On February 18th, the Rookie Challenge was held as scheduled, and Wang Feng looked envious when he saw a group of first- and second-year rookies coming and going on the field.

It's a pity that he only got the Rookie Challenge reward once.

Now that he's in his third season of career, he's not a rookie, and he can only watch.

The final winner of this year's Rookie Challenge is still Team World, and the MVP winner is Jamal Murray.

Because it has nothing to do with Wang Feng, he didn't pay too much attention to it, and the attention of the rookie challenge itself is not high, and people are not too interested in a group of rookie rookies to play the game.

The main event is still to come.

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On February 18, Huaguo fans turned on the TV and immediately heard the voice of the CCTV channel commentator.

"Audience friends, welcome to the live broadcast of NBA2017 All-Star Weekend."

"Today is the day of the All-Star event, and there will be three competitions: the Skills Challenge, the Three-Point Contest, and the Slam Dunk Contest."

"This All-Star Weekend, Chinese player Wang Feng unexpectedly chose to sign up for all three competitions, is he ready to win the Grand Slam? Even if you look at NBA history, no one has ever achieved such a feat at All-Star Weekend, so let's wait and see. ”

In China, because Wang Feng signed up for three events, these three individual events have received unprecedented attention, and everyone wants to know how Wang Feng will perform in these three events.

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The first event to be held is traditionally a Skills Challenge.

Like any other tournament, the Skills Challenge has undergone several changes over the years.

The current Skills Challenge is divided into two groups, the inside and outside groups, each with 4 players, and will play a two-on-two elimination format, from which one winner will be selected and the final showdown will be held to determine the champion.

This format provides a lot of convenience for the inside players, at least one inside player will reach the final no matter what, ensuring that the positions of the participating players are diverse and interesting, and even the big players have the possibility of winning.

Just like last year's Skills Challenge, the final was a duel between Thomas Jr. and Downs, and in the end, center Downs relied on better play to defeat point guard Thomas Jr. and won the Skills Challenge championship.

Wang Feng, as a player who mainly plays the forward position, is naturally divided into the outside group.

In addition to Wang Feng in the outside group, there is also the runner-up of the previous session, Isaiah. Thomas, the physical-exploding traditional point guard John Brown. Wall and Devon. Booker.

The 4 people in the inside group are Anthony. Davis, Joel. Embiid, DeMarcus. Cousins and Kristaps. Porzingis.

In the matchup of the outside group, Wang Feng's first-round opponent on his side was John. Wall.

After the two were ready to take their places, they started at the same time as the referee's whistle blew.

The Skills Challenge features a variety of events, including dribbling, passing, layups, and three-point plays, and the match is decided by which of the two teams takes the shortest time.

"Wall took the lead when the race started! He's so fast! ”

As a traditional style point guard, Wall's physical fitness is extremely explosive, and Wall's 100-meter sprint speed of 1.91 meters is an astonishing 10.3 seconds, second only to Allen Iverson's 10.13 seconds in NBA history!

There's no doubt that Wall is definitely at a full 99 in terms of speed, and his background as a point guard makes him extremely good at handling the ball, and he is quite fast with the ball.

Wang Feng's speed and agility are both in his early 90s, and his dribbling ability is only 90, which is enough on the field on weekdays, but it is obviously much worse than Wall.

As soon as the two came up, Wang Feng was quickly opened up a certain gap.

But he didn't panic, Wang Feng knew where his advantage was, and the initial dribble obstacle was not the key to victory for him at all.

Playing steadily at his own pace, Wang Feng steadily passed the obstacle dribbling link, and then went to the basket and passed the ball.

In the area that Wall does best, the gap between the two has been further widened.

"Oh, Wang Feng is in danger now!"

The CCTV commentator said anxiously.

"Sure enough, Wang Feng is still lacking in these aspects compared with traditional point guards, and the gap between the two has widened to more than 3 seconds, and now we can only see if there is any hope of turning the game around the three-point shot at the last moment."

As he spoke, Wall was already outside the final three-point line, aiming for the basket and shooting.

"Bang."

The crisp sound of striking iron sounded.

Wall aimed for a long time but still couldn't get in.

This season, Wall is averaging only about 31% three-point shooting per game, which is definitely not unqualified as an outside player.

The missing Wall immediately ran over to pick up the ball, then came back to the three-point line to shoot again.

"Bang."

Wall's face darkened.

At the same time, Wang Feng, who was more than three seconds behind, was finally late.

Standing in front of the three-point line, Wang Feng took a deep breath and raised his hand.

"Brush."

The sound of a crisp net brush sounded.

"Beautiful, Wang Feng's three-point shot is still as stable as ever! Relying on this three-pointer, he turned the tables and beat Wall to advance to the next round, Wang Feng's opponent in the second round was Thomas Jr., who defeated Booker, this is another strong opponent, and the runner-up strength of last year's Skills Challenge should not be underestimated, and even more difficult to deal with than Wall......"

And this is exactly what happened.

After a short break, Wang Feng and Thomas Jr.'s outside group finals began.

Thomas Jr. had a more obvious lead than Wall at the beginning, and Thomas Jr. couldn't beat Wall in terms of 100-meter speed, but the Skills Challenge was not a race run, and speed was only a basis for building a lead, but not the key to victory.

Isaiah Thomas, who is only 1.75 meters tall, is slightly inferior to Wall in straight-line speed and explosiveness, but his agility is higher than Wall's.

When it comes to dribbling challenges that require you to bypass obstacles in the Skills Challenge, Thomas Jr.'s advantage is even more obvious.

Wang Feng had expected this situation and was not in a hurry, just like when he faced Wall in the first round. Always do it at your own pace.

Thomas Jr. made a fatal mistake in the passing link, because he was too eager to pursue speed, he made two consecutive pass mistakes, and Wang Feng seized the opportunity to recover the gap.

Taking this opportunity, the two came to the three-point line almost at the same time and took shots!

"Brush." "Bang."

Wang Feng's shot swept into the frame, and Thomas Jr. shot iron.

Wang Feng once again used the advantage of three-point shooting to defeat Thomas Jr. to enter the finals.

"Congratulations to Wang Feng for entering the finals of the Skills and Challenge Tournament, I didn't expect to participate in such a competition for the first time, and his performance would be so stable. Entering the finals, Wang Feng has a great chance of winning the championship. ”

The narrator said happily.

That's true, because on the other side of the final is an inside player, Chris Tapps. Porzingis.

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