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Chapter 51 Victory already in the bag?

Since other teammates have gone to compete, Du Zhe can have the empty training hall to himself today.

Because of this, he can let go and prepare in advance for the three-point contest during the All-Star Weekend.

According to the requirements of the All-Star Weekend Three-Point Contest, Du Zhe asked the trainer to place five racks outside the three-point line on both sides of the baseline, flanks, and top of the arc, and put five balls on each rack.

And what he has to do is to throw all the balls on the shelf into the basket as much as possible within 1 minute.

For NBA professional players, it is not difficult to hit an open three-pointer in training, but because the three-point contest needs to constantly change the shooting position, and there is a time limit, it is still challenging.

What's more, when the NBA invites players to participate in the three-point contest, there will be certain requirements on the number of shots and shooting percentage.

Therefore, the contestants who come to participate must be good players, and the duels between the masters will often be more intense.

After setting up the field according to the requirements of the three-point contest, Du Zhe asked the two trainers of the team to time and score for him respectively.

Since there were no flower balls on hand, Du Zhe made an agreement with the trainer. Among the five balls on each rack, the first four balls scored would only be worth 1 point, and the last ball hit would be worth 2 points.

After the preparations, Du Zhe first started shooting from the bottom corner. Since his open three-point ability has reached full value, there is no problem with the accuracy and speed of his shots now.

In the first corner, he hit all the first 5 balls with ease.

When he came to the flank, Du Zhe rushed to shoot a ball without getting a firm foothold in order to grab time, but unfortunately he missed the ball.

Seeing this situation, he knew he couldn't act too hastily. After a little adjustment, he found the right rhythm and continued to shoot.

The next 4 goals were hit one after another.

Then comes the three-pointer from the top of the arc. Since the distance between the three-point line and the basket gradually increases from the bottom corner to the wing and then to the top of the arc, this is also a test for players to adjust their shooting rhythm.

However, Du Zhe's wide-open three-pointer skill has reached the full level of 99. For this kind of subtle adjustment, it can be said that he has reached the point of perfection.

Facing the more difficult open three-pointer, Du Zhe shot cleanly and hit all 5 goals directly.

In the first three shooting spots, only one shot was missed, and the two trainers, who were a little careless just now, were completely attracted by Du Zhe at this time.

Originally, they were still a little unhappy about coming to train with Du Zhe, but now the two of them were vaguely aware that they might witness the birth of a miracle in this training hall today.

The last 10 balls not only test the player's shooting accuracy and adjustment ability, but also challenge the player's physical strength and mentality.

After all, it is really tiring to run 1 positions and take 5 three-pointers in just 25 minute.

And towards the end, because they don't know how much time is left, the players' mentality will inevitably become a little impatient.

These will all have an impact on the final three-point shooting percentage.

Du Zhe was no exception. When he reached the last two positions, he was also a little out of breath.

At the same time, because he didn't know how long the specific time had passed, his shots also subconsciously became a little hasty.

As a result, Du Zhe's three-point shooting percentage in the last two points was not too high, and he directly missed 3 shots, one of which was a flower ball.

"25 points!" As soon as the shot here was over, the scoring trainer over there immediately reported Du Zhe's score.

Although it was not cast in a regular game, this result is undoubtedly very amazing in the eyes of the trainer in charge of timing.

After all, in the previous three-point contests, the champion's score was generally around 20 points, and a score of 25 points can be said to be easy to win the championship in almost any competition.

"Unfortunately, I was a little anxious in the last shot..." Du Zhe was obviously not satisfied with his performance in the last two shooting points.

25 points, but still not satisfied, this is too pretentious... This is the only thought of the two trainers at this time.

Although the scores were good, they would be meaningless if they exceeded the time limit. Thinking of this, Du Zhe asked another trainer in charge of timing: "By the way, how much time did I spend in total?"

"Five...52 seconds!" The trainer who came back to his senses looked at the stopwatch in his hand and replied in surprise.

It's fine with such a high shooting percentage, and the time is more than enough. What's more, this is the first time Du Zhe has done this kind of shooting practice.

"Hiss! Hiss!" Thinking of this, the two trainers couldn't help but take a breath.

Although there are still several months before the All-Star weekend, the two have intuitively guessed that there should be no suspense in this year's three-point contest.

Thinking of this, the two couldn't help but secretly sympathize with the other contestants.

"Come on, let's do it again!" However, after Du Zhe heard that there was still time left, he decided to adjust the rhythm appropriately. In this way, the overall score may continue to improve.

1 minutes later……

"27 points!" The expressions of the two trainers were even more exaggerated this time.

If 25 points has been achieved before, 27 points is a height that no one has ever reached.

But Du Zhe didn't seem to be satisfied. After a short break, he just said "continue to practice".

Although the two trainers wanted to complain loudly, "They are already close to full marks, so let's practice a ball!"

But when they thought that if they didn't practice this, Du Zhe would have to pull them to practice strong three-point shooting, which made the two trainers recall the shuddering feeling when defending Du Zhe.

After subconsciously shivering, the two suddenly felt that counting the time and counting the points was pretty good.

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At this time, the Warriors are on their way to Denver Plateau. On December 12, they will compete with the Denver Nuggets in the 1th round of the regular season.

The Denver Plateau is more than [-] meters above sea level and is one of the famous plateaus in the United States. The Nuggets, which are rooted here, also have the highest altitude home court in the entire NBA.

Although the Nuggets, who have been training here all year round, have already adapted to the plateau environment, visiting teams that come here to challenge often suffer from altitude sickness and perform abnormally.

After all, in such a geographical environment, there is still such a fierce confrontation, which is undoubtedly a severe challenge to the physical fitness of the players.

And today's Nuggets undoubtedly have one of the strongest lineups in team history.

Among them, the team's head star "Melon" Anthony has extraordinary scoring ability, from low back to high three threats, this 03 platinum generation Tanhualang seems to be omnipotent on the offensive end.

But in contrast, his defensive awareness and defensive attitude are below the league average, which has also earned Anthony the evaluation of "a kaleidoscope of offense and a poke of thousands of defenders".

But in any case, Anthony at this time is still the undoubted top player in the league.

As for the point guard Chauncey Billups, as the FMVP winner, Billups' style of play is unpretentious, steady and mature, so he is called the grassroots FMVP by the fans. It can be said that this veteran is the most reliable around Anthony. helper.

In addition, the inside combination of the Brazilian Nene and the brutalist power forward Kenyon Martin, although not well-known, is full of passion and tough enough.

There are also stars of hope such as the nerve knife JR Smith and "Bacchus" Ty Lawson on the bench.

It can be said that the Nuggets in recent seasons are also qualified to pose a threat to the championship position.

尽管本场比赛勇士队的安东尼·莫罗爆种，以20投12中的命中率砍下27分3板1助。

但掘金凭借安东尼的25分7板4助和比卢普斯的22分8板3助，仍是兵不血刃，在主场以135:107轻取勇士。

After this battle, the Warriors' record became 10 wins and 7 losses.

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On December 12, the Warriors returned home to meet the challenge of the Houston Rockets.

At the beginning of this season, the two teams had played against each other. At that time, the Warriors narrowly defeated their opponents with a score of 110:108.

The regretful defeat last time made the Rockets energized and wanted to take revenge.

And the last game, the Rockets still sent Brooks, Battier, Trevor Ariza, Luis Scola and Hayes starting lineup.

But the Warriors are missing Stephen Jackson, who left the team in a trade, and Du Zhe, who was suspended.

This undoubtedly adds a touch of confidence to the Rockets for revenge.

The process of the game was surprisingly similar to the previous game. Two teams of similar strength took the lead alternately and overtook each other during the game.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Warriors even extended their lead to 10 points.

But after readjusting their tactics, the Rockets no longer competed with the Warriors, but relied on positional warfare to chip away at the Warriors' lead bit by bit.

This made the Warriors' offense instantly mute. Without Du Zhe, the team's tenacity on the defensive end also plummeted. In the end, the double-digit lead evaporated, and they lost to the Rockets with a score of 109:111.

本场比赛两队的进攻核心都表现平平，阿里扎19中8仅仅得到18分，而埃利斯27中9砍下24分。

However, other players performed efficiently. Morrow and Radmanovic of the Warriors both scored 20+ points with a shooting percentage of more than 25%, while Brooks and Landry of the Rockets also played 22+ points. Highlight performance of [-] points and [-] points.

After this battle, the Warriors' record of 10 wins and 8 losses fell directly to the edge of the playoffs. In addition, they lost to the recently defeated Rockets in this way, which made the Warriors fans who had been "spoiled" Somewhat dissatisfied.

But the fighting on the court did not affect Du Zhe's training at all. He was conducting systematic training in the empty training hall all day long.

Although the team's loss made him a little upset, but fortunately, the consecutive days of training finally paid off. Today, Du Zhe's strong three-point shooting ability increased by 1 point again, reaching 68 points.

Although the overall ability value is still unchanged at 78 points, Du Zhe can faintly feel that the day of his breakthrough is not far away.

(End of this chapter)