NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 159 Three-point contest, perfect score to win!
全明星周末将在2月14日开始，而在此之前，魔术队在2月份还有6场比赛，包括了2月7日客场三战凯尔特人以及2月11日同样与骑士队在客场的一场比赛。

The Celtics’ schedule in January was not easy. The winning rate dropped sharply as they continued to lose games. When they played the third game against the Magic, they had a record of 1 wins and 32 losses. The winning rate had dropped to 16%. East third.

The decline in the Celtics' record is mainly related to the team's frequent rotations.

The head coach of the Celtics, Doug Rivers, has reached a level of caution in using the Big Three of the Celtics. After all, this is the third year that the Big Three have been formed. The team will soon fall apart.

Therefore, Rivers is ready to strategically give up the ranking in the regular season, give the Big Three more rest time as much as possible, and put all his energy on preparing for the playoffs. He is bound to win the championship. !

In this third game at home, the Celtics side Pierce chose a truce, and the result is self-evident. The Magic defeated the Celtics 96:89 and killed the Celtics three times in the regular season.

Different from the Celtics' highs and lows, the Cavaliers performed poorly at the beginning of the season, which was quite disappointing. However, as the schedule progressed, the Cavaliers began to gradually improve, and their record began to rise continuously. , especially in January, the Cavaliers won a wave of 1 consecutive victories, and their record rose instantly.

2月11日与魔术队交手的时候，骑士队战绩已经达到41胜12负，迫近44胜9负的魔术队位居东部第二。

The Cavaliers' record rebounded mainly because of James' outbreak.

In January, James averaged 1 points, 30.7 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game. He finally won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month honor from Wang Chao.

The personal data is impeccable, but the Big Three of the Cavaliers are quite disappointing.

Carter's state is still declining like the original history, and the Cavaliers are not the same as the Magic. James' ball possession rate itself ranks among the top in the league. There is also a point guard with a nickname in the team. Carter's average shots per game dropped sharply from 16.8 last season to 12.3, and his scoring average also dropped from 20+ to 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

The situation of another giant, the old Shark O'Neal, was even worse. He averaged 9 shots per game and only 13.4 points and 7.2 rebounds. How can this look like a giant?

The fans of Cleveland were disappointed. They didn't expect that the Big Three that they put together at such a great cost turned out to be like this. In the end, James alone carried the entire team.

This game with the Magic is still a one-man show for James alone.

整场比赛詹姆斯爆砍32分8篮板13助攻的准三双数据，力战35分6助攻的王超与19分11篮板的霍华德，最终还是不敌败下阵来。

奥尼尔10分6篮板，卡特11分3篮板5助攻，表现还不如16分的莫.威廉姆斯。

The Cavaliers fans who lost the game can only be the same as the Celtics fans who also lost to the Magic not long ago. They are looking forward to the playoffs, when O'Neal and Carter can show their personal abilities and rich game experience. Help the Cavaliers win.

But no matter what, it is an indisputable fact that they lost the game against the Magic, the strongest opponent in the East in the playoffs.

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After the game with the Cavaliers, the Magic's schedule ended briefly. From February 2th to February 12th, these 2 days are the time for the All-Star Weekend. For most ordinary players, this is The rare rest time during the regular season, while the Magic's Wang Chao and Howard, left for Dallas to participate in the All-Star Weekend.

Participating in the All-Star event for several consecutive years has made Wang Chao less interested in the All-Star Weekend. This is a stage for show performances, using the popularity of the stars to attract audiences and stimulate consumption.

Not to mention some fan interaction activities before the official start of the All-Star Weekend.

On February 2th, the Rookie Challenge was star-studded. The second-year rookie lineup included Rose, Westbrook, Love and others, while the first-year rookie was led by Tyreke Evans, Harden, Curry, DeRozan and others all appeared on the stage.

而比赛的结果是埃文斯砍下26分6篮板5助攻，率领一年级140：128击败二年级队。

This is the first time that a second-year rookie has lost to a first-year rookie in the Rookie Challenge in recent years, but it's actually not surprising.

The iconic figure of the second-year rookie, Derek Rose, was also selected for the All-Star Game, so the Rookie Challenge didn't last long, and he only played a few minutes symbolically.

Besides, the group of first-year rookies are really tough.

Tyreke Evans may not be well-known in the future, but he was well-known in the league during his rookie season.

In the 09-10 season, Evans scored 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the regular season. He is the fourth player in NBA history to achieve such data in his rookie season. The three players before him are "Big O" Oscar Robertson, "Basketball God" Michael Jordan and LeBron James.

Evans, who is 1 meters tall and weighs 98 kilograms, has a strong body and strong impact. After reaching the data comparable to Jordan James in the first season of his career, he was successfully elected as the best rookie and has high hopes from the league.

But alas, he was only a flash in the pan.

Evans, who is seriously lacking in mid-range and long-range shooting ability, has been thoroughly studied by other teams in the league in the second season. Evans, who has been unable to develop long-range shooting ability, does not have the ability to connect the whole team like Rondo. , his own speed and explosive power are not as unstoppable as Westbrook's peak period, coupled with his lack of professional attitude and lack of training, he gradually faded away from everyone.

In the future, Evans was eventually punished and suspended by the league for violating anti-drug regulations, and completely disappeared from the league.

Of course, what will happen in the future is a matter for the future, at least for now, most people are surprised by Evans' amazing performance in his rookie season.

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After the Rookie Challenge, the next day is February 2th, the first day of Chinese New Year.

Today's All-Star Weekend ushered in the competition of individual events, namely the Skills Challenge, the Three-Point Contest and the Slam Dunk Contest.

This year's Skills Challenge, the four players participating are Nash, Deron Williams, Russell Westbrook and Brandon Jennings.

Ginger is still old and spicy. In the end, Nash defeated Deron in the final and won the championship trophy of the Skills Challenge.

Then the second competition was the three-point contest.

The ratings of the original three-point contest were not high, and it was even worse than the slam dunk contest.

But in recent years, the attention of the three-point contest has continued to rise, mainly because of the existence of Wang Chao.

For Huaguo fans, watching Wang Chao educate other shooters in the league in the three-point contest is definitely a very comfortable thing. Therefore, in addition to the All-Star Game, the three-point contest has become the favorite of Huaguo fans. All-Star event.

The six players participating in the three-point contest this year, apart from Wang Chao, the other five are Channing Frye from the same team as Wang Chao, Chauncey Billups from the Nuggets, Paul Pierce from the Celtics, Warriors rookie Stephen Curry and New York Knicks' Danilo Gallinari.

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"Friends in the audience, this is the scene of the NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Contest. Before explaining the game, I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year..."

In every household in China, the voice of guidance is heard on the TV.

"Back in the game, we can see that among the six contestants, Wang Chao looks very energetic, but this is not surprising. Since the NBA has the All-Star Three-Point Contest, there has never been a For a player like Wang Chao who has such dominance in the field of three-point shots, before participating in this three-point contest, Wang Chao has achieved four consecutive three-point contests and is the first NBA player to win four three-point contests. player, and if he wins the three-point contest again this time, he can raise this record to five consecutive championships!"

"Wang Chao's expression looks very relaxed, without any pressure at all. Maybe in his eyes, the other contestants are just challengers?"

On the field, the on-site DJ has already begun to introduce the contestants. Wang Chao is the last player to appear on the stage. When his name is introduced, the fans in the stands have burst into waves of cheers.

Pierce, who was standing not far from Wang Chao, curled his lips in displeasure.

As one of the Big Three of the Green Army, Pierce has never had a good impression of Wang Chao, and the two sides have also had fierce conflicts on the field.

This time he signed up for the three-point contest, just to try to defeat Wang Chao and end his dream of winning five consecutive three-point contests.

This is also one of the reasons that makes him even more unhappy, because in the Celtics, Ray Allen is the strongest three-pointer, not him.

When Pierce signed up, he also encouraged Ray Allen to participate, but the latter directly refused. In fact, Ray Allen did not participate many times in the previous three-point contests.

In Pierce's opinion, Ray Allen is afraid of losing to Wang Chao in three-point shooting. In recent seasons, it is a fact that Wang Chao is better than Ray Allen in three-point shooting. If he loses to Wang Chao many times on this stage, then he will have no place in the field of three-pointers.

"Hmph, you're afraid of this guy, but I'm not! Today I'm going to defeat him in his best field in front of everyone!"

Pierce, who is rich in mental activities, has a solemn expression and looks very serious, which is in stark contrast with the relaxed and freehand Wang Chao.

After the introduction of the players, the three-point contest officially began. Pierce was the first to appear on the stage. He was a little slow at the beginning and missed a lot of shots. However, with his big heart, the subsequent shots gradually stabilized. The final score was only 17 points.

The second Billups, like Pierce, also scored 17 points. This score is definitely not high in the preliminaries, and he is on the verge of promotion and elimination.

Wang Chao sat on the sidelines and watched Billups shoot, and then found that Curry, who was sitting next to him, was quite nervous.

Curry, who just joined the league, is actually not young. Curry, who was born in March 1988, is more than 3 months older than Durant who participated in the draft in 07, but Curry himself has a baby The face still looks very immature.

Wang Chao thought for a while, and then said softly: "Don't be nervous. Once this kind of game is too tense, it will have a great impact on the opponent's feeling. I have watched your game. Your three-pointers are very good. I am afraid that you will be the best among all participating players." It is also second only to me, as long as I play normally, I will definitely be able to enter the final."

Curry was stunned for a moment, apparently not expecting that Wang Chao would actually initiate a conversation with him.

You know, Wang Chao is now the hottest star in the league, and it is also the goal for all outside shooters to learn and work hard.

Before joining the league, Curry watched Wang Chao's game videos countless times, especially Wang Chao's off-ball running stage during the Suns period.

Of course, with his small size, it is difficult to imitate Wang Chao's running and scurrying all over the court, but Wang Chao's shooting movements, the choice of running positions, and the elevator door tactics when he was in the Magic have brought him a lot. inspiration.

If Curry knew that these things of Wang Chao were basically plagiarized from his future self, Ku Ritian, how would he feel?
But Curry, who doesn't know this, admires Wang Chao immeasurably. After all, Wang Chao has opened up a bright road for him to be a three-point shooter, giving him a certain degree of confidence in his future in the NBA!

"Well, I will try my best, thank you, Wang!"

Curry said gratefully to Wang Chao, and then Billups ended the game, and Curry got up after him. He was the third player to appear on the stage.

Wang Chao watched Curry walk onto the court wearing the No. 30 Warriors jersey, thoughtful.

Curry is a typical late bloomer, the place where he entered the league was underestimated, and after the end of his rookie contract, it was only a 4-year, 4400 million contract extension with the Warriors, but when this guy really started to take off, it was real Unstoppable!

In the years when Curry was at his peak, even James had to avoid his edge. He was a man who truly changed the tactical direction of the entire league by himself.

As an iconic figure in the three-point field, Curry did not perform very well in the three-point contest.

He has participated in 7 three-point contests and only won two three-point contest championships, which is very different from his status as the historical three-point champion.

But in any case, Curry's ability in three-pointers is beyond doubt. Even if he has just joined the league or is a first-year rookie, his average three-point shooting percentage in the regular season can reach 43.7%, ranking fifth in the league.

On the stage for the first time, Curry was still a little nervous. He only hit 1 goal at the first shot point, but then he began to adjust his state, stabilized his shooting percentage, and finally scored 18 points, surpassing Pierce and Billups and temporarily ranking No. [-] one.

Channing Frye and Gallinari, who came on the stage afterward, were all here to play soy sauce. Both scored 15 points and declared out of the preliminaries in advance.

Wang Chao was the finale player. When he got up and came to the field, all eyes were on him.

"At present, Curry who scored 18 points and Pierce and Billups who scored 17 points are eligible to enter the finals. As long as Wang Chao can score 18 points, he can be guaranteed to enter the finals. Judging from the scores of Wang Chao's three-point competition in the past, this It is not difficult for him, in the first four three-point contests, Wang Chao has never scored less than 20 points, and his three-point shooting has always been synonymous with fast, accurate and steady."

Before the start of the game, Director Zhang did not forget to show the audience the results of the four three-point contests ahead of King of Popular Science.

And as the game officially started, the Huaguo audience soon realized that they didn't need to worry at all.

Wang Chao is really too steady.

The first two shots were all hit, and it was only the third point that missed a goal.

After three rounds, Wang Chao's score has reached 17 points. Even if he throws the last two points blindly with his eyes closed, he has a high probability of advancing to the final.

And Wang Chao didn't have any idea of ​​releasing water.

The reason why he will continue to participate in the three-point contest is to complete the tasks of the system, and to upgrade his marksman talent by winning five consecutive three-point contests.

After this task is completed, Wang Chao will probably not continue to sign up for the three-point contest, because it is a bit boring to abuse food, so it is better to relax comfortably off the court if you have this time.

Since it is the last three-point contest, Wang Chao also hopes to create a legendary existence with a shocking result.

Therefore, at the last two shooting points, Wang Chao also went all out, and in the end he only missed one ball respectively, and all the balls of color were hit.

"The state is hot! Wang Chao made 25 of 22 shots, only missed 3 shots, and scored 27 points!" Director Yu's voice was raised twice. "Wang Chao broke his previous record of 26 points in the three-point contest, and raised this record to 27 points! It seems that even if he enters the finals, Wang Chao will win the three-point contest in all likelihood and achieve five consecutive championships .”

"In this case, with 27 points and 18 points, Wang Chao and Curry will take the lead in entering the finals, and the remaining final spot will be born between Pierce and Billups who both scored 17 points. There will be an extra game to determine the finalists."

After a round of playoffs, the final winner was Pierce.

But in fact, it doesn't matter who wins and who loses at this time. Neither the contestants nor the audience think that there will be any suspense in the final.

Wang Chao broke the record in the preliminaries and scored a record high of 27 points. Will Pierce or Curry have a chance in the final?
The same is true.

In the final round, Pierce was the first to appear on the stage. The extra round of playoffs was like a warm-up in a sense, which made Pierce feel better. Finally, he scored 22 points. This score is already considered a good high score. In the past few years, it is completely possible to win the championship.

But even with such a high score, Pierce didn't have any smile on his face.

Curry, who played second, obviously broke his heart because of Wang Chao's Yuzhu. Compared with the first round, his condition was worse than that of the first round. In the end, he only scored 14 points.

When it was the final turn of Wang Chao to appear on the stage, everyone was guessing how many points Wang Chao could get in the final?Is it to break the record again and get 28 points or even higher?Or suddenly upset, only scored less than 20 points, and was taken away by Pierce?
But no one could have imagined in their dreams that the final result would be like this.

"Swipe-swipe-swipe-"

The crisp sound of brushing the net continued to sound on the field, and the mouths of the audience opened wider and wider as the game progressed.

There was no sound of iron striking, not even the sound of a shot hitting an iron!

As Wang Chao threw the last ball into the basket, there were deafening cheers from the audience.

All 25 shots! The first full score in the history of the NBA three-point contest was born!

(End of this chapter)