - Zhang Chen...... He's a talented teenager who has created a miracle of three-point shooting percentage, and he also won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge yesterday, so let's look forward to the wonderful performance of this new MVP...... I bet it's going to be a rare visual treat! ”
DJ's voice quickly dissipated, but the audience erupted in a tidal wave of cheers, and for a brief moment, it seemed as if a pot of boiling water was boiling.
Zhang Chen's performance yesterday has made more people know him, and people think of his three-point shots yesterday, and they have come up to watch Zhang Chen's performance in the three-point competition.
Zhang Chen took a deep breath, blew into the palm of his hand, then picked up the basketball on the rack and patted it, and then put it back again, and then he stood steadily, waiting for the whistle to sound.
"Drop!"
The last player's performance in the preliminaries begins!
Zhang Chen quickly picked up a ball on the rack, quickly turned around to face the basket, stretched his body of two meters and three in the air, and the basketball flew into the basket with a deadly arc.
"Wow!"
The cheers grew louder and louder, and people stood up and applauded.
The second ball!
"Huh!"
Another three-point, Zhang Chen's hand finally came up, every movement was as gorgeous as the clouds and flowing water of his peers, this gorgeous shooting action instantly made the audience stand up straight in surprise.
However, Zhang Chen's flower ball at the first point did not hit, and quickly came to the second point.
Grabbing the basketball on the rack, Zhang Chen jumped again, and the basketball obediently drilled into the net again.
The second point was at a 45-degree angle on the left wing of the three-point line, and Zhang Chen's shooting percentage at this point was still very good, however, what surprised people was that his shot from the second point was once again off the basket.
Another late season is not guaranteed.
If you can't put in the last three-pointer at every point, Zhang Chen is really a little dangerous today.
Zhang Chen at the top of the arc began to shoot five points in a row, and the basketball flew into the net again and again, and finally reached the last ball.
At the moment of shooting, Zhang Chen didn't have time to think about anything, he just relied on his instinct to shoot, so he didn't have any psychological obstacles when he got the flower ball at the top of the arc.
"Bang~~"
I lost it again!
The audience's voices rang out in pity, and then, Zhang Chendi's shot went to the extreme situation, and when it came to the forty-fifth degree of the right wing, Zhang Chen shot the first four balls, and the last ball was once again too late!
At this moment, the audience shifted their attention to Zhang Chendi's last point.
If Zhang Chen makes another mistake at this point, then he will be eliminated directly today, because Gibson Capono or something is more convulsive today.
Zhang Chendi shot relatively fast, but there was plenty of time, he quickly ran to the bottom corner of the right wing of the three-point line, and then started the first jump shot!
Zhang Chen's every shot now is quite important, as long as he misses a ball, he will be eliminated.
"Huh!" People's hearts hung high after Zhang Chen's first shot fell, and then watched his second shot.
"Huh!" The second ball flew into the basket anyway.
The third ~~ "Bang ......" The audience looked at the basketball on the rebound in surprise again, fortunately, the basketball was more aware of current affairs, and it quickly flew into the net after knocking on the rebound.
Fourth ...... Hollow!
Only his last shot remained, and people completely focused on it this time, and this ball was related to Zhang Chen's life and death. If he doesn't shoot, he'll be eliminated, and think about his first few points all of them on the last flower.
"Advance ......"
"Don't enter, don't enter, don't enter...... two different views echoed loudly in the hearts of their respective holders, Zhang Chen finally stretched out his long body in the air, and the basketball instantly left his hands and flew towards the basket!
"Huh!"
The last flower ball, crashing through the net!
Zhang Chen's score: 22!
(To be continued)