From today on is the king

Chapter 477. 475. The Greatest Pitcher in History

David Stern's face was full of smiles. Unexpectedly, I did not expect that this year's All-Star Weekend will start to warm up next year's All-Star Weekend.

Peja challenged Liu Mang, and Liu Mang accepted, which made countless fans look forward to next year's three-point contest!

Any game needs to be well-matched to be interesting, otherwise, like the Cosmos team, it will be meaningless to know who the championship belongs to as soon as it is established.

Taking advantage of the heat brought by the three-point contest, the Legendary Challenge has begun!

In the introduction of DJ deliberately lowering the tone, the players of the West team appeared on the stage. First, the famous Hollywood producer, actor, and amateur basketball expert Frankie Muniz, then the WNBA superstar Swopes, then Corey Maggette, one of the N forwards of the Los Angeles Clippers, and finally Magic Johnson, the No. 1 point guard in the history of the Los Angeles Lakers and the number one point guard in NBA history.

Following the rhythm deliberately brought up by the DJ and the excitement of the previous three-point contest, the Eagles fans at the scene took the lead in booing the "visiting team" of the Western Conference.

"Hahahaha..." Magic Johnson showed his iconic laugh, hugged the surrounding players and walked onto the court. Active and retired players from the VIP fan area also ran over to hug and salute the magician.

The boos at the scene made the game more like a game, which proved that the fans' emotions have been completely mobilized, and the players of the "visiting team" such as Magician have also become excited because of this. This is like a game!
As for the triathlon, sometimes the biggest highlight is not the contestants’ competitions, but the reactions of the surrounding superstars and spectators. It doesn’t matter if the competition starts slowly, but the camera shows these close-ups of hugs instead.

Everyone wanted to steal the scene, and Liu Mang was about to go up to pay his respects, but he was squeezed away by others and became the last one to go up and hug.

The Magician always greets people with a smiling face, and has a very high quotient. The relationship between the Lakers and the Eagles has been very bad in the past two years, but as a famous Lakers player, Magician did not show any negative expressions towards Liu Mang. He was very enthusiastic and reached out for a hug.

"Haha, Ace, someone is challenging you again. Yes, someone who challenges you is the strongest! I am optimistic about you. In June this year, do you want to come to Los Angeles to compete for the championship with the Lakers?" The magician laughed.

Looking at the magician's iconic smiling face, Liu Mang said that from the bottom of his heart, this guy is so good at deceiving people with his smile, the ghost knows what he is thinking in his heart.

Moreover, Liu Mang has a saying that he really wants to complain about. Can you Lakers make it to the West this year? We can fight for it, but what if we go to San Antonio?
However, if you don’t hit the smiling person with your hand, the magician’s affinity is really great. Liu Mang responded happily: “Thanks to your good words, Mr. Johnson, when the time comes, don’t just put on a bad face just because you lost to us.”

Polite answers are required, but domineering cannot be lost!

Seeing Liu Mang's unflattering yet respectful and self-confident performance, the magician sighed in his heart, the young people nowadays are really amazing, if his immature child does not grow up, the future may be rough...

The West side received boos from the fans at the scene, and when the East team played, the cheers returned again.

The first to appear is Ashton Kutcher, who starred in "The 98s Show" in 70 and will have a famous blockbuster "Butterfly Effect" next year, followed by WNBA superstar, last year's WNBA champion and Finals MVP Leslie.

When the penultimate contestant, Jason Terry, came out, the fans started chanting the Jets.

When the last player, the greatest player since the Hawks moved to Atlanta, Dominique Wilkins, the essence of the human movie, came out, with the climax of the cheers, the courtside began the beloved tribute and hug session.

Although not as great as the achievements of the Magician, the number of players who dare to say that they are greater than the Magician in the history of the NBA may not necessarily have the same number of hands. Not to mention the rookie season championship MVP, and the two achievements of reaching the finals 12 times and winning the championship 8 times in a short 5-year career are a lot more honors than most teams in team history.

But in Atlanta, in the hearts of fans who have been there for more than 20 years, Wilkins is the greatest player. He has brought countless classic images to Atlanta fans.

Liu Mang was squeezed to the end again this time, a man who doesn't know how to steal the scene, and finally got the most complete shot, sometimes some things are really not hard to grab, so he will deliver them to the door.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Liu Mang has spoken to Wilkins formally, and it seems that he has not even met him a few times before.

Unlike a magician who is a courtesan who generally has a good relationship with everyone, Wilkins has the aloofness of a player in the 80s. As far as Liu Mang knows, Jason Terry has been drafted by the Eagles for four years, and he has only spoken to Wilkins twice. This cooperation is the first time to train together in the same team uniform.

Just like Howard joined the Lakers and saw Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the first time after half a year. The No. [-] pick Ingram joined the Lakers for two years, but only got a call from a blacksmith, and he didn’t get a word of advice for two years.

"Ace, I can't wait to see your performance in this year's slam dunk contest. How is it? Are you ready?" After hugging, Wilkins still cared about the younger generation.

"Of course, Mr. Wilkins, just wait and see my performance!" For the famous team player, Liu Mang was more restrained, showing his self-confidence, but he did not deliberately show arrogance or anything.

Really cold, Wilkins didn't say anything, patted the hooligan on the shoulder, and then went up to the game.

Amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, the Legendary Challenge started.

This kind of game is really not as interesting as the interaction between the players before and after the game. The West has an advantage in size, age, and everything.

Even though the Magician retired in 91, he was only one year older than Wilkins who retired in 97. With his body, the Magician had too much of an advantage, and then Maggette faced Jason Terry, and he also pressed the ball. Thompson was transformed, and Maggette made a strong dunk, which was a bit of a joy. The competition was not very competitive, and the Western team had an obvious advantage.

In the end, the Western team took the lead to score 25 points, easily defeated the Eastern team 26-12, and won the Legend Challenge.

……

The first two events were finally over, and Liu Mang's seat was changed to the front row of the bench.

For the last two projects, he's going to be sitting here.

Seeing his own event, Liu Mang's pressure returned.

King of All Stars, this mission must be completed!This is related to your future development potential!Talent skill fragments, this is an important thing to make yourself a unique dual-talent superstar.

Skills Challenge and Slam Dunk Contest, both are tough!
The most important thing is the slam dunk contest. In the history of the NBA, there has never been a player who won both the [-]-point contest and the slam dunk contest. Brent Barry of the Supersonics is a promising one, but this year he was eliminated by Peja in the [-]-point contest.

Liu Mang is now highly anticipated. Whether he can make history is the focus of fans' attention.

In addition, Liu Mang also knew that the Skills Challenge will be determined to be one of the three fixed events on the second day of the All-Star Weekend due to its good visibility and difficulty.

But if Liu Mang wins all three championships, he will definitely leave a very perfect achievement in the history of NBA All-Star Weekend.

Liu Mang kept comforting himself and hinting to himself that this task is a long-term task, so don't be nervous...

Amidst the cheers of the fans, Liu Mang came to the field to draw lots.

"Oh... Ace, kill them..." McGrady, who doesn't think it's a big deal, yelled at Liu Mang from the sidelines, and other passers-by who had a good relationship with McGrady, and Liu Mang, and those who had a good relationship also followed suit.

Liu Mang's chrysanthemum tightened, as if someone was saying that the young man was handsome again in his heart. He felt a few hot eyes, followed his eyes, Kidd, Marbury, Payton, three big men were all staring at him. Since it was the home court of the Eagles and it was broadcast live all over the world, the expressions of the three were normal, but their eyes were extremely fierce.

Liu Mang looked at Mai Di angrily, you are going to send the young master to the crematorium!These three people are going to work hard!
Liu Mang took a look at the league president who was having a good chat with Eagles owner Price. This damn old man knows how to make troubles. I don't know if the young master and these three people can't deal with each other!

Fortunately, Liu Mang has an advantage!
Not dribbling, not passing, not even a shot advantage, but...he knows the rules!

Why is the triathlon finally determined as a skills challenge, dunk contest, and three-point contest?

The first two are because they appeared earlier and are really interesting, so they stayed. The Skills Challenge was decided because this event is also considered good. At the same time, as people’s life rhythm is getting faster and faster, they don’t like to learn about the rules of a new game every year. To play, instead of every year in the past, except for the three-point contest and the dunk contest, other events need to re-familiarize with the rules.

Just like now, when the staff moved out and arranged the roadblocks similar to the driver's license test, took out the small passing circles and put them in place, and posted the passing zone, shooting zone, etc. signs on the floor, Payton, Marbury, and Kidd were in a fog. Skills challenge, want these things?

The fans were also confused. They thought the skills challenge was a competition of skills between players, but they didn't expect props to be used. They felt a little exciting for no reason.

Liu Mang also showed a confused expression, listening to the referee's introduction of the rules of this game, he was laughing in his heart - the young master bought these tools and practiced at home many times! Hiahiahiahia...

There are three items in the skill challenge competition. The first item is layup or dunk after dribbling over obstacles, the second item is passing the ball after dribbling quickly across the court, and the third item is three-pointers after dribbling quickly across the court.

The focus is on the final layup, passing, and three-point shooting. If you don’t score in that event, you will start from the beginning with the dribble.

The time starts from when the players are ready and the referee blows the whistle. After completing the three events, the player with the shortest time wins the championship.

This game is over in one round, because even 0.1 seconds can tell the winner.

Liu Mang, along with the other three, showed suddenly enlightened expressions after hearing the explanation of the rules.

I heard that the last item is to shoot a three-pointer!The other three were all very upset, and they all turned their attention to Liu Mang. Among the four present, this guy was the only one who was three-point reliable.

Seeing that the three of them were all staring at him again, Liu Mang couldn't help but groaned, spread his hands and shrugged and said, "It's really lucky, I'm a bit accurate in shooting, and this rule is a bit too unfavorable to you."

roll!The three of them collectively turned their heads and ignored this good-looking bastard who got cheap!

Draw lots!

Liu Mang was squeezed away again, and the three of them worked together to push Liu Mang aside. Peyton and Kidd were two mentors and apprentices who had a good relationship. Although Marbury and the two had a normal relationship, the three of them now shared the same hatred and were ready to kill Liu Mang.

It's just that, sometimes, it's really not enough to draw first to get a good lottery. Liu Wei feels that he is lucky today! No. 4 pick!Last appearance!
The lucky boy!

Kidd looked at the No. 4 lottery in his hand, what the hell, he actually wanted to go out first, so that kid could learn experience, not to mention, unexpectedly, none of the three brothers on his side got the No. [-] lottery!

Seeing Liu Mang sitting relaxedly on the technical stage talking to McGrady and the gloomy Kobe next to him, Kidd was very angry!Every time I see this kid, I get angry!But there is nothing to do with him!
Kidd adjusted his mentality and suppressed his unhappiness. He wants to win!Even if he is the first to play, he will win!

The referee blew the whistle, Marbury and Payton also left the court, Kidd stood at the starting point of the three-point arc obstacle on the left court centered on the technical platform, and the end point was at the solid line semicircle outside the free throw line on the right.

Kidd signaled that he was ready, the referee waved the flag, the whistle blew, and the timer started!
At this time, Liu Mang focused all his attention on Kidd. Although he knew the rules of the game in advance and was prepared, Kidd's skills, except for shooting, were definitely the strongest point guards in NBA history.

Sure enough, from the very beginning, Kidd performed perfectly!
This is the first time I encountered this kind of dribble around roadblocks. It doesn’t mean that Kidd didn’t practice dribbling around roadblocks. Kidd performed very well. His unpretentious dribble advance was not fast, but it was very smooth.

After landing and receiving the ball, Kidd quickly moved from the baseline to the left half court. After reaching the left baseline of the court, he came to the top corner of the free throw line and hit a vertical basket 5 meters away with a precise pass.

The two projects were completed in just 16 seconds!
Liu Mang was stunned when he saw it, it was too fast!This is so fast!I'm not so fast, okay?

Seeing Kidd receive the ball and quickly advance from the baseline on the left side of the court to the frontcourt, Liu Mang was a little confused.

In this game, it seems that the fastest record in the future is 25.5 seconds created by Deron Williams. That is the fastest speed of Deron Williams after ensuring the accuracy of each position, and it is still a performance that has been practiced for a long time. It is obviously the first time for Kidd to participate in this game, and he is so smooth!These first two projects are faster than Deron!Deron's time was the most perfect record of every project once!

Watching Kidd dribble to the right side of the three-point line, only 21 seconds passed, and seeing Kidd slowly adjust outside the three-point line, Liu Mang couldn't help swallowing.

damned!Why is this guy so strong!It's clear that I'm against the young master!At this speed, the young master can't complete it!
Kidd raised his hand slowly, and Liu Mang couldn't help swallowing his saliva seeing every change in Kidd's movements. When Kidd raised the ball above his forehead and was about to throw it, Liu Mang's neck straightened as if it was the ball that was picked up.

Everyone on the scene was quiet, and wanted to see if Kidd, the best point guard in active service, could finish the game smoothly and perfectly in one go!
All of these performances were too perfect, from the initial dribble advancement to the subsequent five-meter long pass and a hit, it was perfect!
In addition, it took Kidd three seconds to adjust this time, and the fans are ready to cheer!Kidd's popularity is also not low. He is the fourth-highest-voted guard in the East All-Star voting after Liu Mang, Iverson, and Jordan. There are also many fans of him at the scene.

And in this kind of irrelevant game, although Kidd is the biggest opponent of the Eagles, the Eagles fans did not boo Kidd too much. They all cheered when Kidd shot, wanting to see someone hurry up.

The ball left Kidd's hand, the arc is very positive!He flew steadily towards the basket, very positive!The direction is very positive!

Seeing the ball falling steadily to the basket, the fans have already stood up to cheer for the first player to complete the game!
The ball goes down to the hoop, it's all good, and then...

In an instant, everyone at the scene seemed to be strangled at the same time. Everyone stared at the basket in a daze. A few seconds later, everyone at the scene couldn't help laughing, especially the players on the sidelines.

Kidd shot the ball in the right direction, but it landed on the protruding bracket of the inner test of the basket with a moderate force!
The ball spun for a while on the hoop bracket, then stopped just like that...

Yes, stop!

What's the best thing about a pitcher?Not a hollow shot, but a shot that just lands on the rim and stops!
Everyone at the scene couldn't help laughing because of this scene, and the Phillips Arena became a sea of ​​joy...

　This is it for today~ I will save the manuscript and save the manuscript. If there is a manuscript, you can also update a chapter in the morning and a chapter in the evening, so that the big brothers will not wait until the evening for two chapters~
　　
　
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