"Coach, that kid is really good, he didn't make any mistakes at all, and he was able to maintain such a fast speed, and his frontal shooting was unbelievable"

Nash looked at Paul, who was receiving the skills competition trophy in the center of the court, and said with some emotion that the former champion of the skills competition had performed well enough today.

Although he did not have a time of 23 seconds as last year, he was the second in the preliminaries, and he easily scored 25.95 seconds in the first appearance, which is almost a guaranteed championship.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that Paul would be able to break such a result, which is somewhat incredible, at least, Nash who is extremely confident in the skills challenge, did not expect that he would lose to Paul in this strongest area.

"Stephen, if Chris is the first to play, I think the final champion should be you, I know, you haven't done your best" After glancing at Nash, Zhuang Fei also said with a smile.

Nash has indeed relaxed this year, especially after last year's record-setting 23 seconds, and although this year's Skills Challenge is highly competitive, the most people are still optimistic that Nash will win the championship, although this is much less than the voice that Szzerbiak will definitely win the three-point title, but it is not too far behind.

It can be said that in the eyes of many people, the Skills Challenge is to Nash what the three-point contest is to Szczerbiak or the slam dunk contest is to Carter, basically a game where there is no suspense as long as you participate.

"However, it is also a reality that this kid has improved more than he did last time. I'm really looking forward to what the next meeting will be like," Nash, who lost the game in the face of Zhuang Fei's praise, was very happy. But he still has a great deal of interest in Paul.

After all, he said that his teacher would replace the player who was the first point guard in the league. He also wants to test his growth, and for now, the growth of the Lakers rookie guard is extremely satisfying for Nash.

Of course, for Paul, he was excited to beat Nash today, just like a few years ago when the NBA All-Stars entered the era of real guns, the meaning of the skill contest, the three-point contest or the dunk contest is not the same as the All-Star game.

Just like now, the contestants in the skills competition are the league's first-line point guards. This championship can represent a lot of things, and while this title won't make him the league's No. 1 point guard, perhaps the title of the league's No. 1 young point guard will be worn from the head of the Celtics' point guard Jay Williams.

Paul has been shining since the start of this year's All-Star Game, whether it is leading the first-year team to beat the second-year team or now beating Nash in the skills competition, which makes the Lakers point guard almost burst with confidence at this time.

This even made him ready to fight for the three-point contest that he was originally focused on participating in, to see if he could beat his teammate Szzczebiak, but if he wanted to beat Szerbiak outside the three-point line, the NBA All-Star Game four-time three-point champion almost as long as he participated, there was no suspense.

This year's All-Star Game three-point contest didn't offer any odds at all, and in last year's Los Angeles All-Star game, Szczebiak's odds ended up being as low as 1.1 to 1. But it's better to open the odds, as long as the odds are opened. There is still suspense in this game, even if this suspense is not 1%.

But this year, even the odds are not opened, although there are many bookmakers who don't play NBA, but European bookmakers don't play this either, so it's impossible to say.

"Wally, can you throw another perfect score this time, if you can get another thirty points, today our whole team will ask you for one"

After the end of the skills competition, Szzebiak, who was about to play, was also teased by the rest of the Lakers' players and said that he scored perfect points when he and Anthony Walker played against each other in his third championship, but it was only that time.

For him, although he is confident that he can throw more than 25 points every time, it is not easy to hit all 25 balls in 2 minutes.

"Well, I'll try it" In the end, Szczebiak also thought about it and said, and at this time, after Szzambiak finished speaking, the Lakers players who had just laughed at him were stunned by Szzambiak's words.

"Give it a try? This guy isn't really going to be all-in, is he? In the end, Hill also looked at Szczebiak's back with some surprise and said, and at this time, the other Lakers players were left with only a wry smile, and in the NBA, he could say so calmly that he could try to see if he could make a three-point shot.

"This kid is terrifying, mourn for those opponents" Finally, this is also the thought of all the Szzczebiak cheering groups.

After seeing Szczebiak on the court, the other players who did participate in this three-point contest were under a lot of pressure, these people were not as young as Paul, and most of them had competed with Szczebiak, and they all knew very well that the Lakers were good at three-point shooting.

In this case, the atmosphere on the court in the three-point contest was not as relaxed as the previous skill challenge, or Szzebiak created a lot of pressure on the others.

In this case, the first Heat small forward to play in the game, Big Q Richardson, made a mistake, and the Heat forward who was supposed to make a big splash in this three-point contest ended up scoring only 14 points, far below his normal level.

It's almost impossible for him to come out on top in the three-point contest unless the next players make a series of mistakes, but it's clear that this is something that will happen very hard.

For example, Paul, the second player in the three-point contest, the Lakers' young point guard scored an astonishing 20 points in his first round of the three-point contest, and more importantly, this guy scored all six points from the front shooting point.

On both sides of the 45 degrees, he scored a total of 10 points, and even in the three-point contest, his shooting was a board, and the shooting rate was extremely high, and this time because his shooting was too slow, he only shot a ball at the last bottom shot, which means that if he was given more time, his results could be better.

Of course, no matter when, being able to score more than 20 points in the shooting contest is an excellent result, and under normal circumstances, this result can also enter the finals, so Paul is also very happy after scoring 20 points.

He usually has this result at most, not counting as a super-level performance, but can only be regarded as playing his best usual results, but for this result, it is estimated that the most tragic is the big Q Richardson, as long as the next three participating players have a better score than him, he will be eliminated, although there are four participating players next, but the fool also knows that Szzambiak who played in the finale will inevitably occupy a qualification.

And didn't let Richardson wait, the third appearance Cappono threw out 18 points, which means that the Heat forward was eliminated, and the same, before Cappono was happy, Lewis, who came out in the fourth, threw out a high score of 19 points, which also eliminated the front Cappo.

And when the fifth Celtics player Korver threw 22 points, Lewis, who had just eliminated Capono, was also a little helpless, as long as the general development continued, his chance of entering the finals was 0, and it was impossible to expect Szczebiak to make a mistake and then score no more than 19 points, so the supersonic player did not have too many illusions about entering the finals.

In fact, Szzebiak threw out 25 points after coming on the court, and many fans on the sidelines had already exclaimed, but after the player finished shooting, it was obvious that the player did not have much joy on his face.

"Wally, this is adjusting the feel, the next game is interesting," Zhuang Fei looked at Szebiak, who did not have much change in his expression on the court, and said with a smile.

And after Zhuang Fei finished speaking, the Lakers players on the side wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads, even if they adjusted their hands, they could shoot 25 points, how strong is this three-point shooting ability? The Lakers players who cheered for Szczebiak for a while became looking forward to their teammate's performance in the finals at this time.

Of course, it wasn't Szzczebiak who was the first to play in the final, but Paul, who finished third in the heats, had a mediocre performance in the final, scoring just 15 points.

In addition to the frontal three-pointers who still hit all 6 points, the two 45 degrees scored a total of 8 points, and in addition to the front arc top and 45 degrees, the two feet only scored a total of one point, which is also a clear exposure of Paul's flaws. The Lakers guard's playing board is still more convincing with a frontal and 45-degree shot.

In addition to Paul's performance being much worse than in qualifying, Korver's results have improved a bit compared to qualifying, reaching the same 25 points in the final as Szczebiak, and it seems that he is also very happy with his results.

And when Szzerbiak came on the court in the expectation of all fans, the Lakers guard received the most applause, and at this time, when the game started, the Lakers player just took a deep breath and began to shoot quickly, and the rapid action and accurate shooting rate simply dazzled everyone.

"It's a pity"

Seeing Szczebiak sigh when he broke off in the 19th, and in the end, the Lakers player's score was only 29 points, and he was not able to complete another perfect score, but even the 29 points were enough to satisfy the fans and amaze the rest of the Lakers. It also earned Szzczebiak his fifth All-Star three-point title.

And when Paul and Szzambiak, the two Lakers, won the Skill Challenge and the Three-Point Contest, many people thought that the biggest winner of today's All-Star must be the Lakers, and in the next slam dunk contest, another Lakers player won the championship.

Josh Smith won the slam dunk contest. (To be continued.) )