Chapter 364: Let you have three points
Chicago, the city where the NBA team Bulls are located, once gave birth to the league's strongest star Michael Brown. Jordan, but since Jordan, the Bulls have begun a multi-year journey of sinking, although during this period they have also been selected for the top pick Rose, and in the defensive head coach Tom Brown. Thibodeau's leadership has led a team that has built a defense-oriented team, briefly leading the league, and also competing with the Heat's Big Three in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Later, the bull disintegrated due to Rose's injury, and the bull belonged to Jimmy in the following years. In Butler's era, it's just that Butler didn't take the Bulls to too high heights, even in the season when the Big Three of Butler, Wade and Rondo were formed, the Bulls only entered the playoffs as the bottom half of the Eastern Conference and were eliminated in the first round.
After that, it's the story of the Bulls making a trade with the Timberwolves and trading Butler to the Timberwolves.
So, for Butler, a Bulls career wasn't a good experience.
As the last player to be drafted in the first round, Butler played for the Bulls for six years, and went from worthless to worth enough to match the maximum salary, but was ruthlessly abandoned because of the team's record.
Therefore, after coming to Chicago, Butler's expression was not particularly good throughout the whole process.
That's right, Butler, who was not selected for the All-Star bench last season, has increased his average data to about 23+5+4 this season thanks to the increase in ball possession, and thus successfully outperformed a number of strong competitors, grabbed a spot on the All-Star bench, and was selected by Wang Feng in the selection process to represent the Western All-Star in the All-Star Game.
The only pity is that Ingram, who also performed well in the new season, was not selected as an All-Star bench.
But it can't be helped, just take a look at these players off the Western Conference All-Star bench.
James. Harden, Jimmy. Butler, Kawai. Leonard, Damian. Lillard, Klay. Thompson, Nikolai. Jokic, Russell. Westbrook.
These players, without exception, are all top star players in the league, and they are all capable of competing for All-Star starters in the West.
There's no way around it, who made Ingram in the West where the competition is huge, and if it's in the East, he might be an All-Star......
The Lakers only have Wang Feng and Butler selected for the All-Star Game, and the same is true for the Clippers, Warriors, Bucks and other league powerhouses.
The only exception in the league is the Nets, who have a big three.
Durant was named to the Eastern Conference starter, while George and Irving were also named to the All-Star bench.
It can be seen that the Nets are indeed the only one in the league in terms of lineup.
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On Feb. 14, the All-Star Rookie Challenge kicked off first.
The highlights of this year's rookie challenge are not bad, with Doncic, Trey. Yang and Zion. Williams was involved in three well-known rookies, but it was the little-known Hornets player Miles who took the show in the end. Bridges.
Due to the preparation for the All-Star Game, Doncic and Trey. Yang's two starters in the east and west did not play for too long, and as for Fat Tiger, because he had just returned from injury, he had been playing and was not very serious.
The Rookie Challenge was meant to be an all-star appetizer, and most viewers weren't looking forward to it too much.
However, the three singles events followed by a day later attracted the attention of many people.
Surrounded by strong opponents, can Wang Feng continue to dominate the solo event as he did in previous seasons?
On February 15th.
The United Center in Chicago was packed, and the stadium was filled with cheers and screams.
The first event of the solo event was still a skills challenge, as usual.
At this moment, the live DJ is passionately introducing the players.
"Next up is Trae Young, a 1.85-meter-tall guard from the Atlanta Hawks who weighs 180 pounds!"
Wang Feng stood on the sidelines, silently looking at Tre who appeared on the stage and received the cheers of the fans. Poplar.
There's no doubt that as a strong point guard, Trey. Yang will be the strongest opponent in this skills challenge.
Although it was only the second season of his career, Trey . Yang has shown strong personal strength, and the current average data per game is stable at 29+4+9, which is quite luxurious, and there are only a few people in the league who can compare with it.
This includes another fierce rival in this skills challenge, the Lone Ranger's Luca. Doncic.
It is worth mentioning that in last year's Skills Challenge, Wang Feng was eliminated by Doncic, and there was also a bit of luck at that time, Wang Feng's empty three-point was rarely missed, but Doncic shot three points, and finally eliminated Wang Feng to advance to the second round.
I don't know if the league did it intentionally, this time in the skills challenge, Wang Feng was once again in the same group as Doncic in the preliminary round, which can be regarded as a narrow road.
"Finally, it's our Tricks Challenge regular, the 2.01-meter-tall and 230-pound Wang from the Los Angeles Lakers!"
Wang Feng walked onto the field and raised his hands to signal to the fans.
Today's Wang Feng can be regarded as making a comeback after strengthening.
With a whopping 90 passing, his only weakness in the Skill Challenge is gone, and this time he is bound to win the Skill Challenge!
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Soon, the preliminary round of the Skills Challenge began.
Glancing at Doncic, the opponent in the preliminary round, Wang Feng took a deep breath slightly, and started instantly as the whistle sounded!
"So fast!"
As soon as Wang Feng took action, many people couldn't help but exclaim.
is also a forward with a height of more than 2 meters, and his weight is relatively close, but Wang Feng's speed is obviously much faster than Doncic's!
Doncic, as a player who focuses on skill and rhythm, is not fast among small forwards.
On the other hand, Wang Feng's previous speed and agility were 93 and 94 respectively, and with a long time of competition and training, the speed ability value finally increased a little, and now it has also increased to 94, reaching the level of double 94.
The speed and agility of 94 may not be the top level among defenders, but it is definitely quite high in the forward position.
This made the two sides at the beginning of the dribbling stage, Wang Feng relied on the advantage of speed to quickly open up the gap with Doncic.
Wang Feng led all the way through all links, whether it was mid-range shooting, passing or dribbling around obstacles, there were no mistakes, the whole process was smooth, and the time difference with Doncic was also widening.
With the easy hit of the three-point shot at the top arc position, Wang Feng eliminated Doncic by a huge margin and avenged the last skill challenge.
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The near-perfect performance carried out Wang Feng's next two rounds.
Whether it's against the arch-rival Tre. Yang was also the winning Siakam among the interior players, and Wang Feng took the lead from the start and maintained it until the end of the game.
Without any suspense, it can even be said that there were no waves, Wang Feng defeated a group of opponents and successfully lifted the trophy of the Skills Challenge.
"Huh? How? ”
Until this time, the audience at the scene was still slightly unresponsive.
"Is this a win? Wang Feng also won too easily, right? ”
I originally thought there was Doncic, Trey. Yang is a fierce competitor, and the process of the competition should be very intense.
No one expected that Wang Feng would win so easily, and whether it was against Doncic or Trey. Yang, he won by a sizable lead, and there was no tension and excitement in the whole process.
The crowd couldn't understand it, but it was a natural result.
Wang Feng in the new season has almost no shortcomings in terms of skills, as long as he plays normally, he is a rare opponent in the league.
"Ding - Congratulations to player Wang Feng, who won the 2020 All-Star Skills Challenge and rewarded +1 for ball control."
Listening to the sound of the system in his consciousness, Wang Feng laughed with satisfaction.
+1 on the ball, that's what he wants.
Wang Feng's previous ability to control the ball was 91 points, and after +1, it was 92 points, like this ability value that can no longer be strengthened with free distribution points, it is very difficult to improve every point, it is really fragrant!
Both the process and the outcome of the Skills Challenge left the fans a little dissatisfied, and they didn't see the fierce confrontation they wanted.
But after a short break, the more interesting confrontation comes.
All-Star Three-Point Contest.
This three-point contest can be described as an all-star lineup.
The contestants include Wang Feng, who has dominated the three-point contest for many years.
The Warriors' Splash Brothers, Curry and Thompson, the Rockets' Eric Brown. Gordon, Suns Devin. Booker and a number of other good players.
Including Curry Thompson, they are actually considered challengers, and all the players in the competition hope to beat Wang Feng and end his monopoly on the three-point contest.
But Wang Feng was quite disdainful of this.
He really wanted to say to Curry and the others, "Are you all here to fight for second place?" ”
But this is a famous saying that he had already used in the last three-point contest, and it doesn't really make much sense to repeat it again.
After thinking about it, Wang Feng thought of a declaration that was more ridiculous and hateful.
As soon as he thought of it, Wang Feng immediately smiled at several players next to him and said, "Just wait a while and let me give you a suit ball, otherwise it will be too unchallenging." ”
Let you have a suit ball, otherwise it will not be challenging?
The participating players looked at Wang Feng in amazement, and they couldn't believe their ears.
It's crazy!
Even Curry and Thompson, who have a good relationship with Wang Feng, can't help but look dark, and their noses are crooked.
"Who does TM look down on? Who needs you? ”
Wang Feng, this guy is too badly beaten, right? Is this human speech? You don't really feel invincible, do you?