BXBX NOVEL Chapter 525: Skills Challenge
And the outstanding No. 1 pick, Kyrie Irving, scored 34 points and 9 assists in the game, and was awarded the MVP of the Rookie Challenge without any suspense.
Lian Dao left with his teammates after watching the rookie game yesterday. Although Jeremy Lin did not perform well, Cousins performed very well, but the data of 18 points and 11 rebounds is obviously not enough to compete with Kyrie Irving for MVP. possible.
Moreover, it is generally difficult for inside players to win the MVP in the all-name game, mainly because the ball is in the hands of outside players. Unless there is an outside player willing to play for you, otherwise inside players want to get MVP. too likely.
On February 26th, the 2012 Orlando All-Star Weekend entered its second day. Today is also the competition day for all individual events. The skill challenge, three-point shooting contest and dunk contest are all held today.
However, this year\'s slam dunk contest and three-point contest did not go very well.
Joe Johnson, a player in the three-point contest, was injured. The league had no choice but to find another player to replace him. The league originally wanted Lian Dao to replace him.
After all, whether it is popularity or three-point shooting skills, Lian Dao is on top and can attract the greatest attention.
However, Lian Dao made it clear at the press conference before that he will not participate in this year\'s individual event competition, and even if someone withdraws due to injury, he will not be a substitute.
Lian Dao didn\'t participate not only because he wanted to enjoy the holiday life, but also because he didn\'t want to create hatred.
If he participates, according to his personality, he must aim to win the championship, otherwise he will not feel comfortable watching others beat him to win the championship.
But many second- and third-tier stars in the league are pointing to these, and the personal projects of the All-Stars have improved their reputation.
You, a superstar, don\'t need to get so many insignificant honors here. This is a dishonorable behavior that doesn\'t even leave soup to others.
Therefore, it is better not to agree at the beginning, not to participate.
The league also quickly found a replacement star, and they found Kevin Durant.
At the same time, Yinman Shumpert, a player participating in the dunk contest, withdrew from the dunk contest due to injury, and his spot was replaced by Utah Jazz rookie Jeremy Evans.
Compared with the bleak stars of this year\'s three-point shot contest and slam dunk contest, the Skills Challenge is full of stars.
Especially this skill challenge, covering the new and old point guards at the league star level, Kyrie Irving, Tony Parker, Rajon Rondo, John Wall, Russell Westbrook, Deron williams.
And the only thing that can make Lian Dao interested in watching is the Skills Challenge.
Before the start of the skill challenge, there is also a shooting star exhibition game to be held.
Lian Dao was in the auditorium beside the court, eating popcorn with his little senior sister, while watching his teammates play on the court.
A total of four cities participated in this year\'s shooting star exhibition game, namely New York, Atlanta, Texas and the host Orlando.
Each team has three players, including an active NBA player, a WNBA player and a retired player.
The Knicks participated in the game, but Lian Dao did not.
The current players they sent are Danny Green, retired star Alan Houston and WNBA New York Liberty All-Star Kapi Pondexter.
The game is divided into two rounds, shooting at 6 points at different distances on the field, and the score is scored according to the time of completion of the shot, and the fastest shot is the champion.
In the first round of shooting, New York was smooth, and Alan Houston made a long shot in just 38 seconds.
Orlando was the worst. The first short-range shot was shot three times, and the last mid-range shot over the distance took a lot of time. It took 104 seconds to complete the task.
The female player Maria Ferdinand Harris made a super long shot, but the result was obviously not satisfactory.
Atlanta also had a super long shot by the female player Lindsay Hudlin. They took 55.3 seconds and missed the final.
New York and Texas advanced to the finals.
Texas made the first shot, and Kenny Smith successfully made a super long shot. It only took 47.6 seconds, which put a lot of pressure on New York.
However, New York, which has a luxurious lineup, was even smoother. It took only 18 seconds to throw the first 5 balls. After that, they took turns to make ultra-long shots, and Alan Houston completed the final shot. In the end, it only took 37.3 seconds to complete the task and easily won the championship.
Lian Dao did not expect his team to win the championship so easily. This is also the first honor that Danny Green won for the team.
And Danny Green, who won the championship in the All-Star Game for the first time, was also very happy, grinning all the time on the court.
After the "Shooting Star" competition, the "Skills Challenge" that Lian Dao is thinking about will follow.
The number of players participating in this Skills Challenge has been expanded to 6.
Among them, Tony Parker, Deron Williams and Westbrook are all participating in the Skills Challenge for the third time.
John Wall is attending for the second time, and Rajon Rondo and Kyrie Irving are new faces in the Skills Challenge.
These six players are all star-level players. Among them, Deron has the most brilliant record. He won the championship in a record time of 25.5 seconds in 2008 and reached the final in 2010.
Originally, Lian Dao was still looking forward to the performance of his good friend Stephen Curry, but the elementary school student was injured before the start of the All-Star Game.
Curry, the champion of the previous Skills Challenge, gave up participating in this Skills Challenge.
First of all, Rajon Rondo replaced the injured Joe Johnson and made his first appearance in the preliminaries. He was relatively smooth, completing the task in 32.8 seconds.
Then Irving played. Yesterday, Irving made 9 of 11 three-pointers in the rookie game. Today, he took a lot of time in the shooting session, and finally took 42.2 seconds to pass the level. Due to the time-consuming, Irving may not escape the fate of being out.
Deron - Williams played, the strength of the little fat man is impeccable, all actions are a pass, it only took 28.8 seconds.
Fatty created the best results as soon as he came up, and the pressure was also given to the players who will compete next.
Russell Westbrook didn\'t know if it was affected by the pressure brought by Deron. In a ground pass, he succeeded twice, and finally took 33.8 seconds.
Kevin Durant, who was waiting for the three-point contest on the sidelines, stood up and applauded his second brother.
That **** temperament is really eye-catching.
Tony - Parker is also a pass, the strength of the French sports car is still very strong, only 29.2 seconds.
John Wall finally played the finale, but his performance was not satisfactory.
It took too much time before. After comparing the time of the previous opponents, Wall, who knew that there was no hope of promotion, wanted to end his All-Star journey with a smart dunk, but he was helpless. He dropped the basketball during the dunk, picked it up and dunked it again. , took more time.
After the first round, the older generation of point guards played even better. Deron, Parker and Rondo joined hands to enter the finals. The three new generation point guards of Irving, Westbrook and Wall were declared out.
When the finals started, Rondo took the lead. His performance in the finals was not very smooth. It took him four times to hit the ground and pass the ball successfully, and the final score was 34.6 seconds.
Parker played second. He continued the state of the first round. Although he made a mistake when hitting the ground pass in the middle, he finally achieved a score of 32.8 seconds.
Deron, who had the first record in the preliminaries, played at the end. His first half was smooth, but he had problems when he was good at shooting. He failed to make three consecutive shots, and only succeeded on the fourth time. The final score was 41.4 seconds. No champion.
"French Sports Car" Tony Parker finally won the Skills Challenge, and he also became the first European player in NBA history to win the championship!
Before the start of the three-point shoot contest ~www.mtlnovel.com~ the live camera is aimed at Lian Dao who is watching the game in the auditorium.
Lian Dao\'s figure suddenly appeared on the big screen at the scene, and the audience burst into loud cheers.
As the champion of the 10-year three-point contest, Lian Dao did not participate in this year\'s three-point contest, but he still attracted much attention.
And so far, the 28-point record created by Lian Dao in the three-point contest is considered by the American media to be one of the most difficult records to break.
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ESPN had previously launched a poll for "The Most Wanted Star in the Individual Competition", and Lian Dao ranked first in both the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest.
However, when Lian Dao announced that he would not participate in the individual competition, many fans were very disappointed.