unfinished glory

Chapter 63 Three-Point Shootout Contest

On February 2, four games were scheduled for the All-Star Weekend.

The first thing in the morning is the Shooting Star Contest. There are four teams participating. Each team is composed of active players, retired players and WNBA players.

It took Phoenix's Shawn Marion, Dan Marley and Diana Taurras a combined 28 seconds to beat defending champion Los Angeles' Luke Walton + Magic + Lisa Rice Li combined, won this year's All-Star Weekend Shooting Star laurels, took away 3 US dollars in prize money.

Then there's the Skills Challenge, which this year features Nash, Arenas, Earl Boykins and Ridnour.

Ridnour was the first to play in the preliminaries, and he took 35.4 seconds, a good result.Arenas, wearing a retro Washington Bullet jersey, played second, but missed consecutive three-pointers in the ring, and it took 51.7 seconds to complete the task.

Nash, who played third, completed all the moves cleanly in just 31.4 seconds.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Nuggets local player Boykins successfully advanced to the final in 32.6 seconds.

In the final, Boykins sought stability and hit every ball, but the speed was slightly slower than the preliminaries, taking 36.7 seconds.

Then Nash made his final appearance, making both shots and passes in just 25.8 seconds, becoming the champion of the Skills Challenge!
The three-point contest was held in the third round. Just judging from the list of six contestants, it can be said that today's game is full of highlights.

Among them, Ray Allen's three-pointers are only in the middle of the six, but he is the biggest player here.

The Suns twins Joe Johnson and Quentin Richardson, in the Suns system this season, have shot quite a lot of three-pointers and are favored by the majority of fans.

Wash Leonard is not only a player for the host Nuggets, but also the defending champion.

Kyle Korver and Li Chongxiao staged a three-point duel in the rookie game yesterday, which made the audience look forward to their performance today.

The players who came to support Li Chongxiao were also very happy. Duncan and Ginobili from our team came to cheer for him.

Yao Ming came to the scene early and made a special trip to cheer him up.

James has always had a good relationship with him. The two occasionally chatted on the phone. The Cavaliers had no players to participate, so he simply followed Yao Ming and sat next to Li Chongxiao.

Naturally, O'Neill, who likes to be lively, is also indispensable. Seeing that there are many acquaintances here, he came over to form Li Chongxiao's support team with everyone.

Iguodala, Howard and Josh Smith, who played the game together yesterday, also came to say hello.

Korver took the lead, this is the second consecutive year he participated, and finally scored 14 points. Compared with the feel of yesterday's rookie game, today's performance is not good.

第二个出场的是联盟三分命中率榜首的乔-约翰逊，他的五个点得分是3分、0分、0分、4分和1分，最后甚至还有一个球没有投完。最终得到了8分，所谓大热必死。

The third player to play was Joe Johnson's teammate Quentin Richardson. His performance was also average, scoring a total of 14 points.

Li Chongxiao was the fourth player to play. He came to the first spot in the left corner, put his hand above the ball, and took a deep breath.

At the beginning of the game, he took the ball and shot it. He missed the first shot and the second ball, but he quickly adjusted and hit the next three balls. The first point scored 4 points.

The second point is 45 degrees to the left. Li Chongxiao quickly ran over and shot as soon as he got the ball, one, two, three, four, five. He hit all of this point and scored 6 points.

The third point is the top of the arc. Li Chongxiao missed a one-point shot and scored 5 points. In this way, his total score came to 15 points, and he was guaranteed to advance to the finals.

In the last two points, he missed two one-point shots and scored 4 points. In this way, he scored 23 points in the preliminaries.Except for Mark Price's 1994 points in the final in 24, the highest score in the finals of other years was only 22 points.

The highest score in the history of the three-point contest is 1986 points created by Craig Hodges in the first competition in 25. Unfortunately, this score is only the result of the preliminaries.The final champion was Larry Bird's 22 points, while Craig Hodges only scored 12 points in the final, which made the opponent complete the classic "Which of you want to be No.2?"

The fifth player to play was Ray Allen. He failed to withstand the pressure. Five points were 2-3-3-2-3. He scored a total of 13 points and was eliminated.

All the pressure was on the defending champion, with Wash Leonard playing last.He has prepared for today's game for a long time: 4 points for the first point, 3 points for the second point, 3 points for the third point, 3 points for the fourth point, and 4 points for the fifth point. Scored 17 points.

In this way, Li Chongxiao and Wash Leonard successfully advanced, while Korver and Richardson still had a 24-second extra match.

In the end, Korver threw 14 balls and hit 8 of them, and two of them were flower balls, so he scored 10 points.And Richardson only took 11 shots, hit 6 of them, all of which were one-point shots, scored 6 points, and was eliminated miserably.

决赛中分数低的先出场，科沃尔恢复稳定，他五个点分别是4分、4分、3分、4分和5分，共拿到20分。

This made Leonard in the back feel the pressure. He scored 2 points for the first point, 4 points for the second point, 4 points for the third point, 3 points for the fourth point, and 3 points for the fifth point. He only scored 16 points.Amidst the regret of the fans at the scene, the defending failed.

Li Chongxiao was the last to appear.There were many viewers who watched yesterday's rookie game, and they were deeply impressed by the three-point duel between Korver and Li Chongxiao.

On the big screen at the meeting, the highlights of Li Chongxiao hitting 5 consecutive three-pointers yesterday were also played.Some unidentified spectators inquired about the news from friends next to them, and the scene suddenly became noisy.

The star support team here all stood up, clapping hands, touching hips, beating chests, pressing shoulders and rubbing heads to cheer.

Li Chongxiao was not nervous at all, the budget just now was just a warm-up for him, to try his hand, it was not at his usual level at all.

This time he was standing on the first point, and now his voice gradually decreased.As the timing started, Li Chongxiao quickly threw the first ball and scored in accordance with the usual training rhythm; the second ball, scored...

All five goals in the first point were scored, and 6 points were scored. The noise on the scene was even lower than before.Then he quickly ran to the second point and scored five goals, 12 points.

At the third point, there was no sound at all, only the sound of "shua, shua, shua, shua, shua" as the basketball passed through the net.

The third point also scored 18 points, and victory is in sight.Now the audience couldn't bear it anymore and started to exclaim again.Duncan raised his hands, ready to celebrate the victory.

Li Chongxiao didn't care about the situation on the court when he started shooting. He hit three goals in a row before the fourth point, and many fans at the scene began to celebrate his victory.Then he hit the next two goals, and the arena seemed to be muted suddenly. The fans were very nervous, for fear that if he spoke, he would ruin this epic performance.

At the last point, Li Chongxiao, who had already won the championship, had no distractions and completely entered his own rhythm.

From the first ball at the fifth point, he accelerated his tempo and shot faster and faster, making the hearts of the audience on the scene and in front of the TV be "thumping".There were three seconds left until the last ball hit the net.

30 points, full marks!

There is no one in the past, no matter whether there are newcomers or not, anyway, this is an achievement that cannot be surpassed.

Li Chongxiao engraved his name into the history of the NBA.

The players rushed over, whether they knew him or not, they all congratulated him.The atmosphere in the arena reached its peak in an instant, and many fans looked at the big screen from time to time, as if they couldn't believe that history was being created right in front of them.

In the din of the arena, the commentator on the scene shouted hoarsely: "He killed the game, he killed the game!"

(End of this chapter)