Chapter 297: The Night Race
From a participation point of view, Lefu can be regarded as the most active all-star participant. He not only participated in the rookie challenge, but also signed up for the three-point contest, and even the dunk contest, he also tried to sign up for it, but unfortunately, the league did not look down on Lefou's sad bounce and weak dunk ability.
After Lefu completed the Rookie Challenge, his expression was visibly depressed. After all, as a sophomore player, being killed by a rookie in their eyes, this is really not a glorious thing. On the way back to the hotel with Zheng Ke, Lefu began to think in pieces: "Damn Terric (Evans), damn DeJuan (Blair) and"
"And the damn Russell (Westbrook), isn't it?" Zheng Keha smiled, the steering wheel in his hand spun rapidly, and as soon as he stepped on the accelerator, the sports car provided by the NBA All-Star Committee in Dallas spewed out a violent exhaust fume, and with a "whoosh", a chic turn, drifted into the dark night
The All-Star is still in full swing, with a lively basketball carnival during the day and official NBA games in the evening.
The Rookie Challenge is at most an appetizer, and the four events on the night of the 13th - the Shooting Star Competition, the Skills Challenge, the Three-Point Shooting Competition, and the Slam Dunk Contest can be regarded as a big meal. People are looking forward to this moment, and they come to the arena early in the morning, waving plastic sticks sent by Dallas officials, preparing popcorn and Coke, and starting to enjoy the strong All-Star Weekend atmosphere.
Although the slam dunk contest has always been considered less and less interesting, especially in recent years. It basically became a stage for Howard and Nate Robinson. The trick is that Nate Robinson signed up for the slam dunk contest again this year, and it's obvious. He wants to be the legendary first three-time dunk king. But in fact, the slam dunk contest is still the most eye-catching event, and the NBA officials are well aware of this, so they never cancel this event, and even keep putting it at the bottom of the list as the finale.
"The four people who participated in this year's slam dunk contest, Nate Robinson. Gerard Wallace, Zheng Ke and DeRozan, who are you most optimistic about to win the title? ”
This is a survey of questions done by Yahoo Sports on the website. Until the evening of the 13th. Zheng Ke had the highest percentage of votes, accounting for 67 percent. Of course, he also has the most fans of the four, and the question itself is raised. People can almost guess the outcome.
All-Star is a show. Everyone wants to show themselves on this stage. The Shooting Stars game was the first event of the night, with four teams participating: Texas United, Hawks, Kings and Lakers. Nowitzki, Kenny Smith and Beth Harmon managed to win the championship with a time of 34.3 seconds, which was also a well-anticipated result.
After that, there will be the Skills Challenge, which attracts the attention of scouts, compared to the Rookie Challenge and the All-Star Game. Such an entertaining event can show a player's ability more. There are still four playmaking guards participating in the tournament this year: Rose's injury put the Thunder's Westbrook in his place, Jennings, who scored 55 points in his hot rookie season, Steve Nash, who is old and strong, who tops the assist list, and De Xiaochub, who is in his prime.
Delon once set the fastest record of 25.5 seconds, which shows how terrible Delon was at his peak. This time he made a comeback and was considered the most likely player to win the title. He was also very competitive, finishing first in the group stage and entering the final stage with Nash.
In the finals, Nash took the lead, and his first few actions were all in one go, but he used two three-point shots, and scored 29.9 seconds at the end. This result is not bad and definitely not good, and if DeLong does not make a mistake, he should be able to win the championship. The problem was that DeLong made a mistake, and the long ball was a succession of errors, causing him to withdraw from the stage of the competition for the most difficult title. When the most Chubby layup was made, Nash jumped up and feigned a block, causing loud cheers from the fans at the scene.
Nash won the jackpot with long hair flowing and won the jackpot in the land of Dallas, where he once spent his sweat and youth
There were six participants in the three-point contest, Pierce, Frye, Cook, Billups, Gallinari and Stephen Curry. The three-point contest has always been like this, and the big names and tricks are gathered, including the slam dunk contest later, only the skill challenge, which is basically selected by some of the hottest stars in the league.
In the preliminary round, Curry, who scored 18 points, and Pierce and Billups, who also scored 17 points, advanced to the finals. All three of them excel at three-point shooting, with Curry being more of a pure shooter than Pierce's three-point shot being just one in his arsenal.
In the finals, Pierce was the first to play, his shooting was a bit dribbling, and the shooting rate was not high, but all five flower balls of the two points were thrown, and he actually scored 20 points at the end, which is a bit high. Zheng Ke and the others whistled excitedly when they saw Pierce's five flower balls.
"Paul is going to win today! Will winning the championship become the lowest-shooting three-point king in history? With a pair of huge-brimmed eyes, Durant made a rare joke about Pierce.
"No kidding, you just said Russell won the championship and it took 44.1 seconds, oh my gosh, Russell, tell me what you think?" Zheng Ke acted as a reporter interview, smiled and reached out to Westbrook.
Westbrook wasn't annoyed either, as the second player on the pitch was already on the field.
It was Billups who hit a ball in the first point to score a point, and only scored two points in the second. Zheng Ke suddenly laughed more presumptuously, feeling completely like an unscrupulous teammate. He and Westbrook almost fell off the stool with laughter, and they felt that this three-point game was really interesting.
After that, Billups hit the last two points well and saved some face, but only 14 points.
"Quite accurate."
Zheng Ke high-fived Billups, who came off the court, with a brighter smile on his face and no mercy in his mouth. With a wry smile on his face, Billups slapped Zheng Ke's palm indignantly.
"It's up to Curry now, Moe God should be able to cast better." Seeing Curry on the court, Zheng Ke showed the expression of the prophet emperor and said to Westbrook.
"What moe god?" Westbrook was somewhat incomprehensible.
"This" Zheng Ke was stunned, and he didn't know how to explain it, so he had to snort Ha Luha, looked at him left, and opened the topic: "Look, it's time to vote." ”
Curry was cursed by Zheng Ke, the first ball was hollow, and the second ball threw a three-no-stick.
"Ha Lu Ha" This time, I don't know if it was Zheng Ke and others who laughed, as well as the audience at the scene, they first exclaimed, and then let out an unbridled laughter. A whole bunch of stars, stars, celebrities, etc., sitting on the sidelines, couldn't help but laugh.
Curry deserves to be called a big heart, his face is not red and his heart does not beat after throwing three non-sticks, he is completely undisturbed by the sound waves on the spot, and the rest of the ball is thrown in the first point.
"Sure enough, it's a big-hearted player."
Zheng Ke's eyes narrowed, looking at Curry's state, and he felt that this young player had a bright future.
Curry then scored four points on the second point and a total of nine points on the first two points. People stopped laughing, looked at Curry, held their breath, and wondered what level he was going to shoot.
Unexpectedly, Curry, the point at the top of the third arc, suddenly lost his hand and did not shoot in a row.
After the worst, Curry only scored 17 points, and gave the crown of the three-point king to Pierce, who was the least optimistic before the game, Pierce couldn't stop laughing, and he didn't expect that Lady Luck would favor him today. "I'm thinking about whether I should propose to the league and play games with flower balls in the future?" Pierce said humorously when he gave his acceptance speech, which caused a burst of laughter from the audience
Of the four players in this year's slam dunk contest, Gerard Wallace is the oldest, and he is 27 years old when he was born in '82. The rest of Zheng Ke is a player born in '88 and is now 22 years old, DeRozan is 1 year younger than him and 21 years old this year, and Nate Robinson is 4 years older and 25 years old this year.
Zheng Ke thinks that his competitive pressure is still not much, the audience is aesthetically fatigued, and Nate Robinson has always appeared on the stage of the slam dunk contest, which is both a gimmick and a misunderstanding, and it feels as if there are no other dunks in the NBA. But in reality, the NBA is full of people who can jump and dunk, and what is missing is really brilliant ideas.
The idea must be creative and difficult, and it is also necessary to ensure that the players can complete it, which is a very difficult thing, Zheng Ke is also very troubled, all he can do is to add points to his dunk ability and bounce before the game, and now half a season has passed, and finally mentioned these two items to the full value of 99 (to be continued......