Chapter Twenty-Seven: All-Star Three-Point Contest

On February 18, 2006, the NBA All-Star Weekend was officially held at the Toyota Center in Houston, the home of the Rockets.

As the host, the two stars of the Rockets, Da Yao and Maddie have quite high exposure and attention, Da Yao became the NBA All-Star vote king for the first time in his career, and Maddie's vote rate also topped the list of Western forwards, far ahead of Garnett, Duncan and other superstars.

But all this has nothing to do with Wang Chao.

Wang Chao, who has watched the '06 All-Star video many times, has little interest in the details of the All-Star Weekend, and he didn't even watch the Rookie Challenge on the first day of the All-Star, although he is now technically a second-year rookie.

Fast forward to the next day, which is the singles event.

It has to be mentioned that in the early All-Star singles events, many league superstars could still be invited to participate, just like the first solo event skills challenge, which included Nash, James, Wade, and Paul, four future Hall of Fame players.

The favorite Nash and Paul were eliminated in the preliminaries, and the final turned into a brotherhood between James and Wade, and in the end, Wade won and lifted the Skill Challenge championship trophy.

Nash, who returned to the court after the competition, took the initiative to go over and pat Wang Chao on the shoulder. "Don't be nervous for a while, just come to play, relax and bring out your best form."

It can be seen that Nash does not have any special feelings about the loss of the Skills Challenge, or that Nash is participating in the Skills Challenge with the mentality of coming to have a play, and he is not serious at all.

After all, as a top superstar in the league who has already won the MVP of the regular season, he naturally doesn't care about such a trivial prize as the Skills Challenge.

"Okay."

Wang Chao nodded slightly, he knew that Nash was worried that he was too nervous and played abnormally.

For Nash, these small awards are of little use, but for Wang Chao, the championship of the three-point contest is really important.

……

A few minutes later, the stage for the three-point contest was set.

The lights on the stage gradually dimmed, and the live DJ introduced the six players to the cheers of the fans.

"First up is Gilbert, who is 6'3" tall and weighs 191 pounds from the Washington Wizards. Arenas! ”

The spotlight was on Arenas, who was wearing the No. 0 Wizards jersey and smiled and waved around.

"And then there's Ray Allen, a 6-foot-5" shooting guard from the Seattle SuperSonics!"

The order of DJ registration is related to the order of the participating players, and Wang Chao happens to be the third, so next.

"This player from the Phoenix Suns, 6'9" tall, weighs 216 pounds, and has a wonderful three-point shooting performance recently - Wang Chao!"

The spotlight shone on Wang Chao, so that he couldn't see the surrounding stands clearly, but he still maintained a somewhat stiff smile and waved towards the stands.

Thankfully, the cheers and applause from the crowd continued, and it wasn't because he compared Arenas to Ray. Aaron was a nobody.

This is also related to the fact that Wang Chao has the same skin color as Da Yao and comes from the same country.

This is the home of the Rockets, and although the All-Star Weekend attracted a large number of All-Rice fans, it is obvious that there are more fans in Houston, whether they know Wang Chao or not, just being as responsible as Da Yao is enough for them to support and cheer unconditionally.

……

Next, the DJ introduced Nowitzki, Terry and Billups, and then the three-point contest officially began.

The rest of the players went off the court first, and Arenas, who was the first to play in the preliminary round, stayed on the court to shoot the first round.

Arenas's three-point shot, the most impressive thing for most fans is the back of the early turn to celebrate.

As a guard, Arenas didn't shoot very much from three-point range in his career, just over 35 percent, but the attributes of the nerve knife made him scary in his three-point shooting at certain times.

However, it is obvious that in today's three-point competition, his nerve knife attribute has not awakened.

After five shooting points in the first round, Arenas scored 14 points.

In the 06 three-point contest suited ball is still only five bottom balls, in fact, 14 points is not a particularly low score, but it is definitely not high.

Immediately followed by the second Ray. Aaron proved it right away.

The feel seems to be very fiery thunder. Allen shot in one round and actually scored 21 points.

"It's my turn......"

Looking at Ray, who basically locked in the finals after throwing a high score. Arun waved to the fans in the stands, and Wang Chao took a deep breath and stood up from his seat.

In terms of three-point shooting ability, Wang Chao should be better than Lei. Arlen is taller because in his impression of the 2K series Ray. Allen was at his peak, and he didn't get a full 99 three-point shot, and it seemed to hover around 97, 98 all the time.

About Pinnacle Ray. Allen's specific stats Wang Chao can't remember clearly, but he is very sure that in the entire 2K series, the only one who has reached 99 three-pointers is Stephen. Curry alone.

Of course, on the court, the three-point ability value does not represent everything, and there are many factors that affect a player's three-point shooting percentage, such as offensive awareness, stability, and anti-interference ability.

Wang Chao's mental attributes are generally not high, with an average of only about 40s, so he will not be so stable on the field.

But if it's a simple three-point shot similar to the one in practice, where there are no defenders, then the basic value of the three-point shooting ability value is obviously more critical.

……

Standing at the first shooting point, Wang Chao paused, got ready, and then raised his hand slightly.

The countdown begins.

Wang Chao immediately picked up the basketball on the rack and shot in the direction of the basket.

"Huh?"

Ray sitting on the sidelines. Aaron's eyebrows couldn't help but furrow.

Although Wang Chao's name has become slightly well-known in the league recently, he really hasn't paid much attention to it before.

Wang Chao's unique shooting moves immediately caught his attention.

"This guy has some skills."

"Whew-Whew-Whewβ€”β€”!"

Continuously hollow into the net, Wang Chao hit all five balls at the first shooting point and the three-point position in the bottom corner.

6 points.

When it came to the second shooting point, Wang Chao missed the first two goals in a row, but he did not panic, immediately adjusted his state, and steadily threw the next three balls.

9 points.

The shooting point came to the top arc position, Wang Chao shot 4 of 5 and missed the last two-point suit ball.

His score has come to 13 points.

Wang Chao's extremely high shooting percentage has successfully attracted everyone's attention.

With 13 points at the end of the three shooting points and a total of 12 points left on the next two shooting points, how many points will he get in the end? There is no chance to surpass Ray. What about Allen's 21 points?