Chapter 477: 475. The Greatest Pitcher in History

David Stern's face was full of smiles. Unexpectedly, I did not expect that this year's All-Star Weekend will start to warm up next year's All-Star Weekend.

Peja challenged Liu Mang, and Liu Mang accepted, which made countless fans look forward to next year's three-point contest!

Any game needs to be well-matched to be interesting, otherwise, like the Cosmos team, it will be meaningless to know who the championship belongs to as soon as it is established.

Taking advantage of the heat brought by the three-point contest, the Legendary Challenge has begun!

In the DJ's deliberately low-pitched introduction, the Western Conference players appeared, first Frankie Muniz, a famous Hollywood producer, actor, and amateur basketball player, then WNBA superstar Swopes, and then Los Angeles Corey Maggette, one of the N forwards of the Clippers, was finally the first player in the history of the Los Angeles Lakers and the number one point guard in NBA history, Magic Johnson.

Following the rhythm deliberately brought up by the DJ and the excitement of the previous three-point contest, the Eagles fans at the scene took the lead in booing the "visiting team" of the Western Conference.

"Hahahaha..." Magic Johnson showed his iconic laugh, hugged the surrounding players and walked onto the court. Active and retired players from the VIP fan area also ran over to hug and salute the magician.

The boos at the scene made the game more like a game, which proved that the fans' emotions have been completely mobilized, and the players of the "visiting team" such as Magician have also become excited because of this. This is like a game!

As for the triathlon, sometimes the biggest highlight is not the contestants’ competitions, but the reactions of the surrounding superstars and spectators. It doesn’t matter if the competition starts slowly, but the camera shows these close-ups of hugs instead.

Everyone wanted to steal the scene, and Liu Mang was about to go up to pay his respects, but he was squeezed away by others and became the last one to go up and hug.

The magician always greets people with a smiling face, and has a very high dual quotient. The relationship between the Lakers and the Eagles has been very bad in the past two years, but as a famous Lakers player, Magician did not show any negative expressions towards Liu Mang. Very enthusiastic, he stretched out his arms to hug him actively, and Liu Mang smiled and embraced him.

"Haha, Ace, someone is challenging you again. Yes, someone who challenges you is the strongest! I am optimistic about you. In June this year, do you want to come to Los Angeles to compete with the Lakers for the championship?" The magician laughed.

Looking at the magician's iconic smiling face, Liu Mang said that from the bottom of his heart, this guy is so good at deceiving people with his smile, the ghost knows what he is thinking in his heart.

Moreover, Liu Mang has a saying that he really wants to complain about. Can you Lakers make it to the West this year? We can fight for it, but what if we go to San Antonio?

However, if you don’t hit the smiling person, the affinity of the magician is really great. Liu Mang responded happily: "Thank you, Mr. Johnson, when the time comes, don't just put on a bad face just because you lost to us." gone."

Polite answers are required, but domineering cannot be lost!

Seeing Liu Mang's unflattering yet respectful and self-confident performance, the magician sighed in his heart, the young people nowadays are really amazing, if his immature child does not grow up, the future may be rough ...

The West side received boos from the fans at the scene, and when the East team played, the cheers returned again.

The first to appear is Ashton Kutcher, who starred in "The 70s Show" in 1998 and will have a famous blockbuster "Butterfly Effect" next year, followed by WNBA superstar, last year's WNBA champion and Finals MVP Leslie.

When the penultimate contestant, Jason Terry, came out, the fans started chanting the Jets.

When the last player, the greatest player since the Hawks moved to Atlanta, Dominique Wilkins, the essence of the human movie, came out, with the climax of the cheers, the courtside began the beloved tribute and hug session.

Although not as great as the achievements of the Magician, players who dare to say that they are greater than the Magician in the history of the NBA may not necessarily have the same number of hands. The two achievements of reaching the finals 8 times in his career and winning the championship 5 times are much more honors than most teams in team history.

But in Atlanta, in the hearts of fans who have been there for more than 20 years, Wilkins is the greatest player. He has brought countless classic images to Atlanta fans.

Liu Mang was squeezed to the end again this time, a man who doesn't know how to steal the scene, and finally got the most complete shot, sometimes some things are really not hard to grab, so he will deliver them to the door.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Liu Mang has spoken to Wilkins formally, and it seems that he has not even met him a few times before.

Unlike a magician who is a courtesan who generally manages to get along well with everyone, Wilkins has the aloofness of a player in the 1970s and 1980s. As far as Liu Wei knows, Jason Terry was selected by the Eagles. In four years, I have only spoken to Wilkins twice, and this cooperation is the first time to train together in the same uniform.

Just like Howard joined the Lakers and saw Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the first time for half a year. The No. 2 pick Ingram joined the Lakers for two years, but only got a call from a blacksmith, and didn’t get a word of advice for two years. Showing the aloof attitude of a celebrity.

"Ace, I can't wait to see your performance in this year's slam dunk contest. How is it? Are you ready?" After hugging, Wilkins still cared about the younger generation.

"Of course, Mr. Wilkins, just wait and see my performance!" For the famous team player, Liu Mang was more restrained, showing his self-confidence, but he did not deliberately show arrogance or anything.

Really cold, Wilkins didn't say anything, patted the hooligan on the shoulder, and then went up to the game.

Amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, the Legendary Challenge started.

This kind of game is really not as interesting as the interaction between the players before and after the game. The West has an advantage in size, age, and everything.

Regardless of the fact that the magician retired in 1991, he was only one year older than Wilkins, who retired in 1997. He swung his body, and the magician had too much advantage. Then Maggette faced Jason Terry, and he also pressed Playing, as for the WNBA and Hollywood movie stars, they are used to make up the numbers and attract attention. The Western team abused the Eastern team. It was quite fun in the middle of the game. After the Western team took an early 18-6 lead, they started to play. After getting up, the magician showed off his dribble and almost turned into Thompson. Maggette made a strong dunk, which was a bit fun. The competition was not very competitive, and the Western team had an obvious advantage.

In the end, the Western team took the lead to score 25 points, easily defeated the Eastern team 26-12, and won the Legend Challenge.

...

The first two events were finally over, and Liu Mang's seat was changed to the front row of the bench.

For the last two projects, he's going to be sitting here.

Seeing his own event, Liu Mang's pressure returned.

King of All Stars, this mission must be completed! This is related to your future development potential! Talent skill fragments, this is an important thing to make yourself a unique dual-talent superstar.

Skills Challenge and Slam Dunk Contest, both are tough!

The most important thing is the slam dunk contest. In the history of the NBA, there has never been a player who won both the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest. The three-point contest was killed by Peja, and he lost to become a person who won both the dunk contest and the three-point contest.

Liu Mang is now highly anticipated. Whether he can make history is the focus of fans' attention.

In addition, Liu Mang also knows that the Skills Challenge will be determined to be one of the three fixed events on the comprehensive event day on the second day of the All-Star Weekend due to its visibility and difficulty. The same status as the points contest and the slam dunk contest...Of course, it's just the status of the official competition, the status in the eyes of fans, and the Skills Challenge is definitely the bottom.

But if Liu Mang wins all three championships, he will definitely leave a very perfect achievement in the history of NBA All-Star Weekend.

Liu Mang kept comforting himself and hinting to himself that this task is a long-term task, so don't be nervous...

Amidst the cheers of the fans, Liu Mang came to the field to draw lots.

"Oh... Ace, kill them..." Mai Di, who is not too serious, yelled at Liu Mang from the sidelines, and other people who have a good relationship with Mai Di and Liu Mang , and passers-by who had a bad relationship also followed suit.

Liu Mang's chrysanthemum tightened, as if someone was saying that the young man was handsome again in his heart. He felt a few hot eyes, followed his eyes, Kidd, Marbury, Payton, the three old men were all staring at him , since it is the home court of the Eagles, plus live broadcasts all over the world, the expressions of the three are normal, but their eyes are extremely fierce.

Liu Mang looked at Mai Di angrily, you are going to send the young master to the crematorium! These three people are going to work hard!

Liu Mang glanced at the league president who was having a good chat with Eagles owner Price. This damned old man knows how to make troubles. I don't know if the young master and these three people can't deal with each other!

Fortunately, Liu Mang has an advantage!

Not dribbling, not passing, not even a shot advantage, but...he knows the rules!

Why is the triathlon finally determined as a skills challenge, dunk contest, and three-point contest?

The first two are because they appeared early and are really interesting, so they stayed. The skill challenge was decided because this event is also considered good. At the same time, as people's life rhythm is getting faster and faster, I don't like to learn about the rules of a new game every year, I just want to have fun watching it, just like every time the rules of the NBA regular season or playoffs are changed, the fans make complaints about it. The fans are already a little annoyed by changing the game items on the comprehensive event day. They want to see how the players should perform under the rules they know, not like every year in the past. Except for the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest, other events require Re-acquaint yourself with the rules.

Just like now, when the staff moves out and arranges the roadblocks similar to the driver's license test, takes out the small passing circles and puts up the passing zone, shooting zone, etc. signs on the floor, Payton, Mab Li and Kidd are in a fog, the skills challenge, want these things?

The fans were also confused. They thought the skill challenge was a competition of skills between players, but they didn't expect props to be used. They felt a little exciting for no reason.

Liu Mang also showed a confused expression, listening to the referee's introduction of the rules of this game, he was laughing in his heart - the young master bought these tools and practiced at home many times! Hiahiahiahia...

The skill challenge competition is divided into three items. The first item is layup or dunk after dribbling over obstacles. The second item is passing the ball after dribbling quickly across the court. three points.

The focus is on the final layup, passing, and three-point shooting. If you don’t score in that event, you will start from the beginning with the dribble.

The time starts from when the players are ready and the referee blows the whistle. After completing the three events, the player with the shortest time wins the championship.

This game is over in one round, because even 0.1 seconds can tell the winner.

Liu Mang, along with the other three, showed suddenly enlightened expressions after hearing the explanation of the rules.

I heard that the last item is to shoot a three-pointer! The other three were all very upset, and they all turned their attention to Liu Mang. Among the four present, this guy was the only one who was three-point reliable.

Seeing that the three of them were all staring at him again, Liu Mang couldn't help but groaned, spread his hands and shrugged and said, "It's really lucky, I'm a bit accurate in shooting, and this rule is a bit too unfavorable to you."

roll! The three of them collectively turned their heads and ignored this bastard who got cheap and acted like a good-looking bastard!

Draw lots!

Liu Mang was squeezed away again, and the three of them worked together to push Liu Mang aside. Peyton and Kidd were two mentors who had a good relationship with each other. Although Marbury and the two had a normal relationship, now the three of them share the same hatred. If you are going to fight Liu Mang, you should grab a good lottery first.

It's just that, sometimes, you really don't get a good lottery by drawing first. Liu Mang feels that he is lucky today! No. 4 pick! Last appearance!

The lucky boy!

Kidd looked at the No. 1 lottery in his hand, what the hell, he actually wanted to go out first, so that kid could learn experience, not to mention, unexpectedly, none of the three brothers on his side got the No. 4 lottery!

Seeing Liu Mang sitting relaxedly on the technical stage talking to McGrady and the gloomy Kobe next to him, Kidd was very angry! Every time I see this kid, I get angry! But there is nothing to do with him!

Kidd adjusted his mentality and suppressed his unhappiness. He wants to win! Even if he is the first to play, he will win!

The referee blew the whistle, Marbury and Payton also left the court, Kidd stood at the starting point of the three-point arc obstacle on the left court centered on the technical platform, and the end point was at the position of the solid semicircle outside the free throw line on the right .

Kidd signaled that he was ready, the referee waved the flag, the whistle blew, and the timer started!

At this time, Liu Mang focused all his attention on Kidd. Although he knew the rules of the game in advance and was prepared, Kidd's skills, except shooting, were definitely the strongest among point guards in NBA history. There are really not many point guards and even all players who can beat his skills. If he breaks out and is accurate for layups and three-pointers, I really dare not say that I will definitely win.

Sure enough, from the very beginning, Kidd performed perfectly!

This is the first time I have encountered this kind of dribble around roadblocks. It does not mean that Kidd has no training in dribbling around roadblocks. Kidd performed very well. The unpretentious dribble advances are not fast, but they are very smooth in the process of advancing. Zhong didn't let the ball touch any roadblocks. After a few seconds, he easily advanced to the free throw line on the right side of the court, rushed to the basket and made an easy layup.

After landing and receiving the ball, Kidd quickly started from the baseline and moved towards the left half. After reaching the left baseline of the court, he came to the top corner of the free throw line and hit a vertical shot 5 meters away with a precise pass. in the basket.

The two projects were completed in just 16 seconds!

Liu Mang was stunned when he saw it, it was too fast! This is so fast! I'm not so fast, okay?

Seeing Kidd receive the ball and quickly advance from the baseline on the left side of the court to the frontcourt, Liu Mang was a little confused.

In this game, it seems that the fastest record in the future is 25.5 seconds created by Deron Williams, which is the fastest speed of Deron Williams after ensuring the accuracy of each position, and it has been practiced for a long time Performance, this Kidd is obviously the first time to participate in this competition, unexpectedly so smooth! These first two projects are faster than Deron! Deron's time was the most perfect record of every project once!

Watching Kidd dribble to the right side of the court beyond the three-point line, only 21 seconds passed, and seeing Kidd slowly adjust beyond the three-point line, Liu Mang couldn't help but swallowed his saliva.

damned! Why is this guy so strong! It's clear that I'm against the young master! At this speed, the young master can't complete it!

Kidd raised his hand slowly, and Liu Mang couldn't help swallowing when he saw every change in Kidd's movements. When Kidd lifted the ball above his forehead and was about to throw it, Liu Mang's neck seemed to be that Like a ball being picked up, it straightened.

Everyone on the scene was quiet, and wanted to see if Kidd, the best point guard in active service, could finish the game smoothly and perfectly in one go!

All of these performances were too perfect, from the initial dribble advancement to the subsequent five-meter long pass and a hit, it was perfect!

In addition, it took Kidd three seconds to adjust this time, and the fans are ready to cheer! Kidd's popularity is not low. He is the fourth-highest-voted guard in the Eastern Conference All-Star voting after Liu Mang, Iverson, and Jordan. There are also many fans of him at the scene.

And this kind of irrelevant game, although Kidd is the biggest opponent of the Eagles, the Eagles fans did not boo Kidd too much, they all cheered when Kidd shot, wanting to see someone hurry up Click to complete the game and see the performance of the people behind.

The ball left Kidd's hand, the arc is very positive! He flew steadily towards the basket, very positive! The direction is very positive!

Seeing the ball falling steadily to the basket, the fans have already stood up to cheer for the first player to complete the game!

The ball goes down to the hoop, it's all good, and then...

In an instant, everyone on the scene seemed to be strangled at the same time. Everyone stared at the basket in a daze. After a few seconds, everyone on the scene couldn't help but burst out laughing, especially the players on the sidelines who laughed too exaggeratedly. , O'Neill, a big fat man, was lying on the floor and rolling, regardless of his suit.

Kidd shot the ball in the right direction, but it landed on the protruding bracket of the inner test of the basket with a moderate force!

The ball spun for a while on the hoop bracket, then stopped just like that...

Yes, stop!

What's the best thing about a pitcher? Not a hollow shot, but a shot that just lands on the rim and stops!

Everyone at the scene couldn't help laughing because of this scene, and the Phillips Arena became a sea of ​​joy...

This is it for today~ I will save the manuscript and save the manuscript. If there is a manuscript, you can also update a chapter in the morning and a chapter in the evening, so that the big brothers will not wait until the evening for two chapters~