Chapter 553: Master and Apprentice of the Inheritance
"Damn, Rashad, you didn't let go of the water, you only scored 12 points just now, this is not your real level, I remember when you were in the Timberwolves training gym before, you would never drop 18 points every time, today I made a bet with Steve to buy you to win."
Rashad Lewis shook his hands helplessly, he felt cold here tonight, the basket just now seemed to be covered, and when the all-around forward came off the court, it was his former Timberwolves teammate and boss. Kevin Garnett's is a number of downs, and others on the side such as the current Wizards player Nash, Raptors player Mobley and SuperSonics boss Ray Allen are also laughing wildly, today's All-Star preseason and yesterday's All-Star rookie game are incomparable, although this year's star flavor in the skills game is a little light, but it also attracted a lot of NBA active superstars to watch, especially for this year's three-point team competition, this year's three-point team competition successfully registered players are a total of four, Timberwolves' Paul Pierce, this guy has not been absent from the three-point game since the 2000 All-StarOf course, it is also because Szzerbiak and Anthony Walker, as well as Nash and Ray Allen did not participate this year, so this nail household is also one of the biggest favorites in this year's All-Star Three-Point Contest, and it is also the biggest player. ,!
And this year, whether it is three-point shooting strength or star taste, the only one who can compete with Pierce is the supersonic player Rashad Lewis, this player and Pierce are both three-point players trained by the former Timberwolves Z coach. At the beginning, Zhuang Fei cultivated a large number of three-point bandits for his umbrella tactics, although these bandits have gone their separate ways over the years, but the best three-point players in the NBA are still the Timberwolves' group of players.
This makes the other two contestants this year, Lakers' Fisher and Spurs' Eric Williams, a little unsightly, although these two are also very accomplished in three-point shooting, but if you want to compare with the other two people there is still a long distance, although the three-point contest is very accidental. In the past, many times in the past, it happened that there were many hot things, but because of the presence of a well-known Pierce in charge this year, it can be said that it is really difficult for these two to break out too much of an upset.
In this case, the odds given by the bookmaker before the game are basically Pierce and Lewis two turns. Both are priced at 2 to 1 at the top of the list, while the other two Fisher and Eric Williams are both 20 to 1.
It's just surprising that Lewis, who was supposed to make it to at least the finals to Pierce before the game, scored only 12 points in his first appearance. This result is a nightmare for a player who is good at shooting, it can be said that when Lewis scored this point, many people have already lamented that Lewis's All-Star journey this year is also over, although there are not too many top three-pointers in this year's three-point competition, but even so, no one can ensure that a mere 12 points will enter the finals, even if this is a not luxurious year.
In fact, as a player on the court, the pressure on Lewis is indeed not small, so there is some of the current situation, and when Fisher followed Lewis's footsteps to the court, this player soon handed over a direct elimination score, the Lakers' point guard in the second case is to score almost all of the key shots worth 2 points, and this player's 20 points in the first round is enough for him to let him enter the finals.
And Eric Williams, who played in the third game of this game, quickly completed his test. The Spurs' swingman has improved a lot in the last two seasons, especially the player's mid-to-long-range shooting ability is getting stronger and stronger, and this year he also has an important basis for the Spurs to catch up with the Kings with a three-point shooting rate of more than 40 points per game and an average of 2 shots per game in the regular season. Also because of his wonderful performances in recent times, the former Celtics player also passed the league's application.
It's just that on this night, the Spurs player was a little unlucky, in the first three sets of shots. The former Celtics player only hit two, and although he performed well in the last few points, he still ranked at the bottom of all players with a score of 10 points.
When the fourth Pierce came on the court, it was indeed as many people expected that the Timberwolves player was too stable and did not have much ups and downs at all, although the three-point contest had a great impact on the players. In addition, there is a time limit, so it is the best thing to find the rhythm of the game in the All-Star Three-Point Contest, and it is clear that the rhythm of tonight belongs to Pierce in Zhuang Fei's opinion, although the Timberwolves player only scored 18 points in the first round, but this score is enough for him to enter the finals, and what is even more amazing is that the Timberwolves player made 4 key shots worth 2 points in the first round.
"Coach, it looks like Pierce may be going to win this game" Chris Paul, who was with Zhuang Fei in the stands, also looked at the court and said helplessly, although this point guard is now just a high school student, but now the point guard's vision is not low, and he can see some ways for the change of momentum on the court, but what surprised Zhuang Fei is that after Paul finished speaking, James on the other side is also constantly nodding, obviously extremely satisfied with Paul's opinion.
"It seems that this little guy is no worse than Paul, a point guard, in terms of the overall situation and the general trend on the court, no wonder Paul has been losing to him in the past three years" Zhuang Fei took a deep look at James, and he also thought of it with some admiration in his heart.
And just when Zhuang Fei was chatting, Pierce on the court shot in the final, and Zhuang Fei and Paul also focused their attention on the court again.
"What a great key ball ability, five key balls have hit three in a row now, right?" At this time, James was also a little surprised when he looked at the Timberwolves small forward, and at this time, the 2003 draft favorite also began to study his Pierce, and it was obvious that if the two met in the NBA, this Pierce would inevitably be a fierce rival.
Now Pierce's shot is being watched by more than 10,000 people in the court, and in this situation the small forward is still making key shots, and when he made the last key shot, the small forward scored 24 points.
This is an extremely high score in the three-point contest, but because Szzambiak and Anthony Walker have been too rebellious in the past three years, it gives people a sense that it is impossible to win the championship without winning all of them, which is also the expectation of fans, especially after Szzambia made all the shots in the All-Star last year.
And contrary to the expectations of fans, Fisher, who was the last player to play in the finals, was a little frightened, whether in the game or in practice, he failed to get the same score as or beyond this score, and in this case, the Lakers point guard Fisher, who played second under great pressure, completely lost his square inch, and only scored 9 points in the end.
"Looks like I'm going to congratulate him later"
When the three-point contest ended, Zhuang Fei looked at Pierce who was hugging and celebrating everywhere on the court with a smile, and then he was happy for his former disciple in his heart.
The small forward was ridiculed by many when he said he would win the three-point shooting contest and the dunk contest the same year, and now it seems that Pierce's vow is half accomplished.
And in the other half of the slam dunk contest, what makes Zhuang Fei happy for Pierce is that these three competitors are not too strong, although the Wizards' Sstaudemire Jr. and Ka and Magic's Kaloon Butler are considered to be good, but compared with Pierce, there is no absolute advantage like Carter and Kobe, especially the best physical fitness among these people, Xiao Si is still an inside, although the current NBA slam dunk contest is very important but it is also relatively conservative, and the stretch of the action is still extremely strict, In this case, the big man is congenitally at a disadvantage. It can be said that Pierce is still in the same position as the three-point contest, and when Pierce and Xiaosi entered the finals, Pierce staged a dunk game after jumping from the free throw line in the finals, and the small forward also used this trick in the Timberwolves game, Pierce almost injured his waist at that time, he is not the kind of bouncing and explosive player after all, this action is very reluctant for him, But obviously, this time for the championship of the slam dunk contest, this small forward also fought hard.
And when Zhuang Fei saw Pierce's action in the stands, he also gasped, if he was still the head coach of the Timberwolves at this time, he would rush down and kick this hot-headed player.
"LeBron, are you interested in participating in the slam dunk contest after entering the NBA?" Although he was a little worried about Pierce in his heart, but seeing that he was fine, Zhuang Fei didn't worry about it anymore, and at this time, James on Zhuang Fei's side was staring at Pierce on the field with burning eyes, which made Zhuang Fei feel very interesting, but after hearing Zhuang Fei's words, the young striker was a little moved, but in the end he shook his head and said reluctantly.
"Vince asked me to dunk at most five times per game in the future, and I was not allowed to participate in the All-Star dunk contest unless I could win the three-point contest" When James finished saying this with a wry smile, Zhuang Fei stayed there and didn't know what to say.
Carter is really harsh.
This is fully prepared to demand James on the terms he asks for him......)
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