Chapter 672: 671. The Destroyed Three-Point Contest
In the three-point contest, Liu Mang was lucky and got the 6th lottery, Reid the 5th lottery, Korver the 4th lottery, Lewis the 3rd lottery, and Mobley the 2nd lottery.
Peja draws first and last is... Billups...
"Oh my god, how did I get the last one? I only voted after you all voted. Compared with this...I'm so unlucky!" Together, the three have a good relationship. Although their respective teams may become opponents in the playoffs, there is no conflict between them, but the relationship is good.
"It's okay, Chauncey," Liu Mang patted Billups on the shoulder. Billups finally saw that someone was not laughing at him. In the Shooting Star Challenge just now, even the teammates who cheered him on the sidelines laughed. He couldn't stop, he was so hurt in his heart, and now someone finally comforted him, and he was very touched. Just about to say something, Liu Mang said in the second half: "Just now you have created a historical record, and you can't beat MJ's. The record is also broken?"
"Hahahaha... Ace, you are so bad!" Reed next to him heard this, although he was a little impolite, he still laughed...
After the lottery was drawn, the seven contestants practiced shooting for a while on the side where the props were not arranged. After the props were arranged, the game was about to start.
The first player to play was Peja. The fans at the scene were supportive of Liu Mang. This is the home of the Lakers. After all, it was an All-Star game. When Peja played, there were boos all over the place.
Peja came on stage slowly with frustration and motivation. The main reason why Peja, who was the first to play, received so many boos was that his three-pointers were really strong!
As the defending champion of the three-point contest, apart from the fact that Liu Mang's fans were not happy with him because he provoked the battle for the three-point champion in the previous two years, the fans of the Lakers also disliked him very much.
Rao has passed two years. For Lakers fans, the Kings are still the biggest enemy of the Lakers to win the championship. In the sixth game of the Western Conference Finals two years ago, the Kings scared the Lakers fans.
The performance of the first contestant was about to start. Liu Mang stared at Peja closely. Of the six contestants, Peja was undoubtedly the strongest opponent.
"Ding... Peja Stojakovic, ability evaluation 85, three-pointer 89..."
Looking at Peja's three-point ability, it really is the only three-point ability in the league this year that is second only to Ray Allen's three-point ability rating of over 90.
Peja was the first to start the game. He went up and made a quick shot. He only missed two shots in the first three points. One was the first shot at the beginning of the shot. , easily scored 15 points, the last two points were obviously shot more casually, lost a bouquet and three ordinary balls, easily scored 22 points, and walked back proudly amidst the boos of the audience bench.
22 points, according to the experience of the previous three-point contest, if more than 20 points, it is basically certain to enter the finals.
Just as Peja was proud, the next Mobley might be nervous. This is the only time he participated in the All-Star Weekend except for the rookie game in 2000. He missed two consecutive points. , The shooting point of the top arc started to be shot, the third point scored 3 points, and the next two points were steadily scored 4 points, and got 11 points.
Lewis was the third to play, and his performance was quite normal. His shooting percentage was high, but his shooting speed was too slow. He scored 10 points in the first two shots, and each missed a normal ball, but the first two shots More than 30 seconds have passed since the point was cast. Lewis obviously panicked at the third point. He threw it quickly, and his hit rate plummeted. When the first two points scored 10 points, the last three points added up to score. 4 balls, 3 ordinary balls and 1 bouquet, a total of 15 points.
When it came to the fourth Korver shot, he showed what is called a real skill. The fans thought that Korver was here to make up the number, because Reed and Ray Allen were unwilling to mix the game between Liu Mang and Peja , so I found Korver, and even the live TV commentary didn't have many words to describe him, because he was too unknown. Although he was in the Eagles, he had too few opportunities to play, and his strength was really mediocre. .
However, Korver blinded the eyes of all fans this time! Demonstrated the true skills of a three-point idiot!
It's true that Korver's running position has not been developed yet, except for assisting defense and fixed-point three-pointers, he knows nothing, but the three-point contest does not require running positions!
After Korver stood on the playing field, he started from the first shooting spot in the right corner, held the ball without blinking his eyes and made consecutive shots, almost all of which were thrown out with a kick of the foot. The first ball was still flying in the air, and the second ball was thrown out. The fans at the scene thought that Korver was here to make a joke. How could such a shot be scored?
But...he really got in!
Korver made all the first shots without missing a single shot!
When it comes to the second point, it's all invested!
Korver was too unnoticed at the beginning, everyone's attention was on Liu Mang and Peja, everyone didn't pay much attention to him, and even many fans were chatting, but when they saw that the first two shots were all After the shot, the fans finally reacted, and there were exclamations and screams from the scene!
When did such a guy come out!
When Korver scored the first four shots at the third shooting point and scored 16 points, the scene finally began to cheer wildly!
Could there be another monster like Liu Mang from two years ago? And also the Eagles! It's also the second round show!
The Eagles are going against the sky!
It may be affected by the cheers of the fans, Korver obviously took more time to adjust the bouquet at the third point, but instead there was a problem with the rhythm due to too many adjustments, and he hit the iron with a bang.
Korver quickly adjusted his mentality, but obviously because of the sudden explosive cheers from the fans at the third point, his rhythm was disrupted, and he lost the stability of the first three points. I missed all the shots, and it took two shots to adjust, but the last three goals of the next two points were all scored, and a super performance of 24 points was completed!
Although the performance of the last two shooting points was a bit wrong, the fans' hope of seeing a new record was shattered, but the 24 points surpassed Peja's preliminaries performance, and the fans were already surprised!
This three-point contest is not limited to the duel between Liu Mang and Peja! What are the fans' favourites? Isn't it just a sudden surprise!
The three-point contest between Liu Mang and Peja has already made the fans very excited, and another one will spoil the game, which makes the fans even more excited!
Liu Mang saw Korver's amazing performance on the bench, completely unexpected!
It may be because Korver's positioning in the Hawks is more clear. Although there are not many opportunities to play in his rookie season, the coaching staff has a clearer training goal for him. It is clear that Korver will be trained as a running shooter, rather than him. With the 76ers who didn't value him at all and just used it to fill the garbage time, his progress was much faster than it should have been.
Liu Mang suddenly felt that the biggest opponent might not be Peja, whom he feared the most, but this younger brother who was serving tea and water next to him in a sinister way!
No, Korver waved to the fans amid the cheers, and immediately sat down next to Liu Mang timidly.
Seeing Korver sitting next to him sullenly, looking calm on the surface but deep down with the mentality of killing the boss "superior", Liu Mang found it interesting! It's more interesting than only Peja as an opponent!
Both Peja and Korver scored 20+ points in the preliminaries, raising the level of this three-point contest!
Reid originally played with the mentality of reaching the final, but found that it seemed that the final was not easy!
Two 20+ points, and there is Liu Mang behind him, Reid is a bit mentally exploded, it is difficult enough to get 20 points, and two of them come out at once, and Liu Mang behind is probably 20+, which is more than a wool ah! Since the start of the three-point competition, there have only been ten times when the three-point contest was able to score 20 points in a single round, except for this one. This year, there were only two. Now is not the era when the full score of 34 points will lead to more than 20 points flying all over the sky in the future. Seeing this situation, Reed completely lost his fighting spirit, made a few throws, and scored the lowest 9 points in the field. After throwing, he walked back to the bench and sat beside Liu Mang.
"Ace, come on, kill them!" Reed didn't consider himself a contestant at all, and there was no doubt that he had been eliminated.
Not only did Reed place his hope of killing Peja and Korver on Liu Mang, but the big screen once again showed him on Liu Mang, and the fans cheered violently!
I didn't expect the preliminaries to be so interesting!
Everyone wants to see how strongly Liu Mang will respond after Peja, especially Korver's amazing performance!
However, the fans saw the next scene, as if their throats were choked for a second, the cheers of the audience suddenly stagnated, and then burst into stronger cheers!
Liu Mang actually yawned!
Is this too long to wait?
Too arrogant, too arrogant!
But what the fans want to see is Liu Mang's arrogance and arrogance!
Liu Mang was taken aback by the cheers that suddenly became more violent. He really didn't yawn on purpose, but he couldn't help it. He really waited too long. When he participated in the three-point contest last time, he was the first to appear. time sixth.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we welcome our sixth contestant, Ice Liu from the Atlanta Hawks..."
In the high-pitched voice of the host, Liu Mang got up and walked to the court, took two balls and tried to throw them, and he felt pretty good.
Liu Mang didn't plan to use star cards in the preliminaries. Vujacic's star cards are the lowest grade of star cards, and the time limit is a single game. However, it's so stupid that the preliminaries and finals were judged as two games by the system! So the preliminaries can only be done by yourself.
But Liu Mang is also confident, he can do it by himself, using Vujacic's star card is just for insurance purposes, the best three-pointer in the history of the Lakers team is really good at fixed-point three-pointers, Vujacic has almost no running ability, completely Without the ability to hold the ball, he actually shot the best three-point shooting percentage in the history of the Lakers. He can't do anything else. The fixed-point shooting is really strong. Even the head coach of the Lakers in the finals Zen Master sent him To open up space, 92 fixed-point three-pointers may be placed in this league, and only Ray Allen can be compared.
Except for Peja and Korver, the highest score is 15 points. Liu Mang looked at Billups, the remaining opponent with a look of despair on the sidelines. As long as he scored 16 points, he would be able to enter the finals. Very confident.
It seems that Liu Reck's sniper shots are too famous. This is Los Angeles, the territory of the Lakers. After Liu Reck came to the shooting spot in the right corner, the scene actually started to snipe shots. Liu Reck knew this The action is estimated to be with me for the rest of my life...
Even the referee didn't need Liu Mang's request, and helped Liu Mang move the front four racks to the left. Liu Mang rolled his eyes and could only accept his fate.
"Ace Liu, are you ready?" the referee at the bottom line asked.
"OK." Liu Mang nodded.
"Okay, get ready...start!" The referee waved down the flag, and the technical stage started timing.
The moment Liu Mang heard the sound, he grabbed the ball and started to snipe. Unlike the previous five contestants, the fans cheered regardless of whether Liu Mang made it or not! Even the Lakers fans cheered for Liu Mang. Anyway, whoever can kill the Kings player, the Lakers fans will be happy, even if it is Liu Mang.
Liu Mang's mentality is relatively relaxed, because the goal of the preliminaries is not high, and it is enough to enter the finals. Even if he does not make a shot, it does not affect his mood. He spends about 9 seconds at each point to shoot all five balls. It took 55 seconds, scored 15 ordinary goals, three flower balls, and scored 21 points.
Another championship-level performance. Although it did not surpass the performance of Peja and Korver in the preliminaries, it was enough!
Seeing Liu Mang walking back to the bench with ease, looking like he still has energy left, the saddest thing is not Korver and Peja, but Billups, the last contestant...
When the host read Billups' name, the fans cheered like Liu Mang!
Billups is not well, and he would have retired if he knew it! But he finally had the opportunity to participate in the All-Star Weekend, and 99% of his chances of being selected for the All-Star were due to the fact that he had won the finals MVP. The impression points that the finals MVP brought to the coaches were obvious, so he was invited to participate He participated in all the games.
And in this time and space, Billups didn't think he had a chance to enter the All-Star Game at all, so he participated in the game when he was invited, but he didn't expect to fall into such a situation!
Liu Mang, Peja, and Korver are three 20+, don't put too much pressure on this!
In fact, although Billups's overall shooting percentage of 38% this season is a bit short, it is not bad. From the three-pointer to the basket, the shooting percentage is almost the same, but he can't hold back his mentality and exploded like Reid. Come up The same first shot was all missed!
After shooting, Billups became more and more flustered. After the first three points were shot, he only scored 1 point!
The cheers at the scene were louder!
Billups knows what the fans want to see, and his heart is bleeding...
but……
Is the record of the basketball god so easy to break?
Billups missed a full seven of the last ten balls, but he seized the key two flower balls, added an ordinary ball, scored 5 points in the last two points, and added the third shot 1 point, Billups scored 6 points "good result"!
Billups almost burst into tears, but the fans at the scene were unhappy and booed one after another...
Watching Billups return to the bench with a happy face, Liu Mang and Reed couldn't stop laughing. When the media came to interview after the preliminaries, Liu Mang didn't talk about his confidence in winning the championship, but showed He said to the reporter with a regretful expression: "I thought that Chauncey was going to take the lead in this competition, but he was only a little bit short. It would be great if the two flower balls became ordinary balls..."
Speaking of which, Liu Mang turned his head to look at Billups: "Chauncey, you missed the chance to be famous in NBA history!"
Billups is so depressed, you like to leave history so much, why don't you come by yourself... Wait, it seems that this guy is indeed famous in history, and is the holder of the highest score... This bastard is too shameless! Making friends carelessly ah!
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At the end of the preliminaries, Liu Mang and Peja entered the final as expected. The third place in the final was won by Korver, and he won with the highest score in the preliminaries. This three-point contest made the fans even more excited. The feeling of "the strongest three-point battle in history", three preliminaries with 20+ points, is the first time in the entire history of the three-point contest!
As the lowest scorer among the finalists, Liu Mang was the first to play in the final of the three-point contest!
"Boss of the system, use Vujacic's peak star card!"
"Ding... The host uses Sasha Vujacic's peak star card, with an ability rating of 60, an offense of 73, a defense of 40, a three-pointer of 92 (perfect open spot shooting tendency), a mid-range shot of 80 (perfect open spot shooting tendency), and a layup of 50 , speed 84, strength 67... Negative characteristics: sincerity and fear. The fit is 100% fit, perfect fit, time limit for this game, bonus matching..."
When Liu Mang saw this star card for the first time, he felt hot eyes. What has the little blacksmith experienced? Teammates attract the shots when the defense is completely empty, and they can't do anything else, and rebounding, passing, and even ball control can't gain a foothold in the NBA...
And Vujacic's physical fitness is enough, so bad to the extreme, Liu Mang surpasses Vujacic's physical fitness and comprehensive ability in all aspects, and directly matches perfectly.
"Ding... The host uses the Sasha Vujacic peak star card, the bonus attribute is fixed-point three-pointers, due to the perfect fit, the fixed-point three-pointer ability bonus reaches 92, and the host temporarily gains negative characteristics: sincerity level 5, confidence level drops .”
"Ding... Features: Cold-blooded trigger, from the host, Sasha Vujacic's star card comes with features: I am afraid it will fail."
Liu Mang hadn't thought of the use of this star card at all before, because it was so bad, it was impossible for him to stand still and wait for his teammates to create opportunities for him, even if he stood there and took off The opponent will not allow him to shoot with his shoes on his feet, so this star card is basically a waste card, but the commander once said that even a piece of toilet paper has its function, no, it comes in handy.
The preparation continued. Amidst the cheers of the audience, Liu Mang once again came to the right corner of the half of the game.
"Ace...Ace..."
When Liu Mang played again, the audience chanted Liu Mang's English name again. In the preliminaries, Liu Mang's freehand expression scored 21 points and easily entered the final. The fans knew that the strongest Liu Mang had not yet appeared. The first time he participated in this event, he scored the best score in history with 26 points. Fans are looking forward to Liu Mang's explosive performance against Peja and Korver, two seemingly godlike opponents in this game. What kind of amazing performance?
Is it to face difficulties and create better results? Or crumble from stress?
This may be the first time that the ratings of the three-point contest are higher than the slam dunk contest, and the attention of the three-point contest is higher than that of the slam dunk contest!
"Ding... Features: Cold-blooded level 5 special effect triggers, ignores psychological pressure at critical moments, and comes from the host."
The cheers from the fans at the scene did not affect Liu Mang, the calmer he became at this time! He knew he couldn't be disturbed by anything at this time!
Peja and Korver, whether it's the performance of this game or Liu Mang's perception of their careers, they may be one of the best spot-up shooters in NBA history!
It looked easy, but Liu Mang didn't dare to be careless at all!
"Ace Liu, are you ready?" The referee asked after helping Liu Mang move the ball stand in a very professional manner.
"OK." Liu Mang nodded in response.
"Okay, get ready..."
The referee lengthened his voice and gave an order: "Start!"
Without any hesitation, Liu Mang grabbed the ball and lifted it to his left shoulder and threw it out!
92's three-point ability, although it is only a fixed-point shooting ability, but it is perfect for the three-point contest! And Liu Mang is not like Vujacic who is under a lot of pressure to play next to a certain number 24. He has not developed a problem of fear and fear, and will not cause abnormal performance due to the pressure on the game. Now Liu Mang feels as if he has returned to the creation two years ago. Time for history!
Liu Mang threw the first ball, before the fans had time to cheer, the second ball had already been picked up and thrown! The speed is too fast! too fast! On average, one shot per second, the first ball has just dropped into the basket, and the second ball has already flown to the middle!
Four consecutive balls fell into the basket one after another! It took only four seconds for the first four shots to be scored!
When he reached the bouquet, Liu Mang let out a sigh of relief, and it took two seconds to throw it out decisively. Then he ran to the shooting point at a 45-degree angle on the right without checking whether he scored.
When Liu Mang reached the shooting point at a 45-degree angle on the right, the flower ball just fell into the basket!
8 seconds! The first five balls only took 8 seconds!
The fans didn't keep up with the cheers once, and they couldn't keep up with them. They stopped cheering and watched Liu Mang's performance with bated breath. They didn't want to disturb Liu Mang like they disturbed Korver just now. The fans obviously understood When Korver made an astonishing performance just now, it was because of their sudden increased cheers that caused Korver to perform abnormally. Now they don't want to put pressure on the contestants. They want to see if they can witness history again!
When the bouquet from the first shooting point fell into the basket, Liu Mang just ran to the second shooting point. Without any hesitation or adjustment, he grabbed the ball from the distinctive rack on the left, and immediately Throw it out, just like the first point, one hit after another!
The second shooting point is also all five!
At the third shooting point, Liu Mang still made all of them!
18 points!
The amazing first three shots were all made, and he scored 18 points in a row!
With 15 goals in a row, Liu Mang broke his own record of 13 goals in a three-point contest!
The eyes of Peja, who was full of confidence on the sidelines, widened. Korver, who was thinking of quietly "killing" the boss, was dumbfounded. Liu Mang's fixed-point three-pointer was too exaggerated!
At the shooting point at a 45-degree angle on the left, Liu Mang grabbed the ball and was the first to throw it out. It may be because of the sudden change of the angle of view, because his top arc is also slightly to the right within the range of the area, which belongs to the same shot. I felt that I didn't get used to it for a while when I reached the left side of the basket. The first ball hit the iron, and I felt something was wrong just after I shot it, so I didn't throw the second one in a row immediately, but adjusted it.
"well……"
There was a sound of sighing at the scene. The fans had a little fantasy, looking forward to seeing the appearance of the full score, but the dream of the full score was shattered.
Hearing the boos of the fans at the scene, Liu Mang would definitely have psychological fluctuations if he had not acquired the cold-blooded feature, but this time he seemed to block the interference of the fans. It took 29 seconds. After hitting the first ball at the fourth shooting spot, Liu Mang adjusted it. After a few seconds, he decisively grabbed the ball, threw the ball out quickly again, and started a catch again. One shot in a row!
The fans couldn't hold back after holding back for a long time. Seeing Liu Mang's continuous throws, the cheers couldn't be stopped! Especially after the fourth shooting point, all four shots were hit. After Liu Mang scored 23 points, the scene was boiling!
There are still 5 balls for a total of 6 points, and Liu Mang has already scored 23 points!
There is no doubt, according to Liu Mang's current state, the fans can foresee that Liu Mang breaking his own record of 26 points is just around the corner!
When Liu Mang reached the last shooting point and grabbed the ball, there were 19 seconds left!
Liu Wei was still looking for the feeling of the first ball, and regrettably made another one. The fans made regretful voices again, but Liu Wei grasped the feeling, and he was not in a hurry, and took it slowly. The next three ordinary balls All in!
26 points! Liu Mang has scored 26 points! Tied the historical record of 26 points held by himself and Peja.
With 8 seconds left, Liu Mang grabbed the bouquet and said to the bench, "Do you want me to give you a ball? Forget it, don't want it, let's destroy this project!"
Through the radio equipment on the ball stand, Liu Mang's words reached the ears of everyone present and everyone in front of the TV. It was so arrogant!
However, Liu Mang has always been so arrogant, these words did not make him feel much disgusted, because those who don't like him don't like him in the first place, but the fans who like him become even more fanatical because of this!
With three seconds left, Liu Mang looked at the basket and made adjustments. He had already pretended to be out, but he couldn't be slapped in the face!
However, because of Liu Mang's cold-blooded nature, this kind of game became like a training game, and with Vujacic's 92 spot shooting ability, Liu Mang threw the ball at the last second. Cursing, amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, he plunged into the basket!
The buzzer hit!
Liu Mang hits the buzzer with the last goal!
He did what he said, with a full score of 30 points and a score of 28 points, Liu Mang really destroyed this project just as he said!
I will write slowly with my mobile phone while lying down. The one-handed speed is a bit slower, a few hundred words an hour, but anyway, I have time off at home, and I have a monthly ticket for Zhangqiu~