basketball dreams

Chapter 153 Before the three-point game
Yunchen and Lillard didn't eat their meal for a long time. After all, there was a game tonight, so they all wanted to go to the stadium to practice shooting two shots in the afternoon.

However... when they finished eating and entered the stadium, they stayed at the exit of the players' tunnel.

Ahead, a large group of people are training on the court. There are not only a few other people who participated in the three-point contest, but also participants in the slam dunk contest and everyone in the skill challenge. Everyone is sweating profusely. The game at night is very important.

Perhaps due to the confrontation between Yunchen and James, the two sides in this skills challenge were also at odds.

The small players represented by Isiah Thomas hope to regain the skills game victory that should have belonged to the guards, while the big players represented by Cousins ​​want to fight for the defending champion.

So although these people were talking and laughing during the training, Yunchen could tell that everyone was extremely serious, and it didn't look like they were here to play.

Yun Chen, Carter and the others looked at each other, and they all saw helplessness in their eyes.

"Oh, there's no other way, let's just practice." Among them, Carter was in the best state of mind. After smiling, he went directly to ask the staff for the ball and started shooting.

There were a lot of people on the court, and it was a bit crowded. After Carter got the ball, he only stayed at one point to shoot, which can be regarded as making room for others.

Seeing this, Yunchen didn't have anything to complain about. Like Carter, he asked for the ball and found a position to start shooting.

He found a corner position, which he was least good at, so he wanted to practice more.

Anyone who has watched the three-point contest knows that the balls in the three-point contest are divided into ordinary balls and the so-called "money ball" (two-point ball), that is, flower balls. There are five groups in total, with a full score of 34. According to the most classic three-point ball There are five positions to place the balls, and one group of five balls are bouquets. The players decide where to place them, and they usually place them in the position they are best at.

What Yunchen is thinking about now is where to place his bouquet. He feels that he seems to be not good at the bottom corner, and the other points are not bad.

Hesitant, he ran to Carter's side and asked, "Senior, where are you going to put your bouquet?"

Carter was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and said in surprise: "You haven't decided where to put your bouquet yet?"

Yun Chen nodded: "Yeah... what's wrong?"

Carter rolled his eyes at him and said, "You have such a big heart. We all decided on the position of the flower ball immediately after we knew we were going to participate in the three-point contest, and then went to practice for a long time."

Hearing this, Yun Chen almost fell to the ground with a thud. He had known about participating in the three-point contest more than half a month ago, but he had never thought about flower balls. Even if he hadn't seen others practicing today , he may not realize until the game time...

"Then... what should I do?" Yun Chen asked again.

Carter sighed, then pointed to his feet, and said: "The corner, those of us who like to shoot three-pointers usually choose the corner, because this is the position we are best at."

Hearing these words, Yun Chen's legs almost gave way and fell to the ground again...

"Bottom... corners? Are everyone good at corners?" He felt guilty for a moment, and couldn't believe Carter's words, because he was the worst at corners, and he didn't have a backboard as a reference, so he was particularly unconfident when shooting. Every shot in this position is very uncomfortable.

"Yeah, what's the matter? This position is the closest to the basket." Carter said, he felt that Yun Chen's reaction was not right.

"Okay... ok... Then your flower ball is going to be placed at the bottom corner?"

"Yeah, I'm the best here." Carter nodded.

Yun Chen: "..."

Almost running back with tails between their legs, Yun Chen looked at the people on the field who were practicing continuously, and couldn't help feeling more and more guilty...

Because he found that, as Carter said, almost everyone is good at the bottom corner position. When they practice the bottom corner position, they are much better than other positions.

Especially Devin Booker and Middleton, these two people almost hit every shot in the bottom corner, which is outrageously accurate.

"..." With silence, Yun Chen finished practicing in the bottom corner of everyone, and only after the place was vacated again did he walk over to start practicing with the ball.

However, his hit rate was not very good, and he kept hitting the iron with bang bang bang, and he couldn't find the feeling.

"It's over, I should have asked Reggie Miller for advice." At this moment, Yun Chen regretted it a bit. If he had asked Reggie Miller to guide him in corner three-pointers, he wouldn't be as passive as he is today.

For the whole afternoon, Yunchen practiced almost at the bottom corner. Although he also practiced at other positions, they didn't have as much time as the bottom corner.

However, the hit rate is still a bit... I'm sorry to show it.

After five o'clock in the evening, the staff came over and called them to have dinner. The three events will start on time at seven o'clock tonight.

Yun Chen followed Carter all the time, and the two had dinner together talking and laughing.

After six o'clock, the people who had finished eating, drinking and digesting food arrived at the arena. At this time, almost all the audience in the auditorium had arrived, and the cheers were extremely enthusiastic when they entered the arena.

Yunchen, Carter and others who were going to participate in the game were all wearing jerseys and jackets, and were arranged to sit on the benches on both sides.

Tonight can really be said to be full of stars. Yun Chen found a lot of familiar people here on the bench, in the auditorium, and even upstairs in the stands.

Kobe, James, Durant, McGrady, O'Neal, Wilkins, Harden, Olajuwon, etc., made him dizzying.

"Hey! Li!" Yun Chen raised his head and frantically looked for the star in the audience, but behind him, a person came over and patted him on the back.

"Huh?" Yun Chen turned her head and was startled by the person in front of her: "Wow! Stephen Curry!"

That's right, the person who suddenly appeared behind him was his idol Stephen Curry. Although the two of them didn't meet many times, they still knew each other, so they hugged very friendly.

This time in the All-Star Game, Yunchen's first pick was Curry.

"We're going to participate in the three-point contest tonight, are you ready?" Curry asked with a smile. One of the great characteristics of "Primary School Student" is that he likes to laugh, coupled with his baby face, it is really a perfect match with his nickname "Meng Shen".

Yun Chen scratched his head in embarrassment when he heard this, he didn't know what to say, he wanted to say that he was ready, but he hesitated again when he thought that his corner shot was a mess.

Curry laughed out loud when he saw this: "Cheer up, Lee, it's okay if you don't have confidence. The year I won the championship, I firmly believed that I could make the shot!"

"Haha, there's no way, my corner shot is too bad." Yun Chen shook his head, still very worried about the corner.

"So where is your money ball?" Curry asked again.

Yun Chen heard the words and said without thinking: "Put it in the top corner where he is best at." This position is his favorite position.

As soon as the words came out, Curry shook his head immediately: "No, no, no, listen to me, put it in the corner, put it in the corner you are least good at."

"What... what?" Yun Chen couldn't laugh or cry for a moment, what kind of suggestion is this?
Seeing this, Curry blinked at him mysteriously, and said, "Believe me, if you put it in the bottom corner, there may be unexpected gains!"

(End of this chapter)