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Chapter 219 Full Score in the Three-Point Contest
In the blink of an eye, time came to mid-February, and there were only three days left before the All-Star Weekend.

In this month's time, the All-Star lineups of the East and West have all been released.

Li Xun thinks that in later generations, it is more interesting to select the two captains first, and then let the captains choose the all-star teammates.

The current all-star grouping method can easily lead to one party's strength completely overwhelming the other.

Take this year's All-Stars as an example. If it weren't for Li Xun's existence and Yao Ming's transfer to the Eastern Conference, the Eastern Conference's All-Star lineup would actually be very poor.

Horford, who was in the same class as Yi Jianlian, averaged 14 points per game and was selected into the All-Star team.

Li Xun was amazing this year, and finally got 479 million votes, far breaking the record of votes held by Howard, and became the NBA's historical total vote leader in one fell swoop.

The starting lineup here in the East, Yao Ming, Li Xun, James, Wade plus Iverson.

Poor Howard, the number of votes is extremely large, more than twice that of Iverson.

As a result, he can only play as a substitute this year, not even a starter, unless he changed his position before and became a guard.

O'Neal, who is also in the Eastern Conference, is estimated to miss the All-Star Game this year.

Also on the bench are Howard, Singles Joe, Garnett, Pierce, Rose, Gerald Wallace and Yi Jianlian.

That's right, this year Yi Jianlian finally got his wish and entered the All-Star lineup.

If you take a closer look at the Eastern Conference, you really can't find a player more suitable for selection than Yi Jianlian.

After all, the statistics of the United Arab Emirates are there. Although the team's record is close, Gerrard's record is not much better.

The All-Star lineup in the West is about the same as under normal circumstances.

On February 2, Li Xun was practicing three-pointers at the training ground.

Although he has Curry's three-point attributes, Li Xun has been working hard on his basketball ability.

To be precise, the muscular conditioned reflex is formed through training, so that when facing the eye-closing defense, one's shooting rate will not drop.

And it is impossible for me to be teammates with Curry all my life.

If Curry leaves the Pistons in the future, he will not be able to bind Curry's three-point attribute, so it is better to practice more on his own to be more confident.

"Boss, don't you practice dunking?"

"I think DeMar has been working hard on dunking lately."

Seeing that Li Xun was still practicing three-pointers, Lowry couldn't help reminding Li Xun that he was worried that Li Xun would forget about the slam dunk contest.

DeRozan will also participate in the slam dunk contest this year, which is a rare thing, after all, there has never been a situation where teammates participated in the dunk contest at the same time.

"Oh?"

"What movements did Demar practice?"

Li Xun asked curiously.

"There are Skywalker's sliders and the crotch back buttons. I have practiced a lot."

"I think he has a chance to win the slam dunk title this year."

"Of course, the boss has a better chance of winning the Dunk King."

Lowry said with a smirk.

Li Xun nodded. He remembered that this year's slam dunk final was the match between DeRozan and Nate Robinson.

The dunk was terrible, and it was called one of the ugliest dunk contests in history.

But in comparison, it must be more gorgeous than Li Xun's dunk.

Not to mention the crotch dunk, it's just a simple crotch dunk. If there are no special circumstances, Li Xun can't do it now.

Li Xun was not good at jumping originally, and he was tall and tonnage. It was difficult for him to complete these delicate tasks.

But now there is a special case.

In the past month or so, Li Xun has won several lucky draw opportunities.

The good things were not drawn, and most of them were skills that were not used.

But there was a bottle of potion that caught Li Xun's eyes.

"One-day high: S-level potion, after use, the bounce property can be increased to 100 points, and the effect lasts for one day."

This bottle of potion gave Li Xun great confidence in winning the dunk contest.

With a jumping attribute of 100 points, coupled with Li Xun's height and wingspan, he felt that he could definitely touch the top of the backboard easily.

There was a rumor in basketball circles that Garnett could remove the top coin on the backboard.

Later, Garnett himself refuted the rumors, and the matter was false.

Garnett's peak run-up height is 375 cm, which he himself admitted.

And Howard's run-up height on the TV show is 381 cm.

Throughout the history of the NBA, there are real video records of the run-up touch height. In fact, no one can touch the top of the backboard.

The highest record is 389 centimeters held by Jazz forward Jeremy Evans, and there is still a gap of 6 centimeters from the top of the backboard.

In addition, of course, there are some people who claim to have touched it. For example, McGee said that he touched it once, but this kind of self-talk is generally not believed.

Li Xun had a hunch that if he could reach 100 points of bounce, he would be able to touch the edge of the backboard easily, and even be a bit higher.

That being the case, with such a strong jumping ability, it shouldn't be a problem to win the slam dunk contest.

Even if Li Xun can't do any tricks, as long as he jumps high enough and far enough, he can still easily win the championship.

At least it won't be a problem this year.

"My odds of winning the slam dunk contest are not great."

"It will definitely win the championship."

Li Xun patted Lowry on the shoulder and smiled confidently.

Lowry blinked, really so confident?
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It is said to be the All-Star Weekend, but in fact the entire All-Star Weekend lasted for five days.

The first day was an NBA fan carnival, and there was also a wheelchair charity basketball game on the same day.

From the second day on, Li Xun had to play.

In the morning, Li Xun, on behalf of NBA officials, led some stars to participate in the NBA care activity.

Generally, it is to take photos with some sick children and give away sneakers, jerseys and so on.

As the most popular star in the league today, Li Xun kept busy until five o'clock in the afternoon.

Just after eating, he immediately returned to the arena to cheer for Curry and others who participated in the Rookie Challenge tonight.

In the end, Curry lived up to Li Xun's expectations, led the team to win the game, and won the Rookie Challenge MVP.

When the third day started, Li Xun's main event came.

Tonight's All-Star Saturday Night, Li Xun will participate in the three-point contest and the dunk contest.

The three-point contest that started first was star-studded.

Billups, Pierce, Gallinari of the Knicks, last year's three-pointer Dae Quinn Cook and the Pistons' Li Xun and Li Xun.

This group of people is the most accurate three-pointers in the league today.

Because the current three-point contest is an invitation system, the league will invite players based on their three-point shooting percentage and number of hits so far this season.

Therefore, almost every player who is eligible to participate can be said to be a three-point shooter.

Li Xun never expected Pierce to participate in the three-point contest.

He hasn't paid much attention to Lu Kai's games recently, mainly because Lu Kai is no longer a threat in his eyes.

Since the start of the game, Pierce's three-point firepower is quite amazing, with an average shooting rate of 47% per game, and it is normal to be invited.

Li Xun's three-point shooting rate this year is only 46.1%, not even as good as Pierce.

Although I got 99 points of the three-point attribute, but the three-point thing sometimes really depends on luck.

If you're unlucky, it's useless for anyone to vote, let alone 99 points, it's 199 points, and you still have to hit the iron.

Besides, Li Xun shoots a lot of three-pointers, and his average number of three-pointers per game ranks first in the league. His shooting percentage is not as high as Pierce, which is completely acceptable.

"Humph."

When Pierce saw Li Xun, he turned his face coldly.

Now the relationship between the Green Kay and the Pistons has become turbulent, and the two teams will have a big fight at the beginning of the game.

Later, I encountered it again, but that time it was at the home court of the Pistons, and Lukai also restrained his temper.

Participating in the three-point contest this time, Pierce just wanted to overwhelm Li Xun.

In fact, he can also realize that it is almost impossible for the current Green Kai to beat the Pistons in the main game.

That being the case, it would be great if he could overwhelm Li Xun in this kind of miscellaneous competition.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the three-point contest officially began.

According to the existing rules, there are a total of five shooting points in the three-point contest, and each shooting point has four ordinary balls plus one flower ball.

A normal ball is worth 2 point, while a curd ball is worth 30 points, so the theoretical maximum score is [-] points.

When the system was restructured in 2014, the theoretical maximum score became 34 points.

By 2020, it will be even more exaggerated, and the highest score has become 40 points.

So don't look at the players of later generations participating in the three-point contest and breaking records in various ways, in fact, their accuracy is not so high.

A score of 30 out of 25 is more difficult than a score of 40 out of 30.

"Dear viewers and friends, tonight's three-point contest is about to begin."

"A total of six contestants."

"Among them are league superstars like Li Xun, and role players like Cook."

"There are veterans like Pierce and Billups, and there are newcomers like Curry."

"Who will win the honor of the three-point champion, let us wait and see."

In the CCTV commentary room, Zhang Weiping began to explain tonight's three-point contest.

"Director Zhang, do you think Li Xun has a high chance of winning the three-pointer tonight?"

The partner on the side explained and asked.

Zhang Weiping shook his head, "This kind of thing is really hard to say, three points depends too much on luck."

"To participate in this game, everyone is the top three-pointer in the league today."

"If you are lucky, you will definitely win the championship. If you are unlucky, it is not uncommon to score a single-digit score like Jordan."

Usually when it comes to the three-point contest, the embarrassing record of Qiao's gang leader will be pulled out and whipped.

There are highest records, and of course there are lowest records.

Unfortunately, the current lowest record is 1990 points held by Joe Gang in 5.

Interestingly, the second lowest record is held by Durant. This guy participated in a three-point contest and only scored 6 points.

While chatting in the commentary room, the first round of the three-point contest officially began.

The first player to play was Billups. He made the first shot and only scored two out of five goals, but one of them was a flower ball, so he scored a three-pointer.

The remaining four shooting points did not have a good shooting percentage, and they only scored 14 points in the end.

With such a result, it is estimated that there is no hope of entering the finals.

If it is the finals, 14 points does not mean that you cannot win the championship.

In history, there is a record of winning the championship with 14 points in the final of the three-point contest.

But now is the first round, then Billups is likely to be eliminated.

Cook, the second defending three-pointer, also performed poorly, scoring only 15 points.

Curry, who played third, played averagely and scored 17 points.

However, with the first two at the bottom, as long as one of Li Xun, Pierce or Gallinari scores less than 17 points, then Curry will enter the finals.

Pierce, who played fourth, played quite well and directly scored 22 points.

With his score, entering the final is already a certainty.

Li Xun is the fifth appearance.

The first shot was not bad, 5 of 4 goals were scored, and [-] points were scored.

The second shot scored three points, but the key ball was not scored yet, and only 3 points were scored.

The third shot was also scored three times. This time there was a flower ball and four points were scored.

The remaining two shooting spots are all a bit hot-eyed, and they only scored three points.

In the end, Li Xun's total score was only 18 points.

This score can enter the finals, but the score is too low, which makes Li Xun lose face.

He originally thought that he could score 25+ in the first round and then score 25+ in the final, sweeping the audience with ease.

As a result, I was still too optimistic about my luck.

Curry became nervous. Whether he can enter the final with 17 points depends entirely on Gallinari's performance.

As a result, Gallinari still took face, and only scored 13 points, ranking first in the bottom of the game.

In this way, Li Xun, Curry and Pierce entered the finals.

In the finals, according to the first round results, they played in order from low to high, so Curry was the first to play.

"Shh!"

"Shh!"

"Shh!"

Li Xun and Pierce sat on the sidelines, their ears filled with the sound of Curry's hit.

"Good guy, this guy's hit rate is high enough!"

"24 points!"

"If nothing else happens, this guy is the three-pointer king this year."

Zhang Weiping shouted directly.

According to the past practice, to get such a score in the finals, the three-point champion is really a certainty.

Because the highest score in history is only 25 points.

Curry clenched his fists and roared excitedly. He also knew very well that with this score, he won the championship without any worries.

"Boss, are you not angry?"

Curry ran to Li Xun's side and joked happily.

"You knew you won before I even voted?"

"Look, young man, let me show you what real three-point strength is."

Li Xun stood up and prepared to appear on stage.

Seeing that Curry scored 24 points, Li Xun actually knew that there was basically no hope for him to catch up.

But the momentum cannot be lost, what if a miracle happens?

Curry's luck is so good, his own luck is not so bad.

At the first shooting point, Li Xun made five of five shots and directly scored the full six points.

The second shot point.

The third shot point.

It turned out to be a full six points.

This directly frightened the fans into petrification.

Just three shots and already scored 18 points?
The more Li Xun shot, the more excited he became, and that kind of mysterious feeling came. Every time he took a shot, he had a strong premonition that the ball would definitely be scored.

The fourth shot point, hit all again.

The more the fans watched, the more shocked they became. At the end of the four shots, he has tied Curry!

Curry was dumbfounded, thinking he had won.

Unexpectedly, Li Xun tied his own score with just four shooting points.

On the next fifth shot, Li Xun made another consecutive hit.

When he picked up the last bouquet, the scene was silent and everyone held their breath.

If the ball can still be hit, tonight will definitely be another night that can be recorded in history forever.

"Shh!"

With a crisp sound, the last bouquet also entered the net perfectly hollow.

30 points!
Li Xun got the highest theoretical score.

He got a full score in the three-point contest!
Not to mention the others, even Li Xun was stunned after he voted.

As a staunch atheist, he began to wonder tonight if some god helped him.

(End of this chapter)