Chapter 405 The difficulty of three consecutive championships
The six people participating in the three-point competition this year are: Ji Guomeng, Kevin Durant, Danny Granger, Jason Capono, Rashad Lewis and Kyle Korver.
Although there are not as many big stars in this competition as in the previous competition, in terms of three-point shooting ability, the six players in this competition were praised by fans as the strongest contestants. They are all good three-pointers and have the ability to pass through the Yang in a hundred steps.
Reggie Miller and Larry Bird were live commentators today. Before the game, they first introduced the 10 records of the NBA three-point competition to the audience.
1. The highest score: Ji Guohun, 28 points created in 2008.
2, lowest score: Jordan, only scored 5 points.
3. The most consecutive championships: Hodges and Bird both won three consecutive championships.
4. The highest score in three rounds in total: Ji Guomeng, 66 points, 2008.
5, the highest score in a single round: Ji Guoxie, 28 points, 2008 finals
6. The highest score in the first round: Craig Heggis, 25 points, 1986.
7, the highest score in the semi-finals: Hobert Davis, 24 points, 1998.
8, the highest record of one-point shooting, Craig Heggis, 19, 1991, semi-finals.
9, the highest record of two-point shooting. Hobert Davis and Ji Guomo, both have 5.
10, the most participated rounds: Rashad Lewis.
Among the top ten records, Ji Guohuo's name can be seen in several of the most important records. His magical performance last year has made him continue to be the number one seed in this competition this year.
The three-point competition system is relatively simple, with a shooting point at the top of the three-point line. Each bottom line on both sides and a shooting point at 45 degrees on both sides forms 5 three-point shooting locations. Each player needs to complete five shooting points within a specified time of 1 minute. Each shooting point needs to shoot five balls, of which the first four are ordinary balls, with one point calculated, and the fifth is a suit performance ball, with two points invested. After the six contestants in the first round complete the game, the three highest players will be selected according to the comprehensive score to enter the finals, and the rules of the finals are no different from the first round.
Before the competition began, several contestants started practicing on the court. In order to steal the scene, Ji Guomomori performed a one-handed shooting move and a midfield shooting. Unfortunately, all of them were ruined, which made his teammate Billups laugh continuously. The brother of the Fox brother, Ji Guocho, was also a little disappointed with his brother's performance. He clenched his fist and hit him hard. In fact, he was also stealing the scene. This is a compulsory course for All-Star players.
Before the game started, many big stars were waiting a little anxious. "Little Overlord" Stodmeier wore a golden chain around his neck, holding his youngest son waiting for the game to start. This guy actually brought his children out to grab money, and the stars next to him secretly scolded him for being shameless.
In addition to being bald, the "little bully" in Stoudemire's arms looked like a father. Her skin was white, but the cute child was also excited to clap her hands.
At 21:00 p.m. local time, the NBA All-Star Weekend - the three-point competition begins!
The first to play in the preliminary round was Rashad Lewis. He only hit one ball at the first point, and when he reached the third point, the front point, Lewis gradually got into a good state. Lewis made all the balls at the third point. After that, Lewis remained in a good state, and the Magic Power Forward finally scored 17 points.
The second one to play was Kevin Durant, who made three shots at the first point, but did not make a lottery ball. Durant made two shots at the second point and also hit a board-width ball. Then at the front point, Durant made five shots from five shots, and he performed best here. Unfortunately, the small schoolbags in the latter two points were not very good. It can be seen that he was too excited to shoot the third point, and the final score was only 14 points. The Thunder core actually hit only one ball in the latter two points.
The third one on the court was Kyle Korver. Korver scored 3 points at the first point, and scored an important lottery ball at the second point. Korver also performed well at the third point and hit the lottery ball again. Korver did not shoot well at the fourth point, but he still hit the lottery ball. At the last point, Korver finally missed the lottery ball and finally scored 18 points, ranking first for the time being.
The fourth one on the field was Danny Granger of the Pacers's team, who was very lucky to hit the lottery ball at the first point, and only hit two goals at the second point, and made four goals in the front three-pointer, but the lottery ball did not score. Then, he did not score at the 45-degree angle on the right. In the end, Granger performed averagely and scored only 13 points.
The fifth one was Jason Capono from the Raptors. Capono made the last three goals at the first point, including the ball. He didn't shoot well at the second and third points, and Capono did not significantly improve the fourth point. Although the fifth point was good and all hit, Capono only scored 13 points in total.
After the top five players were shot, Ji Guomeng kept laughing in his heart. These players didn’t seem to perform well this year, but they didn’t even have a 20+ and the highest score was only 18 points. Is this the strongest contestant?
"Don't be careless, everyone is in a bad state, maybe you are the same, be careful of capsizing in the gutter." Ji Guochou reminded him mentally.
"Bao, babe, don't curse me, I can't be in a bad state." Ji Guomo was furious when he heard this, and the dead panda actually cursed him.
The last one to play was the defending champion Ji Guohuo from the Clippers. As soon as the little fox came on the court, the applause in the stadium had already sounded. The performance of the contestants in the first five rounds was slightly inferior. Fans were looking forward to the last defending champion who appeared on the court to perform wonderfully.
Reggie Miller smiled and said, "The players' performance of the skills competition just ended is very average, including champion Ross, which took more than 35 seconds to complete the game. Such results were difficult to win the championship in the past. This year, with Nash, Paul and other stars no longer participating in the competition, the skills competition has become nothing to watch. Although the players in the three-point competition are superb shooting skills, they did not perform on the court. I hope Brother Fox can make this game interesting."
Larry Bird also said: "Fox said he wanted to win three consecutive championships. I think that's not ordinary hardship. In addition to top shooting skills, it also requires a little luck. No one can guarantee that he feels good every year. Capono is an example. Last year he was able to score 25 points and fight with Fox, but this year he only scored 13 points. And last year's Nash, he only scored 9 points, I still can't believe it."
Nash was cheering for his national teammates on the sidelines. Suddenly, he heard Larry Bird mention his embarrassing deeds, and immediately cursed in his heart that Dabird deserves a beating and dared to make fun of himself in his territory. Do you don’t want to leave?
After Larry Bird finished speaking, there was indeed a booing sound at the scene. Of course, the booing sound was for Larry Bird, but it affected Ji Guomo. The little fox thought the fans were booing him, so he decisively missed all the shots at the first point.
"Damn, I'm going to die..."
James grinned on the sidelines, and Durant couldn't help laughing out loud. It was obvious that there were many people who wanted to Ji Guohuo to be unlucky.
Ji Guomeng stopped at the second point and took a deep breath, paused for a moment before he shot the basketball...
"Swish!"
Ji Guomeng started to adjust at the second point. He hit three orange balls and one flower ball; the third point and four orange balls all hit, but the flower ball missed; it was a pity. Ji Guomeng hit two orange balls and one flower ball at the fourth point. At the last point, Ji Guomeng missed all the first three balls, and he was shocked by himself! If he only scored 13 points, he would be eliminated directly. He had to get at least one point in the last two balls before he could enter overtime, and he could reach the finals with two points. There was no way to lose.
"Spot in...spot in..." Taylor Swift was more anxious than his boyfriend at this time and couldn't help shouting at the stadium. Fortunately, she knew that she couldn't speak too loudly at this time, otherwise it might affect Ji Guohumiliation.
Ji Guomeng took a last look at the basket, and the orange ball hit the iron again with a "clang"!
"Damn!" Ji Guomeng was really scared now.
"Come on, don't lose!" Emma Watson also secretly prayed for his adulterer on the court.
"Idiot, you are useless. If you win, I will lend you five million, and you don't have interest." Ji Guoqiu said in his heart. His words played a decisive role. The little fox planned to get a "fox mobile phone" in China during this period, but found that he could not afford the money and was borrowing money from the giant panda.
"Swish!" Ji Guomeng glanced at the last ball again, and almost threw the ball out the moment the timer lighted up. The basketball drew an unreliable parabola, but in the end he guessed it hollow into the net!
The American Airlines Center suddenly heard a tsunami-like cheer. After the ball was shot, not only Ji Guomeng's heart almost jumped out due to the stimulation, but the fans also experienced the stimulation of riding a roller coaster!
Reggie Miller smiled and said, "Fox's performance is not very good. His 15-point score made him enter the finals with third place. It seems that all the contestants in this three-point competition are slow to heat up. I hope they can contribute some exciting performances after entering the finals, otherwise it will be too boring."
Larry Bird said: "The ones entering the finals were power forward Rashad Lewis from the Magic; Kyle Korver from the Jazz; and the defending champion from the Clippers' national humiliation."
Ji Guomomiya wiped the sweat from his forehead when he walked off the court. He thought he was going to be a tragedy just now. He was indeed a little out of shape today. He had no idea what he had when he shot the basketball in his hand. The feeling he had in the past was completely unsatisfied today. It was very uncomfortable.
"What are you afraid of? You don't feel it? Those guys are similar to you. Don't throw so quickly today. Be more stable when you don't feel the touch." Ji Guoqiu stepped forward and clenched him, giving the little fox an idea in his heart.
Yao Ming, Billups and others also stepped forward to congratulate him on entering the finals. Although he was almost eliminated, the little fox at least saved the face of the defending champion.
Nash smiled and said, "You are much better than me last year. They sent me an invitation letter this year, but I don't want to participate in the three-point competition anymore." Nash's expression obviously seemed to have thought of something terrible, and the 9-point tragedy was in his eyes.
Ji Guomeng sighed. He is under great pressure now. According to the rules of the three-point competition, the qualifier with the least scored in the preliminary round must be the first to play. Since he scored the lowest among the three players entering the finals, he will be the first to play in a few minutes.
Chapter completed!