From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 164 The First Round of Preliminaries

Despite only scoring 19 points, Clippers owner Ballmer stood up to applaud Harris and encouraged him to continue his efforts.

"The next player to play is Paul George from the Oklahoma City Thunder."

The second player to play was Paul George. He also started from the left corner and hit the first goal of the game. It seemed to be a good start.

But then his hand felt as if it was suddenly frozen, and he missed 3 consecutive shots. Fortunately, he still hit the flower ball and scored 3 points at the first point.

At the second point, he was even more outrageous. The sound of "jingling" was endless, and he finally made 5 of 0 shots. At the third point, he only scored 1 point. In the fourth point, the flower on the right arc top He also missed all 5 shots.

After four points and 20 shots, he only scored 4 points.

"Damn it, yes!!"

"Is this guy drunk?"

Most of the audience on the sidelines booed and stood up, wanting to see if George, whose hands were bursting, could break Mr. Joe's 5-point record this night.

Michael Jordan was in the president's office of the Charlotte Hornets at this time, and he happened to be watching the game in front of the TV. He was also staring at the TV, hoping that George would miss all the shots in the back. The lowest score is no longer him.

I don't know if Jordan's wish was perceived, or Paul George suddenly woke up.

He finally played a bit normal at the last point. He seemed to know that he had no hope of advancing, so he let go of the string that had been tight all along. 4 points.

"Damn it, it's an unbelievable thing!!"

"Bang~"

Michael Jordan in front of the TV angrily smashed the TV remote control in his hand against the wall.

The person involved, Paul George, was also very disappointed after the vote, but he was very optimistic by nature and quickly accepted the result.

He smiled and shook his head towards him, and the other contestants and watching stars on the sidelines also laughed and high-fived him. Among them, the one who laughed the happiest was his teammate, Master Wei, who was wearing a floral shirt and glasses. He was already grinning so much that his mouth was almost behind his ears.

The third player to appear is the teenager Devin Booker from the Suns.

His state looked very relaxed, and he jumped on the field while trotting, looking very relaxed and not nervous at all.

Booker also chose to start from the left corner, but he did not perform well at the first point and only hit a flower ball to get 2 points. The second point also came up and missed three goals in a row, and the last two goals were hit. He scored 3 points. At the third point, he began to find his feeling. He scored 5 points on 4 of 5 shots. At the fourth point, he even hit four consecutive shots. Unfortunately, he missed the flower ball and scored 4 points. The bottom corner on the right is his flower ball. In the end, he scored 5 points on 3 of 6 shots and scored 5 points in total with 20 points.

The fourth player was Lowry. His hand feeling was very bad. He scored 2 points with 3 shots in the first point, 5 point with 1 of 1 shots at the second point, and 5 points with 2 of 2 shots at the third point. Points, the fourth point feels a little better, 3 balls scored 3 points, the fifth ball point also feels average, and 5 of 1 shots, and finally scored 11 points.

The fifth player was Gordon. He missed all 5 shots at the first ball, hit a normal ball at the second point, hit 3 normal balls at the third point with a slightly better feel, and hit the fourth flower ball with an explosive touch. 4 balls, 8 points for one point, 5 of 2 shots for the last point, 2 points for hitting the ball, 15 points in total.

Jianghu watched from the sidelines with question marks on his face? ? ?
What's going on, family? ?What are you investing in? ?
Can you put some pressure on me...

After 5 people voted, it was Jianghu's turn, but he didn't feel any nervousness when he participated in the competition for the first time..
Based on his usual level of training, shooting 23 points is considered a mediocre performance.

And currently the highest scorer on the court is Booker with 20 points, and there are only two behind him who have not played. Jianghu only needs to score 21 points to enter the finals steadily.

So he was very relaxed, without any stress.

When Jianghu played, the lights on the court flickered on and off, and with the sound of a screaming whistle, the lights were completely turned on, and the game officially started.

Jianghu also chose to start from the left corner, and his shot speed was extremely fast, almost as soon as his toes left the ground, the ball was already out of his hands.

The first ball "Bang."

Second ball "Bang."

But he seemed to relax too much, and missed two consecutive shots.

Fortunately, it was still early, Jiang Hu hurriedly slowed down the speed of some shots, and shot again after aiming a little.

The feeling of this shot was much better than before. The next three consecutive shots, including flower balls, were hit one after another, and the first point ended with 4 points.

The second point still continues the excellent touch of the first point, "Swipe, brush, brush, brush." ​​Four consecutive goals were hit, but unfortunately the fifth ball fell out after a circle in the basket , failed to get full marks and got 4 points.

The third point is the top of the arc, which is Jianghu's favorite sweet spot. He likes to shoot from this position in daily games, and he has hit many key shots here.

After coming here, Jiang Hu completely relied on the body's muscle memory and instinct to shoot, almost no need to aim, and shot with the fastest speed based on the feeling of the body.

"Swipe, brush, brush, brush, brush."

He has a great touch and is finally taking every opportunity at this point. 5 points for hitting all 10 balls.

At the end of the first three points, he has scored 18 points.

"Consecutive shooting, the world has begun to enter its own shooting rhythm. In this kind of uninterrupted game, a shooter who enters the rhythm will be very scary."

At the fourth point, the top of the arc on the right is 45 degrees. Jianghu still maintained a normal shot, but the first two shots hit the back frame one after another, but the subsequent three shots made consecutive hits and scored 4 points again.

At the end of the four points, they have already scored 22 points, which is higher than the top four. Jianghu has basically determined that he can advance to the final.

After the fourth point, Jianghu looked up at the timer above his head. There were 17 seconds left in the game, and there were 5 balls left. For him, this time was more than enough, and he could even come up with some new tricks.

So, at the fifth point, Jianghu changed his shooting posture, from a normal shot to a very cupped fadeaway jumper.

"Gift Crab, he's gone!!"

"Jiang actually played a fadeaway three-pointer in the three-point contest. It seemed that he was very relaxed and even started to play!!"

It's a pity that the fallback outside the three-point line is indeed extremely difficult, and there is no guarantee that it can be easily hit with the strength of Jianghu.

The first ball, "Boom." Hit the iron.

The second ball, "Boom." Continue to hit the iron.

Jianghu was a little dumbfounded, this cup seems to be not perfectly filled.

But the cup has already been filled, and it is impossible to give up halfway, so he can only bite the bullet and continue to fill it.

This time he slowed down his shot a little bit, and shot three-pointers at the speed of mid-range shots, while increasing the strength of his wrist spin.

Sure enough, Jianghu is worthy of being the representative of the new generation of the league's fadeaway jumper. After minor adjustments, he received excellent results. He hit the next three shots in a row and scored 4 points.

In the end, a total of 26 points were scored.

"Jianghu feels very good. Even though he adopted a more difficult shooting posture at the last point, he still maintained a good hit rate. Although he only hit three goals at the last point, his total score still reached 26. This is the highest record since Stephen Curry's 2015 points in 27 and Klay Thompson in 16, but Curry's 27 points came from the finals, and Jianghu played such a performance in the first round."

"The players in the back are under pressure, I hope they will not be affected by the results of Jianghu..."

Klay Thompson, who appeared in seventh place, walked onto the court with a blank face, took off his body and began to prepare for the training game.

He was different from others, he chose to start from the bottom corner on the right side, and his shot speed was extremely fast, but he did not perform well at the first point and only scored 3 points.

At the second point, he started to enter the state. He hit 4 goals in a row, but it was a pity that he missed the ball and scored 4 points.

The third point is to score two goals in a row, and then miss two consecutive goals, scoring 4 points for a flower ball.

The fourth point missed 2 goals and scored 3 points. After four points, he also scored 14 points. Fortunately, the left corner is his best position. A flower ball, and finally scored 5 points.

The last person to play was Stephen Curry.

Originally, according to the normal order of appearance, the last appearance should be the defending champion Gordon.

But the two had a brief conversation before the game. In order to show his respect for Curry, a GOAT-level guy with three-pointers, Gordon gave up his last chance to play and gave Curry the finale.

When Curry stands on the court, it feels different.

He stood outside the three-point line, with a confident and indifferent face, quite a kingly air.

However, Curry is also under great pressure. The three-point contest is an 8-to-3 pattern, which means that Curry needs to score at least 22 points to ensure that he enters the finals.

Even Curry can't score 22 points every time. In the past five times he participated in the three-point contest, it's not like he hasn't scored 5/17 points.

But what Curry thinks is not only to enter the finals, he also wants to get the highest score in the game, and try to play as late as possible in the finals, at least second, so that he can get more rest time.

Under the pressure of scoring at least 25 points, Curry only scored 5 points in 3 of 4 points in the first point.

But at the second point, Curry made a five-pointer in a row, and the score instantly reached 10 points!
It is a bit surprising that Curry started to hit the iron crazily at the top arc, shooting an unbelievable 5 of 1 shots, and the score only increased to 11 points.

But just when the fans felt that Curry might miss the final, Curry shot 5 of 5 from the fourth point on the wing! Forcibly raising the score to 17 points! !

"To get at least 25 points, Curry must hit at least 4 balls at the last point!" Charles Barkley, the commentator on the sidelines, said.

However, with the narrator's constant screaming: "19, 21, 23, 25, 27!!"

"It's unbelievable that Stephen Curry made 10 consecutive shots and forcibly broke the historical record of the three-point shooting contest."

“Worthy of being about to break”

Curry made 5 of 5 shots in the last ball point, surpassing Jianghu with an astonishing 27 points and ranking first in the preliminaries.

The final final scores are:
Stephen Curry scored 27 points.

Jianghu 26 points.

Klay Thompson scored 24 points.

Devin Booker scored 21 points.

Tobias Harris had 19 points.

Eric Gordon had 15 points.

Kyle Lowry had 11 points.

Paul George 9 points.

In the end, the three people who advanced to the final were Curry, Jianghu, and Thompson. Devin Booker, who should have broken the record in the final and scored 28 points in this time and space, lost his ticket to the final by accident.

Before the finals started, TNT reporter, Reggie Miller's sister - Cheryl Miller came to the sidelines to interview Jianghu again.

Jianghu said that he was able to achieve good results mainly because of the strong support of many Chinese fans in California. Of course, his teammates who watched the game also gave him a lot of confidence: "This is very important. For this sport, fans mean everything. We don't have the meaning to play without the fans, and with the teammates, we always support each other, which is why we have a lot of rookies and still have a good record."

The game is not over yet, it is impossible for Jiang Hu to pretend as he likes like Bird, he can only say some words that sound correct but are nonsense, and there is no need to worry about leaking such words.

There is only an 8-minute break from the first round to the final, and the final will start soon.

The commentators on the sidelines are still predicting and analyzing the final champion.

When asked which of the three players he liked more in the final, Barkley finally gave all Jianghu fans the most satisfactory answer.

"Of course I am more optimistic about Clay. He is a shooter with a big heart, and he only locked in the final spot at the last point. Before that, his results were mediocre."

"Just like the playoffs, we are not afraid of opponents who advance easily, but we don't like opponents who are tough enough to fight each opponent for 6 games and 7 games. They have experienced life and death battles and are more united with each other. This kind of team There is a mentality of being unbeatable, facing them, even if you lead by 20 points, they will always counterattack, very difficult!!"

The three players who entered the finals were all on the sidelines waiting for the league's advertising time to pass.

The fans in front of the TV were yelling at each other, but the participating players didn't take it seriously at all. The three stood on the sidelines chatting, waiting for the notice to start the game.

Five minutes later, the final of the three-point contest began.

Thompson, as the player with the lowest score in the preliminaries, needs to take the first shot.

But Thompson didn't look very nervous, even if Jiang Hu and Curry scored 26 points and 27 points respectively in the preliminaries, he didn't feel scared at all. He felt that the state of the two came out too early, which is not a good thing. , it is very likely that the votes in the second round are not as good as the first round...

So Thompson's goal is to surpass the results of the first round of Jianghu, so that he has a good chance to hit the championship.

But what he didn't expect was that the state of Jianghu didn't come out too early, but it was very ordinary at all.

Jianghu’s best state during training is generally when he hits consecutively. 15 starts, 20 is not bad. The best time, he shot from left to right and from right to left at most 72 shots in a row. About close to three full laps...

Thompson's touch is very good, his shooting posture is very standard, and his shooting rhythm is also very comfortable. The first ball from the left corner came up and hit a hollow hit.

At the second point, he was like copying and pasting. He hit the first ball, missed the second ball, and then scored 5 points in three consecutive shots.

(End of this chapter)