NBA: Top 3D talents to start

Chapter 182 Skills Challenge
On February 2, the Rookie Challenge was held as scheduled. Wang Feng looked envious when he saw a group of rookies in the first and second grades coming and going on the field.

It's a pity that he only got the reward of the rookie challenge once.

Now he is in the third season of his career, he is no longer a rookie, and he can only watch helplessly.

The final winner of this year's Rookie Challenge is still the World Team, and the player who won the MVP is Jamal Murray.

Because it had nothing to do with Wang Feng, he didn't pay too much attention to it. The Rookie Challenge itself didn't get much attention, and people didn't have much interest in a group of rookies playing games.

The main event is still behind.

……

On February 2, fans in Huaguo turned on the TV and immediately heard the voice of the commentator on the CCTV channel.

"Friends in the audience, welcome to watch the live broadcast of NBA2017 All-Star Weekend."

"Today is the All-Star individual competition day, and there will be three competitions: the Skills Challenge, the Three-Point Contest, and the Slam Dunk Contest."

"This All-Star Weekend, Chinese player Wang Feng unexpectedly chose to sign up for all three competitions. Is he going to win the Grand Slam? Even if you look at the history of the NBA, no one has ever done such a feat during the All-Star Weekend , let us wait and see."

In China, because Wang Feng signed up for three events, these three individual events have received unprecedented attention. Everyone wants to know how Wang Feng will perform in these three events.

……

The first event to be held is the Skills Challenge as usual.

Like other events, the Skills Challenge has undergone many changes over the years.

The current Skills Challenge is divided into two groups, namely the inside group and the outside group. Each of the two groups has 4 players. They will conduct a two-two confrontation knockout system. One player will be selected from the inside and outside groups. The winners will have a final showdown to decide the champion.

Such a competition system provides great convenience for inside players. At least one inside player will enter the final no matter what, ensuring that the positions of participating players are diversified and interesting, and even big players may win.

Just like last year's Skills Challenge, the final was a duel between Thomas Jr. and Towns. In the end, center Towns relied on his better performance to defeat point guard Thomas Jr. and won the Skills Challenge championship.

Wang Feng, as the main forward player, is naturally assigned to the outside group.

In the perimeter group, apart from Wang Feng, last year's runner-up, Isaiah Thomas, traditional point guards John Wall and Devin Booker with explosive physical fitness.

The 4 insiders are thick eyebrow brother Anthony Davis, Joel Embiid, DeMarcus Cousins ​​and Kristaps Porzingis.

In the duel of the outside group, Wang Feng's opponent in the first round is John Wall.

After the two got ready, they started at the same time with the referee's whistle.

There are a lot of content in the Skills Challenge, including dribbling, passing, layups and three-pointers.

"Wal came up and took the lead at the beginning of the game! He is so fast!"

As a traditional style point guard, Wall's physical fitness is extremely explosive. The 1-meter sprint speed of Wall with a height of 91 meters is astonishing 10 seconds 3, which is second only to Allen Iverson in NBA history. Second 10, holding high the second in history!
There is no doubt that Wall has absolutely reached the full value of 99 in terms of speed, and his background as a point guard makes him extremely capable of handling the ball, and he can move quite fast with the ball.

Wang Feng's speed and agility are both in the early 90s, and his dribbling ability is only 90. It is enough for the game on weekdays, but it is obviously much worse than Wall.

As soon as the two came up, Wang Feng was quickly separated by a certain gap.

But he didn't panic. Wang Feng knew his own advantage. The initial dribbling obstacle was not the key to his victory at all.

Playing steadily according to his own rhythm, Wang Feng passed the obstacle dribble steadily, then made a layup and passed the ball.

In the range that Wall is best at, the gap between the two has been further widened.

"Oh, Wang Feng is in danger now!"

The CCTV commentator said anxiously.

"Sure enough, Wang Feng is still lacking in these aspects compared with traditional point guards. The gap between the two has widened to more than 3 seconds. Now we can only see if there is any hope of a comeback with the last-minute three-pointer."

While speaking, Wall has come to the final three-point line, aiming at the basket to shoot.

"Bang."

There was a crisp iron strike.

Wall aimed for a long time but still failed to make a shot.

This season Wall's average three-point shooting rate is only about 31%, which is definitely not unqualified as an outside player.

Wall, who missed the shot, immediately ran over to pick up the ball, and then came back to the three-point line and shot again.

"Bang."

Wall's face darkened.

At the same time, Wang Feng, who was more than three seconds behind, finally arrived late.

Standing in front of the three-point line, Wang Feng took a deep breath, raised his knife and dropped it.

"brush."

There was a crisp net-swiping sound.

"Beautiful, Wang Feng's three-pointer is still as stable as ever! Relying on this three-pointer, he made a comeback and beat Wall to advance to the next round. Will Wang Feng's opponent in the second round be Thomas Jr. who defeated Booker? , this is another formidable enemy, the runner-up of last year's Skills Challenge cannot be underestimated, even more difficult to deal with than Wall..."

This is indeed the case.

After a short rest, Wang Feng and Thomas Jr.'s outside group finals began.

Thomas Jr. gained a clearer lead than Wall at the start, and Thomas Jr. was no match for Wall in terms of [-]-meter speed. However, the Skills Challenge is not a running race. Speed ​​is only the basis for establishing a lead, but not the key to victory.

Isiah Thomas, who is only 1 meters tall, is slightly inferior to Wall in straight-line speed and explosive power, but his flexibility, that is, his agility, is higher than Wall's.

Facing the challenge of dribbling around obstacles in the skills challenge, Thomas Jr.'s advantage is even more obvious.

Wang Feng had anticipated this situation and was not in a hurry, just like when he played against Wall in the first round.Always go at your own pace.

Thomas Jr. made a fatal mistake in the passing link. Because he was too eager to pursue speed, he made two consecutive pass mistakes, and Wang Feng seized the opportunity to recover the gap.

Taking this opportunity, the two came to the three-point line almost at the same time and shot!

"Brush." ​​"Bang."

Wang Feng's shot brushed the net and went into the frame, while Thomas Jr. hit the iron with his shot.

Wang Feng once again took advantage of the three-pointer and defeated Thomas Jr. to enter the final.

"Congratulations to Wang Feng for entering the finals of the Skills Challenge. I never imagined that he would be able to perform so steadily in this kind of competition for the first time. Entering the finals, Wang Feng has a great possibility of winning the championship."

The narrator said happily.

And it did, because the other side that made it to the final was a big man, Kristaps Porzingis.

(End of this chapter)