Chapter 518: Immortals Fight
The staff of the organizing committee was very embarrassed and said: "James has already said that the last slam dunk contest was the last time he participated, and he will never participate in it again." ”
"Okay, then I won't participate either, don't worry, I'll play well in the three-point contest!"
The staff had no choice but to agree.
On February 16, the NBA All-Star program officially kicked off at the Houston Rockets' home court.
The All-Star starting lineup in the East is James, Anthony, Wade, Bosh, Garnett.
The bench is Paul George, Owen, Ruhr Deng, Holiday and Noah.
The All-Star starting lineup in the West is Curry, Kobe, Zhou Yang, Durant and Griffin.
The bench lineup is Willis, Harden, Duncan, Parker and Randolph.
After three rounds of voting, the vote king is still Zhou Yang, with more than 40,000 votes more than the second-place Durant!
The first day was the Rookie Contest.
This rookie competition is divided into two teams, one is O'Neal and the other is Barkley.
The rookie players on O'Neal's team include Lillard of the Trail Blazers, Irving of the Cavaliers, Thompson of the Clippers, Butler of the Warriors, Parsons of the Rockets, West of the Cavaliers, and Kemba Walker of the Bobcats.
The rookie players on the Barkley team are Anthony Davis of the Hornets, Leonard of the Spurs, Beal of the Wizards, Rubio of the Timberwolves, TT of the Cavaliers, Vucevic of the Magic, and Scheved of the Timberwolves.
The number one star of the O'Neal team is, of course, Irving of the Cavaliers.
He was next to James, playing extremely well, and was not overshadowed by James's radiant words.
Averaging 23.5 points per game and 5.5 assists, he is extremely technical, gorgeous, and a top 10 regular!
So Owen's fans are very fast.
The trump card of the Barkley team is the thick eyebrows known as the "son of the United States", Anthony Davis.
His physical gifts, as well as his soft shooting touch, have made him very good in the West, and if it weren't for the teammate lineup, the Hornets would have had a good record.
After the start of the game, the Barkley team took the lead, and the cooperation of Brother Thick Mei and Leonard was very tacit and scored continuously.
But the O'Neal team was not to be outdone, and Thompson and Irving took turns attacking the basket and slowly catching up with the score.
Helplessly, the Barkley team's interior advantage was too obvious, and the thick eyebrows and the "half-orc" Faried dominated the interior line, which limited Irving's breakthrough.
The outside feel is not stable.
The Barkley team became more and more courageous, and the continuous air catches and violent dunks brought the game to a climax.
In the end, Barkley defeated O'Neal 163-135 and broke the scoring record in the rookie game.
The Nuggets beast Faried shot 18-of-22 from the field, scoring 40 points and 10 rebounds and winning the MVP of the Rookie Contest.
Although Irving also performed well, scoring 32 points, he still lacked some dominance compared to the opposite side of the interior advantage.
Thompson made five three-pointers and scored 17 points, which was not bad.
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On the second day, various individual competitions were also held one after another.
In the Skills Challenge, each player is very strong.
Holiday of the 76ers, Tony Parker of the Spurs, Lillard of the Trail Blazers, Brandon Knight of the Pistons, Lin Shuhao of the Rockets, Thomas Jr. of the Warriors.
In the end, Lillard of the Trail Blazers came out on top and won the championship with a time of 29.8 seconds.
The second game is the three-point contest.
The audience knew the list of participants in the three-point contest in advance and began to get excited.
In previous years, the Splash Brothers were all staggered travel, and they did not participate in the three-point contest at the same time.
But this year, the two actually played at the same time!
The result of this game should solve a thousand-year-old mystery that countless fans are most concerned about-
That is, Zhou Yang and Curry, whose three points are more fierce! m.
In the discussion on the Internet, it was the majority who supported Zhou Yang at the beginning, after all, Zhou Yang was the originator of unreasonableness.
And Curry is still very cautious in his three-point shooting in his first year of rookie, after all, in the eyes of Nelson Sr., he is just Zhou Yang's assistant.
Later, with Zhou Yang's encouragement, Curry slowly became confident, and there were more three-point shots, and the old Nelson saw that Curry's three-point shooting was also superb, so he acquiesced to Curry's shot.
Therefore, in the second half of the second season, the support for Curry gradually increased.
They think Curry's three-point viewing is more ornamental, very elegant, and smart!
This can't be helped, Zhou Yang's three-point is indeed more powerful and has a higher shooting point, so he won't shoot a parabolic three-point like Curry.
In terms of perception, it is true that Curry's three-point expectation is stronger, because after he shoots, the basketball is in the air longer!
Slowly, the fans who supported the two-point split were evenly matched, basically half and half.
And this season, Zhou Yang gave up most of his three-point shots in the regular season and put the offensive range within the three-point line.
So Curry's three-point shots continue to increase.
In this way, the fans who think Curry is stronger in three-point shooting account for the majority.
Of course, Zhou Yang and Curry have never commented on this matter in front of the media, but Curry has said it a few times, and he said that at critical moments, the most trustworthy person for the Warriors will always be Zhou Yang!
Although Curry has said such things, fans don't think so.
They felt it was Curry's modesty.
The chance to prove which of the two is stronger has finally come!
And the suspense is even greater, because Thompson is also going to participate in this three-point contest.
Thompson's performance in the past two seasons has been very eye-catching, especially his three-point explosiveness, which is always a series of shots.
This also gave many Los Angeles fans a strong sense of anticipation.
Some fans are even joking: "Don't look at the splash brothers, when the time comes, if Thompson wins the three-point championship, it will be fun!" ”
Of course, the Los Angeles fans are more supportive of Thompson, so they don't feel that Thompson is a companion at all.
Thompson himself is also full of confidence, he secretly practiced for many days before the game, just to be able to make a splash in this three-point contest, defeat the Splash Brothers, and win the three-point championship!
If you win the championship in such a fierce competition, it will really be the first three-point championship in history!
Players who participated in the three-point contest appeared one after another.
The first to come out was Novak of the Knicks, who was an excellent white shooter.
Although he has been wandering in the NBA because his defense is average, it is undeniable that his three-point shot is really good.
The second to appear was Paul George of the Pacers.
Pickled pepper has increased his three-point shooting this season, and his shooting rate has also increased a lot, and there are many three-pointers with the ball!
So many fans have great hopes for pickled peppers and want him to become the second Zhou Yang!
The third to appear is Irving of the Cavaliers.
Needless to say, Irving's three-point holding of the ball is also a must, and he often makes the final decision at critical moments!
Some people died, but not completely......