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This year's All-Star Game, Wei Guo became more interested in playing.

In addition to the main game, Wei Guo also signed up for the three-point contest, dunk contest, and skill challenge.

Rarely does a [-]'[-] big man sign up for these events.

Let's talk about the three-point shootout...

Shooting three-pointers has always been the patent of small people. At [-] meters, Bird is considered tall among players in the three-point shooting contest, and Wei Guo is ten centimeters taller than Bird.

As for the dunk contest...

Similar to the height of Carter and Jordan, with both skill and explosiveness, it is easier to play tricks in the slam dunk contest, and it is rare for a big man who is [-] meters to sign up for the slam dunk contest.

And finally the Skills Challenge...

Not to mention this, the test is the skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting, and these small players are more slick.

.......

Wei Guo was the first player to announce that he would participate in these three entertainment events.

Over the past one and a half seasons, Wei Guo's overall performance has also attracted many masters, who want to compete with Wei Guo in these events.

Players who signed up for the three-point shootout contest:

Kobe, Ray Allen, Peja, Reid, Nowitzki, Patriarch

Players who signed up for the Skills Challenge:

Kidd, Nash, Iverson, Marbury, Stockton, Patriotic

Players who signed up for the slam dunk contest:

Kobe, Carter, Richardson, David

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Atlanta, February 2003, 2.

A stellar crowd...

This is a basketball carnival. In addition to the players participating in the All-Star Game, many celebrities from the entertainment and sports circles also came to the scene.

The three-point contest is about to start.

Wei Guo wandered into the locker room and saw Nowitzki and the others chatting together. Just as Wei Guo was about to speak, Nowitzki jokingly said, "We are discussing who will take the second place."

Bird had a classic pompous moment.

In the 1986 All-Star Game, Bird said to other participating players in the locker room, I will win this game, who will compete for second place?

On pretense...

Bird and Wei Guo are still far behind. Wei Guo often shoots three-pointers after halftime in the game, and then looks back confidently.

Rather...

Every ball was scored.

The alliance has not yet dared to imitate Wei Guo in this way, so Nowitzki saw Wei Guo and started to tease him.

"Hahaha..."

Kobe was also amused by Nowitzki's words, patting the table and laughing.

Wei Guo shrugged, "If any of you can score 31 points, I will admit defeat."

Kobe smiled and said, "Then I have to ask the referee to prepare an extra basket for me."

There are five baskets of basketballs in the three-point contest, which are placed at two bottom corners, two 45-degree angles and the top of the arc. There are five basketballs in each basket, and one flower ball counts as two points, so the total score is only 30 points.

Which is to say...it's impossible for someone to score 30 points.

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Reid is the most serious warm-up, he is under a lot of pressure.

This time...

All three-point shooters.

Reed, who ranks second among six players in [-]-point percentage, doesn't want to be eliminated in the first round.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the idea of ​​the coaches was still that the closer to the basket, the more stable the score, so players had more choices to hit the basket and mid-range shots on the court. In addition to high-intensity physical confrontation, the three-point shooting rate was not very high. high.

The three-point percentages of these six players are:

Weiguo: 56.1%

Reid: 43.9%

Bryant: 38.3%

Peja: 38.2%

Nowitzki: 37.9%

Ray Allen: 37.7%

However, the three-point shooting percentage does not truly reflect the player's three-point level.

For example, Wei Guo, Kobe, Nowitzki, and Ray Allen are all the team's leading stars, and their scoring average ranks among the top ten in the league this season, while Reed and Peja are positioned more like pitchers .

And that's why...Reed is under the most stress.

Among the six people, they are too bad, and they are good at three-pointers. If they are eliminated in the preliminary round, it would be too shameful.

.......

After the warm-up, Reed was the first to play.

He stood in the right bottom corner, pressed his hands on the basketball, waited until the whistle sounded, grabbed the first basketball, and threw it towards the basket with a very standard posture.

first ball...

"bang~~~"

Strike it!

second ball...

"bang~~~"

Strike it!

The third ball...

"bang~~~"

Strike it!

After hitting the iron with three consecutive goals, Reed seemed to hear the taunts from the fans.

This made his mentality a little unbalanced. Although he adjusted it briefly, he couldn't get back the feeling.

With the last flower ball thrown to the basket, Reed's scoring in the preliminary round was frozen: 13 points.

Reed's Bucks teammate Alien Cassell sat on the court, frowning and asking: "Man, what's the matter with you? This is not your true level..."

"Nervous."

Reed scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

13 points! ! !

This score is likely to be at the bottom, and it is basically certain that Reed will miss the final.

After Reid, the second player to play was Nowitzki.

Nowitzki's mentality is very relaxed, he has no plans to win the championship, and participating in the three-point contest is just a joy.

"Beep!!!"

After the whistle sounded, Nowitzki started shooting.

The basketball has a high arc, but it can always fall into the basket accurately.

"Shh!!!"

"Shh!!!"

"bang~~~~"

"Shh!!!"

"........"

"Shh!!!"

"bang~~~"

"Shh!!!"

In the end, Nowitzki missed two flower balls and five ordinary balls.

21 points! ! !

This score is relatively safe, but it can't be said that it is safe to enter the finals. The pressure will be on Peja, Ray Allen, and Kobe who will play later.

.......

Peja is the main guard of the Kings. In the first two seasons, he made nearly 41% of his three-pointers and averaged 20+ points per game. This season, his state has declined slightly, with only 38.2% of his three-pointers and an average of 19.2 points per game. , but Peja is a young player after all, and there is still room for growth and improvement.

Unlike Reed...

Peja was also selected to this year's Western Conference All-Star team and can be regarded as a star player.

"Whoo~~~"

"Whoo~~~"

"Whoo~~~"

After taking three deep breaths in a row, Peja started shooting. The [-]-meter Peja shot very steadily.

"Shh!!!"

"Shh!!!"

"........"

"Shh!!!"

At the first shooting point, Peja made all five shots and scored 6 points.

Nowitzki muttered: "This shot is too accurate."

"so..."

Wei Guo pointed to Peja who was shooting, and asked, "Did you just discuss letting him take the second place?"

"a ha ha ha..."

Nowitzki laughed: "It's not me anyway, and it's not Reid. Reid's shooting is worse than mine."