Chapter 469: Belongs to the era of the all-powerful center

The stars in the first row are all on their feet, don't tell me that the center is going to win the Skills Challenge?

It would be a shame for all defenders if a single center took away the Skill Challenge. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

I saw that after the obstacle dribble, the two sides went neck to neck, and the pass was very smooth and went into the hole, and the champion Downs threw his long arm and walked directly to the basket.

But Thomas was also super fast, and the two men completed the layup almost at the same time, and the ball went in almost the same second.

"Damn, it's good-looking!" Jiang Haoran and Ade and the others next to him all stood up and rushed into the arena to see which of them could score three points first.

The two reached the three-point line at almost the same time, Thomas Jr. stopped and then shot, the ball hit the neck of the basket, and Towns just pulled it up and shot, and it was also missed.

The crowd was clamoring for a group of centre-forwards standing behind Downs, just waiting to hug him.

Behind Thomas Jr. was a group of defenders, with CJ McCollum shouting "hold, hold" from behind. "Let Thomas Jr. take the next goal.

Quick third shot! The balls of both sides rubbed in the air, but neither went in.

Downs picked up the fourth ball and aimed it at the basket, and with a smack of the shot, the ball went in!!!!

Thomas Jr.'s ball came in and went in, but Downs had already won.

Big players such as Bushy Eyebrows and Cousins hugged Towns directly, and Timberwolves teammates Wiggins and LaVine also came up to celebrate.

"I'll go, it's a good start." ESPN's commentary almost sweared, Downs counterattacked all the way, defeated the all-around king Dream Green and the league's No. 1 center Cousins, and actually won Thomas Jr.!

"The center is not dead!"

"The center is not dead!" The barrage was swiped by these four words, and everyone was entertainment first, praising the center's hanging bombardment.

There are also many people who feel that the guards did not send three-point accurate play, such as Curry Lowry on the sidelines or even Jiang Haoran, otherwise this trophy will not be lost.

When Downs presented the awards, the four centers participating in the Skills Challenge all stood on the podium and raised together, and the reporters and commentators took the opportunity to write press releases and tell the news, because Jiang Haoran and others had already warmed up on the field of the three-point competition.

"A 38-centimeter counterattack! The champion crushed and won the championship! Make history for the Skill Challenge. Liu Xuefei and Xu Dong of Sports Express Network were both typing quickly in their workbooks, they didn't want to make up the manuscript after the three-point contest began, this was Jiang Haoran's second challenge.

What's interesting is that the reporter of the "Basketball Herald" also said that Parker's second defeat and the myth that the Spurs players have strong basic skills have been broken. Is this a god's foreshadowing for the two competitions that Jiang Haoran will participate in next?

As the champion, Downs is 2.13 meters tall, while Thomas is only 1.75 meters, a 38 cm difference between the two sides. The 7-foot-tall Downs is the tallest skill challenge champion in history, and some netizens joked: 'One small step for a human being, one big leap for a big player!' It's no wonder that the eliminated Cousins, Green and Davis are all excited about Towns, and the big and big matchups are also the excitement of this year's Skills Challenge, and the NBA has made the most of this contrast, when Towns and Thomas dribble side by side, everyone gets excited, and All-Star Weekend also culminates in this round of finals. Let's look forward to the next races! ”

And Yu Jia also said a lot after translating Downs's acceptance speech, why did he talk about it? Because there were many fans in front of the TV who hadn't watched the Skills Challenge at all and didn't know what had just happened, he had to paraphrase:

"This year's groundbreaking introduction of four frontcourt players is a testament to the acceleration of the transition between offense and defense in modern basketball, and the passing and control ability of big players is becoming more and more excellent. The whole process of the game was tepid, guards such as McCollum, and frontcourt such as Cousins all had embarrassing shots of dribbling errors, and it was only in the final round that people really saw the surprise, Downs, as a pure center, actually went hand in hand with Thomas Jr. in the dribbling, passing, and layup stages.

When it came to the three-pointer, Downs missed his first shot, "I thought I had lost. Downs said after the game. As a result, Thomas Jr., who was in the previous two rounds of three-point shooting, had a strange sluggish hand, allowing Downs to seize the opportunity to complete the kill, and Cousins and Davis, who were eliminated on the sidelines, were excited, after all, Towns was the first center to win the championship in the history of the skills competition. Speaking after the game, Downs said: "We usually train very the basics. He also joked that he was going to trash talk with Rubio, the team's point guard, when he went back.

Zhang Weiping couldn't wait to start speaking and turned to the back: "Everyone look at it, the next game is good-looking, although Bosh missed the three-point contest and the Eastern All-Star due to injury, but the three-point contest and the dunk contest are still good-looking, the defending champion Curry and LaVine are all involved, the battle between the Splash Brothers, and the duel between LaVine and Gordon are all great highlights, of course, both games have our rising Asian star, rookie game MVP Jiang Haoran participated, can it become the biggest dark horse?" ”

"Tony, why do you think Jiang Haoran is more excited about the competition than his own competition?" Ade shouted to Parker next to him.

"I'm going to be so excited to watch you play tomorrow." The three Spurs bigwigs chattered.

"I'll bet on ginger to win." Leonard took out a large dollar bill and said to Maddie next to him.

"I'll bet on Curry, be steady."

"Add me, I'll bet $200 ginger." Without any surprise, Jiang Haoran, DeRozan and others who gambled on all the Spurs auspicious three treasures also joined Maddy's small gamble, DeRozan bet on Lowry, Dream Chaser bet on Thompson, Paul bet on Redick, and the rookies helped the bigwigs block the camera, and the scene was very funny for a while.

At this time, Kobe Bryant also came to the sidelines to watch the game, he came to see the slam dunk contest, because the skills game is his eternal pain...... When he participated, he set a record of five failed passes.

When everyone was betting on the Splash Brothers, Kobe Bryant smiled and secretly threw down 10 hundred-dollar bills and pressed them on Jiang Haoran's body.

Fortunately, now the cameras are in the studio, and the audience also goes to the toilet and buys snacks, otherwise I would see the bigwigs gathering to gamble......

The wonderful performance of the stars in the skills challenge also put a lot of pressure on the participants of the three-point competition, and they are all practicing seriously, except for Jiang Haoran.

Although he is practicing shooting, he is practicing fast shooting, and getting his hands hot is the most important.

There are a total of five points, and there are people practicing at each point, and the staff records which point each player chooses to throw the ball, and when Jiang Haoran is asked.

"Just pick a spot for me."

(Thanks to the 10,000-point reward of "Point Guard" and becoming the helmsman of this book, I will add a new chapter, thank you!) ）